Yet more keen links one might want to share

[glatt]

Just got through looking at the special effects link. That was fun, but I wouldn't say any of those scenes were famous.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Night Night Monster

Night Night Dolls INC is a nonprofit organization registered in New Jersey that launched globally in 2011 to help traumatized children between the ages of five and fifteen who are suffering from severe nightmares and night terrors.

With the help of volunteers, Night Night Dolls INC gifts these children, free of charge, handmade Night Night monster plush dolls to comfort them, aiding their growth so they can overcome their fears and sleep peacefully.

We work with hospitals, orphanages, and individual families worldwide.

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Soldiers' Itemized Military Kit - from 1244 - 2014.

Hi there. Is that a trench club in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?

[xoxoxoBruce]

It would behoove them to take their valet along.

[Carruthers]

Re: 1916 private soldier, Battle of the Somme.

It tended to be the more experienced soldier who survived the first day of the Battle of the Somme due to having ditched his kit at the earliest opportunity.

This reduced the likelihood of his becoming bogged down in the mud and presenting the enemy with an easy target.

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Vagina cookies.

Yep, vagina cookies.

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Photos from behind the scenes of various movies, 2 below:

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Artificial Reefs From Around The World

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Pittsburgh, Before And After Clean Air Laws

[Carruthers]

Seeking some light reading this morning, my gaze fell upon a newspaper article by the BBC’s Economics Editor, Robert Peston, about political leaders being less than willing to discuss the minor matter of the national debt in the months preceding a general election. I’ll just pluck this sentence from the article:

For those of you wondering what all the fuss is about, it is mainly that paying interest to lenders on a huge debt is not a desperately productive use of taxpayers’ money.

I suspect that few people would disagree with that sentiment. The UK National Debt is a horror story.

UK National Debt Clock

Equally horrific, perhaps more so, is the US National Debt.

Read and weep, gentle reader.

US National Debt Clock

If they've been mentioned before apologies are due.
One thing is for certain, neither will be the same as the last time you looked.

[glatt]

Debt per taxpayer (that's me) $152,941. I don't like that.

But I do like the fact that the big number on the federal deficit is going DOWN.

You don't hear that too often, but it's good news.

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Animal masters of disguise

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Death Map, Most Common Causes of Death, By State

Several maps relating to cause of death

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Carruthers

...less than willing to discuss the minor matter of the national debt in the months preceding a general election.

Speaking of the impending election, I saw gasoline in NJ and MA for less than $3 a gallon this past weekend.

[Carruthers]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Speaking of the impending election, I saw gasoline in NJ and MA for less than $3 a gallon this past weekend.

On my first visit to the US in 1999 I was staggered to find fuel at 94c/gal in deepest WY.

I don't think that it had increased that much the last time I visited in 2004.

ETA Irritatingly, in the UK fuel is priced as pence/litre. This morning I bought 29.30 litres @ 120.9p/l = £35.42.

I think that I have calculated this correctly, but that works out at $7.32/US gal. (£1 = $1.60)

I don't drive very often.