Live video stream: As morning breaks in Japan

watch here:

http://www.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=stream3&hpt=T1

‘Major earthquakes throughout history in pictures’

photo essay…..

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthpicturegalleries/8377096/Major-earthquakes-throughout-history-in-pictures.html?image=1

 

more tsunami photos from japan…..

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/8376249/More-pictures-of-the-devastation-caused-by-the-tsunami-and-8.9-magnitude-earthquake-in-Japan.html

MSNBC’s “Maddow: Michigan Gov. Snyder a pawn in corporate conspiracy to overturn democracy’

“The Michigan House has already passed. . . a bill that sounds like it is out of a dystopian leftist novel from the future,” explained Maddow through the looking glass. “Right now, Gov. Snyder is pushing a bill that would give himself . . . the power to declare any town or school district to be in a financial emergency. This emergency person also gets the power under the bill to suspend or dismiss elected officials. Think about that for a second. Your elected local government can be dismissed at will. Republicans in Michigan want to be able to unilaterally abolish your town and disincorporate it. You still want your town to exist? Take it up with the board of (corporate) directors that will be overseeing your future now.”

watch the video and read it here:

http://www.detnews.com/article/20110311/MIVIEW/103110399/1467/OPINION01/Maddow–Snyder-a-pawn-in-corporate-conspiracy-to-overturn-democracy

‘Chomsky: Why the Fate of Democracy Is at Stake in Madison’

“Labor unions were crucial in the overthrow of Mubarak in Egypt, and are one of the few mechanisms the people have to protect themselves from corporate power.”

read it here:

http://www.alternet.org/story/150186/chomsky%3A_why_the_fate_of_democracy_is_at_stake_in_madison/?page=1

‘Peak Oil: The Coming Famine’

‘How Gas Prices Are Eroding the American Dream’

read it here:

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/03/how-gas-prices-are-eroding-the-american-dream/72285/#books

‘Chinese leader rules out democracy’

be careful what you wish for…..

“Wu Bangguo – officially number two in the leadership structure – warned that China could face civil disorder if it abandoned its current system.”

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12697997

‘Backgrounder: A Closer Look at MERS, the Industry’s Controversial Mortgage Clearinghouse’

“MERS is a confidential electronic registry that banks helped create in 1997 in order to keep track of mortgage paperwork. As we noted in our primer on the foreclosure scandal players, MERS saved the banks time and money by providing a private, electronic alternative to the public system used by local government recorders. By using the MERS registry, they largely avoided the recording fees.”

read more here:

http://www.propublica.org/blog/item/backgrounder-a-closer-look-at-mers-the-industrys-controversial-mortgage-cle

‘Saudi Arabian Police tighten security ahead of Protests’

“Any protest demonstrations are forbidden in our country so we will severely thwart any attempts at violating the law,” said the police officer, who wished to remain anonymous.”

read it here:

http://en.rian.ru/world/20110311/162959698.html

Stunning photos of Japan’s Earthquake from the latimes

view here:

http://framework.latimes.com/2011/03/11/earthquake-and-tsunami-hits-japan/#/0

‘With trains shut down, Tokyoites have to rough it’

“Transportation froze Friday in Tokyo after the massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck the northeast coast of Japan.”

read it here:

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110311y3.html

‘Risks from Japan, euro, Middle East, Fed’

“Market risk looms just about everywhere in the coming week, from Japan‘s devastating earthquake to euro zone debt travails, Middle East turmoil and rising skepticism about U.S. Treasuries.”

read more here:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/11/us-markets-weekahead-idUSTRE72A31H20110311

‘Quake Hit area Was Already Reeling’

the quake will have global implications…………….

read more here:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703597804576194323041124968.html

AP video of Japan’s massive earthquake

watch here:

http://video.ap.org/?f=NCBER&pid=waq70zZUMpdp_Lib__B3ASmmw1jrvKLx

‘Size of Japan’s quake surprises seismologists’

The 8.9 magnitude earthquake is among the top 10 ever recorded and occurred on an irregular fault line where a smaller temblor would be expected.

read more here:

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-sci-japan-earthquake-20110310,0,7154967.story

Video’s and Pictures from Japan’s Earthquake

God Bless The People of Japan

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/11/video-of-the-earthquake-and-tsunami-in-japan/?hp

‘Prepare for Arctic struggle as climate changes, US navy warned’

“America urgently needs to build up its military readiness in the Arctic where melting summer sea ice is setting up a global struggle for resources, a study prepared for the US navy has warned.”

just what we need, a military base in the arctic…………

read it here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/mar/10/arctic-struggle-climate-change