“When I saw McCain lunge and his hands start to come up I hit the shutter and made two frames before it was over.” Photographer Jim Bourg on the zombie McCain photo that I assumed until ten minutes ago was an articifical photoshop meme.
You can see in this video how the zombie moment occurred post-Debate. Link to the photographer’s blog via rantingaboutcameras.
“This was a completely new vehicle — it’s not using any previously developed hardware. All developed from scratch. No government supplied hardware, Russian engines, or old ICBM motors. My hat’s off to the employees of Space X — all 550 of them. (Note — no ‘cast of thousands,’ just 550).” (via SpaceX: SpaceX Falcon 1 Finally Gets Into Orbit, Makes History
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Soon after Sarah Palin was elected mayor of the foothill town of Wasilla, Alaska, she startled a local music teacher by insisting in casual conversation that men and dinosaurs coexisted on an Earth created 6,000 years ago — about 65 million years after scientists say most dinosaurs became extinct. When he asked her about prehistoric fossils and tracks dating back millions of years, Palin said “she had seen pictures of human footprints inside the tracks,” recalled the teacher. LA Times. ETA: Holy internet coincidence Batman! Look at the pic Gawker used to illustrate this story.
we’re all fucking doomed.
TV on the Radio - Dancing Choose (on Letterman from a fire escape)
Really awesome performance, check it.
