This announcement came on the same day the United States of Amerika dropped the Mother of all Bombs on Afghanistan, another "non-nuclear" test. You probably didn't hear much about it over the war propaganda against North Korea.

I feel like I am in a waking nightmare, with so much happening that seems to be rolling us back to the bad old days.

Back in the 80's we once heard Aussie Dr. Helen Caldicott speak in Austin while she was on a tour promoting doing away with nuclear weapons. She said Americans were suffering from 'psychic numbing' with all the fail and catastrophes that were surrounding each day, and thus were not taking the necessary action destroy nuclear weapons.

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I did not want to put this in your Open Thread. But it is a dunce cap.

This evening's music features "The Mother of the Blues," Gertrude "Ma" Rainey.

This evening's music features soul singer Laura Lee.