Mushroom cloud from the atomic explosion over Nagasaki rising 18,000 m (59,000 ft) into the air on the morning of August 9, 1945. (from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_warfare) What is going on in Washington DC? From the get-go, President Joe Biden's foreign policy has been just plain weird. He tried to walk away from Afghanistan without even getting... Continue Reading →
WHY NOT CHINA?
from https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/china/map First, let's look at this odd story in the news. On Monday, Danish and Swedish seismologists measured what they say were explosions along the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines, which bring Russian gas to Germany and the rest of Western Europe. Those explosions released and probably will continue to release a substantial... Continue Reading →
Yelena Bonner, RIP (via sitting on the edge of the sandbox, biting my tongue)
Elena Bonner and Andrei Sakharov are people Baby Boomers saw in action and their children should have grown up learning about. Sakharov died a hero a couple of decades ago. Andrei Sakharov (1921-1989) was a Soviet physicist who became, in the words of the Nobel Peace Committee, a spokesman for the conscience of mankind. He was fascinated by... Continue Reading →
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