Two more near fatality accidents at LANL

Two more near fatality accidents at LANL about a week ago. A dump truck knocked down a three phase power line and a fork lift driver speared the cab of a truck with the forklift tines. Word is that the tines went right through the drivers seat. Luckily no one was killed but LANL has suspended similar activities. No announcement has yet been made by LANL management.
Anyone in LANL management care to explain why?

Can China Be Contained?

While not directly related to US nuclear policy or the national labs, here's very insightful essay from the Wall Street Journal on US-China relations. How we got to where we are and where we may need to go...

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As tensions with China rise, U.S. foreign policy thinkers are dusting off ideas from the Cold War—and questioning the long-standing consensus for engagement with Beijing

By ANDREW BROWNE
June 12, 2015 

http://www.wsj.com/articles/can-china-be-contained-1434118534

Get Educated

Conservatives exert self control better than liberals:
http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-83826403/
Also, self control is the fundamental for success.

physically stronger men tend to be conservative:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2325414/Men-physically-strong-likely-right-wing-political-views.html

liberal men are tend to wear more tie dye and are more likely to cry "don't tase me bro"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkkLUP-gm4Q

New Sandia director will be first woman to lead national security lab

https://share.sandia.gov/news/resources/news_releases/new_director/#.VYi4KaaCPCQ

LANL Discontinues Public Onsite Surplus Property Sales

LANL News:

Los Alamos National Laboratory's onsite public sales are being discontinued effective immediately. The public sales have been conducted on the third Thursday of every month, weather permitting."

One more nail in the coffin by the California Carpetbaggers !

Report blasts agency's oversight of contractors managing nuke labs

Report blasts agency's oversight of contractors managing nuke labs

http://www.securityinfowatch.com/news/14008188/report-blasts-nnsa-oversight-of-contractors-managing-nuke-labs

Privatize CIA and NSA

Maybe if we make the CIA and NSA private than these kinds of things would not happen.
The private sector will not tolerate mistakes or security breaches. Heck China could run or intelligence agencies better than we can. Maybe the smart thing to do is outsource our intelligence and security overseas. After all what is so special about Washington DC, CIA and NSA that it cannot be done far better and cheaper elsewhere?