Tag Archives: Nuclear War

1983: The Day After airs on ABC

Remember how I mentioned my ongoing nightmare of dying in a nuclear conflict because St. Reagan had an itchy trigger finger? The Day After didn’t help and was my continuous fear’s source until college. Before ABC became a monopoly hotel … Continue reading

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1983: Operation Able Archer 83 almost ended the world

Seriously, 40 years ago, the world almost ended in a fiery nuclear holocaust. If you want to know even more in great, great depth, I highly recommend the podcast Snafu hosted by Ed Helms. I’ll just give a synopsis. Thanks … Continue reading

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1953: Eisenhower’s “Atoms for Peace” speech

On this day, President Eisenhower spoke before the UN General Assembly to promote the peaceful, positive applications of nuclear discoveries. Instead of weapons, why not harness nuclear fission to provide electricity! Given how much I think Ike was one of … Continue reading

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1963: Hotline between the USSR and US established

In light of how close the world came to Nuclear Armageddon over Cuba, this was set up to have the two super powers communicate before before they kill everybody. Contrary to the movies, namely Failsafe, it was never a hotline nor … Continue reading

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Oppenheimer: Worth Seeing despite its duration

Before you ask, no, I didn’t do the double feature crap. I’m sure Barbie is a good movie but I tend to avoid bullshit, moron trends I find shallow such as people pouring ice water on each other thinking it … Continue reading

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A birthday gift to myself from Fright Rags #2

In honor of War Games turning 40 along with how well the artist combined the artwork from all those awesome Atari 2600 game boxes…I wanted this! I was never wild about the movie when it was in theaters and I didn’t … Continue reading

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What used to be a common sighting in the Eighties

Not the machine necessarily but vehicles with at least a cabinet or two getting transported from one location to another, often arcades. This Missile Command cabinet was in pretty good shape from what I could tell. I didn’t have any … Continue reading

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