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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 09:40 AM Original message |
Nuclear meltdown at Fukushima plant |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
1. China Syndrome nt |
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some guy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 10:15 AM Response to Reply #1 |
11. There should be a different name |
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neoralme (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 10:30 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. In what could be the vector that will change or even end life on |
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some guy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 05:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
116. No reason. |
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Martin Eden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Core Syndrome |
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some guy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 05:09 PM Response to Reply #22 |
113. I think I like this best. |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 12:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. Yeah and Lou Gehrig's disease has affected to people other than Lou Gehrig... |
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ChadwickHenryWard (692 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 12:55 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. That's a fundamental failure to understand the phenomenon. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 04:29 PM Response to Reply #36 |
99. It might hit a strata of water, in which an explosive geyser would erupt |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 04:41 PM Response to Reply #99 |
267. Yes, because that would be totally worse than what happened at Chernobyl |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 04:34 PM Response to Reply #36 |
100. So what you're trying to say is that you did not understand my point |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 05:59 PM Response to Reply #25 |
272. Actually they have a better chance there of going |
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ChadwickHenryWard (692 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 12:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
29. The antipode of Tokyo, Japan, |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 12:52 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. Antipode, schmantipode. |
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ChadwickHenryWard (692 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. How about |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 05:15 PM Response to Reply #40 |
115. Of course it translates to Japanese. Their word is Fukushima. |
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WheelWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 06:45 PM Response to Reply #115 |
126. +1 |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 12:58 PM Response to Reply #29 |
41. Wow, that's a cool website! |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 04:00 PM Response to Reply #29 |
94. Thank you for that website reference - |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 12:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
34. The Omaha Syndrome? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:07 PM Response to Reply #34 |
48. Automatic spell checkers will change that to Obama Syndrome |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 02:12 PM Response to Reply #48 |
69. Amarillo Syndrome? |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 12:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
37. Ohio Syndrome |
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peace4ever (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
42. Meltdown |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:07 PM Response to Reply #11 |
49. I call it a big fat fucking mess |
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LastLiberal in PalmSprings (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 03:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
89. The Rio Syndrome |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 04:48 PM Response to Reply #89 |
107. You mean they're covering it in Da Newz? I thought Da Newz was all about Gingrich. nt |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 05:07 PM Response to Reply #89 |
112. No, actually antipode of Fukushima, Japan is... |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 03:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
90. I propose we call it "The Minnesota Syndrome" |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 05:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
120. "as bad as the doom-n-gloomers were saying it would" |
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Drew Richards (507 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 06:13 PM Response to Reply #11 |
123. How about "The Truth of Nuclear Power" |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 06:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
125. Anyone who did their research... |
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Dennis Donovan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 06:12 AM Response to Reply #11 |
234. The Crawford TX syndrome? |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 09:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
164. Japan Syndrome would be more accurate. Tsunami Syndrome even more so. nt |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
2. NOW the company is worried...????? |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 01:32 AM Response to Reply #2 |
279. Let's put some things into perspective here |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
3. Unanswered question: Do they have a concrete catchment underneath or not? |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 12:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. Tepco is refusing to answer that question |
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makhno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 12:29 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Lots of obfuscation surrounding this accident |
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corkhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:16 PM Response to Reply #23 |
55. Union Carbide wrote the book on it |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 05:01 PM Response to Reply #23 |
109. Yeah, there is a LOT of "under-estimating" from the officials |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 06:00 PM Original message |
5/13 = 100%? |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 12:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
38. There should be. |
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makhno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:16 PM Response to Reply #38 |
54. The company won't spontaneously do the right thing |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 05:14 PM Response to Reply #54 |
114. I totally agree! This is a shame! nt. |
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lfairban (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 09:17 PM Response to Reply #38 |
162. There, now, as it was here, then. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
4. Kicked and recommended. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
5. This will take decades to "resolve" - if it can be resolved at all |
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neoralme (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 10:32 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Under existing technology it cannot be resolved. |
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Taft_Bathtub (197 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 02:24 PM Response to Reply #13 |
70. Yes it can |
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Courtesy Flush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 02:41 PM Response to Reply #70 |
78. There was no meltdown at TML |
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Taft_Bathtub (197 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 02:58 PM Response to Reply #78 |
82. Yes there was |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 04:45 PM Response to Reply #82 |
105. There are meltdowns, and then there are meltdowns |
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Taft_Bathtub (197 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 05:03 PM Response to Reply #105 |
110. That's why the term is generally not used in scientific circles |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 07:08 PM Response to Reply #110 |
129. "Technically any fuel melting is a meltdown..." |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 07:55 AM Response to Reply #129 |
236. According to Asahi TV News, it was not a core meltdown |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 01:48 PM Response to Reply #236 |
242. A breach in the containment vessel usually precedes a full meltdown |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 09:25 AM Response to Reply #242 |
282. How can you say that a "breach in the containment vessel |
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Throckmorton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 03:01 PM Response to Reply #78 |
84. Yes, there was a melt down at TMI |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 04:40 PM Response to Reply #78 |
101. Yes, TMI partially melted down. |
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neoralme (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 02:50 PM Response to Reply #70 |
80. Three Mile Island? Surely you jest. Not remotely in the same |
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Taft_Bathtub (197 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 02:59 PM Response to Reply #80 |
83. Both are meltdowns |
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makhno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 03:46 PM Response to Reply #83 |
92. Indeed |
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Taft_Bathtub (197 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 04:17 PM Response to Reply #92 |
95. TEPCO is doing a lot about it |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 04:44 PM Response to Reply #95 |
103. Ah, so that makes it OK and stuff then |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 04:42 PM Response to Reply #103 |
268. I think it's interesting to see people shitting on TEPCO for taking a step that will reduce radiatio |
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makhno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 04:42 AM Response to Reply #95 |
232. I've no doubt they're trying to do something |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 04:43 PM Response to Reply #83 |
102. No longer comparable. |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 07:55 AM Response to Reply #70 |
280. hmm... |
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greenman3610 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
6. Germany and Japan declare non-nuclear futures |
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mountainlion55 (302 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 10:10 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Sorry |
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ladywnch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 10:34 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. actually, one was just born the other day, ..... I think in Japan. |
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peace4ever (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 12:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Two-headed baby born in China (video) |
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N_E_1 for Tennis (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 12:44 PM Response to Reply #21 |
33. Why? |
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peace4ever (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. Abigail and Brittany Hensel born in the US in 1990 are leading very productive lives |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:14 PM Response to Reply #39 |
52. My goodness, they're lovely! |
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peace4ever (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:16 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. aren't they! |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #33 |
43. It's up to the parents to try. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:04 PM Response to Reply #33 |
45. They could have only brought that pregnancy to term by KNOWING about it --- |
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peace4ever (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:06 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. they did not know about it until just before the due date |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:12 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. So she had pre-natal care -- |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #33 |
66. deleted |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 04:46 PM Response to Reply #33 |
106. There is a set of cojoined twins like this in MN. They are very nice girls, here's a link |
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peace4ever (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:14 PM Response to Reply #21 |
53. Two ultra sound scans in September and February failed to reveal the two heads because |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:37 PM Response to Reply #53 |
64. Something a midwife would have figured out, but two electronic scans couldn't? |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 04:45 PM Response to Reply #64 |
104. Why do you think a midwife would have figured it out? nt |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 07:27 PM Response to Reply #104 |
136. Because they would have FELT two heads and only one body .... |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:40 PM Response to Reply #136 |
161. I guess the lesson is: don't rely too much on technology. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:18 PM Response to Reply #104 |
149. If you've ever been pregnant you know you can feel parts of the baby's body |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:20 PM Response to Reply #149 |
150. I wonder why the mother never felt her own stomach. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:20 PM Response to Reply #150 |
153. True -- maybe she thought she was having twins? |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 04:44 PM Response to Reply #153 |
269. You realize people have gone into labor not previously knowing they were pregnant at all? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 04:48 PM Response to Reply #21 |
108. And this is related to Fukushima nuke plant meltdown...how? Or are you saying that there already |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 07:28 PM Response to Reply #108 |
137. Radiation = DNA damage -- See Iraq -- Depleted Uranium --- and PLUTONIUM at Fuku-!! |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 07:34 PM Response to Reply #137 |
141. I really doubt this co-joined twin became that way from Fukushima |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 07:48 PM Response to Reply #141 |
146. No one said that -- HOWEVER, radiation creates a fear of DNA damage and |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 07:56 PM Response to Reply #146 |
147. That is why I was asking the poster @beginning of this subthread. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:15 PM Response to Reply #147 |
148. And what did the poster say in reply to you ... ???? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:20 PM Response to Reply #148 |
151. Well, looking at the thread, he/she hasn't replied. Only you have. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:22 PM Response to Reply #151 |
154. True -- and the reason they didn't reply is because it was a silly quesiton .... |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:29 PM Response to Reply #154 |
158. Are you saying you are peace4ever or can read her/his mind? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 09:23 PM Response to Reply #158 |
163. I'm saying ... |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 10:26 PM Response to Reply #163 |
165. Asking for clarification is silly. Gotcha. Bye |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 12:37 AM Response to Reply #9 |
168. sounds like an excuse to not take the road out of this mess |
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makhno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
44. Not sure how I feel about this |
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peace4ever (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:04 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. 3 things to think about |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:14 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. Larger question is the one effecting us all -- what do we do about this level of insanity .... |
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Taft_Bathtub (197 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 02:28 PM Response to Reply #46 |
71. Waste is recyclable |
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nc4bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 02:48 PM Response to Reply #71 |
79. Are you referring to thorium reactors? Has one actually been built yet? |
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Taft_Bathtub (197 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 03:02 PM Response to Reply #79 |
85. India has a Thorium reactor |
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nc4bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 03:37 PM Response to Reply #85 |
91. Yea ok - you like playing Russian Roulette, I don't. |
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Taft_Bathtub (197 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 04:24 PM Response to Reply #91 |
96. Every energy source is Russian Roulette |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 07:30 PM Response to Reply #96 |
140. Solar and Wind are "Russian Roulette" ..... ??? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:20 PM Response to Reply #140 |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:30 PM Response to Reply #152 |
159. Yes ... I know --- and agree with you 1000% --- |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 04:48 PM Response to Reply #140 |
270. At some level of scope and scale, yes. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:25 PM Response to Reply #85 |
155. What nuclear gets in guarantees is HUGE because these plants couldn't be built w/o government |
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peace4ever (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 02:57 PM Response to Reply #71 |
81. no it isn't - it is a million year problem that still doesn't have a solution |
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Taft_Bathtub (197 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 03:08 PM Response to Reply #81 |
86. Thorium Reactors |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 04:29 PM Response to Reply #86 |
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peace4ever (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 07:12 PM Response to Reply #86 |
131. Solar Thermal |
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Taft_Bathtub (197 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 07:25 PM Response to Reply #131 |
133. India's Kakrapar-1 is already running |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #133 |
243. Kakrapar-1 is a test reactor nowhere near production or deployment |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 07:19 PM Response to Reply #86 |
132. "You're not going to power the nation of Japan with rooftop solar and wind farms, sorry" |
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nonperson (901 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 07:35 PM Response to Reply #132 |
142. If the money wasted on nuclear had been spent on renewable energy |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 07:38 PM Response to Reply #132 |
143. Anything is cheaper than destruction of the Pacific Ocean and 1/3rd of Japan -- !! |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 04:50 PM Response to Reply #143 |
271. The entire Fukushima Dai-ichi plant could be lost to the depths of the sea |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 07:30 PM Response to Reply #71 |
138. Unless we are 100% suicidal and want to junk the planet, we will depart from nuclear --!! |
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a simple pattern (426 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 06:46 PM Response to Reply #46 |
127. +24,100 |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:16 PM Response to Reply #44 |
57. Answer is to vote for humanity and the planet and close it all down ... |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 07:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
134. Wish we would join them :) nt |
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mountainlion55 (302 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
7. WTF |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
8. We're Totally Fuku'ed! |
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pmorlan1 (763 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
10. Truth leaking out |
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ReturnoftheDjedi (839 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
15. FBag doesn't have enough fingers for this dyke |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
16. No New Nukes in Georgia, Mr. President! |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 12:34 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. He can't hear you... |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 03:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
93. Don't want any old nukes in VT either. Close the damn place down! |
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Bennyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
17. Check out these photos of Fukushima taken Tuesday... |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 11:47 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Wow! nt |
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Safetykitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. OMG. Was that tank twisted? Also still plenty of smoke/steam. |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 12:36 PM Response to Reply #17 |
30. amazing. |
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Taft_Bathtub (197 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 04:25 PM Response to Reply #17 |
97. It's almost like it got hit by a Tsunami/Earthquake! |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
24. this is not really news right |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 12:36 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Tepco probably knew when the reactor blew back on day three or four |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:35 PM Response to Reply #31 |
63. PRIVATE corporations will act in their own interests -- not for humanity/planet -- !! |
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Raschel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #24 |
65. What DOES this mean, for Japan, for the world? And why was last week the first time they decided to |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:41 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. They couldn't get in there due to the radiation. |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 02:33 PM Response to Reply #65 |
73. what i think? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:27 PM Response to Reply #73 |
156. They couldn't be hiding this w/o complicity of Japanese government -- and maybe US? |
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Raschel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 02:37 PM Response to Reply #65 |
75. To clarify, what does this mean as far as radiation effects, for us and Japan? |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 03:26 PM Response to Reply #75 |
87. That means that serious radiation has been leaking into Japan's ground water |
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Raschel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 05:33 PM Response to Reply #87 |
117. Thank you Robbien. |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 07:09 PM Response to Reply #87 |
130. Fukushima is right next to the ocean, how did it manage to get to the ground water exactly? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:28 PM Response to Reply #75 |
157. TONS of radiated water has been dumped into Pacific Ocean --- |
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Avant Guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
26. Before all this there was a 'nukes aren't dangerous' faction here on DU |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 12:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Are you kidding? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:19 PM Response to Reply #32 |
59. Remember Obama is pushing nuclear reactors in US!! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:28 PM Response to Reply #26 |
61. They're still here -- and so is Obama -- !!! |
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Taft_Bathtub (197 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 02:29 PM Response to Reply #26 |
72. Most of them got sick of deal with the eyerollingly bad nuke hysteria |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 07:40 PM Response to Reply #72 |
144. America needs renewable energy which doesn't sicken the population --- |
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Avant Guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 06:03 PM Response to Reply #72 |
274. Right |
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Raschel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 02:35 PM Response to Reply #26 |
74. I dunno. But there were people on here who didn't even want us discussing it! |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
76. there's one on this thread |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 05:56 PM Response to Reply #26 |
119. hmm... |
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Avant Guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 09:49 PM Response to Reply #119 |
275. Perhaps they volunteered to help stabilize the reactors in Japan |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 09:41 AM Response to Reply #26 |
238. We are still here. Certainly rethinking a nuclear approach now. |
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Avant Guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 09:51 PM Response to Reply #238 |
276. There are simple safer alternatives |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 08:37 PM Response to Reply #276 |
286. Works for me. They can use as much of my tax dollars on that as they wish. |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 10:19 AM Response to Reply #26 |
239. Dunno. Maybe to Spin and Marketing to |
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Avant Guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 09:53 PM Response to Reply #239 |
277. They can take this knowlege and..... |
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joeglow3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
27. In other news, the moon only reflects light from the sun... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
58. here's what they actually said: |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. This is another reason why we can't have PRIVATE industry in charge of |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 02:07 PM Response to Reply #62 |
68. you're saying the nhk article is spin & the telegraph is giving you the straight story? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:33 PM Response to Reply #68 |
160. I'm saying common sense makes clear that nuclear is suicidal --- |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 07:30 PM Response to Reply #58 |
139. Only 55% melted down |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 04:25 AM Response to Reply #58 |
230. Context: "end of last week" vs "Previously" vs "Now" and "Thursday morning" |
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nilram (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
60. suPRISE, suPRISE, suPRISE!!! |
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trud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
77. once again, old news |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 06:03 PM Response to Reply #77 |
122. Really, trud? |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
88. Oh man... :( |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
111. Death score card: Tsunami:20,000, Fukushima:?? |
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Corruption Winz (581 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
118. As mentioned in another post.. |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 06:15 PM Response to Reply #118 |
124. Well, |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 06:50 PM Response to Reply #124 |
128. ...and this is why the information from TEPCO...and from... |
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Sirveri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 07:26 PM Response to Reply #128 |
135. TEPCO isn't the only one making money here. Doom and gloom sells news |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 07:43 PM Response to Reply #135 |
145. So there's no such thing as truth, you say? Only, perhaps, truth that some don't like? |
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Sirveri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:59 PM Response to Reply #145 |
245. No what is inane is doomer BS and media hype. |
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Harmony Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 11:40 PM Response to Reply #135 |
166. Given that the coverage of Japan |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 04:41 AM Response to Reply #135 |
231. The media has plenty to report on to make $, TEPCO can only gain from disinformation. |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 08:16 AM Response to Reply #231 |
237. Yes, |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
121. Interesting. Nt |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
167. The DOE says wind is cheaper. There is no longer a rational reason to build nukes. (chart) |
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Avant Guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 09:55 PM Response to Reply #167 |
278. Mandate solar panels on all rooftops by 2025 |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:08 AM Response to Original message |
169. Fukushima Reactor Has a Hole, Leading to Leakage ("Disaster Worse Than Previously Disclosed") |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:08 AM Response to Reply #169 |
170. Fuku'ed and Recommended! |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:08 AM Response to Reply #169 |
171. "There must be a large leak" |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:09 AM Response to Reply #171 |
195. That comment does not evoke confidence in Matsumoto or his peers. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:08 AM Response to Reply #169 |
172. Why did the world allow them to put those nuclear plants on |
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lob1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:08 AM Response to Reply #172 |
174. We have 2 nuclear plants on fault lines in California, |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:09 AM Response to Reply #174 |
175. It's time to rectify this stupidity. Before it corrects itself. |
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lob1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:09 AM Response to Reply #175 |
176. I couldn't agree more. But, |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:09 AM Response to Reply #176 |
202. Humans will be extinct soon |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:09 AM Response to Reply #174 |
207. A map for you: |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:09 AM Response to Reply #172 |
178. Privatize Profits, Socialize Costs. |
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Atypical Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:09 AM Response to Reply #178 |
196. Bingo. |
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subterranean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:09 AM Response to Reply #172 |
215. They weren't on a fault line. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:08 AM Response to Reply #169 |
173. x-post: "we have harnessed the power of the sun..." |
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IScreamSundays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:09 AM Response to Reply #169 |
177. This has been the story since the beginning... |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:09 AM Response to Reply #177 |
179. Because people might panic!!!!! if they were told the truth..... |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:09 AM Response to Reply #179 |
186. I wonder what mass panic as they imagine it would look like. |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:09 AM Response to Reply #177 |
182. SOME |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:09 AM Response to Reply #182 |
187. I'm beginning to think that's the good scenario. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:09 AM Response to Reply #169 |
180. No One Could Have Possibly Predicted |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:09 AM Response to Reply #180 |
183. And, |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:09 AM Response to Reply #169 |
181. DU must have collective ESP. How did so many of us here know |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:09 AM Response to Reply #181 |
191. Third graders would know -- why not us? |
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Devil_Fish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:09 AM Response to Reply #181 |
208. It doesn't take much critical thinking to know what happens when you loose cooling water. |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:09 AM Response to Reply #169 |
184. I got news for ya;ll ...all 6 of them are melting down and they can't tell anyone because.... |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:09 AM Response to Reply #184 |
185. Oh, Japan will still be there, glowing faintly |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:09 AM Response to Reply #184 |
189. Ya, I'm kind of the same mind on that. I just think it's "only" 3-4 of them in meltdown. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:09 AM Response to Reply #184 |
192. ... and spewing radiation reaching ALL of us -- and melting down into Pacific which everyone on |
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Atypical Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:09 AM Response to Reply #184 |
197. Isn't this a bit fear-mongering? |
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ReturnoftheDjedi (839 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:09 AM Response to Reply #197 |
199. This is much worse on the long-term scale than the WWII Nukes |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:09 AM Response to Reply #199 |
210. What about all the naval reactors, plutonium torpedoes, and warheads lost at sea by |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:09 AM Response to Reply #197 |
205. Still don't comprehend the difference between a flash and a beam eh? n/t |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:09 AM Response to Reply #197 |
211. See, the atomic bombs stopped after a bit. |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 06:02 PM Response to Reply #211 |
273. Tepco is trying to stop that cutting. |
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ReturnoftheDjedi (839 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:09 AM Response to Reply #184 |
198. my wife and I thought about this |
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Downwinder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:09 AM Response to Reply #184 |
203. Gives us a time frame to work with. |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:09 AM Response to Reply #169 |
188. Let's be honest. They lied! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:09 AM Response to Reply #188 |
193. The governments are probably also hiding the truth -- didn't US have "advisors" there? |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:09 AM Response to Reply #193 |
204. My dosimeter says yes, they're lying to us |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:09 AM Response to Reply #169 |
190. PRIVATE companies and fossil fuels/atomic reactors -- have be outted from energy -- !!! |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:09 AM Response to Reply #169 |
194. I was afraid of this, but I was hoping that it wasn't so for Japans sake. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:09 AM Response to Reply #169 |
200. Great, if they're admitting this much, |
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Harmony Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:09 AM Response to Reply #200 |
209. Worse than Chernobyl for sure |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:09 AM Response to Reply #169 |
201. No shit Sherlock! n/t |
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craigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:09 AM Response to Reply #169 |
206. I'm not surprised. And here I thought republicans were incompetent liars. |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:09 AM Response to Reply #169 |
212. K&R. No more nuclear power please! |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:09 AM Response to Reply #169 |
213. worse than previously disclosed |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:09 AM Response to Reply #169 |
214. The DOE says wind is cheaper. There is no longer a rational reason to build nukes. (chart) |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:10 AM Response to Original message |
216. Kan orders slaughter of all livestock in 20-km hot zone |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:10 AM Response to Reply #216 |
217. Kicked and recommended. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:10 AM Response to Reply #216 |
218. This is so incredibly heart breaking.. |
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sasha031 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:10 AM Response to Reply #218 |
219. thank you for your compassionate post |
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Kdillard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:10 AM Response to Reply #218 |
221. Very well stated. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:10 AM Response to Reply #216 |
220. I think we are witnessing an epic event. nt |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:10 AM Response to Reply #216 |
222. It just keeps getting worse. Greenpeace has found serious contamination in Japan's seaweed |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:10 AM Response to Reply #216 |
223. Wasn't the evacuation zone declared almost three weeks ago? |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:10 AM Response to Reply #223 |
224. Animals are wandering around, mostly, those that could wander. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:10 AM Response to Reply #216 |
225. You know there is a good question here. Why did they not get these |
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on point (613 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:10 AM Response to Reply #225 |
226. They would have been a total loss even if moved. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:10 AM Response to Reply #226 |
227. Okay, that I understand. I was assuming that the animals had not |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 04:43 AM Response to Reply #225 |
233. Because it was a goddamned tsunami. Hell, they didn't get all the people out. |
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cambie (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:10 AM Response to Reply #216 |
228. As it was at Chernobyl |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:44 AM Response to Original message |
229. The amount of cesium and iodine flowing into the Pacific is truly frightening. |
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JohnyCanuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 06:24 AM Response to Original message |
235. Fuck nuclear power. Fuck it in hell. That is where it came from. Let it go back there. n/t |
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mountainlion55 (302 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
240. Thank you for the post |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
241. But wait...all the pro-nuke folks said this didn't happen |
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nc4bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 03:47 PM Response to Reply #241 |
244. They're around... |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 09:25 AM Response to Reply #241 |
281. Wow. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
246. Nuclear Fuel Meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi Confirmed |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 04:15 PM Response to Reply #246 |
247. China Syndrome type level? |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #247 |
250. What would make this a level 8? |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #250 |
253. Depends on the amount of radiation it releases now |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #253 |
256. anyone thinking this won't have global consequences |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #256 |
258. Like Chernobyl,distance is your friend |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #258 |
259. exactly.... and it will effect trade, policies, the environment, people, etc |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #259 |
261. On the bright side... globalization |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #261 |
264. you raise an interesting point there |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 04:17 PM Response to Reply #264 |
266. Peak oil will do it too. |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #256 |
260. Right now I really worry about Japan |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #260 |
262. oh man... I send you and your friends all the good vibes I can |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 09:26 AM Response to Reply #256 |
283. Or |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #250 |
255. At this point it is based upon total radiation release. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #247 |
252. What about L-7 PER REACTOR? |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #252 |
254. This is really bad news |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #254 |
257. And... in the bread basket of the country |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #246 |
248. Gotta preserve the nuke biz at all costs... |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #246 |
249. too many fat cats are invested in nuclear energy |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #246 |
251. Don't worry: it can't possibly be a China Syndrome -- given Japan's global location. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #251 |
265. Somewhere far off the coast of Argentina or Uruguay, to pursue a flight of fancy |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #265 |
284. Montevidean malaise. |
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Stuart G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 04:16 PM Response to Reply #246 |
263. k & r |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
285. kr |
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