This speaks for itself:

Via Pharyngula.

Demonstrating democracy in action less than 1/10th of 1% of the worlds population have so far voted an average of 7 times each to select a new list of the Seven Wonders of the World. The Washington Post has pictures of the 21 nominees.
It might, though, be more appropriate to call it a list of the seven man-made wonders of the world. Certainly it is perfectly fine for us to identify some number of human artifacts that exemplify the height of human ingenuity, creativity or engineering skill. All the candidates are impressive and possibly deserving from this perspective.
However, none of them hold a candle to many other wonders of the world. A few examples:

• The natural backdrops of Machu Picchu (Picture 3) or Sao Paulo (Picture 4)
• Tubeworms and Spider Crabs or any other living or extinct life form
• Pick your favorite mountain
• Pick your favorite river

And so on.
NB: With respect to the 3rd picture are people voting for the statue, the water faucet or the remarkable natural setting?

Via The Volokh Conspiracy.

Bumf:

useless paperwork or documentation (from “bum fodder” (toilet paper)), often spelled bumph

From the Wikipedia entry for List of British words not widely used in the United States.

Via Cynical-C Blog.

An uplifting and totally fascinating example of human capability and potential.
It is not about the dolphin you see in the YouTube window rather it is about a 14 year blind boy who can, well, go see for yourself:

Via Catallarchy.

mark foley’s name will apparently stay on the Florida ballot even though he has resigned and is no longer contending for office:

Under Florida law his name stays on the ballot, but the party can designate another candidate. You have to put your mark on his name, but the votes go to the designated Republican.

This has to be a case where there will be zero votes for the republican.

Who could possibly stomach putting their mark next to this person’s name even if it is a surrogate for some other designated candidate.