Many Fukushima cattle farmers are about to go out of business, thanks to highly contaminated plants. After highly radioactive beef was found, and sold, in eight prefectures, it was discovered that all the plants in Fukushima Prefecture are contaminated with high levels of cesium.
Local and national government officials have found that at least eight […] Continue Reading…
“They [banks] didn’t vote for the bond issue, they didn’t support the bond issue. They’re simply trying to underwrite some of them.”-Paul Sheldon Foote, California State University Fullerton
Professor Foote is explaining that, what he calls “…stupid idea…” bonds/levies, are forms of debt voted on by taxpayers, but funded by investment bankers.
You don’t want […] Continue Reading…
In a July 11 statement to the media, about Syria, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, used phrases very similar to phrases used in speeches that preceded U.S. led attacks on other countries.
She said Syria’s president was “…not indispensable…”, and that “…he has lost legitimacy, he has failed to deliver on the promises he’s […] Continue Reading…
July 12, the lower house of the French Parliament approved an extension to the war against Libya. The vote was 482 in favor, only 27 against.
The French Senate will vote next. The war with Libya is costing French taxpayers 1 million Euros per day.
It is a sign of desperation when the leaders of a […] Continue Reading…
Iraqi Prime Minister, Nuri al-Maliki, told the newly appointed U.S. Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta, that he will ask for U.S. troops to stay beyond the original withdraw date.
The Prime Minister said it would be contingent upon the Iraqi Parliament to approve such a request. At least half the members of the Iraqi Parliament […] Continue Reading…
After the realization that Japanese cattle are internally contaminated with cesium, Miniami-soma City ordered its residents to get checked for internal contamination. Now the Prefecture of Fukushima has ordered all residents to be checked. There are about 2 million people in Fukushima Prefecture.
It’s not just local governments calling for internal radiation checks. The Japanese […] Continue Reading…
NHK reporting that the water decontamination system at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has failed yet again.
The cause is another leak in the system. On 10 July 2011, the system failed because of a leak. Tokyo Electric Power Company is trying to figure out why there are so many leaks.
Since my last posting about Dengue fever, in April 2011, the disease is infecting even more people in even more countries.
Asia is seeing the most increase in cases this year.
As of July 11, the Philippines has tens of thousands of cases, and almost 200 deaths. Officials are warning that when the rainy season hits, […] Continue Reading…
Next time you fly to China, think twice about using the airline blanket.
An investigation of Chinese airlines discovered that 80% of their non-disposable blankets are not washed. But don’t blame the airlines, blame the contractor who didn’t clean them, even though they were paid to.
Yingtailong Airline Commodity has contracts to clean blankets from airline […] Continue Reading…
After an internal investigation, the Idaho State Police (ISP) discovered that technicians working at the ISP Region 5 Forensics Lab in Pocatello, Idaho, may have tampered with illegal drugs testing.
The ISP actually conducted the investigation some time ago, and is only now going public. Three lab technicians were put on leave, but then they […] Continue Reading…