19 Things That The Talking Heads On Television Are Being Strangely Silent AboutMichael Snyder, Contributor Way too many people use phrases such as if that was true I would have heard about it on television to deflect conversations that are starting to become uncomfortable. Critical thinking is a skill that is in short supply in America today, and most Americans seem content to let their televisions do their thinking for them. Sadly, the pretty people on television do not spend a lot of time talking about the things that are truly important. Instead, they love to talk about the latest celebrity scandal and they love to divide people into groups and get them fighting with one another. In this day and age, it is absolutely critical that we all learn to think for ourselves. The talking heads on television are concerned with keeping their bosses happy and with keeping the ratings up. Most of them are not really concerned about what happens to you. They just want you to keep watching them so that they can continue to earn their inflated salaries. Unfortunately, most Americans seem perfectly content with the infotainment that they are getting from the major news networks, so major changes to the mainstream media are not likely to happen any time soon. For those wanting something different, you will have to seek out alternative sources of news (such as this website) that are willing to discuss the truly earth shattering events that are continually taking place all over the globe. So what are some of the things that the mainstream media has been ignoring? The following are 19 things that the talking heads on television have been strangely silent about. #1 Strange Things Happening On The Sun Over the course of three hours, this behemoth reached up from the suns surface to a height of 125,000 miles, or roughly half the distance between the Earth and the moon. The hot gases were whipped up to nearly 186,000 miles per hour. In comparison, the wind speed of terrestrial tornadoes generally reaches a paltry 100 miles per hour. #2 Fukushima Mitsuhei Murata, a former Japanese ambassador to Switzerland, wrote the following in a March 25th letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. I was asked to make a statement at the public hearing of the Budgetary Committee of the House of Councilors on March 23. I raised the crucial problem of N0.4 reactor of Fukushima containing 1535 fuel rods. It could be fatally damaged by continuing aftershocks. Moreover, 50 meters away from it exists a common cooling pool for 6 reactors containing 6375 fuel rods! It is no exaggeration to say that the fate of Japan and the whole world depends on NO.4 reactor. This is confirmed by most reliable experts like Dr. Arnie Gundersen or Dr. Fumiaki Koide. Please allow me to inform you of an initiative being taken by a former UN official who is endeavoring to have the Nuclear Security Summit take up the crucial problem of N0.4 reactor of Fukushima. He is pursuing the establishment of an independent assessment team. I think his efforts are very significant, because it is indispensable to draw the attention of world leaders to this vital issue. So just how serious is the threat posed by the spent fuel pool at reactor number 4? Well, just check out the following assessment from a Japanese news source. One of the biggest issues that we face is the possibility that the spent nuclear fuel pool of the No. 4 reactor at the stricken Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant will collapse. The storage pool in the No. 4 reactor building has a total of 1,535 fuel rods, or 460 tons of nuclear fuel, in it and the storage pools are barely intact on the buildings third and fourth floors. If the storage pool breaks and runs dry, the nuclear fuel inside will overheat and explode, causing a massive amount of radioactive substances to spread over a wide area. The worse-case scenario drawn up by the government includes not only the collapse of the No. 4 reactor pool, but the disintegration of spent fuel rods from all the plants other reactors. If this were to happen, residents in the Tokyo metropolitan area would be forced to evacuate. #3 Mount Fuji In Japan About To Erupt? The following is from an article that was recently posted on The Extinction Protocol. Reports are appearing about unrest and signs of a possible awakening of Mt Fuji volcano in Japan. According to a report which includes an unclear photo of the area, a row of new craters, the largest 50 m in diameter, has appeared on the eastern flank of the volcano at 2200 m elevation. Steam was observed erupting from these vents. The observation joins other signs suggesting a gradual reawakening: A swarm of earthquakes including 4 of magnitude 5 have occurred northeast of Mt Fuji on and after 28 January. An earlier 6.4M quake occurred under the volcano on 15 March 2011. The report also mentions increased activity from a fumarole vent at 1500 m elevation and hot spring areas at the eastern flank observed since 2003. These locations seem to be aligned geographically, and are probably connected. Dr. Masaaki Kimura of Ryukyu University is quoted to admit that there is an increased risk of an eruption on the eastern flank and that the status of the volcano should be closely monitored. #4 Stunning Rise In Volcanic Activity Around The World #5 Global Food Prices Rising Again #6 U.S. Government Debt Downgraded Again #7 500 Million Dollars To Help The IRS Implement Obamacare #8 Go To Jail If You Offend Someone On The Internet In Arizona? #9 Passport Suspended For Not Paying Taxes? #10 Preparations For War In The Persian Gulf #11 Mysterious Mass Deaths #12 The Federal Reserve Monetizing U.S. Debt #13 Giant Sinkholes #14 Increase In Global Earthquakes #15 Increase In U.S. Earthquakes #16 Evacuation Drills At U.S. Public Schools #17 Strange Sounds In The Sky #18 Crazy Tornado Outbreaks #19 Obama Signs Disturbing Executive Order The world that we live in is becoming increasingly unstable. The political order is being shaken, the financial world is being shaken, the social fabric of our society is being shaken and even the ground under our feet is being shaken. Previous generations never had to deal with a world that was changing at blinding speed. The rate at which things are moving is almost unimaginable, and it just seems to keep accelerating with each passing year. We are privileged to live during one of the most exciting times in human history, but it is also likely to be one of the most dangerous times in human history. The talking heads on television are going to keep telling us that everything is going to be okay and that everything will return to normal very soon, but that simply is not going to happen. Our world has reached a critical juncture, and a time of great shaking is at hand. So what do you think is going to happen next? Feel free to share what you think by leaving a comment below. This article first appeared here at the American Dream. Michael Snyder is a writer, speaker and activist who writes and edits his own blogs The American Dream and Economic Collapse Blog. Follow him on Twitter here. Only reason we are on Earth to to pro create That is all Nature wants what we do while we are raising kids we can make our own arrangements. 