Interesting, Germany is shutting down all seven of its pre-1980 nuclear power plants.
For a safety review in light of the Japanese accident. The worldwide nuclear industry will be going over the Japanese event with a fine-toothed comb.
May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Ginger - Mar 15, 2011 8:55:12 am PDT #28401 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Daisy Jane - Mar 15, 2011 9:03:56 am PDT #28402 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
"The 2000s experienced some of the worst and most destructive natural disasters in history."
I wonder if part of that isn't that we're all letting our infrastructure go to pot.
DavidS - Mar 15, 2011 9:05:06 am PDT #28403 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I wonder if part of that isn't that we're all letting our infrastructure go to pot.
Also climate change.
Polter-Cow - Mar 15, 2011 9:06:01 am PDT #28404 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Ginger, thank you so much for your commentary and perspective. I agree that you should try to get a column published in a blog or somewhere so more people can get this important information and stop freaking the fuck out. I have been trying to calm my doom-and-gloom co-worker for days.
Kat - Mar 15, 2011 9:06:16 am PDT #28405 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I wonder if part of that isn't that we're all letting our infrastructure go to pot.
Also climate change.
And the upcoming apocalypse on May 21.
DavidS - Mar 15, 2011 9:07:29 am PDT #28406 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
And the upcoming apocalypse on May 21.
Isn't that a Rapture? How is that going to affect the whole 2012 thingie? Is God trying to upstage the Mayans?
Daisy Jane - Mar 15, 2011 9:08:48 am PDT #28407 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I think climate change covers the worst part and not maintaining and improving on the stuff we built probably covers the most destructive part.
I think that's also why some fringe right wing people would rather say they are acts of an angry god dealing with (pick whichever group they feel like marginalizing today).
Steph L. - Mar 15, 2011 9:10:57 am PDT #28408 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
And the upcoming apocalypse on May 21.
Isn't that a Rapture? How is that going to affect the whole 2012 thingie? Is God trying to upstage the Mayans?
I think the Mayan thing is May 21, 2012. The rapture needs to get on board if it wants to happen before then.
Kat - Mar 15, 2011 9:11:36 am PDT #28409 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Oh right. The apocalypse is on October something. It's the rapture on May 21.
I wonder how Deborah Harry feels about the use of the word rapture in this context?
Also, 10:30 AM is a sucky time in a hospital cafeteria if you are looking for food that is not chicken wings from under the heating lamps.
To make my day a little more entertaining at UCLA, I have an interview at 2:00. Grace will be way out of surgery and into recovery by then. But ugh.
sumi - Mar 15, 2011 9:11:54 am PDT #28410 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!