Cos I haven't done it in a while - today's random links dump

[angelophile]

The pedal powered rollercoaster.

Top 25 movie posters.

The Two Ronnies Mastermind sketch.

Praying mantis ice sculpture.

Some car wrecks are harder to explain than others.

The Mile High Club - in a hot air balloon. Um...

Pluto is a planet again - but only in New Mexico.

Peter Cook and Dudley Moore - Pete and Dud at the art gallery.

An interesting documentary about Global Warming that, well, states that the idea that climate change is a man-made phenomenon is a load of bollocks, basically.

Secret Service investigate satanic vampire who is running for president.

Comments

[occamsnailfile.livejournal.com]

Ice Mantis and Car Wrecks are totally win.

Didn't watch anti-global-warming documentary, but scientific consensus is pretty...really incredibly heavily in favor of it being man-made at this point. Jury being still out is even fine, but so much of the anti-man-made 'science' is fueled by polluting industry that I always view its presentation with suspicion.

[angelophile.livejournal.com]

Well, it's not so much anti-global warming. It acknowledges it's happening. However it points out that radical and less radical climate change are historical fact and what we're seeing now isn't wholly unusual. It's an interesting take. Me I walk the middle ground. Humans have certainly increased the speed of climate change, however, the "doomsday" prophecies and blaming the relatively small travel industry as has recently been seen with "green" taxes levied against air travel in this country I'm a lot more suspicious of.