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AND NOW: House Votes To Approve Back Pay For Furloughed Workers

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The house has passed the bill and everybody will get paid.

A paid vacation that is.

Nice.

– House votes to approve back pay for furloughed workers (Washington Post, Oct  5, 2013):

As the fifth day of the federal government shutdown began, members of the House came together in a moment of rare bipartisanship to pass a bill, by a vote of 407 to 0, approving back pay for furloughed government workers.President Obama has expressed his support for the measure.

Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid supports the measure, but said Saturday that if furloughed workers are guaranteed back pay, there’s no reason to keep them out of work.

Read moreAND NOW: House Votes To Approve Back Pay For Furloughed Workers

U.S. Government Lies About Spying Again and Again … Here’s What’s REALLY Going On

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– Government Lies About Spying Again and Again … Here’s What’s REALLY Going On (ZeroHedge, Oct 4, 2013):

Government Officials Fail Honesty Standards of 12 Year Olds

Government leaders have been caught in lie after lie about spying … but keep on spouting new lies:

The Government Is Spying On Everything

Despite dishonest proclamations to the contrary, the government is – in reality – spying on everything:

Read moreU.S. Government Lies About Spying Again and Again … Here’s What’s REALLY Going On

World Must Act To Stop Fukushima Nuclear Discharge (China Daily)

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– World must act to stop Fukushima nuclear discharge (China Daily, Oct 5, 2013):

The devastating earthquake in northeastern Japan two years ago caused a nuclear leak at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. In July 2012, Alaskan seals exhibited inexplicable hemorrhage phenomena and signs of immunity deficiency. Scientists suspected the condition had something to do with Japan’s discharge of nuclear sewage, or radioactive water, into the Pacific Ocean. However, no evidence has yet confirmed that suspicion. The Japanese government has proposed to take measures to clean up the post-disaster nuclear waste by the end of March 2014. To this point, they have been simply dumping it into the sea.

On Aug 7, 2013, Japan’s Nuclear Disaster Countermeasures Headquarters said the daily discharge into the sea was nearly 300 tons. Research analysis shows that underground water is polluted and therefore radioactive discharge cannot be avoided. Currently, the Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) are considering pumping underground water into the area to reduce the discharge. By September 2014, the volume of pumped sewage will be 40,000 tons.

Estimates show that the daily outflow of underground water around Fukushima’s four nuclear units is 1,000 tons, of which 400 tons flows under the reactors. Of the other 600 tons, 300 tons flows through tunnels between the plants, polluted by the highly concentrated sewage, and then flows into the sea. The remaining 300 tons runs into the sea without pollution. TEPCO is trying to prevent more polluted water reaching the sea, via a new relief project, to reduce daily discharge to 60 tons.

Read moreWorld Must Act To Stop Fukushima Nuclear Discharge (China Daily)

Japan Prof. Evacuated Family To Australia After Finding Radioactivity Levels Contradicting Official Safety Claims

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– Radio: Japan Professor moved family out of country after finding radioactivity levels contradicting official claims it was safe — “Gov’t doesn’t want anyone to talk about radiation from Fukushima” (AUDIO) (ENENews, Oct 5, 2013):

Title: Linda Moulton Howe Interview
Source: Art Bell’s Dark Matter
Date: Oct. 3, 2013

At 12:30 in

Linda Moulton Howe, investigative journalist (Recipient of 3 regional Emmys, a national Emmy nomination and a Station Peabody award): That professor who stays in touch me, he moved his wife and his children from Japan to Australia because he was taking a radiation monitor around his yard and school where his young children played, and he was finding enough above background that was contradicting what the Japanese government was saying was safe X miles away from Fukushima. […]

The professor has said to me, “This is a country in which everything always goes to politeness. No one talks to family about cancer or sickness, and the government does not want anyone to talk about the radiation from Fukushima.” […] Now we’re talking about a contradiction between what is a political policy, and what is the reality of a few people there who are trying to get data to the rest of us on the outside. […]

Full broadcast available for subscribers here – Now available on YouTube here

Top Nuclear Official: Fukushima ‘Causing Irreversible Radioactive Damage To The Environment’ – TEPCO’s Management Standards ‘Extremely Low’ And ‘Significantly Deteriorating’

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– ‘Significantly Deteriorating’: Fukushima disaster “causing irreversible radioactive damage” says top nuclear official — Tepco now admits it’s “affecting the environment” (VIDEO) (ENENews. Oct 4, 2013):

Kyodo, Oct. 4, 2013: Summoning Tepco President Naomi Hirose after a series of recent spills at the crippled power plant, Katsuhiko Ikeda, head of the NRA secretariat, tore into the utility for “rudimentary mistakes” that caused the toxic water problem and said its management in the field was “significantly deteriorating.”

Euronews, Oct. 4, 2013: Katsuhiko Ikeda, Secretary-General of the Nuclear Regulatory Agency [said] “I must say that the on-site management at TEPCO’s Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant is becoming extremely poor.”

AAP, Oct. 4, 2013: “I can’t help but say that standards of on-site management are extremely low at Fukushima Daiichi,” [Katsuhiko Ikeda, Secretary-General of the Nuclear Regulatory Agency] said.

Xinhua, Oct. 4, 2013: Ikeda insisted the utility formulate an immediate strategy to deal with the latest crisis and slammed TEPCO’s management for its extremely poor organizational and practical systems that have led to human error causing irreversible radioactive damage to the environment. […]

NHK Newsline, Oct. 4, 2013: “I’m terribly sorry for the mistakes we have made. We mishandled the leaking wastewater, and that is affecting the environment.” – Naomi Hirose, Tepco President

Watch NHK’s broadcast here

Prof. Emanuel Pastreich: Fukushima Disaster Is The Worst Case Of Nuclear Contamination In History – It’s A Crisis For All Humanity – Not A Single Proposal For A Global Response

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– Professor: Fukushima disaster is the worst case of nuclear contamination in history — It’s a crisis for all humanity — Building up to something much worse? (VIDEO) (ENENesw, Oct 4, 2013):

Asia in Focus 3: Fukushima: Emanuel Pastreich and Layne Hartsell, Oct. 4, 2013:

Emanuel Pastreich, Professor at Kyung Hee University in South Korea and Director of The Asia Institute: The basic parameters of the ‘Fuksuhima Initiative’ — which is to say to create a truly global peer-to-peer collaborative effort to muster all the expertise in the world, all the goodwill in the world, and also a lot of man hours from creative and thoughtful people to come up with a real, long-term solution to this remarkable crisis. And to do it with the seriousness equivalent to say, putting a man on the moon, or if you want to reinterpret it, to say something the equivalent of a reverse Manhattan Project to deal with the extremely serious and totally unprecedented challenges.

Read moreProf. Emanuel Pastreich: Fukushima Disaster Is The Worst Case Of Nuclear Contamination In History – It’s A Crisis For All Humanity – Not A Single Proposal For A Global Response

Health Physicist In The U.S. Worried About Inhaling Hot Particles (Uranium, Plutonium, etc.) From Fukushima

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– Radio: Health physicist in U.S. worried about inhaling hot particle from Fukushima — Either uranium, plutonium, etc. (AUDIO) (ENENews, Oct 4, 2013):

Title: Chris Harris – Nuclear Update on Fukushima
Source: Nutrimedical Report
Date: Oct. 3, 2013

At 43:00 in

Chris Harris, former licensed Senior Reactor Operator and engineer: Let me relay just one more thought from my health physicist friend. Even here in the U.S., he’s worried about inhaling a hot particle; I’m just letting you know — and so am I. […]

Either uranium, plutonium, or something bad — remember they’re not even monitoring for strontium and uranium, so it’s very difficult to monitor what we’re getting and not getting. […]

This is real; we don’t want this to happen here. It’s upsetting other people too.

Full broadcast here (right-click and choose

Japan To Pay $3.1 Billion To Remove US Troops From Okinawa, Will Host Spy Drones

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– Japan to pay $3.1bn to remove US troops from Okinawa, will host spy drones (RT, Oct 3, 2013):

Tokyo is to foot a $3.1 billion bill, which is part of the cost for relocating American troops from Okinawa. For the first time, it will also host US long-range surveillance drones, which would help to monitor disputed islands in the East China Sea.

The cost-sharing agreement for the troop transfer and the future deployment of drones by next spring are both part of an effort aimed at updating the US-Japan military and diplomatic alliance.

The pledge to modernize the alliance for the first time in 16 years was made in a joint declaration during the visit of US Secretary of State John Kerry and US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, who met their Japanese counterparts, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera.

Japan hosts some 50,000 American soldiers and officers, particularly in Okinawa. Their presence is a constant source of tension with local populations due to crimes committed by the servicemen, disruptions caused by military flights and land use by the US military.

Last year the countries announced a plan to relocate about 9,000 US Marines from Okinawa to other locations. 5,000 of them will go to Guam while others will be stationed elsewhere. The estimated cost of the relocation is about $8.6 billion.

Read moreJapan To Pay $3.1 Billion To Remove US Troops From Okinawa, Will Host Spy Drones

Max Keiser: ‘US Economy Is Just One Giant Hedge Fund’

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– ‘US economy is just one giant hedge fund’ (RT, Oct 3, 2013):

American lawmakers have colluded with Wall Street executives to build an economy that no longer works in the best interest of, or even needs, the majority of the American public, according to RT financial host Max Keiser.

RT: There’s a lot of hype and some would say overreaction around all of this but the tell-tale sign is the markets. They haven’t reacted negatively. Is there really a crisis here?

Max Keiser: I think we should take the words of Warren Buffet to heart. He basically described the Federal Reserve Bank and the American economy as one giant hedge fund. And he is absolutely correct. The way that Wall Street, Washington, and these large funds approach America is as a trade that is backed by $120,000 or $130,000 of debt and that debt gets traded around every day. And the whole initiative here is to buy hedge funds and try to squeak out profits, and they don’t really care who they hurt in the process. Remember America is run by what I call financial jihadists who are basically suicide bankers. Warren Buffett, of course, is one of these suicide bankers and America, from the outside of course, looks like they’re trying to commit financial suicide. But that’s what a financial jihadist does, or a suicide banker. They blow themselves up for their cause and in this case it’s market fundamentalism, a belief in the profit – not the prophet.

RT: But other tell-tale signs of the economy improving are there, Max. Are we to believe the economic indicators which suggest the US economy is on the up?

Read moreMax Keiser: ‘US Economy Is Just One Giant Hedge Fund’

Swiss To Vote On 2,500 Franc Basic Income For Every Adult

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– Swiss to vote on 2,500 franc basic income for every adult (Reuters, Oct. 4, 2013):

Switzerland will hold a vote on whether to introduce a basic income for all adults, in a further sign of growing public activism over pay inequality since the financial crisis.

A grassroots committee is calling for all adults in Switzerland to receive an unconditional income of 2,500 Swiss francs ($2,800) per month from the state, with the aim of providing a financial safety net for the population.

Read moreSwiss To Vote On 2,500 Franc Basic Income For Every Adult

FDA: Don’t Worry About Radioactive Fish!

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Just eat them …

… and don’t forget to drink your Kool-Aid!

Related info:

– EVERY Bluefin Tuna Caught Off California Coast Is Radioactive

– Scientist, FDA: Don’t worry about radioactive fish (HeraldNet, Aug 12, 2013):

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska fishermen and fish consumers shouldn’t be concerned about the new disclosures of radioactive water leaking into the Pacific Ocean near the site of the hobbled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan, according to an ocean chemist and a spokeswoman for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The amount of radioactive material flowing into the ocean is relatively minimal, compared to the size of the spills that occurred in the wake of the meltdowns that occurred at the site in 2011 following an earthquake and tsunami, said Ken Buesseler, a senior scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts.

Read moreFDA: Don’t Worry About Radioactive Fish!

Israel’s Secret Nuclear Biological And Chemical Weapons (NBC)

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– Israel’s Secret Nuclear Biological and Chemical Weapons (NBC) (Global Research, Oct 1, 2013):

For years, Syria and Egypt refused to abandon their chemical weapons facing a threatening neighbor, Israel, which develops very sophisticated ones, in addition to biological and nuclear weapons. However, while Syria has joined the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons , we are taking a look at Israeli activities.

The UN inspectors who monitor chemical weapons in Syria would have much to do if they were sent to monitor the nuclear, biological and chemical weapons (NBC) of Israel.

But according to the rules of “international law”, they cannot do so. Israel has not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, nor the Convention Banning Biological Weapons , and has signed but not ratified the Convention Banning Chemical Weapons.

The entrance of the Israel Institute for Biological Research,  Ness- Ziona . This structure is the cover for the research and manufacturing of Israeli chemical and biological weapons.

According to Jane’s Defense Weekly, Israel – the only nuclear power in the Middle East, has 100 to 300 nuclear warheads and their appropriate vectors ( ballistic and cruise missiles and fighter-bombers ). According to SIPRI estimates, Israel has produced 690-950 kg of plutonium, and continues to produce as much as necessary to make from 10 to 15 bombs of the Nagasaki type each year.

Read moreIsrael’s Secret Nuclear Biological And Chemical Weapons (NBC)

NSA Chief Admits: ‘Only One Or PERHAPS Two’ Terror Plots Stopped By Spy Program

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– NSA Chief Admits “Only One or Perhaps Two” Terror Plots Stopped by Spy Program (Liberty Blitzkrieg, Oct 3, 2013):

Pressed by the Democratic chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee at an oversight hearing, Gen. Keith B. Alexander admitted that the number of terrorist plots foiled by the NSA’s huge database of every phone call made in or to America was only one or perhaps two — far smaller than the 54 originally claimed by the administration.
– From Today’s Washington Times

“One or perhaps two.” Or perhaps zero. The guy has the nerve to say “perhaps.” How do you not know? What a bunch of lying assholes. How the heck does 54 turn into “one or two,” and I’ll tell you something else, I don’t believe the one or two figure for a minute. I mean there’s no way he would say “zero” when he is fighting to keep his petty little Stasi state intact. Furthermore, how about some details here. What was the one plot the NSA foiled? Some teenager throwing firecrackers on the White House lawn? These guys need to get lost already.

From the Washington Times:

The Obama administration’s credibility on intelligence suffered another blow Wednesday as the chief of the National Security Agency admitted that officials put out numbers that vastly overstated the counterterrorism successes of the government’s warrantless bulk collection of all Americans’ phone records.

Read moreNSA Chief Admits: ‘Only One Or PERHAPS Two’ Terror Plots Stopped By Spy Program

Fukushima Leak Much More Radioactive Than Claimed: Almost 20,000 Times The Legal Limit – Nuclear Official: ‘They Seem To Lack Even The Most Basic Knowledge About Radiation’

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– Fukushima leak is much more radioactive than Tepco claimed — Almost 20,000 times the legal limit flowed into ocean — Nuclear Official: “They seem to lack even the most basic knowledge about radiation” (ENENews, Oct 3, 2013):

Japan Times, Oct. 3, 2013 (Emphasis Added): New spill at No. 1 laid to typhoon miscalculation […] Authorities are still groping for a solution to the water crisis at the crippled nuclear plant, which is rapidly running out of storage space and facing a growing risk of flooding from typhoons. […] The water contained strontium and tritium and was emitting beta-ray radiation of 580,000 becquerels per liter, according to Tepco, which was apparently trying to drain rainwater from the flood containment area into the tanks during the typhoon. […]

Previous reports of 200,000 Bq/liter

Kyodo News, Oct. 3, 2013: Tepco said Wednesday it detected 200,000 becquerels per liter of beta ray-emitting radioactive substances, including strontium-90, far above the legal limit of 30 becquerels per liter […]

NBC News, Oct. 3, 2013: Tokyo Electric Power Company, or TEPCO, said the water which spilled from the storage tanks had radiation readings as high as 200,000 becquerels per liter — almost 6,700 times higher than the legal limit of 30 becquerels.

Tepco not sure how to even measure the radioactivity, let alone contain it?

Associated Press, Oct 3, 2013: In recent meetings, regulators criticized TEPCO for even lacking basic skills to properly measure radioactivity […] “As far as TEPCO people on our contaminated water and sea monitoring panels are concerned, they seem to lack even the most basic knowledge about radiation,” said a Nuclear Regulation Authority commissioner Kayoko Nakamura, a radiologist. “I really think they should acquire adequate expertise and commitment needed for the job,” she said.

See also: Kaku: “Tepco… like the 3 stooges operating a nuclear power plant, Moe, Larry and Curly chasing each other around the control room hitting each other over

30 Statistics About Americans Under The Age Of 30 That Will Blow Your Mind

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– 30 Statistics About Americans Under The Age Of 30 That Will Blow Your Mind (Economic Collapse, Oct 3, 2013):

Why are young people in America so frustrated these days?  You are about to find out.  Most young adults started out having faith in the system.  They worked hard, they got good grades, they stayed out of trouble and many of them went on to college.  But when their educations where over, they discovered that the good jobs that they had been promised were not waiting for them at the end of the rainbow.  Even in the midst of this so-called “economic recovery”, the full-time employment rate for Americans under the age of 30 continues to fall.  And incomes for that age group continue to fall as well.  At the same time, young adults are dealing with record levels of student loan debt.  As a result, more young Americans than ever are putting off getting married and having families, and more of them than ever are moving back in with their parents.

It can be absolutely soul crushing when you discover that the “bright future” that the system had been promising you for so many years turns out to be a lie.  A lot of young people ultimately give up on the system and many of them end up just kind of drifting aimlessly through life.  The following is an example from a recent Wall Street Journal article:

Read more30 Statistics About Americans Under The Age Of 30 That Will Blow Your Mind

Radioactive Cesium Detected In 70% Of Children (Outside Fukushima Prefecture)

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– TV: 70% of children tested are contaminated with radioactive cesium — All of them from outside Fukushima Prefecture (VIDEO) (ENENews, Oct 3, 2013):

Arirang News, Oct. 3, 2013: Over in Japan, new reports are adding to concerns about the radiation leaking from the Fukushima power plant. […] In a related development, a recent report says cesium has been detected in 70 percent of children living near the capital of Ibaraki Prefecture, which borders Fukushima. The Ibaraki Prefecture Cooperative Association says cesium had been detected in 58 of the 85 children […]

Arirang News, Oct. 3, 2013: […] a recent report by the Ibaraki Prefecture Cooperative Association shows cesium has been detected in urine samples of 70 percent of children living near the capital of Ibaraki […]

Weekly Asahi, Oct. 4, 2013 (Google Translation): […] First, let’s introduce the shocking data that was available […] the result of a urine test that was conducted for children from 0 to 18 years who live in [15] cities and towns [including] Chiba, Ibaraki Matsudo, Kashiwa [a Tokyo suburb], Tsukuba […]

Watch Arirang’s report here

MasterCard Joining Push For Fingerprint ID Standard

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Related info:

– Hackers Breach iPhone 5S Fingerprint Security

– MasterCard joining push for fingerprint ID standard (USA Today, Oct 2, 2013):

The addition of MasterCard will help FIDO expand its standard to more types of transactions. The company’s experience handling the multitude of existing payments industry standards will also be valuable.

SAN FRANCISCO — MasterCard is joining the FIDO Alliance, signaling that the payment network is getting interested in using fingerprints and other biometric data to identify people for online payments.

MasterCard will be the first major payment network to join FIDO. The Alliance is developing an open industry standard for biometric data such as fingerprints to be used for identification online. The goal is to replace clunky passwords and take friction out of logging on and purchasing using mobile devices.

Apple’s new iPhone 5s smartphone has a fingerprint sensor, but the tech giant is not part of FIDO. However, Google is part of the Alliance, and devices running Google’s Android operating system will have fingerprint sensors by next year.

Read moreMasterCard Joining Push For Fingerprint ID Standard

Arnie Gundersen: Deformities, Stillbirths Not Being Reported After Fukushima – Officials Withholding Truth About Health Effects – Gov’t Suppressing Studies On Deformed Animals

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– Gundersen: Deformities, stillbirths not being reported after Fukushima — Officials withholding truth about health effects — Gov’t suppressing studies on deformed animals (AUDIO) (ENENews, Oct 3, 2013):

Title: Arnie Gundersen discusses Fukushima Daiichi
Source: WBAI’s ‘Morning with Michael’
Date: October 2, 2013

At 8:45 in

Arnie Gundersen, Fairewinds Chief Engineer: We’re constantly frustrated — We have scientists contacting us, doctors contacting us, telling us that their patients are suffering from radiation induced injuries, or they’re noticing deformities in animals and plants, but yet the Japanese government is trying to put the heat on them to prevent those studies from moving forward.

At 10:15 in

Morning with Michael, Host: E[NE]News, the website, they talk about 100 babies with polydactyl situation — they have 6 fingers — this kind of exotic, strange, ‘Night of the Living Dead’ kind of thing’s happening here. There’s an x-ray picture on their website of a hand with 6 digits. Have you heard about that?

Read moreArnie Gundersen: Deformities, Stillbirths Not Being Reported After Fukushima – Officials Withholding Truth About Health Effects – Gov’t Suppressing Studies On Deformed Animals

Nuclear Expert: Plutonium From Fukushima In Pacific Fish Presents Cancer Risk

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– Nuclear Expert: Plutonium from Fukushima in Pacific fish presents health risk — Study: “Long-distance transport” of Fukushima-sourced plutonium should be addressed (ENENews, Oct 3, 2013):

Georgia Straight (Canada), Oct. 2, 2013 (Emphasis Added): […] Two nuclear experts who saw the Straight’s figures said the real cancer toll could be 100 times higher—or 80,000 cancers. […] That could be the toll, [Daniel Hirsch, a nuclear-policy lecturer at the University of California at Santa Cruz, said in a phone interview], if all factors are taken into account, including: future fish consumption; highly damaging isotopes that were released in the disaster but aren’t being monitored, such as strontium 90 and plutonium 239; consumption of contaminated fish caught in the entire Pacific; and research suggesting that radiation causes many more cancers than official formulas predict. […] “Apologists say it’s a large ocean and dilution is the solution to pollution […] Dilution actually does nothing except expose a larger population.” […] The cancer numbers also don’t include other possible health impacts from radiation in the fish, such as heart disease, stillbirths, and genetic damage to subsequent generations. […]

Read moreNuclear Expert: Plutonium From Fukushima In Pacific Fish Presents Cancer Risk

TEPCO’s Contaminated Water System Is In Collapse

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– Tepco’s contaminated water system started collapsing (Fukushima Diary, Oct 3, 2013):

It’s been only 2 years and 6 months. However, Fukushima decommissioning is already falling apart.

It’s starting from the contaminated water storage. As long as they keep giving water to the reactors, it must increase. Now it’s already beyond Tepco’s capacity.

Read moreTEPCO’s Contaminated Water System Is In Collapse

Ibragim Todashev’s Girlfriend Held In Solitary

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– Ibragim Todashev’s girlfriend held in solitary (Salon, Oct 2, 2013):

Tatiana Gruzdeva, whose boyfriend was killed in FBI questioning, told she faces deportation for talking to press

Ibragim Todashev, the Chechnyan immigrant who was believed to have connections to the Boston Marathon bombings, was shot dead under questionable circumstances during an interview with an FBI agent earlier this year. Now, his girlfriend is being held in solitary confinement in a Florida prison and according to reports has been told she may be deported for talking to the press.

Boston Magazine reported:

In a collect call from Glades County Jail, where she said she is being held in solitary confinement, Tatiana Gruzdeva said that immigration officers told her she was being deported because of her interviews with Boston magazine.

Read moreIbragim Todashev’s Girlfriend Held In Solitary

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro: U.S. Drug Agents Smuggling Cocaine

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Flashback:

– U.S. drug agents smuggling cocaine, Venezuelan president alleges (Video) (Examiner. Oct 2, 2013):

The president of Venezuela on Wednesday cast suspicion on an American law enforcement agency saying his nation is probing the American drug enforcement officers to learn whether or not they are involved in narcotics trafficking in his country.

President Nicolas Maduro announced that his own law enforcement officials are investigating whether the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) was involved in a recent criminal case involving a multi-million dollar cocaine smuggling operation, according to Jerry Langher, a former narcotics detective and director of corporate security.

Read moreVenezuelan President Nicolas Maduro: U.S. Drug Agents Smuggling Cocaine