RINF – by Harvey Wasserman

A stunning new report indicates the U.S. Navy knew that sailors from the nuclear-powered USS Ronald Reagan took major radiation hits from the Fukushima atomic power plant after its meltdowns and explosions nearly three years ago.

If true, the revelations cast new light on the $1 billion lawsuit filed by the sailors against Tokyo Electric Power.  Many of the sailors are already suffering devastating health impacts, but are being stonewalled by Tepco and the Navy.   Continue reading “Documents Say Navy Knew Fukushima Dangerously Contaminated the USS Reagan”

Common Dreams – by Andrea Germanos

A new study reveals that members of the Air Force Reserve were exposed to significant levels of Agent Orange long after planes were dumping the toxic cocktail on Vietnam.

C-123 aircraft spraying Agent Orange over Vietnam. (Photo: US Air Force)The findings, published online Friday in the journal Environmental Research, stand in contrast to claims by the U.S. Air Force and the VA.   Continue reading “New Study Confirms One of Agent Orange’s Toxic Legacies”

Capitalism Institute

If you have ever had a conversation with a die-hard liberal about the Second Amendment, chances are you have probably been called “paranoid” a time or two (…or fifty).

“What are you talking about? The government is not going to take your guns; I don’t know what you’re so worried about,” I can recall from a particular conversation. “Seriously, you’re just paranoid!”   Continue reading “SURREAL: Citizens Told They Have “One Last Chance” to Register Guns”

JP Morgan Chase & Company headquarters in New YorkPress TV

The largest US bank, JPMorgan Chase, has announced that it would slash 8,000 jobs in its consumer and community banking division this year.

The bank said on Tuesday that the cuts amount to nearly three percent of its workforce of 251,000 and will be in the mortgage and consumer banking sectors. The two divisions saw 16,500 jobs lost in 2013.   Continue reading “US banking giant JPMorgan Chase will slash 8,000 jobs this year”

A soldier ducks the prop wash of a helicopter taking off near Kirkuk, Iraq, in 2010. Research is showing that toxins in Iraq's soil dust may be causing serious lung issues in some veterans.Military Times – by Patricia Kime

When Army Sgt. Jayson Williams deployed to Iraq in 2003, he was a healthy 33-year-old who enjoyed the outdoors, running and playing with his son.

When he returned home, he found he couldn’t do routine chores without becoming exhausted or needing to take deep breaths.

He deployed twice more, and his condition worsened. First thought to be emphysema, his diagnosis later was changed to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. And after having an invasive lung biopsy, he received even grimmer news — constrictive bronchiolitis, an irreversible lung disease that robs a patient of lung function.   Continue reading “Study: Soil Dust Suspected in Illnesses Among Iraq Vets”

Reuters / Mike Blake RT News

After more than a decade of feeding the homeless in Columbia, South Carolina, one group’s tradition could be in danger of ending as the city begins enforcing rules to limit the gathering of large groups in public parks.

As of February 15, Columbia began requiring any group of 25 people or more to pay for and obtain a permit 15 days in advance if they wished to use the city’s parks for an event. This requirement was extended even to non-profit groups and charities, though their fees would be smaller.   Continue reading “South Carolina city requires fees and permits to feed the homeless”

Bret Bohn was a Alaskan field guide. (Source: family photo)Police State USA

ANCHORAGE, AK — (EXCLUSIVE) — A young man’s deteriorating health led the state of Alaska to assume full control of his medical care — against his own written will and the against the wishes of his family.  Since last October he has been trapped in a hospital, isolated without visitors, on an extensive series of psychotropic drugs, in a condition that continues to diminish.   Continue reading “Man’s medical condition leads to indefinite detention, forced medication”

Update: Trail of dead bankers reaches Arizona, death count is now at 9Intellihub – by John Vibes

SCOTTSDALE, AZ (INTELLIHUB) — Former National Bank of Commerce CEO James Stuart Jr. was found dead, the morning of Feb. 19. A family spokesman did not say what caused the death. This brings the total of banker deaths in recent weeks to 9, and like the other recent deaths, this one comes with no explanation.

In 1969, he joined Citibank in New York City, where he worked as a loan officer. In 1973, he was named executive vice president of First Commerce Bancshares, a holding company that owned Nebraska Bank of Commerce and six other banks. He became the holding company’s chairman and CEO in 1978 and assumed top leadership of NBC in 1985, The Journal Star reported.   Continue reading “Update: Trail of dead bankers reaches Arizona, death count is now at 9”

joe bidenThe Guardian – by Tom McCarthy

Vice-president Joe Biden on Tuesday dwelled at length on the question of whether he would jump into the 2016 presidential race, telling the hosts of The View talk show that he has the support of his wife should he decide to run, and that his decision will not hinge on whether Hillary Clinton runs.

“I absolutely have not said no,” Biden said. “I’m as likely to run as to not run.”   Continue reading “Joe Biden talks 2016 US presidential race and healthcare on The View”

Independent – by ANTONIA MOLLOY

A blind man in Florida who shot and killed his friend has had two guns returned to him after being acquitted last month of murder under the state’s stand-your-ground law.

John Wayne Rogers, 40, shot 34-year-old James T. DeWitt in the chest with an assault rifle in March 2012, after a long drinking session in Rogers’ home in Geneva, in eastern Seminole County.

Prosecutors had charged Rogers with first-degree murder over the killing of DeWitt, who was staying the night, but a judge ruled that he had acted in self-defence.   Continue reading “Blind Florida man gets his guns back after being cleared of fatal shooting in stand-your-ground defence”

Q: Where can single men over the age of 60 find younger women who are interested in them?

A: Try a bookstore, under Fiction.

Q: What can a man do while his wife is going through menopause?

A: Keep busy. If you’re handy with tools, you can finish the basement. When you’re done, you will have a place to live.  Continue reading “Over 60”

Florida Power & Light’s St. Lucie Nuclear Plant is on Hutchinson Island, about 50 miles north of West Palm Beach.Tampa Bay Times – by Ivan Penn

Yet another Florida nuclear plant may be in trouble.

More than 3,700 tubes that help cool a nuclear reactor at Florida Power & Light’s St. Lucie facility exhibit wear. Most other similar plants have between zero and a few hundred.

Worst case: A tube bursts and spews radioactive fluid. That’s what happened at the San Onofre plant in California two years ago. The plant shut down forever because it would have cost too much to fix.   Continue reading “Cooling tubes at FPL St. Lucie nuke plant show significant wear”