Incomplete (tip-o-the-iceberg) list of healthcare related layoffs, shutdowns, crimes and taxpayer ripoffs in January 2019:
In Poland, the U.S. Army’s 64th Medical Detachment Veterinary Service Support, 30th Medical Brigade, conducted inspections of food storage areas for NATO operations.
USAID funded (and built by USN SeaBees) Ali Oune Medical Clinic, in Djibouti, opened on 31JAN2019.
U.S. tax dollars […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete (tip-o-the iceberg, seriously this isn’t the half-of-it!) list of U.S. drug related crimes and oddities for the month of January 2019:
South China Morning Post: Mexico’s new president declares ‘drug war’ over
The Guardian:Mexico’s murder rate broke new record in 2018 as drug war drags on
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Logan C. Kellums, 29JAN2019.Off […] Continue Reading…
04 June 2019 (10:38 UTC-07 Tango 06) 14 Khordad 1398/30 Ramadan 1440/02 Geng-Wu 4717
“He shot up every room in that place!”-witness talking about shooting rampage by paroled prisoner
Another witness told local news media the shooter was so calm that responding police went straight by him, yet it turns out the cops knew exactly who […] Continue Reading…
Just-Style: Sears inks sourcing pact with Li & Fung and Triburg
Chicago Tribune: Judge backs 29-thousand retirees who lost their Sears life insurance
KLAS: Sears to close another 72 stores
Seeking Alpha: Investors And Employees Are Disappointed
Yahoo News: Sears Unveils New “Home and Life” Stores
Law360: Judge orders creation of committee to oversee the cancellation of Sears employee’s retirement plan
Kmart Cuts StarKist Loose […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of seismic/natural disaster reports from around the Pacific Ring of Fire, May 2019. Not only is quake and volcano activity ramping up around the Pacific Ring of Fire, it’s ramping up around the planet.
NASA Planetary Science: Shrinking Moon May Be Generating Moonquakes
Next door to the Pacific Ring of Fire, in the Indian Ocean, Geologists Witness […] Continue Reading…
30 MAY 2019 (09:41 UTC-07 Tango 06) 09 Khordad 1398/25 Ramadan 1440/26 Ji-Si 4717
Once again, in total gun ban Japan, people were killed by a guy using knives, and it only took “less than 20 seconds”!
Two adults and 15 children (reports vary between 16 and 18 ‘people’ being attacked) were stabbed (killing two of […] Continue Reading…
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.
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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…