The majority of links are from BoingBoing with a smattering of others from

• Jerry Pournelle's Chaos Manor Musings,
• James Randi Educational Foundation,
• Cockeyed.com,
• SlashDot

"Behind Military Analysts, the Pentagon's Hidden Hand"
not only duping the public but the "message force multipliers" themselves: ÒI walked away from that session having total disrespect for my fellow commentators, with perhaps one or two exceptionsÓ

video: "US electoral system explained"
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Australia to outlaw laser pointers
those without a legitimate reason to have one can be fined up to Au$5000

Russia to require registration of all WiFi users
they will also stop space tourism program in 2010

US District Court invalidates parts of Copyright Remedy Clarification Act

the results of the "Drive Someone Insane With Postcards" prank
as posted here on December 20, 2007

"Evil Monkey's Guide to Kosher Imaginary Animals"

"Knife hooks"
wall hooks that look like a knife-thrower was practicing

review of "Dream World," a kinda-sorta clone of Disneyland in Taiwan
be sure to scroll about 2/3rds the way down to see the pictures of the bathroom baby figurines

cartoon series in which Mickey Mouse tries to commit suicide
because Minnie dumps him for his brother. From a comic strip printed in the newspapers in
1930. The sinister one what printed on October 30, 1930>/p>