(MySanAntonio) – Under fire for an operation that allowed smuggling of U.S. weapons across the nation’s border with Mexico, President Obama said in an interview that neither he nor Attorney General Eric Holder authorized the controversial “Operation Fast and Furious.”
The US opts not to interfere in the internal affairs of its allies in the region, no matter how grave the situation becomes. Vijay Prashad, the Director of International Studies at Trinity College explained Libya was an easy target in the region, a non-US ally who does not walk in-step with the West. And, the UN resolution on Libya is so vague it doesn’t differentiate well between civilians and rebels – opening the door for the coalition to support the rebels above and beyond humanitarian needs.
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Ron Paul On Libyan Attack
CIA trained Operation Mockingbird asset Anderson Cooper had Rep. Ron Paul on his show yesterday and the Texas representative roundly criticized Obama’s war against the people of Libya. Read the rest of this entry »
Flash: Japanese Nuclear Radiation Levels at Fukushima 10 million times normal
Workers are being evacuated after radiation levels of 10 million times normal were taken at plant no. 2
This level of radiation is astronomically high. Again, I will update this with the details when they come in, so check back but my only thoughts is there must be a full-blown nuclear meltdown under way at the Fukushima plant which is unconfined and leaking radiation directly into atmosphere.
The following is the status of each of six nuclear reactors at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s crippled Fukushima Dai-Ichi power plant as of 9 a.m., Japan time.
The company pumped fresh water into No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3 reactors, Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said. The external power supply has been restored for all six reactors as of March 22, according to Tokyo Electric Power.
Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said a “certain level of progress” has been made while speaking on an NHK television program today.
No. 1: Contaminated water in the turbine structure contains 10,000 times the radiation of regular cooling water, NHK said. The company has started removing contaminated water from the basement of the turbine building and will prepare more pumps to drain the water, the agency said. The unit has been damaged since a March 12 hydrogen explosion destroyed the building’s walls. The seriousness of the reactor’s threat to safety is rated level five on an international scale of 1-7.
No. 2: Contaminated water in the turbine structure contains 10 million times more radiation than normal cooling water, NHK said. The company plans to remove contaminated water as early as today, the agency said. The company plans to start using freshwater on fuel pool from March 28, the agency said. The containment chamber may have been damaged in a March 15 explosion, and a power cable was reconnected to the unit on March 19. The reactor is rated a level-five threat.
No. 3: Contaminated water in the turbine structure contains 10,000 times the normal radiation, NHK said. The company is considering ways to remove the contaminated water, the agency said. A March 14 explosion damaged the unit’s fuel cover. The reactor is rated a level-five threat.
No. 4: The company plans to spray water in the spent-fuel cooling pool this afternoon, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said. The agency said on March 17 there may be no water in the pool. It’s rated at three on the threat level. This reactor was undergoing maintenance when the earthquake hit.
No. 5: The unit was idle for maintenance before the earthquake.
No. 6: The reactor achieved cold shutdown at 7:27 p.m. on March 20 when the temperature fell below 100 degrees Celsius, the company said. A backup generator was fixed March 19, according to a company press release. The unit was idle for maintenance before the earthquake.
Update 12:53 PM EST
Still very little on the evacuation, except it is being reported on NHK Japan news in english, which you can watch here on my home page at http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com.
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m_saburou RT @Reuters: Japan plant operator says radioactivity in water at reactor No. 2 is 10 million times usual level, workers evacuated – local media
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Tokyo Electric Power Company says it has detected radioactive materials 10-million-times normal levels in water at the No.2 reactor complex of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
The plant operator, known as TEPCO, says it measured 2.9-billion becquerels of radiation per one cubic centimeter of water from the basement of the turbine building attached to the Number 2 reactor.
The level of contamination is about 1,000 times that of the leaked water already found in the basements of the Number 1 and 3 reactor turbine buildings.
The company says the latest reading is 10-million times the usual radioactivity of water circulating within a normally operating reactor.
TEPCO says the radioactive materials include 2.9-billion becquerels of iodine-134, 13-million becquerels of iodine-131, and 2.3-million becquerels each for cesium 134 and 137.
These substances are emitted during nuclear fission inside a reactor core.
The company says the extremely contaminated water may stem from a damaged reactor core, and are trying to determine how the leakage occurred.
University of Tokyo graduate school professor Naoto Sekimura says the leak may come from the suppression chamber of the Number 2 reactor, which is known to be damaged. The chamber is designed to contain overflows of radioactive substances from the reactor.
Sunday, March 27, 2011 13:44 +0900 (JST)
High radiation detected 30 km from Fukushima plant
Radiation levels 40 percent higher than the yearly limit for the general public has been detected just over 30 kilometers from the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.
The Science Ministry says a reading of 1.4 millisieverts was taken on Wednesday morning in Namie Town northwest of the plant.
The government has not told residents outside the 30-kilometer radius of the plant to evacuate, or even to stay indoors.
Someone staying outdoors for 24-hours at that location would exceed the annual limit of one millisievert. The limit is based on a recommendation by the International Commission on Radiological Protection.
The science ministry obtained the reading after monitoring 10 locations outside the 30-kilometer zone, following reports that relatively high levels of radiation were found outside that area.
Radiation exerts now say the amount of radiation detected does not pose a health risk. But they advise residents in the area to stay alert for any possible rise in radiation levels, because the power plant is not likely to stop releasing radiation any time soon.
Sunday, March 27, 2011 08:53 +0900 (JST)
Higher level of iodine 131 detected in seawater
The Japanese government says radioactive iodine in excess of 1,850 times regulated standards was found in seawater collected near the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on Saturday.
On Friday, iodine 131 at a then-record 1,250 times regulated standards was detected in seawater collected in the same place 330 meters south of a plant water outlet.
The nuclear safety agency says there is no immediate threat to people within the 20-kilometer evacuation zone from the nuclear power plant.
The agency adds that seawater is dispersed by ocean currents and the contamination level will decline.
Sunday, March 27, 2011 12:16 +0900 (JST)
Finally hacked the ASF Stream – those f**kers programmed their video stream to point to a local IP (Ref2=http://192.168.1.34:80/daily/english/update/wmv/27_12_256k.wmv?MSWMExt=.asf) to crash any program trying to record it after the video cast.
Any who the video is here and it is not good -
NHK reports NUCLEAR MELTDOWN UNDERWAY – RADIATION 10 MILLION TIMES NORMAL – CHEMICALS RELEASED ONLY DURING NUCLEAR FUSION DETECTED
Leaked water in Unit 2 of the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant measured 10 million times higher than usual radioactivity levels when the reactor is operating normally, Tokyo Electric Power Co. spokesman Takashi Kurita told reporters in Tokyo.
Radioactivity in the air in Unit 2 measured at 1,000 millisieverts per hour — four times higher than the occupational limit of 250 millisieverts set by the government, he said.
This news comes in the wake of a temporary evacuation of the plant late last week, triggered when puddles were found to have radiation levels 10,000 times the norm.
“Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano… said the radioactive water is “almost certainly” seeping from a reactor core,” the AP reported.
Here’s latest updates on the situation at Fukushima from Saturday and Friday
Radiation 10 million times normal at Japan nuclear plant
Workers evacuated at Fukushima Unit 2; water ‘almost certainly’ seeps from a core
TOKYO — Radioactivity in water at one earthquake-crippled Japanese nuclear reactor soared to 10 million times its usual level Sunday, prompting the plant operator to evacuate workers, local media reported.
The report about Fukushima Dai-ichi reactor Unit 2 came as Tokyo Electric Power Co. workers were grappling with how to remove and store highly radioactive water pooling there and in two other troubled units.
TEPCO spokesman Takashi Kurita told reporters Sunday that leaked water in Unit 2 measured at 1,000 millisieverts per hour. That’s 10 million times higher than the radioactivity level when the reactor is operating normally, or roughly the same as 89 CT scans, according to NBC News experts.
The nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan has been leaking radiation making its way into food and water.
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Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano, speaking Sunday on TV talk shows, said the radioactive water is “almost certainly” seeping from a reactor core.
Workers were focusing Sunday on extracting the contaminated water from three of the plant’s six reactors and trying to find a safe place to store or dispose of it, TEPCO officials said.
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Radiation levels in the sea off the Fukushima Daiichi plant rose on Sunday to 1,850 times normal just over two weeks after the disaster struck, from 1,250 on Saturday, Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said.
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Video: Nuke expert on risks of a breached reactor
Update 3:25 EST
Finally Reuters published their article at 1:43 AM
(Reuters) – Japanese authorities evacuated workers on Sunday from a reactor building they were working in after high doses of radiation were detected at a crippled nuclear power plant, the plant’s operator said.
Tokyo Electric Power Co said radiation 10 million times the usual level was detected in water that had accumulated at the No. 2 reactor’s turbine housing unit.
A Tokyo Electric official said workers left the No. 2 reactor’s turbine housing unit to prevent exposure to radiation.
(Guardian) – Nuclear plant cooled by fresh water – Read More Here
(ZeroHedge) – GoogleEarth Based 3D Map Of Real-Time Radioactivity Distribution In Japan; Projected Global Radioactivity Dispersion – Tyler Durden – Read More Here
(EndoftheAmericanDream) – Radioactive Cesium With A Half-Life Of Approximately 30 Years Is Being Released At About 60 Percent Of Chernobyl Levels – Read More Here
(LAWeekly) – Nearly Half of U.S. EPA’s West Coast Radiation Monitors Might be Out Sick – Read More Here
(Reuters) – High radiation levels at Japanese plant raise new worry – Read More Here
(VeteransToday) – Japan: The Solution to the Blown Reactors – Read More Here
(LATimes) – Glitches hamper radiation warning system in California – Read More Here
(ZeroHedge) – As TEPCO Reports Increased Possible Radiation Release, Japan Expands Voluntary Evacuation Radius To 30 km – Tyler Durden – Read More Here
(LATimes) – Lack of data from Japan distresses nuclear experts – Read More Here
Mike Adams, the Natural News Health Ranger, fills in for the second half of the show. Watson and Adams breakdown the ongoing nuclear crisis in Japan. Adams also interviews Kentucky Governor candidate, Phil Moffett, about his stance on the FDA. Read the rest of this entry »
Mike Adams, the Natural News Health Ranger, fills in for the second half of the show. Watson and Adams breakdown the ongoing nuclear crisis in Japan. Adams also interviews Kentucky Governor candidate, Phil Moffett, about his stance on the FDA. Read the rest of this entry »
Prison Planet editor Paul Joseph Watson sits in while Alex is away. Paul talks with Christopher Busby, a British scientist and activist known for his work on the health effects of ionizing radiation. Read the rest of this entry »
(NaturalNews) – The battle to preserve freedom of food choice rages on as many towns, cities, and even entire states work to pass food sovereignty laws that prohibit the federal government from interfering with health and food freedom. AndGrown in the City, a group devoted to teaching people how to grow their own food in an urban environment, recently put together an Interactive Food Sovereignty Map to track the status of food freedom laws across the US. Read the rest of this entry »
(CNSNews) – America faces a “constantly changing” terrorism threat that includes expanding partnerships among al Qaeda-inspired terrorist groups, said Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano.
“More and more, we are seeing a homegrown extremism being an issue,” she said.
“The terrorist threat to our nation is as busy as it has been since anytime prior 911. The difference is that instead of one al Qaeda group, we now have many al Qaeda groups or al Qaeda-inspired groups, including for example AQAP [al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula], which has been centered in Yemen, which has been one the busiest ones in terms of attempts on the United States since I have been secretary.” Read the rest of this entry »
(RussiaToday) – Police and protesters have clashed in Brussels, as European Union leaders are gathering there for a fresh attempt to address the EU’s year-long debt crisis. Read the rest of this entry »
See Also: (RawStory) – Indiana prosecutor told Wisconsin governor to stage ‘false flag’ operation – Read More Here
(AhramOnline) – The new decree-law issued by the cabinet yesterday draws the ire of activists and labourers who plan to take their objections to the street in massive protests on Friday.
The Egyptian cabinet approved yesterday a decree-law that criminalises strikes, protests, demonstrations and sit-ins that interrupt private or state owned businesses or affect the economy in any way. Read the rest of this entry »
(ZeroHedge) – The no confidence vote in Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Canadian government is expected to start momentarily. Just like two days ago when Portugal fell, this event will likely be seen as a buying opportunity of both the USDCAD and the CADUSD. After all – there are trillions in excess liquidity sloshing around which must be put to use even if in mutually offsetting trades. Follow the event live at the following webcast from CTV. Read the rest of this entry »
(RussiaToday) – NATO has agreed to take command of the Libyan no-fly zone, but stopped short of accepting full military control. Alliance chief, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, said the U.S. will hand over operational responsibility to NATO within days. Meanwhile, fresh air strikes have rocked the Libyan capital Tripoli, with reports of more civilian casualties. Gerald Celente from the Trends Research Institute says NATO is just a cover for the U.S. and the Libyan mission is about gaining control of the country’s oil. Read the rest of this entry »
(Salon) – A serious leak of classified information has just taken place — which, as we all know, is a dastardly crime for which the harshest punishment is merited. To make matters even more grave, this time the unauthorized disclosure has taken place during A Time of War, resulting in the illegal publication of sensitive information about the nation’s enemy. The leak was transmitted to Associated Press, which then published it to the world: Read More Here
(WindowIntoPalestine) – Swiss President announces plans to break Gaza siege – Read More Here
(SteveWatson) – Libyan Rebel Leader Admits Links To “Al Qaeda” Fighters – Read More Here
(GlobalResearch) – Libya: The Objective of “Humanitarian Bombing” is Death and Destruction – Prof. Michel Chossudovsky – Read More Here
(KurtNimmo) – Gates Instructs Syrian Military to Impose Color Revolution
As we have documented, the so-called popular revolutions spreading across the Middle East are orchestrated affairs unleashed by the globalists, their NGOs, and agencies of the U.S. government. View More Here
(GlobalResearch) – Killing Civilians in Afghanistan is Terrorism – Read More Here
(PoliticalScrapBook) – The N799WW Mystery: CIA Linked Plane Left Libya On Eve Of Action – Read More Here
(LandDestroyer) – Syrian Uprising Is Latest Globalist-Backed Coup d’état – Read More Here
(FinancialTimes) – Gates calls for Syrian forces to move aside – Read More Here
The UN says it’s alarmed by the looming humanitarian crisis in Libya. Officials warn food supply lines have been disrupted and over three hundred thousand refugees have already fled the country. Nigel Farage, MEP and leader of the UK Independence Party, believes the whole military strategy in Libya has not been thought through.
(DailyMail) – 350 British special forces already deep inside Libya… and more are ready to be deployed – Read More Here
(PressTV) – Saudis want their troops out of Bahrain – Read More Here
(SkyNews) – US May Supply Gaddafi Rebels With Weapons – Read More Here
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(GRTV) – NATO Aggression on Yugoslavia: Challenging an Illegal War
The Centre for Research on Globalization presents Diana Johnstone, filmed in Belgrade, Serbia at the March 24, 2009 commemoration of NATO aggression against Yugoslavia. Read the rest of this entry »
(EndoftheAmericanDream) – Gold And Silver Are Thriving While The U.S. Dollar Is Dying – Read More Here
(ZeroHedge) – As Adjusted Monetary Base Rises By Half A Trillion In 2011, Treasury Runs Out Of Debt Ceiling Delay Measures – Tyler Durden – Read More Here
(CNN) – Household wealth down 23% in 2 years – Fed – Read More Here
(TheHill) – CBO: Taxing mileage a ‘practical option’ for revenue enhancement – Read More Here
(EconomicCollapse) – How Can America Create Wealth If Our Industrial Base Is Destroyed? – Read More Here
(LandDestroyer) – Economic Terrorists: That’s You – How we’ve come full-circle – Read More Here
(ActivistPost) – American Interventionism: Protecting the Profit Machine
Why America is really so concerned about the push for democracy in the Middle East. Richard William Posner Read More Here
(BusinessInsider) – The Stock Market Is In A State Of Denial – Read More Here
(Infowars) – A television ad for EndofAmericaVideo.com that features Alex Jones’ narration has been banned from broadcasting on nearly every major cable and satellite network. Its imposed blackout is due largely to its clarity and accuracy about the real current events covered in the free video it references, a video that mainstream outlets do not want people to see.
If you want to learn more and watch the FREE video the media doesn’t want you to see, go to EndofAmericaVideo.com. Again, this is a free video, but the truths it contains are upsetting to the establishment at large. Read the rest of this entry »
(Infowars) – The media hailed Warren Buffett last December for donating $50 million dollars toward a United Nations nuclear bank with control over uranium enrichment. The intent is control over nuclear weapons and nuclear power by the elites who are the true forces behind the UN. Read the rest of this entry »
(NYTimes) – Japan Raises Possibility of Breach in Reactor Vessel – Read More Here
(WSJ) – Radiation Is Beyond Zone, Report Says – Read More Here
(Truthout) – Radiation: Nothing to See Here? – Read More Here
(Kyodo) – Fresh coolant injected, high-radiation water leaks in nuke crisis – Read More Here
(ZeroHedge) – As TEPCO Reports Increased Possible Radiation Release, Japan Expands Voluntary Evacuation Radius To 30 km – Tyler Durden – Read More Here
(Higgins) – Nuclear Physicists “Fukushima Nuclear Reactor Truth: Locally Chernobyl” – Read More Here
(NaturalNews) – Radioactive fallout from Fukushima approaching same levels as Chernobyl – Read More Here
(NaturalNews) – Ominous smoke plumes, contaminated water and food, neutron beams — but everything is just fine in Japan, suggest authorities – Read More Here
(Reuters) – Reactor incident could signal setback at Japan nuclear plant – Read More Here
(PaulWatson) – Japanese Authorities Admit Deadly MOX Plutonium Reactor Is Leaking – Read More Here
Notice their ‘world of war’ is played on a Masonic checkerboard of ‘opposites’
(BeforeItsNews) – Nothing like a map to know where you’re going. In the case of the NWO, the world is like a chess game, where they move all the major pieces and just crush the pawns that get in the way.
But if you want to know what’s coming, look how clearly things appear when you can assess where power is placed. Here are a few things I found enlightening when looking at the global positioning of the invading US arm of the NWO, precursor of the Army of the “United Nations”. Read the rest of this entry »
(NorCalTruth) – Other headlines will read “Obama ends Miranda rights for American terrorists”, but I will not let such naive and ignorant headlines headline at this blog. – Brian
(RawStory) – The Obama administration has created a new policy that allows investigators to waive Miranda warnings for domestic-terror suspects, even when there is not an “immediate threat,” a report said Thursday.
(WeAreChange) – Luke Rudkowski is the face behind the camera on this project that I found to be very refreshing and insightful. I hope you enjoy it in some form or another as I have.
Luke has been behind the camera for many important videos that you have seen on this blog, like: Read the rest of this entry »
(RussiaToday) – Watch the full Episode 132 of the Keiser Report on Thursday. This week Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, report on jail time for almost stealing an algorithm that could ‘manipulate markets’ and jail time for ‘stealing’ virtual gaming chips. In the second half of the show, Max talks to Ed Harrison about Japan, interest rates and war. Read the rest of this entry »
(Reuters) – Human rights group Amnesty International on Wednesday called on Egypt’s government to investigate accusations that the army tortured and abused women arrested in anti-government protests earlier this month.
At least 18 women were arrested on March 9 when army officers forcibly cleared Tahrir Square in Cairo, centre of the protests that toppled president Hosni Mubarak in February. Read the rest of this entry »
(WashingtonsBlog) – Preface: I am using the word “evil” in its secular sense in this essay, as in a horrible, destructive act … religion is beyond the scope of this essay.
When someone fails to stand up to a heinous act, that leads to a whole chain of events.
(SkyNews) – French Jets ‘Shoot Down’ Libyan Warplane – Read More Here
(KurtNimmo) – Globalist Coalition Claims “Precision” Bombs Do Not Kill Libyan Civilians – Read More Here
(SkyNews) – Video: Gaddafi Still Attacking Despite Bombardment
Coalition warplanes have bombarded Libyan government positions for a fifth night – but have failed to stop Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s tanks shelling rebel-held towns. View More Here
(WSJ) – Boehner Letter Questions Obama’s Libya Strategy – Read More Here
(FoxNews) – Libyan Foreign Minister Reaches Out to U.S. Official – Read More Here
(SkyNews) – Libya: Nato Refuses Military Ops Command – Read More Here
(Gallup) – Libya: Lowest Approval Rating Ever For Military Action – Read More Here
(RussiaToday) – Video: Libya Bombing Joke: Petraeus, Gates ‘bombshell’ more than sarcasm
With the action in Libya heating up, many will already have forgotten how the Pentagon Chief had hinted that it could happen, back in early March. Robert Gates was meeting General Petraeus in Afghanistan when this little chat was recorded. The two men didn’t realise they were mic’ed, so when Gates quipped ‘Yeah, exactly’, to the sarcastic question of whether he was going to attack Libya – he could hardly have suspected that his reply would come back to haunt the U.S. Video Link Here
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(RussiaToday) – Libya TV airs images of Tripoli bombing aftermath, said-to-be civilian victims
Libyan broadcasters claimed that an unknown number of civilians were injured and killed in coalition airstrikes in Tripoli late on Wednesday. Fresh explosions and gunfire have been heard in the Libyan capital Tripoli, with reports saying coalition forces are targeting major military facilities across the country. Allied forces have also conducted air strikes against troops loyal to the leader Muammar Gaddafi, in the country’s western city of Musrata. Read the rest of this entry »
(AFP) – Human rights activists said at least 15 people were killed on Wednesday in the volatile Syrian city of Daraa, hub of a week of anti-regime protests, as anger reportedly spread to neighboring towns. Read the rest of this entry »
Climate ’skeptic’ website ICECAP posted this item noting Google’s latest gambit in global warming activism, which includes bringing on board as an advisor an academic whose name and address pop up with some frequency in the ClimateGate emails. Read the rest of this entry »
See Also: (Politico) – Leading OBAMACARE Backer Considering Waiver for his City – Read More Here
(CNSNews) – A federal appeals court has cleared the way for a legal challenge to Obamacare to be put on a fast-track through the appeals courts — on its way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
This decision will expedite the legal process that is necessary for federal courts to rule on the legislation’s constitutionality. Read the rest of this entry »
(CNNMoney) – A devastating earthquake strikes Japan. A massive tsunami kills thousands. Fears of a nuclear meltdown run rampant. Bloodshed and violence escalate in Libya.
And U.S. companies selling doomsday bunkers are seeing sales skyrocket anywhere from 20% to 1,000%. Read the rest of this entry »
(DTOM) – In the late 1700′s there were two historic revolutions, the American and the French Revolutions. The American Revolution was very much an intellectual revolution as much as it was a military revolution. In the years before the first shot was fired, American Patriots laid the intellectual foundation for the American Revolution. They worked on what America should be and not so much of what they were against. Read More Here
