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Thursday, February 14, 2008

Randomness Randomized

Very Random

Post-It Project
A comic blog with a twist; this one features comics drawn on post-it notes. Tiny art!

Source: The Post-It Project

Ogier the Dane
Here he sleeps, the greatest Danish king, until the day Denmark needs his help once more.

Huh. You'd think World War II would have qualified for the Sleeping King Myth, but we didn't see Ogier, or Arthur for that matter. Gee, if something worse is coming up and they're sleeping in for that, it's going to be ugly.

Source: Wikipedia

B.Cthulhu
So B.C. ran a strip recently with the last panel blank, joking that they'd be dropped for a decidedly apolitical political joke.

This was taken up as a blank canvas, with the following glorious result.

Scientology
Scientology has been making itself an ever more ridiculous name of late. Their best nonsense has to be the stuff about how they can grant you superpowers if you submit to enough brainwashing and spend enough money.

The thing is, their superpowers are a bit bizarre. I'm not sure why you'd want some of these at all.

The Ferengi Tax System
Toward the very end of Deep Space Nine, the Ferengi undergo dramatic social reforms, including institution of a dreaded program of... taxation.

Naturally, however, bribes were tax-deductible.

As opposed to the real world, or at least Israel.

ome companies request tax deductions for philanthropy, others for restaurants bills. But one Israeli business tried to push the envelope by asking to deduct nearly $860,000 it paid in kickbacks.



A Tel Aviv district court rejected the petition on Feb. 8.

The business, whose name was withheld by the court, asked to deduct the sum for kickbacks that were paid to help spur a business deal. The Israeli daily Maariv reported that the deal took place in an unidentified African nation. The company alleged the kickback was necessary as a part of the local business custom and therefore should be exempted from the Israeli law.
This didn't go over very well, needless to say.

Source: Raw Story

Star Wars Movie
Another new Star Wars movie, this one animated and a sequel to the fantastic Clone Wars cartoon.

Man I hope they don't screw it up.

Source: The Register

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