{"id":6015,"date":"2009-12-21T21:53:12","date_gmt":"2009-12-22T02:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=6015"},"modified":"2009-12-21T21:53:12","modified_gmt":"2009-12-22T02:53:12","slug":"nuclear-meltdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2009\/12\/21\/nuclear-meltdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuclear meltdown!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not much time to write a new article tonight, so let&#8217;s look at a trainwreck that&#8217;s in progress over at the Danville Register &#038; Bee&#8217;s comment boards. <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.godanriver.com\/gdr\/news\/local\/danville_news\/article\/pittsylvania_county_tables_megapark_mining_issue\/16372\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsylvania County tables megapark mining issue<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yep, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2009\/12\/16\/happy-trails-25-mile-uranium-mining-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\">we&#8217;ve been here before<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Just take a look at the comment section from the beginning and try to make it to the end. You won&#8217;t make it. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll recap it for you. The anti-uranium mining folks go um&#8230;nuclear and meltdown in spectacular form. Good times for all!<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not much time to write a new article tonight, so let&#8217;s look at a trainwreck that&#8217;s in progress over at the Danville Register &#038; Bee&#8217;s comment boards. <\/p>\n<p> [&#8230;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mediacentral","category-newscentral","odd"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pwqFk-1z1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5989,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2009\/12\/16\/happy-trails-25-mile-uranium-mining-ban\/","url_meta":{"origin":6015,"position":0},"title":"Happy Trails, 25-mile Uranium Mining Ban!","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"December 16, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"This time, a 4-3 Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors decision actually made sense. Pittsylvania County tables megapark mining issue I had covered this issue when it first came up and called it bullcrap. This was another attempt by Karen Maute & the SCC to preemptively ban uranium mining before an\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;NewsCentral&quot;","block_context":{"text":"NewsCentral","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/newscentral\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7049,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2010\/06\/23\/some-thoughts-about-the-uranium-mining-subcommittee-meeting\/","url_meta":{"origin":6015,"position":1},"title":"Some thoughts about the Uranium Mining Subcommittee meeting","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"June 23, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"On Tuesday night, the Uranium Mining subcommittee of the Coal & Energy Commission held a meeting at Chatham High School where people could comment on the proposed socio-economic study. I was there for Star News to record the early part of the comments, and here's a \"random thoughts\" article about\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;OpinionCentral&quot;","block_context":{"text":"OpinionCentral","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/opinioncentral\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":12034,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2015\/02\/15\/breakdown-the-halifax-county-meltdown\/","url_meta":{"origin":6015,"position":2},"title":"BreakDown: The Halifax County Meltdown","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"February 15, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"In the last BreakDown, I reminded you that the Halifax County government system was already broken down. We're past that point and in full meltdown mode now. You probably know the details by now but if you don't, pick one of the three newspaper articles to read. Or pick them\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;BreakDown&quot;","block_context":{"text":"BreakDown","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/featurescentral\/breakdown\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.imgur.com\/wLS0hmB.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4200,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/12\/attorney-general-says-that-pittsylvania-coounty-cant-ban-uranium-mining\/","url_meta":{"origin":6015,"position":3},"title":"Attorney General says that Pittsylvania County can&#8217;t ban uranium mining.","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"June 12, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"SouthsideCentral says \"No shit.\" AG: Pittsylvania County cannot impose uranium mining ban Jack Dunavant and his Southside Concerned Citizens have yet another reason to go McWhacky. Didn't we call this when the village town of Halifax pushed through a chemical trespass ordinance authored by Jack & Company? Why yes, yes\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;NewsCentral&quot;","block_context":{"text":"NewsCentral","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/newscentral\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6233,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2010\/01\/20\/sanity-prevails-by-a-4-3-margin\/","url_meta":{"origin":6015,"position":4},"title":"Sanity prevails by a 4-3 margin","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"January 20, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"The Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors defeated the proposed 20-mile uranium mining ban on Tuesday night. Hooray! Industrial mega park mining ban denied Even though this mining ban proposal would have been Dead On Arrival to the first court of record, it's refreshing to know that the BOS got this\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Danville&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Danville","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/locations\/danville\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6434,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2010\/02\/16\/danville-city-council-rejects-anti-uranium-mining-resolution\/","url_meta":{"origin":6015,"position":5},"title":"Danville City Council rejects anti-uranium mining resolution","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"February 16, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Danville City Council is the latest governing board to reject an attempt at banning something that's not even legal already. Strike FOUR! Now just go away, please. 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