A German student created a major traffic jam in Bavaria after making a rude gesture at a group of Hell’s Angels motorcycle gang members, hurling a puppy at them and then escaping on a stolen bulldozer.

Probably not the best news story “evar”, but certainly the best of the week.  (via Digg)

Apparently iconic sci-fi writer Orson Scott Card is a raving militant homophobe.  Kinda makes me glad I never got around to reading any of his books.  What a douchewaffle. (via Digg)

Tis the season (aparantly) for really interesting documentaries.  This one’s more of a Michael Moore meets Jay Leno’s Jaywalking comedy thing than a straight up documentary, but I think we can all enjoy a good laugh at the expense of the religious wingnuts.  Bill Maher is kind of an ass, but that’s what makes him so good at stuff like this.  I’m sure this won’t show in a theatre anywhere near you, but look for “Religulous” at Blockbuster (or at least Netflix) sometime in the next few months. (via Digg)

And in other news, Isabella Rossellini has totally flipped her shit.  The actress has decided to make her directorial debut with a serise of (very) short films about the sex life of insects.  There is probably some deeper artistic message hidden in these videos, but all I see is a batshit bonkers Itialian woman dry-humping large paper mache bugs.  The rest of the films are up on the Sundance Channel website, if you’re into this sort of thing.  (via Boingboing)

OK, I haven’t posted anything in a while, but I’m making up for it with gratuitous sex and violence.  GTA IV comes out today and it looks like it’s jam packed with everything that makes GTA good.

In related news, deranged asshat Jack Thompson has donned his tinfoil lawyering hat and demanded that anybody who has even though about buying, selling, or being in the same room with GTA IV be hung from a fucking yardarm.  Lt. Caffey doesn’t think the navy still hangs people from yardarms, but that’s not stopping Jack “Won’t somebody please think of the children!?” Thompson.

Muslim Community Up In Arms Over Muhammad Image In Wikipedia Article

It is not even a particularly offensive painting.  It is not as though it shows him beating his underage wives.

As if you really need twelve reasons.  Still, the list is solid and everything is referenced.

It is too bad I’m going to be in Maine for family stuff this weekend. Something this epic might actually warrant a road trip. (via Boingboing)

‘Bout time. Who would have thought the Belgians would be the first to figure out that it’s just a big, criminal scam.

Zeitgeist - The Movie

Get out your tinfoil hats everybody, because here comes the granddaddy of all conspiracy documentaries. This film attempts to expose three of the biggest secret conspiracies in modern society: Organized religion, 9/11, and international bankers. Yup, all three in one shot.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s not that the facts presented are inaccurate. Christianity is a scam, the threat of terrorism is artificially inflated to scare people into relinquishing their rights, and international bankers are a bunch of greedy scumholes who want all your money. I’m not arguing against the points made in the film, I just don’t think the sky-is-falling, take-the-red-pill, gloom-and-doom tone of the whole thing is necessary.

Most intelligent people already know (or at least suspect) most of what the director is trying to convey in Zeitgeist. The sort of people who are willing to watch the movie and critically examine it’s points have likely already done so and come to similar conclusions. As for those who will outright dismiss the points brought up without consideration, those people are likely to be further put off by the alarmist tone, yell “Moonbat!”, and run away.

Still, Zeitgeist is a very interesting documentary. The research is solid and it’s nice to see everything brought together, even if it is a bit disjointed. I recommend everybody give it a once-over, no matter where you stand on these divisive issues.

Note - you may want to skip past the first nine minutes or so.  This Pink Floydian “overture” is amateurish and does not convey any real information.  The actual documentary starts around 09:35.