Let me be clear: I am a member of no party, and I cannot imagine I ever will be. With that said, I am thrilled to watch the real-time disint...

If it really is Cap'n Trips walking the deserts of the Southwest, might as well stop worrying now, get your affairs in order, and be pre...

So, the arbitrary deadline of 100 days is soon to come and go, and I have to say I am 100% satisfied with Obama's performance so far. Bu...

Thought for the morning: Expendable has much in common with Inevitable.

Any photo of The King is a treasure, of course. But to have him with the President of the US in deferrance? Greatest humblage of all time. A...

Remember: When the US of A tortures (only applies under a Republican Administration), it's good, cuz we're the Good Guys, and we...

Add your own mockery. I would just like to point out the wonderful dissonance of railing against budget cuts for Defense (which isn't ha...

Those of a certain age will remember the introduction of the Star Wars action figure, and what a heady time it was. All was good for awhile,...

Introducing a new recurring feature: Mask Watch. My theory: With the ever growing preponderance of surveillance technology (cameras, satelli...

Not sure why this isn't getting bigger play, or maybe it has and I was out of the country (as I often am). Regardless, behold, an actual...

A fun game! Whenever you see or hear a reference to God, Jesus, Allah, Etc, replace the particular deity with the Flying Spaghetti Monster. ...

This pretty shot shows the Earth and Moon as seen from the Mars Orbiter on its way to Mars. As always with astronomical pictures, perspectiv...

So redo the movie again, George, and get it right this time!

H/T to L>E>ST>E>R; I quibble with the mushroom cloud here, since my sources tell me it's far more likely to be a super-volca...

President Barry is rocking the G20 house, y'all! Check out (find your own damn link) the tale of Obama with Sarko and Hu. This is what a...

First off, nutz to April Fools Day. Terrible idea for a day -- let's Punk everyone! Yeah! So, no joking here. Cold Fusion is back on the...

Lawsuits be damned! I love Ziggy!

This is the Deep Field shot from Hubble. There are a few stars in this picture (they'll have four points), but for the most part, everyt...

If you're one of my many thousands of regular, loyal readers, you're probably don't need any convincing. But if you just happene...

See what I did there? Witty, huh?

Can you believe known SPY and former COMMUNIST Vladmir Putin was able to get this close to St. Ronnie, without St. Ronnie even knowing who h...

Sometimes. Other times it's quite tasty!

That's not OctoMom of course. Don't know who that is. That's Dungeon Dad though. What a superhero team they could make.... But s...

Awww part 2; Enjoy the equinox everyone!

Imprinting is an amazing thing - Dogs and Duckies living in happy family harmony? Crazy!

If you haven't watched Battlestar Galactica by now, it is far too late for you to watch and appreciate the finale, which airs this Frida...

Odds are, you're not the Captain or the Doctor.

There is an approaching crossroads we will face, which briefly is: Our technology grows ever more powerful - exponentially so - yet our mind...

While you can. Cuz our future robotic overlords won't be so tolerant of your jokes.

It was the cat, I swear!

Word from the frontiers of science: According to a report in the journal Current Biology, the 31-year-old alpha male started building his we...

This is really big news from the Redshirt corner. This here satellite based telescope, named after that swell fella Kepler, is designed to s...

The Repuglican party, apparently, is the party that represents, supposedly, family values, pro-life, drug free life choices, and so on and s...

Forget about that Jolina wannabe; never forget our true multi-limbed Mother, yeah? It's Cthulhu, for you heathens out there. ALL HAIL!

If you care, you already know: The USA was for all intents a Dictatorship from 9/12/01 to about 12/31/08. If you don't care, you'll ...

From the desk of the Oracle: It won't be too much longer before our own God Fearin' troops don masks similar to Stormy's over he...

Take it from me: If you ever have to battle a giant, seemingly invincible Rock Demon, take heart - you can win. All you need is one of the f...

It's all right here, in picture form! The crying! The whining! The lying!

Pretty sexy, I know! The judges are gonna have a heck of a time picking a winner this year!

The aide said that guys like me were ‘’in what we call the reality-based community,’’ which he defined as people who ‘’believe that solution...

We are all blessed, of course, because we are alive, here, reading this presumably. To be alive is the greatest blessing you could ever conc...

O America! What turgid waters you've churned!

Lives to sue.... more at 10. Also, cool design Sister!

One of these Redshirts will die while performing a Lube Job - can you guess which one?

I've been seeing this date in bumper sticker form since, oh, about 11/5/04; It always seemed so far away, and mythical, frankly. Like a ...

There's a part of me that still doesn't believe it's real. But c'mon! The Electoral College is done, the Bushies seem to be ...

Here we have the Armchair General manual of operations. A revealing glimpse into the mind of the machine - the Military Industrial Machine. ...