Japan is poised to flood the Pacific Ocean with one million tons of radioactive water contaminated by the Fukushima nuclear power plant

News Updates from CLG
29 November 2017

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Japan is poised to flood the Pacific Ocean with one million tons of radioactive water contaminated by the Fukushima nuclear power plant --The amount of radioactive water at Fukushima is still growing, by 150 tons a day. | 26 Nov 2017 | The Japanese government is being urged by experts to gradually release radioactive water in to the Pacific Ocean more than six years after a tsunami overwhelmed the Fukushima nuclear power plant. The water is stored on site in around 900 large and densely packed tanks and could spill should another major disaster strike. The government has been urged to release the water into the ocean as all the radioactive elements of the water except tritium have [*allegedly*] been removed through treatment. But if the tank breaks, the contents may not be able to be controlled.

 

Japan approves restart of two nuclear reactors at Ohi power plant near Kyoto --Public support for nuclear power dropped in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima disaster | 28 Nov 2017 | A local Japanese governor [insanely] approved the restart of two nuclear reactors near Kyoto, officials said on Monday, clearing the final regulatory hurdle for the revival of the power plants early next year. Fukui Province governor Issei Nishikawa gave the green light to operator Kansai Electric, which plans to restart reactors three and four of the Ohi nuclear plant. The decision comes in spite of long-running opposition to atomic activity in the country. 

 

Moscow scrambles fighter jet after detecting US spy plane approaching Russian border | 28 Nov 2017 | Russia has scrambled a Su-30 fighter jet after detecting an American P8A Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft over the Black Sea, according to a Defense Ministry statement. The US spy plane was approaching at high speed to the Russian border, it said. The Russian fighter jet buzzed the US Navy reconnaissance plane at around 1pm local time (10:00 GMT) as it was flying over the neutral waters of the Black Sea, the ministry said. "After moving closer, the Russian [Su-30] fighter jet flew over the object and visually identified it as an American reconnaissance aircraft P8A Poseidon," the statement reads. After the spy plane was intercepted by the Russian Air Force, the US aircraft changed course and flew away.

 

Russian official warns of potential 'apocalyptic' outcome from North Korea | 28 Nov 2017 | One senior Russian official warns of an "apocalyptic" scenario that is taking form on the Korean Peninsula. On Monday, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov said, in the hope of a peaceful resolution, "I hope that a common sense, pragmatism and an instinct of self-preservation would prevail among our partners to exclude such negative scenario," according to Russian state-run [as opposed to globalist-run aka 99% of US 'news' agencies] news agency Tass.

 

North Korea fires intercontinental ballistic missile | 29 Nov 2017 | North Korea has fired an intercontinental ballistic missile, US military sources have confirmed. The ICBM appears to have been launched from Pyongsong, according to South Korea's joint chiefs of staff, over the sea between South Korea and Japan. President Donald Trump said "we will take care of it" when questioned about the missile launch. A US government source confirmed the launch, which was detected at 6.30pm GMT. The Pentagon says there is no threat to the USA or its allies.

 

North Korea fires ballistic missile - report | 28 Nov 2017 | North Korea has fired a ballistic missile, according to South Korean news agency and a US government source. "North Korea launched an unidentified ballistic missile eastward from the vicinity of Pyongsong, South Pyongan Province, at dawn today," the Joint Chiefs of Staff said, as cited by Yonhap news agency. South Korea and the US were analysing the missile's trajectory, it added. A US government source has confirmed the North Korean missile launch to Reuters without providing any further details.

 

Senate Intel chief sees warrantless surveillance powers in must-pass legislation | 28 Nov 2017 | A bill renewing a powerful surveillance authority will "likely" be rolled into must-pass legislation at the end of the year, rather than voted on as a stand-alone measure, Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr said Tuesday. The North Carolina Republican, whose committee advanced the bill 12-3 in October, did not specify what the vehicle could be, though Congress must approve legislation by Dec. 8 to keep the government open...Known as Section 702 of a package of foreign intelligence amendments passed in 2008, it allows the National Security Agency (NSA) to collect the texts and emails of foreigners abroad without an individualized warrant -- even when the subjects communicate with Americans in the U.S.Federal investigators can then search those communications -- again without a warrant -- in what critics say is a violation of Americans' Fourth Amendment protections.

 

Egypt mosque attackers wore military uniforms and arrived in SUVs [Sounds like a run-of-the-mill CIA-US contractor destabilization exercise.] | 26 Nov 2017 | Dozens of men wearing military combat uniforms and armed with automatic machine guns carried out the deadly assault on a Sufi mosque in northern Sinai, Egyptian authorities said. Twenty-five to 30 attackers arrived in five SUVs at the al Rawdah Sufi mosque in Bir al-Abed on Friday. Some wore masks and at least one was carrying an ISIS [I-CIA-SIS] flag, the state prosecutor told state-run Nile TV in a statement. They positioned themselves at the building's entrances and the front of the mosque shortly before the massive gunfire and loud explosions rang out.

 

Las Vegas massacre survivor killed in hit-and-run marks fourth death of key eyewitness to shooting | 26 Nov 2017 | Roy McClellan, 52, survived the Route 91 Music Festival massacre only to be tragically struckby a Chevrolet Camaro while walking along the highway just several weeks later. McClellan and his wife attended the Oct. 1 Jason Aldean concert where 58 people were killed by gunfire...Authorities have located the vehicle used in the hit-and-run and charges are pending against the owner. McClellan's death marks the fourth massacre survivor and key eyewitness to have turned up dead following the Las Vegas shooting.

 

Cancer Researcher Found Dead Following 'Breakthrough' Discovery | 28 Nov 2017 | A medical researcher has been found dead after reporting a "breakthrough" discovery in the cure for cancer. 40-year-old Dr. Miguel Crespo's body was found in the bathroom of the Weill Cornell Medical Center on the Upper East Side in New York where he worked after going missing for several hours. Police investigators say they are still trying to piece together how the young doctor had died but say that he most likely committed suicide [Yeah, right!] by taking a drug overdose after they found vomit next to his body in the 8th-floor bathroom and said he had been "foaming at the mouth."

 

Drones will soon release swarms of sterile male mosquitoes to 'fight' Zika and malaria | 27 Nov 2017 | Drones will soon be used in the 'battle against' malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases like Zika. In an experiment to try and crowd out mosquito populations by using sterile male insects that cannot reproduce, researchers are hoping to bring down their reproduction in Latin America. Large swarms of mosquitoes can be dropped from drones, strategically crowding out the other males. When female mosquitoes mate with them, they will not reproduce, eventually bringing down their population, in the process [allegedly] reducing diseases that they spread, the BBC reports. The drones will be developed by WeRobotics and the experiment will be conducted in 2018. [Yes, why not experiment on *yourselves* instead of the public?]

 

5.2 million seniors could see taxes increased by GOP bill - AARP | 29 Nov 2017 | Millions of senior citizens could see tax increases under the Senate version of the GOP's tax-reform plan, according to an analysis from the AARP. In an article published Wednesday on the group's website, the AARP's vice president and policy director argue that 1 in 5 seniors, about 6.3 million taxpayers, will see either no change or a tax increase in 2019 under the plan passed by the Senate Budget Committee. Of those individuals, 1.2 million people would get a tax hike. The authors argue that number will jump "more than four times" by 2027 to 5.2 million seniors "as a result of sunsetting the middle-class tax cuts."

 

Republicans Clear Major Hurdle as Tax Bill Advances | 28 Nov 2017 | Senate Republicans took a significant step toward passing a sweeping tax overhaul on Tuesday, with a key panel giving its approvaland several wavering senators indicating they would support the tax package, helping clear the way for full Senate consideration later this week. Passage of the tax overhaul, which seemed uncertain on Monday, strengthened considerably on Tuesday after the Senate Budget Committee voted along party lines to advance the plan...Many Republican senators left after protesters disrupted the meeting, chanting, "Kill the bill."

 

Senate GOP tax bill hurts the poor more than originally thought, CBO finds | 26 Nov 2017 |The Senate Republican tax plan gives substantial tax cuts and benefits to Americans earning more than 100,000 a year, while the nation's poorest would be worse off, according to report released Sunday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. Republicans are aiming to have the full Senate vote on the tax plan as early as this week, but the new CBO analysis showing large, harmful effects on the poor may complicate those plans...By 2019, Americans earning less than 30,000 a year would be worse off under the Senate bill, CBO found.

 

House votes to mandate sexual harassment training for members and staff | 29 Nov 2017 | The House on Wednesday voted to require annual sexual harassment awareness training for all members and staff amid a push to reform the culture on Capitol Hill. A resolution authored by Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.) passed easily by voice vote, though its passage will not be the hard part for lawmakers seeking to reform the policies to protect Capitol Hill employees from sexual harassment. Comstock's measure requires members and staff to undergo anti-harassment and anti-discrimination training during each session of Congress. Interns and fellows would also have to take the training.

 

John Conyers steps aside from House Judiciary Committee amid probe into sexual allegations | 26 Nov 2017 | Michigan Rep. John Conyers on Sunday stepped aside as the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, but again denied recent allegations of sexual and inappropriate conduct. The 88-year-old Conyers, starting last week, was hit with several allegations of misconduct while in Congress that are now being investigated by the House Ethics Committee.

 

French president Emmanuel Macron: Gender-based insults to be punishable by law --Police to have power to fine perpetrators of verbal gendered violence | 27 Nov 2017 | France is to ban gender-based insults and wolf whistling in the street in a crackdown against sexism, the country's president has said. In a speech Emmanuel Macron said it was unacceptable for France to be "one of those countries where women live in fear" of "verbal violence against women". "Gender-based insults will be punishable by law. Offenders will face a deterrent fine," Mr Macron said.

  

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