Modified/upgraded NF-16D VISTA (Variable-stability In-flight Simulator Test Aircraft) departs Hill Air Force Base, Utah, 30JAN2019. It the future it will be called the X-62A.
USAF photo by Alex R. Lloyd, 30JAN2019.This aircraft is the only one of its kind in […] Continue Reading…
“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.”-George Orwell (aka Eric Arthur Blair)
Disappearing Students Syndrome (DSS): A phrase created by me to describe a phenomenon taking place across the United States, affecting both privately and publicly funded schools, from Kindergarten all the way through University levels.
U.S. […] Continue Reading…
23 MAY 2019 (11:36 UTC-07 Tango 06) 02 Khordad 1398/18 Ramadan 1440/19 Ji-Si 4717
Photos by me (AAron B. Hutchins)
In a nearly abandoned rail car repair shop, a father and son team are trying to combine machining techniques and artistry to create almost bulletproof family photos, and maybe a local artists’ gallery next to their […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of U.S. retail/banking/service sector job loss WARNings and store shutdowns made or announced in December 2018:
WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification
ALABAMA: After 20 years Hobby Town of Auburn shutting down: “I know it’s the sign of the times, but the internet has not helped us much. I can’t blame it all on that. The […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of U.S. Mining/Industrial/Logistics job loss/shutdown announcements made in December 2018.
WARN=Worker Adjustment Retraining Notification
ARKANSAS: Kimberly-Clark to close plant in Conway, affects around 350 jobs!
CALIFORNIA: Lippert Components issued a shutdown WARN for its ops in Los Angeles, 56 jobs gone by February 2019. WWL Vehicle Services Americas issued a layoff WARN, 136 jobs gone by […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of U.S. internet/high-tech/communications job destruction and chicanery announcements in December 2018:
United States and German taxpayers unknowingly hosted the Program on Cyber Security Studies from December 4 to 20.
On Okinawa, Japan, it was revealed that taxpayers helped the U.S. Marines expand its Defensive Cyberspace Operations Internal Defense Measures with the addition of three new DCO-IDM […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of announced United States food supply shutdowns, emergencies, outbreaks and recalls for the month of December, 2018:
U.S. Marines and Seamen volunteer to make food for people at the Akshaya Patra, Unlimited Food for Children Centralized Kitchen in Visakhapatnam, India.
WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification
The new owner of Taco Bueno will continue shutting down restaurants, another […] Continue Reading…
More sacrificial shenanigans involving Sears-Kmart, raping starving taxpayers to feed the greedy property developers.
WJLA: Is Lowe’s honoring Sears’ Craftsman Lifetime Warranty?
Bloomberg: Sears Retirees Fight Life Insurance Termination as Heirs get Zip
Transport Topics: Lampert’s newly created Transform Holdco sues bankrupt Sears for $130-million+!
Fortune: Lampert reneges on promise to provide severance to laid-off employees
Seven Decades of Self-Destruction
Roll […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete (i-e ‘Tip of the Iceberg’) list of United States Federal/State/Local Government self-destruct revelations for December 2018:
U.S. Army Green Beret major faces murder charge
Wireless Taxes and Fees Climb Again
A Year After the Middle Class Tax Cut, the Rich Are Winning
ALABAMA: city councilwoman indicted on attempted murder
“They are letting the inmates kill each other,” says mother of man stabbed at Holman Prison
ARKANSAS: population growth continues […] Continue Reading…
Citizens of each country might think they’re the only people dealing with mass-human-migration problems, this incomplete list is meant to show that the tsunami of humans looking for a better place to live is global. It can be blamed on never ending War on Terror, War on Drugs, Regime Change, War for Resources, what […] Continue Reading…