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How JFK secretly ADMIRED Hitler
Explosive book reveals former President's praise for the Nazis as he travelled through Germany before Second World War.

A new book out in Germany reveals how President Kennedy was a secret admirer of the Nazis.

The news comes embarrassingly close to a visit being paid to Berlin next month by President Obama - one week before 50th anniversary commemorations of JFK's memorable 'Ich bin ein Berliner' speech pledging US solidarity with Europe during the Cold War.

President Kennedy's travelogues and letters chronicling his wanderings through Germany before WWII, when Adolf Hitler was in power, have been unearthed and show him generally in favour of the movement that was to plunge the world into the greatest war in history

'Fascism?' wrote the youthful president-to-be in one. 'The right thing for Germany.'

In another; 'What are the evils of fascism compared to communism?'

And on August 21, 1937 - two years before the war that would claim 50 million lives broke out - he wrote: 'The Germans really are too good - therefore people have ganged up on them to protect themselves.'

And in a line which seems directly plugged into the racial superiority line plugged by the Third Reich he wrote after travelling through the Rhineland: 'The Nordic races certainly seem to be superior to the Romans.'

wow... think my mind was blown a little.

Microsoft's Cheap Shot At The iPad Actually Points Out Exactly Why Windows 8 Tabs Suck

i know it's fun to poke microsoft, but i actually thought the video was pretty good... hell, they should come out with some funny "I'm a PC, and I'm a Mac" ads to reverse-rip on apple like they used to do with justin long – well maybe, those were okay at first, but damn i got tired of 'em pretty quick.

i've played around with a couple Win8 tablets at bestbuy, and have to say that i kinda like 'em.

An Honor for the Creator of the GIF

Among the thousands of file formats that exist in modern computing, the GIF, or Graphics Interchange Format, has attained celebrity status in a sea of lesser-known BMPs, RIPs, FIGs and MIFFs. It was honored as a "word of the year" in 2012, and Tuesday night, its inventor, Steve Wilhite, will be accepting a lifetime achievement award at The Webby Awards.

Now, almost any fragment of digital culture can be spun up into a grainy, gratifying animation. GIFs provide a platform for nearly everything, it seems — from rapid-fire political commentary to digital art to small moments of celebrity intrigue.

Has any file format received more attention, more accolades (or had more fun) than the GIF?

the debate rages on... hell, even the inventor can't pronouce it properly.

p.s. The Worst Drug (NSFW GIF Site)

here's madonna from this weekend's billboard music awards – first i even heard about it was today... seriously though, it's almost too easy.

*blink*

In Japan, McDonald's Just Super-Sized the Crap Outta French Fries

While McDonald's in many countries is trying (feigning?) to be healthier, in Japan, the fast food chain really doesn't seem to give a crap. If anything, McDonald's is running fast and hard to unhealthy. Super size, Japan!

For the past few weeks, there have been rumors that McDonald's Japan is rolling out a huge size for French fries (which actually is replacing another super large size called "Share Potato"). Today, as IT Media reports, it's finally official. Dubbed "Mega Potato", you are looking at two large size fries in one wide friggin' container.

Two large fries usually cost around the equivalent of US$6 in Japan. These, however, are priced at 490 yen ($4.80) and will be on sale until late June.

dunno why, but find it kinda funny that you'd see something like this in a place like Japan before here in the US... i'm sure mayor bloomberg just had a heart attack, and chris christie just figured how where he's going on vacation next.

p.s. i could really go for some Five Guy fries right now.

Gorgeous Geeky Illustrations By Michael Rogers

Why does this 'Google Glass 2.0' video seem so... wrong?

i dunno, get back to me when you can double-wink to enable "x-ray mode" on the thing... then we can talk.

uuuuh huh.

p.s. Google's Three-Hour I/O Keynote Boils Down To These Highlights And One Theme: Foundation

speaking about geek'n out, here's a live video stream of Google I/O conference that got started up today.

i'm sure we'll be seeing blog plenty of posts and tweets about it.

wonder how many devs in the audience have macs? also wondered if everybody in the audience would be wearing google glasses? heh.

p.s. have fun getting your geek on out there, charlie!

Man 'Rebrands' Abercrombie & Fitch, Gives Its Clothes To The Homeless

man, i really can't stand this company... and have no idea why kids/teens would even want to wear their damn clothes, but i guess that's a pretty stupid thought. *shakes head*

p.s. Skinny-dipping couple arrested after someone steals clothes off beach – damn, i hate it when that happens! *chuckle*

i remember reading all these tweets and posts not too long ago about how Apple was going "flat" with the next version of iOS, with many saying that they're now copying with microsoft's done with the whole Metro UI flat design language.

personally, i don't really think of it as "copying" at all, and after watching this slick concept video from SimplyZesty i actually think it'd be great and look awesome – maybe a bit ambitious, but it's sure fun to checkout some of the concepts people are coming up with... we'll just have to wait and see.

i'm getting curious about the next OSX update, too.

p.s. 8 iOS 7 Mockups: Is This What Your Next iPhone Will Look Like?

Dial Up Egypt for Your Summer Vacation!

That's right. Just when you thought Egypt couldn't rank any higher on your vacation bucket list, the whack-jobs running the asylum have bowed to the pleas of the tourism industry and bikinis will be allowed at hotel pools.

"Although radical Salafi Muslim groups have called for a ban on skimpy swimwear and alcoholic beverages, Hisham Zaazou is hoping that people will return to the region for a vacation in the near future."

And, as a kicker, it's your choice of the alcohol you'd like to be doused with at your public square burning for wearing your Allah-offensive skin exposing swimwear. Book now before the high season when hotel rates in Cairo can go up as much as thirty-seven cents.

caught the lastest episode of "VICE" on HBO this weekend, and they did a great piece on what's going on in egypt these days... man, i had no idea that there was such an angry post-revolution revolution going on over there right now – they talked to a few local egyptians and damn they were pissed, and really really fucking hate Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood... can't say that i blame them, either.

also did a piece on the "ghost towns" of china, which had me raising my eyebrows... it's pretty damn surreal, and shed some light into what and how china's been able to keep a steady increase in GDP when the rest of the world has been struggle'n these past few years.

p.s. Syrian rebel bites heart of dead soldier: video

How to Make a Website Fart Whenever Someone Scrolls. Yes, Really.

It's been a tough week for The Onion — it was hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army — but it really knocked this one home. Fart Scroll. Code to make your website fart.

The code is a simple enough. Just include "fartscroll.min.js" on your page, and then define how often (how many pixels of scrolling) you want the site to make a fart noise. Or, better, sneak onto your friend's Tumblr or Wordpress and slip the code into their themes without telling them.

[Github via Hacker News]

that's pretty damn awesome... hell, i can't believe it's 2013 and somebody just thought of this. *blink*