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Reprinted with permission from Greg Mitchell’s newsletter Oppenheimer: From Hiroshima to Hollywood.

The Atomic Bowl, January 1, 1946

The famed biologist Jacob Bronowski revealed in 1964 that his classic study Science and Human Values was born at the moment he arrived in Nagasaki in November 1945, three months after the atomic bombing (which killed at least 75,000 civilians) with a British military mission sent to study the effects of the new weapon.

Continue reading “The Most Bizarre Football Bowl Game Ever – in the Ruins of Nagasaki”

On COI #517, Kyle Anzalone discusses the latest news from Ukraine and Gaza.

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The Associated Press reports that dozens more civilians were killed in last night’s airstrikes in northern Gaza:

“It was another night of killing and massacres,” said Saeed Moustafa, a resident of the Nuseirat camp. He said people were still crying out from the rubble of a house hit by an airstrike on Wednesday.

“We are unable to get them out. We hear their screams but we don’t have equipment,” he said.

Continue reading “‘Another Night of Killing and Massacres’ in Gaza”

On Friday, 22 December 2023, President Biden signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for the Federal government’s 2024 fiscal year into law.

The signing of the annual NDAA has often been an occasion for pomp and publicity, but this year it was done with no public ceremony and the tersest possible statement from the White House, on a date chosen to minimize news coverage and public notice.

Notably, this year’s NDAA as enacted makes no mention whatsoever of the Selective Service System.

Continue reading “Annual ‘Defense’ Bill Leaves Selective Service in Limbo”

Misty Winston returns to the for a bonus show to discuss Julian Assange, the CIA, and the East Palestine train wreck.

Misty is the host of the Misty Winston Show on TNT radio daily 5-6est. Follow her on X @SarcasmStardust

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