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How the World May End

I read this book "On the Beach" when I was a teen ager in the 1950's. It made a searing impression on me, one I can never forget. Those who have been beating the drums of war with Russia ostensively to get rid of Trump may bring to pass what this book is about. Are there any sane minds in Washington?

How the World May End

Russia Orders All Officials To Fly Home Any Relatives Living Abroad, As Tensions Mount Over The Prospect Of A Global War

Russia is ordering all of its officials to fly home any relatives living abroad amid heightened tensions over the prospect of global war, it has been claimed.

Politicians and high-ranking figures are said to have received a warning from president Vladimir Putin to bring their loved-ones home to the 'Motherland', according to local media.

It comes after Putin cancelled a planned visit to France amid a furious row over Moscow's role in the Syrian conflict and just days after it emerged the Kremlin had moved nuclear-capable missiles near to the Polish border.

Russia Orders All Officials To Fly Home Any Relatives Living Abroad, As Tensions Mount Over The Prospect Of A Global War

UPDATE: It looks like Russia is officially denying the story:

British tabloids go into WWIII frenzy over reported pull-out of Russian officials’ relatives

The U.S. and NATO are increasing their military encirclement of Russia and China.

Today U.S. “missile defense” systems (MD), key elements in Pentagon first-strike attack planning, are being deployed on the ground and at sea around Russia and China. Nuclear disarmament negotiations have ground to a halt due to these U.S. MD deployments.

The U.S. and NATO are increasing their military encirclement of Russia and China.

Russia Considers Restoring Strategic Outposts In Cuba, Vietnam As US Rhetoric Rises

As Washington turns up the anti-Russian rhetoric to '11', it appears Vladimir Putin is not waiting around for the next move. As Reuters reports, Russia is considering plans to restore military bases in Vietnam and Cuba that had served as pivots of Soviet global military power during the Cold War.

In 2001, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the military to pull back from Cuba and Vietnam as he sought to bolster ties with the United States.

Russia Considers Restoring Strategic Outposts In Cuba, Vietnam As US Rhetoric Rises

New ‘Group Think’ for War with Syria/Russia

Not since the eve of the U.S. invasion of Iraq has Official Washington’s political/punditry class clamored more single-mindedly – and openly – for the U.S. government to commit a gross violation of international law, now urging a major military assault on the government of Syria while also escalating tensions with nuclear-armed Russia.

And, like the frenzied war fever of 2002-2003, today’s lawless consensus is operating on a mix of selective, dubious and false information – while excluding from the public debate voices that might dare challenge the prevailing “group think.” It’s as if nothing was learned from the previous disaster in Iraq.

New ‘Group Think’ for War with Syria/Russia

Climate Change Isn’t the Only Thing That Threatens the Whole Planet’s Future

Lawyers, scholars, policy experts and others gathered at New York’s Downtown Community Television Center Wednesday evening with keen awareness that climate change isn’t the only threat hanging over the whole planet’s future. The event, organized by the Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy (LCNP), was meant to both honor its president emeritus, Peter Weiss, for his decades of work for nuclear disarmament, and highlight the ongoing need for such work.

Climate Change Isn’t the Only Thing That Threatens the Whole Planet’s Future | The Nation.

Going Underground: Britain's Nukes

In the first half of this program is an interview with Norman Finklestein on the Non-proliferation agreement and his insights into who it is who is really in violation of the agreement.