I agree with a lot of other people on these, but I'm going to try to put a word out for my favorite comics that don't usually get the light of day.

Best overall:
I've been reading Supernormal Step since it was about a week old, and it quickly turned into my favorite comic. The art started out a bit amateurish, but has matured rather nicely. The characters are unique and likeable, the plot is constantly moving and twisting, and I'm quite happy with the small number of grammatical errors compared to a lot of the other comics I read.

Funniest:
Already mentioned, but go check out Gunshow (frequently NSFW). I love this one because the situations are so absurd. Both the serial comics and the one-offs are completely unpredictable (Wolves, Friday the 13th, Rabbits, Skulls). Honorable mention to The Non-Adventures of Wonderella.

Best art:
Also already mentioned, but for good reason: Dresden Codak is beautiful. I would have voted for Copper, but Kazu seems to have taken a hiatus from it and this IS supposed to be a list from 2012.

Most relevant to me:
This is a tough one, I don't really read comics for relevance. I'll put this out there though: Octopus Pie has some of the most REAL characters I've ever seen in a comic or webcomic.

Take this opportunity to reorganize and clean up your desk, you're going to start fresh!

1) Disconnect everything and clean up on/around your desk. Dust your monitors, wipe down the surface, move any papers that are piled up. When I dealt with rat nests of wires, I never was able to vacuum/dust. Do it now when it is easiest.
2) Put your desk on sliders. Even the heaviest hardwood desk on carpet becomes easy to move alone when you do this. If you're on hardwood or some other surface, clean around the desk before moving it, or you'll scratch it up.
3) Leave the desk away from the wall so you can get behind it. Set up everything exactly how you want it, but leave the loose cables wherever you put them before and leave the other cables (mouse, keyboard) bundled up next to their owners.

Now you're ready for the fun part!
Think about how you want to route the cables; that means don't let them touch the floor! I love routing them under the desk surface in the back because they're pretty much invisible and the cats don't chew on them. If you have a cheap fiberboard desk like I do, consider using screw-in hooks (use a small nail to make a pilot hole). If you have a metal/glass or an otherwise nice desk, use sticky hooks (3M Command hooks are usually too big - I like cable tie mounts with zip/twist ties set into a loose loop).
Start with the cables for the devices you'll move the least; this probably means your power strip, modem & router, and other network cables (I like to mount these to the side/back of my desk so they're out of the way but close to everything - this is especially important with the power strip). Move on to the monitors & speakers, then the external hard drives & USB hubs. The last things you want to hook up are probably your keyboard & mouse.

1) Once you've connected the device, stop and take a look at the cables; anything that you can group together, wrap it in spiral cable wrap, starting at the device and going back. Two network cables from the router to your towers? Wrap them together. Your monitor's DVI & power cables? Wrap them. Be sure to give yourself enough length of wrapped cable so you can move your devices around as far as you think you'll want to.
2) Now you take up any slack in the cable by bundling it - just be sure to leave a little bit of slack in the cable - just enough so it has a nice bend radius at the computer/router/wall. Hang the bundles together from a hook/anchor in an inconspicuous place. Use N+1 ties so you can get at it later - one for the hook/anchor, and one for each bundle (I especially love using twist ties for this part):
- For small DC cables, wrap the extra length neatly around 4 fingers, flatten the bundle. Secure with a twist / zip / velcro tie.
- For bigger cables, hold it in your palm and keep reversing direction across your palm - leave a reasonable bend radius. Secure it as above.
- For network cables; buy a crimping tool and learn to use it.

Push your desk back into place and you're done! Use weighted cable managers or adhesive to hold USB hubs from falling off your desk and enjoy!

1) I live in NY. My electors' votes will go to Obama so essentially my vote for POTUS doesn't count; feels bad, man.
2) I want to send a message in the strongest possible way that the two-party system is broken, and the strongest way I can think to do so is with my vote.

No, we know.

The last 10 or so petitions I tried to sign resulted in an error that I needed to log in, despite the corner of the page welcoming me by name.

I wish this hadn't been modded -1 Troll. A troll "is a prank comment intended to provoke indignant (or just confused) responses" (source).
Whenever the topic of drug legalization comes up - no matter the venue - this argument crops up. Just because it doesn't hold water to those of us on the "tax and legalize" side doesn't make it a troll, it just makes it an argument for the other side.
tl;dr I don't agree with parent either, but that doesn't make his/her post a troll.

When I read this article, there were 420 comments.
Coincidence?!?

Doesn't this violate the Speedy Trial Clause?

There is evidence (TED video) to support your hunch. The gist is that over time, countries trend towards having 2 children per mother. The presenter claims that after crunching the numbers (I haven't seen the calculations), it turns out the world will max out at around 10b people.

FTFY

The first image that popped into my head was a German Shepherd with aviator glases in a Predator drone painted like the Red Baron's plane, flying over the jungle and barking into a radio when it smelled some pot. Then I thought, "why not just make a flying Rat Thing with the nose intact?"
I should really patent this idea so I can sue the first company who actually makes one!

Flamebait. You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

I'd suggest read the moderation guidelines, specifically this part:

I normally don't nitpick like this, but but parent brings up a good point:

George Carlin was right, the US is screwed because the public is wilfully ignorant.

Unless you count the State of New York as a company - I guess the point is arguable.

Enjoy your countersuit for copyright infringement...

... just sayin'

Yes, and thank you! It CAN be done.
Case in point: I happen to know the blogger who made the news last week for exposing the weakness in the TSA's scanners; as long as I've known him he's been fighting his own legal battles without representation. In college he fought parking tickets - and more often than not he won. Then he went into business for himself and (successfully, AFAIK) sued clients for non-payment. Now he's trying to take his case against the TSA to the Supreme Court.
He's part of the reason I've decided to fight my (first) traffic ticket on my own. Go Jon!