Tag 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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The Launch Codes

Posted on November 17, 2011 at 5:30 pm by JM Ashby

This is an actual poll conducted by Fox News yesterday. Michele Bachmann is two points ahead of Jon Huntsman? Really? She might nuke the wrong country. And Herman Cain? The guy who says attacking Iran isn’t practical because Iran is … Continue reading →

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Super Stupid

Posted on November 2, 2011 at 2:42 pm by Bob Cesca

Herman Cain is worried about China. “They’ve indicated that they’re trying to develop nuclear capability…” China has been nuclear since 1964. They’re responsible for the fourth largest nuclear stockpile in the world, with approximately 240 warheads. Doy.

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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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Crazy Quote of the Day

Posted on January 20, 2011 at 4:52 pm by Bob Cesca

“I believe that the evidence is very clear that he was developing weapons of mass destruction.” Senator Joe Lieberman today on Morning Joe Uh. What?!

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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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The Second Bomb

Posted on August 9, 2010 at 2:55 pm by Bob Cesca

Question for the room… There’s been an ongoing debate for the last 55 years about whether or not we should have dropped the atom bomb on Hiroshima. But on this day in 1945, we dropped a second bomb — this … Continue reading →

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Morning Awesome

Posted on July 16, 2010 at 6:04 am by Bob Cesca

The Animated History of Nuclear Weapons Tests (Hang with this one. It starts out slow, but by the 1950s, you’re going to freak out at all of the nuclear tests that were taking place — too many of which were … Continue reading →

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