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“Ban the Bomb! Redress the Damage!”: The History of the Contentious Politics of Atomic Bomb Sufferers in Japan



CENTCOM Investigation into 2 Navy SEALs Lost in Boarding Action off Somalia

Weird and rare to hear of not one but two SEALs drowning. I was in near same situation off the coast of Somalia on a boarding party where a SEAL from Charlie Platoon saved my ass. Not from drowning, but nearly getting my head blown clear off! Needless to say, I didn't make that mistake again.


"The Martian government was directed by ten men, the leader of whom was elected by universal suffrage for five years and entitled "Elon." Two houses of Parliament enacted the laws to be administered by the Elon and his cabinet."
— Wernher von Braun - Project Mars


Gemini Astronaut Gordon Cooper said in his autobiography that he had been tasked with setting up a mission to Mars with Dr. von Braun and that he was going to lead the mission.

At a certain point he was told never to discuss it again. Later he got the word inside NASA that it was going to take place in 1981, but it never happened...publicly.



Now Playing We, Robot

Elon is a cross mixing of Howard Hughes, Tony Stark and something else I'm not really sure exactly what. Big daddy Gov knows the majority plebs will not accept their solutions. But, the Elon? Many will beg for it. Pros & cons and also remember most of what is shown is all for show...to keep the system running.


3 weeks to go and the ante is raised to a new height...

The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 is a wartime authority that allows the president to detain or deport the natives and citizens of an enemy nation. The law permits the president to target these immigrants without a hearing and based only on their country of birth or citizenship. Although the law was enacted to prevent foreign espionage and sabotage in wartime, it can be — and has been — wielded against immigrants who have done nothing wrong, have evinced no signs of disloyalty, and are lawfully present in the United States. It is an overbroad authority that may violate constitutional rights in wartime and is subject to abuse in peacetime.

Has the Alien Enemies Act been used in the past?

The Alien Enemies Act has been invoked three times, each time during a major conflict: the War of 1812, World War I, and World War II. In World Wars I and II, the law was a key authority behind detentions, expulsions, and restrictions targeting German, Austro-Hungarian, Japanese, and Italian immigrants based solely on their ancestry. The law is best known for its role in Japanese internment, a shameful part of U.S. history for which Congress, presidents, and the courts have apologized.

Under what conditions can the president invoke the Alien Enemies Act?

The president may invoke the Alien Enemies Act in times of “declared war” or when a foreign government threatens or undertakes an “invasion” or “predatory incursion” against U.S. territory. The Constitution gives Congress, not the president, the power to declare war, so the president must wait for democratic debate and a congressional vote to invoke the Alien Enemies Act based on a declared war. But the president need not wait for Congress to invoke the law based on a threatened or ongoing invasion or predatory incursion. The president has inherent authority to repel these kinds of sudden attacks — an authority that necessarily implies the discretion to decide when an invasion or predatory incursion is underway.

The Alien Enemies Act, Explained

Storm on the Sea of Galilee by Rembrandt:


The 1633 painting depicts the biblical event in which Jesus calmed the storm on the Sea of Galilee. Rembrandt depicted himself as the only figure making eye contact with the viewer, almost inviting us to engage with the action unfolding around him.







Words for the weekend...

The English language is replete with words for things that go bump in the night, some more common than others. For every ghost or goblin there’s a boggart or a bugan. We defined bugan in our Unabridged dictionary as a synonym of both ghost and hobgoblin, so the finer distinctions between these spooky entities may be left to your imagination. English borrowed bugan from the Welsh word bwgan over two and a half centuries ago. Although its use is today limited to some parts of England (such as the West Midlands as well as the Isle of Man), perhaps bugan will extend its spectral reach further in the future. The animated series Futurama offered a glimpse of what that could look like when it put the word bugan in the mouth of the feisty robot Bender.

The Words of the Week - October 11

Have a good weekend!