Wednesday, August 02, 2006
The Frank Truth (10:42 PM) - Finally: a blog all about the Chairman of the Board….
Does China Have Second-Strike Capability? (02:17 PM) - Soviet and American second-strike nuclear capabilities were crucial to the fact that humanity lasted through the Cold War. Second-strike is what underwrites MAD—Mutually Assured Destruction. It is a subset of command and control, missiles, launchers, and nuclear warheads designed specifically…
A Chinstrap Penguin Emerging From His Snow-Wrought Antarctic Home (01:50 PM) - And what a respite in New Hampshire today—the heat index is only 102°, compared to 104° yesterday….
9/11: The NORAD Tapes (11:47 AM) - Vanity Fair has posted audio clips of communication at North American Aerospace Defense in Cheyenne Mountain from the morning of September 11. Excerpt from the article:When I asked Nasypany about the conspiracy theories—the people who believe that he, or someone…
That’s My Senator (08:19 AM) - “There are times when I press the senators-only button and there are people waiting for the elevators, and I do feel a little guilty.” Mr. Lautenberg admitted. The New York Times reports on the senators-only elevator, and the non-senator incursion…
Recipe for Low Turnout (07:53 AM) - Just heard on the radio: “Because of the heat, the City has announced that today is an optional school day in New York public schools, for those students in summer school.”…