Christmas Island shipwreck inquest adjourned – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). A followup to my previous post on this news item. I highly recommend everyone read Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad. Great read, and interesting look into what it means to a person to be honorable. Continue reading

Further information concerning the truth in the Fukushima accident. You can’t be distracted by the noise of misinformation. – James Daly http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13678627 Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (Nisa) now says 770,000 terabecquerels escaped into the atmosphere following the 11 March disaster – more than double its earlier estimate of 370,000 terabecquerels. Although the amount Continue reading

Simple mathematics. P = (N + F + W + S) + I Where: P = power consumption. N = nuclear generated power. F = fossil fuel generated power. W = wind generated power. S = solar generated power. I = “imported” power. And this power’s source is an unknown, but probably cheapest possible. If Continue reading

Hello folks. I have been wondering what the state of the Fukushima reactors is, and since the ADD afflicted American media has completely forgotten that there is even an island State named Japan I thought I’d try to find an update. I have noticed though that the concern for our safety due to release of Continue reading

BBC News – Christmas Island shipwreck inquest opens. An Australian inquest into the Christmas Island shipwreck has heard how the captain abandoned the boat a day before the tragedy. The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the community of mankind. Anyone who has read Lord Jim by Joseph Continue reading

BBC News – ‘100 missing’ as DR Congo boat capsizes. When I was a boy we didn’t wake up with Vietnam and have Cyprus for lunch and the Congo for dinner. – Lyndon B. Johnson “Going up that river was like traveling back to the earliest beginnings of the world, when vegetation rioted on the Continue reading