Destruction
The Encyclopedia of World Problems
Do you not have enough problems in your life? Do the internet and other media fail to bring world problems to your attention? If this is your dilemma, rest easy! A solution is at hand! Simply visit THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD PROBLEMS. There, you can choose from thousands of problems to worry about. Maybe you want something concrete, such as VIOLENT CRIME. Or maybe you'd like to focus on something more numinous, like UNMEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS TO PLACE. Whatever your worrying needs, you can rely on THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD PROBLEMS to provide grist for your anxieties.Here is a picture and review of the first (print) edition from 1976.
Source of article.
Posted By: Paul - Thu May 31, 2018 -
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Category: Addictions, Annoying Things, Armageddon and Apocalypses, Destruction, Disasters, Emotions, Moral Panics and Public Hysteria, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, 1970s
Atomic Bomber Arcade Game
Original ad here.
Learn the history here, including a beautiful color pic of the actual machine.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Apr 28, 2018 -
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Category: Death, Destruction, Games, War, 1940s
When Havoc Struck
It's never news or entertainment when something goes right, only when it goes wrong. The 1978 TV series WHEN HAVOC STRUCK knew what people wanted. Glenn Ford must've needed a paycheck.
Other episodes on YouTube.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Dec 30, 2017 -
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Category: Accidents, Goofs and Screw-ups, Death, Destruction, Engineering and Construction, 1970s
Insane Killer Dynamited in His Fortress
In earlier eras, there were different strategies for ending a siege than what we are accustomed to today.
Source of fotos.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 29, 2017 -
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Category: Crime, Scary Criminals, Death, Destruction, 1930s
Great Harvard Panty Raid of 1965
The proud past of a progressive institution.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Apr 29, 2017 -
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Category: Antisocial Activities, Destruction, Education, Universities, Colleges, Private Schools and Academia, Underwear, 1960s, Men, Women
Follies of the Madmen #303
Yes, Dumont TV is as destructive and unstoppable as an atomic explosion.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Feb 08, 2017 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Destruction, Television, 1940s, Weapons
Chicken Liver Vandal
1997: The crime of choice of 46-year-old Janet Manning of Brooklyn Park, Maryland was dumping raw chicken livers into mailboxes and bookdrops. Usually on a weekend so they would be discovered on a Monday.Her motive for doing this was never very clear. After apprehending her, thanks to security-camera footage, the police captain said, "There's no clear-cut rhyme or reason for her to be doing what she was doing to these organizations." He added, "She wouldn't tell us why chicken livers."
But it was evidently some kind of act of revenge, in response to perceived offenses. Library officials recalled that she once had a minor argument with them a year before involving her request to have a printout of all the books she had returned, which the library staff told her their computers weren't set up to do. So they offered to write out the list by hand. That, apparently, was enough to trigger her.
On account of her otherwise clean criminal record, she was fined $1000 and placed on a year's probation.
The Annapolis Capital - May 27, 1998
Posted By: Alex - Sun Dec 11, 2016 -
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Category: Crime, Destruction, 1990s
Beer Can Launcher
Send beer cans flying
Posted By: Paul - Tue May 24, 2016 -
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Category: Death, Destruction, Disasters, 1960s, Weapons
Its A Jersey Thing
Even the Easter Bunny can't act right in New Jersey!
Posted By: Alex - Mon Mar 21, 2016 -
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Category: Destruction, Holidays, Public Humiliation
We Drivers
Are you a Reckless Rudy or a Sensible Sam? And don't forget Man-Mountain Momentum.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jan 13, 2016 -
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Category: Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Destruction, PSA’s, 1930s, Cars
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