tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post2973436291535064520..comments2024-03-29T06:34:24.945-07:00Comments on LLNL - The True Story -: Heather Wilson appointed to NNSA review panelUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-28756320195236296612013-03-08T15:14:08.350-08:002013-03-08T15:14:08.350-08:00Only a fool ignores historical data and believes &...Only a fool ignores historical data and believes "this time it's different".<br /><br />March 8, 2013 at 1:51 PM<br /><br />Specious argument. Simple, predictable cause-and-effect is not "historical data." I guess you believe all the people on this panel are untrustworthy, devious, venal, lying idiots who don't care a whit about the task they've been asked to take on. Pretty sick approach to life and to other people's honor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-2406669574648760112013-03-08T13:51:07.513-08:002013-03-08T13:51:07.513-08:00If I hit my hand with a hammer 10 times and each t...If I hit my hand with a hammer 10 times and each time it hurts like hell then I've got a reasonable assumption that it will also hurt on the 11th try.<br /><br />Only a fool ignores historical data and believes "this time it's different".<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-1321747414294489082013-03-06T13:19:51.967-08:002013-03-06T13:19:51.967-08:00It's hard to argue with historical data. (Unle...It's hard to argue with historical data. (Unless you work at NIF)<br /><br />March 5, 2013 at 7:55 PM<br /><br />No one is arguing with historical data. Just with the notion that it predicts the future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-88397906925705295972013-03-05T19:55:56.092-08:002013-03-05T19:55:56.092-08:00It's hard to argue with historical data. (Unle...It's hard to argue with historical data. (Unless you work at NIF)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-69566549824759228972013-03-05T11:09:41.529-08:002013-03-05T11:09:41.529-08:00Why believe this latest commission will be any dif...Why believe this latest commission will be any different from the others? <br /><br />March 4, 2013 at 9:12 PM<br /><br />Why not? What do you believe is the force making them all the same? Internal or external? Without a logical basis your beief is just superstition. Or perhaps a self-fulfilling prophesy. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-2450613235380344202013-03-04T21:12:46.397-08:002013-03-04T21:12:46.397-08:00The Galvin commission over two decades ago never c...The Galvin commission over two decades ago never change anything at the weapon labs. There have been an endless stream of reports and commission since then and the labs have continued their slow decline.<br /><br />Why believe this latest commission will be any different from the others? The stifling bureaucracy, rising cost of doing business and incredibly bloated management structure continues to increase to higher and higher levels.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-23798776040566239832013-03-04T14:48:06.651-08:002013-03-04T14:48:06.651-08:00Calm down! This is only an advisory committee, jus...Calm down! This is only an advisory committee, just the most recent of umpteen that have been recommending ways to "improve" NNSA for the past few years. Unfortunately, there is no way that you can "improve" dead fish once they begin to stink. Good luck to Ernie!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-29061999028720395582013-03-04T13:07:51.375-08:002013-03-04T13:07:51.375-08:00Isn't Ms. Wilson one of the very people that c...Isn't Ms. Wilson one of the very people that created this insane, over-budget, do nothing, funnel money to corporations who love over-budget stuff, let old nuns and geezers run free in cat 1 nuke facilities for hours - mess we are in now. It would be like letting that 82 yr old nun run the NNSA!!!! This is the definition of crazy! If this were another time in American history .. people would lose more than their jobs for this kinda incredible shit. Welcome to the end of the Empire. We go out with a whimper.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-17921210342282364612013-03-03T08:31:09.943-08:002013-03-03T08:31:09.943-08:00The DoD wastes more money in Afghanistan in one da...The DoD wastes more money in Afghanistan in one day than NNSA does in one year. The security forces at bases in Iraq and Afghanistan work in difficult conditions and are heroic, but they have had some tragic situations where civilians have been mistaken for insurgents and have been killed. Say what you want about DOE and NNSA - they have a lot of problems - as do the labs and plants - but the DoD has not demonstrated the capability to run research labs (Naval Research Lab used to be a good lab decades ago but the R&D suffers when real-life operations need to be funded)- and at least the Y-12 security forces did not overreact to the security flaws by shooting a harmless nun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-88826601415829808352013-03-03T07:44:22.124-08:002013-03-03T07:44:22.124-08:00I hope the anti-academia anti-basic reasearch pro-...I hope the anti-academia anti-basic reasearch pro-checklist DoD takes over. They can turn the Labs into something resembling a Kragen store. Imagine having science micromanaged by our security people - that is what it would be like. Think of the ignorant anti-science Acting for the last several months being in charge of everything. It would be the best ever!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-47658524001417254282013-03-03T01:17:25.362-08:002013-03-03T01:17:25.362-08:00"
Even if the review panel gets the '...<br />"<br /> Even if the review panel gets the 'right' answer, it will have the appearance of a conflict of interest. For those inclined to untangle just how conflicted Wilson is in this matter, take a look at the SF Reporter article:<br /><br /> http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/article-7028-this-is-heather-wils.html<br /><br /> March 2, 2013 at 2:21 PM"<br /><br />I am no fan of Heather Wilson but sfreporter is just not a series news journal. I read it myself when it is free for the smut and crazy stuff but come on, no one takes this magazine seriously. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-33287022055840355182013-03-03T01:13:44.579-08:002013-03-03T01:13:44.579-08:00"Good chance the nuclear weapon labs will be ..."Good chance the nuclear weapon labs will be transferred over to DoD. Not a slam-dunk but odds are at last 50-50% even if the DoD says they don't want the NNSA labs.<br /><br /> We've run out of options for ways to fix this mess.<br /><br /> March 2, 2013 at 12:47 PM"<br /><br />It is not going to happen. The moment they start thinking about all the problems it is going cause. By the way DOD has just as many if not more problems than the DOE.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-5854255695007572442013-03-02T21:15:20.105-08:002013-03-02T21:15:20.105-08:00The SF Reporter is the most biased writing as one ...The SF Reporter is the most biased writing as one is likely to find anywhere. To call it journalism would be tantamount to fraud.<br /><br />March 2, 2013 at 4:10 PM<br /><br />True, true. A thoroughly ultra-liberal rag. With a female columnist who writes rapturously about the "taste of semen." Typical Santa Fe - the San Francisco of the southwest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-77375670115886763022013-03-02T21:10:32.002-08:002013-03-02T21:10:32.002-08:00It makes no sense for this inefficient, high-secur...It makes no sense for this inefficient, high-security operation to be doing stuff cheap and efficient professors can do in their labs, with the exception of fusion.<br /><br />March 2, 2013 at 8:48 PM<br /><br />Spoken like a true NIFer. In case you haven't noticed, the claim that NIF has anything to do with fusion has been thoroughly debunked. Laughable. EoS and strength, baby!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-9832081096489172122013-03-02T20:49:18.790-08:002013-03-02T20:49:18.790-08:00 It is clear that DoE does not have the correct id... It is clear that DoE does not have the correct idea how to run security for a CAT 1 nuclear facility that is not within a base.<br /><br />March 2, 2013 at 3:01 PM<br /><br />DOE does not run Y-12 security - NNSA does. Apart from that, how does your statement provide evidence that DoD can do security at CAT 1 nuclear facilities? Try to stay focussed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-9200710596871723072013-03-02T20:48:57.306-08:002013-03-02T20:48:57.306-08:00They need to put LANL/LLNL/SNL in the DoD. We don&...They need to put LANL/LLNL/SNL in the DoD. We don't need to be doing clean energy research...that's what NREL is for. We need to be doing weapons work and other DoD or intelligence agency work. Leave the real science to the universities. It makes no sense for this inefficient, high-security operation to be doing stuff cheap and efficient professors can do in their labs, with the exception of fusion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-71233722453793633422013-03-02T16:10:39.190-08:002013-03-02T16:10:39.190-08:00The SF Reporter is the most biased writing as one ...The SF Reporter is the most biased writing as one is likely to find anywhere. To call it journalism would be tantamount to fraud.<br /><br />That being said, it was the Republicans during the Bush years that gave us this hideous disaster called NNSA, and the for-profit LLC Lab management, bought and paid for by generous campaign contributions. <br /><br />The winners of the contracts were winners for a reason. The losers were the employees and taxpayers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-20170946474455552942013-03-02T15:01:29.376-08:002013-03-02T15:01:29.376-08:00I wonder if DoD has any idea how to run security f...I wonder if DoD has any idea how to run security for a CAT 1 nuclear facility that is not within a base?<br /><br />March 2, 2013 at 1:09 PM<br /><br />Did you just wake up from a year long coma? Seems like that there is a Congressional hearing every week to investigate Nun-gate at Y-12. It is clear that DoE does not have the correct idea how to run security for a CAT 1 nuclear facility that is not within a base.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-59353987722638921832013-03-02T14:21:10.730-08:002013-03-02T14:21:10.730-08:00Even if the review panel gets the 'right' ...Even if the review panel gets the 'right' answer, it will have the appearance of a conflict of interest. For those inclined to untangle just how conflicted Wilson is in this matter, take a look at the SF Reporter article:<br /><br />http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/article-7028-this-is-heather-wils.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-70582965929316079492013-03-02T13:09:42.089-08:002013-03-02T13:09:42.089-08:00I wonder if DoD has any idea how to run security f...I wonder if DoD has any idea how to run security for a CAT 1 nuclear facility that is not within a base? Or maybe they'll just contract it out to the same-ol' same-ol's. Another issue is clearances - the DoD doesn't do Q-type background checks for access authorization to RD, just a superior officer's signature. They also do not understand the RD classification system. Maybe DOE's office of classification will be pulled out to DoD too... This could be a major unintended mess.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-55533137171272171622013-03-02T12:47:03.184-08:002013-03-02T12:47:03.184-08:00Good chance the nuclear weapon labs will be transf...Good chance the nuclear weapon labs will be transferred over to DoD. Not a slam-dunk but odds are at last 50-50% even if the DoD says they don't want the NNSA labs. <br /><br />We've run out of options for ways to fix this mess.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com