Amber Room

ABC News video on replicating the lost treasure. Related link from much earlier here.

Vid via FindInternetTV

Here is a video of Dolphins playing with their bubbles.

Newsweek

How'd this slip by those dhimmi useful idiots?

via LGF

Malkin on McCain

She's not wrong.

Update:

Ramesh Ponnoru mentioned this anecdote which was related to him:

"McCain stood in the middle of the GOP cloakroom and yelled at several of his Senate colleagues because they deigned to have a vote — to have a vote — on Inhofe's "English As the National Language" amendment to the 2006 immigration bill. He accused conservatives of being "divisive" and "insulting" Latinos for suggesting that immigrants ought to learn this language. He was nasty and unhinged. About 10 staffers witnessed this. He delighted in telling the conservative senators there that they were destroying the party with these efforts. This is what Santorum is talking about. He had antipathy for social and cultural conservatives' efforts."

Via Kausfiles

Bisphenol-a

I linked to the aluminum can popcorn device below and mentioned the coating in the can. Newsweek mentioned it in a recent article:

'Take bisphenol A. It's a basic constituent of the polycarbonate plastics found in many baby bottles, sippy cups and juice bottles. A highly versatile compound, it is also found in dental sealants, CDs, DVDs and the resin linings of food and beverage containers, including many cans and takeout cartons. But most scientists say small amounts can leach out—and ultimately find their way into our bodies—when the plastics start to break down under high heat or wear and tear. The CDC has found BPA in 92 percent of Americans age 6 and older who were tested. But the chemical industry says it's safe—and the Food and Drug Administration agrees. "It's not possible to contact harmful levels of it," says Steven Hentges of the American Chemistry Council, which represents the major chemical companies.

Reproductive biologists aren't so sure. Patricia Hunt of Washington State University was alerted to possible dangers of BPA in 1999 when her mouse study on an unrelated topic suddenly went haywire, with dozens of female mice unexpectedly developing chromosomal abnormalities in the eggs they carried in their ovaries. As it turned out, a lab worker had used the wrong detergent to clean the animals' cages—one that caused BPA to leach out of the plastic cages and feeding bottles. Hunt tried washing brand-new cages with the same detergent to confirm the source of the problem. She then began studying BPA exposures in unborn rodents, which she followed into adulthood. The results were striking. Almost half the eggs of female mice exposed to low doses of BPA during gestation carried extra copies of chromosomes or were missing chromosomes. No one has replicated the findings.

There are other potential effects. Hundreds of animal and test-tube studies suggest that low-dose exposures, particularly during gestation, may later lead to breast and prostate cancer, abnormalities in the reproductive tract and behavioral problems, among other things. But there is disagreement about the implications for human health. Two groups convened by the National Institutes of Health have reached opposite conclusions. In 2007, advisers to the government's National Toxicology Program found "minimal" cause for concern. Meanwhile, another scientific panel produced a consensus statement saying that, based on animal data, common levels of exposure could pose a problem and that further study was needed. "We can't say there are conclusive data in humans," says Frederick vom Saal of the University of Missouri, who headed the second panel. "But given the fact that we're seeing irreparable damage in animals, for heaven's sake, let's get this out of products our babies are coming in contact with."'

Endocrine disruption.

http://www.cerc.usgs.gov/Other_Webs/endocrine/framework.htm

Bpa disrupts young brains.

Hermaphrodite fish and the pill etc...

Drugged waters...

Who knows the links go on and on, we are certainly all going to die!

Clearly Why She Chose

the song. Someone asks over at BoingBoing if Hillary Clinton is aware of the video for the song her campaign has employed.

F-22

video.

Jet Video

From DefenseTech, this video, read the comments over there if time allows, they are interesting, including this article:

Borders

Krikorian on the McCain matter mentioned earlier.

This time via Boortz

Steinbeck

I love Steinbeck and the short story "Johnny Bear" came up, I was hoping to link to a copy but I suppose this would explain that difficulty.

I would go to the wax musuem.

"The Snake" in that collection featured "Doc," a character based on Steinbeck's friend Ed Ricketts, though to what degree depends on what you read. Here is a link to a 2003 NPR piece on Mr. Ricketts. A 360 panorama of the Ricketts Memorial.

Quiet Helicopter

Very cool article on a stealth helicopter by Hughes Tool Aircraft Division used in a special ops wiretapping mission into North Vietnam to gather intel for Kissinger-U.S./North Vietnamese talks.


N351X or N352X Photo Shep Johnson

(another Hughes article)

I like Air and Space Magazine.

Chuck Aaron is an amazing Helicopter Pilot who flies exhibitions for Red Bull.

Camping Popcorn Popper

Via Haha

Those cans have internal coatings that might not be nice to cook off and consume.

Dear God!!!

The aliens are attacking!

Run for you lives damnit!!!

God

Help

Us!!!!

via Boortz

Bald Eagle Festival

Don't forget now...you may want to make a reservation...It's easy, just hop on the Connecticut River Valley Monorail!! (Maybe they will extend it to Essex in the next couple of weeks.)

Mexico First!!

That should be in the minds of Mexicans in the U.S. past the seventh generation, according to McCain's "hispanic outreach director."

via Instapundit

EarlyAviator

Death photos. The reason for that search may or may not turn fruit anon...

How to find a photo of one of the nc1-nc4 props?

Hmmm...