another reason to hate Ford

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Dubya Plugs in car

The CEO of the Ford Motor Company forcibly prevented George W. Bush from blowing himself up last week.

It seems that plugging a live electrical cord into a hydrogen tank is not the wisest course of action, although why we should expect wise courses of action from the man who makes Gerald Ford look intellectual and Donald Duck look diplomatic is beyond me.

Also, quote of the day!

“I just thought, ‘Oh my goodness!’ So, I started walking faster, and the President walked faster and he got to the cord before I did. I violated all the protocols. I touched the President. I grabbed his arm and I moved him up to the front,” Mulally said. “I wanted the president to make sure he plugged into the electricity, not into the hydrogen This is all off the record, right?”

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today in “barn door closing, horse bolting” news

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airplane stampAirline passengers flying from New York to Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Palm Beach, Salt Lake City and San Diego were detained after arrival because of a security breach at the airport from which they’d just left.

Because if there’s one thing we know in a post-9/11 world, it’s that you want to concentrate on the planes that land safely at their destinations.

“We had no specific intelligence indicating the suspect was on board one of the flights,” White said. “But there was the small likelihood that the individual could have gotten on a flight.”

Seriously, you could have stopped after word #5.

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Regis Raw

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The Reej lays it down righteously, slammin’ celebs and keepin’ it real, yo, with a little help from DCLugi.

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quiz: which They Might Be Giants album are you

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  Which They Might Be Giants Album Are You?  

You are John Henry. The world’s restrictions and formalities leave you angry, so you spend most of your time either thinking on your own or talking with your close, longtime friends.
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Hmm, not this one? How disappointing.

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tardis blueprints

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This should look cute in your front garden 

Well, not so much “tardis” as “Metropolitan Police Box” but it is naturally beneath the dignity of the ol’ raincoaster blog to include “box” in a headline, bien sur and yew betcha.

From Sherrod Drawings, via Neatorama, here are the actual archictectural plans for the once-common, now consigned to sci-fi police box.

The first Police Boxes were introduced from America in 1888. The earliest Police Box resembling Drawing G/A1 was erected in Newcastle in 1929. Originally built of wood, the design had changed to reinforced concrete, weighing in around two & one-half tons…This set of plans will make a great present for those Dr Who Fans, or anyone interested in Architectural antiquities…

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