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bobknight33 (Member Profile)

newtboy says...

Hmmmmmmm…..

351 MT state Rep. Fred Anderson, a Great Falls Republican, violated mandatory reporting requirements as a high school principal, allowing a sexual predator to continue as a coach after students came forward. https://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/political-brawl-among-republicans-raises-accusations-around-miles-city-sex/artic
le_227bae9a-4268-51f3-8845-7672169a80c0.html

352 NJ Republican freeholder candidate Michael Silvestri has been accused of sexually harassing and assaulting a campaign worker. It’s a big mess with other GOP officials threatening her, etc. https://www.trentonian.com/news/lawrence-police-investigate-campaign-worker-s-sexual-assault-claim-against/article_3b7d1682-30c0-11e9-836f-979fa4508bc
8.html

353 GOP Mega-donor John Childs patronized a sex trafficking ring. Sleeping with sex workers is one thing. When women are forced by traffickers, that’s something else https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/crime/indian-river-county/2019/02/22/billionaire-john-childs-charged-florida-human-trafficking-prostitution-ring/295
3948002/

354 LA Republican Congressional Aide Jerod Prunty arrested for pandering, possibly trafficking https://www.klfy.com/news/local/louisiana-republican-congressional-aide-arrested-on-pandering-charges/1789720097

355 Arizona Rep. David Stringer benefited from a plea deal that hid his arrest for child pornography https://tucson.com/news/local/arizona-rep-david-stringer-acknowledges-sex-offense-plea-agreement-years/article_1e38cb61-6a28-5e36-9b81-d5a312ca27c3.ht
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356 Steven Muñoz, Trump State Department hire & former Santorum campaign worker, accused of five sexual assaults https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-administration-hires-official-five-students-accused-sexual-assault

357 Morton Klein, far right head of Zionists of America, newly empowered by Trump has been accused of sexual assault and domestic violence. https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/280684/morton-klein-and-the-future-of-american-zionism

358 Cody Henson - R, NC, two-term state rep accused of harassment, cyberstalking, ignoring restraining order his wife got. https://newsgrowl.com/nc-state-rep-cody-henson-receives-criminal-summons-after-cyberstalking-complaint/

359 TN State House Speaker Glen Casada defends David Byrd, because he claims women who are really raped would move. https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2019/02/19/tennessee-house-speaker-defends-rep-david-byrd-accused-sexual-assault-if-i-was-raped-i-would
-move/2915021002/

360 Republican Judge John Russo, Jr. was suspended after blaming a rape victim for not closing her legs. https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/437405-new-jersey-judge-faces-suspension-for-asking-rape-victim-if-she

361 Jacob Wohl attacks the credibility of people who have been assaulted by recruiting people to make false claims of assault against Robert Mueller and Pete Buttigieg https://www.thedailybeast.com/far-right-smear-merchants-jacob-wohl-and-jack-burkman-try-to-slime-pete-buttigieg-with-bogus-sex-assault-claim?ref=wrap

362 Jack Burkman attacks the credibility of people who have been assaulted by recruiting people to make false claims of assault against Robert Mueller and Pete Buttigieg https://www.thedailybeast.com/far-right-smear-merchants-jacob-wohl-and-jack-burkman-try-to-slime-pete-buttigieg-with-bogus-sex-assault-claim?ref=wrap

363 Hays County GOP Chair Bo Dresner arrested for sexual assault of a child over SEVEN years

364 Kentucky State Rep Robert Goforth (candidate for Governor) has been accused of sexual assault https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article224642800.html

365 Republican Sheriff Rene Rodriguez of Lincoln Co, Idaho - sexual assault, lewd conduct, and rape of a minor https://magicvalley.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/court-documents-say-lincoln-sheriff-sexually-abused-girl-for-years/article_cfbf591b-77a8-5f02-b10e
-1f9abf7f46cf.html

366 Former Republican Congressional candidate Daniel Edmonds, R, molested a child many times over the course of three years. https://www.newson6.com/story/39788517/former-congressional-candidate-charged-with-child-sex-abuse

367 New York Judge James P. McClusky ruled firmly in favor of rape, even rape of children by giving a man who pleaded guilty to raping a 14-year-old girl to no jail time, only probation. He was endorsed by the Republican, Independence and Conservative parties. https://www.newyorkupstate.com/northern-ny/2019/04/former-watertown-bus-drivers-admits-to-raping-teen-gets-no-jail-time.html

368 NJ GOP state Sen. Anthony Bucco-sexual harassment, getting women fired for ending relationship https://www.nj.com/news/2011/05/wharton_mayor_chegwidden_alleg_1.html

369 Republican Gov Arnold Schwarzenegger (CA) sexual harassment/groping https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/arnold-schwarzenegger-i-stepped-over-the-line-several-times-with-women

370 CT GOP Senate Candidate Augie Wolf - sexual harassment https://www.courant.com/politics/capitol-watch/hc-august-wolf-lawsuit-story.html

371 CA GOP state assemblyman Dante Acosta - sexual harassment https://santaclaritafree.com/gazette/news/acosta-accuser-resurfaces

372 SC GOP State Rep. Edward Southard - sexual harassment https://www.berkeleyobserver.com/2016/04/28/moncks-corner-lawmaker-steps-amid-sexual-harassment-allegations/

373 Former SD GOP state representative Gene Abdallah - sexual harassment

https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/politics/2018/01/16/abdallah-withdraws-board-after-report-sexual-harassment/1033935001/

374 TX GOP state Sen J. E. “Buster” Brown - sexual harassment

https://www.texastribune.org/1999/09/20/ten-little-nine-little-eight-little-lite-guvs/

375 Missouri Republican House Speaker John Diehl - sexual harassment https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/missouri-house-speaker-resigns-intern-breaks-silence/article_0f97c87f-dd66-5c1d-bf49-19ef3228ced1.html

Democrat, The party for Degenerates

newtboy says...

DOWNVOTE THIS BLATANT HOMOPHOBIC LIE


How many kids do you see on the street?
I saw zero kids because this was a blocked off adults only area of the adult event, like it always is. https://sfpride.org/rootofpride

Conversely, MAGA loves to involve children in their abusive sex acts and protect those who do like these (and thousands more)…

326 Larry Cotton, conservative Evangelical pastor covered up Andy Savage’s crime

327 Alex Jones, right-wing conspiracist, sexual harassment, groping, racism. Did I miss this because I skip anything with his name because he’s a fantasist?

328 Wm F Buckley admiring FOX News reporter James Rosen - sexual harassment

329 Right-wing former actor Scott Baio, sexual assault saved by statute of limitations

330 Republican district attorney candidate Seth Carey stalking and harassment of ex-girlfriend, unwanted sexual advances

331 Republican Sheriff Craig Rowland opened the door for a lot more rapists by saying rape kit legislation is not needed as "The majority of our rapes that are called in are actually consensual sex.”

332 Republican Rep. David Byrd inappropriate contact with three underage students.

333 Frank Hughes high school had students wear shirts promoting child-molesting Rep. David Byrd on a state capitol field trip.

334 Kenny West, Chief of Staff of GOP Representative Mark Meadows - sexual harassment

335 Republican Representative Mark Meadows was censured for protecting his aide after accusations of sexual harassment and continuing to employ him.
336 Colorado State Senator Larry Crowder - Sexual harassment of female senate colleague https://denver.cbslocal.com/2018/02/09/sexually-harassment-larry-crowder-susan-lontine/

337 Colorado State Senator Jack Tate will not seek reelection due to sexual harassment complaint by intern though the allegation of leering & making comments about her appearance is believed to be true, they do not amount to sexual harassment according to GOP leadership https://www.denverpost.com/2018/03/29/jack-tate-sexual-harassment-letter/

338 State Representative Ritch Workman - sexual misconduct

339 Clint Reed, Sen. Marco Rubio’s Chief of Staff, improper conduct

340 Iowa State Senator Bill Dix fired party’s Communication Director for reporting sexual harassment, then resigned after caught on film kissing a lobbyist

341 Louisiana Sec of State Tom Schedler resigned, taxpayers paid to settle sexual harassment suit

342 MS State Representative John Moore resigned - sexual harassment

343 Trump White House speechwriter David Sorensen resigned after allegations of domestic violence by his ex-wife

344 MN State Rep. Rod Hamilton (R) stripped of chairmanship when accused of inappropriate touching by a woman https://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/minnesota-goper-stripped-chairmanship-accused-inappropriate-touching-sex-abuse-activist/

345 Conservative celebrity priest famed for shepherding conversions of Gingrich, Brownback, Kudlow and others was a groper. https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/celebrity-priest-was-a-groper-c-john-mccloskey/

346 Samuel Pimm, GOP consultant, Ben Carson campaign, found guilty of groping woman on a plane, she tells flight attendant The guy next to me is feeling me up." https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/former-us-republican-party-consultant-guilty-of-groping-woman-on-plane-to-heathrow-a3904976.html

347 Former IL GOP State Rep John Anthony - groping https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/ex-ill-rep-fired-from-govt-job-for-groping-women-at-xmas-party/

348 Brian Ellis, GOP Member of PA House of Representatives, accused of drugging and raping a woman. https://www.pennlive.com/news/2019/01/pa-state-rep-facing-sexual-assault-allegation-dauphin-county-das-office-is-leading-investigation.html

349 Erick Bennett who challenged Susan Collins in the Maine GOP primary was convicted of domestic violence which he thought was a good reason to vote for him. https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/01/erick-bennett-of-maine-vote-for-me-for-senate-because-i-was-convicted-of-domestic-violence.html

350 Trump Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta made an illegal plea deal protecting Jeffrey Epstein, a nonprosecution agreement for someone accused of raping underage girls and sex trafficking. Is protecting sexual predators itself an offense? I think so. https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article226577419.html

Zelensky Celebrates Signing Security Agreement With The US

newtboy says...

Once again, your grasp of the English language tends to point to who is really stupid here. “Your are stupid”? So close…keep trying, you’ll pass first grade English some day. 😂 😂 😂

They aren’t gaining territory…not for a while. You are over a year behind, and were never right on the facts.

Russia is trying to get Ukraine to agree to the current frontline as the permanent border…they wouldn’t be doing that if they were gaining ground. Ukraine says absolutely not…they wouldn’t be so quick to say no if they were losing territory still.

Russia has made no significant progress since last years Ukrainian counter offensive that granted wasn’t a total success but did drive Russia out of territory they had held…learn to read. Russia now holds approximately 20% of Ukraine, a serious shrinking from the maximum seized territory.
They are being pushed back or at worst held in place by a force that is essentially unarmed (after maggots blocked aid) and under 10% in numbers…and we just rearmed them.
Russia is losing territory they stole, slowly but they are losing. Their spring offensive was not very successful (but was costly) and when the squadrons of F-16s start flying and M1-Abrams start rolling they will be destroyed, they cannot defend against them.
They are now completely insecure in Crimea and may lose it, cannot sail the Black Sea fleet (they are hiding their best ships in Cuba!), and does not have an air force that can compete with F-16s. They are also enjoying attacks deep into the mother country with multiple groups of saboteurs in the country doing major damage daily.
The Russian people no longer support the war, and know the reasons for it were outright lies. The economy is non existent, banks closed, stock market offline, their sons are all dead, injured, in Ukraine, or on the run, their military is completely decimated, their oil infrastructure is being destroyed…and no one is coming to rebuild them , they will remain global pariahs for decades to come. North Korea is supplying their ammunition, and it’s so bad that it is more dangerous for the Russians than the Ukrainians. China and N Korea aren’t going to help rebuild the Russian economy, they can’t. Europe and the US are going to rebuild Ukraine. It will be the shining star of Eurasia.
Ukraine may expand into Russia soon. It’s incredibly likely they will take Crimea back.
Russia overplayed its hand and is so screwed it may actually fold as a country SOON, it has destroyed itself and now that we are actually backing Ukraine (not piecemeal drippings blocked by MAGA every time they can cause damage and help Russia) they have lost, they just won’t admit it yet (kinda like you)….who is surprised you believe they are “WINNING”? They’re “winning” about as much as the convicted felon and rapist has been since November 2020….which is not at all. The tiny temporary territory gains they’ve made this month were so costly they aren’t “wins”. If it costs you 20000 troops and 4 armored divisions to take a town that’s now rubble, and your enemy held you back for months and only lost 1000 troops…. you lost.

bobknight33 said:

Christ your are stupid.

If Russia is Losing as you say, Why are they gaining territory and holding it?

You do know what a map is?

If Russia is losing as you say, Why hasn't Ukraine pushed back the Russians?

Democrats only care about Illegals, not Americans

newtboy says...

Exactly.

Who votes against funding education? (And against teaching black history)
Who votes against minority financial aid programs?
Who insists blacks should be voting for them simply because they deny racism exists?
Hmmmmm….

Here’s how the right supports civil rights for minorities….


Then Gaetz proudly forced even his wife to refrain from watching the Super Bowl because he was afraid they would sing “lift every voice and sing” again, and he said that’s the black national anthem and hearing a song that tells the struggle of downtrodden Americans (never once mentions race in the song, btw) is so offensive to him, so triggering, that he forced his family to cancel the Super Bowl….but you don’t see racism there, you only see racism in scholarships for poor black students and loans for black businesses.

bobknight33 said:

A racist is one who wants to keep blacks uneducated, poor and voting for them.

Most wild nyc police chase you will ever see

newtboy says...

Depending on why he was being chased, I agree.

If it was for a traffic offense, the cop should get a severe reprimand or worse for endangering the public over an infraction. If he just shot someone, chase on.

I expect anyone filming themselves running from police either has no plate or more likely it’s a stolen car.

BSR said:

I think the cop should have given up the chase. He was close enough to get a plate number. Then again maybe he was being chased because he didn't have a license plate. Can't excuse the cop on this one. Then again, it is New York city.

School Board cuts off parent

newtboy says...

Told you you wouldn’t understand. I put it right in your face, yet you cannot comprehend.
First, the book is likely not a real school book.
Second, it describes bullying, not sex acts.

My take is he’s reading about a bully taunting a gay kid….something that happens daily in most schools beyond 1st grade today.
If you think every 6th grader in America hasn’t heard, even used the exact same insult then you are insane.
Scratch that. No if/then statement required here.
You are insane.
Every 6th grader in America has heard most have used some variation of that insult.
This was likely a high school, not a convent preschool. Grow up, or home school and make more ignorami.
This is in schools already, which is more than enough justification to teach about it.
This is normal prime time broadcast tv conversation, but makes you go nuts.

You didn’t notice the two young kids in the audience…why wasn’t his display completely inappropriate in front of children then? In his and your tiny brains you think it’s perfectly fine to read these things to children if it helps your hate filled anti-freedom movement.

Edit: If you want to protect school children from disgusting indoctrination into groups known for abusing children sexually, start banning any mention of religion from schools and keep MAGA republicans away. No other group is more likely to sexually abuse children than the Christian church besides possibly NAMBLA….but Republican politicians are a close third.

It’s not the dick in mouth part you can’t stand or find offensive, it has nothing to do with the act, it’s the mental image of two men that you can’t stop thinking about that’s getting you amped up. You know it, I know it, we all know it. Homophobes are always angry at themselves for having homosexual thoughts they’re afraid to act on….always.

What a delusional fool you are.

bobknight33 said:

:You wouldn’t understand if I explained."

There is no justification for this to be in schools.

MAGA liars --------- It is in you face and yet you do not see.

A fool you are.

Chicago's "Defund The Migrants”

newtboy says...

Prosecute the governors who are illegally transporting the migrants across state lines, and the drivers. It’s a federal felony Abbot is guilty of a few tens of thousands of times.

SB 1718 provides that the knowing and willful transport of an adult immigrant whom the transporter knows or reasonably should know to be undocumented will constitute a third-degree felony. Five or more separate offenses during a single episode will constitute a second-degree felony.

If you are arrested for illegally transporting an undocumented alien, you could face up to ten (10) years in federal prison…prosecute and end the illicit transportation facilitation.

Fund border control if you want fewer immigrants. Fund immigration courts if you want them to come legally. MAGA refuses to try either, @bobknight33…the Trump fence is a failure….a total waste of over $30 billion that hasn’t slowed immigration by one person. If that $30 billion was put into agents and courts, we could have a secure border today and a functioning immigration system.

Don't Come To NY NY Mayor had enough

newtboy says...

Why aren’t we prosecuting the governor of Texas and the bus drivers for transporting undocumented immigrants across state lines? It’s a federal crime. Every single one is a full year to ten in prison, and he’s sent thousands. WTF Garland, do your job.

SB 1718 provides that the knowing and willful transport of an adult immigrant whom the transporter knows or reasonably should know to be undocumented will constitute a third-degree felony. Five or more separate offenses during a single episode will constitute a second-degree felony.

If you are arrested for illegally transporting an undocumented alien, you could face up to ten (10) years in federal prison…prosecute and end the illicit transportation facilitation.

BTW- @bobknight33…many of these refugees are climate refugees, fleeing areas made nearly unlivable by climate change. Others flee narco terrorism funded by America’s unquenchable thirst for more drugs and our willingness to arm the world.

The HyperEncabulator

moonsammy says...

Man the "not quite right" language is so dense. "Howsomeever, the US Compartment of Offense..."

Army Rangers SMOKED Some Crips in 1989

newtboy says...

Nobody got “smoked”, there were no injuries at all. Why the lie, @bobknight33? Why must you ALWAYS lie?

Curious why this 34 year old story is suddenly everywhere on right wing media and websites…and why they aren’t mentioning how it’s evolved over the years.
Is it an effort to poeticize a vigilante group as an example? They didn’t call police in the day long buildup to the shootout, nor immediately when it started, and they intentionally antagonized and threatened the neighbors they accused (without proof) of being gang members and shot up their house.

In 89 “lying in wait” was a death penalty offense in California…I guess not even a crime in Washington? They admitted they did exactly that.

Foulk said to 48 Hours in 1990 that he had told the Rangers to avoid hitting anyone and they followed instructions, not hitting anyone. In 2009, Foulk said to The News Tribune that one Ranger had in fact winged someone who charged the house. In 2022, he said to Fox 13 Seattle that the Rangers shot multiple people (no one ever went to any hospital with a gunshot). The story keeps growing every time he tells it.

Two men fitting descriptions given by the rangers were arrested on outstanding warrants and one later charged in connection to the shooting, and he received only one conviction, and only of second-degree assault. Neither lived across the street at the house the rangers shot to hell.
Many of the rangers lost their guns and Foulk says he was denied promotion as a result of the publicity caused by the shootout and that other Rangers were forbidden from visiting his home.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash_Street_shootout

Downvoting this apparent attempt to glamorize what was a clear vigilante group that should have had much worse consequences than losing their guns and promotions.

Watch Elon Musk's Rocket Explode After Launch

newtboy says...

Today it was revealed that Elon has cut/refused access to Starlink for Ukraine in the Black Sea in order to intentionally hobble their major counter offensive in the Black Sea and cripple their communication ability and suddenly Elon is calling for an immediate truce (ostensibly with both sides (Russia) retaining any territory taken previously)…so his plan is handing Russia 1/3 of Ukraine and allowing them to keep Ukrainian Crimea…and quick before Ukraine retakes their country.
He has previously said he would not do any such thing ever after offering Ukraine open access to Starlink, but suddenly changed course in the middle of a major military offensive by Ukraine he said would be like Pearl Harbor (meaning the Ukrainians caught a huge number of Russian ships in port vulnerable to attack and could turn the tide of war in one action), but Elon wanted to stop the Ukrainians from achieving such a significant victory so he cut their communications to help Russia! He has admitted this publicly, it’s not supposition.

I hope sanctions are forthcoming…major multiple business ending sanctions.

If you still support Elon, you are the problem. He’s anti American and pro fascist.
Quit X, trade in your Tesla, and tell NASA to quit handing him billions in no bid, no competition, non performance based contracts using tax payer money for failures and global communication projects he capriciously withdraws from our allies when they’re needed most, and uses to prop up and control information for multiple fascist governments to the detriment of the populace but to the benefit of his pockets.

Grifaffe

newtboy says...

See the link above…that alien offensive was in 08.

Chytridiomycosis. I think it was biological warfare by the giraffes…we were just about to seize the planet and increase humidity to 100% everywhere, and force the remaining humans to toil in the tubifex worm farms when suddenly we were all hit with Chytridiomycosis. Coincidence? We think not.

ant said:

Prove it please. What happened to newts?

Karma Hits Russia Hard

Special Prosecutor Jack Smith on Donald Trump indictments

newtboy says...

Lol….who cares what disgraced, sanctioned, up for disbarment, Epstein friend and child fucker (Giuffre) Dershowitz says?
He’s proven himself a complete fraud willing to make any claim or accusations in the last 4 years…that or he has complete full blown dementia. He’s a loser…one in the parade of losers…not worth 30 seconds, forget 30 minutes. Get real.

Whatever he said, I’ll bet $ to $ he’s misdirecting at best, more likely totally lying. The case isn’t about Trump’s right to free speech any more than arresting a mobster that set up a hit would be…he only spoke, others did the crimes. Derp…doesn’t work that way sucker.

P.S.-
101 Republican Township Supervisor Robert Holland pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 92-year-old nursing home resident in 2006. He was given a two-to-four-year sentence.

102 Antigay pastor Leonard Ray Owens told a woman who had miscarriage she was possessed by a sex spirit and lesbian demon so he raped her.
103 GOP State Rep & House Minority Leader Galen Fox convicted of molesting a woman who was a flight with him from Honolulu to Los Angeles

104 Albert Andre Zimmerman, a GOP-appointed spokesperson for the State of Florida Department of Children and Families, producing child porn. See also The Wrong Voice

105 The Republican Mayor of Collins Missouri, and Pastor of the Temple Lot Church in Collins, Allen D. Kauffman caught in internet sting by an adult pretending to be 13

106 Dana Rorabacher's aide Jeffrey Nielson, sex with underage boys

107 SD State GOP Rep Ted Klaudt: rape, sexual exploitation of a minor, witness tampering, stalking. Five victims, three foster children who lived with Klaudt.

108 Elyria Ohio city councilman, Republican Joseph Monteleone Jr. was found guilty of fondling underage girls

109 GOP County Commissioner Patrick Lee McGuire child molestation

110 Republican Mayor Jeffrey Kyle Randall was sentenced nine months in jail and six years on probation on charges that he molested two boys

111 Republican Judge Donald Thompson from Oklahoma, was found guilty on four counts of indecent exposure after using a penis pump while presiding over court cases.

112 Ohio GOP Caucus lawyer Stephen Linne - "Naked Photographer" a moniker suggesting his snapping pics of women in the nude was harmless. It was not

113 OP Sheriff candidate Eddie Frankum indicted for sexual harassment and illegally detaining women while police chief.

114 GOP campaign volunteer and national convention delegate Ted Bundy - kidnapping, rape, murder

115 Gun activist Cody Wilson - child sexual assault

116 Christian Television Network entertainer Ronald William Brown convicted for child porn, the rest is just too disturbing to go into

117 GOP state Senate aide Alan Berlin - internet child sex. I don't care about him being a furry. I know a few furries who are lovely people, including one of my nephews. They are not pedophiles and the headline is offensive.

118 Trump White House aide Rob Porter - domestic violence

119 Roger Ailes, Republican propagandist, sexual harassment

120 Jason Miller, Trump campaign staffer and Trump advocate on CNN - poisoned ex with abortion pill It's not the sex, it's not the desire for abortion, it's the doing it against her will

121 GOP megadonor Steve Wynn - sexual harassment

122 Former Republican Michael Cohen used threats and money to silence women and reporters who could expose sexual predator

123 GOP Sen Patrick Meehan - sexual harassment

124 GOP Congressman Blake Farenthold - sexual harassment

125 Former Republican WY Sec of State Ed Murray - sexual assault

Were the Atomic Bombings of Japan Necessary?

newtboy says...

I’ve always thought it was a horrific decision, but not at all because of the immediate effects or massive death and destruction they caused in Japan….they fucked around and found out and deserved everything they got (and I was unaware the Russian Manchurian offensive timing, but it’s even more reason to not drop a second bomb or even a first if we knew it was coming).

I think it was horrific because we had no idea what the long term effects of even minimal fallout might be, and in fall/winter the jet stream runs from Japan directly to the highly populated West coast (which we knew well thanks to balloon bombs), so some portion of the fallout was guaranteed to fall on millions of US citizens. We lucked out that it wasn’t deadly a year later, and didn’t cause horrible birth defects with near zero exposure…we had no concrete idea at the time though just guesses, and still don’t have a clear idea of how much it contributed to higher cancer rates in the US.

Keep in mind, we had no idea what discussions the Japanese were having amongst themselves , so no idea how effective our bombs nor the Manchurian offensive were at persuading them to surrender. Hindsight is 2020, but at the time we were flying blind.

The uncertain risk there of possibly killing millions of ourselves or gimping or sterilizing or even Cronenberging entire future generations for the comparatively minimal convenience of not using conventional bombs, to me, is no where near worth it. There were just too many unanswered questions about too many factors. I’m sure the soldiers fighting at the time would feel differently.

*promote the history lesson, learned some new stuff!



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