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EX500rider

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22. Don't really read sig lines....and:

Reply to Wonder Why (Reply #19)

Thu May 15, 2025, 07:24 PM

May 15

....and I've seen people here who were serious that we might blow up the moon and another who thought North Korea must be a workers paradise because "They look so happy in the pictures!" (started reading DU daily in 2005, didn't sign up till years later)

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U.S. to spend $1 trillion on nuclear weapons over next decade [View all] BumRushDaShow May 14 OP

Who gets rich on an arms build up? Irish_Dem May 14 #1

correct me if wrong but the USA is the largest producer of weapons! NOT good IMHO. ;; riversedge May 14 #3

George Carlin said it best: Initech May 14 #7

A national treasure gone far too soon. MarineCombatEngineer May 14 #12

Yes the US military industrial complex. Irish_Dem May 14 #17

People/Corporations who give loads of "free speech" to all two parties. (n/t) DJ Synikus Makisimus May 14 #18

No thank you. I prefer my Medicare and Social Security. no_hypocrisy May 14 #2

I'm surprised it's only $100 Billion a year, unfortunately. Silent Type May 14 #4

Considering how old much of our nuclear weapons and delivery systems are, I'm surprised its not higher DetroitLegalBeagle May 14 #5

We got no money to keep the government open, but plenty to blow shit up! Initech May 14 #6

Two questions: where will this money come from... ananda May 14 #8

Looks like the national lab in Los Alamos womanofthehills May 15 #21

How come nobody mentioned that Eloon is in nuclear weapons business? Wonder Why May 14 #9

How exactly? EX500rider May 14 #15

Some people just positively, absolutely need this: Wonder Why May 15 #19

Don't really read sig lines....and: EX500rider May 15 #22

Probably not the warheads themselves but highly likely involved in the delivery systems. harun May 16 #23

I doubt they care about the landing ability of the Starship as icbms are on a one-way trip EX500rider May 16 #24

and they don't make me feel, well, safer. twodogsbarking May 14 #10

I went to grade school in the old "duck and cover" days but in Junior High School elocs May 14 #11

Well... as long as we're spending it on something really, REALLY useful for once... Montauk6 May 14 #13

Primarily maintenance - minimal upgrades. NoMoreRepugs May 14 #14

We already have enough to end humanity 300 times over or some shit. What, are extraterrestrials invading? Karasu May 14 #16

The older the ICBM's get, the less reliable they get, and maintenance gets harder & more expensive with obsolete parts EX500rider May 15 #20