Archive for June, 2011
Europe Braces for Serious Crop Losses and Blackouts
June 14th, 2011Via: Scientific American: One of the driest spring seasons on record in northern Europe has sucked soils dry and sharply reduced river levels to the point that governments are starting to fear crop losses and France, in particular, is bracing for blackouts as its river-cooled nuclear power plants may be forced to shut down. French […]
Miracle-Gro for Pot Growers
June 14th, 2011Via: Wall Street Journal: In an unlikely move for the head of a major company, Scotts Chief Executive Jim Hagedorn said he is exploring targeting medical marijuana as well as other niches to help boost sales at his lawn and garden company. “I want to target the pot market,” Mr. Hagedorn said in an interview. […]
Fukushima: 34,000 Children to Wear Radiation Dosimeters Around the Clock for Three Months
June 14th, 2011This is a giant, open air radiation experiment. Human subjects, in vivo, in situ. Government issued dosimeters? Oh sure. I wonder what will happen to the data… Via: AFP: Japan’s Fukushima city said on Tuesday it would hand radiation dosimeters to 34,000 children to gauge their exposure from the crippled nuclear power plant about 60 […]
Japanese Schools Asked to Map Fallout Contamination
June 14th, 2011Via: Reuters: Fukushima is estimated to have released just 15 percent of the radiation at Chernobyl, but a complicated software modeling system created by the government to predict where the radiation would drift proved useless. Under pressure to provide a more accurate picture of the contamination, the Ministry of Education has promised to complete a […]
Saudi Oil Spare Capacity Shrinking Fast
June 14th, 2011Via: Reuters: Saudi Arabia’s cushion of spare oil capacity is thinning far faster than widely believed, threatening to trigger price spikes in the months ahead, energy industry experts warned at the Reuters Global Energy and Climate Summit on Monday. Concerns are growing over the kingdom’s ability to pump more oil beyond an anticipated summer boost, […]
Egypt Debt Buoyed by Obama Guarantee for $1 Billion Eurobonds
June 14th, 2011How many houses of cards are being held up by the U.S. Dollar regime??? The thing is insidious. It has crept into most countries. This is why I’ve always maintained that it’s going to be impossible to determine the implications of a hard U.S. Dollar collapse. Via: Bloomberg: President Barack Obama’s guarantee on $1 billion […]
Secret Grand Jury Looking Into Atrocities at Abu Ghraib
June 14th, 2011Unless Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld wind up behind bars, it’s just another distraction. Come to think of it, even if they were thrown in prison, the other members of the Project for a New American Century would still be free to kill again. Via: Time: It has been nearly a decade since Manadel al-Jamadi, an […]
Vietnam Holds Live-Fire Exercises as Territorial Dispute with China Escalates
June 14th, 2011Via: Guardian: China has warned other countries not to become involved in an escalating sea border dispute with Vietnam that reflects concern over Beijing’s increasing international power and confidence. Experts say the stand-off between China and Vietnam – two of the six powers laying claim to a number of islands and their surrounding waters in […]
Burzynski: Cancer Is Serious Business
June 14th, 2011Via: burzynskimovie.com: Burzynski: Cancer Is Serious Business from BurzynskiMovie on Vimeo.
Firewall for Medical Implants
June 14th, 2011Via: MIT News: Millions of Americans have implantable medical devices, from pacemakers and defibrillators to brain stimulators and drug pumps; worldwide, 300,000 more people receive them every year. Most such devices have wireless connections, so that doctors can monitor patients’ vital signs or revise treatment programs. But recent research has shown that this leaves the […]
