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kpete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-10 07:29 PM
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We've Already Nuked Ourselves Over 2,000 Times

We've Already Nuked Ourselves Over 2,000 Times
By Susie Madrak Monday Jun 21, 2010 5:00pm
http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/weve-already-nuked-ourselves-over-200

From Tyler Durden over at Zero Hedge, this absolutely riveting post:

Who needs a wartime nuclear exchange when you have peaceful countries nuking the gamma rays out of their own sovereign territories - now that the environmental theme is rather popular, the following video by Isao Hashimoto shows all the nuclear "tests" conducted by the world in the period between 1945 and 1998.

Based on public data, the world's peaceful countries have already nuked themselves at least 2,054 times, with the US nuking the state of Nevada and its immediate neighbors about one thousand times. And keep in mind - the fallout does not just miraculously "disappear." Feel free to consider that next time you look at bargain properties on the strip.

Anyway, as Idealist asks, "How would your life be different if you were taught in school a small nuclear war already took place?" One thing is certain - Congress would be stunned and appalled, and the disgraced CEO of Nukes R Us, Inc., who previously gave trillions in campaign contributions to every Congressional critter, would be facing a very unpleasant and theatrically televised day.

more, http://www.idealist.ws/maps.php
video:
http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/weve-already-nuked-ourselves-over-200
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-10 07:40 PM
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1. ...
"Tyler Durden"?? Didn't he used to post here?

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indepat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-10 07:41 PM
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2. Madness, sheer out-of-control, madness running amok
:P
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GreenStormCloud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-10 07:53 PM
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3. ...previously gave trillions in campaign contributions...
Trillions??? Sorry, but that is not believable.

After 1963, all U.S. test have been underground. No fallout from those tests as everything stays deep underground. And those test sites are not for sale.

Radiation does go away. It decays. In the past 47 years, the dangerous stuff has decayed down to very low levels.

Sorry, but that post is alarmist hype.

Further, the U.S. has not conducted any tests since 1996, 14 years ago.

We can't do very much about North Korea's nuclear testing, unless you want to go to war over it.
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Supply Side Jesus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-10 09:09 PM
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4. I am Jack's complete lack of suprise
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hedgehog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-21-10 09:33 PM
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5. Think about this the next time someone asks why kids these
days have such a high rate of ADHD or autism. Maybe there's no connection, but who knows?
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