Holy Hippie Nonsense, Batman

Organic wheat grass drink mix? Whut?

Reeeeeeeaaaaally Sara? Reeeeeeeaaaaaaally?

In Soviet Russia...cat.... eat you?

Don't Eff with Google

It seems that Google has busted the Chinese government in cyber attacks on Google meant to gather info on anti-Chinese-govt free speach activists, and now Google is pissed. They've decided censoring search results on the Chinese version of Google is something they're no longer willing to do.

From the official google blog:

These attacks and the surveillance they have uncovered—combined with the attempts over the past year to further limit free speech on the web—have led us to conclude that we should review the feasibility of our business operations in China. We have decided we are no longer willing to continue censoring our results on Google.cn, and so over the next few weeks we will be discussing with the Chinese government the basis on which we could operate an unfiltered search engine within the law, if at all. We recognize that this may well mean having to shut down Google.cn, and potentially our offices in China.

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-approach-to-china.html

From Uncanny X-Men First Class

Gee, why don't folks take Banshee seriously as a character? Could it be panels like this?

Murphy's 50's party

...gave me this.





This last one is potentially NSFW

Dance Kremlin Palace!

This crazy manga by Shintaro Kago is never, ever going to be brought over to the US, so here is a link to scanlations of chapters on the site Wanted: Cheap Manga. It's called Dance Kremlin Palace, and it's like looking at stereotypes about Russia and its people through a drug haze. It is also beyond NSFW, especially in the later chapters.

In Soviet Russia, dance breaks you!

The best stuff's in the latter half.

In Russia, Friend Knifes You!

From the BBC, a story my wife found about why you should never try to kill a Russian by stabbing him.

ITT: Perfectly timed shots

Russia to be cool again...

...by building awesome, Final Fantasy-lookin' super-buildings like Crystal Island!



More info on what will be the world's largest building if it goes through.

And in honor of Russia's return to power...

More Bad Workplace Humor

Commie Bear

DAMN cool video game trailers

I'm probably behind the times on PC gaming stuff, but I only just found out that Team Fortress 2 - long in development - got a kick-ass design makeover in the style of The Incredibles. For those unfamiliar with Team Fortress, it's one of those big, multiplayer first person shooters where you play all kinds of military archetypes: soldier, medic, sniper, engineer, etc. The COOL thing is that rather than going with realistic graphics, the sequel took a total cue from the Incredibles stylistically.

I'm in love with this short promo for the Heavy Weapons Guy:



And here's a full roll call of the troop types. ROCK!

It's been a loooooong time since I did a random image thread