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Most of us hear you and understand, but also understand what EEGator is implying.

We want back the America where people took pride in working, we could leave our doors unlocked and let the kids play down the street.

The only place this possibly exists now is in overwhelming white rural communities and even that is under assault.

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out which group of people are leading that assault.

Well it sure would be good if God got off his rear end and showed up. I’m atheist and figured out long ago that abortion kills a baby for the irresponsible behavior of the woman and the man involved. Sex is about creating a baby, most of the other stuff doesn’t matter. There are multiple ways of birth control, so baring those who have problems with that, not getting pregnant if you are responsible really shouldn’t be an issue. I agree with others if Trump comes out a pro-abortion, he will lose my vote. If a person has no issue with killing a baby, what makes you think they will have an issue killing you?

Interesting, thank you for the information. I have only seen the movie, never read the book so that part is my bad. Just never got around to it, will have to pick up a copy to see the difference.

If they had manuals, then at least someone had some idea of the complexity of such devices. The whole missile launch system is complex, one failure along the way prevents the intended outcome.
One of the reasons why the “Fat Man” type plutonium bomb was tested instead of the “Little Boy” was they were worried about a “Fizzle”, not getting a full explosion of around 20 kilotons.
If you are directly on target of even a “Fizzle” of only 5-10 kilotons, you’re not going to worry about if it had gone off at full strength.
Correct my if I’m wrong, but I though the other stuff on the platform was a shipment back, and the suicide bomber had only a backpack type bomb (which is going be around 5, maybe 10 kilotons). I thought the premise was that the Psychlo planet couldn’t handle the radiation.

Unless there is about 50,000 megatons of Cobalt encased nuclear warheads stored someplace on this planet, there isn’t enough nukes in the world to end all life on the planet. Make our current civilization level untenable? That is a definite as most countries are not prepared for any level of disaster, let alone a nuclear war. Having an 800 kiloton warhead explode over a city such as New York will be disaster the likes that the United States has never seen, there would be a million casualties at minimum.

Yeah, that is the big “Question” on just about everything military at the moment. During the Cold War and through various organizations that tried to estimate military capabilities, it was estimated that 80% of our nuclear weapons were ready at any moment. Right Now? 50%? maybe lower? Aging systems are still capable with proper maintenance as the A-10 will attest to, but are they getting it? Your list of what needs attending is just the start.

Possibly, nuclear weapons and the missiles that deliver them are relatively high maintenance equipment. The idea in movies such as "Battlefield Earth" of a nuclear bomb sitting around for hundreds of years without maintenance and still works is in it self fiction. As the Russian-Ukraine war shown, Russian maintenance is very poor and Putin (or whoever is in charge now) is very much wondering how many of their nuclear weapons will work.

I currently live in California and completely agree the petroleum companies should stop selling all their products here. But I bet though, the Federal government will step in and force them to sell again. It would be nice to see the communist types of this state have to live without for a bit.

Well done. I’m part of a local Civil Air Patrol that does the same at a local cemetery. Cadets in full dress blues uniforms rendering honors for our veterans. Cold morning, but well worth it.

Yep, its amazing that early Biblical writers figured that out thousands of years ago, but some how its been missed by our modern medical establishment.

It really doesn’t matter which of the possible Republican candidates wins the Presidency. None of them including Trump is going to what needs to be done to start fixing this country’s issues. Washington D.C. figuratively if not literally needs to be burned down.

There is no other city in this country, if not world that has its influence, money and power, all of which completely stink of corruption. God owes Sodom and Gomorrah an apology for their destruction for sins that pale in comparison to Washington D.C.

Yes, there are other destructive influences on our country, but they are minor players compared to Washington D.C. I can’t see any Republican President even if backed up by Republican controlled both houses of Congress do anything but put band-aids on our problems.

Yeah, but we might want to set a bag limit so that all of us can have a chance to join

If they had their way at the time, they wouldn’t have fought at all, it wasn’t till the Japanese attacked at Pearl Harbor that finally got the U.S. into the war. Otherwise if neither Nazi Germany or Imperial Japan had bothered them, they would have let the rest of the world burn.

Without knowing more of his background we don’t know, but if not him, there were plenty of his generation that literally worshipped F.D.R., the man who greatly enhanced the “entitlement mentality of our nation.

Yeah took me a few tries also and I have it bookmarked

Even if a nuclear escalation occurs, don't count yourself out. In the last 2 decades, overall numbers and sizes of arsenals have gone down. Nuclear Weapons are expensive and maintenance heavy to keep and Russia has long proven lacking in this (same for a Navy, most of theirs is rotting in port). The U.S. gave up it big weapons long ago (the Titan II with 9 Megaton warheads) as making the fusion material had too high a cost and we really don't need them (if you can tell a missile which window to hit in a building, a nuke is way overkill). Just having a nuclear bomb, doesn't mean its going to work, it takes a certain level of competence to not only get it to go off, but then deliver it around the world, and on target takes even more. If Russia has targeted a base in your area, it doesn't mean they have a 10 megaton bomb for every target. 50 Kiloton (about 2-3 size used at Hiroshima) size warheads are the most common. If you are on the target, its not going to matter if it is a 1 kiloton bomb, but if you are ten miles away, you are going to survive. A sizable percentage of Russian nukes are going to be targeted against China (no matter how friendly they seem, they really are not). So far this war has been very much conventional arms, time will tell if Russia numbers can make up for their lack of ability. Changing the DEFCON levels and putting commands on alert happen anytime such conflicts involve the major powers. Taking stock of your situation, and a little preparation can go a long way in any emergency.

If you want a good site to check out the size of devastation and effects, look at this site. NukeMap by Alex Wellerstein at https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/. You can use historical and proposed nuclear bombs. It shows a lot of the blast, thermal and radiation zones in sizes from the detonation point.

As for fallout (if you are not on the target site), you need to get an idea of what targets are in the area and if the attacks on them will be “Air Burst” or “Ground Burst”. If they are air (usually for soft targets such as cities), there will be little fallout even if you are downwind. Ground burst are used for hard targets (such as missile silos or something like the Cheyanne Command center) and this where the fallout generally will derive from.

Nuclear Weapons have three primary effects: Blast, Heat and Prompt Radiation. Generally the break down of energy is 55% Blast, 35% Heat and 10% Prompt Radiation (Nuetron bombs just change the percentages around, about 45% Blast, 20% Heat and 35% Prompt Radiation).

Blast and Heat effects are generally understood. Prompt Radiation is that initial radiation burst when the bomb detonates, usually very powerful and short range (radius size is very related to size of the warhead) and instant, it doesn’t linger. Fallout comes from the Prompt Radiation blast irradiating any dirt and debris blown up into the atmosphere (that’s why very little in an Air Burst).

This is the general idea. For general knowledge, there never was enough nuclear weapons to destroy all life on the planet (to explain that would take another long essay). Other than a few minor powers (such as Pakistan and India), the overall numbers and megatonnage of explosive power has gone down in the last couple of decades. A nuclear detonation in a major city is going to create horrendous devastation, but it doesn’t end the world.

The fear porn on covid has been so prevalent, I don’t believe anything initially from the Mainstream sources. The “Pro-Vax” crowd has been especially bad at it. What is the rest of the story here? What has been left out that would change the entire narrative?

While I feel sorrow for those left in Afghanistan. When Biden was declared President, anybody overseas with common sense should have been looking for a way to get out then and not wait till the disaster actually happens.

Even with Big Tech censorship, using the internet is isn’t hard to find counter information, but the bigger question would be, will her family listen? If they aren’t even going to listen to the other side due to fear, one-sided news, etc, then searching will be only for her own benefit.