Zombie pigs genetically altered to not mind being food
The Daily Mail has an article about "farmyard freaks" -- livestock that has been genetically engineered to make them totally docile. Factory farming techniques, most commonly used with pigs and chicken, often involve keeping animals confined in cramped conditions.
For pigs, who are highly ( Read more... )

I am thinking of buying some stock based on pyschotic junk emails.

"He thought of pushing his hand through that smile and encountering
nothing but flexible darkness.
He thought of pushing his hand through that smile and encountering
nothing but flexible darkness.
--

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Five-Day Target: .90
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I don't want to discourage anyone from voting (it takes like 15 minutes for fucksake) but really when are we going to admit that our system is broken beyond repair.  After this election I am going to be voting absentee from now on as there is at least some kind of paper trail.

From BOINGBOING:
"FL e-voting machines select GOP ticket in error
BB ( Read more... )

Gas station with $2.89 Regular Gas somewhere south of Gilroy off the 101, 8 pm Sunday.

We stop here to get gas and some coffee but the fuel is too much so we just get coffee. I get a bottled tea and I want to push my driving shift a bit more so I get a Ginseng Caffeine Shooter which is a $.99 product that comes in a plastic green vial that later I ( Read more... )

From Worldcantwait.org

Warships head to Iran: what are you going to do? | Print |  E-mail
Daniel Ellsberg became a hero to the people when he released the Pentagon Papers in 1971. These papers exposed the deceit and lies the 
US government, ( Read more... )

We are getting closer, girls and boys.

from democracy now:

Senate Moves to OK Detention of U.S. CitizensThe Bush administration has slipped in a major change to the Senate bill on interrogations that would allow U.S. citizens to be detained as enemy combatants. Initially the bill defined an enemy combatant as anyone who engaged in hostilities ( Read more... )

How bizarre that Demolition Man would be so prophetic.  Remember the fines for littering and cursing in public and also the Schwarzenegger Presidential Library?

BBC News
Last Updated: Sunday, 17 September 2006, 09:49 GMT 10:49 UK
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I took a five minute nap last evening...

An Olmec? shaman in a fedora ripped out my intestinal tract and splayed it on the ground.  He had a curved knife which he used to slice along the guts for about 10 inches.  A inky black goo seeped out which was almost translucent and had real depth. It was the universe with stars and solar systems like a ( Read more... )

Sometimes I like to play the Wikipedia fortune telling game.  I really like the random article function on wiki and one day things started coming up that were coincidentally related or were things that were directly happening in my life.  These coincidences or singularities weren't always immediately apparent but it is fun to try to tease out ( Read more... )

"Little Miss Sunshine" was the funniest movie I have seen in years.  I rarely laugh at comedies but I laughed hard and consistently throughout this one.  It does have some flaws, but I highly recommend this film.