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January 12th, 2014, 5:54 am

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January 12th, 2014, 6:24 am

Where do you guys find this kind of stuff? Anyway, that's some scary stuff.
 
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January 12th, 2014, 8:21 am

QuoteOriginally posted by: Nickv96Where do you guys find this kind of stuff? Anyway, that's some scary stuff.yep. I live about 14 miles from NYC. At that distance a 150 kiloton nuke is survivable, but I would probably need to take a lot of potassium iodine. If a 20 megaton nuke hit NYC, then I would be vaporized by the thermal wave in about 10-15 seconds.
 
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January 12th, 2014, 8:52 am

QuoteOriginally posted by: outrunIt's an old article, but if it was new then it would have been NSA fear propaganda. The author has been doing propaganda for the government in the past.I almost fell off my chair laughing when I read thatThe author is Jerome Corsi, PhD, who is author of Obama Nation and what you said couldn't be further from the truthanother of Dr Corsi's columns from about the same timeAtomic Iran: How the Terrorist Regime Bought the Bomb and American Politiciansstill think that's US government propaganda ?As to Obama Nation (pronounced like abomination)QuoteCorsi said his purpose in writing the book was to defeat Obama in the 2008 United States presidential election. In the book, he recounts Barack Obama's upbringing and early political career in Chicago and argues that Obama is an "extreme leftis[t]" who should not be elected president. The book claims to document "Obama's extensive connections with Islam and radical politics", his "religious affiliation with ... black-liberation theology", and his associations with controversial pastor Jeremiah Wright, fundraiser Tony Rezko, and radical activists Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn, formerly of the Weather Underground. The book also argues that Obama supports "far-left domestic policy" and "naïve... foreign policy predicated on the reduction of the military", and that he is therefore unsuitable to be the President of the United States.The book opens with a quote by Andy Martin, who The Nation, The Washington Post, and The New York Times have identified as the primary source for the allegations that Obama is concealing an alleged Muslim faith, rumors which began shortly after his keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention.
 
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January 12th, 2014, 9:00 am

Then guys, how was your party last night?
 
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January 12th, 2014, 5:48 pm

QuoteOriginally posted by: ppauperQuoteOriginally posted by: outrunIt's an old article, but if it was new then it would have been NSA fear propaganda. The author has been doing propaganda for the government in the past.I almost fell off my chair laughing when I read thatThe author is Jerome Corsi, PhD, who is author of Obama Nation and what you said couldn't be further from the truthanother of Dr Corsi's columns from about the same timeAtomic Iran: How the Terrorist Regime Bought the Bomb and American Politiciansstill think that's US government propaganda ?As to Obama Nation (pronounced like abomination)QuoteCorsi said his purpose in writing the book was to defeat Obama in the 2008 United States presidential election. In the book, he recounts Barack Obama's upbringing and early political career in Chicago and argues that Obama is an "extreme leftis[t]" who should not be elected president. The book claims to document "Obama's extensive connections with Islam and radical politics", his "religious affiliation with ... black-liberation theology", and his associations with controversial pastor Jeremiah Wright, fundraiser Tony Rezko, and radical activists Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn, formerly of the Weather Underground. The book also argues that Obama supports "far-left domestic policy" and "naïve... foreign policy predicated on the reduction of the military", and that he is therefore unsuitable to be the President of the United States.The book opens with a quote by Andy Martin, who The Nation, The Washington Post, and The New York Times have identified as the primary source for the allegations that Obama is concealing an alleged Muslim faith, rumors which began shortly after his keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention.who cares who wrote it or when, the facts are the facts. Can you deny these?Fact 1) Iran is proceeding/continuing to enrich uranium, no one is stopping them at the moment.Fact 2) Enriched uranium is only used to build nuclear weapons.Fact 3) Iran is allied with Terrorist groups that use suicide bombers putting these 3 facts together, the risk becomes very real.
 
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January 12th, 2014, 6:49 pm

QuoteOriginally posted by: AnalyticalVegawho cares who wrote it or when, AV: I was disagreeing with outrun, not youQuotethe facts are the facts. Can you deny these?Fact 1) Iran is proceeding/continuing to enrich uranium, no one is stopping them at the moment.Fact 2) Enriched uranium is only used to build nuclear weapons.Fact 3) Iran is allied with Terrorist groups that use suicide bombers putting these 3 facts together, the risk becomes very real.you're not wrong
 
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January 12th, 2014, 6:51 pm

QuoteOriginally posted by: Nickv96Where do you guys find this kind of stuff? Anyway, that's some scary stuff.AV's post has ruined my Sunday evening. I would prefer it in plain English
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January 12th, 2014, 6:55 pm

QuoteOriginally posted by: CuchulainnQuoteOriginally posted by: Nickv96Where do you guys find this kind of stuff? Anyway, that's some scary stuff.AV's post has ruined my Sunday evening. I would prefer it in plain English LOL. It's quite a detailed analysis.
 
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January 12th, 2014, 7:02 pm

Completely random, but how do I add a custom avatar like you guys have?
 
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January 12th, 2014, 7:02 pm

QuoteOriginally posted by: CuchulainnQuoteOriginally posted by: Nickv96Where do you guys find this kind of stuff? Anyway, that's some scary stuff.AV's post has ruined my Sunday evening. I would prefer it in plain English Yeah! AV seems on the right track trying to secure the 2014 award for the "Best poster of links to disappointing articles".
 
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January 12th, 2014, 7:05 pm

QuoteOriginally posted by: Nickv96Completely random, but how do I add a custom avatar like you guys have?Be patient, that comes after some cheeky hazing.
 
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January 12th, 2014, 7:08 pm

QuoteOriginally posted by: Nickv96Completely random, but how do I add a custom avatar like you guys have?your forum profilenear the bottom>> Upload your own author icon
 
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January 12th, 2014, 7:08 pm

QuoteOriginally posted by: CuchulainnQuoteOriginally posted by: Nickv96Where do you guys find this kind of stuff? Anyway, that's some scary stuff.AV's post has ruined my Sunday evening. I would prefer it in plain English camel-f*ckers building nuclear weapons is bad