mikegideon

At least he got in a couple of good licks.

Your brother should have told them he was gay. They would be in prison for 400 years.

I recall that too. The nuke is the trigger. I forget the details.

There you go again, poking holes in the tin foil

Well, a lot of gays side with liberals because they view Republicans as anti-gay. The liberals milk it for all it's worth. I understand why things are that way, and blame the other side mostly for the distortion. Still, it not going to go away, and I have a projected winner.

Semiconductors junctions can be killed with excess voltage. Doesn't take significant energy. The only way to make a transfomer fail is to melt it, or punch thru the unsulation with a really high voltage and with some energy behind it. That's a tall order when you're talking about millions of transformers. Melting an oil filled transformer is tough, especially with fuses in front of it. If it mostly blows fuses, it will be devastating (because the grid will crash), but temporary.

According to the article in the OP, you can do it with a scud if you get close enough. I don't know what makes him think we wouldn't blow the hell out of Iran. A would bet ALL my money that it won't take out our silos OR the secure com links to them. Scary internet articles... gotta love 'em.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/05/us/wisconsin-temple-shooting/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

Good question. The ones that went past general math seem to be the ones that see the numbers clearly enough to call some things, like a third party win, impossible. I was really joking... kinda.

A physicist friend of mine actually saw a government EMP testing facility decades ago. It was a huge outdoor EMP generator that they would smack with some serious juice. There's lots of stuff that can be done. You just won't see any of it in your IPOD. If you get any warning at all, kill the main breaker, and unplug everything from the wall.

Hard to pull predictions off the top of your head. If you know the magnitude vs time of the pulse, and the distance, you can calculate the resulting field at any point on the ground with some pretty good certainty if there's no reflection from atmospheric layers. An electromagnetic field is usually specified in volts per meter. A 1 volt per meter field will induce one volt across a 1 meter wire. You don't need absolute numbers to realize that the damage will vary dramatically depending on the size of the "antenna". I'm sure a LOT of the work has already been done, or the gov wouldn't have specs on their transmitter buildings. I'm not sure it's available to the public. I've heard the spec, and it was a number. Just don't recall it. Their spec is good enough that I think it includes more localized blasts. All nuclear bombs throw off a whopping EMP. They didn't learn about it with the high altitude test. They leaned about it with the first test (if it wasn't already predicted by the math).

If it really goes to hell, the ones that are imbedded in society (most law enforcement) are going to be concerned for their own families. Some percentage of them will focus on that. I know I would.

No doubt that the NRA had some impact. I don't mind if every politician knows it. They can paint a target on the backs of gun owners if they're that stupid, but can't do ####e to the NRA. Best for them if they just pay attention to what happened.

Steel (not aluminum) box. Ferrous metal makes the best/cheapest electromagnetic shield. Stuff that is hooked to the power lines is vulnerable because they are efficient long wave antennas. The power grid has LOTS of fuses protecting the transformers, which are the vulnerable components. I need to read more as well. The pulse won't have enough energy to melt the fillings in your teeth. Semiconductor junctions (solid state electronics) are vulnerable because you can kill them with a relatively low voltage. An electromagnetic pulse isn't voodoo. Making the pulse may be, but from there, the math is well understood. The government has a lot of stuff that's hardened. For example, the new broadcast transmiiter systems (building and all) they're installing for top level EAS use are virtually EMP immune, and they're full of solid state electronics.

"take some other groups traditions". When it's everybody, it's not groups. Muslims, Hindus, Jews, and Athiests get married in this country. The ONLY group is heterosexuals. The CFA mess was liberal politics, plain and simple. Like I said, I had a couple of gay friends make Facebook posts supporting CFA. The libs need this fake outrage, 'cause they can't talk about the economy.

Snopes probably does spin things to the left. With that said, getting caught in a lie would kill them dead.

If the balance in Congress doesn't get any worse, he may not have enough goodies to trade.

Yes it is. Not a bad thing to drag up though. It's interesting to note that they collected less than a million guns. Our pile would be much bigger.

WTF? What "groups" are you talking about? Christians? I've known married couples from ALL the major religions. The group is heterosexuals, and it's just plain old discrimination.

I'm one of the lucky ones too. Mine will be together until one of them goes.

Been saying it all along. Sanctimonious libtards "defending" the poor gay folks.

Nah. Just makes you somebody that skipped a lot of math classes

Accountant. I've known a few postal ones over the years.

I had a nickel plated model 15 back in the '70's. Another one I really regret selling.