Today’s fauxlogism is Obamauxlogism.

In discussing the Air Force’s plan to nuke the moon, I was pointed to another nuclear project with which I was unfamiliar — Starfish Prime and it’s Rainbow Bombs:

Starfish Prime was a high-altitude nuclear test conducted by the United States of America on July 9, 1962, a joint effort of the Defense Atomic Support Agency and the Atomic Energy Commission… [T]he explosion took place 250 miles above Johnston Island in the Pacific Ocean. It was part of Operation Dominic [and] was one of five tests conducted by the USA in outer space… It produced a yield of 1.4 megatons of TNT.

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[B]ecause there is almost no air at an altitude of 250 miles, no fireball formation occurred, although manifold other notable effects did occur. About 930 miles away in Hawaii, the electromagnetic pulse created by the explosion was felt as three hundred street lights failed, television sets and radios malfunctioned, burglar alarms went off and power lines fused… Also, the sky in the Pacific region was illuminated by an artificial aurora for more than seven minutes.

Man, we never do any of this old-timey spew-radiation-into-outer-space science anymore; all we do is boring, theoretical science. Pshaw.

My new favorite tattoo.

Someone at Wikipedia does not feel my submission of a “List of countries whose normative or short official names begin with the word ‘the’” is worthy of maintaning:

So snooty.

Good luck New Line and New Line people, I wish you well.

Bloomby for Veepy.

I’ve long been a fan of Lore Sjoberg and tonight I can celebrate because he’s announced that he will be publishing a series of short videos for Wired beginning with a quasi-review of Link’s weapons. Behold:

“No Taxation Without Representation” is good enough for a revolution and a license plate, but not a quarter.

Today’s fauxlogism is Bureautrash.

Racist is a hard word to spell.

I’m soon to be in the market for a new car and was interested in signing up for Consumer Reports in order to do a little research. When I attempted to sign up online I was unimpressed by their ironically un-consumer-friendly online subscription models — they’re all auto-renew:

Mandatory auto renew is a crock and certainly does not aid me as a consumer, it just gives me a chance to forget that I’ve signed up for a product that I definitely only want for one time period. I just find it ironic that Consumer Reports would take such an anti-consumer friendly position considering their general pro-consumer stance.  This is a slimy, pro-business anti-consumer move and they should be shamed for it.

I guess I’ll just get the car issue off the newsstand, ebay, or preferably from my local library.

 Looks good, eh?

Slate takes a quick jab at Ron Paul:

If you were designing the perfect candidate in a lab, you’d want John McCain’s personal courage, Mike Huckabee’s humor, and Hillary Clinton’s tenacity. The ingredient you’d want from Obama isn’t hope, which is, after all, hype. They all offer hope — even Ron Paul, in a creepy, Ayn Rand kind of way.

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I took this picture a few days ago of a sign inside a subway car on Boston’s Green Line:

If you see smoke or suspect a fire, please SPARK IT UP!

If a passenger is in distress, please FINISH HIM!

Nominees for oddest book titles of the year:

I Was Tortured By the Pygmy Love Queen
How to Write a How to Write Book
Are Women Human? And Other International Dialogues
Cheese Problems Solved
If You Want Closure in Your Relationship, Start With Your Legs
People who Mattered in Southend and Beyond: From King Canute to Dr Feelgood

I am disappointed that Drawing and Painting the Undead didn’t make the cut.  Vote for your favorite.

Via BadlyDrawnJeff.

Today’s fauxlogism is Googleplex.

Hillary Clinton, humorist:

Through it all, Mrs. Clinton has not retreated into a shell. She asks her aides about their children, spouses and partners. She tries to keep the mood upbeat on the campaign plane, such as recently joking about how Ohio is so diverse that it sometimes feels like five different states.

Man, I love that “Ohio is like five different states” joke, it kills me every time. Hillary Clinton’s like a modern day Lenny Bruce.

Today is the 205th anniversary of Marbury v. Madison.  Three cheers for judicial review.

Want to combine Rickrolling and Doom?  Here’s how.

Today’s fauxlogism is Fauxmophone.

BarackObama.com’s contact page allows you to choose between several types of messages you can send.  One option is to “Send[] a Message to Michelle Obama.”   So Michelle… how’s it going?

CNN reports on recent Serbian rioting:

“We are collecting evidence and are identifying the culprits,” Slobodan Radovanovic said in a statement, according to The Associated Press.

Serbia’s Kosovo minister Slobodan Samardzic said Saturday that the U.S. — which backed Kosovo’s breakaway and was among the first countries to recognize its seccession — was the “main culprit” for the violence, AP reported.

…Thursday’s violence in Belgrade was some of the worst unrest in Serbia since the removal of strongman Slobodan Milosevic in 2000.

Is there anybody in Serbia not named Slobodan? I kind of assumed it would fade out of public life, like Adolf.

The results of the Milgram Experiment haven’t changed much in the last fifty years, 50% still give the subject the lethal shock:

Here’s the previously discussed, original experiment.

Via Doobybrain.