Archive for the 'Collapse' Category
Asian Call Center Workers Trained With U.S. Tax Dollars
April 19th, 2012Would you like some free course ware with that? Via: Information Week: Despite President Obama’s recent call for companies to “insource” jobs sent overseas, it turns out that the federal government itself is spending millions of dollars to train foreign students for employment in some booming career fields–including working in offshore call centers that serve […]
‘Factor in taxes, transportation costs, clothing and lunch — what is the true net that you bring home after salary?”
April 18th, 2012Radical Homemakers: Reclaiming Domesticity from a Consumer Culture by Shannon Hayes Making It: Radical Home Ec for a Post-Consumer World by Kelly Coyne “What if the millions of so-called dropouts are onto something?” Via: CNN: After factoring in the rising cost of child care, the daily commute and other work-related expenses, a growing number of […]
U.S. Bridges, Roads Being Built by Chinese Firms
April 16th, 2012This is from 2011. Via: ABC News:
Radioactive Particles from Fukushima Disaster Were Detected in Kelp Off Southern California
April 10th, 2012Via: San Francisco Chronicle: Kelp off California was contaminated with short-lived radioisotopes a month after Japan’s Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant accident, a sign that the spilled radiation reached the state’s coastline, according to a new scientific study. Scientists from CSU Long Beach tested giant kelp collected off Orange County, Santa Cruz and other locations after […]
Situation at Fukushima Has Potential to, “Destroy the World Environment and Our Civilization”
April 8th, 2012Via: Akio Matsumura: Japan’s former Ambassador to Switzerland, Mr. Mitsuhei Murata, was invited to speak at the Public Hearing of the Budgetary Committee of the House of Councilors on March 22, 2012, on the Fukushima nuclear power plants accident. Before the Committee, Ambassador Murata strongly stated that if the crippled building of reactor unit 4—with […]
Hunger: Britain’s Silent, Scandalous Epidemic
April 7th, 2012Via: Independent: Chris is 10. He and his brother are so malnourished that their skins are pale and they have rings under their eyes. Their older brothers have such an unhealthy diet that they have lost their adult teeth. They live in the sixth-richest city in the world – London. The boys are just four […]
ATK Secures .40 Caliber Ammunition Contract with Department of Homeland Security for Purchase of Up to 450 Million Rounds
March 30th, 2012Via: ATK – Press Release: ATK announced that it is being awarded an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) agreement from the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (DHS, ICE) for .40 caliber ammunition. This contract features a base of 12 months, includes four option years, and will have a maximum volume of 450 […]
In 2011, the Federal Reserve Purchased a Stunning 61% of U.S. Debt
March 30th, 2012Via: Wall Street Journal: The conventional wisdom that nearly infinite demand exists for U.S. Treasury debt is flawed and especially dangerous at a time of record U.S. sovereign debt issuance. The recently released Federal Reserve Flow of Funds report for all of 2011 reveals that Federal Reserve purchases of Treasury debt mask reduced demand for […]
Tokyo Soil Samples Would Be Considered Radioactive Waste In U.S.
March 29th, 2012Via: Fairewinds Energy Education: Tokyo Soil Samples Would Be Considered Nuclear Waste In The US from Fairewinds Energy Education on Vimeo. While traveling in Japan several weeks ago, Fairewinds’ Arnie Gundersen took soil samples in Tokyo public parks, playgrounds, and rooftop gardens. All the samples would be considered nuclear waste if found here in the […]
Britain: Army on Standby for Fuel Truckers Strike
March 29th, 2012Via: Reuters: The British government laid plans on Tuesday to cope with possible fuel shortages if a strike by tanker drivers goes ahead, lining up the army to help and warning businesses and the public to make preparations. Truckers voted on Monday to take strike action that union officials said could deplete petrol stocks within […]
