Seattlest: Football Friday: Popcorn and Apples Edition

jakeof8bitjoystick

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:52:33 -0800

Modern thermo-nuclear weapons are actually pretty hard to set off by intentional design. It is only uranium gun weapon style nukes or "Little Boy" style bombs that can be set off by an accidental collision but even then the fissionable uranium would just cook in fission but not attain a critical mass for a cascading reaction that would result in an nuclear explosion. You could not believe the ritualistic precision that goes on at Naval Base Kitsap Bangor when it comes to dealing with nuclear weapons. Of course should we ever go to war with North Korea i am a couple miles from ground zero from Bangor. you should read Apocalypse Nerd by Peter Bagge. I grew up in Richland WA and had to do a lot of history and science reports on Atomic stuff. My dad is an atomic chemist and my stepdad is an nuclear engineer. "I have become death the destroyer of worlds" - Robert Oppenheimer.

bilco

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:44:48 -0800

You know we're bad when the NYTimes devotes a big 1st page (sport section) article about the fact that we're bad. Usually, we don't exist.

jwhieger

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:53:00 -0800

Look for the Hawks to keep it interesting. They've been beaten but hung tough the last couple of weeks and the Redskins have been coming back down to earth as well. It's funny how the national media is suddenly starting to realize how horrible it is here when we've been saying it since the end of summer. Once Burleson went out in week 1, I was convinced the season was lost.