On 1 July 2012, the European Union’s sanctions against Iran kick in. This includes European shipping insurers (who dominate the market) ending insurance on ships carrying Iranian oil.
20 June 2012, the Japanese Diet has passed a law that allows the government to cover Japanese tanker ships transporting oil from Iran.
The law was unanimously passed […] Continue Reading…
20 June 2012, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCo) published a thick report concerning the handling of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.
It admits three of four damaged reactors (there are six reactors at the facility) actually went into melt down, because of total loss in cooling.
“The report admits that the company’s management of the emergency […] Continue Reading…
About a week ago the Japanese federal government forced the re-start of the Ohi nuclear power plant. Prime Minister Noda gave the order, saying “…Japanese society can not survive!” without it.
Now, 20 June 2012, the operators of the Ohi disaster reactors, Kansai Electric Power Company (KEPCo) revealed a potentially major problem with Reactor 3, and […] Continue Reading…
19 June 2012, NHK (nippon housou kyoukai/Japan Broadcasting Corporation) reporting that a Japanese government ‘white paper’ report on science and technology in 2011, states that the government was not prepared to respond to the nuclear disaster at Fukushima Diiachi.
“…tsunami estimates were too lenient and facilities which had been in place for nuclear safety were […] Continue Reading…
“Cosmetics were very expensive back then, and a single product could cost the equivalent of a month’s salary for many office ladies.”-Chen Linlin, L’Oréal China
Linlin is talking about the not so good economic decade of the 1930s, but it looks like history is repeating for people (in North America and Europe) who just have […] Continue Reading…
18 June 2012, the U.S. supported Egyptian junta has officially taken on the role of government. The Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) have given themselves new constitutional authority, giving them all the powers of an elected government!
On 14 June 2012, the U.S. supported junta dissolved the Egyptian parliament, and basically declared the recent […] Continue Reading…
“Over 80% of shootings occur outdoors and in public places.”-Roseanna Ander, University of Chicago Crime Lab
18 June 2012, according to data from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), more people have been killed in just one U.S. city, than all of the U.S. personnel killed in Afghanistan since […] Continue Reading…
“Two major amphibious ships, The Nikolai Filchenkov and The Tsezar Kunikov, are preparing to be dispatched to Tartus outside of their schedule.”-unnamed Russian naval officer
18 June 2012, speculation that the two Russian assault ships are being sent to evacuate Russian citizens living in Syria.
Russia news media, Interfax, says the ships are carrying marines, and […] Continue Reading…
“We are in a race against the clock to close the border. We have to seal off the border as soon as we can to prevent exactly these kinds of attacks.”-Colonel Tal Harmoni, IDF Gaza Division Southern Brigade Commander
18 June 2012, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) report that military contractors, building a fence along the […] Continue Reading…
17 June 2012
“After consultation with the Taliban Shura, servant of Mujahideen in North Waziristan Agency Hafiz Gul Bahadur has decided that there will be a ban on polio campaign as long as drone strikes are not stopped.”-public statement by the people of 17 towns in Pakistan’s North Waziristan
People living in North Waziristan refusing to let […] Continue Reading…