Rapture
Standing on the metro this morning, I noticed the above. I wasn’t really sure whether the artist was warning against the subpop indie rockers or CBGB favs, but the iPod remained dance-punk free for the duration of the ride.
Jeffrey Lewis
Writing on ACW 2004–2026 · 2,079 posts
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Strategic Posture Commission Update
As most readers know, the blog has been keeping up with the Commission of the Strategic Posture of the United States, through its legislative inception and the announcement of the members. The U.S. Institute of Peace, which facilitated the bipartisan…
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IR2 and IR3 Scoops
Right on time, ISIS has released the Safeguards report for Iran — Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and relevant provisions of Security Council resolutions 1737 (2006), 1747 (2007) and 1803 (2008) in the Islamic Republic of Iran GOV/2008/15 (May…
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Reality TBD
Remember that reality-based community comment from the anonymous Bush Administration official? Well, “history’s actors” are at it again, still working to determine whether the current Administration policies on nuclear energy will spur proliferation. Let me back up. Dr. Kerry Kartchner…
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Your Fact Checker Failed You
I just picked up a copy of Richard Clarke’s Your Government Failed You (HarperCollins, 26 bucks). A light, easy read. The chapter on military issues is a little too breezy — it covers way too much ground with far too…
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Kessler on Chris Hill
With the rumors that Hill will leave any day now swirling, the WaPo’s Glenn Kessler has a long, front-page profile of Assistant Secretary Chris Hill (“Mid-Level Official Steered U.S. Shift On North Korea,” May 26, 2008). Maybe Hill is finally…
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iPhone Blogging
Greetings from Halifax! I am attending a conference hosted by the Canadian International Council on U.S. Nuclear Strategy. Joseph Pilat is giving a pretty good talk about NATO and nuclear weapons. I am playing around with my new toy (and…
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Janne Nolan, Tuesday @ NAF, 12:15
Janne Nolan is coming by tomorrow (Tuesday) to talk about the 2009 Nuclear Posture Review and whether it will matter. Posturing About the Future of Nuclear Weapons Predictions for the 2009 Nuclear Posture Review The next President will conduct yet…
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Earthquake Update
Mark Hibbs, writing in Nucleonics Week (subscription required), points out that that damage to China’s nuclear weapons facilities was slight: According to local sources, the China Academy of Engineering Physics, CAEP, located in Mianyang, close to the epicenter of the…
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I'm clean
One picks up a variety of strange souvenirs and ephemera in this business. My end of year dosimetry report from Los Alamos strikes me as one. We had to wear dosimeters when we went to see the Dual-Axis Radiographic Hydrodynamic…