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Gaddafi Mocks Obama and the West: Mr. President You Can’t Vote ‘Present’ As Leader of the Free World
Post Date: 2011-03-16 16:52:59 by Happy Quanzaa
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Now that the west has refused to take any military action to help the rebels fighting Gaddafi, the Crazy Colonel has been emboldened. “Strike Libya?” he said in a speech yesterday. ”We’ll be the ones who strikes you! We struck you in Algeria, in Vietnam.” It appears to be increasingly likely that Gaddafi is going to prevail. He may not have complete control of the country when its done, but he will control the major cities and the oil facilities. He will be emboldened and have billions of dollars of cash thanks to oil exports. He is also making clear that he is going to work to punish those who asked for him to step down (UK, US, and France) and throw his ...
Keeping US priorities in order: Basketball Barry's Brackets/Obama showers with Reggie Love
Post Date: 2011-03-16 16:43:28 by Happy Quanzaa
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The White House Blog President Obama's 2011 NCAA Brackets Posted by Jesse Lee on March 16, 2011 at 12:20 PM EDT As he does every year, the President filled out his brackets predicting the winners of the men's and women's NCAA basketball tournaments, but discussing it with Doris Burke of ESPN, he began with a call to stand with the people of Japan: One of the things I wanted to do on the show was, as people are filling out their brackets -- this is obviously a national pastime; we all have a great time, it’s a great diversion. But I know a lot of people are thinking how can they help the Japanese people during this time of need. If you go to usaid.gov -- usaid.gov -- that ...
Owsley Stanley dies at 76; 'Acid King' of the '60s psychedelic era
Post Date: 2011-03-16 16:12:17 by Ferret Mike
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Owsley "Bear" Stanley, left, and the Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia in 1969. Stanley, a 1960s counterculture legend who flooded the flower power scene with LSD and was an early benefactor of the Dead, died in a car crash in his adopted country of Australia. He was 76. (Reuters / March 14, 2011) He reputedly made more than a million doses of LSD, much of which fueled Ken Kesey's notorious Acid Tests — rollicking parties featuring all manner of psychedelic substances, strobe lights and music. Nearly everyone familiar with the history of the 1960s has heard of Timothy Leary and Ken Kesey, the pranksters who spread the gospel of psychedelics to the countercultural ...
News: III MEF continues relief efforts in support of Operation Tomodachi
Post Date: 2011-03-16 15:14:51 by go65
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OKINAWA, Japan – Marines and sailors from III Marine Expeditionary Force are supporting government of Japan-led humanitarian aid/disaster relief operations in mainland Japan following the 8.9 magnitude earthquake and the subsequent tsunami that struck northern Japan March 11. The MEF and its subordinate units are supporting the relief efforts through command and control, aviation and logistics assets. In coordination with the government of Japan, other U.S. government agencies, and non-governmental organizations, III MEF’s capabilities will allow the Marines to provide food, water, transportation and other relief support to those in need of assistance. “Our thoughts and ...
Obama the invisible~Anti-leadership amid world crises~"pipsqueak"
Post Date: 2011-03-16 12:49:24 by Happy Quanzaa
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Where is the president? The world is beset. Moammar Khadafy is moving relentlessly to crush the Libyan revolt that once promised the overthrow of one of the world's most despicable regimes. So where is the president? Japan may be on the verge of a disaster that dwarfs any we have yet seen. A self-governing nation like the United States needs its leader to take full measure of his position at times of crises when the path forward is no longer clear. This is not a time for leadership; this is the time for leadership. So where is Barack Obama? The moment demands that he rise to the challenge of showing America and the world that he is taking the reins. How leaders act in times of ...
U.S. Navy Detects Radiation 200 Miles From Japan Nuclear Plant
Post Date: 2011-03-16 00:41:05 by A K A Stone
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YOKOSUKA, Japan -- The U.S. Navy said Tuesday that very low levels of airborne radiation were detected at Yokosuka and Atsugi bases, about 200 miles to the north of the Fukushima nuclear power plant. "While there was no danger to the public, Commander, Naval Forces Japan recommended limited precautionary measures for personnel and their families on Fleet Activities Yokosuka and Naval Air Facility Atsugi, including limiting outdoor activities and securing external ventilation systems as much as practical," a statement said. "These measures are strictly precautionary in nature. We do not expect that any United States Federal radiation exposure limits will be exceeded even if ...
Japan Nuclear Disaster: Last Workers Reportedly Evacuated from Plant; White Steam Seen Over Reactor; Situation Upgraded to a 6 on 7-Point Nuclear Event Scale
Post Date: 2011-03-15 23:34:16 by Godwinson
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AlterNet Japan Nuclear Disaster: Last Workers Reportedly Evacuated from Plant; White Steam Seen Over Reactor; Situation Upgraded to a 6 on 7-Point Nuclear Event Scale Japanese officials acknowledged for the first time that radiation released from damaged reactors was sufficient to be "harmful to human health." March 14, 2011 Japan stands poised on the brink of a nuclear catastrophe, even as the death toll from the massive earthquake and tsunami that devastated the island-nation continues to rise. Around 3,000 3,370 are confirmed dead and tens of thousands remain missing. Click for Full Text!
Workers evacuated from Fukushima plant
Post Date: 2011-03-15 22:38:15 by go65
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Japanese officials are saying that workers are unable to continue at the Fukushima plant due to radiation levels.
Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant on fire; radiation levels too high for firefighters to combat blaze
Post Date: 2011-03-15 20:33:33 by buckeroo
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Japan's quake-stricken nuke plant caught fire again Tuesday as a handful of heroic workers risked their lives inside to avert a full-scale nuclear meltdown. Flames and smoke shot into the air over the Fukushima plant's No. 4 reactor, fueling fears about the worsening situation. Radiation levels were too high for firefighters to get close enough to douse the blaze, said state broadcaster NHK. Reactor No. 4 was idled for maintenance before Friday's earthquake and tsunami, but spent fuel rods stored there were overheating. The fire was seen near the spent fuel storage. Even before the new fire, European Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said Tokyo appeared to be losing ...
Young Leaders of Egypt's Revolt Snub Clinton in Cairo
Post Date: 2011-03-15 19:40:39 by Happy Quanzaa
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ABC News' Kirit Radia and Alex Marquardt report: A coalition of six youth groups that emerged from Egypt’s revolution last month has refused to meet with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who arrived in Cairo earlier today, in protest of the United States’ strong support for former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak who was ousted by the uprising. “There was an invitation for members of the coalition to meet Secretary of State Hillary Clinton but based on her negative position from the beginning of the revolution and the position of the US administration in the Middle East, we reject this invitation,” the January 25 Revolution Youth Coalition said in a statement ...
Japan's nuclear crisis deepens as death toll hits 10,000
Post Date: 2011-03-15 14:06:23 by The Blue Cat
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JAPAN'S crippled Fukushima plant now rates six on a seven-point international scale of gravity for nuclear accidents. "The incident has taken on a completely different dimension compared to Monday. It is clear that we are at level six," Andre-Claude Lacoste, head of France's Nuclear Safety Authority, said last night. "The order of gravity has changed." The 1986 Chernobyl disaster in the Ukraine registered as a maximum seven on the international scale. The 1979 Three Mile Island disaster in Pennsylvania, US, registered as five. Japan's nuclear watchdog previously rated the situation at Fukushima as four. The official toll of the dead and missing ...
Radiation level soars after Japan nuke plant fire
Post Date: 2011-03-15 12:19:47 by A K A Stone
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10 mins ago SOMA, Japan – Dangerous levels of radiation leaking from a crippled nuclear plant forced Japan to order 140,000 people to seal themselves indoors Tuesday after an explosion and a fire dramatically escalated the crisis spawned by a deadly tsunami. In a nationally televised statement, Prime Minister Naoto Kan said radiation had spread from the four stricken reactors of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant along Japan's northeastern coast. The region was shattered by Friday's 9.0-magnitude earthquake and the ensuing tsunami that is believed to have killed more than 10,000 people, plunged millions into misery and pummeled the world's third-largest economy. ...
Japan officials: Stay indoors, nuclear leaks now dangerous: Japan officials told the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that 'radioactivity is being released directly into the atmosphere' after a fire broke out in a storage pond for spent fuel
Post Date: 2011-03-15 11:23:11 by Godwinson
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Japan officials: Stay indoors, nuclear leaks now dangerous Japan officials told the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that 'radioactivity is being released directly into the atmosphere' after a fire broke out in a storage pond for spent fuel at nuclear reactor damaged by Friday's earthquake and tsunami. By Staff / March 15, 2011 Japan officials are now ordering 140,000 people living near nuclear power plants damaged by Friday's 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami to stay indoors and seal their doors and windows. Prime Minister Naoto Kan took to national TV to say that radiation has spread from four damaged nuclear reactors of the Fukushima Daiichi atomic power ...
Saudi Arabian troops sent to Bahrain as protests escalate
Post Date: 2011-03-15 11:13:29 by Happy Quanzaa
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More than 1,000 Saudi Arabian troops have been deployed in Bahrain, following fresh protests over the weekend that pitted protesters from the tiny Gulf monarchy's Shia majority against riot police. Early reports said that over 100 vehicles crossed into Bahrain where the Shi'ite majority has been protesting againt the ruling Sunni royal family. No tanks or missile launchers are reported to be among the lightly armoured military vehicles in the convoy. Later reports suggested the troops were headed for Riffa, a Sunni muslim area where the royal family are based.
RADIATION FEARS SPARK PANIC BUYING, EVACUATIONS IN TOKYO
Post Date: 2011-03-15 09:48:20 by Godwinson
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RADIATION FEARS SPARK PANIC BUYING, EVACUATIONS IN TOKYO Jason Szep and Terril Yue Jones, Reuters March 15, 2011, 10:42 pm TOKYO (Reuters) - Radiation wafted from an earthquake-stricken nuclear power plant toward Tokyo on Tuesday, sparking panic in one of the world's biggest and most densely populated cities. Women and children packed into the departure lounge at an airport, supermarkets ran low on rice and other supplies and frightened residents, tourists and expatriates either stayed indoors or simply left the city. "I'm not too worried about another earthquake. It's radiation that scares me," said Masashi Yoshida, cradling his 5-month-old daughter Hana The ...
Kan Seeks Calm as Japan Tries to Contain Meltdown, Panic Buying
Post Date: 2011-03-15 09:36:16 by go65
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Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan called for calm as the government battled to cool three quake- damaged nuclear reactors with seawater and Tokyo shoppers stripped water, food and batteries from supermarket shelves. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano this afternoon said radiation readings outside reactors rocked by explosions were falling below levels that are harmful, while a fire at a separate unit appeared to have been put out. Earlier, Edano had said the steel unit containing the radioactive core of one reactor had been damaged and warned of dangerous contamination. Stocks slumped after the news that a third explosion and fire struck Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima plant ...
Cost of insuring Japanese government debt jumps
Post Date: 2011-03-15 09:18:43 by go65
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The cost of insuring Japanese government debt against default spiked on Tuesday as world stock markets tumbled. Investors have calculated that the chance of a Japanese default has risen significantly since Friday's earthquake. As Japan battled to prevent a major nuclear crisis, the country's five-year credit default swap rose 28 basis points to 122bp. That means it would cost $122,000 to insure $10m of Japanese debt against default. "Risk aversion is dominant this morning as the disaster in Japan has taken on a whole new dimension," said Gavan Nolan of Markit, which provided the CDS data. "Further explosions at the Fukushima nuclear plant have raised the real ...
In Fuel-Cooling Pools, a Danger for the Longer Term
Post Date: 2011-03-15 09:13:37 by go65
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Even as workers race to prevent the radioactive cores of the damaged nuclear reactors in Japan from melting down, concerns are growing that nearby pools holding spent fuel rods could pose an even greater danger. The pools, which sit on the top level of the reactor buildings and keep spent fuel submerged in water, have lost their cooling systems and the Japanese have been unable to take emergency steps because of the multiplying crises. By late Tuesday, the water meant to cool spent fuel rods in the No. 4 reactor was boiling, Japan’s nuclear watchdog said. If the water evaporates and the rods run dry, they could overheat and catch fire, potentially spreading radioactive materials in ...
Incredible Home Video of Incoming Tsunami Devastating City
Post Date: 2011-03-14 23:30:48 by A K A Stone
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It seems that every time I watch a new video of the March 11 Japanese tsunami, it is more stunning then the last one I watched. With the proliferation of digital cameras and video equipment everyone has become their own movie producer these days. Take a video, edit it, and then post it to You Tube for the world to see. Well that is what we have here. A home made video of what it was like to actually be in the midst of the tsunami as it slowly rolls into town. I cannot imagine how one must feel to see the total destruction of what was once your city. To see it happen right before your very eyes and knowing there is nothing you can do to stop it. So if you do have a camera, then take a ...
Hey Japan...Got Looting? [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2011-03-14 22:21:20 by A K A Stone
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Apparently not. And solidarity seems especially strong in Japan itself. Perhaps even more impressive than Japan’s technological power is its social strength, with supermarkets cutting prices and vending machine owners giving out free drinks as people work together to survive. Most noticeably of all, there has been no looting, and I’m not the only one curious about this. More at The Telegraph I'm not that curious. I've never been to Japan, I don't know anything about it beyond they make my Playstation 3 work, and looking at it go you'd think a nuclear reactor powers it, so I have high hopes that they'll fix their power plant reactors because they've got ...
Japan ministers ignored safety warnings over nuclear reactors
Post Date: 2011-03-14 21:45:45 by Ferret Mike
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Seismologist Ishibashi Katsuhiko claimed that an accident was likely and that plants have 'fundamental vulnerability' The emergency at Fukushima's nuclear power plant comes almost 25 years after the meltdown at Chernobyl in Ukraine (above). Photograph: Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA The timing of the near nuclear disaster at Fukushima Daiichi could not have been more appropriate. In only a few weeks the world will mark the 25th anniversary of the worst nuclear plant disaster ever to affect our planet – at Chernobyl in Ukraine. A major core meltdown released a deadly cloud of radioactive material over Europe and gave the name Chernobyl a terrible resonance. This weekend it is clear ...
Cooling functions fail at Fukushima No. 2 nuclear reactor
Post Date: 2011-03-14 21:05:54 by Mad Dog
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Cooling functions at the quake-hit Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant's No. 2 reactor have failed, the plant operator said Monday, raising fears that the problem could lead to another explosion at the plant following a blast earlier in the day at its No. 3 reactor. Tokyo Electric Power Co. reported the loss of cooling functions as an emergency to the government and began injecting seawater into the No. 2 reactor to cool it down and prevent the melting of its core due to overheating. Similar measures have been taken at the plant's No. 1 and No. 3 reactors and explosions occurred at both reactors during the process, blowing away the roofs and walls of the buildings ...
Crisis continues at Fukushima nuclear plant as fuel rods exposed again
Post Date: 2011-03-14 20:50:36 by Mad Dog
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A crisis continued Tuesday at the troubled No. 2 reactor at the quake-hit Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, as fuel rods became fully exposed again after workers recovered water levels to cover half of them in a bid to prevent overheating. The plant operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., said steam vents of the pressure container of the reactor that houses the rods were closed probably due to the battery problem, raising fears that its core will melt at a faster pace. The firm said it will first lower the pressure of the reactor by releasing radioactive steam and open the vents with new batteries to resume the operation to inject seawater to cool down the reactor. Earlier, cooling ...
TEPCO fails to raise water level in reactor
Post Date: 2011-03-14 20:37:05 by Mad Dog
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Fuel rods at the Number Two reactor at a power plant in quake-hit Fukushima Prefecture remain exposed. Earlier, the Tokyo Electric Power Company said the valve to vent steam and reduce pressure inside the reactor closed at 11 PM on Monday. It said the increased pressure at the reactor made it impossible to pump water in. The water level dropped sharply, possibly fully exposing the fuel rods. The company managed to open the valve to reduce pressure and let seawater into the reactor at around 1 AM on Tuesday. But as of 3 AM, the water level remains low and the fuel rods remain exposed. The company says there has been no pressure increase inside the reactor, and no major change in ...
An axe murder, a prosecution that failed, and trouble for the Murdoch empire
Post Date: 2011-03-14 20:25:41 by Ferret Mike
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What links the murder almost a quarter of a century ago of a private detective killed with an axe, allegations of corruption within the Metropolitan Police, and the current Prime Minister? The answer: News International, that's what. And, of all the revelations in the phone-hacking saga threatening to engulf Rupert Murdoch's media giant, the collapse of the fifth trial on the murder of a man in a London pub car park in 1987 may yet prove to be the one that opens a Pandora's box. Revelations that Jonathan Rees, a private investigator who had served a seven-year jail term for perverting the course of justice, was employed by the News of the World to use his network of corrupt ...
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