(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . 03/11 Open Thread: Fukushima [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-03-11 Pictured above is Shiva. Oppenheimer is famously quoted as saying: x YouTube Video That was, of course, a reference to the Atomic Bomb, still a threat to humanity's survival due to the madness of various human war mongers, but that is not why it is up there. Nukes are also a threat when used in "perfectly safe" power plants to produce electricity "too cheap to meter" How much cumulative radwaste and radioactive pollution the global system can handle is anybody's guess, but humans do seem determined to find out. An earthquake on this date in 2011 triggered a tsunami which, along with the quake itself, caused the second largest nuclear accident in world history. The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster has still not been fully sorted out. - ********** On this day in history: - 1702 – The Daily Courant, England's first national daily newspaper, was first published 1845 – Unhappy with translational differences regarding the Treaty of Waitangi, chiefs Hōne Heke, Kawiti and Māori tribe members chopped down the British flagpole for a fourth time and drove settlers out of Kororāreka, New Zealand. 1851 – The first performance of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi 1872 – Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begans 1888 – The Great Blizzard of 1888 began 1917 – Baghdad fell to Anglo-Indian forces. Oil Fields were involved. 1941 – Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Lend-Lease Act into law. 1981 – Hundreds of students protested in the University of Pristina in Kosovo 1985 – Mikhail Gorbachev was elected General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 2003 – The International Criminal Court held its inaugural session in The Hague. 2011 – A 9.0 earthquake hit 130 km (81 mi) east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami killing thousands of people. This event also triggered the second largest nuclear accident in history, and one of only two events to be classified as a Level 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale. 2012 – A U.S. soldier killed 16 civilians in the Panjwayi District of Afghanistan near Kandahar. Why this particular killing of Afghans is noteworthy is a mystery. Perhaps because the soldier was court martialled? - ********** Some people who were born on this day: Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. ~~ Ralph Abernathy 1811 – Urbain Le Verrier, mathematician and astronomer, predicted Neptune from the math 1822 – Joseph Louis François Bertrand, mathematician, economist, and academic 1870 – Louis Bachelier, mathematician and theorist 1876 – Carl Ruggles, composer and painter 1885 – Malcolm Campbell, race car driver 1890 – Vannevar Bush, engineer, bureaucrat, and academic 1893 – Wanda Gág, author and illustrator 1897 – Henry Cowell, pianist and composer 1915 – J. C. R. Licklider, computer scientist and psychologist 1920 – Nicolaas Bloembergen, physicist and academic, 1921 – Astor Piazzolla, tango composer and bandoneon player 1925 – Margaret Oakley Dayhoff, biochemist and academic 1926 – Ralph Abernathy, minister and activist 1927 – Freda Meissner-Blau, activist and politician 1927 – Josep Maria Subirachs, sculptor and painter 1932 – Leroy Jenkins, violinist and composer 1934 – Sam Donaldson, journalist 1945 – Dock Ellis, baseball player and coach 1945 – Harvey Mandel, guitarist 1950 – Bobby McFerrin, singer, songwriter, producer, and conductor 1952 - Douglas Adams, hitchhiker 1953 – Jimmy Iovine, record producer and businessman 1953 – Bernie LaBarge, singer, songwriter, and guitarist 1955 – Nina Hagen, singer, songwriter 1957 – Qasem Soleimani, Iranian commander murdered by the US military 1968 – Lisa Loeb, singer and songwriter 1969 – Soraya, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer 1981 – LeToya Luckett, singer, songwriter and actress - - ********** Some people who died on this day: ... and if any conclusion was reached, it was that there are no simple lessons in history, that it is human nature that repeats itself, not history.” ~~ John Toland 1602 – Emilio de' Cavalieri, organist and composer 1722 – John Toland, philosopher and theorist 1955 – Alexander Fleming, biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist 1957 – Richard E. Byrd, admiral and explorer 1959 – Lester Dent, author (Doc Savage) 1960 – Roy Chapman Andrews, paleontologist and explorer 1971 – Philo Farnsworth, inventor 1971 – Whitney Young, activist 1986 – Sonny Terry, singer and harmonica player 2015 – Jimmy Greenspoon, singer, songwriter and keyboard player 2016 – Doreen Massey, geographer and political activist 2021 – Ray Campi, rockabilly singer and musician - ********** Some Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such: World Day of Muslim Culture, Peace, Dialogue and Film The start of Ramadan Worship of Tools Day National Eat Your Noodles Day Natonal 311 Day It is also Debunking Day (since 2006), but that sounds like BS to me. If you only debunk the horrible daily outpouring of lies and misrepresentatons once a year you probably really shouldn't waste your time or anybody else's. - ********** - Today's Tunes - Malcolm Campbell - x YouTube Video - Henry Cowell x YouTube Video - Astor Piazzolla x YouTube Video - Leroy Jenkins x YouTube Video - Doc Ellis No-Hitter x YouTube Video - Harvey Mandel x YouTube Video - Bobby McFerrin x YouTube Video - Douglas Adams x YouTube Video - Bernie LaBarge x YouTube Video - Nina Hagen x YouTube Video - Lisa Loeb x YouTube Video - Soraya - x YouTube Video - LeToya Luckett x YouTube Video - Philo Farnsworth x YouTube Video - Sonny Terry x YouTube Video - Jimmy Greenspoon x YouTube Video - Ray Campi x YouTube Video - Bonue Harvey Mandel x YouTube Video ********** - ********** Ok, it's an open thread, so it's up to you folks now. So what's on your mind? - Cross posted from http://caucus99percent.com open thread, Fukushima, Philo Farnsworth, Sonny Terry, Douglas Adams, Bobby McFerrin, Harvey Mandel, Doc Ellis, Malcolm Campbell [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/3/11/2227307/-03-11-Open-Thread-Fukushima?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=more_community&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/