…Monday!
Due to a bleeding dog (she’s okay, but her head is wrapped up like she just had brain surgery even though the only thing bleeding was her ear), I didn’t have time to edit the next part of Hellbender (yes, I do attempt to edit them), so the story will continue Monday. If you don’t like Hellbender, then you will be unaffected by this announcement.
Now stay tuned for IMAO’s regular weekend programming.

Researchers at Duke University subjected participants to subliminal images of the iconic Apple and IBM logos (during what subjects thought was a visual acuity test), and those who were shown the Apple logo generated more creative ideas after the test than did those who were shown the IBM logo.

[Hat tip: Jim]
Which brings up the obvious question – What effect does this logo have on people?

My answers in the extended entry, yours in comments, please.

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Since Barack Obama had his passport data illegally accessed, he is at risk for identity theft. If someone purchases something from you with a credit card and claims to be Barack Obama, it would be a good idea to do some extra checks on his identity by asking a few more questions to confirm he is who he says he is:
QUESTION #1: What is your middle name?
CORRECT ANSWER: “It’s racist to even bring that up.”
QUESTION #2: How would you describe your grandma?
CORRECT ANSWER: “Typical white person.”
QUESTION #3: If you found out someone is a hateful bigot, how quickly should you cut ties with him?
CORRECT ANSWER: “Within twenty years.”
QUESTION #4: I will say a series of words, and I want you to say the first thing that comes to mind with each. [Say five random words, waiting for a response for each.]
CORRECT ANSWER: He should answer “hope” or “change” no matter what the words.
Next, ask him a series of questions about foreign affairs. If he’s the real Barack Obama, he should have no idea what you’re talking about.
Also, make sure he is not wearing a flag pin, as that would immediately identify an impostor.

I was thinking my Obama ’08 logo from yesterday is actually pretty awesome. If we printed up a bunch of those as stickers and put them everywhere, the liberals would be crying racism (though they wouldn’t be sure by and against who) and it would be hilarious.
Anyway, here are some other ones for variety:

I think this is one people can get behind. Even if someone doesn’t agree with all of it, it’s mostly very forward-looking and positive.

Again, not everyone will agree with the entire message, but they’ll recognize how positive it is about the future and respond to that.
I kid, though. Obama has a number of unique risks as a candidate as his wife mentioned in a 60 Minutes interview in February of last year:

KROFT: This is a tough question to ask, but a number of years ago, Colin Powell was thinking about running for president, and his wife, Alma, really did not want him to run.
MICHELLE OBAMA: Mm-hmm.
KROFT: She was worried about some crazy person with a gun.
MICHELLE OBAMA: Mm-hmm.
KROFT: Is that something that you think about?
MICHELLE OBAMA: I don’t lose sleep over it, because the realities are that, you know, as a black man, you know, Barack can just be going to the gas station and get infected by a virus made in a government lab by white people to kill minorities, you know. So, you know, you can’t — you know, you can’t make decisions based on fear and the possibility of what might happen. We just weren’t raised that way.

I don’t know where he drives her, though, because no one has seen her in some time. She’s probably in some nursing home ranting about black people like every other white person her age.