Here is a little bit from last years bonfire, with a rousing drunken rendition of the Star Spangled Banner. This year we will be in the streets playing our one song and then celebrating freedom by burning a huge pile of wood! It does not get any better than that read more

Looks like some hoser took over $15 million in gold - but in typical Canadian fashion - they are not making a big deal of it. Can you imagine the uproar in the US is this went missing from Fort Knox? This story is hardly above the horizon compared to when Obama spent some money to take the First Lady on a date. How can two nations that share so much be so different when it comes to this stuff? Then again, here in the Land of the Free, nobody has been allowed into the vault at Fort Knox in many yearsWho know what's left in there read more

Everyone's a saint once they die - no matter how you lived. And Michael Jackson is the same just on a much larger level. For those die-hard Jackson fans, and there are plenty of them, this is very hard, but then again they never gave up on him. These fans stayed loyal through all the weird stuff, the facelifts, the molestation allegations, the 'window incident' and even the move to Bahrain. These fans are mourning sincerely. But what about the rest of you putting up RIP Michael all over the web? Where were you all a couple of years ago? Did you buy that sucky album he made in the late 90's? Did read more

This video does not give me much hope for the citizens of Islamabad - must be tough to be an average everyday person in such a place. And what happens if the Taliban take the city over? Is that the end of Pakistan? And we used to call the Balkans a powderkeg This is shaping up to be one exciting summer - hell the news might even be more exciting than the up comming summer blockbusters in the theaters! Shit aint gettin' any better folks - it's gettin a whole lot worse read more

And it may be just that - considering the success of their last Taepodong test. This level of brinksmanship is exactly what I have been expecting since about last year. Things are sketchier than usual in North Korea due to a potential power struggle and we really don't know how 'rational' Kim Jong Il is now after the stroke. Regardless, while I'm marching proudly in Lanesville's 4th of July Parade I'll have to have my blackberry on just to let everyone know if WWIII started. Of course this could all be a ruse. North Korea could be aiming their missiles at Alaska or even closer to home - Japan. read more

This is a pivotal moment in Iran's history - It is amazing how the latest technology like twitter is helping to get the real story out. Ironic that twitter and the internet is a threat to the Islamic Revolution that got its start through tape recorded messages But you know, it is funny how the world is in outcry over the elections in Iranbut what about our friendly ally Egypt? Seems to me that the US and the International community looks the other way when it comes to voter fraud in the countries we like. read more

The power of pyramid healing has finally arrived in the land of the pyramids - Egypt. This guy is taking up the long tradition of Egyptian "miracle remedies", except now these traditions are crossing into the world of new age medicine, I mean quackery.If you lived in Hellenistic Egypt and you were feeling sick you could go to a Gnostic priest or healer and get yourself an amulet that would cure everything from impotence to constipation. Did praying to the angel with the seven seals work? Of course not and neither does pyramid power. Think about it, if pyramids could heal you then Kufu's pyramid read more

I've been using the Bing search engine for a couple of days now, and so far, I wonder what the big deal is. As far as my searches, I get the same results from Google most of the time so as of right now I'm not that impressed. Then again the old LiveSearch never lived up to its own hype either. read more

Since the leader is on borrowed time after his stroke, it seems like everyone else in North Korea's power structure are jockeying for position. This video makes a good point - the only bargaining chip North Korea has is to rattle its sabre. I just wonder who is making the decisions and if a young up and coming Stalin type will do something crazy in a grab for power. read more

find it very ironic that the people who give Americans the hardest time about our leaders, has little interest in major elections. That's right Germany, how many of you have given people like me a lecture on George Bush - even though I never voted for the guy. Well it looks like the shoe is now on the other foot, especially if things start going badly in the EU.And remember part of the reason we ended up with a guy like Bush was due to a general lack of voter interest. When malaise sets in, dictator-types step in to liven up the place read more