tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1656921634940224775.post3126201960583520057..comments2024-02-11T15:29:31.409-05:00Comments on Richard's Pretension: Radioactive DreamsRichard Bellushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10108081864942272619noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1656921634940224775.post-32997439812458838642015-08-26T09:30:58.183-04:002015-08-26T09:30:58.183-04:00Radiation was a popular health therapy in the 1920...Radiation was a popular health therapy in the 1920s. There were radium baths, radium pills, and (I kid you not) radium suppositories. All in all I'd rather not find out if the promoters were right. http://s138.photobucket.com/user/ParshallAE/media/ad-radiumrestoreshealth.jpg.html Richard Bellushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10108081864942272619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1656921634940224775.post-2694577817922874682015-08-25T23:17:47.730-04:002015-08-25T23:17:47.730-04:00The clip from "Back to the Future" actua...The clip from "Back to the Future" actually crossed my mind as I read this blog. :) Thanks for adding it.<br /><br />I didn't know about the ability to use the devolving materials to create weapons grade material. That is a scary thought. And honestly, a dirty bomb can be just as frightening as a full blown atomic strike. A little radiation can go a long way.Roman J. Martelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09545497713474664555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1656921634940224775.post-46821367770714159432015-08-25T16:09:18.257-04:002015-08-25T16:09:18.257-04:00Deterrence actually worked during the Cold War, as...Deterrence actually worked during the Cold War, as evidenced by our being here. I think it still does as far as the major powers are concerned: a use of a nuclear weapon against any of the first five nuclear countries would mean total annihilation for the country that did it – or for the country that facilitated it. In Cold War parlance, there is no reliable first strike capability against any of those five, which means an unacceptably large counterstrike capability always will survive. That always has been and should remain enough to deter any straightforward attack. The bigger risk, as membership in the nuclear club grows, is the possible escalation of some regional dispute where one side miscalculates the capability and response of the other; bad enough in itself, this could spread in the same way that a relatively minor spat in the Balkans blew up into WW1. A lesser but still real risk is that inadequately secure fissionables could get into nongovermental hands. There was a false alarm about South Africa’s materials not long ago.Richard Bellushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10108081864942272619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1656921634940224775.post-31100814324153368302015-08-25T12:19:42.074-04:002015-08-25T12:19:42.074-04:00The trouble about it now is that the wackos have a...The trouble about it now is that the wackos have access to the nuke weapons. Is there any solace in knowing if they use them, we use them? There's not for me. I guess the best hope, if there is one, is that their nuclear power reactors will have a malfunction similar to China. But even then at what cost to our overall environment? El Voxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05985563041511492981noreply@blogger.com