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*  Is someone allowed to eat a ballot?

Eating a ballot, not returning it or otherwise destroying or defacing it constitutes a serious breach of the Canada Elections Act. These rules are part of a system of unobtrusive checks and balances that are intended to protect the integrity of the voting process and Canadians’ trust in [...]

Somebody has come up with fun things you and your kids can do while waiting for ZOMFG Resident Evil 5’s arrival in March, in the good ol’ fashioned activity book form. Hit it!

There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses.
– Ezekiel 23:20 (New International Version)
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{Photo: Aurora Jolie, the “virgin”}

Windows NT crashed.
I am the Blue Screen of Death.
No one hears your screams.
– Peter Rothman
More haikus here.

Just when the Vatican thought the coast is clear, they get this.
A group of people claiming to be the heirs of the legendary Knights Templar are suing Pope Benedict XVI, seeking more than $150 billion for assets seized by the Catholic Church seven centuries ago.
They also want to restore the order’s good name. Founded in [...]

Seventy years after 1984 author George Orwell wrote his diaries, you can now access them online as a wordpress blog, starting with the Aug. 9, 1938 entry.
But for a more hardcore piece of writing, see here how George described getting hit by a bullet.

If I have daughters, I wouldn’t want them to go into pornography. That’s not really a conflict with who I am. You don’t ever want your children to struggle. You want everything to come to them beautifully and perfectly. My industry is not cut out for harmony. I don’t want my little girl to have [...]