12 March 2014 (08:13 UTC-07 Tango)/10 Jumada l-Ula 1435/21 Esfand 1392/12 Ding-Mao 4712
Reports that an explosion caused the partial collapse of a building in Harlem, borough of Manhattan, New York City.
CBS New York City reports building is on fire. Fire Department City of New York reports the explosion happened at 09:30 hours eastern U.S. time. The building is located on Park Avenue between 114th and 117th streets. Bomb squad called in. Pics already being posted to the internet.
10 March 2014 (11:47 UTC-07 Tango)/08 Jumada l-Ula 1435/19 Esfand 1392/10 Ding-Mao 4712
Barack Obama is in his last term as president of the United States. Then why is his super pac, CREDO, hitting Idahoans hard with anti-Tea Party propaganda, including offers of cell phone service that funds the Obama regime?
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“The CREDO Super PAC was created by CREDO Mobile to leverage the company’s list of nearly 3 million activists and CREDO Action’s high-impact team of professional organizers. CREDO Mobile is the nation’s only progressive phone company and has raised more than $72 million for social change since its founding in 1985.”-CREDO super pac statement
“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security……..That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013
10 March 2014 (21:52 UTC-07 Tango 09 March 2014)/08 Jumada l-Ula 1435/19 Esfand 1392/10 Ding-Mao 4712
Australia: In Victoria State, people are being warned of rising gastroenteritis cases. The majority are being blamed on eggs contaminated with salmonella. In the past 20 years salmonella cases have increased 80% in the Land Down Under! Campylobactera is up 20%. Overall food related gastroenteritis cases up 75% from 2001 to 2011! So much for advanced health care and food production systems.
Canada: In Nanaimo, British Columbia, reports that one hospital and at least six old folks homes hit with norovirus. In Burlington, Ontario, a retirement home hit with norovirus. Six people died, but officials don’t think norovirus was the direct cause: “The deaths were reported. We don’t have the cause of death. They all had underlying illnesses.”-Dimitra Kasimos, Halton Region Health Department
European Union: A study confirms what I reported more than a year ago; frozen strawberries contained norovirus! Those strawberries came from China and hit Germany hard in the gut. Read the Eurosurveillance report here. In United Kingdom, P&O’s Oriana cruise ship is reported to have suffered a norovirus outbreak. At least 57 passengers sick. Wards at three hospitals in Gloucestershire have been closed to visitors. These are the second outbreaks in the past month for two of those hospitals. In Spain, health officials are calling for mass vaccinations against some of the causes of gastroenteritis. This comes as Finnish scientist warn of rotavirus outbreaks. There is no vaccine for norovirus.
Guyana: The people of Barima-Waini continue to deal with outbreaks of gastroenteritis. It’s being blamed on the E coli bacteria.
Pakistan: Army health workers have reached the village of Mithi in Tharparkar District. A long drought is being blamed on cases of gastroenteritis in the children. Unfortunately 137 people have died in Tharparkar District, mostly children.
Florida U.S.A.: The Department of Health Lee County reporting a nursing home hit by norovirus. 59 cases, the first for the county this year.
Georgia U.S.A.: 110 students sick at Cartersville High School. Cartersville Elementary School also seeing increased student absences.
Massachusetts U.S.A.: Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital officials reveal they’ve been dealing with a gastrointestinal outbreak for the past six days! At least 22 patients and three employees sick.
Minnesota U.S.A.: 130 kids sick over a three day period at Glyndon-Felton Elementary. Other schools in the district reported absences as well.
Missouri U.S.A.: Half the Saint Charles Chill hockey team out sick, after eating at a charity event.
Nebraska U.S.A.: The Department of Health and Human Services reports widespread cases of tummy bug. Health officials are suggesting people go on the BRAT diet (bananas, rice, applesauce, toast).
New Jersey U.S.A.: Princeton University reports an outbreak of gastroenteritis. So far 65 students sick.
New York U.S.A.: A state supreme court judge, Thomas A. Dickerson, has written a long critic of hotels, cruise ships and other locations that see increased infections. He concludes that the customers/passengers can not be blamed for the outbreaks, but cleaning standards by service industries are too lax. He cites many reports.
North Carolina U.S.A.: 143 students at Isaac Dickson Elementary School out sick, for at least two days! Other schools in the district are on alert. Mecklenburg County reports that at least six long term care facilities have been hit with outbreaks.
Ohio U.S.A.: The Hamilton County Public Health Department reports at least 62 people sick at a long term care facility. Two people hospitalized.
Oregon U.S.A.: 125 veterans and 25 VA employees sick at the White City Veterans Affairs rehab center. Police were called in to warn people as they entered the facility.
Texas U.S.A.: The Austin-Travis County Health and Human Services Department reports at least 12 outbreaks at long term care facilities. The Bell County Health District reports increased ER visits due to norovirus, and at least three outbreaks at long term facilities.
Albert Z. Kapikian, the National Institutes of Health virologist who discovered norovirus in 1972, died on 24 February 2014.
09 March 2014 (16:50 UTC-07 Tango)/07 Jumada l-Ula 1435/18 Esfand 1392/09 Ding-Mao 4712
A company called Chaotic Moon Studios has created a small easily portable UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) which can taze you.
It’s called Project Cupid, and the UAV itself is called Chaotic Unmanned Personal Intercept Drone.
It’s interesting that the public demonstration was reported in the “business” section of news agencies. Also, they zapped a real person with the drone, and despite police and the companies that make ‘tazerz’ claiming they’re safe, a paramedic team gave the victim the once over after he got zapped, something cops never allow in real life (which could explain why so many victims of cop tazingz die).
The creators of the Personal Intercept Drone said the purpose of their demonstration was to show the real potential of such small unmanned aerial vehicles.
Helmand Province: In Marjah District, a remote detonated motorcycle bomb expoded in a busy market. Five people killed, nine wounded. At Camp Bastion, the British Red Coats admitted that one of their own died while packing up gear. It’s being called an accident.
Logar Province: In Charkh District, a U.S.-NATO airstrike killed five Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers and wounded at least eight. International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) confirmed the fratricide: “We can confirm that at least five Afghan National Army personnel were accidentally killed this morning…..An investigation is being conducted…..we will determine what actions will be taken to ensure incidents like this do not happen again.” (regarding the last statement, ISAF always says that but it never stops) Mujahideen revealed they were witness to the fratricide, saying it was a drone strike that totally leveled an ANA outpost, and they laughed and thanked the almighty Obama for helping them out.
Kunduz Province: In Qala-e-Zal District, a local religious leader was picked up by government forces, tortured then released. He said he was told to stop his anti-government rhetoric.
Nangarhar Province: In Jalalabad City, the district boss of Nazian was assassinated by explosion. His two bodyguards are wounded.
“We will also work with Afghanistan and other neighbors to resolutely fight all terrorist forces.”-Wang Yi, Foreign Minister of China
A study in the British empire country of United Kingdom says not only has the $2.68-billion USD in British taxpayer funded “Afghanistan rural development programme” not resulted in more food crop production, it actually contributed to the massive increases in opium poppy production! The opium ends up being sold on the streets of England. The study was done by the Independent Commission for Aid Impact.
Canadians are getting ready for their official pullout next week. The British empire country believes the mission has been accomplished: “Canadians significantly contributed to the security that’s now here in the country. We’ve got children back in school, close to eight million children in school.”-Major General Dean Milner, Canada Armed Forces
The U.S. terrorist organization, USAID, is giving the Afghan government another $30-million USD. This time it is officially for the Afghan Incentive Fund to be used towards the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund. The first $15-million was paid at the end of 2013, the second payment is about to be made.
While the Obama regime U.S. Department of Defense is slashing and burning the air combat capabilities of state National Guard units, supposedly in the name of saving money, it’s been revealed that Obama plans on spending $79.4-billion in U.S. taxes in Afghanistan in 2015, after U.S. personnel pullout!
Only days after it was reported that a Lieutenant with the New Hampshire Air National Guard died in Qatar, of a heart attack, it was revealed that a Master Sergeant also died at the same location, back on 28 February. Air National Guard officials said only that it was non-combat “incident”, and they were investigating. He was supporting ops in Afghanistan and at least seven other countries.
Several militiamen of the Army National Guard’s 251st Area Support Medical Company (South Carolina) returned from Afghanistan.
The Army National Guard’s 1113th Transportation Company (California) returned from Afghanistan.
The Army National Guard’s 53rd Digital Liaison Detachment (New York) deploying to Afghanistan.
115 militiamen of the Army National Guard’s 1569th Transportation Company (New York) deploying to Afghanistan.
07 March 2014 (14:10 UTC-07 Tango)/05 Jumada l-Ula 1435/16 Esfand 1392/07 Ding-Mao 4712
Idaho Department of Correction, and the Idaho State Police confirmed that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has taken away the state’s investigation into the Corrections Corporation of America, and the possible crimes CCA committed while running the Gladiator School (Idaho Correctional Center).
The FBI is now conducting their own investigation. It was also revealed that the FBI was already investigating CCA for other crimes in other states: “They have other cases that are tied to this one so it worked out better for them to handle it from here.”-Teresa Baker, Idaho State Police
The FBI became aware of the CCA Gladitor School scandal after Idaho lawmakers made an appeal: “We believe this is a big deal, and that there’s a real question of whether crimes have been perpetrated on the citizens of Idaho.”-John Rusche, State House Minority Leader
According to one Associated Press report, demands were made for an Idaho State Police (ISP) investigation in 2012. The ISP declined until ordered to at the beginning of this year. The govna Butch Otter reluctantly ordered the investigation after massive pressure from the public, and evidence made public by his own Idaho Department of Corrections. I’ve demonstrated in past articles that govna Otter is the biggest single recipient of campaign donations to Idaho politicians from CCA.
Lawsuits by prisoners began in 2010. In 2012, a lawsuit revealed that CCA was encouraging gang violence as a way to control inmates. In 2013, an Idaho state investigation revealed that CCA ripped off taxpayers by lying about how many employees they had. CCA had overbilled by 26-thousand working hours in 2012 alone!
I want to point out that it was Idaho Democrats that called in the FBI. My past research shows the Idaho Republicans have been the biggest recipients of campaign contributions from Tennessee based CCA.
It’s also interesting that Republicans launched a Buy Idaho campaign, yet as lawmakers they love to outsource taxpayer funded projects to out-o-state companies!
more than $18-million in Idaho taxes, to out-o-state lawyers!
more than $1-million in Idaho taxes, to France!
Idaho lawmakers demand FBI go after CCA
surprise investigation into evil for profit prison operator CCA
Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs:
Alabama: In Selma, evil taxsucker KBR laid off 73 employees.
California: In Boron, Rio Tinto Minerals shutdown their borax mine, 234 jobs lost! In Lynwood, Elite Slides laid off 78 employees. In Ontario, JCPenney’s JC’s 5 Star Outlet shutdown, 136 jobs lost! In Vernon, Trinity Sports shutdown, 164 jobs lost! In Los Angeles, Aircraft Service International Group shutdown, 90 jobs lost.
Connecticut: In Branford, 454 Life Sciences shutdown, 31 jobs lost. In Glastonbury, Japan based printer maker Ricoh Americas shutdown, 147 jobs lost!
Florida: Duke Energy laid off 24 employees.
New Jersey: In Kearny, Dessert Service laid off 85 employees, for unknown reasons.
New York: In Horseheads, Missouri based networking products maker Belden Incorporated shutdown. 173 jobs lost!
Ohio: In Canton, Capital Senior Living shutdown, 43 jobs lost.
Pennsylvania: In Reading, JCPenney’s JC’s 5 Star Outlet shutdown, 66 jobs lost.
According to employment consultant Challenger, Gray & Christmas, employers in the United States issued 45314 “planned” job cut notices in November 2013. This does not count the small mom and pop operations.
The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) doesn’t count the hundreds of layoffs involving less than 50 people each, in its mass layoff reports. It also doesn’t count all the little ‘mom & pop’ businesses that shut down.
“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security……..That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013
07 March 2014 (19:26 UTC-07 Tango 06 March 2014)/05 Jumada l-Ula 1435/16 Esfand 1392/07 Ding-Mao 4712
“…there are problems at all those levels….it’s really been an honor system…there were breakdowns at all levels….”-Micheal Siconolfi, Wall Street Journal interviewed on CNBC’s Nightly Business Report
“PIABA Warning: FINRA Withholds Critical ‘Red Flag’ Information in Broker Background Check Disclosures to Investors.”-Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association
“The report is being issued as deeper problems with FINRA’s disclosure BrokerCheck were brought to light. A Wall Street Journal investigation published late Wednesday found that the public records of some 1,600 brokers failed to include criminal charges, bankruptcy filings and other problematic issues that should have been in their files.”–Reuters
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is a private corporation hired to supposedly keep ‘Wall Street’ honest. FINRA is not a government agency.
“…investors need to be a lot more active…..do a little forensic investigation of your own…go to your state securities commissioners….”-Micheal Siconolfi, Wall Street Journal interviewed on CNBC’s Nightly Business Report
How can Idahoans trust their own state regulators? Idaho’s own State Treasurer, Ron Crane, was outed by an internal audit which revealed that he recently blew through at least $10.6-million of taxpayers money, betting it on ‘Wall Street’! Crane has been Idaho State Treasurer since 1998!
07 March 2014 (18:39 UTC-07 Tango 06 March 2014)/05 Jumada l-Ula 1435/16 Esfand 1392/07 Ding-Mao 4712
“The 19th Annual Towers Watson/NBGH Employer Survey on Purchasing Value in Health Care found that employer costs are expected to reach $9,560 per employee in 2014, an increase of 4.4%* from $9,157 in 2013………..employees’ share of premiums increased nearly 7%, to $2,975, this year. Out-of-pocket costs also increased. The total employee cost share has climbed from 34.4% in 2011 to 37% in 2014. Employees now pay over $100 more each month for health care compared with just three years ago.
Nearly half (49%) of employers have increased employee contributions for dependent tiers at higher rates than for individuals. Another 19% expect to make this move next year. About one-quarter (24%) of companies now use spousal surcharges of around $100 per month……..the trend toward increased cost sharing for spouses will likely continue.
The survey was completed by 595 employers between November 2013 and January 2014. Respondents collectively employ 11.3 million full-time employees, have 7.8 million employees enrolled in their health care programs…..”–Towers Watson
“One big reason: the so-called Cadillac Tax. In 2018, under the Affordable Care Act, high-priced employer-sponsored insurance plans will trigger a 40 percent excise tax on insurance benefits in excess of $10,200 for an individual and $27,500 for a family plan.”–Bertha Coombs, CNBC’s Nightly Business Report
“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security……..That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013
One Million poor people in Florida denied ObamaCare
More proof it’s about killing the economy & your health care!
06 March 2014 (08:17 UTC-07 Tango)/04 Jumada l-Ula 1435/15 Esfand 1392/06 Ding-Mao 4712
At he beginning of 2014 Radio Shack announced it will close 500 stores. That was before they compiled their crappy Xmas 2013 sales. Turns out Santa decided to take a dump down their electronic chimney!
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End of Gregorian year 2013 sales crashed 20% for the iconic Radio Shack. So now 1100 Radio Shacks will close down. There has yet to be confirmation as to whether this is an additional 1100 stores on top of the 500, or is this the final 2014 total? An investor/ bankruptcy analyst says Radio Shack is in a death spiral: “They can continue to operate but they are in a cash-flow negative spiral and that doesn’t usually reverse itself.”-David Tawil
In the late 1980s I worked at a Lompoc, California, Radio Shack. I lost my job when I tried to blow the whistle on a scam the lead sales associate was running with the electronic repairs. The guy would take customers’ broken electronics, charge them the usual Radio Shack fees to send it back to Texas for repair, but instead he did the work himself. People started complaining because many of the repair jobs were failures, and some people never got their items back. I found some repair orders sitting in a closet that had receipts dated from more than a year earlier! I quickly learned the store manager was involved because I lost my job when I told him about the scam.
Now comes Mitt Romney’s wunderkind Staples. Their end of year revenues were were so bad they’ve just announced they will close 225 stores by the middle of 2015!
Santa’s dump on Staples was so big that company officials say they need to cut $500-million USD! It’s blamed on increased competition from the merged Office Max/Office Depot.
Staples shutdown 40 U.S. stores in 2013.