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Date Sent: 2011-03-14
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Monday, March 14, 2011 PM edition |
Jim Quinn: The Gathering Storm (Publisher Recommended)
The Drug War Business - Part Two (Murder At Scott Ranch) -- Japanese Nuclear Meltdown Means Detrimental Health Effects Worldwide -- Why Won't Bernanke Come Clean on Glut? --
The Sinking Ship that Is the US Economy -- Internet will soon be top
choice to get news in America as it overtakes newspapers for first time
-- Stupid Gov. Tricks: Collecting Taxes on Sales Made via Affiliate Sites
-- House Committee Tries To Restore Scholarships Obama Took Away From
Low Income Students -- A Step Closer To Tort Reform? -- America’s
Corporate Tax Nightmare -- James Carrol on the Arab Revolt -- What’s
Foreign Aid? Why Does the U.S. Provide It? -- Doug Casey: Save, Invest, Speculate, Trade, or Gamble? -- Nuclear fuel rods fully exposed at Japan reactor #2 -- Blown Fukushima #3 Reactor Loaded With Uranium Cocktail Spiked By Plutonium -- Radioactive Releases in Japan Could Last Months, Experts Say
NEW Declare Your Independence Show TIME: 12pm-2pm (AZ; PDT) / Butler Shaffer and Marc J. Victor in studio
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News Link • History
Jim Quinn: The Gathering Storm (Publisher Recommended)
03-14-2011
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ZeroHedge.com
An examination and understanding of history would have revealed that we have been here before. We were here in 1773. We were here in 1860. We were here in 1929. We are here again. The Fourth Turning has returned in its predictable cycle, just as...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Obama Administration
P.J. Crowley Resigns As State Department Spokesman
03-14-2011
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huffingtonpost.com
According to CNN, Crowley came under pressure from the Obama administration to step down in the wake of making controversial comments about the Pentagon's treatment of Army private Bradley Manning.
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Reported by:
Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
Egypt Arrests Mubarak Allies Over Camel Charge
03-14-2011
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nytimes.com
The Egyptian police have arrested two members of Hosni Mubarak's National Democratic (NDP) Party accused of organizing violence against demonstrators during the uprising that swept him from the presidency.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Afghanistan
Afghan Leader Questions U.S. Military Operations
03-14-2011
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nytimes.com
President Hamid Karzai on Saturday appeared to call for NATO and the United States to cease military operations in Afghanistan, but then issued a clarification saying that he was referring only to specific operations that had caused civilian casualti
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Foreign Policy
White House hails Arab League no-fly zone request
03-14-2011
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www.washingtonpost.com
The White House says the Arab League has taken an "important step" by asking the U.N. Security Council to impose a no-fly zone over Libya and increasing international pressure on Moammar Gadhafi.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Foreign Policy
Gates says U.S. military could enforce a no-fly zone in Libya if Obama ordered one
03-14-2011
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www.washingtonpost.com
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Saturday that the U.S. military, already fighting two wars in Muslim nations, would have no trouble enforcing a no-fly zone over Libya if President Obama orders one.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Foreign Policy
AU rejects use of force on Libya
03-14-2011
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www.vanguardngr.com
The African Union Peace and Security (PSC) on Friday, rejected any form of external military intervention on Libya by any country or group.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Japan - Earthquake Tsunami Radiation
Multiple Fukushima Reactor Meltdowns Equal The Radiation of 100s of Hiroshima Bombs
03-14-2011
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InfoWars.com/
Gotto’s “many Chernobyls” scenario is now playing out in Japan and the government is covering it up. If the situation is not contained in record time, the above figures taken after Chernobyl will be dwarfed.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
DIY Cyborgify-Your-Own Cockroach Kit Lets You Steer Real Live Bugs Around
03-14-2011
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popsci.com
In a prime example of trickle-down cyborg robotics, the remote-controlled rhinoceros beetle created (modified, really) by DARPA may soon be available in a DIY kit, using cockroaches instead of giant beetles. It could help you realize your dream of tu
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
Next Week Messenger Probe Will Become First Craft To Orbit Mercury
03-14-2011
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popsci.com
NASA’s intrepid Mercury observer, the Messenger satellite, is about to become the first spacecraft ever to orbit the first planet. The probe, which has already flown past the planet three times, will fire its thrusters March 17 so it can enter orbit
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Techno Gadgets
A Search Engine for the Human Body
03-14-2011
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technologyreview.com
Microsoft software recognizes organs and other structures in medical images.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Energy
Low-Power Memory from Nanotubes
03-14-2011
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technologyreview.com
A rival to flash memory that requires one percent as much power could improve battery life in mobile devices.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Turn Your Cellphone Into a High-Powered Scientific Microscope
03-14-2011
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wired.com
Using tape, rubber and a tiny glass ball, researchers transformed an iPhone into a cheap, yet powerful microscope able to image tiny blood cells. They’ve also added a clinical-grade cellphone spectroscope that might be able to measure some vital sign
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Japan - Earthquake Tsunami Radiation
The 'Supermoon' Did Not Cause the Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami
03-14-2011
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space.com
The devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan early today (March 11) were "completely unrelated" to the approaching "supermoon," despite a news report that tied the earthquake to the upcoming lunar event, according to U.S. Geological Surve
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Gun Rights
Criminals For Gun Control 1 Home Invasion / Criminals For Gun Control 2, Carjacker
03-14-2011
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youtube.com
Violent criminals advocate stronger gun laws to foster a safer work environment and limit their exposure to risk.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
165 Foreclosed Homes Purchased Through Neighborhood Stabilization Program
03-14-2011
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phoenix.gov
In the last 16 months, 165 buyers have closed on foreclosed homes in Phoenix using federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) Homeownership Assistance funds.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Religion: Believers
Tom Harpur on Bible Mythology, and Why He says Jesus Christ Never Lived Historically
03-14-2011
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dailybell.com
The Daily Bell is pleased to present an exclusive interview with Tom Harpur.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Energy
Mid-East Conflict Not Exactly About Oil
03-14-2011
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dailybell.com
To say as many commentators do, that the color revolutions in the Mid-East and North Africa is about oil to miss the point. Well not exactly.
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Government
A Middle East Warning: American-Style Democracy Isn't the Answer
03-14-2011
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dailybell.com
The entire world except for government leaders and politicians are thrilled with the revolutionary spirit moving through the Middle East. The leaders of authoritarian regimes from Tunisia to Egypt have fallen and the rest are threatened in every nati
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Homeland Security
TSA to retest airport body scanners for radiation
03-14-2011
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www.usatoday.com
The Transportation Security Administration announced Friday that it would retest every full-body X-ray scanner that emits ionizing radiation " 247 machines at 38 airports " after maintenance records on some of the devices showed radiation levels 10 t
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Drug War
The Drug War Business - Part Two (Murder At Scott Ranch)
03-14-2011
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youtube.com
Do police departments ever target law abiding citizens
because they want to find grounds to seize their property?
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Sierra Hancock
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News Link • Japan - Earthquake Tsunami Radiation
4409 -- 100% Proof Godzilla caused the Japan Tsunami
03-14-2011
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http://www.youtube.com/user/RP4409
100% Proof that Godzilla caused the 8.9 Earthquake that struck Japan triggering a Tsunami Alert ......or was it something else?
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Japan - Earthquake Tsunami Radiation
Japanese Nuclear Meltdown Means Detrimental Health Effects Worldwide
03-14-2011
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InfoWars.com/
Radiation exposure can increase the probability of developing several diseases, mainly cancer, tumours, and genetic damage. It is generally associated with acute exposure such as that being released from a nuclear meltdown.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • World News
Satellite imagery of nuclear reactor explosion in Japan
03-14-2011
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The Political Commentator
Satellite image of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor after the blast, and a schematic of the reactor building.
The satellite photo courtesy of the Institute of Science and International Security (ISIS)
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Michael Haltman
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Why Won't Bernanke Come Clean on Glut?
03-09-2011
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Richard Duncan for The Daily Reckoning
Singapore, Singapore " Perhaps the greatest mystery in the world of finance and economics is why Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke refuses to acknowledge that paper money creation by central banks produced the “global savings glut” which, according to him, d
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Bill Bonner
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News Link • Off Grid Living - Survival Prepping
Patriotic Expatriates
03-08-2011
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Doug Casey for The Daily Reckoning
I’ve written many times about the importance of internationalizing your assets, your mode of living, and your way of thinking. I suspect most readers have treated those articles as they might a travelogue to some distant and exotic land: interesting
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Bill Bonner
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
The Sinking Ship that Is the US Economy
03-05-2011
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Joel Bowman for The Daily Reckoning
Buenos Aires, Argentina " Poor Mr. Obama. The man who ran on a campaign promise of “change,” is striving to achieve his stated goal by implementing a slew of conspicuously “same” policies, one after the other.
Admittedly, your editor doesn’t know
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Bill Bonner
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Internet will soon be top choice to get news in America as it overtakes newspapers for first time
03-14-2011
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DailyMail.co.uk
The rapid growth of smartphones and electronic tablets is making the internet favourite for people seeking news, a report released today said.
News consumption online increased 17 per cent last year from the year before, the project said in its eigh
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Hugo Tellez
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News Link • TAXES: State
Stupid Gov. Tricks: Collecting Taxes on Sales Made via Affiliate Sites
03-14-2011
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http://drscoundrels.com
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn just made a big mistake and a good many people who own Web sites and have affiliate relationships with Amazon and some other ecommerce giants are hopping mad.
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James Hyde
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News Link • Japan - Earthquake Tsunami Radiation
Japanese Officials Say Nuclear Fuel Rods Likely Melting In All Three "Troubled" Japanese R
03-14-2011
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ZeroHedge.com & Newser.com/
Japanese officials say the nuclear fuel rods appear to be melting inside all three of the most troubled nuclear reactors.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Education: Government Schools
House Committee Tries To Restore Scholarships Obama Took Away From Low Income Students
03142011
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www.drscoundrels.com
I have a question for all the folks who have school aged children:
Would you like a choice between private and public schools?
At one point, before President Obama came along and helped kill the opportunity, there was a school choice program in
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Rich Hilts
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News Link • Justice and Judges
A Step Closer To Tort Reform?
03142011
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www.drscoundrels.com
Rep. Lamar Smith and Senator Chuck Grassley recently introduced legislation that, were it to go into effect, would impose mandatory sanctions for lawyers who [...]
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Rich Hilts
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
James Howard Kunstler: Rock Me on the Water
03-14-2011
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Kunstler.com
600 cable TV stations and only one that even tries to tell you what is going on in the world. How many citizens of this republic were watching a dessert chef undergo staged humiliation for the failure of a cupcake batch while 2 nuclear reactors melt.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - International
America’s Corporate Tax Nightmare
03-14-2011
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arclein
The President’s idea of corporate tax reform is to get out a shotgun and hunt down corporate loopholes that he and other Democrats claim are draining U.S. government coffers and undermining growth.
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robert klein
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
James Carrol on the Arab Revolt
03-14-2011
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arclein
For those same two months, jihadists who think nothing of slaughtering innocents in the name of Allah have been nowhere in sight, as millions of ordinary Arabs launched demonstration after demonstration with a non-violent discipline worthy of Mohanda
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robert klein
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News Link • Politics: General Activism
Law and Freedom and the Emergent Demos
03-14-2011
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arclein
The collapse of communism in 1989 in Eastern and Central Europe, and the fall of the Soviet Union two years later, have increased the number of democracies in the world to a total of 120. Of those, however, only 85 are classified as “free” by Freedom
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robert klein
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News Link • Archaeology
Atlantis 1159 BC Tsunami Evidence Reported from Spain
03-14-2011
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arclein
A U.S.-led research team may have finally located the lost city of Atlantis, the legendary metropolis believed swamped by a tsunami thousands of years ago in mud flats in southern Spain.
"This is the power of tsunamis," head researcher Richard F
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robert klein
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News Link • Foreign Aid
What’s Foreign Aid? Why Does the U.S. Provide It?
03-14-2011
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Pajamas Media
Based on the (confusing) data provided by the United States government, the amounts shown in Table I above apparently do not include funds requested for multiple regional foreign aid offices serving two or more countries. Nor do they seem to include
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Justin Tyme
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News Link • Precious Metals
Doug Casey: Save, Invest, Speculate, Trade, or Gamble?
03-14-2011
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LewRockwell.com
You may ask, how that can possibly be? It’s almost metaphysically impossible for “everything” to be expensive, if for no other reason than that it raises the question: “Relative to what?” Nonetheless, we’re in an economic and financial twilight zone.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Japan - Earthquake Tsunami Radiation
Fear and Doubt Spew From Japan’s Damaged Fukushima Nuclear Facility
03-14-2011
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Truthdig.com
The danger posed by a containment breach at the Unit 3 reactor is especially serious because the reactor was recently fueled with a semi-experiemental MOX nuclear fuel, which is a combination of plutonium oxide and the more common uranium oxide.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Japan - Earthquake Tsunami Radiation
Nuclear fuel rods fully exposed at Japan reactor #2
03-14-2011
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Reuters
First reactor #1 & #3 explode. Now nuclear fuel rods at a quake-stricken Japanese nuclear reactor are now fully exposed in No.2 reactor, where levels of water coolant around the reactor core had been reported as falling earlier in the day.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Japan - Earthquake Tsunami Radiation
Blown Fukushima #3 Reactor Loaded With Uranium Cocktail Spiked By Plutonium
03-14-2011
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care2.com
The same confidence led to the loading last fall of a new fuel type called MOX (mixed-oxide) into the core of the Fukushima #3 reactor. In contrast to the Uranium that powers most reactors, MOX is basically a Uranium cocktail spiked with Plutonium.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Japan - Earthquake Tsunami Radiation
Radioactive Releases in Japan Could Last Months, Experts Say
03-14-2011
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NYtimes.com
Pentagon officials reported Sunday that helicopters flying 60 miles from the plant picked up small amounts of radioactive particulates " still being analyzed, but presumed to include cesium-137 and iodine-121 " suggesting widening contamination.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Japan - Earthquake Tsunami Radiation
Japan economy shudders after shocks, BOJ pumps cash
03-14-2011
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Reuters
Japan's central bank rushed to bolster markets in the wake of the country's worst disaster since World War Two and although the authorities said it was too early to put a figure on the damage, critics said a stronger initial response had been needed.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Japan - Earthquake Tsunami Radiation
Stricken Japan nuclear plant rocked by 2nd blast
03-14-2011
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AP
The second hydrogen explosion in 3 days rocked a stricken Japanese nuclear plant, sending a massive cloud of smoke into the air and injuring 11 workers. Hours later, the U.S. said it had shifted its offshore forces away from the plant after detecting
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Torture
Pervez Musharraf: UK never told me not to torture
03-14-2011
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Reuters
The BBC asked Musharraf if he was told by the British government that Pakistani intelligence services should not use torture on British subjects. The former Pakistani President said he Britain gave Pakistan "tacit approval" of its interrogation techn
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Gun Rights
President Obama: We must seek agreement on gun reforms
03-14-2011
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Arizona Daily Star
But one clear and terrible fact remains. A man our Army rejected as unfit for service; a man one of our colleges deemed too unstable for studies; a man apparently bent on violence, was able to walk into a store and buy a gun.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Evacuations & Catastrophe
How Japan 2011 stacks up to Chernobyl and Three Mile Island
03-14-2011
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The Political Commentator
Putting the nuclear crisis in Japan into the context of history
Chernobyl, 1986 was a 7: A power surge during a test procedure resulted in a criticality accident, leading to a powerful steam explosion and fire that released a significant fraction
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Michael Haltman
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
Donald Trump's about to be Paulverized
03-13-2011
Is Donald Trump about to get Paul-verized?
A month after the curiously coiffed mogul told the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington that Texas congressman Ron Paul has "zero chance" of being elected President, an avid Paul support
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