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FBaggins

(26,748 posts)
93. Just as predicted.
Wed Oct 29, 2014, 10:57 PM
Oct 2014

Suddenly the actual scientists are liars.

What a shock

Indeed they found cesium-134 off the coast shortly after the 3/11 event.

Yep... and very quickly it was too small to identify again (some measurements from the time). Ooh! I know! Perhaps... just like homeopathic theory... it's the "memory" of that radiation that's harming the starfish, eh?

The basis for the estimates from WHOI, are based on the releases from the days shortly after 3/11. But the pollution is Ongoing indeed, it may even be worse every day

All evidence to the contrary.

As before... "ongoing" simply doesn't mean what you claim it means. The releases are ongoing... but at several orders of magnitude below the initial release.

Hint... if things were getting worse every day... the readings all around would be getting higher instead of fading away. The fish caught off Fukushima (and the waters tested off Fukushima every day) would be getting higher... instead of orders of magnitude lower. More areas around the plant would become off limits instead of entire sections being reopened as dose rates decline.

The limited testing done by the Japanese indeed show that radiation levels are rising.

You're not entitled to your own facts. That's simply wrong. The testing widespread and ongoing... and the levels continue to fall in the vast majority of cases. You're falling for the old cherrypicking fallacy that the ENENews nuts pump so often. When 99 readings stay low or fall, but one well hits a new high (because contamination from elsewhere in the plant is washed there by heavy rainfall... or just because underground contamination had just reached that point)... they pump a dishonest title like "Radiation levels have surged at Fukushima plant — 100,000% of previous record high" and the low-information crowd reads that (as they were intended to) as "Fukushima is putting out more radiation than ever!"

Robots stop working when they get close it is such a highly radiated area.



I just love how you keep coming back to that gem. It doesn't matter how many hours of video footage you're provided of robots going all around the reactors... you still continue to claim that they can't get close.



ha! i made a similar comment recently about the hyped dangers of halley's comet in 1910. unblock Oct 2014 #1
We're All Doomed! It's Clear. MineralMan Oct 2014 #4
I don't understand why it's become a joke to worry about that nuclear disaster. LawDeeDah Oct 2014 #58
That's not what this post is about. There's nothing humorous MineralMan Oct 2014 #66
Massaging the mind with FUD makes people more suggestible to giving up. n/t freshwest Oct 2014 #78
Just your opinion RobertEarl Oct 2014 #80
Let's compare the facts you claim and see who is really living off of "opinion"... shall we? FBaggins Oct 2014 #87
Ongoing RobertEarl Oct 2014 #90
Poor vocabulary. FBaggins Oct 2014 #91
Let's have a little more from the source you just claimed was authoritative... FBaggins Oct 2014 #88
They are wrong RobertEarl Oct 2014 #92
Just as predicted. FBaggins Oct 2014 #93
That's about as helpful as a "news report" saying there is absolutely nothing wrong at all. nt Electric Monk Oct 2014 #2
Thanks. I appreciate your reply. MineralMan Oct 2014 #5
I'm guessing roughly 7 billion died in the century before Fukushima too. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Oct 2014 #3
I'm pretty sure fewer died in that previous time period. MineralMan Oct 2014 #6
That's why I said 'roughly'. nt Erich Bloodaxe BSN Oct 2014 #9
actually the death toll keeps rising and rising. unblock Oct 2014 #7
See. Modern technology is the cause of all those MineralMan Oct 2014 #11
actually, it's sex that kills. the puritans were right. unblock Oct 2014 #17
The Puritans were actually a randy bunch. MineralMan Oct 2014 #18
yes, like much preaching, the puritans' sex-hatred was firmly rooted in hypocrisy. unblock Oct 2014 #21
Like today's fundies, the Puritans only hated sex when other people MineralMan Oct 2014 #23
But what a way to go. littlemissmartypants Oct 2014 #19
"Getting life insurance is like betting on a sure thing..and hoping you lose." Dick Gregory Tierra_y_Libertad Oct 2014 #8
Life insurance is a Ponzi Scheme. MineralMan Oct 2014 #20
Yeah, no kidding. And YOU will never be the beneficiary of it, either, if it's your policy. calimary Oct 2014 #43
I know. And, even so, I have such a policy. MineralMan Oct 2014 #47
Taunting post aimed directly at RobertEarl. Nice. nt ChisolmTrailDem Oct 2014 #10
Satire aimed at alarmists and advocacy websites, rather. MineralMan Oct 2014 #12
Whatever... ChisolmTrailDem Oct 2014 #13
Indeed. MineralMan Oct 2014 #14
The Japan nuclear disaster IS alarming. LawDeeDah Oct 2014 #63
Of course it is. That's especially true for those living in MineralMan Oct 2014 #65
Make no mistake, this is a call out to just one person. Rex Oct 2014 #76
Alert it or quit whining! nt Logical Oct 2014 #15
Looks like it is you who is whining. I simply pointed out the obvious. nt ChisolmTrailDem Oct 2014 #16
A new level for DU RobertEarl Oct 2014 #22
You're welcome, RobertEarl. Looks like an elementary school playground ChisolmTrailDem Oct 2014 #24
Just posting scientific facts. MineralMan Oct 2014 #25
Yea, yea, yea... ChisolmTrailDem Oct 2014 #30
I do say so. Thanks. MineralMan Oct 2014 #32
Sure you do. nt ChisolmTrailDem Oct 2014 #33
Yep this is all aimed at you, any regular poster here knows that. Rex Oct 2014 #70
If only that were true FBaggins Oct 2014 #72
Nope. Nice try to defend a friend, but this is all about one poster. Rex Oct 2014 #73
A couple posters' persecution complexes are not really my problem. FBaggins Oct 2014 #74
If you say so, it just shows real character imo. Rex Oct 2014 #75
Please see #88 FBaggins Oct 2014 #89
It's the same sort of bullying and pile-on, that nadine was subjected to and left because of. MerryBlooms Oct 2014 #81
Thanks, MerryBlooms RobertEarl Oct 2014 #85
Post is clearly directed at another duer. NCTraveler Oct 2014 #26
Actually, it's not. If it's directed at anything, it's MineralMan Oct 2014 #27
Your motive is showing... ChisolmTrailDem Oct 2014 #29
Actually, it is. And it is extremely obvious. NCTraveler Oct 2014 #36
Disingenuity mixed with passive-aggression is an ugly concoction. rug Oct 2014 #54
I agree. I prefer gin mixed with tonic. MineralMan Oct 2014 #56
Especially when it's laced with denial. rug Oct 2014 #57
I use a twist of lime in mine, but to each his or her own. MineralMan Oct 2014 #59
The twist is obvious. rug Oct 2014 #62
I don't believe you. I think this post was made to mock DUers that don't agree with you LawDeeDah Oct 2014 #67
It's to make fun of one particular DUer. Rex Oct 2014 #69
... ChisolmTrailDem Oct 2014 #28
nonsense bowens43 Oct 2014 #31
What's nonsense? MineralMan Oct 2014 #34
Yea, good for you. Here you go... ChisolmTrailDem Oct 2014 #37
That looks yummy. I had a cookie just like that MineralMan Oct 2014 #41
My fiance's daughter's cookies look like that, which is why I chose the image. I'm waiting on a ChisolmTrailDem Oct 2014 #45
Any kind of chocolate chunk cookie will soon be gone in my house. MineralMan Oct 2014 #48
I had to buy larger pants the other day. So, I'm good to go =) Nom, nom, nom! nt ChisolmTrailDem Oct 2014 #50
There you go, then. Enjoy! MineralMan Oct 2014 #52
Within 150 years, everyone now alive will have died. WinkyDink Oct 2014 #35
Yes. Exactly. In fact, it will be in less time than that. MineralMan Oct 2014 #38
Unless they tame that aging gene...then who knows, it may be 250 years. nt ChisolmTrailDem Oct 2014 #40
I have my doubts about that breakthrough. MineralMan Oct 2014 #49
Are you using misinformation to ridicule misinformation? nm rhett o rick Oct 2014 #39
No, all the facts in the OP are facts, I tells ya! nt ChisolmTrailDem Oct 2014 #42
What misinformation? MineralMan Oct 2014 #44
How very clever. You aren't claiming that billions will die is a fact only rhett o rick Oct 2014 #61
Actually, that's the only fact in the post. MineralMan Oct 2014 #64
LOL! Bingo! Rex Oct 2014 #77
It's killed me already and I'm posting from an alternate universe. hunter Oct 2014 #46
Uh-oh. Now you have me concerned. MineralMan Oct 2014 #53
You better believe it! n/t zappaman Oct 2014 #51
Pancreatic, Thyroid and Prostate cancer are a bitch...so maybe not 7 bil...but if the one someone you love Tikki Oct 2014 #55
That is the ugly truth, mocking and laughing about it is despicable LawDeeDah Oct 2014 #68
Actually... what is "despicable" is lying to people to scare them. FBaggins Oct 2014 #71
Where have I heard such dribble before? RobertEarl Oct 2014 #82
That may be misinformation but not necessarily lying. LawDeeDah Oct 2014 #83
That seems to me to be a distinction without much difference. FBaggins Oct 2014 #86
DU rec...nt SidDithers Oct 2014 #60
The mortality rate for all injuries, diseases, accidents, and crimes is 100%. True Blue Door Oct 2014 #79
Well, I just stumbled upon an Apocalyptic website to see all their predictions. freshwest Oct 2014 #84
I live in Japan and one sensitive and caring poster here assured me "half a million will die" Bonobo Oct 2014 #94
Some claimed a million or more FBaggins Oct 2014 #95
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