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Nuclear legacy - then and now.

By cmaukonen on Sat, 04/09/2011 - 9:54am |

The following photo essay was linked to on Huffington. It's the work Paul Fusco. Photos of the children - some abandoned - who were exposed or their parents exposed - to the radiation from Chernobyl. Caution, these are quite graphic.

http://inmotion.magnumphotos.com/essay/chernobyl

Will this also be the legacy of Fukushima  Nuclear Power Station ? It looks all too likely that it will.

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Consensus

By cmaukonen on Wed, 04/06/2011 - 12:17pm |

con·sen·sus [kuhn-sen-suhs]
–noun, plural -sus·es.
1. majority of opinion: The consensus of the group was that they should meet twice a month.

2. general agreement or concord; harmony.

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They Say We'll Have a Revolution......

By cmaukonen on Tue, 04/05/2011 - 12:40pm |



The Rise and Fall of the American Empire seems to be the topic du jour these days and at least one anthropologist has done a significa

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TELEVISION

By cmaukonen on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 10:53pm |


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Another one bites the dust...

By cmaukonen on Sat, 04/02/2011 - 7:11pm |

One of the better posters at this blog has left. This is a shame. And the reason is the totally childish, immature, self centered and sophomoric comments made. Some even personal attacks that even the most repugnant right winger would not stoop to.

Congratulations ass holes, you have just made his point in spades.

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Our current collective political insanity

By cmaukonen on Thu, 03/31/2011 - 8:21pm |

Why is the right acting like they have lost their collective minds ? For one thing the decision of giving corporations person hood and the ability to buy any politico they choose, as Sam Smith points out here.

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Communities - American style

By cmaukonen on Wed, 03/30/2011 - 10:02pm |

There has been a lot of talk recently about community. More that one person has done a blog about it or brought it up in comments on this site or another. Also a good deal of comparisons with other countries. Sweden, Finland, France, German etc.  All very well and good.

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Japanese Gov. suggests cover up for nuclear disaster.

By cmaukonen on Tue, 03/29/2011 - 11:54pm |

I could not believe this when I first read it.

TOKYO, March 30, Kyodo

The government is considering applying new measures to prevent the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant from further spreading radioactive particles, its top spokesman said Wednesday.

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Achtung !

By cmaukonen on Sun, 03/27/2011 - 4:34pm |
Zen students are with their masters at least ten years before they presume to teach others. Nan-in was visited by Tenno, who, having passed his apprenticeship, had become a teacher. The day happened to be rainy, so Tenno wore wooden clogs and carried an umbrella. After greeting him Nan-in remarked: "I suppose you left your wooden clogs in the vestibule.
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When Science and technology were not considered magic.

By cmaukonen on Thu, 03/24/2011 - 8:27pm |

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. - Arthur C. Clarke

I would guess to a large portion of out society our current technology would seem like magic. You press a button and your car starts right up. No muss no fuss. Same for your television. Cell phones let you talk to whoever where ever and nearly everything has a digital and/or text screen read out.

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