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Shake, Rattle and Roll in Japan

Natural forces vs humans. Why build nuclear power plants near fault lines? Related Links When the tsunami hit – @julieposetti Location of that extraordinary #Japan #Tsunami video RT @gumb Kesennuma-shi, Miyagi-ken. Co-ords: 38.9089, 141.5698 # Japan earthquake: Footage of moment tsunami hit Before and after Japan’s Nuclear Crisis: Lessons for the U.S. All right, it’s . . . → Read More if you dare: Shake, Rattle and Roll in Japan

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White Australia – Nation of Bigoted Climate Savers

While the recent earthquake shook the bones of Christchurch in New Zealand, an earthquake of another kind rippled briefly through the Australian landscape. I want to make sure it is not ignored. The results of the 12 year nationwide Challenging Racism survey from the University of Western Sydney shocked me to the bone. Download the . . . → Read More if you dare: White Australia – Nation of Bigoted Climate Savers

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Big Wet

In our drenched little paradise, we have plenty of supplies to survive weeks of isolation if necessary and are situated well above the creek below. With luck, the power will stay on! My father did the first comprehensive scientific Australian study based on all available historic rainfall measurements. I asked him many years ago . . . → Read More if you dare: Big Wet

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Slavoj Zizek : Are We Living in the End Times?

One of my favourite contemporary thinkers, Slavoj Zizek, expounds on apocalypse via capitalist degeneracy. The downside about being declared the messiah is that they generally come to a sticky end ‘CIA response to Assange assassination FOI on Scribd.com: This is a final response to your 11 October FOI Act request for all copies of . . . → Read More if you dare: Slavoj Zizek : Are We Living in the End Times?

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How the oil industry pollutes and destroys despite available, functional technology – Booming

Warning – profanity contained in the above vid is prolific, but well in keeping with the subject matter. If anyone was in doubt about the idiocy of Repubes and the correctness of John Stuart Mill’s dictim about conservatives being stupid, this story will clear up remaining qualms and ensure folks are aware that US . . . → Read More if you dare: How the oil industry pollutes and destroys despite available, functional technology – Booming

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LIVE : Wild Earth in Africa

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Australian bushfires rage

Fires are an everpresent threat in Australia – many catastrophic blazes are lit by firebugs. With soaring temperatures in Victoria and New South Wales, dozens of people have died in the latest bush fires. Fierce winds were fanning the fires and pushing them in unpredictable directions in Victoria on Sunday, after temperatures reached a . . . → Read More if you dare: Australian bushfires rage

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Devastation is the Bible’s Fault – the Fringe is Mainstream

TV documentary icon Sir Richard Attenborough can hardly be accused of being an environmental extremist – and now he’s confirming that which we on the Fringe have been saying for donkey’s years – the Old Testament Christian god is an irresponsible, ignorant, environmental vandal. The predominant cause of current planetary environmental devastation has roots in . . . → Read More if you dare: Devastation is the Bible’s Fault – the Fringe is Mainstream

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