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Only 37 Centimeters of Concrete

That is how far the No.1 reactor at Fukushima has to go before containment is breached. Not very reassuring. TEPCO has made the latest analysis to judge to what degree the fuel has cooled, as well as...

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Today's Example Of: "You Couldn't Trust The GOP Then..."

...You Still Can't Now, And Tomorrow Won't Be Any Different" OK, that's a screenshot of the MN GOP's latest Federal Elections Commission ("FEC") filing, signed just over a week ago (December 20th,...

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...and the Meme of the Year is....

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Bill Clinton on Fiscal Irresponsibility Preceding Meltdown

Source: Back to Work: Why We Need Smart Government for a Strong Economy by Bill Clinton Abstracted from pages 34-35 From 1981 to 2009, the greatest accomplishment of the antigovernment Republicans was...

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Thorium for Nuclear Energy - Initial Post

Political progressives should be very excited about the potential of Thorium fusion nuclear reactors for energy generation. Thorium is an abundantly-occurring radioactive element that is usable for...

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NYT and WaPo: Inside the Romney Campaign Meltdown

Blockbuster reporting in both the NYT and WaPo on how the Romney campaign reacted to the fundraiser video! NYT: How the Romney Campaign Scrambled to Respond to Secret Video WaPo: After Romney watched...

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Widespread panic in GOP as reality of Romney disaster begins to sink in

There were numerous reports overnight of the panic gripping GOP candidates and donors as the meltdown of the Romney campaign becomes recognized. I'll link to a few articles here, will update. Roll...

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The Romney Disaster: Election news for Monday morning (NYT)

There's a lot of sweet reporting this morning on the unfolding meltdown of the Romney campaign.  Here are a couple quick links, every one a must read! NYT: Romney Blames Obama for His Campaign...

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Romney's Tax Returns May Hide Much More Than Low Taxes

I'm a retiree who manages our mostly bread and butter investments myself.  I also prepare and file my own tax returns including Partnership K1s  which gives me a perspective, however limited, on the...

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Ever wonder about the people who post those snippy comments in news articles?...

Do you ever wonder what "the other side" is like? Ever wonder what happens after someone spends 4 years in an echo chamber, bravely venturing out to post little hate-filled jabs in the comment section...

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Neal Boortz goes off on social conservatives

Now this is is DELICIOUS.Neal Boortz gives his summary of why Romney lost, and he seems to be one of the conservatives who gets it: social issues are costing Republicans elections and will continue to...

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Fukushima: 2 Years After

News You Won't See On Your TeeVeeThis past weekend there were mass protests worldwide, once again demanding an immediate end to the SuperMegaton dirty bombs known as "commercial nuclear reactors"...

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September's Other Anniversary of Infamy

It has become a tradition, and rightly so. Every year as summer shows signs of receding into fall, millions of Americans take time out to participate in somber remembrances, such as holding moments of...

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Teabag Masterminds Urge 'Class Action Suit' Against Teh Gayz. All Teh Gayz....

Just when you thought it was flat-out impossible for the Teabaggers to descend any further into the maelstrom of spittle-flecked craziness, they come up with something that makes you face-palm so hard,...

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TEPCO radically under-reports radiation at Fukushima

I will try and keep this short and simple.http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...Tepco, the utility company that is managing the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan said that there...

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Bill O'Reilly Circling Drain, Calls Bob Schieffer a Plagiarist

     (photo credit: futureatlas.com)Crooks and Liars gives us a recap of O'Reilly's interview this morning with Howard Kurtz on Fox News:Kurtz: You have said your photographer was rundown, hit in the...

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Second Total Meltdown Confirmed by Muon Scans at Fukushima

Previously Unannounced Muon Scans in 2014 Confirm Meltdown of Daiichi Unit-2On Thursday of this past week I diaried about the announcement by Tokyo Electric Power Company [TEPCO] that muon scanning of...

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Fukushima--More Questions

Hello fellow Daily Kos folks.  Just saw this at counterpunch.org, and I am wondering if anyone educated in nuclear science could clarify on what this potentially means.  Are we talking about super hot...

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Backlash Against Trump for Stating the Obvious

What on earth?Donald Trump made a perfectly truthful and reasonable statement:"When you talk about George Bush, I mean — say what you want — the World Trade Center came down during his time... He was...

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Wind and Solar's Fukushima - The Methane Meltdown at Porter Ranch

Wind and Solar's FukushimaThe Methane Meltdownat Porter RanchbyMike Conley&Tim MaloneyMarch 17, 2016An excerpt from their upcoming e-book"Let's Run the Numbers"PART ONE"We need about 3,000 feet of...

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Trump: Contents May Be Fragile

Shortly after receiving criticism from presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump went on CNN to dispute her claims that he was “thin-skinned.”“I don’t have thin skin,”...

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What's wrong with Donald Trump: Various hypotheses and a POLL

Trump’s behavioral meltdown and the disintegration his presidential campaign has led many of us to wonder:  What (besides the obvious) is wrong with Donald Trump?  Several theories have emerged in just...

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GOP Death Spiral Continues

I don’t regularly read The Washington Times, but this opinion piece intrigued me:What the #NeverTrump crowd doesn’t understandLet’s just be honest: These Republicans — whether they are voting for Mr....

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Breaking: Trump is Cancelling Events

Hmmm.…Trump cancels two more events

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Another big day for Democrats in Clark County.

Democrats extended their margin over the Republicans in Clark County by 723 active voters today.  This represents a slight decrease from yesterday’s gargantuan net gain of 884, but it’s still very...

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The Trump Meltdown Sing Along; an Ode to His Followers

The Donald Trump Meltdown to the tune of “At Seventeen:I learned the truth at seventeenWhen I decided Trump’s for meA humorless man who spews out bileAnd countless people does he defileHis outbursts...

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Game Over. During Final 2 Weeks, Trump Taking Break From Campaign Trail To...

A campaign that believes it’s on the verge of winning or making some kind of miracle last minute comeback does not take time off during the critical final 2 weeks, but that’s just what Donald Trump...

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IS TRUMP A CRANK-HEAD?

I'm surprised no one has suggested that The Orange Il Duce was taking crystal meth, what we called “Crank” back in the day, during the debates instead of cocaine. Crank – i.e.: snortable crystal meth...

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#CalExit and my Velvet Divorce

Originally a comment to a blog by Voidstuff www.dailykos.com/...I am a Californian.  For fifty years, starting with Edmund Brown Sr in 1966,I have supported Democratic candidates in state and national...

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Fukushima Unit-2 Containment Cripples Another Robot

Last Friday [Feb. 3] Orcas George published a diary on the then-latest news from Fukushima that reached the rec list -Fukushima Reactor #2 pressure vessel breached, rising to "unimaginable" levels of...

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Fukushima #2 Kills the Scorpion

Ongoing efforts to find what's left of the missing core of unit-2 at the Daiichi nuclear facility have been making some news this month on remote control and robotic approaches to the round...

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Saturday Morning Meltdown: The Question Every Reporter Needs to Ask Trump

So, this morning our Twit-in-Chief got out his unsecured phone and barfed on the internet:xTerrible! Just found out that Obama had my "wires tapped" in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing...

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3 choices...and radical honesty

With Trump and his administration going into meltdown, I can think of  three possibilities to resurrect and save the things we care about, such as respect, dignity, comity, and the rule of law in our...

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Intel's CEO sold most of his stock after company learned about chip security...

Last year, Google informed Intel that nearly every chip it has made since 1995 has a security flaw, leaving nearly every computer device vulnerable to hacking. As ZDNet explains:Two critical...

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Poll: How terrified is Trump right now?

I just listened to Sarah Sanders’ briefing, which I do not normally do, and I hope those who must do so every day get hazard pay and regular yoga therapy sessions or whatever one would need to stay...

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Help Us Save Our Home, Please

I have been on Daily KOS a very long time, virtually from the beginning first with my old nym of Genghis Mom and now with Snackdoodle, I think of you as friends and some as family. I am sorry to have...

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Help Us Save Our Home, Please. UPDATE

   I have been on Daily KOS a very long time, virtually from the beginning first with my old nym of Genghis Mom and now with Snackdoodle, I think of you as friends and some as family. I am sorry to...

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The Trump Post-Election Traumatic Meltdown - Part Deux

trump held yet another press conference rant this morning, hoping to blow off some more steam, that must have been building up all week. This time he seemed better prepared — to attack his enemies,...

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Help Us Save Our Home, Please. UPDATE III We Are Filing Tomorrow

I have been on Daily KOS a very long time, virtually from the beginning first with my old nym of Genghis Mom and now with Snackdoodle, I think of you as friends and some as family. I am sorry to have...

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Trump Stages Rose Garden Meltdown After Blowing Up A Meeting with Pelosi and...

FWIW Trump apparently walked into the Rose Garden and is throwing threw a giant hissy fit about the investigations, the subpoenas, and more. This is happening right now, no idea where he’s going with...

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trump Meltdown Shmeltdown. Again.

So, we had another planned/impromptu/whatever unpresidential meltdown today at the White House. Whether it was hurt feelings or the fear of walls closing in or just plain mental illness, the world got...

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Donald Trump reacts to impeachment news with a rant on Twitter

With news breaking that Democratic legislators are pursuing an impeachment inquiry into at least one of the myriad impeachable offenses that this current president has committed, the world wondered and...

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Former FBI assistant director: Trump's 'spiraling downward, incredibly...

Even by Donald Trump's standards, Wednesday was an epically bad day for him.Early on, Trump dissed U.S. Kurdish allies in the fight against ISIS as "no angels," a move that so pained Senate Majority...

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Moscow Mitch Sets the Impeachment Calendar

[Cross-posted at The Left Coaster.]I’m positive Speaker Pelosi and the entire Democratic House caucus were instantly, immensely grateful to have Moscow Mitch McConnell-- gross liar and filthy enabler...

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Down Ballot Races and a Bernie Sanders Candidacy

James Carville was on MSNBC this Saturday after the Bernie Sanders resounding victory in Nevada talking about a variety of things, all meant to blunt the impact of Bernie’s victory with Nevada voters....

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CNN is all out of F#@%'s

The chyron on the CNN coverage of the daily briefing is a thing of beauty with nuggets like:“Angry Trump turns briefing into propaganda session”“Trump uses task force briefing to try and rewrite...

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The trump Town Hall Disaster

Since most of you did not watch the disaster called the trump town hall on NBC in Miami, and neither did I, here are some lowlights of the evening as reported on twitter.Crazy Uncle will go viral soon...

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Self Destructing USMC LtCol Stuart Scheller Sent To The Brig After (checks...

“Effective immediately upon your receipt below, you are hereby ordered to refrain from posting any and all material, in any form without exception, to any social media.”Anybody wanna take a wild guess...

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Infighting erupts at trucker convoy rally, police arrest armed man

As The Grateful Dead famously said, “sometimes the light's all shinin' on me.” And then at “other times, I can barely see.” Writing about the trucker convoy protest extravaganza the past couple of...

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Trump melts down bigly on Truth Social as Republican vultures circle the...

On Tuesday the United States discovered that when more Americans come out to vote, the MAGA world and its surrogate Republican Party are really unpopular. One of the grand delusions in the traditional...

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