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It would not be difficult, Mein Führer. Nuclear reactors could - heh, I'm sorry, Mr. President - nuclear reactors could provide power almost indefinitely. 
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Joementum posted:It would not be difficult, Mein Führer. Nuclear reactors could - heh, I'm sorry, Mr. President - nuclear reactors could provide power almost indefinitely. Well, yeah.
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Apr 1, 2016 22:39
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Joementum posted:It would not be difficult, Mein Führer. Nuclear reactors could - heh, I'm sorry, Mr. President - nuclear reactors could provide power almost indefinitely. World Super Villain conference?
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Apr 1, 2016 22:43
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Wouldn't the probability of terrorists getting any sort of nuke be really low in wake of 9/11?
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Grouchio posted:Wouldn't the probability of terrorists getting any sort of nuke be really low in wake of 9/11? Russia, Pakistan and Eastern Europe still exist.
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Apr 1, 2016 23:11
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Kro-Bar posted:We've seen the same documentary, I see. Kevin Costner really manages to look like cliff clavin in that poster.
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Apr 1, 2016 23:16
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China's also apparently sitting on a huge stockpile of cotton, because when the bottom fell out of it a few years ago the government started buying it all up to sell it at a later date and to prop up the value. Flash forward a few years and the price is still around the same but unlike, you know, metal cotton rots. Especially if stored improperly, which tends to happen when a government starts ordering folks to buy it up by the bale. Apparently, the plan now is to just unload it all on the market soon just to get rid of it all. Looking forward to getting blue jeans for, like, ten bucks in the near future.
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Grouchio posted:Wouldn't the probability of terrorists getting any sort of nuke be really low in wake of 9/11? You don't need nuclear weapons for a nuclear disaster. America's nuclear waste has been piling up in less well-guarded "temporary" storage locations since reactors started operating, because finding a permanent repository is politically impossible. Set off a conventional bomb there and you won't kill a million people, but you'll cause an ecological disaster that will scare the poo poo out of America and likely veer us into an extra war or two at the minimum.
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Apr 1, 2016 23:22
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Joementum posted:A nice supercut of Senator Spaceman Bill asking questions. I thought for a second Spaceman Bill Lee was a senator, and was trying to figure out why I couldn't remember that happening. Meat Recital fucked around with this message at 23:31 on Apr 1, 2016 |
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Apr 1, 2016 23:28
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Meat Recital posted:I thought for a second Spaceman Bill Lee was a senator, and was trying to figure out why I couldn't remember that happening. Barry Allen hosed with the timestream again. Which explains Trump.
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ImpAtom posted:Pretend this: And, as I always say, it's entirely possible to attribute the invention of social media to Captain America / Captain America Comics. His 'Captain America Hotline' forum in the 80s-90s was a socially promoted relay - important calls to him were attested to and passed along by people who felt they were important.
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Apr 1, 2016 23:43
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Evil Fluffy posted:Which is more than can be said about DeBlasio, who seems to be much more chummy with the NYPD after they turned their backs on him and he caved rather than fire and replace a bunch of petulant racist children with guns. If DeBlasio doesn't get blown away in his reelection I'll be surprised. He seems like he's compromised or just not given a gently caress compared to how he campaigned. Apparently, the US Postal Service has a law enforcement arm which can investigate and make arrests. And it's the oldest federal law enforcement agency 
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Apr 1, 2016 23:54
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Lote posted:Apparently, the US Postal Service has a law enforcement arm which can investigate and make arrests. The USPS arresting cops would be the greatest thing ever.
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Apr 1, 2016 23:57
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Academician Nomad posted:You don't need nuclear weapons for a nuclear disaster. America's nuclear waste has been piling up in less well-guarded "temporary" storage locations since reactors started operating, because finding a permanent repository is politically impossible. Set off a conventional bomb there and you won't kill a million people, but you'll cause an ecological disaster that will scare the poo poo out of America and likely veer us into an extra war or two at the minimum. How's the waste stored? Unless it's being stored in a powder form just blowing it up won't cause too much of a mess. Correct me if I'm wrong; I ain't got no fancy pants nuclear physics edumacation.
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Khisanth Magus posted:The USPS arresting cops would be the greatest thing ever. They also have a branch dedicated to this exact situation: quote:External Crime & Violent Crime Teams: The External Crimes Function of USPIS is a function that investigates any theft of US mail by non employees, assaults of postal employees and theft and robberies of postal property. This function also investigates robberies of postal employees and postal facilities, burglaries of postal facilities, and assaults and murders against postal employees. This investigative function focuses on ensuring that the sanctity and trust in the U.S. Mail system is maintained.
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Apr 2, 2016 00:01
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Lote posted:Apparently, the US Postal Service has a law enforcement arm which can investigate and make arrests. From knowing people that work/have worked for the post office people laugh at the thought of the "postal police" yea don't mess with them.
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Governor of Alabama is even more hosed, looks like he was using the State's dignitary security division to protect his side piece. http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2016/04/gov_bentley_hit_with_2nd_ethic.html#incart_m-rpt-2
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Litany Unheard posted:How's the waste stored? Unless it's being stored in a powder form just blowing it up won't cause too much of a mess. We would of course turn ISIL to paste in the aftermath (no other organized group would be dumb enough to do something suicidally stupid like that), but that wouldn't be any different from what we're already doing, just faster. fade5 fucked around with this message at 00:18 on Apr 2, 2016 |
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I thought the thing was that terrorists didn't really get anything useful out of a nuke, because they would kill a whole bunch of people and then be squashed shortly thereafter. Now this does kind of accord with Daesh's ideology more than most, but I thought even they wanted a specific battle in a specific region, not a general mega-showdown.
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Apr 2, 2016 00:20
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Lote posted:Apparently, the US Postal Service has a law enforcement arm which can investigate and make arrests. There's a whole exhibit about them in the National Postal Museum in DC. Another fun fact: There's a National Postal Museum in DC  It's actually pretty neat and fairly easy to get to. Certainly worth an hour or two if you've got time to kill around Union Station.
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fade5 posted:A dirty bomb would cause a lot of fear because people are really loving stupid about *atoms*, and there's be an increase in cancer in the explosion area, but other than that it wouldn't be all that much worse than a conventional bombing. Yeah, the US has made it abundantly clear that if you use anything even remotely chemical / biological / nuclear on us we'll have zero reservation about just strait up nuking you right the gently caress back. Multiple times.
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The only just affair is my affair.A Winner is Jew posted:Yeah, the US has made it abundantly clear that if you use anything even remotely chemical / biological / nuclear on us we'll have zero reservation about just strait up nuking you right the gently caress back. I dunno about that. Nuking a large swathe of the middle east would hurt our interest.
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Litany Unheard posted:How's the waste stored? Unless it's being stored in a powder form just blowing it up won't cause too much of a mess. I have doubts that they could get access to weapons that would even get through the casing.
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Joementum posted:It would not be difficult, Mein Führer. Nuclear reactors could - heh, I'm sorry, Mr. President - nuclear reactors could provide power almost indefinitely.
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Apr 2, 2016 00:43
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Dirty bombs are only slightly more realistic of a threat than "computer viruses to turn your computer into a bomb", if only because the former is actually technically achievable.
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Nessus posted:I thought the thing was that terrorists didn't really get anything useful out of a nuke, because they would kill a whole bunch of people and then be squashed shortly thereafter. Now this does kind of accord with Daesh's ideology more than most, but I thought even they wanted a specific battle in a specific region, not a general mega-showdown. -ISIL taunted the US to "bring your planes". -The US brought our planes. -ISIL lost their asses in Kobani as a result. -Ahrar Al-Sham (Nusra-linked Salafist Syrian rebel group) mocked ISIL for getting what they asked for:  -ISIL is continuing to lose their asses on basically every front, and have been for like a year. -ISIL now thoroughly regrets taunting the US to "bring your planes". And good news: they're the only ones dumb enough to entertain the idea of a dirty bomb, and they already regret kicking the hornet's nest the first time; they're not going to try it again.
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computer parts posted:Dirty bombs are only slightly more realistic of a threat than "computer viruses to turn your computer into a bomb", if only because the former is actually technically achievable. I thought a dirty bomb was just a bunch of radioactive waste/material packed around conventional explosives
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Hollismason posted:The only just affair is my affair. Never underestimate the blood lust of the US after someone starts poo poo.
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For the next three hours, C-SPAN 3 is airing archival primary debates. I love that the candidates got their own desk with a lamp at this WV primary debate from 1960.
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Don't worry, the state is making sure residents don't feel the pain too much: http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2016/apr/01/kansas-utility-increase-home-and-school-rates-cut-/
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Imagine using dirty bombs or more isn't a good recruiting tool either. Hard to get people interested in hearing about your group when you're famous for something like that. Though they're not exactly that smart.
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Lote posted:Apparently, the US Postal Service has a law enforcement arm which can investigate and make arrests. Yeah, they're still operating under 19th century laws that never got updated. They probably can still administer corporal punishment.
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Daesh has already shown themselves willing to use chemical weapons on the Kurds though, but I guess old habits die hard.
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Joementum posted:For the next three hours, C-SPAN 3 is airing archival primary debates. I love that the candidates got their own desk with a lamp at this WV primary debate from 1960. 
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Joementum posted:For the next three hours, C-SPAN 3 is airing archival primary debates. I love that the candidates got their own desk with a lamp at this WV primary debate from 1960. Thanks for the reminder Joe. I had forgotten already about this and it sounds like a real interesting night. It will be interesting to see what may have been problems that are still happening.
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Mr Hootington posted:It will be interesting to see what may have been problems that are still happening. They started by talking about how automation is leading to job cuts. Seems relevant today.
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Joementum posted:For the next three hours, C-SPAN 3 is airing archival primary debates. I love that the candidates got their own desk with a lamp at this WV primary debate from 1960.
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Joementum posted:They started by talking about how automation is leading to job cuts. Seems relevant today. The only difference is back then someone actually proposed a universal income.
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Do we have a betting pool for this set up on what this revelation will be yet?
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