By CanSpeccy
In a Guardian article entitled Has BP really cleaned up the Gulf oil spill?, Suzanne Goldenberg, reports on the claim by University of Georgia marine scientist Samantha Joye that 50% of the oil spilled by BP in the Gulf of Mexico "is still floating around out there."
However, the head of NOAA, Jane Lubchenco, a highly published former academic ocean scientist, and former President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science says that it is't at all clear there is any oil in the depths and that "we need to make sure that we are not jumping to conclusions."
Lubchenco's warning against jumping to conclusions seems fully justified, since, according to the Guardian piece, Joye observed nothing "floating around out there," only some stuff on the sea floor. Moreover, what she observed was not, according the the Guardian account, identified as oil nor was its extent determined. So the suggestion that 50% of the spilled oil is still "floating around out there" seems entirely unjustified. The claim that the 4-cm-deep deposit of stuff over an unspecified area of the sea floor made the crabs dopey rather suggests that it was not oil, since bathing in oil would surely be lethal.
In view of her track record as an expert in the field and an ardent advocate for the environment, I am very much more inclined to accept Lubchenco's doubts over Joye's unsubstantiated assertions.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
July 7 Bombings: Our Quest
By Howard Beale
The Inquests into the July 7th 2005 London bombings are drawing to a close, with a verdict due in several weeks, on May 6th. As expected and predicted, very few of the abundant questions about 7/7 have been answered, and plenty of new questions have emerged. It is now clear that an already patchy official narrative has worn away so that there are only a few strands left, and most of them are incidental. The July 7th Truth Campaign, Bridget in particular, have done absolutely sterling work covering the Inquests. Sadly, very few of the most popular independent news outlets have followed suit. The Corbett Report is an exception, and praise must go to it for this. The recent podcast 7/7 Is Still the Issue is a great listen, though I would say that because I'm featured in it.
More analysis and commentary will follow, but for now we should look at the ways in which the evidence presented at the 7/7 Inquests contradicts rather than supports the Home Office narrative. ...
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The Inquests into the July 7th 2005 London bombings are drawing to a close, with a verdict due in several weeks, on May 6th. As expected and predicted, very few of the abundant questions about 7/7 have been answered, and plenty of new questions have emerged. It is now clear that an already patchy official narrative has worn away so that there are only a few strands left, and most of them are incidental. The July 7th Truth Campaign, Bridget in particular, have done absolutely sterling work covering the Inquests. Sadly, very few of the most popular independent news outlets have followed suit. The Corbett Report is an exception, and praise must go to it for this. The recent podcast 7/7 Is Still the Issue is a great listen, though I would say that because I'm featured in it.
More analysis and commentary will follow, but for now we should look at the ways in which the evidence presented at the 7/7 Inquests contradicts rather than supports the Home Office narrative. ...
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The Confusion European Liberals Make Between Liberalism and Democracy
A difficult local election campaign is underway. Oh look! Cameron is making an anti-immigrant speech. What a coincidence! And is it not heartening to see this robustly liberal response from the Lib Dems:
Cringe. Actually I do not disagree that those seeking standard immigration routes to this country should speak the language, but why English? Why not Welsh or Gaelic?
So says Craig Murray in a blog post that nicely illustrates how muddled and self-destructive Liberal thinking on immigration to Europe can be.
How can Britain have "a system [of mass immigration] that people have confidence in" when it is an established fact (see also here, here and here) that two thirds of the population are opposed to mass immigration?
Whether immigrants speak English, or some useless Celtic fringe language, is beside the point.
The issue that the pathetic lib-lefties cannot grasp or will not admit is that (a) Britain is supposedly a democracy, and (b) most people in Britain think that Britain should be run in the interest of the British people, which means keeping out a mass of immigrants to what is a very crowded country with a severe unemployment and underemployment problem.
So the only policy that the British public will have confidence in is one that ends mass immigration, period.
That the Lib-left howl "racist" when anyone points this out, does not alter the fact that they, the Liberals and leftists, are (a) anti-democratic in their basic ideology, and (b) in bed with the globalists and Anglo-American imperialists intent on creating a universal system in which the British people have no privileged place in their own country.
At present, my comment to this effect on Murray's blog is "in moderation." Best it stay there, probably, since I will likely otherwise be subject to the venomous abuse of which only very self-satisfied liberals seem capable.
Actually, my comment did pass the censor at CraigMurray.org.uk, leading, so far, to an amiable, if misspelled (by me), discussion about beer.
We use different language. But we all work in government to strike a balance to ensure Britain has a system people have confidence in.
Cringe. Actually I do not disagree that those seeking standard immigration routes to this country should speak the language, but why English? Why not Welsh or Gaelic?
So says Craig Murray in a blog post that nicely illustrates how muddled and self-destructive Liberal thinking on immigration to Europe can be.
How can Britain have "a system [of mass immigration] that people have confidence in" when it is an established fact (see also here, here and here) that two thirds of the population are opposed to mass immigration?
Whether immigrants speak English, or some useless Celtic fringe language, is beside the point.
The issue that the pathetic lib-lefties cannot grasp or will not admit is that (a) Britain is supposedly a democracy, and (b) most people in Britain think that Britain should be run in the interest of the British people, which means keeping out a mass of immigrants to what is a very crowded country with a severe unemployment and underemployment problem.
So the only policy that the British public will have confidence in is one that ends mass immigration, period.
That the Lib-left howl "racist" when anyone points this out, does not alter the fact that they, the Liberals and leftists, are (a) anti-democratic in their basic ideology, and (b) in bed with the globalists and Anglo-American imperialists intent on creating a universal system in which the British people have no privileged place in their own country.
At present, my comment to this effect on Murray's blog is "in moderation." Best it stay there, probably, since I will likely otherwise be subject to the venomous abuse of which only very self-satisfied liberals seem capable.
Actually, my comment did pass the censor at CraigMurray.org.uk, leading, so far, to an amiable, if misspelled (by me), discussion about beer.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Canadian Election: Leadership debate in English
For those fortunate enough to miss the leaders debate in English, but who fail to realize their good fortune, here it is in full.
Harper was consistently on message, consistently uncharismatic, and consistently unable to conceal his disdain for the other candidates.
Ignatieff was consistently suave, consistently insincere, consistently lacking in real impact.
Layton was consistently sharp, consistently pleasant mannered, consistently light weight.
Duceppe was consistently logical, consistently gloomy, consistent in defense of Quebec sovereignty.
Combine Harper's control with Leyton's charm, Ignatieff's punch and Duceppe's sincerity, you'd have a convincing leader.
Harper is correct about the corporation tax. The lower the tax the more investment there will be, the more investment there is the more jobs there will be, the more jobs there are the more income there will be for ordinary Canadians. If the Libs and New Dems want to tax the owners of corporations they should demand increases in the upper rates of income tax. But of course that is out of the question since it would be highly unpopular with the high-earning Liberal-voting lawyers and top bureaucrats, as with the better paid, lib-left voting public servants: professors, school teachers, police officers, etc.
Harper was consistently on message, consistently uncharismatic, and consistently unable to conceal his disdain for the other candidates.
Ignatieff was consistently suave, consistently insincere, consistently lacking in real impact.
Layton was consistently sharp, consistently pleasant mannered, consistently light weight.
Duceppe was consistently logical, consistently gloomy, consistent in defense of Quebec sovereignty.
Combine Harper's control with Leyton's charm, Ignatieff's punch and Duceppe's sincerity, you'd have a convincing leader.
Harper is correct about the corporation tax. The lower the tax the more investment there will be, the more investment there is the more jobs there will be, the more jobs there are the more income there will be for ordinary Canadians. If the Libs and New Dems want to tax the owners of corporations they should demand increases in the upper rates of income tax. But of course that is out of the question since it would be highly unpopular with the high-earning Liberal-voting lawyers and top bureaucrats, as with the better paid, lib-left voting public servants: professors, school teachers, police officers, etc.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
The principles of British foreign policy and the corruption of democratic government
Based on the study of classified government documents released to the public under the 30-year rule, British historian Mark Curtis has shown that the formulation and presentation of British foreign policy is based on a total contempt for the intelligence of the public. Such contempt is evident in the glaring gap between state realpolitik, as manifest in the open and frank discussion of real goals in secret government documents, and the government's claim to benevolence in foreign policy objectives, e.g., to prevent, Saddam Hussein, Col. Quadhafi, whoever, from killing their own people, infecting everyone in the Christian West with anthrax and the plague bacillus, or simply being the new Hitler.
Through the general application of this principle of government, democracy has become a soft dictatorship. Coercion is rarely necessary because the entire public political discourse is a fantasy in which sound bites and video clips are woven into a public relations story that leaves no room to doubt that our leaders offer the nearest that can be attained to the practical application of those principles of our Saviour, Jesus Christ the Lord, as enunciated in the Sermon on the Mount.
But if a serious threat arises to the management of public perception, the Government PR machine and its collaborators in the corporate-controlled media readily put a gloss on the necessity of an occasional assassination, rendition and torture or denial of habeus corpus.
Through the general application of this principle of government, democracy has become a soft dictatorship. Coercion is rarely necessary because the entire public political discourse is a fantasy in which sound bites and video clips are woven into a public relations story that leaves no room to doubt that our leaders offer the nearest that can be attained to the practical application of those principles of our Saviour, Jesus Christ the Lord, as enunciated in the Sermon on the Mount.
But if a serious threat arises to the management of public perception, the Government PR machine and its collaborators in the corporate-controlled media readily put a gloss on the necessity of an occasional assassination, rendition and torture or denial of habeus corpus.
Making democracy work
This post at Old Holborn's blog provides a case study of competent individuals, working hard, focusing on specific issues and using the Internet to reach an audience with shared interests to make a difference in politics.
Which makes one realize that dull though their image may be, accountants could contribute more to public welfare than all the more glamorous professions combined, were they to devote even a small part of their bean-counting energies to the oversight of public expenditures.
Who will launch Accountants Without Borders?
Which makes one realize that dull though their image may be, accountants could contribute more to public welfare than all the more glamorous professions combined, were they to devote even a small part of their bean-counting energies to the oversight of public expenditures.
Who will launch Accountants Without Borders?
Monday, April 11, 2011
Bush cousin judges Gallop v. Cheney, Rumsfeld and Myers
Confounding lawyers and legal scholars all over the world, Judge John Walker, first cousin of former President George W. Bush, was one of three judges of the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals to hear argument Tuesday in Gallop v. Cheney, Rumsfeld and Myers, the lawsuit brought by a soldier injured during the attack on the Pentagon that accuses former Vice President Dick Cheney, former secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Richard Myers of conspiring to facilitate the terrorist attacks of 9/11 that killed 3000 Americans and has resulted in the deaths of many more, due to the toxicity of the clean-up conditions at Ground Zero. ...
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Funny, I didn't see this reported anywhere in the MSM.
But while doing a Google search for it in the MSM, I came up with this.
Obama promotes Guantanamo torture psychologist LOL (sick)
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Funny, I didn't see this reported anywhere in the MSM.
But while doing a Google search for it in the MSM, I came up with this.
Obama promotes Guantanamo torture psychologist LOL (sick)
The Real Crime of M. Khodorkovsky
By F. William Engdahl
The final decision in the Russian trial against former oil oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky has drawn dramatic statements of protest from the US Obama Administration and governments around the world labeling Russian justice as tyrannical and worse. What is carefully omitted from the Khodovkorsky story however is the true reason Putin arrested and imprisoned the former head of Russia’s largest private oil giant, Yukos.
The Obama administration, in an unusual public rebuke, condemned a Moscow court for finding oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his former partner guilty of embezzling, saying it appears to be “an abusive use of the legal system for improper ends.”
Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s real crime was not stealing Russia’s assets for a pittance in the bandit era of Yeltsin. His real crime is that he was a key part of a Western intelligence operation to dismantle and destroy what remains of Russia as a functioning state. When the facts are known the justice served on him is mild by comparison to US or UK standard treatment of those convicted of treason against the state. Obama’s torture prison at Guantánamo is merely one example of Washington’s double standard. ...
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The final decision in the Russian trial against former oil oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky has drawn dramatic statements of protest from the US Obama Administration and governments around the world labeling Russian justice as tyrannical and worse. What is carefully omitted from the Khodovkorsky story however is the true reason Putin arrested and imprisoned the former head of Russia’s largest private oil giant, Yukos.
The Obama administration, in an unusual public rebuke, condemned a Moscow court for finding oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his former partner guilty of embezzling, saying it appears to be “an abusive use of the legal system for improper ends.”
Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s real crime was not stealing Russia’s assets for a pittance in the bandit era of Yeltsin. His real crime is that he was a key part of a Western intelligence operation to dismantle and destroy what remains of Russia as a functioning state. When the facts are known the justice served on him is mild by comparison to US or UK standard treatment of those convicted of treason against the state. Obama’s torture prison at Guantánamo is merely one example of Washington’s double standard. ...
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J7 Inquest Blog: You couldn't make it up
By David Minahan
Twenty five of the passengers who survived the explosion in the first carriage of the Piccadilly line train have given evidence, either in person or writing, to the 7/7 Inquest. This reveals that 12 of them actually entered the train at King's Cross, five of whom, Tracey Brade, Gillian Hicks, Garri Hollness, Paul Mitchell and Philip Patsalos recall getting on through double door 5 i.e. near where the explosion subsequently took place. Paul Glennerster was uncertain if in his case it was door 3 or door 5.
None of these witnesses had any recollection of seeing Germaine Lindsay! ...
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Twenty five of the passengers who survived the explosion in the first carriage of the Piccadilly line train have given evidence, either in person or writing, to the 7/7 Inquest. This reveals that 12 of them actually entered the train at King's Cross, five of whom, Tracey Brade, Gillian Hicks, Garri Hollness, Paul Mitchell and Philip Patsalos recall getting on through double door 5 i.e. near where the explosion subsequently took place. Paul Glennerster was uncertain if in his case it was door 3 or door 5.
None of these witnesses had any recollection of seeing Germaine Lindsay! ...
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Libya: when is regime change not regime change? When it is a necessary change of the regime
By Keep Tony Blair for PM
At the last post I used a 5 minute video clip of Blair at his majestic best on 18th March 2003 during the Parliamentary debate on Iraq.
Blair fights for his political survival in the parliamentary debate on the Iraq Invasion, 18th March 2003. He said he had never called for regime change. He won the vote, due to Conservative party support.
The video deserves a post to itself. Watch it here at BBC Democracy Live.
For comparison, read David Cameron’s remarks yesterday in response to a question in the House on regime change:
Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire) (Con): Yet again, my right hon. Friend has shown a breathtaking degree of courage and leadership. I support what he has said and what he has done. Does he agree that, while regime change is not the aim of these resolutions, in practice there is little realistic chance of achieving their aims without regime change?
18th March, 2011. Cameron tells parliament HE has done everything legally and through the proper UN channels. When asked, he does not deny that regime change in Libya is on the agenda. Which of these premiers is the more principled? The one who risked all, and despite winning the vote lost credibility in some quarters, though NOT calling for regime change - or the one who used the no-fly zone shield to achieve regime change?
The Prime Minister: My right hon. Friend puts it extremely well. The aim is clear: to put in place what has been required by the UN Security Council, which is a cessation of hostilities. It is the protection of lives and the protection of people. It is the prevention of a bloodbath in Benghazi. It is to make sure that arms do not get to Libya, that assets are frozen and that travel bans are imposed. It is all those things. Those are the aims, and they are what we must now pursue.
Of course, like many other leaders the world over, we have all said that Gaddafi needs to go in order for Libya to have a peaceful, successful and democratic future, and that remains the case. ...
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Meantime
The EU prepares a ground invasion of Libya
While China:
Blasts US Human Rights "Double Standard" In Pursuing "World Hegemony"
At the last post I used a 5 minute video clip of Blair at his majestic best on 18th March 2003 during the Parliamentary debate on Iraq.
Blair fights for his political survival in the parliamentary debate on the Iraq Invasion, 18th March 2003. He said he had never called for regime change. He won the vote, due to Conservative party support.
The video deserves a post to itself. Watch it here at BBC Democracy Live.
For comparison, read David Cameron’s remarks yesterday in response to a question in the House on regime change:
Mr James Arbuthnot (North East Hampshire) (Con): Yet again, my right hon. Friend has shown a breathtaking degree of courage and leadership. I support what he has said and what he has done. Does he agree that, while regime change is not the aim of these resolutions, in practice there is little realistic chance of achieving their aims without regime change?
18th March, 2011. Cameron tells parliament HE has done everything legally and through the proper UN channels. When asked, he does not deny that regime change in Libya is on the agenda. Which of these premiers is the more principled? The one who risked all, and despite winning the vote lost credibility in some quarters, though NOT calling for regime change - or the one who used the no-fly zone shield to achieve regime change?
The Prime Minister: My right hon. Friend puts it extremely well. The aim is clear: to put in place what has been required by the UN Security Council, which is a cessation of hostilities. It is the protection of lives and the protection of people. It is the prevention of a bloodbath in Benghazi. It is to make sure that arms do not get to Libya, that assets are frozen and that travel bans are imposed. It is all those things. Those are the aims, and they are what we must now pursue.
Of course, like many other leaders the world over, we have all said that Gaddafi needs to go in order for Libya to have a peaceful, successful and democratic future, and that remains the case. ...
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Meantime
The EU prepares a ground invasion of Libya
While China:
Blasts US Human Rights "Double Standard" In Pursuing "World Hegemony"
NATO Rejects African Union proposal for Libyan ceasefire
Members of an African Union delegation are offering a peace proposal to rebel leaders in the city of Benghazi to end Libya's eight-week conflict.
The AU says the government has already accepted the plan. The delegation met leader Col Muammar Gaddafi on Sunday.
Rebels promised to study the plan, but ruled out a truce unless Col Gaddafi stepped down and his forces withdrew. ...
The British-based representative of the Libyan opposition leadership, Guma al-Gamaty, has told the BBC that any deal designed to keep Col Gaddafi or his sons in place would not be acceptable.
An unnamed Nato official said that military operations would continue.
"Our aircraft are still flying and when we see a threat to civilians, we will engage," the official said. ...
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Also, see:
Damn the civilians, NATO now says, nothing's gonna stop us bombing Libya back to the stone age
The AU says the government has already accepted the plan. The delegation met leader Col Muammar Gaddafi on Sunday.
Rebels promised to study the plan, but ruled out a truce unless Col Gaddafi stepped down and his forces withdrew. ...
The British-based representative of the Libyan opposition leadership, Guma al-Gamaty, has told the BBC that any deal designed to keep Col Gaddafi or his sons in place would not be acceptable.
An unnamed Nato official said that military operations would continue.
"Our aircraft are still flying and when we see a threat to civilians, we will engage," the official said. ...
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Also, see:
Damn the civilians, NATO now says, nothing's gonna stop us bombing Libya back to the stone age
Canadian Election: Mulroney offers no praise for Harper
It was an illuminating moment in a remarkably candid conversation.
Brian Mulroney, the most successful Conservative prime minister since Sir John A. Macdonald, was sitting down for a rare television interview the other day in Montreal.
TVOntario’s Steve Paikin, always adroit at coaxing politicians to dish, broached the subject of the May 2 election and Conservative Leader Stephen Harper.
“You’re voting for Mr. Harper, I take it,” said Paikin, coincidentally the moderator of Tuesday’s English-language leaders’ debate.
“At this point,” replied Mulroney with a pause that seemed to hang in the air longer than its mere second, “I’ll vote for the Conservative candidate in my constituency.” ...
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Brian Mulroney, the most successful Conservative prime minister since Sir John A. Macdonald, was sitting down for a rare television interview the other day in Montreal.
TVOntario’s Steve Paikin, always adroit at coaxing politicians to dish, broached the subject of the May 2 election and Conservative Leader Stephen Harper.
“You’re voting for Mr. Harper, I take it,” said Paikin, coincidentally the moderator of Tuesday’s English-language leaders’ debate.
“At this point,” replied Mulroney with a pause that seemed to hang in the air longer than its mere second, “I’ll vote for the Conservative candidate in my constituency.” ...
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Sunday, April 10, 2011
The Tea Party Ron Paul Revolution
By Tony Cartalucci
While no personality should be followed, rather the ideals they represent, the necessity to reclaim the Tea Party is apparent. By naming it the "Ron Paul Revolution" it will become virtually impossible to commandeer without conceding to the ideals of Constitutionalism, minimal government, non-interventionism, and ending the Federal Reserve. Impossible indeed would it be to slip in the disingenuous continuation of the doomed ever-convergent left/right agenda.
By battling for the leadership of the Tea Party, now thoroughly infested by Neo-Conservatives and feckless career Republicans, we are needlessly expending our energy. The very name "Tea Party" invites ambiguity amongst which vile infiltrators can peddle agendas nothing at all related to restoring and upholding the US Constitution. In fact, it has allowed the Ron Paul Revolution, from which the Tea Party was spawned, to be pushed back toward the controlled left/right paradigm. ...
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While no personality should be followed, rather the ideals they represent, the necessity to reclaim the Tea Party is apparent. By naming it the "Ron Paul Revolution" it will become virtually impossible to commandeer without conceding to the ideals of Constitutionalism, minimal government, non-interventionism, and ending the Federal Reserve. Impossible indeed would it be to slip in the disingenuous continuation of the doomed ever-convergent left/right agenda.
By battling for the leadership of the Tea Party, now thoroughly infested by Neo-Conservatives and feckless career Republicans, we are needlessly expending our energy. The very name "Tea Party" invites ambiguity amongst which vile infiltrators can peddle agendas nothing at all related to restoring and upholding the US Constitution. In fact, it has allowed the Ron Paul Revolution, from which the Tea Party was spawned, to be pushed back toward the controlled left/right paradigm. ...
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China launches thorium reactor development program
Source: Wired Science
China has officially announced it will launch a program to develop a thorium-fueled molten-salt nuclear reactor, taking a crucial step towards shifting to nuclear power as a primary energy source.
The project was unveiled at the annual Chinese Academy of Sciences conference in Shanghai last week, and reported in the Wen Hui Bao newspaper (Google English translation here).
If the reactor works as planned, China may fulfill a long-delayed dream of clean nuclear energy. The United States could conceivably become dependent on China for next-generation nuclear technology. At the least, the United States could fall dramatically behind in developing green energy.
“President Obama talked about a Sputnik-type call to action in his SOTU address,” wrote Charles Hart, a a retired semiconductor researcher and frequent commenter on the Energy From Thorium discussion forum. “I think this qualifies.” ...
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China has officially announced it will launch a program to develop a thorium-fueled molten-salt nuclear reactor, taking a crucial step towards shifting to nuclear power as a primary energy source.
The project was unveiled at the annual Chinese Academy of Sciences conference in Shanghai last week, and reported in the Wen Hui Bao newspaper (Google English translation here).
If the reactor works as planned, China may fulfill a long-delayed dream of clean nuclear energy. The United States could conceivably become dependent on China for next-generation nuclear technology. At the least, the United States could fall dramatically behind in developing green energy.
“President Obama talked about a Sputnik-type call to action in his SOTU address,” wrote Charles Hart, a a retired semiconductor researcher and frequent commenter on the Energy From Thorium discussion forum. “I think this qualifies.” ...
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Saturday, April 9, 2011
Radiation Detected In Drinking Water In 13 More US Cities, Cesium-137 In Vermont Milk
By Jeff McMahon
Forbes, Apr. 9 2011
Radiation from Japan has been detected in drinking water in 13 more American cities, and cesium-137 has been found in American milk—in Montpelier, Vermont—for the first time since the Japan nuclear disaster began, according to data released by the Environmental Protection Agency late Friday.
Milk samples from Phoenix and Los Angeles contained iodine-131 at levels roughly equal to the maximum contaminant level permitted by EPA, the data shows. The Phoenix sample contained 3.2 picoCuries per liter of iodine-131. The Los Angeles sample contained 2.9. The EPA maximum contaminant level is 3.0, but this is a conservative standard designed to minimize exposure over a lifetime, so EPA does not consider these levels to pose a health threat.
The cesium-137 found in milk in Vermont is the first cesium detected in milk since the Fukushima-Daichi nuclear accident occurred last month. The sample contained 1.9 picoCuries per liter of cesium-137, which falls under the same 3.0 standard.
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See also this vid:
Radiation In Hawaii Milk 2033% Above Federal Drinking Water Limits
Forbes, Apr. 9 2011
Radiation from Japan has been detected in drinking water in 13 more American cities, and cesium-137 has been found in American milk—in Montpelier, Vermont—for the first time since the Japan nuclear disaster began, according to data released by the Environmental Protection Agency late Friday.
Milk samples from Phoenix and Los Angeles contained iodine-131 at levels roughly equal to the maximum contaminant level permitted by EPA, the data shows. The Phoenix sample contained 3.2 picoCuries per liter of iodine-131. The Los Angeles sample contained 2.9. The EPA maximum contaminant level is 3.0, but this is a conservative standard designed to minimize exposure over a lifetime, so EPA does not consider these levels to pose a health threat.
The cesium-137 found in milk in Vermont is the first cesium detected in milk since the Fukushima-Daichi nuclear accident occurred last month. The sample contained 1.9 picoCuries per liter of cesium-137, which falls under the same 3.0 standard.
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See also this vid:
Radiation In Hawaii Milk 2033% Above Federal Drinking Water Limits
Obama executes final leg of Neo-Conservative imperialism
By Tony Cartalucci
Long before the verified lies of Qaddafi's "door-to-door" genocide and even before the media cleverly tagged the engineered destabilization of the Middle East the "Arab Spring," Libya was already marked for destabilization and regime change. For nearly thirty years the US and UK have funded groups both inside Libya and beyond its borders in various attempts to remove Qaddafi from power. The current administration's feigned ignorance over the nature of the rebels in Libya is nothing short of absolute deception. The CIA and MI6 are on record for decades following, and in many cases supporting, these very groups.
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Long before the verified lies of Qaddafi's "door-to-door" genocide and even before the media cleverly tagged the engineered destabilization of the Middle East the "Arab Spring," Libya was already marked for destabilization and regime change. For nearly thirty years the US and UK have funded groups both inside Libya and beyond its borders in various attempts to remove Qaddafi from power. The current administration's feigned ignorance over the nature of the rebels in Libya is nothing short of absolute deception. The CIA and MI6 are on record for decades following, and in many cases supporting, these very groups.
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Marc Faber explains America's financial class war
Faber says that with the US Fed it's inflation all the way, to the great benefit of the monied class.
See video interview here
See video interview here
From behind bars, Madoff spins his story
By David Gelles and Gillian Tett
Financial Times: April 8 2011
We are cruising through North Carolina on a foggy morning in late March, heading up to its rural north. Our route takes us through swampland shrouded in a thick mist; spruce trees and an occasional pink dogwood line the interstate. Butner, population 6,391, is our destination.
The town is home to a vast federal prison complex that includes a hospital, a minimum security unit and two medium security facilities. Since July 14 2009, arguably the most notorious inmate at FCI Butner Medium I has been Bernard Lawrence Madoff, the disgraced New York financier who orchestrated a $65bn Ponzi scheme, among the biggest financial frauds of all time. He is prisoner 61727-054.
When the Madoff scandal broke in 2008, a Financial Times reporter learnt that two acquaintances of his were close to the Madoffs and passed along an invitation for any member of the family to speak with the paper. For more than a year, there was silence. Then, early last December, the reporter received an e-mail from Madoff himself. Following sporadic correspondence, and at very short notice, a message came from the prison: Madoff would meet with the FT.
It is only the second time he has agreed to meet a reporter in prison. But as we drive north, we wonder if this man who built his career on lies will tell us the truth. Or when we get to the prison, will he simply vanish – like all those billions in his Ponzi scheme? Crossing rusted train tracks, we drive a couple of miles and arrive at the main intersection of this one-traffic-light town.
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Financial Times: April 8 2011
We are cruising through North Carolina on a foggy morning in late March, heading up to its rural north. Our route takes us through swampland shrouded in a thick mist; spruce trees and an occasional pink dogwood line the interstate. Butner, population 6,391, is our destination.
The town is home to a vast federal prison complex that includes a hospital, a minimum security unit and two medium security facilities. Since July 14 2009, arguably the most notorious inmate at FCI Butner Medium I has been Bernard Lawrence Madoff, the disgraced New York financier who orchestrated a $65bn Ponzi scheme, among the biggest financial frauds of all time. He is prisoner 61727-054.
When the Madoff scandal broke in 2008, a Financial Times reporter learnt that two acquaintances of his were close to the Madoffs and passed along an invitation for any member of the family to speak with the paper. For more than a year, there was silence. Then, early last December, the reporter received an e-mail from Madoff himself. Following sporadic correspondence, and at very short notice, a message came from the prison: Madoff would meet with the FT.
It is only the second time he has agreed to meet a reporter in prison. But as we drive north, we wonder if this man who built his career on lies will tell us the truth. Or when we get to the prison, will he simply vanish – like all those billions in his Ponzi scheme? Crossing rusted train tracks, we drive a couple of miles and arrive at the main intersection of this one-traffic-light town.
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Friday, April 8, 2011
The Bizarro World of Tokyo Electric Power Corp
Washington Post: Wednesday, April 6, 12:45 AM
FUKUSHIMA, JAPAN — Even as it struggled to contain the world’s worst nuclear disaster in a quarter-century, Tokyo Electric Power Co. late last month quietly set out big plans for the future: It proposed building two new nuclear reactors at its radiation-spewing Fukushima Daiichi power plant.
Tokyo Electric, known as Tepco, informed Fukushima prefecture on March 26 of its desire to start building the reactors as early as next spring, local officials said. That was just two weeks after an explosion at the utility’s tsunami-crippled complex set off a cascade of catastrophes.
The proposal was then included in a formal report submitted to authorities in Tokyo on March 31 as part of an annual process designed to assess Japan’s future electricity supply. ...
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FUKUSHIMA, JAPAN — Even as it struggled to contain the world’s worst nuclear disaster in a quarter-century, Tokyo Electric Power Co. late last month quietly set out big plans for the future: It proposed building two new nuclear reactors at its radiation-spewing Fukushima Daiichi power plant.
Tokyo Electric, known as Tepco, informed Fukushima prefecture on March 26 of its desire to start building the reactors as early as next spring, local officials said. That was just two weeks after an explosion at the utility’s tsunami-crippled complex set off a cascade of catastrophes.
The proposal was then included in a formal report submitted to authorities in Tokyo on March 31 as part of an annual process designed to assess Japan’s future electricity supply. ...
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Tribalism in Britain, Updated
Updated April 9, 2011
These images were emailed from an unknown "Kiwi Joe," who might be anyone. The message indicated that they were taken at the March 26, 2011 "anti-cuts" demo in London, but suppressed by the media.
However, according to this report from August 2006, which includes the same photographs:
Moreover, the claim that these pictures were not published by the media is false. The San Francisco Chronicle, for example, used three of the pictures in an item on the February 3, 2006 protest march to the Danish embassy in London. There it is reported that:
The San Francisco Chronicle item references this illustrated article in the UK's Daily Telegraph, and this illustrated report by the BBC.
Evidently these photos have been circulated with a false attribution on more than one occasion. By whom and why, whether by individuals acting independently or as part of an organized campaign would be interesting to know.
These images were emailed from an unknown "Kiwi Joe," who might be anyone. The message indicated that they were taken at the March 26, 2011 "anti-cuts" demo in London, but suppressed by the media.
However, according to this report from August 2006, which includes the same photographs:
Almost all of the photographs (that we saw) are copyright to the Associated Press. They were taken in February [2006], in London, during a demonstration against the Danish cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad. They were taken near several different European embassies in London -- not yesterday [i.e., not on August 26, 2006] -- and not at a "Religion of Peace Demonstration" [April, 2006].
Moreover, the claim that these pictures were not published by the media is false. The San Francisco Chronicle, for example, used three of the pictures in an item on the February 3, 2006 protest march to the Danish embassy in London. There it is reported that:
As the result of separate trials, Mizanur Rahman, Umran Javed and Abdul Muhid were each sentenced to serve six years in jail "for soliciting murder and three years concurrently for stirring up race hatred." A fourth man, Abdul Saleem, "was cleared of soliciting murder...but convicted of inciting race hatred" and was given a four-year jail sentence.
The San Francisco Chronicle item references this illustrated article in the UK's Daily Telegraph, and this illustrated report by the BBC.
Evidently these photos have been circulated with a false attribution on more than one occasion. By whom and why, whether by individuals acting independently or as part of an organized campaign would be interesting to know.
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