A study published in the journal Science suggests that the Moon’s magnetic anomalies were the result of a gigantic impact 4 billion years ago.
The impact took place near the Moon’s south pole, and created one of the largest craters in the solar system: “The conundrum has always been that the magnetism we see on […] Continue Reading…
Apparently people are starting to realize another threat within the 20km No-Go Zone around Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant; wildfires.
There are no firefighters within the No-Go Zone, and outside the zone there is not sufficient water in the piped systems for firefighters to hook hoses up to.
On March 13, 2012, area firefighters held a drill […] Continue Reading…
British police arrested two Israeli men at Heathrow Airport.
They were accused of being disruptive on a British Airways flight from Las Vegas to London, and for making “…inappropriate and potentially threatening comments regarding Iran and the possible route of the aircraft.”
“If that were to happen what alternative would England have but to come and bomb the hell out of Glasgow airport and Edinburgh airport.”-Fraser of Carmyllie, spineless Tory who is against independence
Fraser gave a speech in Edinburgh warning that if Scotland became totally independent of England, the English would use their traditional military reasoning […] Continue Reading…
“With the help of Allah will kill and behead your sadistic murderous soldiers.”-Zabihullah Mujahid
Afghan college students began protesting in Nangarhar Province. Hundreds of protesters hit the streets of Jalalabad.
Senior Afghan officials visited villages to try and calm things down, instead they were attacked. One Afghan soldier was killed, and one soldier was wounded along […] Continue Reading…
March 13, 2012, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission released a preliminary report on last year’s fire at the Fort Calhoun nuclear plant in Nebraska. It shows corporate incompetence that could have led to disaster, if the plant hadn’t already been shut down.
The nuclear reactors had been shut down for maintenance, and were shut down […] Continue Reading…
On March 13, 2012, the Japanese government imposed sanctions against another Iranian bank, the 21st since last year.
It’s called Bank Tejarat, and is the third largest in Iran. There’s just one problem, most of the deals involve Iranians buying Japanese products, not the other way round!
In 2011 Iranians bought U.S.$1.65 billion worth of Japanese […] Continue Reading…
On March 13, 2012, the Chinese government approved a request from Japan, to buy U.S.$10 billion worth of bonds.
Japanese officials admitted the move was to help them “diversify” away from U.S. bonds. The move signals the growing influence of the Chinese yuan, as a international currency.
It also comes as BRICS countries prepare to sign […] Continue Reading…
“If you don’t think this is a big issue, think again!”-Andrew Potter, CIBC World Markets
Canada has pumped out so much oil, that it’s losing money. Plus it has to compete with the flood of oil coming out of North Dakota. The result is that Canadian heavy and light oil is now selling for about […] Continue Reading…
“Even now the market is well supplied. New fields are being discovered. There are new areas where sources are being developed. The sources of supply are spreading and this will change the politics of oil.”-Aldo Flores- Quiroga, IEF Secretary General
One more authoritarian voice joins in to say there is not a lack of oil, […] Continue Reading…