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SomethingFishy

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19. How much?

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Thu Oct 25, 2012, 11:50 AM

Oct 2012

How many schools could have been repaired? How many arts programs could have been re-instated? How many bridges could have been repaired? How many roads paved?

This nation has the most fucked up priorities I have ever seen.

I notice this comes from Business Insider... Destruction is our business and business is good...

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Boeing Has Perfected A Missile That Wipes Out Electronics And Leaves Everything Else Intact [View all] applegrove Oct 2012 OP

The genii has be let out of the bottle. nt Javaman Oct 2012 #1

A single warhead detonation at 60 miles will do the same thing to the entire Eastern Seaboard. leveymg Oct 2012 #2

Fatal to humans? shawn703 Oct 2012 #3

Maybe, over time siligut Oct 2012 #17

Is my pacemaker safe? Vox Moi Oct 2012 #4

You should get an official Dick Cheney EMP-hardened pacemaker. Boeing sells those, too. leveymg Oct 2012 #7

In place to take Iran's nuke system out, if need be? eom Frustratedlady Oct 2012 #5

As usual, we're fighting the last war with weapons that are already obsolete before they're even leveymg Oct 2012 #6

It's been theoretical for years. We knew it was doable. defacto7 Oct 2012 #8

And when, one day, it is aimed at our passenger aircraft, we will be shocked. SHOCKED. WinkyDink Oct 2012 #9

Oh man. I did not think of that. applegrove Oct 2012 #10

Why use a $billion Boeing EMP missile, when a $2000 SAM-7 looted from Libya will do just as well? leveymg Oct 2012 #11

Well, now you've got me thinking of TWA-800...... WinkyDink Oct 2012 #25

Nothing to see here, folks. Move along. Move along . . . leveymg Oct 2012 #26

Catastrophe in the sky Hutzpa Oct 2012 #23

I have a book that shows how to build an EMP generator. hobbit709 Oct 2012 #12

Imagine trying to fight the Chinese and they have these. Ganja Ninja Oct 2012 #13

Not exactly. The US military has been hardened against EMP effects since the 1970s.... OldDem2012 Oct 2012 #15

EMP effects have been known since the earliest nuke testing in 1945, although back then.... OldDem2012 Oct 2012 #14

I wonder if the creators of "Revolution" knew about this justiceischeap Oct 2012 #16

It's called Windows 8!! Ha-ha-ha! Couldn't resist! randome Oct 2012 #18

How much? SomethingFishy Oct 2012 #19

Quote from Dwight D. Eisenhower LongTomH Oct 2012 #22

That quote was used in Roger Waters' performances SomethingFishy Oct 2012 #24

Love the non-violent nature of this but there's a dark side. Hosnon Oct 2012 #20

Great! Hutzpa Oct 2012 #21