Officials with Shiga Prefecture have extended their nuclear disaster preparedness zone, around local nuclear power plants, beyond the 30 kilometer (18.64 miles) radius recommended by the central government.
They made their decision after meeting with officials from Japan’s Self Defense Forces. The JSDF is actually the best trained for nuclear accidents, because of their NBC […] Continue Reading…
Since the March 11, 2011, natural disasters led to the nuclear disaster at Fukushima Daiichi, 53 of Japan’s 54 nuclear reactors are now off line.
On March 25, 2012, Reactor 6 in Niigata Prefecture was shut down for regular inspections. The next, and last reactor to shut down will be Tomari in Hokkaido.
Reactor 3 at […] Continue Reading…
Daniel Cameron, Argentina’s Energy Secretary, is proposing to raise the price of Argentine oil exports to $63 per barrel. Currently Argentina sells their oil at $42 per barrel.
Decades ago the Argentine government froze their export oil prices. Now oil production is way down, because it’s not worth it to the Argentine oil companies.
To make the […] Continue Reading…
“The President’s counter terrorism campaign is about stealth power, rather than hard power or soft power. He is a Jekyll and Hyde president; he is the king of covert because there are not many military options available now.”-Laura Blumenfeld, German Marshall Fund
On March 25, 2012, U.S. President Barack Obama was labeled “Jekyll and Hyde”, […] Continue Reading…
“These findings are concerning.”-Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) has published the results of their investigation into standardized test scores across the United States.
Sompin’ fishy in Denmark! The chilins ain’t gettin’ an edjumacation!
Scores from 69,000 public schools, in 49 states, were compared. Standardized test scores should not vary greatly from […] Continue Reading…
In an independent investigation into public school federal test scores, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution found the Southeastern Idaho School District 25 had suspicious test scores three years in a row.
The Pocatello/Chubbuck/Bannock County school district was “flagged” because it had test results that varied from year to year “outside the norm”.
A normal variance is considered 5% […] Continue Reading…
“What we have seen is a substantial change in mentality among the overseas community in the past two years. Before, no one would dare mention to other Americans that they were even thinking of renouncing their U.S. nationality. Now, it is an openly discussed issue.”-Jackie Bugnion, American Citizens Abroad
Since 2008 the numbers of U.S. […] Continue Reading…
March 22, 2012, The Associated Press reported that U.S. Navy ships shelled the city of Zinjibar, in the southern Yemeni province of Abyan. USN officials claim they were attacking “al-Qaeda” forces. 29 people were killed.
Reports say the USN shelling was done over a 24 hour period. However, other Western media sources say the U.S. […] Continue Reading…
“The vessel is considered an obstruction to navigation.”-Transport Canada statement
A 65 meter (210 feet) long fishing boat from Japan was found off Haida Gwaii islands (some reports say Queen Charlotte Islands), about 1,500 kilometers (930 miles) north of Vancouver, Canada.
The fishing boat was washed away from Japan by the March 11, 2011 tsunami. Senator Maria […] Continue Reading…
March 24, 2012, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) announced that militants attacked a NATO/ISAF base somewhere in western Afghanistan.
ISAF refused to give any more details, but, the Italian government admitted the base was manned by Italian troops. One was killed, at least five wounded. The attack took place in Farah Province. The base was […] Continue Reading…