Friday, October 28, 2016

Kim Strassel's video "The Intimidation Game" restricted by youtube. I've posted it here.

YouTube has restricted Kim Strassel’s PragerU short course on The Intimidation Game. It’s almost like they want to prove her point. In a separate tweet, Kim explains that her video “is restricted for any young people with parental controls” as well as “schools and libraries.” Consider it a preview of the next Clinton administration, when Citizens United is to be reversed and “electioneering communication” restricted in the name of campaign finance law, the express text of the First Amendment to the contrary notwithstanding.

Friday links




Faust, Mephistopheles, Napoleon, Oliver Cromwell or a Hugenot: Halloween Ideas From an 1884 Costume Guide, with bonus 1880-era Batgirl costumes.


The Horrifying Legacy of the Victorian Tapeworm Diet.

ICYMI, Tuesday's links are here, and include weird 70's horror movies, trucks with jet engines, DIY Halloween costumes, an Arctic Nazi base, the 2017 Vladimir Putin calendar, and the anniversary of three major battles: Agincourt, the charge of the Light Brigade and Leyte Gulf.

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Tuesday links

October 25 is the anniversary of 3 major battles: Agincourt, the charge of the Light Brigade and Leyte Gulf.


Secret Nazi military base discovered by Russian scientists in the Arctic. Related, The Gigantic Nazi City that Was Never Built, and the always (or never) appropriate Nazis with cats.


25 Easy DIY Halloween Costumes You Can Make Last Minute.

Just in time for Christmas - the 2017 Vladimir Putin calendar.

ICYMI, Friday's links are here, and include a gallery of photos from the carving of Mount Rushmore (1927-1941), animals who look as if they had a few too many, the history of the pencil, and the anniversary of Trafalgar Day.

Sunday, October 23, 2016

UK scientists recreated Neanderthal man, who looks just like Chuck Norris

Chuck Norris or a Neanderthal? Or all of the above?
A team of scientists has created what it believes is the first really accurate reconstruction of Neanderthal man, from a skeleton that was discovered in France over a century ago.

In 1909, excavations at La Ferrassie cave in the Dordogne unearthed the remains of a group of Neanderthals. One of the skeletons in that group was that of an adult male, given the name La Ferrassie 1.