James Wolcott says V for Vendetta is the movie of the year.

Courtesy of Levide, a web version of Ken Russell's 1955 photo-essay on British teddy girls.

Of particular interest to fans of naturalist urban photography, retro images, and spunky gals lookin' tuff (spinooti, never_fear, calamityjon, I'm lookin' right at you kids).

Via John J., a really excellent article on why torture is a bad idea, no matter what you call it or how you try and dress it up, by someone who's experienced it firsthand.

I'm a fake-tough teenage gangsta for Christ!

I'm a fake-tough teenage Superboy for Christ!

I'm a fake-tough teenage career hag for Christ!

I'm a fake-tough teenage Magic: The Gathering geek for Christ!

I'm a fake-tough teenage child molester for Christ!

I'm a fake-tough teenage stoner for Christ!

I'm a fake-tough teenage extreme sports ( Read more... )

Apparently, the White House has nothing better to do than bully a humor magazine.

Meanwhile, speaking of misplaced priorities, a bunch of humorless Europeans are conspiring to ruin manningkrull's entire month.

This is my favorite part of the article:

Italy's Papaboys, a group of pope devotees who include some of the young Catholics who cheer wildly at ( Read more... )

Finally, all my hard work has paid off!


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6. The creeping suspicion that victims' families on the news are faking their grief ( Read more... )

Thanks to thebitterguy for this...I bet, like me, he beelined right to the Arabic speakers section.

What is it? It's an audio archive of accented English from George Mason University. They record a number of English-speakers (native and non-native) reading a stock sentence, provide background about each speaker (nationality, age, how many years they've ( Read more... )

The link at the bottom of an AP report about the seige of Fallujah is "http://www.defendamerica.mil", not "http://www.destroyiraq.mil".

Stoled from genericus: if you're the exact opposite of me, you can't help thinking, "There just aren't enough badly written, drawn, colored and lettered webcomics about child-raising furries. Particularly ones where the creator makes lots of self-flattering comments about them." Well, lucky for you, person who isn't me, there is Strange DenNow, if you'll ( Read more... )