Nuclear

(ANTIMEDIA) — Nothing warms up a cold war quite like a long-range nuclear bomber flying along Russia’s border, so when the U.S. flew its infamous B-52 above the Baltic Sea on Tuesday morning, the Russians scrambled their own fighter jet to intercept the U.S. warplane.

...In fact, as we now know, Khan and his network were known, identified, surveilled, funded and even protected by the CIA from its very inception.

Hanford collapse, hunger strike and the brewery wars + this day in history w/Astor Place Riots and our song of the day by RAC & Rostam on your Morning Monarchy for May 10, 2017.

(ANTIMEDIA) Hanford, WA — There has been a tunnel collapse at a U.S. nuclear facility that was part of the Manhattan Project — the undertaking that led to the creation of the world’s first nuclear weapons. From an Associated Press (AP) report:

A South Korean protester holds up a placard opposing a plan to deploy the a U.S. missile defense system called Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, near U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, April 27, 2017. (AP/Ahn Young-joon)

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks at the U.S.-Saudi Arabia CEO Summit, Wednesday, April 19, 2017, at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

A submarine missile is paraded across Kim Il Sung Square during a military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea to celebrate the 105th birth anniversary of Kim Il Sung, the country’s late founder and grandfather of current ruler Kim Jong Un. April 15, 2017. (AP/Wong Maye-E)

Massive attacks, monumental errors and officially indicted + this day in history w/the Bay Of Pigs and our song of the day by Tanika Charles on your Morning Monarchy for April 17, 2017.

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence looks at the North side from Observation Post Ouellette in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), near the border village of Panmunjom, which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, South Korea, April 17, 2017. (AP/Lee Jin-man)
PANMUNJOM, South Korea  — In a trip full of Cold War symbolism, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence traveled to the tense zone dividing North and South Korea and warned Pyongyang that after years of testing the U.S. and South Korea with its nuclear ambitions, “the era of strategic patience is over.”

Strange times, solar radiation management and orbiting colonies + this day in history w/Three Mile Island and our song of the day by Thievery Corporation on your Morning Monarchy for March 28, 2017.