From CNN.COM: 
Computer techs turn to fisticuffs for fun
Fight clubs are chance to be ‘a superhero for a night’
MENLO PARK, California (AP) — They may sport love handles and Ivy League degrees, but every two weeks, some Silicon Valley techies turn into vicious street brawlers in a real-life, underground fight club.
Kicking, punching and swinging every household […]

 
Looks like Bush used Memorial Day for yet another photo op for his complete and total failure to find those pesky WMD’s in Iraq…
“Tears welled in the US president’s eyes as he gave his latest annual speech at Arlington National Cemetery, just a few days after admitting that he had some regrets about the Iraq […]

I thought it might be interesting to see a historical view of congressional house of representative pay increases and increases to the federal minimum wage, starting from when the minimum wage was established in 1938.
Below is a table comparing congressional salaries and the minimum wage.  It also includes values in 2005 inflation adjusted dollars, and the ratio between a […]

 
From YahooNews:
STDs Running Rampant In Retirement Community
Doctors said sexually transmitted diseases among senior citizens are running rampant at a popular Central Florida retirement community, according to a Local 6 News report.
A gynecologist at The Villages community near Orlando, Fla., said she treats more cases of herpes and the human papilloma virus in the retirement community […]

I stumbled upon this website today.
Cute Overload is all about cuteness to the max,  here’s a sample of some of the pictures you’ll find on there.

From USA Today: 
Report: Jet stream shift is expanding the Earth’s tropics and deserts
By Andrew Bridges
WASHINGTON — Deserts in the American Southwest and around the globe are creeping toward heavily populated areas as the jet streams shift, scientists reported Thursday.
The result: Areas already stressed by drought may get even drier.
Satellite measurements made from 1979 to 2005 show […]

Ok this is pretty dorky, but also pretty cool, some guy took footage from Guild Wars and Wizards of Warcraft and turned it into a Dance Off Video, Hammer Time Style.

 
From YahooNews: 
Drought order leaves British clowns high and dry
LONDON (AFP) - Circus clowns have fallen foul of a drought order granted to a British utility because of diminishing stocks of water, a number of newspapers reported.
Entertainers from Zippo’s Circus were told they risked heavy fines if they continued to throw up to 20 buckets of […]

This guy has no shame.
Rumsfeld is now telling even more Lies about the Lies he told a month ago when VIA Veteran Ray McGovern asked him about his earlier lies regarding WMD in Iraq.
Is Rumsfeld a complete Moron?  Does he not know there is a video record of the past?   How can he be that […]

This is pretty cool, it’s a video clip of this guy, I believe his name is Sicaf, who makes art using nothing but sand and a projector.   Its long but worth it, and the soothing music will make you feel all tingly.

 
From MSNBC.COM: 
Here’s how to make an invisibility cloak
Theoretical cloaking device could soon become reality (sort of)
By Alan Boyle
Researchers say they are rapidly closing in on new types of materials that can throw a cloak of invisibility around objects, fulfilling a fantasy that is as old as ancient myths and as young as “Star Trek” and […]

From MSNBC.COM: 
Asteroid risk to Earth lowered, scientists say, Chances of impact move ‘in right direction,’ toward odds of 1-in-24,000
By Alan Boyle
 
After a fresh round of radar observations, astronomers said Thursday that the chances of a catastrophic asteroid impact in the year 2036 are lower than previously thought — and they’re hoping the threat will be […]

From USATODAY.COM: 
Report: British legislator says killing Blair would be morally justifiable
LONDON (AP) — Maverick British politician George Galloway has claimed it would be “morally justified” for an assassin to target Prime Minister Tony Blair, but he said he was not advocating an attempt, according to a magazine interview published Friday.
Galloway was quoted as saying an […]

Not Likely.  Even Pro Football Players Max out around 1,200 - 1,400 pounds on the Leg Press.  You mean to tell me this feeble old insane moron can leg press 2,000?
But wait… wait a minute…  maybe someone helped him?  Who could it be…   

Ahhh.. That explains it.  Ok I believe it now,  after all Pat Robertson […]