Archive for the 'Collapse' Category
Georgia: Thousands Line Up for Free Dental Services
August 13th, 2011Via: Atlanta Journal Constitution: Thousands of people stood in line for free dental services Friday at a church in Woodstock. The two-day clinic at First Baptist Church of Woodstock on Hwy. 92 is being sponsored by the Georgia Dental Association and its Foundation for Oral Health. “The line went around the building, all the way […]
Sarkozy, Merkel in Emergency Meeting
August 12th, 2011Via: AFP: French President Nicolas Sarkozy called a eurozone crisis meeting with his German counterpart while Italy promised cuts and tax hikes Thursday as its part in the battle to save the single currency. Merkel will travel next Tuesday to Paris for the meeting aimed at producing “joint proposals” by September on how to better […]
France, Belgium, Italy and Spain Ban Short Selling
August 11th, 2011Via: New York Times: A European market regulator announced on Thursday night that short-selling of financial stocks in several countries would be temporarily banned in an effort to stop the tailspin in the markets. The European Securities and Markets Authority, a body that coordinates the European Union’s market policies, said in a statement that these […]
Japan’s Nuclear Agency Hides Radiation Results from Thyroid Tests on Children
August 11th, 2011Different, But Related: I wonder what will happen to the data… Via: ABC: Japan’s nuclear watchdog has denied public access to the results of thyroid check-ups for more than 1,000 Fukushima children exposed to radiation. Critics have accused Japan’s Nuclear Safety Commission of denying the public accurate information about the crisis. The commission had earlier […]
TEPCO Lost Contact with 143 Nuclear Plant Workers; Kept No Records of Their Addresses or Exposure to Radiation
August 11th, 2011Many of these workers are homeless. See: Nuclear Ginza. Via: Japan Today: Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) said Thursday that it has not been able to locate 143 individuals working to restore the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant since May. The utility said it has no idea if the 143 have been exposed to radiation […]
Dylan Ratigan Rant Over Political and Economic System Designed to “Extract America”
August 10th, 2011I hardly ever see these talking heads shows, so I don’t know if this type of thing happens often. Apologies if this is just standard fare on the TV nowadays. Ratigan’s description of the issue represents a lie by omission, and his prescription would perpetuate the problem. Mainly, I liked how workers in the background […]
Japan Ignored Radiation Forecasts; Used School Downwind of Fallout Plume as Evacuation Center
August 10th, 2011Via: AP: Japan’s system to forecast radiation threats was working from the moment its nuclear crisis began. As officials planned a venting operation certain to release radioactivity into the air, the system predicted Karino Elementary School would be directly in the path of the plume emerging from the tsunami-hit Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant. But the […]
UK Police Arrest Over 200 as London Riots Continue
August 8th, 2011Via: AP: Violence and looting spread across some of London’s most impoverished neighborhoods on Monday, with youths setting fire to shops and vehicles, during a third day of rioting in the city that will host next summer’s Olympic Games. Skirmishes broke out between police and groups of youths across Britain’s capital, and also spread to […]
JAPAN: TRADING IN RICE FUTURES HALTED ON DISORDERLY PRICE INCREASE
August 8th, 2011But this rice thing… There is definitely potential for a wildcard result here. —Toshiso Kosako: Come the Harvest Season in the Fall, There Will Be Chaos Via: Bloomberg: Rice futures in Tokyo surged in their first trading on the bourse since 1939, triggering a suspension of trade, on concern radiation from the stricken Fukushima nuclear […]
More Violence in British Capital After Riots
August 8th, 2011Via: Reuters: Groups of youths attacked shops and damaged a police car in north London on Sunday as police sent in reinforcements to prevent more rioting on the scale that laid waste to another area of the British capital 24 hours earlier. Scattered incidents broke out on Sunday evening in Enfield, a few miles north […]
