Japan Nuclear Meltdown Emergency: Fukushima Beyond Point Of No Return As Radioactive Core Melts Through Containment Vessel

(NaturalNews) The battle to save the Fukushima nuclear power plant now appears lost as the radioactive core from Reactor No. 2 has melted through the containment vessel and dropped into the concrete basement of the reactor structure. This is “raising fears of a major release of radiation at the site,” reports The Guardian, which broke [...] continue reading the breaking news

Japan Nuclear Meltdown: Fatal Radiation Detected Outside Damaged Reactor No. 2

March 28 (Bloomberg) — Radiation levels that can prove fatal were detected outside reactor buildings at Japan’s Fukushima Dai-Ichi plant for the first time, complicating efforts to contain the worst disaster since Chernobyl in 1986. Water in an underground trench outside the No. 2 reactor had levels exceeding 1 sievert an hour, a spokesman for [...] continue reading the breaking news

Updating Japan’s Nuclear Disaster

Remember that, when they tell you that radiation levels are ‘safe’: “Nuclear radiation is forever,” she added. It doesn’t dissipate or disappear. Jeff Patterson, former Physicians for Social Responsibility president said, “There is no safe level of radionuclide exposure, whether from food, water or other sources. Period.” In 1953, Nobel laureate George Wald agreed saying [...] continue reading the breaking news

Japan Nuclear Meltdown: Radioactive Water At No. 2 Reactor Due To Partial Meltdown, Says Edano

- URGENT: Radioactive water at No. 2 reactor due to partial meltdown: Edano (Kyodo News): TOKYO, March 28, Kyodo — The government believes highly radioactive water detected at the No. 2 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is due to a partial meltdown of fuel rods there, its top spokesman said Monday. Chief [...] continue reading the breaking news

Japan Nuclear Crisis: Engineers Toil To Pump Radioactive Nuclear Plant Water Into The Ocean

* Iodine 131 levels in seawater near plant spikes 1,250 times * More than 10,480 dead, 16,600 missing after quake, tsunami * Fishing ports in northeast obliterated after tsunami TOKYO, March 27 (Reuters) – Japanese engineers struggled on Sunday to pump radioactive water from a crippled nuclear power station after radiation levels soared in seawater [...] continue reading the breaking news

Japan Nuclear Crisis: The Four Destroyed Reactors at Fukushima Was About 70 Billion Lethal Doses, finely divided

- Japan: The Solution to the Blown Reactors (Veterans Today): UPDATE No. 1 – “Number of Lethal Doses.” (San Francisco) – Physics Professor Paolo Scampa announced March 23, 2011 that the four destroyed reactors at Fukushima, Japan was about 70 Billion Lethal Doses, finely divided. Professor Scampa used only official IAEA data (International Atomic Energy [...] continue reading the breaking news

Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Richard Fisher: US Approaching Insolvency

The United States is on a fiscal path towards insolvency and policymakers are at a “tipping point,” a Federal Reserve official said on Tuesday. “If we continue down on the path on which the fiscal authorities put us, we will become insolvent, the question is when,” Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Richard Fisher said in [...] continue reading the breaking news

Dr. Chris Busby: Fukushima Now 72,000 Times Hiroshima Radiation

About Dr. Busby (Source: Wikipedia): Christopher Busby (born 1945) is a British scientist and activist known for his work on the health effects of ionising radiation. In addition to his academic appointments he is the director of Green Audit, an environmental consultancy agency, and scientific advisor to the Low Level Radiation Campaign which he set [...] continue reading the breaking news

Japan Nuclear Crisis: Following Radioactive Rain, Radiation In Tokyo Jumps 10 Fold, Hitachinaka Iodine 131 Surges To 85,000 Becquerels

Once again, we are left scratching our heads as to just where is it that the mass media is seeing an improvement in the Japanese radiation crisis. Because reading domestic media leaves one with a completely different impression. To wit, from the Asahi: “Iodine 131 detected in Tokyo hit 12,000 becquerels, compared with the previous [...] continue reading the breaking news

Federal Reserve Must Release Data on Emergency Bank Loans as US Supreme Court Rejects Appeal

Mar. 21 (Bloomberg) — The Federal Reserve will disclose details of emergency loans it made to banks in 2008, after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an industry appeal that aimed to shield the records from public view. The justices today left intact a court order that gives the Fed five days to release the records, [...] continue reading the breaking news

US Army ‘Kill Team’ in Afghanistan Posed For ‘Trophy’ Photos With Dead Bodies of Defenceless CIVILIANS They Killed

Commanders brace for backlash of anti-US sentiment that could be more damaging than after the Abu Ghraib scandal The Afghanistan ‘kill team’ photos of murdered civilians could be more damaging than those from Abu Ghraib, say Nato commanders. Photograph: AP Commanders in Afghanistan are bracing themselves for possible riots and public fury triggered by the [...] continue reading the breaking news

Tennessee Governor Signs Health Care Freedom Into Law (Nullifying Obamacare Mandatory Insurance)

On Friday, Gov. Bill Haslam signed the Tennessee Health Care Freedom Act (SB0079), making health care freedom the law of the land in Tennessee.  The Tennessee Health Care Freedom Act is a direct response to the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act by Congress last year. While SB0079 does not seek to [...] continue reading the breaking news

Libya: UK and US Forces Launch 112 Cruise Missiles Against 20 Targets

This Saturday, March 19, 2011 photo provided by the U.S. Navy shows the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) as it launches a Tomahawk missile in support of Operation Odyssey Dawn from the Mediterranean Sea . The U.S. fired more than 100 cruise missiles from the sea while French fighter jets targeted Moammar [...] continue reading the breaking news

UN Approves No-Fly Zone Over Libya

Before: - Libya: world leaders reject military intervention (Telegraph – Mar 16, 2011?): France and Britain failed to persuade other powers meeting in Paris to impose a no–fly zone over the country, where pro–Gaddafi forces claimed to have taken the last major town before the rebel stronghold. The no–fly proposal was absent from the G8 [...] continue reading the breaking news

France: Military strikes on Libya within hours

Before: - Libya: world leaders reject military intervention (Telegraph – Mar 16, 2011?): France and Britain failed to persuade other powers meeting in Paris to impose a no–fly zone over the country, where pro–Gaddafi forces claimed to have taken the last major town before the rebel stronghold. The no–fly proposal was absent from the G8 [...] continue reading the breaking news

Bahrain: Hundreds Of Protesters Shot, King Declares Martial Law

See also: - Saudi Arabia Troops Arrive In Bahrain To Support The Sunni Monarchy As Protests Escalate Anti-government protesters gather outside the Saudi Arabian embassy in Manama. Photo: AFP At least 200 people have been shot and wounded in a Shi’ite village south of the Bahraini capital, a medic says, as the king imposed a [...] continue reading the breaking news

Today’s BOJ Nikkei Plunge Protection Invoice: ¥5 Trillion – Cost to Preserve The Nikkei From Plunging For A 4th Consecutive Day: Roughly $420 Billion So Far

And the real crisis has only just begun: - Japan Nuclear Meltdown: US Calls Radiation Levels ‘Extremely High’ – Fuel Pool Has Burned Dry At The No. 4 Reactor, Leaving Fuel Rods Stored There Exposed And Bleeding Radiation In other news: - Japanese shares slide again on reactor deterioration (ABC News) - Yen hits record-high [...] continue reading the breaking news

Japan’s Deadly Game of Nuclear Roulette (Must-Read!)

Very important flashback! May 23, 2004 (Japan Times) — Of all the places in all the world where no one in their right mind would build scores of nuclear power plants, Japan would be pretty near the top of the list. The Japanese archipelago is located on the so-called Pacific Rim of Fire, a large [...] continue reading the breaking news

Japanese Official: 2 Nuclear Reactors May Be In Meltdown

See also: - Meltdown Threat: Nuclear Expert John Large Says Japan Is ‘Preparing For Worst Case Scenario’ (ITN NEWS) “The bottom line is that we just don’t know what’s going to happen in the next couple of days and, frankly, neither do the people who run the system,” added Dr. Ira Helfand, a member of [...] continue reading the breaking news

Meltdown Threat: Nuclear Expert John Large Says Japan Is ‘Preparing For Worst Case Scenario’ (ITN NEWS)

Nuclear expert John Large says Japan is preparing for a ‘worst case scenario’, as workers there battle with damaged power plants. Added: 13.03.2011 continue reading the breaking news

Japanese Official: Meltdown May Be Occurring At Nuclear Plant – IAEA: Japan May Hand Out Iodine Near Nuclear Plants – US Nuclear Experts Worry About Possible Japan Reactor Meltdown

- Another Japan nuclear reactor fails (Los Angeles Times): A third reactor at the Fukushima No. 1 plant loses its emergency cooling capacity, bringing to six the number of reactors that have failed at the two Fukushima nuclear power plants since the earthquake and tsunami. - Radiation levels rise above limit at quake-hit plant: Kyodo [...] continue reading the breaking news

PIMCO Total Return, The World’s Largest Bond Fund, Dumps All US Government Debt Holdings

The greatest financial (and economic) collapse in world history is well on its way. The bankster bailouts, stimulus package and unprecedented deficit spending have caused the ultimate bubble and it is ready to burst. This is the Greatest Depression. See also: - Muni Bond Market ‘To Go Down By At Least 15 To 20%, ‘By [...] continue reading the breaking news

Yemen: Army Wounds 98 Students In Efforts To End University Protest – 2000 Prison Inmates Revolt

- Two thousand inmates in Yemen jail revolt (Independent): About 2,000 inmates have staged a revolt at a prison in the capital of Yemen, taken a dozen guards hostage and joined calls by anti-government protesters for the country’s president to step down, a Yemeni security official said. He said the unrest in the Sanaa jail [...] continue reading the breaking news

Homeland Security and ICE Arrest Man For LINKING To Other Websites

See also: - Feds Really Do Seem To Think That Linking To Infringing Content Can Be A Jailable Offense - ICE Arrests Operator Of Seized Domain; Charges Him With Criminal Copyright Infringement Breaking: Newly Obtained Homeland Security Documents Reveal Radical Shift In Internet Policy FIGHT BACK: Internet user arrested for linking to other websites. Brian [...] continue reading the breaking news

Former Senator And Chairman of the Congressional Oversight Panel Ted Kaufman: ‘TARP Was The Largest Welfare Program For Corporations And Their Investors Ever Created In The History Of Humankind’

Ted Kaufman On Friday, free and efficient market champion Ted Kaufman, previously known for his stern crusade to rid the world of the HFT scourge, and all other market irregularities which unfortunately will stay with us until the next major market crash (and until the disbanding of the SEC following the terminal realization of its [...] continue reading the breaking news

Video: Toxic Sludge On Florida Beach, Everything Is Dead!!! (3/6/2011)

More shocking information: - Scientist Finds The Bottom of The Gulf of Mexico Still Oily And Dead – US Military Purchases Contaminated Gulf of Mexico Seafood For Troops - Gulf: 6 Dangerous Chemicals Found In Blood Tests By 3 Separate Labs (Video) - Permanent Biological Contamination Of The Gulf – Louisiana Senator Blasts President Obama [...] continue reading the breaking news

Egon von Greyerz of Matterhorn Asset Management: ‘A Hyperinflationary Deluge Is Imminent’, And Why, Therefore, Bernanke’s Motto Is ‘Après Nous Le Déluge’

Apres Nous, Le Deluge Happy days are here again! Stock markets are strong, company profits are up, bankers are making record profits and bonuses, unemployment is declining, and inflation is non-existent. Obama and Bernanke are the dream team making the US into the Superpower it once was. Yes, it is amazing the castles in the [...] continue reading the breaking news

Robert Fisk: Saudis Mobilise Thousands of Troops to Quell Growing Revolt

Saudi security forces in armoured vehicles responding to the threat of a Shia uprising this week Saudi Arabia was yesterday drafting up to 10,000 security personnel into its north-eastern Shia Muslim provinces, clogging the highways into Dammam and other cities with busloads of troops in fear of next week’s “day of rage” by what is [...] continue reading the breaking news

Fighting Rages in Libya’s East

See also: - Egyptian Special Forces Secretly Storm Libya At least 30 civilians killed after Gaddafi loyalists try to retake rebel-held town of Az Zawiyah, witnesses say. Many eastern parts of the country have already fallen to anti-Gaddafi forces [Reuters] At least 30 civilians have been killed after security forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, Libyan [...] continue reading the breaking news

‘Jobs Improvement’ Under President Obama

We have heard much from the propaganda machine just how much better the jobs situation has gotten under president Obama three years into his term. We would like to interject with two very simple charts… (Click on images to enlarge.) Chart 1 Chart 2 continue reading the breaking news

Portugal: Only €4 Billion In Cash Vs €20 Billion In Bond Maturity And Deficit Outflows In 2011

Flashback: - Prof. Nouriel Roubini Tells Portugal To Seek Bailout, Spain ‘Too Big To Bail Out’: Nouriel Roubini, the US economist, said Portugal should consider asking for a bailout before its financial plight worsens as the euro fell after the €85bn Ireland bailout failed to ease eurozone debt fears. However, he said neighboring Spain, Europe’s [...] continue reading the breaking news

Robert F. Kennedy’s Assassin ‘Was A Real-Life Manchurian Candidate’

See also: - US Army Deploys Psy-Ops on US Senators (Rolling Stone) Must-see: - Jesse Ventura Conspiracy Theory: ‘Manchurian Candidate’ (FULL LENGTH) - Texe Marrs: Shooter Jared Lee Loughner Is A Jewish Satan Worshipper (And Possibly A Manchurian Candidate) Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin was programmed to shoot the politician in a real life version of [...] continue reading the breaking news

Jim Rogers: ‘Saudi Arabia Is Lying About Being Able To Increase Its Oil Production’

Rogers Interview on Commodities, Global Stocks, Feb. 28 “Saudi Arabia has been lying about the reserves for decades. Saudi Arabia the last two times said they are going to increase production and they couldn’t increase production. Don’t fall for that. The reason oil is going up is the world is running out of known reserves [...] continue reading the breaking news

Libya: US Demanded Clause In UN Resolution That Mercenaries Are ‘Immune From Prosecution For War Crimes’

African mercenaries hired by the Gaddafi regime to kill Libyan protesters would be immune from prosecution for war crimes due to a clause in this weekend’s UN resolution that was demanded by the United States. Libyan militia members from the forces against Gadhafi escort a man who they suspect to be a mercenary Photo: AP The [...] continue reading the breaking news