The Meth Minute was one of my favorite internet-based series before cartoonist Dan Meth moved onto bigger and better things. Here’s a short piece relaying the dangers of doing your taxes while on psychedelics.

I think most people know that freecreditreport.com masquerades as a free services while signing you up for a credit card ding every month for a special “monitoring” plan. But few people sing about it…

There is a reason that Ron Paul is the High Chancellor of the Internet. The man exudes common sense. Here is an elected US official (and a Republican, at that) who makes no assertions that aren’t backed up by common sense, evidence, and historical precedent. Say what you will about Libertarians, but this one has some damn near impenetrable logic. The Obama administration needs to make more use out of this figure as soon as possible.

In this clip on the Real Time with Bill Mahr (via The Raw Story), he tells us why we need to end the War on Drugs.

Feel free to fast forward to four minues into this clip:

Timeless.

No wonder the economy is stagnating. Literally nothing is happening, everywhere. Here’s Fox New’s lead story today:

But I’ll have you know that I scooped ’em. I was reporting on this very topic over FIVE YEARS AGO, albeit in China.

Here’s some footage of an unusually jubilant Storm Trooper the day after Lando, Wedge, and company destroyed the second Death Star.

What with all the faux-fervor over the “rushed stimulus bill,” and the general attitude of panic that grips our Chicken Little demographic, I thought we might all take a deep breath and observe something absurdly slow and deliberate…

Internet cartoonist, Dan Meth, created this chart of movie trilogy relative goodness.

In my opinion, his ratings are stunningly accurate. Yes, X-Men III and Terminator III were utter crap. However, I liked Batman Forever (the third installment) better than he did, especially given that it was followed up by the single worst movie of all time, Batman and Robin:

Also, Superman III tends to be undervalued by critics because of its light-heartedness. Not only does it feature comedy Demi-God Richard Pryor, but included this scene that scared the everloving crap out of me as a kid:

Anyway, well done Meth Man.

ABC is reporting that Blackwater, violence outsourcer, has officially changed its name to Xe. Human rights advocates rejoiced at the news that no company named Blackwater exists any longer. Protesters of corporate death manufacturers have not scored a victory this big since Philip-Morris began a new assuredly benign existence as Altria.

In an unrelated story, shootings reported in Southern Los Angeles (formerly South Central) are from now on to be referred to as “Fluffy Bunnies.” City officials look forward to discussing the latest uptick in Fluffy Bunnies at their semantics symposium next week.

Apparently I was a little bit behind the curve in catching up to Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Not only is the movie the funniest thing I’ve seen in recent memory, (possibly because it reminds me of certain unnamed events in my personal history) but it features this British caricature who, as it turns out, is a freakishly talented improv comic. Observe: