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Efficiency be damned!

I’m not a big fan of their music, but OK Go’s videos?  Pretty ridiculous.  (Maybe that’s where they’re spending their creative energy.)

Obama Dreams of Ex-Presidents

This is an epic Funny or Die piece. It takes us back through four generations of SNL crews, and highlights some of the best impersonators still walking around. Though, not all of these characters are exactly spot on (cough… Chevy… cough).

Skynet Kill Probe Invented

The eyes and ears of our future cybernetic overlords have taken shape, thanks to the industrious engineering work of the Germans. How ironic.

The Hexacopter can zoom in and out of view in the blink of an eye, and sounds like an “angry swarm of bees” as it collects intelligence, scans for impure thoughts, and prepares a euthanasia beam for its thankful victims.

Jim Bunning: Man of the People.

Why, yes, sir, I am a jackass.

From Droogie at Daily Kos comes a new and exciting competition (we here at The Mep Report take no obvious position on the content herein.  You’ll all just have to read between the lines for yourselves…):

The Out-Dick Jim Bunning Contest!

So, here’s a few of the things I’ve done over the past few days to prove my dick credentials, in my ongoing efforts to out-dick Jim Bunning.

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Bar Babies Bounced?


In a follow-up to TMR #116, it appears the issues of babies in bars is stirring some controversy, even in New York City.

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Beloved Cold Remedy is Placebo-tastic

You may be familiar with Airborne, the sure fire cold remedy that, as the corporate branding tells us, was invented by a second grade teacher. Well, as it turns out, Airborne only operates on a second grade level — that is, it fights colds with the power of imagination.

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I Love Bananas

I do not love this. This is one of the creepier YouTube videos in recent memory. It reminds me of a French Surrealist spoof of The Fountain. In other words, this fellow could be the Avatar of Ehecatl, the Aztec God of Wind (and Bananas).

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Tectonic Travails

Upon hearing of this morning’s devastation in Chile, I began to wonder whether all of this recent continental plate shifting in the news is connected. Is this, perhaps, the beginning of the Tectonapocalypse?

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Kristianne Baille

These two are destined to one day star in a movie called “Christians Bail.”

CSPAN Smackdown

A preferred promo to CSPAN’s bout of empty political theater today..