Science is the Devil's Work
Grand Canyon National Park is not permitted to give an official estimate of the geologic age of its principal feature, due to pressure from Bush administration appointees.

“In order to avoid offending religious fundamentalists, our National Park Service is under orders to suspend its belief in geology,” stated PEER Executive Director Jeff Ruch. “It is disconcerting that the official position of a national park as to the geologic age of the Grand Canyon is ‘no comment.’”

The Vintage American motel postcard index.

Another year of the OnionAVClub's Least Essential Albums

Top 10 Astronomy Images of 2006

The Highwaymen: Republicans is selling off American Highways to special interests by privatizing another public resource. (mother jones)
Why you could soon be paying Wall Street investors, Australian bankers, and Spanish builders for the privilege of driving on American roads.

Edwards throws hat.

The greatest band on earth, Ween, performing "Freedom of 76" on local TV in 1993. Brilliant.

Popmatters best albums of 2006 (with videos for most)

Sheesh. The townspeople of Hazleton, PA sure hate Santa. And illegal immigrants.

If there's one thing the Jive loves more than batshit right-wing paranoia, it's batshit right-wing paranoia drawn as cartoons.
Apparently, the NRA is putting out a graphic novel to... well, warn kids of the danger of gas-can toting hippie chicks who roll mob-style with chickens or lobsters or something. I'm not sure why the hippie is so dangerous, but the NRA's message is clear: Without our beloved guns, how can we possibly shoot her? (via boingboing)

The Jive wishes a Merry Christmas to all. Be kind to one another.

50 greatest cartoons (youtube and google video links to complete videos)
Don't miss "The Man Who Planted Trees"
(via metafilter)

A nice youtube TV index (complete shows)

Sure your commute is bad, but at least its not on the Bolivian Hell Road. The most dangerous roads in the world

Lou Reed - Dirty Blvd.

Some stuff you just can't make up.

Not even the Grinch would steal this shit. More ugly christmas stuff at this appropriately URL'ed site.

Walking Table (uncreatively sniped from youtube's front page)

Just when the right-wing bat-shit crazy talk started to slow down, we get hit with the wisdom that soy makes you gay. Where do they get this stuff?
Soy is feminizing, and commonly leads to a decrease in the size of the penis, sexual confusion and homosexuality.

North Pole Ice Free by 2040. Holy Shit. We're all gonna %&$#@! die.

The Nasa-funded US team of researchers said the ice retreat is likely to remain fairly constant until 2024 when there will be a sudden speeding up of the process.

In between 30 and 50 years, they concluded, summer sea ice will have vanished from almost the entire Arctic region.