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Goldman Sachs sets aside $12bn to pay staff in 2011 | Business | The Guardian
Goldman Sachs sets aside $12bn to pay staff in 2011 | Business | The Guardian: "The Wall Street investment bank reported full year revenue of $28.8bn – down 26% – while earnings almost halved to $4.4bn"
Newt Gingrich: I would ignore supreme court as president | World news | guardian.co.uk
Newt Gingrich: I would ignore supreme court as president | World news | guardian.co.uk: "Republican presidential candidate would order military to defy judges' ruling extending legal rights to terror suspects"
This guy is a nut.
In MF Global, JPMorgan again at center of a financial failure | Reuters
In MF Global, JPMorgan again at center of a financial failure | Reuters: (Reuters) - "In late October, as MF Global Holdings Ltd teetered toward bankruptcy, Jon Corzine phoned his close-knit circle of Wall Street friends for help."
Iran's nuclear scientists are not being assassinated. They are being murdered | Mehdi Hasan | Comment is free | The Guardian
Iran's nuclear scientists are not being assassinated. They are being murdered | Mehdi Hasan | Comment is free | The Guardian: "Killing our enemies abroad is just state-sponsored terror – whatever euphemism western leaders like to use"
Billionaire Kremlin hopeful says Putin must change | Reuters
Billionaire Kremlin hopeful says Putin must change | Reuters: Reuters) - "Mikhail Prokhorov, a super-rich tycoon challenging Vladimir Putin for Russia's presidency in March, said his country faced the danger of violent revolution if it did not break conservative resistance and move quickly to democracy."
Citigroup profit falls 11 percent, misses Street view | Reuters
Citigroup profit falls 11 percent, misses Street view | Reuters: (Reuters) - "Citigroup Inc fourth-quarter profit fell 11 percent and missed Wall Street estimates as the European debt crisis battered capital markets, hurting trading revenue and discouraging clients from doing deals."
Science's most beautiful theories | Reuters
Science's most beautiful theories | Reuters: (Reuters) - "From Darwinian evolution to the idea that personality is largely shaped by chance, the favorite theories of the world's most eminent thinkers are as eclectic as science itself."
After Fukushima, fish tales
After Fukushima, fish tales: "The Canadian Food Inspection Agency, which monitors food safety, says it is aware of the numbers but says the amounts of cesium detected are small.
"Approximately 60 per cent of fish have shown to have detectable levels of radionuclides," it said in an emailed statement."
"Approximately 60 per cent of fish have shown to have detectable levels of radionuclides," it said in an emailed statement."
This article is a must read to the end.
Mohamed ElBaradei quits Egyptian presidential race | World news | guardian.co.uk
Mohamed ElBaradei quits Egyptian presidential race | World news | guardian.co.uk: "Reform leader pulls out, saying country's ruling junta has governed since Mubarak's exit 'as if no regime has fallen'"
Vatican protesters evicted by police | World news | The Guardian
Vatican protesters evicted by police | World news | The Guardian: "Aiming to set up a protest camp similar to the Occupy encampment outside St Paul's in London, up to 50 protesters arrived in the colonnaded piazza in front of St Peter's basilica carrying placards calling on the Catholic church to pay more taxes, a likely reference to tax breaks handed to the Vatican by the Italian government."
We should want the same in the US and have all religious organizations pay taxes too.
Iran accuses US and Britain of role in killing of nuclear scientist | World news | guardian.co.uk
Iran accuses US and Britain of role in killing of nuclear scientist | World news | guardian.co.uk: "Tehran sends diplomatic letter to US saying it has evidence of CIA involvement in killing of Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan"
This murdering of individuals is unacceptable, and should deeply embarrass all of us in the US and in Israel, and where ever this practice is allowed. These murders are crimes which violate human natural and constitutional rights and which should be severely punished.
Looming S&P downgrade hits euro zone markets | Reuters
Looming S&P downgrade hits euro zone markets | Reuters: (Reuters) - "Standard & Poor's was poised to downgrade the credit ratings of several euro zone countries on Friday, including France and Austria but not Germany or the Netherlands, rattling markets in the first blow of the new year for the troubled single currency."
US marines accused of war crimes | World news | The Guardian
US marines accused of war crimes | World news | The Guardian: "Video posted anonymously on YouTube claims to show American troops in Afghanistan urinating on dead bodies"
Poverty in America likely to get worse, report finds | Business | guardian.co.uk
Poverty in America likely to get worse, report finds | Business | guardian.co.uk: "Indiana University study says 46 million Americans are living below the poverty line – up 27% since start of recession"
Guant�namo: still a part of America's conscience, a decade on | World news | The Guardian
Guantanamo: still a part of America's conscience, a decade on | World news | The Guardian:
"• Some 171 inmates remain, despite Obama's promises
• Only six detainees ever convicted; around 600 released"
• Only six detainees ever convicted; around 600 released"
Growing wealth divide puts globalization at risk | Reuters
Growing wealth divide puts globalization at risk | Reuters: (Reuters) - "A backlash against rising inequality - evident from the Occupy movement to the Arab Spring - risks derailing the advance of globalization and represents a threat to economies worldwide, according to the World Economic Forum."
Fukushima nuclear cleanup could create its own environmental disaster | Environment | guardian.co.uk
Fukushima nuclear cleanup could create its own environmental disaster | Environment | guardian.co.uk: "Decontaminating the Fukushima region to remove radioactive particles will not be possible without removing large amounts of soil, leaves and plants"
Fukushima nuclear plant worker in coma after collapsing at site - The Mainichi Daily News
Fukushima nuclear plant worker in coma after collapsing at site - The Mainichi Daily News: "A worker in his 60s at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant is in a coma after collapsing at the site, plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) has announced."
In theory: the death of literature | Books | guardian.co.uk
In theory: the death of literature | Books | guardian.co.uk: "The fact that people have been proclaiming its passing for centuries only makes the sense of its ending more acute"
Nigeria fuel protests: two killed and dozens wounded as police open fire | World news | The Guardian
Nigeria fuel protests: two killed and dozens wounded as police open fire | World news | The Guardian: "Police use live ammunition and teargas to disperse crowds taking part in national strike in protest against fuel subsidy cuts"
Oil rises on economic optimism, Iran concerns | Reuters
Oil rises on economic optimism, Iran concerns | Reuters: (Reuters) - "Oil prices rose on Tuesday as optimism about the U.S. economic growth and anxiety about Iran's nuclear program dispute with the West and unrest in Nigeria provided a boost for crude despite continuing concerns about Europe's economy."
This is price gauging and US oil companies will benefit from the sanctions.
Uranium mining in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Uranium mining in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Health and environmental issues
See also: Health effects of radon and Uranium mining and the Navajo people
The radiation hazards of uranium mining and milling were not appreciated in the early years, resulting in workers exposed to high levels of radiation. Inhalation of radon gas caused sharp increases in lung cancers among underground uranium miners employed in the 1940s and 1950s.[64][65][66]
In 1950, the US Public Health service began a comprehensive study of uranium miners, leading to the first publication of a statistical correlation between cancer and uranium mining, released in 1962.[13] The federal government eventually regulated the standard amount of radon in mines, setting the level at 0.3 WL on January 1, 1969.[14] In 1990, Congress passed the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA), granting reparations for those affected by mining, with amendments passed in 2000 to address criticisms with the original act.[13]
Uranium mines also create radioactive waste in the form of tailings, which contain uranium, thorium, radium, and polonium. Consequently, uranium mining results in "the unavoidable radioactive contamination of the environment by solid, liquid and gaseous wastes".[67]
In the 1940s and 1950s, uranium mill tailings were released with impunity into water sources, and the radium leached from these tailings contaminated thousands of miles of the Colorado River system. Between 1966 and 1971, thousands of homes and commercial buildings in the Colorado Plateau region were "found to contain anomalously high concentrations of radon, after being built on uranium tailings taken from piles under the authority of the Atomic Energy Commission".[68]
Out of 50 present and former uranium milling sites in 12 states, 24 have been abandoned, and are the responsibility of the US Department of Energy.[69] Accidental releases from uranium mills include the 1979 Church Rock uranium mill spill in New Mexico, called the largest accident of nuclear-related waste in US history, and the 1986 Sequoyah Corporation Fuels Release in Oklahoma.[14]
Source: Wikipedia
Uranium Mining Threatens Grand Canyon Communities | Truthout
Uranium Mining Threatens Grand Canyon Communities | Truthout: "Flagstaff, Arizona - Over a thousand uranium mines have already contaminated water across the Southwest, poisoning communities with radiation that leads to cancer, harming the biodiversity of rivers and dissipating toxic ore dust into the air."
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