The surreal art of Margot Knight more inside

The Audio recordings of the chilling testimony of Tiger Force Veterans. Tiger Force, an Elite unit from the Vietnam War engaged in at least twentyone war crimes over seven months in 1967. [Via The Toledo Blade via Harpers' Magazine (print edition).

The Gallery of Carbon Dust Beetle Illustrations

"What's that odor? Better ask a Monkey"
Hey NYTimes, he who smelt it dealt it. The nerve of some people...

Plastic surgery preview? Construct your own faces. (Flash)

Smokey The Bear. Still Smokin' After All These Years....

Belly button lint explained. Now will some kind MeFite PLEASE post that link to answer this question so I can stop screaming the link at my monitor, hoping it will somehow make it through osmosis into Ask MeFi? Thanks and many bananas to you.

New Kids III: Electric Boogaloo As continued from here and here. more inside

Kerry Wins I think it's over for Dean. South Carolina will be the nail in his coffin. So Monkeys, where is this race going now?

How to Dance Properly.

What's Your (Party) Line? A scientific analysis of various wrong-thinking crypto-bourgeois ideologies. See, there's more to the MIM than its justifiably popular music and film reviews. I hope that this contributes some clarity to the politikkkal debate.

Star Wars Geeks are Cool...for Me to Poop On!

Everybody knows that Star Wars geeks and the internet go hand in hand like Dick Cheney and Evil, but the degree of complex minutiae these geeks get to dabbling in is downright awe inspiring.
Witness the personal websites of 4LOM, Zuckuss, Zam Wessell and even lowly desert stormtrooper Davin. Need more? You can always support the Admiral Ackbar for President campaign or try some tasty treats from the Jek Porkins Cookbook. more inside

God Bless America! Yahweh that is. Another 10 commandments monument is goin up! This one has a bill of rights on the other side too! Who's for putting up a Geneva Convention or Universal Declaration of Human Rights tablet? Nahhhhhhh.

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Robert Smithson: Spiral Jetty
In 1970, artist Robert Smithson used mud, salt crystals and rocks to create Spiral Jetty, a 1,500 foot spiral sculpture in Utah's Great Salt Lake. Unfortunately, the water level was unusually low at the time of its creation, and the sculpture has been submerged for 30 years...until now. [via NPR's Talk of the Nation]

The ESP Game is oddly addictive. Registration required but just a username and password. Via MeFi.

"What's Cookin', Good Lookin'?" Vintage Appliance Porn. Image after luscious image of all the naked bakelite, sassy chrome and powder-enameled curves a chef can take.

Eating Beef .. brains Jeez, I'm glad I'm no longer a Midwesterner. Despite concerns about Bovine Spongiform Encephalitis, a.k.a. Mad Cow disease, people are still cheerfully eating beef including brains.

The Brick Testament. Bible stories told with Legos.

Singapore Goes Apesh*t Singaporeans urged to act like monkeys for the upcoming new year festivities. Could someone please tell them we've got 'em beat by about 3 months?