I was upset by a Memorial Day report on one of the mainstream U.S. national TV news programs, ’cause they reported gas prices down across the country! Wait a minute, I live in the United States and gas prices actually went up where I live!
I noted that the mainstream media report focused only on […] Continue Reading…
Back in March, Areva announced a $3.2 billion USD loss, which is what it would cost to build the planned Eagle Rock Enrichment Facility near Idaho Falls, Idaho.
Now Areva, based in France, is struggling to raise cash just to survive. But there is also some hopeful news for Areva.
29 May 2012, Areva announced “outstanding” […] Continue Reading…
The following quotes are from a cesium-137 soil contamination study reviewed in July, and published in October 2011, just months after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster began.
“The soils around Fukushima NPP [nuclear power plant] and neighboring prefectures have been extensively contaminated with depositions of more than 100,000 and 10,000 MBq km-2…”
“…around 90% of the total deposition […] Continue Reading…
29 May 2012, The Japan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) suspended a commission which was reviewing the Japanese government’s official nuclear policy.
A number of members of the commission discovered that the policy review was being unfairly influenced by other members who were actually employed by the nuclear power industry.
On top of that, it was discovered […] Continue Reading…
On 29 May 2012, the U.S. media reporting a group of California University researchers say that tuna caught off the California coast showed traces of cesium-134 & 137. However, their discovery actually happened last year!
Stanford researchers tested blue fin tuna, caught near San Diego in August 2011, and found low levels of cesium. The […] Continue Reading…
On 28 May 2012, Spanish media reported that a Colombian drug lord, Javier Antonio Calle Serna (aka Comba), and his parents, sister, wife and kids, are now living a new life in Spain.
The drug lord worked in the Norte del Valle cartel before forming his own drug gang, known as the Rastrojos. He surrendered […] Continue Reading…
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that of the type A viruses hitting the Northern Hemisphere, H3N2 made up 60%.
Two deaths in the U.S. were reported in May, one from type B virus, the other was H3N2.
The U.S. CDC, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), and the UN […] Continue Reading…
H5N1 is not only making people in Egypt sick, it’s also destroying their food supply. Bird flu, along with foot & mouth disease, is taking down precious livestock. It’s becoming not only a health issue, but an economic one as well.
According to a 14 May report in the Atlantic, H5N1 is also threatening livestock […] Continue Reading…
A new study published in the journal Antiquity, reveals a new factor in the collapse of the Mayan Empire. You can now add ‘bad economy’ to social unrest, disease, warfare, drought and deforestation.
The bad economy was due to a shift away from inland centers of business, to coastal centers. Researchers at the University of Illinois […] Continue Reading…
“Afghanistan would sign long term partnership agreement with the People’s Republic of China and the agreement will probably be inked during President Hamid Karzai’s participation at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit on June 6-7 in China.”-Zalmai Rasoul, Foreign Minister of Afghanistan
China will join United States, Britain, Germany, India, Italy and Australia in long […] Continue Reading…