The Terrifying State of U.S. Nuclear Weapon Security By Taegan Goddard Posted July 29, 2014 at 6:00am Facebook Twitter Email Reddit John Oliver delivered a devastating commentary on the state of U.S. nuclear weapons security: </p> <p> Said Oliver: “Let’s recap: Within the last 12 months we were in a situation where in the event of us launching a nuclear strike, the president’s command would theoretically have gone through a man gambling with fake poker chips, who would’ve then tried to call a drunk guy wrestling with a Russian George Harrison, who would’ve then needed to send someone with a bag full of burritos to wake up an officer and tell him to go grab an LP-sized floppy disk and begin the solemn process of ending the world as we know it.”  </p> <p> <a href="https://blogs.rollcall.com/five-by-five/john-oliver-on-the-terrifying-state-of-u-s-nuclear-weapon-security-on-this-week-tonight/">Tim Starks</a> : “And while it sounds funny if you just read that paragraph out of context, Oliver masterfully builds toward that brutal summary. Which makes it so much less funny, in a way.”</p> <p></body> Recent Stories GOP majority renews focus on abortion Grounded in Colorado ahead of birth, Pettersen is still fighting for proxy change For Haley Stevens, the road to the House majority runs through the ‘New Dems’ HHS pauses communications through Feb. 1, memo says Law enforcement groups criticize Trump pardons for Jan. 6 Democrats who won in Trump districts brace for two years in the spotlight
