Rick Perry (Republican hopeful) and pals

I have to admit, I haven't been keeping track of which low-quality Republican was which. Video makes it all easier to remember. And not that this is news, but what's in that video suggests that the Religious Right hasn't just sold their souls to the devil, they accidentally threw in their minds as part of the bargain.

However, the Freemasons may actually have had something to do with the Statue of Liberty for all I know-- the western mainstream in recent centuries hasn't been all that good at public iconography.

Sidetrack: I remember hearing somewhat about France planning to give Japan a monument (media-themed?) in the 80s or thereabouts. Did anything come of it?

Link thanks to dark-christian, a livejournal community which tracks Dominionism.

Journals of Negative Results

The Forum for Negative Results is a journal for publishing papers about hypotheses which turned out to be irretreviably wrong.

This is important because most publications have a bias towards publishing papers which prove hypotheses, so a lot of valuable information about what didn't work gets lost.

The link includes a list of negative results journals in other fields.

All Results Journals is an additional bunch of nothing-under-the-rug journals for various fields.

Links thanks to Morendil and Kyrie, respectively.

Palate cleanser and redemption of spam

I've been getting spam on random posts, including one that I'd completely forgotten.

Hamster Dance movie mix

What's more, it turns out that the creator has polished it up a bit.

One of the things I love about my native culture is its capacity for ridiculousness. I could say "trust me", but instead I'll let you know that they're movie mixes for Hamster Dance.