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U.S. adults fail math, reading, and problem-solving

Then adults fail to provide sufficient education for U.S. children
to succeed in an educated world.
But we can change that.
Korea and Finland did, and we can, too.

Kimberly Hefling wrote for AP Tuesday,

American adults score poorly on global test,


U.S.
In math, reading and problem-solving using technology—all
skills considered critical for global competitiveness and economic
strength—American adults scored below the international
average on a global test, according to results released Tuesday.

Adults in Japan, Canada, Australia, Finland and multiple other
countries scored significantly higher than the United States in all
three areas on the test. Beyond basic reading and math, respondents
were tested on activities such as calculating mileage reimbursement
due to a salesman, sorting email and comparing food expiration dates
on grocery store tags.

Too bad they didn’t test picking political candidates to elect.
Apparently at least a minority of U.S. adults failed that, too.
I would quote from the actual test, but this is what we find

at ncs.ed.gov today: Continue reading →

Palisades nuke down 11 times since 2011

Decrepit nuke leaked radioactive water into Lake Michigan
in May 2013, and “The same tank sprang a leak in 2012.”
That reactor has been down so many times the reporter couldn’t count
them all.


When will we realize what Korea and now Japan has:
the nuclear industry colludes to hide its mistakes from the public,
and the public needs to do something about it.

David N. Goodman wrote for AP 6 May 2013,

Nuclear Regulatory Commission: ‘Very slightly radioactive water’ enters Lake Michigan,

Early Sunday morning, the tank was ruled inoperable and the nuclear power plant began powering down. This is

reportedly the ninth time that the facility has been shut down since 2011.


Nope, ten times; count ’em:

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Palisades nuke down 11 times since 2011

And it stayed down from May 6th to June 17th 2013.
Plus who knows what it’s leaking now that they didn’t bother to take it down for? Continue reading →

The Korean nuclear mafia: power companies, vendors, and testers


Document-forging Doosan was just the tip of the Korean nuclear corruption iceberg.

It’s different stateside, right?

San Onofre 2 and 3
Oh, wait:

U.S. NRC is refusing to supply Congress with safety documents
related to the closing of San Onofre.
But Plant Vogtle is much safer, right?
Southern Company CEO Tom Fanning told us so.
Of course, he also told us Kemper Coal would come in on budget, and now

SO is writing off $611 million after taxes.
But
that bad concrete pour, the misplaced reactor vessel, the leaking tritium;
those are all flukes, right?
Meanwhile, solar panels don’t leak tritium, and if you misplace one,
you only lose money, not risk lives.

By Choe Sang-Hun in NY Times yesterday,

Scandal in South Korea Over Nuclear Revelations,


Korean nuclear reactor
Weeks of revelations about the close ties between South Korea’s
nuclear power companies, their suppliers and testing companies have
led the prime minister to liken the industry to a mafia.

The scandal started after an anonymous tip in April prompted an
official investigation. Prosecutors have indicted some officials at
a testing company on charges of faking safety tests on parts for the
plants. Some officials at the state-financed company that designs
nuclear power plants were also indicted on charges of taking bribes
from testing company officials in return for accepting those
substandard parts.

Worse yet, Continue reading →