Archive of entries posted on January 2013

Fill ‘er up, eh?

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Photo: Canadian Space Agency

An orbiting robot gas station ran a successful test refueling of a mock satellite. That’s the word from a report this past week:

Dextre, a twin-armed robot from Canada, topped off the fuel tank in the mockup, showing how satellites’ life can be extended, according to the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).

Operating on the Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM) module, Dextre removed safety caps and cut through retaining wires before transferring liquid ethanol to the mockup, which is about the size of a washing machine.

That’s right. The Canadian Space Agency. Not NASA.

Now, I have nothing against our friends to the north. I’ve not spent a lot of time in Canada, but have visited. The places I went were nice. The only problem I found is they don’t know how to make breakfast sausage. Every breakfast I ate there has sausage that tasted like sawdust.

And now, a country that can’t even make breakfast right is able to make robot gas stations in space while the U.S. space program is canceling programs and focusing on Muslim outreach.

I’m thinking we wouldn’t be in this situation if we had an American president. Or Democrats who actually loved America.

Forward!

Also, He Really Couldn’t Be Trusted When It Came to Guns

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[High Praise! to Freedom Is Just Another Word]

It’s not just looks, it’s the personality. You can easily imagine Obama giving this speech:


[YouTube direct link] (Viewer #260,609)

Yes, We DO Need Assault Weapons

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[High Praise! to Seanmahair’s Weblog]

We don’t buy ARs to protect us against animals, Mr. Cuomo. We buy them to protect ourselves, our families and our property against the animals you and the nanny state have created. The animals that think it’s “fair” to take from those who produce and give to those who do not produce. Who think that all they have to do is say “I want” and it becomes theirs. The people who breed indiscriminately, rob, cheat, and steal all in the name of “compensation” “fairness” and ” our turn”.

PNOTW

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Keln of Nuking Politics has chosen the Punchline Nuker of the Week

The Official Insanely Destructive Weapon of IMAO

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[High Praise! to Hunter of Nuking Politics and Dr. Grordbort’s]

GOLIATHON 800 MOONHATER DEATHRAY

Since the dawn of time, man has gazed wearily with fear and contempt into the cosmos. One luminescent beacon in particular has looked back, chiding and heckling is like some giant white space jerk. The Moon.

Now, thanks to Dr. Grordbort we have a means of heckling back and then some!

More pics here.

Link of the Day: Satire – Afghanistan Declared Gun-Free Zone

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[High Praise! to The Duffel Blog]

Afghanistan Declared Gun-Free Zone

[Think you have a link that’s IMAO-worthy? Send it to harvolson@gmail.com. If I use your link, you will receive High Praise! (assuming you remember to put your name in the email)]

Double Your Donuts, Double Your Fun

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I should probably attach a “don’t try this at home” disclaimer to this:


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One Picture: Gun Control Argument Illustrated

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[High Praise! to Freedom Is Just Another Word]

lolbama! Part 120

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Submit entries to lolterizt@gmail.com

Meanwhile, pass ’em around, spread the love, and if you make your own, don’t be shy about dropping a link to your pics in the comments. The more, the merrier.

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My favorites from the submissions using last edition’s uncaptioned picture:

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This week’s uncaptioned picture for you to play with:

Kris for right triangle, with Arik’s “Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock” in a close second.

PRODUCTION NOTES:
#1: When creating lolbama! pictures, please caption with either black or white text, as colors like red and yellow tend to blur badly when I compress the images.

#2: Standard image size for these posts is 350px wide by whatever high. If you can have your images 350px wide before you caption them, I won’t end up shrinking your captions into illegibility when I re-size the images.

MAKE YOUR OWN: The free lolbuilder from I Can Has Cheezburger.

STYLE NOTE: Short captions are usually better. Your goal is 10 words or less, with humor value tending to increase exponentially as the number of words approaches 1.

IMAGE SOURCES: Lots of great Obama pics to be found at the White House Flickr page.

Send your submissions to lolterizt@gmail.com and – if they aren’t obscene (IMAO is a PG-13 site) and don’t suck too terribly bad – I’ll post them for you. Remember to include your name (and blog URL, if applicable) so I know who to thank.

What the Gun Control Debate Is Really About

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[High Praise! to Moonbattery]

The gun debate isn’t about shooting deer or paper targets, and it certainly isn’t about keeping children safe from maniacs, who are only stopped by guns in the hands of the good guys. It is about the ability to hold the concrete materialization of individual liberty in your hands. It is about whether we are free Americans who can chart our own courses, or that far lower breed that submits to the fate determined by coercive bureaucrats.

Michelle Obama’s Bizarre Outfit Explained

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Here’s Michelle at the inauguration:

Gloves by Wonka:

Coat by Neo:

Hair, of course, by LimeCat:

You’ve Been Judged!

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Keln of Nuking Politics picked his favorite punchlines to “To avoid bankruptcy, the U.S. Postal Service…” and “Scientists have discovered evidence there could be life on Mars…”

Click here to see if you made the cut.

If you did, you should probably email him about becoming a guest blogger there.

If you didn’t, he’s got another straight line for you to practice on.

Keep trying. No one likes a quitter.

Link of the Day: Quiz – Are You a Progressive?

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[High Praise! to Nuking Politics]

All Hail Ceasar Bloomberg

BONUS LINK:

[High Praise! to Nate of When in the Course of Human Events]

New Zealand environmental advocate launches campaign to ban cats as pets

I swear this is not a parody, but if you read this, you could replace the word “cat” with “gun” and this story could be straight out of any American newspaper right now.

[Think you have a link that’s IMAO-worthy? Send it to harvolson@gmail.com. If I use your link, you will receive High Praise! (assuming you remember to put your name in the email)]

American History, According to Liberals

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[High Praise! to Freedom Is Just Another Word]

Go Ahead, Try to Take Her Guns

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[High Praise! to Flopping Aces]


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I like this mostly because it’s a nice change of pace to see a pretty woman talking calmly, rationally, and intelligently about firearms (looking YOUR way, pig-ignorant over-glammed cable-news info-bimbos).

Also nice would be to watch SarahK make an identical video talking about how shiny and pretty her guns are and saying “Yee-Haw!” after every third shot.