In Japan: Tokyo Electric Power Company said today that it plans to bring the nuclear reactors at Fukushima Daiichi to a state of “cold shutdown” within the next nine months; the reactors will then be covered.
In Yemen: Thousands of women marched on the attorney general’s office yesterday, demanding legal action against the president’s misogyny.
In Tibet China: In Sichuan, police have locked down a complex with 2,500 Buddhist monks inside. The stand-off has lasted five days, and the Dalai Lama cautions that it could become “explosive.”
In Idaho: Rescuers are working 24 hours a day to free a miner trapped in a cave-in a mile underground.
“One shock away”: How close the president of the World Bank has helpfully announced the world is to a full-blown economic crisis.
Today, in filling needs that don’t exist: A proposed house resolution declaring a fun-filled “10 Commandments Weekend” might have a chance of passing this year.
Today, in how screwed is art right now? Citing funding issues, the Intiman Theatre is canceling the rest of its 2011 season.
To be fair, we could all use more nap time: After suspending the seventh air traffic control to fall asleep while directing air traffic, the FAA is revising its scheduling system to allow them to get enough sleep outside of the control tower.
Finally, since the news is a downer today, here is quite possibly the most involved fast food training video in the world. Good morning!
“Economic crises” meaning the paper hangers can’t get any more easy money out of the slavers.
There is also a “cold drinks” training vixen, and I’m currently watching an epic hip-hop grill training video. Thank you for this nonsense, dear Ms. Burbank.
“One shock away”: How close the president of the World Bank has helpfully announced the world is to a full-blown economic crisis.
Really? What did he break this time?
Re: 10 commandment week
That opens the gates for British Common Law week right? Nat’l Microwave Oven day?
What is it they say on Slog? Required viewing?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4IAJBN_j…
Tooooo funny.
@4: It’s funny, because only Commandments 6, 8, 9, and possibly 10 (depending on translation) are actually remotely related to anything in our legal code!
Eh. The Ten Commandments. I’ve broken every fucking one of them. I’m still here and still doing OK.
Honey Badger got no religion.
Thank God for that.:-)
The tune is funky but the instructions on how to make hot tea are a crime against civilization. He doesn’t even put the teabag into the lukewarm water! You have to put it in yourself, some several minutes later. That’s not fucking tea.
@10, I don’t think you’re in the target demographic for “order’s Lipton’s at Wendy’s.” I could be wrong.
(I’m wrong about my apostrophization there, I see.)
I’ve always thought it was a little odd that they make air traffic controllers work rotating shifts, given that the job requires extreme levels of alertness and rotating shifts have been shown to thoroughly disrupt sleep.
Good call on the video–I am also a fan of “cold drinks” and the song about flipping burgers.
@11, touche, Mr. Gloomy!