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canoeist52

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7. I would like to believe that the power brokers of the world knew this already.
Tue Dec 10, 2013, 09:48 AM
Dec 2013

Do we have to go back to the '50's and '60's to explain why we lived in fear and said "NO NUKES"?

New report from IPPNW: two billion at risk from nuclear famine bananas Dec 2013 #1
PDF and additional info bananas Dec 2013 #2
I'm surprised Treant Dec 2013 #4
And in late breaking news, water is wet. n/t sarge43 Dec 2013 #3
Well duh CFLDem Dec 2013 #5
That's where our ICBMs are ... Alhena Dec 2013 #23
That's another good reason, too. CFLDem Dec 2013 #29
And the hits keep coming! Orrex Dec 2013 #6
I would like to believe that the power brokers of the world knew this already. canoeist52 Dec 2013 #7
How likely is it in any given year that Pakistan and India will push the buttons? drynberg Dec 2013 #8
I'm very concerned that this will happen some day. They are constantly antagonizing each other... stevenleser Dec 2013 #26
These guys are just a bunch of doom-crying traitors who don't want us to nuke Iran. Jackpine Radical Dec 2013 #9
I thnk using weapons that destroy entire cities would mark the 'end of civilization' AtheistCrusader Dec 2013 #10
really??? heaven05 Dec 2013 #11
Yup. AtheistCrusader Dec 2013 #15
It's not very "civil" to destroy entire cities. bananas Dec 2013 #18
sorry to be misunderstood heaven05 Dec 2013 #19
We're all just souls with good intentions being misunderstood bananas Dec 2013 #21
i love her, especially heaven05 Dec 2013 #33
Oh dear, I misunderstood your post entirely. AtheistCrusader Dec 2013 #28
Eric Burdon - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (Lugano, 2006) bananas Dec 2013 #30
I hadn't listened to him in years. Great rendition. thanks. heaven05 Dec 2013 #34
"Would mark" or "marked"? truebluegreen Dec 2013 #13
Both. AtheistCrusader Dec 2013 #14
Agree totally. truebluegreen Dec 2013 #16
Interesting. I've not heard of that book. I'll check it out soon. AtheistCrusader Dec 2013 #17
"that thin veneer of civilization is always easy to strip away" bananas Dec 2013 #20
Eric Burdon - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (Lugano, 2006) bananas Dec 2013 #27
That is believable especially since from what I have read the famine that sent Eastern Europeans jwirr Dec 2013 #12
I don't think these kind of modelings are very precise ... Alhena Dec 2013 #24
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Dec 2013 #22
So will climate change. GliderGuider Dec 2013 #25
civilization as we know it madrchsod Dec 2013 #31
If that were to happen, the survivors will envy the dead. olddad56 Dec 2013 #32
I have to question this- we and the Soviets went crazy in the 50's and 60's detonating nukes Lee-Lee Dec 2013 #35
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