Re: [FRIAM] The apocalypse

2017-08-10 Thread Marcus Daniels
om> on behalf of Prof David West <profw...@fastmail.fm> Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2017 1:24:29 PM To: friam@redfish.com Subject: Re: [FRIAM] The apocalypse While undoubtedly fun, all the speculation (dare I say hysteria without sounding sexist?) about a Trump induced apocalypse is kind of

Re: [FRIAM] The apocalypse

2017-08-10 Thread Prof David West
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Re: [FRIAM] The apocalypse

2017-08-10 Thread Gillian Densmore
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Re: [FRIAM] The apocalypse

2017-08-10 Thread Marcus Daniels
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Re: [FRIAM] The apocalypse

2017-08-10 Thread Owen Densmore
OK, what's tit for tat with the North Korea Guam threat: President Trump seemed to draw a red line Tuesday when he warned North Korea that continued threats against the United States would be met with “fire and fury like the world has never seen.” The next day, North Korea crossed it. Or at

Re: [FRIAM] The apocalypse

2017-08-09 Thread Gillian Densmore
I (razzingly) suggest bad summer movies or that somehow all the Doom will some freeze in place at the same time. Perhaps we shall some how find a bunch of tribbles, zombies, a large rock in the sky, and dinso's all at the same time and that because of the Doom Metter the'll just stay their, thus

Re: [FRIAM] The apocalypse

2017-08-09 Thread Steven A Smith
I'm not following the public debate/discussion on this, but I think we discussed this here a few months ago? Even though I lived and worked in the belly of the (Nuclear Weapons Complex) beast for decades, I admit to not knowing with any degree of certainty how direct the "Launch Codes" and

Re: [FRIAM] The apocalypse

2017-08-09 Thread Jochen Fromm
I doubt that North Korea has the ability to hit a tiny island like Guam in the Pacific, but it can without doubt destroy the 9 million capital Seoul near the border with weapons bought from Russia or China.  The danger of a nuclear apocalypse is greatest when the world has forgotten how

Re: [FRIAM] The apocalypse

2017-08-09 Thread Gary Schiltz
It's bad enough that he's "out of his friggin' mind", but a CNN piece today asks, "Could Congress stop Trump from bombing North Korea?" The reporter's conclusion is basically that no, it couldn't. I think we all should scared witless that Trump may well pull the trigger. My only hope is that

Re: [FRIAM] The apocalypse

2017-08-09 Thread Nick Thompson
Jochen, He’s out of his friggin mind. There are those who feel that the risk arising from the stultification of our political system was so bad that it justified taking this sort of existential risk (Hey, Dave!), but I am not one of them. Small interesting things ARE starting to happen,

Re: [FRIAM] The apocalypse

2017-08-09 Thread Marcus Daniels
Jochen, "What's the matter with your president?" And it is the west cost states at the most risk. States that voted for H! Marcus From: Friam on behalf of Jochen Fromm Sent: Wednesday, August 9, 2017 1:34:15