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1. Lessons of Fukushima and Chernobyl
The explosions and fires at the Fukushima Daiichi reactors, almost exactly on the twenty-fifth anniversary of Chernobyl, have made most of us even more worried about the hazards of nuclear energy (see Fukushima Nuclear Crisis, SiS 50). The nuclear lobby see things differently: the explosion at Chernobyl was due to the poor design and incompetent operation of the reactor under the Soviet system, and hardly anyone died as a result; as for Fukushima, it was hit by a tsunami far larger than anyone could possibly have anticipated, and the good management of its owners, the Tokyo Energy and Power Company (TEPCO) and the brave efforts of the Japanese emergency services ensured that little harm was done. That story is very far from the truth.
Prof. Peter Saunders, Institute of Science in Society
2. Let's Test Anthrax Vaccine in Children / Bio Prep Watch
Dr Meryl Nass, MD
Yesterday it was announced that the government would be purchasing 3.42 million additional doses of anthrax vaccine for the civilian vaccine stockpile. This is in addition to the military stockpile, and comes out of DHHS funds. This purchase adds about $100 million to the total contract for DHHS' anthrax stockpile, which is now worth about $500 million. Talk about throwing taxpayer money into a black hole in the middle of the worst economy since the Great Depression. Apparently the gaping yaw of Emergent Biosolutions was not satisfied. Emergent's courtiers in Washington decided only one thing could appease it: the sacrifice of virgins on the anthrax vaccine altar. Children would have to receive anthrax vaccine inoculations to "prove" the vaccine's "safety". Then children could receive it, were the government to declare an emergency. At present, the vaccine has never been tested in children, and it is not a pproved for them.
Dr Meryl Nass, MD
Related Links:
* Vaccine ingredients: a list
Dr Meryl Nass, MD
3. Miscarriage of Justice: Shaken Baby Syndrome Conviction
The Crown is conceding that it was a "miscarriage of justice" when a man pleaded guilty in the death of his two-month-old son because of the daunting spectre of testimony from now-disgraced pathologist Charles Smith. While the pathologist who conducted the autopsy listed pneumonia and respiratory failure as causes of death, Smith examined the case and concluded Dustin likely died from Shaken Baby Syndrome. The Crown and defence had experts examine the evidence, and while none of them can eliminate shaking as a possible cause of death, all independently put forward an alternative cause or causes of death, Brant's lawyer James Lockyer writes in court documents.
Allison Jones, The Canadian Press
Related Links:
* Half of all parents tried over shaken baby syndrome have been wrongly convicted - Police interference
Angela Levin, Mail on Sunday
* 'Shaken Baby Syndrome' Probe Urges Injustice Cases Review
Chris Bentley, Attorney General, Government of Ontario
* Shaken Baby Syndrome Controversy Turns Toxic
BBC File on 4
* More USA Doctors Questioning 'Shaken-Baby Syndrome'
NPR
* Shaken Baby Syndrome Story & Metropolitan Police Witness Interference
Lisa Blakemore Brown, Psychologist
* Metropolitan Police Accused Of Trying To Campaign Against Shaken Baby Witnesses
Andrew Hosken, BBC Radio 4 Today Programme
* The Consensus Report
Family Law Reform
4. WikiLeaks: telling it like it is
Julian Assange. The battle over WikiLeaks is all about information -
who owns it, who controls it, who needs it - and about one man's
idea to set it free.
WikiLeaks is a product of our time and would not have succeeded without the climate created by the corporatising of information and the ''war on terror''. Governments increasingly want to control information, corporations increasingly want to own information and the media is increasingly unable to give the public the information that they need. WikiLeaks, as an electronic commons for free information, is a way around that undemocratic information lock. The world's media is in the middle of a prolonged identity crisis brought on by the rise of the internet, fracturing audiences, and falling revenues. Over the past decade - just as the world has faced a series of economic, social, environmental and political crises that demand informed reporting - the quality of news coverage has declined as a result of job losses, increased workloads and an over-reliance on stories generated by the public relations industry. Newspapers are haemorrhaging.
Joel Deane, The Sydney Morning Herald
Related Links:
* Julian Assange extended interview - the Guardian libel
Leigh Sales, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
* When the media gets it wrong
Paul Kalina, The Syndey Morning Herald
5. A Typical Day For PFC Bradley Manning at Fort Leavenworth
PFC Manning was transferred to the Joint Regional Corrections Facility (JRCF) at Fort Leavenworth on April 20, 2011. I was able to tour the facility and meet with PFC Manning last week. PFC Manning is now being held in Medium Custody. He is no longer under Prevention of Injury watch and is no longer subjected to harsh pretrial confinement conditions.
The Law Offices of David E. Coombs
6. IrishLeaks Launches
We should live in a place where whistleblowers are recognised as the heroes that they are, and where their actions do not cost them their jobs or friends. However we don't live there. So rather than wait until we do, the IrishLeaks project will provide a system that will help whistleblowers who want to shed light on abuses of power within the Republic of Ireland remain anonymous. IrishLeaks is a platform for the Irish people, making it easier to share and discover information about the abuses of power affecting the people in the Republic of Ireland. We are creating a secure and anonymous service that accepts information from wherever there is an abuse, whether it be in government, private industry, not for profit organisations, or even organised crime. That information will be published right here on this website. By doing this we hope to encourage a fairer, more honest society in which openness and transparency become something to be valued, making it ea sier to stop a misuse of power by creating a place where it can be published, read and spread by others.
Information Release, IrishLeaks
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