George W. Bush Saves a Baby

...the only way he knows how.

This is another "Meet the Press" parody that jabs the ridiculous lengths that delusional hero-worshippers will go to defend the Worst President Ever.

The sad thing is that it seems 30% of this country really would find a way to rationalize Dubya eating a baby on live TV.

click to watch

Meet the Press for Idiots

Conan's the man!
Here's a funny, yet oh so true, little segment...

"Meet the Press" for Idiots

Hummer O2 Conceptual Design

HUMMER O2 CONCEPT DESIGN

The imagination is the most powerful tool that humans have, and I'm a firm believer that anything man can visualize will eventually be acheived. Time and time again, thoughts that have seemed completely impractical or physically impossible become reality.

Once fantastic ideas like levitation, invisibility, teleportation are being visualized into reality.

We are entering a era of human history where anything that can be imagined can be created physically or digitally in some form. This conceptual, creative novelty is a human resource that is thankfully reaching heights beyond anything in known human history, despite the ever-present chaos in the world. Even though Hummer is traditionally known for it's complete gas-guzzling disregard for moderation and modesty, their concept of the Hummer O2 deserves credit, if nothing else except for the amazing combo of cool, tech, & organic factors.

HUMMER O2 CONCEPT DESIGN

The Bible - Revised (again)

The Eternal, Unchanging, Everlasting, Sacred, Immutable Word of G-D

....has been changed....
.....for the thousandth time in history.

"German Bible Goes Politically Correct"

NO, THERE IS NO CONTRADICTION!!!!!!

Amen.

(seen on WRH.com)

Bleeding the Country

...and I'm not talking about Iraq - that's more like dismemberment.

Unfortunately, the country that is getting slowly bled is the United States.
When half of our taxes are already used for the goal of state-sanctioned death and destruction, it's pretty horrifying for any rational person to see the War Monkey & his gang making proposals like this:

"US President George Bush has proposed deep cuts
to federal health care, education, and transportation programs,
searching for new money to pay for increasingly costly
defence programs and the war in Iraq."

So Dick N' Dubya have their sights on Tehran, Congress is waiting for more Republicans to wake the hell up and help stop the madmen in the White House, and we taxpayers are throwing money to the wind everyday we are occupying Iraq.

Maybe this guy has the right idea...

"Ed and Elaine Brown were convicted last month of plotting to conceal their income and avoid paying federal income tax for years. They argued the tax is illegitimate and no one is required to pay it. They said they would pay their taxes if the government shows them a law that allows labor to be taxed."

Of course, if anyone were to stage a tax revolt or a protest action like the Boston Tea Party they would be considered a terrorist, as the British overlords considered Thomas Paine and Samuel Adams to be. (Here's an idea: The Houston Oil Party, dump barrels of oil into the Gulf! Just Kidding!(?))

Killers of Comedy

I've been a Howard Stern fan since I was in middle school, when I would listen to his show on the bus in the morning in my Walkman. Me and my younger brother used to watch his Channel 9 TV show on a crappy black & white TV I had in my room, since my mom wouldn't let us watch it.

Since he has moved to Sirius, alot of people I know have signed up for satellite radio... mostly because of Howard's show. It is unbelievable how funny the show is, and alot of it is because of the crazy personalities on the air. One of my brothers got us tickets to see the Killers of Comedy show that came to the Broadway Theater in Pitman, a stand-up comedy show that includes a half dozen comedians and personalities who appear on Howard's show. It was funny as hell and I got some pictures with a few of the guys who performed. Below the photos is the graphic I made for the shirt that I wore, featuring possibly the best guest in the history of Howard's (or anyone's) show - Beetlejuice.

(Click on Photos to Enlarge)

• Me with Jim Florentine, voice of the retarded puppet Special Ed from the show Crank Yankers. His act was really good & he was cool about letting me snap some photos.

• Beetlejuice, Jim Florentine making an obscene gesture, Me.

• Me w/ the Reverend Bob Levy. His act was hysterical, too. He was trying to sell shirts at the merchandise table after the show, saying "Buy some shirts, I need an eight-ball." and "I need money for hookers."As I was getting the pictures, he dropped a shirt that we picked up & he didn't notice. Sorry for not contributing to your cokewhore fund, Bob! At one point during his act, he was asking the audience what kind of porn they liked. Nobody was saying anything, so I yelled "Blue Iris!" and he started laughing and telling dirty old lady jokes. Funny stuff.

The Beetlejuice graphic I made for the shirt I wore to the show:

Touchscreen Tech & the iTablet

Man, this guy is sooo right on the money...

"What has Apple got in store for us next?"

The thing that got me really hyped up over the announcement of the iPhone is the inevitable use of the touchscreen interface in a full-scale tablet Mac. This is the computer I've wanted ever since my family got it's first Windows 3.0/DOS piece of garbage computer, way back when.

C'mon Apple, you're killing me!!!

History of Religion Map

This is a neat animation showing the geographic domains of religion over time since the formation of the oldest of the world's major religions, Hinduism.

Animations like this really give the impression of institutions like religion or empire as being an amoeba-like phenomenon that almost has a collective mind of its own... moving, expanding, devouring each other, learning and adapting to the changing situation.

History of Religion

The Universe: Infinities Upon Infinites

Been there, done that... Been there, done that... Been there, done that...

It's very interesting to compare the "discoveries" of current science and their amazing analogs throughout ancient history, whether in philosophy or technology.

"No Big Bang?
Endless Universe Made Possible by New Model"

"Lord Vishnu is said to rest in the coils of Ananta,
the great serpent of Infinity,
while he waits for the universe to recreate itself."

Leprehcaun Sighting in Mobile, Alabama

This video is one of my all-time favorites & always cracks me up when I watch it. This neighborhood is only half as crazy as people who see Jesus in a frying pan. There are more great quotes in this segment than most news shows get in a month. The Eazy-E clone at the end should be careful, though...

Leprechaun in Mobile, Alabama

"I wanna know where da gold at.
I want da gold... gim me da gold!"

Video Treasure Trove

I came across this extensive list of links to awesome Google videos that could occupy me for weeks on end.

MIND EXPANDING VIDEO LIST

There are documentaries & lectures by visionaries such as Terence McKenna, Alex Grey, Alan Watts, and many more. Videos about Mysteries, Consiousness, Alternative Science, & Conspiracies! There are also music videos from the Doors, Bob Marley, Tool, etc....

It pisses me off that I'll never be able to watch all these great videos in their entirety, but the fact that such an interesting collection can be electronically compiled and shared around the world is pretty astonishing.

Psychedelic Science

Visual Variety

(seen on boingboing.net)
We are living in a golden age of communication. The experimentation of new media and messages is exciting to watch. Click to view a cool video transient moving images created with water:

Jeep Waterfall

I'm a visual person, so the more there is to look at, the better. However, the amount of visual information shoved in our faces is sometimes completely ridiculous, like in the crazy Times Square, NYC. This webpage tries to chronicle every ad in the commercial advertising supernova in the heart of Manhattan. It makes me wonder if we will ever hit a wall of novelty.

Hanuman Cries

It appears that a statue of the Hindu monkey god, Hanuman,
has been seen shedding tears in a temple in India.
(Doesn't he know that Monkey Buddha's aren't supposed to cry?)

The only explanation I can think of is that Lord Hanuman saw an advance copy of this year's State of the Union speech.

"Who's cryin' like a bitch now?!?"

Mystery of Picasso

Pablo Picasso was undeniably one of the greatest artists in history because of his technical skill, his innovations in technique & media, and the synthesis of modern & ancient sensibilities. I can't say that I 'like' all of his work, but all of it fascinates me.

It's tempting to try to understand the specific idea of cubism in intellectual terms, as in a definition like "the representation of multiple physical & experiential dimensions in a 2D space." However, this is simply an act of assigning ape-grunts to a sensory experience, which can sometimes create a filter of pre-conceived notions.

Watching this time-lapse video of one of Picasso's paintings from 1955 has intrigued and mystified me even more. We can define techniques and styles all you want, but art at its core is the use of creative energy in any manifest way. This movie highlights the essence of art as a process of sublime creation. It's really cool to slide through video and watch the painting morph...

The Mystery of Picasso

Top Villains of 2006

No connection to the previous post, of course...

(You have to be a real bastard to be
25 times more unpopular than the Devil.)

from Crooks & Liars

Finally, something Dubya can claim to be #1 at!

The Anti-Christ Archetype

• "Divides the world and creates war without end"

• "Refers to war as peace, death as a solution for justice,
and serving the wealthy as a means of helping the poor."

• "Attempts to win supporters, and will silence anyone or make enemies of any country who refuses to approve of him."

• "A leader who deceives many people."

• "They will follow in his battles that he will declare, boldly and without humility, are for a purpose which is untrue."

• "Many nations will recognize that he is evil, but his own people will be inclined to believe his deceptions.
This is because the people who follow him will lose the ability to discern between the truth and the lie."

• "A popular figure among those who are deceived by him"

• "Professes to be a man of God, who is himself a Christian."

• "He could be a high-ranking political leader, who will initially do very good, popular things, which will win him many followers.

• "In the end, however, he is supposed to get increasingly totalitarian and elicit more and more sacrifices from his followers until eventually his evil ways become known, and the era of 'trials and tribulations' begins."

http://www.prca.org/pamphlets/pamphlet_3.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antichrist
http://www.webster-dictionary.org/definition/Antichrist

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"I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace." -George W. Bush
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"A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider God-fearing and pious." -Aristotle
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"I’m not scared of Osama bin Laden or Saddam Hussein. They can never hurt America in any fundamental way. As Teddy Roosevelt said, American democracy will never be destroyed by outside enemies – but it can be destroyed by the malefactors of great wealth who subtly rob and undermine it from within. And I see that process happening today." -Robert Kennedy, Jr.
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"God gave the savior to the German people. We have faith, deep and unshakeable faith, that he was sent to us by God to save Germany." - Hermann Goering, speaking of Adolf Hitler

"The majority of Americans didn't vote for him. Why is he there? I tell you this morning that he's in the White House because God put him there for a time such as this." - Lt Gen William Boykin, speaking of G. W. Bush
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"The greatest purveyor of violence on earth is my own government." -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
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"The Americans are forcing even their friends into becoming their enemies. It is curious that the Americans, who calculate so carefully on the possibilities of military victory, do not realize that, in the process, they are incurring deep psychological and political defeat. The image of America will never again be the image of revolution, freedom and democracy - but the image of violence and militarism." - Vietnamese Buddhist leader
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"An evil man sows strife." --Proverbs 16:28
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"Ye shall know them by their fruits." -Matt 7:16

This website is pretty crazy, too:
http://www.bushislord.com

http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/illuswarprayer
(Mark Twain's bitterly *sarcastic* "War Prayer")
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A809-2004Nov20.html
(War & Iraqi Children)
http://www.thefourreasons.org/victimsofwar.htm
(Our tax dollars at work)

New Year "i-nspiration"

I haven't posted anything in about a month due to overall laziness, the holidays, and the various good & bad B.S. that life tends to produce.

However, today I have been inspired by the introduction of a creation that is one of those things (usually made by Apple) that is a perfect blend of simplicity, utility, and aesthetic beauty. One of my heroes Steve Jobs presented the iPhone today and this thing is... how do I put it eloquently,.... f*@&ing awesome.

Now all Apple has to do is release an iTablet and I will proclaim Apple the greatest company in the Universe.

www.apple.com/iphone/

I'm staring into the face of the future.

DaVinci's Challenge @ 3Amoebas.com

My company 3Amoebas, Inc. finally has a website up. It is also the official homepage of "DaVinci's Challenge". There is alot of info & links that I've been archiving here on my blog, but now there is an permanent product page for the DaVinci's Challenge games. I think it turned out pretty cool, and I'm looking forward to adding the licensed game "24: Countdown" I developed and other projects coming down the pipeline.

3amoebas.com

Knucklebones: DaVinci's Challenge Review

The January issue of Knucklebones game magazine has a positive review of the DaVinci's Challenge game. It's still hard to wrap my head around the fact that something I created can be enjoyed by so many people.

Click on the image
to enlarge

Mexico Still Protesting Elections

Unlike the mainstream media, I've been following the news of ongoing Mexican protests over their Presidential elections (which were ultimately decided by a court... how novel!) They have determination & persistence that seems frighteningly absent from the American population.

I wonder what level of criminality would be required to cause Americans to rise up in the same way. (Certainly not rigged presidential elections.)

Protesters turn Mexican University
into Stronghold in Oaxaca Rebellion

I'm still convinced my Mom started this when we were in Mexico's Riviera Maya this summer. Our driver to the airport, who was a Mayan, was talking with us about their government and my Mom told him "they got to get together and speak out." Thet took her advice and then some!

The End of the Beginning

Wow, I have to say I'm kind of stunned at the lack of major election chaos, which seemed almost inevitable. The level of frustration and desire for change was just to great for Diebold to fuck with, I guess.
As smooth as the process seems only a couple days after the vote, I've become a complete skeptic under the rule of the War Monkey and always anticipate the worst-case scenario. There are people making alot of money from war and chaos... and people who profit from death and misery obviously have no scruples.

Rummy's out... one Horseman down, three to go!

This election has resulted in a silent sigh of relief from most of the country and, perhaps moreso, from the world. The level of awareness and connectivity, even in a propaganda-ridden and commercialized society such as ours, is pretty impressive and is a testament to human intelligence and spirit. However, citizens need to be diligent regardless who's in charge. In fact, the Democrats will be held up to harsher scrutiny because of the high expectations for drastic change. I can't see how they could possibly do worse than the goons, criminals, and lackeys who made up the Republican Congress & House we've had under Dubya.

GOP Scandal Scorecard
Warning - it's a long one!

Worst Video Game Names

As a game and toy designer, I know that one of the biggest concerns about developing any product is the name. That's why the titles on this list of the Worst Video Game Names just blows my mind.
How could anyone approve a game for kids called "Sticky Balls" or "Nuts & Milk"?

My favorite (since the word 'Dude' is used nonstop between me & my brothers)...

BAD DUDES VS. DRAGON NINJA!

"Hey Dudes!" - Big Paul aka Dad

The "Democratic Threat"

I saw some guy on CNN claiming to represent religious conservatives or the Republican party or something, trying to warn about the danger of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's "socialist" agenda if the Democrats win majorities in Congress. I'm an Independent voter since I claim allegiance to nothing but myself and the human race, but I think supporting the Republican Party today makes no sense unless you're wealthy, a lobbyist, or Satan. Even the supposed "Republican base," Evangelical Christians, have no business supporting these goons because they're just getting lip service from power-hungry politicians who think they are "nuts."

I don't know how even so-called conservative people could find these Democratic goals to be a threatening agenda. Compared to the discord, corruption, and obscene budget & military mis-management that have been the result of Republican rule, these ideas should sound like the qualities of an American utopia.

Pelosi Says She Would Drain GOP 'Swamp'

• Put new rules in place to "break the link between lobbyists and legislation." (I'm sold already!)

• Raise the minimum wage to $7.25 an hour

• Cut the interest rate on student loans in half.

• Allow the government to negotiate directly with the pharmaceutical companies for lower drug prices for Medicare patients.

Wow, what a horrible, horrible set of left-wing socialist priorities!!! They actually help people, instead of destroying the country for the benefit of corporate and special interests! Imagine that!

If these four points ever had the possibility of being carried out, it would be with a Democratic Congress. Hopefully overwhelming public opinion makes another rigged election too obvious to carry out in November. I'm not holding my breath, though.

Earth After Humans Are Gone

This chart shows, if humankind disappeared right now, how long it would take for various artifacts of our presence to also disappear. By far, the most permanent of our marks is that of nuclear waste and debris. For example, the depleted uranium weapons we are using in warfare are completely irresponsible and idiotic. Here is an article on NewScientist.com that spells it out a little more.

One of the first things to be rendered useless would be the very words that I am typing now... along with the rest of the Internet!

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Life Inside a Cell

One of the entries for the Visualization Challenge I just posted about was this awesome 3D animation by Harvard's Molecular Biology program of the processes that go on at the microscopic level & beyond. The otherworldly detail and the strange structures of the microcosmic world make this an almost psychedelic trip into "Inner Space". Although it's not completely accurate in terms of scale and appearances, creations like this make it easier to appreciate the intricacy and complexity of our universe. Click to watch.

Life Inside a Cell

2006 Visualization Challenge

The growing power of computers and the sheer number of artists, scientists, & programmers emerging every day is expanding the knowledge and creative vision of the human race at a unimaginable pace. We are creating new ways of thinking, new realities, which the collective consciousness of mankind continues to assimilate and synthesize into a greater vision of our world.

Science Magazine awards such vision with their yearly Visualization Challenge. All of these entries are unique and thought-provoking. The human being is a novelty-producing entity, and these endeavors are truly mind-expanding attempts to see the world in a new, informative way.

2006 Visualization Challenge Winners

Lightning Strikes!

This has to be one of the wildest photos I've ever seen. This lightening bolt threw the photographer six feet in the air! Read the story from the UK Daily Mail. You don't mess around with Mother Nature.

click to enlarge

Imperial History of Middle East

(seen at infosthetics.com)

This is a fascinating animation showing the various kingdoms & empires that have dominated the Middle East & the Mediterranean through time. Dynamic visual presentations like this can provide as much understanding as hundreds of pages of written history. (Click below for link.)

Maps of War: Imperial History

The U.S. vs. John Lennon

I haven't heard anything about this documentary "The U.S. vs. John Lennon" but it looks pretty cool from the trailer. The only problem with being such a powerful voice for peace and freedom is that it makes you a visible target for the forces of violence and oppression.

Some great quotes from the trailer:

"Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives, but I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing them." - John Lennon

"Lennon represented Life, and Mr. Nixon & Mr. Bush represented Death."

The "Party of God" & Torture

Yes, the "Party of God" has once again taken a stand.
I'm not talking about Hizbollah, but the other bunch of extremists - George Bush's Republican Party.

Senate Passes Detainee Bill Sought by President Bush - NY Times

Americans are blessed to have these beacons of morality upholding Traditional Christian Values, such as torture and imprisonment without trial.

"A lack of proper screening also meant that many innocent Iraqis were wrongly being detained—indefinitely, it seemed, in some cases. The Taguba study noted that more than sixty per cent of the civilian inmates at Abu Ghraib were deemed not to be a threat to society, which should have enabled them to be released." - New Yorker Magazine

Who needs Habeus Corpus, the U.S. Constitution, or human rights when you have an insane leader who claims to have direct authority from God and sadists and idiots willing to follow him?

15th Century Christian Values

21st Century Christian Values

Rep. Tim Ryan Kicks Ass

Election Day is approaching fast...

I'm registered as an Independent voter, but I think Democrats need to keep calling out the obvious incompetence and outright lies that have become standard procedure for Bush, Inc. The majority government of the GOP has insisted on controlling the issues, so it's necessary to emphasize their consistent failure on every important issue our country has faced. Many politicians are shady crooks, but here we're dealing with actual criminals, either under investigation or already indicted.

If the case is not made overwhelmingly, then things will continue in a downward spiral. At the end of his speech, Rep. Tim Ryan alludes to the inevitable consequence of continued war if the Bush's GOP maintains the majority in November - a nationwide military draft.

click here for video

War Not a Solution for Terrorism: Howard Zinn

This Boston Globe editorial by Howard Zinn explains clearly and succinctly why the excuse of "Terrorism" for military aggression & occupation of foreign nations is a complete farce to cover for other agendas.

There is an even simpler argument, though... "Violence begets violence."

or, if you prefer... "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind."

click for article

"War is Not a Solution for Terrorism"

"The history of wars fought since the end of World War II reveals the futility of large-scale violence. The United States and the Soviet Union, despite their enormous firepower, were unable to defeat resistance movements in small, weak nations -- the United States in Vietnam, the Soviet Union in Afghanistan -- and were forced to withdraw."

"So if an action will inevitably kill innocent people, it is as immoral as a deliberate attack on civilians. And when you consider that the number of innocent people dying inevitably in "accidental" events has been far, far greater than all the deaths deliberately caused by terrorists, one must reject war as a solution for terrorism."

Biker Billy Jalapeños

My whole family used to get a kick out of this guy on a cable TV show called "Biker Billy Cooks With Fire". He was a real character. It turns out Biker Billy is still at it, growing super hot jalapeño peppers. Yum!!!

Click Here for link.

Tiki Monkey Jar

These jars of a fez-wearing monkey are crazy.

Tiki Farm, Inc.


seen on boingboing.net

Daily Show Classic - Even Stephens on Religion

A classic Daily Show clip: Steven (Islam) vs. Stephen (Christianity).

Click for Video

Dubya Shows His Respect For America

BoingBoing.net finds the perfect quote for this photo of Bush doin' the "Freedom Stomp":

To paraphrase George Orwell:

"If you want a vision of the future,
imagine a shoe stamping on a symbol of freedom - forever."

Who the hell thought that standing on an image of the American flag
would make a good photo op on 9/11?!?
These people are either idiots or they really just don't give a damn.

9/11 Conspiracy Toolkit

Like the JFK assassination, the traumatic nature and scale of the attacks of 9/11/01 will always result in speculation about the actual chain of events and their cause, no matter how outrageous. There will always be people who are convinced that either holographic missles, thermite mini-nukes, or George W. Bush himself riding a UFO from area 51 are the real cause of 9/11.

Those "9/11 crazies" who, for some reason, doubt the complete ethical infallibility of the Pentagon, the CIA, Wall Street, the Bush family, etc. should at least try to make a convincing case that there was some shady shit going on. The following is like a convenient Swiss army knife of 9/11 doubt, without any "airplane pods" in sight.

• Operation Northwoods:

False Flag Operations: Declassified Military Documents Show How US Government Planned Terrorist Attacks Against its Own Citizens - Yahoo! News

U.S. Military Drafted Plans to Terrorize U.S. Cities to Provoke War With Cuba - ABC News

• Rabbi Dov Zackeim, the Pentagon, and a TRILLION taxpayer dollars gone missing:

The War on Waste - CBS News

$1 Trillion Missing : Military waste under fire - San Francisco Chronicle

Dov Zackheim, Pentagon Comptroller, Has Misplaced A Trillion $ - Yahoo! News

• "9/11 Hijackers" Alive:

Hijack 'Suspects' Alive and Well - BBC News

• Larry Silverstein, owner of WTC Complex & beneficiary of $4 Billion in insurance:

"Lucky" Larry Silverstein - Bay Area Indymedia

Larry Silverstein Comments on WTC 7- Google Video

• Finally, as of today, if you go on the FBI's Most Wanted Website, Usama Bin Ladin is listed as wanted for several terrorist attacks, but there is no mention of the "biggest crime to take place on American soil" which occurred on 9/11 and for which we have been told he is responsible.

Why?

FBI says, ‘No hard evidence connecting Bin Laden to 9/11' - Ithaca Journal

Bin Laden Is ‘Not A Top Priority Use of American Resources’ - Bush

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Competing to Relax

Now this is my type of game!
The players compete to relax and slow their heart & breathing rate.

Simmer Down Sprinter

There are alot of biofeedback devices & methods that can be used to control body systems through concentration or regulated breathing. This is an interesting way to introduce meditative techniques that have been know for thousands of years to today's undisciplined masses using modern technology.

It's ironic that the activity humans do more than anything, breathing, needs to be taught in order to be done correctly.

"There is a way of breathing that's a shame and a suffocation.
And there is another way of expiring,
a love breath, that let's you open infinitely!" -Jelaluddin Rumi

Monkey See, Monkey Do

This story linked on boingboing.net is about imitative behavior in newborn monkeys. Like human babies, infant primates learn to communicate by this type of social interaction.

The complexity of life is astounding, and studies like this show that the illusion of some kind of separation between humans and the rest of the animal kingdom is just that - an illusion.

Monkeys are people, too!


...and people can also be monkeys!

"That monkey ain't so special...see?"

Bush, the "Bizarro John Lennon"

Another great Daily Show segment highlighting the insanity of our leaders.

The comparison of the War Monkey to a Bizarro John Lennon had me laughing out loud.

Click to Watch