As a defence against criticism he finally claimed: "All Some of my tweets are ignorant I do it for shock $$$$$ value. Hate it or love it. I'm an ass cool either way 50cent." You decide.
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Huh. What a fucking stupid thing to say. Ask the Iranians if a reactor is a nuclear bomb.
I have to wonder if this guy is worth listening to on weather matters, or if his ignorance is a product of laser-like focus on the subject of his work. A lot of PhDs are spectacularly uneducated outside of the narrow confines of their exact area of study.
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THAT SAID:
Using Japan's example ...
After looking at the details of 21 years of spent fuel rods still being in holding tanks within the main reactor bldgs and Reactor #4's fire due to spent fuel rods boiling water into H and O ... with cesium added...
I make this plea..
Please lobby Harry Reid and Nevada to OPEN the NUKE WASTE Depository so 60 years worth of spent rods sitting in danger next to US reactors can be put some place safe.
No more NAMBI from REID!!
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We would, but California's third senator won't let us.
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Must admit, the "news" tv has done an amazing job of not teaching nuclear energy...almost like they want just pictures of explosions and a podium to talk about shutting down US production.
All firearms are murder weapons. All cars are accidents waiting to happen. The moon and cheeseburgers cause earthquakes. 2012. Boogy boogity boo!
All we ask is your heart on a Mayan Altar, let us use obsidian, the dried blood of the earth, and here smoke on this and you will have no fear knowing your breakfast cereal murders polar bear cubs.
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#5 Must admit, the "news" tv has done an amazing job of not teaching nuclear energy..
The MSM is left-wing. The left-wing tends to be very anti-nuke.
I hate to say it but Al Jiz just did a better job of explaining the situation than our MSM.
Personally, I think we should take lessons learned from Fukushima and incorporate them into our nuclear power plant design process and push ahead
--taking note of what was said here re waste.
1. Make sure next reactor is designed for a 9.3 earthquake. Ah hell, make it 9.4. That will NEVER happen.
2. Find another place for the damned used rods.
3. Build on higher ground.
4. Oh. and BIG water towers. BIG. BIG. And manual valves.
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As I've said before, the problem we have with Muslim countries springs from the masses, not the leadership. Rubin thinks this is because they are fed propaganda by the government. I think they've been fed propaganda from the Quran over the last 13 centuries, by their blood ancestors from one generation to the next. Muslims don't say "Sultan Akbar" or "Colonel Akbar" - they say "Allah Akbar". Any leader who deviates from their beliefs as regards the infidel risks assassination or violent revolt. Neo-con commentators like to say that Muslims hate us because their governments use the anti-Western propaganda to divert them from their problems. In reality, Mubarak has had 10 assassination attempts by Islamists mounted against him despite this so-called diversionary propaganda. A less hopeful interpretation would be that he parroted some of their anti-Western shibboleths to ward off even more assassination attempts - meaning that our enemy is the Egyptian people, not their leaders. Read the rest at the link...
Whoâd possibly have thought it? Answer: Anybody who understands the Middle East. You see, the Obama Administration rushed to get rid of the Mubarak government in the belief that this action would make Egyptians see that they are simply wonderful people. This would assure that Egypt and America remained good buddies forever.
Unfortunately, though, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Cairo and they werenât delighted to see her. In fact, those hip, Facebook-using youth that the Obama Administration kept extolling refused to see her at all! Hereâs what Google executive plus youth revolution leader Wael Ghonim tweeted:
âDear Hillary Clinton, thanks to the Internet, we can search for anyone's quotes within any period of time. Did you ever try this?â
Get it? We looked up all the nice things you said about President Husni Mubarak. We donât like you. And no matter what you do, since you canât change that history, we still wonât like you.
Of course, this gives the mass media a way out since it can claim that the problem is--once again!--past American sins rather than contemporary Arab radicalism and the popularity to be derived from demagoguery.
Anti-Americanism is going to explode now in Egypt, in all of its leftist, Islamist, and nationalist varieties. Candidates will compete to prove they aren't friendly to America. Egypt won't do anything the United States asks for.
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Of course, this gives the mass media a way out since it can claim that the problem is--once again!--past American sins rather than contemporary Arab radicalism and the popularity to be derived from demagoguery.
Note that demagoguery only works if it is consistent with your existing prejudices. Muslims don't need propaganda from the leadership to hate the infidel - it's been fed along with mother's milk to them since Muhammad gave conquered tribes the choice of conversion or death.
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More from Rubin on amnesia and the Arab reformer:
What? Don't they thank President Barack Obama for pushing Mubarak out, all of his efforts to show Muslims and Arabs how much he loves them, or the Cairo speech where he extolled Islam?
Not at all! They don't even remember last month when Obama told Mubarak leave power and his spokesman said that he should have left "yesterday." Here's what the youth movement coalition said:
"The US administration took Egyptâs revolution lightly and supported the old regime while Egyptian blood was being spilled.â
Lesson One: Just because you like them, that doesn't mean they like you.
Lesson Two: Just because you help them doesn't mean they will help you.
Lesson Three: Just because you pretend that they are really moderates doesn't mean it's true.
Let me put it in young, hip terms: If America applied to join their Facebook page, they'd click the "block" and "report as abusive" buttons.
In other words, they remember what they want to remember in the way they want to remember it. America's assigned roles are, simultaneously, overpowerful bully to be hated and defeated weakling to be beaten up.
.....in Arabic - he wrote for their rap song "Shamat Al-Medina", or "Candles of the City", say all:
The candles of the city shine to tell the world what we want, dump-de-dump
The candles of the city won't rest and won't give up, dump-de-dump
The blood of the fighters is our own, dump-de-dump
We won't surrender until the regime falls da, da, da, da, da, dump-de-dump
Dig it dog? Sure to be a Hollywood Music Awards Best Rap/Hip-Hop Hostile winner. You heard it first here!
[Asharq al-Aswat] The Arab foreign ministers have now taken another important and responsible decision regarding Libya. After suspending Libya's membership to the vaporous Arab League, the Arabs decided to call on the international Security Council to shoulder its responsibilities by immediately imposing a no-fly zone on Libyan military planes, and to establish a safe zone in areas that are facing bombardment, in order to protect the Libyan people from the regime.
This of course is an important and responsible resolution. It followed a similar move, which in turn paved the way for this decision, namely the call made by the Gulf Cooperation Council [GCC] last week to the international community, to impose a no-fly zone over Libyan airspace. Therefore, today the ball is in the court of the international community, which must carry out its duty to protect the people of Libya from the tyranny that it is being subjected to at the hands of the regime.
The West and the US of course were hesitant about imposing a no-fly zone for several reasons; one of which was that there was no unified Arab position on the issue. Now the GCC, and the Arab League, have invalidated that excuse. The West has all the capacities and mechanisms to apply the no-fly zone, in order to save the Libyan people from the tyranny that is being perpetrated by Qadaffy. Perhaps some Western states, including the US, believe that the Qadaffy regime might win on the ground, and this is a natural conviction, because the regime is not hesitating to use all of its military power, let alone mercenaries. But if the Libyan regime does prevail by crushing its own people, how can there ever be cooperation with it? What about human rights? ... which are not the same thing as individual rights, mind you... What about international laws and conventions?
Germany and La Belle France were quick to welcome the Arab League resolution, even though the Germans were asking: how can the Arab League call for a no-fly zone whilst rejecting foreign intervention? The answer is simple; the decision to impose a no-fly zone will come from the Security Council, and therefore it has international legitimacy, and is not an individual act by one state in particular. Consequently, there must be a unified European and American position, and the imposition of the no-fly zone must be carried out quickly through the Security Council. Of course, this will be a tough diplomatic battle, but the foundations are in place, and the justifications are genuine.
The priority now is to protect the Libyan people, and not to offer vague proposals, such as the Turkish initiative that was announced by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on 'Al Arabiya' television channel. What is most important today is to protect the Libyan people. We must also realize that the Libyan regime has lost its legitimacy; therefore any initiative should not only be clear, but should also not aim to restore credibility to Qadaffy's regime.
What happened in Libya is of course different to what happened in Egypt or Tunisia, as the military institutions in those countries demonstrated a sense of responsibility. Perhaps what is happening today in Sanaa, or what is about to happen, is most similar to what is happening in Libya. There is now a genuine need for caution, so that Yemen is not dragged into a civil war. But what is urgently required today is that the Libyan people are given protection, as soon as possible.
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Therefore, today the ball is in the court of the international community, which must carry out its duty to protect the people of Libya from the tyranny that it is being subjected to at the hands of the regime.
A win-win scenario - calling for action, and knowing it'll never happen in time.
Why doesn't the mighty Arab League impose a no-fly zone? Because Arabs would be killing Arabs?
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What's not to like for OPEC? The price of oil is climbing daily.
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Lotsa of good reasons not to intervene, but you know you've got a problem when the Arab League is more decisive than the commander in chief.
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In Paris, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe suggested in a radio interview that events on the ground in Libya have already outpaced diplomatic efforts. A final communique after a two-day meeting in Paris of G-8 foreign ministers warned of "dire consequences" if Gadhafi did not honor the Libyan people's claim to basic rights, freedom of expression, and representative government, but top diplomats from some of the world's biggest powers deferred to the U.N. Security Council to take action.
"If we had used military force last week to neutralize some airstrips and the several dozen planes that they have, perhaps the reversal taking place to the detriment of the opposition wouldn't have happened," Juppe told Europe-1 radio. "But that's the past."
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Lotsa of good reasons not to intervene, but you know you've got a problem when the Arab League is more decisive than the commander in chief.
My guess is that the Arab League is saying these things because the Libyan rebels are popular with al-Jazeera and Western reporters, which has carried over into Arab public opinion. In the background, however, it wouldn't surprise me if Arab government were actually helping Gaddafi with money and supplies. Why help the troglodytes of the Ikhwan gain power? (Note that the al Saud family used the Ikhwan to gain power and then crushed them, after the Ikhwan staged an abortive effort to conquer British-ruled Iraq and Kuwait in the 1920's, bringing upon the Saudis the specter of British retaliation).
The United States is trying to destabilize the situation in Central Asia, speculating on religion and freedom of faith. US Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Ian Kelly harshly criticized the state of affairs in Tajikistan, the government of which, as he said, took repressive moves against the faithful.
The fighter for religious freedoms was concerned about a bill, proposed by Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon. The bill about parental responsibility for raising their children bans young people under 18 years of age from joining religious organizations. Those parents, who turn a blind eye on their children's membership at religious organizations, will be penalized financially. Adults can be deprived of parental rights if the above-mentioned measures prove to be of no help.
Ian Kelly is concerned that underage individuals in Tajikistan can be barred from attending religious rituals and services, save funeral services. In light of these circumstances, the US Ambassador to the OSCE urged the government of Tajikistan to abolish the bill, which would imply a serious violation of religious freedoms. The official also said that the US administration was alarmed about the prohibition for Tajik women to attend mosques in the country.
Indeed, several years ago, the Tajik Islamic Council banned females from attending the mosques in which there were no special rooms for women.
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If this is his 'best case scenario', I don't want to know what the 'most likely scenario' is.
BTW, Ferguson is the creator of a new TV series airing on one of UK Channel 4 called 'Civilization: Is the West History?' It reviews the last 500 years, why & how Western European ways of life came to dominate the world, and how the rest of the world has finally picked up the skills they had previously rejected. E.g. he mentions how China rejected long distance ocean voyages a century before Columbus, how the printing of books was once illegal in the Ottoman Empire, etc. Excellent stuff. I have been able to watch episodes through a VPN connecting to the London ISP.
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