No longer in the news, the Fukishima nuclear meltdown is generally not on people's minds. It should be. We may never see the end of this tragedy. 28 Signs That The West Coast Is Being Absolutely Fried With Nuclear Radiation From Fukushima Interactive map may be seen at: http://www.netc.com/ The same may yet be said... Continue Reading →
Blast From The Past
A warning we all missed, or disregarded, from way back in 1958 ...and to which we still choose to remain blithely ignorant. Thanks to my Facebook Newsfeed for the lead. You may see a link to the complete movie, The Unchained Goddess, at the end. Of nostalgic interest and perhaps more, from a... Continue Reading →
What’s With This Zika Thing?
The Zika virus has been around for quite some time (years) now, and it has not posed a major problem in the past. So why now? Something more is going on. Something very sinister. I believe I outlined the likely problem in a Facebook post a few hours ago, based on this and this where... Continue Reading →
Renewables? Future Imperfect
China Tops World In Total Installed Solar PV, Passes Germany Photo credit: sustainnovate.ae - Electrical and Mechanical Services Department Headquarters Photovoltaics This is all good and laudable, for now. But let's look ahead forty, thirty, maybe even twenty five years, when all of this infrastructure begins to break down, becomes less efficient, or the region... Continue Reading →
Going Out With A Bang?
The single most dangerous time (for the world) in the cycle of US Presidential incumbency, especially with a President who has accomplished virtually nothing of merit or memorability, is the final year of office for the outgoing President. He, I was going to say 'He/She' but there never has been a 'She' and it looks... Continue Reading →
Australia? – Cooking Jobs Figures? – That’s Not Cricket.
But it is expected. All governments do it, when they are in crap up to their knees and their backs are against the wall. It's the First, A number 1, ACME patented, GoTo in those circumstances. Read what ZeroHedge has to say: Australia Admits Recent Stellar Job Numbers Were Cooked Unfortunately, ZeroHedge seldom uses pictures... Continue Reading →
How Can I Possibly Describe This?…
This is one of the most appalling, unspeakable abominations that any human being can inflict on another human being. And it is done in the name of religion? It just shows that the value of religion, if it has any value at all, is highly overrated. It also shows that the dangers of harbouring religion... Continue Reading →
We Signed Away Our Rights To Fair Trade
Obama hails signing of Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal Photo credit: US President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign rally for Tom Wolf, Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania Governor, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 2, 2014 (AFP Photo/Saul Loeb) Pres. Obama, chief spruiker of the TPP and chief duper of Pacific nation leaders, lays down in this... Continue Reading →
Behind The News
There is always something hidden behind every news headline. Take this one for instance: Prolonged oil slump sparks second wave of cuts to 2016 budgets And it is only early February. Photo credit: A pump jack is seen at sunrise near Bakersfield, California October 14, 2014. Reuters/Lucy Nicholson It has been over a year now,... Continue Reading →
Not Something Else 