What I can’t have is a moment’s peace from the insatiable paparazzi. This shot was emailed to me by a friend in the high desert who recognized this outrageous breach of my privacy.
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The ULTIMATE Guy Flick
Presenting: Violent Combat Robots! Everyone not wearing a giant robot suit is wearing skintight spandex. And they kill things! And trade snappy remarks while doing so! What more could you possibly want?
Exploding Jack-O-Lantern: the hidden story
The second in our continuing video exposé series on What Really Happened.
It’s that goddam Cheezburger cat!
I knew he was evil!
But who’d have thought he was working for the Empire?
Thanks to Gina for the tip.
Keep your eyes on the skies!
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The Fortress of the Assassins, DESTROYED!
The tragic destruction of the Fortress of Alamut, stronghold of the Assassins, expressed as a charming historical engraving/ironically juxtaposed caption mashup, for your viewing pleasure.
Background, from DamnInteresting:
The story of the Hashshashin, or Assassins, is cloaked in mystery, and much of the truth about them was long ago lost to war and time. Their influence, however, changed the course of history and spawned the very word we use today to describe calculated, politically-motivated murder.
The Hashshashin were formed by Hassan-i-Sabah, a follower of the Isma’ili sect of Shi’ite Islam. Hassan left his home in Cairo over a succession dispute between two heirs to the Fatimid Caliphate. After choosing the wrong heir to support, Hassan found himself escaping to Persia after spending a short period in a political prison. Determined to avenge himself upon the Fatimids while also wiping out his traditional Sunni enemies, Hassan sought and found the ideal stronghold: the fortress of Alamut, also known as “The Eagle’s Nest.” Located northwest of Tehran, just south of the Caspian Sea, Alamut was an imposing sight. Nestled atop a 2,100m mountain with only one near-vertical approach to the fortress, the Eagle’s Nest was nearly impregnable.
Nearly.
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X-Wing Explosion: the hidden story
Although the government has tried their best to cover up what really happened at the launch of the homemade X-Wing fighter, we here at the ol’ raincoaster blog have sourced exclusive footage which demonstrates conclusively that this was not the innocent accident we’re all supposed to believe it was.
Ask yourself: who gains by this deception? The answer, of course, is obvious.
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