Saturday, June 6, 2015

‘Sharknado 3’ trailer features a shotgun-toting Mark Cuban as president

The Syfy network offered a sneak peek at the third installment of its aqua-weather trilogy — and it features a shotgun-blasting Mark Cuban as president.


No landmark appears to be safe in “Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!” — but the same basic formula remains: blood-thirsty sharks descend from the sky and smash anything in their paths.

In one clip, a shark crash-lands onto Lincoln’s lap in the Lincoln Memorial. Later, one plummets teeth-first towards NASCAR star Brad Keselowski.

Ian Ziering and Tara Reid — who saved Los Angeles and New York City from earlier fictional doom — this time reunite to save the seat of American power from the jaws of death.

Jerry Springer, David Hasselhoff and Beltway insider Ann Coulter will join a host of other celeb cameos.

Related:

Beyond Sharknado - here's a trailer for Sharkansas Women’s Prison Massacre (because fracking!)

Because it's almost time for Father's Day (or just because you want one), here's a Sharknado Action Figure.

Friday, June 5, 2015

Friday links

The inspiration for Churchill's "We shall fight on the beaches... we shall never surrender" speech: 75 years ago, the evacuation by a flotilla of small boats of 300K British and French troops from Dunkirk took place.


I Made an Untraceable AR-15 'Ghost Gun' in My Office — And It Was Easy.

Tomorrow, June 6, is D-Day: quotes (Shakespeare, Eisenhower, Churchill), videos (footage, FDR's and Reagan's speeches, a Lego re-enactment), lots of links.

Watch how seeds grow into vegetables in these fascinating time lapses.

How to Turn a Stadium Full of People into Thousands of Pixels.

ICYMI, Wednesday's links are here, including terrible pictures of men with cats (and Nazis with cats), what your beer says about you, how WW2 made America literate, the extra stomachs that butterflies have attached to their vaginas, and, for Goat Trauma Awareness Month, a map of every goat in the United States​.

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Wednesday links

Terrible pictures of men with cats, plus Nazis with cats.


June Is Goat Trauma Awareness Month: here's a map of every goat in the United States, with bonus goat-related links.

Rich Star Trek Fan Creates the World's First USS Enterprise Building.

What Your Beer Says About You.

ICYMI, Friday's links are here, and include Vonnegut's letter home after his imprisonment in an underground slaughterhouse (Slaughterhouse Five) during the Dresden bombing, France's no-man's land due to poisoning during World War 1,  how to ship a whale via UPS, and the banning of pre-sliced bread in the US. 

Nazis with cats

Animals hanging out with soldiers isn't a new subject (as in "Cry 'Havoc!', and let slip the dogs of war!"), but seeing these Nazi soldiers with kitties is a bit disconcerting to me.





No idea what to make of this guy:


More at http://naziswithcats.tumblr.com/

Redneck Avengers: the bad lip-reading version

Avengers fans, this is a hoot:


Related, sort of:

The 1960s Superhero Who Powered Up By Smoking (plus PMS Girl and Vomit man).


The other Captain America movie - this 1973 Turkish version in which he teams up with a Mexican wrestler and fights evil Spiderman.

Video: Things Superheroes Do That’d Be Creepy If You Did Them.


"In your satin tights, Fighting for your rights": Wonder Woman!