Weapons
Best Hollywood Fake Nickname Ever
1) Sexy innuendo.
2) Bad pun.
3) Topical.
4) Privileges career of minor starlet over thousands of dead civilians in Japan.
A triumph of the press agent's art!
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 22, 2011 -
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Category: Movies, War, Weapons, 1940s, Double Entendres and Nudge-Nudge, Wink-Wink
Johnson Smith Catalog Item #13
The TSA's nightmare!
From the 1930s catalog.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Nov 13, 2011 -
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Category: Johnson Smith Catalog, 1930s, Weapons
NRA Kids
Posted By: Paul - Fri May 13, 2011 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Children, 1950s, 1960s, Weapons
H-Bomb over Bikini Atoll
You know what's weird? Atmospheric nuclear bomb tests. What were we thinking?
Other items in the newsreel your bonus window into the general, lesser weirdness of the 1950s.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Feb 08, 2011 -
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Category: 1950s, Weapons
About Fallout
Posted By: Paul - Sat Feb 05, 2011 -
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Category: Death, Destruction, PSA’s, Technology, War, Weapons, 1950s
Nazi Sun Gun
Read about the Nazi plan to build an orbital death ray.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 02, 2010 -
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Category: Mad Scientists, Evil Geniuses, Insane Villains, War, Weapons, Space Travel, 1940s
Latitude Zero
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jun 29, 2010 -
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Category: Animals, Cryptozoology, Geography and Maps, Movies, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Paranormal, Surgery, Science Fiction, 1960s, Asia, Weapons
Follies of the Mad Men #83
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jan 20, 2010 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Food, Horror, Injuries, War, Weapons
White Sands National Monument
Do they still let you sand-ski in the park? Or are you only allowed to look at weapons of mass destruction?
Posted By: Paul - Sat Oct 03, 2009 -
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Category: Landmarks, Monuments, Sightseeing, North America, Natural Wonders, Weapons
Missile Dick Chicks Documentary
Visit here for more info.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jun 01, 2009 -
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Category: Humor, Parody, Pranks, War, Weapons, Performance Art, Documentaries
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