Is McCain's pick for veep a "dominionist"?  That is, an evangelical conservative so hardcore that it would not be unfair to call her a theocrat?

John McCain's sister in law is voting for Obama

MSNBC and Olbermann are now officially embarrassing.

alleged bigfoot carcass turns out to be a gorilla suit in a block of ice

honest, a rubber gorilla suit!

wtf of the day: this has got to be one of the most absurd tries at a "new menace to your children's precious bodily fluids" scare stories I've ever seen.

God, in the last four to six weeks I've basically done photography at just one (1) site -- a little lake in Point Reyes almost filled in with cattails.  And those pictures are still in the camera.  All the other neat stuff I saw on that trip went unphotographed, and last time I took the camera on a hike I never pulled it out of the bag ( Read more... )

I'm overhearing a Russian guy across the room talking about how today's Russian army has a culture of constant violent abuse and beatings by anyone who can get away with it against anyone who can't prevent it, which the officers cover up and hide from the public.  He's comparing it to the kind of violence you'd expect in a prison.  All coming from ( Read more... )

Cenk Uygur has a plan for how to convert Iran into a democracy: flood them with porn

Breeze through airport lines with this combination electronic ID and high voltage stunner!

We were gonna head south, to the Big Basin area for a long weekend, but with the fire and all, we're now planning to go the opposite direction.  (I still want to revisit Portola Redwoods one of these days ( Read more... )