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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 ( 268 )
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Commonly Known as a Heart Attack
I shouldn't have being playing golf Thursday. I woke that morning feeling lethargic. I had a nagging pain in the middle of my upper back. Read more
Posted on 10 April 2013 HEALTH -
The NRA Identifies the Root Cause of America's Gun Violence
You have to hand it to the NRA and their supporters. After a successful campaign to stop research into gun violence, they’ve established, by virtue of their... Read more
Posted on 26 March 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Guns That Don't Kill People
It’s truly troubling to read the letters from dismayed NRA supporters. Leave it to “bleeding heart liberals” to exploit the shooting deaths of a couple of... Read more
Posted on 22 March 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Pasta Con Vongole -- My Recipe
I adapted this recipe for Pasta con Vongole from a recipe in the Time-Life book, Foods of the World (1968). It's a favorite in our house, because it's delicious... Read more
Posted on 15 March 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
ATF Losing the War
The Branch Davidian massacre in Waco, Texas, occurred twenty years ago today, February 28, 1993. This event, and the Ruby Ridge siege, which took place in... Read more
Posted on 26 February 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
What Causes Gun Violence? The NRA Doesn't Want You to Know
An entire federal agency, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, has as its mission the understanding and prevention of death and injury on our... Read more
Posted on 21 February 2013 SOCIETY -
Are You Safer Because You Have Guns in Your Home?
The NRA leadership wants you to believe that having guns in the home makes you safer. The facts tell a different story. Guns in the home are far more likely to... Read more
Posted on 20 February 2013 SOCIETY -
For the NRA, Violence Begets Nonsense
Wayne LaPierre, Executive Vice President and CEO of the National Rifle Association (David Keene is the President) has been much in the news since the Sandy... Read more
Posted on 19 February 2013 SOCIETY -
A Tank, a Tank! My Congressional Seat for a Tank!
Tank Storage at Sierra Army DepotI live in the Tri-Cities, Washington, near Hanford. Our economy is dependent on the hundreds of billions of dollars being... Read more
Posted on 15 February 2013 SOCIETY -
DPRK Nuclear Test 2013
STATEMENT BY CTBTO EXECUTIVE SECRETARY TIBOR TÓTH ON THE SEISMIC EVENT DETECTED IN NORTH KOREA AS A RESPONSE TO MEDIA QUESTIONSVienna, 12 February 2013“Today ou... Read more
Posted on 12 February 2013 SOCIETY -
North Korea Dreams Its Future
This is so weird it's scary.[From Live Leak]North Korea, which is poised to conduct a nuclear test any day now, has posted a video depicting a US city resemblin... Read more
Posted on 06 February 2013 SOCIETY -
Good Letter by a Friend to Senator Patty Murray, WA-D
Dear Senator Murray,I agree with you, preventing tragedies like the one in Newtown will take more than common-sense gun policies and enforcement. Read more
Posted on 02 February 2013 SOCIETY -
Collateral Damage
For the NRA, the slaughter of 20 children at Sandy Hook Elementary School, along with the 6 adults who tried to protect them, was collateral damage, just as is... Read more
Posted on 29 January 2013 SOCIETY -
Mr. Klippert's Proposed Bill
State Representative Brad Klippert, Republican for Eastern Washington’s 8th District, has jumped on the ARM THE TEACHERS bandwagon promoted by the NRA. Read more
Posted on 12 January 2013 SOCIETY -
Happy New Year Wall Street!
The deal that President Obama signed into law January 3, 2013, will allow multinationals to defer paying US taxes on certain financial transactions undertaken... Read more
Posted on 03 January 2013 SOCIETY -
New York Firefighters Ambushed on Christmas Eve
From the BBCTwo US volunteer firefighters have been shot dead and two injured while responding to an emergency call in the town of Webster in New York state. Read more
Posted on 25 December 2012 SOCIETY -
Back to Hastings
Congressman Hastings;I contacted you recently concerning the Newtown, Connecticut, mass shooting that killed 20 young children and six adults. Read more
Posted on 21 December 2012 SOCIETY -
Hastings Responds
On December 17, 2012, I emailed a letter to my Congressional Representative, Doc Hastings (R-WA4), concerning the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in... Read more
Posted on 19 December 2012 SOCIETY -
Ammo Anyone?
Remember the shooting massacre in Aurora, Colorado, that left 12 dead and dozens more injured? The gunman had purchased more than 6,000 rounds of ammunition on... Read more
Posted on 18 December 2012 SOCIETY -
Mass Shootings in America
Mother Jones reports that this year alone there had already been six mass shootings—and a record number of casualties, with 110 people injured and killed prior... Read more
Posted on 18 December 2012 SOCIETY