The Linkage for Nov. 21st

Here’s a quick look at what I was reading online from Nov. 10th to Nov. 21st:

Sarah and Joe the Tukey Executioner share some screen time
Tags: video funny 2008_election republicans thanksgiving alaska
Instead of speaking front of thousands of people at political rallies, Sarah Palin is now giving interviews in front of some guy slaughtering turkeys. I don’t know what’s more funny – the guy staring at the camera or when he later goes about his business silently in the background.

Microsoft rolling out free security suite
Tags: microsoft business net_issues
After discovering that no one wants to pay them to patch up all those holes they created in the first place, Microsoft has decided to put out their own anti-malware suite at everyone’s favorite price – free. Hackers everywhere are salivating as we speak.

MLB logo mystery continues
Tags: baseball mlb
Harmon Killebrew weighs in on the speculation surrounding the origins of the Major League Baseball logo. And the guy who most likely designed it reiterates once again that Killebrew wasn’t the inspiration for the design.

Novice knights learn craft at Texas ranch
Tags: texas history
It’s tough work being a knight. Now there’s a place in North Texas where newbies can get some training.

Inmate escapes from German jail in box
Tags: germany crime funny
A manhunt is under way in western Germany for a convicted drug dealer who escaped by mailing himself out of jail. I guess they don’t screen prisoner mail over there.

200-year old Russian church stolen
Tags: crime russia religion
It sounds like a heist from Where in the World is Carmen San Diego, but it appears that thieves made off with a 200-year old church in a remote area of Central Russia brick by brick sometime in the past five months.

“Alternate History Theme Park” add dinos to the Civil War
Tags: travel virginia history stupid civil_war
If you always thought that the Civil War could stand a little more Jurassic Park action, then there’s a place in Virginia that’s right up your alley. On the other hand, if you’re not a nine-year old boy, you probably think it’s a giant waste of time and money.

‘Monopoly’ headed to big screen
Tags: movies stupid board_games
What’s the only thing worse than a movie based off on the board game Monopoly? A movie based on Monopoly set in a distopian future. This could make that Super Mario Brothers movie with Bob Hoskins look like cinematic gold. You think Ridley Scott was on medication or something when he agreed to attach his name to this project?

Sinking island nation looking to relocate
Tags: maldives weather
Rising sea levels due to climate change and the 2004 tsunami means that the island nation of the Maldives is facing the very real possibility that their entire tiny little nation could be under water by the end of the century. The newly sworn-in president is contemplating buying land elsewhere in an attempt to relocate their entire population.

Super Obama World
Tags: video_games funny 2008_election
Just because the election is over doesn’t mean that the fun has to end. I give you the zaniness of Super Obama World.

Poles digging up WWII prime minister
Tags: poland history world_war_2
It sounds like something from a particularly contrived Law & Order or CSI episode, but officials in Poland are actually going to exhume the body of General Wladyslaw Sikorski in an attempt to determine if his death in a plane crash during World War II was an accident or the result of foul play.

Houston council could deflate giant advertising balloons
Tags: texas advertising
If seeing a giant inflatable gorilla makes you want to go to a car dealership, you’re a moron. And if you couldn’t notice the dealership without the giant inflatable gorilla on top of it, you probably shouldn’t be driving. Hope this passes – going home to LJ through Houston is like driving through the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade nowadays.

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