[DoctorTentonyya]

****ing hell.

-Arrian

[trorseIrripsy]

How bad must the GOP feel right now? It portrayed Obama as a socialist, a communist, a Muslim, an America hater, and a friend of terrorists. And of course a corrupt Chicago politician.

A majority of American voters said, "Y’know, we’re O.K. with that, as long as he’s not a Republican." You are an idiot.

[Jannet.K]

You are an idiot.

You're just commenting on that now? How slow are you anyway? Or is it you can't find a justifiable snarky invective to hurl?

[DoctorDulitlBest]

Wow, I'm surprised you didn't go the "well, he was in Afganistan and found the Taleban alluring, so clearly he's a terrorist" route. Instead we just get the "he was in prison, so obviously he's lying" route.



-Arrian

[KeettyGlots]

Hence the , rah. I don't really know if he's a low down dirty terrorist either. I rather suspect, however, that he's a nobody that our government spent several years beating up.

-Arrian

[Hammaduersnes]

"Innocent until proven guilty" went first. Then, 'no search without a warrant' seeking specific evidence. Then "no testifying against yourself." Then "no using evidence from an otherwise illegal search." This story says "no free speech if we don't like what you are saying" AND "no free association if we don't like who you hang with." Also if we arrest you in the company or potential company of another suspect that proves all the more "the guilt of each of you." In a very real way, the world is not a safer or freer place since the West decided to take the fight to the terrorists.

I work daily to support these efforts, but that is how the trends are looking to me at the moment.

[Stacypettlerr]

Rod the ex-govener of Illinois claims he's innocent also.

It's not the claims of innocence, it's the fact that he was transferred to Gitmo because he read a 30 year old article entitled, "How to Build an H-Bomb," that was clearly a satire. He may have been up to something, but that was ridiculous.

[T1ivuQGS]

Part 2:
A WORD TO THE WISE ABOUT WASTES
===============================

After your A-bomb is completed you'll have a pile of moderately fatal
radioactive wastes like U-238. These are not dangerous, but you do have
to get rid of them. You can flush leftovers down the toilet (don't worry
about polluting the ocean, there is already so much radioactive waste
there, a few more bucketfuls won't make waves), or if you're the fastidious
type, the kind who never leaves gum under their seat at the movies, you
can seal the nasty stuff in coffee cans and bury it in the backyard, just
like Uncle Sam does. If the neighbors' kids have a habit of trampling the
lawn, tell them to play over by the waste. You'll soon find that they're
spending most of their time in bed.


GOING FIRST CLASS
=================

If you're like us, you're feeling the economic pinch, and you'll want
to make your bomb as inexpensively as possible, consonant of course with
reasonable yield. The recipe we've given is for a budget-pleasing H-bomb,
no frills, no flourishes, just your basic 5-megaton bomb, capable of
wiping out the New York metropolitan area, the San Francisco Bay area, or
Boston. But don't forget, your H-bomb will only be as good as the A-bombs
in it.

If you want to spend a little more money you can punch-up your A-bomb
considerably. Instead of centrifuging your uranium by hand, you can buy a
commercial centrifuge (Fisher Scientific sells one for about $1000). You
also might want to be fussier about your design. The Hiroshima bomb, a
relatively crude one, only fissioned 1 percent of it's uranium and yielded
only 13 kilotons. In order to fission more of the uranium, the force of
your explosive 'trigger' has got to be evenly diffused around the sphere,
the same pressure has to be exerted on every point of the sphere
simultaneously. (It was a technique for producing this sort of
simultaneous detonation by fashioning the explosives into lenses that the
government accused Julius and Ethel Rosenberg of trying to steal).



PART II
PUTTING YOUR H-BOMB TOGETHER
============================

The heart of the H-bomb is the fusion process. Several A-bombs are
detonated in such a way as to create the extremely high temperature (100
million degrees C) necessary to fuse lithium deuteride (LiD) into helium.
When the lithium nucleus slams into the deuterium nucleus, two helium
nuclei are created, and if this happens to enough deuterium nuclei rapidly
enough, the result is an enormous amount of energy, the energy of the
H-bomb. And you don't have to worry about stealing lithium deuteride, it
can be purchased from any chemical-supply house. It costs $1000 a pound.
If your budget won't allow it you can substitute lithium hydride at $40 a
pound. You will need at least 100 pounds. It's a corrosive and toxic
powder so be careful.

Place the lithium deuteride or hydride in glass jars and surround it
with four A-bombs in their casings. Attach them to the same detonator so
that they will go off simultaneously. The container for the whole thing is
no problem. They can be placed anywhere (inside an old stereo console, a
discarded refrigerator, etc.).

When the detonator sets off the four A-bombs all eight hemispheres of
fissionable material will slam into each other at the same time creating
four critical masses and four detonations. This will raise the temperature
of the lithium deuteride to 100 million degrees C fast enough (a few
billionths of a second) so that the lithium will not be blown all over the
neighborhood before the nuclei have time to fuse. The result, at least
1000 times the punch of the puny A-bomb that leveled Hiroshima (20 million
tons of TNT vs. 20 thousand tons.)



PART III
WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR BOMB
=========================

Now that you have a fully assembled H-bomb housed in an attractive
console of your choice you may be wondering, What should I do with it?
Every family will have to answer this question according to its own tastes
and preferences but you may want to explore some possibilities which have
been successfully pioneered by the American government.

1. SELL YOUR BOMB AND MAKE A PILE OF MONEY

In these days of rising inflation, rising unemployment, and an
uncertain economic outlook, few businesses make as much sense as weapons
production. If your career forecast is cloudy, bomb sales may be the only
sure way to avoid the humiliation of receiving welfare or unemployment. At
any income level a home H-bomb business can be an invaluable income
supplement, and certainly a profitable alternative to selling Tupperware
or pirated Girl Scout cookies.

Unfortunately for the family bomb business, big government has
already cornered a large part of the world market. But this does not mean
that there is a shortage of potential customers. The raid on Entebee was
the Waterloo of hijacking, and many nationalist groups are now on the
alert for new means to get their message across. They'd jump at the chance
to get hold of an H-bomb. Emerging nations that can't ante up enough rice
or sugar to buy themselves a reactor from G.E. or Westinghouse are also
shopping around.

You may wonder about the ethics of selling to nations or groups whose
goal you disapprove of. But here again take a tip from our government,
forget ideology -- it's cash that counts. And remember, H-bomb sales have
a way of escalating, almost like a chain reaction. Suppose you make a sale
to South Yemen which you believe to be a Soviet puppet. Well within a few
days some discrete inquiries from North Yemen and possibly the Saudis, the
Egyptians and the Ethiopians as well can be expected. Similarly, a sale to
the IRA will generate a sale to the Ulster government, a sale to the
Tanzanians will bring the Ugandans running and so forth.

It doesn't matter which side you're on, only how many sides there
are. Don't forget about the possibility of repeat sales to the same
customer. As the experience of the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. has shown, each
individual nation has a potentially infinite need for H-bombs. No
customer, no matter how small, can ever have too many.

2. USE YOUR BOMB AT HOME

Many families are attracted to the H-bomb simply as a 'deterrent'. A
discrete sticker on the door or on the living room window saying 'This
Home Protected by H-bomb' will discourage IRS investigators, census
takers, and Jehovah's Witnesses. You'll be surprised how fast the crime
rate will go down and property values will go up. And once the news gets
out that you are a home H-bomb owner you'll find that you have unexpected
leverage in neighborhood disputes over everything from parking places and
stereo noise levels to school tax rates. So relax and enjoy the pride and
excitement of home H-bomb ownership!

IS IT FOR YOU?
==============

Let's be honest. The H-bomb isn't for everyone. Frankly there are
people who can't handle it. They break out in hives at the very mention of
mega-deaths, fallout, radiation sickness.

The following quiz will help you find out whether you have what it
takes for home H-bomb ownership. If you can answer 'yes' to six or more of
these questions, then you're emotionally eligible to join the nuclear
club. If not, a more conventional weapon may be more your cup of tea, try
botulism-toxin, laser rays, or nerve gas.

1. I ignore the demands of others.

2. I subscribe to one or more of the following: Soldier of
Fortune, Hustler, Popular Mechanics, Self.

3. Though I have many interesting acquaintances, I am my own best
friend.

4. I know what to say after you say 'Hello', but I am seldom
interested in pursuing the conversation.

5. I have seen the movie 'The Deer Hunter' more than once.

6. I know that everyone can be a winner if they want to, and I
resent whiners.

7. I own one or more of the following: handgun, video game,
trash compactor, snowmobile.

8. I am convinced that leukemia is psychosomatic.

9. I am aware that most vegetarians are sexually impotent.

10. I have read evidence that solar energy is a Communist
conspiracy.


MYTHS ABOUT NUCLEAR WAR
=======================

Ever since the first mushroom cloud over Hiroshima ushered in the
atomic age, a small group of nay-sayers and doom-mongers has lobbied,
campaigned and demonstrated to convince Americans that H-bomb ownership,
along with nuclear power is dangerous and unhealthy. Using their virtual
stranglehold over the media these people have tried to discredit
everything nuclear from energy to war. They have vastly overrated the
risks of nuclear bombs and left many americans feeling demoralized and
indecisive, not sure where the truth lies. Well, here are the myths, and
here are the facts.


Myth: After a nuclear exchange the earth will no longer be
suitable for human habitation.

Fact: This is completely false. According to one scientist
(quoted in John McPee's The Curve of Binding Energy) 'The
largest bomb that has ever been exploded anywhere was 60
megatons, and that is one-thousandth the force of an
earthquake, one-thousandth the force of a hurricane. We
have lived with earthquakes and hurricanes for a long time.'
Another scientist adds, 'It is often assumed that a full
blown nuclear war would be the end of life on earth. That
is far from the truth. To end life on earth would take at
least a thousand times the total yield of all the nuclear
explosives existing in the world, and probably alot more.'
Even if humans succumbed, many forms of life would survive a
nuclear free-for-all, cockroaches, certain forms of
bacteria, and lichens.


Myth: Radiation is bad for you.

Fact: Everything is bad for you if you have too much of it. If
you eat too many bananas you'll get a stomach-ache. If you
get too much sun you can get sunburned (or even skin
cancer). Same thing with radiation. Too much may make you
feel under the weather, but nuclear industry officials
insist that there is no evidence that low-level radiation
has any really serious adverse effects. And, high-level
radiation may bring unexpected benefits. It speeds up
evolution by weeding out unwanted genetic types and creating
new ones. (Remember the old saying, 'Two heads are better
than one.') Nearer home it's plain that radiation will get
rid of pesky crab grass and weeds, and teenagers will find
that brief exposure to a nuclear burst vaporizes acne and
other skin blemishes. (Many survivors of the Hiroshima bomb
found that they were free from skin and it's attendant
problems forever.)

[DoctoBuntonTen]

There were people who lived during World War II who refused to believe that the Holocaust was happening until they "knew all the details" after the fact, and after 12 million people had died.

You would fit right in with that group.

Did that really have to go there?

I mean, there were people who lived during the Dark Ages who completely knew that the sun revolved around the earth, too...

[replrobin]

I am currently working on a case linked to Guantánamo, and the sheer madness of that prison is simply baffling. The more I read up on it and how and why many of those people are locked up, the more I am convinced the people in power during the previous presidency were utterly delusional, paranoid and clueless about their business.

I'm not at liberty to provide much details, but now they want a terrorist convicted here in Belgium on the grounds of some fallacious and vague arguments. The man was not innocent so I'm not defending him at all, but they want to prosecute the guy for the same facts he was convicted in Belgium which is impermissible.

Judging by my personal experience the extradition of prisoners for petty reasons still continues abundantly.

[RichardHaads]

Fair and balanced reporting *sigh*

[HoniSoniproca]

Hell after watching CBS the other day, I was thinking that compared to that FOX was fair and balanced.

[Klavalala]

Q, this is the same woman who brought us "ZOMFG, look at Rachel Ray's scarf!!!one! She must be plotting some fiendish terrorist attack using the food Network!!ele1ven!!" I don't think it's so much that she doesn't read, but that she has a wildly overblown sense of vigilance (and the importance thereof), and leaps on the first indication that something needs her attention, lest we all be taken unaware by terrorists. Not on her watch, buddy. At least, that's the impression I've gotten.

[MartZubok]

Look, just because you disagree with her assessment that Internment Camps were filled with rainbows and unicorns doesn't mean you have to rag on her about the keffiyeh^W patterned scarf.

Then... what does mean that (because I really do want to rag on her for it)?

[halyshitzob]

It means you're a terrible person who hates America.