Japan: NO Nuclear Power Starting May 6th

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Friday April 20, 2012 · 11:37 AM PDT

2012/04/20 · 11:37

We all remember the dark tales of rolling blackouts and other measures that would be required in Japan until the nuclear power plants could be restarted. We heard a lot about it last year - about how they couldn't possibly continue their manufacturing or commerce without nuclear power. That turned out to be a myth.

What is real is that the people of Japan aren't going to tolerate nuclear power plant restarts. Starting May 6th the entire country of Japan will be operating on non-nuclear power. On that day Japan will awaken to a different world, one where the spectre of further sacrifice of their limited territory to future nuclear catastrophes has been eradicated.

Mayday for Japan’s nuclear industry

This is no accident: there is now very strong public opposition to nuclear power in Japan. As reported by CNN:

Public opposition to nuclear power now runs hot in Japan. Far from fading over the last year, opposition seems to have expanded to a solid majority of citizens nationwide, putting both Noda’s government and Japan’s big business community (which needs the electricity) in a very difficult spot. The reason for that is the debacle of Fukushima Daiichi—the six-reactor power station owned and operated by the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) —and the many questions that still surround the terrifying events that began on March 11, 2011.

Fukushima Daiichi: Inside the debacle

Sen. Wyden Sounds The Alarm on Fukushima

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Monday April 16, 2012 · 3:41 PM PDT

2012/04/16 · 15:41

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster is the catastrophe that everyone wishes would just go away. After all, it's out of the headlines, so surely it's not such a big deal a whole year later, right?

Wrong. The Unit #4 spent fuel pool (SFP) at Fukushima is in grave danger of collapsing. This SFP is a matter of a few feet from the ocean. Only a modest earthquake would be needed for the structure to collapse, and if this should happen a much larger explosion and fire, and a radiological release far more vast than any that has occurred so far is almost certain.

Many people, including experts like Arnold Gunderson, Chairman Jaczko, and interested observers such as myself have been very worried about this very possibility for much of the past year. Now, according to Reuters, Senator Wyden of Oregon has declared that the situation at Fukushima is "far worse than he expected". Thus, he's raised the alarm at the diplomatic level in hopes that the world can collectively preempt even more devastating planetary radioactive contamination than has already occurred. He is making a push for the nations of the world to collaborate on this problem, Manhattan project style, to secure the nuclear material in SFP #4 at Fukushima before it's too late.

This is an important problem because this SFP that's in jeopardy holds the equivalent of thousands of bombs worth of nuclear material. If SFP #4 goes bad, we're talking some very serious nuclear fallout worldwide.

BREAKING: Incredible KO Video On NAFTA-GATE

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Thursday March 06, 2008 · 8:34 PM PST

2008/03/06 · 20:34

This is an incredible story that's developing rapidly. Most importantly go and watch this video as soon as you can. There is an INCREDIBLE effort under way to squash this piece of video and that's a fascinating story in itself.

Very damning stuff for the Clinton campaign, and it's clear that the Clinton people are trying to eradicate this footage from the face of the earth. It's been multiply deleted from YouTube, etc. GO AND WATCH THIS. Sorry for the brevity, but time is of the essence!

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Thursday February 07, 2008 · 11:59 AM PST

2008/02/07 · 11:59

This is interesting. Clearly the Clinton camp is feeling pretty threatened by the recent impromptu turkee-gathering efforts undertaken by the netroots.

Their angle? "Obama has raised a lot more money because he has MoveOn.org helping him out." The problem with this claim? It isn't even close to being true.

more after the jump...

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Tuesday January 29, 2008 · 10:06 AM PST

2008/01/29 · 10:06

We all know Team Clinton has been working overtime to exploit racial divisions between Americans I didn't even know existed. Even to the point of an AP article last week, which said:

"Clinton strategists believe that the lopsided win in South Carolina could have the negative effect of labeling Obama the "Black Candidate". Which was pretty hard to take.

Now, Alec Baldwin, in a very intriguing column on Huffington Post, reports on a truly horrible editorial piece mocking Obama in the Hamptons. Please put on your galoshes as we are about to see something that's truly beyond belief. Follow me if you dare...

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Friday December 21, 2007 · 4:32 PM PST

2007/12/21 · 16:32

Congressman Wexler's impeachment petition continues to astonish. The petition is still in its first week, but is about to exceed 130,000 signatures.

Please take the time to sign the petition, if you haven't already. Cheney impeachment is on the receiving end of an incredible media blackout, and if we "netroots" people don't help, nothing will happen.

Remember that the situation was much the same back in 1973. Impeachment charges against Nixon were filed in the House of Representatives, and then widely ignored by Congress, just like what's happening right now. An outcry from the enraged public finally forced Congress to act.

Think of what different lives we all might have had if the American people had not DEMANDED impeachment for Nixon. Now, things are worse. Richard Bruce Cheney has committed treason as well as other crimes too numerous to mention.

We have a rare opportunity to make a difference. Let's make sure Congress knows how we feel. Please go and sign the petition! You can sign in just a few seconds, and you don't have to divulge much of your info.

Cheney Impeachment Petition Surpasses 100K!

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Wednesday December 19, 2007 · 1:05 PM PST

2007/12/19 · 13:05

The next milestone has been reached.. The petition put on line by Rep. Robert Wexler has surpassed the 100,000 mark. It's time for action.

Please take the time to sign the petition, if you haven't already. Cheney impeachment is on the receiving end of a colossal media blackout, and if we "netroots" people don't help, nothing will happen.

Think of what different lives we all would have had if the American people had not DEMANDED impeachment for Nixon. Now, things are worse. Richard Bruce Cheney has committed treason as well as other crimes too numerous to mention. Crimes we haven't even heard about yet, to go along with all the others we already know about.

We have a rare opportunity to make a difference. Let's make sure Congress knows how we feel. Please go and sign the petition!

Sen. Durbin (D-IL) Stands Up For America!

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Friday September 07, 2007 · 2:16 PM PDT

2007/09/07 · 14:16

There has been a lot of grousing about our Capitulation Democrats these past few days. And deservedly so, in my opinion. But Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) has just stood up for America, our troops, and what's right. Details after the flip:

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Monday September 03, 2007 · 9:04 PM PDT

2007/09/03 · 21:04

This is a cry for help. I am a regular lurker here and have been for years. Suddenly, as of last Thursday, dailykos.com and any linked pages won't load most of the time.

My browser (Firefox 2.0.0.1 on Linux) usually stalls early in the page load, displaying something like "waiting for banners.blogads.com".

There is something very wrong in Kos website-land. My internet connection and DNS are fine and work for all other websites.

How many others are having trouble? Please let us know in the comments.

Is Iran Holding Bush's Attack Hostage?

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Monday April 02, 2007 · 8:43 AM PDT

2007/04/02 · 08:43

I have been extremely perplexed by the timing and substance of the British-sailors-taken-hostage development. I have been scratching my head, wondering why on earth Iran would conceivably do this at this particular moment.

Then, on a CNN interview yesterday Senator Diane Feinstein said this:

Another guest, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), criticizes hints of military force during a time of sensitive diplomatic negations for the safe return of 15 British sailors that have been detained by Iran. "Cooler heads have to prevail," she says.

Interesting, no? Now let's also not forget that we have 2 carrier groups that just arrived in the Gulf, and wide reports from numerous sources that Good Friday weekend was supposed to be "it" - the date of the attack.

Doesn't it seem like this hostage-taking effort might be a way for Iran to forestall the Bush attack? The warmongers believe that they only have a few months' "weather window" in the spring to do the deed. But if Britain and Iran are negotiating over hostages....

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Wednesday November 08, 2006 · 8:26 PM PST

2006/11/08 · 20:26

Last week we all shook our heads in amazement as Bush proclaimed that Rumsfeld would "stay on no matter what" for the rest of the BushCo regime. After all, Rumsfeld has done a "fantastic job". So said Bush last week.

Obviously, today there was a big reversal on that element of Der Decider's Stay The Course strategy - Bush announced the appointment of the legendary Iran/Contra murderer Robert Gates to the Secretary of Defense post.

Did Bush lie about Rumsfeld?? Why yes, in fact he did. And Bush admitted it today.

What. An. Ass.

CT-Sen Dodd Appearing With Lamont Sat/Sun

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Saturday November 04, 2006 · 9:28 PM PST

2006/11/04 · 21:28

HALLELUJAH.

Many of us thought it never would happen. We thought that Senator Dodd would give Lamont the same stand-off treatment he's received from Hillary, Boxer, Schumer, Obama, Reid and so many others.

WRONG. Senator Dodd actually HAS the principles that Lieberman's always crowing about, and is even acting on them. I'm sure that there's a lot of pressure on top Democrats not to lend support to Lamont. But Senator Dodd is helping anyway.

Dodd is campaigning with Lamont in Connecticut.

Many of us - especially me - have been rankled by the Democratic leadership's unwillingness to back Lamont. And we've been burning up the Senate phones and faxes, calling Dodd and other prominent Democrats to action in the critical Connecticut senate race. Did our nagging help? We will never know, but...

Let's never forget that Chris Dodd stepped up to help the next Junior Senator from Connecticut when it counted most.

My heartfelt thanks to all of the netroots community who participated in Nag-A-Thon 2006, our "telecommunications project" aimed at getting leading Democrats to show visible and vocal support for Lamont.

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