Maybe there’s something I’m not understanding, but $89,000 buys you an automatic toilet. In Seattle.
According to the New York Times, which monitors such activity, the city of Seattle spent $5 million fours year ago to install five automated public toilets around town. Now it’s, well, shitcanning the whole project and selling the commodes on eBay.
Explains [...]

If you think you like Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) for president better than his Democratic alternative, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), now’s the time for you to prove it.
Well, Wednesday actually. As the Press-Telegram’s Paul Eakins tells us this morning, the Vault 350 will host the “Barack the Vote Concert & Fundraiser” that night, featuring ex-Booker [...]

Masta Ace did not do what every other man did

ILLUSTRATION by LUKE MCGARRY
Down, he said, way down, the devil call it underground, and back then he said it with pride—Masta Ace on album released in 1993 the day after “Protect Ya Neck” came out, and if he had been a day earlier, what tasteful mansion [...]

Do you want it? Or need it? Depends
Inside Irregular Choice’s recently opened New York boutique—boasting walls covered in brightly colored unicorns; a pseudo-balcony framed by curtains and flowers, perfect for an impromptu puppet show; and a monolithic plush red velvet chair with a stripper pole jutting from its center—the company mirrors the aesthetic ambitions imbued [...]

Reports of Ledger’s death are popping up all over the net.  The actor was found dead in a Manhattan residence only a few hours ago. Information is still pretty scarce at this time but some sources are saying that drugs could have played a role in this tragedy.

The Bush administration takes a stand
After the 9/11 attacks, then EPA head Christine Whitman gave a speech assuring the public the air near Ground Zero was safe to breathe. This was false. A group of citizens who trusted her, acted on her words, and have suffered because of it, have sued her. A federal judge [...]

Haven’t seen Rat Island yet, but I did catch Trash Peninsula:

Also, Uma Thurman: