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Archives: March 18, 2011

To certain republican governors:

Help for mortgages, would a sliding scale mortgage elimination work?

The year of eating dangerously

Nothing good can come of this thread

Latest ARPANSA (Aust. radiation protect. etc) media release

Latest ARPANSA (Aust. radiation protect. etc) media release

Lawrence O'Donnell will be LIVE tonight at 11 ET, 8 Pacific

Lew Says Obama Is Open to More Spending Cuts (Transcript)

Let us give up all federal holidays....

China: Eating additive-fed pigs "can lead to dizziness, heart palpitations, profuse sweating"

The Big Ego is a birther.

Wikileaks: US Cyber War Arms Traders Wanted to Smear WikiLeaks

Wikileaks: US Cyber War Arms Traders Wanted to Smear WikiLeaks

Looks like someone beat the Westboro Baptist Church to godhatesjapan.com

US readying plans to enforce Libya no-fly zone

The future of nuclear power - Charlie Rose tonight

Foreclosures: Help is on the way via WH-- but for who?

.Libya Live Blog - March 18

Analysis: “The content of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is accelerating super-exponentially.”

Fleeing (politely) from Tokyo*

Schoolboys suspended for possession of oregano

Schoolboys suspended for possession of oregano

The Case Against Intervention in Libya: Stratfor Global Intelligence Report

Congressman Maurice Hinchey's (D-NY22) Statement on HR 1076, defunding NPR

Az lawmakers do not pass 5 immigration bills

okay....this is REALLY random, but SOMEBODY who bought a lottery ticket

Anyone remember when "terrorism" was redefined under Bush?

The giant should have never gone to sleep in the first place.

Will Gaddafi's mercenaries keep fighting when the bombs start dropping around them?

OMG... this poll need HELP! Please DU...

Question: If there were ballots in each state: raise taxes on rich and a min wage raise would peeps

ILO commends the Egyptian government declaration on freedom of association

James O'Keefe is not a journalist.

Libyan youngster tortured.

LBN: Video over Libya... is that Obama, Gates, Hillary... who is that?

Evidence of Bahraini security forces’ brutality revealed

American planes should not be used to enforce the UN's no fly zone in Libya

FREEPER ALERT! You've been warned. Stupidity inside.

Libyan rebel leaders say no military intervention. I think we should respect that.

Worker threatened with layoff dies after plunge from roof of Costa Mesa City Hall

Phyllis Bennis on Libya and No-Fly Zones

Biden to AFL Town Hall: They know if they cripple labor, the gate is open, man.

Save the Middle Class. Take the "WE ARE ONE" pledge

An Open Letter to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker

Don't let this happen to your town.

Libya hints at ceasefire as UN Security Council votes to approve no-fly zone

Do you think Beck may be out of a job because he's crazy? I don't.

Ya know what's more useful than unrec or ignore?

2011 World’s Most Ethical Companies (big surprises)

Hauler accused of dumping wastewater all over region!(Pa)

Canada sending F-18's to help enforce UN resolution on Libya

On MSNBC Ret. Col. Jack Jacobs suggested US troops could be involved in impending Libya attack

So, would we support military action if Saudi Arabia uses deadly force against protesters?

Shouldn't we at least sit down with Gaddafi at the negotiating table before we let the bombs fall?

Time after time, Doughboy Christie abuses NJ citizens when he attends meetings

Mandatory Thursday Malloy Truthseekers check in!! Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Palin trails Charlie Sheen with independents

TEPCO: Greatest amount of Radition peaked today "highest registered" so far

(Japan's) Victims' health growing concern

Ex-Goldman Banker Behind WSJ 'SMEAR CAMPAIGN' Against Elizabeth Warren

OMG! ‘President’ Glenn Beck Expresses Solidarity With The Japanese In ‘Oval Office Address’ - VIDEO

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! (My Grandma was a McCartney btw) A thanks to...

Please DU this Walker approval poll.

The *other* reason for the no-fly zone in Libya.

CONSERVATIVE Husband Apologizes To HIS WIFE, A TEACHER After He Voted for Kasich.

Republican tax chairman: Reduce taxes for the richest Americans

Breaking: Air Drops on Nuke Plant Suspended

Canadian opposition looks to find Conservative party in Contempt

Are preparatory schools worth the cost?

Are repukes in Congress being so cruel because they know their shit won't pass?

Advice needed: I'm boycotting Huffington Post and removed the app from my phone.

BBC: Fukushima Updates from Thurs 6.30pm PST

You KNOW the person uploading Right-wing videos is a paid shill when his age is listed as 17

Saudi king to address nation amid regional unrest

Google map and tweet mashup for Japan

Japanese version of Hurricane Katrina?

US worries Aristide will destabilize Haiti

You know...I was sitting around thinking about Japan and suddenly I think I got into another war.

New Field Poll finds Californians favor pension cuts

NATO ships direction Libya

Radiation Network

Another live link to Japan News

Libya

Libya

Why isn't the Arab League taking care of Libya on their own?

New York Times to Charge $15 a Month for Access to Newspaper’s Website (Bloomberg)

IAEA urges Japan to give more information on nuclear crisis

Libya airstrikes could start 'within hours of resolution'

Benghazi rebels call for no-fly zone - March 9

Japan death toll climbs; Half a million homeless

Possible presidential candidate Trump doubts Obama was born in Hawaii

If bombs start to drop...

Ann Coulter: Radiation Is Good For You

Video of Libyan Rebels announcing that they DON'T want foreign intervention.

Video of Libyan Rebels announcing that they DON'T want foreign intervention.

Color pic of Fukushima fuel storage pool b4 damage - link

UN security council resolution on Libya: key points

DailyMail: Nuclear crisis in Japan, a civil war in Libya and where is the President? Heading for Rio

Activism made easy

Nader: Our Right-Leaning Public Media

FL Republican Rep blames 11 year old girl for her own rape ("dressing like a prostitute") Contact

German nuclear exit possible by 2017, official government research body says

SecurID Company Suffers a Breach of Data Security

live on USTREAM. NHK WORLD TV is an English language 24-hour news & info channel

live on USTREAM. NHK WORLD TV is an English language 24-hour news & info channel

At 46 minutes past the hour you have now. It will one week since Earthquake

Thank You Bob Herbert

The Japanese PM just reassured the people AND THE SHAREHOLDERS that he will

"Florida Senate President appeared before a cheering tea party crowd chanting, “E-Verify, E-Verify!”

Any reactor news tonight? Things seem quiet.

Want to pay check baggage fee in advance? There's a fee for that.

U.S. and Tokyo Spar on Depth of Crisis

People are starving in shelters around Fukushima

The usual rhetoric is already in force: "If you aren't with us, you are with Ghaddafi"

Eni Chief Blasts Libya Sanctions

The UN only works when we have strong norms and coherent regimes. I applaud the security council.

Do I have this right? We're defunding NPR

Japan weighs need to bury nuclear plant

Radiation worries

Day 77 of 2011, where are the jobs, Boner?

"New survey: CA Latinos "widely negative" about Republicans."

We've built a flying saucer, boasts Iran (bet I could build a paper plane to take it out....)

Chris Christie faces veritable force to be reckoned with . . .

Rachel is about to discuss Democratic politics

I don't really care if NPR is defunded

Saudi king orders billions of dollars in handouts

Federal Reserve Prepares to Free Up Millions for Bank Executives

March 28: NYT Subscription -- Ways Around It?

Fukushima nuclear plant owner falsified inspection records

33 killed in Yemen clashes

President of NJ Teachers Union pushes back against Christie

Priorities, Priorities. And No, This Is Not The Onion.

Illegal immigration bill allows arrest, seizure without warrant

Illegal immigration bill allows arrest, seizure without warrant

Bahrain under occupation

Pentagon Hires Contractors to Regulate Contractors

Do you think that interventions are permissible under the ethics of psychology/psychiatry?

Diabolical, Mr. Scott. I was livid about my salary being posted

I think Gaddafi is looking for a way to step down and flee the country safely

I think Gaddafi is looking for a way to step down and flee the country safely

Do you support the UN-sanctioned no-fly zone in Libya?

Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, Fukushima

Should the USA take part in setting up the "No Fly Zone" in Libya?

Should the USA take part in setting up the "No Fly Zone" in Libya?

Were the spent fuel pools considered a permanent location for the spent fuel?

Immigrant Detentions Draw International Fire

Wis. Unions Rush Deals Ahead Of Bargaining Law SoS Said He Put It Off Until Latest Day Possible

Gotta love censorship on a message board.

Brutal dictator wipes out villages, engages in ethnic cleansing...do you support military action?

fuck you donald trump you egotistical POS

Slim majority back gay marriage, Post-ABC poll says

Fukushima Reactor Status Report (per Fri eve Japan)

France and England....GOOD LUCK in your war against Libya!!!

Digby: No-Fly Over Libya: That Whiff o' Freedom Smells Like Gas

Ohio considers charging inmates for electricity

Pentagon not spotting overpayments to contractors, IG finds

Gates details high-level Defense job cuts

Diplomat says Japan fallout reaches California but radiation is minuscule, far below health threat

250,000

Rep Barbara Lee & Sen Frank Lautenberg introduce bills to halt federal funds for abstinence-only ed

So,I went to cafepress to look at political t-shirts...

ProFlowers

ProFlowers

If I NEVER heard the word microSievert again, it will be too soon.

In Proposed Mortgage Fraud Settlement, a Gift to Big Banks (ProPublica)

In Proposed Mortgage Fraud Settlement, a Gift to Big Banks (ProPublica)

MUST-READ: Dem. WI Rep. Mark Pocan's open letter to WI Sen. Majority Leader & Assembly Speaker

HIbakusha: Another reason Japan's approach to nukes concerns me

"you bet your sweet gas"

Dave Camp (R-MI): Cut tax rate for the richest individuals & corporations to 25% spur job growth

Dave Camp (R-MI): Cut tax rate for the richest individuals & corporations to 25% spur job growth

Immigrant Detentions Draw International Fire

Palm Trees Come To Cleveland: FreedomWorks Uses Discredited Footage

BBC: Ghadaffi Son Says UN Resolution Unfair (Video Link)

Texas Bill Would Outlaw Discrimination Against Creationists

Would African Americans vote for a successful primary challenger in 2012?

Report Finds Wide Abuses by Police in New Orleans

69 photos..NPP Fukushima..Very interesting report and pics..Excellent work!

Sandra Bullock Donates $1 Million To Japanese Disaster Relief

Next up on CNN; Franklin Graham explaining God's role in the Japan tragedy.

Japan Raises Severity Rating of Nuclear Disaster

Puerto Rico testing ground for right-wing agendas

Puerto Rico testing ground for right-wing agendas

Vandenberg AFB Delivers Boric Acid to Japan

Is it a chicken or a turkey? No, it's a churkey. MMmmmm Kentucky fried Churkey

Heres the latest Rightwinger to throw their name into the hat for 2012:

AP: Missing New York Times journalists found in Libya

Arizona Senate Rejects 5 Bills On Immigration

SAT question on reality TV stirs controversy

For the sake of your peace of mind and your sanity...

"They know if they cripple labor, the gate's open, man. The gate's wide open. And we know that too."

Today's new word: The Teapolitburo.

TX Gov Rick Perry: End High School Football to balance budget

MO Republican says Sharia Law is just like polio

Learn to save a life this weekend

Star Power, to whoever gave it to me, thanks so much, and for you a couple of

Pyramid of the Capitalist System - still the same after 100 years

The Rude Pundit: Conservative FRC Says Gay Marriage Is as Bad as the Earthquake/Tsunami

Identification of dead taxing as toll soars (Japan)

So now Social Security Cuts are a Grand Symbolic Gesture to the Stock Market?

The military and corporate campaign to destroy social media

Libya no-fly: $15 billion per year. Hungry children: shared sacrifice.

BREAKING: LIBYA ANNOUNCES HALT TO ALL MILITARY OPERATIONS - IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE

Giffords honored with CPR-day and Sierra Vista man's Purple Heart

As Libya announces cease-fire, violence reported in Misrata

Ministry of Truth: 66 y/o woman was 5 in 1945

Judge blocks anti-uinion law in Wisconsin

(WI) Judge Issues Restraining Order To Block Collective Bargaining Bill

Gingrich: "Obama has no stick"

Judge Questions Government’s Persecution of DADT Activists (emptywheel)

Commuters tackle man trying to kidnap girl on L.A. rail platform

LIVE: Hosing down No.3 reactor (LINK)

Fukushima: Outside power source won't be available soon (NHKNews)

If your pension sucks, makes yours better, not theirs worse.

Morning Joe discussion idiotic as usual re: disappearing middle class...

Kindergartner sells art for Japan

POLICE CHIEF TESTIFIES FOR MARIJUANA DECRIMINALIZATION!

Ann Coulter On The O’Reilly Factor: ‘Radiation Is Actually Good For You’

Wisconsin Democracy Campaign has the facts on labor vs. business campaign money

So what happens if airstrikes and no-fly zones don't work?

Wisconsin: More court action ahead

Nazi comment digs a hole for Pa. official(r)

The Great Train Robbery - Walker sticks Wisconsin taxpayer with the $60M bill

US city worker facing layoff jumps to his death

Beauty queen loses crown , told to "get off the tacos"

Fanatical Christian cleric Chuck Pierce declares Japan disaster a fulfillment of prophecies

Why were nuclear reactors built on the waterfront?

Trapped in the radiation zone, and no help in sight

Revelations, it ends up, is actually the business plan for Right Wing Corporate America

At California Nuclear Plant, Earthquake Response Plan Not Required

At California Nuclear Plant, Earthquake Response Plan Not Required

why fukushima cant be chernobyl

why fukushima cant be chernobyl

Does a crucifix in a class influence students? European human rights court ruling:

Scott Walker - Community Organizer, Recall Proponent

The ruling that judge made can be appealed

UGA student uses Facebook to foil armed robbery

A billion here, a billion there. Putting the wealth of the Kochs into perspective

Why infrared sensors along side school busses might be a good thing, warning graphic article.

Dane County judge halts collective bargaining law

Wind power cheaper than nuclear, says European Union climate chief.

Talking Point Tundra Twit! (Palin lied, spectacularly)

Crisis Prompts Exodus of Executives From Tokyo

Would a nuke disaster in the US be handled like Katrina or the BP oil spill?

X-post: radioactive plume forecast to blow south toward Tokyo then west inland Sat-Sun (Nature.com)

Steve King Attacks Public Pensions But Defends His Own Cushy One As

Judge Blocks Wisconsin's Union-Busting Bill On Procedural Grounds

Judge Blocks Wisconsin's Union-Busting Bill On Procedural Grounds

IRS goes after medical marijuana in California (Washington Independent)

IRS goes after medical marijuana in California (Washington Independent)

SEC Sues IBM Alleging China, Korea Bribes,IBM agrees to pay $10 million to settle U.S. civil charges

Rep. Keith Ellison Explains What "Liberty and Justice for All" Really Means

First, Col. Quadaffi was operating a sort of Soviet client state, but we got along..

I'm probably going to be a raging bitch today...

Scranton woman hides heroin, money, loose change in herself

R Gov Rick Snyder : End Tax credit on small charitable donations -tax breaks for the rich instead

Fukushima "accident" is being reported like...the BP.. " oil spill."...

Could I Love Anthony Weiner Any More?

Gadhafi forces reportedly firing rockets in western Libya. 'They are even bombing ambulances,'

Cement offers quicker fix for fractured vertebrae

Palin/Bachmann 2012 Bumper Sticker

Florida GOP-controlled House unveils bill to gut growth-management laws

The war pushers will be disappointed I feel

Wisconsin gov poll

BREAKING: Judge issues temporary restraining order for Wisconsin's law curtailing collective

On the UN approval of a no-fly zone in Libya: A vote for humanity

Walker gives himself more power to fill high state jobs

US Government announces merger.

US Government announces merger.

Did you support the Iraq war and do you support the Libyan Air Strikes and NFZ?

Did you support the Iraq war and do you support the Libyan Air Strikes and NFZ?

Scott Walker aims to replace "open records" employees with political hacks.

Scott Walker aims to replace "open records" employees with political hacks.

Our evil twin on this judge in Wisconsin... predictable

Shameless call out

Nuclear scientists say Nuclear Regulatory Commission allows plants to ignore or delay repairs!

President Obama to speak on Libya at 2pm EDT from the East Room

Friday Toons, part 6- The rest

I witnessed a perfect allegory of the income gap in America last night

Sockpuppet Army Detection

President is now speaking about Libya-

Anyone Listening to Thom Hartmann?

Friday Toons, part 2 -Republican agenda

Pakistan condemns U.S. over drone strike that kills 36 (McClatchy)

Computers stolen from high school - Will Smith Donating Computers to West Philly H.S.

Friday Toons, part 3 -More Repubs

Realtor gets BofA's attention on YouTube - Bank apologizing

Friday Toons, part 4- Obama-dammed if he does, damned if he doesn't

Friday Toons, part 4- Obama-dammed if he does, damned if he doesn't

Friday Toons, part 5- War and protests

due to sustained increases in green coffee - Kraft boosts Maxwell House prices 22%

due to sustained increases in green coffee - Kraft boosts Maxwell House prices 22%

OK..I watched the "Meat Video" ad....What's the problem?

Could we shoot spent nuclear fuel rods out into space?

The Pres "last month thousands of people took to the streets demanding their rights"..was I the only

Infosys job ad automatically rejected older workers, claims lawsuit

Infosys job ad automatically rejected older workers, claims lawsuit

Don't panic, all is well, millionaires are making a comeback.

Iowa Loophole Voids Mortgage Gives Couple a Free House

And there is now the knashing and wailing of teeth over at Free Republic

link: Judge orders temporary halt to collective bargaining law; state will appeal

Rewind: McCain mocked nuclear safety in 2008

Wall-E, the abandoned puppy that survived a death sentence

Kansas Republican State Rep. Virgil Peck called for the shooting of immigrants from helicopters.

Chris Busby and Low Level Radiation Campaign claims the danger from fallout far worse than claimed.

Do you have a receipt for your abortion?

Latest ad for Koch Industries product being run in Wisconsin

Hoarding iodized salt, that takes the cake for bad information

Morning Joe - Reporter standing outside of Chernobyl Sarcophagus

Tornado warning in San Francisco?

Hey kids! Another war! Oil Patrol 2011!

32 Dem + 32 Rep. senators sign letter urging Obama to join them in Deficit talks.

32 Dem + 32 Rep. senators sign letter urging Obama to join them in Deficit talks.

Florida lawmaker resurrects anti-evolution bill "Why do we still have apes if we came from them?"

AP - Radioactive fallout detected in California ("miniscule amounts")

Lawyers 'whip' governments over openness

Tokyo Electric company says electricity is now able to be supplied to damaged Fukushima 1 nuclear

Koch-founded group recycles misleading video to support union-busting in Ohio

"You cannot have nuclear with a Homer Simpson public."

Kelly Clarkson goes to buy ipods for orphans, best buy "Sorry those are for other customers"

Is Politico a legitimate news source? Is Huffington Post?

Architects & Engineers presentation in Marin

Ohio Budget Cuts vs. the American Dream - sign the petition

Goodbye, DU

Pakistan cancels US-Afghan talks

How do I calm people who think SF will be obliterated this weekend?

At last the Republicans have established what "Family Values" are...

So when do we set up a no-fly over Bahrain?

Have any of the unions being targeted in WI, Ohio or Michigan asked for accounting of the pension

Japan disaster shows U.S. journalists unprepared

Iowa House OKs ban on secretly filmed farm videos

Blowing a Hole in Dodd-Frank

Second burglary at my home in six months!

Koch-founded group recycles misleading video to support union-busting in Ohio

(Wis.) Attorney general will appeal ruling that blocks anti-union bill

I have some shocking meat.........plug a rib into an electrical outlet and cook for 20 minutes

Shelter in a Box... Amazing

Really bummed/ pissed. After 13 days working as a "contractor" (temp), I was told

Two Michigan Democrats indicted in fake Tea Party scandal

If the idea of a 'no-fly zone' bothers you, would you support

Another 'isolated incident': CA man charged with firebombing Planned Parenthood, vandalizing mosque

"Activist O'Keefe won't be videotaped himself"

How do we create jobs in our own community?

Two Obamas that don't exist: a wellspring of worthless discussions

He's back! Poll: Blackwell top choice of Ohio Republicans for Senate

Question for the Gaddafi enthusiasts (those who want him left alone)

Another sign of nervousness about Wisconsin recalls: Major GOP firm testing hard-core anti-union

"Thirty-one people have since been killed in the plant's various explosions."

WHO IS BANKROLLING A Lawsuit To END THE BAN On Foreign Money In U.S. Elections?

7 year old sells origami for Japan relief

Mr. Shraby has some more information on contamination and

Paraplegic confronts man illegally parked in handicapped spot, gets his gym membership revoked

The Escalating War Within America: A House Divided

May I point out the obvious?

Inverted lightning over Japan

High radiation detected 30km from nuke plant (NHKNews)

Do You Know Which Democrat Governor Got More Money from the Koch Brothers Than Scott Walker?

Businessman who donated to Barbour saw company make millions from energy project

Helen Thomas to Playboy: Jews ‘own the White House’

FULL text of President Obama's remarks today on Libya:

So, for Egypt and Tunisia: "We hope all countries are inspired by the revolutions!" For Libya...

I AM - film/link trailer

I AM - film/link trailer

Information showing nuclear energy claims about renewable energy to be false

Finally shareholders found something to sue Rupert Murdoch for 400,000,000 pounds!

In light of her latest remarks, what should Helen Thomas's nickname be?

Activist O'Keefe won't be videotaped himself

Rush: Teachers Are "Oriented First By A Political Agenda, Second By Their Own Well-Being, And.......

Rush: Teachers Are "Oriented First By A Political Agenda, Second By Their Own Well-Being, And.......

TEPCO confirms power connected to Daiichi plant, electricity can be supplied

Libyan Strongman Muammar Gaddafi “Mad Dog of the Middle East”

Bahraini MPs Sign Petition To End Gun Violence

RECALL EFFORTS Attempts to unseat senators could be historic

Great, it's even worse: CBO: Obama understates deficits by $2.3 trillion

Talibunny goes high-end shopping in India, India reports, Palin institutes a complete media blackout

If social security benefits get cut by 20% 30 years out how is that different from raising the

Libyan Revolution Day 29 part 2 (UN votes for NFZ, revolutionaries fight for their lives @ Misurata)

Limbaugh attacks Wisconson judge on the air and inflates her ruling

Limbaugh attacks Wisconson judge on the air and inflates her ruling

Wisconsin State Supreme Court Judge David Prosser refused to prosecute pedophiles

CNN reports radioactivity reached our west coast

About those emails to Gov. Walker

On a minor gripe on designed obsolescence

Rockefeller Bill Would Gut the EPA -- (That's Jay Rockefeller/Dem)

Rockefeller Bill Would Gut the EPA -- (That's Jay Rockefeller/Dem)

Thanks Tweety

Social Security “Shortfall” Remarkably Similar to Cost of Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

U.S. to deploy more ships to support Libya planning

Go here, click on Fullscreen and scroll through these ceramic masterpieces, they

Republican Kansas State Representative Virgil Peck says we should shoot immigrants from helicopters

Creationism vs. Intelligent Design vs. Evolution

Stay away from Libya President Obama

Pic of letter written in case Apollo moon landing failed and astronauts died

Prenatal Down Syndrome Now Detectable with a Simple, Accurate Blood Test

Newspaper Guild Backs Huffington Post Boycott

Newspaper Guild Backs Huffington Post Boycott

For two weeks, we've had a Greek chorus demanding action with Libya and now

GE BWR Mk. 1. There's 21 of these Fuku-ers in the USA. Here's where:

Super Moon tomorrow night

Super Moon tomorrow night

Pro or anti nuclear, pro or anti Obama, somewhere in the middle?

"after seeing the NRC in action a serious accident inevitable. They're asleep. And I'm road kill"

Do Japanese watching NHK give a rat's patoot about Libya?

Barclay Bank Put a "Hold" On My Visa Because I Made a Donation To ACLU

Said the tour guide at Chernobyl

We're violating a sovereign nation that's fighting an internal insurrection because...

We're violating a sovereign nation that's fighting an internal insurrection because...

so....on tues we had a defend the dream rally...pictures!

"Super Moon" tomorrow night - 14% bigger, 30% brighter - will affect tides (alert O'Reilly)

They're trying to recall Idaho's superintendent of public instruction

Very Interesting Watch...for a Weekend.........

Ohio to charge inmates $1 per month for electricity

Putting Fukushima's Contamination into Perspective

Japan weighs need to bury nuclear plant

Today's pause from the madness (Spring is literally hours away)

After pounding rebel hub, Gaddafi calls for truce as UN action looms

No Tea For Me - I prefer progress bumper sticker winner DSCC

Good News - VA, AFGE Reach Agreement on New Union Contract

E-mails to Walker show sharp divide on budget-repair law

Biden mentions rape in criticizing Republicans

Rebels jubilant over no-fly zone OK

About all those emails to Governor Walker

Is it wrong for people in the USA to buy potassium iodide for themselves when it is needed in Japan?

no hype for women's hoops

So, a question comes to mind about Libya and Iraq..

Radiation Newtwork: West Coast #s just jumped 4-5 points...then all dropped back to previous numbers

If you live at the coast, and paranoid

Reid: Rider on Planned Parenthood won't be included in budget deal

Reid: Rider on Planned Parenthood won't be included in budget deal

America's finest, at their best

Cape Elizabeth (Maine) man facing federal charges for threatening NPR hosts

Fukushima Workers vs Present "Economic Royalty": Selfless Givers vs Greedy Takers/Robbers

This is will rip your heart out: Boy, 9, desperately searches for missing family

Putting things in perspective : Picture of the Day

This week at the zoo - Friday fun pics

Welcome back to the Caribbean Mr. Aristide

Ok some educaton on this site... (nuclear monitor network)

Massacre in Aden After Hundreds of Thousands Protest in Yemen

No Fly Zones

Photog's amazing photos of his kids taken to perk up their ill grandmother

Japan nuclear threat: The tsunami is the bigger tragedy

I'm curious - how many people here supported Pres. Clinton's

Warning on US states' plan to severely restrict workers' rights

Rqdiation at Daiichi was 3300 mSv/h today. That is 1 lethal dose in 20 minutes.

Tell your Republican friends this if you want to change a few hearts

Biden credited labor w/ building the middle class & absolute necessity of collectively bargaining

Why isn't there a bigger push for donations for Japan?

Received this from a friend of a friend. It's pretty illuminating.

Does anyone else see the "shocking meat video" ad and think, "mmmm yummy!"?

ProgressOhio Lawsuit Succeeds in Forcing Kasich to Abide by Ohio Constitution

What the G.O.P./Tea Party wants,

Failing Hearts Healed With Stem Cells (A Dose Of Hope, For Once...)

Minnesotans wonder why Pathetic Pawlenty sounds like he's from Arkansas now

Libya is not Iraq. The middle east is full of DIFFERENT countries in DIFFERENT situations

Malalai Joya, Afghan Women's Right Worker denied entry to US

Well, the Japanese government lied to the World, they are overwhelmed by the disaster

Vermont Legislative Comittee Set to Approve Single Payer Today

"We're just throwing money at the poor, but they keep throwing it back to us!" cried the wealthy 1%

President Obama requests nuclear review, sees risk in Japan (March 17, 2011)

Friday Toons, part 1- Nuclear issues

Let's get something straight once and for all....

Potassium Iodine SOLD-OUT

Libyan rebels: better than Gaddafi?

Nader: Our Right-Leaning Public Media

President Obama Missing In Action on Labor Issues

Anonymous' Next Big Op

California seeing no radiation level increase

California seeing no radiation level increase

Police: Lansdowne man stoned to death, Old Testament style for homosexual advances

War On The Poor: Minnesota Republicans Want To Bust Poor People Who Carry Cash

Bill O'Reilly parody: Fingerwalking

Daily Mail (UK): Nuclear plant chief weeps as Japanese finally admit that...

When do you think it is too late for a primary challenge to Obama?

Senate Bill 5 ... First they came for the trade unionists

War On The Poor: Minnesota Republicans Want To Bust Poor People Who Carry Cash

There is some really weird shit going on in the international currency exchanges.

An End To The Afghanistan War?

Dad turns in own kids for bullying

Dear Skinner, How much $ does "BlogAds" contribute to DU for the "Shocking Meat Video" ad..."

Libyan Revolution Day 30 (UN acts, Misurata holds on)

Robert Reich: As The Global Economy Trembles, Our Nation's Capital Fiddles

Want to make a Right Winger's head explode?

Bahrain security forces demolish Pearl Roundabout, site of recent anti-government protests

I want this to be a "Christian" Nation.

Goldman Sachs Code-Stealer Hit With Harsh Sentence

Pit bull chases patrol car; officer radios for help

What kind of country cuts food aid to hungry pregnant women and children in the middle of $$ Crisis?

Hey Kellogg's, I am not a complete dumb ass. I know what your...

Judge asks why Obama admin. seeking unusually tough charges against GetEqual DADT protesters

Japan earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis could further Apple's iPad 2 shortages

Hundreds of teach-ins on how to fight Wall Street/Corporate war on the American people April 5!

Energy rationing in exchange for all nuclear plants being be shut down?

Well I have a new job

Wisconsin Republican’s MISTRESS HIRED As State Employee

How Bradley Manning's Treatment Is Tarnishing the Military Psychiatry Profession

How Bradley Manning's Treatment Is Tarnishing the Military Psychiatry Profession

How Bradley Manning's Treatment Is Tarnishing the Military Psychiatry Profession

Great fundraiser for Japan Red Cross, crayon sculptures!

On the Judges decision

Mortgage deduction

They can no longer cool the spent fuel storage pool at #3

It's official: Agent Mike is real.

It's official: Agent Mike is real.

Florida Governor Rick Scott would gain more control over judiciary under new GOP House proposal

Hey Congress, from someone who probably won't be able to make rent next month...

ACLU: US treatment of Manning "inhumane"

Is it time for the Chernobyl option?

don't let them fool you... Spent Fuel is NUCLEAR WASTE !!!

So what does a West Coaster do now?

I support military action against Qaddafi 100%!!!

FL R (who blamed 11 year old for own rape) "really hurt" people are upset by her words

Interactive map, quick information: How Close is Your Home to a Nuclear Power Plant? (or plants)

Get this in your brain. 10, 000 years before spent nuclear fuel is

Anthony Weiner Joins The EFFORT TO DISBAR Clarence Thomas

Nearly 20% of Florida homes are vacant

Local Bar Owner Busted for $5 NCAA brackets. - I feel safer already!

Woman reunited with her dog 7 days after tsunami - pics

TEPCO Director Weeps After Disclosing Truth About Fukushima Disaster

"iPod Patriot Act” New Law Puts Wiretaps Into Every Computer Suspected Of Downloading

Paul Krugman: People don't see much difference between Obama's approach to the deficit and GOP

Paul Krugman: People don't see much difference between Obama's approach to the deficit and GOP

A vernal equinox Friday Afternoon Challenge for you: The Rites of Spring!

Former NFL player Michael Strahan says some players live paycheck to paycheck

Guess who has received $227K from Exelon (nuclear industry) since '03?

Heath Schuler so called Democrat...

For Dragonfli

FYI: Congressional Salaries

The FULL UN Security Council Resolution To Take "All Necessary Measures" To Protect Libyan Civilians

The FULL UN Security Council Resolution To Take "All Necessary Measures" To Protect Libyan Civilians

U.S. Declines to Give Details on Radiation Levels at Facility

Michael Stipe, Viggo Mortensen, Shepard Fairey + others demand Obama investigate torture of Manning

If anyone here thinks the UN move is a humanitarian gesture then I have a bridge to sell you.

BREAKING: Judge just blocked the Wisconsin law!!! (TRO)

I couldn't help but think of Fred Rogers yesterday.

The Government SUES Some BANKERS, FINALLY!!

Updates on FL and NJ education "reform"..behind the scenes where nothing is ever considered illegal.

Anyone else believe that we've been totally set up?

Anonymous really is a despicable group

What we are seeing with Libya is a system of international checks and balances.

A father's goodbye: 'Live well. I cannot be home for a while'

A father's goodbye: 'Live well. I cannot be home for a while'

32 Senate Dems Sign Letter Urging Obama to "Look at" Entitlements

Florida Republican WOMAN, blames Texas girl for having been gangraped

Turns Out ANON Leak IS Smoking Gun: BofA-Docs Show "INTENTIONAL FRAUD FOR PROFIT"

No more tenure for teachers hired in Florida after July 1st this year. Lose collective bargaining.

My daughter communicated with her representatives today:

WALKER KILLS: Wisconsin Teacher in Apparent Suicide, “Distraught” Over GOP’s Cuts

UN Security council backs air strikes on Libya - Live now

Costa Mesa city employee jumps to death at City Hall (after layoff notices)

Italy to make bases available for Libya no-fly zone

Plan to overhaul Florida Supreme Court clears a Republican committee

Libya airstrikes could start 'within hours of resolution'

.Libya Live Blog - March 18

ILO commends the Egyptian government declaration on freedom of association

Republican tax chairman: Reduce taxes for the richest Americans

Warning on US states' plan to severely restrict workers' rights

Libya hints at ceasefire as UN Security Council votes to approve no-fly zone

NATO ships direction Libya

Reactor No.2 Smoke Could Be Steam from Spent Fuel Pool or Explosion in Suppression Chamber

RECALL EFFORTS Attempts to unseat senators could be historic

Iowa Loophole Voids Mortgage Gives Couple a Free House

Radiation Spread Seen; Frantic Repairs Go On

Wind power cheaper than nuclear, says EU climate chief

Colombia convicts No. 1 fugitive paramilitary boss

Brent jumps above $116 as U.N. approves action on Libya

Senate passes short-term government-funding measure that includes some easy cuts

More smoke rises from Japan's crippled nuke-plant

Gaddafi Warns Of 'No Mercy' In Rebel City

Florida Republican WOMAN, blames Texas girl for having been gangraped

Japan earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis could further Apple's iPad 2 shortages

UN security council resolution 1973 (2011) on Libya – full text

Integrity of report on SEC questioned

Protests in Cairo on eve of vote

Japan Raises Incident Level at Nuclear Site (to Level 5) - IAEA

Pentagon is Dividing Up Guantanamo Detainees for Trials

Libya Says It Will Release Times Journalists

Pakistani leaders condemn suspected U.S. drone strike

Iran cleric tells Bahraini Shiites to protest on

Flaw found in (Ohio Gov. John Kasich's) proposed pension shift

The Star in Haiti: Aristide set for triumphant return

Sandra Bullock Donates $1 Million To Japanese Disaster Relief

Libyan rebels dismiss cease-fire declaration

Arizona Senate rejects immigration bills

Wisconsin Judge Blocks Law Curbing State Workers' Unions

SEC moves to charge Fannie, Freddie execs

Series of loud explosions heard in Tripoli

BREAKING: Judge issues TRO barring implementation of public union law

Japanese leader urges people to unite, rebuild

Yemen troops shoot protesters dead

(Rupert) Murdoch sued for nepotism over £400m deal for daughter's firm

U.S. nuclear plants store more spent fuel than Japan's

Japan weighs need to bury nuclear plant

US Cost of Living Hits Record, Passing Pre-Crisis High

UN warns Bahrain over crackdown (actions in breach of international humanitarian & human rights law)

Racial Profiling Takes Center Stage in Florida Immigration Fight

Bahrain demolishes Pearl Roundabout statue

Vice President Biden Fires Up Union Activists: Organized Labor Keeps 'Barbarians From The Gate'

At least 30 killed in Yemen, raising fears of a broader conflict

Qatar, Emirates to join Libya air strikes: diplomat

Libya: Canada to send fighter jets for no-fly zone

Judge blocks Wisconsin law curbing labor rights

EMC's anti-hacking division hacked

Libya forces fire rockets at Misrata & Zintan: report

Chunk of Calif. coastal highway falls into Pacific

US tells Gadhafi to pull back from east Libya

Obama cancels public speech in Rio square: embassy

Revealed: Afghan chief accused of campaign of terror is on US payroll

US agrees to improve human rights record in first UN assessment, but death penalty remains

FCC Approves Qwest/CenturyLink Merger

Egypt Reformers Wary Before Vote

Obama: U.S., allies ready to launch military action in Libya

Judge gives (Robert) Bobb control of DPS academics

Diablo Canyon nuclear plant 'near miss' in report (Accidentally Disabled' For 18 Months)

Aristide arrives back in Haiti

A Republican Fund-Raiser Is Indicted in a Ponzi Scheme

Democratic Party files complaint on Walker meeting with pollster

Gaddafi forces shell Misrata hours after ceasefire

Syrian plainclothes police forcefully disperse protest in Damascus / Protests across Syria

Egypt Said to Arm Libya Rebels

Whitesnake w/ Steve Vai, live @ Donnington 1990: "Kitten's Got Claws"

Over 30 protesters shot dead in Sanaa: medics

GOP Bill Would Force IRS to Conduct Abortion Audits

U.S. nuclear officials suspect Japanese plant has a dire breach

Diablo Canyon (PG&E, Central California) nuclear plant 'near miss' in report

BREAKING: LIBYA ANNOUNCES HALT TO ALL MILITARY OPERATIONS - IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE

Pick One

"Danny Boy" -Keith Jarrett solo piano

An Irish love story

Fighting rages round disputed Libyan town (Ajdabiya)

One last St. Paddy's Day Song (Never fails to make me cry)

Gaddafi forces shell west Libya's Misrata, 25 dead

Rented the movie Morning Glory yesterday. It was blah. Predictable.

LBN: Video over Libya... is that Obama, Gates, Hillary... who is that?

Saudi king announces benefits, warns against sedition

How did I ever live without Netflix?

I am listening to Beastie Boys' "Check your Head" They haven't been this good since.

Some touching photos of people and their pets at earthquake shelters in Japan

STOCK MARKET WATCH, Friday, March 18, 2011

New charges filed in alleged murder plot(Alaska RW Militia Members)

Whitesnake w/ Steve Vai, live @ Donnington 1990: "Slip Of The Tongue"

Wisconsin governor (Walker) releases e-mails about union rights

The Irish Pig

Speaking of teachers...

Intenet comics - what's your favorite?

'Troops loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi pull on to Benghazi,

What's something you wished you'd known about funerals before you had one?

Who's ready for a 'Wild Night' tonight?

What the hell did he do to Sasha?

Heading to the NCAA tournament - just found out no booze will be served

End in sight for Fukushima fears – as engineers ponder burying stricken plant

Artist's rendition of even MORE bizarre behavior at Kali's ranch.

I'm guessing right now that the Mayans were optimists nt

Goodell E-mails All Active NFL Players

Just so you know Obama is kicking our asses and Wolverine hasn't tanked yet

Anonymous hackers release Bank of America emails

Best News Headline found today:

Barack Obama to visit City of God in Rio de Janeiro

our dogs are addicted to teats

Tunisia won't join military intervention in Libya

Judge Issues Restraining Order To Block Collective Bargaining Bill

(former Colombian President) Uribe's brother met with Vicente Castaño: 'El Aleman'

Useless boast of the day:

Inspired by the "Cone of Silence" in "Get Smart", MiddleFingerMom had a "Cone of Flatulence" put in.

Cats rule! Dogs really, REALLY drool.

Guacamole...

Useless butt of the day

Slim majority back gay marriage, Post-ABC poll says

Useless butte of the day:

The phrase of the day is "meat video." Replace any phrase in a thread title with "meat video"

ElBaradei says Egypt must vote 'no'

CHRISTIE - New Urban Dictionary Definition

Super Moon

Majestic:

Jeep Rubicon? Really?

Useless boat of the day:

Adults now 'huffing' more than kids

Computer geeks, need a little help.

Photo: How the hell could my mileage drop to 3 MPG? I simply do not understand.

The Boss in concert on VH1 right now!

I am brain-dead. Can you help? Radical, activist comedian who died a few years ago...

The moment nuclear plant chief WEPT as Japanese finally admit that radiation leak is serious enough

The End of an Era - my band SoulerCoaster performs The Final Gig tonight

I'm not racist. But being a skinny white guy has it's perks...

Dem Congressman attempts to ban spending on FOX

Michigan's Teachers Mulling A (statewide) Strike?

A few moments ago a lizard hopped on the screen. First one of the year I've seen.

How about a pet thread?

You spin me right round, baby right round like a record baby right round round round, You spin me...

Japan to move part of hi-tech production to Mexico in wake of disaster

Japan to move part of hi-tech production to Mexico in wake of disaster

Get on that pig and hooold on tiiiight (59 seconds)

Pro-business group fires back at unions (Wisconsin)

Question about herb pot safety.

Au revoir, donuts.

Three hours to the root canal! w00t!

One of our DUers is really hurting right now - please help cheer up Ptah!!!

Someone please explain...

arrest (surviving victim) made in Bethesda row murder (DC area) -

Don't forget to wear red tomorrow!

Military strikes on Libya within hours: France

Queen Victoria and Oprah - Separated at birth?

Anyone very familiar with the Tremeloes? I need your help identifying group members.

Why do I do this to myself?

What are you reading tonight DU? Me, "This Body of Death" by Elizabeth George.

Members of the Forum Post your Picture Here

Useless post of the day

One of my friends at the nursing home no longer knows her name, she asked me what it was today.

My visit with the doctor today :(

Pepsi Throwback is now a permanent addition to the Pepsi family

Maine has our first Playboy Playmate...

I am so depressed right now. But I got pictures of a kitteh

How about a PET thread?

Do you like my new sig?

Alright, Loungers, help me out. My earworm for the week is driving me nuts.

100 years of meat

81 degrees now and the TV weather people here in the Atlanta area

Gil Scott-Heron: A Poem for Jose Campos Torres

Kiss: A low-octane "Detroit Rock City," Minnesota State Fair 9/4/10...what, no puppet show?

'Lovely' Ky. woman accused of horrific war crimes

"Daddy?" "Yes, son." "What does regret mean?"

Police: Killer invoked Old Testament in ‘stoning’ death

He always dresses in such comfortable clothes, even during times of stress.

Friday's NCAA Tournament Thread

Should the U.N. have accepted the offer by Bill O'Reilly to create a "no spin zone" in Libya?

I try but I just can't remember flying my Learjet to Nova Scotia to see a total eclipse of the sun

Completely terrifying video of the ground during the Japanese Quake!

Today is my 4 year anniversary with my girlfriend

One of the ladies next door just brought over a hot loaf of Irish Soda Bread.

Bastards stole my idea!

More than 60 senators call on Obama to join deficit-reduction talks

Venezuela captures ELN rebels accused of attack

I'm probably going to be a raging bitch today...

Ivory Coast Forces Shell Abidjan Market, Kill 30, UN Says

Nuclear power report: 14 'near misses' at US plants due to 'lax oversight'

You can check out any time you like... but you can never leave.

Say ah!!!

um, 'life coach'?

Rep Jan Schakowsky -- THIS is what Democrats can be

US ambassador Susan Rice at the UN Security Council

Koch Industries Astroturf Management Training Program

Corky and the Juice Pigs - Americans

Dan Quayle: The Voice of Reason?

Sterling Barbour to Bill Kristol "Leave My Daddy Alone!!!"

Rep. Keith Ellison Explains What "LIBERTY & JUSTICE For ALL" Really Means

David Swanson on Imperial Presidents

Libya Strike: Air warfare hours away?

Political Wire: Democrats Set Ambitious Goals for Fundraisers

Bruce Fein on Imperial Presidents

You know what Japan needs right now? The Security drain of a visit from Obama! Brilliant, Trump!

Iraq Vet on What He Wishes He Had Not Done

Stephen King calls GOP Governors the 'Three Stooges'

Tennessee workers fight for workers right

This Modern World: Sparky Goes to Pundit School

Republicans struggling with their economic talking points

Rep. Schakowsky announces Fairness in Taxation Act, 3-16-11

Steve Benen: Lobbyists Go Back To Writing Laws

Luckovich: Petraeus testifying on Afghanistan: 'Winning'

TPM: Judge Blocks Publication of Wisconsin Collective Bargaining Bill

Glenn Beck Committed To Insane Asylum! (Parody)

Libya calls cease fire as RAF jets close in

Rick Snyder (Mich. governor) Booed

Adam Klugman is Mad as Hell in Madison

Drop kick a CAPTION over to Head Wreck!!!

Anti-Union law blocked by Wisconsin Judge!

YouTube.com/TYTUniversity Launched (Hosted by Ana Kasparian of The Young Turks)

So after criticizing Obama for making picks, Gingrich does exactly the same thing

Digby: Gearing Up For The Grand Bargain - the postage on the Senators' letter will be paid by Dems

What the fuck is the big deal of President Obama filling out an NCAA bracket

I was browsing pics at Daylife and they had a link that connected me to this site

Rep. Pete King is using Muslims, Unions, and Whores to ruin civil liberties.

Anthony Weiner Joins the Effort to Disbar Clarence Thomas

Glenn Beck 'pretending' to be president in a 'fake' oval office

Where are the jobs: More than 60 senators call on Obama to join deficit-reduction talks (updated)

Just to recap... (aka Repubs ARE racist)

Nancy Pelosi’s plan

Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, New Aerial Footage!

Papantonio: The Republican Court-Packing Scam

Michele Bachmann Trio: "We Know We Weren't Perfect"

New Tsunami Video - Miyako City, Iwate

Japan Tsunami Eyewitness Footage (Close Call and Rescues)

Dan Ramos: GAYS ‘Are Like Termites’ Infiltrating The Democratic Party

Michael Moore: Health Insurers Won't Win This Fight

Daniel Ellsberg on Bradley Manning’s Solitary Confinement

Coulter tells O’Reilly: Radiation is good for you

Gaddafi shells coastal city of Misrata

Thom Hartmann: Why confidence in America is at an all time low

President Obama Speaks on the situation in Libya

Let's primary Obama...

Obama up to 51% approval in today's Gallup Tracking Poll

President Obama is SCREWN...

The Chronicle: Letter to the Editor

I keep telling you all, there already is a Democratic Primary Challenger for Obama: Lee Mercer

Obama has little credibility on energy safety

Sadly..the Real Battlefield...is Our Minds!

OK, so now Obama can't fill out a Final Four bracket and celebrate St. Patrick's Day?

GOP's Pres. hopeful Santorum attacks President for going to "Reno."

Motorhead: Just 'Cos You've Got The Power (a Little Ditty for the Wall St. Fatcats)

Michigan: Hundreds of Lansing High School Students Protest Cuts At The Capitol

I Have a Big Problem with Obama Wasting his and our Time Making his Bracket...

Transcript of President Obama's remarks on Libya

Kaiser poll: Expand/keep health care law now at 51 percent.

Krugman: Not the Fake Scandals I Expected

Biden, Solis Tell Workers: ‘We Need Collective Bargaining’

MSNBC: Rep. Weiner (D-NY) & Cenk On NPR, Obama

Obama "IP czar" wants felony charges for illegal Web streaming

Conservative SC Lt. Gov faces ethics charges

Daily Kos: Dems problem isn't Obama, it's Congress. STILL.

I love the "Obama primary threads" ... there I said it!!!!

I love the "Obama primary threads" ... there I said it!!!!

HUGE: Congressional Hearings on DoD and NSA Contracts With HB Gary

TDPS: Republicans want LESS safety regulations on nuclear power plants in midst of Japan crisis

Nuclear Emergency - Fukushima nuclear reactor - JAPAN LIES !!!!

Obama Tells Japanese That Americans Heartbroken

WA Rally to Protect our Future

Ship encounters tsunami at sea. Much safer than on land.

Thom Hartmann: Should computer geeks be turning in porn users?

POLL: Milestone for Gay Marriage - More Than Half of American Say It Should Be Legal

Barber & Staver: Sex Ed Is Poisoning The Minds of Young People

What the fuck is up with these Progressives saying we should get involved with Libya

Must Read Gene Lyons: Why Obama is the Favorite for 2012

Say Hebbo! To Tarvuism

TRMS:Working People To Union Rights-Stripping Republicans:

Ann Coulter says excess radiation is actually GOOD for you.

EXCLUSIVE! - BP Oil Spill - Mother of Six Walking To Washington - Cherri Foytlin Starts A Movement

Glenn Beck shows "Open the fucking borders" protest sign on his TV show

Michael Moore: Change We Can Believe In?

Thom Hartmann: Radiation & nuclear experts reveal the best and the worst of what's coming next

Cleric Rick Joyner of MorningStar Ministries claims Japan disaster was discipline from God

ONE MILLION DEAD IRAQIS! BASED ON A LIE! Congressman Dennis Kucinich

Bachmann: Obama's spending more time filling out basketball brackets than staying engaged

Thom Hartmann vs David Selig on class warfare

Ralph Nader: Obama should be impeached.

Nuclear Boy

Livid PM Kan demands of TEPCO “What the hell is going on?” - takes personal control (March 16)

Smoke or steam at crippled Japan reactor (No. 2) could be explosion (Reuters Mar 18, 12:59am GMT)

TepCo wanted to evacuate ALL workers - Gov'mt said no way (xpost)

Wind Shift at Japan Reactor Site - radioactive plume to blow inland Sat-Sun. Accuweather.com

Japan official says scale of disasters overwhelmed government, slowed its response

NRC Cancels Crystal River Plant Restart Meeting (Nothing to do with Japan crisis)

IAEA Update on Japan Earthquake

Fukushima Power Won’t Guarantee Cooling, France’s ASN Says

Smoke escapes N-plant / New danger signs at No. 3 reactor; radiation levels jump

Regulators Aware For Years Of Understated Seismic Risks To Nuclear Plants

(Japanese engineers conceded on Friday) Japan may have to bury nuclear plant as last resort

Most of the motors and swithcboards have been ruined by Tsunami

Uranium Tumbles On Japan Crisis

GM to shut plant amid shortage of Japanese parts

Latest maps of spread of radiation plumes in Asia-Pacific - plume onshore this weekend

With U.S. Nuclear Plants Under Scrutiny, Too, a Report Raises Safety Concerns

Above Japan nuclear plant is a no-go for US Navy (100 nautical mile radius)

from the receding horizons file: trends in post-disaster donations

Reactor crisis wipes £7.4bn ($12 billion) from General Electric

AFP - Official Japanese Death Toll Now Stands At 14,650 (17 March Dateline)

Japan’s nuclear crisis makes it harder to prevent climate instability

Nature/AFP - Sudden Hyperthermals Lasting 10,000+ Yrs Raised Avg. Global Temps 2-3C, Ended Post-PETM

News From Walker's Fief - Budget Bill Would Eliminate Water Protections On Phosphorous, Ag. Runoff

Interesting description of what is going on inside TEPCO

Japan earthquake: Nuclear fears impact Tokyo fish market

Restoring Power to Fukushima Plant to ‘Take Time’, NHK Says

Few experts thought the seismic zone off Sendai, Japan, was capable of such violence (Nature)

Science and the media: 12 - 18 March

Japan nuclear crisis a 'race against time'—IAEA chief (now in Tokyo)

UK Government covered up Windscale reactor blaze (1957) that's caused dozens of deaths & cancers

Reuters: Japan lays power cable in race to stop radiation

U.S. Declines to Give Details on Radiation

Japan Nuclear Crisis Remains ‘Very Grave’ as Forecasts Show Shifting Winds (toward Tokyo)

Source: Minuscule fallout reaches US

Fukushima nuclear power plant update: get all the data (Guardian, UK)

Insight to Fukushima engineering challenges (Very useful material)

A GIANT WTF!!!? I IRRADIATE PEOPLE FOR A LIVING. I am actually trained in radiation exposure (xpost)

Press Release (Mar 19,2011) Status of TEPCO's Facilities and its services after … Earthquake …

ENERCON E126 - The World's Largest Wind Turbine

Chernobyl Studies Offer Perspective on Radiation Risks

Radiodactive particle toxicity/exposure

"Complex breach" in a spent fuel pool, severity raised from 4 to 5.

GE defends reactors in Japan nuclear crisis

Chinese Cops Arrest At Least 22 - Fed Pigs With Additive Poisonous To Humans - Reuters

Possibly the "perfect" green energy source?

Fukushima Impact on Marine Life Is Expected to Be Minimal (Wall Street Journal)

Probabilistic Risk Analysis of Nuclear Energy and Nuclear War

Fukushima update 10AM EST (MIT Nuclear Science and Engineering)

When the shock of the unfolding nuke disaster in Japan passes it's obvious - Wind Power as fast as

MSNBC w/ Cenk: Effort To Recall Republican State Reps - The Nation's John Nichols

Ashley Judd: Children Are Not for Sex - A Hidden Epidemic: Child Trafficking in the U.S.

The Republican Money Primary Begins

Behind Administration Spin: Bailout Still $123 Billion in the Red (ProPublica)

Eugene Robinson: Spent Fuel’s Toxic Legacy

Taking the “War” Out of Air War: What U.S. Air Power Actually Does

Saif al-Qaddafi: We funded Sarkozy's campaign and we want our money back

Ominous Clouds: Nuclear Songs Remain the Same

New Study: "Eating Fish helps to Ward off Eye Disease" NYT

Washington Post Fact Checker on Mitch McConnell's floor comments about the health care law

Why I Won't be Hailing the Chief in El Salvador

Frances Fox Piven and Cornel West: Debt, Austerity and How to Fight Back

Caution Church Ahead: Untitled

How our universities enable Limbaugh's racism, global warming denial, and union busting.

Full-Body Scan Technology Deployed In Street-Roving Vans

Weekend Economists' Spring Break March 18-20, 2011

NPR: How Offshore Tax Havens Save Companies Billions

Media Mtters:. quotes...Limbaugh's view on teachers...

Forbes: How The Wealthy Plan to Finance The American Aristocracy With Middle Class Dollars

When these nutjobs in Libya fire their AK47's in the air

Texas - House committee passes university campus-carry bill

Gun Store Owner angry about light sentences for burglars of his store

IDAHO: Campus Carry Passes House 41-28

Honduras rules out closure of embassies

Obama off to look for jobs for workers in the United States

Botero takes Colombia's violence to Brazil

Venezuela captures ELN rebels accused of attack

Uribe's brother met with Vicente Castaño: 'El Aleman'

Obama cancels public speech in Rio square: embassy

Five injured, 50 arrested in Honduras protests

Aristide is back

"Why I Won't be Hailing the Chief in El Salvador"

Rape Victim to testify on Nevada Campus Carry Law

TX Democratic County Chairman Dan Ramos Says Gays ‘Are Like Termites’ Infiltrating Democratic Party

Gender-confused?

If I was a fast food mogul....

Furious Comeback by Michigan State vs UCLA

St Pauli: a socialist football club in Hamburg's red light district - video

Suck on THAT ESPN/Seth Davis

Tressel ups his own suspension to five whole games

Office Pool's Low Number Of Bracket Printouts A Reminder How Many Employees Were Laid Off Last Year

Mario Balotelli told to 'learn' after Manchester City sending off...who told him that, you ask?

Is there a quick roster look-up

Louisville??

I think we can call this a decisive victory for Michigan

Terriers take ferocious stance toward Jayhawks

Wildcats move on; Huskies this evening

There are clumsy tackles, and then there's this

Boy was that ever an ending for the ages! George Mason 61 Villanova 57.

Not a good night for NY basketball

The 6 Moral Dealbreakers of Christianity

When comics touch on creationism...

A Man, A Plan

Haneen Zoabi: a Palestinian woman fighting for equality in Israel

Weekly Commentary: Follow up on the annexation solution

Palestinians burn settler home in Jerusalem

PM: Palestinian unity government would kill off the peace process

Barak warns ‘tsunami’ of sanctions awaits Israel

Helen Thomas to Playboy: Jews ‘own the White House’

Dehumanizing settlers – and Palestinians

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