So, guess what opens on Xmas Day this year?

A really fantastic excuse for violence and gore.

Now, I heard the first one really sucked, and maybe the one released in theaters did...mckitterick and I watched the director's cut on DVD and I actually kinda liked it. This sequel looks like a zero plot vehicle for gross-out effects, but I have say the release date was inspired.

Secure for whom, exactly?

Another exciting installment about our eroding personal freedoms: Ohio man arrested for pretty much doing nothing illegal. Thanks to dvicci for the link.

I'm pretty damn liberal, but if a Republican candidate stood up for personal freedoms and reduction of intrusive government measures (you know, two things that used to be core Republican values), I'd vote for him/her in a heartbeat. Of course, s/he'd probably turn out to be a lying bastard anyway, and would cave to party pressure. But oh! Those two minutes of hope.