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Archive for August, 2010

55th Anniversary of Fat Man at Nagasaki

Monday, August 9th, 2010

[via LIFE] The efficacy of war is manifest in many ways: technological advances, societal refinement, economic benefits, and, most importantly, global unity. Undeniably, war is responsible for the marvels of today’s society, and, inversely, the absence of war is the cause of American society’s current state of stagnation. – The Necessity of War The Enola [...]

The best-laid plans schemes

Saturday, August 7th, 2010

Wee, sleeket, cowran, tim’rous beastie,O, what panic’s in thy breastie!Thou need na start awa sae hasty,Wi’ bickering brattle!I wad be laith to rin an’ chase thee,Wi’ murd’ring pattle! I’m truly sorry Man’s dominionHas broken Nature’s social union,An’ justifies that ill opinion,Which makes thee startle,At me, thy poor, earth-born companion,An’ fellow-mortal! I doubt na, whyles, but [...]