6 days ago by SPEEDY GONZALEZ ES DE LA DEA

I just finished reading a provocative new book Bomb Power - Garry Wills - Penguin Group (USA). Historian Garry Wills argues that the rise of the National Security State and the ongoing expansion of U.S. presidential authority, including the spread of government secrecy, are rooted in the development ...

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21 days ago by Fabius Maximus

Summary: We see another round of news about Iran getting the bomb. Just as they would have the bomb in a few years — ever since 1992. Of course, all these threats to bomb Iran probably only increase their interest in getting the bomb. A perfect example of American geopolitical strategy, ensuring wha ...

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24 days ago by Fabius Maximus

Today’s links to interesting news and analysis — with a new feature, daily good news! “When Did the Word Negro Become Taboo? In 1966 or soon thereafter“, Brian Palmer, Slate, 11 January 2010 Good news! “Coral can recover from climate change damage, press release about this article: “Marine Reserves ...

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28 days ago by Fabius Maximus

Today’s links to interesting news and analysis… “World will ‘cool for the next decade’“, New Scientist, 9 September 2009 — Summary of forecasts about decadal cooling (e.g., “Advancing decadal-scale climate prediction in the North Atlantic sector“, Mojib Latif et al, Nature, 1 May 2008) — More rebutt ...

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30 days ago by Keith Ruffles

Tsutomu Yamaguchi, the only man officially recognised as a survivor of both atomic bombs dropped on Japan in 1945, has died at the age of 93. Working for Mitsubishi as a draftsman designing oil tankers during the war, Yamaguchi was in Hiroshima on a business trip when the Little Boy bomb was dropped ...

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35 days ago by John Farrier

( YouTube Link) A (presumably) abandoned ship near a US nuclear test is swamped by the resulting massive wave. The video is courtesy of Atomic Central, a site filled with pictures, videos, and information about nuclear weapons. via Urlesque | Atomic Central

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35 days ago by Fabius Maximus

It’s astonishing how often folks say in comments that they use only information sources that match their preconceptions. “I don’t read him, he’s a lefty/right/evildoer.” This is a recipe for ignorance. The FM newswire cites sources from a wide range of viewpoints. Esp from the fringes, where new ins ...

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38 days ago by Europe

Iranian "Nukes" Forged U.S. intelligence has concluded that the document published recently by the Times of London, which purportedly describes an Iranian plan to do experiments on what the newspaper described as a “neutron initiator” for an atomic weapon, is a fabrication, according to a former Cen ...

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42 days ago by BGR

Mordechai Vanunu, who served 18 years in prison after he revealed Israel’s secret nuclear programme, has been placed under house arrest pending criminal charges for allegedly breaching the terms of his 2004 release, which includes a ban on contacts with foreigners. A police spokesman, Micky Rosenfel ...

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47 days ago by TMO

By Hesham Tillawi Interview, Current Issues TV Below is the transcript of an eye-opening interview that took place between peace activist Mordechai Vanunu and talk show host Hesham Tillawi on the television program Current Issues. TILLAWI. `Well, I do believe that we have Mordechai Vanunu with us…Mo ...

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