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Richard Badalamente writes fiction and non-fiction on a variety of topics ranging from speculative fiction, and espionage, to science and technology, research, and alternative futures. He is a former US Air Force officer, and was a senior analyst with the National Security Directorate of a US government National Laboratory, where his focus was nuclear nonproliferation, counterintelligence, and counter terrorism.
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An Unexpected Error
http://anunexpectederror.blogspot.com/
Richard Badalamente was a senior analyst with a Department of Energy national laboratory. His focus was nuclear nonproliferation, counterintelligence, and counter terrorism. He was assigned to the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna in 1990-92, where he authored the 1991-95 Strategic Plan for Safeguards, and assisted the IAEA in evaluating the safeguards implications of events in Iraq. In late 2002, he was detailed to the Pentagon to assist in planning for Operation Iraqi freedom. He is now a writer living in Kennewick, Washington.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 269 )
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Climate Change is Top Threat According to the Commander of US Forces Pacific
Reposted from Climate Science WatchAccording to the Commander of U.S. Forces Pacific (PACOM), significant upheaval related to the warming planet “is probably th... Read more
Posted on 14 February 2014 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Threats from a Warming Climate Come in Extra Large and Very Small Packages:...
Cases of chikungunya fever have already spread across the Caribbean islands.Feb 6, 2014 |By Dina Fine Maron, in Scientific AmericanIt began last October, with... Read more
Posted on 08 February 2014 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
In Defense of Bitcoin: Erik Voorhees Open Letter to Peter Schiff
Would You Like a Coffee? It's Possible to Pay with BitcoinsThe following explanation of Bitcoin is taken from Wiki.Bitcoin is a decentralized digital currency... Read more
Posted on 02 February 2014 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Republican Party "Rebrands"
Mike Huckabee, left, sits with RNC Chairman Reince Priebus before Huckabee spoke at the Republican National Committee winter meeting in Washington on Thursday. Read more
Posted on 27 January 2014 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Global Warming Vignette
The drought had lasted for years, water was rationed and tanker trucks were set up at strategic locations where men and women queued in long lines holding... Read more
Posted on 26 December 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
"Dark Money" Funds Climate Change Denial Effort: Scientific American
A Drexel University study finds that a large slice of donations to organizations that deny global warming are funneled through third-party pass-through... Read more
Posted on 24 December 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
One Cold December Day
one year ago twenty kids aged 6 - 7 were shot dead by a twenty year-old severely disturbed young man whose mother thought she could bond with her son through... Read more
Posted on 12 December 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Would Someone Just Shut That Pope Up?
Posted By Patrick J. Deneen On December 5, 2013 @ 10:03 am In Conservatism,Religion | 82 CommentsPope Francis not sufficiently appreciating Ronald ReaganSince... Read more
Posted on 06 December 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Scummy Telemarketer Taken to Court
At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a U.S. district court has temporarily shut down a Brooklyn, New York-based operation that the allegedly used... Read more
Posted on 06 December 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Black Friday Redux
The United States is largely responsible for the distrust and antipathy Iranians feel towards America. The Geneva Deal formulated by the Obama Administration... Read more
Posted on 29 November 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
False Equivalency
Objectivity Does Not Mean Neutrality: The Danger of False Equivalency in the Media David Guttman, Common Dreams, October 25, 2012What happens when public... Read more
Posted on 18 November 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
No, Obama Didn't Lie
Dean Baker, ALTERNETTerminated policies were introduced after ACA's passing -- often with insurers' knowledge they'd be scrapped. Read more
Posted on 17 November 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Point Counter Point
The first essay, by Mischa Fisher (The Atlantic, November 11, 2013), argues that the Republican Party isn't really the anti-science party. Read more
Posted on 14 November 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Something Insane Just Happened in Congress
Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act - Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to extend the exemption from the prohibition against... Read more
Posted on 31 October 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Controlling the Deficits
It should be clear from the charts above that getting control over U.S. spending will require addressing both mandatory and discretionary spending.Mandatory... Read more
Posted on 29 October 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Al Pajunen's Birthday Photos
Posted on 27 October 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Seeing is Believing
My good friend, a died-in-the-wool conservative, contested an earlier post, The Absurdity of Conservative Economics, arguing that stimulus spending doesn't... Read more
Posted on 20 October 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
What Was Really Behind the Republican Shutdown?
"If the Republicans had not fought on ObamaCare,the compromise would have been over the budget sequester." The government shutdown is over and recriminations,... Read more
Posted on 19 October 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Absurdity of Conservative Economics
There's another "economy lesson" floating through the blogosphere, courtesy of the conservative propaganda machine. This one attempts to defend the Republicans... Read more
Posted on 19 October 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Doc Hastings Votes "Aye" on H. Res 368
Prior to the impasse over reopening the government after the Republican manufactured shutdown, a majority of House members went on record saying that if given... Read more
Posted on 17 October 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY