Sunday Night Links: The Abandoned Vintage Car Edition

Posted on March 11, 2012 by steve

Found these very cool car photos @ The ‘Naut

Now, the links:

The Eye: Was Andrew Breitbart right about the media being the enemy?
TBA: We are Starting to Sound Like a Bunch of Liberals!
ChrisWy: Two more reasons why you can’t trust Wikipedia, ever.
theCL: Politics and the Generation Gap
SJ: Why does the left want a king to rule over us?

CH2.0: When Will We Ever Learn?
Bunker: Frances Fox Piven- ‘Time to scare the banks’
CoF: Welcome to total political war
CP: Feel Good Story of the Day (Really)
LaS: Commentapalooza VI

FCBZ: Flagrant Christian Bashing with ABC’s “GCB,” aka “Good Christian Bitches”
MTTM: Michigan Physicians Ask Congress to put Patients First, Repeal Controversial Health Care Rationing Board.
PR: ABC on Rick Santorum’s Son Yawning – Video
RR: Republican Congressman Corrects Democrat’s Jay-Z Reference, 99 Problems (video)
Spellchek: Coal power generation use plunges to decades low usage –> (and electricity prices are spiking)

TMGGB: Senator Chuck Schumer Is A Putz…As If You Didn’t Already Know That
Gator: Consumer Reports Trashes New Green Car That Obama Administration Wasted $529M On
WWTFT: “In the lexicon of the left all truth is relative. You have your truth and I have mine.”
Zilla: Resistor Update
‘Bot: Solved

Sunday Morning Links: The Twitter Map Edition

Posted on March 4, 2012 by steve

Over the past few days I’ve run across two interesting ‘maps’ involving Twitter. Both are very interesting, even though I have to admit Twitter is an application I really don’t get. Plus, if you ask me ’tweeting’ doesn’t sound all that manly.

The first Twitter map is a Google maps mash-up where you can plot the location of all the people you follow on twitter. Via FlowingData:

You’d think that this would’ve been done by now, but this simple mashup does exactly what the title says. Just connect your Twitter account and the people you follow popup, with some simple clustering so that people don’t get all smushed together in one location.

Kinda cool. I only follow a few people on Twitter (you can follow me @stevemct if you like) but here is a closeup of my Twitter map.

And now, the links…

ChrisWy: Shocker, Obama bundler and MF Global honcho Jon Corzine is unlikely to face criminal charges
TheEye: The Real Issue with Sandra Fluke
TBA: Odds and Ends From the Wasteland
CH2.0: Another Occupod Update
theCL: The potential Timothy Geithner Subpoena

Twitter maps that plots the languages used when ‘tweeting.’ Via Big Think:

Online language detection is possible due to Google’s open-sourcing of the CLD (Compact Language Detector) software embedded in its Chrome browser, which tells you in what language the web page you are visiting is written – and asks if you want it translated into another one, if it’s not your own.

A guy called Mike McCandless extracted the software, another one called Eric Fischer applied it to Twitter. And hey presto!

Cool.

FCBZ: For Cryin’ Out Loud… Obama Now Compares Himself to Mahatma Gandhi & Nelson Mandela (video)
SJ: Obama eyes cuts in healthcare benefits for military families and retired military
CoF: Is All Well or Is All Hell About to Break Loose?
Gator: Mitt Romney Urged Obama To Embrace The Individual Mandate
Bunker: Swat team shuts down Farmer’s Community Picnic

LaS: On the Death of Andrew Breitbart
Wade: Americans Fiddle While the World Burns
Spellchek: Federal Reserve adding another nail to the coffin
Robot: In Memory of a True Warrior for Liberty
MTTM: THIRD WORLD VOTING!!!

PR: Passing More Laws To Stop Criminals
RR: Candidate Obama Eating His Owns Words on Gas Prices (VIDEO)
Zilla: A Great American Hero Has Died
WWTFT: How and Why The Founders Created a Chief Executive
TMGGB: Meth Addict Burns Down 3500 Year Old Tree…Sad

Saturday Night Links: The Skateboarding in 1960′s New York Edition

Posted on February 25, 2012 by steve

Found these great pictures over @ the ‘Naut.

Now, on to the links…

FCBZ: Nail, meet hammer. A really BIG hammer.
TBA: High Gas Prices Might Save Your Life!
SJ: Does freedom matter anymore?
CH2.0: Religious Liberty is Only the First Casualty
theCL: Social Responsibility with Doutzen Kroes

ChrisWy: A funny thing happened on the way to Obamacare Nirvana.
Bunker: Obama will turn Algae into Energy
CoF: Drill Baby, Drill!
CP: Detroit holds payroll audit for city employees. Employees will be forced to show identification.
The Eye: Class Warfare 2012

LaS: Why You Are Paying More At The Pump
MTTM: Republican Robo Calling Needs To END
Robot: Old Commie Meets New Progressive
Spellchek: Undecided on this election? Not sure which direction the country should follow? Here’s the way NOT to go!
Gator: Romney Lied In Debate; He DID Force Catholics To Violate Their Conscience

WWTFT: Outrageous Fortune
Rocky: When he’s right he’s right
Grumpy: Hey Barack, your religious bias is showing
Roug: Example #4,433,218 Of How Government Screws Taxpayers
Zilla: Bloggers Beware – A Cautionary Tale

Sunday Afternoon Links: The Unusual Gear Train Video Edition

Posted on February 19, 2012 by steve

These are very cool videos of unusual gear trains.

And now on to the links…

Spellchek: I thought we didn’t negotiate with terrorists?
TheCL: Creepy. Like straight out of North Korea creepy.
SJ: Are we capable of self-governance anymore?
TBA: Reason #3, Why the GOP Nominee Shouldn’t Matter, Barack’s Distaste for America
CH2.0: What real leadership looks like

This is a weird gear train, notice how all the gears spin in the same direction.

ChrisWy: The state of NJ wants to be your landlord
Bunker: Romney loves trees, cars, lakes, he’s nuts!
LaS: No, not that kind of growth, Beavis and Butthead.
Gator: Team Obama sharpening their knives for Santorum
CoF: A Lesson in Economics that Even I Can Understand

A gear train that changes direction:

FCBZ: Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous ~ Michelle Obama’s Aspen Vacation
The Eye: Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine Supports Rick Santorum
MTTM: Freedom To Work Michigan Update
Wade: Buy Our Service, But Don’t Use It
WWTFT: Obama Flexes His New Powers
‘Bot: TX Representatives Deny Texans Opportunity to Strengthen Religious Freedom

Lastly, here is a novel gear train that changes rotational speeds.

TMGGB: It’s Good To Be The King…Video
Zilla: ‘Twas Our Own Who Betrayed Us
RR: Paul Ryan on This Week- Contraception Compromise is a Distinction Without a Difference (VIDEO)
PR: The Greek Crisis Will Soon Arrive At A Poll Near You
Dewey: If God wanted me to use a computer, he wouldn’t have invented books.

Sunday Morning Links: The Grabber Oldsmobile 442 Edition

Posted on February 12, 2012 by steve

This car is so cool on so many levels.

This Olds 442 was James Garners‘ off road racing car in the early 70′s and has been restored by famous off road racer Rod Hall.

Via Hot Rod Mag:

James Garner-then known mostly for Maverick, as this was before The Rockford Files-was an avid racer in the late ’60s, and he even had his own fab shop, American International Racers, building cars for Daytona, Sebring, and the like. He was also an off-road racer from the start and even fabbed the famous fleet of AMC Ramblers that ran in the ’69 Baja 500. In the ’69 Mexican 1000, Garner piloted the ’70 Grabber 442, which was one of three preproduction cars built by off-road guru Vic Hickey, who had also created the Hurst Baja Boot, among many others. The Olds seems an unusual choice once you realize the project was not factory backed, but it has been assumed that it may have been influenced by Hickey’s alliance with George Hurst, who was tight with Olds.

The car was ahead of its time, and Garner was an inherently skilled driver. In its first 1000, Garner was an hour ahead of his class when a sharp rock put him on the sidelines for a tire change. An oil leak had developed early on in the race, and when Garner forgot to tie down the damaged tire (or it came loose), it thrashed around in the trunk and destroyed the spare oil cans. Out of oil and on the sidelines again, it took 90 minutes to source additional oil and get moving. When the dust settled, Garner finessed the 442 under the checkered flag just 23 minutes behind the lead vehicle, landing a Second Place finish.

Yep. Very cool.

Now, on to the links…

FCBZ: Eric Holder Tells Congress Obama Administration Wants to Ban Guns
SJ: Three Wins and it’s Over
TheCL: YOU are a “Potential Terrorist”
Spellchek:The State of the Police State
ChrisWy: “I just knew, when I saw how happy the baby-killers at Planned Parenthood were, I just knew Obama’s contraception “compromise” was a gigantic F-U to us Catholics.”

CH 2.0: Parents are Apparently Unqualified to Make Decisions About School Choice
It is great to Jim @ Conservative on Fire at his keyboard again.
CP: Pass it on!
The Eye: (The Lack of) Voter Enthusiasm Edition
TBA: Obama’s Questionable Company

LaS: Sign me up!
Bunker: Bishops say no to Obama’s contraception, sterilization
PR: Political Contraception and Religious Liberty
Gator: Your WTF is the TSA up to now post of the day
T. Christopher: Mr. Inevitable Has Now Lost 5 of 8 Contests? Hmmm?

Pundette: “Squid Ink” – The HHS mandate is already law
WWTFT: Perpetual Motion Machine
Zilla: The Other Victims of the Abortion Industry
TCotS: A War Against Us All
TMGGB: Completed The CWP Course Today

Sunday Afternoon Links: The Vintage Selling Speed Edition

Posted on February 5, 2012 by steve

Found this very interesting story discussing vintage motorcycle advertisement @ the very cool web site The Vintagent:

The first motorcycle race started when the second motorcycle was built. And the first motorcycle advertisement was placed immediately post-finish, crowing the winner’s superiority. Motorcycle ads have a natural ‘hook’ in the lure of Speed, although manufacturers have had mixed feelings about selling what riders really wanted, deep down in their speed-demon souls. From the first days of the 20th Century, builders and buyers of motorcycles have played a complex dance around the subject of Speed, with the Industry anxious to spread a message of respectability and docility for their noisy, horse-scaring moto-bicycles, keeping a low profile about the exhilaration of pulling the throttle lever all the way back.

Be sure to visit The Vintagent for more pic’s and to read the rest of the interesting article.

Now, on to the links…

theCL: ‘For the Good of the Party’
ChrisWy: My Weekly Obama Jobs Report, the Illusion of Falling Unemployment edition
TBA: Spineless Jellyfish of the Month: The Susan G. Komen Foundation
The Eye: Godwin Rule
SJ: Palin’s Right

CH2.0: Solyndra down the tubes?
Bunker: Supreme Ginsburg trashes U.S. Constitution in Egypt
Gator: When you lie down with dogs…
Spellchek: Did Panetta gaffe? Did we win the Afghanistan war? Is the leaked NATO report wrong?
LaS: Barry’s Park Police cleaned up after Barry’s Bolshevik Brigade on the Square.

MTTM: It’s Official- Indiana Is a Right-to-Work State
‘Bot: America at a Crossroads
PR: O-Man The Destroyer
Pundette: Santelli:-Shrinkage, shrinkage
RR: Rudy Giuliani- I’m a Pro-Choice Moderate Republican and Romney Gives Me Pause (VIDEO)

TMGGB: About This Climate Change Myth
TCotS: The Spot-On Quote Of The Week…
Wade: AT&T Letter
WWTFT: With Apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Zilla: If You Want to Troll Me, You Will Have to Pay

Sunday Morning Links: The Fictitious Beverage Edition

Posted on January 29, 2012 by steve

I found these imaginative designs for fictional beverages at justinvg’s photostream.

Romulan Ale. Too cool.

Now, on to the links…

Bunker: Romney says “I hope we’re ultimately able to eliminate some of the differences, and repeal the bad and keep the good.”
CH2.0: Decoding the Leftist Narrative
CP: The State Of Our Disunion
The Eye: See What Google Thinks It Knows About You
TBA has a nice weekend round up.

LAS: My First Demotivational Poster
MTTM: Michigan Served As Valuable Lesson Against Government Economic Efforts
Moonbattery: Tantrums on the Tarmac
Political Realities: The Buffett Rule and Paying a “Fair Share”
Pundette: “The Obama administration has earned its totalitarian cred anew”

RR: Fred Thompson Endorses Newt Gingrich (VIDEO)
Spellchek asks a great question: “Who is killing more Americans, Iran or Mexico?”
SJ: How will history judge this generation if we let our republic slip away?
TMGGB: Elderly Florida Woman Emulates Hero, John Wayne
theCL on the “Kim Kardashian of the GOP”
Gator: So, why don’t Democrats believe in science?

Roug: A Job Is A Job Is A Job
WWTFT: Three Years Into an Obama Nation
ChrisWy: Friday Fratricide
FCBZ: Rick Santorum’s Young, Special Needs Daughter Isabella Has Been Hospitalized
The Pup: Illinois Democrats Pass Discriminatory Law Against Those Who Need Drain Cleaner

Sunday Morning Links: The “Tooth Picks, Bug Eaters, Pukes and Suckers” Edition

Posted on January 22, 2012 by steve

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This is so cool. Via Strange Maps @ Big Think.

The map’s link to Sus domesticus [1] is via the company that produced it: H.W. Hill & Co. This Decatur, Illinois outfit were the sole manufacturers of Hill’s hog ringers, Hill’s triangular rings, calf and cow weaners, stock markers &c. On the map, we see one pig per state or territory, each with one of H.W. Hill’s trademarked triangles through its nose.

But that is as far as product placement goes. Even though it was printed in [H.W. Hill’s] own advertising department, the map is a deft example of oblique advertising – a clear-cut case of 19th-century viral marketing.

For its main attraction were not H.W. Hill’s markers, weaners and rings. It was mailed out – for five one-cent stamps – as a tableau entitled: “Nicknames of the States”. It’s always interesting, and perhaps a little titillating, to see what names you’re being called by others, and to know how to return the mockery [2]. And it helps that all involved are portrayed as that most unloved of domestic animals, the pig.

For us, the map holds one extra appeal: in the almost 130 years since its publication, the nickname landscape has shifted somewhat. A few have remained popular, but many have fallen into disuse. Curiously, next to the sobriquets that are insults or compliments, a few are merely descriptive, and some states and territories don’t even get one. Somehow, that feels like the worst option.

Included in this post, are close ups of the more interesting areas taken from a high res version of the map downloaded from the Library of Congress.

On to the links…

CH2.0: The reports of Mitt Romney’s “inevitability” have been greatly exaggerated.
The Eye: Rightward Ho an Electoral No? Edition
TBA (formally GTBTBA) has a new look and the same great content: What do they mean by ‘choice’?
LaS: Recess? Don’t Talk About Recess!
WyBlog: Pipeline Dreams Busted By Green Schemes

MTTM: Rep Walberg Responds To Administration’s Rejection Of Keystone Pipeline
Moonbattery: Gear Up for Maximal Mudslinging
LD Jackson: Democrats Want a Reasonable Profits Board for Gas and Oil Companies
FCBZ: Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho… Obama Shuts Down Disney World to Talk to 150 Special Invitees about Tourism
RR: Newt Gingrich “The Establishment is Right to Be Worried About a Gingrich Nomination”

Pundette: Call off the coronation
Zilla: Quick Resister Update
SJ: Newt Gingrich- Once again the left is trying to manipulate the right
Spellchek: U.S. seeks to expand its role as global cop
TMGGB: Ron Paul’s concession speech sounded more like a clarion call to the American people than a concession speech
theCL: Ron Paul — The Spirit of 76!

Gator: *VIDEO* The Newtster Delivers Victory Speech Following South Carolina Primary Blowout
The Other: Why is Romney doing such a lousy job defending his record at Bain Capital?
Republican Mother: Not a Dime’s Worth of Difference
Wade: The Defence of Fort McHenry
WWTFT: Michigan – A Canadian State

Hmmm….

Sunday Morning Links: The Fast Food Ad vs. Reality Edition

Posted on January 15, 2012 by steve

This is so true. Via Visual News:

[I]t’s a frequent occurrence that the product looks far different than the picture boldly on display. Comments about food being run over by fork-lifts are often overheard, while people fork over their hard earned cash for things that hardly resemble food. What Dario helps us with, is the laughable juxtaposition often missed: that of what we are told we are getting, viewed next to what we actually receive.

For his series “Fast Food: Ads vs. Reality,” Dario carefully photographs many of the most popular fast food items, and places them next to their beautiful ad counterpart. What really gets me, is that he has taken the time to pick the best angle to capture the reality from… and it’s far from pretty.

I would add that, although Red Lobster is not a fast food restaurant, they would be on my list of worst offenders.

Be sure to visit the site to read about and see the rest of the offenders.

Now, on to the links…

RR: Miller Time on New Hampshire, Romney, Newt, Bain, Snoop, and TEBOW!
Bunker: Cass Sunstein behind monitoring of websites
LaS: LAS 2011 Review & 2012 Preview (Part 4 of 4)
theCL: Rick Santorum’s Conservative Delusions
SJ: The Kentucky Contrast & Mr. Thomas Massie

CH2.0: Does Freedom of Religion Constitute Bullying? Some in Tennessee Think so
FCBZ has pictures (and recipes) that are an antidote to the fast food nastiness posted here.
The Eye: Romney Rah Rah Edition
GTBTBA: Is the Glock America’s Handgun?
Moonbattery: Socialism Is a SNAP

Spellchek: The “New Great Game” of natural resources control is U.S. foreign policy unless Ron Paul wins.
Gator: My issues with sweater vests, and other things a man should never have anything to do with
Wade: The Religion Wars – Win Some, Lose Some
WWTFT: Have We Elected an Autocrat….. (I would say yes, we have)
WyBlog: SCOTUS rules 9-0 for religious liberty

Zilla: Flames, Fevers, Furnaces, and Other Fun Stuff
Pundette: Stephanopoulos’s debate bet with Diane Sawyer
TMGGB: So Easy, A Gameshow Host Can Do It
PR: Debbie Wasserman-Schultz On The Lack Of Civility In Congress
Proof: Quote du jour

Sunday Morning Links: The Sneaking Into A Russian Rocket Factory Edition

Posted on January 8, 2012 by steve

Sometimes I’m still amazed how the internet works. One web site I follow, but rarely (if ever) post / link to is Above Top Secret. Occasionally I’ll peruse the site. It is interesting, but I’m not really into conspiracies. That being said, I found these pictures and they really caught my eye.

The amazing thing about the internet is the ability to follow the links and find out more about the pictures. Gizmodo linked to the pictures with an accompanying write up.

And yet, she found nobody. No guards, no security. Nothing. Just a few CCTV cameras here and there in rooms packed with huge machinery.

While some of these zones look decrepit and abandoned, the factory is active. In fact, the government is really pissed off about Lana’s adventure. The authorities have sent her letters saying that her situation will get “much worse” if she keeps posting photos from the factory.

But Lana doesn’t seem to give a damn about it. She posted the letters on her site, which makes me want to go to Moscow, become her friend and party hard for a whole week. This girl is cooler and more badass than I will ever be.

The Gizmodo post also includes a link to the photographers own web page. Her page is in Russian, but most web browsers will now translate languages, but it includes a link to the company that owns the site.

And, to follow the trail, it all took about 10 mins. Now, on to the links:

Great minds think alike: Spellchek has more pics from the Russian rocket factory. He also has a post discussing the U.S. shifting undeclared wars to the Asia-Pacific region.
WWTFT: Addendum to Confronting Terror
Bunker: E.E.O.C warns business ‘be careful in requiring a H.S. Diploma’
GTBTBA: I Think I’m Excited…
SJ: No difference between Mitt Romney and President Obama