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Oh my. Remember that BLIMP HORROR story I posted a link to a while back? Well here's someone trying to make indoor blimps do something useful: Helio-Courier: Automatic inter-office delivery with a helium blimp.

"Helium is lighter than air. But not that much lighter than air. A modest size blimp such as mine (roughly 75 cm in diameter) provides only a few ounces of lift--barely enough for a small motor and battery. Therefore, I wanted to avoid adding any additional sensing or navigational equipment to the blimp itself. Instead, I augmented the environment of the office to track and control the blimp."

It includes a video of the blimp in action, which I haven't downloaded yet.

Well, if I'm going to post political links, they might as well be ones that make you go, "Urf?", right?

Masturbate for Peace: Using Masturbation to End War is one such. Scroll down to the "Top 10 Reasons to Masturbate for Peace"

Added about 15:30:

Just seen on to Elbows, this eBay auction for a SADDAM HUSSEIN Cuddly Handmade Musical Doll:

Saddam is 100% hand crocheted from acrylic yarn, stuffed with polyester fiber fill (which makes him non-allergenic - and will keep him soft and cuddly for generations to come!) and features astonishing detail, including protruding belly, bubble butt, bushy mustache, and lifelike (yarn) hair. His arms and legs are jointed so that he is posable, and his plastic eyes convey a look of droopy bewilderment.
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Saddam has a little secret. He is anatomically correct both in his fly-zone and no-fly-zone. The "interactive" Patriot Missile fits quite snugly up his "no-fly-zone" (if you catch our drift) and if you ram it up there hard enough, he will play "God Bless America".

Also, as probably ought to be obvious but I can see why the seller felt the need to say it, "NOTE: This cuddly Saddam doll was created in the spirit of political satire and does not reflect any particular position on the war." Auction ends 30 March. I hope the page gets archived when it vanishes from eBay though. (With permission of the artist, of course.)