4 Tammuz 5766 * 30 June 2006: Silly stuff in Google Earth/Sketch Up

Greetings.

Today’s news and commentary:

• I’m getting annoyed with all that’s going on in the Gaza Strip. You can read all about it and other disgraceful things people are doing at Israel Matzav, Media Backspin, and Elder of Ziyon.
  
• Various interesting stuff under Temple and Temple Mount News
  
• “States face new restrictions on welfare funding”
  
• “Why We Must Flee the Planet: The Geometry of Earth is All Wrong ”
  
• “Refuge from Darfur”
  
• “Stop Terror at Its Source ”
  
• “High Court Blocks Military Tribunals”
  
• “Creationist lawsuit against UC system to proceed?” (File this under “stupid lawsuits”.)
  
• “Government Says Stolen VA Laptop Recovered”
  
• “Israel's Army (1973)”

It finally happened. I’ve told people that sooner or later someone would abuse Google Earth and SketchUp and create things that do not exist in the real world. Today’s weird things are thus a few examples of this:

• “World Trade Center Redesign Proposal by [|]_IMPERAR_[|]”, which is rather fantastic in the details.
  
• “An Environmentalist's Nightmare by psychologist ”, which sounds like something giant space bugs might think up.
  
• “Rebel Y-Wing by theguy ”, and yes, that is something out of the Star Wars universe.
  
• “Stick Figure Productions: King Kong”, which I could not make up if I wanted to.

Enjoy, Shabbath shalom, and beware of giant gorillas.

Aaron