2016 elections - because it's never too early

[garbon]

The Trump mole is at it again. 

Yes, you've made it clear you don't understand how thought exercises work.

[Jacob]

Apparently Trump is now soliciting campaign contributions from Scottish politicians:

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-fundraising-british-members-parliament

[CountDeMoney]

As far as nuke delivery systems go, I have always thought the most dangerous was the easiest: put the nuke into a shipping container, ship it into a port; set it off there.

I can't see any easy way to stop that. Containers get inspected once in port, and once in port it will be too late.

Ships with big question marks on them can be inspected on the water.  IIRC, all containers have to been scanned for radiation--and if the inconsequential amount of naturally occurring radioactivity in palettes of ceramic tiles or a shitload of bananas can trigger detection devices, the amount of material necessary for an actual nuclear device is going to set off a lot of bells and whistles. 

Not saying it couldn't happen--especially considering the sheer volume of daily activity and what's sitting on the water waiting to come in, the amount is absolutely staggering--but container ships, their cargoes and their transit chains that fall under the "suspicious" category are watched by the intelligence community on a global scale, and also why there has been such a push post-9/11 to do cargo inspections in foreign ports, before they even get underway for the US.

And to be quite honest, from a threat perspective blowing up a port with a homemade nuke would simply be no fun for the Allahu Admiral Ackbar crowd.  Not enough people to kill, not photogenic enough.  Ports are boring.

[jimmy olsen]

Of course they can deliver their nukes - what ever gave you the idea they could not?

Since when have they been able to miniaturize their warheads enough to fit them on their shitty missiles?

It's not like they let us see them.  They have not been able to demonstrate ICBM capabilities, but they have weapons that can reliably hit any target in South Korea and Japan. 

Reliably? Have we been watching the same series of tests?

You mean the ones that fire over Japan? Than yes.  They have Scud Missiles, we know what they can do.  Sometimes you are so goddamn stupid.

They fail all the time. I am completely confident that the US and Japan can shoot down any that manage to stay on course.

[Jaron]

 

[Razgovory]

Of course they can deliver their nukes - what ever gave you the idea they could not?

Since when have they been able to miniaturize their warheads enough to fit them on their shitty missiles?

It's not like they let us see them.  They have not been able to demonstrate ICBM capabilities, but they have weapons that can reliably hit any target in South Korea and Japan. 

Reliably? Have we been watching the same series of tests?

You mean the ones that fire over Japan? Than yes.  They have Scud Missiles, we know what they can do.  Sometimes you are so goddamn stupid.

They fail all the time. I am completely confident that the US and Japan can shoot down any that manage to stay on course.

Well, it's your ass on the line, so if you want to be that stupid, I guess you can.

[derspiess]

Ships with big question marks on them can be inspected on the water.

But what if they're clever and don't display the question mark?  Eventually they may figure that out.

[derspiess]

http://www.qu.edu/news-and-events/quinnipiac-university-poll/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2363

Democrat Hillary Clinton has 42 percent to Republican Donald Trump's 40 percent - too close to call - as American voters say neither candidate would be a good president and that the campaign has increased hatred and prejudice in the nation, according to a Quinnipiac University National poll released today.

[FunkMonk]

It's over. Hillary. Is. Finished.

[derspiess]

It's over. Hillary. Is. Finished.

It doesn't work that way 

[CountDeMoney]

It's over. Hillary. Is. Finished.

It doesn't work that way 

No, it doesn't. You have to break the Voting Rights Act of 1964 first.  Then it works that way.  #HowManyJellyBeansNigger

[derspiess]

Oh, you.

[CountDeMoney]

[derspiess]

That may be how you do things in Maryland, but in Ohio we're a lot more subtle.

[Malthus]

That may be how you do things in Maryland, but in Ohio we're a lot more subtle.

Well yeah; these days, I doubt anyone in Ohio would be crude enough to use the "N Word".