On Deck Odd News Stories

What could be more harmless than nice-smelling scented candles, right? No problem and no harm. Light one, let it flicker away, and allow the aroma to set

Sleek design, spotless sidewalks and vast colonies of rats: It can only be Sweden. A recent report by the World Health Organization documents factors that inexorably increase rat populations: Rats eat what people eat. Rats live where people live

The collection spans 50 countries and four centuries and touches on subjects ranging from beer marketing to 19th-century Portuguese politics.

Who is running for president? In an upstate New York county, hundreds of voters have been sent absentee ballots in which they could vote for "Barack Osama."

Reader Christian Nielsen wrote from Sweden to tell us he and his girlfriend have named their baby Linux, after the operating system, and attached this darling photo.

A nice way to end the week. Congratulations to Boing Boing pals Sean Bonner and Tara Brown.

U won't find a better place to lay your shit.

Political posting about the campaign issues and styles

Which writers write this - the McCain camp or Jon Stewart’s writers?