Month: August 2005

DEA capo admits that Emery arrest was political. I’d feel a hell of a lot better if yanks stayed the f*ck out of our politics. Using law enforcement for political ends is something Americans can’t get enough of, but Canadians, not so much. I also think Canadian authorities should develop a backbone and say no to Americans, otherwise ordinary people in Canada may come to feel that the cops no longer act in their interest, but against them.

Here’s a web site that’ll redirect you to a random web site! Just the thing for those times when you want to surf the web, but aren’t sure what sites you want to go to. A wonderful time waster.

Unfortunate childrens’ books. A Flickr photoset that ranges from the just boring (The First Book of Salt) to the unintentionally hilarious (The Cruise of the Happy-Go-Gay).

Fun with Ad Council’s public service announcements. It’s another Photoshop Phriday from Something Awful!

Tony Blair makes it easier to deport foreign-born would-be terrorists. However, with the recent news that the 7/7 terrorists were mostly British-born, is he not setting himself up for a cynical response?

Ever wonder about that device that Scientologists use to test people? It’s called an “e-meter”, and Gizmodo has the skinny on it. I must admit I’m a little surprised at the claims of their being periodically available on eBay.

Firefox users: wondering how to get rid of the flash popups that have been showing up recently? As it turns out Flash and other plugins can override Firefox’s popup-blocking settings. Here’s how to get rid of the annoying things.

Ugliest. Dog. EVAR. (via Metafilter) It looks like some sort of prop for a Stephen King movie, but it’s all too real.

The launch of Sony’s Playstation 3 could be pushed back to 2007. Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Les Américains se demandent parfois pourquoi ils sont si gras… Parfois les raisons sont subtiles, et à d’autres moments elles le sont moins!