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Prevention is the Only Solution: a Hiroshima Native’s View of Nuclear Weapons
Prevention is the Only Solution: a Hiroshima Native’s View of Nuclear Weapons Photo by Gerry Lauzon | CC BY 2.0 At 8:07 on Saturday morning, Hawaii residents woke up to an emergency alert on their cellphones: BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. Until a second message called […]
Missile False Alarm in Hawaii: How Wrong Buttons Can Wreak Havoc
Mobile phone users in Hawaii saw this message. Missile False Alarm in Hawaii: How Wrong Buttons Can Wreak Havoc Should the survival of humanity hinge on bureaucratic protocols? On Saturday at 8:05 am, residents of Hawaii were terrified by a text message that said a missile was heading their way, and they should “seek shelter […]
Another Step Toward Armageddon
Another Step Toward Armageddon The US military/security complex has taken another step toward Armageddon. The Pentagon has prepared a nuclear posture review (NPR) that gives the OK to development of smaller “useable” nuclear weapons and permits their use in response to a non-nuclear attack. As Reagan and Gorbachev understood, but the warmongers who have taken […]
‘Preparing for the Unthinkable’: CDC to Hold Briefing on How to Prepare the Public for a Nuclear Detonation in America
‘PREPARING FOR THE UNTHINKABLE’: CDC TO HOLD BRIEFING ON HOW TO PREPARE THE PUBLIC FOR A NUCLEAR DETONATION IN AMERICA Amid rising tensions between the United States and North Korea, the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention have scheduled a briefing for later this month that will teach healthcare professionals how to better prepare the […]
The World’s Real Nuclear Menace Isn’t North Korea
The World’s Real Nuclear Menace Isn’t North Korea Photo by Toby Scott | CC BY 2.0 With growing speculation of war with North Korea and familiar apocalyptic rhetoric in recent times, the United States and North Korea have participated in increasingly bellicose exchanges. These recent exchanges range from President Trump calling on other nations to […]
North Korea Declares New Sanctions An ‘Act Of War,’ Refuses To Ever Abandon Its Nukes
North Korea Declares New Sanctions An ‘Act Of War,’ Refuses To Ever Abandon Its Nukes North Korea strongly rejected the latest United Nations sanctions resolution, calling it an “act of war” against the rogue regime. The U.N. Security Council unanimously decided Friday to impose tougher sanctions on North Korea in response to the North’s […]
Putin Warns “Russia Has Right To Respond” To US Military Buildup, Hints At Use Of Nuclear Weapons
Putin Warns “Russia Has Right To Respond” To US Military Buildup, Hints At Use Of Nuclear Weapons Multiple Russian state media outlets are reporting that President Vladimir Putin has stressed that Russia has a right to respond to US military build-up in Europe while furthering its strategic nuclear deterrence capabilities in a speech delivered before a […]
Saving Humanity From Itself
Saving Humanity From Itself Since the beginning of the nuclear age and the dropping of the first atomic bombs, humankind has struggled with the reality of being able to destroy the planet on the one hand and the abolition of these weapons on the other. This year’s Nobel Peace Prize to the International Campaign to […]
Little Rocket Man’s Risky Game
Little Rocket Man’s Risky Game In the morning darkness of Wednesday, Kim Jong Un launched an ICBM that rose almost 2,800 miles into the sky before falling into the Sea of Japan. North Korea now has the proven ability to hit Washington, D.C. Unproven still is whether Kim can put a miniaturized nuclear warhead atop […]
What Bikini Atoll Looks Like Today
Photo: Bettman/Getty Images What Bikini Atoll Looks Like Today Sixty years after the nuclear tests, the groundwater is contaminated and the coconuts are radioactive. But are the coral reefs thriving? Nearly 60 years after the last of 23 nuclear explosions in its land, air and water, Bikini Atoll again looks like the idyllic Pacific paradise it […]
Is Korea Just a Smokescreen?
Is Korea Just a Smokescreen? In my last article (Sticking the arson charge on a couple of patsies) I questioned why North Korea’s nuclear program was attracting such attention from the United States. North Korea is a very poor and backwards country whose bellicosity reflects the regime’s need for an external enemy like the United […]
The Real Nuclear Triad: Energy, Weapons and Waste
The Real Nuclear Triad: Energy, Weapons and Waste Photo by Maxwell Hamilton | Public Domain Clear and Present Danger Never before has the unbreakable connection between nuclear energy, weapons and waste been so blatantly obvious to the public eye…yet, with so little notice. Although President Trump has threatened to obliterate North Korea and its 25 […]
Pentagon Says Securing North Korean Nuclear Sites Would Require “Ground Invasion”
Pentagon Says Securing North Korean Nuclear Sites Would Require “Ground Invasion” With President Donald Trump arriving in Japan today to kick off a 10-day Asia tour, the Washington Post is reporting that the only way to locate and secure all of North Korea’s nuclear weapons sites “with complete certainty” would be a ground invasion, and […]
Associated Press Associates Itself With War
Associated Press Associates Itself With War Robert Burns and Matthew Pennington of the Associated Press tell us: “U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is visiting the Korean Peninsula at a momentous juncture in the faltering effort to persuade Pyongyang to halt and dismantle its nuclear weapons program. Ominous questions hang in the air.” Why momentous? North […]
Rickards On “The Fragility Of The North Korean Nuclear Showdown”
Rickards On “The Fragility Of The North Korean Nuclear Showdown” Amid today’s contradictory statements from President Trump that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson “is wasting his time trying to negotiate with Little Rocket Man… Save your energy Rex, we’ll do what has to be done!” and The State Department’s statement that “The White House is […]
