Lelouch's Rendezvous With Google Maps

Ok, this kinda dumb but kinda kewl if you like movie editing and fast cars. I happened upon this site a while back and found a neat little thing to watch when you have absolutely nothing else to do. From the panopticist.com:

Early on a summer morning in 1978, the French filmmaker Claude Lelouch attached a gyro-stabilized camera to the front of a Ferrari 275GTB. He turned on the camera and handed the car keys to a professional racecar driver, who fired up the engine and then sped through the center of Paris at about 140 miles per hour. The resulting eight-minute film, C'etait un rendezvous, is a classic. Thanks to Google Video and YouTube, it's gotten a lot of web attention in recent months. But here's something new: A blogger named Brian Hendrix has created a Google Maps mashup that displays the car's location on a map as the driver rockets himself through Paris.

Lelouch has apparently claimed that it was he who was behind the wheel; he supposedly also said that the car was a Mercedes, not a Ferrari, and that the sounds of a Ferrari were overdubbed later. But I don't have the energy to investigate whether (a) he actually claimed these things or (b) the claims are actually true.

So check out the google map thingummajig and follow the instructions to view the film snippet and the google map at the same time. One interesting side note: The filmmaker was unable to get a permit to get the streets closed. Crazy!

Boy it's hot out today. Must be that global warming. har har...

If you are a big conspiracy nut like I am, then you'll enjoy the House Oversight Hearing that was held this past Monday concerning Global Warming. They took testimony from Philip Cooney, the douchebag who would edit out NASA scientist James Hansen's reports to the gobment. Not only was Cooney NOT a scientist, but he's a lobbyist for the oil companies.

Anyway, Global Warming is such a huge hoax that the Pentagon has finally admitted that it's real and the House is actually holding totally major hearings that you can view here and here.
Check out this site for way more kick ass political TV.

Update:

Ooo! That commie Al Gore testified before Congress today.

Go ahead and jump (jump!)...off the New River Gorge Bridge!

Kidding of course. But what happens when a radio talk show host loses their job? Answer: They either call up their old band mates in hopes of a rawkin' summer tour, or they get enough free time to play Decider on a local West Virginia message board. With his unique blend of uberness and how much local leebural politics suck big time, Jerry Waters had one of the most wingnuttery successful talk radio shows this side of the Kanawha. Unfortunately, his show was subsequently cancelled. Hopefully the board doesn't end up going with the show, because it is a very insightful place to talk to ubercons.

Update:

Here's a quick peek at the massive protest held a few days after the cancellation.

Update II:

The board was removed. So the only link above that works is the protest one. But he started a podcast and has a new message board.

JUMP BITCHES!