north-bi-northwest:

pocketrunner:

srsfunny:

An Idea To Prevent A Nuclear War

“My suggestion was quite simple: Put that needed code number in a little capsule, and then implant that capsule right next to the heart of a volunteer. The volunteer would carry with him a big, heavy butcher knife as he accompanied the President. If ever the President wanted to fire nuclear weapons, the only way he could do so would be for him first, with his own hands, to kill one human being. The President says, “George, I’m sorry but tens of millions must die.” He has to look at someone and realize what death is—what an innocent death is. Blood on the White House carpet. It’s reality brought home.”
- Richard Fisher, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (1981)

Never forget that part of the reason this system was never implemented was that when he presented it to his colleagues, their response was IIRC “George, that’s terrible! If he has to take an innocent life, he may never press the button.”

londonjets:

In the Mouth of Madness (1994) dir. John Carpenter

p-o-s-s-e-s-s-e-d-b-y-f-i-r-e:

• Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)

the-gershomite:

Hellboy: Wake the Devil (trade paperback) June 1997

story and art by Mike Mignola

colors by James Sinclair

letters by Pat Brosseau

Hellboy Gallery: featuring art by Bruce Timm, P. Craig Russell, Derek Thompson, Dave Cooper, Jay Stephens and Olivier Vatine

maddhatterreviews:

Goddammit I love Hellboy

the-gershomite:

Hellboy: The Chained Coffin and Others (trade paperback)

“The Baba Yaga”

story art by Mike Mignola

classichorrorblog:

The Wizard of Gore
Directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis (1970)

bemusedlybespectacled:

bemusedlybespectacled:

there’s a debate on here right now that goes like this:

“we should strike on election day!”
“but it won’t do anything.”
“but historically strikes had power!”

yes. yes they did. but there’s a slight difference between then and now.

think about it. mill and factory workers in the industrial revolution worked longer hours for less pay and no benefits, and they needed those jobs to survive. why would they strike, when they had so much to lose?

they had a fucking strike fund.

why are people so afraid of striking? because if you’re in poverty, even taking a day off of work is a day without getting paid, and when you have a family to provide for, the thought of being without even those wages is terrifying. how do you alleviate that fear? you let them know that there’s a union-driven safety net. everyone contributes to the fund with their dues, and everyone draws from it according to their basic needs. sure, the funds won’t last forever, but if you plan well and keep it maintained, that gives you more bargaining power. it’s not the employers waiting to starve you out, it’s a game of chicken: your dwindling funds vs. their dwindling profits, who decides it’s not worth it first?

calling for a nationwide strike doesn’t do that because there is no safety net. you’re effectively only asking the people who can afford to take time off to strike, and ignoring everyone else. and if you really want your protests to have power, you can’t afford to ignore all those people.

addendum: this is why it’s called ORGANIZING. it takes time and energy to plan effective resistance. casting your idea out into the abyss of the internet and hoping that people take you up on it without anything to back you up is like calling for the montgomery bus boycott without having any carpools or shoe drives.

honestlydeepesttidalwave:

Tourist Trap (1979) 

w/Tanya Roberts, Robin Sherwood, Jocelyn Jones, Chuck Connors

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