Category Archives: Nuclear Weapons

U.S. Military Considered Blowing Up the Moon

Posted on November 26, 2012 at 2:08 pm by Bob Cesca

I thought this was a joke, but it’s not. CBS News reports: During the height of the Cold War, U.S. officials debated whether to detonate nuclear bomb on the moon in order to send a message to the Soviet Union, … Continue reading →

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Price Is Right Fail Horn

Posted on April 13, 2012 at 11:31 am by Bob Cesca

North Korea really tried to make the world piss itself in fear yesterday, but their stupid missile test was a phenomenal blunder. PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea’s much-anticipated rocket launch ended quickly in failure early Friday, splintering into pieces … Continue reading →

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Kim Jong Il is Dead

Posted on December 19, 2011 at 7:08 am by Bob Cesca

Last night: North Korean television announced in a “special broadcast” that its leader Kim Jong Il has died in Pyongyang, the AP reports. Kim’s death was announced Monday from the state capital of Pyongyang. He reportedly suffered a stroke in … Continue reading →

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What Could Go Wrong?

Posted on September 14, 2011 at 3:00 pm by JM Ashby

This should serve as a healthy portion of Humble Pie, but it probably won’t. Unfortunately. The United States could only account for 1,160 out of 17,500 kilograms of Highly-Enriched Uranium (HEU) — weapon-usable nuclear material — exported to 27 countries … Continue reading →

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Why We Fight

Posted on January 18, 2011 at 8:45 am by Bob Cesca

Yesterday was the anniversary of President Eisenhower’s farewell address in which he warned against the influence of the military industrial complex. So here, presented in full, is the phenomenal documentary Why We Fight. This is arguably the finest documentary of … Continue reading →

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What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Posted on November 20, 2010 at 9:00 am by Bob Cesca

Americans are smart! If the clash over rebuilding the nation’s nuclear arms complex has an epicenter, it lies in New Mexico on the flanks of an extinct volcano near an active geologic fault that has sent the project’s costs spiraling … Continue reading →

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Losing the Middle with Nukes

Posted on April 9, 2010 at 3:15 pm by Bob Cesca

I really hope the Republicans keep ratcheting up the “nuke ‘em all!” language because they will absolutely lose the middle and the center-right in the process. Please give us more Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich and Michele Bachmann: “If in fact … Continue reading →

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Jon Stewart On FNC's Nuclear Lies

Posted on April 9, 2010 at 1:51 pm by Bob Cesca

Yep. Newt Gingrich is just running around like a doughy lie machine this week. It’s actually quite amazing. Earlier, he was lying about the healthcare bill and something to do with an “army” of IRS agents. Totally a lie. Fantasy … Continue reading →

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Utterly Fucking Clueless

Posted on April 8, 2010 at 7:23 am by Bob Cesca

Sean Hannity and Sarah Palin talk nuclear weapons: So these mindless doofs want us to drop nuclear missiles on nations that signed a non-proliferation treaty to not even begin to develop nuclear missiles? Uh-huh. Great policy. A great policy that … Continue reading →

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Shocker: Drudge Lying About Nukes

Posted on April 6, 2010 at 9:45 am by Bob Cesca

Here’s the banner headline at Drudge today: NO NUKES: EVEN IN SELF-DEFENSE! This implies that other nations can attack us with nuclear weapons and we’re not allowed to respond proportionally — which of course is fine, considering the decades-old idea … Continue reading →

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