Fun with Ad Council’s public service announcements.

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.

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?

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?

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.

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.

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

Les Américains se demandent parfois pourquoi ils sont si gras…

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

What do you do if your candidate for UN ambassador us too extreme to get confirmed by the Senate?

What do you do if your candidate for UN ambassador us too extreme to get confirmed by the Senate? If you’re George W. Bush, you wait until Senate is no longer in session, and you appoint your candidate in their absence. Evidently the Senate’s role is no longer “advise and consent”, but simply “rubber stamp or be overriden”. To be fair though, this move causes some outrage but no surprise — I predicted it myself on Metafilter a few weeks ago, as did a few others.

Something Awful looks at the International Male catalog.

Something Awful looks at the International Male catalog. If you think that’s funny, remember that there are evidently lots of people willing to pay good money for those outfits. Now THAT’s hilarious!

Vancouver protests greet the US-orchestrated arrests and seizures related to Marc Emery.

Vancouver protests greet the US-orchestrated arrests and seizures related to Marc Emery. If Canadian cops don’t want to be seen as no longer serving the interests of Canadians, they really need to stop prostituting themselves to US authorities. These are dark days for Canada when the country simply gives up its sovereignty to an irrational, criminal regime like the current US administration.