The Inevitable Profession
Economic researchers at Yale managed to successfully train Capuchin monkeys to understand and use currency. The result? The monkeys used their newfound currency to buy sex: Perhaps the most distinguishing characteristic of money, after all, is its fungibility, the fact that it can be used to buy not just food but anything. During the chaos in the monkey cage, ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on July 10, 2008 14:01
Best Post Title Ever Contest
Bumped to top from 0910 May 18. Jim Henley, who knows from post titles, nominates Stephen Frug's "When All You Have is Maxwell's Silver Hammer, Everything Looks Like a Head" for Best Post Title Ever. Certainly, it's a fine post title, playing off a well known aphorism with a slightly obscure -- but not too obscure -- Beatles reference while ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on May 21, 2008 18:50
Caption Contest Winners
The Herd Mentality Edition OTB Caption ContestTM is now over. (AFP/File) ✰ THE WINNERS ✰ First: FormerHostage - More ass than a Paris Hilton sleep-over. Second: markm - While filming for the latest episode of "Wild Kingdom", Jim Fowler obtained this amazing and rare shot of what appears to be a herd of superdelegates. Third: Gollum - Supporters mistook Obama's ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on April 28, 2008 20:26
OTB Caption JamTM
Weekend Caption Jam Linkfest. . . Rodney is having a blast. Wizbang is bringin' the heat. Wyatt Earp took the crash course. Public Pondering should've just called Orkin. Cowboy Blob has the new James Bond. Willisms is willing to work across ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on April 19, 2008 08:41
Huckabee Praying for Brokered Convention
Mike Huckabee knows he can't beat John McCain in the primaries but thinks he might be able to win a brokered convention with a little help from Texas. In an interview with 1200 WOAI news during his swing through Texas, longshot Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee outlined a strategy which has him not winning the GOP nomination outright, but ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on February 22, 2008 12:45
More Americans Believe in Devil than Darwin
Twice as many Americans believe in God and half again as many believe in a literal devil than the scientific theory of evolution, a new survey finds. Indeed, Darwin's theory barely outpolls UFOs and witches. More Americans believe in a literal hell and the devil than Darwin's theory of evolution, according to a new Harris poll released on Thursday. ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on December 1, 2007 12:00
Caption Contest Winners
The Buffalo CHPs Edition OTB Caption ContestTM is now over. (AP Photo/Matt York) The Winners: First: Steven L. - "Oh, Jesus. Who was in charge of planning? You call THIS a Village People tribute?" Second: yetanotherjohn - Picture snapped by illegal alien as he crosses the border. Third: Scott_T - Location: Anywhere but downtown Los Angeles on May Day. Honorable Mention: physics geek ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on May 3, 2007 20:56
Caption Contest Winners
The Song of the Mouth Edition OTB Caption ContestTM is now over. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) An Excellent contest with many great captions, some are honored below The Winners: First: Hodink - "Wait. I do have another announcement. It should surprise absolutely nobody that Bill Clinton could be Dannielynn Smith’s father." Second: charles austin - "Things took a turn towards the ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on February 15, 2007 18:36
Loading Ready Run
It's not that often that I find something new and well put together that meets my low standards for humor like sh*thouse at Pipingrad (apparently no longer creating new material), The Spong Monkeys at rathergood.com, or Weebl and Bob, but Loading Ready Run has really outdone themselves. I've made it through about a half dozen of the episodes, and ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on October 10, 2006 20:32
Nun Murdered after Muslims Condemn Pope’s Remarks
A nun who had spent most of her life helping sick people was murdered today by Muslims retalliating for Pope Benedict's remarks about the violent nature of Islam. An elderly Italian nun who devoted her life to helping the sick in Africa was shot dead by two gunmen at a hospital Sunday in an attack possibly linked to worldwide ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on September 17, 2006 20:01
