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Raining McCain
Some people have been taking this as a joke, but I feel it's all to likely to be for real.

Either way, a surreal, stupefyingly bad-until-it's-hilarious Youtube campaign video for St. John McCain.

Enjoy.


Source: Matthew Yglesias

Stripper Funeral
At least I know what my brother-in-law's funeral will be like.

A MAN hired a stripper to perform at the funeral of his father - who happened to have a fondness for gentlemen's clubs, according to reports from Taiwan.
Taiwanese newspaper the United Daily News reported that Cai Jinlai had been promised a stripper for his funeral if he lived to 100.

Ted, time to rewrite your will.

Source: The Daily Telegraph

Horton Hears the Horror
The hand-puppet that you'd get if you crossed Apocalypse Now with Horton Hears a Who.

Mouthy
Ever wonder what 29k dollars worth of cursing looks like?

Look no further.

GMAC Bank is suing mortgage company HTFC for selling improperly secured loans, which lead to the hilariously blue and aggressive deposition from HTFC CEO Aron Wider. Wider dropped the f-bomb 73 times, frustrating the opposing counsel's attempts to get him to answer difficult questions like "Where are you currently employed?" Some of the more colorful and creative expletives from the testimony of Mr. Wider, who, according to his company website, serves as company Coprorate Information [sic], CEO / Senior Underwriter, and Radio Engineer, inside...
Q: My question is where are you currently employed.
A: I' m not. I just told [you] I work for free.
Q: OK. You're not employed by the HTFC Corporation?
A: Hit That Fuckin' Clown. That's what it means.
Portfolio.com notes that the classy Mr. Wider got hit by a $29, 000 sanction for his performance, despite his lawyer's claim that his abusive language was caused by an anxiety disorder.

There's more of course.

Source: The Consumerist

Music of the Washers
Tom Morris explores the world of hidden washer features.


Source: Youtube

Odd Anime
This has to be one of the strangest anime titles I've ever heard of, though it does serve to demonstrate the sheer range that Japanese animation has compared to American shows with regard to topics.

Baby and Me (Aka-chan to Boku)

Takuya would normally be an average 12-year-old kid, going to 6th grade and playing soccer with his friends, like he was only a short time ago. But tragedy struck his family a few months ago, and his mother, taking his baby brother Minoru for a walk in a stroller, was hit by a truck and killed. (Minoru wasn't hurt.)

Things have been rough since then. His father works hard to keep food on the table, and can't always be there for his son as he struggles to put the pieces back together. Takuya's days now consist of school, dashing off to day care to pick up Minoru, and trying to juggle caring for a toddler with homework and housekeeping. By the time night comes he's often passed out in exhaustion.

Yes, a long running animated tv series about... a kid who has to raise his kid brother.

It doesn't sound like my cup of tea, but man, compared to things over here, where it's either Disney or the latest toy promotion...

Source: Anime News Network

Ancient Anime
Two new 90 year old animated film shorts have been found in Japan, lingering in an antique shop of all places.

Yoshiro Irie, a researcher at Tokyo's National Film Center, has announced that two of the oldest Japanese animated films were discovered in an antique shop in Osaka in central Japan. In 1917, anime pioneer Junichi Kouchi released the two-minute "Nakamura Katana" silent short about a samurai's foolish purchase of a dull-edged sword. Fellow animator Seitaro Kitayama released "Urashima Taro," an adaptation of a folk tale about a fisherman traveling to an underwater world on a turtle, in 1918.

Man that's old.

Yes, that is my contribution to this discussion. "Man that's old". Get over it.

Source: Anime News Network

Bare BONES Site
See, because Bones is the name of the animation studio, and.... ok fine. At any rate, the people behind Full Metal Alchemist and Eureka Seven have a new show slated, and... judging by the art, it may be about killer molestor bugs, or... I have no clue. Honestly.

The Bones animation studio has pre-launched the official Japanese website for Bōnen no Xamdou — thus confirming the latest project from the animators of Fullmetal Alchemist and Eureka Seven. The website's underlying source indicates that Sony Music is hosting the actual website. Sony Music and Bones collaborated on Fullmetal Alchemist and Eureka Seven. The website promises that more details will be announced on April 10.

Yeah. What's worse is that the character in the art looks like the last male character lead, from Eureka Seven, only now a girl.

Which is just weird.

Sources: Anime News Network
Bonen no Xamdou