Global sales of arms and military services by the 100 largest defense contractors increased in 2010 to $411.1 billion, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. The increase reflects a decade-long trend of growing military spending. Since 2002, total arms sales among the 100 largest arms manufacturers have increased 60%.
If the Axis Powers had won World War II, a group of American Nazi sympathizers hoped to lure Adolf Hitler to Los Angeles, where he would win the hearts and minds of the Hollywood elite. So assured were these Hitler fans of Germany’s victory that they spent millions of dollars building the Führer a luxury ranch.
There’s no shortage of people who have an opinion on how the apocalypse could look. Here are the likeliest options, with descriptions of the horrors we’d have to endure.
You’re at a movie theatre and the kids behind you won’t stop babbling. Not a problem. You reach into your bag, whip out your trusty speech-jamming gun, whirl around in your seat and blast them. No more nattering.
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CONSPIRAPORN! 