Better Names for Everyday Things

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More “better names” on their Facebook page.

Marine Boat-Tank!

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[US Marines testing Ultra Heavy Lift Amphibious Connector UHAC at RIMPAC 2014] (Viewer #263,631)

This is just the half-scale model.

The full scale version will be designed to carry a payload of 200 tons at a cruising speed of 23 mph (37 kmh). This means that it is set to boost the payload capacity of the current LCAC vehicles by three times. When on the shore and in tank-mode, it will be able to drive over 3 m (10 ft) high obstacles.

“The full-scale model should be able to carry at least three tanks and a HMMVW (High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle),” Gunnery Sgt. Joseph Perera, the Warfighting Lab’s Infantry Weapons Project officer, said in a statement.

Although the current UHAC prototype is not armoured or armed, the plan is to cover it with armour plating and load it with .50 caliber machine guns for protection.

There’s a Word for That

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said that our border is not “open” for illegal immigration.

True. Most experts on the topic describe it as “abierto“.

Scotch Tape: It’s Racist

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The particulars are hard to pin down, but everyone seems to agree that Scotch tape, the now-famous brand, originated as a slur. Back in the ’20s, Scotch was a synonym for “cheap.” Richard Drew, a 23-year-old research assistant at Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, was trying to create a sticky-but-not-too-sticky adhesive tape for auto painters to use on two-tone paint jobs. When he erred on the not-too-sticky side, one of the car-painters asked, “Why so Scotch with the adhesive?” and a brand name was born.

Link of the Day: 6 Ways Movies Get Space Wrong (by Astronaut Chris Hadfield)

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6 Ways Movies Get Space Wrong (by Astronaut Chris Hadfield)

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Wisdom of the Day: Salads Hamas Mermaids

And We Had to Share a Chauffeur!

Doubling down on her “dead broke” comment, Hillary Clinton said “we couldn’t even get a mortgage”.

That’s a shame. On which mansion?

Obama Warned Us – Motto

“Do something. That’s my big motto for Congress right now.” —President Obama #RebuildAmerica
@BarackObama

“My small motto: impeachment isn’t ‘something’.”

Straight Line of the Day: The Most Interesting Feature of President Obama’s New California Mansion…

Works like this: I feed you Moon Nukers a straight line, and you hit me with a punch line in the comments.

The most interesting feature of President Obama’s new California mansion

Random Thoughts: Halbig and Hamas

Democrats write horrible law, pass it, and it’s so badly written it gets torn apart in courts, yet somehow I know this is GOP’s fault.

Starting to wonder if there was a flaw to the plan to have a bunch of incompetents jam through a law that affects large portion of economy.

Remember: When you have the government do something big, you only have idiots and sociopaths at your disposal. No mythical smart people.

By far, the smartest thing in our government is our bombs.

If the court ruling makes you angry at anyone other than the idiots who wrote the law, you’re a rather useless person.

Does the 5 second rule apply to any beats you’ve dropped?

Has Hamas tried not launching rockets at Israel? I really think that could be a big part of the problem.

What does Obama need all these fundraisers for? “I can’t crappily jam together unworkable laws without your support.”

My Coke says I’m supposed to share it with “Bort.”

Got first pass of my book, and I’m supposed to mark with a colored pencil the errors and send back. Seems low-tech.

Actually, I can scan the pages I mark with colored pencil and email back, so there’s that.

Only found a few formatting mistakes. The words – written by me – are superb, though.

“We think you might have incriminating emails about targeting political opponents.”
“Whoops. Scratched my hard drive.”
“Seems legit.”

I looked it up, and hard drive scratches are actually pretty common… though mainly among people trying to destroy their hard drive.

Israel would like Hamas to not launch rockets at them and Hamas would like Israel to not have Jews. Hopefully they can work out a compromise.

Consider the Source

In a recent interview, President Obama said that if the Republican Party doesn’t move back to the center “they’ll never win the presidency again.”

Yes, let’s take advice from the fox on henhouse security.