Nick: I heard about this effort on the Amy Goodman show. The Ploughshares fund is the group circulating the petition.
Here's a link to the story: https://www.democracynow.org/2016/12/29/obama_urged_to_take_us_nukes Here's a link to the petition: http://www.ploughshares.org/keep-donald-trumps-finger-off-nuclear-button Ciao! John On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 1:20 PM, Nick Thompson <nickthomp...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Hi, everybody, > > > > At Friday’s gathering, one of the things we discussed was that Trump’s > accession, given his impulsiveness, could easily lead to a nuclear war. > The readiness level of the US nuclear “deterrent” currently allows 4 > minutes between determining that an enemy attack is in progress and US > launch. Because of the submarine fleet, this level of hair-trigger > readiness is totally unnecessary, even if one buys into all the assumptions > of US nuclear doctrine. > > > > I am frightened for myself, my family, and grandchildren. I think Trump > is crazy enough to imagine a future in which he and his “unbelievably > beautiful” women live out a life of luxury in a bunker somewhere, while the > rest of us … well, you know, “Sacrifices had to be made to preserve our way > of life”. Obama has the power increase the threshold to hours or even days > before leaving office. I had understood that there was a concerted effort > to get him to do so, but when I went to the net to find it, I could not. > To my surprise, the Union of Concerned Scientists seems to be totally > mellow about the situation, suggesting only that Obama negotiate away some > of our backup nukes before his term expires, leaving everything else mostly > in place. > > > > Are any of you aware of such an effort? Can you provide me with details? > > > > Nick > > > > > > Nicholas S. Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology > > Clark University > > http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >
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