California Has Its Faults (tags)
Two big earthquakes in California shook up the nuclear power infrastructure as well.
Nuke Shutdown News 3/17 (tags)
Nuclear Shutdown News chronicles the decline and fall of the nuclear industry in the US and abroad, and highlights the efforts of those working to create a nuclear free world. Here's our March 2017 report:
Suez Canal + War [1956] (tags)
This egyptian waterwat `06 liles 170 km long. 97 ft 60 meter deep. 106n miles 170 kilometers long. 197 feet 60 metreswide and 42.5 feet 13 metres deep.
Nuclear Shutdown News, November 2015 (tags)
Nuclear Shutdown News chronicles the decline and fall of the US and global nuclear industry. In addition, it highlights the efforts of those who are working to create a nuclear free world. Here's our November report.
Thi s article is based on observing protests. The police has plans for how to deal with protestors. This is by opioion of a methodof dealing with these police plans
Explosion Shuts TransCanada's Natural Gas 'Bison' Pipeline in Wyoming (tags)
The Bison Pipeline, transporting natural gas from Wyoming's Powder River Basin to North Dakota and the Midwest, has exploded 20 miles west of Gillette, Wyoming. The Bison Pipeline began operation in Jan, 2010 with capacity for 407 million cubic feet per day. This time everyone was lucky as nobody was close enough to be killed or injured. The explosion left a crater and a sent a piece of 40 foot long pipe section flying 70 feet away from the pipeline's original position, indicating that IF anyone was nearby they would not be so lucky!
Salazar Declares Shallow Water Drilling “Safe,” Lifts Drilling Injunction (tags)
Important new legal posture
Alternatives for Nuclear Waste Storage at Yucca Mt. (tags)
Instead of dumping the entire nation's nuclear waste pile underneath seismically active Yucca Mountain, why not use the already constructed tunnels as a seed repository??
July 2nd - Stop warehouse on old South Central Farm Land (tags)
First it was a trash incinerator, and the community fought it! - Now, it’s a 10 acre low-wage diesel-soot 24 hour polluting warehouse and we must fight it!
Super Heroes of the Redwoods (tags)
WOW! With gusts up to 55 miles per hour, it takes a lot of courage and dedication to stay HUNDREDS of feet in the air during hail, thunder, lightning, and severe winds. Even though mother nature and her fury tests treesitting activists, they stay strong in their cause.
Cool! It is possible to change your finger prints!!! (tags)
alleged drug dealer with skin from the bottom of his feet pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal charge of harboring and concealing a fugitive.
Documents describe human trafficking violations by DOD contractors in Iraq (tags)
With private security firm Blackwater USA under fire for its role in a recent shooting incident in Baghdad, new details are emerging about another problem involving contractors in Iraq: the working and living conditions of international laborers employed on U.S. government projects.
IPCC Report UNDER-ESTIMATES GLOBAL WARMING say experts (tags)
One scientific report which was published the day of the IPCC report shows that the sea level rise will be much more than stated by the IPCC. Here are excerpts from an excellent article posted to the Monthly Review:
The Untimely Suicide of Sebastian Goat (tags)
The ups and downs of life on the ranch.
French Fries in the American Southwest (tags)
Hike the Mojave Desert.
Are we safe from government spy plane "drones" crashing into our homes? (tags)
Crashes of drone planes flying over the USA are worrying pilots and lawmakers who fear that a surge in interest by federal and local agencies to use the unmanned aircraft could lead to danger in the skies.
The Second American Revolution : The Garden of Eden (tags)
Make haste my beloved, and be like a gazelle, or like a young stag upon the mountains of spices.
To Picket Fences in L.A. (tags)
Too many years have passed and too many fences have been built for Los Angeles to attempt a perilous, impractical and costly u-turn back to the “Leave it to Beaver” days when neighborhoods had unobstructed front lawns.
Much Ado About Mansionization? (tags)
Mansionizers—who are frequently "spec" builders--buy small or dilapidated homes, raze them and erect massive structures, often resembling sterile apartment buildings.
Garden Grove: From Where I Stood (tags)
A report on Garden Grove, from the street.
Minutemen Car Hits 4 Protestors - 8 Felony Charges (tags)
Chican@ protestors + allies show fierce determination in the face of attempted murder by Minutemen and brutal suppression by police.
Anti-Immigrant Groups to Invade D.C. Take Action! (tags)
Anti-immigrant groups are going to D.C. to spread xenophobia. What you can do in LA to support immigrant rights!
Kerry rally brings fucked up charges (tags)
Cops lie to Grand Jury to get bogus indictments on three local activists.
ABORTION SOARS IN QUEST FOR PERFECT BABIES (tags)
Those with conditions that can usually be corrected medically - such as deformed feet and cleft lips and palates - are instead being terminated.
George Dubya found caught in a dirt-tunnel hideout, 20 feet beneath the White House (tags)
"High Value Target" George W Bush was found caught in a dirt- tunnel hideout, 20 feet beneath the White House, 8 months after his defeat in the 2004 Presidential elections. "Troops clear the opening of the tunnel, revealing a vertical shaft about 2m deep. They discovered George W. Bush, sitting in the bottom of the tunnel cradling a pistol in his lap. When asked who he was, he reportedly replied "George Dubya"
Could Russian 'waterbomber' save California? (tags)
Congressmen say feds resisting massive jet that will douse wildfires
911 cell phone calls impossible (tags)
An experiment was conducted to see if cell phones can work in airplanes.
INVESTIGATION SHOWS CELL-PHONES CALLS FROM 9-11 "HIJACKED" PLANES WERE IMPOSSIBL (tags)
Professor A. K. Dewdney carries out a series of experiments regarding the possibility of making cell-phone calls from planes at various altitudes. He concludes that the cell-phone calls from the "hijacked" 9-11 planes were impossible.
ARAB-AMERICAN SAVAGELY BEATEN BY RACISTS IN CALIFORNIA (tags)
A preview of what is to come in America....
New Year's Greetings - Felicidades - from Havana, Cuba (tags)
Notes on life and politics as viewed from Havana, Cuba where 2003 has been declared the Year of the Glorius Anniversaries of Marti and of Moncada"
THE WTC WAS DESIGNED TO SURVIVE THE IMPACT OF A BOEING 767. (tags)
The World Trade Center towers were designed to withstand the impact of a Boeing 707, hence (by default) they were designed to withstand the impact of a Boeing 767.
GOP Shoots Self in Foot, Again (tags)
A look at the failed GOP attempt to do a "moderate makeover" at the Convention.