TEPCO wants to dump 777,000 tons of Fukushima wastewater into Pacific Ocean

This article originally appeared at Anti-Media.   Japan — More than three-quarters of a million tons of radioactive water is about to be dumped into the Pacific Ocean if the chairmen of the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) and the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) have their way, Japanese media reported over the weekend. All they require now is final government approval. “The decision has already been made,” TEPCO chairman Takashi Kawamura told the media, according to the Japan Times. As of July 6, about 777,ooo tons of tritium-tainted water is being stored in about 580 tanks at...

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The Market: Bootleg NES Classics Fill Demand Nintendo Ignored

  Back in April, Nintendo announced it would cease production of the NES Classic Edition, a miniature version of the original Nintendo console that comes pre-loaded with 30 old school games, even though the system has been wildly popular. In an article titled “Nintendo hates money, discontinues the NES Classic,” Ars Technica’s Kyle Orland, who has been writing on the system since its launch last November, wrote that at the time of the announcement, retailers had been “unable to keep the system on store shelves for pretty much the entirety of its six-month run.” All told, 2.3 million...

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VIDEO: Bitcoin Supporter Just Trolled the Fed on Live TV

  Washington, D.C. — As further evidence that interest in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin is currently booming, consider these opening lines from a CNBC article on Wednesday: “An unidentified man held up a sign saying ‘buy bitcoin’ during Fed Chair Janet Yellen's testimony Wednesday before the House Financial Services Committee. “Bitcoin subsequently climbed toward session highs and traded 3.7 percent higher, at $2,418.46, as of 2:27 p.m. ET, according to CoinDesk.” The incident was caught on camera, and the Bitcoin supporter was escorted from the hearing room on the grounds that the sign...

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Erdogan Could Face Arrest in Sweden After Officially Being Accused of Genocide

  Sweden — Marking the first time the country of Sweden has ever lodged a complaint against a head-of-state, this week five members of parliament (MPs) from the Scandinavian country officially accused Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of genocide. The MPs’ complaint alleges Erdogan has committed war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity against the Kurdish majority in Turkey’s southeast region since a truce between the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and government forces fell apart in 2015. The official complaint was filed in the Swedish International Public...

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The South Goes Green: South Carolina Just Legalized Growing Hemp

  Very quietly, South Carolina has just legalized the growth of industrial hemp. House Bill 3559, mixed in among a pile of legislation before the General Assembly, was signed into law in mid-May. Lawmakers approved the pilot program to determine what kind of value famers will get from their crops. After passing a State Law Enforcement Division background check, growers will be issued licenses that will allow them to cultivate the plant in-state. Hemp growers must have a contracted buyer before they can proceed, and they also must work with a research university to help develop the South...

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Five Civilians Killed in Yemen Raid Carried Out By US Navy SEALs: Report

  In a shocking report released Tuesday, international human rights group Reprieve is claiming five of the seven “militants” killed in Yemen in an overnight raid by U.S. Navy SEALs were actually civilians — and that one of the victims was a partially blind elderly man. In a statement released by U.S. Central Command, the military said the raid in eastern Yemen — confirmed by the Pentagon to be the “deepest” that U.S. special forces have penetrated into the country — took the lives of seven al-Qaeda fighters. But Reprieve, which says it’s “spoken to sources from the village” where the...

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Military-Industrial Complex Gets Rich Off Trump’s Record Saudi Arms Deal

  In news that should surprise no one, the stock prices of top defense contractors soared on Monday after Donald Trump signed the largest arms deal in United States history with Saudi Arabia over the weekend. That deal, hailed by the White House as a “significant expansion of...(the) security relationship” between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia, is worth $350 billion over the next ten years. However, $110 billion of it will take effect immediately. Much like with East Asia, where the United States government cites the North Korean nuclear weapons program as justification for its military...

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Did North Korea Just Make Peace Possible in East Asia?

  In a move that Washington, D.C. will hopefully view as the extension of an olive branch, North Korea’s deputy U.N. envoy said Friday that negotiations between North Korea and the United States can begin as soon as the U.S. eases its aggressive actions toward his country. “The rolling back of the hostile policy toward DPRK is the prerequisite for solving all the problems in the Korean Peninsula,” Ambassador Kim In Ryong told reporters, not mentioning North Korea’s controversial weapons programs directly. “Therefore, the urgent issue to be settled on [the] Korean Peninsula is to put a...

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