This is one beautiful bike.

Via Bike EXIF:

For someone who doesn’t like stock Vincents, Jeff Decker builds a mighty fine Black Lightning. He’s a sculptor as well as a bike builder, and his eye for a line is evident with this beautiful salt racer. As these exclusive Horst Roesler shots reveal, Decker has managed to make the Vincent look fast even when it’s standing still on the Bonneville salt flats.

Be sure to check out the rest. Now, on to the links…

ChrisWy: “The polar ice caps were supposed to be completely gone by, wait for it, this is gonna be good, four months from now.”
TBA: The Libs are Right, Capitalism isn’t Fair!
CH2.0:  Occupods Try to Occupy Limbaugh’s Office-Only off by a Thousand Miles or so
The Eye: Cherokee Genealogist Demands Elizabeth Warren Tell the Truth
SJ: Stuffing the federal government back into its constitutional box
TheCL: The 99 and the 1

FCBZ: Crikey, Arkansas Dem Prez Contender John Wolfe Is Doing So Well Against Obama in Primary Polls, State Democrat Party Will Blow Off Voters & Not Recognize Him 
The Rio Norte Line: Unlock the Energy and Unlock the Economy Part 5,000,000
ER: Saturday Morning News & Notes
Theo: Uninstall……………
Ace: ‘Duping Delight’
CoF: Mr. Romney needs to meet Mr. Rahn

BdKS: When is 8% Unemployment Not Really 8% Unemployment?
Republican Mom: The Swope Plan
Bunker: U.S. Special Forces Being Deployed to Protect “Security” of Yemen
LaS: Jack Wiley Dithers Exclusive- Obama Campaign Strategy Transcript
Bot: “Are We Electing A Chairman of Our Frat, or Are We Electing A State Representative?”
PR: Unintended Consequences of Government Regulation

TMGGB: What’s The Plan, Man?
Gator: Rep. Allen West Verbally Bitch-Slaps Congressional Leftists Over Afghanistan War Funding (video)
MTTM: Cyber School Options Expanded
Wade: What the Tech Geeks Don’t Tell You
WWTFT: We Are In Big Trouble
WixomWeb
Zilla: Teh Inetrwebz Hatez Meh

Found these cool Gretsch guitar catalogue images @ the ‘Naut.

Now, on to the links:

WyBlog: Mothers Day needs more mothers
TheCL: Mitt Romney’s Prep School Pranks
The Eye: Locuteus of Corg
TBA: Check your fetus at the door
SJ: What are conservatives trying to conserve
CH2.0: Another Luke Warm Obama Reception- Holds Speech in Family Garage-They’re not Sure They’ll Vote for Him

WWTFT: You Say You Want A Revolution …
RR: Obama in Rolling Stone
CoF: Scary Numbers and Data
BdKS: Yes, We Do Need To See Obama’s Transcripts
LaS: Sunday morning read
FCBZ: California State Deficit Skyrockets to $16 Billion, Gov. Brown to Make Huge Cuts (video)

Bunker: Obama’s Hollywood co-host under SEC investigation
Jason: Bacon Eggs & Politics
Robot: National Offend a Feminist Week…
Proof: Curiosity About the “Character of the Candidate”
Gator: Your vomit-inducing clip of Andrew Sullivan achieving mutual Obamagasm with Chris Crazy Legs Matthews
Wade: Democrats To Vote To Take Away Right To Self Defense

CP: An Angel Caught on Camera?
Moonbattery: David Mamet on Why He Is No Longer a Brain Dead Liberal
That Mr. G Guy: But Who Really Cares?
TCotS: Bob’s Musings
WixomWeb
MichiganReport

I found a series of 1960′s transistor radio photos @ The ‘Naut. These radios are works of art.

They don’t make ‘em like they used to… Now, on to the links.

theCL: What Happened to America?
CH2.0: Alarmists Complain About Heartland Institute Pointing out “Inconvenient Truths”
SJ: Patrick Kelly Interview
TBA: Why do you need a gun?
WyBlog: Obama to SCOTUS- We’re not smart enough to reset Medicare back to 2009′s rules
The Eye: The State of DC

BdKS: Conservative Ghettos, Liberal Beachheads
Bunker: Obama’s Way Forward
CoF: Facts About Communism Some Teachers Ignore
LaS: Wasn’t “Julia” Winston Smith’s girlfriend partner in sex crime in Orwell’s ’1984′? 
Robot: Blast from the Past
Proof: Gutsy Call- Obama Had CYA Memo Drafted In Case OBL Mission Failed

RR: We Can’t Trust the Senate to Live Within Its Means (VIDEO)
Gator: Remember those huge crowds Obama drew in 2008?
WWTFT: 1984 by George Orwell
Zilla: #NotGoodEnoughForRomCon
FCBZ: Michelle Obama’s Princeton Thesis, Titled “Princeton-Educated Blacks & the Black Community,” Barack’s Columbia University Thesis Is Still MIA
Eradica: Future Uniforms Part III (with links to parts I & II)

The Michigan Blog-O-Sphere has grown lately. Here’s a short round up of a few Michigan based blogs:

MichiganReport
WixomWeb
MTTM: Pigs Sought After Elk Kill
Wade: Scary Liberalism From FDR
Jen: Slow-Jamming the Economy
CP: To Heaven and Back

Saw this excellent round up of cliched movie posters at 22 words:

If you’ve ever felt like movie posters are all the same, you now have proof that your hunch is right.

Now that they mention it… They all kind of blur together.

(Click image for larger version)

On to the links…

theCL: Mitt Romney (D-Mass.)
ChrisWy: Saving the Post Office with windmills, oh and an $11 billion taxpayer bailout too
TBA: A New Series for First Time Gun Buyers
JB’s: April 28th link roundup
The Eye: Paulista Plotting 

Speaking of The Eye….

CH2.0: Ending Bullying With Even More Bullying- Or is it Really About Attacking Dissent?
SJ: If Cuba was Really the “Workers Paradise,” Why are so Many People Escaping it?
RR: “There is Still Only One Nation Capable of Leading” (VIDEO)
Proof: “Who wants to work as a stockboy when you can make a bundle in the oil patch?”
FCBZ: UK Raids Bomb-Making Mosque in Afghanistan, Brigade Reconnaissance Force Finds 250 Kilos of Explosives in Weapons Cache

Pundette: Steyn at his doggone best
BdKS: Obama Likes Colombia Too
CoF: Global Warmers Never Die. They Just Turn Up The Heat
Bunker: Ken Salazar channels Harry Potter re: energy policy
LaS: Obumper Schtickers

CP: Obama 2nd Term? – Be Worried, Very Worried
Gator: Desperate to reelect Empty Suit, Democrats pull out the weapon of last resort
Rightlinks: Boom and Bust in Stockton, California 
TMGGB: Wild Bill (video)
WixomWeb: Want to save Detroit? Help tear it down

Found these really interesting old school Soviet propaganda posters touting their Space Program at Gavin Rothery.

Be sure to check the the rest.

Now, on to the links…

theCL: Loose Money & Fettered People
WyBlog: Fewer people are registering to support the Susan G. Komen Race For Abortion
TBA: Uncle Ted talks about the importance of voting Obama out
CH2.0: “What if people in our government really are revolutionaries who want to bring down the government of the United States?”
SJ: The shot heard round the world

The Eye looking into the Senatorial crystal ball
BdKS: Insanely High Gas Prices Got You Down?
Proof: Happy Lenin’s Birthday Earth Day!
RR: Tom Friedman’s Bloomberg Misdirection- One for the Country
CoF: What the Hell has happened to America?

Bunker: If I wanted America to fail
LaS: What Ted Nugent and Jim Treacher Teach Us
Gator: Stratfor Emails Show Democrats Stuffed Ballot Boxes In Ohio And Pennsylvania In 2008
FCBZ: Rocker Ted Nugent’s Curt Criticism of Obama, His Meeting with the Secret Service, & His Killing of a Black Bear (video)
MTTM: Agenda 21, DNR, And Small Farms

WWTFT: Some Words of Wisdom From Fisher Ames
TMGGB: Reagan Vs Obama On Benefits Of Socialism…Video
Spellchek: Canadian biker runs 299km/h through traffic
Slack: Succinct 
WixomWeb: Climate Alarmist Calls For Burning Down Skeptics’ Homes…

With the advent of home / hobbyist CNC cutting equipment the old standby “dove tail joint” is getting a new look and functionality.

Via MAKE:

Hobby class laser cutters and CNC routers each have advantages and disadvantages. Laser cutters can cut much finer details because they have very small “kerf.” On the other hand, they’re more expensive and can’t do partial-depth cutting or “pocketing” like a CNC router can. They also use heat, which can burn the substrate and/or generate nasty off-gassing. On the other hand, the burning effect can be used decoratively. A CNC router can change bits and cut complex relieved surfaces, or make cuts with mitered or otherwise profiled edges. I don’t think either tool can be described as simply “better,” and, with one minor caveat, all of the techniques presented here can be used equally well with either a laser cutter or a router.

Very interesting stuff.

Now, on to the links:

WyBlog: Finally, a flag liberals won’t burn!
theCL: Sweden’s Gender-Neutral ‘Hen’
Gator: Epic Zombie ‘Obamacare’ Horror Video Featuring Murdered Herman Cain (video)
TBA: Great new look, same excellent content
The Eye: Rick Rolling Away 

SJ: Why we need to take Van Jones seriously
CH2.0: Did Anyone Catch Obama Using Hilary Rosen to Play Good Cop-Bad Cop with Ann Romney?
CoF: Populism in America?
Zilla: “I Feel a Band of Love”
Wade: Hard Left – Hard Decisions

CP: Joe Biden on his Wife – “Stay home and learn school” (Cannot make this up)
Bunker: Joe Biden makes Secret Service pay him rent
‘Bot: If half the Democrats in Congress are Communists, then the other 50% are…
LaS: Demotivational Rosen
PR: President Obama – Raising Taxes For Economic Fairness

MTTM: Obama’s Army
RR: Local News Reporter Confronts President Obama About Tax Payer Funded Vacations (VIDEO)
WWTFT: A Few Words From an IRS Commissioner under Eisenhower
Slack: Just in case…
BdKS: Maureen Dowd Might Want To Make Babies With Jon Stewart And Stephen Colbert…but nobody watches their stupid pointless shows.

Via Bike EXIF:

Tony Prust of Illinois-based Analog Motorcycles builds classy customs based on 1970s-vintage Japanese motorcycles: his Yamaha RD350 is one of the most popular machines we’ve featured this year. So here’s his latest build, commissioned by the owner of a design company based on Amelia Island, off the coast of Nassau County in Florida.

The bike is called ‘Nomad’, and the starting point was a 1974 Kawasaki KZ400—a simple four-stroke, air-cooled twin. In stock form, the KZ400 is a somewhat staid and functional machine, but Prust has customized almost everything apart from the engine.

Cool bike, now on to the links…

theCL: Repulican Strategery
WyBlog: Can we get one cheer for Romney?
CH2.0: Obama Darkly Threatens Supreme Court; Does His Behavior Fit Definition of Bullying?
SJ: It’s time to pass a budget before we lose our nation
TBA: Alan Keyes Gives Obama a Lesson on Faith
The Eye: The Significance of the Resurrection
Gator: The Buffet Rule is key to reducing the deficit, except when it isn’t

CoF: “The future doesn’t exist yet; we have to make it up.”
LaS: Barry’s Iron Triangle of Economic Fail
Bunker: Barack Obama, his friends and what they stand for
TMGGB: Iran and Prophecy?
Slack: Go For A Walk. Get High. Why not both?
WWTFT: There He Goes Again
Wade: NSA – Of Spies and Hackers

Blog de KingShamus: Eric Holder-”Voter Fraud? Surely You’re Joking!”
MTTM: New Law Frees Home Health Care Providers From Stealth Unionization, Dues Skim
Spellchek: Having a chuckle at other’s misfortune just seems so wrong, but go ahead and enjoy anyway.
CP: Collapse Then Crackdown …
PR: Obama Administration Blames GSA Spending On Bush
Roug: Now Who Does A Conservative Vote For?
Zilla: Identity Theft-  Another Tool for the Politics of Personal Destruction from the “Tolerant” Left

After this weeks lotto fever, this is fitting. Check out more pic’s @ the ‘Naut.

Now, on to the links…

ChrisWy: Poseurs in Space
theCL: Schools Ban Best Friends – Why?
TBA: Clueless
CH2.0:  Creepy Stalker? There’s an App for That!
SJ: Is the sun setting on our liberties?

The Eye: Nancy Pelosi on ObamaCare- “We Wrote Our Bill in a Way That Was Constitutional”
Bunker: “I get up every morning and think…today I’m going to end capitalism” (video)
LaS: Demotivational ObamaCare
Spellchek: Obama cries foul to WTO over China rare earth mineral exports showing his hypocrisy
CoF: EPA- A Rogue Agency under a Rogue President

MTTM: The Regional Police State…
RR: Back to the reporter in question…
Gator: Does the Left understand what they are doing?
Wade: Mob mentality is the the rule.
FCBZ: Leftwing Madman Keith Olbermann Fired from Al Gore’s Current TV, Goes Ballistic (video)

WWTFT: Paste it to The Pump (a great idea BTW!)
Proof: Wasserman Schultz’s Bold Election Year Gambit
PR: Barack Obama – Defeating Him In November Should Be Easy
TCotS: The Naked Face Of Leftism…And The GOP Establishment
Moonbattery: Fired for Wishing Colleague a “Peaceful Christmas”

The weather around these parts has been fantastic, almost summer like. So nice, I’ve caught myself on more than one occasion thinking about vacation.

Now, on to the links.

WyBlog: Did Jon Corzine lie to Congress? Why yes, yes he did
theCL: Meet Your Elites- Dick Scaife
TBA: Tour de Cure- Help me Reach my Goal!
The Eye: If you could wipe one person off the face of the Earth, who would it be?
SJ: Give me liberty, or give me death!

CH2.0: DHS Not Investigating #Occupy, but IRS Clobbers Tea Party?
Bunker: Obama and his Marxist Cousin Odinga
WixomWeb: What Doomed Detroit?
CoF: What If We Had A Redstate Rebellion? (part 1) and (part 2)
RR: Paul Ryan Defends Path to Prosperity Budget Proposal on Face the Nation (VIDEO)

WWTFT: They Really Wanted Obama Care
PR: Keeping Your WordPress Website Safe
Gator: Those sly media types
‘Bot: 1836 Money Bomb
Spellchek: Is the nearly billion dollar Federal Air Marshal program still needed?

LaS: On Hayek’s “Fatal Conceit” and BHO’s Energy Policy
MTTM: Public Cyber Hypocrisy?
FCBZ: Barack Obama, This Is Your Life (video)
Spark: Not watching the ‘news’ #231……………..from Rico
Wade: GOP Establishment to Voters – VOTE ROMNEY OR DIE!

Via LIFE Magazine:

For years, from its inception in 1937 until the early ’60s, the prestigious Daytona 200 motorcycle race wasn’t merely run at Daytona Beach. Along with other high-speed, high-risk clashes, the 200 was run on Daytona Beach.

In 1948, LIFE magazine covered the races, both amateur and pro, at Daytona (the Road Course opened in 1936) and reported, in its April 19 issue, that “for four days last month the resort city of Daytona Beach could hardly have been noisier — or in more danger — if it had been under bombardment.”

Now, with unpublished and rarely seen photos by Joseph Scherschel (brother of another LIFE photographer, Frank Scherschel), LIFE.com opens a window on a long, loud weekend 70 years ago: a weekend that thrilled racing fans; slightly scandalized one very popular weekly magazine’s editors; and — as if proof was needed that the young sport was still in the hands of rebels and scofflaws — saw two people killed and 30 more injured in the midst of all the high-octane fun.

Be sure to check out the rest over @ LIFE.

Now, on to the links…

ChrisWy: Obama has the classiest friends.
theCL: Why the Federal Reserve Demands Control of Money Part 1… And Part 2
SJ: While we were distracted did we lose free speech? (H.R. 347)
RR: George Clooney Arrested at Sudanese Embassy in Planned Protest of Omar Al-Bashir (VIDEO)
TBA: A Look at the Latest Production of the Obama Propoganda Machine

The Eye: Government Power Grab Through Spending
CH2.0: 10 Consequences of an Obama Win in 2012.… (Each consequence is a frightening proposition on its own)
FCBZ: “American Idol” Showcases POTUS, Again — Same Week Show’s Producers Tell Contestant Colton Dixon to “Tone Down” Christian References (video)
Bunker: ‘Inflate your tires is as good as drilling’ (video)
WWTFT: Celebrating James Madison’s Birthday… (Here is a Madison Motivator I created a while ago).

Spellchek: Obama signs National Defense Resources Preparedness Executive Order permitting peacetime martial law, a draft, and the procurement of private property
Just a Conservative Girl: Dharun Ravi Found Guilty – Facing 10 Years in Prison
PR: The Coming Triple Pronged Attack On the Nation
LaS: Yes, I’m Obsessed By the Kinks… (And, no, it is not a character flaw).
CP: Arriving at McDonalds Yesterday,,,

Wade: A Bright Idea
MTTM: School choice works
Gator: Obama vs Texas! Updated!
CoF: “SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL, SPEAK NO EVIL – THE REPUBLICAN CLUB”
TCotS: Don’t Shoot Me, I’m Only The Politics Playah