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Octafish

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12. I'm spitting mad.

Thu Nov 12, 2015, 10:55 AM

Nov 2015

This nation could save the planet. Instead it works to destroy the place.

Oh well, the rich will survive -- which is what Trickle Down is ultimately about: Economic Darwinism.

Have you reserved a place on the Life Boat, Fred Sanders?

Just kidding. Invitation only for those who can afford to participate in such offers.

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Kremlin says secret plans for nuclear torpedo should not have appeared on national news [View all] Recursion Nov 2015 OP

Like The Pentagon does not already have one.....and much worse than that. All that money has to Fred Sanders Nov 2015 #1

LOL, right on cue, nobody does anything wrong but US! snooper2 Nov 2015 #2

The US is where I live. And Fred lives. elias49 Nov 2015 #28

The US is a better place to live than Russia and Venezuela x10 already FYI snooper2 Nov 2015 #45

it's like an uncontrollable nervous twitch. they don't even seem to know they are doing it. nt uhnope Nov 2015 #58

You're so predictable Fred. GGJohn Nov 2015 #3

A nuclear torpedo is a stupid idea FLPanhandle Nov 2015 #4

You made me laugh because you forgot the sarcasm emoticon! Fred Sanders Nov 2015 #8

Ha ha Fred, you are such a card! Nitram Nov 2015 #22

Too expensive to replace the mind controlled kamikaze mutant dolphins. NuclearDem Nov 2015 #38

except of the MK-45 nuclear torpedo... jpak Nov 2015 #49

The Mark 45 hasn't been in service for almost 40 years..... Adrahil Nov 2015 #60

Maybe not stupid forsaken mortal Nov 2015 #55

Garble warble! Rex Nov 2015 #6

You do realize that torps are designed to travel for miles before they detonate don't you? GGJohn Nov 2015 #11

You do realize nukes have a high yield and a large blast radius don't you? Rex Nov 2015 #14

Yes I do. GGJohn Nov 2015 #16

Why would you need anything but a conventional payload on a torp? Rex Nov 2015 #17

You don't really need one GGJohn Nov 2015 #21

Once guided missle technology matured, the idea of nuclear torpedos died FLPanhandle Nov 2015 #18

Yeah...that's why they have ICBMs. Rex Nov 2015 #19

The Kremlin doesn't release military information by mistake. Nitram Nov 2015 #23

They will confirm they released the information, but deny it was on purpose. Rex Nov 2015 #24

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2015 #29

Why would you need a nuke to blow up a sub? That is the real point here. Rex Nov 2015 #36

Not really, but a nuclear torpedo aimed at the center of a carrier group NuclearDem Nov 2015 #37

I see they retired the (nuke warhead) system in the 60s. Rex Nov 2015 #39

Because it's difficult to find a submarine HassleCat Nov 2015 #42

LOL! Rex Nov 2015 #53

The USA, root of all evil.. Yorktown Nov 2015 #59

Gee. It sounds like a warning shot across somebody's bow. Octafish Nov 2015 #5

Aw come on Octa! Don't you want to pretend to be a simpleton like certain folks? Rex Nov 2015 #7

We went to the moon in peace. Octafish Nov 2015 #10

We've always destroyed the planet for profit, the problem now is that we can actually Rex Nov 2015 #13

That's a great point. Octafish Nov 2015 #33

Half a trillion dollars a year, year after year, has to be spent...so there is the result....America Fred Sanders Nov 2015 #9

I'm spitting mad. Octafish Nov 2015 #12

Just wait til 10 people own 75% of the worlds wealth. Rex Nov 2015 #15

They will negotiate a peace treaty. Octafish Nov 2015 #34

Human beings are pathetic creatures. On this one little spinning ball of dirt in RKP5637 Nov 2015 #44

Octafish, have you ever wondered... Nitram Nov 2015 #20

I'd rather they were democracies. Octafish Nov 2015 #31

Is it your contention that every one of those countries... Nitram Nov 2015 #46

He doesn't have a point. He just needed an excuse to post JFK conspiracy nonsense again. NuclearDem Nov 2015 #47

Probably because folks remember Estonia, Latvia, Finland, Lithuania, Crimea, Ukraine... FLPanhandle Nov 2015 #25

In certain people's reality, Holodomor, Priboi, the Purges, the Winter War, and Katin never happened NuclearDem Nov 2015 #30

NATO has bases in Qatar, Kazakhstan, and Egypt? NuclearDem Nov 2015 #26

Who knows? Lots of stuff is classified over my head. Octafish Nov 2015 #32

That's Al-Udeid Air Base, which is a Qatari base, part of which is leased to ISAF and the MNF. NuclearDem Nov 2015 #35

You're giving away state secrets. Octafish Nov 2015 #41

This information is freely available on Wikipedia and the 379th AEW's website. NuclearDem Nov 2015 #43

Right, NuclearDem. Qatar is with Russia. Octafish Nov 2015 #48

Qatar is not a member of NATO. NuclearDem Nov 2015 #50

No kidding. You know who wants to be in NATO? Ukraine. Octafish Nov 2015 #52

Why on earth would Ukraine want to join NATO? NuclearDem Nov 2015 #54

7 more years? When have we ever NOT been in some kind of 'conflict'? Rex Nov 2015 #40

The warmongers have destroyed Democracy. Octafish Nov 2015 #51

Makes sense. Xolodno Nov 2015 #27

The really bad part no one has brought up is this is a dirty torpedo.. EX500rider Nov 2015 #56

Obviously the incompetencs of spooks and the military hifiguy Nov 2015 #57