'Fukushima beyond tragic, it's a crime'

Paul Jay's Real World News Interviews with Max Blumenthal

Saturday I hosted a two-hour on-line firedoglake Book Salon with Max Blumenthal, author of Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel.  I've known Max since 2008, when he came to Alaska to perform research on Sarah Palin's religious background, and religious followers.

The Real World News' Paul Jay interviewed Max recently, in five parts.  Here they are:

Part One:

Part Two:

Part Three:

Part Four:

Part Five:

I Will Be Hosting Max Blumenthal This Saturday, at Firedoglake's Book Salon

Bestselling author Max Blumenthal's new book, Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel, came out on October 1st.  Reception to the book has been mixed, as it is a scathing look at the growing racism, jingoism and authoritarianism inside Israeli society.

I will be hosting Max at the two-hour on-line forum, held between 1:00 and 3:00 pm Alaska time.

Come join us.  Ask Max anything that comes to mind.

Here is the latest video interview with Max on his new book:

Vince Beltrami to Address Bartlett Club This Thursday

Should be good. Vince is an excellent, knowledgeable speaker on labor issues - as one would expect.

My teaching schedule this semester keeps me from being able to attend the Bartlett Club.  Finally, beginning in January, for the first time since Spring, 2011, I'll be able to once again attend this important weekly forum.

As U.S. Seacoast Shows Signs of Fukushima Cesium Contamination, Radiation Levels Spike at the Meltdown Site

This is only the beginning:

New testing done by Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering found Fukushima cesium in US Pacific sea weed.  

The samples were standardized against a known amount of cesium 137 and cobalt 60. The finding of cesium 134 would indicate this is at least partially from the Fukushima nuclear disaster.   

“Washington State Pacific coast eel weed sample contained 0.22 pCi/g of Cs134 and 0.24 pCi/g of Cs137.

It also contained 0.1 pCi/g of Co60” These values converted to the more common bq/kg are:  

Cesium 134: 8.14 Bq/Kg
Cesium 137: 8.88 Bq/Kg
Cobalt 60: 3.7 Bq/Kg

Meanwhile, in the wake of last week's typhoon, radiation levels in water at the site have jumped significantly:

Brazilian President, in U.N. Speech , Blasts Obama's Breaches of International Law

Australian Panel: The War on Whistleblowers and Their Publishers

Help Obama Kickstart World War III

Two Looks at Next Week's Intense AIPAC Lobbying of Congress, Supporting Violence Against Syria

In the last week of August, some speculated that the America Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) would stay out of the congressional debate about military intervention by the U.S. in Syria.  But as the whip counts add up, and it is even being questioned whether the House and Senate will even vote on resolutions supporting the President, AIPAC has let it be known that this coming week they are going to launch a major lobbying effort in the halls of congress:

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) will deploy up to 250 Jewish leaders and activists to Capitol Hill starting next week to warn members of Congress that failure to take action in Syria will raise the risk of Iran developing a nuclear bomb, officials told Politico. 
According to the report, AIPAC will lobby "virtually every member of Congress."

AIPAC's arguments about Iran are well known.  That they will highlight this, as opposed to arguments directly addressing helping the Syrian people, is quite telling.

Will this week be AIPAC-ageddon?  Or, will it be the most recent example of how much clout this lobbying organization has?

Here are two views on AIPAC's entering the field.

First, Cenk Uygur, on The Young Turks:




And Iran's Press TV:

More Rep. Alan Grayson - on RT TV, He Describes U.S. House "Whip List"