A 5.8 quake hit Virginia, August 23.
It was felt in Pennsylvania, New York, and Washington DC. The Pentagon was evacuated.
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Gaddafi retreats to hometown
Al Jazerra reports that Libyan government troops, and possibly Gaddafi, are retreating to Sirte. Sirte is the hometown of Muammar Muhammad al-Gaddafi.
Libyan Rebels enter Gaddafi’s residence inside the military compound, SCUD missiles launched
Some unconfirmed reports out of Libya: Rebels have entered the Libyan government military compound in Tripoli, and NATO claims the Libyan army launched SCUD missiles.
Unfortunately announcements by rebels, in the past, have a poor track record of truth. But there are many reports that they’ve broken into the large military compound in Tripoli, and one report said they made it inside Gaddafi’s office.
Another report says Muammar Muhammad al-Gaddafi is not in the compound.
Other reports say the Libyan army fired SCUD missiles at Misrata. Those reports come from NATO. They “confirm” that at least three SCUD missiles were launched.
Jane’s Defence estimates that Libya has 240 of the ballistic missiles, with a range of about 300km (186 miles).
What Economic Recovery? U.S. Groupon laying off thousands of workers in China
Gaopeng.com, the Chinese arm of U.S. based Groupon Incorporated, has been laying off Chinese workers on a weekly basis, and has threatened current employees if they reveal the lay offs.
Many current and former employees are revealing the lay offs through social media.
One micro blog, called Gaopeng Will Fail (loose English translation), said the U.S. owned company started laying workers off last month, but made it official on August 19. They also ordered employees not to talk about it.
At least 30% of Gaopeng employees, and contract workers, will lose their jobs.
Ouyang Yun, Gaopeng’s chief operating officer, said that the company is just “…experiencing a reshuffling of personnel and only dismissed (employees) for poor performance.”
However, business analysts say Gaopeng can not blame employees, Gaopeng itself is a poor performer: “Backed by Groupon, Tencent and other venture capitals, Gaopeng should not be running low on cash. So its shrinking profitability indicates it needs more innovative ways to lure clients.”-Chen Shousong, Analysys International
U.S. threatens Egypt: No more aid if you attack Israel
“The United States aid to Egypt is predicated on the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, and so the relationship between Egypt and Israel is extremely important.”– Kay Granger, Congresswoman, in an interview with Israeli media
U.S. Congresswoman Kay Granger, told Egypt that if they retaliate for Israel’s killing of their border troops, all U.S. aid to Egypt will stop.
Granger is a recipient of bribes from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).
Chronic Stress changes your DNA, causes Cancer
“This could give us a plausible explanation of how chronic stress may lead to a variety of human conditions and disorders, which range from merely cosmetic, like graying hair, to life-threatening disorders like malignancies.”-Robert J. Lefkowitz, researcher
Duke University Medical Center found that the ‘fight or flight chemical’ adrenaline, released in stressful situations, can damage chromosomes.
Stressful situations lower production of a protein called P53, which prevents genomic abnormalities and tumor formation.
Standard & Poor’s boss quits
McGraw-Hill, the parent company of Standard & Poor’s, announced that Deven Sharma will resign on September 12.
Sharma is the president of S&P’s. The announcement did not mention if the resignation is related to the recent downgrade of the United States.
Sharma will be replaced by Citibank’s (evil) chief operating officer Douglas Peterson.
Gold nears $2,000 per ounce in overseas trading, U.S. dollar crashing, caused by fears the Federal Reserve will print billions more in worthless money
In Asian markets, gold went over $1,900 per ounce. The U.S. dollar continues to fall against most Asian money.
Even in Burma the U.S. dollar hit a ten year low. Nobody wants the worthless money: “Despite the falling price, most of the customers are selling their dollars.”-a foreign exchange dealer in Tamwe Township in Rangoon.
The reason for the exploding gold prices, and crashing U.S. dollar, is because many international market players believe the Federal Reserve Bank will try to stimulate the U.S. economy, by making credit easy, and printing more worthless dollars.
Here’s a little lesson in the concept of value: The more there is of something, the less it’s worth. So, if a country prints off money like there’s no tomorrow, and that money is already worthless, how do you think the world is going to react?
They’re going to react like they already are; buying gold and dumping U.S. dollars.
The Japanese central banks are trying to stop their yen from rising in value (which hurts their export economy), so they’ve been flooding their markets with cash. But the U.S. dollar is so worthless that it continues to fall against the yen, which pushes up the value of the yen.
Even the Australian and New Zealand dollars are now worth more than the U.S. dollar.
Quotes from Israeli Prime Ministers are enough proof that Israel does not want peace, they want to see Palestinians leave, or die
“We want no one to go to sleep at nights in Gaza … I have always believed in the everlasting and historical right of the Israeli people over all this land and still believe in it to this today.”-Ehud Olmert, Prime Minister 2006-2009
“The first issue is that without the expulsion of the Arabs and the appropriation of their lands, it would be meaningless to talk about Zionism, colonization, and the formation of a Jewish country.”-Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister 2001-2006
“Israel will create such a situation in the future 10 to 20 years that the displaced Palestinians would naturally and voluntarily migrate from the Gaza strip and the West Bank to Jordon.”-Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minster 1992-1995
“The division of the Israeli territory is illegal and will never be officially recognized. Israel will once again be revived for the Israeli people. All of it and forever.”-Menachem Begin, Prime Minister 1977-1983
“There is no such thing as the Palestinian people; not that we came and forced them out, there never was such a thing.”– Golda Meir, Prime Minister 1969-1974
“We have to expel the Arabs and confiscate their lands.”-David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister 1955-1963
What Economic Recovery? Young adult workers leaving the United States for jobs in China
U.S. citizen Hunter Levan, 29, came to China in 2009. Initially it was to learn Chinese: “I realized if I ever wanted to learn Chinese, I would have to move here and ‘do as the Romans do’.”
But after learning the language, Levan realized it was a good place to find a job: “I sent out e-mails and resumes in Chinese, and got feedback in less than five days.” He now works as a consultant for Spring Airlines in Shanghai.
Alison Watts, 28, knew little about China: “But all my friends who have been here said it was incredibly fantastic, so I decided to take the big step forward.”
Watts’ experiences with journalism got her a job hosting an English-language TV show in Shanghai. She says “…amazing opportunities keep popping up.”
Ted Hornbein, a U.S. businessman, has worked in China since the early 1990s. Now he’s a board member of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai. He says a lot has changed since the 1990s: “Today you have local and Western restaurants and your whole family here with you…I have seen a 180-degree shift from my first July 4 party in China.”
In January 2011, CNN asked the U.S. Department of State how many U.S. citizens were leaving for jobs in China. The official response was that it was difficult to know because U.S. citizens are not required to tell the state department about living and working in China.
However, international employment agencies say they’ve seen a big jump in U.S. workers going to China for jobs, ever since 2007.
The Research Center for Chinese Politics and Business at Indiana University, says Shanghai and Beijing are the big hot spots for U.S. workers, but in the past couple of years other regions of China are opening up.
Seems like China is doing more to find jobs for U.S. citizens, than the U.S. government is doing here in the United States!