We've got nothing on this guy...

I have to say, the Dutch are in a bad way if this is really true:

"Two Dutch political parties called Wednesday for laws prohibiting sex with animals after a man suspected of having sex with a pony was set free.

"Wearing nothing but a T-shirt, the man was arrested by police in Utrecht Monday after the pony's owner caught him by surprise in his stable.

"'He was caught in the stable, busy with the pony, and was arrested for animal mistreatment,' Mary Hallebeek, a prosecution spokeswoman said.

"The prosecutor set him free because there was no evidence of a crime. Dutch law does not prohibit bestiality."

No evidence of a crime?!?!? If I found some guy in my tool shed wearing nothing but a t-shirt and raping my dog I would like to think he'd at least get a trespassing rap.

Celebrate Passover with a fun Bag of Plagues.

I think Victor is trying to blog vicariously... here's his latest contribution:"Dumptruck"

In the Nav-eeee! Japanese recruitment video. I can't wait for Fleet Week.

Quarter-folks to get quarter-votes in California?

Any constitutional amendment with a name as cool as "Training Wheels for Citizenship" seems like a no-brainer for sound public policy...

"In a rare and likely quixotic proposal, Sen. John Vasconcellos on Monday introduced a bill that would allow anyone 14 or older to vote -- at least fractionally -- starting as early as 2006.

"The proposal, which would grant people ages 16 and 17 a half-vote and those who are 14 and 15 a quarter-vote, is the final legislative push by the termed-out San Jose Democrat, an unapologetic liberal and the father of California's self-esteem movement.

"'We're just children, or that's what some people think,' said Victoria Martinez, 14, of San Jose, who supports the bill. 'But we do have minds and political views.'

"Flanked by about two dozen teens at a news briefing Monday, Vasconcellos dubbed his attempt to amend the California Constitution 'Training Wheels for Citizenship,' a way to engage about 2 million more young people at a time of low voter turnout."

Priceless Kerry Ad

I'm not sure how pointing out Kerry's privileged background distinguishes him from Bush, but it's still an amusing ad.

Bad snack apologetics

From Cruel.com . . . True, Funyuns may be gross, but they still outsell Responsibilityuns.

To complete this week's "pop culture meets christianity and I'm so going to hell triad," here's Led Zeppelin - The Satanic Messages.

SomethingAwful.com's latest Photoshop contest: Product Placement in The Passion of Christ

The Exorcist in 30 seconds with bunnies.

The Book Of Sick is just that. Warning: this is very VERY dark.

I'm convinced that no one who grew up on the east coast can do this.

Cheap laughs with children's television and sexual innuendo: Rainbow!

Woohoo! The Firefly movie has been greenlit for production. "Serenity" has an ETA for next year. Looks like Whedon is writing and directing and that most of the cast has signed on. Conspicuosly absent are Alan Tudyk and Ron Glass. While I can do without Glass, Tudyk would be a big loss. He's been a favorite of mine since he played Gerhardt the flaming neurotic in rehab with Sandra Bullock in 28 Days (he was the single redeeming part of the movie). Tudyk is also starring as "Sonny" the main robot in the upcoming "I, Robot."

Suburban Trunk Monkey is back!

The mystery of Graceland's 2nd Floor is finally revealed. And knowing how tacky the rest of the house is, I can believe the photos are real.

My patriotism kicks your patriotism's . . .
Or, dispatches from an Arkansas Wal-Mart, part I

Just think how awesome you're going to look in this fashionable button-up that you can make yourself! The best part is, you can listen to this guy's well-reviewed cd while you sew...

Victor posted this in one of the comment threads. It was too good not to repost on the main page:

Here's that Reason article on eminent domain I mentioned a while back. Also, Todd has a nice piece in the new issue on the FDA that you should check out.

EvilLyrics is a nifty little application that works with lots of different mp3 players (btw - I recommend Foobar, what you lose with bells and whistles you make up for with ease of use and stability - it also plays ogg and flac files). It automatically downloads the lyrics of whatever song is playing.