Eddie Hobbs – TV3 – The Euro Collapse
Here’re the key points, in case you have trouble with that lovely Irish lilt. “At the moment, economics is being run by politicians”. Since when hasn’t it? “a global financial event which will dwarf what happened after Lehman Brothers” “If Italy fails, we’re looking at economic Krakatoa”. “What is shows us is that the the [...]
German video with English subtitles – reporter gets thrown out of EU building for asking questions!
In a former life, I studied German, but it’s now a little rusty, so I was pleasantly surprised to find this recent, interesting video in German with helpful English subtitles. It seems to be some boring story about a TV reporter getting thrown out of the EU parliament building for being rude and impertinent to [...]
Tsunami debris floats across the Pacific towards Midway
This stuff could be floating around for a long time, ebbing back and forth across the Pacific. Yuk. I’m reminded of the beginning of J.G. Ballard’s novel (and movie), “Empire of the Sun”, where the coffins float down the river, bump against ships, and break open … Anyone for a swim in Hawaii? Can’t find [...]
Japan nuke holdout resolved to stay – TwinCities.com
Update: YouTube video of interview with the man added. 2011.09.03. Amazingly, there is still one man living in the nuclear no-go area in Fukushima. Nearly six months after Japan’s catastrophic earthquake and tsunami, the 53-year-old believes he is the only inhabitant left in this town sandwiched between the doomed Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station to [...]
Fukushima rice tests show no contamination | The Japan Times Online
I wonder what percentage of consumers this will convince? I suspect fewer than a year ago, and fewer than even a couple of months ago. FUKUSHIMA — No radioactive substances were found in newly harvested rice in Fukushima Prefecture, prefectural officials said Thursday. Rice growers in the prefecture, which hosts the leaking Fukushima No. 1 [...]
WORLDbytes – After Fukushima: The Fear Factor | Atomic Insights
Why is anyone who suggests that the radiation news may not be all bad, immediately labeled an apologist for the nuke industry? Hint: it has something to do with Marxism. See below the video for my answer. In the video, Ms. Fox tells how many of the journalists that she regularly serves from the Science [...]
Yakuza link undoes TV’s Shimada | The Japan Times Online
During the news conference announcing his retirement, Shimada said he hadn’t considered Watanabe a gangster and continued exchanges with him via phone and email. Although that doesn’t violate any laws and Shimada didn’t have any business relationship with the gangster, he offered to immediately retire to take responsibility, the agency said. “I did not feel [...]
A tale of two Japanese teenagers
Exhibit A: As the 20-year-old belts out the lyrics, “emancipate yourself from mental slavery”, he scans the gathering of 20 or so Japanese hipsters to be sure they’re getting the point. “There is no future in Japan for people like me,” Fukuda says. “Our leaders are useless, our economy is bad, there’s nuclear stuff in [...]
In Rare Tape, Fukushima Daiichi Chief Apologizes – Japan Real Time – WSJ
Twitter alerted me to JapanRealTime: Scenes from inside Fukushima Daiichi exist but are rare enough. But scenes from within the ravaged Tepco plant featuring its general manager, Masao Yoshida, making a direct apology for the consequences of the March 11 disasters, along with several bows, are even rarer. Non-existent until now, in fact. While TV [...]
“Please take this urine with you!”
A pingback led to this blog posting the video below. I’ve just watched it once and need more time to digest it and watch it again. Because the blogger Super Crazy Video World and all the commenters on YouTube (at least the ones I glanced at) seem to be taking the residents’ side against the [...]
