$150k to pimp Kissinger as Yoda

Maureen Dowd plots a brilliant, and hopefully prescient, script on Sarah Palin going AWOL:

"Does McCain know the maverick’s maverick has gone all mavericky on him?"

Rebus laughed

Need some cheering up? Check out the 50 Best Jokes from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Heaps of goodies, but my fav:

"The Scots invented hypnosis, chloroform and the hypodermic syringe. Wouldn't it just be easier to talk to a woman?" – Stephen Brown

Bad Onions

While NZ lawmakers are getting biometric happy with the new Immigration Bill, the Dutch certainly know how to take the piss out of US style customs. This is an actual Burger King tray liner from Amsterdam, where only the best vegetables get through. Note the Veggie Porn on the floor. Hat Tip BoingBoing.

Thank Dagg I'm a Jedi

Kurt Vonnegut once wrote that if one didn't have the guts to tell your parents that you're gay, the next worst thing is to tell them you're an artist. Unless, in the case below, your parents are Catholic (Hat Tip NotPC, via Richard Dawkins):