"A republic, if you can keep it." Defeat MAGA
"A republic, if you can keep it." Defeat MAGA
An Associated Press review of Japan’s approach to nuclear plant safety shows how closely intertwined relationships between government regulators and industry have allowed a culture of complacency to prevail. We should be so thankful that U.S. regulators aren’t also bought,…
While we certainly have regulatory capture here in the US, it’s now clear that the entire government of Japan is an inept and corrupt entity, completely captured and controlled by big business. TEPCO knew radiation in seawater was 7.5 million…
Japan PM says nuclear crisis not worse but advises wider evacuation. The real questions there are 1) Is the government in control or just a lackey of Tepco, and 2) Is Tepco more concerned with saving their investment in the…
New radiation alert at Fukushima – Levels soar to 1600 times normal That radiation reading was 20 kilometers from the crippled reactors. But no need to worry your silly little head, no doubt their government will raise the permissible amount…
Capitalism doesn’t just profit from disasters, as Naomi Klein says. It also, through greed, shortsightedness, and corruption, creates disasters. It could be a real estate bubble, inflated by corruption and a deliberately asleep government, that finally popped and took down…