The reactors causing all the problems in Japan were made by G.E. In 1975 three engineers with G.E., who were reviewing the Mark 1 reactors, ended up resigning. Their reason? The Mark 1’s containment design in the even of a loss of cooling was so flawed that it would lead to disaster. Sound familiar? It […]
The two top contenders for the 2012 GOP Presidential nod are facing increased hostility in the GOP electorate a new poll from PPP finds. Here’s some of the interesting numbers: 20% find that Romney’s Mormon religion is a problem. 30% Believe that Newt’s three divorces are a disqualifier. 61% won’t vote for Romney because of […]
This morning, Dave Weigel tweeted “Unpopular/overreaching GOP governors in OH, WI, FL — good or bad for GOP’s prez ticket?”. That really got me thinking about the upcoming general elections. The first actual poll of Ohio Governor John Kasich was released this morning. In it they find his approval rating at a dismal 40%, with […]
Only two months into his tenure and one of the GOP’s golden children from the last election is already in a huge ethical investigation that is causing members of his own party to distance themselves from him: Florida Rep. David Rivera, under an ethical cloud and facing an expanding investigation into his finances, is in […]
Maybe the news channels will wake up and realize what they are doing isn’t working: After years of audience growth, cable news may have hit a wall. According to the Project for Excellence in Journalism’s annual State of the News Media report, cable news viewership for CNN, MSNBC and Fox News fell substantially in 2010 […]
Even with Julian Assange in a massive legal fight, his work carries on. Now the group Anonymous has released a large batch of Bank of America emails, with this potentially explosive information: The documents indicate that Bank of America improperly foreclosed on several homes during the height of the financial crisis in 2008 that began […]
With the world waiting to see if any of the four nuclear reactors go into meltdown phase, the right is using this as a reason to stress the importance and safety of nuclear energy. Over at Right Wing News, we see this: Obviously, as one cruises around the Liberal-o-sphere, this means that all nuclear power […]
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy That’s video of an explosion this morning at the Fukushima 1 nuclear plant in Japan. The explosion didn’t actually cause a meltdown, but it has caused fears of a meltdown to heighten: Officials ordered the evacuation zone around the plant expanded from a […]
Today’s earthquake is another stark reminder that government regulations do save lives: From seawalls that line stretches of Japan’s coastline, to skyscrapers that sway to absorb earthquakes, to building codes that are among the world’s most rigorous, no country may be better prepared to withstand earthquakes than Japan. Had any other populous country suffered the […]
The massive earthquake that rocked Japan this morning caused a huge whirlpool, which was caught on video. This is truly amazing and makes you think you are watching something from Hollywood. For more videos, check out this page at CNN.