Posted on 05/22/2024 9:54:45 AM PDT by Red Badger
Edited on 05/22/2024 10:25:05 AM PDT by Sidebar Moderator. [history]
The Biden administration is pumping out dozens of federal rules this spring in a mad dash to cement the president’s legacy on everything from airfare refunds to beef labeling.
President Joe Biden and his allies are already campaigning on these policies, working to bolster his support among constituencies including young people, labor unions, rural communities and climate-conscious voters. But beyond the campaign trail, the timing of this blitz is designed to ensure that Biden’s policies have their best shot at surviving the deregulatory fervor of another potential Donald Trump White House and Republican-controlled Congress.
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As lawless as they are.. Never think there is no way out for the good guys.
If they get their way illegally, unconstitutionaly, there is plenty of room to do what has to be done.
*If you are in a war with some one, and you are the only one playing fair, you will lose.*
If the Russians get their way using nuclear posturing, then in twenty years there will be a handful of tiny countries that DO NOT possess nuclear weapons. Ever other country will field as many as they can possibly build. Everyone realizes that if Ukraine had not given up their nuclear arsenal in exchange for American assurances of help if they got in trouble and a treaty with Russia promising not to cause that trouble, then this war would not have happened.
Imagine the opportunities for accidents and lethal missteps when every country has its own chain of command to unleash death on an unimaginable scale. The US, which arguably has the best command and control has on a couple of occasions accidentally loaded nuclear weapons on aircraft because they were mistaken as nonnuclear. A couple of years ago nuclear tipped cruise missiles were accidentally loaded onto a B-52. Had that plane been on a mission to launch them, it would have fired nuclear tipped missiles thinking they were standard ones. (Presumably without the codes they wouldn’t detonate. But imagine how scary that is when you add in thirty or fifty new countries to the nuclear club.)
As incompetent as the Biden administration is, standing up to Russia is only way to avoid even worse future problems. I’m still of the opinion this whole situation would have been effectively short-circuited by a couple of strategically placed mean tweets.
“...in twenty years there will be a handful of tiny countries that DO NOT possess nuclear weapons....”
That was one of the fears that Oppenheimer had. Once the genie was out of the bottle (atomic weapons), every nation on earth could create and possess them (theoretically).
What is to stop Ukraine right this minute, from creating atomic weapons? They have the scientist and the means.
“What is to stop Ukraine right this minute, from creating atomic weapons? They have the scientist and the means.”
You first need the fissile material. Ukraine has that. A reactor uses, from memory, fuel refined to five or so percent purity. And, also from memory, a bomb is made, depending on the element, from 90 percent pure material. Getting from five to 90 is the challenge. It’s not insurmountable. It could be done in a small, one or two bomb set of material, in a lab and probably no one would know. Iran set up a huge and very public capability but that’s only because they are using that capability for political ends. It doesn’t have to be that big or that noticeable for a small number of bombs.
The machineing and material handling for the types of bombs the big boys make is difficult, expensive and requires some exotic capabilities. But, if you only want the type of bombs dropped in Japan, then just banging together two subcritical masses to make one critical mass will do the job nicely. That could be done in the Pakistani outback, any of the Stan countries or any European country.
The delivery mechanism can be anything that can carry the required weight. The US and Soviets had nuclear artillery shells. The Davy Crocket man portable bomb was the size of a small beer keg.
There’s no magic to making nukes. Just about any modern economy can do it. The expense comes in with all the stuff the big boys have added, security, secrecy, handling, disposal, systems to move and deliver, etc. The long-term cost of keeping this stuff usable and secure is a huge expense. But if you feel threatened by a big bully neighbor who publicly states they want to “manage your security policy” meaning run you like they’re the Mafia, then all other considerations are suddenly secondary to having a bomb ready to fly.
As it appears today, Biden is everything an American should not be.
Anti Israel, anti America, pro hitting every country possible for ####, for globalism, for child trafficking, for open border and put citizens in danger,..
This person is an example of one of the lowest a man can sink.. And still be a sort of president if your guys are as bad... And they are.
Any idea which the other 11 states are?
I even went to the link and read the article and could not find the information aside from Alabama which is leading this.
Dang. Wrong thread. Too many tabs open.
Sorry about that.
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