All posts by Hutchins AAron

Born in Deutschland 1965, hometown was Bütthart, parents were not U.S. government employees. However, when father was tricked into joining the U.S. Air Force Civil Service, in 1969, with the promise that we could remain in Germany, we were promptly shipped off to Iran. Due to one of my Iranian educators being disappeared, along with her husband, by the U.S. ally Shah of Iran's Israeli & U.S. created Savak (for the then official terrorist act of promoting the idea that women can vote), and due to my U.S. citizen mother being placed on Savak's Terrorist Arrest List (for supporting the idea that women should vote, at that time the U.S. ally Shah of Iran did not allow women to vote, now they can) we left Iran for the United States in 1973, literally in the middle of the night. At the U.S. Embassy airbase the CIA operated Gooney Bird (C-47) was so packed with other U.S. citizens fleeing our ally Iran (because the Shah gave the OK to arrest any U.S. citizen for such terrorist acts as promoting the concept of voting) that we were turned away by the Loadmaster and had to take a chance on a civilian flight out of Tehran's airport. My father told me he and my mother had three culture shocks; first when they arrived in Germany as civilians, then after being shipped off to Iran as U.S. government employees, then again returning to the United States as unemployed civilians (because so much had changed in the U.S. while they were gone, their only news source was the U.S. Armed Forces Radio & Television Service which heavily censored information about the home front). Since I graduated high school in 1982 I've worked for U.S. government contractors and state & local government agencies (in California), convenience store manager in California, retail/property management in Georgia, California and Idaho. Spent the 1990s in the TV news business producing number one rated local news programs in California, Arizona and Idaho. 14+ years with California and Idaho Army National Guard and the U.S. Air Force. Obtained a BA degree in International Studies from Idaho State University at the age of 42. Unemployed since 2015, so don't tell me the economy has recovered.
Business/Economics, International, U.S.

World War 3, Economic Front: Billion $ housing deal implodes! California creates new China agency! Wisconsin muscles in!

16 April 2013 (12:18 UTC-07 Tango)/05 Jumada t-Tania 1434/27 Farvardin 1391/07 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711

“We have much to contribute to China, including banking, high-tech, environmental products, and we have much to collaborate on with China in another way, as China is developing rapidly with a great amount of capital available.”-Jerry Brown, Governor of California

Recently California became the U.S. state with the biggest economic trade deals involving China.  Governor Jerry Brown has decided that trade with China is now so important, that he’s spending tax money (supposedly it’s partially funded with private money as well) to open a California ’embassy’ in Shanghai!

It’s not the first time for the California-China Office of Trade and Investment in Shanghai.  The office was closed down ten years ago.  Governor Brown and his wife were at the re-opening ceremony, apparently not concerned about the deadly H7N9 spreading throughout Shanghai.

California’s bid to get some-o-that China cash might be a disaster, as Governor Brown is promoting the very industries that are failing miserably: “I want to promote climate-change technologies, renewable energy, building and plants efficiency, low-carbon fuel from California to China with more collaborations in the future.”

Ah well, there’s already been a major implosion for one China-California deal.  The $1.7 billion USD Hunters Point housing construction deal in San Francisco, involving a major California contractor and two Chinese companies, crashed and burned today.  There were various reasons for the implosion, from disagreements between Chinese and Californian contractors, to the fact that the former U.S. Navy property has been found to be contaminated with radioactive cesium 137!

In muscles Wisconsin’s evil Right to Work You Over Governor Scott Walker.  He’s in Beijing trying to strike Chinese gold as well, and he’s not worried about H7N9 either.  His first big success is winning a $200 million deal for ginseng.  No he’s not buying ginseng from China, he’s selling Wisconsin grown ginseng to China!

International

H7N9 update: 77 cases, 16 deaths! Wild birds infected!

16 April 2013 (11:38 UTC-07 Tango)/05 Jumada t-Tania 1434/27 Farvardin 1391/07 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711

The number of human infections in China is now at 77, a result of 14 more people testing positive in the past 24 hours.  16 people now dead.

Two people died in Shanghai.  The UN’s World Health Organization is sending medical researchers to China, to help study the new killer virus.

Health officials are even disinfecting the homes of people who’ve tested positive.

Ministry of Agriculture officials say H7N9 was detected in one pigeon sample from Jiangsu Province, and four chicken samples from Zhejiang Province.  Reports say the pigeon is the first wild bird to test positive.  Last week pigeons tested positive in Shanghai, but they were domesticated. 

 

 

International

World War 3, West Asian Front: Iran launches ballistic missile!

16 April 2013 (03:47 UTC-07 Tango)/05 Jumada t-Tania 1434/27 Farvardin 1391/07 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711

“Israel’s leaders sometimes threaten Iran, but they know that if they do a damn thing, the Islamic Republic will raze Tel Aviv and Haifa to the ground!”-Ayatollah Khamenei

Iranian military officials say they’ve successfully launched a new medium range anti-ship ballistic missile over the Persian Gulf.

 

Opinion, U.S.

According to Tom Ridge, and ignorant ABC & NBC news anchors, the terrorists have won!

16 April 2013 (03:35 UTC-07 Tango)/05 Jumada t-Tania 1434/27 Farvardin 1391/07 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711

An ABC network reporter interviewed former Homeland Security director, Tom Ridge, about how an individual can protect themselves from terrorists.  The short answer was live your life as you always do, because if you change your lifestyle out of fear, then, as Tom Ridge said, “the terrorists have won.”

Then an overnight ABC news anchor said ignorantly that if you want  go to a baseball game then you should, that’ll teach those terrorists.  If that’s the case mister poopy pants anchorman why were several major sporting events canceled after the Boston Bombings?   I guess the terrorists have won.

His co-anchorwoman stuck her foot in her mouth and said that, yeah you people out there shouldn’t be sitting in fear at home watching this live coverage of the bombing.  She actually said that!!!  Of course she said that after they held up newspaper front page headlines after headlines, stressing the ‘terror’ of the Boston Bombings.  I guess the terrorists have won.

And all day long I heard NBC’s Brian Williams, and other major network news personalities, constantly reminding people that basically this is the reality of changed post 9/11 America, insinuating that you should all get used to it.  I guess the terrorists have won.

Well, like I’ve been telling my kids since 9/11, the United States of America is not the United States of America I defended as a Cold War warrior!  I was serving in the California Army National Guard during the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games.  The Guard was called up for security duty, but conducted security at truly military type targets, like power stations and dams.  The anti-U.S. call for gun elimination was building momentum in California at that time.  The anti-gunners claimed it would reduce violence, but decades later, and with some of the strictest anti-gun laws in the country, violence has only increased (that’s one of the main reasons I left)!  Then there was the bogus Rodney King riots.  Members of the Guard were showing up voluntarily for duty, but state government dip shits wanted to send Guardsmen out there unarmed, even though news reports showed most of the rioters were armed (so much for gun control)!  Guard officials protested and that’s why it took so long for Guardsmen to be deployed.   When I went to school there was no school cops! We wore shirts with cannabis logos and swear words, there were fights, but guess what?  Overall my generation of misfits scored far better on standardized testing, even scoring high in comparison to other countries, than what the pacified students of today are.  My kids went to schools filled with cops (resource officers), strict dress codes in the name of not offending or distracting students or teachers, there were even several lawsuits against the schools for not letting straight A students graduate high school because they dyed their hair an unnatural color, or for the type of clothes they wore!  We didn’t have no stinking Homeland Security bullshit!  There were no multi-state/federal agency terrorist drills!  And there was no god damn NDAA that said any U.S. citizen simply suspected of being an enemy of the state could be put in a military prison indefinitely without charge or trial, holy shit people! This is exactly what we Cold War warriors were fighting against, because we were told only the evil empire Soviet Union would do such things to its citizens and we sure as hell didn’t want them doing it to us!

You know what Tom Ridge, you’re right, the terrorists have won.  But now you have to ponder, who are the real terrorists?

 

 

 

Business/Economics, U.S.

World War 3, Economic Front: U.S. job losses & store closings 23-24 February 2013.

Abercrombie & Fitch announced they will close 50 stores in the United States.  Company officials blamed dropping retail sales and crashing stock sales.

An undisclosed number of Thruway Authority personnel will be laid off in New York.  It’s part of the 234 job cuts announced last month!

In Alaska, the Anchorage School District is eliminating more than 200 jobs from next school year’s budget!

In Kentucky, the Bell County School Day Treatment and Recovery school in Pineville to close.  The Day Treatment and Recovery school was started to help troubled students, but school official say they lose $200000 USD per year running it.

In California, Sacramento’s Fruit Ridge elementary school closed down after 102 years of operations.  School officials blame declining enrollment.  The Sebastopol School District wants to close another elementary school.  Officials blame declining state funding.  Rave cave 222 Hyde, in San Francisco closed down. The owners blamed city licensing laws and the fact that there is a new landlord who doesn’t seem to want the dance club as a tenant.  And the Corcoran District Hospital laid off 19 employees.  The hospital is losing money due to a huge drop in patients from the California State Prison Corcoran and Corcoran Substance Abuse Treatment Facility.

In Louisiana, the Allen Parish Hospital closing down its ER.  Officials say the hospital has been losing a lot of money in the past six months, because of a huge decline in people coming in for treatment.

In Minnesota, all nine Dueber’s department stores closing down!   The family owners were hoping to find a buyer for their business, so they can retire.

In Pennsylvania, Blockbuster video stores closing in Lititz and Ephrata.  Part of ongoing shut down of almost all Blockbuster stores in the U.S.

In Illinois, Vie de France Yamazaki will close its frozen unbaked bread factory in Bensenville. 70 people out-o-work.  The company is moving production to a new factory in Georgia.  And the Cafe 28 closed down, on short notice, in Chicago.  Owners blamed the bad economy which reduced sales to the point they couldn’t renew their liquor license.

Volunteers of America closing its Floyd Career Learning Center in South Dakota, due to lack of funding and enrollments.

Aleris International laying off the remaining 98 employees at its factory in Roxboro, North Carolina.  At one time Aleris had 350 employees in the state.  And Scruggs Poultry closed down.  The wholesale poultry farm had been in operation since 1949. Company officials refused to talk to local media. Local buyers are scrambling to find a new wholesale source.

In Michigan, Damon’s Bar and Grill out-o-business. The manager said he was given short notice by the owners, he said he could not comment on why the restaurant was closed. 50 employees affected.

Core Systems of Painesville, Ohio, laid off 400 people!  The company supplied parts to appliance makers.  Company officials said their biggest customer, Whirlpool, canceled all contracts without warning or reason, effectively shutting down Core Systems.

 

 

International, U.S.

World War 3: South Korea makes deal to treat soldiers from United Arab Emirates!

16 April 2013 (00:43 UTC-07 Tango)/05 Jumada t-Tania 1434/27 Farvardin 1391/07 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711

The East Asian Republic of Korea’s Korea Health Industry Development Institute signed a deal with the UAE to treat up to 800 UAE military personnel per year.

The UAE is one of the Arab countries involved in the U.S./European/Israeli backed insurgency/invasion of Syria.

South Korean U.S. puppets said this deal with UAE was just the first step in providing medical services for military personnel from other West Asian (Middle East) countries.

Business/Economics, International, U.S.

H7N9 update: Half a million people exposed! Scott Walker not worried!

16 April 2013 (00:31 UTC-07 Tango)/05 Jumada t-Tania 1434/27 Farvardin 1391/07 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711

Beijing Municipal Health Bureau warning that 580000 residents have possibly been “highly exposed” to the new deadly H7N9 virus.

The Chinese poultry industry has lost $1.6 billion USD since the outbreak.  Heath officials are now saying if you cook the poultry correctly then it should be safe to eat.

U.S. state of Wisconsin governor, Scott Walker, is in China on a 10 day trade mission.  He says he’s not concerned with H7N9.  Could his delegation end up being responsible form bringing the new virus back to the U.S.?

 

International, U.S.

World War 3, East Asian Front: Whatever happened to North Korea’s missile launch?

16 April 2013 (00:08 UTC-07 Tango)/05 Jumada t-Tania 1434/27 Farvardin 1391/07 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711

Many analysts expected the DPRK to test launch at least one ICBM on 15 April 2013.  Instead what we got was another ultimatum from North Korea, and the Boston Marathon bombings.

The U.S. ambassador to South Korea stated there is now a “united front” of China, Japan and United States against North Korea.

Business/Economics, International, U.S.

Government Evil: U.S. military involved with smuggling operation in South Korea?

16 April 2013 (23:55 UTC-07 Tango 15 April 2013)/05 Jumada t-Tania 1434/27 Farvardin 1391/07 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711

Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency say they’ve arrested 12 people for smuggling duty free cigarettes into South Korea.  The smuggling operation had been ongoing since 2009.

The South Koreans arrested said they were getting the cigarettes from contacts inside U.S. military bases around Seoul.

U.S.

World War 3, North American Front: Citizen support for U.S. government at all time low! Boston update.

16 April 2013 (23:30 UTC-07 Tango 15 April 2013)/05 Jumada t-Tania 1434/27 Farvardin 1391/07 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711

The Pew Research Center says citizen support of the United States government has hit a new record low, with only 28% of those surveyed rating the federal government favorably.

When you split the survey across party lines Democrats still make up the majority who like what their federal cronies are doing.

More and more citizens are turning away from the Federales (it’s Spanish, people) putting their trust into their local governments, at 63% according to the survey.

In Boston, Massachusetts, now three dead and 144 plus wounded.  It includes one eight years old boy killed, and many children wounded.

Of interest is that families of the Newtown, Connecticut, shooting were sitting near the first explosion. This year’s Boston Marathon was dedicated to the victims of the Newtown shooting.

Boston Police Commissioner, Ed Davis, said he thinks the fire at the JFK Library is not connected to the Marathon bombings, but they are investigating as if they are.

There was a lot of confusing reports about the JFK Library, most coming from law enforcement.  Early on there was a report attributed to the Boston Globe which said that a controlled explosion was about to take place at the library.  Then, I even heard at a press conference officials saying that it was not a controlled explosion but a third bomb.  Shortly after that lower level police and library officials refuted that, saying it was a fire. Then it was stated that an “incendiary device” started the fire.  The only fact we the public can know now is based on pics which show there was a large fire inside the JFK Library.

Another interesting thing, I heard NBC’s Brian Williams pose the question how could two bombs get in right “under the noses” of all that police security at the Marathon.  About an hour later I heard a report saying that federal officials somehow confirmed that the bombs were placed after the race started.

I also read and heard reports that said cops were stopping anyone with a backpack or similar carrying device. There was even pics of a man in cuffs in the Boston Commons, reports saying he was carrying several bags.  I read comments from Marathon runners and spectators about police refusing to let people pick up their bags after the explosions. Lines of bags that had been searched formed on the sidewalks.  If cops didn’t know about the bombs before the explosions how did they know they were ‘package’ or ‘backpack’ bombs?

And the next question is: How did they know they were set off with cell phones?

Live reporters stated that cell phone service was turned off.  Reports stated that police believed the bombs had been set off with cell phones.  I read statements by marathon runners who said when they tried to use their cell phones after the explosions, police took their phones.  A couple of hours after the explosion, AT&T came out and said they had to shut down their cell service due to “overloading”, but AT&T said people could still use the cell service to send text messages.

There was also reports from individuals that people they knew running in the race were pulled from the race for “dehydration” and sent to hospital, they were not allowed to keep their cell phones.  This happened before the explosions!

What about the fourth bomb?  I was watching a live reporter talking about how the media was being pushed back by cops, because of a third and fourth bomb being found. Apparently the third ‘bomb’ was the JFK Library fire, but she definitely stated that a fourth bomb was found and destroyed.  Then her live feed was cut.

Now what about the reports that federal officials, and even the Boston city police, had no intell that there was going to be a terrorist attack?

Then there’s the conflicting reports between federal officials and the Boston city police.  For at least two hours I heard reports that federal officials were stating that Boston police had a suspect in custody, yet every time the media asked the Boston police chief he refuted the federal claim.  Eventually Boston officials said they had detained people, but that nobody had been officially arrested.

I wonder why the Pew Research Center says the overwhelming majority of people of the United States of America have lost trust in their federal government?