What would Iran actually do with a nuclear weapon?

If Iran had a nuclear weapon, would it use it? Of course not. That would be suicidal. Then why do the United States and Israel fear that Iran might create a nuclear bomb? That is the question Glenn Greenwald asked and answered today:

That Iran will use its nuclear weapons against the US and Israel is rather obviously the centerpiece of the fear-mongering campaign against Tehran, to build popular support for threats to launch an aggressive attack in order to prevent them from acquiring that weapon. So what, then, is the real reason that so many people in both the US and Israeli governments are so desperate to stop Iranian proliferation? Every now and then, they reveal the real reason: Iranian nuclear weapons would prevent the US from attacking Iran at will, and that is what is intolerable. The latest person to unwittingly reveal the real reason for viewing an Iranian nuclear capacity as unacceptable was GOP Senator Lindsey Graham, one of the US's most reliable and bloodthirsty warmongers.

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Mitt Romney’s #1 source of campaign cash: Goldman Sachs

What does this information from Open Secrets tell you about the candidates? Look whose employees are ponying up to put Mitt Romney into office. Goldman Sachs is #1. What does Goldman do for America? It sucks the lifeblood out of our country, with many politicians serving as its bought bitches. THAT's the number one supporter of Mitt Romney. For more on Goldman Sachs, check out Matt Taibbi's writings, including this one.

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Abusive Relationship with God?

On Facebook, I found the following image, which draws parallels between alleged relationships with God and abusive human relationships. This image reminds me of a saying of GrumpyPilgrim: "God loves you like an abusive parent." One of Grumpy's favorite bits of "evidence" being the alleged fact that God set up the attractive nuisance of the tree of knowledge, then condemned humanity forever when Eve did exactly what God knew she was going to do. I don't know the identity of the author of the above image. I anyone knows, I'd like to give proper attribution.

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