Month: April 2011

The White House Insider thinks that Donald Trump has a good chance of beating Obama. In discussing that he has a deep critique of the Republicans. The dynamics of a Trump campaign – I find it a fascinating prospect. He could defeat Obama – he really could. And he can play tough. All of the…

Looking at the murderous rampage committed in response to the latest Koran-burning incident, Ed Morrissey made an observation with which I completely agree: The only people responsible for murders are those who commit them, and those who specifically incite them to kill.  Any other position eventually wipes out free speech, free religious practice, and freedom…

Via Zero Hedge. The mayor of Minami Soma city, located 25 km away from the Fukushima plant, had decided to bypass the traditional channels in requesting assistance out of disgust and frustration with the government’s handling of the disaster, and instead is appealing to the entire world via this soon to be viral video clip…

Dr. Helen raised the issue of doctors asking their patients about gun ownership, and she linked a post by GruntDoc condemning a proposal which would prohibit doctors from questioning their patients about guns. GruntDoc sees it as an attempt to limit medical practice and as a free speech issue, and I see his point. If…

Picture Source If you want to read an engineers view of the current status of Fukushima may I suggest An Engineer’s View. If you have been following my work on the subject you know that my conclusions are very similar. And why not? I’m Naval Nuke trained. Cross Posted at Power and Control

A nice review of the events of the last three weeks at Fukushima can be found at the link. It is in Power Point format. If you prefer a pdf you can get that here. You can also get daily status updates from the IAEA here. So now you know about the apocalypse. What can…

What is going on with this damned blog????? Look at the top! Holy shit! Has the unimaginable and unthinkable actually happened? I am going to look into this, and heads will roll! (I guess I can’t say I wasn’t warned….) MORE: I have emailed both M. Simon and Sarah seeking an explanation. This is an…

Here’s a tidbit I find myself unable to ignore, yet because of my lack of access to reliable information, any opinions I have are conditioned on the reliability of other people’s opinions. (How I hate that! Usually I remain silent about such things….) Anyway, Brian P. Fairchild (who has a CIA background and who seems…

There is some bad news for the Japanese people. According to the Mainichi newspaper Japan’s government plans to take control of Tokyo Electric Power Co , the operator of a stricken nuclear power plant, by injecting public funds. However, it appears that Japan has learned a thing or two from Tim Geithner and the concept…