Strangeness
A stroll down memory lane
Miss Lube Rack 1959 Known today as Nancy Pelosi. via Ka-Ching 00
Australia invaded
Tim Blair has the scoop: UPDATE 00
We’re All Gonna Die!
Just when you thought you had enough to worry about… Massive Sunspot Rapidly Forming A giant sunspot that’s at least six times the diameter of Earth has formed on the sun in less than 48 hours, according to NASA. — According to a news release, scientists from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory watched the sunspot rapidly grow on February 19 and 20. … Continue reading
Sometimes kids say the darnedest things…
And they end up as comments in my spam folder. Or sometimes something shows up that is such an epic mindfuck I cannot help but share, so here goes, courtesy of the Wonderful World Of Spam: And if they wanted to get 1, how they could obtain and personal it. At this time, I might … Continue reading
Headline competition
A snippit of a Twitter conversation, with slight explanations. No animals were injured in the making of this post; we may have a disappointed badger however… Journalists: You will NEVER top this headline. disinfo.com/2013/02/chubby… — Popehat (@Popehat) February 15, 2013 Chubby Checker Sues HP Over Penis Size App Posted by majestic on February 15, 2013 Some men … Continue reading
Snow. Feh.
To all you down’easters, sorry ’bout that… I spent Thanksgiving in Cleveland in the early Eighties, and we woke up to a front door like this. Had to climb out the window to shovel the snow to OPEN. The. FRICKIN’. DOOR. Haven’t been north of the Tennessee line since, a record I am disinclined to … Continue reading
Jeez, what could have possibly happened?
News from Iran: Mystery Surrounds Fordow Blast Jerusalem, Jan 27. – Media reports Sunday suggest a damaging explosion at Iran’s top-secret Fordow nuclear development site took place last week, leaving as many as 190 workers dead. Following the blast, the main road from Qom to Tehran was closed for several hours, the German newspaperDie Welt reported. … Continue reading
A Football Fantasy
Suppose that, instead of the traditional blimp circling the stadium providing aerial views of the football game, instead you had a Predator drone prowling above. Broadcasters could marvel at the quality and detail of the pictures, and discount the fact that the picture contained a crosshair. “Why, you can count the fillings of their teeth!” … Continue reading
Gawd love the Brits
It appears that not everyone is totally enamored with the creeping socialism afflicting Great Britain, and resistance against it can take some, er, charming forms. First, a little background from S. Weasel: The Brits are a contradictory lot. In some ways, privacy obsessed. In others, right up in each others’ bidness. Take the Planning Notice. If … Continue reading
Bad tactical decisions, part XXXIII
You know, there are some things a normal human with a decent self-preservation instinct just doesn’t do- poke a nest of pit vipers with a stick, confront a man with a gun when you have none, or mess with a bunch of bikers while they’re partying. Apparently this group didn’t get that memo: Johnstown, PA … Continue reading
Oh Noes! Twinkies Gone!
NO MOAH TWINKIES! Whatever will nerd gamers live on now? 00
OK, well, um, ah… damn.
ObamaJarrett mashup by Miz Weasel- too late for Halloween, but hey, there’s always next year! 00
