After Blogenfreude reminded us of our Favorite Forgotten Science Films, we’ve been watching others in the series, the rest of which unfortunately do not feature Eddie Albert (nor Eva or Arnold, for that matter).

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Rather than get caught up in a belabored analogy casting Rush in a toga surrounded by chickenshit assassins, perhaps we should explain instead that every month we provide an opportunity for readers to embarrass themselves by emailing photos, which, after a momentary pause for the NSA to analyze them, automatically show up here. But if you’re wondering, the part of Brutus remains open.

The Ides of Jam [Flickr]

Times are tough all over in the travel industry. Which is why the White Cockatoo, an awesomely named resort in suspiciously named Queensland, Australia, divides its calendar among months for families, months for nudists — even a month for pestorking nudists.

And which, in turn, leads to this travel advisory: Do not confuse the months.

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Will he ever just go the fuck away?

Toledo-area plumber and 2008 presidential campaign fixture Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher filed a federal lawsuit Thursday that charges former Ohio government officials with violating his constitutional privacy rights by searching confidential government databases for information about him.

Does it surprise you that the professional Clinton-haters at Judicial Watch filed the suit for him?

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Some 12.5 million Americans are enjoying the fruits of the Bush II Administration’s wanton looting of their country, staggering into a black dawn of countless years, possibly generations, of total economic catastrophe and, doubtless, cannibal anarchy, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported this week.

Bush- and Cheney-aligned organized crime enterprises are no doubt developing strategies to cash in on the ensuing calamities, providing support services to US military deployed to put down pandemic urban insurrection, riot and civil war, as vast swaths of American society become unmoored, barbarized by starvation, disease and the despair of hopeless existence amidst smoldering, blood-soaked ruins and rotting carrion.

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Sarah Palin has been curiously absent from the national stage the past couple of eventful weeks, and just as we were getting concerned enough to check in and make sure Putin hadn’t invaded Wasilla, we were relieved to learn she’s been busy doing Governor Things.

Just this week, she appointed a new member to the state supreme court. Nice lady by the name of Morgan Christen. Well-qualified, and active in the community, what with her service on the boards of the local United Way, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, and… um…

Planned Parenthood? Bristol must be more powerful than we thought.

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If this doesn’t trigger an FCS post I don’t know what will.  And what’s with the fucking Riverdance soundtrack on this video?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bggXQxhyo4s