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FBaggins

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28. ??? Was that supposed to be responsive?
Mon Oct 13, 2014, 09:52 AM
Oct 2014

So you're going to compare readings taken in a well right next to the reactors to readings taken many miles away by private individuals? Why not look at the readings from inside the containment (many many times higher)? Or just look at the readings from around the plant in March 2011?

Of course it's going to be higher. That's not at all the same thing as what is implies in the OP (that levels in general are rising - when just the opposite is happening). Radioactive material flushing from one part of the plant to another is not "making a serious turn for the worst".

Thousands of readings are released all the time - and of course they fluctuate. It's intentionally dishonest for enenews to cherrypick one that's gone up and imply that the reactors are released even higher levels of radiation. Just read some of the nutty responses to those types of threads and you'll see that the lunatic fringe eats it up... they think something going on inside the reactors is getting worse (causing radiation to increase overall). They would never do the same thing with the vast bulk of the readings that naturally continue to decline.

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The woo belongs in the creative speculation forum. FBaggins Oct 2014 #1
Help this old timer: What does woo mean? n/t Paper Roses Oct 2014 #2
Woo is shit like Alex Jones, rush limbaugh madokie Oct 2014 #6
enenews isn't "woo", it's just a news aggregator. bananas Oct 2014 #9
Whatever madokie Oct 2014 #10
No.... it most certainly is not FBaggins Oct 2014 #12
This article? Correctly references an NRC document. bananas Oct 2014 #16
Ene News is more reliable than its detractors at DU Generic Other Oct 2014 #22
How does anyone read that site and come away... FBaggins Oct 2014 #29
Woowooowoooo Generic Other Oct 2014 #30
Where did anyone say any of that? FBaggins Oct 2014 #32
Who is transparent and tiring... Generic Other Oct 2014 #35
How is EneNews transparent? hunter Oct 2014 #38
"Who benefits most if Japan quits nuclear?" Generic Other Oct 2014 #44
That's the entertaining part of this FBaggins Oct 2014 #40
This message was self-deleted by its author sue4e3 Oct 2014 #42
enenews is a conspiracy site in my opinion sue4e3 Oct 2014 #43
No... it doesn't. In fact it isn't even close. FBaggins Oct 2014 #27
check the readings yourself spike91nz Oct 2014 #24
??? Was that supposed to be responsive? FBaggins Oct 2014 #28
Internet quackery entirely divorced from reality FBaggins Oct 2014 #7
Because we all know you are the expert on all things we should not worry about Generic Other Oct 2014 #31
Lol... hardly. But miles ahead of anything you'll find there. FBaggins Oct 2014 #33
Waiting for your link to these better aggregators of Fukushima info Generic Other Oct 2014 #34
Here's one FBaggins Oct 2014 #39
Thank you...Bookmarked Generic Other Oct 2014 #45
Any time FBaggins Oct 2014 #46
I only click the links to original articles on EneNews Generic Other Oct 2014 #47
An example is Barry Brook, who is "happy to be quoted forever" bananas Oct 2014 #11
history of the word "woo" bananas Oct 2014 #13
It's a purely DU euphemism for any entity competing with established parties. closeupready Oct 2014 #14
Lol... only if "established parties" is a new synonym for "reality" FBaggins Oct 2014 #15
lol, no professional uses the term 'woo', and it's not even vernacular. closeupready Oct 2014 #17
Of course not... It's slang FBaggins Oct 2014 #19
It means Baggins in denial mode Demeter Oct 2014 #20
LOL - the people who use it don't even know what it means! bananas Oct 2014 #23
Ironically, it's now used by crackpots and true believers to attack anyone with common sense. nt bananas Oct 2014 #26
it's the sound technocracy makes when it looks in the mirror and realizes it'd been dead all along MisterP Oct 2014 #41
Linking to enenews won't win you many friend around here madokie Oct 2014 #3
this stonecutter357 Oct 2014 #5
enenews stonecutter357 Oct 2014 #4
Thanks for posting this. bananas Oct 2014 #8
enenews has about as much credibility as Faux Snooze. hobbit709 Oct 2014 #18
Where is the common sense factor? SmittynMo Oct 2014 #21
No one cares about this stuff Generic Other Oct 2014 #25
The common sense factor is already there. Where it's missing jeff47 Oct 2014 #36
The Japan Times: Tritium up tenfold in Fukushima groundwater after Typhoon Phanfone OKIsItJustMe Oct 2014 #37
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