Meme Scholar with Madness (PhD)

[EndtheMadnessNow]

Civil Defense Poster, 1953; Personal Files of James M. Lambie Jr., 1952–1961.
Before joining Eisenhower’s campaign staff in 1952 Lambie worked for the National Committee for a Free Europe, Inc., & the CIA cutout, Crusade for Freedom.


One of the Crusade's first actions was to create a Freedom Bell, designed after the American Liberty Bell. This bell traveled around the United States, along with a Freedom Scroll for people to sign, and was then sent to West Berlin, where it was dedicated by Gen. Lucius D. Clay on Oct 24, 1950.


Oct 20, 1953: War-Scarred Tissue Put in Cornerstone Of new Armed Forces Institute of Pathology on the grounds of Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
...a piece of radiation damaged lung tissue from a Japanese casualty of the A-bombing of Hiroshima, were among symbolic objects placed in the foundation.




Oct 20, 1962: Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers "Monster Mash" creeps to the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100. The catchy tune continues to be a perennial Halloween favorite.




Oh, look, peak stupid is peaking again...and there has been research into it apparently:


Ozempic For Gambling Addiction Treatment


We live in an inverted world ruled by the insane asylum...




White House Demolishes East Wing for Trump's $250 Million Privately Funded Ballroom.



Demolition crews started tearing down parts of the White House's East Wing on Monday to construct a 90,000-square-foot ballroom for hosting up to 650 guests at state events, funded entirely by private donors including President Donald Trump who will receive permanent recognition inside the Ballroom, but of course. The project, announced in July, aims to modernize the executive residence without taxpayer funds and preserve the historic core, though it has led to suspended public tours and staff relocations. Officials bypassed standard preservation reviews, drawing criticism from Democrats and historians over potential risks to the building's architectural legacy. Of course they don't mention all the other presidents who did White House construction projects, like Obama.


With everyone talking about sea otters, Taylor Swift, and the Monterey Aquarium, here's something few people know about... before David Packard funded the rescue of sea otters at the Aquarium, he helped kill about a thousand of them in a nuclear test.


In 1971, Deputy Defense Secretary David Packard played a leading role in promoting the Safeguard ABM system—including plans for a massive underground nuclear test of the W-71 warhead beneath Amchitka Island, Alaska. The test was code-named CANNIKIN.

The ABM was controversial, but the CANNIKIN test ignited even more outrage. A handful of activists planned to sail all the way to Amchitka. To raise money, they threw a concert and bought a battered old fishing boat, christening it "The Greenpeace."

The detonation of this nuke was the main motivating factor in the creation of the Greenpeace organization.

Largest Underground Nuclear Test in U.S. History

In the end, Packard prevailed in Congress, and the test went ahead on November 6, 1971. The U.S. Navy intercepted The Greenpeace before it reached Amchitka.


Amchitka, one of a string of the Aleutian Islands in the southwest region of Alaska was selected by the US Atomic Energy Commission to be the site for 3 underground detonations of nuclear weapons. The tests were: Long Shot, an 80-kiloton blast in 1965; Milrow, a 1-megaton blast in 1969; and Cannikin in 1971, at 5 Mt, was the largest underground test ever conducted by the United States. The tests were highly controversial, with environmental groups fearing that the Cannikin explosion, in particular, would cause severe earthquakes and tsunamis.

Which brings me to the otters. Before the test, the Atomic Energy Commission airlifted about 600 sea otters from Amchitka to Oregon. Even so, they warned that anywhere from 20–240 might die in the test. In the end, the toll was far worse.

Otters are naturally buoyant. But the giant explosion’s shockwave briefly created a vacuum, causing many to lose buoyancy, sink and drown. The AEC concluded that "the test of the W-71 definitely killed from 900 to 1,100 sea otters".

This isn’t to say David Packard was a villain. He likely believed in the Safeguard ABM system then just as he believed in rescuing otters later. But not everyone shared that faith — Safeguard eventually became operational in September 1975, but was shut down a few months later by congress due to radiation worries. $6 billion down the MIC black hole.

Terrifying Cannikin test:



Vid sequence of Cannikin test is from the film "Atomic Journeys - Welcome To Ground Zero" with Peter Merlin and narrated by William Shatner:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fzsk6it-ns


More insanity in the membrane...




Get me back to the real world!