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Awesome awesome awesome awesome.

Fun Fact: I am obsessed with DARPA.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is the looniest, most brilliant agency in the DoD, responsible for such awesome things as the Internet and the Predator drone. (Also, more even awesome things like mindreading hats and cyborg insects).

But this time around, some are telling Obama to use these nutjob geniuses to fix something else. The economy.

I made the curious-dog-head movement too.

An open letter published in Aviation Week states that DARPA’s expertise nanotechnology, biotechnology and IT should be utilized (lol @ Lisa) by making manufacturing centers, which will employ a bunch o’ folks and jumpstart the faltering economy – which is now, in the terms of The West Wing, a serious “bagel.”

The administration hasn’t really gotten to a great start with the economy, at least since the beginning of the transition. They are getting a ton of money, but there isn’t much confidence in how it will be spent. And Obama’s nominee to head the Treasury said he made $40,000 mistake on his taxes because he couldn’t use TurboTax properly.

But, I’m not sure the agency that was made in response to Sputnik should be responsible for the revitalization of the American economy. (And I don’t want more people in the government infected with FOXDIE).

This wins the award for ugliest thing I have seen today.

If you are wondering, yes, that is a B-2 Spirit stealth bomber motorcycle.

Northrup Grumman commissioned Orange County Choppers to build this abomination to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the B-2. God only knows why. But at least Victor will like it.

“Orange County Choppers brought to this bike the same level of engineering artistry that Northrop Grumman engineers brought to the original design and development of the B-2 bomber.” — Dave Mazur, Vice President of Long Range Strike and B-2 program manager, Northrop Grumman

Awesome, so 20 of these motorcycles will be made at $737 million a pop?

And, these guys are capable of the same level of engineering artistry as the engineers who built the USAF’s premier stealth bomber? I feel safer already.

Excellent, just keep them away from John Travolta.

I was happy to see that after a few years, one of the best commercial characters ever returned for vote PSAs. For anyone who missed the originals, be sure to look up the Terry Tate: Office Linebacker Reebok commercials.

I put this up for the lulz, not for any political comment.