LIVE from the wretched hive of scum and villainy that is Netroots Nation, the central meeting ground for crypto-communists, unreconstructed Marxists, aging hippies and socialist criminals of every stripe and colour, Tim Andrews takes a short break from infiltrating the loopy-left to bring you the Biggest edition of Best Of The Web to date!
Nanny-statists prevent children from studying rocks as they are "too dangerous", in what I originally thought was an Onion satire. The children will study a poster of rocks instead.
How "stranger-danger" with our kids has gone way too far
Czech female politicians create a "sexy calendar", with photos of parliamentarians posing...well... rather suggestively. Because, you know, unlike Australia, some countries don't get all hysterical when women in politics are shown in an attractive light... In a similar vein, A Romanian model who wants to improve the country’s image has started a new political party for beautiful people
Speaking of beautiful women in politics, Margaret Thatcher's family is appalled at the screenplay of a biopic about the great Lady, which portrays her as an elderly dementia-sufferer looking back on her career with sadness
The NAACP call greeting card about the universe, solar system and black holes "racist"
Fake femme-fatal exposes social-network risks and intelligence failings
Was the poverty of Africa determined in 1000 BC?
An Augusta State University counselling student was told her her Christian beliefs were incompatible with the program, and she must undergo a re-education program to be allowed to graduate.
"Sledgehammer and whore" The funniest thing I have read all week. Click through highly recommended, and seriously, stay with the whole post... (h/t Megan McArdle)
Congolese dandies make fashion a religion (h/t Rachel Hills)
Parasailing donkeys in Russia...
Photos of the 1960's U.S Congressional fallout shelter
The Obama bumper-sticker removal kit
McDonald's CEO Stands Up to Kook Leftist Attack on Happy Meals
In case you missed it, how many types of statist do you recognise?
How supermodels are like toxic assets
"Sexist" men make better husbands
Libertarian student group uncovers conflict of interest by University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman in her advocating smoking bans whilst sitting on the board of Nicorette
Great cartoon about
The periodic table of swearing
A perceptive essay on high school and nerds
How Nasa solved the problem of Life Insurance for Astronauts
Why 'camp counselors' should be allowed to hug kids...
Macarb 1970's Japanese kids picture book art
The 'wine-rack': hold wine inside your bra.
How Star Wars Episode IV should have ended
A history of "internet addiction" as a "psychiatric illness", and its implications (I very strongly recommend a read of this one...)
"You know, physically, he was just a pussy," - Mike Tyson on Che Guevara
Arabic man convicted of rape by fraud in Israel for pretending he was Jewish.
Love Parade Permanently Canceled After Stampede Kills 19 (h/t Eye Of The Storm)
Rod Blagojevich ring tones!
Meet Basil Marceax ("dot com"). He's running to be Governor of Tennessee, and is delightfully stark raving mad...
Teenagers uses Craigslist to swap cell-phone for Porsche
Genuine Amazon one-star reviews of classic books (h/t First Thoughts)
A do-it-yourself consumer warning
New matchmaking site lets you date by book
The Taiwanese CGI people, who previously brought you re-enactments of Tiger Woods's car "crash" and Al Gore's sex-crazed poodle impersonation, explore the possibility of a 2012 Presidential run by Sarah Palin
Elton John to present Animal Farm: the musical
Foreign Accents Make Speakers Seem Less Truthful to Listeners
Pick-up lines from the philosophers (h/t First Thoughts)
And finally, if you're reading this because you have no friends,l maybe you can either just rent one, or, if you're looking for something a bit more, enroll at the University of Potsdam University in Berlin, that offers flirting classes to computer science students.
College Offers Flirting Class to Computer Science Students
(Tim Andrews is the co-founder & Editor of Menzies House, and has invested far too much of his time in creating this post, and, as such, demands you click every link to validate his existence)
