Ape speaks......

Well Perry is for all intents and purposes is toast. A different year or a different time he would have gotten more slack. But unfortunately for him W did for clueless Texan pols what Hitler did for tooth brush mustaches. So for Romney it is South Carolina. The area where he is most likely to be challenged from the tin hat crowd. This election will be ran on how much the far right is willing to swallow and still show up.

 

  Hillary to be Obama's vice? Interesting....

he did everything but garrote himself with a string tie...

Rick Perry Fumbles Revolutionary War Remarks Following Republican Debate

Following Tuesday night's Republican presidential debate, Texas Governor Rick Perry stumbled in making remarks on the Revolutionary War, Carrie Dann at NBC News reports.

The GOP contender suggested that one of the "reasons we fought the revolution in the 16th century was to get away from that kind of onerous crown" in response to a question on the issue of states' rights

yikes...

Tessa Farmer’s Fairies Feast on the Flesh of Birds

A close-up look at one of Tessa Farmer's eerie fairies, crafted by the artist using insect parts and fern roots.

Last time I checked, Tinkerbell didn’t use hedgehog-spine spears to kill small birds, nor did she feast on their flesh before turning their skeletons into flying vessels. But artist Tessa Farmer imagines a very different kind of fairy

WTF?

dig it.....

Susannah Breslin in Forbes, story and photos: "Is the Occupy Wall Street movement a revolution or a mess? That all depends on who you ask."

Things I need.....

When It's Gone It's Gone, an online one-of-a-kind store, is selling this Royal Navy ejector seat that's been fitted with legs for use as an office desk-chair. Not sure what the ergonomics are like (I assume that a pilot's seat has to be at least moderately comfy, though!), and as for price, it's a strictly "make an offer" affair.