It’s cute and terrifying:

A great gift for the people you love!

Now taking orders for long-sleeved shirts and sweatshirts for delivery by Christmas. Details at Kevin’s.

While digging through my archives over at Murdoc Online, I came across this beauty:

Found in Afghanistan.

I had originally found it at Oscar Poppa, but OP seems to be TU and I’m wondering if anyone out there has a line on a higher-res version than I have here.

UPDATE: The Firearm Blog has a larger version. Also here, with a more conventional comrade.

6 “Non-Lethal” Weapons That’ll Make You Wish You Were Dead

Yeah, it’s Cracked.com. But they’ve usually got pretty good stuff.

One of the items on this list is the military’s Active Denial System, a Humvee-mounted “pain ray” that I’ve written about from time to time over at Murdoc Online. In one of my posts, I revealed a double-dog-classified super-duper-top-secret image from a developmental test of the ADS:

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From a reader:

Saw this on Aljiz (English version) today and had to laugh. I think the guy used to drive home the Nigerian rebel threat is maybe missing something?

Nigeria rebels declare 'oil war'

Looks like a perfect Nigerian rebel to Murdoc.

Turn off your alarm clock by shooting it. Nifty.

xkcd is awesome.