Washington DC - In a stunning move today, Ingrid Newkirk, the head of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has stood on the steps of Capitol Hill and called for the impeachment of President Obama. "Bacteria are animals, too! They're not ours to kill and obliviate! Our scientists have been able to discern the sound of streptococcus bacteria 'screaming' in a petri dish when exposed to pennicillium spores." She then wiped a tear from the corner of her eye. [caption id="attachment_466" align="alignright" width="160" ... Read More

Some shit just seriously went down. I heard what I thought were four gunshots about fifteen minutes ago. Then a bunch of sirens. Looked out my window and there were at least three New Brunswick police vehicles coming down the block.  I then heard another eight or nine shots and saw a plainclothes policeman tactiacally manuvering down my block on foot, gun drawn. There are two vans, one red box van, one green minivan. The back windows were shot out of both of the ... Read More

A goat in Nigeria is being held on suspicion that it is, in fact, a suspect in the armed robbery of a car. "The group of vigilante men came to report that while they were on patrol they saw some hoodlums attempting to rob a car. They pursued them. However one of them escaped while the other turned into a goat," Kwara state police spokesman Tunde Mohammed told Reuters by telephone. "We cannot confirm the story, but the goat is in our custody. We ... Read More

We got 'im, boys! Authorities in New Jersey removed 3-year-old Adolf Hitler Campbell and his two young siblings from the care of their parents, according to a published report Tuesday. The state's Division of Youth and Family Services took the boy, as well as his sisters -- JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell, 1, and Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie Campbell, 9 months -- from Heath and Deborah Campbell, according to LehighValleyOnline.com. Adolf Hitler Cambell and his loving Parents. Nice neck tattoo, buddy! At least we stopped ... Read More

And the government of China may buy an assload of them in order to rid their capitol city of pests just before the city hosts the Olympic Games. [caption id="attachment_287" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Radar Mouse Trap"][/caption] Ok, that's not how the saying goes, but Auckland, NZ based Rentokil has come up with a mousetrap that utilizes laser guided doors and a "measured dose" of Carbon Dioxide gas to off the unlucky critter. Oh, and it also automatically sends a text message to your exterminator when ... Read More

From the NY Post "Buck$ for Blog Softbank Puts $5M in Huff Post": August 7, 2006 -- A group led by venture capital firm Softbank is investing $5 million in the Huffington Post, an online news site and political blog owned by the pundit Arianna Huffington, The Post has learned.The investment comes a little over a year after the launch of the Huffington Post - which then was billed as a celebrity-filled blog but has since evolved in to its own news brand. An ... Read More

The more I read it, the more I'm coming to love The Jawa Report. These guys tend to draw more of a conservative audience, but that's just fine. Rusty Shackleford, Vinnie, and all the other people that contribute do an awesome job of finding and archiving news stories that trouble them or irresponsible journalism. Needless to say, I love it. Their current pet project is "Reutergate" which has come to be quite a telling expose of how Reuters photographers (two or three in particular, ... Read More