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Transit Is For Suckers
If there’s one lesson Canadians can learn from the latest Stats Can study into public transit, it’s that losers take the bus. A whopping 82% of commuters know that the…
Want a Twisted Way to Waste 312$ CAD?
Or 229 Euros for that matter? Just when you think you’ve seen everything. Special 9/11 anniversary blessing? Nah, it’s for some visit the Pope Ratzy is planning to make to…
The moose is loose
An apple tree, a fermented apple, a hungry moose. Do the math.
Teapartyzombiesmustdie.com
Sick, of course… but also funny as hell. I’m sure a “liberalzombiesmustdie” version would be just as amusing; most certainly to those who despise liberals. Also not hard to imagine…
And he is known by the company he keeps…
With the anniversary of 9/11 coming, people seem to have forgotten an invitation that went out to President Barack Obama to come to the province for the anniversary. As the…
The Joy of Destruction
A short animated film by Xaver Xylophon & Laura Junger celebrating “the human drive to destroy and the absurd entertaining value that’s attached to it.”
Girly Men Are The Real Thing!
Harper Government: Changing our genes and caffeine. Arnie the Governator was right! There are girly men. Do you know what’s causing them, and causing girls to hit puberty before their…
Harper, Exposed
What would be a good name for this picture? “The Un-Hidden Agenda”? (I don’t know what sick, twisted fucker is responsible for the actual painting or if he’s currently residing…
Topless Or Brainless
I know what I’d rather be on a hot day. Making women wear clothing for religious/cultural reasons is something most John Gormley listeners critcise, but only if those women are…
Naked News: Cheney’s Book & More…
There’s something wonderfully absurd about the “Naked News” that always makes me chuckle. Now, what were those headlines again? I forget.
Good-night Sweet Prince
It’s a sombre morning for much of Canada, as millions are contemplating the vastly changed federal political landscape. Okay, okay, tens of thousands are contemplating it, more realistically given voting…
Random Post (Not) in Latin: no garters, no glory edition
Honi soit qui mal y pense - srbp -
Random Post in Latin: voice of the guns edition
Quo fas et gloria ducunt - srbp -
Rachel Maddow on Letterman
Towards the end of the interview, after expressing utter dismay at the relentless barrage of criticism that’s levelled against Barack Obama, Dave asks: “I would like to know, how would…
Random Post in Latin: ALF edition
Sic transit gloria mundi. - srbp -
How to protect your books from zombies – Post-industrial bookcase will also shelter your loved ones from terrorist attacks and GMO crop blight
From artist Alex Féthière: “Don’t think Sinkhold is a bookcase because of its shape and contents. Owing to its stainless steel construction from a series of sinks, it holds many…
God’s a-Comin’!
Just for fun, here’s an absolutely hilarious reaction from a local resident of Washington, D.C. to the modest earthquake that rocked the city and parts of the eastern seaboard this…
22 Minutes Remembers Jack Layton
A look back at some of Jack’s appearances on This Hour Has 22 Minutes. Watching that prompted me to go digging through the RMR archives…