Nevada: Yucca Mountain

I guess the saying "you snooze, you lose" does have merit.  I received an email survey from Nevada assemblyman Ty Cobb (AD-26) Wednesday and started a post, but left it in draft.  I was mainly going to talk about his use of technology, he does send stuff somewhat frequently, as well as his soliciting input on his plan for accepting Yucca Mountain.  But by the time I got around to it today, I found that not only had MrJerz already posted it, but he also included a picture of said survey, some thoughts on Yucca himself and generally did a lot better job than I was planning.  So go over there and check it out.

Leave it to our friends at the Review-Journal to uncover the one story nobody else was really talking about: The unemployment caused by the killing of Yucca Mountain. On Saturday, we were treated to the sad tale of John and Christina Pfabe, who blamed the legislative skills of our own U.S. Sen. Harry Reid for [...]

I don’t know why that thought gripped me with such feverish intensity. Probably because I drank so much coffee today I’m having waking dreams that I can levitate.
Anyway, someone has clearly already considered the terrifying nuke waste + unicorn formula (click for a larger, unicornier view):

President Barack Obama is taking the first step toward blocking a nuclear waste dump at Nevada's Yucca Mountain by slashing money for the program in his first budget, according to congressional sources.