LLAW’s COMMENTARY: (Foolhardy or Just Plain Foolish)

There is a substantial difference between a foolhardy person and one who’s just plain foolish. One is just heedless or reckless, the other is just misguided or naïve, but in the case of those who advocate for nuclear power or even nuclear arms are just plain ignorant or stupid. They are utterly unwise fools. Even those, including J. Robert Oppenheimer, Edward Teller, James B. Conant, and even a couple of U.S. Presidents – Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Harry S. Truman – who were directly involved in the “Manhattan Project” as they developed the first atomic bomb, knew better than to advocate for or believe in the purpose of the bomb, or to even support nuclear war, so what is it that makes the industry, the politicians, the bankers and corporations, and even the ignorant and foolish general public believe that ‘all things nuclear’ is a sound idea today based on the fake propaganda from an industry that has been wasting away and failing for years oddly recovering somehow – especially when the entire planet is faced with nuclear war that is more than capable of ending all life on Earth.

Even the original concept (perhaps) was to develop but use nuclear weapons only as a deterrence from war means nothing these days nor did it in the summer of 1945 when the USA dropped two atomic bombs on of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. Deterrence is hardly iron-clad and and deterrence agreements these days are being ripped to shreds before our eyes. The U.S. and seven or eight other countries are back in the wishful thinking deterrent business of an arms race, suddenly building bigger and more devastating bombs than ever before instead of demanding a planet with no nuclear weapons, nuclear power plants, or anything else nuclear at all. Destroying all things nuclear before all things nuclear destroys us (paraphrasing a JFK speech during the Russia/USA nuclear armed ICBM standoff in October of 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Deterrence is just another silly political word, signifying nothing about the reality of the looming possibility of nuclear war, and you’d better believe that existing nuclear power plants will also become nuclear weapons of mass destruction, but the difference the countries who built them will have them used against themselves. North America, including Canada, has far and away the most nuclear power plants, most of them on or near the East Coasts of both countries.

As Albert Einstein said in his always prophetic and straightforward way, “I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” And just let me say for emphasis, it is highly doubtful that after WWIII their will be anyone left to wield a stick or throw a stone. What the hell is humanity thinking? Our leaders must be crazy!

And just why are the rest of us following along their doomsday path to oblivion and the 6th extinction? If 4 or 5 billion (over half) of us take to the Internet and say with conviction to these ignorant, crotchety, and foolish old men and their sycophants and cronies, “Not NO, but, “HELL NO!”, demanding a united one-world people without boundaries of any kind, including country, racism, religion, and pointless genocide. Nelson Mandela said it well in 2020: “Our world is divided into wise people and fools. And fools divide themselves by race, color, gender, or religion.” ‘Nuff said,” ~llaw

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TODAY’S NUCLEAR WORLD’S NEWS:

All Things Nuclear

NEWS

If Nuclear War Breaks Out, This Will Be the Most Dangerous Plane in the Sky – Popular Mechanics

Popular Mechanics

If all goes well, the company will deliver three developmental aircraft … Things to Death · riddle. Solution to Riddle of the Week: Hen and the Egg.

China’s nuclear arms are behind U.S.’s but meet needs, expert says – Nikkei Asia

Nikkei Asia

Q: What do you think about the future of nuclear disarmament? A: The goal of nuclear disarmament is clearly under strain. The nuclear-armed states are …

Dismantling of California’s San Onofre nuclear power plant is more than 60% completed

Los Angeles Times

Once the dismantlement is complete, all that is expected to remain at the San Onofre plant will be two dry storage facilities; a security building …

Nuclear Power

NEWS

A Massive U.S.-Led Pledge Could Be A Global Gamechanger – Yahoo News

Yahoo News

Reactors for Units 3 and 4 sit at Georgia Power’s Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant on Jan. 20 in Waynesboro, Georgia, as cooling towers of the older …

Dismantling of California’s San Onofre nuclear power plant is more than 60% completed

Los Angeles Times

Dismantlement work at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station is expected to wrap up by the end of 2028.

Why Indian Point nuclear plant won’t close until 2041 – Lohud

Lohud

Indian Point’s owners say a state ban on the discharge of radiological waste in the Hudson River will delay the teardown of the nuclear power …

Nuclear War

NEWS

If Nuclear War Breaks Out, This Will Be the Most Dangerous Plane in the Sky – Popular Mechanics

Popular Mechanics

During the heightened nuclear tensions of the Cold War, the C-130 stepped into its most consequential role. That’s when the Navy initially equipped …

Two Ways Nuclear War Could Start, According to Chinese Scholar – Newsweek

Newsweek

Leading Chinese scholar Huang Renwei predicted two ways nuclear war could begin in an interview that was published Friday by Russian state-run …

China’s nuclear arms are behind U.S.’s but meet needs, expert says – Nikkei Asia

Nikkei Asia

TOKYO — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the warfare between Israel and Hamas are making the world more unstable and a nuclear war likelier, …

Nuclear Power Emergencies

NEWS

Update 194 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine

International Atomic Energy Agency

A reactor unit of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) temporarily lost power earlier this week, forcing it to rely on an emergency …

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station to test emergency sirens – KTAR News

KTAR News

West Valley nuclear power plant testing emergency alert system Friday. Nov 17, 2023, 11:00 AM.

West Valley residents to receive emergency test alert – AZ Family

AZ Family

… emergency alert test …

Nuclear War Threats

NEWS

HISF-Ipsos Threat Index finds natural disasters seen as fastest-growing threat

Ipsos

Cyberhacking is once again considered the No. 1 real threat after being overtaken by fears of a nuclear attack in 2022. … threats. In 2023, 63 …

Two Ways Nuclear War Could Start, According to Chinese Scholar – Newsweek

Newsweek

Israel Singled Out: Apathy on Campus Over Russian Crimes, MAGA Threats. By Tom Rogers · After 30 Years, Religious Freedom Restoration Act More …

Putin’s ally forecasts inevitable nuclear war – MSN

MSN

… nuclear war. According to Express, Vladimir Solovyov … The discussion on Russian state TV, led by figures like Solovyov, frequently involves threats ..

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