Daily Linker – 12/16/08
by graeme
Canada
- Toronto’s foremost asshat and bike thief Igor Kenk was arrested for assault.
- Now you can enjoy a beer with your mediocre Hollywood fare at Ontario theatres. Twilight has to be better when you’re drunk, right?
World
- The jerk cop who assaulted a cyclist in NYC was indicted yesterday.
- Twenty years later, the site of the Exxon Valdex oil spill may finally be clean.
- Berlin is being overrun by Wild Boars. Yes, Wild Boars.
- Irony alert: An American anti-kidnapping expert has been kidnapped in Mexico.
- Biden beats Obama to the puppy punch.
Science & Tech
- Top Gear tests the all-electric Tesla Roadster. Accelerates like mad, useless in real life.
- Two trillion tonnes of arctic ice has melted since 2003. That’s a lot of snow cones.
- A giant asteroid may not have killed the dinosaurs after all. The real culprit? Giant, sustained volcanic eruptions in India.
- Trying to lose weight? Try snoring.
Mediated
- China has apparently re-censored all of the websites it de-censored for the Olympics.
Pop Culture
- The Master Control Program behind Tron 2.0 (or TR2N) has cast its first actors.
- Is the new Star Trek movie a ‘reboot’ or ‘canon’? Both, apparently.
- The new HD trailer for X-Men Origins: Wolverine is live.
- Jack Black is slated to guest star on The Office.