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Iraq Opens Up to Foreign Oil Majors

Western producers like BP, Exxon Mobil, and Shell are enjoying their best access to Iraq's southern oil fields since 1972, but a weaker government could be on the way.

Animal Farm Friday - Theeeeey're Baaack

They just took a vacation...

Animal Farm Friday - Vampire Squid is Creepy Cool

I'm pretty sick of even the word vampire these days, thanks much to the sparkling glitter-boy from *those* movies, and all the pathetic copycat hellspawn that came from it, but this spooky cephalopod is wicked cool, despite its name. The creepiest coolest partis that it can turn itself inside out! Watch the video to see it.

An abomination

It was kind of like that in the '70s, too.

Here, have some nightmares

What you get when you apply adult-level painting techniques to the drawings of children.





Click here for more nightmares (you're welcome!):

For the Tea Baggers

Animal Farm Friday - Cats on Cracked

Honestly, it could give less of a shit, and then bury it.


More hilarity for cat lovers here...

Avalanche from a skiers POV

This is INTENSE!

Avalanche Skier POV Helmet Cam Burial & Rescue in Haines, Alaska from Chappy on Vimeo.

Monday Kickstarter - Dismantling Land Mines by Hand

I found this at Gimundo - Good News Served Daily (nice idea, btw!). Watch the (somewhat unnerving, yet inspirational) video and read the article about this interesting cat:

Faux Animal Farm Friday - Faking it

Yes, it's Monday... but I'm pretending it's Friday, 'cuz why not?

Animal Farm Friday - I Love Hummingbirds!!!

I wish I had this many coming by my house:

Then maybe I could train at least one to do this:

Science Beauty

Found at Boing Boing:

Animal Farm Friday - Adorable Freak Fest!

Rolling out first with a Pygmy Jerboa that looks like part Kangaroo Mouse, part T-Rex.

Follow that with the most adorable owl ever, the Malay Eagle Owl!

And wrapping up with Sonya, a slow loris.

Animal Farm Friday - Carrots are better than cilantro

At least to this guy. (This one's for you, Kitten!)

And so is this one:

Fun with Science: Black Hole Simulator

Here's a great video on how it works:

Here's the article with all the details.

Humpday Kickstarter: Moth Trails

A thing of beauty!

The Scale of the Universe

I've never had so much fun dragging a slider back and forth. Well, that nudie game was pretty fun, but that's different.

2012 oops.

We can quote the Bible too!

Jon Stewart on The O'Reilly Factor

This is the full interview, not the heavily edited piece of crap that Fox actually aired. One thing that is patently clear from this full version is that O'Reilly confirms unequivocally that he is a rank shit-eating, moronic fucktard amateur and is way out of his league.

Watch it here.