Link roundup

1. Here's a slideshow showing off the Find the Future book I've mentioned a few times before.

2. "In the Battlestar Galactica TV series, religious rituals often repeated the phrase, 'All this has happened before, and all this will happen again.' It was apparently comforting to imagine being part of a grand cycle of time. It seems less comforting to say 'Similar conflicts happen out there now in distant galaxies.' Why?"

3. "The parts of the South [of the USA] that were generally the richest in 1860 are today its poorest."

Link roundup

1. Nick Denton's latest advice to Gawker staff on pulling in a big audience.

2. Terrible story about an Air Force general forced to retire and stripped of his rank for supposedly ordering unauthorized airstrikes against North Vietnamese military targets. He actually acted by order of President Nixon. Via.

3. How conservatives bury liberal stories on Digg. Via.

Top Secret America

"The top-secret world the government created in response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, has become so large, so unwieldy and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs, how many programs exist within it or exactly how many agencies do the same work."

The Washington Post has created stories, interactive maps, searchable databases, and more.

Batman with a gun (link roundup)

Batman with a gun by Fernando Lucas. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Jon Stewart points out Obama's broken civil liberties promises, and that the last eight presidents have promised to move America towards an energy-independent future.

2. Gawker's guide to Kombucha, "a miracle hippie drink that cures all ailments."

3. "The key to wealth is that it doesn't matter. Once you've had it, you don't think anything of it; you can wear cheap watches." Via.

*Previously: Umbrella Academy pocket watch.

*Buy Swatches at eBay.

Wedding photos (link roundup)

Great photos from a wedding.

And a few more links:

1. Now this is an interview:

Your mother committed suicide, in a pact with a lover, in 1973. Did she suffer from lifelong depression?
No. I think she was having a bad menopause, and she was losing her looks, which were pretty impressive.

Via.

2. "Between 1860 and 1900, seven men were elected President. And three of them were then shot to death."

3. Comment and win a t-shirt.

*Previously: Wedding invitation with a balloon.

*Buy US President bobbleheads at eBay.

Grand Theft Election

Grand Theft Election, Dance Dance Constitution, and Super Paranoid Bros. - - the least offensive entries in this Video games for Conservative players theme at Fark.

*Previously: Grand Theft Auto: Emerald City.

*Buy medals at eBay.

Newspaper Club logo (link roundup)

Logo for Newspaper Club, a service that lets you create your own newspaper. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Anti-Barack Obama propaganda collection.

2. You can save a lot of money on sunscreen simply by buying lotion with sunscreen included (unless you need it to be waterproof). Via.

3. Horrifying: "An off-duty Westminster police detective and a California corrections officer were arrested late Saturday in connection with the alleged kidnapping and rape of a 25-year-old woman in Ontario."

*Previously: The first rule of Felt Club is...

*Buy Obama toys at eBay.