3-11-11: Japan's 8.9 Superquake and Tsunami, Tokyo Sways!

Haiti in 2010.  Japan in 2011.  What country is next?  West Virginia experienced about 4 quakes in the last year.  Indiana and Arkansas had quakes in early March.  Experts say the New Madrid Fault (Ohio and  Mississippi River states) is over due, and symptoms have been appearing of late.

Consider what a superquake and tsunami might do to the East Coast--New York, Baltimore, etc., that lie as low as these cities on the coastline.

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The town that drowned: Fresh pictures from the port where 10,000 people are missing after it was swept away by the megaquake

• 10,000 people missing in Minamisanriku 24 hours after double disaster struck
• Official death toll hits 574, but hundreds believed to be buried under rubble or washed away by waves
• Explosion at nuclear power plant, but experts say reactor is not at risk
• Number of people contaminated with radiation could reach 160
• Region hit by repeated aftershocks, some up 6.8-magnitude
• Rescue operation begins but some areas still cut off by road damage and flood waters
• Force of quake shifts Japan 8ft to the East

Last night, the official death toll from Friday’s 8.9 magnitude earthquake and ensuing tidal wave stood at 1,700 people – although it is feared the final total could rise sharply once a full picture of the catastrophe emerges.

In Minami Sanriku alone, 10,000 people could have died – more than half of the city’s population.

AMERICAN IDLE: 1/3 of U.S. Wages are for Non-working

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Welfare State: Handouts Make Up One-Third of U.S. Wages

Government payouts—including Social Security, Medicare and unemployment insurance—make up more than a third of total wages and salaries of the U.S. population, a record figure that will only increase if action isn’t taken before the majority of Baby Boomers enter retirement.

“The U.S. economy has become alarmingly dependent on government stimulus,”