Archive for June 5th, 2011

ENENews.com June 5th, 2011 Pa. nuclear plant has 3rd shutdown in 1 week, AP, June 04, 2011: Reactors at an eastern Pennsylvania nuclear plant have shut down unexpectedly three times in the past week, but regulatory authorities say no safety problems have been reported. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says Unit 1 of Exelon Nuclear’s... »

ENENews.com June 5th, 2011 Pressure in No.1 reactor drops close to atmosphere, NHK, June 05, 2011: Pressure inside an operating reactor is normally around 70 atmospheres. But after the disaster, the pressure indicator showed 6 atmospheres in the Number 1 reactor, raising questions about data reliability. On Friday, the utility replaced the gauge... »

ENENews.com June 5th, 2011 Transcript for Exclusive Arnie Gundersen Interview: The Dangers of Fukushima Are Worse and Longer-lived Than We Think, Chris Martenson, June 3, 2011: Arnie Gundersen: Well, I am in touch with some scientists now who have been monitoring the air on the West Coast and in Seattle for instance, in April,... »

David Ferguson Raw Story June 5, 2011 At the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant, a robot sent into the building housing Reactor No. 1 on Saturday detected the highest levels of radiation measured since the crisis began on March 11. According to the Japan Times, The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) reported that radiation... »

Give Me Orwell Or Give Me Cyber-Crime Bill Davidow Forbes.com We face a stark choice between a potential Orwellian state and lives ruled by cyber-terrorists and cyber-criminals. This choice stems from living in an Internet-driven, overconnected world. Fortunately, by opting for a potential Orwellian state, we give up very little. Mention the words national... »

New super-fast biometric ID system may allow card-less ATMs MainichiNews.jp June 06, 2011 Fujitsu Laboratories has developed a new high-fidelity biometric identification system capable of picking out individuals from among even a million records in just two seconds. The new technology announced on June 1 scans not just fingerprints but also the pattern of... »

ARE CHRISTIANS BEING GROOMED TO ACCEPT THE COMING ANTICHRIST? By Thomas Horn April 24, 2005 NewsWithViews.com Today I learned that Madras High School in the little town of Madras, Oregon is the latest government institution to allow students to pay for their lunch with the swipe of a hand. Only yesterday in a related... »

By: Patrick Henningsen Market Oracle Jun 05, 2011 This is one of those Freak-a-nomic statistics that, if you were in government, you wouldn’t ever want it to be released to the public, especially during a protracted recession like we are currently witnessing in the US. No would want to admit that the Golden Arches... »

Robert Reich BusinessInsider.com Jun. 5, 2011 The silence is deafening. While the rest of the nation is heading back toward a double dip, Washington continues to obsess about future budget deficits. Why? Republicans don’t want to do anything about jobs and wages. They’re so intent on unseating Obama they’d like the economy to remain... »

Gregory White BusinessInsider.com Jun. 5, 2011 Rep. Ron Paul spoke to Bloomberg’s Al Hunt on Friday, on the issue of the debt ceiling and U.S. government spending. 1:00 The Congress will pass the debt ceiling, probably at the last minute. The catastrophe is coming regardless, because the U.S. government spending will continue to rise.... »