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Oldest Weapons-grade Plutonium Found In Dump
Urchin writes "Researchers have just identified the first batch of weapons-grade plutonium ever made. The batch was produced as part of the Manhattan Project, but predates Trinity — the first nuclear weapon test — by seven months. It was unearthed in a waste pit at Hanford, Washington, inside a beaten up old safe."
Don't worry, it's only a matter of time before a crew of teenage crime-fighters mutates into existence. Hanford will then be the safest place in the world!
I just pooped your party.
I heard Iran wanted this significant piece of history for the space museum that they plan to launch at us for all Americans to enjoy.
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By "Researchers" they mean "Homeland Security officers" who were contacted by "Police" who were contacted by "Hospital Staff" who had become sickened by "vagrants" admitted to emergency rooms with strange "green glowing skin" who had admitted to trying to sell a "Safe" they found in the "dump".
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At the cost of hundreds of thousands of civilian Japanese lives.
That's what happens when your Emperor and your military piss off America.
Richard Feynman mustn't have had access to this particular safe.
The real shame is that Doc Brown never had to get involved with terrorists after all.
But perfectly post WWII....
What's your point?
How do you kill that which has no life?
Worst case scenario, you give a half-dozen people lung cancer. Not exactly an effective weapon.
Just make sure you don't detonate it in the smoking area, or you'll never even know if it was effective....
"City hall" in German is "Rathaus" Kinda explains a few things......
of course we are! We use Pyrex now, and the holes are totally deeper!
You're thinking small. Why miniaturize the laser, when we could instead enlarge the sharks? -John Searle
Ah because the good old US of A is the perfect country where sunshine flows out of the assholes of the general population.
Try reading my post. I said the US makes mistakes and blunders. Apparently reading (and comprehension) is NOT fundamental for you.
Do you even realise that you get taught a biased version of world events?
I don't depend on any one source, or any one nations' sources for my information. They now have this wonderful thing called the "internet" now. You probably know it as that thing Al Gore invented. (Yes, that's sarcasm.)
Actually the EU provides more official foreign development aid than the US.
http://www.results.org/website/article.asp?id=3558
The EU states of France germany and the UK alone beat the US and when you consider how much wealthier the US is those countries are giving twice the percentage of Gross National Income that the US is. Now that's no reason to knock the US, any donation is a help when it comes to these things.
So, you quote some private non-governmental organization with a vested interest in pressuring the richer countries to contribute more and that uses statistics (lies, damn lies, and statistics) to "prove" the US isn't "doing it's fair share". Here's a news flash Bunky...WE DON"T OWE ANYONE A DAMNED THING! We give and in the amount we choose because that is OUR prerogative, not yours or anyone elses.
But but but but...fox news said america is the only country in the world that ever does anything good!!!!!
This is the second time you've mentioned Fox News in this one post. Obsess, much?
On balance I'd call the US a positive force in the world...
I agree. :)
Nice strawman you've built there. I never said that. I don't believe that. I *do* believe that Amnesty International has become politicized and has become a tool of the more left-leaning ideologues in recent times, which is sad. Especially for those to whom they could be devoting those resources that are instead being used to wage political/ideological attacks.
First- Check your fact.
*I* have, but in your case it's apparent that there are none so blind as those that refuse to see.
Second- stop with the fucking persecution complex.
Right. Because everyone knows that the US never gets unfairly-bashed, especially on /. .
By the way, how is that whole Darfur thing working out for you guys? I'm sure you must have it well in hand by now, no? After all, you *are* so much more caring than the "E-vil" USA...right?
It's ok, son...when you gain some age & maturity, you'll be able to separate your emotions from logic and actual history, and be able to think these things through more clearly.
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Progressivism (aka US 'Liberalism'): Ideas so good they need a police/surveillance-state to enforce.
And to think, Doc Brown could have avoided all dealings with those wacky Libyan terrorists!
Actually, it would have made the whole lightning plot completely moot. Then Marty would only have had incest to deal with!