MetaFilter posts tagged with Bomb

Iraq Swears by Bomb Detector U.S. (Correctly) Sees as Useless

Optimus Chyme — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:51:29 -0800

Iraq Swears by Bomb Detector U.S. (Correctly) Sees as Useless. Similar to the now debunked Sniffex (as seen previously on Metafilter), the ADE651 detects explosives, firearms, grenades, narcotics, elephant ivory, bank notes, and according to its manufacturer's website, "human research." There is no known mechanism by which the device can work, it has failed numerous tests, and the James Randi Educational Foundation has offered one million dollars if the ADE651 is successful in a double-blind test. With multi-million dollar profits already made from Iraqi and U.S. coffers, however, the various shell companies behind the ADE651 have so far declined.

Children of the Atomic Bomb

fire&wings — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:50:20 -0800

Ground Zero 1945: Pictures by Atomic Bomb Survivors. Astonishing works created more than 25 years after the event, many accompanied by artist's comments. [disturbing, possibly NSWF artworks] Paintings are from the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, presented on Dr. James Yamazaki's Children of the Atomic Bomb website.

Myra Breckinridge

Joe Beese — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:30:03 -0800

I am Myra Breckinridge whom no man will ever possess. Clad only in garter belt and one dress shield, I held off the entire elite of the Trobriand Islanders, a race who possess no words for "why" or "because." Wielding a stone axe, I broke the arms, the limbs, the balls (nsfw) of their finest warriors, my beauty blinding them, as it does all men... Myra Breckinridge (1970) starred Raquel Welch, John Huston, movie reviewer Rex Reed, and - making her first screen appearance in 27 years - Mae West. Also appearing were then-unknowns Farrah Fawcett and Tom Selleck.

...lay around that shack, 'til the anarchy comes back.

telstar — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:32:46 -0800

The Unabomber was right. Kevin Kelly explains.

Silly String

Extopalopaketle — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:16:20 -0800

Yarn Bombing. I guess it had to happen eventually. Graffiti with yarn some say. Keeping trees, benches and what have you warm and fuzzy.

Lethal harvest

fearfulsymmetry — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:46:57 -0800

"When you’re on your own in that pit with the bomb in the middle of a city, it’s strange how everything suddenly goes totally quiet..." Interview with one of Germany's most experienced bomb disposal experts as he retires. Photogallery.

Atomic explosions

swift — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:28:40 -0800

Atomic and nuclear explosions. Tsar bomb Operation crossroads, 1946 Atomic cannon Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic bomb tested on U.S. troops Dominic I Dominic Sunset First H-bomb First British H-Bomb Chinese nuclear test

When the Wind Blows

Artw — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:48:37 -0800

This is the Wartime Broadcasting Service. This country has been attacked with nuclear weapons. Communications have been severely disrupted, and the number of casualties and the extent of the damage are not yet known. We shall bring you further information as soon as possible. - The BBC releases its script for use in the event of nuclear war.

Jack Parsons

unpoppy — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:22:27 -0800

Jack "Marvel" Whiteside Parsons was the right hand man to Aleister Crowley, a founder of modern US rocket science, and early partner to L Ron Hubbard. Celebrate July 4th by investigating this major character in the birth of our age. Why a major motion picture has not been made about Jack Parsons is at first, amazing to most. If such a film were made, it would reveal a great deal about the rise to power of L Ron Hubbard, the occult reality of the birth of rocket science and the atom bomb. An attempt to make a film about Parsons has been attempted by David Duchovny and Marilyn Manson (to name 2), but Scientology will not let that happen.

Rocket Fuel

CheeseDigestsAll — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:34:09 -0800

Remember Tang? The news from England is that the 2006 terrorists were going to use it to create an in-flight bomb. Apparently, hydrogen peroxide and sugar is a potent combination, but not all fuels can be used as explosives. Others are suggesting that it's not the sugar, but the citric acid that's important. Either way, we'll never look at Tang in that same, innocent way. (via)

ART101: Fake bombs are not art.

rocket88 — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:00:47 -0800

"There is not a bomb by the entrance of the museum" was the telephone message delivered to a museum employee at Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum Wednesday evening. This, along with the posting of a video on YouTube entitled The fake bombing at the ROM, Toronto, 28.11.07 led to the cancellation of a gala AIDS fundraiser at the Museum and a massive police investigation. Today, Ontario College of Art and Design student Thorarinn Ingi Jonsson claimed responsibility for the "art project".

ZOMBIE BOOB TUBE TELEVISION

Sticherbeast — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 08:43:16 -0800

They claimed they would destroy all television with their business. $100 million and one cast member of First Kid later, all they had were massive amounts of failure, tremendous parties with Bryan Singer, and many, many, many allegations of sexual molestation. Now they hide in the Spanish Riviera and hire Chinese sweatshop workers to mine for World of Warcraft items. Check as well the original 2000 LA Times expose on the company, to say nothing of the "gay pedophile version of Silver Spoons" which remains their finest artistic achievement. via boingboing I also thank who I assume is MeFi's Own meehawl's link to this summary of the events. (NSFW)

Canopus

chunking express — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:00:53 -0800

Four scanned pictures of the French nuclear test codenamed Canopus, which was fired on 24th August 1968 in the Fangataufa Atoll. The photographs are amazing.

The "Nuclear Nav"

gottabefunky — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:00:27 -0800

The "Nuclear Nav." On March 11, 1958, Captain Bruce Kulka was the navigator on an Air Force B-47 Stratojet carrying nuclear bombs to an airfield in North Africa. Somewhere over the southeastern US, the captain sent him to back the bomb bay to check on a cockpit warning light. As he climbed through the narrow space around the Mark 6 nuclear bomb, Kulka grabbed the emergency release pin by mistake. The 8,500-pound "pig" slowly tipped over and fell. Its weight pushed the bomb bay doors open and it dropped out of the plane. Fifteen thousand feet below waited Mars Bluff, SC -- still the only civilian community in the US ever to have a nuclear bomb dropped on it.

Keep the crafts at home, please.

Bovine Love — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:48:14 -0800

Star Simpson, a MIT student, wears her art project to the airport. Fearing her to be some sort of bomber, she is arrested for having a fake bomb. It sure looks like a bomb to me. I call the Boston tag. Much like all the other Boston incidents, I find the repeated use of the term "fake bomb" to be odd; it is as if every media outlet accepts the term at face value.

Well boys I reckon this is it

augustweed — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:34:55 -0800

Well boys I reckon this is it. A B-52 loaded with six nuclear cruise missiles leaves North Dakota and arrives in Louisiana with five prompting the ACC to schedule (and announce) an Air Force wide standown on September 14, 2007. What's next Major Kong?

Explosive Revelation

punkfloyd — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:49:04 -0800

Erie bomb victim was the dupe in a greedy plan. This story has always freaked me out...and now it freaks me out in brand new ways.

Police bomb checker could have prevented Air India explosion.

chunking express — Thu, 10 May 2007 11:37:34 -0800

"I've always wondered why, if I was called to search an airplane and some luggage … why did they let the airplane go before I arrived there." A former police officer says he believes he could have found explosives on Flight 182, but the plane had already left a Montreal airport by the time he arrived to check it.

McCain sings the Beach Boys

PeterMcDermott — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 09:33:38 -0800

Went to a dance, looking for a man, found John McCain, he was singing Bomb Iran. (Warnings: Single link YouTube Newsfilter)

The most expensive television disaster ever?

tylerfulltilt — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 07:30:40 -0800

Supertrain. A show about a supertrain that costs an assload of money and has no real direction or over arching story? why the hell not? link clips(youtube)

Bomb attack in Bangkok

Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 06:54:36 -0800

Seven bombs rock Bangkok as the New Year's countdown begins. At least two are dead. Is it related to the recent coup? Some photos here.

Most of my heroes don't appear on no food stamps

Mayor Curley — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 06:48:24 -0800

Fight the Powah! Small-town Maine teens set off bombs at their local Wal-Mart. Maybe they were hopped up on Skowhegan Martinis. Perhaps they wouldn't have been so angry if The Revolution had happened.

My Home in the Ground

IronLizard — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:00:52 -0800

1962 Fallout Shelter handbook. (more about nuclear survival and shelters, if that kind of thing worries you).

What next with Iran?

Dasein — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 12:38:03 -0800

Dealing with Iran after Rumsfeld. Seymour Hersh details the ongoing debate over how to deal with Iran's nuclear program. There's something here for everyone to worry about.

Boom.

TheOnlyCoolTim — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 14:09:18 -0800

This is what the end of the world looks like. Photos of ballistic missiles, especially reentry vehicle tests. (Sound on last link.)