NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of America, responsible for apparently sending humans to the Moon would like their rubber duckies back - all 90 of them. As bizarre as it sounds this headline isn’t from The Onion - it’s real!

The US space agency has yet to find any trace of 90 bathtub toys that were dropped through holes in Greenland’s ice three months ago in an effort to track the way the Arctic icecap is melting. Scientists threw the ducks into tubular holes known as “moulins” in the Jakobshavn glacier on Greenland’s west coast, hoping they would find their way into channels beneath the hard-packed surface, to track the flow of melt water into the ocean.

Either somebodies stealing them or the Hollow Earth Theory is correct (Agartha?). Anyway read about the ducks over at The Guardian.

No, this isn’t something the mainstream media couldn’t be bothered covering - it’s an article from The Onion (a news parody publication which has gone mainstream). Read it and found it too good to pass up sharing.

PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA–Increasingly defiant toward international pressure since his nation’s first nuclear test in early October, North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il condemned this morning’s sunrise, calling it “another hostile, deliberately timed act by the world community” and “a clear and blatant declaration of war.” According to North Korean military sources, the sunrise, sighted at 6:17 a.m. by patrolling officers, was not fully confirmed until an hour later, at which time Kim assessed the threat himself, and immediately released a harshly worded warning to the U.S. and the United Nations Security Council.

Seeing these unauthorized photos I posted about back in 2006, it’s hard to completely dismiss this type of scenario from ever actually happening. Read the article here [via The Onion].

This is it folks - you have Riz to thank for bringing this to our attention. The time has finally come, we’re in Iraq and George Bush is giving a speech. The opening we’ve been waiting for. Get those size 10 shoes ready because it’s time to attack insult.

No, that’s just a screenshot. Head over to the official website Sock and Awe (lol) to give it a go.

I know I don’t usually cover mainstream stuff but this is just too hilarious to pass up.

I have got to admit, he’s got some damned good reflexes ducking like that.

Worth a read over at The Age:

The Government’s plan to censor the internet is in tatters, with Australia’s largest ISP saying it will not take part in live trials of the system and the second largest committing only to a scaled-back trial.

I’m glad to hear of Telstra not being evil for once! If you don’t know what this post is about read more here.

I just signed a petition for a very worthy cause. I’ll quote the email they want me to send to everybody (but simply won’t - this is more effective):

Hi, Did you know the Government is proposing an internet censorship scheme that goes further than any other democracy in the world? I’ve just signed a petition to prevent the scheme that will make the internet up to 87% slower, more expensive, accidentally block up to one in 12 legitimate sites, will miss the vast majority of inappropriate content and is very easily sidestepped. The government of the day may add any ‘unwanted’ site to a secret blacklist under the scheme. Our Government should be doing all in its power to take Australia into the 21st century economy, and to protect our children. This proposed internet censorship does neither. Can you join me and take action on the net today to save the net?

Sign it here, and read my opinion here.