Woman presses lawsuit against her family for "deprogramming" attempt. Another take. The jury is still out on the whether the Dominion Christian Centre of Hamilton, ON is a cult or not. more inside

Live vicariously in the now, Canada. What's in a month?

I ♥ disease NY. New York's foray into the trans-fat bannination debacle makes me wonder... more inside

The True Christian Church of Christ, like other Xian domatists, takes care in quoting the scripture . Less than serious is the treatment. Is this site an attempt at humor against the hatred of fundamentalism only or does it seem to implicate all Xians? References to Reginald Finley and Matthew Shepard (don't forget the shadow of Fred Phelps). Of course, Creationism gets a treatment. more inside

The Boston Tea Partay! Holla! [YouTube]

Keatley Creek is an unusual and great plateau culture site in the interior of British Columbia. [WARNING: crappy frames - resize for easier reading.] more inside

Why did God ignore Colonel Steve Austin? Logic and theology dancing around the "may" pole holding hands.

O, trembling horror! For some of us still without a brood, this reads true verbatim. O, horror! [VIA memepool]

Gunshot suicide in a police interrogation room - surprisingly, this is not from rotten.com or ogrish.com but instead snopes.com. [WARNING: disturbing streaming .wmv] I'm even more surprised that the Mikkelsons didn't put a warning on the page as per their usual protocol, considering this is probably the most disturbing thing I've seen on that site by far. Albeit the title of the link should have given me paws. more inside

Anomalies of Nature - a site referring to all kinds of crazy things. The author would also like you all to get rich! Main site - WARNING: extrememly unnavigable. more inside

The Ultimate Field Guide to the U.S. Economy - great fun and facts about how we Enjoy. Coca-Cola. And top 10 reasons why diamonds are a girls best friend! All kinds of fun in the spirit of Freakonomics.

Today in 1989, Ron Brown became the first African-American to lead a major political party as chairman of the Democratic National Committee. He died in 1996 in what some people think was an assassination cover-up. more inside

Justifications of genocide by Savitri Devi on flawlesslogic.com - don't let any names fool you here. Note the impact of the social climate on her 15 year old Bengali servant and his willingness to believe what older kids tell him - not your average Hitler Youth. [WARNING: NSFW - RACIST PROPAGANDA SITE] more inside

The Touchtone Genius video [via newgrounds] for the request-a-tune guy's song at songs to wear pants to (also here).

A Sufjan Stevens Christmas. Unleash your inner neo-hippie this Xmas with several seasonal seraphic shanties.

Samorost 2 Friday FLASH fun from the makers of Samorost and the Polyphonic Spree Game.

While My Ukulele Gently Weeps. Aloha, Don Ho... aloha, Jake Shimabukuro! [Windows Media Clip via Transbuddha.com]

Soviet Animal Revival Experiments conducted in the the USSR in the 1940's. This is sort of like flatliners for dogs. [WARNING: disturbing Quicktime video] more inside

"A 12 year old girl also lived in this filth, her toys buried under several inches of feces." Tonasket, Washington: where high school sports rule the news and countless acts of animal cruelty are found. One of the counts of animal cruelty being grossly negligent parenting. [Warning: graphic images of domestic filth] While I'm on the topic: PETA proves that they are a collection of uninformed, hypocritical sociopaths once again. Please, for the love of whatever you may or may not believe in, don't support PETA in any way. These people desperately need cult deprogramming.

ABZ's - everybody's got to learn the three R's and Uncle Shelby has the lesson plan.[NSFW] more inside