Coup in Wisconsin

The Democrats are being denied the ability to vote.

Fortunately, petitions for recalls are well under way, with one report of 45 percent of the necessary signatures to take down eight Republicans.

Addendum: Polling looks good for recall efforts.

Some updates on Japan, tsunami, etc.

Nuclear situation getting worse?  It’s now five reactors in emergency mode.

Thanks to Matthew Owen for linking me to these time lapse videos of the tsunami hitting the California coast, including this one of Crescent City.

He also linked me to these before/after photos of Japanese coastal cities.

And probably you already know of the second hydrogen explosion at the Fukishima plant, and that the death toll has been upgraded to 10,000.