Published: January 21st, 2012 at 10:39 pm ET
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Title: Cabinet kept alarming nuke report secret
Source: Kyodo
Date: Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012
Fearful of scaring public, existence of document was denied for months
The government buried a worst-case scenario for the Fukushima nuclear crisis that was drafted last March and kept it under wraps until the end of last year, sources in the administration said Saturday. [...]“The content was so shocking that we decided to treat it as if it didn’t exist,” a senior government official said. [...]
The document forecast that in a worst-case scenario the plant’s crippled reactors would intermittently release massive quantities of radioactive materials for about a year.
The projection was based on a scenario in which a hydrogen explosion would tear through the No. 1 reactor’s containment vessel, forcing all workers at the plant to evacuate because of the ensuing lethal radiation levels. [...]
The Cover-up
- After the document was shown to a small, select group of senior government officials at the prime minister’s office in late March, the administration of then Prime Minister Naoto Kan decided to quietly bury it, the sources said
- In order to deny its existence, the government treated it as a personal document of Japan Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Shunsuke Kondo, who authored it, until the end of December, the sources said
Read the report here
Published: January 21st, 2012 at 10:39 pm ET
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I believe this is exactly what they did. What else do we need to know?
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Hello Anthony! Yes. Our time dates are exact also–11:08!
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Karma…good karma.
Stay the truth.
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Yup, this is what they did and it enabled everyone to ship contamination all over the place before they admitted the worst case scenario was actually the best. They still have not admitted the truth. The Japanese are notorious for hiding the truth but this time they had the approval of the west.
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“Fukushima nuke report was so shocking we decided to treat it as if it didn’t exist”
Uh huh
Elephant?
What elephant?
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And, a, er, please excuse me, but isn’t this exactly what we’ve been seeing?
…emphasis mine…
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And its never the whole truth so I expect there’s more to the story…good thing we fill many of the blanks here huh?
Many things stated by many posters have come to pass for real on these pages. As a person who wants to survive I find the resource invaluable. Warts and all.
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My opinion is the whole report is more bogus drek, designed to minimize the extent of the problem(s). My German speaking friends may catch my drift here, as the drek wafts its stench fragrantly across the vast expanses of hyperspace.
The only part of this which rings true is “massive quantities.” Yes, you got that right!
First of all, did anyone beside me note the article’s wording says “intermittent releases over one year” ?? One year assuming what? One year to a phony state of “cold shutdown” ? There will continue to be “intermittently release massive quantitities” until these monsters are brought under control, which may be 20 – 50 years, by Tepco’s own admission.
Also by their own admission, the technology supposedly doesn’t exist to ascertain the actual condition of the reactors and possibly the SPF’s, nor to stop the melted cores from doing whatever they are doing ….
Actually, the real case is worse than their “worst case scenario” (we must assume) because we’re dealing with multiple meltdowns (melt throughs), what appears to be an exploded MOX reactor, a vaporized spent fuel pool, and recurrent burning at SPF #4.
It also appears there was also an accident at Fukushima Daini, and possibly Monju and or Kashiwazaki Kaiwa.
The real “worst case scenario” appears to be far worse than the report’s “worst case scenario.” People out here in the real world are trying to piece together the evidence and connect the dots.
Of course reading the report would help to indicate if the “worst case scenario” was even a valid worst case scenario.
Reality appears to be several orders of magnitude worse than what may appear in this report.
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Sorry, I really butchered the quotes from the article on that one. A grammatical nightmare. Sheesh! My use of grammar apparently is a good barometer of my visceral response to this drek.
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that’s not the worst case,that just what happen so far…
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Defintely grant you that!
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Since it is no longer “under wraps”, let’s see it,
translated. Perhaps we too are mentioned and
should be informed of our “worse case” plight. Might
we find out through Wickieleaks, we (the people)
of the United States might have a case for the
World Court to judge. Nothing “personal”.
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I am Bradley Manning. And I think it should be given to Wikileaks! But I won’t do it. The Feds are trying to hang a great big flaming tire around my neck already (sic) already!
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If you were Bradley Manning I would have to say, THANK YOU for your courage and true patriotism.
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Absolutely agree. I’m not actually Bradley Manning, but I am fully in support of his courage and heroism.
When Elsberg came out with the Pentagon Papers, he already had an established career– respected, Marine Colonel ( I think), intelligence positon at the Rand Corp.
But Manning is a mere, lowly private, or something like that. He doesn’t have the clout of a prestigious position as Elsberg had. I totally honor, respect, and bless Bradley Manning. May the Gods of right action protect him!
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Its a thorny topic but I’ll say how Japan handles Fukushima has my attention. There are many Japanese everyday people who never wished for Fuku or war. But I also agree with ‘don’t mess with karma’ and ‘You can’t fool Mother Nature’.
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Fresh Air !
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Tried to find to embed, but couldn’t…Pink Floyd’s “Fresh Aire”–So perfect.
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Yes please
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Sorry to say that my country, the usa, doesn’t apologize for much either.
Perhaps it’s time to get over these needs for acknowledgements, retributions, for passing the karmic buck.
Perhaps it is time for all human beings to sincerely say to each other…I am very sorry for any hurt and injustice I/we may have caused you.
So, Samsung, not knowing whether you are South or North Korean, I do know that you are a human being. And I will apologize to you, whether North or South, for what my country has done to you.
I graduated from high school in 1950, so many of my generation went to fight in the Korean war. Many of them brought back scars, some from a vague sense of the injustice, some just shell shocked.
So, Samsung, please accept my apologies and realize that, somehow, we as a species must evolve beyond the use of wars and nuclear to solve our differences.
Blessings!
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it isn’t really related to the usa, actually usa helped S.Korea grow a lot after Korean-war.
i’m talking about Japan here. We suffered a lot under Japan’s rules like China, and still faking their history like they did nothing in their history-books, slaved our women as comfort-women.
I think Japan surely deserves this…
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Yes. I agree. I know about the “Comfort Women.” I know about other egregious acts.
And yes–Japan, China, and my great and glorious country, the USA — all are …
Yes. It’s true. And the USA is as guilty as the rest. So what do you think we should do about it? Bomb them all to Hell?…with weapons that will destroy us all?…or somehow grow beyond our hurts and resentments and put ALL our efforts into learning how to live together?
Just a question…! What do you think?
???
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Hating a people for what its country has done is as stupid as saying we hate all Americans because they dropped 2 atomic bombs on Japan. Kids in the USA still learn that the Japanese would have fought to the last man had it not been for the 2 Abombs. For many historians this is also a form of “faking history”, as the dropping of the bombs had more to do with geopolitical issues and intimidating the Russians who had started invading a weakened Japan from the North. Whatever history we learn in school, and how it makes us perfect victims of the government propaganda, is what we should really be worried about. SamsungKorea needs to ask himself, am I also a victim of my Gov. anti Japanese propaganda? What purpose does it serve other than making us perfect pawn for our government policies?
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It’s much more complex than this…
but basically this had much to do with it.
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So what did Japan hope to accomplish anyways? In my understanding this seems to ellude me and im sure to not be alone. When people dont understand other people the feeling of separateness happens universally. It may be ‘stupid’ but I think its pretty normal. You can move this forward if you want.
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We all have to remember we have different experiences and perspectives depending on our roads. I dont know if I like that you have strong feelings in this direction but I respect your feelings are real and most probably valid. The fact is Japan has certainly been a waring country and Im surevif my country was in their very real and painful crosshairs I can see how your sentiment vcan arrive here. I often think about Pearl Harbour….they flew here with killing on the brain. Im sure people think the same of any opposing country and I got your original point comparing the behaviors against Japan…karmically.
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Indeed. Karma is not as black & white as it would seem.
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That was a poopy way to accept an apology SamsungKorea–I am not impressed!
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SamsungKorea needs to look a little deeper into life’s obstacles… with blood on too many hands.
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@Samsung
I didn’t think that they would allow computers in North Korea. But I was unwilling to assume that without back up facts. Now you have given me those facts. Thank you. But please, as my appeal to you says, I am also a human being. That is all we need to know about each other.
So please accept that I did not know that “For Certain”, and just accept my apologies for what my country, the USA brought to you, to the South, the North, to VietNam, Cambodia, Laos, the Phillipines, Kosovo, Iraq, Lybia, Afghanistan, numerous African countries, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Cuba, Grenada…and on and on and on………and I know I am leaving out so, so many…
I only want to know when this savagery is going to end.
As a human being, I cannot tolerate the savaging of other human beings.
As a living being, I cannot tolerate the savaging of other living beings.
We must change this OR the weaponry we have evolved, created, in our vast ingenuity will kill us all. As Martin Luther King Jr. said, we either learn to live together or we will die together in our mutual destruction.
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+1000
Nice. Like a lot.
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Well put dharmasyd.
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dharmasyd, I agree with you. As well as “I’m deeply sorry” we need to ask, “what would you like me to do to change things” and then listen carefully, and thoughtfully consider the answer.
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Now we can all die knowing who killed us with permission of our own government’s that hid the truth also !
Just as here !
Silent Storm atomic testing in Australia (Fukushima Fallout will be far worse).
Goverments Lie, thats what they do !
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Thank you for posting this documentary, it is very educational. I have sometimes wondered whether that f@%$^ing british nuke testing here affected me or my family, as I was born in Victoria in 1962. Of course it will be very difficult to find evidence, since its all national security bullpoop. Its anybody’s guess how much strontium 90 our reptilian royal overlords allowed to be dropped all over us to test their demonic weapons. May they all rot in the lowest dungeons of hell.
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I to wonder if that is why the North West winds almost double our background radiation compared to strong Southerly winds here in Victoria? Very very high (short lived) readings when rain comes from the same direction?
Wonder if they were the only tests done around the world?
United States
Russia
France
China
India
Pakistan
North Korea
Israel
Looks like there has been?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U8CZAKSsNA
Wonder if people are being lied to about potential risks from weapons test fallout, nuclear power generation, mining uranium, MOX fuel production etc?
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Know anyone thats died of cancer? Its not hard to imagine a good reason and cause when watching the youtube video above! And most are still in denial and believe the powers at be would tell the truth if there were reason for concern. Very sad times
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Fox,
Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks X-doc,
Nothing has changed. Physicists (and engineers) making decisions about risks to public health, indeed! Madness.
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xdrfox
January 21, 2012 at 7:55 pm · Reply
Government’s lie ! That’s what they do !
In the extreme meltdowns and explosion’s I am still surprised it has taken so long to get it, this was a mammoth nuclear disaster from the start, nothing ever like it before, multiple reactors, amounts of tonnage of fuels along with fuel pools and the MOX factor, many of us here knew this was a game changer of all time, think we can stop rolling our eyes at the statement the Government’s put out an except the facts that we are on our on folks and always were throughout the world !
Been my stance sense from 311
Gov. lie, thats what they do !
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Yep, xdrfox! Absolutely correct!
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Absolutely.
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Total denial syndrome !
This can’t be happening even though we saw it coming !
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Very cool movie. One thing especially that jumped out at me,…a term, “biological magnification”. They got shocked how quickly the strontium doubled. Accumulation’s a beech!
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I hope folks watch ans listen, NOTHING has changed ANYWHERE 1
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Truth enemy combatant !
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“biological magnification”
Sonthing Japan has refused to talk about !
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The gubermant wants us all to live…
In a Pollyanna Rose Garden
A Pollyanna Rose Garden
A pollyanna Rose Garden
We all live in a Pollyanna Rose Garden
So long as we refuse to see!
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Instead of attacking each other I suggest dissecting the statements released by the “control masters.” (Control Suck-Up Media)
This article states:
(1)
[…] government buried a worst-case scenario […] well, “who” is the government? = Global Banking thugs who fear you may discover what they do. (Start with the Rothschild (London) Central Banking system)
That’s the first step. And believe me… they fear that you may find out what they are doing , and have done.
(2)
[…] drafted last March […] The “drafted” indicates that someone set forth a plan, as an architect employees a draftsman to draw up plans for a project. (sweet)
(3) .. I’m sure you get the picture.
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CORRECTION on a misspelled word:
BOHICA
(Bend Over Here It Comes Again)
Pronounced “BOHICA”
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American Dream…….DOA
Here’s a well presented cartoon that explains our fake money – fiat currency.
This would have served our kids well to have seen this in the 6th grade.
A house bought in the 1940′s for $20 thousand has become a million dollar house today only because of the depreciation of the dollar/paper money.
That million dollar house can still be bought today for the exact same amount/weight of gold that it sold for more than half a century ago.
The allmighty pursuit of this paper money is like the carrot on a stick that the poor horse forever walks towards but never gets any closer to reaching.
I know I’m being a bit naive, but…..
Dear nuclear energy,
Just because you CAN – make a million dollars a day using a transgenerational poison to produce electricity – It doesn’t mean you SHOULD.
Now that your profit margins have begun to fade, please tell us – Who will make your radionucleides go away?
Sincerly yours in contempt,
the planet Earth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGk5ioEXlIM
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Samsung Korea is a semi troll, a dis-tractor
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Thank you Stock. You do good work!
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Not semi, full-fledged. He shows up from time to time with racist anti-Japanese remarks, then branches out with whoever takes the bait.
If you Google “SamsungKorea enenews” you’ll see his trail. It’s not pretty.
Sample: http://www.answersden.com/current-events/now-jap-admits-they-need-to-evacuate-tokyo-i-think-japan-will-collapse-soon-773107.html
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So the TEPCO Ostrich is now seeing daylight. Any plans or back in the sand?
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VERY INSPIRATIONAL CREATIVE VIDEO
CAME THROUGH A TWEET
Dedicated to the victims and families of 9/11 and the Japan Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Crisis of 2011.
Dedicated to the victims of any tragedy compounded by not just natural forces but human error and deceit.
Dedicated to those who in the midst of this, find the love and courage necessary to get back up on their feet and rebuild.
Dedicated to love over evil.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=kgVEfCnqtmk#!
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Whole bunch of Videos here http://pinkfanjp.tumblr.com/
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Asian rap! Very cool, I liked it. Thoughtful and well done. And all the human race sings along ….
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◦ Kyodo: Fukushima may host international conference on nuclear safety: Gemba http://goo.gl/EdPnq #japan
8 minutes ago
Their KIDDING right?
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All kinds of PHOTOS I’ve never seen before
http://fukushima.org.ua/explosion-at-nuclear-power-plant-in-japan-48-pics-1-video/
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Number 33 someone has SOS on their roof. Brings back memories of Katrina. Horrific Photos! Hope you take a look…
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Hi Whoopie, I did…it will be a sad day on March 11, 2012. We’ll have a candlelight human chain and no nukes protest here in our town.
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Good for you BB. Hope MILLIONS SHOW UP.
Hear the latest? Newt won s.c. He wont last though. He has so much baggage, there is no way in hell he’ll make it. Unless they plan to DIEBOLD IT.
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Whoopie, thanks for posting the pictures. The splitting of the ground, and obvious earth displacement would be expected with an EQ of high magnitude. It’s important to discredit people who have said the EQ didn’t happen, or was of low magnitude.
What was shown here looks a lot like what was seen in Alaska after the great 1964 EQ there, a magnitude 9.2 quake.
As for the source of the EQ, and possible role of HAARP or offshore nuclear explosions, or politics at work, it’s not my purpose to debate that here.
It’s just good to see some visual evidence of the earth displacement that took place. It is the first time I’ve seen those pictures, myself.
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I suppose one could say the tsunami might have weakened the ground below where the fissures occurred or something like that, and take the argument right back to, “the earthquake didn’t happen.”
For those who assert it didn’t happen, don’t you think it would have “gone viral” if the EQ didn’t really happen? Defies logic to say that, IMHO.
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New Tweet:
Petition to STOP BURNING RUBBLE!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dFV1NWEwOVd5STNMb2ZNVzlYTWxuR0E6MQ
Mine:
Thank you for this!
STOP BURNING RUBBLE!
STOP USING CONTAMINATED CEMENT!
NO MORE LIES TEPCO!
NO MORE LIES JAPANESE GOVERNMENT!
EVACUATE THE JAPANESE CHILDREN!!
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Ever see this Building before??
Gate Tower Building is a 16-story office building in Fukushima-ku, Osaka, Japan. It is notable because a highway passes through the building. It has been nicknamed “beehive” referring to its appearance as a “bustling place”.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=884245&l=afc6077eee&id=298209856889311
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That is wicked cool looking. Unfortunately, other buildings in that area have taken on the beehive and sieve shape. No need to convince me though, I already believe the atoms are bustling at both places…
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Morning YellowCake! Long time no see!
I’m heading out for a bit. Watch Meet the Press.
Catch ya later!
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Mornin Whoopie!:) Have a fab day!:)
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Hi Whoopie, how can feeling beings exist in those surroundings? This horrible sight made me decide to watch F.F. Coppola’s “Koyaanisqatsi” from 1982 again tonight – did you ever see it? Prophetic film. It’s actually hard to believe it’s 30 years old, we’ve managed to do even worse since then….
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Hi B&B. Ooh – I love that movie. Life out of balance. I think of it often, and hear the Glass music in my head.
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Hi aigeezer, glad you like it, too….total must-see for any human who has a soul!
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They all buried this worst-case scenario, and still doing it.
End of the line is when you see thousands of marine life dying, when the oceans and the marine life is contaminated.
We are at the beginning of the end of the line.
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Morning WSP. I’m feeling rather
today with everything.
“I’m going out and eat worms”
“Big Fat Juicy ones…”
Remember that old song?
BBL
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Hi Whoopie
Yes I remember that old song. Count me out, I’ll pass on worms. lol
Just incase anyone has forgotten this song.
Click> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNPqzIAVnJ0&feature=related
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I would like to know how worms metabolize cesium, etc. They are some of the only small critters I’ve not noticed to have been affected by rads (yet). The slug and snail populations here are WAAAY down. There are not many birds around this winter, either.
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Apparently it’s been studied. I’m not sure how to interpret the results though.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8781067
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/etc.5620150608/abstract
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The article has a poll you can vote in! One of the questions asks whether you would like nuclear power plants phased out.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120122a1.html
You do not need to be a subscriber or live in Japan to vote.
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Oh yes… you may be surprised at the results to date. I was. Go and vote, pleeeeeeese.
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Ha, I’d loved to click “nuclear phase-out” AND “stop whaling”….
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For sure B&B, but they only offer a false dichotomy similar to “coal vs nuke” – pick one and one only – time’s up.
Luckily the real world is not a forced-choice survey, but it sure feels like it sometimes.
Anyone know whether the results keep updating after you cast your vote? On my ‘puter nothing seems to have changed since I voted despite refreshing/reloading the page.
I’m a bit surprised to see so much evident concern for the whales – good for them, but, um, nukes? NUKES?
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aigeezer, it doesn’t refresh on my puter either – maybe we’ll have to look next week, when today’s poll is filed under “old polls”
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VOTE!. When I voted the two leading choices were closer. It would be interesting to know the nationality breakdown of those who’ve voted.
but couldn’t 
I tried to vote again
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Ai-G, where’s the vote area? I can’t find it there. Please explain.
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Hi Ho (always wanted to say that)
On my screen it’s in a box on the lower right, with the main story left of it.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120122a1.html
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Gov’t kept Fukushima crisis worst-case scenario under wraps for months – The Mainichi Daily News http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20120122p2g00m0dm066000c.html
Kan sat on this Document and thereby spelled his fate as history will show him to be one of too many in Japanese Government that FAILED to protect the Japanese people in their time of need!
Where are Japans true leaders, or have they all been already absorbed by the Utility Gangs?
I believe that Japan’s future is now dependent upon its Women since they can either continue to bow down to corruption and lies from their Leaders or takeover meaningful positions in Japans Government and make the “Old Boys” Rule a thing of the past!
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So hey…. Japanese government officials…..just decided to pretend it didn’t happen…how childish is that…?
..if you close your eyes long enough will it go away…?
..stop with… the “spare the public” bit….you have placed your people in a position to “absorb in place”…know it..own it.
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Sounds like many other Countries, does it not?
Like in the US when the Radnet system went down!
Just he idea that so many went down and needed maintenance, was a “TELL” to me and indicated a “National Defense” reaction “for the good of the Country”...
I can imagine the conversations that were held. “Look, for God sakes these are very, very tiny amounts of radiation that are similar to back ground radiation in many places; we Must not create a nationwide panic over something this trivial”...
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+1,00000000
Heart said: “…you have placed your people in a position to “absorb in place”…know it..own it.”
Amen Heart,…..and I’ll add,…if you don’t ‘own it’ willingly, we’ll make you own it as we’ve been doing.
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Stop whaling? A wish list this must be!
Let us be kind, one to another, for we are each of us together in our pain!
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Our friends over here in Vancouver have been taking in Japanese ESL students for a couple of years. He has been telling me how that they (the students) have not been aware exactly how bad it is over there. So my friend now has been pointing them to articles concerning to the inaction from there government. Now, a few of them have now refused to go back home and are trying to get there family’s to move away from the doomed Japan. I have seen there reaction to the new information. Truely heart breaking. They all have this honor thing that they must all endure for the sake of there country. Hopefully they will awake. The Japanese government is a criminal organization!
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…revelation will rain-down,
as deluge upon parched field…
For those of you who have patiently awaited the awakening over these many decades, you have been vindicated for having held to righteous truth. Be not pride-filled, but know that the goddess has been honored by your intent to protect her creation. Do no harm to those who’ve done wrong; such justice is in her hands. Resist poisonous pride in having won this long war. Take them by the hand and together work towards healing love. Do justice to the wisdom of the goddess…
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We will move them back. We will decontaminate, even if we cannot decontaminate!
“Yoshiaki Yokota, in charge with the Minamisoma city decontamination measures division, joined the investigating group with the intention of making use of Chernobyl’s experience in decontamination plans. But, he didn’t get any concrete advice. He said that he was cornered with a reply like: ‘ In Japan, where the situation is different from Chernobyl, because it’s a small country, the inhabitable space is limited; that’s why is necessary to make a decontamination model. ‘ ”
Endo Yuko, the mayor of Kawauchimura village, who was part of the study team … stated very firmly his intention to continue asking for support in a firm manner for the country and the prefecture:
‘ I will definitely return to Sendai. To achieve that is necessary to establish and implement as soon as possible decontamination techniques. ‘ ”
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