Archive for the 'Nuclear Issues' Category

I recall the time they had mistakenly attached cruise missile nukes to the underside of a Piedmont Airlines DC-3 making its Raleigh to Durham run.

Thursday, September 6th, 2007

The Seattle Times
Thursday, September 6, 2007 - Page updated at 02:08 AM
Air Force fires commander in nuke error
By PAULINE JELINEK
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Air Force fired a commander after a B-52 bomber was mistakenly armed with six nuclear warheads and flown for more than three hours across several states last week, Pentagon officials said […]

“Right, a buffa. The Bush family hadda lotta buffas.”–Willie Cicci

Tuesday, June 5th, 2007

NOTEBOOK: News Conference Minus Queries
Tuesday June 5, 2007 6:16 PM
By JENNIFER LOVEN
Associated Press Writer
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AP) - On a day when he trumpeted democracy, President Bush noted the vital nature of a free press. Then he got a laugh when the press got stiffed.
Bush joined Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek and President Vaclav Klaus […]

It’ll never replace that ‘open hearth/fondue’ combo from 1969.

Sunday, June 3rd, 2007

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Image: (kitchen) flatlink.ru; (missile silo shield/waffle iron combo) AP Photo via huffingtonpost.

Ahmadinejhad is almost maxed on his Diner’s Club card.

Saturday, May 26th, 2007

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Images: (warhead) mda.mil via huffingtonpost.com

TIME-DISTANCE-SHIELDING

Thursday, May 3rd, 2007

Suburban woman finds lead in grandson’s bib
Wal-Mart issues voluntary recall
WLS/Chicago/ABC.TV7/ By Cheryl Burton
May 2, 2007 - A suburban grandmother took action that protects children nationwide from a harmful product. Marilyn Furer discovered lead in a bib used by her grandson. She alerted authorities and now those bibs are being recalled.
Related Links
* Wal-Mart issues voluntary recall […]

You fill in the punch-line.

Saturday, April 28th, 2007

Bush and Abe warn North Korea to fulfill pact
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Los Angeles Times - 9 hours ago
The visiting Japanese premier and the US president insist Pyongyang must freeze nuclear activity, or face more sanctions. By Maura Reynolds, Times Staff Writer.
Please find the entire story at the Los Angeles Times.

What could possibly go wrong?!

Monday, April 16th, 2007

Russia building 1st floating nuke plant
Sun Apr 15, 3:09 PM ET
MOSCOW - Russia began construction of its first floating nuclear power plant Sunday, and plans to build at least six more despite long-standing environmental concerns that they are vulnerable to accidents at sea, Russian news agencies reported.
Please find the entire article here. 

I was tired…

Monday, April 9th, 2007

tired of the cheap suits…the forty-pound breast pockets… the bad complexions. But, mainly I was tired of the whining around the water cooler by guys who would just as soon fall asleep at their desks than empty a .38 into your gut.
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NRC staffers quietly become gun-toting cops
Typical cases involve falsified records, lost equipment, sleeping […]

Well, I’ll be dipped in Strontium 90!!

Friday, February 23rd, 2007

US intelligence on Iran proves ‘unfounded’
MUCH of the intelligence on Iran’s nuclear facilities provided to UN inspectors by American spy agencies has turned out to be unfounded, according to diplomatic sources in Vienna.
The claims come as the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, plus Germany, prepare to draft a second sanctions resolution on […]

Size 0: Impossibility or Hint to a Unified Theory

Sunday, February 18th, 2007

London fashion week begins, but size zero debate rages
by Elodie Mazein Sun Feb 11, 1:24 PM ET
LONDON (AFP) - London’s Winter Fashion Week kicked off in style, with Dublin-born designer Paul Costelloe unveiling his Parisian-themed collection, but the size-zero furore rumbled on.
Organisers at the British Fashion Council (BFC) had already decided not to follow Madrid […]