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Image by pvera via Flickr Slashdot Politics Story | Just Where Is The Lincoln Memorial, Anyhow? : "'Searching Google Maps for the Lincoln Memorial is returning the location of the FDR Memorial instead. Conservative bloggers smell a conspiracy since Glen Beck is holding his 'Restoring Honor' gathering at the Lincoln Memorial tomorrow (August 28). Notes for the map listing on Google state 'This place has unverified edits'; so, did someone claim the listing and edit the location?'" Let me tell you the extent to which this is simple, pure, unmitigated bullshit: you simply can't get lost looking for the Lincoln Memorial. Here's Pedro's Guide to Not Getting Lost in DC: Think of the DC Mall as a kite. The kite's long axis is East/West The center of the kite is the Washington Monument, you can't miss the thing, it is the tallest structure in the area. The left corner of the kite is the Lincoln Memorial. The line between the Linco...

FARK.com: (5577392) Theme of Farktography Contest No. 277: "The Book of Armaments" Details and rules in first post. LGT next week's theme My three entries are from my visit to the Pensacola National Naval Aviation Museum (right after 9/11) and a much more recent visit to the Dulles annex of the National Air & Space museum (the Udvar-Hazy center ):  Image by pvera via Flickr Model of the Fat Man nuclear weapon  Bell AH-1 Cobra Curtiss P40-E Warhawk Curtiss P-40E Warhawk , it is painted as "Lope's Hope" in memory of USAAC/USAF pilot and World War II ace, Donald S. Lopez (former Deputy Museum Director at the same museum). At the National Air and Space Museum , Smithsonian Institution , Udvar-Hazy Center (The "Dulles Annex"). Related articles by Zemanta World War II Divebomber Lifted From The Depths (luxist.com) Divers work to lift WWII plane from Calif. lake (seattletimes.nwsource.com)