Russia will begin airlifting up to 6,000 Russians out of Japan, according to Russian Emergencies Minister Sergei Shoigu.
Offically there are 2,000 Russians in Japan, but it is admitted that there are actually 6,000+.
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Russia to Create Multi-Use Cards: ID, passport, debit, insurance all in one
President Medvedev has ordered the creation of a multi-use card, that will act as ID, passport, insurance, drivers license and debit card.
The cards will contain micro-chips. It’s part of a plan for a “…better digital culture…”. A new national payment system will be created, so people can use the IDs for bill payments.
The system could cost Russia $5 billion, and it’s hoped to get it up and running by January 2012.
How did the Soviets deal with Chernobyl Disaster? Sand, Lead, Concrete
17MAR2011
The situation in Japan, with Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, is similar to the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, in that nuclear fuel was exposed. The Japanese are trying to deal with the situation by dumping water onto the reactors and spent fuel pools. At this point only partial melting of fuel rods have occurred. How did the Soviets deal with Chernobyl, where full melt down of the entire reactor took place?
CNES SPOT/EOSAT satellite image, 1986.
After a series of attempts to restrain the nuclear melt down failed, resulting literally in melting of the reactor (in the U.S. it’s called China Syndrome, because jokingly it was said it would melt it’s way to China), the Soviets began to air drop sand, lead and boric acid. 5,000 metric tons worth in one week! The reactor was eventually sealed in a concrete coffin.
Most people working to fight the Chernobyl disaster died from radiation exposure. One firefighter said it felt like pins & needles on his face, and the air tasted like metal, then he died. Most of the vehicles used are still parked at the Chernobyl compound.
Soviet scientist were concerned with the melting reactor reaching ground water. They decided to pour huge amounts of concrete in the bottom of the reactor building, which seems to have worked.
For perspective: Chernobyl was ONE reactor, no spent fuel pools. Japan is dealing, officially, with SIX reactors & their spent fuel pools (1,000+ fuel rods).
Fukushima 2011: JAPAN DISASTER START OF GLOBAL GREAT DEPRESSION
IDAHO NATIONAL LABRATORY WATCHING EVENTS IN JAPAN, SEA WATER MAY NOT WORK
JAPAN QUAKE = NO ECONOMIC RECOVERY
Arrogant Russian Politican says Japanese should move to Russia
Vladimir Zhirinovsky has offered an invitation to the People of Japan, to move to unpopulated areas of Russia.
He says they will never half to worry about living on an unstable island again.
His also let slip his real reason for wanting Japanese to move to Russia: “Russia will even benefit if such hardworking people join us.”
Zhirinovsky also invited Muammar Gaddafi to move to Moscow.
Volcanoes North of Japan, and in Indonesia, Erupt
WeatherSpace.com is reporting that two volcanoes, on the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula north of Japan, and one other volcano in Indonesia, erupted almost at the same time.
They erupted on March 12. They are considered to be connected to the big quake event in Japan. They are part of the Ring of Fire.
From Russia to Coca Cola; Big Profits. From Coke to Russia; $1 Billion.
Coca-Cola reported a third quarter profit for 2010. Russia being their biggest market, with 30% growth in the past year. Coke’s North American market (Canada, United States and Mexico) had only 2% growth. A very obvious sign, I think, of who has the money to spend.
Coca-Cola has figured out where the money is and has announced that it will invest $1 billion into their Russian operation, over the next five years. Another obvious sign, to me, that the U.S. economy isn’t ’bout to recover soon.
Who loves ya baby? Not the the United States. From Russia with love.
Venezuela Building Nuclear Plant, says Yankee Empire Behind World Aggression
It’s interesting how our government, and main stream media, is so rabid about going after Iran’s nuclear power ambitions. And now, in the back yard of the United States, Venezuela has signed a deal with Russia to build a nuclear reactor. I’m not seeing any rabid war mongering coming from our government, or media, about it. Mmmm. Here’s what U.S. State Department spokesman Philip Crowley had to say about it; “It is certainly a right of any country to pursue civilian nuclear energy, but with that right comes responsibilities,”. Not as tough sounding as with Iran.
Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela, is traveling the world. His first stop, Russia, where he gave a speech denouncing the United States, and expressing sorrow for the fall of the Soviet Union. The nuclear plant deal was part of a larger economic deal with Russia. Another part of the deal involves the sale of Venezuela’s stake in four oil refineries that are co-owned by a German company. Other petroleum deals with Russia involve the sale of Venezuelan assets co-owned by British Petroleum (BP, remember those guys). Gee, that doesn’t sound like a communist thing to do? Chavez stated; “I’m a socialist, but also a good merchant.”
Chavez also stopped in Ukraine, and had a tour of the famous Antonov aircraft factory.
In a Russia Today interview, President Chavez blamed the current violent state of the world on the “…Yankee Empire.” (I wounder how many U.S. citizens know that ‘Yankee’ refers to them). Russian President Medvedev said Russia and Venezuela are working to create a world order not dependent on the United States; “…a world order where our future would not depend on the will, desire, or mood of some country, but on joint efforts of the international community, and, indeed, internal development.”
Staples Office Supply Going Russian
The worlds largest office supply store, Staples, has joined up with a Russian company, Pragmatic Express.
The two companies will work jointly to serve international customers in Russia.
The deal allows U.S. based Staples to continue its worldwide expansion. It also allows Staples to take advantage of Russia’s growing economy, while the U.S. economy falters.
Recently the IMF predicted 4.3% economic growth for Russia in 2011. Compare that to the forecast of 2.3% growth for the United States. Also, Russia’s unemployment rate is expected to drop to 7.3%, while unemployment in the U.S. is expected stay around 9.6% (www.imf.org).
Pocatello, Idaho.
Food Prices Up, Crop Yields Down
27 September 2010
Signs of a coming food crisis are everywhere. Most notably at the source, the farms that grow the basic crops. Here on the east side of Idaho, farmers had to deal with a spring that was too cool too long, resulting in crops being planted weeks late, and then a short summer (www.noaanews.noaa.gov) (www.kidk.com).
It’s not just Idaho, but many of the crop growing states in the U.S. are experiencing lower yields, and you can blame the weather. Any type of extreme weather will affect crops (sciencepolicy.colorado.edu). In Idaho it’s too cool & too dry. In other parts of the United States it’s too wet (just look at all the flooding in the southern states), or too hot & dry. And it’s not just the U.S.; Canada & Mexico, South America, Eurasia & Africa as well as Australia, are all dealing with the adverse affects of weird weather on their crops. Pakistan can kiss most of their crop production goodbye after the incredible floods they experienced. Russia is loosing crops due to record heat & fires (www.voanews.com) (rt.com) (rt.com). Just in the past couple of days flooding in Nigeria has destroyed 240 acres of farmland (www.cnn.com).
The result is that overall, globally, less product is heading towards the markets, which means higher commodity prices paid for those crops (Law of Supply & Demand). This is good for farmers who can still produce big crop yields, as farmers in Colorado are finding out (www.agweek.com), but it’s bad for the average consumer. Coffee retailers have finally started passing on the higher costs they’re paying for the beans (starbucks.tekgroup.com). This will only add to the specter of inflation, a three pronged attack caused by governments printing too much money, precious metal prices blasting off and food prices soaring.
Here’s what has happened to wheat commodity prices: In March 2010 Hard Red Winter Wheat was at a value of 191.07, by August 2010 it hit a value of 246.35 (www.indexmundi.com). Not all commodities have experienced such a big increase, a few have actually dropped. But, there is a trend of reduced availability & increased cost, so much so that the UN held an emergency meeting to discuss the issue (www.guardian.co.uk). Some UN officials blame inexperienced commodity speculators for the increases in prices. One example of that is that it looks like the December 2010 Corn futures were “overbought” (Idaho Grain Market Alert 9.23.10). This is a double whammy for the average consumer; not only will some foods become limited but some food will be too expensive. So the coming food crisis may probably be more about people not being able to buy the food, than it’s limited availability.