Thursday, July 26, 2012

N.J. Wants to Outsource Radioactive Garbage to South Carolina

Thursday, July 26, 2012


Brandon Turbeville
Activist Post

In yet another example of how the nation’s waste management methods are absolutely unsustainable, a long-running debate between two waste disposal companies and a South Carolina environmental regulatory agency regarding the shipping of 300 railcars containing about 60,000 to 78,000 tons worth of radioactive dirt from New Jersey to South Carolina landfills is beginning to heat up yet again.

The waste at issue would be coming from a housing site in Sayreville, New Jersey that is currently being redeveloped and “cleaned up” for future purposes. The soil was originally recovered from an industrial cleanup site by the Raritan River, located south of New York City.

While it is claimed that the majority of the dirt contains “natural radiation,” SC regulators claim that radiation has been “technically enhanced” and has become more concentrated while at the site in New Jersey. This would, of course, cause the material to become more radioactive.

Yet Sayreville Seaport Associates, the company currently housing the contaminated soil, is still determined to outsource its own radioactive garbage to the Lee County, South Carolina dump that sits off of Interstate 20.

Unfortunately for Sayreville, the Lee County garbage dump, which is operated by Republic Services, is not designed for radioactive industrial waste – it is only designed to hold household garbage. Indeed, even the household garbage that it currently holds has become somewhat of a local issue regarding the overwhelming smell caused by the landfill.




Tuesday, July 24, 2012

UFOs confuse South Carolina residents


UFO over South Carolina.
 (Credit: Joe Kiernan/NewsChannel 15)

Multiple residents along South Carolina’s Grand Strand recently observed UFOs in the sky. WPDE NewsChannel 15 recently aired a story about a July 18 sighting by Longs, SC resident Joe Kiernan. He told NewsChannel 15 that he observed strange flashing lights in the night sky for more than three hours. He explains that these UFOs “did climbs, they went to altitudes, they changed directions that are beyond physics. It’s just not possible.”
After the story aired, other witnesses contacted NewsChannel 15. The station interviewed witness Bill Barrett after he posted on the NewsChannel 15 Facebook page. After explaining that the lights he saw made no sense to him, he stated, “If there’s something out there or it’s a military type situation, who knows? But it makes you scratch your head that’s for sure.”
MUFON (Mutual UFO Network) reports indicate that several others saw the same strange lights. According to one witness report, these lights “were coming from many directions and in many formations.” The flashing lights reportedly occurred in many “different sequences of flashes.” Orange spheres and white, twinkling lights were both described by witnesses.
NewsChannel 15 reports that the Federal Aviation Administration says “none of its pilots reported anything strange in the air that night,” and nearby Shaw Air Force Base was not conducting training missions along the coast that night. Witnesses and officials have no idea what the lights were, but some witnesses say that the July 18 sighting was not the first time they have observed these lights in the sky, and some have even seen the lights since.

SC Gov. Haley censors The State Newspaper

Nikki Haley censors The State Newspaper

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Nikki Haley got her 14-year-old daughter a job working for the state — a thirty hour a week job that is paid for with taxpayer money.  The State Newspaper and Charlotte Observer reported this online and the governor’s office immediately made them take the story down.  Did you know that the governor could do that?


Monday, July 23, 2012

Alligator washes ashore on Isle of Palms

Alligator washes ashore on Isle of Palms

Posted: Jul 23, 2012 12:20 PM EDT Updated: Jul 23, 2012 12:28 PM EDT
A gator washes ashore on IOP. (Source: Kevin Bilodeau)
ISLE OF PALMS, SC (WCSC) -
Some beachgoers were treated to a surprise on Monday morning as a small alligator emerged from the surf on the Isle of Palms.
A gator washes ashore on IOP.  (Source: Kevin Bilodeau)
An alligator washes up on Front Beach.
According to reports from the scene, the alligator washed up around 11 a.m. and made its way towards a couple of chairs and umbrellas before coming to a rest.
Animal Control responded to the scene to remove the gator.  It's not the first time an alligator has been removed from the Isle of Palms.
Officials removed a gator from the beach back in June of 2011.  At the time, specialists claimed drought was a likely factor.
"Alligators can overheat very, very quickly in the summer time," said one gator wrangler. "So a lot of it's just the layers in the pond and the different temperatures. If that upper temperature of that pond level gets down to the bottom of the pond where they can't stand it, they're going to have to find a deeper setting to cool off."

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Man in Black-Face steals Oxycodone

Police: Armed robber takes Oxycodone and runs

Still shots of surveillance video (provided)  
Still shots of surveillance video (provided)
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV)-- North Charleston police are investigating an armed robbery that happened at the CVS on Ashley Phosphate Road.

According to police, the call came in around 3:30 Tuesday morning.

Employees told police that a white man armed with a pocket knife came into the pharmacy and demanded Oxycodone. The pharmacist gave over the drugs and the suspect ran out of the store.
Police did not say if anyone was injured in the incident.

The suspect is described as a white male between 25 and 35-years-old. He's about 6'1", weighing around 180-200 pounds. Police say he was wearing what looked like black shoe polish on his face and hands. He was also wearing a long sleeved blue shirt, tan or brown pants and a tan/brown hat.

Thursday, July 12, 2012

Funeral Home to offer Starbucks Coffee, Wi-Fi

EASLEY, S.C. (AP) — A funeral home in northwestern South Carolina will be offering what it calls the Starbucks experience to those needing comfort, or just a cup of coffee.
Robinson Funeral Home in Easley is building a coffee shop attached to the funeral home.
The Coffee Corner will feature Starbucks coffee and food and also will be open to those who don't need services from the funeral home. Chris Robinson says the Coffee Corner will include a fireplace, TV and Wi-Fi.
Starbucks employees will train employees at the funeral home later this month before the shop opens.
Robinson says there's nothing like food or coffee to help comfort those who've experienced a loss.