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To his credit, Kasparov regained his composure saying "So you see the level of these debates," followed by "...the government has shown its face." Link & blockquote via Geekologie. Rollover the image above for the full frontal arial assault and/or see the video after the jump...

Did you read the post title carefully? That's right folks, somebody made a flying phallus and flew it into a news conference when Russian chess grandmaster and political activist Garry Kasparov was giving a speech. No idea if Vladamir Putin was the man behind the styrofoam salami, but he most certainly was. A translation of the website I got it from? Sure.

  

Hey moms & dads, Fickr is not only a great place to archive photos...


  

Think I have been in over half these positions myself...


  

Link via Japan Probe (Thanks, Catfish!)...

A group of performers uses bandages to act out famous movie scenes. The movies depicted in their act are

1. James Bond
2. Jaws
3. Titanic
4. E.T.
5. Back to the Future
6. The Magnificent Seven
7. Always Sancho-me no Yu-hi

  

  

Novec 1230 fluid, (also known as "Dry Water" and "Waterless Water"), is an environmentally friendly Halon replacement for gaseous fire suppression manufactured by 3M. It is generally used in situations where water from a fire sprinkler would damage expensive equipment or where water-based fire protection is impractical, such as museums, banks, clean rooms and hospitals . 3M™ Novec™ 1230 fluid does not deplete ozone (ODP 0) and has an atmospheric lifetime of 5 days and a GWP of 1.It is also known as "SEVO 1230" by SEVO Systems, Inc. Chemically, it is a fluorinated ketone with the systematic name 1,1,1,2,2,4,5,5,5-nonafluoro-4-(trifluor omethyl)-3-pentanone and the structural formula CF3CF2C(=O)CF(CF3)2, a fully fluorinated analog of ethyl isopropyl ketone.

  

While we're on the topic of aging, Color War's "Youngme - Nowme" competition has produced some fascinating (and frightening) results. Silver medal winners pictured above. Link via Color Wars 2008...

1) Find a picture of when you were very little.

2) Submit that picture to http://www.twitter/colorwarsubmit

3) Submit by replying to @colorwarsubmit with the word "youngme" and a link to the image - for example "@colorwarsubmit youngme http://yoururl" (you can also direct message colorwarsubmit with the word youngme and the link)

4) Then try to recreate that pose and picture as best you can with the current you.

5) Keep it simple! Try not to use photoshop, unless you want to adjust colors, get as close as you can with the pic itself - your pose and face are what really matter.

6) Submit by replying to @colorwarsubmit with the word "nowme" and a link to the image - for example "@colorwarsubmit nowme http://yoururl"(you can also direct message colorwarsubmit with the word nowme and the link)

7) ALL COMPLETED ENTRIES WILL BE DISPLAYED IN A GALLERY!

  

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