A special farewell to Kai Tak. Among the things I regret in life is to not have flown into Hong Kong’s Kai Tak airport, and not having seen for myself those massive planes fly seemingly perilously close to the buildings of Kowloon — but at least this video does a pretty good job of illustrating the experience. The pilots who managed to get jumbo jets landed on that one runway… well, they earned their paychecks and then some!
Well that sure was unexpected.
Osama bin-Laden’s son marries English grandmother. The 27-year old has taken as a bride an Englishwoman who’s nearly twice his age. It’s her sixth marriage and his second. I guess bride and groom need not always have everything in common…
‘Now I was retching on a dildo of bad karma.’
The Blood Bus. The trials and tribulations of a Glasgow bus driver. So well written it’s almost hard to believe it’s written by a bus driver…
High-quality clips, straight from the source.
BBC Worldwide clips @ YouTube. Well-made clips with synced sound and clear image, cut from my favorite BBC shows. Well worth a look!
Next RIAA investigative method: hanging out outside high schools in vans promising kids candy.
RIAA tried to shake down a ten-year-old girl. Here’s the kicker: they did it by fraudulently calling her as she was at school under the guise of being the girl’s grandmother. Is there any low those assholes won’t stoop to?!?
It’s a good thing he wasn’t investigating an abbatoir!
Journalist held hostage by bosses of Chinese toy factory. Even the police were kept at bay. Sometimes you get the feeling that today’s China today is quite feudal, with noblesse d’argent taking the place of high birth.
Much better than the ‘catch up!’ joke I was expecting.
The disturbing secret life of fruits and vegetables. Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of produce?
5 Seconds of Hilarity.
Dramatic Chipmunk. This should put a smile on the face of anyone who’s not experiencing rigor mortis.
The second worst result ever achieved in German tests.
Germany crash tests the Brilliance BS6 Chinese-built sedan, with shocking results. This isn’t a car, it’s a coffin on wheels. But it’s only the second worst test, the absolute worst was for the 2005 Jiangling Motors Landwind, another Chinese import, where the crash test dummy was so badly mangled it had to be taken apart before it could be pulled out of the wrecked vehicle (links in article).
You can always double or triple your dose!
Incarcerex. A new drug for those right-wing politicians suffering from the anxiety that they might be losing elections. Available only in the USA, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the People’s Republic of China!