The entertainment value of the DUmp has been sinking like a rock. Most of the reliable lunatics have nearly stopped posting altogether. Oh, sure, Stimpy is still there, posting constantly from his squat over the catbox, but there's never been a moonbat with less to say than Stimpy, and none who could say it in less entertaining way. The others have gone silent, intimidated by attention from decent and civilized people, and embarrassed to see their lunacy highlighted, the embarrassment finally overcoming their desperate desire for attention. All we have are interminable, boring posts from faceless, nameless, anonymous, worthless
unterprimitiven. Anyway, that made it a relief to see a post pop up from the know-it-all DUmmy, the oracle of the DUmp, the fifth horseman of the apocalypse, the harbinger of Armageddon, the incomparable nutcase nadinbrzhzhzhzhski:
nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Sat May-14-11 12:22 AM
Original message
On Fukushima
1.- It is the biggest environmental story of this century. I know, she's young... but it is so far, the biggest story. And our media, as usual, is asleep at the job. I might add, with good reason. I mean there is a nuclear industry to protect... you would not want to disturb that. The only thing at this point that will get their attention back to it, I fear... is a missing blonde in Unit One... then watch Nancy Grace. Of course the sieverts will not matter at that point, just the missing blonde...
2.- I don't know how many times it will take for people to realize this.. GOVERNMENTS LIE. They lie for many reasons, when it comes to the nuclear industry... multiple governments really want to protect us from those monsters under the bed... and behind the closet door. You really are not old enough to comprehend what is going on... so they lie... NOT just to protect their bodies, but as well intentioned as they are... to protect YOU from your own fears. That's the way it is.
3.- Yes it is approaching FAST... the worst case scenario that many of us feared, and did not want to see. For Reactor one, we are pretty much there. TEPCO has all but admitted a meltdown and a core breach. Two and three... well on their way... watch... gauges that start to fail is not a good a thing... did I mention FOUR... having some issues with structural integrity issues?
4.- The talking points that we are hearing now are just that... and getting more ridiculous by the moment. BUT IT IS NOT as bad as Chernobyl... that is all you have left... and lord knows for how long.
It is time to wake up and smell the cesium... or is it Plutonium? the time for any happy talk is over. Been over for about three weeks. but it should be pretty official by now.
Oh and one last point.
5.- Watch what they do, not what they say. Neato Kan going... we need to move away from Nuclear and to renewables by 2050, with 50% of our energy capacity tells me they KNOW how bad this is... and actions... speak louder than any pretty words.
Some things to expect... (Assuming absolute worst case)
a.- The EXCLUSION ZONE will grow... (which is all but good news, given this is the bread basket of the country)
b.- Japan will have more than a few issues with exports... customs control all over the world are breaking out the geiger counters... justified or not... Japan will have issues, which will only impact the economy.
c.- See Exclusion zone, they are related... Japan has lost it's food independence.
d.- Ocean food sources are going to show up more and more contaminated... (Sea weed up to 40 km from the plant is now compromised)
e.- At this point the absolute worst case will not be pretty.
Finally, next time anybody says we are alarmists... well... at this point I will do this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX7wtNOkuHo
The time to try to shut down people calling them ignorant and all is well past over.
Oh and edit. the NOBODY has died Talking Point is now pining up in the fjords... RIP to the unknown worker who died today
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1099679 All that apocalyptic babbling, and nutcase didn't tell the DUmbasses if it's safe to drink the milk!
"Pining up in the fjords"?? For ****'s face, Andrea, toombstone her.
nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Sat May-14-11 12:33 AM
Response to Reply #1
2. And it is time to really put the pressure
of course if we demand they follow Naval Reactors, they will pack and go home...
I assume nutcase nadin is trying to make some point about the nuclear reactors on naval ships and submarines, but have no idea what it might be.
aquart (1000+ posts) Sat May-14-11 12:43 AM
Response to Original message
4. Yup.
Someone on DU yelled at me the other day because I said that Japan would have problems marketing its products, and I mentioned Mikasa which is nowhere near Fukushima I was told. But that won't matter. The Japan label will matter.
Right now it seems to me a whole lot of Americans think Fukushima is old news. That's going to change.
But you know what? It's still only a tiny bit of the change that's coming on us faster than I ever imagined. Today the news talked of the huge cost of the catastrophes here in America. But they talked as if they were dealing with a single bad year. American agricultural land is being flooded as we speak. We haven't lost our food independence but we are going to feel it in the prices.
The world is beginning to make panicky, nervous changes, the kind you make when you don't feel safe anymore. And this is only the beginning.
DUmmies are always making panicky, nervous changes. It's the only kind they ever make.
