Avant-garde art, Iraqi style. From Kevin Sites's blog, the story of an Iraqi propaganda artist who is now free to paint what he likes.

Wozzat you say? Words to the left of us, Words to the right of us, Words may look familiar but fuddle the wits of monkeydom -- Wot does it mean? more inside

Just in time for valentines day! The talking Ann Coulter action figure.

touchy-feely : sock puppet paintings. Not getting any comments over at MeFi, but these are worth a look. [via Mefi]

Ass Hunter In this online game you are a hunter going against savages that only have one thing on their minds. NSFW

American Porn: Women Exploiting Women. Lizzy Borden, director/producer at Extreme Associates: Q: So what is this scene going to have in it that's controversial? A: A girl being kidnapped, being forced to have sex against her will, being degraded. Being called "a c***, a whore, a slut, a piece of s***." Then being butchered at the end, and spit on. She's being degraded. From the PBS Frontline documentary American Porn. Caution: Explicit content.

Tori's Tiffany Registry. Maybe we could all pitch in and get her something nice?

Paul Volker's Gallery of 1000 Beasts Well, 408 and counting. Individual beasts apparently not linkable? Can someone show me how?

Illegal Art: Freedom of Expression in the Corporate Age. A special edition of the magazine Stay Free. The Illegal Art Exhibit will celebrate what is rapidly becoming the "degenerate art" of a corporate age: art and ideas on the legal fringes of intellectual property. Some of the pieces in the show have eluded lawyers; others have had to appear in court. (via World of Stuart) more inside

John Hannah and Lewis "Scooter" Libby Named In Plame Probe I always thought that the Valerie Plame leak came from Dick Cheney and not Karl Rove. Boy Genius hasn't slipped up yet. Cheney has been messing up from the Energy Commission to the Iraq war. According to these sources, John Hannah and Cheney's chief of staff, Lewis "Scooter" Libby, were the two Cheney employees. "We believe that Hannah was the major player in this," one federal law-enforcement officer said. Calls to the vice president's office were not returned, nor did Hannah and Libby return calls. None of this matters since Glenn Reynolds officially declared the Plame leak bogus.

"So you want to win a monkey, well you have come right place."

400! What does the future hold for the island of misfit monkeys?

Woman strikes oil in her toilet. Not sure if this will affect efforts to drill in ANWR, though.

Bizarre music: Beatles goes opera Revolution - An Operatic First by Madame Cathy Berberian

Monkey mind Thoughts pull attention here and there and may seem to take us out of meditation altogether; they become obsessive. Feeding the monkeys is buying into the show of proliferating thought, reifying it, being led off by it. [...] How does reflective awareness of thought and ideas differ from tossing bananas to the monkeys? If you don't meditate, feel free to substitute in its stead any activity that demands focus.

Slashdot is down As of 11:30 PM CST Slashdot, responsible for bringing down so many sites, appears to down with a 503 error which is indicates it is out of resources. I blame SCO which been down for while because of the latest internet parasite. more inside

Andrew Sullivan - Fact-checker of the NY Times Andrew Sullivan tore former New York Times editor Howell Raines and new asshole for the Jayson Blair's plagiarism. The only problem with that is he let Ruth Shalit and Stephen Glass do the same thing on his watch when he was editing the New Republic. Charles Lane had to clean up his mess. The Sullen Man was also fired from the New York Times for his own sloppy reporting and then told the Washington Post he was fired because of his blog. Someone explain to me why people take this man seriously.

They Made me Do It. Donnie Darko inspired graffiti. (flash required, unfortunately).

We heart David LaChapelle, photographer.

The Asian Imposter Hall Of Shame. Vaudeville and then Holywood had a distinctly odd way of portraying Asians. And you still wonder why Margaret Cho is pissed?