Tag Archives: war

Fukushima

Japan expands food ban, 3 more Prefectures hit with contamination

Over the weekend food products from Fukushima Prefecture were banned due to radiation contamination.  Now 3 more prefectures have been added to the food ban.

Ibaraki, Tochigi and Gunma prefectures have now been told their food products are contaminated was well.  Earlier Ibaraki Prefecture had spinach test positive for contamination, but wasn’t told to stop shipments.

Once again the government is confusing people by saying the radiation levels in the food had exceeded established safety levels, but was not harmful if eaten.

Fukushima

Set back at Fukushima Daiichi, Smoke from two Reactors, Workers evacuated

Workers were evacuated from the Fukushimah Daiichi nuclear plant after smoke started pouring from reactors 2 & 3.  Planned water spraying had to be stopped.

White smoke/steam coming from reactor 2, from a crack in the roof, it is probably from the spent fuel pool.

Reactor 3 more serious; black/gray smoke coming from whats left of the reactor (reactor 3 exploded last week).

There is speculation that the smoke might be related to the recently increasing radiation levels.

Fukushima

Who is the Boss of TEPCO, and where is he during this nuclear crisis?

Masataka Shimizu, chief executive of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), hasn’t been seen in a week.

He’s in charge of the company dealing with one of the world’s worst nuclear disasters, Fukushima Daiichi.  Many Japanese want to know where he is.

Even the BP (British Petroluem) CEO held press conferences during the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster last year.

Fukushima

Vandenburg AFB sending Boric Acid to Japan

USAF C-17 transport from Vandenburg Air Force Base, in California, has left for Japan loaded with 17 tons of boric acid.

The boric acid is from the stock pile at the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in California.  It’s to be used on the reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

 

 

Fukushima

Japanese government gives confusing warning over tap water

People living in parts of Fukushima Prefecture have been told not to drink tap water.  Japanese officials say the radiation levels in the water are now higher that government safety limits.

The confusion comes from Japanese officials also saying that there is no immediate health risk from drinking the water.

Business/Economics, International, U.S.

Get ready for Oil prices to Jump, Economist say it could destroy Economy

Already, oil trading in Europe has seen oil prices jump $2.00 per barrel since Friday.

It is due to the attacks on Libya.

In a CNNMoney survey  16 out 23 leading economists say rising oil prices are the number one threat to any economic recovery.

Interestingly The Federal Reserve showed little concern over rising oil/fuel prices during its March 15 meeting.

International, U.S.

Who are Anti-Libyan coalition members?

Belgium (even though Belgium has been without an operating government for months now), Canada, Denmark, France, Italy (the main user of Libyan oil), Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, and Norway have announced their direct military action against Libya (in the form of actual attacks, or providing military support).

Arab League member Qatar said they will take part in military action.  That is now in question since the Arab League now says they were basically tricked into supporting the UNSCR 1973 against Libya.

International, U.S.

African Union says no to war with Libya

“the African Union rejects the idea of foreign military intervention in Libya, regardless of its form.”  -Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, President of Mauritania

At the current African Union summit, being held in Mauritania, union members are demanding an end to all military actions in Libya.  The African Union is upset that a member of the African Union is being attacked. That’s right, Libya is an African country, despite western media continually referring to Libya as the Middle East.

The African Union boycotted the emergency meeting in Paris, France.

International, Opinion, U.S.

How will U.S., U.K. & France fund the attacks on Libya? You!

War isn’t free, and there is no true return on the ‘investment’ into war mongering.  So how are those countries attacking Libya going to fund their operation?  I have a suspicion, but in the case of the United States it’s not oil.

Notice that the lead countries in this act of war are; United States, United Kingdom and France.  All of them are in big financial/economic trouble.   They are all implementing austerity measures to address lack of funding for their governments.  That includes cutting many social programs for their citizens.

The push to attack Libya came fast, especially when compared to how much effort Bush Jr put into pushing for attacking Iraq.  Back then it was thought he rushed the process, but compare that to Obama’s push to attack Libya.  One U.S. congressman said Obama did not consult with Congress, at least Bush Jr did.

This is all suspicious. Especially when it is clear the Libyan protesters are not peaceful, and that in other Arab countries truly peaceful protesters have been killed, yet there is no call by Obama to take out those governments.

Most people around the world believe the attack on Iraq was about oil.  It was, but not for U.S. oil companies.  British Petroleum was awarded the biggest oil contracts in Iraq (by the way BP has been quietly taking over oil operations within the United States). In fact most oil contracts in Iraq did not go to U.S. oil companies.

Why would the U.S. take part in oil grabs if its oil companies are not benefiting? This is proof that the United States has become the bully puppet of the British Commonwealth (aka British Empire).

Notice that the price of oil shoots up when something like this happens.  Our governments are controlled by the corporations. The corporations make big profits when prices go up.  The corporations now use the governments to create situations that cause prices to go up.  Of course the corporations are not 100% reliant on oil sources in North Africa and the Middle East.  In fact BP has been busy taking over oil production in the U.S., and has just made deals with the Russians.  But the price of oil still goes up during war, regardless of where the oil comes from.  So they can shut down oil supply in one area, through war for example, driving up the price, and they will still make hugh profits off their other sources of oil.  Does anybody notice that despite oil companies saying their operating costs keep going up, they continue to report record profits?

So military action may be for the benefit of the oil corporations, but that doesn’t explain how the governments are going to fund the operations.   We the people are going to pay for it.  Through increased taxes, new taxes and cuts to the benefits you’re supposed to be getting in return for your tax payments.  Anybody remember the official reason for the American colonists revolution against the British Empire?  Taxes placed on the American colonists to pay for wars fought by the British Empire, and, lack of representation for the American colonists in the British government.  That’s what created the United States.

Here we area again, paying for wars that benefit the British Empire, and with this latest war our Congress wasn’t even consulted!  Taxation without representation!  Wake up people!

 

International, U.S.

Anti War Protests reving up in Europe and United States

People in the United Kingdom are taking to the streets to protest their government’s involvement in the attacks on Libya.

The Stop the War Coalition says the end result will not be the freedom of Libyans, but control by the western world. They also want to know why their country (U.K. aka Britain) is attacking Libya, supposedly to protect citizens, and has done nothing to stop other countries from attacking peaceful protesters.

In Boston, U.S., Members of Act Now to End War and End Racism were protesting, saying that oil was the only reason that The United States wants to attack Libya.

In Washington DC, more than 100 anti-war protesters, including the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers about Vietnam, were arrested outside the White House.

Protests are taking place on the west coast of the U.S. as well. Some protesters are targeting military recruiters.

U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel , D-NY, said he was angry that Congress was not consulted before the military strikes. He said he was undecided on whether the military action against Libya was justified.