Obama endorses the Blockberry (link roundup)

Obama endorses the Blockberry, a device available in China. Via.

And a few more links:

1. "During the Cold War, civil servants used to rehearse the end of the world." They were made as realistic as possible to show the Soviets how prepared Britain was for nuclear war. But ministers were discouraged from participating because they yapped so much the rehearsals took forever. Via.

2. Armored pig car.

3. Creepy Santa photo.

4. Harold Ramis interviewed. His answer as to why he didn't work on Saturday Night Live:

Lorne [Michaels] offered me a job, but at that point I was the head writer on SCTV. SNL was completely fueled by cocaine; the show was being written literally overnight. I didn’t want to stay up all night writing. And the show had a veneer of New York sophistication—very snide and superior. I thought, It’s just not me. Besides, we were already working on Animal House.

*Previously: Obama and the Statue of Liberty are O-Force.

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Death Scene Klytus toy (link roundup)

I previously posted the regular Alex Ross Flash Gordon Klytus figure. Now you can preorder the Klytus Death Scene figure at Entertainment Earth.

And a few more links:

1. "The killing in 1967 of an unarmed demonstrator by a police officer in West Berlin set off a left-wing protest movement and put conservative West Germany on course to evolve into the progressive country it has become today." Guess what - - the shooter was actually an East German spy. Read on.

2. Endless Abbey Road animated gif.

3. Titanic Pizza Co in Scotland told KFC to suck it when KFC tried to claim the phrase "family feast" as a trademark. You really should check out the photo the pizza co used to illustrate the story. Via.

4. There was a recent case called United States v. Vampire Nation, 451 F.3d 189 (3d Cir. 2006). My eyes glazed over before I could figure out what it was about. Via.

*Previously: Gawker nominates Germany's Prince Marcus von Anhalt as the world's richest a$$hole.

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