quote out of context
But Stephen Green of pressure group Christian Voice said: “Bendy-buses, like atheism, are a danger to the public at large.”
Not too far out of context, though.
coriolinus rampant
misc.link
security theatre
Proved once again: airport security is useless.
photo of the day
I love the weapons that each person has chosen. The naked man has a brick. The ranking officer has his trusty riot shield. One of the on-call officers has an actual person catcher: a tool designed specifically for handling people who you don’t want to touch. The other has a flimsy plastic traffic control device; [...]
Palin in 30 seconds
I know I stole it directly from BoingBoing, but this is too funny not to repost.
also found in russian news
Gomer Pyle
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I am pretty sure this would not happen to me
A Russian 2LT produced a rap video, set to the tune of Eminem’s “Stan,” in which he writes to the minister of defense complaining about awful conditions in his barracks. The BBC has a fragment of the video. If anyone is up in Russian enough to browse RuTube, I’d love to link to the full [...]
oh here is an economist talking about the thing
It looks like he agrees that a bailout would have been a bad idea.
based on a true story
From Three Panel Soul. Here is the true story. Mr. Bernanke is Chairman of the Board of the Federal Reserve.
yes i did write that
I’ve written a piece over at Japundit: Hikikomori - Japan’s Invisible Population
Chlorine Triflouride
I just wanted to mention that this chemical is awesome:
During the liquid rocket propellant era, a major incident involving ClF3 occurred the first time a one-ton steel container was loaded with liquid ClF3 for bulk shipment. The container had been cooled with dry ice to perform the liquid transfer and help make the product safer [...]