Japan’s Nuclear Safety Commission admits to being liars – or at least parsimonious with the truth

In the British Parliament it is not allowed to call someone a “liar.” It is for this reason that Members of that august body have come up with such grand circumlocutions as: “My esteemed Colleague is being parsimonious with the truth!” Now just so we get our language right when dealing with nitty-gritty problems of truth telling in foreign cultures let me start . . . → Read More: Japan’s Nuclear Safety Commission admits to being liars – or at least parsimonious with the truth

Deutsche files harassing foreclosure case against son of foreclosure activist

HuffPost has an article on the scare tactics of Deutsche Bank against one of the acknowledged experts in foreclosure fraud: Ms. Lynn Szymoniak. She has fought her own foreclosure, and it was thrown out of court once already. But now Deutsche has named her son as a co-defendant in the foreclosure, even though he is not on the note and has no interest . . . → Read More: Deutsche files harassing foreclosure case against son of foreclosure activist

Fukushima: It’s worse

Yoniuri Online diagram showing reduced water levels in Reactor 1 at Fukushima Daiichi plant.

Several people picked up on the Fukushima updates recently. A hat-tip to Krista Mahr of Time Online who in her article Fukushima: Er, Sorry…Worse Than We Thought repeats what I said yesterday about it being worse than we thought and pointed me to a Yomiuri Online report.

The Yomiuri Shimbun Online review of the situation has a very good image of the situation. . . . → Read More: Fukushima: It’s worse

Fukushima: fuel rods exposed, fuel melted, reactor vessel has holes…

This is probably the worst news about Fukushima yet, but it seems to be getting little media play. The short version, Reactor 1 has totally exposed fuel rods, melted fuel pooling at the bottom and holes in the reactor containment vessel. It is exactly similar to Chernobyl, with reactor fuel directly exposed to the environment outside the containment vessel. High radiation in the . . . → Read More: Fukushima: fuel rods exposed, fuel melted, reactor vessel has holes…

The persistence of the self

The immortality projects of singularity science bring with it a serious question of what it will be to continue to exist as a self. I look at Eastern and Western concepts of self in this thought about transcendent projects. . . . → Read More: The persistence of the self