AP - A pair of suicide bombers targeting army vehicles detonated explosives within seconds of each other Friday, killing at least 43 people in this eastern city and wounding about 100, police said. It was the fourth major attack in Pakistan this week, indicating Islamist militants are stepping up violence after a period of relative calm.

AP - At least two mass graves containing dozens of people killed by the Nazis have been found on property used by the Austrian army, government officials said Friday. An army statement suggested some of the remains may be that of U.S. pilots shot down and imprisoned during World War II.

The Christian Science Monitor - Conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh said this week he’d go to Costa Rica for medical treatment if Congress passes proposed reforms to the US healthcare system.

AP - An 18-year-old Mississippi lesbian student whose school district canceled her senior prom rather than allow her to escort her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo said she got some unfriendly looks from classmates when she reluctantly returned to campus Thursday.

Filed under: Videos, Niche Going, Weird

Will Doig at The Daily Beast decided to do a little investigative research into the field of Zentai, a popular Japanese practice of "cocooning oneself head to toe in a skin-tight bodysuit." The type of bodysuit used by Charlie in "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."

Some of Doig's subjects claim that Zentai brings them the comfort of feeling wrapped in a "full body security blanket." And who are we to judge?

Well, we're the Internet. And when people wear full-bodied suits showcasing bumps, nubs, nooks and crannies (and other things that look like grapes) without revealing their faces -- like an iPod commercial, but NSFAnyone -- the internet's core is shaken, not stirred. Urlesque, however, has chosen to merely report and let you decide.

And with that said, here are some smokin' hot vids of Zentai in full effect on YouTube (a public forum in which users knowingly upload material for all to see).

• link:// The Daily Beast

 

Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

The cost of the Pentagon's newest fighter jet will be more than double the original price, solidifying the F-35 joint strike fighter as the most expensive Pentagon weapons program ever.

Filed under: Humor

For all the Soccer Moms in the house who like their clever, webby venn diagrams, let me hear you say YEAH!

(Or just leave a comment below.)

• via:// 9GAG

 

Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

In one chair sits a rural retiree, his financial security shot in the slump, a humble Southerner who's never thought much about politics. In another seat is a born Northerner, an inner-city native, a relative of a civil rights giant. And nearby, circling a table, are an economist, an artist, a onetime John McCain supporter and a long-haired guy who's rich in Woodstock memories.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife and daughter were hospitalized Thursday after they were involved in a car accident, according to Reid's office.

Filed under: Quick Link

Illustrator Christoph Niemann's clever interpretations of different mediums -- including coffee stains, leaves, LEGOs, and cables -- appear every week in the New York Times' Abstract City. This week, he takes on Google Maps, creating stories with all the different highways and byways of the mapping service.

 

Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said Thursday he has recused himself and appointed an independent counsel in his office's investigation of Governor David Paterson.

House leaders have concluded they cannot change a divisive abortion provision in President Barack Obama's health care bill and will try to pass the sweeping legislation without the support of ardent anti-abortion Democrats.

Filed under: Videos, Time-Wasters, Animals

Zoos are nice, but after a while the experience becomes pretty predictable. Look, it's a monkey. And another monkey. And oh, God, they're doing that thing to each other again. Enter: A snow storm!

Are zoos even open during snow storms? No matter. If a panda plays in the snow at the zoo and there's no one there to see it, it's still totally worth watching. Who doesn't want to watch a panda brave a brutal snowstorm? Or watch it eat bamboo in a snowstorm and act like nothing's happening?

 

Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

Filed under: In Real Life, Own It

Boat burning a hole in the driveway? Maybe it's time to replace it with a vehicle you'll use even less. Maybe it's time to replace it with a piece of history. Starting later this month at at Red Baron's Antiques in Atlanta, the world's oldest "roadable aircraft" will officially go up for sale. Designed by Frank Skroback in 1934, his flying car is more woulda-coulda-shoulda flying car than car that actually flies. But who knows? The blueprints and patents come with the car, and maybe your brilliant and analytical mind is just what this beast needs to finally get off the ground.

• via:// dvice

 

Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

Steve Hildebrand, one of the top advisers who helped put President Obama in office, has a stark warning for his old friends at the White House and on Capitol Hill.