A variety of links to articles/interviews/speeches on current topis that may be of interest.
Lakeside Diner |
| By: SouthernDragon Monday February 13, 2012 4:45 am |
San Onofre: One Leaks, the Other Doesn’t… Yet |
| By: Gregg Levine Friday February 3, 2012 2:29 pm |
For those who thought that, with the new year, nuclear power had turned a page and put its “annus horribilis” behind it–as if the calendar were somehow the friend America’s aging reactors–let’s take a quick look at January 2012.
Panetta Outlines Earlier End to Combat Mission in Afghanistan |
| By: David Dayen Thursday February 2, 2012 6:02 am |
At least so far, the attempts from inside the military to warn against an early withdrawal in Afghanistan are not working. In fact, the US appeared to move in the other direction today, aligning themselves more with France than with the military moles.
Lakeside Diner |
| By: SouthernDragon Tuesday January 24, 2012 4:45 am |
A variety of links to articles/interviews on current topics that may be of interest.
Lakeside Diner |
| By: SouthernDragon Thursday January 19, 2012 4:45 am |
A variety of links to articles/interviews on current topics that may be of interest.
European Crisis: Multiple Credit Downgrades, Greek Debt Talks Collapse |
| By: David Dayen Saturday January 14, 2012 7:30 am |
Europe has lived in an almost perpetual state of collapse lately, with promising deals followed by despair. This was one of the despair days.
Why Does Sarkozy Care What S&P Says? |
| By: masaccio Friday January 6, 2012 1:10 pm |
Why does Sarkozy make it a priority to please the unelected Americans at S&P?
Lakeside Diner |
| By: SouthernDragon Monday December 12, 2011 4:45 am |
A variety of links to articles/interviews on current topics that may, or may not, be of interest.
Britain Trying to Get Goodies for Its Banksters Out of Euro Deal |
| By: David Dayen Wednesday December 7, 2011 5:02 pm |
The Merkozy preferred plan for tighter fiscal Euro consolidation, with sanctions for member nations that fail to reach budget targets, requires a change to the Treaty of Lisbon, which covers not just the 17 countries in the Eurozone, but all 27 member countries in the EU. If that route is pursued, any country that vetoes the treaty change would effectively block it. And that brings Britain into the picture.
Greenpeace Activists Enter French Nuclear Plant, Hang Banner to Highlight Lax Security |
| By: Gregg Levine Monday December 5, 2011 6:10 pm |
You Just Can’t Find Good Help These Days.
Not only were members of Greenpeace able to get past the security guarding at least one, and possibly three, nuclear facilities in France, they were able to plan and execute this operation less than a month after the plant operator, French energy giant EDF, was fined 1.5 million Euros ($2 million) for hacking into Greenpeace computers.


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