It’s good to know that government officials like White House Press Secretary Tony Snow and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales like to spend a relaxing weekend with Ann Coulter and Sean Hannity at fun get-togethers like the “Value Voter Summit”, where speakers called gays “faggots” and said they came from “the pit of hell itself”, and suggested that the Anti-Christ is gay.

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This one is an oldie but a goodie… in June 2005, news started circulating that scientists at the Safar Center for Resuscitation Research in Pittsburgh had made a breakthrough that allowed them to bring dogs back to life three hours after clinical death.

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What more is there to say? Thank you, Austin, Texas.

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Taking lawn gnomes to a whole new level, you can now have The Zombie of Montclaire Moors climb out of your garden. I hope it’s more effective than a scarecrow.

When I think “apocalypse”, Cancun does not immediately come to mind, but apparently they are now suffering form a plague of locusts, caused in part by the lack of hurricanes this season. I guess you just can’t win in Cancun. Natural disaster or pestilence? Choose one. Good luck Quintana Roo with your war on locusts!

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Caterpillar Inc. is “Robots to Harvest Trees, Perform Farming Duties and Construct our Future Homes”, according to Daily Tech. To be operated by Skynet, I’m sure.

You might want to buy some Old Glory Robot Insurance to protect yourself:

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Treehugger tries to argue that the beef industry is going to destroy the world through spinach

If you missed the pilot of Jericho and are interested in it, you can now buy it via the iTunes Store for $1.99.

In our focus on war, plague, prophecy and zombies causing the apocalypse, we have sadly neglected another important potential cause: robots. (more…)

Terry Brooks (Sword of Shannara, etc) has a new post-apocalyptic book coming out called Armageddon’s Children.

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