First Germany blamed Spanish cucumbers; wrong! Then Germany blamed locally grown sprouts; wrong! Now Germany is facing a lawsuit by Spain, and German vegetable growers are tossing tons of fresh produce in the trash. On top of that people are still dying!
By June 8, 25 people in Germany, and one person in Sweden had […] Continue Reading…
Climate change? Yes! Global Warming? Doubtful, if your from the U.S. Pacific Northwest.
For the past few days we’ve been getting tired of hearing American Broadcast Company (not to be confused with Australian Broadcasting Corporation) news talk about the heat wave affecting “America”: “One week into June, America is in the grip of pulverizing summer […] Continue Reading…
“I was optimistic we’d have a better month, but it looks now like the recovery ended last summer, which means we’re just idling.”-Ed Leamer, University California Los Angeles economist
If you use diesel fuel you might have noticed that the price has been slowly going down. That’s good for those of use who pay at the pump, […] Continue Reading…
“We won’t complete doing what we need to do until about 2016, 2017.”-USA Lieutenant General William Caldwell
General Caldwell made his statement at the Brookings Institute on June 6. His reasons are that only one in six Afghans, who join the Afghan government forces, can read and write. Caldwell says that means it will […] Continue Reading…
China and Cuba have signed 13 agreements to increase economic cooperation in the next five years. China will provide interest free loans, and other economic aid to boost Cuba’s various industries.
The deals also include development of Cuba’s oil and natural gas industry.
The pictures are impressive, of ash columns rocketing into the sky, surrounded by lightning strikes. Believe or not it’s considered a moderate eruption. It’s enough to spread enough ash to shut down airports in Argentina and Chile.
The Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano complex erupted on Saturday, June 4, causing thousands of people to evacuate. Chile is […] Continue Reading…
The insolvent government of Greece has just discovered that 4,500 dead people have been receiving government retirement pay, for years.
The government is now investigating whether there was a slip up on their side, or the families never filed notifications of death. At least $23 million was paid out to dead people.
The Greek government is […] Continue Reading…
The nuclear disaster at Fukushima Daiichi has resulted in hundreds of thousands of tons of radioactive water being spilled into the Pacific Ocean, and it hasn’t stopped.
Greenpeace says they’ve found ocean species with unsafe levels of radiation, 50 km (31 miles) from the nuke plant.
The International Atomic Energy Agency announced they will begin monitoring […] Continue Reading…
As proof that the Japanese government, and Tokyo Electric Power Company, were just wild ass guessing about the radiation levels being released from Fukushima Daiichi, a new report says the levels are more than double.
The governmental Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency is now saying the initial radiation release from the damaged nuke plant was […] Continue Reading…
The Japanese Nuclear and Industrial Safety Ministry maintains ‘off site centers’ near nuclear plants. The centers are government run emergency response units based ‘off site’ of the privately run nuclear plants.
The public news station, NHK, got hold of a NISA report that admitted that almost all of their off site centers were dysfunctional at […] Continue Reading…