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Codebender

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Tim is a 29 year old guy from Albany, Oregon, USA

Consider the motivation behind any argument. Consider how the interests of the speaker or writer coincide with or oppose your own interests. Every source of information is biased in some way.

By the way, the avatar is from a Durex ad.

  • Keeping Presidents in the Nuclear Dark (Episode #1: The...

    Rated Jun 15 2006 • 3 reviews • nuclear • cdi.org

    "... These long-range nuclear-tipped missiles first came on line during the Cuban missile crisis and grew to a force of 1,000 during the McNamara years ... McNamara personally saw to it that these special locks (known to wonks as "Permissive Action Links") were installed on the Minuteman force, and that he regarded them as essential to strict central control and preventing unauthorized launch.

    ... SAC remained far less concerned about unauthorized launches than about the potential of these safeguards to interfere with the implementation of wartime launch orders. And so the 'secret unlock code' during the height of the nuclear crises of the Cold War remained constant at OOOOOOOO."