The Associated Press writes:
A Russian region has found a novel way to fight the nation’s falling birthrate.
It has declared Sept. 12 the Day of Conception and for the third year running is giving couples time off from work to procreate.
The hope is for a brood of babies exactly nine months later on Russia’s national […]

My little brother just sent over these pictures he took of the POW/MIA Memorial at Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts.
Lest we forget . . .

The FBI-California Highway Patrol Joint Counter-terrorism Task Force has asked right-wing-nut David Horowitz’s organization, the David Horowitz Freedom Center (pride is a sin, Dave), to provide them with a copy of their video, “What Every American Needs to Know About Jihad,” to train their officers.
You can view the ridiculous video here. Then head over […]

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Talk of a draft has come and gone — probably largely thanks to Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY), who keeps introducing legislation that would establish conscription for 18-year olds — since the beginning of the Iraq war. I’ve never taken it seriously, and still don’t. But it does become a little more interesting when some official […]

Love it!
A substitute judge lost his position with the North Las Vegas Justice Court last week because of hostile comments aimed at prosecutors on his MySpace page.
Among the personal interests listed by Jonathan MacArthur, a 34-year-old criminal defense attorney, was: “Breaking my foot off in a prosecutor’s ass … and improving my ability to break […]

From Popular Mechanics:
The diesel-electric hybrid hype has met its match: the U.S. Army. After focusing on hydrogen fuel cells in its original version of “The Aggressor,” a high-performance, off-road Alternative Mobility Vehicle (AMV) for military ground exploration and scouting missions, the Pentagon is now going the way of Detroit—with batteries.
The new, second-generation prototype will still […]

Or, at least, these bird paintings.

I have to pass this along from The Torch:
“They look at us like dimwits,” he said. “I don’t want to be looked at like that. … I’ve once had a woman tell me, ‘If there weren’t people like you, there wouldn’t be any wars.’ That’s angering.” - Private Francis Archambault
It may be angering, but it’s […]

Just pilfering stuff all damn day:

Quentin’s Monologue from ‘Sleep With Me’

Originally written by Roger Avary
What’s a film about, what’s it really about? What genre does it take?[Duane: What, like the spine? Like one sentence?]No, I don’t, fucking boy meets girl, I don’t give a shit about that. Fuck boy meets girl, fuck motorcycle movie. No, […]