Archive for April, 2011
Arnie Gundersen: How Fukushima’s Fuel Rods Melted and Shattered
April 11th, 2011Nuclear engineer Arnie Gundersen demonstrates how Fukushima’s fuel rods melted and shattered from Fairewinds Associates on Vimeo.
Emails About Oil
April 11th, 2011WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. Once again, please refer to my previous posts that warned about what’s happening now: There’s no good resistance until the $140 zone, where the previous high is. Now, if oil closes the gap, going for the previous high, it will mean […]
EPA: New Radiation Highs in Little Rock Milk, Philadelphia Drinking Water
April 10th, 2011Via: Forbes: Milk from Little Rock and drinking water from Philadelphia contained the highest levels of Iodine-131 from Japan yet detected by the Environmental Protection Agency, according to data released by EPA Saturday. The Philadelphia sample is below the EPA’s maximum contaminant level (MCL) for iodine-131, but the Little Rock sample is almost three times […]
U.S. Dollar
April 10th, 2011WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. My U.S. Dollar Index analysis from 22 March remains in play. Here’s an update. I expect a sucker bounce to occur sometime between the current level and 74.170, but that should be pretty short lived; days, not weeks. Tactical longside plays […]
The Budget Pie Illustrated
April 10th, 2011I didn’t post a single story about the absurd Kabuki theater, brain rot, nonsense that came to a head last week, but this cartoon sums up the whole thing very succinctly. Via: IBD:
Sony, Canon Plants Knocked Out by Aftershock
April 8th, 2011Via: Bloomberg: Sony Corp. and Canon Inc. were among manufacturers that shut plants in Japan following a 7.1- magnitude earthquake yesterday, delaying their recovery from last month’s record temblor. Sony, Japan’s largest exporter of consumer electronics, said it suspended operations at two plants in Miyagi prefecture because of power outages caused by last night’s aftershock […]
Naked Man Shoots SWAT Robot with AK-47
April 8th, 2011Via: WFTV: A Brevard County man was naked when he opened fire on a SWAT team robot and it was all caught on video, according to deputies. The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office said the robot was sent into the West Melbourne home last week because the homeowner had called his family and said he was […]
Off Topic: Telecom More Than Triples Far North XT Rural Download Speed
April 8th, 2011On 8 April, early AM hours NZ time, I noticed that my Telecom XT connection was running much faster than usual: Woh. That’s interesting! I’ve been using Telecom XT “out here” since November 2009 and the link was always throttled back to a maximum of 1.3 Mbits/sec up and down. Since this morning, I’m getting […]
General: U.S. May Consider Troops in Libya
April 8th, 2011Mmm hmm. Via: CBS News: The United States may consider sending troops into Libya with a possible international ground force that could aid the rebels, according to the general who led the military mission until NATO took over. Army Gen. Carter Ham also told lawmakers Thursday that added American participation would not be ideal, and […]
Japan: After Latest Earthquake, Multiple Nuclear Plants Have Lost External Power and Are Operating on Emergency Backup Generators
April 7th, 2011Update: Emergency Backup Systems Operating at Nuclear Facilities Via: Forbes: NHK says power cuts are occurring at the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Miyagi Pref., although radiation levels around the plant remain unchanged so far. At 12:23 a.m. the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, an arm of the Japanese government, began holding an emergency press […]
