In September 2008, the U.S. Coast Guard seized a 59-foot submarine 370 miles SW of Guatemala. The submarine contained four crew members and 237 (!) bales of cocaine. An anomaly? No, because less than a week alter, another 60 footer was seized. Between the two submersibles about seven tons of coke worth nearly $200...
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We have a rather nice cutaway of the Scorpene submarine from Defense Industry Daily. We also have an extra-large cutaway of the entire Scorpene submarine.
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Looking inside the Popular Mechanics 1935 “Flying Boat”: Kitchen Welsh rarebit coming right up. Note the ladder leading up to the wing. Bar The cover is sharp and crystal-clear. It’s my scanner that blurred the picture. A real-life bartender whipping up a gin gimlet for a guy in a suit. Sleeping Quarters Except for...
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I reproduce this Popular Mechanics cover of April 1935 in all of its ball-throbbing glory–because that is the only way to describe the muscularity of 1930s popular journalism. There is nothing I don’t like about this cover. I love the orange and blue contrast, the NRA Code logo in the bottom left, the typography,...
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What the hell isn’t wonderful about Tracey Ullman? Below, her miniature hybrid car from Tracey Ullman: State of the Union. Off-topic, but “Don’t let her have the smallest hoo-hoo in town…”
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