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In the future, supersonic jet aeroplanes will be coal powered.

A three-wheeled, low-emission, inexpensive, tilting, stable, high-speed, advanced, stylish, all-weather, quieter, automobile? Why, yes! I'll take one! If I can't have one of these, I'll take one of these [1] [2] [3].

Something Awful delivers the goods with their Photoshop Phridays. And all you Dannyslandkateeren won't want to miss Amusement Park Madness.

Disney World's government powers to be reviewed by state.

Orlando Sentinel -- State lawmakers today ordered a review of Walt Disney World's unprecedented government powers, the first such scrutiny of Central Florida's entertainment giant in almost 40 years. A joint House and Senate auditing committee voted 4-2 to have the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability, or OPPAGA, review the powers of Disney's private government, the Reedy Creek Improvement District -- in particular, how it would be affected should another company ever buy Disney. State Rep. Andy Gardiner, R-Orlando, asked for the review after questions were raised earlier this year during Comcast Corp's take over bid for Disney. "I want to know what could potentially happen," Gardiner said. "This is an opportunity for us to become familiar with the Reedy Creek Improvement District."

Out of all the World's Fair movies in the Prelinger Archives, "To the Fair" has the best narrative flow. It follows various groups of people during their day at the fair: a family of five; a couple from India; two women schoolteachers; three Boy Scouts who get separated from their troup; a pair of young women pursued by two very ardent male suitors; and -- the only one to whom I can relate -- a bespectacled nerd who drives to the fair across the water in his amphibious car just so he can listen to the out-of-tune orchestrions. The beatific look on his face as he cocks his head to take in the cacophony is priceless.



Fellow ride geeks -- the first half of the film has a fast motion montage of the Boy Scouts riding in various conveyances, including a few seconds on the Ford Magic Skyway cars, and the second half includes a brief peek at the General Motors Futurama II ride.

Part 1 here, and part 2 here.