Toyota and Nissan hope to restart all their Japanese plants by mid to late April.
However, production will not be at full capacity.
U.S. nuke plant not safe
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission studied the safety of nuclear plants in the United States. The Peach Bottom nuclear plant in Pennsylvania is not safe from a natural disaster.
The report says if a power loss occurs for a long time, fuel rods in the reactor could be damaged, releasing radioactive isotopes within two days. […] Continue Reading…
Woman died trying to save Kindergarten students, school was supposed to be safe
According to NHK, A kindergarten school, in Miyagi Prefecture, was supposed to be safe from tsunami, according to an official tsunami danger zone map. The official map was wrong.
When the 9.0 quake hit on March 11, school officials knew a tsunami was coming, but they though they were safe. In fact, they kept the […] Continue Reading…
More proof that the Libyan Civil War is about Oil, not Freedom
Libyan rebels have been focusing all their attacks on cities tied to the oil industry. They have already made oil deals with several countries including Qatar, and, they have received their first payment for oil apparently from China.
Now the rebels are complaining that they are losing three oil fields they recently took control of. […] Continue Reading…
“low likelihood” Libyan Rebels can win, even with NATO support
The U.S. general in charge of the United States Africa Command, Gen Carter Ham, says Libyan rebels probably will not win, even with NATO help.
General Ham also says we should not be arming the rebels until there is “a better understanding of exactly who the opposition force is”. There is evidence that some […] Continue Reading…
Libyan Rebels say U.S. led NATO still bombing them
“NATO are liars. They are siding with Gaddafi.”-Salem Mislat, Libyan rebel
Once again U.S. led NATO has bombed the very people they’re supposed to be supporting. Rebels say five of their troops were killed.
The latest “friendly fire” incident happened in almost the same spot as a “friendly fire” incident last week. NATO says they are […] Continue Reading…
More problems at Onagawa nuke plant after 7.4 quake
Thursday’s 7.4 ‘aftershock’ not only cut power to another nuclear plant, that was struggling to keep its reactors cool, now they have found more problems.
Tohoku Electric Power Company (not to be confused with Fukushima Daiichi’s Tokyo Electric Power Company), says they have discovered water leaks, and ‘blow off’ panels are damaged.
The blow off panels […] Continue Reading…
Should we fear a government shut down? Ask the Belgians, they’ve been without a government for almost a year
Who cares if our government shuts down?
I, and many other citizens of the United States, get absolutely nothing from the Federal government. I didn’t even get a tax refund this year, or last year, or the year before that. I didn’t even get one of those extra checks from the IRS under the Bush […] Continue Reading…
Has Obama broken his Promises?
A Pulitzer Prize winning newspaper has a site that tracks the success and failure of Barack Obama’s campaign promises.
The Saint Petersburg Times PolitiFact.com has posted a detailed tracking of more than 500 promises or expectations from President Obama.
Government and charities will meet to decide how to spend donated money
Japanese charities, and central and local government officials are planning to meet to figure out how to distribute donated money.
It’s been more than three weeks since the disasters and no aid money has been distributed. Complaints have not only been filed by foreign aid groups, but by other countries as well.
Aid that has been […] Continue Reading…