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7 tons of Radioactive Waste is Flowing into the Ocean Every Hour at Fukushima
 In Japan - officials estimate that 7 tons of radioactive waste is flowing into the ocean every hour at the crippled Daiichi nuclear facility. The source of the leaking waste appears to be reactor 2. Attempts to clog the leak with cement have failed - and new attempts to plug the hole with a “junk-shot” of saw dust - chemicals, and shredded newspaper doesn’t appear to be working either.
Officials have now put a timeframe on containing the situation, saying it could take several months for the plant’s cooling systems to come back online and for the radiation to be contained.
Of course - that would just be a first step. It will then take hundreds of thousands of years for the mess caused by the use of nuclear power to decay to safety.
-Thom
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 9pm and 11pm... deteriorating situation in Afghanistan (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
Need to Know: Qur'an burner, Terry Jones.
Deteriorating situation in Afghanistan - 10 years of foreign occupation With Robert Parry, Investigative Journalist/Founder-Consortium News.
Screwed: The Normalization Of Nullification With Alex Jones, host - The Alex Jones Radio show/filmmaker and author, and Ian Millhiser, Reporter/Blogger-Think Progress.org.
43rd anniversary of MLK's murder With Lamar Waldron, JFK historian / Thom's co-author "Legacy of Secrecy: the Long Shadow of the JFK Assassination".
The Best of the Rest of the News...
How bad can Fukushima fall out get? With Paul Gunter, Director Reactor Oversight Project - Beyond Nuclear.
Crazy Alert: Glenn Beck: Donald Trump's making me 'uncomfortable'.
Daily Take: VIDEO: Tea Party Activists Oppose Billions In Taxpayer Subsidies To Big Oil
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Read Thom's Book for Free!
Now you can read all of Thom Hartmann's " Unequal Protection: How Corporations Became 'People' and How You Can Fight Back" for free online. Truthout is publishing weekly installments over the coming weeks. Read the Chapter Two: The Corporate Conquest of America today. |
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The Daily Stack 
Quote: "...something is happening in our world. The masses of people are rising up. And wherever they are assembled today, whether they are in Johannesburg, South Africa; Nairobi, Kenya: Accra, Ghana; New York City; Atlanta, Georgia; Jackson, Mississippi; or Memphis, Tennessee — the cry is always the same — "We want to be free." -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (April 3, 1968, Memphis, TN "I've Been to the Mountaintop").
Hour One: Latest on Fukushima disaster With Paul Gunter, Director Reactor Oversight Project - Beyond Nuclear.
Latest on the war on democracy with John Nichols of The Nation Magazine...
Event: " April Day of Action". Participate to make April 4, 2011, and the days surrounding it, a day to stand in solidarity with working people in Wisconsin and dozens of other states where corporate-bought politicians are trying to take away the rights Dr. King gave his life for.
Hour Two: Labor Segment: "We Are One" day of action today with Ted Smukler, Public Policy Director - InterFaith Worker Justice.
Hour Three: It's the day to remember the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr 43 years ago...what details do we know now that we didn't know then? Lamar Waldron, my co-author on "Legacy of Secrecy: The Long Shadow of the JFK Assassination" will be here...
Will America have social safety nets in the future? With Congresswoman Linda Sanchez, U.S. Congresswoman (D-CA, 39th District).
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Coming up Tuesday on The Thom Hartmann Program
Hour One: Latest on the war on democracy with John Nichols of The Nation Magazine...
And, the best of the rest of the news and your calls right here on...
The Thom Hartmann Program... your media support group for we the people.
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Thom's Poll
Seven UN workers died & Afghanistan is in the streets because a FL Pastor burned the Koran in March - is this a free speech?
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Watch & Listen to Thom
Thom Hartmann: Conversation with Great Minds - Jeremy Scahill, Part 1
Thom Hartmann: Conversation with Great Minds - Jeremy Scahill, Part 2
Thom Hartmann: Conversations with Great Minds - Robert Alvarez. Part 2
Thom Hartmann: Are some America CEOs traitors?
Or watch the full show...
Full Show - 4/1/11. Conversations with "Great Minds" and the Weekly Rumble
Thom discusses the latest developments of the U.S. presence in Libya with investigative journalist and author, Jeremy Scahill. He later highlights new unemployment figures, the decline of the Tea Party and President Obama's stance concerning labor unions.
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 Would you like to help give a child with a very troubled background this feeling of peace? Thom and Louise Hartmann founded the New England Salem Children's Village (NESCV) in New Hampshire in 1979. With states delaying payment for the children they entrust to the village, they need help with cash flow. Can you help? |
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