What I Learned Today

[Diff-chan]

Don't think so. I got to the part where one without a core fell off a plane onto a farm in South Carolina. And how one with a core was part of a smoldering heap after a plane failed take-off.

And how later the SAC wanted these fucking planes with the weapons armed on board to be flying around the country at all times.

[Yoshi]

lunatics, warmongers, and idiots.

aka the federal government

[Diff-chan]

The military, specifically.

[Error]

I try to use fascism within its original context, but its a losing battle.

I am reading a book called Command & Control, which is about the development of the nuclear weapons program in the USA. It's pretty incredible. I've learned so much. The deadliest weapons ever concocted were controlled by lunatics, warmongers, and idiots. The fact that we are still here as a species is a miracle.

That book was scary as hell.

[GohanX]

Sounds like a good time!

[Josh]

You get to the part where they dropped one on Baltimore and it didn't go off because one of the triggers was made poorly?

They should have tried again.

[Dolemite]

I am reading a book called Command & Control, which is about the development of the nuclear weapons program in the USA. It's pretty incredible. I've learned so much. The deadliest weapons ever concocted were controlled by lunatics, warmongers, and idiots. The fact that we are still here as a species is a miracle.

Eric Schlosser, right? The Fast Food Nation guy? I've been meaning to check out this book.

He's also been working on a book about the prison system for, like, a decade.

[Error]

Does that mean he's serving time? Because that's how I'd refer to serving time, researching a prison book.