Spiderman ain't got nothing on Scalia.....

Some Reagan bon mots from our friend Christopher Hitchens

Ronald Reagan said that he sought a "Star Wars" defense only in order to share the technology with the tyrants of the U.S.S.R. Ronald Reagan professed to be annoyed when people called it "Star Wars," even though he had ended his speech on the subject with the lame quip, "May the force be with you." Ronald Reagan used to alarm his Soviet counterparts by saying that surely they'd both unite against an invasion from Mars. Ronald Reagan used to alarm other constituencies by speaking freely about the "End Times" foreshadowed in the Bible. In the Oval Office, Ronald Reagan told Yitzhak Shamir and Simon Wiesenthal, on two separate occasions, that he himself had assisted personally at the liberation of the Nazi death camps

Neither a fox nor a hedgehog

Ahhh... there was a president..

9/1/83 A Soviet fighter mistakenly shoots down Korean Air Lines flight 007 after it strays into Soviet airspace, killing 269. George Shultz calls Tip O’Neill to tell him about the incident. “What does the President think about this?” asks O’Neill. “We’ll tell him when he wakes up,” says Shultz. Only after CBS shows President Reagan on horseback at his ranch as the crisis unfolds does he reluctantly return to Washington

 

Happy Valentine's Day

From the Boing Boing Flickr Pool, Iain Burke's Zombie Love: a romantic decal that celebrates the love that transcends the grave

don't have it. need it...

This case-mod masterpiece from modder pinchillo was inspired by the Dreadnoughts from Warhammer 40,000. As you will see in the video after the break, the damn thing actually talks, has a spinning chain gun and working LED lights. Oh, and there’s a PC in there somewhere…whatever

Man's head rejects implanted camera

Artist Wafaa Bilal mounted a camera on a titanium base inserted between his skull and his skin, and planned to live with it embedded in his head for a year. Though he took antibiotic and steroid treatments, persistence was futile: his body rejected part of the implant, forcing its removal last week. Photo: Reuters/Jessica Rinaldi

I sent in my sub yesterday. can't wait...

Greeted with derision in some corners and perplexity in others, the movement’s new magazine launches at CPAC today. Editor Steven Allen tells David A. Graham how he’ll stand out in a crowded field of right-wing media properties

amish black market. I dig it...

The Amish raw milk black market

Two people have died in the last 10 years from drinking unpasteurized milk. Twelve states have banned it. (By comparison, between two and twelve children die every year playing high school football. When will high school football be banned?)
In today's edition of The Daily, Jordan Heller writes about the Amish and Mennonite dairy farmers who smuggle unpasteurized milk into New York to serve a market of raw milk devotees.

Isaac has yet to be raided by the authorities, but Mark Nolt, a Mennonite dairy farmer from Cumberland County, is all too familiar with the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture's enforcement of the law. Nolt's farm was raided three times in 2007 and 2008. On one occasion, state troopers took him away in handcuffs.
"They even took my cheese-making equipment," Nolt said over the phone. He puts his losses at $100,000.
Many in the raw milk community believe law enforcement picks on the Amish and Mennonites because they don't expect resistance. But when Nolt was taken to magistrate court, he refused to enter a plea because, he said, the court had no business in his dealings. He has similarly refused to pay his fines -- $4,000 and counting.
Nolt's resistance, which has been well-documented, has earned him a rather grand moniker: "the Rosa Parks of the farmers' rights movement."
Though shy about the comparison, Nolt doesn't disclaim the nickname. "What were we to do? Agree to their falsehood? Or just stand upon the truth? And we chose truth."

just plain awesome....

When it comes to DIY stuff, the most I can muster is following the directions well enough to bolt a new gadget together. If it comes to actually making all those parts you have to put together I know better than to try. A guy over on Instructables has shown off the coolest Halloween costume ever.

He created a life-size replica of the power loader that Ripley used to fight the alien queen in Aliens. Why he built it is almost as cool as the costume itself. He constructed it to go with the life size alien queen he had already built

The Japanese are falling apart in a truly spectacular fashion. God bless em...

Japanese Neon Lamp Fights

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More cool sh*t for the kid

Reddit user Halokitty made this sweet, elaborate steampunk Etch-a-Sketch for a Christmas present -- I want to get on her Christmas list!

why does this dude have bread taped to his head?

Essential headgear of the revolution

Rob Beschizza at 6:42 AM Fri 

An opposition supporter with pieces of bread taped onto his head shouts slogans.

good

Instant karma for failed head-kicker

Mark Frauenfelder at 11:41 AM Thu 

This fellow tried to do something naughty and hurt his knee

get them before the "Man" makes them illegal

“Wherever you are, you’re turned on by nature… a high in itself, or add to any other kind of high.”

cool

I shouldn't, but I like it....

if i'm am going to go concealed carry, I'm doing the full "Clint"

Revolver that fires shotgun shells

This whopping handgun, called "The Judge," has been designed to fire shotgun shells.

in case you lost your copy.....Cutaway of Fantastic Four HQ

I love this old Marvel Comics panel showing a cutaway view of the Baxter Building, which served as Fantastic Four headquarters: if I someday command enough of an empire to warrant my own high-rise, I want it to be like this one. Though this is less sharp than the black and white Mark posted in 2007, I think I prefer it for its four-color glory.

Can I get an “amen”?

 

I may have to buy these for the kid's room





I am crazy for these illustrations by Josh Cooley. Above, Alien, at left, 2001, and there are many more here (Lebowski, Terminator, The Shining, Chinatown, Clockwork Orange, American Beauty, Rosemary's Baby, The Godfather...).

Prints at $50 each (limited edition of 100, signed and numbered by the artist) and other related items, like this Golden Book-style book with all of 'em, $35.