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Five Times the US Almost Nuked Itself
kdawson writes "io9 has a scary outline of five times the US came close to accidental nuclear disasters. Quoting: 'In August of 1950, ten B-29 Superfortress bombers took off from what was then called Fairfield-Suisun Air Force Base in California, headed for Guam. Each was carrying a Mark IV atom bomb, which was about twice as powerful as the bombs dropped on Japan at the end of World War II. Shortly after takeoff, one of the B-29s had engine trouble. On board was General Robert Travis. He commanded the plane to turn back to the base when the landing gear refused to retract. Sensing the plane was going down, the pilot tried to avoid some base housing before crashing at the northwest corner of the base. The initial impact killed 12 of the 20 people aboard, including General Travis. The resulting fire eventually detonated the 5,000 pounds of conventional explosives that were part of the Mark IV. That massive explosion killed seven people on the ground. Had the bomb been armed with its fissile capsule, the immediate death toll may have reached six figures.'"
too bad the banks did set off a economical based nuke that didnt miss :(
These people will soon be in charge of health care.
there's no other way out but up for most of US.
the corepirate nazi holycost (life, liberty etc...) is increasing by the
minute. you call this 'weather'?
continue to add immeasurable amounts of MISinformation, rhetoric & fluff,
& there you have IT? that's US? thou shalt not... oh forget it. fake
weather (censored?), fake money, fake god(s), what's next? fake ?aliens?
ahhaha. seeing as we (have been told that) came from monkeys, the only
possible clue we would have to anything being out of order, we would get
from the weather. that, & all the other monkeys tipping over/exploding
around US.
the search continues; on any search engine
weather+manipulation
bush+cheney+wolfowitz+rumsfeld+wmd+oil+freemason+blair+obama+weather+authors
meanwhile (as it may take a while longer to finish wrecking this place);
the corepirate nazi illuminati (remember, (we have been told) we came from
monkeys, & 'they' believe they DIDN'T), continues to demand that we learn
to live on less/nothing while they continue to consume/waste/destroy
immeasurable amounts of stuff/life, & feast on nubile virgins while
worshipping themselves (& evile in general (baal to be exact)). they're
always hunting that patch of red on almost everyones' neck. if they cannot
find yours (greed, fear ego etc...) then you can go starve. that's their
(slippery/slimy) 'platform' now. see also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisocial_personality_disorder
never a better time to consult with/trust in our creators. the lights are
coming up rapidly all over now. see you there?
greed, fear & ego (in any order) are unprecedented evile's primary
weapons. those, along with deception & coercion, helps most of us remain
(unwittingly?) dependent on its' life0cidal hired goons' agenda. most of
our dwindling resources are being squandered on the 'wars', & continuation
of the billionerrors stock markup FraUD/pyramid schemes. nobody ever
mentions the real long term costs of those debacles in both life & any
notion of prosperity for us, or our children. not to mention the abuse of
the consciences of those of us who still have one, & the terminal damage
to our atmosphere/planet (see also: manufactured 'weather', hot etc...).
see you on the other side of it? the lights are coming up all over now.
the fairytail is winding down now. let your conscience be your guide. you
can be more helpful than you might have imagined. we now have some
choices. meanwhile; don't forget to get a little more oxygen on your
brain, & look up in the sky from time to time, starting early in the day.
there's lots going on up there.
"The current rate of extinction is around 10 to 100 times the usual
background level, and has been elevated above the background level since
the Pleistocene. The current extinction rate is more rapid than in any
other extinction event in earth history, and 50% of species could be
extinct by the end of this century. While the role of humans is unclear in
the longer-term extinction pattern, it is clear that factors such as
deforestation, habitat destruction, hunting, the introduction of
non-native species, pollution and climate change have reduced biodiversity
profoundly.' (wiki)
"I think the bottom line is, what kind of a world do you want to leave for
your children," Andrew Smith, a professor in the Arizona State University
School of Life Sciences, said in a telephone interview. "How impoverished
we would be if we lost 25 percent of the world's mammals," said Smith, one
of more than 100 co-authors of the report. "Within our lifetime hundreds
of species could be lost as a result of our own actions, a frightening
sign of what is happening to the ecosystems where they live," added Julia
Marton-Lefevre, IUCN director general. "We must now set clear targets for
the future to rev
Yer right. We should force them to work without being paid. Fits right in there with the liberal train of thought.
When Fascism comes to America, it will call itself Anti-Fascism, and tell you to give up your guns.
That isn't flamebait. here, let me show you how to do flamebait, from the master.
Every fucking faggot involved in ANY level of politics needs to be dragged out into the street and shot, Rethuglican, Libtard, or Dimcrap, from the lowest levels of the citizenry all the way to the top level of our government and MOST DEFINITELY every lobbyist. The fact that these groups of people want to force everyone else to conform to THEIR whims for only their PERSONAL (and usually religious-based) benefit demonstrates that these people are untrustworthy, dangerous, and likely to be unfaithful to their oaths of office, not to mention totally unfaithful to their beliefs which often interfere with their personal desires. Look at the voting records and look at the lobbyists if you need any further proof.
I hope enough people get up the nerve to start a civil war, because we sorely need one. And I hope the first person that dies is you, Mr. AC, because you're too cowardly to be visible and stand up for what you believe.
Still waiting on Serviscope_minor to wake up to fucking reality and realize that Jessica Price isn't going to fuck him.
And it is kinda that way just by necessity. Turns out that a nuclear bomb isn't the easiest thing in the world to build. If it were, well then probably every asshat dictator would have a few.
Don't be an idiot, or at least stop writing if you don't know what you are talking about.
Nuclear weapons area very easy to make IFF you have the materials for them. The most difficult part is either getting the enriched uranium OR plutonium (even more difficult).. After you have the materials, it's very easy to make a bomb. So please, stop speaking out of your ass.
As GP said, they are designed to disperse - designed being the operative word.