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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
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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 mens 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.
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posted on
04/28/2015 8:13:39 AM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
What are his political leanings?
To: Olog-hai
Wonder how he feels about his party’s hacks gifting Putin with a large pile of weapons grade plutonium....
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posted on
04/28/2015 8:16:58 AM PDT
by
ArtDodger
To: Olog-hai
Michael Douglas, rocket scientist/nuclear scientist
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posted on
04/28/2015 8:17:13 AM PDT
by
TYVets
To: Olog-hai
I did not know he had a doctorate in physics... Who’da thunk...
To: Olog-hai
Hollywood actors’ brain power is astonishing.
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posted on
04/28/2015 8:20:05 AM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(A Ted Cruz Happy Warrior! GO TED!)
To: TruthInThoughtWordAndDeed
“What are his political leanings?”
If he moved any more to the left, his toupee would start floating in the Pacific.
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posted on
04/28/2015 8:20:40 AM PDT
by
ArtDodger
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...
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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)
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.
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posted on
04/28/2015 8:24:58 AM PDT
by
utahagen
To: Olog-hai
Wow.... and I thought all of this time the nukes we make today are inferior to the old ones.... who knew?
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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)
To: TADSLOS
Hollywood actors brain power is astonishing."Celebrities. What don't they know?"
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posted on
04/28/2015 8:25:47 AM PDT
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Bloody Sam Roberts
("It is never untimely to yank the rope of freedom's bell." - - Frank Capra)
To: Olog-hai
What a moronic Meat Puppet.
The yields on nukes are a fraction of the multi megaton weapons of the 1960’s.
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04/28/2015 8:26:03 AM PDT
by
Kozak
(Walker / Cruz 2016 or Cruz/ Walker 2016 Either one is good...)
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.
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posted on
04/28/2015 8:26:29 AM PDT
by
jpsb
(Believe nothing until it has been officially denied)
To: Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Two words for you Michael, you ignorant fool: Tsar Bomba.
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04/28/2015 8:27:31 AM PDT
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FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: FreedomPoster
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...
To: TYVets
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posted on
04/28/2015 8:38:44 AM PDT
by
PhiloBedo
(You gotta roll with the punches and get with what's real.)
To: sinsofsolarempirefan
Probably including the nukes at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And throw in Trinity for good measure.
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posted on
04/28/2015 8:39:10 AM PDT
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FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: Olog-hai
Michael Douglas famous for his Physics theories and Thermonuclear research.
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posted on
04/28/2015 8:44:42 AM PDT
by
Mikey_1962
(Democrats have destroyed more cities than Godzilla)
To: Olog-hai
Well, he should know
hes an actor.
o.O
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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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