The Onion, May 23rd 1993 (via jedreport)

Just kidding, she voted for Obama. Still pretty remarkable though:
Amanda Jones, 109, the daughter of a man born into slavery, has lived a life long enough to touch three centuries. And after voting consistently as a Democrat for 70 years, she has voted early for the country’s first black presidential nominee.

uh…we got this new Campbell Brothers Surfboards website.  Feel free to be the first to check it out.

Life like Earth may only be 10.5 (light) years away.
A nearby solar system bears a striking similarity to our own solar system, raising the possibility it could harbor Earth-like planets.
Epsilon Eridani, located about 10.5 light-years from our sun, is surrounded by two asteroid belts that are shaped by planets, astronomers at SETI Institute and Harvard-Smithsonian Center for […]

openleft.com

Like they couldn’t have waited.
US special forces launch rare attack inside Syria
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - U.S. military helicopters launched an extremely rare attack Sunday on Syrian territory close to the border with Iraq, killing eight people in a strike the government in Damascus condemned as “serious aggression.”
A U.S. military official said the raid by special […]

John McCain’s brother calls 9-1-1 to complain about traffic.
You have to be shitting me…

What’s sweet vids are y’all finding?

David Sedaris on undecided voters:
I look at these people and can’t quite believe that they exist. Are they professional actors? I wonder. Or are they simply laymen who want a lot of attention?
To put them in perspective, I think of being on an airplane. The flight attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and, […]