This & That, Ceci et Cela

Proof that this here recession has been causing all kinds of creativity:

From HeraldNet:
Everett WA — Five baristas are accused of engaging in prostitution at an Everett bikini espresso stand following a two-month undercover…

Belgian dairy farmers protesting falling milk prices by dumping 3 million litres on their fields in addition to marching outside the EU headquarters in Brussels.  Via BBC.

Comedian Wanda Sykes qualifies Rush Limbaugh’s criticism of and hope for the Obama administration to fail as treason.  “… he musta been the 20th hijacker, but was too strung out on…

Click on images to to jump to page with full story at Wired Magazine.

It has all come to a head; Icelandic Prime Minister announced the Icelandic government’s collapse yesterday.  He probably wanted to avoid finding out what else could happen after having his…

Revealing reasoning on why *nothing* is being done about the unfolding tragedy in Burma (via Znet):

The image was stunning: tens of thousands of saffron-robed Buddhist monks marching…

One artist’s dark take on how the Beijing 2008 Olympics got its logo (via VincentChow).

James Brown ain’t got nothin’ on this!
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The video above shows “Le sex machine” from the Staff Benda Bilili, workers of the zoo in Kinshasa, Congo (West Africa). Part…

We totally understand that with such a stressful job involving chasing and catching all sorts of law-breaking mofos (including gardeners of what may be illegal plants depending on where you live) from podunk…