Monday, March 05, 2007
RECOMMENDED READING
A day late but not a dollar short. Mixing topics today.
Steve DeAngelis - " Natural or Manmade Environmentalism?"
Steve gets top billing for his post on scientist and futurist and major "influential" Stewart Brand's predictions of a techno-environmentalism. Any move away from the romanticist, alarmist, statist, and intolerantly authoritarian, neo-Druidism that currently prevails among many greens would be welcomed by me. As an aside, Brand earns major points from me for this unrelated argument here -in fact, it's worth a post in its own right.
ISN The Blog - " Mapping Nuclear Explosions"
Yes, I detonated a 100 megaton bomb in the Loop to see the blast radius extend out over the 'burbs and Lake Michigan. Nuke your favorite city today. The disturbing aspect is on the other end of the spectrum. The small, perhaps 1/10th of a kiloton + " backpack" nukes look more "usable" with this kind of visualization. Not sure if that is really a great idea, making tiny nuclear explosions seem more " survivable".
Real Clear Politics - "Coulter's No-Brainer"
And here I thought she was talking about a bundle of sticks. On the bright side, Ann Coulter just staked her righteous claim to the imperial throne of Right Wingnutistan ( Bill Arkin is the current sovereign of neighboring Left Wingnutopotamia, having dethroned the previous ruler from the DailyKOS)
Marc Schulman - "Al Qaeda, Pakistan and the Taliban "
Marc is always on top of the breaking news on the Terror War bringing to it analytical depth and conservative commentary that is among the best in the blogosphere. Here he highlights disturbing news on al Qaida's reconstituted capabilities.
The Athenaeum - ""Rediscovering Islam" by Brigadier FB Ali"
The Athenaeum is Colonel Lang's other, "literary" blog. This essay is a cri de coeur about the state of society in the Islamic world by a member of the elite.
Next, an unusual and somber recommendation:
As some of you are already aware, one of my great blogfriends, Dan of tdaxp, suffered an untimely loss of his father, who passed away last week. Dan shared his grief in many, frequently touching and deeply reflective, posts. I would like to offer my formal condolences to Dan and his family and thank him for sharing his thoughts in such a terrible time.
That's it.
A day late but not a dollar short. Mixing topics today.
Steve DeAngelis - " Natural or Manmade Environmentalism?"
Steve gets top billing for his post on scientist and futurist and major "influential" Stewart Brand's predictions of a techno-environmentalism. Any move away from the romanticist, alarmist, statist, and intolerantly authoritarian, neo-Druidism that currently prevails among many greens would be welcomed by me. As an aside, Brand earns major points from me for this unrelated argument here -in fact, it's worth a post in its own right.
ISN The Blog - " Mapping Nuclear Explosions"
Yes, I detonated a 100 megaton bomb in the Loop to see the blast radius extend out over the 'burbs and Lake Michigan. Nuke your favorite city today. The disturbing aspect is on the other end of the spectrum. The small, perhaps 1/10th of a kiloton + " backpack" nukes look more "usable" with this kind of visualization. Not sure if that is really a great idea, making tiny nuclear explosions seem more " survivable".
Real Clear Politics - "Coulter's No-Brainer"
And here I thought she was talking about a bundle of sticks. On the bright side, Ann Coulter just staked her righteous claim to the imperial throne of Right Wingnutistan ( Bill Arkin is the current sovereign of neighboring Left Wingnutopotamia, having dethroned the previous ruler from the DailyKOS)
Marc Schulman - "Al Qaeda, Pakistan and the Taliban "
Marc is always on top of the breaking news on the Terror War bringing to it analytical depth and conservative commentary that is among the best in the blogosphere. Here he highlights disturbing news on al Qaida's reconstituted capabilities.
The Athenaeum - ""Rediscovering Islam" by Brigadier FB Ali"
The Athenaeum is Colonel Lang's other, "literary" blog. This essay is a cri de coeur about the state of society in the Islamic world by a member of the elite.
Next, an unusual and somber recommendation:
As some of you are already aware, one of my great blogfriends, Dan of tdaxp, suffered an untimely loss of his father, who passed away last week. Dan shared his grief in many, frequently touching and deeply reflective, posts. I would like to offer my formal condolences to Dan and his family and thank him for sharing his thoughts in such a terrible time.
That's it.
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Stewart Brand's interest in nuclear power also led him to endorse my thriller novel of nuclear power, which is based on my twenty years in the US nuclear industry and is designed to provide a good overview of the topic for a lay person. I cover the good and the bad. "Rad Decision" is available free online at RadDecision.blogspot.com and also in paperback via online retailers.
"I'd like to see Rad Decision widely read." - Stewart Brand
"I'd like to see Rad Decision widely read." - Stewart Brand
Hi James,
You are part of a cutting edge trend in publishing that Dave Davison ( who, I believe, knows Stewart Brand back from the 1960's if I'm not mistaken) at Thoughts Illustrated keeps talking about.
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You are part of a cutting edge trend in publishing that Dave Davison ( who, I believe, knows Stewart Brand back from the 1960's if I'm not mistaken) at Thoughts Illustrated keeps talking about.
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