George Bailey Vs Mr. Potter

Run, Bodybuilder, Run

When the doping officials show up, it's time for the big men to flee.

Collapsed Tunnel Beneath WTC

Some eerie photos taken at the collapsed Cortlandt Street subway station beneath the World Trade Center, New York. Via Abandoned Stations.

Quote

"No one knows what he is doing so long as he is acting rightly; but of what is wrong one is always conscious." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Jet Pack Test

One Russian's View Of Future America

Seems like wishful thinking on the part of one Russian professor. One of the map's several highlights is the claim of central states falling under the influence of Canada. Via Strange Maps.

Quote

"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." - Albert Einstein

Texas Hospitals

From a collection of postcards depicting various medical buildings in Texas 1904-1985.

Boy, The Irish Can Drink

Just read the story of Michael Malloy.

Largest Model Rocket Ever

At Higgs Farm in Price, Maryland, Steve Eves entered the history books as the person who flew the largest model rocket in history. Video via LiveLeak.

Bionic Flying Penguins And More

Geek Stories

Check this great site called Pathetic Geek Stories - hysterically sad true-life tales told in comic book form...a real gem. Here's a sample.

Street Art New York

Artist Ji Lee.

Bonnie Prince Billy

Reagan On Torture

Reagan's signing statement from the UN Convention on Torture in 1984:

"The United States participated actively and effectively in the negotiation of the Convention . It marks a significant step in the development during this century of international measures against torture and other inhuman treatment or punishment. Ratification of the Convention by the United States will clearly express United States opposition to torture, an abhorrent practice unfortunately still prevalent in the world today.
The core provisions of the Convention establish a regime for international cooperation in the criminal prosecution of torturers relying on so-called 'universal jurisdiction.' Each State Party is required either to prosecute torturers who are found in its territory or to extradite them to other countries for prosecution."

Cheney

From The Daily Dish:
"It is very rare to get someone with the same stratospheric levels of arrogance and incompetence as you find in Dick Cheney. Let's go to the tape: A war launched on false premises, a trillion dollar debt in a period of growth, a destruction of America's moral standing, the loss of one major city (New Orleans) and the devastation of another (New York City), two horribly bungled military campaigns that have trapped his successors for decades, a political party decimated for a generation, his closest aide in jail for obstruction of justice, his own daughter and grand-child targeted by his own party as second-class citizens in the state they live in. And a war criminal. Did I miss anything?"

Photo

Via Square America.

Headline Mash-Up

Malawi court to hear Madonna adoption appeal May 4

Father attempts to sell 'Slumdog' actress - caught in child slavery sting.

Mash-Up: Madonna buys 'Slumdog' actress.

Lost Airfields Los Angeles

This one was at the corner of Wilshire and Fairfax. Details at BLDGBLOG.

Texas Secession Thought

I think a lot of people in Texas would say there's nothing more American than Texas, right? Well if the state secedes, they'll be as American as Canada - or Mexico. C'mon, enough already.