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Michael Douglas warns nukes more powerful ‘than ever before’
Associated Press ^ | Apr 28, 2015 9:34 AM EDT

Posted on 04/28/2015 8:13:39 AM PDT by Olog-hai

Actor Michael Douglas is reminding world powers that the threat of nuclear weapons is “no less important today than it was in my childhood.” […]

Douglas said there may be fewer nuclear weapons these days, but they are “more powerful and more sophisticated than ever before.” …

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TOPICS: War on Terror
KEYWORDS: disarmament; michaeldouglas; rop; worldwar3
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Yay, “more powerful”. That only means that it would take fewer weapons to do the job of wiping out all life on the planet, a grim capability we have had for decades with the less-powerful weapons.

Douglas was speaking at a UN gathering of world leaders over yet another disarmament treaty. The repetition of this futile action is perhaps best answered with a quote from The Naked Communist:
The Communists have created the illusion in free men’s minds that “the way to peace is through disarmament.” We must not forget that this originated as a Communist slogan. Now free men have adopted it as their own and are even setting up special commissions to explore ways and means to carry it out. In this action, we are deliberately closing our eyes to everything we promised ourselves at the close of World War II and again at the end of the Korean War. Experts tell us that to disarm in the face of an obvious and present danger is an immoral act. It is an act of self-destruction.

1 posted on 04/28/2015 8:13:39 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

What are his political leanings?


2 posted on 04/28/2015 8:16:38 AM PDT by TruthInThoughtWordAndDeed (Yahuah Yahusha)
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To: Olog-hai

Wonder how he feels about his party’s hacks gifting Putin with a large pile of weapons grade plutonium....


3 posted on 04/28/2015 8:16:58 AM PDT by ArtDodger
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To: Olog-hai

Michael Douglas, rocket scientist/nuclear scientist


4 posted on 04/28/2015 8:17:13 AM PDT by TYVets
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I did not know he had a doctorate in physics... Who’da thunk...


5 posted on 04/28/2015 8:17:43 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: Olog-hai

Hollywood actors’ brain power is astonishing.


6 posted on 04/28/2015 8:20:05 AM PDT by TADSLOS (A Ted Cruz Happy Warrior! GO TED!)
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To: TruthInThoughtWordAndDeed

“What are his political leanings?”
If he moved any more to the left, his toupee would start floating in the Pacific.


7 posted on 04/28/2015 8:20:40 AM PDT by ArtDodger
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To: Olog-hai
That only means that it would take fewer weapons to do the job of wiping out all life on the planet, a grim capability we have had for decades with the less-powerful weapons.

All life on this planet? I doubt that. Most life? Perhaps. But to say "all life"? This looks like a job for...


8 posted on 04/28/2015 8:23:02 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts ("It is never untimely to yank the rope of freedom's bell." - - Frank Capra)
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To: TruthInThoughtWordAndDeed
Michael Douglas is not reflexively lefty. He doesn't jump on Hollywood bandwagons when it comes to politics. Also, he's a big supporter of Israel, which means he can't be a far-left nut.
9 posted on 04/28/2015 8:24:58 AM PDT by utahagen
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To: Olog-hai

Wow.... and I thought all of this time the nukes we make today are inferior to the old ones.... who knew?


10 posted on 04/28/2015 8:25:44 AM PDT by kjam22 (my music video "If My People" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74b20RjILy4)
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To: TADSLOS
Hollywood actors’ brain power is astonishing.

"Celebrities. What don't they know?"


11 posted on 04/28/2015 8:25:47 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts ("It is never untimely to yank the rope of freedom's bell." - - Frank Capra)
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To: Olog-hai

What a moronic Meat Puppet.
The yields on nukes are a fraction of the multi megaton weapons of the 1960’s.


12 posted on 04/28/2015 8:26:03 AM PDT by Kozak (Walker / Cruz 2016 or Cruz/ Walker 2016 Either one is good...)
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To: Olog-hai
re more powerful

Well he is exactly wrong

As accuracy improves, yield (power) needed to get the job done is lowered. Back in the day yield was typically in the 5-20 megatons range (city busters) today most nukes are in the kilotons (5-400) range.

13 posted on 04/28/2015 8:26:29 AM PDT by jpsb (Believe nothing until it has been officially denied)
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To: Olog-hai

Rocker Jeff Baxter can run circles around Mikey.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Baxter


14 posted on 04/28/2015 8:27:02 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Olog-hai

Two words for you Michael, you ignorant fool: Tsar Bomba.


15 posted on 04/28/2015 8:27:31 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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Apparently, that nuke had more explosive power than every single bullet fired, bomb dropped or artillery bombardment during the whole of World War II. Dayum that was a big bomb...


16 posted on 04/28/2015 8:35:50 AM PDT by sinsofsolarempirefan
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To: TYVets

...a regular Columbo.


17 posted on 04/28/2015 8:38:44 AM PDT by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches and get with what's real.)
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To: sinsofsolarempirefan

Probably including the nukes at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And throw in Trinity for good measure.


18 posted on 04/28/2015 8:39:10 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Olog-hai

Michael Douglas famous for his Physics theories and Thermonuclear research.


19 posted on 04/28/2015 8:44:42 AM PDT by Mikey_1962 (Democrats have destroyed more cities than Godzilla)
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To: Olog-hai

Well, he should know … he’s an actor.

o.O


20 posted on 04/28/2015 8:45:45 AM PDT by al_c (Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
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