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The corner of Bedlam and Squalor More like the corner of Genius Ave and Frickin' Genius Blvd. While I think of something useful to say w...

Torch song for my ge-ge-generation (This started out as a comment on Dana's lament for a nation the other day and as any good comment, i...

Welcome to friendly Japan you filthy foreigner criminal terrorists Maybe it's just as well that we aren't going to be spending Chri...

The Man The Economist has an interesting of profile of what I'm up against on a daily basis. I'm not sure how long they will be occu...

I, for one, welcome our new robotic overlor...er...protectors John Rogers has another enlightening lunchtime conversation - although what ma...

Dear Santa... In a lighter vein, there is the list of the 25 most baffling toys

あなたの taser の氏警官との私を撃ってはいけない (Please,don't taze me, honorable Policeman) While I don't travel as much as I'd like to, the new re...

Possibly the funniest thing I 've ever seen I remember seeing this when it first aired back in 1992. Cherry, for all his rampant fear a...

Words fail me A new meaning for the phrase "On yer bike" Bike sex man placed on probation Cleaners caught Mr Stewart simulating se...

Crappy News Network I try to avoid CNN, really I do- we even switched cable providers at home a few weeks ago so I could watch BBC - but wor...

Gunpowder, treason and plot - hurrah! Okay, so I'm a couple of days late with it, but here's a thought provoking look at Guy Fawkes ...

The envelope please Kevin Drum at the Washington Monthly has been running a poll to determine the wingnuttiest blog post of the last few yea...

Stephen Harper: If he bleeds us, is he not a prick? Nice column by Susan Riley in yesterday's Ottawa Citizen that pretty much nails the ...

Big Boys don't cry...much Damn you, Stuart Mclean. Since reaching adulthood, I am not easily moved to tears - I don't cry at wedding...

Bring it on Steverino! Shorter Stephen Harper: Don't ask about our dirty laundry and we won't ask about yours . Shorter Liberals: W...

Ethnic cleansing Pathetic,　not-so-stealthy separatism - that is what Quebec's bill 195 amounts to. While it is unlikely to be passed int...

Even the paranoid have enemies Dave already has a post on this up at the Galloping Beaver but I thought I might as well put it up here too,...

Human Tetris This one goes out to Dave from Jim Dandy Goodness, who loves to see the goofy side of Japan

For Post-Halloween Withdrawal Oooooooh! scary stuff kids. Betcha didn't know Bergman made horror films, well neither did Count Floyd. A...

Weekend blues See that guy on the left doing the singing - that's "my caucasian" Mike Daley. Sure he's a big rock star now...