Wednesday, 16 March 2011
News............
Blowing Moby Dick
Who is Han Galt? A review of "The Fisherman's Catch"
Obama, Wright, Farrakhan, and Gaddafi
The Whiniest President Ever
Snake dies of silicone poisoning after biting model's 'enhanced' breast
Russia bans 'Putin-Medvedev' vodka brand
Marine Le Pen told migrants they were not welcome in Europe
Millionaires say $7 million not enough to be rich
Surgeon general to west coast: Hey, might be worth stocking up on iodide
Smart phone, dumb idea lands Idaho man in jail
Texas bank robber demands loot, shows 2 IDs
Police swoop on young sisters who picked daffodils in the park
Rule 5 Saturday Night Make Up: Kate Middleton Bikini Shots
Yes, nuclear power plants are dangerous. But for Britain, the alternative is to start hoarding candles
Libya: world leaders reject military intervention
Twin threats of Japan and Gulf stalk global recovery
Wealthy foreigners offered fast track to settle in Britain
Royal British Legion rejects Government plans for military covenant
US pays tribute to its last First World War veteran
France defends European Parliament's 'travelling circus'
Knee-high fence to halt poisonous Australian toads
No wonder the UK lags behind America: we're a bitter and broken nation
Why the life of milk men has gone sour
Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa: 'The Beginning of an Epochal Development'
Stunning Tweets from Resistance Claim Kamikaze Defected Pilot Hero crashes into Gadaffi stronghold
Obama's Idea of Taking Action is Playing Golf
Japan Does Not Face Another Chernobyl
Federations Face Tough Questions About Ties to Left-Wing Groups
Five Marine Corps F-35Cs Units to Fly Off Navy Carriers
Radiation biology, "news" and the Fwench.............from Rico
Japanese Government and media reporting about "millisieverts" prompted me to ask wtf is a 'millisievert?' of myself.
- My ongoing ignorance giving me some cause for concern.
For example, I read today that a radiation exposure of 100 mSv (millisieverts=mSv) per year can cause cancer, and that 400 mSv per hour are being recorded at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Gibberish to me, and possibly rendering even the dubious journalism/reporting on Japan's radiation 'problem' obtuse, opaque, and meaningless gibberish to many others who are more conversant with the traditional Western units of measurement.
- Also, the words "obtuse, opaque and meaningless" made me think of the Fwench.
In the anglophile world (at least in the US and Australia at present) we STILL use 'curies, rads, roentgen and rem' as units of radiation measurement, BUT......
those oh-so-continental Fwench and the "metric" crowd have a 'new' (at least to me 'new') metric system of 'grays' and 'sieverts' to replace 'rads' and 'rems' [I must admit here I still find it easier to 'think' in terms of yards and gallons than I do in meters and liters].
Called the "Systeme' International" I completely blame the Fwench for this "metric' nonsense re: radiation measurement!
OK, so I still 'think' in terms of 'rads' for example.
>100 rads=radiation sickness
>250 rads=hemopoietic failure
>250-450 rads=LD (lethal dose) for 50% of the population
So, WHAT do millisieverts (mSv) mean exactly? I've attached the scan of a printout of mSv exposure levels. Skipping the details and the MEGO (my eyes glaze over):
>1,000 mSv=radiation sickness and 4,500 mSv=LD
That puts the above reporting of 100 mSv and 400 mSv into perspective THIS dumkopf can unnerstand.
- Gee, thanks MEDIA and thanks FWENCH for making this so clear!!!! Love 'ya!
SENDAI, Japan (March 12, 2011) An SH-60B helicopter assigned to the Chargers of Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron (HS) 14 from Naval Air Facility Atsugi flies over the city of Sendai to deliver more than 1,500 pounds of food to survivors of an 8.9 magnitude earthquake and a tsunami. The citizens of Ebina City, Japan, donated the food, and HS-14 is supporting earthquake and tsunami relief operations in Japan as directed. (U.S. Navy photo)
H/T Marc
Tuesday, 15 March 2011
The Paleostinians..........by Dan Friedman
It’s time Jews stopped asking Jew-killing animals to act like human beings. Better to understand the breed and act accordingly. Giving them Jewish land to roam while arming them with weapons and three-piece suits only provides camouflage and opportunities to get close to us and move in for the kill. The slaughter of the Fogel family (OBM) while they were fast asleep on Shabbat is a microcosmic warning to Israel of bigger things to come if we give Paleostinians a “Palestinian” state. Surely, the tiny Jewish Nation which seeds the world with men and women of the arts and sciences who routinely unravel nature’s deepest mysteries can find a better solution for national salvation than that.
Dan Friedman
NYC
Movie Review: Battle: Los Angeles (2011)
Short Review: They were going to make Battle: Berkley, but then they figured no one would be able to tell which one's were the freaks from another world.
Full Review Here
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