Category Archives: Things That Make Ya Go Boom

(The Iraq) War Is a Force That Gives Us Them Meaning

Posted on August 25, 2007 by

Yes, I’ve cribbed the title from Chris Hedges’ superb, must-read book, War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning. But Josh Marshall stumbles across a great insight about the Iraq War and Occupation, but doesn’t quite carry through all the way. So the Mad Biologist will.
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Posted in Iraq, Little Lord Pontchartrain, Middle East, Religion, Things That Make Ya Go Boom | 4 Comments

The Cost of Operation Iraqi Clusterf-ck…

Posted on August 20, 2007 by

…to me. Or at least, to the residents of my congressional district.
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Posted in Education, Environment, Funding, Healthcare, Housing, NIH, NSF, Public Health, Things That Make Ya Go Boom

This Person Needs to Pay More Taxes

Posted on August 5, 2007 by

Nobody needs a nap house.
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Posted in Fucking Royals, Housing, Taxes, Things That Make Ya Go Boom | 13 Comments

Oh God, McCain Is the Sane One

Posted on May 16, 2007 by

The Republican presidential candidates were asked what they would do in a “24” situation. This very well could be the ‘flag-burning’ of 2008
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Posted in Authoritarianism, Civil Liberties, Conservatives, Terrorism, Things That Make Ya Go Boom, Torture | 5 Comments

Sunday Sermon: Freeman Dyson on Total War

Posted on March 18, 2007 by

Many of you will know of Freeman Dyson as a world-class physicist. But he was also assigned to RAF Bomber Command during World War II. Here are his thoughts on bombing of urban areas.
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Posted in Military, Things That Make Ya Go Boom | 6 Comments

Doesn’t the IAEA Have More Important Things To Do…

Posted on February 19, 2007 by

…than develop a new radiation warning symbol?
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Posted in Humor, Things That Make Ya Go Boom | 16 Comments

A Stunning Success for Faith-Based Anti-Nuclear Proliferation Efforts

Posted on November 3, 2006 by

Is there anything the Republicans won’t fuck up by politicizing it?
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Posted in Conservatives, Experts, Fucking Morons, Iraq, Little Lord Pontchartrain, Middle East, Things That Make Ya Go Boom

Islamopinkocommiefascistterrorism and the Nattering Nabobs of Ninniness

Posted on September 19, 2006 by

Let me state something very clearly: I do not want a U.S. city (or any other city for that matter) wiped out by a nuclear bomb. Having said that, the hawks among us have lost all sense of historical perspective when it comes to Iran.
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Posted in Fucking Morons, Middle East, Terrorism, Things That Make Ya Go Boom | 4 Comments