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By not in system - AOL NewsTOKYO -- Japan's government admitted that its safeguards were insufficient to protect a nuclear plant against the earthquake and tsunami that crippled the facility and caused it to spew radiation, and vowed to overhaul safety standards. The struggle to contain radiation at the Fukushima Dai-ichi complex has unfolded with near-constant missteps - the latest involving three workers drenched with water feared to be contaminated. Safety officials said Wednesday that the three were fine and did not register high radiation levels, but the incident fed criticism of the utility that owns the plant as ...
Louisianans Rate Bush Over Obama in a Crisis
By not in system - AOL News(Aug. 29) -- As the five year anniversary again summons up memories of Katrina's devastation of the Gulf Coast, Louisiana voters are giving higher marks to former President George Bush for handling of the storm's aftermath and dealing with crisis than they do for President Obama's handling of the BP oil spill, according to a Public Policy Polling survey conducted Aug. 21-22. ...
'Hindenburg Omen' Sparks Stock Market Fears
By Carl Franzen - AOL News(Aug. 13) -- Is the stock market on the verge of another crash? If you believe in the so-called "Hindenburg Omen," an obscure technical analysis tool that proponents believe is uncannily effective at signaling the necessary preconditions, there is at least a 25 percent chance that such a significant drop is nigh. (And yes, the name is derived from the ill-fated dirigible that burst into spectacular flames and crashed back in 1937, killing 35 and taking down the entire zeppelin industry with it.) Murray Becker, AP The German zeppelin Hindenburg crashes to the ground, tail first, in flaming ...
Bill Would Let Feds Take Over Internet During Crisis
By Hugh Collins - AOL News(June 18) -- Newly proposed legislation would give the federal government authority to seize and even switch off the Internet during a national crisis. The bill, put forward Thursday by Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., would allow the Department of Homeland Security to issue emergency orders to companies providing services such as search engines, software and broadband Internet, according to CBS. Companies that didn't comply would face a fine. "The Internet can also be a dangerous place, with electronic pipelines that run directly into everything from our personal bank accounts to key ...
Gibbs on 'Never Waste a Crisis'
By Dave - Politics DailyRemember, "Never Waste a Crisis" is a synonym for fear-mongering, which is something we were told that the Obama administration was hoping against and changing. So see if you can figure out if the Obama administration is for or against using crises to push policy based on the Gibbs answer above... I admit I'm stumped, but I think a dodge and weave answer is probably answer enough. He didn't exactly denounce Hillary did he? ...
Biden Digs Hole, Surrogates Keep Digging
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyYesterday, Sen. Joe Biden committed the mother of all political gaffes when he all but admitted that Sen. Barack Obama is not sufficiently prepared to handle the inevitable international crisis. Today, in an attempt to limit the damage from Biden's stunning candor, surrogates of the Obama campaign fanned out to try, futilely, to defend both the comments and Obama.Former Secretary of State Madeline Albright said Biden was only stating the obvious, namely, that all presidents are tested in office. "Well, I think it's just a statement of fact, frankly, and in my book, I talk about the fact that ...
Biden: Obama Will Fumble First Crisis
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyIn remarks that were either a stunning blunder or a shocking admission, Democratic vice-presidential nominee Sen. Joe Biden said today that a potential Obama administration would face an "international crisis to test the mettle of [Sen. Barack Obama]," within the first six months of taking office. But as if that wasn't bad enough, Biden continued his remarks, asking in advance for the assembled attendees at a Seattle fund raiser to rally to Obama's side when he inevitably doesn't handle the crisis very well at its outset."I can give you at least four or five scenarios from where [the crisis] ...
Huckabee and the AIDS Quarantine
By Dave - Politics DailyBecause there's no such thing as too much Huckabee here at The Political Machine, and I see we haven't covered this one yet. The long knives are out for Huckabee, the opposition research is being done, and another skeleton emerges from the Huckabee closet. Unfortunately for the other GOP candidates, it's something that's likely to hurt Huckabee in the general election, not the primary nomination. ...
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