American Chernobyl
I had this exact thought, or rather that exact term occurred to me, earlier in the week – Dmitry Orlov beat me to it: Translate “industrial accident” into Russian and back into English, and what you...
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Caught a BP spokesman on Anderson Cooper last night downplaying the spill, Anderson we’re doing all we can right now and blah blah and blah. Cooper pushed him a bit but the reality, as Yves Smith...
View ArticleSunny side up
So I’ve been following the news out of Japan – as have you, I’m sure – and as the situation has worsened, I’ve been taken aback by the continued sunny reporting, at least by most American print...
View ArticleHigher ground
An old college friend has family trapped in Colorado right now. Terrifying stuff: Massive flash flooding along Colorado’s picturesque Front Range mountains, triggered by what the National Weather...
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