What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Libertarians! always wanted to form your own country? Beckerland? The West Mikies? All you need is a platform and international waters!
Now venture capitalists are getting behind Seasteading and plan to start a sovereign something off the coast of San Francisco. No welfare, loose weapons restrictions and building codes... sign us up, right?

Amazon Now Doing Streaming Video

Now Amazon Prime members can stream 5,000 movies and television shows to a variety of Internet-ready devices for free!  Pretty sweet little bonus feature, to those of us not currently Nexflixing.  (Pictured: the sort of real Amazon the site was named for.)

Okay, Thanks For Clearing That Up

Me?

Happy Columbus Day!

I loves me some FUUTBALL!

I've never understood why the rest of the world loves soccer, yet in America we just don't seem to get it. Maybe this is what we have been missing....

Cargo Ship Vanishes Off Coast of England - David Copperfield Claims Responsibility

Bystander: "It was there a second ago!"

The Beeb

Meshuggah

Not Feeling Terribly Progressive? Maybe you need more Swedish prog-inspired metal:

From Wikipedia:

Meshuggah is a Swedish five-piece experimental metal band from Umeå, known
for their use of extended polymetric passages, complex drum patterns, odd time
signatures, angular, dissonant guitar riffs, and harsh screaming vocals.

Two of thier more critically acclaimed albums, Destroy Erase Improve and Chaosphere are out there.

Best Long Distance Acceptance Speech Ever?

So Andy, who is Russell Brand? As you are the British bastard, I turn to you.

Shit

We lost another one, guys.

Read more here, after your tears have dried.

Only in India...

This is just too strange.

Ah Ha, Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha, Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha, Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha, Oh Ho-Ho-Ho-Ho, Ah Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha, Ah Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha

Kill me.