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Ron and Dennis to further your amusement... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldyFk_PBruI

You are not alone, my friend. I'd throw Dennis Kucinich in there as his running mate...

Don't worry, radiation is good for you... Radiation Detected In Drinking Water In 13 More US Cities, Cesium-137 In Vermont Milk Radiation from Japan has been detected in drinking water in 13 more American cities, and cesium-137 has been found in American milk—in Montpelier, Vermont—for the first time since the Japan nuclear disaster began, according to data released by the Environmental Protection Agency late Friday. Milk samples from Phoenix and Los Angeles contained iodine-131 at levels roughly equal to the maximum contaminant level permitted by EPA, the data shows. The Phoenix sample

They're not... TEPCO entertaining no hopes of quick fix My link Strawberries, mushrooms with Cesium-137 found in Northern California; 5 of 6 items in food chain sampling test have radioactive particles My link Plutonium Carries Serious Risks to Public Health and the Environment Physicians for Social Responsibility The release of plutonium from at least one of Japan’s Fukushima nuclear reactors carries serious risks to public health and the environment, according to Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR). Inhalation of a plutonium particle the size of a speck of dust can le

Who's telling the truth? It seems a cover-up is well underway... Closing Ranks: The NRC, the Nuclear Industry, and TEPCO are Limiting the Flow of Information http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1U_lwdSzRM&feature=player_embedded

Audio with some photos of Nels and the rest of the band... Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band - Mulberry / Rising - live SXSW Austin Texas 2011 (audio) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSATXzKoyM4

Saw it mentioned in Rolling Stone that Nels teamed up with Yoko and Sean at the SXSW in Austin. Did anyone see that show? I saw Sean last April in the balcony at a Wilco concert in New Jersey. I can see Nels and Yoko performing together doing that avant-garde stuff Yoko does so well.

Like I said, use it or ignore it...

Posting for the sake of information. Use it as you feel the need or ignore it... Radiation Support for Your Immune System: We are under invisible siege by Dr. Ilya Sandra Perlingieri My link

Tweedy can do a mean Neil Young cover. "Walk On" was great....

Yeah, I saw him in New Haven at Toad's Place back in 1985. I actually had all his early albums before the time of CDs. I never replaced his albums with the CD editions so I haven't really listened to him in quite some time. I think he played John Lennon in the original Beatlemania if I'm not mistaken. Thanks for the post. I was looking for some different music to download and a few of his songs might do the trick. This is my favorite... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwE58OUShE8&feature=related

Meanwhile, back in the land of the rising sun... Japan nuclear crisis: workers 'losing race' to save reactor Workers at Japan’s earthquake hit nuclear plant lost ground in the battle to save the plant from meltdown after the radioactive core of one reactor appeared to have melted through the bottom of its containment vessel. My link and in the US... Group warns EPA ready to increase radioactive release guidelines The EPA is preparing to dramatically increase permissible radioactive releases in drinking water, food and soil after “radiological incidents,” according to Public Employe

On Teachers, Testing and Tenure — An Analysis Dr. Lawrence Davidson There are number of assumptions that lay behind all these (reform) efforts and here are some of them: 1. There is an assumption that the American public school system is performing poorly. 2. There is an assumption that this is the fault of bad teachers. 3. There is an assumption that getting rid of the tenure system will get rid of bad teachers. 4. There is an assumption that using standardized tests will allow you to measure necessary levels of learning for specific ages. 5. There is an assumption that having instituted

Latest plume animation...

An interview with one of Japan's leading nuclear power experts... What They're Covering Up at Fukushima By HIROSE TAKASHI Yo: Every day the local government is measuring the radioactivity. All the television stations are saying that while radiation is rising, it is still not high enough to be a danger to health. They compare it to a stomach x-ray, or if it goes up, to a CT scan. What is the truth of the matter? Hirose: For example, yesterday. Around Fukushima Daiichi Station they measured 400 millisieverts – that’s per hour. With this measurement (Chief Cabinet Secretary) Edano admit

For any one interested... UC Berkeley Nuclear Engineering Air Monitoring Station My link

Thanks, pretty interesting. I recently read that there is more radiation given of by the Capitol Building (granite) than a properly functioning nuclear power plant and if it was a power plant, it would be shut down. That might explain why most who work there are crazy.

French animation of radiation plume covering the globe over a two week period of time. I can't read French but you can trace the maximum levels by following the X on the map. It is color coded and I take it the darker the shade the more radiation. Can't tell the values however. Still it is pretty impressive... My link

I haven't found this reported on the much "respected" mainstream media this morning. Then again, they are too busy hyping the new war. What a disgrace.... New explosion at Fukushima strikes No. 2 reactor, containment vessel damaged A new explosion rocked the Fukushima No. 2 reactor today, says Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO). That explosion caused new damage to the containment vessel, resulting in a rise in radiation being leaked into the environment (http://news.xinhuanet.com/english20...). This news of the worsening situation comes on the heels of some good news in the nuclear catastrop

And then we have this... U.S. Declines to Give Details on Radiation U.S. government officials, in private sessions on Capitol Hill Friday, repeatedly declined to give details of radiation measurements at the stricken Japanese nuclear complex, saying the situation is shrouded in a "fog of war." Separately, the Obama administration said Friday "miniscule quantities" of radiation from the Japanese nuclear accident were detected Friday at a monitoring station in Sacramento, Calif., a day after similar traces of radiation were detected in Washington state. The administration said the levels

Here's another opinion. You want to hope he's right. Judge for yourself... Why what's happened in Japan should be an ENDORSEMENT of nuclear power How bad could it get? Well, Britain’s excellent Chief Scientist, Sir John Beddington, couldn’t have explained it more clearly. This is what he said in a transcribed conversation with the British Embassy in Tokyo. I’ll quote him in full because it summarises perfectly what is really going on in Japan: 'If the Japanese fail to keep the reactors cool and fail to keep the pressure in the containment vessels at an appropriate level, you can get t

We'll find out. Massive storm headed toward West Coast coming in from the West... My link Japan worse than Chernobyl? How Much Fuel Is at Risk at Fukushima? The maximum hazard from a crippled nuclear power plant depends on how much radioactive fuel is on site, both in the reactors and in the storage pools. And the Daiichi complex in Fukushima, Japan, damaged by the 11 March earthquake and tsunami contains more fuel than was at risk at Three Mile Island. The Daiichi complex had a total of 1760 metric tons of fresh and used nuclear fuel on site last year, according to a presentation by i

I am not fear mongering. I live on the East Coast. I have relatives and friends who live on the West Coast and in Hawaii, however. If things get out of hand, and no one here can say they will not, what is wrong with posting articles, maps, and monitoring sites so people can see for themselves what is happening? I hope you are right that no radiation will reach those areas. I for one, will not rely on the word of the government. I would hope some who read this thread can either take the appropriate precautions or feel better about their situation if the threat turns out to be less severe. If th

Those in the government (EPA), telling us there is nothing to worry about, are the same ones who told us there is no problem in the Gulf after months of massive oil spillage or that the conditions at Ground Zero were safe to work in. Some of you are pretty naive to think they are being truthful about this disaster. I would post the EPA stats but their West Coast monitors are down. Click on Map of Radiation Air Monitoring Stations on the right hand side of their radiation page. Until this changes, I guess all we have are "amateurs" and concerned citizens to provide us with information. Thi