Swine flu - Mexican decorated surgical masks

You little bastard

"... and that's why I want to be a hitman when I grow up."

Calvin and Hobbes ... questions

xkcd: Piano

xkcd: Correlation implied causation

Greed

What was Disney thinking?

Zooming in

Opposite day

What kills Americans

Who knows what he may have grown up to be ...

... it doesn't matter. He died no older than a baby.

Somewhere in Africa, this is happening ...

... and we don't lift a hand to stop it.

Ballpoint

We will not be your slaves ...

More, here.

Office politics

It's Easter

Advertising 101.5

Fruity bulb

They can vote, but it's still not freedom

Crazies

According to the fucked up UN Human Rights Council, it's now an abusive of human rights to defame religion. We just went back to the dark ages. Thanks Pakistan, Belarus and Columbia!

Santa gives more to rich kids

Burning alive

Takasugi-an by Terunobu Fujimori

This is a tea house ... see more here.

Protests at the G20 summit

The photos are from the anti-capitalism protests at the latest G20 summit in London, pilfered from the Boston Globe's website.

Thousands of protesters gathered in London, England on April 1st and 2nd to demonstrate against an array of issues, largely anti-capitalist or pro-environmental in nature. A large underlying theme was anger with the effects of the economic downturn and a call for accountability and responsibility. While the majority of protesters were peaceful, a number of them took to smashing windows and throwing debris at police lines. London police responded with baton charges and arrests. Similar protests are now taking place in Strasbourg, France, which hosts a NATO summit today.

Protesting -- and the freedom to do so -- is a critical part of democracies. I can understand some of the reasons the protesters were out on the streets in London. Wanting a better world is always a good reason to protest. Wanting a more caring capitalist society -- always a good thing. Wanting to end capitalism and globalization? I'm in favour of dragging all those bastards who want that into the streets and beating the crap out of them -- because that is what they need.