Jimmy Carter needs to put his rubber boots back on and go help with the nuclear emergency like he did at Three Mile Island.
Massive 8.9 earthquake and tsunami devastate Japan
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GasBandit
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My guess is the concentration of pure, unadulterated "wierd shit" caused the veil to be worn thin, and bad things are coming through from the fade/warp/nether/whathaveyou.
FUUUUUUUUUUUCK.
I was kidding. That woman is nuts, as well as a horrible, hateful, twisted version of what a Christian should be.
What the fuck.
Apparently there is a rumor going around that she might be an epic troll of sorts. I'll be honest, she sounds fake to me, just the way she's talking sounds very rehearsed. Watching some of her other videos... I dunno... she's using very particular Christian lingo that is very oddly used...
I'm hoping it's true because... yikes.
I'm hoping it's true because... yikes.
the comments for that are just exploding.
150 comments in the time it took me to watch half of it.
150 comments in the time it took me to watch half of it.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ap_on_bi_ge/as_japan_earthquake_nuclear_crisis
Sounds like the containment is breached. We may be seeing the next Chernobyl not Three Mile Island.
Sounds like the containment is breached. We may be seeing the next Chernobyl not Three Mile Island.
A Chernobyl event is unlikely with this kind of reactor.
I'm not sure the AP is a reliable source right now. Their updates are just too short and sparse on actual information.
NEI has more info from the same press conference, and they're much more complete, and point out that Edano noted he was making assumptions for safety's sake.
NEI has more info from the same press conference, and they're much more complete, and point out that Edano noted he was making assumptions for safety's sake.
Oh shit:
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/residents-...iation-leak-japanese-20110315-021553-554.html
(Not sure if that's the same info as Sixpack's.)
But..now it's potentially worse:
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/winds-blowing-japan-radioactivity-over-ocean-wmo-20110315-043342-386.html
I've got friends over in China and Korea. Hope to hell they're okay.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/residents-...iation-leak-japanese-20110315-021553-554.html
(Not sure if that's the same info as Sixpack's.)
But..now it's potentially worse:
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/winds-blowing-japan-radioactivity-over-ocean-wmo-20110315-043342-386.html
I've got friends over in China and Korea. Hope to hell they're okay.
Not Chernobyl, but you crack the top off of a nuclear reactor, you have screwed up more than those guys at Three Mile Island.
The IAEA feed has a lot more numbers and info. It's bad, but it's not as bad as the MSM seem to think.
AFLAC Duck Tweets and loses his job.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110315/ap_on_en_ot/us_aflac_fires_gottfried
Gilbert Gottfried is now looking for work.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110315/ap_on_en_ot/us_aflac_fires_gottfried
Gilbert Gottfried is now looking for work.
Isn't there a danger of the spent fuel rods burning and releasing toxic cesium-137 all over the place?
Yes, that was the most recent fire. Of course the information is all over the place.
Not all the rods are "spent," some will be some that was taken out as part of maintenance. They are in a containing pool next to one of the reactors.
Not all the rods are "spent," some will be some that was taken out as part of maintenance. They are in a containing pool next to one of the reactors.
Those aren't even the worst things he's ever said. Saying horrible things is his entire schtick.
Grrr...I am so pissed at CNN right now.
I was just watching Newsroom, and they're going on about "RADIATION SPEWING ALL OVER" and "400 MILLISIEVERTS IS 2,000 CHEST X-RAYS!!!111" while the IAEA report says that the 400 millisieverts per hour reading was in a single location at one reactor at one point in time and has long since reduced to 0.6 millisieverts per hour.
They're so desperate to fill their 24hr newscycle that they willing to scare the crap out of people even more. The reality of the situation is grim enough.
I was just watching Newsroom, and they're going on about "RADIATION SPEWING ALL OVER" and "400 MILLISIEVERTS IS 2,000 CHEST X-RAYS!!!111" while the IAEA report says that the 400 millisieverts per hour reading was in a single location at one reactor at one point in time and has long since reduced to 0.6 millisieverts per hour.
They're so desperate to fill their 24hr newscycle that they willing to scare the crap out of people even more. The reality of the situation is grim enough.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-10-worst-gilbert-gottfried-tsunami-jokes
Some of the jokes that got him fired.
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http://www.patheos.com/community/mainlineportal/2011/03/15/glenn-becks-god-of-tsunamis/
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment...ssage-god-gilbert-gottfried/story?id=13139648
I find his comments way more offensive than Gilbert's jokes.
Some of the jokes that got him fired.
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http://www.patheos.com/community/mainlineportal/2011/03/15/glenn-becks-god-of-tsunamis/
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment...ssage-god-gilbert-gottfried/story?id=13139648
I find his comments way more offensive than Gilbert's jokes.
Yeah, it seemed to nuts to be real.
Doesn't make her any less of a loathsome cunt. It still utterly offends me that I can call anyone a dick, cock, penis or pecker but say CUNT is off limits.
GasBandit
Staff member
The Mayor of Tokyo said much the same thing
http://asiancorrespondent.com/50335/tokyo-mayor-tsunami-was-divine-punishment/
He's since apologized.
To say that their own view of religion is punishing them, is a bit different than....
Our God is punishing you for your religion's sins.
Our God is punishing you for your religion's sins.
GasBandit
Staff member
Which is, to put it generously, not an accurate portrayal of the statements made.
(side note - consider how often the phrase "I'm just saying," full stop at the end, appears in the statements of assholes. Heh)Glenn Beck said:
Note the lack of "our god is punishing your heathen religion" fire and brimstone.
If anything, the Tokyo Mayor's version was much more pointed -
The IDENTITY of the Japanese people is selfishness? As in, it is a defining characteristic, if not THE defining characteristic? Even those of us often boggled by "moon people!" probably wouldn't go that far. It seems particularly out of place as well when there has been a very noteworthy lack of looting going on.Shintaro Ishihara said:
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Oh, also on the Gilbert Gottfried front - I'm very strongly reminded of the jokes so many people were saying about the Challenger explosion in the 80s ("What does NASA stand for? Needs Another Seven Astronauts! What were the sharks off Cape Canaveral eating that day? LAUNCH meat!").
Probably not the smartest thing to be doing if you're the public face (or voice) of a company that doesn't want that kind of tastelessness associated with it, but it's hardly something we need to drag him to Nuremberg for.
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Chibibar
Well. I got two friends in Tokyo and they said it is getting better and the news are over sensationalizing it. They are more worry about the people still trapped than radiation (current "leak" would be about 3 years of constant exposure before it will effect humans so they said)
Will I be fired from Halforums if I found Gilbert's jokes funny? Not really lol funny, more that's terrible and I'm going to hell funny.
I still think firing him was a dick move. If you don't want your spokesman making crass jokes, maybe don't hire Gilbert Gottfried.
Then again, those duck commercials were getting tiring. This is probably for the best.
I still think firing him was a dick move. If you don't want your spokesman making crass jokes, maybe don't hire Gilbert Gottfried.
Then again, those duck commercials were getting tiring. This is probably for the best.
They are "you are going to hell for laughing" funny.