“…if we look back at the number of secular regimes the U.S. has undermined, destabilized or toppled: Afghanistan in the 1970s and 80s, of course we’ve had Libya, Yugoslavia….so it’s a great myth to think that the U.S. and al-Qaeda will always be on the opposite side. They’re often on the same side.”-Neil Clark, […] Continue Reading…
On 20 February 2012, the Japanese media was given a short tour of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
The tour was quick because the disaster reactors are still emitting high levels of radiation.
To give you an example; just at reactor 4, daily radiation levels are higher than the yearly safe limit for the civilian […] Continue Reading…
20 February 2012, Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture released the results of their own radiation contamination study. The study did not include people working at nuclear plants, or other employment where contact with radiation is part of the job.
42% of the people living in Fukushima Prefecture have been exposed to more radiation than the official safe […] Continue Reading…
On February 17, 2012, the presidents of Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan vowed to create an alliance that would prevent anymore ‘foreign’ interventions in the region.
At a meeting held in Pakistan, President Hamid Karzai, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and President Asif Ali Zardari issued the statement to U.S. officials. So far no response from U.S. officials.
They […] Continue Reading…
The following are statements heard at the ongoing American Association for the Advancement of Science annual show taking place in British Columbia, Canada.
“If there’s greater variability, the odds the temperature being so high that you can’t grow a crop are greater.”
“Food insecurity is likely to (be) higher than it has been for some time.”
“We […] Continue Reading…
February 19, 2012, the pro-U.S. military government of Egypt has recalled their ambassador to Syria.
The move is in line with the Arab League’s call for war against Syria.
Despite rosy depictions, by the U.S. mainstream media, of the Vice President of China’s visit to the United States, things are not warm and fuzzy!
Vice President Xi Jinping, recently restated demands from China, that the United States end economic restrictions against China: “It is very important when addressing the China-U.S. trade imbalance that the […] Continue Reading…
“Iran is the only market in the world that can move billet prices and now trading has basically come to a halt.”-unnamed British steel trader
Not only is the U.S. oil sanctions on Iran backfiring, but so are U.S. sanctions on steel sold to Iran!
“Now you can really feel the effects of the sanctions imposed […] Continue Reading…
Sometime at the end of March, Iran and Oman will hold joint naval exercises. Oman is located northeast of Yemen, south of the Strait of Hormuz along the Indian Ocean.
The majority of Oman’s Muslims are Ibadhi, with major differences from Iran’s Shi’a. The government of Oman is a Unitary Islamic Absolute Monarcy.
The planned March […] Continue Reading…
February 16, 2012, Sears announced layoffs of 100 of its employees at its Illinois headquarters. Some Illinois politicians say the state was blackmailed into giving Sears a $150 million tax break, and that even more Sears layoffs are in the works.
Sears told Illinois lawmakers that if it didn’t get the tax break it would […] Continue Reading…