This video needs no introduction…

Я очень рад, ведь я, наконец, возвращаюсь домой

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Submitted by D. Striker:

We filmed this on location at Walmart. We lasted 30 minutes before being asked to leave. But as you’ll see, that was enough time to capture plenty of content…





(I’m Hungover In) The Walmart Breakroom by D. Striker

Rascal Flick

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poster: monkeydollars.net

From Animatronics.org:

Click here or on the image to hear Frank Sinatra sing

Strangers on My Flight

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David Levine, iconic artist and satirist, most known for his political caricatures, passed away December 29, 2009.

This reproduction of his famous caricature of Kissinger “doing” the earth was recently published in Gawker. It is followed by his obit from The New York Times plus links to other articles of interest:

David Levine, Biting Caricaturist, Dies at 83 (more…)

Anonymous note:

Once again, I was disqualified from my neighborhood “Best Decorated House” contest due to my ‘bad attitude’! Folks with tons of money to spend on decorations, lights, and utility bills in these hard times just don’t appreciate simplicity.

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From the Japan Trend Shop:

We all know what’s it like. You are sitting on the toilet and you know the people right outside can hear your every noise. Well, now we have the perfect product to help you in this embarrassing situation.

Small and clipping easily to your mobile, the Eco-Otome Toilet Sound Blocker makes the noise of a toilet flushing to hide the other noises you might be making. Press the button twice and the sound of flushing lasts for 25 seconds. Press it again twice to stop the noise. It comes in three different designs: pink has a cute ‘love’ mark; blue is decorated with a ribbon motif; white has a green slogan – after all, this little device means you won’t have to flush for real and thus saves water. US$19 plus shipping.

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From quickblogcast.com:

Good news is that I truly outdid myself this year with my Christmas decoration. The bad news is that I had to take it down after 2 days. The cops advised me it could cause traffic accidents. People were doing double-takes as they drove by.

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Palestinian files $110M libel suit over ‘Bruno’
1010WINS
by Brett Zongker
December 9, 2009

In this Sunday, June 21, 2009 file photo, British actor Sacha Baron Cohen, who plays the part of Bruno, poses in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin as part of promotional activities of the movie “Bruno.” A Palestinian shopkeeper and father portrayed as a terrorist in the movie “Bruno” is suing film star Sacha Baron Cohen, David Letterman and others for libel and slander. The lawsuit filed last week by Ayman Abu Aita in District of Columbia federal court seeks $110 million in damages.


Read the whole article here.



Submitted by Rose Fox: The 2009 Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony took place on Thursday, October 1, at Sanders Theater, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. After several exciting false starts, the Annals of Improbable Research present video of the 2009 Ig Nobel Prize ceremony in four parts:

Part 1: Pre-show Risk Cabaret Concert by The Penny-wise Guys, and the very, very beginning of the ceremony.

Part 2: Lots of introductions. Several past winners return. Benoit Mandelbrot’s keynote address.

Part 3: Awarding of several prizes. First two acts of the mini-opera. The 24/7 Lectures. (more…)

Submitted by W.J. Elvin III: Sorry to see where the Washington Times is cutting 40 percent of staff, maybe Rev. Moon needs more imaginative promotion of his product:

Berlin’s History Res-Erected: Giant Penis Sparks Bizarre Media War
by Thomas Hüetlin
Spiegel Online International
December 3, 2009

Four decades ago, the mass-circulation tabloid Bild did its best to squelch the 1968 student movement in Berlin. This year, the German capital has seen the conflict swell once again. And it has resulted in some rather stiff competition.

The shimmering, gold-colored high-rise building that publisher Axel Springer had built in the 1960s is just a stone’s throw from the offices of Berlin’s legendary left-wing Tageszeitung newspaper, more commonly known simply as the “Taz.” But for someone looking from the 17th floor of the Springer building, where the main editorial offices of the influential tabloid newspaper Bild are located, a few trees block the view of the gray building that houses the editorial offices of the Taz, a publication that appears to believe even today that it has the right to dictate what it means to be left-wing in Germany. (more…)