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Watch it for the hotlap

Pure awesome. The absolute deadpan makes it perfect. The hotlap at the end is simply brilliant. Simply brilliant.

I have to admit the first line made me laugh

Wannabe New Jersey Jihadist Was An Internet Meme Great, now our nation is under attack by memes. I'm sure his defense will be; "Death to Jews!? What? No! I just hate liquefied fruit. I must have been at the wrong rally."

Brevity is the soul of wit

I think someone finally found an appropriate use for Twitter: Barack Obama Embraces His Inner Jimmy Carter The best summation of the speech comes from our own Caleb Howe, who tweeted, “Let me be clear. Some oil spilled. But Katrina. And make no mistake. I’m having meetings. In conclusion, something about China. Windmills!” That, ladies and gentlemen, is the President’s whole speech in 140 characters.

I am not making this up

Puppy thrown at German biker gang A German student "mooned" a group of Hell's Angels and hurled a puppy at them before escaping on a stolen bulldozer, police have said. I swear this sounds like a Monty Python sketch.

The worst thing about World Cup

Give me a break. And no, this is not "part of the game". It's cheating, it's poor sportsmanship and it makes you look like a pussy. Man up and play the damn game. I'm glad they've been booking the for this crap this time around. Last World Cup had more acting than Summer Stock.

When the Internet Generation meets paleopoliticians

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor . I love this one. The guy sits down for what he thinks is going to be a fluff interview and boom goes the dynamite! At first he laughs, and shifts in his chair. He can't believe this isn't a softball interview. Then he tries to bamboozle the kid by asking which committee and the kid delivers. Boom Goes The Dynamite Part Deux. Then he feigns ignorance on the vote he supported. Then, he runs away. Yes, this State Senator ran away from an interview with a High School Student. He couldn't handle the hard hitting journalism of a teenager. That can only mean the "real media" in that area is falling down on the job. Kudos to this kid. More please.

Coke n' Mentos Rube Goldberg Machine

Win!

Simultaneously cruel and hilarious

Brilliant!

Holy Flaming Jesus!

I swear I'm not a Godblogger but this was just too awesome not to post.

NNooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Skip to the 2:00 minute mark and see how long you can last. Dear Sweet Lord. That was painful. The worst part is it gave me flashbacks. See, when I was kid (late 70's) the Catholic Church (at least my parish) was a little bonkers. They were co-opting the Hippy/Free Love thing in hopes of keeping the younger parishoners from fleeing. It didn't work and mostly it drove away the other sane people (like my parents). Why? The above video is why. I remember being seven years old and sitting in the pew when the Priest was reading something and the band (that should be a clue to Catholics how far gone my parish was) started playing some sort of background music. I noticed some movement on my left, in the aisle. A young woman, probably in her twenties, was doing some sort of interpretive dance like the one above. She was dressed in a one piece spandex thing. I was literally agape. I had never seen anything like it and haven't since. Our weekly church attendance fe

Jon Stewart FTW

I am not Jon Stewart's biggest fan but this is great: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c Respect My Authoritah www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Tea Party Give him credit for intellectual honesty even if he's late to the party. Obama is losing even his most dedicated supporters. The tipping point is going to be whether LGOMB have another purge after someone hints that Obama may not be, in all ways, perfect.

Angry Clown Union Leaders

No, not this group of angry clowns , this one: Angry clowns decry armed robbery by imposters - wtop.com Clown-union leader Carlos Vasquez says he plans to issue IDs to all real clowns and urge police to detain those who do not have them. (Emphasis mine). Clowns have a union. I...a union? Really? Are there scab clowns taking up all the plum clowning jobs somewhere? If there's any group of people that I imagined needing a union, clowns are most emphatically not on that list. Do you think they only mime signing their union dues check? Cause that would be awesome.

In Praise of ESPN

I'm not ESPN's biggest fan.  There, I said it.  The main reason why is the programming.  They over-cover the big three (Baseball, Basketball and Football) to the detriment of all the other sports.  They rerun the same thing over and over rather than throwing a bone to people like me who want to see the other stuff too.  Let me be clear:  what they do, they do very well.  When it comes to analysis, reporting and recaps, ESPN is second to none.  That said, their web coverage of the World Cup has been amazing.  That's just for the opening round.  For people like me who want to watch the cup but have these pesky "jobs" we have to show up for it's been a boon.  I'm able to keep an ESPN window open with the gamecast.  It tells me shots, substitutions, goals, fouls etc.  They have been adding highlights of goals inside of 10 minutes.  It's amazing.  If you're in the GameCast window, click on the icon for goal that has a video highlight and you get the cli

Tech Bleg

OK, so I'm going build myself an HTPC. The plan is to buy the components from Tigerdirect or newegg and assemble it myself. I want to use the Mythbuntu build. In terms of specs I think I need about 2GB of RAM, ~250GB, Intel/Athelon dual core motherboard, 512MB NVIDIA card, generic dvd r/w, wireless card and an IR blaster. So far I'm having trouble finding a microtower case to hold it all and I'm concerned about heat with the smaller case sizes. Additionally, I have 1TB of NAS storage on the network which is Windows and I'm not sure how to get the Mythbuntu build to talk to the Windows NAS. Does anyone know if that's possible? I may end up making the NAS not really a NAS but just physically moving it from A to B when I need to move things on/off. I'm also looking to put in a hybrid card because from what I'm reading you can then stream from the interwebs to your TV much better than physically capturing then watching it later. Any help appreciated

Yanks Win 1-1!

Awesome game. Fantastic goalkeeping and Donovan played well. The second half the team looked better than the first. They held their own despite blowing two good opportunities in the first half. The unsung hero of the game was Demerit who kept Rooney buttoned up. At this rate we're going to tie for first in the group and it will be decided on goals. Look for both the US and England to try and run up the score on both Slovenia and Algeria. GO USA!

This man is crazy

Seriously!?  He assaults this kid after he said "Good morning Congressman" and then asks him if he "fully supports the Obama agenda".  That's enough to get a Congressman that fired up?  WTF?  I think he saw the camera and freaked out.  Note the demand; "I have a right to know who you are."  No asshole, you don't.  You don't have that right at all.  If I were this kid, I'd dog this guy with a camera every time he was in public.  I have no doubt he'd call the police and file a restraining order and so on.  Sorry, any Congressman who gets that testy that fast is either arrogant or filled with rage.  Either way, he needs to be kicked out.