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John McLaughlin of “The McLaughlin Group” said that politicians want more nuclear plants in their districts because there would be more jobs in security.
The main safety issue of nuclear plants is security; safety goes hand in hand with the TSA-style police state.
The Japanese are the smartest technological wizards on the planet.
Yet, other countries aren’t worried about the “mistakes” the Japanese made, i.e. waterproof generators and A/C backup systems (says John Ritch, Head of the World Nuclear Association).
Wonder why they’re not worried!
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Nice wall of severe thunderstorms headed towards Omaha, I wonder how tall they made their sandbag wall? Well havnt heard any updates anywhere so I am sure the situation is UnDEr CoNtRoL. :/
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We know that just because the Omaha reactor is shutdown means nothing, if the cooling pumps are corrupted by a flood. They must have a contingency plan for that possibility. Everybody say, Yes.
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Live webcam question: The front wall of Reactor #1 appears yellow instead of the speckled blue original color. Is this a sun-reflection issue or is wall heating up and destroying the paint?
Something else to continue monitoring as this evolves.
http://mfile.akamai.com/127380/live/reflector:51361.asx?bkup=52045&prop=a
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they sprayed it down with some chemical to make the radiation stick to it.
Massive storm is approaching Omaha, its moving very slow which isnt good, Severe weather alerts from the North to south of the whole state of Nebraska and beyond….This isnt looking good….. sigh
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Well what’s bad is that the already-sandbagged FORT CALHOUN NUCLEAR REACTOR 20 miles north of Omaha, and the sandbagged EPPLEY AIRFIELD are facing estimated crests next Saturday 4-6 feet higher, at which point the airport will be 10 feet below the Missouri flood level.
Several other sandbagged sites are already reporting water coming up through the ground, so after holding water away the additional problem develops of holding the water down.
The Missouri River has been rising 8-10 inches/day, and news, weather and flood alerts, and a closeup boatride video of the sandbagged Fort Calhoun reactor, are available below:
http://www.action3news.com/category/170799/video-landing-page
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１・２号機周辺地下水からストロンチウム検出
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/science/news/20110612-OYT1T00526.htm
Strontium has been detected in the underground water near unit 1 and 2
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中でもストロンチウム９０は半減期が長く、体内に入ると骨に蓄積しやすく、内部被曝(ひばく)の恐れがある。しかし、濃度は、健康に影響がないレベルという。
Strontium 90, which has a long half life, is easily stored in bones when it enters bodies and is feared to cause internal radiation exposure. However, Tepco said that the concentration is at a level with no impact on health.
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Just a few quick thoughts on Thorium.
Nilu stopped their global radiation forecast mid May 2011, and then by the beginning of June they stopped their national local radiation readings with no warning. I was wondering why? So I did a bit of fishing around.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/02/15/us-norway-nuclear-thorium-idUSL1538756620080215
The tentative conclusion I reached was that Norway wants to be a big exporter of Thorium and so did not wish to rock the nuclear boat.
Thorium is the nuclear industries PR wet dream if the truth of Fukushima gets out. It is also Norway’s wet dream to replace their diminishing oil resources. Also, it is in Norway’s best interest to support the slightly problematic financial system, as they have invested all those oil billions within it (with a view to supporting the Norwegian economy for a long time into the future).
http://www.torium.se/ThoriuminNorway.htm
I think that Norway has been pressurised by this fact. Why do I think this?
Norway is extremely pollution conscious and as far as I am aware they were still doing radiation testing in their own country even after they stopped the ever popular fallout forecasts. I think the timing of these two facts shows a dispute within the government agencies. Maybe though, they stopped local readings because of a huge increase in the atmosphere, that would possibly be another explanation of this last point, time will tell. Unless a whistleblower steps forward that is!
And for you techies out there, an interesting and possible teeth gritting resource ( I will let you disseminate this. Good luck!)
http://newenergyandfuel.com/http:/newenergyandfuel/com/2010/05/03/one-step-closer-to-a-thorium-fueled-power-plant/
And these links
http://www.bellona.org/articles/articles_2008/thorium_unsafe
http://alfin2300.blogspot.com/2010/04/norway-and-sweden-team-up-to-test.html
Just saying..
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Toyota car plant gears up for solar power
BusinessGreen: Car manufacturer to fit 17,000 photovoltaic panels at Debyshire plant, generating enough power to build 7,000 cars a year
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jun/07/toyota-car-plant-solar-power
Japan reconstruction panel eyes boom in autumn
TOKYO, June 11 (Reuters) – Spending to rebuild Japan’s tsunami-hit northeast will spark an economic boom later this year, generating revenues that can be used to redeem reconstruction bonds and reduce the need to rely on long-term debt, the head of a government advisory panel said.
Makoto Iokibe, chairman of the Reconstruction Design Council, also called for a mass consolidation of ports along the coast to boost the fishing industry and aggressive investment to make the region a pioneer in renewable energy…
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/9690774
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Let’s see .. a loan from the IMF..money goes to private contractors..foreign and local(provided they kiss..you know what).
The country goes in debt.
The standard of living for the people goes down or remains the same.
Japan is in a strangle hold.
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If they are really lucky (sarcasm)..they will be occupied by UN forces.
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I made a video Tokyo Radiation but some official sources in Japan were not very impressed. I promised them I would make an updated correction which I have. I didn’t need to but I did as they made some good points. I still maintain my stance not to travel to Tokyo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTKDop5hxS0
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I hope you keep “un-impressing” the Tokyo Officials. Way to go.
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what about travel to China and Taiwan and Southeast Asia?
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Referendum in Italy news:
(AGI) Rome – The election turnout for the 2011 referendum rally recorded a 57% vote on all 4 issues. According to the Ministry of the Interior, in over 4000 out of the 8,092 municipalities, the turnout was of 57.01% for the question on the privatization of water supplies; 56.97% for the question on water rates; 56.87% on nuclear power plants and 56.90% on the issue of legitimate impediment. . .
So let´s hope the best for Italy while waiting for the results…
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Hey, mal sehen, an wen die sucker von EDF jetzt noch ihren Atomstrom verkaufen! Ich freu mich so!
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Lifted from WNN@facebook.com
“As I watch this unfold and gain a slightly deeper understanding of the sociology of the Nuclear Engineering world, its isolation, self belief, sense of mission, total regard of economic and social cost and disregard of the future make that world seem more and more like a religious cult.”
This looks like worth pursuing, apart from the camwatch team that is. Keep busy folks. Keep the reports coming. Love,
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As I watch this unfold and begin to gain a deeper understanding of the sociology of the Nuclear Engineering world its isolation, self belief, sense of mission, total regard of economic and social costs, and disregard of the future make the Nuclear Engineering world seem more and more like a religious cult.
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I recommend reading A CANTICLE FOR LEIBOWITZ, a 1960 novel about by Walter Miller about a post-nuclear world where a scientist’s grocery note is a religious relic and nuclear ‘priests’ rule what is left of humanity. I hope it stays a novel.
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As I watch My 2 year old runs and run through the grass mischievous grin on her face. I look to the stars and cry in abject frustration “Who could risk the destruction of all that?”
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Pure Evil. Luckily for us, in the scriptures there are the promises for humans who seek the Truth…
http://preparator.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/silla-katso-english-copy.jpg?w=700&h=525
http://wp.me/pwIAV-19 (repost)
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June 13, 2011 – KOLKATA, India – The city is in the grip of a viral fever that has affected thousands, including many in Ballygunge, Alipore and parts of central Kolkata. It has been leading to high fever accompanied by a severe lung and chest infection, often causing severe respiratory problems. Experts have been taken by surprise by the late outbreak of this viral epidemic which usually occurs during change of seasons. The new virus is far more potent and different from the ones that have struck in previous years, said doctors. “This one has been attacking the respiratory system which makes it more…
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata-/City-falls-prey-to-viral-fever-outbreak/articleshow/8831156.cms
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Investors withdraw $3B from stock funds in May
Investors withdraw a net $3B from stock funds in May, snapping 4-month positive streak
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Investors-withdraw-3B-from-apf-1902622135.html?x=0
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Missouri residents under the threat of more flooding from stressed levees
June 13, 2011
HAMBURG, Iowa – The rising Missouri River ruptured two levees in northwest Missouri on Monday, sending torrents of flood waters over rural farmland toward a small town in Iowa and a resort community in Missouri. Flood waters are expected by Tuesday to reach a secondary levee protecting the partially evacuated town of about 1,100 people. But if that levee fails, parts of Hamburg could be under as much as 10 feet of standing water, officials said. The breach near Hamburg, in far southwest Iowa, is threatening more people. The town of about 1,100 residents was already partially evacuated, and water rushing from the 50-foot-wide hole in the levee is expected to reach a secondary levee protecting the town on Tuesday. If that levee fails,…
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110613/ap_on_re_us/us_missouri_river_flooding
We may have a domino effect happing with the dams busting all the way to the Mississippi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrKy_81KBec&feature=player_embedded
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@xdrfox…IT’S THEM.
The Corp of Engineers
God help the people down river.Truly.
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during a bit of research, i came up with this…firstly this could possibly be construed as a bit rude and i apologise…bear in mind anything promoting awareness is a good thing…some of the men and possibly women on this sitr might find this link err……. stimulating
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmVYdQTDTXU
all in the name of art of course!!! ahem..
love light and peace
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BBC begins war on bloggers?
beginning with an article on this page about lesbian blogger ex usaf 40 year old student…
you will find the link on this page
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13760208
might be me being a bit paranoid but havent got time to check out implications fully…just a heads up
link on this article attacking anonimity
side issue??
also an article about mega asteroid…
interesting article on same page might be a distraction on situation for some (information overload\distraction story!)
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link to article in norwegian
http://www.dagbladet.no/2011/06/13/nyheter/utenriks/lesbisk/syria/bloggere/16898591/
just google translate it, he living in scotland…better cover on story. dated 13 june 2011…the guardian covered this story already….
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lets not forget the non nuclear problems facing japan east coast residents..god bless them
http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2011/06/japan-earthquaketsunami-another-silent.html
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@officerdave
have contacted
japan red cross
green action japan
hiroshima peace institute
awaiting replies
still researching other suitable organisations and supporting info
final draft of letter
To whom it might concern
Subject; Parents and children of the Fukushima disaster exclusion zone.
I’ll try and be brief…I represent some international bloggers that wish to begin a campaign to offer respite to families of the Fukushima tragedy from the radioactive pollution that continues to build up in the surrounding areas of Japan, based on lessons learnt from Chernobyl.
The first step of the campaign is to develop a web site with a professional administrator that will act as a base to begin the campaign. This is already underway.
Step two is contacting a Japanese related NGO or other relevant organisations and individuals and step 3 is the PR campaign to secure homes or rooms around the world for disadvantaged\homeless Japanese families.
It seems that there is a lot of understandable negativity surrounding the disaster, however, the idea that people can be empowered to help create a more constructive and more positive way forward has resulted in me receiving very supportive feedback. I and others wish to encourage this positivity.
Could you advise, refer or support this campaign in any way? I think it is important for this campaign to focus on and keep intact homeless or destitute parents and children to minimize trauma.
This situation is unlike the Ukraine where children are sent away from their for certain periods to reduce their annual dosage as the particulates in the air are not reducing in Japan and I not going to mention issues surrounding spent fuel pool 4 etc.
The visa situation can be fast tracked when the Japanese Government lawyers realise that they can mitigate their long term costs (they have promised to underwrite TEPCO) by supporting this campaign. A Japanese family should be able to then leave Japan for a 3 month period. That would be a start. Then we need the housing or room offers.
At least this campaign could give hope to these families. Most European countries and others have highly developed social services and charities that could cope with such an influx of parents and children and most have good health support services and health charities. This could be made to work.
It seems that the media is slowly waking up. So now it seems is the time to begin such a campaign. I hope you agree.
If you wish to follow up on this matter, please feel free to contact me at sean.mcgee2@btinternet.com
I humbly await your response with anticipation
Yours sincerely
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This is fantastic! Bravo for being proactive and compassionate. We are not helpless in the face of calamity! These actions raise the bar for everyone to become active in ways of saving and healing for these poor people. God bless you!
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Capital job, good progress! =)
Try and contact New Zealand and Australian Red Cross and some universities and elementary schools and see if they are interested in getting at least the youth out of Japan!
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great idea bro
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I think it was kind and hospitable of the Russians to offer their own country for resettlement, for all Japanese to relocate to Russia!
http://zeenews.india.com/news694187.html
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20110313/162985847.html
Adult-themed psychosexual aspects of previous radiation effects and bombings of Japan were covered in the movie, “Hiroshima Mon Amour” (1959).
This was a “romantic, poignant movie about leave takings and responsibilities”.
“Right here in the middle of Hiroshima! It’s still the same old story. A fight for love and glory.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshima_mon_amour
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052893/
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cracking link to the russian article…Vladimir Zhirinovsky an ultra right wing nationalist coming out with a comment like that…wasnt reported on the BBC…what are russian liberals like then? the warring peoples of the west need to hang our heads in shame!! i am seriously confused now….errr ummm…i need to think about this..!?!?
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right…this is my take on world events…obama is stalin, he runs a police state with loads of prisons and like to invade other countries and persecute hippies with liberal inclinations..Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is john f kennedy he believes in free speech and doesnt like obamas warlike western ways…pravda is now the bbc with a comic book insert called fox….the bbc and the free western press is now the state owned pravda like thing …it must be the flouride i suppose….the russian free world has put a shot across the evil western union about haarp (which is a type of beer in ireland)…and it really doesnt matter anyway cos were all going to get smurfed by a gigantic rock called eileen (a good irish name)… there i think ive got the situation sussed!!! exept the irish link of course!!
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Well, you have some good points. Rampant capitalism has creates the Japan nuclear incident. Now Russia (Putin) is not capitalistic enough yet, too close to Japan and knows by logic (and Cernobyl experience) how bad Japan accident means. There is no reason why experience from Cernobyl cannot be applied to Fukushima (which is 20 times or more worse). It is likely also that a lot of the news reporters in Western World do not even know much about nuclear disasters/ radiation.
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Well, I can think of another campaign that needs all of our thinking caps pointed in the same direction… How do we sue, via the freedom of information act, for the data being collected around the world? Not only are our military, colleges, governmental agencies collecting this data, but so is the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, which has been apparently sharing all of it’s data with member states… umm… that includes the USA…this is the data set that had been utilized in various plume models from nilu, to ZAMG… all now down.. One has to wonder about the timing of ZAMG no longer providing data and the timing of the CTBTO meeting in Vienna on 6-8 through 6-10.. we taxpayers have paid for this data and it is pertinent to our health and well being to have access to the scientific truth of the matter.
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any lawyers on the blog?? issues around section d in england emergency article 16 (ithink) in japan ……as were at war does the freedom of information act apply…in which contries….maybe internetional lawyer of somekind to find loopholes.
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+100
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I’m not a lawyeR but I think you sue directly (there must be some court cases in the US re. people who were injured/ died when not properly notified of a wild fire) and then make sure you publicize enough your action. If you publicize enough – you become Erin Bronkowick of Japan nuclear accident in the US, lawyers will be flowing in. Environmental lawyers who worked on large pollution (class action) cases should be able to help. Once radiation is in the US – it is not an international law issue anymore.
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Oher lawyers could be those that worked on the 9-11 responders’ cases, gas fracking accidents in West Virginia, any Gulf oil legal actions, azbestous, etc…
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CTBTO NOW HAS DATA
http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?p=3357619#post3357619
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I was trying to figure out how much taxpayer money went to CTBTO… this is the most recent figures I found…one would think we spend roughly 15 to 20 million or so a year…
“…yet, the new costs could come at a time that the CTBTO might receive less money from state signatories. For example, the Bush administration’s fiscal year budget request to Congress for the CTBTO is $14.35 million, which falls short of the assessed U.S. contribution for the coming year by approximately $4 million. CTBTO’s 2005 annual budget is $105 million.” from http://www.armscontrol.org/print/1774
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Off-topic. Here is the ..international hazard map…
Look at the various hazards.
Some are very “interesting”… for lack of a better word.
What is going on here?
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/woalert_read.php?edis=BH-20110610-31102-USA
Also..someone please notice the areas surrounding the GOM.
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php?lang
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as an aside, i reported last week that fukushima was taken off the map last week..as well as the ikata power plant put at the other side of the penninsula (safe side). you could see quite alot of distruction behind it after i traced the power lines to the proper place..it seems to be back in place now ….interesting
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local new the past couple days warned people to thoroughly wash fruits and veggies due to pesticides. Then the next day went on further to recommend peeling them before you eat.
They have been spraying crops for decades why now make it an issue? Leads me to somewhat think that crops are contaminated… just my thoughts towards the matter…
anyone else hear anything about this/thoughts?
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Local…what county/state you live in?
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denver co.
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Yes, it seems the fruits have some radiation on them. Washing and cutting the skin would remove a high percentage of radiation. If they were worried about pesticides they would have asked they be discontinued and fruits recalled.
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Won’t wash out any hot particles, like those found on the dandelion leaf in Japan.
Have to consider an average of 5 hot particles per person in Seattle, and 10 per day in Tokyo (A Gundersen).
I think it is 0.347 hot particles a day is a safe level with 5 per day a large risk for cancer.
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Here are some relevant excerpts from the above quoted report (dated from the 1970s but still seems relevant) http://www.hss.doe.gov/healthsafety/ihs/marshall/collection/data/ihp2/2968_.pdf
Seems to indicate that inhaling 5 or more “hot particles” (as defined below, and including Plutonium, for example) is a huge amount compared to the maximum recommended dose based on research at the time. Cancer risk is extremely hig.
“a hot particle is defined as a [n alpha-emitting] particle that contains sufficient activity to deliver at least 1000 rem/yr to the surrounding lung tissue. For isotopes having half-lives greater than one year, this would correspond to particles containing at least 0.07 pCi of alpha activity.” (p.51)
“we recommend that the MPLPB for members of the public be 0.2 hot particles, and the average lung burden for members of the public be 0.07 hot particles, a factor of 3 less than the maximum.” (p. 45)
[it is recommended that...] For accidental releases exposure (10 CFR 100.ll(a) (l)) MPLI’B (2 hours exposure) = 10 hot particles” (p. 52)
“[...]the existinq biological evidence strongly sugqests
that an insoluble particle of respiratory tissue represents a risk of cancer induction of between 1/1000 and l/10,000.” (p.41)
[regarding experiments with Beagles exposed to Pu 239]:
“All of these experiments involved intense exposures
and a significant level of carcinogenesis. Severe damage
and disruption of tissue were associated with the exposures.
The most relevant lung experiment is Bair’s Pu
23902 inhalation study with beagles. Exposure was to
particulate of 0.25 u or 0.5 u median diameter; burdens were
in the uCi range. Twenty of the 21 dogs that survived more
than 1600 days post exposure had lung cancer. Many of these
cancers were multicentric in origin. The cancers again
appeared in conjunction with severe lung injury. Since the
natural- incidence of the disease is small, it appears that
at this level of exposure the induction of lung cancer is a
certainty durinq the normal beagle life span. At the same time,
time, since the pathological response is saturated in this
experiment, it is inappropriate to draw any inference about
the magnitude of the response at smaller burdens. The smallest
burden (at death) in a dog showing lung cancer was 0.2 uCi.
Presumably this would correspond to a particle burden of
about 10^7 particles. Burdens which are smaller by orders of
magnitude may still induce a substantial incidence of cancer.
Indeed, the cancer risk may, as for skin and soft tissues,
correspond to a risk per particle in the neighborhood of
1/1000 to 1/10,000.”
http://www.nuc.berkeley.edu/node/4459
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according to chernobyl info apple skins\pectin is good for removing heavy metals from your system i believe…dont have a link as im busy on something…begs the question about radioactive contamination of apple skins though…wash in boron perhaps?? anyone..
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-14/japan-s-richest-man-challenges-nuclear-future-with-nationwide-solar-plans.html
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Question for anyone…
Please answer with general location info, ie: NW, SW, ect…
Has anyone else noticed the sky being mostly overcast lately?
I mean, not a hint of a sunny day for a while now. Just dull overcast. Day and night. Granted, being from the Coastal Mid NW USA, I am used to the rain, overcast, ect.. but this is not right, something is not right. The last sunny day we had here, one day two weeks ago, the planes were up, traveling north to south. Then overcast again. Is it just me, or has anyone else across the country observed this?
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By planes I mean not the normal air traffic, you don’t normally see two or three aircraft travelling together, at high altitude, going the same direction.
Today at work, I also saw the nat guard moving equipment through town. normally this would not be noticed except they had groups at various “checkpoints” standing with safety vests on, radios, and clipboards in hand…
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Yes, I heard somewhere it had to do with CsCl (Cesium Chloride) – ionizing radiation has an effect on cloud cover, similar to the effect of silver iodide (used in cloud seeding):
http://www.nuc.berkeley.edu/node/4459
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My latest video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soYYeUTAyvA
Evidence that Tokyo is contaminated. Documentation from a radiation measuring centre at a hospital. I bet they didn’t think people would be looking at this!.
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seriously well done dude….please redo this video…find a mate who could help you with production, or advertise in your local paper\blogs, your fantastic research deserves a bit more proffessionalism. unlike my spelling…keep up the good work bro
love light and peace…
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GLOBAL RADIATION LEVELS DECLINING – CHARTS
http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=480200&page=615
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Numbers are from CTBTO (Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Org.).
Some go up to June 2011.
However, numbers are not there for the last few days and not much detail for actual cities. (Levels can be patchy, concentrating in one small location or another due to different wind or rainfall patterns).
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CANCER AND LOW-LEVEL IONIZING RADIATION
[Back in 1977 they knew that no level was a safe level for radiation]
- Article by Karl Z. Morgan of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
http://books.google.ca/books?id=aAoAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA30&lpg=PA30&dq=safe+level+rems+per+year&source=bl&ots=UGY2rUS3Ck&sig=xh1hDzg-rsOwju_GD17KKXP3Mec&hl=en&ei=dE74TbPPKtLbiALP043-DA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q&f=false
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CONSTANT GREY CLOUD COVER IN PACIFIC NW
We’re starting to get some sunny days here now. But, we did have a constant grey cover just about all through the Fukushima disaster. The CTBTO says levels are generally decreasing. So, what causes the greyness?
Possibly Cesium Chloride which acts like silver iodide (used in cloud seeding).
Cesium Chloride
Cesium-137 is usually found as Cesium Chloride, and can be used as a weapon in radiological terrorism:
http://www.chemcases.com/nuclear/nc_17.html
“Nuclear experts say the main elements released are radioactive cesium and iodine. They can combine with the salt in sea water to become cesium chloride and sodium iodide, which are common and abundant elements and would readily dilute in the wide expanse of the Pacific, according to Steven Reese, director of the Radiation Center at Oregon State.”
So, I’m wondering if we’re getting cesium chloride from the ocean now through rain or other precipation, in fog, or just moisture and vapour.
And, this is greying out the sky and causing a constant overcast[?]
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http://www.nbcactionnews.com/dpp/news/national/diplomat-says-minuscule-radioactive-fallout-reaches-california
“Nuclear experts say the main elements released are radioactive cesium and iodine. They can combine with the salt in sea water to become cesium chloride and sodium iodide, which are common and abundant elements and would readily dilute in the wide expanse of the Pacific, according to Steven Reese, director of the Radiation Center at Oregon State.”
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HOT PARTICLES – WHAT ARE THEY?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_particle
A hot particle is a small, highly radioactive object, with significant content of radionuclides. Because radioactivity can be inherent to a substance or induced, and there are many initial sources of radioactivity, hot particles can originate from a multitude of sources.
[edit]Attributes
Hot particles present significant health hazard when ingested or entered the body by other means. They are several orders of magnitude more dangerous than the same amount of radiation emitted from a large source over the whole body because if ingested or inhaled, they do damage to cells at close proximity.
The size of hot particles contained in nuclear fallout ranges from 10 nanometers to 20 micrometers for the worldwide fallout; particles present in local fallout are significantly larger (100 micrometers to several millimeters).
Hot particles can consist of tiny specks (~10 micrometers sized) of nuclear fuel (so-called fuel fleas, due to their tendency to become electrically charged and then jump from surface to surface), or of other material activated by exposure to neutron radiation.
Hot particles can be identified by a Geiger counter, or by autoradiography. Their age and origin can be determined by their isotopic signature.
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1 cm – the width of your little finger (approx)
1 micrometer = 1 millionth of a meter
= 10^-6 meters
Think of dividing a 1 metre ruler into cm.
1 m = 100 cm = 3.28083989501312 ft
(2.5cm = 1 inch)
1 cm = 10^-2 m = 1/100th m
Now, divide that cm into ten thousand.
1/10,00th of 1 cm -> 10^-4 cm = x * micrometers?
10^-4 cm = ? m
10^-4 cm x 10^-2 m/cm = 10^-6 m
So, one micrometer is one ten thousandth of a centimeter.
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Or,
one micrometer is one millionth of a meter, which is one ten thousandth of a centimeter.
Like a hair’s width, I guess …
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Or a thousandth of a millimeter:
1/1000 x 1/1000 m = 10^-6 m = 1 micrometer
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@Pu239
Here is a nice mental reference to get some perspective.
1mil (1/1000 inch) = 25.4 um (microns)
A typical kids blond hair is usually on the order of half a mil to maybe 1 mil, hence 12um to 25 um.
You can still see 1um of resolution with a middle of the road optical microscope. You won’t be able to see 1um it with the naked eye.
A rather high end optical microscope will let you see down to about 1/10 um but it will be very fuzzy with a very shallow depth of field.
And that is on the order of maybe 1um or so. Which means that you can’t look at much of the vertical at any one setting. Sort of like being very near sighted and climbing up the side of a building. You can’t see very far either up or down, but what is close to you just fine.
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And I would make the case that lots of the fallout we are dealing with is very submicron.
Which more than sucks. No getting away from it and it gets in to EVERYTHING!
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@Pu239
I am near Portland and I am color blind.
Are you saying that the grey of the clouds is different than “normal”??
Everything looks classic PNW grey skies to me, and I have been looking at it for over 50 years now. It all looks quite normal to me, but I am not qualified to assess colors.
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TEPCO. not so important news but here you go
“worker internal exposure because he took off his mask to smoke a cigarette”………
http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=soc_30&k=2011061500807
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RE: Hot particles…I believe you are referring to this (12 June) video made by Arnie Gunderson (first one embedded on the webpage) telling why hot particles are important when considering the Japanese government’s new calculations:
http://onlyinamericablogging.blogspot.com/2011/06/hot-particles-present-in-tokyo-west.html
or at http://vimeo.com/25002205
(at time 2:10 to 3:15, he says) Geiger counter can’t detect hot particles and so air filters are used to count the number people probably absorb.
In April, Tokyo residents got 10 per day; Fukushima got 30-40 times more than in Tokyo; Seattle got 5 particles per day.
(3:15) what hot particles do to body tissue.
(4:40) Japan people reported getting a metallic taste in their mouths, providing anecdotal evidence that was the same at Chernobyl and Three Mile Island.
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I remember getting THAT TASTE too,….in about 1963, 1965, 6 etc,…in Chicago, Ill, and Cleveland, Ohio. I used to think this (smell/taste) combo was something spiritual almost-like it snapped my head back and made me feel like I was standing in the Principal’s office. Very, VERY profound smell/taste. So much like the CONTRAST materials the Dr’s like to shove in my veins before a C/T. One in the same-ish.
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The hot particles all came out in the first blast and are expected in North America in one year’s time. However, the radioactive elements are still mostly contained and slowly leaking. Gamma rays are the third thing Arnie mentioned and I think that those came with the hot particles?
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Live cam: Heat thermals from all four reactors is clearly seen during the night.
These gamma rays means a lead shielded future.
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The hot particles were here all through the month of April, as measured on air filters in Tokyo and the West Coast of N America.
Also autoradiographed on dandelion leaves in Japan.
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Whata balooney: hot aggressively radioactive particles circled the earth in 2 weeks, causing sudden storms etc … and are coming out in ever increasing amounts.
All electrically charged particles are also guided by earth magnetic flux AND electron beams feom wherever … for example DUGA3 -like de vices. Who could understand the pure evil behind DUGA3 masters in r0me? There one needs a walk through in Dachau.
DUGA3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqX6bXYnNFA
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I think we may have just discovered that the rock the reactors are sitting on is a little softer and more dangerous than we thought:
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http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=480200&page=615
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Oh dear, I’ve just found a paper about the geology written in English:
https://ir.kochi-u.ac.jp/dspace/bits…/1/N022-04.pdf
The Taga Group and its Tomioka Formation are indeed Quarternary – Late Miocene/Early Pliocene. Much younger than I had assumed and so likely to be much softer and more wobbly in an earthquake.
Deary me.
Great find! I’ve passed it on for comment. It’s from 1973 it seems, not long in geologic time for sure but maybe the region is better understood now.
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Some follow-up posts:
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Originally Posted by biffvernon
See post 9753:
” it has been long known that around the Fukushima Daiichi Plant is sedimentary rock Taga Group; around the plant this rock is called the Tomioka Formation, whch is made of coarse sandstone (or Grit) and tuffaceous siltstone.”
Yes, but the professor is also saying:
I have talked with some of my colleagues (geology professors) today, and some of them knew for many years/decades that the bed rock of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuke Power Plant is soft sedimentary rock.
Why would he (they) be worried about geological issues if it would only concern some areas outside the plant area? It makes no sense.
I think it is this very mixture of siltstone/sandstone that they think is “soft”. And I think it is also this “soft” siltstone/sandstone that they believe is below the Daiichi plant.
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One more paste:
Why would he (they) be worried about geological issues if it would only concern some areas outside the plant area? It makes no sense.
Right, to summarise, I think what we now know is that we have some soft, Quaternary, deposits, maybe fluvial or marine alluvium, to the north and south of the site. That would not be sensible to build anything very heavy upon.
The plant itself is built on the Tertiary Sandstone/siltston/mudstone complex known as the Tomioka Formation. It’s perhaps not ideal but was judged strong enough to support heavy buildings.
800 metres below is the granitic basement. This outcrops at the surface a few kilometres inland.
That granitic basement has a couple of major shear zones trending NNW-SSE a few km west of the plant.
And to speculate, rather than what we know, if those shear zones are potentially active (and the fact that there has not been a major earthquake on them for 400 years does not mean they aren’t potentially active) then building a nuke on Tertiary sediments a few km away might be judged, generously, as hoping for the best.
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Areva sees no “nuclear winter” after Fukushima
***”Fundamentals are backing up nuclear,” she said, adding that despite the German and Italian decisions, more European countries continued to support nuclear power, citing Britain, Poland, the Netherlands, Slovakia and Slovenia.
Beyond Europe, the United States, India, China and South Africa have also said they would go ahead with plans to develop more nuclear power projects.
“We are absolutely not in a situation of nuclear freeze.”
Lauvergeon said, she expected strong demand from Asia in particular, a region in which Areva expects half of the world’s new nuclear capacity to be built by 2025.***
http://www.sharenet.co.za/news/Areva_sees_no_nuclear_winter_after_Fukushima/fe6a1cc4c22c22a2aae2643ce4b40dc9
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Tokyo starts radiation checks at 100 locations
National Jun. 15, 2011 – 03:57PM JST
http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/tokyo-starts-radiation-checks-at-100-locations
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Regulator says Lynas radiation impact report not good enough
By Shannon Teoh June 15, 2011
***KUALA LUMPUR, June 15 — Local regulators Atomic Energy Licensing Board (AELB) admitted today that the radiological impact assessment (RIA) of the controversial RM700 million rare earth plant in Kuantan was incomplete and that Australian miner Lynas Corp would have to submit another before it is allowed to operate. ***
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/regulator-says-lynas-radiation-impact-report-not-good-enough/
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Dairy Farmers Fight Radiation with Boron
06/14/2011 12:05:00
http://www.foodconsumer.org/newsite/Safety/chemical/dairy_farmers_fight_radiation_with_boron_0614110707.html
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Hot Particles and Radiation Underestimates
Posted by: Dragonslayer on Earth News
Fairwinds – “Original estimates of xenon and krypton releases remain the same, but a TEPCO recalculation shows dramatic increases in the release of hot particles. This confirms the results of air filter monitoring by independent scientists. Fairewinds’ Arnie Gundersen explains how hot particles may react in mammals while escaping traditional detection. Reports of a metallic taste in the mouth, such as those now being reported in Japan and on the west coast, are a telltale sign of radiation exposure.”
http://www.pej.org/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=8810
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Radiation-Detecting Timepieces
The Polimaster PM1208M Geiger Counter Wristwatch Will Protect You
http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/polimaster
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Off-topic..
I can’t resist. LOL
http://geology.com/news/2011/heart-shaped-meteorite-found-in-colorado.shtml?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Geologycom+%28Geology.com%29
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Alex’s latest report from Japan (June 15)
Comments on farmer suicide, Italy votes for No-Nukes & dosimeters for Japanese school children:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-3-H-v3DsE&feature=uploademail
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Alex keeps sellin only issues already leaked somewhere else Рalways steers far away from the dead center Рjۤuits, knights of m@lt@, popeye ctrl: biggest shareholder, also biggest goldteeth vaults under yes-we-can oops I meant vat-i-can
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Latest Leuren Moret interview.
Mega-tsunami, total melt-through, radiation levels and illnesses:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L3BHnI1A_Y&feature=uploademail
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This is heavy explosive stuff. Pacific Tsunami -weapon. One big goal by “them”.
Who are “they” ?
http://wp.me/pwIAV-19 (repost)
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Some excerpts; “9:00 testing to weaponize tsunamis around the pacific rim after 1958″
24:00 “After inauguration, Bill Clinton came, put his hand on Obamas shoulder and said: “This is your executor…”
See here Red Mass; who controls thes satanist jۤuits;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3edVd6-SJgs
Ignatius of Loyola, founder of papal jesuit order:
Old dictionaries contain the word ‘jesuit’.
Below it ‘jesuital’
Below that, ‘jesuit assasin’ …their main trade.
Jordan Maxwell; Vatican Assassins 1 of 12
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cZmusIClD4
See also
www angelfire com/on/3angels/vaticannazis.html;
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Funny how this site went down for hours … just after this comment.
Whatever, watch the video!
26:00 “Sellafield nuke plant dumping of radioctive waste into the sea, resulted in the death of 25.000.000 indian babies
…”Average person in Tokyo inhales 10 hot radioctive (Strontium etc) particles in a day, US coast its 5 particles per day.” All this depends of course how the wind patterns swirl; one could get a “direct hit” from fucu – or none during ‘an average’ day…
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betaflare,
I’m having trouble finding the video you are referring to here.
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@anne please define, I tested all above and they work.
Note that computers trying connection to these kind of links are under heavy attack, some servers deny your request and then maybe your net goes “mystically” down for days weeks or totally. Depends… but virus attacks go up 100x after visiting these sites (not from the sites but from the vat-i-can clowns who hate these revelations)
The problem? There is one link in need of parsing; sometimes here was a limit of two links, thus the 3rd link above has to be “self repaired” with the prerequisite dots …
www angelfire com/on/3angels/vaticannazis.html;
Here repaired. Pls inform if need smtg more.
http://www.angelfire.com/on/3angels/vaticannazis.html;
See also http://wp.me/pwIAV-19 (repost)
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I just figured it out:
Lauren Moret’s latest interview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L3BHnI1A_Y&feature=youtu.be
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for those that cannot afford a geiger counter here is a free alternative
http://www.zedge.net/ringtones/634011/geiger-counter-ringtone/
free ringtone, no popups no registration.
After installing in my phone some girl name Milly Seeverts keeps buggin me
lol
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NEW RELEASE !
My latest Fukushima video (music):
Gentle Rain
http://www.youtube.com/user/jazzflutist?feature=mhum#p/a/u/1/oPh9xopwAiw
(flute improvisation on Gentle Rain and Here’s That Rainy Day).
Ok, it’s not perfect, but it’ll do for now. I even put enenews.com in there.
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Sorry for being the messenger of this very sad information. Tanuki dog is very sick. You can see him now on the Tepco cam in the foreground. Look at the bottom of the cam to the right where you’ll see the little ‘platform.’ Just in front of it and to the left, down to the ground, you’ll see a fuzzy whitish shadow which goes grey when the dog rolls over. It was on it’s back or side before, didn’t know what it was, then it tried to get up with paws in the air and fell back down. You can barely see him now but he’s there, if you watch a few minutes you may see his head pop up. If I’m wrong someone please whack me one! It’s almost worse for me seeing/thinking about the animals versus the humans suffering agonizing deaths from the radiation because at least you can tell the humans ‘hey, get the hell outta there!’ No one is going to hold Tanuki dog’s paw in his final moments. I pray all these animals don’t suffer long, maybe wishful thinking.
http://www.tepco.co.jp/nu/f1-np/camera/index-j.html
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soul vibrating bs
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Soul? What soul? ‘Soul’ is a moot issue once the life force leaves 3D. Open your eyes, what you can’t see will hurt you. First the animals, then the humans at the top of the food chain. Life on earth is negatively affected by ionizing radiation, in massive or continuous small amounts. What happens to the dog is happening to the men in white suits that check the grounds around R1. The dog was fine until it rained. Starvation may have saved him until he needed to drink water.
Tanuki dog would be a great mascot/symbol for global nuclear energy production! When the dog dies, all nuclear energy reactors should be dismantled, while scientists figure out how to clean up the mess for the next thousand years.
You can see the dog jump up on the ‘Fuku1live’ link below. He was spotted on the 15:00-16:00 cam before this one, where he attempted to get up, then fell back. He’s pretty much staying there the entire time, even with the incoming rain in the following 17:00-18:00 cam.
2011.06.16 16:00-17:00 / 福島原発ライブカメラ (Live Fukushima Nuclear Plant Cam)
http://www.youtube.com/user/fuku1live#p/u/7/DbPrt7PFKZs
(Now watch Tanuki make a liar out of me…I wish.)
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soul vibrating bs
Eh. Just one poor animal – when whole island is soon nuclear wasteland with its trillion dead radiating animal carcasses. Next the global genetic disater on all seas, air, forests, rivers…
Btw, humans are animals by your doctrine? Right?
Want to hear that this doctrine was first mentioned already in the Torah: “I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.”
The fucushima theater proves your animal theory – like the Torah: you are an animal.
Could there become any change – smtg which is greater, on another sphere than obummer AlGoreal “change”? Yes, check it out, the answer was also written in there – the answer has to come from outside this sleazy vat-i-can animal kingdom.
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