The astonishing interactive map that shows every bomb dropped on London during The Blitz

So, @nickelback haters, happy now????@colbycosh

— katewerk (@katewerk) November 26, 2012

(Open thread.)

Storm damage photos at the Daily Mail, and more at the Weather Channel.
I’ve long said that the three rules of buying real estate aren’t “location, location, location”, but “elevation, elevation, elevation”. Much of the worst damage shown is not due to the storm, but the idiocy of parking permanent structures in the path of the inevitable.

The view from the sure to be toppled Statue of Liberty.
Follow @Joe Bastardi for the meteorological play by play.

The court case that changed everything.

Sitting here waiting to board my flight to Amsterdam, and they’re still calling “Osama” and “Mohammed” to the desk for “documentation”.
When I was asked in Saskatoon if I had anything in my pockets, I replied “just gum”. The security screener guy said “You’ll have to take that out.”.
Odd, I thought, but I pulled it out and showed it to him.
“Oh”, he said. “That’s fine”.
I looked at him for a second.
“I said ‘Gum’. With an ‘M’” ….

Scandalous!

A Wikipedia trustee and a Wikipedian In Residence have been editing the online encyclopedia on behalf of PR clients. Add the discovery of an SEO business run on the side, and this tempest is out of its teapot.

They usually further agendas for free.
h/t Pete

h/t jg

I don’t normally do cat blogging, but then, I don’t normally do cat portraits, either.

I’m making an exception tonight. This is for Jay and “Flame”. They’re going through a tough time.

Head for the hills!

h/t Larry T.

Sorry. Couldn’t help myself.

Gary Clement’s Year in Review.

Merry Christmas, everyone.

Popular Mechanics;

Two years after the Airbus 330 plunged into the Atlantic Ocean, Air France 447’s flight-data recorders finally turned up. The revelations from the pilot transcript paint a surprising picture of chaos in the cockpit, and confusion between the pilots that led to the crash.

Via

Frank Jacobs explores the history of the German borders.
h/t Paul, who also recommends this link: ElectoralGeography.com

Laureys, a neurologist at the ­University of Liege in Belgium, published a study in BMC Neurology earlier this year saying Houben could be one of many cases of falsely diagnosed comas around the world. He discovered that although Houben was completely paralysed, he was also completely conscious — it was just that he was unable to communicate the fact.

h/t Kevin

Jann Arden opens the 99th Grey Cup game singing “O Canada” as though Canada were a boyfriend who just dumped her.
As one might expect.
And with that, your 2011 Grey Cup thread is open.