Using the Emergency Brake to Steal a car?

Ignition keys equipped with signal-emitting chips were supposed to put car thieves out of business. No such luck � but try telling that to your insurance company.

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BREAKING: Reggie Bush and Saints agree to a deal

A 6-year deal to be signed Sunday that is supposedly valued somewhere between number 3 pick Vince Young's and number 1 pick Mario Williams' deals. So much for that year-long hold out.

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An Asteroid will come closer to Earth than our communications satellites

It wasn't quite Chicken Little warning that the sky was falling, but astrophysicist and PBS "Origins" star Neil deGrasse Tyson yesterday warned TV writers that an asteroid is coming - very, very close to Earth.A projected trajectory shows the asteroid, Apophis (named for the Egyptian god of death and darkness), will come very close to our planet

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Dice Wars: Like Risk, but more addictive

The game seems simple at first: You have a certain number of dice on each hex, and you fight other dice for control of the map, but I swear it'll keep you addicted for hours. Easy to learn, but impossible to master

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Picture of Aborted Fetus to be Flown Over Cleveland

As a shock tactic, a national group that opposes abortion plans to fly a billboard-size picture of an aborted fetus over Cleveland beginning Monday.

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Man Arrested For Taking Cellphone Photo Of Police Activity

PHILADELPHIA -- A Philadelphia family said they are outraged over the arrest of one of their family members.

The family of Neftaly Cruz said police had no right to come onto their property and arrest their 21-year-old son simply because he was using his cell phone's camera. They told their story to Harry Hairston and the NBC 10 Investigators.

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Man skydives with jets attached to his feet.

Guy jumps from a plane with home made "Jet Boots". in-freakin-sane

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Free math book published because they think textbook prices are too high...

"With the current price of a new algebra textbook approaching $110 and publishers bringing out a new edition every three to four years just to prevent students from selling their used books, we have decided to create a site where the textbooks are free."
They only have one up right now but plan to add more, along with video and audio lectures.

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Mel Gibson: "Jews...Are Responsible for all the Wars in the World."

Gibson then asked the deputy, "Are you a Jew?

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Wild speculation: iPhone to launch in August?

A reader is reporting to us that a coworker's tech-unsavvy friend, who is regularly hired by Apple to do marketing photo shoots, was recently brought on to take some shots of "the sleekest, sexiest damn phone he's ever seen." The launch date? "Some time in August." Yeah, not a typo -- August.

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Clinton Responds to Coulter's "gay" charge, via Letterman

Ann Coulter recently accused Bill Clinton of being a closeted homosexual. Here now, is his response, as reported by the staff at Late Night with David Letterman.

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900 days until Bush is gone!...Now get a watch to count it down for you.lol

This site has everything, it has counters to install on webpages (myspace), collectible desk clocks, watches, keychains, and T-shirts, screensavers, dashboard widgets. Everything to countdown to the best day in eternity! lol

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Itching for Answers to a Mystery Condition

Dr. Gregory Smith wants people to know it's not all in his head. White fibers have been burrowing into his skin for the past two years, making him feel like he's under constant bombardment from insects or cactus needles. Shine a black light on these fibers and they'll fluoresce blue, he says, just like something you'd see in The Twilight Zone.

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The Top 50 Movie Endings of All Time

What films had the most outstanding finales? Some old favorites and some surprises can be found in this top 50 list.

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US Told To Shut "Secret" Jails Immediately

U.N. Human Rights Committee told Washington it should immediately shut all "secret detention" facilities and give the International Committee of the Red Cross access to anybody held in armed conflict. It also expressed concern at the past use of interrogation techniques that may be a form of torture.................


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chevy dealer doesnt like deal that was legal & final....takes car back

guy buys truck, traded in his car and paid $8,100 cash for truck signed all paperwork and sales manager signs off on it. Next day he gets a call from chevy dealer calls and says cough up 10,000 and you can keep your car, guy says no way, next day his car is gone!

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Never Say Never

"I have heard it stated as fact that one cannot fold a paper in half more than eight times, because the doubled and re-doubled paper quickly becomes too thick...Thanks to a student named Britney Gallivan, it turns out that this impossibility is just as mythical as not being able to lick your elbows."

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Xraye

Addicting game

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The Back the Future Movie You'll Never See (Screenshots)

Back to the Future was actually filmed twice
�once with Eric Stoltz in the role of Marty McFly, and once with Michael J. Fox. But despite Studio proclamations that only a few scenes were involved, the truth is that the majority of the film was shot with Eric Stoltz. The other actors confirmed it was flmed twice.

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Brainiac shows you how to beat the Crane Game

Brainiac shows you how to beat the Crane Game. i need to try this next time

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Things you won't see on CNN - Superb photos

See the following superb photos.. photos like blue angels planes in flight collision.. container ship run aground on beach.. ocean wave washes over big ships deck and small plane caught in power lines.. don't miss

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The Swirling Vortex of Doom, Lake Peigneur, Louisiana in 1980

Early in the morning on November 21, 1980, twelve men decided to abandon their oil drilling rig, on Lake Peigneur, on the suspicion that it was beginning to collapse beneath them. Unbeknown to the crew, they drilled through the lake bottom to a salt mine below. After three hours, the lake was drained of its 3.5 billion gallons of water.

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30 Hornets vs 30,000 bees

Watch how a group of 30 hornets decimate a hive of bees. Made me feel itchy

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Flying an F-15 with one wing!

"The IAF (Israeli Air Force) contacted McDonnel Douglas and asked for information about possibility to land an F-15 with one wing . MD replied that this is aerodynamically impossible, as confirmed by computer simulations... Then they received the photo...."

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Cool picture of Space Shuttle approaching ISS (HUGE IMAGE)

Check out this amazing picture of Space Shuttle Discovery approaching the International Space Station during the STS-121 mission earlier this month.

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Colbert Fights Back

Why don't I watch televised news? Because they regularly play clips like this...

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BUSH IS BREAKING LAWS

Hey look at that, MORE proof. Click here to read the CNN article.

BUSH IS BREAKING LAWS

Hey look at that, MORE proof. Click here to read the CNN article.

Man dies after filmed beating by Mississippi Cops; No charges, arrests.

Jessie Lee Williams, Jr. a 40-year-old black man in a Southern Mississippi jail, was allegedly hooded and hog-tied by police, beaten about the head and testicles and ultimately died from blunt injuries to the head. Despite the fact that the beating was videotaped, and the coroner determined the death a homicide, no arrests have been made.

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"Be An Expert On Anything" by Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert won't be taking the advice offered in this guide. He has dedicated his career to passing himself off as an expert on anything.
Among the highlights:
#6: Speak from the balls, not from the diaphragm
#7: Don't be afraid to make things up

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Furby in Microwave

If you're tired of your furby there's no better way of disposing of it than placing it in the microwave. Turn up the heat, sit back and enjoy.

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Building Better Concrete

For more than 2,000 years, chemists, engineers and interested amateurs have been working to build a better concrete. A new analysis of a long-running experiment on concrete, has yielded insights into what should make for a stronger building block.

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Should we worry about soya in our food?

Whether you know it or not, you'll probably be eating soya today. It's in 60% of all processed food, from cheese to ice cream, baby formula to biscuits. But should it carry a health warning?

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This is what happens you scare an owl...

From a Japanese TV show. ;)

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Jeopardy Champion Shows All the Crap He Got After Competing (Hilarious)

What would you do with a bathtubful of Mrs. Butterworth's? This Modern World blogger and Prisoner of Trebekistan author Bob Harris found himself pondering that very question in 1998, soon after he competed in the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions. When his apartment filled up with unexciting free gifts seemingly sacked at random from a drugstore.

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American Bar Association: Bush is Destroying the Constitution

President Bush's penchant for writing exceptions to laws he has just signed violates the Constitution, an American Bar Association task force says in a report highly critical of the practice.

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Indian man eats entire supply of food at all-you-can-eat joints

On several occasions, the cops had to intervene to rein in the monstrous eater. Once college students took sweet revenge on a restaurateur with Rappai
�s help. He took an �unlimited meals� coupon and emptied the day�s food -- three buckets full of rice, one bucket of fish curry and 10 kg cooked meat -- in no time.

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Davy Jones Completely CG -- Amazing

A slide show showing the actor being completely replaced by the CG Jones. Some of the most amazing CG...ever.

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The War on Chocolate.

Economists doubt that schools can sucessfully ban junk food. Thirteen year old William Guntrip is a good example why it might not work. He is a junk food dealer, and is making nearly $100 a day selling junkfood on the playground.

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10 Things I Hate About Commandments

10 Things I Hate about You + 10 Commandments = Comedy Gold.

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Toothpick + Microwave = great balls of plasma

Brainiac put a toothpick in a microwave with surprising results. They actually don't know what happens, but they theorize that it's either balls of plasma, or ball lightning (aka, St. Elmo's fire)

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Device writes on water

Researchers at Akishima Laboratories (Mitsui Zosen), working in conjunction with professor Shigeru Naito of Osaka University, have developed a device that uses waves to draw text and pictures on the surface of water.

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The biggest hole in the world - amazing photos

The biggest hole in the world is located in Russia.. it is actually a diamond mine.. see the amazing photos here...

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Bush's Tactic of Refusing Laws Is Probed

The president is indicating that he will not either enforce part or the entirety of congressional bills," said ABA president Michael S. Greco, a Massachusetts attorney. "We will be close to a constitutional crisis if this issue, the president's use of signing statements, is left unchecked.

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Dave Chapelle Supports Mac

Dave Chapelle giving out the reasons why he uses Mac over PC.

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Engineers to Build Everglades Reservoir

Engineers next month will begin building one of the world's largest manmade reservoirs _ the size of a small city _ as efforts continue to restore natural water flow to the Everglades. The reservoir, roughly 25 square miles in area, is set for completion in 2010. It will hold 62 billion gallons of water.

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World's fastest car: 0-60 in 1.67 seconds; 270 mph top speed

The Bugatti Veyron is no longer the world's fastest car. Today, a new automaker called Barabus unveiled a car with 1005 horsepower, a ridiculous 0-60 time of 1.67 seconds, and a top speed of 270 mph. Even better, it will be sold for under $500,000 -- much less than the Bugatti's $1.3 mil

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5 Gas Saving Myths READ NUMBER 3!!!

"Think you're stretching out your gas dollars by not running your car's air conditioning? Think again."

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The Math behind M.C Escher's Art

In 1956, Maurits Cornelis Escher completed a drawing called �Print Gallery�. Almost 50 years later, a group of mathematicians at Leiden University, led by Prof. Hendrik Lenstra succeeded in unraveling the mathematical structure of the image.

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Do More Tech Toys Make You Happier?

Think that new video Ipod will make you happier? Wrong.

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Iranians witnessed North Korea Missile test

One or more Iranians witnessed North Korea's recent missile tests, deepening U.S. concerns about growing ties between two countries with troubling nuclear capabilities

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200MPH Radio Controlled Jet

The Gruapner Hotspot Jet goes up to 200MPH and has a Jetcat P80 turbine on the back. The best part is that actually sounds like a jet.

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Slowest man on earth

I came home from work one day to find this old guy standing in place, just shuffling his feet feet a few inches at a time, I asked if he needed help and he yelled at me to leave him alone and get away, so I went into my apartment and filmed this guy trying to make his way down the street. The video is one hour long time lapsed...

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QVC Employee stabs himself on live TV with a sword

I wonder how many more sold before the timer ran out on that item.

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Top 5 Reasons why "The Customer Is Always Right" is wrong

"Let me get this straight: The company will side with petulant, unreasonable, angry, demanding customers instead of with me, it's loyal employee? And this is meant to lead to better customer service?"

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Tired of seeing the same old Che shirts

Does the sight of trust fund kids clad in "cool Che" t-shirts make your blood boil?

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World's Largest Nuclear Explosion

The Tsar Bomb was the largest nuclear weapon ever constructed or detonated. At 50 megatons, it had the power of all the explosives detonated in WWII combined...multiplied by ten!

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The Stinkbird Enigma

In South America, in the swamps of the Amazon and Orinoco rivers, lives a very unusual bird...

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150 Cheap Places To Live

We've all heard about the wonders of the broadband Web. You can stream video, surf at lightning speeds, search for God-knows-what, get your e-mail in a blink. Here's what you may not know: It can let you live far richer than you probably live now.

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The Return of the Draft?

According to an internal Selective Service memo made public under the Freedom of Information Act, the agency's director met with two of Rumsfelds undersecretaries in Feb. 2003 to debate, discuss and ponder a return to the draft. The memo duly notes the administration's aversion to a draft, but concedes there are critical shortages of personnel...

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14 Year old boy who sees with sound!

After retinal cancer claimed both his eyes at age three, Ben Underwood has learned to perceive and locate objects by making a steady stream of sounds with his tongue, then listening for the echos as they bounce off the surfaces around him. The technique is called echolocation, and many species, most notably bats and dolphins, use it to get around.

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YouTube and the copyright cops: safe... for now?

YouTube's continued survival is bit of a mystery to some. TV clips, movie clips, you name it... they all appear on the site regularly, and without authorization. So far, the major lawsuits haven't shown up.

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Nanaca Crash Game! It's Addicting!!

You will definitely lose so much time playing this game. You have to try it once... kind of feel bad for the guy though... post high scores!

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CBS to start advertising its fall lineup ON 35 MILLION EGGS!

This is not a joke. "The network plans to announce today that it will place laser imprints of its trademark eye insignia, as well as logos for some of its shows, on eggs - 35 million of them in September and October. CBS
�s copywriters are referring to the medium as �egg-vertising...�"

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How To Steal a Bike in NYC (Video)

Brothers film a short documentary on how to steal bikes in broad daylight in NYC

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This, is how it's done America!

"900,000 protesters marched through the Mexican capital on Sunday to demand a manual recount in the disputed presidential election, led by a leftist candidate who says fraud cost him the presidency." Can't imagine what 900,000 truly is? Take a look at the photos.

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Arizona proposes making election ballots 1 MILLION DOLLAR lottery tickets

There is a proposal in Arizona to award 1 million dollars in every general election to one lucky voter in an effort to lure voters to the ballots. "If the general election in 2004 is a guide, when more than 2 million people voted, the 1-in-2-million odds of winning the election lottery would be far better than the Powerball jackpot."

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Amazing pool tricks! (Video)

Some of the most amazing pool tricks I've ever seen. Take a look!

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Frappucinos pack more fat than a Big Mac and Coke COMBINED

Wake up and smell the coffee - that frappuccino you just drank contained more fat than a Big Mac and a medium Coke combined. A survey of national coffee chains Starbucks and Gloria Jean's Coffees, published in this month's Consumer magazine, reveals your coffee break could see you breaking the scales.

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Minutes Of Work Needed To Buy Gallon Of Gas [Graph]

This is 1950 - 2006 graph of how many minutes were/are required, for an average worker, to purchase one gallon of gas. The June 2006 average, according to this graph is 11 minutes per gallon (MPG). Note: the sources and methodology for this graph are currently unknown.

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Comparing Notes Optical Illusion

This optical illusion operates on the principle that certain parts of your brain do their job without ever "comparing notes" to with other parts of your brain. Thusly, two different functions may execute simultaneously, but not check to see whether the other operates within its own paradigm.

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The top 10 unintentionally worst company URLs

Everyone knows that if you are going to operate a business in today
�s world you need a domain name. It is advisable to look at the domain name selected as other see it and not just as you think it looks. Failure to do this may result in situations such as the following (legitimate) companies with laughable URLs.

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Japanese Maglev Train Hits 500 KM/H

An amazing video that shows the train's acceleration to 500 km/h+, and then several impressive outside shots. Skip ahead to the outside shot of it...

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What happens if you drive behind a 747?

Following on from the 747 video posted earlier, what would happen if you drove a car behind a 747? BBC's Top Gear did an experiment to find out...

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Jean-Michel Cousteau rides a great white shark

Jean-Michel Cousteau takes a daring ride with a great white shark in open water. Witness the amazing footage and hear him tell why he risked it, what it meant to him and why he would never do it again.

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Dogs falling in slow motion + French electronica = crazy delicious

You know what? I can't explain this. It's dogs falling and jumping in super slow motion set to electronica. It's an ad for a French music store, that's about all I know.

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How Deep Can You Dig?

This is a very ADDICTING game. Use your digger to excavate as much ore as possible. Use the money you earn to upgrade your digger and move deeper and deeper underground, to unearth the mysteries from below.

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Boeing 747 blast, take out a people on nearby beach

The engines from a jumbo jet take out a bunch of people on a nearby beach. The video is from St.Marten
�s airport, famous for the position and the extreme plane landing, over the people at the near beach.

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How to dodge questions about the Middle East

Jon Stewart investigates George Bush and his love affair with the pig.

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UPS Uses Software To Create Right-Turn Only Routes To Conserve Fuel

You wouldn't think of something as benign as avoiding a left-hand turn could conserve fuel, but Atlanta-based United Parcel Service (UPS) swears by it. In fact, the parcel carrier has technology in its systems that help map this out routes that minimize the number of left turns the driver has to make.

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100 miles on an ounce of water car conversion! HHO Gas revolution...

Truly amazing.....but one has to wonder if this knocked oil dependency, would countries charge for water....old but still interesting

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747 Lawnmower Aircraft

See it to believe it!

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Funny Cat Clips - Very Funny

I personally like the cat that chases the Bear away...

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The Who to tour after nearly 25 years

It's been almost 25 years since the Who blasted their way through a major concert tour, so they should be ready. This fall, they'll give it another go, band members Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey announced Thursday. Opening date will be Sept. 12 in Philadelphia.

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Japanese take on Darth Vader, this is comedy gold!

I have no idea what show this is from but it is possibly the funniest thing I have ever seen.

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Darwin's Finches Evolve Before Scientists' Eyes

Competition for food between two species drives an important evolutionary concept. Add this to your list of evolutionary changes in our lifetime.

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Rumsfeld Confronted By Soldier Over Equipment Shortages In Iraq (Video)

Yesterday, during a surprise trip to Iraq, Defense Secretary Rumsfeld was confronted by a U.S. Army corporal who said the vehicle he was using was �one of oldest pieces of equipment in the country,� and that just two weeks before, he�d seen a brand new unit in New York City.

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Will mega-cities become states in their own right?

What's strange is that after reading this, Los Angeles isn't one of these. Los Angeles functions more in the broader geographic context of California, relying on the rest of the state.

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Sense magnetic fields without the cutting?

A blog entry from a guy who claims that he found a way to sense magnetic fields without the need to cut into his finger and risk infection.

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Photo in Calif. could be world's largest

What is believed to be the world's largest photo was successfully created in a hangar that had been converted into a massive camera at the former El Toro Marine Corps base.

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***INTERESTING!!!***Self-control is the key to success

"He left a succession of 4-year-olds in a room with a bell and a marshmallow. If they rang the bell, he would come back and they could eat the marshmallow. If, however, they didn't ring the bell and waited for him to come back on his own, they could then have two marshmallows." Interesting study that correlates results to success in life.

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Bugs turn dust into gold

Australian scientists have found the strongest evidence so far that bacteria play a key role in forming gold grains and nuggets. They have found bacteria that remove gold from the soil and deposit pure grains of it around them.

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BREAKING: Iran Promises Retaliation if Israel Attacks Syria

Iran's President said that if the 'Zionist Regime' attacks Syria, it would be considered an attack on the whole Islamic world that would bring a "fierce response."

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85% decline in rape caused by increase in porn?

Recent statistics have shown that incidents of rape have declined by 85% since 1970. Although the major news agency's haven't reported it, what could be causing this decline, especially since the religious movement would say that porn causes increases in crimes like this. Commentary on the subject linked.

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Terrorists didn't need the Times to tell them anything.

If you still labor under the fantasy that the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and the Wall Street Journal divulged "classified information" that put U.S. lives at risk or hampered our ability to track terrorist financial assets, you are willfully ignorant or have been living in a sensory isolation tank.

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Space Diver Prepares For Big Jump

Frenchman Michel Fournier is readying himself and equipment to attempt a record-setting free fall from the stratosphere.

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Insane College Dorm Room Prank!

Twelve students at Brandeis used 600 galvanized screws to turn a unsuspecting classmate's dorm completely upside-down! A must see video!

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Youth Crime In America DECLINING: Video Games To Blame?

An 11 year decline in youth violence has led the U.S. Department of Justice to proclaim, "the offending rates for 14-17 year olds reached the lowest levels ever recorded." The lowest levels ever recorded. In other words, the PlayStation era has, in fact, produced the most non-violent kids ever. From October 2005, but it needs repeating.

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Tiger's 4000 frame per second golf swing

perfect form... and a nice site as well!

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Donny Deutsch Shatters the Ann Coulter Myth

Donny really did a number on Coulter last night. There wasn
�t a talking head that would give in to her vaudevillian brand of extremism. He�s telling her that there are no liberal bogeymen. Then he gets started on her shots at the 9/11 widows.

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How the world's most powerful laser works

The world
�s largest laser, the National Ignition Facility (NIF) will employ 192 ultraviolet beams that will converge on a target. Here's how an individual beam works.

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America's FAT!!

yea yea... we all know this but here's an interesting visual map of how fat we are. Come one.. lose some weight already!

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Unique autistic savant describes how his mind works

Tammet became famous for reciting pi to 22,514 decimal places with the same ease that the rest of us can reel off 3.142. He also broke the bank in Las Vegas the first time he played blackjack.
And now he has done something that, for a man who describes words as "his second language", is even more remarkable: he has written a book.

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It's 2025. Where Do Most People Live?

Researchers at the Center for Climate Systems Research (CCSR), a part of The Earth Institute, have developed a high-resolution map of projected population change for the year 2025.


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YouTube hits the big time in a short time

"YouTube is so over. What's that? How can it be over when you don't even know what it is? Of course you know what it is. It's been written about in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Mercury News, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, USA Today, Fortune, Time and on blogs, blogs and more blogs"

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McDonald's Uses The Sun on it's New Billboard

Check this out. Very clever advertising. Personally, I love billboard advertising to show something about your product of service no one has ever seen before.

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Scientologist assaults peaceful protester

A man filming a documentary outside the Church of Scientology in Clearwater, Florida was attacked and assaulted by a Scientologist. Michael Fitzgerald was caught on camera attacking peaceful protester Shawn Lonsdale who was there in Clearwater filming a documentary on The Church of Scientology. Fellow Scientologists were quick to lie to the cops...

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The Canary Project: Global Warming Documented in Photos

Through The Canary Project, photographer Susannah Sayler and a team of researchers, writers and designers are collecting photographs that document global warming and displaying them on and offline.

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Luckiest Skydiver in the World

Amazing Video Just Watch.

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Top 5 Strangest Student Projects

TechEBlog have compiled a list of the �Top 5 Strangest (or Coolest) Student Projects� that they've come across in recent time.

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Read this while it's still legal - the state of free speech

I realize there are arguments for all these clampdowns. Still, it ought to give us pause that in one Fourth of July week we had two magazines banned in the state, one song muzzled in a school district and a slew of words outlawed in the military. Would a confident people do this to themselves?

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Dave Chappelle gets his revenge

Hilarious skit from Chappelle's new season. Chappelle gets back at everybody who didn't believe in him before he was famous.

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Earth's Population in Pixels!

To give you a clue about how many people there are on our earth this site has created a picture where every pixel represents a person. It's a pretty wide picture!

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Amazing ad from a bank you'll never use

This is pretty impressive if it's actual people doing it.

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Jesus beer billboard causing quite a stir

Someone covered up a billboard on La Branch at Winbern with a poster featuring a picture of Jesus Christ holding a Budweiser can

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Lemmings!!!!

its the Lemmings, nough said!

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Why do we drive on the side we drive?

If you have ever wondered why some countries drive on the right, and others on the left ... you will wonder no more. Unbelievable amount of info on this subject, including a listing of which countries drive on what side.

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Rogue Giants At Sea

Off the coast of Georgia, early on Saturday, April 16, 2005, a giant, seven-story wave appeared out of nowhere. It crashed into the bow, sent deck chairs flying, smashed windows, raced as high as the 10th deck, flooded 62 cabins, injured 4 passengers and sowed widespread fear and panic.

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Art is Alive

A famous paiting by Seurat is re-created in a Wisconsin town. A really creative idea that was executed very well.

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How to make ice that sinks

Ice is supposed to float, but with a little heavy water, you can make cubes that sink. You won't want to make much (it costs about $15 a cube), but you can probably make your costs back with the bets you will win.


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Amazing Woman can change her Clothes in a Blink of an eye!!!!

This woman can literally change her clothes in like 2 secs. And she does it about 8-10 times!

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New Homes at their lowest point in 20 months

New home contracts were negatively impacted by a combination of factors, including reduced traffic, softening demand, increased cancellation rates and higher unsold inventory levels

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The 25 Greatest Calvin & Hobbes Comic Strips

Calvin & Hobbes ran from 1985 to 1995. Bill Watterson drew thousands of strips, and while I wish like hell that he would come back and draw more, it's probably best to reflect and be thankful for what he's done. Below we have showcased, in no particular order, some of our favorite Calvin & Hobbes strips of all time.

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Iraq Is Killing the U.S. Dollar

History shows that inflation and the cost of war go hand in hand -- and Iraq is no different.

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Could Bush Be Prosecuted for War Crimes?

The extent to which American exceptionalism is embedded in the national psyche is awesome to behold. While the United States is a country like any other, its citizens no more special than any others on the planet, Americans still react with amazed surprise at the suggestion that their country could be held responsible for war crimes.

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Bernanke Admits the Fed Caused the Great Depression

The current Fed Chairman, Ben Bernanke, has openly boasted that the Federal Reserve caused the Great Depression. Of course the Fed
�s guilt is not that controversial among free-market economists, but it�s interesting that most Americans still don�t grasp this most basic fact of US economic history.

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Hitlers Children-Walt Disney cartoon (Banned)

A disturbing, strange and propaganda filled Disney cartoon from the WWII era... wtf?

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Apes that can talk on the phone

"Kanzi and Panbanisha understand thousands of words. They use sentences, talk on the phone, and they like to gossip. In short, they use language in many of the same ways humans do." "Kanzi's favorite movie when he was very young was Planet of the Apes" They can understand everything a five year old can. I don't trust where this is headed!

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Chart Of Every Religion With Info On Each

This is a chart i found of every religion with info on each, i thought iw was really interseting. Laughed at the fact that there is from 3-100 million falun gong, pretty big range.
Enjoy



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Forget pirated movies, go get some pirated (or fake) EVERYTHING in Russia

Fake vacations, fake medical degrees, fake prescription drugs, fake `Siberian purebred' alley cats...Moscow has it all at can't-miss prices!

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George Bush debating 10 years ago

10 years ago George Bush, even without notes, had no trouble pronouncing even the biggest words and he didnt stumble over his words once. What happened?

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Encyclopedia of strange vehicles

"Compiled here is a list of various eccentric vehicles and unique concepts. Most are production models but some are radical one-offs."

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"The Luckiest CORVETTE THIEF Alive.. well almost!".. Arizona U.S.A.

You'll be amazed as you watch a stolen Corvette driven at over 260 kph (165 mph) through the Arizona Desert chased by the Buckeye County Cops.. until he attempts to overtake two big rigs at high speed.. I say no more.. take a look at this incredible act of luck ever seen at high speed!



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The Uncanny Valley: Can video game graphics get too good?

Gamespot makes the claim that graphics are like a mountain with a steep cliff at the end. Graphics make us feel better and better about the game until the graphics become so realistic that they make us feel discomfort and react negatively.

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Van Gogh painted perfect turbulence

Scientists have struggled for centuries to describe turbulent flow � some are said to have considered the problem harder than quantum mechanics. Van Gogh seems to be the only painter able to render turbulence with such mathematical precision.

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Couple Pays $32,000 Fine With Dollar Bills

Frustrated by their experience with Temple Terrace code enforcement, D.J. and Susan Halligan paid a $32,000 lien in $1 bills.

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Face blindness is a common hereditary disorder

"In the first study to examine whether the inability to recognize faces can be inherited, researchers found that it is in fact a common disorder that runs in families and is one of the most frequent disorders apparently controlled by a defect in a single gene."

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The Tartan Wave: History Of Scottish Surfing

SCOTLAND isn't renowned for its rich surfing history. When some of the best wave riders on Earth travel led to Thurso earlier this year to compete in the inaugural O'Neill Highland Open, the rest of the surfing world seemed to think it was hilarious. But perhaps they shouldn't have been so quick to have a laugh at our expense...

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715 Megapixel Photo of Sydney Harbor

Simply a ridiculous amount of detail...

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The Magnificent Moscow Underground

And you thought Moscow looked great aboveground?

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Aviation history is made by ornithopter

Yesterday Dr. James DeLaurier, an aeronautical engineer and professor emeritus at the University of Toronto's Institute for Aerospace Studies, fulfilled a lifelong dream, seeing his manned mechanical flapping-wing airplane, or ornithopter, fly � a dream first imagined by Leonardo da Vinci.

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South Park: A Tribute to Monty Python

What would South Park be like if Terry Gilliam directed an episode? One could only hope, hence why Matt Stone and Trey Parker made a South Park short based off the Monty Python classic sketch, "Dead Parrot."

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The Next Real Estate Boom

Picture the scene: it's 2025, and you and your family are living in a beautiful, leafy-green village that seems more 19th century than 21st, even though it has only been in existence for ten years and is just 20 miles from a major American city. They are dubbed "New Villages" in the latest issue of The Futurist magazine.

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In Parallel Universe Al Gore is President: Saturday Night Live Sketch VIDEO

This is so funny and sad at the same time, how many things could have been different if Bush had never stolen the 2000 election... Gasoline for 19 cents/gallon? End to Global Warming? Americans admired abroad? Budget surplus? Universal Healthcare? Stable Middle-east?

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Why Aren't WE controlling OUR weather??

China can control their weather. They are planning on doing this for the Olympics but they have been deciding what the weather will be for a couple of years now. Surely we have about 40,000 spare people (farmers and veterans), 30 aircraft, 4,000 rocket launchers, and more than 7,000 artillery pieces to do this laying around?

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Man sets off 8,500 bottle rockets at once

While drinking beer, and smoking cigarettes; this guy builds a launcher. Then he loads it with eight thousand five hundred bottle rockets, and shoots them all at one time. God bless drunken southern engineering.

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How much would Pepsi pay to get Coke�s secret formula?

In the end, both Coke and Pepsi would likely be worse off if Pepsi had Coke
�s secret formula and acted on it. So, maybe the executives at Pepsi were acting morally and honorably when they turned in the criminals stealing Coke�s secrets. Or maybe they are just good economists.

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Gay soccer referee

Just watch it and i will let you decide. Found on google video.

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13 Things That Don't Make Sense

A list of 13 things that doesn't make any scientific sense.

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With higher speed limits, our highways have been getting safer

Of the 31 states that have raised their speed limits to more than 70 mph, 29 saw a decline in the death and injury rate and only two have seen fatalities increase. Two studies have compared crash data in states that raised their speed limits with those that didn't and found no increase in deaths in the higher speed states.

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Nudist Trampolining

A very disturbing game but fun nonetheless. Perform popular tricks on the trampoline such as the "Lobster" and "The Dump".

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The Best Whiteboard on the Internet

Internet whiteboard where you can invite people to simultaneously collaborate with you online.

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Fox News anchor makes one hell of a mistake

Hilarious Fox News slip-up!

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Duck! Harrier jet almost takes a soldiers head off

A soldier is standing and a Harrier jet flys up behind him so low, really fast. I have to say I love the sound it makes when it passes by.

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Say goodbye to the IRS?

"The FairTax is a bill that would repeal all taxes on income - no more corporate income tax, no personal income tax, no payroll taxes, no self employment tax - no gift tax, estate tax, capital gains tax or alternative minimum tax."

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Real Masked Superhero and Friend Patrol Indianapolis Streets

"Mr. Silent just brushes it off. People aren't accustomed to seeing superheroes patrolling the city . . . yet. But since the duo began this "experiment," as Mr. Silent calls it, the superhero trend has started to catch on. Others have e-mailed the duo asking how they can join and superheroes have popped up in other cities worldwide, he said.

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Ancient raindrops reveal the origins of California's Sierra Nevada range

One of the longest ongoing controversies in Earth science concerns the age of California's Sierra Nevada, the tallest mountain range in the continental United States.


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The Fed Causes Inflation. Period.

"It seems widely to be believed that many things cause inflation: oil, greedy businessmen, greedy unions, hurricanes, a rising level of aggregate demand versus supply, all food products, and those kids who run the iced tea stand during summer. Anything and anyone at all, seemingly, but the people who control monetary policy at the Fed..."

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Call for 200 mph train to cut travel from L.A. to San Fran to 3 hours

The proposal for the train put forth by the California High Speed Rail Authority would also link other major cities in California such as San Diego, San Jose, and Sacremento. Supported by past governors, the plan could find its way to the 2008 ballot.

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How To Make A Bunch Of Guns Out Of Office Supplies

Ever been bored working? enjoy stealing office supplies as much as i do? Check this site out....

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The greatest table tennis volley ever seen

Must be seen to be believed (and no, it's not that goofy matrix-style table tennis video). Amazing point...

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North Korea Missile Aimed at Hawaii

A report shows that the test missile North Korea fired Wednesday may have been aimed at Hawaii. This is sure to increases already hightened tensions between the United States and North Korea.

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Extremely Slow Motion Drag Racing Video (1000fps)

Video captures tires wadding up and the individual cylinders firing.

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Worst Buy

A brief first-person narrative on why you should never go to Best Buy ever again.

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Stephen Colbert Reveals his True Identity! Ted Hitler!

Quite possibly the funniest sketch ever on the Daily Show. You've seen Colbert crack up once or twice, but now witness Jon Stewart not being able to keep a straight face or even look Colbert in the face when he learns who his Grandfather was. And it gets better from there!

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Dear Clinton...COME BACK!!!

Asked his opinion about Robert Kennedy Jr.'s recent article in Rolling Stone, charging that John Kerry, not George Bush, won the majority of votes in Ohio and thus won the 2004 presidential election, Clinton said Kennedy made "a compelling case."

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A huge brine lake at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico

It was unbelievable to think that it took us 1.5 hours to descend to the depths of the ocean floor and there find a �beach� complete with breaking waves. Unreal! We�re still unsure of the composition of the white clots that define the shoreline and are scattered throughout the brine lake. This is one site that definitely deserves more study.

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N. Korea missile was aimed at Hawaii

Fox news is also reporting this. I think it might be time to get worried.

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Sony ad casues white riot

New billboard advert for Sony's white PSP has caused consternation across the US videogaming community. The ad shows a white model dressed entirely in white threateningly grasping the face of a black model. Next to them are the words, "PlayStation Portable. White is coming".

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South Parks Scientology episode"trapped in the closet" is up for an Emmy!

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif. One of the Emmy nominees for best animated program is the episode of "South Park" that's said to have angered Tom Cruise and Isaac Hayes.
The episode called "Trapped in the Closet" implies that Cruise is gay and makes fun of Scientology.

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Idiot with a roman candle

All I can say is OUCH!!!!

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Robin Williams Explains the Origin of Golf!

Extremely Funny!

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The Real Face of Jesus

From the first time Christian children settle into Sunday school classrooms, an image of Jesus Christ is etched into their minds. In North America he is most often depicted as being taller than his disciples, lean, with long, flowing, light brown hair, fair skin and light-colored eyes. Familiar though this image may be, it is inherently flawed. A p

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America: Freedom to Fascism movie makes Fahrenheit 9/11 look like Bambi

Presenting what is wrong with our government, the illegality of the IRS and the Federal Reserve, Aaron Russo's incendiary political documentary opens July 28th in very limited release. International premiere at Cannes was free and open to the public and won a standing ovation.

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Amazing Infrared Photo Gallery!

Some really great infrared photos of rivers, trees, and fields. They have a chillingly surreal feel to them. Makes for some nice desktop wallpapers...

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Why Geeks/Nerds make the best boyfriends.

Funny list of reasons girls should look at dating a geek/nerd.

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Did your cellphone get wet? Throw it in the oven.

Did you jump into a pool by accident? Maybe putting your cell phone in the oven at 125 degrees for five hours may make your wet cellphone work again.

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Incredible Etch-A-Sketch Artistry

With the average portrait taking 60-70 hours to complete, George Vlosich III has to be one of the most talented artists I have seen. It is incredible to gaze at these lifelike portraits of famous people.

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The single most amazing basketball shot I've ever seen.

The title says it all - check it out, it's a short clip but well worth watching

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Worst Goalkeeper Ever

Goalkeeper's stupidity will come back to haunt him.

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Forget the Missiles, This is Even More Bizarre

While everyone's attention was focused on North Korean missiles, the real story is the North Korean economy.

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Busted for wearing a peace T-shirt; America has gone insane!

Mike Ferner served as a Navy corpsman during Vietnam War. He was aressted for wearing a t-shirt while sitting down by himself, drinking a cup of coffee. Some Americans have obviously totally lost the plot.

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High school valedictorian's speech condemns U.S. education system

Imagine the nerve ... a high-school valedictorian, on his way to Princeton next year, daring to speak about a topic he obviously has given much thought to � the American education system. And the principal's reaction? He said Elnahal's speech was �hypocritical� and �an insult.�

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A feather and a hammer fall at the same rate!

We've learned since high school that "all objects released together fall at the same rate regardless of mass". It's hard to visualize here on earth since we have this pesky atmosphere. An Apollo 15 astronaut did this on the moon with a 1.32-kg aluminum hammer and a 0.03-kg feather. The results are...predictable. Unfortunately it's Quicktime

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Piece of man's skull falls off, draws crowds

Hundreds of people are thronging a hospital in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata to see a patient holding a piece of his own skull that fell off. "When the skull came off, I thought he will die, but we noticed a new covering on his head forming and that might have pushed the 'dead skull' out," he said.

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Debit Cards: Too Risky For Big Purchases

When you're making a big purchase, think twice about using a debit card in place of a credit card. If something goes wrong, you may have a tough time getting your money back with a debit card. And don't let the word "Visa" on the front of the card fool you. You don't have the same consumer protections with a debit card. It's not even close.

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CIA Closes Osama Bin Laden File - Gives Up Search

Nearly five years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Osama Bin Laden is still a free man. U.S. officials are not sure where he is. Although the U.S. government says the hunt is still on, the CIA recently closed its Bin Laden unit. via http://frustratedcities.com

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WaterBalloon breaking in Slow Motion / Really Cool!!

Someone takes there camera and slows down the video and it turns out really cool.

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Bad Timing of hotels.com advertisement

Really bad time for a hotels.com commercial.

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It's like a hand grenade in a bathtub...

TV Show "Brainiac" demonstrates what happens when you mix alkali metals with water. Can you say BOOM? Fun stuff and it's educational too.

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For Mein Fraulein: You are more popular than you imagine. Call me.

For two months, persons unknown have been sending secret messages via Craigslist. They post a message "For Mein Fraulein", which gives a VoIP telephone number. When you call the number, you hear what sounds like a shortwave numbers station, reading numbers for several minutes. Nobody yet knows who's behind the messages or what's being said.

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Jimmy Carter: Our leaders have become obsessed with secrecy

Our leaders have become obsessed with secrecy, but other nations in the developed and developing world are recognizing that a free flow of information is fundamental for democracy.

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The REAL way to set up your rear view mirrors

You've been driving for years. You THINK you know how to adjust your mirrors. But chances are, you don't have your side mirrors adjusted anywhere near how they should be.

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Homeless man helps heart attack victim

This is cool; some homeless guy, who must have been an advanced paramedic or doctor at some point in his life, helped save a mans life.

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Ancestor of every living human may have lived only 2000 years ago

"That means everybody on Earth descends from somebody who was around as recently as the reign of Tutankhamen, maybe even during the Golden Age of ancient Greece. There's even a chance that our last shared ancestor lived at the time of Christ."

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10 Days That Changed the History of the US

"The dates that truly made a difference aren't always the ones we know by heart; frequently, they've languished in dusty oblivion. The 10 days that follow � obscure as some are � changed American history."

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Vice President Said to Feel That If There's a 1 Percent Chance, Then Act

Imagine what would happen in everyday situations were the Cheney doctrine to be applied. A young man is in a bar and another man gives him a hard stare. If the young Cheneyite feels threatened and believes the probability to be at least 1 percent that the other man will shoot him, then he has a right to preemptively shoot him in "self-defense."

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World's Most Complex Paper Model

A v8 engine made entirely of white paper; it even moves in sync with the rest of it, and involves over 5,750 pieces of paper.

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Curve Ball

This game gets crazy after level 6 and that's how far I get before I get owned. But, it is a good game.

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John F. Kennedy, in 1961, on secrecy and the press

"The very word "secrecy" is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings. We decided long ago that the dangers of excessive and unwarranted concealment of pertinent facts far outweighed the dangers which are cited to justify it."

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Just How Much Is $60 Billion?

$60 billion could put $9.19 in the pocket of every person on the planet.
$60 billion could fill up the tank of a Hummer with $3 gas enough times to drive around the equator 8.4 million times.

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Dubai Waterfront: The Largest Waterfront Development in the World

Covering an area seven times the size of Manhattan, this series of artificial islands and canals will add 1500 km of coastline to Dubai. It will also be the location of Burj Dubai, the tallest human construction in the world upon completed. The linked video introduces the project and includes some incredible footage of the new planned downtown

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U.S. forces Western Union to block money transfers by Muslims

Money transfer agencies like Western Union have delayed or blocked thousands of cash deliveries on suspicion of terrorist connections simply because senders or recipients have Muslim names. A Pakistani said Western Union blocked his attempt to wire money to his brother, Mohammed, for a cataract operation. "Every Mohammed is a terrorist now?"

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Déjà Vu, Again and Again

Take a moment to remember what happened during your day yesterday. Images and sounds begin to flash through your mind: people you spoke to, places you went, meals you ate. One scene cues up another, leading you on vivid tangents as you cycle through the day. Now ask yourself: how do you know that you are remembering those images as they happened?

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Blast fireworks in your computer (flash)

Just click and enjoy!

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Guy builds an awesome flying model of a F-14, with working afterburners.

Request permission to buzz the tower, Negative Ghostrider, the pattern is full.

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Rainbow Tornado [Phenomenal Image]

"This is one of the most beautiful tornadoes I have ever seen, located near Mulvane, Kansas. We were on the west side of this tornado with a gorgeous white tornado with a rainbow. As you can see the streaks of hail moving inward towards the tornado."

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The Roots of the Human Family Tree Are Shallow

Whoever it was probably lived a few thousand years ago, somewhere in East Asia. He or she did nothing more remarkable than be born, live, have children and die. Yet this was the ancestor of every person now living on Earth.

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Is Bush a War Criminal Due to Supreme Court Hamdan Ruling?

Andrew Sullivan takes a moment to consider this pressing quesion: Is our president a war criminal?

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Rogue Helicopter Pilot in this airspace!

Local nut goes insane at a public town meeting, and demands the FBI go after a "rogue helicopter pilot" which apparently has been haunting him. Extremely funny, and its get even better at the end!, this guy is crazy!!!

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The united states of total paranoia

I know Britain is full of incompetent water board officials and stabbed Glaswegians but even so I fell on my knees this morning and kissed the ground, because I�ve just spent three weeks trying to work in America.

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A better wall plug

This is just brilliant: A new plug design, angled out from the wall to make it easier to plug things in or out. It was created by University of Notre Dame student Julia Burke, and won an IDSA award this year.

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Woman fuses with couch from sitting too long! (PICTURE)

Removing her from the couch would be too painful, since her body was grafted to the fabric. After years of staying put, her skin had literally become one with the sofa and had to be surgically removed. sorry about the old article but I just heard this on the radio today and went googling for a link. I think I'm gonna get up and go for a walk now!

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Amazing Storm Pictures

Here is a set of the amazing storm pictures taken by the storm chaser, Mike Hollingshead in Nebraska and Kansas during the summer months of 2002 and 2004.


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WOW. Just how fast is Dubai growing? Take a peak at these two photos.

11 years has made a world of difference in Dubai.

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NY Times: Digg brought the world's attention to Vincent Ferrari

"With the enthusiastic help of users of Digg, the much-visited site that lets readers rate news stories, the online world found its way to Mr. Ferrari's door. (Actually, too many curiosity seekers arrived that day: the server that hosted his blog crashed hard when about 300,000 visitors tried to push through the door at about the same time.)"

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Defend Your Base

Same concept as defend your castle, but with more entertaining.

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Bird takes down a 40 million F16 Fighter jet HUD view

Great footage of f16 injesting a bird and crashing.

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Who's reading your e-mail?

New plans to scan e-mails for illegal images of child abuse may give the appearance that children are being safeguarded but they may not be as effective as they first seem, argues Technology commentator Bill Thompson.

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Crazy Optical Illusion!!

Static .gif looks like it's animated! Try saving it in non-animated formats if you don't beleive it!

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Pomegranate juice can help fight prostrate cancer

A daily glass of pomegranate juice can hold back prostate cancer and could even prevent men dying of the disease, new research has shown. Just one glass per day increased the stability period of prostate cancer four-fold. The effect was so pronounced it may allow older men to avoid dying from the cancer. (Can I at least put Vodka in it?)

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Apple-Discounts announces winners of the Apple Imagination Contest (Pics)

The recent contest that had people "designing" (via Photoshop) what they wanted to see Apple come out with next is over, and now you can see the winning entries (and all the others, too). Some pretty cool stuff. I'd buy most of these (if I was rich). New iPods, MacBooks, iTablets, etc.

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