MOOSERIDER magazine: The Blasts That Finally Shook The Emperor of Japan

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"Fascism and communism both promise "social welfare," "social justice," and "fairness" to justify authoritarian means and extensive arbitrary and discretionary governmental powers." - F. A. Hayek"

"Life is a Bungling process and in no way educational." in James M. Cain

Jean Giraudoux who first said, “Only the mediocre are always at their best.”

If you have ten thousand regulations, you destroy all respect for the law. Sir Winston Churchill

"summum ius summa iniuria" ("More laws, more injustice.") Cicero

As Christopher Hitchens once put it, “The essence of tyranny is not iron law; it is capricious law.”

"Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." Ronald Reagan

"Law is where you buy it." Raymond Chandler

"Why did God make so many damn fools and Democrats?" Clarence Day

"If I feel like feeding squirrels to the nuts, this is the place for it." - Cluny Brown

"Oh, pshaw! When yu' can't have what you choose, yu' just choose what you have." Owen Wister "The Virginian"

Oscar Wilde said about the death scene in Little Nell, you would have to have a heart of stone not to laugh.

Thomas More's definition of government as "a conspiracy of rich men procuring their own commodities under the name and title of a commonwealth.” ~ Winston S. Churchill, A History of the English Speaking Peoples

“Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.” ~ Jonathon Swift

Saturday, August 8, 2020

The Blasts That Finally Shook The Emperor of Japan

"Little Boy"

The nuclear bombings on August 6th and 9th finally forced the Japanese to terms with their losing their War against the allies. The two Atomic Bombs dropped saved the US from having to physically invade the Japanese Islands at horrific human cost to both sides. One remarkable thing was that the Uranium Bomb,"Little Boy", did not require testing as the Los Alamos physicists knew it would work. "Fat Man", the Plutonium Bomb, did require testing on the new isotope.

"Fat Man"

It was unfortunate that Roosevelt agreed to have Stalin enter the war on August 8th against Japan. The Soviets captured Manchuria and opened the north of China with support for the Communists. We are dealing heavily wth that legacy today.