The Korean nuclear program was carried out secretly, and they acquired the components and capability to build a bomb but did not proceed to enrichment or to producing the firing circuits and weaponizing a deliverable warhead.
The Korean nuclear program was carried out secretly, and they acquired the components and capability to build a bomb but did not proceed to enrichment or to producing the firing circuits and weaponizing a deliverable warhead.
There was no prior knowledge on my part; I guess that once the cat was out of the bag, a lot of people figured it out pretty quickly. [stderr]
There’s an arms-control wonk on twitter, Martin Pfeiffer (“Lick the Bomb”) who has a very impressive collection of nuclear weapons photos and such.
My policy toward drug use is pretty open: do what you want, carefully, and accept the consequences if you screw up.
The US is still at war: overt war such as Afghanistan, and covert wars all over the world. Let’s have a day of remembrance.
WARNING: War, Death, Sam Harris
WARNING: LONG
I wish all the 2nd Amendment nuts cared as much about the 4th Amendment as they do the 2nd. Many of them say they need their guns in case the government turns oppressive.
SPOILER ALERT: A popular illusion
When you learn how a trick’s done, does it “spoil” it for you? Sometimes I gnash my teeth a bit, but I find that when I know how a trick’s done, my appreciation for the trickster actually increases, and I have a good opportunity to examine my own cognitive biases and how I fell for redirection.
Businesses have a right to promote themselves, the capitalists say.
It is not enough that our leaders have power; they want to be loved. That’s a fairly consistent pattern in powerful people; I think that sometimes it’s that they want to be able to convince themselves that their route to power was not ruthless and corrupt, or that they didn’t abuse their underlings too much.