Stock Market Analysis – Nuclear Meltdown: How To Trade It Gov. Shulmin on 38 Yr Old Nuclear Yankee Reactor – Democracy NOW! Quake Update (Yoko Ono) Thais fight plans for nuclear power plants The coordinator of the Thai People Don’t Want Nuclear Power Plants Network, Sodsai Sangsok, told a news conference yesterday that the Japanese lesson indicated Thailand should not have nuclear plants. She said studies had been made of … EU Considers Stress Tests For Nuclear Power Plants BRUSSELS — The European Union says it’s considering stress tests for nuclear plants to find out whether they can withstand earthquakes or other emergencies. EU spokeswoman Marlene Holzner says the issue will be discussed by a hastily … Germany Shuts Down Nuclear Power Plants | TrueblueNZ The BBC is reporting that Germany has temporarily shut down seven of its nuclear power plants while it “reconsiders its nuclear strategy”. Chancellor Angela Merkel said all reactors that went into operation before 1980 would be taken … Did Angela Merkel Just Shut Seven Nuclear Power Plants As A … Why Merkel’s move may have less to do with Fukushima, and more to do with Baden-Württemberg. Japan Crisis And Its Nuclear Power Plants « Eurasia Review At least three Japanese nuclear power plants face the danger of a meltdown. The Japan crisis has put a big question mark on the safety aspects of nuclear power plants and may even kick up a debate whether the world needs to use this … altenergydaily says: Angela Merkel switches off seven nuclear power plants : German chancellor's safety move foll… http://bit.ly/hfAFKP #green #energy #news
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Libyan troops loyal to Moammar Kadafi mount a punishing assault to capture the last obstacle on the coastal highway to Benghazi, sending opposition fighters who had vowed to fight to the death fleeing. Share By David Zucchino and Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times…
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Illinois is home to more more nuclear power reactors than than any other US state. The AP’s Robert Ray reports from Byron, Illinois where one of the country’s last plants was commissioned. (March 15)
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The operator of Japan’s Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant says a fire has broken out again at its No. 4 reactor unit. It says the blaze erupted early Wednesday in the outer housing of the reactor’s containment vessel. (March 15)
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Click here to view this media [h/t Heather] Lawrence O’Donnell has a few questions about Michelle Bachmann. He cannot find answers for them, so he’s asking for our help. Here they are in short form, but be sure to watch the entire video, because it’s great. And so tonight, I surrender. Since I have no answers, I will leave you only with questions. Question One: How ignorant is Michele Bachmann and how did she get that way, and remember, this is a graduate of Winona State University and Oral Roberts University’s Coburn School of Law. Law school graduate. So do not overlook her academic achievement in trying to explain this. Doesn’t make it any easier to explain. And two, where does Michele Bachmann find her shockingly ignorant staff? And three, perhaps most important of all, what explains the rank ignorance of the 52% of the voters in Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District? Here’s my answer. It’s short, sweet, and proven. That 52% in her district are likely Fox News viewers . Her staff? Maybe former Fox News writers for all I know. I know from personal experience that Fox News fries brain cells and makes you dumber or crazier if watched for more than a few minutes a day without a skeptical eye. By the way, Bachmann is about to announce her run for the Presidency. She thinks women will gravitate to her like they did Hillary Clinton, because in her very own words, the Tea Party is made up of Republicans, Independents and Democrats who just hate the direction the country is heading. Yeah, sure it is. Click here to view this media Ignorant? Or compulsive liar? Full transcript follows: One, how ignorant is Michelle Bachmann’s staff? And two, how ignorant are Michelle Bachmann’s voters?… They don’t know that Lexington and Concord are in Massachusetts. How and where did she find Congressional staffers who don’t know that? Who are these people that work for Michelle Bachmann? Who wrote that speech for her? Where does she find these people? There are many, many ignorant Members of Congress and many ignorant Senators, but they are protected all day long from revealing most of their ignorance by staffs who are hundreds of times smarter than they are. Perhaps all of Michele Bachmann’s staff come from her district, which may be the most ignorant Congressional district in America. In 2010, 52% of that district voted for Michele Bachmann to represent them in Congress. Now she had already proven time and time again to her district and to America that she is unworthy of representing any congressional district in America. But 52%, the same percentage in that district who voted for John McCain voted for Michele Bachmann in 2010. What makes those voters so ignorant? For starters, they are whiter than the average district. 92% white, in fact. But that explains nothing. Missouri’s 8th Congressional District is 91% white and has been represented by Jo Ann Emerson since 1997. We do not have a litany of imbecilic comments by Congresswoman Jo Ann Emerson. In fact, we have none. If we’ve missed any please submit them to our website MSNBC.com and we’ll see if they compare to Michele Bachmann’s. The median income in Michele Bachmann’s is $68,000, which is roughly equivalent to the median income in Barney Frank’s district — $66,000. So, the money explains nothing because Barney Frank’s intelligence and expertise in public policy, not to mention his wit is second to none in the House of Representatives. So those income levels in Michele Bachmann’s district are not the explanation for why her voters are so ignorant. And so tonight, I surrender. Since I have no answers, I will leave you only with questions. Question One: How ignorant is Michele Bachmann and how did she get that way, and remember, this is a graduate of Winona State University and Oral Roberts University’s Coburn School of Law. Law school graduate. So do not overlook her academic achievement in trying to explain this. Doesn’t make it any easier to explain. And two, where does Michele Bachmann find her shockingly ignorant staff? And three, perhaps most important of all, what explains the rank ignorance of the 52% of the voters in Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District?
Continue reading …This past Sunday, President Obama wrote an op-ed for Gabrielle Giffords’ hometown paper, the Arizona Daily Star. Looking back on the tragic shootings in Tucson, he made it clear that we need to fix our nation’s broken background check system and keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people: That’s why our focus right now should be on sound and effective steps that will actually keep those irresponsible, law-breaking few from getting their hands on a gun in the first place. • First, we should begin by enforcing laws that are already on the books. The National Instant Criminal Background Check System is the filter that’s supposed to stop the wrong people from getting their hands on a gun. Bipartisan legislation four years ago was supposed to strengthen this system, but it hasn’t been properly implemented. It relies on data supplied by states – but that data is often incomplete and inadequate. We must do better. • Second, we should in fact reward the states that provide the best data – and therefore do the most to protect our citizens. • Third, we should make the system faster and nimbler. We should provide an instant, accurate, comprehensive and consistent system for background checks to sellers who want to do the right thing, and make sure that criminals can’t escape it. Porous background checks are bad for police officers, for law-abiding citizens and for the sellers themselves. If we’re serious about keeping guns away from someone who’s made up his mind to kill, then we can’t allow a situation where a responsible seller denies him a weapon at one store, but he effortlessly buys the same gun someplace else. This has been a long time coming, and I’d like to see the language bit stronger, but I can’t say I am not pleased to see the President stepping up and addressing this important issue. Already, Senator Chuck Schumer has laid out a plan, based upon a proposal by 550 mayors across the country who are part of Mayors Against Illegal Guns (for whom I consult), to stop terrorists, criminals and the mentally unstable from accessing anything up to and including assault weapons and .50 caliber bullets–ones that can take down airplanes–without so much as a background check. The House is set to introduce a similar bill. It is gratifying–in the wake of Tucson and police shootings that seem to only get worse every day–to see the President stand up and state his principles in the face of a debate that in the past has been dominated by those who are anti-law enforcement, and more interested in selling weapons than protecting the American people. The President has chosen the path that has the best chance of having an immediate impact in cutting down on the scourge of gun violence while taking into account the long-term safety and Constitutionally provided “general welfare” of the American people. Follow me on Twitter: @cliffschecter
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AT least 200 people have been shot and wounded in a Shiite village south of the Bahraini capital, a medic says, as the king imposed a state of emergency after bringing in Saudi and Emirati troops to help quell anti-regime protests. As the violence escalated, close ally the United States warned that there was “no military solution” to political upheaval in Bahrain and that any violence against peacefully expressed political demands “should be stopped”. “More than 200 people we received today had been shot with buckshot,” a hospital doctor in the village of Sitra, south of the capital, said by telephone. The doctor, who asked that his name not be used, said the…
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If only Larry O'Donnell could have restrained himself, he had an opening to take a deserved shot at a Republican. But they don't call him 'Crazy Larry' for nothing. And so on his MSNBC show this evening, O'Donnell couldn't resist going beyond the bounds, slandering “good Christians” as illegal immigrant murderers. A meat-head of a Kansas Republican state lawmaker named Virgil Peck had suggested that since shooting feral pigs from helicopters had proved successful, “maybe we have found a (solution) to our illegal immigration problem.” If O'Donnell had contented himself with pasting Peck, he would have been entirely within his rights.
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iPhone users have been able to avoid radar speed guns using Cobra’s iRadar system since late last year, and it looks like Android users will soon finally be able to get in on the act as well. Cobra used the gdgt Live event at SXSW to announce that iRadar will be available for Android phones sometime in April. That consists of a standard dash-mounted radar detector and, of course, an app, which also takes advantage of your phone’s built-in GPS capabilities to provide warnings of photo enforcement zones and other potential impediments to your inability to drive 55 — you’ll apparently soon even be able to share radar alerts with other iRadar users. Head on past the break for a video of the iPhone version. Continue reading Cobra iRadar detection system coming to Android next month Cobra iRadar detection system coming to Android next month originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:06:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Hopes for a G8-enforced no-fly zone over Libya were dashed today, as Germany, with backup from Russia, shot down a plan forwarded by England and France, the Guardian reports. German Foreign Minister Guido Westermalle said that though his country wanted to see the violence stop, it did not want “to…
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