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Link roundup

1. Peter Feld on the Republican candidates:

Perry, on the other hand, is a highly skilled politician who creamed a once-popular Republican Senator in a recent primary, never lost an election, and has governed a major state for 12 years. His views are optimized for both the economic and evangelical wings of the Republican Party while his chief opponent, Mitt Romney, is wooden, weird, and has a record and political profile utterly incompatible with the Tea Party that dominates Republican primaries.

2. I knew it didn't make sense, Gawker says its traffic is the same (in visitors) or better (page views) than a year ago.

3. Hurricane Irene tracking map from the NY Times.

4. The new version of Risk, with stickers that alter future plays, is available for preorder at the BBTS.

Microscale Lego Tornado

Microscale Lego tornado by Blake Baer. Via.

*Buy Lego minifigs at eBay.

Image roundup (and one video)

Innocent juice packaging.

Raccoons.

Broomstick.

Vanity plate.

Chinese soldiers form a flood crossing.

Gripping short film about a boy trying to survive in World War II.

Video of a bus plowing through a flooded street

Video of a bus plowing through a flooded street. Via.

*Previously: Flooded subway tunnel advertises 2012.

Video of a lake filled with ash

Per Google translate, "Diver trying to swim in the lake Nahuel Huapi, which is covered by a thick layer of volcanic ash emitted by the volcano Puyehue." Via.

Image roundup

Do you want this octopus to have fewer arms?

Deer escaping a flood.

Wedding plea for help.

7-Eleven open in an area destroyed by the tsunami

Photo of a 7-Eleven open in an area destroyed by the tsunami. Via.

Relatedly, here's an interesting story about the tsunami:

In the rubble of Japan's northeast coast, one small village stands as tall as ever after the tsunami. No homes were swept away. In fact, they barely got wet.

Fudai is the village that survived — thanks to a huge wall once deemed a mayor's expensive folly and now vindicated as the community's salvation.

Image roundup

A few gems from Reddit:

Dust storm in Kuwait March 25, 2011 (might want to watch with the sound off).

"My only professional ambition is to get a desk where no one can see my computer monitor other than me" from Some eCards.

Ant pushing a drop of water.

Ermine, I think.

Anyone can put a fairy door on an upright surface. How about a door convincingly placed on the ground?

*Previously: Move over fairy doors. Here's tiny elevators.

Tsunami art project

Just a small selection of the already enormous amount of art contributed to the Tsunami project. It'll be auctioned off to benefit Japan and also sold as a book. You can participate here.