(Note the spin: energy policy was not something to be discovered but a central element of Ypsilanti's campaign.) *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
Try explaining how enron brown-outs in California were good for business. keep to the Fen Causeway
As an added benefit, they could blame it on the lefties liberal latte-sipping tree-hugger Californians supposedly opposed additional power plants (or offshore drilling).
What's not to like? Europeans think a hundred miles is a long way. Americans think a hundred years is a long time.
Es ist beschlossen: Frank-Walter Steinmeier wird nach SPIEGEL-Informationen Kanzlerkandidat der SPD. Der Außenminister informiert nun die Parteispitze über die Entscheidung - er hatte in der vergangenen Woche intensiv mit Parteichef Beck über die Frage beraten.
I don't like him, but most Germans do. (The same situation as in 1998 with Schröder.) Below the IMO best photo from the SPIEGEL ONLINE photo album, for capturing his demeanor, despite (or just because?) of the lot of black.
*Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
Beck resigned. Franz "Locusts" Müntefering, freshly back from retirement, will again be party boss - the Old Guard is back in charge. All this came instead/before the announcement of Steinmeier's chancellorship candidate status: Beck was so miffed at something that he did not even turn up at the meeting at which it was supposed to be announced.
Beck said he resigns because there was an ongoing negative campaign against him in the party. I am guessing that (1) Münte's return was well prepared in advance by the Schröderite Old Boys' Network, (2) the last straw for Beck was the leak of Steinmeier's choice, (3) that choice may not have been as final as the leakers presented it (i.e. a fait accompli). *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
Aufgrund gezielter Falschinformationen haben die Medien einen völlig anderen Ablauf meiner Entscheidung dargestellt. Das war und ist darauf angelegt, dem Vorsitzenden keinen Handlungs- und Entscheidungsspielraum zu belassen.
...and later he formulated:
Damit sei "ein zentrales Recht des Parteivorsitzenden", nämlich das Vorschlagsrecht, eingeschränkt worden, sagte Beck in der Pressekonferenz. Das habe er nicht hinnehmen können - "im Sinne des Selbstrespekts, den sich jeder Mensch schuldet".
Ypsilanti is willing to do a lot for her power. E.g. breaking a promise made during the election fight, which was very important for some of the voters. It is simply a fact, that Ypsilanti would have lost the election, when announcing before, she would be willing to work together with the left. If now there would be a new election, she would lose by far. She is clearly acting against the will of the majority of the people in the state of Hesse. Der Amerikaner ist die Orchidee unter den MenschenVolker Pispers
I do not deny that the majority of Hessen voters, and even of her own voters, doesn't want Ypsilanti's upcoming minority government, even if I don't fault her and the broken promise alone for this. However, we have elections in four-five years so that people can decide not based on momentous whim but a government's record - and I hope Ypsilanti's eventual government would be made to feel pressed to deliver by the present polls. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
All foreign ministers in the history of the federal republic of Germany were popular.
Steinmeier is always calm, he seems never to be outraged. That gives the impression of a politician of reason and harmony. He is a centrist, which means people from both center-left and center-right like him. In any case the announcement of Steinmeier and Munte have led to a positive bump in polls for the SPD. Der Amerikaner ist die Orchidee unter den MenschenVolker Pispers
The nuclear waste scandal involving leaky drums of "radioactive liquor" at a storage facility in a German salt mine called Asse II keeps growing. Commentators see consequences not just for some federal politicians, but also for Germany's ongoing nuclear debate. DDP Barrels of radioactive waste in the former salt mine have leaked and threaten groundwater in Lower Saxony. It's not enough that 130,000 barrels of radioactive waste are sitting rusted and leaking in a converted Lower Saxony salt mine. But it turns out that the severity of the problem, which this week has developed into a full-blown scandal, has long been known -- and was overlooked by state environment ministers. As early as 2006, researchers mentioned "radioactive liquor" in a report on the Asse II salt mine to state officials, according to a regional newspaper called the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung.
The nuclear waste scandal involving leaky drums of "radioactive liquor" at a storage facility in a German salt mine called Asse II keeps growing. Commentators see consequences not just for some federal politicians, but also for Germany's ongoing nuclear debate.
DDP Barrels of radioactive waste in the former salt mine have leaked and threaten groundwater in Lower Saxony.
It's not enough that 130,000 barrels of radioactive waste are sitting rusted and leaking in a converted Lower Saxony salt mine. But it turns out that the severity of the problem, which this week has developed into a full-blown scandal, has long been known -- and was overlooked by state environment ministers. As early as 2006, researchers mentioned "radioactive liquor" in a report on the Asse II salt mine to state officials, according to a regional newspaper called the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung.
Apparently, the supervising mining authority, wich also knew of the conduction of radioactive liquids from the research into the dump chamber, learnt that the conduction of radioactive liquids requires an official permission only earlier this year. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
(Note to SPIEGEL ONLINE English editor if reading: no drums but groundwater washing through, and Lauge in this context translates to "lye" or "leach" - we aren't talking about a bewerage...) *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
Interim Review: Leak of radioactive liquor in the feed clarification cell at BNG THORP Sellafield | Greenpeace UK
Summary Published by nuclear engineers John Large & Associates, this review examines the failure of pipework in the feed clarification cell of the thermal oxide reprocessing plant (THORP) at Sellafield that resulted in closure of the plant in April 2005. Operation of THORP is contracted to the British Nuclear Group (BNG) and owned by the government agency the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA).
But I agree that it is probably not the best choice for a general-audience journalism piece. The fact is that what we're experiencing right now is a top-down disaster. -Paul Krugman
In the absence of this we have a hodge-pdge of inadequate solutions that keep failing. It's not a good sales pitch to keep irradiating the countryside simply because you can't stop barrels rusting in the inadequate temporary facilities where they've been rotting since the dawn of the nuclear age.
Personally, I've moved towards supporting vitrification and dispersal in deep oceans, say the mid-Atlantic ridge where the abyssal volcanic smokers are already pouring out pollutants faster than mankind is, with a non-zero radioactive content. so it'd just get lost in the noise.
not green, but despite the bs from gnorant politicians, nuclear isn't green. If we have to have a non-green base load (and I'm still not convinced) then lets do it proeprly and fund it properly now. not pretend we're funding it by loading it onto future generations at government level. keep to the Fen Causeway
It is a monument visited by hundreds of thousands of people each year. On Sundays, some travel from nearby Madrid to lay wreaths at the site. But just what the memorial, known as the Valley of the Fallen, stands for is not entirely clear. Officially, it commemorates everyone who died in the Spanish Civil War, fought from 1936 to 1939. But the Valley of the Fallen monument, a vast complex dominated by an enormous granite cross, also contains the mausoleum in which the body of General Francisco Franco, Spain's fascist dictator, is buried. It was built using the slave labor of political prisoners. Indeed, the Valley of the Fallen has recently come to symbolize a Spain still scarred by its civil war and almost four decades of Franco's iron-fisted regime. Some, though, have begun picking at that scab. This week, a Spanish judge began collecting information with an eye toward creating an accurate list of those killed during Franco's dictatorship. In doing so, he has turned up the heat on a long-simmering national debate. "This is great news for the families of victims," Emilio Silva told SPIEGEL ONLINE. Silva is head of the nonprofit Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory (AMHA), which has excavated 120 mass graves since 2000 containing the remains of around 1,200 people. Names and Dates Judge Baltasar Garzon, who sits on Spain's National Court, sent official requests this week for information on Franco victims to various government archives, city halls and the Catholic Church -- and to the keepers of Franco's tomb. He wants details including victims' names and the dates and circumstances of their deaths.
Officially, it commemorates everyone who died in the Spanish Civil War, fought from 1936 to 1939. But the Valley of the Fallen monument, a vast complex dominated by an enormous granite cross, also contains the mausoleum in which the body of General Francisco Franco, Spain's fascist dictator, is buried. It was built using the slave labor of political prisoners.
Indeed, the Valley of the Fallen has recently come to symbolize a Spain still scarred by its civil war and almost four decades of Franco's iron-fisted regime. Some, though, have begun picking at that scab. This week, a Spanish judge began collecting information with an eye toward creating an accurate list of those killed during Franco's dictatorship. In doing so, he has turned up the heat on a long-simmering national debate.
"This is great news for the families of victims," Emilio Silva told SPIEGEL ONLINE. Silva is head of the nonprofit Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory (AMHA), which has excavated 120 mass graves since 2000 containing the remains of around 1,200 people.
Names and Dates
Judge Baltasar Garzon, who sits on Spain's National Court, sent official requests this week for information on Franco victims to various government archives, city halls and the Catholic Church -- and to the keepers of Franco's tomb. He wants details including victims' names and the dates and circumstances of their deaths.
Still, the approval is far from universal. A general amnesty was passed in 1977 and, since then, many Spanish have been reticent about their historical ghosts. A non-scientific opinion poll by conservative Barcelona-based paper La Vanguardia showed 56 percent in favor of Garzon's initiative -- but 43 percent opposed. Mariano Rajoy, leader of the conservative People's Party, is likewise against Garzon. "I'm not in favor of opening the wounds of the past," he said at a Tuesday press conference. "They won't lead us anywhere."
Still, the approval is far from universal. A general amnesty was passed in 1977 and, since then, many Spanish have been reticent about their historical ghosts. A non-scientific opinion poll by conservative Barcelona-based paper La Vanguardia showed 56 percent in favor of Garzon's initiative -- but 43 percent opposed.
Mariano Rajoy, leader of the conservative People's Party, is likewise against Garzon. "I'm not in favor of opening the wounds of the past," he said at a Tuesday press conference. "They won't lead us anywhere."
