- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 6 minutes ago
The Canadian dollar lost roughly two cents and the Toronto Stock Exchange lost more than 300 points as an escalating nuclear crisis in Japan spooked investors on Tuesday. The loonie was changing hands at... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 6 minutes ago
U.S. stocks plunged at Tuesday's open, with the Dow industrials sinking nearly 300 points within the first minutes of trading. The sharp sell-off follows an 11% drop in Japan's leading index in the wake o... - posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 10 minutes ago[image: Doc Ge (Gerry Ortega) of Palawan was murdered for fighting corruption and environmental destruction. The arrested gunman, Marlon de Camata (a.k.a. Marvin Alcaraz) shot Ortega while in 'Ukay ukay'...
- posted by Orwell's Bastard at Orwell's Bastard - 11 minutes agoOh dear. Justin Trudeau seems to have made a boo-boo. Watch as the Conservative Attack ParrotsTM crank up the squawking and the national conversation gets sidetracked into a giant foofaraw about honour ki...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 23 minutes ago[image: Heavy rain combined with melting snow and ice pushed the Blanchard River out of its banks, flooding Ottawa, Ohio, in Putnam County, March 2011. Jeff Eckel / toledoblade.com] Washington (AFP) Mar...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 29 minutes ago
A 6.1 Magnitude Earthquake has just Hit Eastern Honshu, 115 km from Tokyo at a depth of 1 km. More to follow... - posted by Williams Stephan at 24 Hours News Update - 53 minutes ago
The threat of *radiation exposure* rose Tuesday following an explosion and fire at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant which prompted officials to warn people within a 19-mile radius to stay indoors. “Gi... - posted by laura k at wmtc - 59 minutes agoA friend alerted me to an amazing blog post written in the form of a letter, or perhaps a letter that's been turned into a blog post. The author of the letter is Peter Black, a Canadian citizen. He's writi...
- posted by AdamS at Politically Confused - 1 hour ago. http://www.infowars.com/we-dont-know-the-truth-about-japans-nuclear-disaster/
- posted by TXsharon at Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS - 1 hour agoA little damper on all the hype of the Eagle Ford Shale. This is how it starts. Little by little people start to realize that this oil and gas boom is not all good.I have already been contacted by several pe...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 hour ago
*You can't say he didn't warn you* Last week E.J. Dionne did an important column on Reagan Democrats and how extreme right wing overreach (the anti-union jihad in a dozen states) is sending these working ... - posted by laura k at wmtc - 2 hours agoLet it not be said that the Harper Government™ does not support equality! Why, there's an entire sentence about gay rights in the new version of the Citizenship Guide! And that's a full sentence more than ...
- posted by address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 2 hours ago*The Japan apocalypse takes all headlines* these days. The aftermath of the huge tsunami is one concern, the occurrences at the *Fukushima Daiishi*nuclear power-plant another. This morning (in GMT) the Nr.2...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 2 hours agoJan 26: NDP MP Mulcair says it's 'highly unlikely' NDP will support budget unless tax cuts cancelled Jan 27: Layton says he has no 'bottom line' budget demands Feb 18: John Ivison: Spring vote not likely ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours agoREUTERS - Radiation levels in Chiba prefecture neighbouring Tokyo are now more than 10 times above normal levels, Kyodo News reported on Tuesday. Radiation levels were four times normal this morning, Kyo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours ago
Last week's devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan has actually moved the island closer to the United States and shifted the planet's axis. The quake caused a rift 15 miles below the sea floor that s... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoAfter a significant reduction in aftershocks today, Japan's East Coast has just been struck by a shallow 6.0 Magnitude aftershock. The area has been battered by 460 aftershocks Since the First earthquake ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoTwo survivors of the Japan earthquake have been pulled alive from the rubble, four days after the 9.0 magnitude tremor. A 70-year-old woman was found alive in the quake-hit town of Otsuchi in Iwate prefe...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 4 hours ago
The following people linked to the Kennedy assassination were reportedly gay: Jack Ruby, Clay Shaw, Lee Harvie Oswald, David Ferrie, JD Tippit, George de Mohrenschildt, Edwin Walker, Herbert Hoover, Clyde... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours ago(Reuters) - Panic swept Tokyo on Tuesday after a rise in radioactive levels around an earthquake-hit nuclear power plant north of the city, causing some to leave the capital or stock up on food and supplie...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 5 hours agoUnfortunately, the nuclear crisis in Japan hasn't managed to converge closer to its end on Tuesday: quite on the contrary, some people might say that it got out of control. I have only passed one course...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours ago* France failing to convince G8 to back no-fly zone * Russia, Germany reluctant * Leadership on Libya key to repairing French foreign policy PARIS, March 15 (Reuters) - France is struggling to persua...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoMANAMA, Bahrain — Hundreds of troops from Saudi Arabia and police officers from the nearby United Arab Emirates have entered Bahrain at the request of the ruling family, a move that further polarized the t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoThe Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has today changed their travel advice for Bahrain, advising against all travel to the country. This weekend Saudi troops crossed the border into Bahrain in order t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours ago*THE threat from a nuclear reactor damaged by Japan's huge earthquake is "extremely high", France's foreign minister said today as Japan met with other Group of Eight (G8) powers. * "The situation is ext...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoOXFORD, Miss. (AP) – State wildlife officials are investigating the dumping of about 30 dead geese alongside a Lafayette County road over the weekend.James Walker, spokesman of the Mississippi Department o...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoAuthorities have found more than one suspect in their ongoing investigation of the poaching of about 125 snow geese in Otoe County on March 6. Since officers first responded to the illegal shooting at a p...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoIndonesia says it will go ahead with its plans to build a nuclear reactor, even as Japan battles to contain the radiation leak at its Fukushima plant. Jakarta's plans have already been changed once but o...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 5 hours agoModern, fourth and fifth-generation nuclear energy was, until the past week, about the only viable option to ease our transition from fossil fuels. The nuclear option was the only one capable of deliveri...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoSoundwaves from underwater military sonar are far more distressing for whales than was previously thought and drives some terrified creatures to their death onshore, a new study has show. Scientist say be...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoFurther questions about the circumstances of Dr David Kelly’s death have emerged after police admitted that no fingerprints or DNA were recovered from his glasses. Thames Valley Police have confirmed that...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoAs diplomatic efforts to agree a no-fly zone over Libya intensified yesterday, the seesaw land battle for its oil belt continued. Hours after their eastern frontline seemed to crumble, anti-Gaddafi forces ...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 6 hours agoBack on 22 February, I did a quick analysis and concluded the fastest, surest and least bloody option for ridding Libya of the mad tyrant Gaddafi was for Egypt's air force and army to intervene. Libya o...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoChildren screamed in horror as a herd of 30 cows were shot dead after they escaped from a nearby field. The group of youngsters- some aged just eight - were playing outside close to their homes when the a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoRadiation 'has been released into the atmosphere at damaged nuclear plant' - Explosion at Number 2 reactor follows destruction of 1 and 3 - Fire breaks out at Number 4 - Fears for residents yet to ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago- Second 'monster' quake could measure magnitude of 8 - Fears predicted 10,000 death toll could be a massive underestimate - Crews fight to cool down reactor at nuclear power plant to bring it ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoFloodwaters are being blamed for the death of hundreds of thousands of fish in the Darling River at Bourke in western New South Wales. Industry and Investment New South Wales says water from the Bogan Riv...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 6 hours agoThe BBC have gone nuclear over...erm, the nuclear problems at Fukushima. Today has been busy constructing an agenda that the Japanese Government "lies" (according to Roger Harradin) and is "blase" (accord...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 7 hours ago*Website for this image* There is a lot of child trafficking. On 14 Mar 2011 it was reported that Scotland 'fails the child victims of trafficking' A recent report suggested that, in the period April 200...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 8 hours ago"JERSEYS EVENING PROPAGANDA": "Stuart Syvret 'serious death threat ...
- posted by rhydianfon@gmail.com (Rhydian) at Broken of Britain - 8 hours ago
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 9 hours ago[image: http://news-updations.blogspot.com/] The Russians are mountaineering the price of sky rocket rides over again forU.S. astronauts— to almost $63 million. The price goes up in 2014 for an astronaut to...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 9 hours ago[image: http://news-updations.blogspot.com/] In the tsunami-battered port of this coastal city well-known for its surf, Jody Connolly massaged his red eyes as crews knotted to drag his 30-foot Trident boat...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 9 hours ago[image: http://news-updations.blogspot.com/] Rays leaked from a crippled nuclear plant in tsunami devastated northeastern Japan after a third reactor was rocked by a detonation Tuesday and a fourth fixed f...
- posted by TXsharon at Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS - 10 hours agoRelating to the disclosure of the composition of hydraulic fracturing fluids used in hydraulic fracturing treatments.HB 3328I have to digest this.
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 10 hours ago*Westbrook Pegler (1894-1969)* *was, essentially, a professional anti-communist, with a particular anti-union phobia -- and a consuming loathing for Franklin D. (and Eleanor) Roosevelt. Eventually his righ...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 11 hours ago*Sacred place of prayer for the well-being of the world approved for uranium mining in Arizona -- as disaster reveals danger of nuclear power in Japan * Article and photo by Brenda Norrell Censored News h...
- posted by Orwell's Bastard at Orwell's Bastard - 11 hours agoVery sobering piece from Chris Hedges (author of American Fascists, among other things) about what happens when empires go sclerotic. Resources are exploited ever more recklessly. Class warfare becomes mor...
- posted by TXsharon at Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS - 12 hours agoYou know how the Big Gas Mafia tells us the pipelines--even the ones built with that defective pipe--won't blow up? Well, the Big Nuclear Mafia tells the same kinds of lies?Guess what, Dear Readers! Accordin...
- posted by Gail at Wit's End - 12 hours agoTonight I was listening to On Point, a program on NPR. The topic was the horrific situation in Japan. The first part, a discussion with Coco Masters on location, her voice trembling with controlled emoti...
- posted by Truth Excavator at The Excavator - 12 hours agoInside America's 'Adjustment Bureau' By Robert Parry Consortium News March 14, 2011 Today's American political crisis has many facets, but a key one is narrative -- how the history and ideals of the Uni...
- Did Peggy Noonan REALLY expect her pal Rummy to come clean on his screw-ups in Afghanistan and Iraq?
posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 13 hours ago*No doubt about it, Old Rummy's got plenty to answer for, and our Peggy has done a swell job of nailing him to the wall for failing to begin to do so. She's just got a dangerously and delusionally screwy i... - posted by Orwell's Bastard at Orwell's Bastard - 16 hours agoLinks from the Galloping Beaver and the Dawg.
- posted by Debra at Housewife Eclectic - 16 hours agoSomewhere along the line, I got my days and nights screwed up. I am currently in the mode to stay up all night and then sleep for a few hours in the morning. In so many ways it is bad, but I am discovering...
- posted by Elephant Buddy01 at Our Manmade Disasters - 16 hours ago- by BK Lim (14 March 2011) By now it is very clear Thad Daly is not who he claims to be. He had claimed to be a mechanical engineer, fluid engineer and a drilling engineer at different times. Yet...
- posted by Irene Klotz at Discovery News - Top Stories - 17 hours agoThe 1986 Chernobyl accident was the worst nuclear accident in history. The situation at the nuclear power plant in Japan isn't nearly as severe.
- posted by AdamS at Politically Confused - 17 hours ago*Am also including some stuff I missed this week. **Lots of things going on all over!* Nearly 50 percent of the population along the Gulf Coast is experiencing sickness indicative of chemical poisoning re...
- posted by Gail at Wit's End - 17 hours agoThese photos break my heart. The caption for those above says: *Screening: A mother tries to talk to her daughter who had been isolated for signs of radiation after evacuating from the vicinity of Fuk...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 17 hours agoCorporate America sees a big untapped profit center: dismantling free public education and replacing it with a way to enrich themselves, like they're doing with the prison system. The attack on public emp...
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