Quote of the Week: "It is possible the reactor containment has been breached." Japanese Atomic Regulatory Official

Todays's Weather

Meanwhile, little mention has been made of the fact that on top of everything else, this is the peak of the traditional Japanese cherry blossom season. Tokyo would normally be a tourist mecca and party town this time of the year. Throngs of happy Japanese and tourists would be feasting under the cherry blossoms all over town. Sadly, this will not be the case in 2011... 

The sweet Spring of night...

Of cherry blossom viewing

Has Ended

(Basho)

Just because you look and behave calm and collected, doesn't mean your are not seething with anger inside. The people of Tokyo are not stupid. They understand what is happening and why much better than we do.

This is something Buffoon and the Wall Street talking heads, who are so concerned with protecting their market wealth, are not factoring in. The time to pay the piper will come and Japan's national appetite for unbridled economic exploitation is a fatal assumption going forward. It will take years to sort this out.

Meanwhile, Bloomberg reported that a condo in New York's Plaza Hotel went for $45 million to a Russian composer (yes musical composer). Which can only mean we are now at Threat Level 6