Borepatch

The famous picture "Dogs Playing Poker" just sold for $658,000 at auction . The art market is, err, ruff. Hat tip: Chris Ly...

Hunters rescue bald eagle caught in a trap, take selfie after rescuing it . ( via )

You've heard Carl Stalling's music; he was the composer for Looney Tunes, writing one new score a week for 22 years.  The music is s...

It's aimed at Democracy : At least 24 climate activists have been put under house arrest by French police, accused of flouting a ban ...

It's after Black Thursday, which means that it's now officially Christmastide.  To kick the season off here are two of the greatest ...

Even Rocky had trouble getting a TV ...

In Atlanta, no less: CLARKE BROWN : The turkey drop was actually a real incident.  It was at a shopping center in Atlanta; I think it was...

Waterford Whispers News looks like it's Ireland's hoe-grown answer to The Onion.  It's sharp as Irish Whisky : THE CONTROVERS...

By which I mean "the ever shortening time between the end of Thanksgiving dinner and the start of shopping".  At the pace it's...

Pieter Breugel the Elder, The Peasant Wedding The feast has always been more for the soul than for the body.  Today's holiday is the...

Well, maybe not as honest as this ... I want to disconnect myself from all this emotion.  With alcohol. Heh.

Eric Raymond does an analysis of the video : The fast version: I would have said this was what cops call a “good shoot” if it had stopped...

97% of Americans aren't worried about Climate Change : A new  Fox News poll  finds that in the wake of the Paris terror attacks, the i...

From 1973 .  One-time tapes, codes, TEMPEST.  Fin stuff if you're a crypto-nerd like me.

It's happening faster than I had thought : Germany security guards at the main government office for refugees in Berlin have reported...

This is me, rolling my eyes : The US Department of Homeland Security is running dozens of unpatched databases, some of which are rated ...