“The Food and Drug Administration is really only checking about 2% of the food that’s imported into the U.S., so a lot can go unchecked and problems may not be found.”-Erik Olson, Pew Health Group
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning that cuts to imported food inspections have resulted in increased […] Continue Reading…
March 15, 2012, a military base in France was hit by a drive by shooter. Two French soldiers are dead, another is wounded.
It happened near the southwestern city of Montauban. The base is home to the 17th Parachute Engineer Regiment.
Thursday’s shooter was riding a scooter. On Sunday, March 11, a shooter riding a motorcycle […] Continue Reading…
One of Japan’s oldest electronics appliance makers, NEC, is the first Japanese company to announce huge cuts for Union workers AND executives!
Union labor is asked to take a 4% pay cut, on top of 10,000 workers being laid off! But, wait there’s more! Managers will also get hit with a 4% cut in pay. […] Continue Reading…
A slow moving landslide, in Niigata Prefecture, has devoured eleven homes, so far. Locals are trying to stop the Earthly sloth by building a mound of dirt.
The landslide is 150 meters (492 feet) wide and 750 meters (2,460 feet) long, and is moving at only 17 centimeters (6.7 inches) per hour! The next victims […] Continue Reading…
In the major metropolis known as Tokyo some interesting numbers have come out; the average number of people living in one household has dropped to less than two people (1.99)!
According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government it’s the lowest number since the survey started been taken in 1957!
Tokyo’s population has seen a piddly 0.31% increase […] Continue Reading…
It’s been revealed that six years ago the Japanese Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) was asked to adopt the safety guidelines of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The request was made in 2006 by Japan’s Nuclear Safety Commission. Top NISA officials refused, saying things such as evacuation areas as recommended by the IAEA, would […] Continue Reading…
“This is unprecedented in my experience. It’s very strange.”-Eugene Fidell, military law teacher at Yale University
Fidel is referring to the way the Department of Defense is handling the so called lone U.S. Army Staff Sergeant accused of shooting up women and children in Afghanistan.
U.S. military officials are telling the media that how they’re handling […] Continue Reading…
The International Atomic Energy Agency is warning about the safety of the 435 nuclear plants throughout the world: 80% are more than 20 years old.
Out of that 43% are between 20 and 29 years old. 32% are 30 to 39 years old. 5% are more than 40 years old.
The IAEA wants UN member countries […] Continue Reading…
March 15, 2012, workers at the damaged GE designed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, tried to enter the basements of reactors 2 and 3. It was the first attempt since the March 2011 disaster!
FAIL! Radiation levels are still too high for humans, and, on top of that, they discovered the basement doors for reactor 3 […] Continue Reading…
“We don’t know what’s in the smoke, we don’t know what’s burning, we don’t know the toxicity of it.”-Kim Zander, Police Chief Inspector
For the second day a huge oil fire is raging in Wingfield, South Australia, Australia. It’s a waste oil depot, and the city of Adelaide is being covered with toxic smoke.
More than […] Continue Reading…