The 1983 film, The Day After, had a strong and lasting effect on nuclear weapons policy until the recent return to fascist death wish by the political leadership of the United States. I hope we can read and think about the importance of this film in the coming new year. Global Research has published an interesting piece on the effect of the film on Gorbachev and Reagan. Happy New Year.

I don't know about you, but I think that threats of global nuclear annihilation are generally a bad idea.

The Doomsday Clock was moved 2 minutes to midnight, the worst it has been since the 1950's, and still the Democrats insist on beating the drums of war.

TEOTWAWKI - The End of the World as We Know It

Following the impressively brave back and forth between the Dear Leaders of North Korea and Amerika the Great, and the Red Alert announcement by the head of the United Nations warning about nuclear war, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) has announced a presentation to prepare the public and government for surviving a nuclear bomb attack.

The World Socialist Website is reporting something that is kind of important. I say that sarcastically, yes I do.

"Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian industry to be prepared to divert all its efforts into war production."

The human race is about to confront it's greatest fear, whether it is capable of eradicating itself from the face of the earth.

North Korea has sent three emergency letters to the United Nations Secretary-General Guterres in the last 23 days regarding the war threats and preparations made by Madman Trump and the United States of America that elected him to represent this country.

(Trump represents this country. Heh. Get it?)

Here's the latest one:

We face two great existential threats today... nuclear war and climate chaos. Hopefully we can keep those tiny hands off the red button, but there is no guarantee. Global warming is so problematic because of our denial combined with the rush to extract as much profit as possible from the fossil fuel industry before its inevitable collapse. Before we despair, it might be wise to reflect on the advice of the fine historian, Howard Zinn:

“To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness."
"What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places—and there are so many—where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction."
"And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory."