Ben Stein believes that God controls the weather and that you should make him your celebrity spokesperson regardless

Kyocera is an electronics company with a green reputation. They recently declined to hire Ben Stein after asking him his views on climate change. He’s now alleging breach of contract. Incidentally, there was no contract.

By way of response, Stein asked the agency to tell Kyocera that he was not certain that global warming was a man-made phenomenon as “he believed that God, and not man, controlled the weather,” because that is how you demonstrate to someone that you are rational. Yet somehow this did not assuage Kyocera’s fears, so they backed out of the deal, creating a storm of controversy not unlike those cooked up by God on a regular basis, up there in his weather whirligig.

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Clip art album covers

 Clip art album covers

Familiar album covers redone with clip art. Via Kottke.

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Women are a mystery to Stephen Hawking

New Scientist has a nice, short interview with Stephen Hawking on the occasion of his turning 70.

What do you think most about during the day?

Women. They are a complete mystery.

Via Gizmodo.

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Batman is lonely

 Batman is lonely

By Noam Sussman, via Hey Oscar Wilde.

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Elephants have useful penises

 Elephants have useful penises

You see that skinny leg around where you’d expect the elephant’s penis to be? That’s his penis. He’s standing on his penis. It’s prehensile too. Which is nice because full-body humping is difficult with a big elephant body.

From Not Exactly Rocket Science, via Reddit.

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Face & Skull

 Face & Skull

From the W+K Studio Blog, via Ffffound.

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McCarthyism illustrated

 McCarthyism illustrated

From the Momentus Project, via Ffffound.

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Soldier Bear fought in WWII

Voytek was a bear who was adopted by Polish troops in Iran in 1943.

When Polish forces were deployed to Europe the only way to take the bear with them was to “enlist” him.

So he was given a name, rank and number and took part in the Italian campaign.

From BBC News, via Reddit.

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A tool to push weak old people up stairs

 A tool to push weak old people up stairs

Patented by Allain Eustis in 1895.

From Futility Closet.

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Space Invader houndstooth

 Space Invader houndstooth

Via pollywannacracka.

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