14 July 2011, I tried to access the Idaho Department of Environmental EPA RadNet site. All I got was a “Server Error” message.
I then tried accessing the Idaho Falls RadNet site, directly through the Environmental Protection Agency’s web site. I got an EPA page that said “The requested item was not found on the EPA’s Web Server”.
The U.S. Department of Energy is using helicopters to take airborne radiation samples over Seattle, Washington. Officially this is to establish a “baseline” for any future nuclear “emergency”.
The operation is being paid for by the Department of Homeland Security.
The state of Washington is home to the controversial Hanford nuclear plant. Do a search for information on the plant and you’ll be concerned as well. Could officials know something about the plant’s current condition?
Do Homeland Security officials have some info about a possible terrorist attack involving nukes and the city of Seattle? Or, is the “emergency” they’re talking about one that already happened, in a place called Fukushima, Japan?
Officials claim this airborne radiation “baseline” operation was planned back in 2009. Mmmm
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 resigned in June.
ISP documents show that the lab techs were concealing illegal drugs in the Region 5 Lab. Testing done at that lab was used as evidence in drug related cases. One lab tech is said to have kept a box of drugs stashed above the ceiling tiles.
The illegal conduct of the lab techs now raise questions about drug convictions going back to 2003.
The mainstream U.S. media is not reporting on the number of New Orleans cops on trial for murders they committed after hurricane Katrina.
A witness for the Federal government, and former New Orleans detective, Jeffrey Lehrmann, testified on July 11, that he helped to cover up murders committed by cops.
Lehrman said the cover ups included falsifying paperwork and planting false evidence, like guns, on the victims.
Five former, and current, New Orleans cops are on trial for shooting and killing people, including a mentally handicapped man, and then lying about it.
Already five former cops, including Lehrman, pleaded guilty. Lehrman is serving three years for his part in trying to cover up the crimes.
10 July 2011, Tokyo Electric Power Company has stopped its water decontamination operation, again. This time it’s due to chemicals leaking from the system. The chemicals are used to absorb radiation from the water.
According to NHK, TEPCo is blaming the new leaks on “non-durable” materials used to build the decontamination unit. Basically they used parts that could not withstand the pressure, radiation and chemicals in the system.
Many reports from Japan have been confusing, because they’ve referred to problems in the ‘cooling’ system, when they mean decontamination system. This could be because the two systems are interconnected.
Mitsubishi announced their new electric car can keep you from starving after a major disaster.
They claim that in case of major power loss to your home you can use the electric car to power your home appliances. Supposedly the batteries in the car can hold enough power to run your house for one and a half days.
Well, I guess they weren’t thinking of a really big natural disaster, like what happened on 11 March 2011. But getting through the first day after such a disaster is critical.
What we really need is someone to come up with a portable solar panel that’s powerful enough to cook with, and charge up the batteries on your electric car. Then who needs utility companies?
Mitsubishi plans to start selling their electric survival car in 2012.
On the night of 05 July 2011, the Japanese Prime Minister issued an order to conduct stress tests on all nuclear reactors in Japan.
The tests are based on European Union standards. The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency says Japan’s reactors are safe, but many Japanese citizens think otherwise. Several prefectural governments are refusing to allow reactors to re-start. The new EU based tests are meant to ease any remaining fears among the people.
For at least the third time Tokyo Electric Power Company had to stop water decontamination at Fukushima Daiichi, this time because pipes were leaking.
You might not think that’s such a big deal, but how does one ton of radioactive water leaking out within two minutes sound? That’s what happened. But to make that worse it didn’t have to happen. Turns out that TEPCo decided to skip what should have been a routine check of pipe fittings before starting the decontamination. According to an NHK report, four kilometers (8 miles) of pipe were loose (that’s how you dump one ton of water in two minutes).
This has really gone too far! CNN reports Transportation Security Administration agents forced a cancer stricken 95 year old woman to remove her adult diaper.
“My mother is very ill, she has a form of leukemia. She had a blood transfusion the week before, just to bolster up her strength for this travel.”-Jean Weber, daughter of victim of TSA
Agents said they thought they felt something in the diaper when they did a patdown. No sh*t Sherlock! Turns out the diaper was doing its job! Jean Weber cried because her ill mother ended up without underwear for the flight.
How can any self respecting person willingly do what TSA agents have to do? Not only does it violate the rights, and dignity of travelers, but it has to be humiliating for the TSA agents! If I were working for the TSA I would’ve quit a long time ago. So not only is the United States a police state, but it’s a sicko police state!
26 June 2011, an accident at the Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant resulting in the expanding Missouri River flooding into the compound. The water hit the nuke plant’s electrical transformers, cutting off power.
Electricity is still needed to keep the spent fuel pools cool. Plant officials say they are now running on back up generators.
Forth Calhoun officials ordered the installation of a water filled artificial levee (berm). The Nuclear Regulatory Commission did not approve the artificial levee. At about 1:25 am, 26 June, workers broke the water filled berm, allowing the Missouri River to flood in.
This natural disaster is the latest bad news for the Fort Calhoun nuke plant. In April plans to refuel its reactors were halted, over concerns of flooding by the Missouri River. Then, on 07 June, a fire broke out in one of the reactor control rooms. An inspection two years ago revealed that plant operators were not properly prepared for a flood.