Nuclear weapons, a mind boggling issue?

[doodadem]

Doesn’t need to be. Check out this quick loading 90-second movie (that the government doesn't want you to see!) True Majority made to explain what’s going on and what’s at stake. http://truemajority.kintera.org/bensbbs

[sweetheart]

1. Don't got sounds on the internet PC

What is that guy saying? He looks like a nice chap.

[Massacure]

2. He's showing the size of the U.S. nuclear arsenal.

He drops one BB and it represents 15 Hiroshima type bombs. Then he drops 6 BBs and say it is enough to blow up all of Russia. Then the entire thing is filled with BBs and represents the size of the U.S. nuclear arsenal.

If I recall Hiroshima was about 10 kilotons, and the U.S. had 2,500 megatons of nuclear arms in the last year of data I can find. So if each bead is 150 kilotons, that is what, 16,667 beads???

[sweetheart]

4. So that's what those are

I realized it must be political, but it looked like a lecture on
crystallography and sphere packing, by the pattern of the spheres
stacking. It inspires me to wonder how many points a sphere touches
another sphere in an ideal packing configuration.

Now that you mention the audio component, it is a travesty that
nuclear buildup, and the opportunity cost for the world of such an
ugly way of life.

[doodadem]

3. That nice chap

Is either Ben or Jerry (I forgot which) of Ben & Jerry's Icecream.

[PowerToThePeople]

6. bensbbs

I think it is Jerry...

[walldude]

5. That was very cool... good post, thanks... n/t