Really Mad Cow Amusing flash for you all, possibly NSFW. Be sure your speakers are on first though.

The Phantom Time Hypothesis - I read about this a couple of years ago but only had a .pdf document about it. more inside

Ayatollah fun

The coolest Firefox extension EVAR. "Downloaded Embeded 0.1" Allows you to download embeded video and audio from teh intarwebs. (Thank you LifeHacker) more inside

Science fiction book and magazine covers more inside

Why Democracy is Wrong. Democracy does not deserve the semi-sacred status accorded to it. In Europe, democratically elected politicians such as Jörg Haider, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Silvio Berlusconi, Umberto Bossi, Gianfranco Fini and Pim Fortuyn are a reminder of democracy's defects: an anti-racist dictatorship is preferable to a racist democracy. Democracy is expanding globally, but not because of its moral superiority. Military intervention is now the standard origin of democratic political systems. Any universal ideology will tend to crusades and messianic conquest, and democracies feel entitled to 'bring freedom' to other countries. Below, more on the ethical problems, definitions of democracy, the issue of inequality, the defects of democratic culture, the nation as the 'demos', the claimed justifications for democracy, and alternatives to democracy.

Wall of Boobies! (SFW) If you want to buy some lingerie for the special woman in your life, but can't remember her size, the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam has a wall designed for you to grope until you find the appropriate size. YA reason I ♥ the Dutch.

100 Greatest Internet Moments

PSA: GO VOTE. It's Tuesday, voting day. The flying spaghetti monster wants you to.

Juvie Warden resigns because of "personal problems". Being checking out foot-fetish sites at work, not because of anything he did to the kids. [via obscurestore] more inside

Des Res, complete with bride. Looking for a new house? And a wife? Well now you can get both in one go. It's the House with Bride! stolen from

Retroengine - an interesting collection of old colour illustrations from something or other, I don't recognise the language, it could be ..er, Japanese? .. robots, futurism, history and nature done in delightful retro style. Have at it. more inside

CELTS 'R' US, BEGORRAGH! .."Early Gaelic ollamhs (professors of history) and scribes recorded the actions of the kings and the provincial nobility of Ireland who supported them; and, after the mission of St. Patrick, the leaders of the Church. The annals of these scribes have become the early history of Ireland."

China: The Three Emperors. Lovely site trailing the Royal Academy's forthcoming exhibition "devoted to the artistic and cultural riches of Imperial China". Splendours abound.

Honest Videogame Titles They range from the funny to the odd, but most gamers will laugh out loud at some of these videogame covers.

Sorry if this is a horribly obvious question Ive been wondering for a while now if there is a MoFi style site for news. I know newsfilter.com will take me to snap news, but Im looking for a site to talk about the news, not just get updates.

Pustota - an interesting FLASH music video rich with imagery in a style reminiscent of the Brothers Quay. [VIA: NEWGROUNDS.COM]

The adventures of Atari - page 1, page 2 more inside

Curious George: mp3 mayhem [Disclaimer: does not contain mayhem] more inside

Paris Is Burning ...Newsfilterish...but 300 towns were rioting last night. WTF? After Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, journalist Philippe Grangereau wrote in the French newspaper Liberation that the hurricane "has revealed America's weaknesses: its racial divisions, the poverty of those left behind by its society, and especially its president's lack of leadership." In this snide chiding are insights to the riots that began in a poor suburb outside Paris over a week ago. more inside