anonymity implies criminal intent, kkk sympathies: idiots

This is an interesting little example of the current attitude to anonymity in some sections of the community: a type of jacket with a hood and integrated face-mask has apparently become popular amongst “young people” in Britain (more).…

least reassuring statement ever

FYI:

[W]e have no current plans to accumulate massive armaments on our neighbours’ borders.

- regards, Russian Foreign Ministry.

Thanks for letting us know.  Is it perchance time to stop devoting 100% of our resources to chasing criminally…

religion is in the inverse of…

The always interesting Possum Comitatus has some analysis of voting trends and social factors at the last federal election. Tucked away in there are some very interesting graphs about religion and its correlation to several other variables (about…

verballing 101

The South Australian Government has gone ahead with legislation to ban David Hicks from selling his story.  He’s still allowed to tell his story, but he’s not allowed to sell it.  Lucky him.  Presumably he’ll be able to…

no ape in 08: i !heart huckabee

FYI, Mike Huckabee, potential Republican presidential candidate and by extension potential President of the United States, has this to say about creationism (and the fact that he believes in it):

If you want to believe that you and

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kidnapping, bounty hunting completely fine by U.S.

Confirming that the United States still regards the phrase “war on terror” to mean “license for continuing and willful insanity”, a lawyer representing the U.S. in a high profile case in England has indicated that the U.S. view is that…