Several Iraqi women say Christopher J. Kirchmeier, an official with L-3 Communications, seized their security badges and sabotaged their U.S. visa applications, because they refused to have sex with him.
The women also say Kirchmeier’s bosses, and U.S. State Department officials, know about it, because they filed complaints. But nothing has been done about it. […] Continue Reading…
Time and time again, Iraqi officials have told the leadership of the United States to get its troops out of Iraq, yet, U.S. leadership acts as if the Iraqis want the U.S. to stay.
“If Iraq wants to keep some American troops in the country to offset its military vulnerabilities, I’m sure the U.S. […] Continue Reading…
Tokyo Electric Power Company admits Fukushima Daiichi’s Reactor 1 has a damaged core.
It would explain the high levels of radioactive water coming from the building. TEPCo thinks the core is breached, allowing radioactive steam to enter the containment vessel. That’s mixing with the water in the containment vessel, which is also leaking. To make […] Continue Reading…
Tokyo Electric Power Company is worried about Reactor 4, at the Fukushima Daiichi nuke plant. They think the spent fuel pool has been too damaged by the 9.0 quake, and the many aftershocks, that they can’t inject anymore water to keep fuel rods cool.
On 22 April, the temperature shot up 50 degrees Celsius, above […] Continue Reading…
Tokyo Electric Power Company says crews working at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant found 30 x 30 centimeter (11 x 11 inches) concrete fragment, that’s radioactive.
The small block is emitting 900 millisieverts per hour of radiation. It was placed in a nuke waste container. TEPCo says the concrete came from Reactor 3, after its hydrogen […] Continue Reading…
Terry Jones spent time in a Michigan jail after refusing to pay a ridiculous $1 bond (yes, one dollar).
A jury ruled that Jones’ protest was intended to incite violence. Jones refused to pay the symbolic bond, and said his church would hold the protest anyway.
Jones, and a supporter, finally paid the bond, and were […] Continue Reading…
23 April 2011
Recently Subaru of America responded to complaints about an Israeli advertisement, in which the head of a property development company runs over Palestinian kids, who’re protesting their land being taken, with his new Subaru.
Subaru of America said they think the ad “…is fake”. Even if the ad is fake, the video of […] Continue Reading…
In January, 2011, President Obama signed into law a bill passed by Congress, supposedly to give 9/11/2001 emergency first responders, survivors and other people involved with the recovery and clean up efforts, health care for problems connected to the toxic debris of the the collapsed World Trade Center. Those people are now considered terrorists.
The […] Continue Reading…
A tornado hit St. Louis airport. It damaged a terminal and parts of the airport’s Concourse C, which is used by American Airlines, AirTran and Cape Air.
The tornado was last seen heading towards Ferguson, Missouri.
Earlier this week a tornado hit a Virginia nuclear power plant. It’s shut down while they repair a switchyard.
“Crews have been progressing safely and quickly. However, as the crew advances closer (to where Marek may be), the work involved will become much more difficult, time consuming with new materials, equipment and supplies in order to advance the tunnel into potentially unstable ground.”-Hecla press release
So far 163 feet (49.6 meters) of […] Continue Reading…