On March 28, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI says the 50 years old U.S. “Restrictive economic measures imposed from outside the country unfairly burden its people.” of Cuba.
The Pope made his comments after a three day visit to Cuba. Vatican officials have denounced the U.S. sanctions in the past.
The United States ordered the sanctions in […] Continue Reading…
A company called Inovio Pharmaceuticals, has just received U.S. patent rights to new synthetic flu vaccines, and their new vaccine delivery system.
The vaccines are “DNA-driven”, and operate by “electroporation technology”.
“Electroporation, or electropermeabilization, is a significant increase in the electrical conductivity and permeability of the cell plasma membrane caused by an externally applied electrical field. […] Continue Reading…
On March 1 and March 2, 2012, in the U.S. state of Maryland, three people died from H3N2 influenza. They were members of the same family. Two other family members are recovering.
Calvert County Health officials say those who died did not get vaccinated. Two of those who died also had complications due to MRSA. […] Continue Reading…
March 27, 2012, the Bank of England’s governor, Mervyn King, warned the U.K. House of Lords that upcoming celebrations for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee could bankrupt the kingdom.
King said the celebrations come at the worst time, an economic recession. He also pointed out that it was the expense of last year’s Royal Wedding that […] Continue Reading…
28 March 2012, finally, after one year, Tokyo Electric Power Company is taking radiation readings from Fukushima Daiichi disaster Reactor 2.
They placed a dosimeter into Reactor 2’s containment vessel. It is emitting 72.9 sieverts, or 72,900 millisieverts, or 72,900,000 microsieverts of radiation per hour!!!
At that rate the radiation will kill a human in seven minutes!
TEPCo […] Continue Reading…
March 26, 2012, after almost a decade of fighting bogus city code enforcement claims a Roswell, Georgia, man blew himself up as police tried to steal him from his home.
Here is video of the explosion that took place inside his home.
The man had battled bogus code claims, and won several court battles, but for […] Continue Reading…
200 kilometers (124 miles) away from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuke factory, bamboo plants grown for food are turning up radioactive!
On bamboo shoot farms in Chiba Prefecture, samples have turned out to be contaminated with as much as 250 becquerels of radioactive cesium per kilogram!
Not only that, the latest samples are higher in cesium […] Continue Reading…
March 28, 2012, one year after the GE designed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant melted down, Japanese fisherman are now being told their catches are indeed contaminated.
For the first time, Miyagi Prefecture has banned Sea Bass fishing, because of radiation contamination!
Prefectural officials say cesium levels are so high, they’re higher than the new stricter limits […] Continue Reading…
March 27, 2012, Sardinian workers are protesting the planned closing of Alcoa’s Portovesme aluminum smelter on the island of Sardinia. The move could cost Italy the loss of at least 1,500 jobs.
U.S. media last reported that U.S. based Alcoa was making a deal with union workers to keep the factory open, however, European media says […] Continue Reading…
On March 26, 2012, U.S. President Barack Obama declared a trade war with Argentina. This comes two days after Argentina sponsored a mission to increase trade relations with the U.S.
Obama says Argentine companies own two U.S. companies, Azurix and Blue Ridge, $300 million USD. Obama dropped Argentina from “trade preferences”, which essentially put the South […] Continue Reading…