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If this rumour is true, then there it is, folks: declaring #fentanyl a #WMD leads to more emergency powers, and provides the pretext for attacking #Mexico and #Canada — Canada, who receives a far greater influx of fentanyl coming in from the States, than going out.

thehandbasket.co/p/trump-fenta

A copy of the draft was obtained and reviewed by The Handbasket.
The HandbasketTrump to declare 'illicit' fentanyl 'Weapon of Mass Destruction,' per draft EOA copy of the draft was obtained and reviewed by The Handbasket.

Today in Labor History March 17, 1968: The U.S. Army Chemical Corps killed over 6,000 sheep while illegally testing a nerve gas agent at the Dugway Proving Ground in Skull Valley, Utah. A 1998 report, the by Air Force Press was the "first documented admission" from the Army that a nerve agent killed the sheep at Skull Valley. The incident inspired Stephen King's novel “The Stand.”

#utah #chemicalweapons #wmd #WeaponsOfMassDestruction #nerveagent #army #airforce #literary #stephenking #historicalfiction #books #author #writer #horror @bookstadon

"US agencies responsible for preventing the global proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and building security capacity around the world are facing deep cuts, perhaps total abolition, as the Trump administration continues its assault on any and all spending going overseas.

According to a draft working paper provided to WIRED, the Department of Defense is asking all its agencies and services that conduct “security cooperation” programs to consider the impact if the Pentagon were to “realign” its funding. The authors of the paper warn the cuts could hobble the fight against organized crime in South America, impair the battle against the Islamic State, increase the likelihood of a rogue state producing and using chemical weapons, and defund pandemic surveillance measures.

The working paper is in response to a request for information from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, asking agencies to assess the consequences of four levels of staff reduction—25 percent, 50 percent, and 75 percent cuts, or outright abolition."

wired.com/story/pentagon-cuts-

WIRED · Pentagon Cuts Threaten Programs That Secure Loose Nukes and Weapons of Mass DestructionBy Justin Ling
#USA#Pentagon#WMD

Newly updated #NuclearDoctrine of #Russia signed by #Putin today lowers the bar and gives him the option of nuclear response, even for a conventional attack, backed by a nuclear power.

Effectively covers attacks by US-backed #Ukraine.

The new doctrine says Moscow could use nuclear weapons “in response to the use of nuclear and other types of #WMD” against Russia or its allies, as well as “in the event of aggression” against Russia and Belarus with conventional weapons…

apnews.com/article/russia-nucl

I’m reminded of that Star Trek: TNG clip where Quark finds out that the people of Earth irradiated their own planet on purpose.

Not only that, the people of Earth were so feckless at self-governance, that they also let irradiation weapons into the hands of psychopaths.

If and when humanity succeeds in not irradiating itself to death, that will be the ultimate underdog story.