May 2011
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Red Light Politics: My Apocalypsis Watch Calendar... →
redlightpolitics:
What is this new “May 21st is the end of the world” meme?! I had marked 2012 in my “Readiness for brimstone agenda” but they are now bringing it forward?
Or do Christians get their End of Days a year ahead of New Agers? Also, do the Westboro people get a special interest group apocalypses or they…
April 2011
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What exactly was cut in the Fed budget deal? You... →
pantslessprogressive:
PP: If you feel like being depressed today, check out the Labor/HHS reductions.
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Between 2005 and 2009, Louisiana's 17 oil... →
motherjones:
MJ’s Mac McClelland, reporting on the BP spill a year later, brings you your fun petrochemical-accident fact of the day.
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“It took place in one of those countries currently going through upheaval. Agents...”
– This could never happen in America… could it? | Fair Immigration Reform Movement
Just sickening. Fucking sickening.
(via bigbadcolored)
I read this yesterday and I didn’t have the heart to post it on Tumblr. But obviously I should have. Also the author is an old campaign buddy of mine and it has...
March 2011
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Japan Warns Residents Over Radiation Levels in...
Japan is facing growing fears radioactivity from an earthquake-stricken nuclear power station has contaminated food and water supplies. Japanese officials say they have discovered radioactivity above the legal limit in 11 types of vegetables near the Fukushima Daiichi facility, as well as in water at a Tokyo purifying plant. The Japanese government has warned residents not to eat the ...
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First Deepwater Oil Exploration Project Approved Since BP Spill
The U.S. Department of Interior has approved Shell’s plan for deepwater oil and natural gas exploration in the Gulf of Mexico, the first such exploration plan since the BP oil spill. Shell is planning to drill three exploratory wells in nearly 3,000 feet of water about 130 miles off the Louisiana coastline. There are 13...
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noooooo this shit never ends well
Ivory Coast: Thousands Offer To Join Army As Fears Of Civil War Grow
Fears of impending civil war in the Ivory Coast intensified Monday as thousands of young men and a few women gathered at the army’s headquarters offering to enlist in an effort to defend incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo. On Saturday, pro-Gbagbo leader, Charles Blé Goudé, called on some 10,000 Ivorians to “liberate”...
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[same old shit]
Israel Launches Attacks On Gaza Injuring 20, Including 7 Children
An attack by Israeli warplanes and tanks on the Gaza Strip have injured at least 20 people, including at least seven children. Almost all of the injuries occurred when Israeli warplanes bombed Gaza City. Earlier today, Israeli tanks opened fire on eastern areas of the Gaza Strip wounding one young man as military...
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[news from libya] first as tragedy, then as...
and again as tragedy. today’s DN! headlines from this front in the reckoning. sometimes you’re working on other stuff and can’t get to the headlines until the afternoon, shit.
U.S. Warplane Goes Down in Libya as Air Campaign Enters Fourth Day
The U.S. and allied air strikes on Libya have entered their fourth day as part of an international effort to enforce a no-fly...
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but then again maybe all these nuclear deals are going on all the time and these things just seem particularly resonant right now
when confronted with the full breadth of my poor planning and greed, i might try to repeat said errors on a grander industrial and geographic scale
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this just in in WIN THE FUTURE
Earthquake-Prone Chile Signs Nuclear Plant Agreement With U.S.
The United States and Chile have a signed a nuclear power cooperation agreement in which the United States will help Chile build a number of new nuclear power stations, even though Chile is located in an earthquake-prone region. Last year, an 8.8-magnitude earthquake caused widespread destruction in Chile. In 1960, a...
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vermont for the love of god
it’s just like, a lot can happen in 20 years
NRC Extends Vermont Nuclear Plant License By 20 Years
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has officially issued a new 20-year operating license to the Vermont Yankee nuclear power station, despite opposition from Vermont’s congressional delegation. The NRC voted on the license just before the Japanese nuclear crisis, but the ...
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When the zirconium is melted and the uranium...
helpful, no sarcasm
Storage Pool in Japan Nuclear Facility Nears Boiling Point
Japanese officials say a fuel storage pool at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station is at, or near, boiling point. The storage pool is holding 2,000 tons of spent nuclear fuel rods. If the pool begins to boil, more radioactive steam could spew out. Authorities announced earlier today success...
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[GOOD NEWS FROM THE CONTINENT] Thousands Protest... →
[apocalyptic headlines from today’s DN!]
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[but seriously, what the fuck is moral authority?]... →
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[what the fuck is moral authority?] Israeli... →
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Thousands Protest in Syria In Syria, thousands of... →
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Yemeni Generals and Officials Defect After Killing... →
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Japanese Death Toll to Top 18,000; Food & Water... →
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U.S. & Allies Begin Bombing of Libya to Enforce... →
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another horsepersyn from harper's index
[source: Harper’s Magazine April 2011]
number of american soldiers who died in combat last year: 455
minimum number who committed suicide: 407
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another horsepersyn from harper's index
[source: Harper’s Magazine April 2011]
minimum number of u.s. states and territories in which the army flew unmanned drones last year: 21
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levity
BOW BOW BOW
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another horsepersyn from harper's index
[source: Harper’s Magazine April 2011]
estimated portion of registered voters in zimbabwe who are dead: 1/4
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In an article published in the British medical journal, The Lancet, the authors of the study reveal that their mathematical modeling data predicts nearly 800,000 cases and over 11,000 deaths from the cholera outbreak in the French-speaking Caribbean Community country.
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another horsepersyn from harper's index
[source: Harper’s Magazine April 2011]
amount massachusetts has allocated since 2000 to decrease class size and increase teacher pay: $1,200,000,000
percentage of that allocation that has gone to cover rising health-care costs: 100
number of states that have applied for funding under the 2010 affordable care act: 50
number of states that have joined a lawsuit challenging the act’s...
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"$10 preemie preventive now $1,500" →
stuffsickpeoplehavetoputupwith:
Next week, the price shoots up to $1,500 a dose, meaning the total cost during a pregnancy could be as much as $30,000.
That’s because the drug, a form of progesterone given as a weekly shot, has been made cheaply for years, mixed in special pharmacies that custom-compound treatments that are not federally approved.
But recently, KV Pharmaceutical of suburban...
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michigan, too
He said the emergency manager bills are part of a larger conservative effort to crush unions’ political clout, especially in presidential elections.
“We didn’t create financial crisis, we’ve given up wages and concessions in benefits over the years,” he said. “This is about power.”
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“how’s ‘ascended into the cosmos’?
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nah, go for something...”
– The monk identified as Phuntsog, aged in his early 20s, set himself alight on Wednesday.
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a horsepersyn from harper's index
[source: Harper’s Magazine April 2011]
radioactive animal droppings found in 2009 near the hanford nuclear site in washington: 33
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“Serious Danger of a Full Core Meltdown”: Update... →
Well, Unit 3 is burning what they call plutonium oxide. They like to call it MOX as an acronym rather than POX, but in fact it’s plutonium oxide. This fuel has a lower melting point, for one, and it’s just loaded with plutonium, which is highly toxic at micro levels.
The containment, which is a Mark I General Electric boiling water reactor—we have 23 of these reactors in the United States,...
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trifling is the word
In Germany on Wednesday, the Federal Office for Radiation Protection held a news conference that described the threat from the Japanese plume as trifling and said there was no need for people to take iodine tablets.
[bringing it home]
In additional to Wisconsin's current problems, an... →
mohandasgandhi:
A State Assembly member from Hartford wants to introduce a bill that would require law enforcement to check on whether someone who’s arrested or charged with a crime is an illegal immigrant if they have “reasonable suspicion” that they are. Hartford Republican Representative Don Pridemore told Newsradio 620 WTMJ’s Wisconsin’s Morning News that it’s not the same as Arizona’s...
R.I.P. Nate Dogg →
evidence
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On Blogging Catastrophe
sadydoyle:
The earthquake happened while I was in Boston. By the time I came home, it was already huge news. The only thing that seemed to matter, that seemed at all meaningful, was footage of the catastrophes. When I had a spare moment, I’d watch it. Sometimes just the same video, on a loop, over and over. And I’d wonder what I was going to say. The earthquake, the tsunami, the volcano, the...
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DREEA THE EXPLORER: 2011 – What’s Next? →
dreea:
So this year is like what.. not even 4 months old and it might have already been THEE most eventful year since I can remember (which is maybe not the best measuring stick).
The Republic of South Sudan will secede from Sudan, we had multiple revolutions and unrest in the Arabic World –…
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Rep. Peter King (R- NY) hates muslims, literacy,...
and wants the world to know
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and then even better: Note: I will refer to... →
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how's the apocalypse going today?
pretty good
