Great rant by Pepe Escobar on Washington's "no banker left behind" policy [TheRealNewsNetwork]

A video clip as part of an overall Rolling Stone write-up about the mythology of McCain-Palin. Enjoy ! http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/make_believe_maverick_the_real_john_mccain

WRAAAAAAAAAAA !

Amidst all the political and financial turmoil these days, it might be worth it to take a break and think about the important things in life. Dee Dee Bridgewater will tell you how in this old classic by... more inside

And if something goes wrong, what's left can be scraped up with a spoon... Craziness!

A great performance by the Thad Jones & Mel Lewis big band. An excellent saxophone section with Joe Henderson on the second tenor. They really sound like one instrument in the saxophone section part.

Via: ScrapeUp Find the untranslated version here.

September 25, 2008, Time lapse video of undersea invertebrates.

The daxophone, invented by Hans Reichel, is a custom made musical instrument of the friction idiophone category. It consists of a thin wooden blade fixed in a wooden block (often attached to a tripod),... more inside

Man-power flight, rocket people, skyscraper-climbing "spider people", non-aerodynamic flying attempts...

Poor Sarah. Maybe she's been cursed by a witch.

SFW but flagging it NSFW just in case... Likely to start an avalanche of up/downvotes and controversy.