Archive for the 'Nuclear Issues' Category

Now, it can be revealed…

Saturday, August 8th, 2009

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Wisconsin’s New Slogan Faces Some Pushback–AP headline, 3/17/2009

Friday, March 27th, 2009

LIVE LIKE YOU MEAN IT

is the new tourism and business slogan.
Sadly, it sounds somewhat stilted–despite the intended meaning.
One would have expected to have found the slogan in the last century.

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While there are complaints about its meaning,
there are other, more problematic slogans.

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Images:(Buster Brown) via memoriesandnostalgia.com; (explosion) rosscairn.gnn.tv via blog.wired.com; (Ragnar) fearthegooberzilla.com via gooberzilla.wordpress.com (Missouri) […]

Let us hope our stupidity and arrogance has not reached critical mass.

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

Because Part I of this series was so incredible, I could not believe it was true. Patapsco Creek Jack wrote the other day about a
Washington Post on-line discussion with Dana Priest.
Voila.
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PART THE THIRD 

From the Sunday London Times…
January 27, 2008
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Tip-off thwarted nuclear spy ring probe
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Insight: Chris Gourlay, Jonathan Calvert, Joe Lauria in Washington
AN investigation into […]

“Well, I, uh, don’t think it’s quite fair to condemn a whole program because of a single slip-up, sir.”–General Buck Turgidson in Dr. Strangelove (1964)

Monday, January 14th, 2008

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© Eigentum des jeweiligen Studios / Vertriebes
General “Buck” Turgidson: Ahem… The Duty Officer asked General Ripper to confirm the fact that he issued the go code, and he said, uh, “Yes gentlemen, they are on their way in, and no one can bring them back. For the sake of our country, and our way […]

“Hey, there, Mr. NIE, you gotta real purty mouth.”

Thursday, December 13th, 2007

Thompson: ‘I Don’t Care’ What The Intelligence On Iran Says, The NIE Is ‘Foolishness’
On Glenn Beck’s radio show yesterday, former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-TN) said he doesn’t care what the new National Intelligence Estimate on Iran says. Iran is “undoubtedly intent upon nuclear weapons,” Thompson said, explaining, “I don’t care what this latest NIE says.” […]

Olbermann opens up the all nine 16-inchers. Let’s hope the concussion will awaken the sleeping country.

Friday, December 7th, 2007

Bush: Pathological liar or idiot-in-chief?
Olbermann: Timeline for Iran’s nuclear ambitions was clear, but he kept on
SPECIAL COMMENT
By Keith Olbermann
Anchor, ‘Countdown’
MSNBC
updated 9:28 p.m. ET, Thurs., Dec. 6, 2007
There are few choices more terrifying(VIDEO) than the one Mr. Bush has left us with tonight.
We have either a president who is too dishonest to restrain himself from invoking […]

Arizona nuclear plant normal after pipe bomb found–Reuters

Sunday, November 4th, 2007

Plant refuses to see counselors.

Fri Nov 2, 2007 10:47pm EDT
By David Schwartz
PHOENIX (Reuters) - The Palo Verde nuclear power plant, the largest in the United States, was sealed off for much of Friday after guards found a pipe bomb in a worker’s truck as he tried to enter the facility, officials said.

Russia and China block tough Iran sanctions: U.S.–Reuters

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

Now, how could we have expected this administration
to have foreseen that little blip?
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By Mark Heinrich
November 1, 2007
VIENNA (Reuters) - The United States said on Thursday Russia and China had been blocking tough U.N. sanctions against Iran for months and pledged a drive to impose them if Iran did not halt nuclear activity within two […]

Let’s not be too quick to judge.

Sunday, September 23rd, 2007

These lunch boxes will provide necessary shielding
from the radioactive isotopic baby bibs
about which I reported in May.
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Thousands of Calif. Lunchboxes Recalled, May Be Lead-Tainted
Lunchboxes Boasted a Healthy-Eating Message
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By STEVE LAWRENCE
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sept. 21, 2007 — —
About 56,000 lunch boxes distributed by California in an effort to promote healthful eating may contain lead, […]

Please don’t mis-understand. I am totally against mistreatment of dogs, dog-fighting and its related industries. Nevertheless…

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

the Federal government’s concern for canines was quite touching when viewed against the backdrop of their funded or wholly-run experiments with radiation on humans.

The Tech
Volume 116 >> Issue 49 : Tuesday, October 8, 1996

Radiation Lawsuits Against MIT Loom
By Dudley W. Lamming
Staff Reporter

Two lawsuits filed last year against the Institute regarding tests on radiation exposure are […]