So is it a smoke or a ticking time bomb?
Or maybe she's just trying to look cool.
Nope~Kaboom! ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
Showing posts with label Bomb. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bomb. Show all posts
September 21, 2021
What She Smoking?
June 20, 2021
@Torpedo Factory
December 1, 2020
Ice Cream Correctness
Thought this was a nice advertising for ice cream in the food court at the mall.
It's funny that they painted this over some doors, and you can see the lock in the center, right under the "Bomb Pop."
In the age of radical terrorism, I wonder if that's the best name for ice pops geared for children (and adults).
I think we need to consider being emotionally intelligent and politically correct.
Since it's red, white, and blue, how about rebranding it as the American Pop (with no ticking time bomb association)! ;-)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
May 23, 2017
The Nails Exploded!
A nail bomb goes off at a concert in one of the largest arenas in Europe killing at least 22 and wounding 59 mainly teenagers attending a rock concert, and the headline is:
“Suspected Terror Attack”
Uh, who would’ve suspected that?
Perhaps it could have just been a large pile of nails lying around exploding at the box office and killing people?
Stupid, stupid, stupid…
Shameful, shameful, shameful
We live amidst brazen lies to the people, grotesque political correctness, and unbelievable media spin.
And yes, that’s how we might end up losing a big one someday. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
April 29, 2017
Crosshair Planning And National Security
Not because we currently have North Korea in the crosshairs before they hit us with a nuclear-tipped ICBM.
But rather for how this diagram can be used in strategic planning and enterprise architecture.
The way this is used is the following:
First, you put your goals in the inner quadrants (or other such division of the inner circle). For example, perhaps you have a goal to reduce your weight which is now 215 lbs.
Next you create concentric rings around your goals with each ring representing a time horizon. For example, the first ring could be 6 months, the 2nd ring 1 year, and so on.
Then for each timeframe in the rings, you put what your target is for that related goal. For example, maybe in 6 months you want to reduce your weight to 210, and then by end of year 1 to 205.
In this way, you can easily show your goals as well your targets over various time frames into the future.
You can similarly use the other quadrants (or other divisions of the circle) for other goals emanating from the center to the future targets.
Of course, you can also use this for North Korea--to target above the 38th parallel for dropping a good deals MOABs to clear the enemy and their nukes and missiles from threatening the U.S. and our allies. The same solution goes for Axis of Evil, Iran, and their endless spread of global terrorism and human rights abuses.
Targets are for restoring the peace and for strategic planning and these two intersect when it's comes to national security. ;-)
(Source Diagram: Andy Blumenthal)
April 13, 2017
What ISIS Saw Today
After the U.S. dropped the Mother Of All Bombs (MOAB) on it in Afghanistan.
30 feet long, 21,600 pounds, GPS-guided, equivalent to 11 tons of TNT, and a blast radius of 1 mile!
The largest non-nuclear bomb in our arsenal that sucks out all the oxygen and lights the air on fire.
It was never used before in battle, and it is wonderful to see that we are finally pulling out the stops on radical Islamist Terrorism.
It's time to make them crap their pants and see nothing but spots before their eyes.
Terrorists, there is a new President in town--and the game is up! ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
August 8, 2015
August 4, 2015
July 25, 2015
March 12, 2014
Terrorism - Is it Going Away?
- Ukraine invaded by Russia seeking to annex Crimea
- Malaysia Airline with 239 aboard missing and still a mystery
- Sochi, suspected hijacker tries to divert plane, F-16s scrambled
- Syria aided by Hezbollah fighters, estimates of more than 150,000 dead
- Iran ships medium range missiles to Hamas in the Gaza Strip
- Iraq Suicide bombing a somewhat regular occurrence
- Pakistan death toll in war on terror estimated at 49,000
- Saudi Arabia concerned about Muslim Brotherhood and
Hezbollah
- Lebanon, twin suicide car bombings in capital
- Egypt, terror attack on tourist bus in Red Sea resort
- Somalia, car bombing at national intelligence headquarters
- North Korea accused by South of "reign of terror"
Where are we in the war on terror--are we really any safer?
All opinions my own.
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
May 26, 2013
Mayim Chaim
You can only live about 3 days without water--that's why protecting our water is so critical.
Emergency Management (May/June 2013) says, "There are numerous ongoing threats to our water supply. Some of them [natural or man made] could be catastrophic."
- Water poisoning: Already in the 1st century, Roman Emperor Nero poisoned the wells of his enemies. These days you'd need a large supply, like "several dump trucks of cyanide or arsenic to poison a reservoir. Plus the water system is monitored and has purification protections such as chlorine, so it's not that simple. We can also issue "boil alerts" for people to boil the water before drinking it. Then again, we saw what some radiation did to the Japanese water supplies after Fukushima.
- Blowing it up: The water system infrastructure can be disrupted using explosives, so keeping intruders far away from it is important to keeping it safe.
- Earthquakes/Hurricanes: Much of the water system pipes are old--some built during the Civil War--and these can be destroyed by natural disasters or even a construction crew jackhammer hitting in the wrong place.
- Electrical outage: If you shut down the electricity, you shut down the water pumps...and even with generators taking over for a while, your up against the clock, if you don't get the juice flowing again soon.
- Cyber Attack: Our water systems, like other industrial control systems are vulnerable to cyber attack. A hacker that gets control of the systems could overheat it, overtreat it, flood it, or otherwise break it and shut it down.
Keeping our water infrastructure secure, the water supply safe and potable, the transport pipes intact, the electricity working, and the systems under control--are not little matters--they are the difference between life and death for millions.
As in The Rime of The Ancient Mariner, when the ship gets blown off course into unchartered waters and the crew is thirsty for water and desperate to survive, the poet states, "Water, Water. Everywhere. And All The Boards Did Shrink; Water, Water, Everywhere. Nor Any Drop To Drink."
In Hebrew, there is a short saying that sums up this topic, "Mayim Chaim"--water is life. ;-)
(Source Photo: Dannielle Blumenthal)
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