So this morning I'm reading this article about Pakistan testing a medium-range ballistic missile. I get distracted by an ad in the lefthand column that is for Western Union or something. The ad is demonstrating that WU will deliver anywhere fast by showing a map of the world with little lines shooting out from the United States to all over the world. It looks exactly like the animated graphics from the climactic scenes of the movie WarGames. The lines follow perfect ballistic trajectories and everything.

Maybe there's something about Western Union that we don't know. Or perhaps this is one of those swords-to-plowshares programs to use up excess cold war delivery platforms. "Your package delivered anywhere in the world in 30 minutes or less or your money back. Package integrity not guaranteed."