Tohoku Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Disaster!!!

[Coligny]

Tokyo-based artists confess nuclear art stunt

And I love his painting, same level as Guernica in my book...

Police are investigating whether an offence has been committed

TIJ...

"we have no fooking clues if it's illegal or not, but we're searching hard, I swearz..."

Don't know if it's cute, riduculous, desperate...

[Ganma]

[SIZE="4"]Extreme nationalism may emerge from the rubble of the quake[/SIZE]

Destruction, when massive but not total, engenders rebirth, or reinvention, or both. Japan after World War II is a prime example, a model from which Japan in the wake of March's earthquake-tsunami-meltdown is sure to draw inspiration.



What form will this rebirth or reinvention take? "I never think of the future; it comes soon enough," said Einstein. Few in 1945 foresaw Japan's course in the ensuing decades. Few see what lies ahead now.

Two things are certain. One: Japan will change. Its demographic and economic plight was crying out for change long before March 11. Drifting was dangerous then; it's impossible now, though how firmly the government grasps this i

[Coligny]

Extreme nationalism may emerge from the rubble of the quake

I'm really not that sure aboot it...

I see more anti corporatism, anti corruption and governement-big money ties than nationalism... Seems everybody is turning a bit of a commi these days...

I don't know how you can twist "we completely screw up" into "Nihon Uber Alles" especially when the (albeit really disturbed) Heads of nationnalism like Ishihara claim that it's a divine retribution... Or when clowns like Osawa order Naoto Kaaaaaaan's demission... then... ask for his demission... and soon might have to beg for his demission... Which might no be a given since he's the first prime minister to hang to the job in years despite having turd sandwich from breakfast to diner everyday.

[Ganma]

Shukan Post earlier this month carried a remarkable dialogue between two [color="Red"]deeply conservative[/color] [color="Blue"]thinkers[/color]

= oxymoron.

[dimwit]

= oxymoron.

No it isn't. And that kind of comment speaks volumes.

I do think that to describe LDPers as conservative is a complete joke. Few conservatives would condone the amount of money spent on pubic works in Japan. I think that the traditional tags of conservative and liberal do not apply well here.

[Iraira]

No it isn't. And that kind of comment speaks volumes.

I do think that to describe LDPers as conservative is a complete joke. Few conservatives would condone the amount of money spent on pubic works in Japan. I think that the traditional tags of conservative and liberal do not apply well here.

I beleive the term "conservative" in Japanese means "to keep greasing the same greasy hands that have been receiving the grease since before we can remember....shouganai, ne."

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

I beleive the term "conservative" in Japanese means "to keep greasing the same greasy hands that have been receiving the grease since before we can remember....shouganai, ne."

I tend to agree with you...but, doesn't that make everyone in this cuntry conservative?

[Greji]

I tend to agree with you...but, doesn't that make everyone in this cuntry conservative?

Not necessarily Hair. It just depends on how greasy your palm gets. Look at Noriko for example.....

[Thug4Life]

Now the shit is starting to hit the proverbial fan:

Japan raises permissible radiation levels for children

PETER CAVE: Outraged Japanese parents have held a rowdy demonstration outside the Education Ministry in Tokyo, to protest against the government's decision to weaken nuclear safety standards in schools.

Under the new guidelines, Japanese children can now be exposed to 20 times more radiation than was previously permissible.

The government argues the new rules are essential to keeping schools in the Fukushima region from being forced to close.

As our North Asia correspondent Mark Willacy reports from Tokyo.

(Sounds of protest)

MARK WILLACY: They came from radiation zone of Fukushima to the doors of the Education Ministry in Tokyo - hundreds of parents, furious that the government will now allow school children to be exposed to 20 times more radiation than was allowed before the nuclear disaster.

(Sound of Sanako Kaji speaking)

"While it may perhaps be safe to raise the exposure limit from one millisievert to 20 millisieverts per year, it doesn't seem to be the case that the people raising that limit would allow their own children to go and play in those areas," says Fukushima resident, Sanako Kaji.

Like a sacrificial offering to an angry mob, an Education Ministry official was bundled outside to speak to the demonstrators, although he had very little to offer them at all.

(Sound of ministry official speaking)

"The current radiation levels for schools in Fukushima pose no health risks to kids at all," says the ministry official. "The ministry does agree that it should take every measure possible to lower radiation levels at schools," he says.

The hapless official's words only seemed to anger the protestors even more.

Continued...

[Ganma]

No it isn't. And that kind of comment speaks volumes.

Conservative thinking is fine. But deeply conservative usually means wack-job whose 'thinking' consists of some idealism of the past. And that is exactly what we have in the above dialog.

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

Conservative thinking is fine. But deeply conservative usually means wack-job whose 'thinking' consists of some idealism of the past. And that is exactly what we have in the above dialog.

I'm a pseudo-pinko (probably the worst, wishy-washiest politcial affiliation of all), so I'm by no means an advocate of conservative political philosophy, but I think, Ganma, you're doing it a disservice. There have been some tremendous conservative thinkers through the ages and it's a wonderful belief system for probably a majority of people in the industralized world (especially those bereft of a conscience!!! - had to put that one in there having been so nice!!!)
I think you're probably mixing conservative with reactionary or fundamentalist or, for the article in question, ultranationalist.
Anyway, united we stand, comrade!:D

[Ganma]

I think you're probably mixing conservative with reactionary or fundamentalist or, for the article in question, ultranationalist.
Anyway, united we stand, comrade!:D

Yeah. It was just the context of the use of the word which made me react to it that way. You are right, ultranationalist is more in keeping with the article.

[cstaylor]

Japan raises permissible radiation levels for children

Worse that that: will they provide adequate testing equipment for all schools so they can monitor for playground radiation levels?

What's the point of having an elevated acceptable level without the means to verify it?

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

What's the point of having an elevated acceptable level without the means to verify it?

Because in a few weeks' time, when everybody's forgotten about today's elevation of the permissible level, the government can make an announcement that people are still being irradiated at levels within the permissible rate.

[cstaylor]

Because in a few weeks' time, when everybody's forgotten about today's elevation of the permissible level, the government can make an announcement that people are still being irradiated at levels within the permissible rate.

They probably won't even have to announce anything at all if spot readings are under these permissible rates.

[Coligny]

They probably won't even have to announce anything at all if spot readings are under these permissible rates.

Yeah... I thought it was so stupid as to reach the level of hillarious when Tepco announced that as a measure against Daiichi crisis they were rising the level of daily radiation allowed to be sustained by the workers...

Either your safety level are serious and you stick with them or you stop the bullshit.

But now including this for schools... it's regulating without giving any frack aboot the problem but this time also not giving a frack aboot wether people will notice or not.... It's a new low...

[Greji]

Because in a few weeks' time, when everybody's forgotten about today's elevation of the permissible level, the government can make an announcement that people are still being irradiated at levels within the permissible rate.

Ahh, come on Hair. They're doing a public service by helping the parents. The kids will be easier to keep track of if they glow in the dark.....

[matsuki]

Anyone having any sort of allergic reactions? I occaisionally get the itchy eyes, runny nose, and sneezing from kafunsho but I've been feeling it lately while its raining. (radiation rain? LOL) No idea if it has anything to do with what's going on but didn't start getting this until about a month ago. (watered down Claritin tabs here are retarded expensive!)

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

Anyone having any sort of allergic reactions?

Yeah, I'm getting these black blotches all over my body, can't stop chucking up and my teeth and hair are dropping out faster than French defense lines.
But I'm highly comforted by the government pronouncements that the recently updated and newly raised radiation intake safety levels are still not harmful to humans.

[Iraira]

Yeah, I'm getting these black blotches all over my body, can't stop chucking up and my teeth and hair are dropping out faster than French defense lines.

Waiting for Osopolar to post pix of your blotches....

[Greji]

can't stop chucking up and my teeth and hair are dropping out

No biggy on the teeth there Hair! Mine drop out from time to time after a few pints in the pub, but I just dust 'em off and slip 'em back in for a quick fix. I plaster the hair down flat with "Butch Wax" and that way the stuff that would fall out stays stuck to the old noggin and can be neatly arranged back in place for a new hairdo and another pint.

[Ganma]

Mine drop out from time to time after a few pints in the pub, but I just dust 'em off and slip 'em back in for a quick fix.

Detachable?

[Coligny]

Detachable?

Old people trick... dont' ask too much...

Anyone having any sort of allergic reactions? I occaisionally get the itchy eyes, runny nose, and sneezing from kafunsho but I've been feeling it lately while its raining. (radiation rain? LOL) No idea if it has anything to do with what's going on but didn't start getting this until about a month ago. (watered down Claritin tabs here are retarded expensive!)

Ungodly amount of dust these days, maybe dere's a link... computers fans are clogging at an alarming rate...

...hair are dropping out faster than French defense lines...

Only if you charge in german language...

[Yokohammer]

[Mike Oxlong]

Same down south. The yellow dust did start blowing in maybe a month or two ago, and I could literally smell the dustiness of the air. Haven't noticed the same smell lately, but something is sure causing it to pile up quick.

[wuchan]

The dust is from us farmers preparing the fields. Before the water arrives we have to till the soil a few times which produces a lot of dust. Most of the plantable soil in japan is sandy clay. When wet it is dark and sticky but when dry it is very loose, tilling it causes the fine clay particles to fly into the air. Sorry but we have to do it.

[Yokohammer]

The dust is from us farmers preparing the fields. Before the water arrives we have to till the soil a few times which produces a lot of dust. Most of the plantable soil in japan is sandy clay. When wet it is dark and sticky but when dry it is very loose, tilling it causes the fine clay particles to fly into the air. Sorry but we have to do it.

See! Everything that's wrong with the world is the farmers' fault!
(Just kidding).

All the fields in my area that are going to be used for rice are already full of water, and most of them are already planted. The problem might be partly that there are also lots of fields that can't be used this year, because they were full of sea water for a while, and they're all dry as a bone at the moment. Some of the farmers have been diligently filling and draining the affected fields multiple times in an attempt to flush out the remaining salt, but I don't know how effective that's going to be. Can't fault them for trying though. There's going to be a huge drop in rice output from Miyagi, Iwate, and Fukushima this year.

[Coligny]

+ cats shedding... the fun never ends...

[Coligny]

There's going to be a huge drop in rice output from Miyagi, Iwate, and Fukushima this year.

Is ok... wuz already stockpiling like mad because of global warming and sh1t...

[BigInJapan]

The dust is from us farmers preparing the fields. Before the water arrives we have to till the soil a few times which produces a lot of dust. Most of the plantable soil in japan is sandy clay. When wet it is dark and sticky but when dry it is very loose, tilling it causes the fine clay particles to fly into the air. Sorry but we have to do it.

I live surrounded by rice fields in northern Kyushu and I have never heard this theory. When the fields get plowed it's conceivable that a small amount of dust may get blown around, but rice fields are nowhere near the scale of deserts and deforested areas in Mongolia and China.

Hey, who knows, maybe it's plutonium powder!

Don't know about any nuclear additives, but it seems the yellow dust contents are getting more detrimental as time goes by:

From Wiki:
Sulfur, soot, ash, carbon monoxide, and other toxic pollutants including heavy metals and other carcinogens, often accompany the dust storms, as well as viruses, bacteria, fungi, pesticides, antibiotics, asbestos, herbicides, plastic ingredients, combustion products as well as hormone mimicking phthalates.