Michael Beck

haha! - Anna Haro

Hahaha! - possible248

hahahaha! - felix

hahaha! - JA Castillo

HAHAHAHAHAHA - Parth Awasthi

Awesome! And...hahahahah! - Mark Wilson

while (1 == 1) { print "Ha!"; } - possible248

Made me snort out my supper...win! - WorldofHiglet

... beating out the "you can't Handel it" graphic I was workin on - Marko Bon

The Bachinator, Composition Day - Stu Andrews via twhirl

+2 Stu! - Bill Sanders

My brother has been making this joke since the first Terminator movie came out. - Tad - the Meme Maker

Heh heh, it's still funny. - Stu Andrews via twhirl

when i step out of the office i sometimes say, "gone chopin. be bach in a minuet." it always gets groans from my staff, though i can't imagine why. - Marie ✄ennedy

this is so corny, but very funny - Cee Bee

Michael, they say "a picture tells a 1000 stories" and I think this site is a classic example of that saying. - Emma

I love the picture of Anne Frank - Lindsey Smith

The thing about these photos is that we trust them to be the truth and in that lies their power; I wonder if the age of photoshop will photos lose power as the become more perfect, and somewhat less trustworthy - RAPatton

Okay, I didn't believe that "5-year-old mother" picture until I read this: http://www.snopes.com/pregnant... Astonishing! - David Young

I'm with you on that one RAP. A lot of the photographs I see lately I wonder if they were shopped. And then I appreciate them a lot less. - Lindsey Smith

nice collection, but kinda strange there aren't any real joyfull moments in that list .. maybe that says something ? - Pascal

That five year old mother can't be true that is weird! - Joe Dawson

It's unfortunate that most of the Chinese people have never seen the 3rd image. - Chris Luckhardt

Thanks. great site - Roberto Bonini

Three from 9/11? And none from Hurricane Katrina. Nothing from the Hubble. No photo of Bush standing under a "Mission Accomplished" sign looking like an idiot. All great photos, but I question what was included in the gallery vs not. - Eric

@RAPatton: All photographs lie. That's their nature. They're a single frame of a single moment, devoid of larger context. Photographers didn't always have Photoshop, but they could always point their camera in one direction rather than another, choose to frame it to leave something out, and choose to shoot a frown rather than a smile, all of which color our perception of the larger reality. Not that I think these photos do that per se, just that it's not a new problem. - Eric

@eric: its subjective. Did Hubble change the world the way the above events did? No. "Mission Accompished" only highlighted certain facts about the Bush administration that everyone knew already. Its a tough one for Katrina cause it definatly put global Warming on the map in a big way. - Roberto Bonini

I don't know how you leap from hurricane hits town that is poorly defended from hurricanes (and has been hit by them in the past) to "Katrina was caused by global warming." - Wensleydale Scoble

It looks like most pictures were taken from the Life book with almost the same title. http://www.digitaljournalist.o... - Håkan Dahlström

Eric, they may have always lied, but we trusted them. I think that trust is deteriorating. - RAPatton

Not to be picky - but didn't the EVENTS in most of those change the world? The photos are strong and moving - but the events were still going to change everything. - Soulhuntre via twhirl

wow....wow, the picture is so funny after reading the article...the two legs and the one finger - Pokai

It is all about Sex! We still human, well maybe not Robert Scoble he is a Cyborg! LOl - Igor The Troll

Stay classy, Times. - Matthew Davidson via twhirl

dammit jess, you beat me to the punch. - Chieze Okoye

and... the only things that care are biologists and misplaced groupers looking for babes. - Chuq Von Rospach

Mmmm Nice Fish! ~@;-D - Jason Brooks

Holy Wood - Jason Brooks

Holy Wood Batman! :) - Mona N.

Looks...dumb ;) - Andru Edwards

I hope they don't get termites! - Chris Rivait

Time to switch from Endust to Pledge wipes. - Michael Beck

Michael, Pledge is cheaper than Endust! :) - Mona N.

Useless to me. I love wood but man, who needs that? - fbrunel

Biden and the one billion dollars he wants to spend going after file sharers seems to be a liability for Obama. Certainly there are plenty of people who know more about politics than I do, but the polls at least would suggest that naming Biden was a mistake. - Thomas Hawk

Wants to spend a billion going after file sharers?! WHAT?! - Andru Edwards

http://valleywag.com/5041271/b... - Nick

Well, there goes my vote. - Andru Edwards

I was surprised at this. Foolish choice. - Steve Olson

*yawn* wake me up after the conventions and a poll result might actually mean something. - Eric

Look, I think Biden's all wrong on this issue as well, but COME ON. If you really think the most important issue in the upcoming election is online file-sharing, you're not paying attention. - Lon Harris via twhirl

so RIAA & MPAA has approximately %4 foes among US population - I mean, dedicated hard-core ready-to-act-not-talk foes - silpol

these polls are crap. they are intended to confuse and sway people's opinions - Cee Bee

I'm just tired of Hollywood having so many politicians in their back pocket. Outrageous proposals like spending a billion dollars to combat file sharing, when money is so desperately needed in other places, or classifying altering a device to play copy protected songs as a felony. These types of over-reactions are not the answer. And these policies only get pushed because Hollywood dumps buckets of money on the political process. It's sad. - Thomas Hawk

Obama's lost credibility in my book for picking such a Hollywood zealot as his running mate. There's lots I do like about Obama and lots I don't like about McCain, but him picking someone like Biden makes me just want to sit this election out and not vote for either. - Thomas Hawk

Agreeing with Lon Harris - I may dislike Biden's stance on this issue, but really now, THIS is what will sway your vote? Economy, war, healthcare, etc are all at stake in this election. Get the right president in office, then go to work on your congressional reps to effect actual change wrt copyright, file-sharing, etc. - Kevin Briody

Maybe im totally out of it, but wasnt McCain ahead of Obama by 1% last week? - Sheraz Mahmood via twhirl

@Thomas, Have you checked out Biden's energy policy? Seems like a big win for Obama and the US as well. This WAY overshadows his activities chasing down illegal file sharers. Honestly, I doubt most Americans really care about the file sharing issue. The only people who seem to really care about file sharing/copyright/DRM issues are us techie types, which we all know represents a single digit portion of the population at large. In the long run this will not hurt Biden or Obama's chances on election day. - Jeff P. Henderson

Keep some perspective, please. First, Obama still has the best technology positions of any candidate who's ever run for office, especially compared to John doesn't-use-email McCain who explicitly doesn't support net neutrality. And Biden, as VP, doesn't set policy, technology related or otherwise. If anything be glad that becoming VP would get him out of the Senate, where he can do a lot more harm. - Eric

@Kevin what about 4th amendment? did you just say R.I.P. ? :) - silpol

I tend to get wound up about things I'm passionate about -- even if they are small in context to the big picture. The Biden hypocrisy combined with Hollywood's seemingly endless lobbying of US politicians just gets at me is all. - Thomas Hawk

Regarding the loss of 4% in the poles. As long as the Democrats put on a good show at their convention this week free of inter party bickering and at least appear to be all on the same page, I would suspect the Obama will gain that 4% back and then some. The same cycle will probably happen to McCain when he names his running mate. I can't wait to see who McCain picks. - Jeff P. Henderson

@Thomas, I doubt that it is possible to find a person qualified to be the presidential running mate that does not have a skeleton in their closet or some hypocrisy in their beliefs and past actions. If this is the only negative that can be pinned on Biden, then I would consider it fairly minor in the grand scheme of things. We have so many more pressing issue in this country to tackle such as, Energy Policy, Economy, Health Care, Education, the disappearance of the middle class. - Jeff P. Henderson

@Thomas, totally understand your thoughts on this issue. There are issues that occasionally hit a nerve with me also, (the right to photograph in public to name one, not to change the subject). Sometimes we just need to step back and look at the big picture. - Jeff P. Henderson

Face it, we're screwed either way. One wants to leave us entrenched in a war and the other wants to raise taxes to take even more of the money we earn from having a job. I would just love to see one candidate in my lifetime who isn't just full of crap. - jerry

Big Mac ala Obama! LOL Take Obama rolls and stick McCain Beef! Add Hilary Salad and Gore dressing! How is that for a mutant president? - Igor The Troll

+1 Jerry - Michael Beck

Not sure that the drop can be solely blamed on Biden. It was a long week. - Ontario Emperor

@jerry Unless you make over ~$600K in salary income, Obama's plan will not raise your income taxes, it will actually lower taxes for a majority of Americans. http://www.washingtonpost.com/... - Jeff P. Henderson

Thomas, think the mainstream media going 72% negative on Obama this past month vs 26% negative on McCain has anything to do with those numbers?? - Will DeLuca

@Jeff hence my dilemma. I had plans to bust the $600k mark soon. Not to give too much away, but my plan involved a ball of year, a wooden mallet, and a small box of uncooked angel hair pasta. - jerry

@ jerry, I'd venture to guess that most of us wish we had your dilemma... - Jeff P. Henderson

Hmmmm... Government support of the RIAA or Government sanctioned torture... which is more important to stop? - Tad - the Meme Maker

@Tad, That easy, since the government is not torturing ME and I like free music... ;-) - Jeff P. Henderson

I really liked Obama's stance on copyright reform. To hear that Joe Biden is one of the biggest enemies of that...well, it doesn't make me excited to have him as vice president. If he's so good with foreign policy, send him overseas and let us take care of things here. - flammable

@silpol the 4th Ammendment is more at risk thanks to the current administration than anything Biden could influence via his tech policies. Seriously, let's keep perspective here. Plus, to someone else's comments - Biden as VP is one less tech foe where it really matters, Congress. - Kevin Briody via Alert Thingy

@Kevin what I was trying to say - Obama had put last nail into 4th amendment coffin - he was known maverick to overthrow every legal item against it, only to come-up on final line as supporters of those to bury it. And essentially this is all about American _main_ problem - you somehow as whole nation bound into choosing between moro... ergh, I mean candidates... while any other options seem to be non-viable for 250+ million nation... - silpol

lol - Ray Grieselhuber

Too. Freaking. Funny. - Steven "Ming" Perez

I use this with fundamentalist bible-thumpers and they seem to really get confused. Many don't even know it's there. There's a lot of other fun stuff in Leviticus, but the shellfish thing is one that really seems to paralyze fundamentalists. Because they won't cave and say that the old laws don't apply anymore, yet they can't reconcile that all that shellfish they've eaten has them Hellbound... - Anthony Citrano

Hmm, I am most certainly going to hell. - abacab

Ah, inconsistency :) - Michael W. May

NOT KOSHER! - Rochelle

bottomfeeders - Gregory Lent

Old Testament cultism -- it also happens to be the driving force behind neoconservatives and Christians Zionists and their many delightful policies (including the Iraq War, the Clash of Civilizations, World War IV and a domestic police state and theocracy). This is very serious stuff indeed -- it doesn't get more serious. - Sean McBride

Some are pretty crazy. Leviticus is old testament and doesn't apply. With the arrival of Christ, the old laws were replaced. Any normal Christian knows this stuff. - Jason Shultz via twhirl

Let me add that there are many good and positive strains in the Old Testament -- the emphasis on social justice, truth seeking, compassion, philanthropy, etc. -- but fundamentalists focus only on the most ignorant and violent strains. As far as ancient texts go, the OT is probably less benighted than most. In other words, putting an antisemitic spin on the dark side of the OT is as misguided as believing in the most unscientific superstitions in the work. Christian Armaggedonists like John Hagee do not understand what the best of the Jewish tradition is all about. - Sean McBride

Well I would guess if you are an Orthodox Jew this still holds true, but beyond that the majority of people that follow the Book, understand that the old law was fulfilled at least from this perspective. No reason to shun the tasty little creatures now. - Robert

"Normal Christian"? What does that mean? Seventh-day Adventists (and other Christians) don't eat unclean foods. Also, the idea of "clean" and "unclean" foods has been around at least since the time of Noah. The way I see it, the Levitical laws were to remind the children of Israel about principles they might have forgotten while they were in bondage, IMHO. - ha3rvey

Just by nature of being raised Buddhist, i'm in the doghouse by default with the Old Testament. So I may as well call up my gay friend today for a shrimp salad lunch. :D - Christine Lu

Further point: thoughout modern European history, many Jews have been in the forefront in ditching the dreck from the OT, while amping up the most enlightened themes. Another reason to blow off any antisemitic exploitation of some disturbing OT beliefs. (Of course, Christian fundamentalists often use these "subversive" intellectual activities on behalf of Enlightenment modernism to try to whip up antisemitism.) - Sean McBride

+1 Harvey - Jason, if you study this, you will see that this PARTICULAR issue is outside of the laws that were replaced (or, rather, fulfilled). Even Christ said it Himself - "I have not come to abolish the them but to fulfill them. Until heaven and earth disappear, no the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will be any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished." While the Mosaic law is no longer in effect, dont confuse that with meaning that all old laws are Mosaic... - Andru Edwards

Oh, and I can safely say that God doesn't hate shrimp. If I create something for a specific purpose, and tell my son not to eat that thing, that doesn't imply that I hate what I made. It just means that it isn't food. - Andru Edwards

+1 Christine :) - Michael W. May

+1 Harvey and Andru - Shey

Robert, you're wrong. Torah, including the kashrut laws, were not replaced for Jews of any stripe except for Messianic Jews (but that's another story all together). The Covenant with Jesus (which was, remember, designed some fifty years after Jesus' death by Paul of Tarsus) has everything to do with creating a path to G-d for the gentiles. The idea that it somehow supplants the Torah for the Jews is just a failed marketing ploy as most Jews of the time said and still say, 'Eh, no thanks, we're not buying.' - Akiva Moskovitz

+1 Harvey. Most daily laws for Jews are there as constant reminders. The Jewish approach is quite Buddhist, too; each physical act is a reminder to be in the moment and to drop one's ego. - Akiva Moskovitz

Always fun to watch piecemealing... carry on. Christine, +1 - Cyndy

+1 Andru. But, keep in mind the clause 'until everything is accomplished'. Everything has not yet been accomplished. Jesus was talking about the coming of the second kingdom (which Jews equate with the coming of the Moshiach). Essentially, those laws have not been replaced (Peter's vision in Acts of the Apostles notwithstanding, I suppose). The Torah still stands (even the icky parts). - Akiva Moskovitz

Akiva -- but Buddhism is not an ethno-religious nationalist ideology, after the style of, say, Chabad-Lubavitch. Buddhism is universalist, egalitarian, trans-ethnic, trans-nationalist, etc. Buddhism is not about your ethnic or nationalist self-identification and self-interest. Buddhism is for humanity as a whole. In some ways, it is the most modern religious philosophy ever developed, and fully compatible with Enlightenment universalism. - Sean McBride

I have to say I love fresh seafood - not in the same league as those nasty junk food outlets, which I avoid, and Red Lobster sure turns good seafood into junk. - Ian "non-partisan" May

Ian, living in Seattle provides me with an endless supply of obscenely fresh seafood. I could eat sushi and plank-cooked salmon every day for the rest of my life. - Akiva Moskovitz

Dietetic dialectic. - Jay Tannenbaum

Ian, I think you nailed it. Led Robster is teh suck. - ha3rvey

Wait - does this mean cock isn't kosher? I mean it's not shellfish, and usually it's not unclean. Usually. - Sparky

Red Lobster's dining atmosphere sucks. I feel like I'm on a discount airline crammed into their dining room. And they don't take reservations. Poor dining experience, poor customer service. I won't eat there. :( - Jason Shultz via twhirl

Akiva - we don't do badly for seafood here in Charleston, SC either - as long as you avoid the likes of Red Lobster of course :) - Ian "non-partisan" May

Also, what does G-d have against Detlef Schremp anyway? - Akiva Moskovitz

mmmm... Dead Lobster cheesey biscuits. :) - Bill Sodeman

can you blame him? - Morgan

Right strip this time! - Yuvi

Calvin said what I thought :) - Yuvi

You think we should grant you leniency if you are eat your murder victims? Um... no. - RAPatton

@RAP - No, I think people make us learn stuff that "any fool can look up in a book" - Yuvi

Also, RAP - Ewwww. - Yuvi

WTF? - Brian Sullivan

What the crap?! HAHA - Mona N.

They're sitting on decorated chairs, but it's still funny. - Victor Ryden

HA! What a prick! *edit* - Anna Haro

Do Not Want! - Mona N.

I feel dirty "liking" this -_- - Lindsey Smith

ROFLMAO!!!!!! - Rah™

prickly - Pokai

I'm afraid of that! - Sarah

as one who lives in the desert, I'd never even get my clothed stuff near one of those - William Harryman

Amen William! - Tad - the Meme Maker

Good point Joshua - I bet you agree, that we should focus on the Battlestar Galactica "jump" as a means of travel insted, right? - Migger

Oooooo! Dark energy. - JMakesAwesomeSauce

@Joshua Lol, It's smooth sailing after that! - Not Not Geoff Schultz

Yeah, because only good things can come from dark energy </sarcasm> - Bwana McCall

yikes, another thing sci-fi is proving right - anna awesomesauce

@Migger: actually, I'm waiting for someone to build/grow me a TARDIS. - joshua m. neff

Bring it on!! Delta quadrant, here I come!!!! - Roberto Bonini

LOL! - Lindsay Donaghe

LOL isnt enough ROFL - Alemsah

That... is greatness. - Yolanda

awesome - Stephen Shores via twhirl

*rotfl* - Nicole Simon

Hilarious - Dennis Howlett via twhirl

Simply great analogy :) - Sudar

I love it! - Tyler Gillies

Cannot stop giggling at this - Patricia Hanrahan

And homes nearby are going for $250 to $500. Seeing this happen in Detroit might be "one thing" but we'll be seeing it elsewhere soon. - Anthony Citrano