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Few people know that before he became Soviet Premier, Nikita Kruschev was the USSR’s greatest ventriloquist. Kruschev and Yakov the drunken Trotskyite on stage in Kiev, 1934. Tweet This Post

Environmentalist and conservation have been important to Americans for almost as long as there’s been an America. The goals are consistent, only the means have varied from decade to decade. Witness this “workfare” program proposed in 1926: “Scientists believe that the monkey, in addition to his use by investigators in the fields of evolution and [...]

Due to a change in Philippine customs policies, the importation of books into the Philippines has come to a halt. Robin Hemley writes the long version of the story at McSweeney’s, and there’s additional coverage here. It seems a customs official asked an importer to pay duty on a shipment of Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. [...]

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Captured by Google Street View, found by Macworld. Tweet This Post

In former Soviet Union, building looks at you! More proletarian Sci-Fi buildings here. And there’s even more Russian fun to be had at English Russia. Tweet This Post

Marion Davies? Rosebud Paris Hilton? Captain Beefheart! WTF…just WTF?!?!? Anybody think she’s actually listened to it? Tweet This Post

It’s World Cup Soccer time again. Like most Americans, my favorite thing about World Cup Soccer is saying the word soccer to people in countries that really care about soccer. Well, that and the incidents of hooliganism. But with the threat of terrorism added into the mix, this year’s Cup has an almost unlimited potential [...]

Stephen Colbert spoke at Knox College’s 2006 Commencement on Saturday, and they’ve been kind enough to post a transcript of his speech.