[Found here.]
Carpet Bomber
[Found here.]
Category: Odd
Hot Links of The Plutocracy
Pluto 2018
Pluto 1930
This still makes me grin.
Steve Vai’s guitar collection [via].
Click this, because it’s entirely awesome.
This is what smart phones were made for.
Whatever happened to Laurence Tureaud?
“This is aginst ma civil rats.” [Language alert]
Elected Muslim Democrat who hates Jews and says so, accuses others of genocide. Pheeew.
Everyone who stood around watching and did nothing except to record it is complicit. {Update: Perp arrested, pleaded not guilty.]
The following is the March 1 Congressional Research Service report, Venezuela: Political Crisis and U.S. Policy. Venezuela’s economy
contracted by 18% and inflation exceeded 1.37 million percent in 2018. Way to go, socialism.
Circa 1978, NASA engineers wondered how many tampons astronaut Sally Ride would need for a week in space. “Is 100 the right number?” they asked. “No. That would not be the right number,” she replied. [source]
[Top Images: Pluto in 2018 found here. Pluto in 1930 found here.]
The .Gif Friday Post No. 575 – Fresh Eggs, Shiploader & Spittin’ Steel
The Leaning Tower of Britten
Brilliant.
Ralph Britten purchased a water tower from the nearby town of Lefors, Texas, transported it to Groom. The tower was intended to supply Britten’s remote truck stop /restaurant and tourist information center with water, but he found a cheaper supply and installed the empty tower as an advertisement on Route 66.
Britten’s business burned to the ground, but his water tower still stands.
Water Towers
[Images found in here. Click for larger, each image has the name and location in the title of each .jpg.]
Iron Horse
[Found here.]
And A Short Order of Hot Links
This link is All Bunk.
Okay, I’ll admit it. I’m a leftist.
The Peaky Blinders were nasty.
Carl Sagan’s Baloney Detection Kit.
Need a Stabilized Amboyna Burl Pen?
Here’s a concise description of basic technical drawing with illustrations.
Once it was lost, but now Wallace’s giant bee has been found.
From the True Facts Department: Exactly half of all Americans have above average intelligence. Discuss amongst yourselves.
Breaking news / bombshell / tipping point / the walls are closing in / the beginning of the end. That still makes me laugh.
[Top image: Andy Capp, playing darts, wearing a peaky. Apparently he was a southpaw.]
Saturday Matinee – New York Subway A Capella, Russian Chicago Cover & Ice Weasels
Apologies for losing the original link. These guys are great.
These Russians do Chicago better than Chicago.
Then there’s this insanity. Ain’t no fear of thin ice.
Have a great weekend, folks. See you back here after the apocalypse.
The .Gif Friday Post No. 574 – Firecracker Pop, TP Drone & KTLA Photobomb
GTFO
[Found here.]
Tacky Raccoons 