Michael E. Long makes and sells shadow boxes of curious/derelict building exteriors and interiors.
[Found here.]
Yoda in da Snowda
Monday, 9 December 2019
Hose-Belting-Packing Hot Links
Sunday, 8 December 2019
What happens when a cat plays Dungeons & Dragons.
You Have The Right To Remain Silent. Now they’re attacking The Salvation Army.
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.
[Top image: Alcohol smuggling ca. 1926, via here.]
7 December 1941 – Pearl Harbor
Saturday, 7 December 2019Always Remember: The declaration of war was issued AFTER the attack.
This film is interesting.
That’s my late dad’s stamp that he put on most correspondence.
The .Gif Friday Post No. 612 – GET DOWN NOW! The Fall Guy & MomPrank
Friday, 6 December 2019
DON’T DO IT OR I’LL COME BACK AND CHEW YOUR YOU-KNOW-WHAT OFF WHILE YOU SLEEP.
Thursday, 5 December 2019
[Found here.]
Klaus-Günter Jacobi’s Contribution To The World
Wednesday, 4 December 2019
If socialism is such a great economic system, why have so many people died trying to escape it?
Risking imprisonment, torture and death, Klaus-Günter Jacobi modified a BMW Isetta to help his friend escape the oppression of East Germany in 1963. Nine others were able to escape using the same method.
[Escaping East Berlin in a 1961 BMW Isetta [via]. Short vid here.]
Stuff What My Kid Drew
Tuesday, 3 December 2019
Child’s Own is a company that takes children’s pictures and turns them into stuffed animals things. Unfortunately, it’s too late to order for this Christmas, but it’s still a cool idea.
[Click on any image below for larger examples of awesome.]
Your Own Public Idaho Hot Links
Sunday, 1 December 2019
Doggie Duty [language warning].
The Laughing Policeman (Charles Penrose,1922).
This kind of crap should disgust you. More on the story here, and this is a great response.
She thought she was going to win.
From the This Kinda Creeps Me Out Department:
Never heard the term “spatchcocking” before. (It’s a gerund or present participle.)
Forget “Global Warming.” Forget “Climate Change.” Get ready for “Global Meltdown” and “Climate Collapse.” We’re dooooomed.
I rolled my eyes when I read the original story, but this commentary is funny. [NSFW, NSFK]
From the This Is Very Cool Department BUT:
During the U.S. campaign against al Qaida terrorists in Afghanistan, the U.S. government offered hefty bounties for al Qaida, Taliban, and other insurgent leaders. These bounties were highly publicized although rarely collected.
U.S. Central Command decided to toy with the terrorist commanders: Military and intelligence analysts drew up a list of high-value targets, followed by a public announcement that the bounty on a particular terrorist leader had been slashed Word was whispered in the local markets that the man wasn’t worth the higher reward because he had been injured or been deemed incompetent.
According to Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker of The New York Times, the “less-valuable leader” then wanted “to prove he was still important and worthy of the higher bounty. Even senior members of al Qaida’s global network had been suckered by the ruse and were picked up after they made themselves visible not long after the bounty on their heads was reduced.”
Norman Polmar, “To Understand Russian Submarines, Think Outside The Box” USNI Proceedings, October 2019. http://www.usni.org
So why did the NYT expose a military PsyOps tactic, how did they find out about it, and why did USNI decide to echo it?
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago.
(The one from 2009 had some funny in the comments.)
Title above is a reference to this (as if you didn’t know).
