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I SEEM TO BE IN THE WRONG REALITY

Go G-Hog (YouTube WTFness, via MeFi)
Story, not that it helps or anything …

GORGEOUS TOM WAITS COVER

Cibelle, “Green Grass” (YouTube, via robotwisdom)
Cibelle

DON’T LIVE HERE NO MORE

Old Time Relijun, “Wolves and Wolverines” (YouTube)
Band website

REMINDS ME OF GRADE SCHOOL

Ah, those were the days. </sarcasm>

FNC Guest Imitates Chinese People By Pulling At His Eyes (YouTube, via Angry Asian Man)
I wonder if kids are still doing this?:
I first realized I was APA when, starting in Kindergarten, white kids would ask me, “Are you Chinese? Are you Japanese?” Then they’d recite that little racist ditty, “Chinese, […]

HEADLINE OF THE DAY

Hilton Tries to Help Drunken Elephants
Or is it this one?: US police shoot dead teenager wielding hairbrush
Update (Thanks, Conrad!): Hamlet shaken by murder then suicide

YES

Boy on a Stick and Slither

EXTREME VEGETARIAN FESTIVAL

Weak stomach? Do not click.

VISIT

Reuters slide show: Bush visits injured vets

HOLIDAY CARD DEBUNKAGE

Just ’cause I’ve been seeing this one in the wild:
Claim: Walter Reed Hospital will accept Christmas cards addressed to “A Recovering American Soldier.”
Status: False.
Also: Cruel irony department, Veterans Day edition (Chicago Sun-Times)

POLITICAL CARD GAME

A call to male politicians: Stop playing the gender card! (Feministing)
Hillary Clinton Playing the White Woman Card (Jack and Jill Politics)