Interesting Links for 27-04-2012

[andrewducker]

• Game of Thrones as a metaphor for US politics (funny)
  (tags: funny usa politics GameOfThones )
• Amazing time-lapse footage of the Earth from the ISS.
  (tags: earth space iss video )
• You can now buy Star Wars figures for characters that only appeared in deleted scenes
  (tags: toys merchandising starwars )
• I worry that we're going to find something like this hidden in our DNA
  (tags: funny comic dna )
• 40,000 Norwegians sing to annoy mass killer Anders Breivik
  (tags: viaTheWeaselKing AndersBreivik song norway )
• Sex, politics and religion in Iran
  Golshifteh Farahani
  (tags: religion women sex Iran Islam )
• A couple of examples of human evolution
  (tags: genetics humans evolution )
• UK Government extending open standards consultation - after it turned out the chair was working for Microsoft.
  (tags: uk government standards technology computers open microsoft )
• You've always wanted a Dr Who dildo, right?
  (tags: sex drwho )
• How Samuel L. Jackson Became His Own Genre
  (tags: movies SamuelLJackson )
• Catholic schools launch 'eurgh, benders' petition
  If this wasn't basically true then I'd be a lot happier.
  (tags: satire lgbt school catholic )
• Priests: We won’t break seal of confession to report sex abuse
  (tags: law ireland catholicism Child_abuse )
• Google's "Zerg Rush" easter egg.
  (tags: Starcraft google games )

Comments

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

Someone needs to do this for British politics.

I thought of a couple:
Ed Milliband = Renly Baratheon: Betrayed his brother. Followers are naive and idealistic.

Alex Salmond = Mance Rayder: Wants to be King Beyond the Wall.

Gordon Brown = Stannis Baratheon: Should have been next in line, but nobody likes him.

[marrog.livejournal.com]

British politics is, thankfully, not quite enough of a farce yet to be broken down and compared to a series of fictional characters.

I hope.