I’m not surprised. The radiation released was too high to have been caused otherwise. I’m curious but I don’t want to find out what would happen in a full melt down. We can extrapolate from the current events that it would be a cataclysm. We didn’t miss it by much.
James Pilant
It is increasingly clear that pet safety has to be part of any disaster planning. These pet owners thought they would only be gone for a day. But now they live in gymnasiums and schools – and they are not ever going home. They thought their pets would be alright for a day but that day has become eternity.
James Pilant
I never saw this before. Quite an elegant set of ideas. Read and enjoy!
James Pilant
via theshywitch
One of the realities of nuclear power. But don’t worry, soon a pundit will explain to you in a new editorial that a nuclear disaster only inflicts radiation equivalent to a few chest x-rays and we should be very comfortable with the industry.
It’s a funny thing. I don’t even like cattle. On the other hand, I never contemplated starving them to death either.
James Pilant
I originally was very cautious about Arnie Gunderson and his once every two days video posting discussing the developments at the Fukushima nuclear plants. But as time has gone by, I have been pleased with his reporting. I have seen nothing that has contradicted any factual assertions on his posts. So, I’m pleased to recommend his latest report.
James Pilant
It seems every couple of days I get to write about some new problem at the Fukushima plants. It’s like a Keystone Kops movie without the laughs. I can’t help but believe that the nuclear industry is suffering a massive public relations failure not just due to the initial disaster but more because of the constant pounding repetition of disaster after disaster, problem after problem. It is a richlydeserved pain. We were assured by the industry that these things could not happen. Those statements were lies.
It is obvious we have some outrage here. It is also obvious that is entirely merited by the utilities and government of Japan.
The author makes good points and as you are probably aware I am a great fan of outrage.
James Pilant
Jayaribcm’s Blog discusses the problems with corruption in India. In this post he discusses the corruption of elections. As I have said before, corruption is not an Indian problem, it a worldwide phenomenon from which the United States is in no way immune. While they fight the fight there, we need to fight our struggle here.
However, there is a particularly disturbing element to the story of election fixing. American officials with the State Department were aware of the purchase of votes in a controversial piece of legislation on a nuclear deal with the United States back in 2008.
Since the United States did not share the information of the bribery and the U.S. benefited from it, there is bound to be suspicion of involvement in the bribery or that there may have been other wrong doing possibly involving the United States.
James Pilant
This is a significant article about election fixing as it is done in India. In the United States we fix elections by removing the poor and minorities from the election rolls on the grounds of non-existent election fraud. It’s the same game and just as evil.
Please take some time and read the whole thing.
This is a student’s story of the end of the semester, the great amount of time and effort it took to get there and what other students get to do (and he doesn’t).
I have been there and strangely enough, I miss those times. However, I cannot do the old person’s routine of we were tougher, smarter and harder working than kids today. That’s nonsense.
I miss those times because I am in my mid fifties and the time when I was young is appealing in spite of the difficult situations and discouraging mistakes I had to get through.
And I am curious, as a college teacher, sometimes I think it would be good to see it from the other side in this new age of online classes and economic hard times.
I wish our writer all the best, recommend his writing to you, and hope he keeps posting.
James Pilant
I doubt that I can surprise anyone with the news that the internet is a dangerous place. From time to time I try to put up a warning of a recent scam or scheme to take people’s money. I hope they have a good effect.
In this case, a victim shares his story. This kind of story is more effective in my mind in warning people and in passing on wisdom, wisdom seldom being free.
Nevertheless, it takes considerable courage in this society to admit you are wrong, that you were taken. The author has my admiration for his moral courage and I appreciate his help in stopping these kinds of internet schemes.
James Pilant
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