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…
“First, the City took the unusual position that Officers could not request to be credited with compensatory time for any overtime that they worked during the NATO Summit knowing that this was a clear violation of our contract. Now, after our Mayor, Superintendent, and the citizens of Chicago have heaped praise upon Chicago Police […] Continue Reading…
25 May 2012, the U.S. Postal Service is offering buyouts to 45,000 part time mail handlers.
It’s part of the USPS’s plans to layoff 150,000 employees by 2015. Postal officials had no comment about how they were going to do that.
You can blame the U.S. Congress for forcing the Postal Service to over pay into […] Continue Reading…
25 May 2012, Japan’s Fishery Ministry reports a huge decrease in fish catches. Blame the 11 March 2011 disasters.
The reports says the fishing industry in the northeast of Japan was hit hard by the disasters, and has not been able to recover enough to supply Japan with enough fish. Supplies of local fish to […] Continue Reading…