All posts by Hutchins AAron

Born in Deutschland 1965, hometown was Bütthart, parents were not U.S. government employees. However, when father was tricked into joining the U.S. Air Force Civil Service, in 1969, with the promise that we could remain in Germany, we were promptly shipped off to Iran. Due to one of my Iranian educators being disappeared, along with her husband, by the U.S. ally Shah of Iran's Israeli & U.S. created Savak (for the then official terrorist act of promoting the idea that women can vote), and due to my U.S. citizen mother being placed on Savak's Terrorist Arrest List (for supporting the idea that women should vote, at that time the U.S. ally Shah of Iran did not allow women to vote, now they can) we left Iran for the United States in 1973, literally in the middle of the night. At the U.S. Embassy airbase the CIA operated Gooney Bird (C-47) was so packed with other U.S. citizens fleeing our ally Iran (because the Shah gave the OK to arrest any U.S. citizen for such terrorist acts as promoting the concept of voting) that we were turned away by the Loadmaster and had to take a chance on a civilian flight out of Tehran's airport. My father told me he and my mother had three culture shocks; first when they arrived in Germany as civilians, then after being shipped off to Iran as U.S. government employees, then again returning to the United States as unemployed civilians (because so much had changed in the U.S. while they were gone, their only news source was the U.S. Armed Forces Radio & Television Service which heavily censored information about the home front). Since I graduated high school in 1982 I've worked for U.S. government contractors and state & local government agencies (in California), convenience store manager in California, retail/property management in Georgia, California and Idaho. Spent the 1990s in the TV news business producing number one rated local news programs in California, Arizona and Idaho. 14+ years with California and Idaho Army National Guard and the U.S. Air Force. Obtained a BA degree in International Studies from Idaho State University at the age of 42. Unemployed since 2015, so don't tell me the economy has recovered.
International

Proof the Libyan Rebels are a Lie: Thousands of Libyans continue to flood into Tunisia

Despite the rebels controlling most of Libya, the number of refugees fleeing into Tunis has increased!

Tunisian media reports that prior to the rebel take over of Libya there were about 7,000 Libyans fleeing into Tunis every day.  Now that number has jumped to 9,000 per day!!!  And just at the Tunisian-Libyan border post of Ras El Jedir!

If the Libyan rebels are all about democracy and freedom, and representing the majority of Libyan people, why are there more Libyans fleeing now, than before the rebels took control?

 

 

International, U.S.

World War 3: Japan pushing for relocation of U.S. Marines, still need U.S. help in defense against China

The new Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa, and the new Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba, both say they will push for the agreed to moving of USMC units from one part of Okinawa to a new location, also on Okinawa.

People living on Okinawa would like to see the USMC gone altogether, but Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba stressed the importance of the U.S. forces in Japan’s defense plans against China.

U.S. forces are part of a multilayered mechanism to avoid misunderstandings in case of ‘accidental occurrences’ between Japan and China.

International

World War 3: Japan to prepare to take disputed territories, to expand Japan’s security and economy

The new Prime Minister of Japan, Yoshihiko Noda, is about to publish his national security policy in a Japanese magazine.  Reportedly this will include plans to control territories that many Japanese believe inherently belong to Japan.

For several months now, Japan and China have had run ins involving disputes over territorial water, and islands.  This includes harassment of fishing boats by both the Japanese and Chinese navies.

There are also incidents concerning islands in the South China Sea, in which China, Japan, Philippines and Vietnam all lay claim to.  The South China Sea has potentially the largest oil reserves in the world (it’s the real reason the U.S. was at war in Vietnam).

Other issues involve the control of islands north of Hokkaido, which were lost to the Soviet Union after the Second World War.  Japan wants them back and Russia says no way.

Prime Minister Noda is basing his plan on the vision of former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, who wanted to create a Japan led East Asia community in 2009.  The aim of the idea is to create stable economic and security systems across the region.  If anyone knows history, this sounds just like the reasoning of Imperial Japan, the same reasoning that led to Japan attacking the U.S. Navy at Pearl Harbor in 1941, thus creating the Second World War.

 

International

Typhoon Talas: Still dumping record rain as Tropical Storm Talas, 5.9 feet in one area, at least 54 land slides

Typhoon Talas, now Tropical Storm Talas, continues to slam Japan.  On the Kii Peninsula, in west central Japan, rainfall has topped a record-breaking 1,800 millimeters (5.9 feet) in one village.

Even though the storm is over the Sea of Japan it continues to pummel land with rain as it moves north. Talas is expected to dump up to 40 millimeters (1.5 inches) of rain per hour in the Kanto and Tohoku regions, in eastern to northeastern Honshu.

Hokkaido, the island north of Honshu, heavy rain of up to 60 millimeters (2.4 inches) per hour could fall through Tuesday.  To make matters worse, another storm is approaching Japan.

All the rain has caused at least 54 landslides. In Nara Prefecture, mid-western Japan, an overflowing river has reportedly been dammed up with mud and rocks at five locations in Tenkawa Village and Gojo City.  This could cause a massive flood once the nature made dams break lose.  Emergency officials are scrambling to figure out what to do.

 

Fukushima

Corporate Incompetence: TEPCo to build giant 2,625 feet long Iron Wall around Fukushima Daiichi?

05 September 2011, Tokyo Electric Power Company says it is growing concerned (finally) about the amount of radioactive water still building up in the basements of the reactor buildings.

TEPCo officials say even if they keep it from running off into the Pacific Ocean, it will eventually soak into the groundwater, which eventually runs into the Pacific Ocean.

To try and stop anymore contamination from hitting the ocean, TEPCo proposes to build a 800 meter (2,625 feet) long wall!  The wall will be made of huge iron pipes.

Each pipe, 22-meters (72 feet) long and 10 centimeters (4 inches) wide, will be installed deep below the sea bed to stop the flow of groundwater.

TEPCo says they will also attempt to use pumps to pump out contaminated water.  They hope to start building the wall by the end of the year, and think it will take two years to complete.

International

Typhoon Talas: Japan still flooding, Death toll rises, Sacred Sites destroyed

Japanese media reporting that many areas of Japan, that were hit by typhoon Talas on Friday and Saturday, are still flooding.

The damage is the worst since typhoon Tokage hit in 2004.

At least 34 people were killed, and at least 55 are missing.   In Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, rescuers found the body of Saki Teramoto, the daughter of Mayor Shinichi Teramoto. Saki was engaged to be married.  Mayor Teramoto’s wife, Masako, is still missing.

Bridges, roads and even World Heritage Scared Sites have been destroyed.

Talas is a word from the Philippines meaning “sharpness.”

Technology, U.S.

Government & Corporate Incompetence: NRC says U.S. Nuclear plants are not earthquake safe

According to the Associated press,  a preliminary Nuclear Regulatory Commission review says that most U.S. nuclear reactors are not as earthquake safe as first thought.

The NRC review was actually started before the recent east coast quake, and the March 11 quake in Japan.

Earthquake safety standards for nuclear reactors were set more than 20 years ago.  Since then much more has been learned about earthquakes.

The review showed that some reactors are actually 24 times more likely to suffer a severe accident, than originally thought.  That’s because 20 years ago most planners didn’t think there could be such big earthquakes as the one in Japan on March 11.

At least 27 reactors are being recommended for earthquake safety upgrades.

 

Business/Economics, International, U.S.

Think the people of the United States lead the world in hatred of Immigrants? Nope, try moving to tiny Belgium!

In a survey done by Ipsos Mora y Araujo, citizens of 24 countries were asked how they viewed immigrants.  The United States did not lead the way with immigrant haters, still more than half of U.S. citizens hate immigrants.

The Ipsos survey asked various questions regarding immigrants, but basically most European and American residents don’t like immigrants, which is ironic considering that most European and American countries are made up of immigrants.

The country that leads the way in hatred of immigrants is Belgium, with 72% of respondents saying immigrants are bad for their country.  Argentina, United Kingdom and United States are on the same wavelength, with about 61% of their citizens hating immigrants.

50% of Australians and 41% of Canadians say immigrants make it harder to find a job.  One Canadian respondent explained their view of immigration as ‘yes, you can move here, but just not where I live’.

So where to move, now that it’s becoming clear that the United States isn’t a place where you can achieve your dreams?

47% of Brazilians say immigrants are good for their economy, and 49% say immigrants make Brazil an interesting place to live.  Could explain Brazil’s exploding population numbers.  Brazil now has the 5th largest population in the world.  Officially 192 million people live in Brazil, that’s almost equal to all the other South American country’s populations combined!

International, U.S.

Prevent Diabetes: Eat Beans?

1,900 Costa Ricans were studied, those who ate a lot of white rice, and those who preferred beans to rice.

In Costa Rica there’s been a trend of increased white rice consumption, instead of beans, and there’s been an increase in diabetes.  Researchers wanted to know if there is a connection between white rice and diabetes.

In the study, reported by the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, some of the people were asked to eat beans instead of white rice.  People who ate beans instead of rice had a 35% reduction in metabolic syndrome.

“[White] Rice is very easily converted into sugar by the body. It’s very highly processed, it’s pure starch and starch is a long chain of glucose. Beans compared with rice contain much more fiber, certainly more protein and they typically have a lower glycemic index, meaning they induce much lower insulin responses.”-Frank Hu,  Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, in a Reuters interview

The researchers are concerned with the diets of people in the United States, because the amount of white rice consumption is going up, and that could explain why rates of diabetes keep going up.

 

 

 

 

International, U.S.

World War 3: Ecuador refuses to recognize Libyan Rebels

“Unfortunately, the (UN) resolutions have been used to justify a war of aggression aimed, ultimately at control of (Libya’s) natural resources.”-Ricardo Patino, Ecuadorian Foreign Minister

Ecuadorian officials say they can not recognize the Libyan rebel Trans National Council because they are a creation of foreign intervention.  Ecuador believes this is a trend of regime change, by the United States and Europe, that will lead  to the “disappearance” of many governments.

Ecuador says the UN approved NATO attacks on Libya is proof that the United Nations needs to be changed.