Blog Heap of Links for the day 17 April 2012

WTF? I thought it was just a movie! [Tweets from twits]

[Photos of the US Secretary of State doing somber business in Columbia. H/t Beef at Moonbattery.]

Walt Disney Co., the world’s largest entertainment company, plans to co-produce “Iron Man 3” with Beijing film studio DMG Entertainment as collaborations between Hollywood and Chinese studios increase. [So, in the comics, originally, Tony Stark became Iron Man after he was wounded, held captive, and forced to work for the Communists of North Viet Nam. Now, Walt Disney is going to be making Iron Man 3 with the descendents of Mao in China. Sure. Right. I see. No problem.]

will take 12 years to build... intended to combine all the information so far uncovered about its mysterious workings - and replicate them on a screen, right down to the level of individual cells and molecules....

Unbelievably, the loss of life was equal to more than six sinkings of the Titanic. It is arguably the greatest unknown single disaster in modern history. Furthermore, the true story surrounding the Gustloff is not only tragic but absolutely incredible – filled with a wide spectrum of human drama – during one of the most terrifying periods in history: World War II.

[The relative scale of things. Javascript required.]

[XKCD explores the depths around the world.]

...going into poll locations in DC on April 3, being offered ballots for one Ben Jealous; one Bill Maher; and David Brock. ... also depicts Project Veritas going to a polling place and asking about Alicia Menendez, daughter of New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez (D) and a political commentator on MSNBC; a poll worker asks to see ID, preventing Project Veritas from being offered Menendez’s ballot. The point: voter ID works in preventing voter fraud. ...