Ahhhh, artists, how I love your crazy ideas. An art group are proposing an extremely odd (and interesting) project / installation which would involve placing a gigantic banana over Texas, floating 30km to 50km above the US state for around 1 month. The banana will be constructed much like a blimp, with a 300 meter long semi-rigid structure made from bamboo, encased with a helium-filled skin of synthetic paper. The project is supposedly in it’s final stage of engineering and a launch time is currently being scheduled for August 2008. Real or not, I’d love to see the reaction to a giant banana floating over the Bush ranch, though I’d assume it would be seen as a giant risk to national security and subsequently shot down.

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I hope I won’t regret this post, but let’s just see how this goes. So, what does September 11th, Jesus Christ flying a UFO, a Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise and George W. Bush have in common? Stumped? Well, NESARA of course! NESARA stands for National Economic Security and Reformation act, a bill allegedly passed during a secret session of the U.S. Congress and signed into law by Bill Clinton. The bill supposedly would reorganize the entire U.S. economy and government, through acts such as forgiveness of bank, credit and mortgage debt, abolishing the IRS by creating a flat, new items only sales tax, restores constitutional law and naturally, ends all forms of aggressive U.S. military activities world wide. An admirable bill, I must admit, if only it were true.

NESARA a hotly contested conspiracy theory, with several splinter groups preaching various degrees of madness, features one such group that has recently seen the release of it’s first documentary (though often billed as a comedy) titled “Waiting for NESARA”. Following an organized group of ex-Mormons awaiting the passage of NESARA around Salt Lake City, Utah, the group meets in the back of a Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise and believes that the passage of NESARA will bring about the removal of George W. Bush by exposing him as a reptilian alien and that Jesus Christ piloting a UFO will be installed as America’s new leader.

I’m now rendered speechless so hit the jump to witness the trailer for Waiting for NESARA…

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We’re back in outer space again this post, bringing you The Onion’s absolutely fucking brilliant parody of the Apollo moon landing, featuring extremely high production value and some great voice acting. Hear what the first astronauts on the moon really meant to say, all while dreaming out to a Brian Eno track.

Hit the jump to view the NSFW, not safe for kids, not safe for fuddy-duddies video…

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A recent American Airlines flight from Washington bound to Dallas/Fort Worth had to make an unscheduled landing in Nashville earlier this week due to strong smell of burning matches within the cabin. As the plane was evacuated and the passengers questioned, one of them admitted to striking the matches in order to cover up their body odor, which they said was due to a medical condition. Seems it’s perfectly legal to bring soft matches aboard an aircraft you just aren’t allowed to light them. If only it were illegal to pass gas in a pressurized cabin 35,000 feet in the air.

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A North Carolinian couple recently on holiday in Florida came home with an interesting memento. Seems they were strolling a beach looking for sea shells with friends when they came upon a large fishbone which appears to have jesus on a cross etched perfectly into the bone’s front side. Not content with this joyous message of happiness, they turned the bone over, only to find…..THE DEVIL etched into the other side. Overjoyed at their luck, the proud owners are happy to let us know that this won’t end up on eBay, though I’m sure they could easily pull 7 or 8 large for it. Go go North Carolina!

Watch the video: Couple finds fishbone with likeness of Jesus and devil

2001 meets Office Space in this odd, but somewhat enjoyable video mashup courtesy of the GooTube. A shame they didn’t use some of Milton’s dialogue, because, well, he’s Milton and there’s no one better, but, still, it’s good enough. After watching, proceed straight to the “Which Office Space character am I?” quiz over at Quizilla.

Watch the mashup after the jump..

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On a recent Daily Show, Jon Stewart asks some really hard questions, such as, what exactly is the president’s job? Curiously, it doesn’t seem that anyone really knows what it is, other than a few vague comments and lots of fund-raising, but, we’re told it’s not our business to really even care. But is that enough for Jon Stewart, noooo, of course not, it’s never enough.

Watch a clip from a recent Daily Show and wonder along with Jon after the jump..
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I’m just, amazed. Shocked. Baffled. Kenneth Copeland and Kenneth Hagin are names that some know quite well. As firebrand Pentecostal ministers, they both were a little, unstable to say the least. As you can see in this video during a pastor’s conference, they both work the crowd into a fit of “holy laughter”, dancing, thrashing, falling around, mooing and speaking in tongues. It’s actually pretty uncomfortable to watch, considering half of the crowd are obviously only mooing because they don’t want to seem the odd one out. I don’t see how the Baby Jesus could like this one bit.

Watch a bunch of people rolling around the floor and acting weird after the jump..

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The mockists over at I-Mockery visited a giant outlet of Halloween-related goodies, scoring some great photos of bootleg Halloween costumes ripping off some of pop culture’s largest breands. From a few different attempts at copying Nightmare on Elm Street (”Deluxe Night Killer adult costume”) all the way to a horrible version of Mario (3PC Handy Man adult costume).

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Not that any of you really care, but I’m one of those odd adults who still dread using public restrooms. Malls, doctor’s offices, restaurants, ok, maybe, highway rest-stops, gas stations, absolutely no way. So, I ask myself, why, why is this a problem? Then I found the ICBE, or the Intenrational Center for Bathroom Etiquette. They too have noticed a complete disregard of manners and common courtesy in public restrooms around the world and have decided to take action. Covering almost every possible situation, from the proper etiquette at men and womens public restrooms, to office restrooms and sporting events restrooms, the ICBE is trying to create change, one urinal at a time.

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