Author: Simon

Remember my story about Tokyo water being unfit for infants due to radioactivity? Evidently it is giving one Westerner in Japan crazy ideas. “It’s unfortunate, but the radiation is clearly being carried on the air from the Fukushima plant,” Yukio Edano, the chief cabinet secretary, said Wednesday. “Because it’s raining, it’s possible that a lot…

Things are getting better and better all the time when it comes to the Japanese Nuclear Reactors in Fukushima. Take this report from 19 March, 2011. — Reactor No. 4 – Under maintenance when quake struck, no fuel rods in reactor core, temperature in spent-fuel storage pool reached 84 C on Monday, fire Tuesday possibly…

And what is the nature of an uncontrolled experiment? They are commonly referred to as accidents. Things are heating up at the Fukushima Experimental Station. Here is the latest status of the experiment. Despite hopes of progress in the world’s worst nuclear crisis in a quarter of a century, triggered by an earthquake and tsunami…

In another bout of sunshine and happiness or as some prefer, happy happy joy joy, an American propaganda nuclear “expert” says that Japan almost has its nuclear reactor problem under control. Meanwhile, officials with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission upgraded their assessment of the situation at the plant, saying it appeared the reactor cores at…

We had a reactor leak here now. Give us a few minutes to lock it down. Large leak, very dangerous. A famous Han Solo line from Star Wars. You can read the whole thing here. So what is going on with the reactors on Japan? As you would expect the news is that the situation…

We now have the definitive word on the current status of the Japanese nuclear reactor problems. Things are getting better but they could get worse. Isn’t that the way life always works? So how about better? Japan took a step toward possibly getting its nuclear disaster under control Sunday as electricity to power some reactor…

Given what has happened in Japan so far and what I expect in the near future what do I think the future of nuclear power looks like? Kaput. For the near future. The way out? We need some new designs tested to destruction. At least 100,000 operating hours after design approval. All open source so…

Yep. The Fukushima reactor #4 may be in the process of an accidental restart. — Reactor No. 4 – Under maintenance when quake struck, no fuel rods in reactor core, temperature in spent-fuel storage pool reached 84 C on Monday, fire Tuesday possibly caused by hydrogen explosion at pool holding spent fuel rods, fire observed…

Funny thing is that it looks a bit like a pipe too. Cross Posted at Power and Control

Eric was discussing how vocal opposition to a political position (where most people have no opinion) can lead to support for the opposed position. There was a link in something Eric quoted to the “disturbingly amoral network of fundamentalist operators” which led me to this review: Sharlet’s discoveries dramatically challenge conventional wisdom about American fundamentalism,…

Joel Kotkin discusses the Regressive Progressives in a video interview with Instapundit. Towards the end of the video they discuss for a moment this book: Sprawl: A Compact History The book discusses the virtues of Sprawl. Here is a review I thought interesting: I have always been, and will continue to be, a city boy…

The situation in Japan is dire and besides reactors out of control the logistical situation is not so hot either. Fuel and heating oil are in short supply. The food situation is not looking so good either. Nearly a week after the disaster, police said more than 452,000 people were staying in schools and other…

Ulsterman and his secret source are back. So you think President Obama should be impeached? Impeached? -Expletive- no. That’s too good for him. President Obama should be arrested. What’s that word you used a while back – sedition? Well there you go – that pretty much sums up this whole stinking cesspool of a White…

Zero Hedge has an article up by a person who has close contacts with Japan. Especially in the financial markets. I just got off the phone with several frightened, somewhat dazed survivors of the Japanese earthquake who work in the financial markets, and I thought it important to immediately pass on what they said. Some…

I was watching a Pajamas video about the future of Libertarianism and it got me to thinking about Libertarian foreign policy (broadly – non-interventionism). And that got me thinking deeper. As I see it Libertarians are a huge failure when it comes to Foreign Policy. I think it is because they are uncomfortable with power…

Sara Hoyt talks to Instapundit about There’s No Such Thing as a Benevolent Dictatorship. Sorry – subscription only. And no – I don’t get a cut for subscriptions.

Eric has been all over conspiracy theories lately. Start here and follow the links. Well it got me to thinking (since I had verified much of the material of one so called conspiracist): What if fake conspiracy theories are manufactured (or enhanced) to cover the real conspiracies – because, you know, no one believes that…

In a previous post on the Japanese reactor problems I noted. Hydrogen explosions indicate a very serious problem. There should be no hydrogen generated under normal conditions. Or abnormal conditions. The situation must be very abnormal. And the serious problem I feared appears to have happened. A breech of the fuel rods, the reactor vessel,…

Bill? That would be our former President Bill Clinton talking about oil. And what is he saying about oil? Former President Bill Clinton said Friday that delays in offshore oil and gas drilling permits are “ridiculous” at a time when the economy is still rebuilding, according to attendees at the IHS CERAWeek conference. Clinton spoke…

Ah yes. They do. It seems like the Palestinians have problems with Jews living in “their” territory. Five family members were found murdered in their residence in the West Bank Itamar settlement Friday overnight, after a suspected terrorist broke and entered the house and stabbed the five to death. Two children managed to escape and…