via caranddriver.com The graphic itself is less than stellar, but the information it calls out is fascinating. Mostly, beyond the mere expense of the display, the accounting of the time, planning, people, and supplies required to build this miniature and temporary temple to personal transportation is rather astounding. A year of planning, 25 days to [...]
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Afghanistan War Victory Science
This war may be a mistake, a blood-soaked blunder, an unholy charnel house mindlessly consuming the bodies and souls of untold thousands, an open sore on the pockmarked face of history and an abomination before the sight of God and men, but it is first and foremost a war, and wars must be won. You [...]
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I’m seriously looking forward to the Magic Highways of the future!
via kottke Highly specialized pleasure vehicles with every convenience of home!? Cargo rockets!? Nuclear tunnel melters!? Cantilevered mountain highways?! …man the days when driving and highways were – literally – paving the path to a Utopian future. Today, of course, they are mainly the bane of urban and suburban living. Most people I know will [...]
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Perhaps is made up for that with some kind of elite Ivy League education and a fact resume.
And I believe that what Americans are seeking is not the elitism, the umm, the uh kinda a spineless, a spinelessness that perhaps is made up for that with some kind of elite Ivy League education and a fact resume that’s based on anything but hard work and private sector, free enterprise principles. via foxnews.com [...]
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Lost Landscapes of San Francisco
For anybody interested in the history of San Francisco, this is fascinating material. It is a collection of found, archival footage of San Francisco, dating back as far as 1905. Three particular treats are this 1905 trip down Market Street, streetscapes and cable car scenes from the mid-60s, and footage of the construction of the [...]
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Brilliant hip-hop bio of Alexander Hamilton, from the White House Poetry Jam.
Miranda’s wordplay and telling of Hamilton’s story are magnificent, and his rap skills are outstanding. Hearing the heroic and tragic tale of Hamilton’s life makes me want to read his biography. The performance and music are worthy of rotation on commercial radio, offering a counterbalance to the endless loop of songs about being drunk, sex [...]
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NFL Thursdays start this week. Gwen Knapp does not approve.
This week, the 49ers and Chicago Bears will play each other Thursday – on three days’ rest. If a pitcher’s arm generally shouldn’t be exposed to such rigors, a pro football player’s body never should. ~ says Knap, in a quick column today. I happen to think that Thursday night NFL is one of the [...]
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