“After seeing the Abrams tank, I didn’t feel like I had another option…”-Second Lieutenant Brooke Berard
“When we get together and put rounds down range, and begin to maneuver as an element, there’s nothing more exhilarating…”-Second Lieutenant Lauren Bolt
The 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team has another first to report; the first time female armor officers […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete (tip-o-the-iceberg) list of healthcare related layoffs, shutdowns and crimes in November 2018:
WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification
Germany based drugs maker Bayer getting the hell outta the animal health business, as well as selling-off Coppertone and Dr. Scholl’s, 12-thousand jobs worldwide gone due to investor pressure!
Denmark based drugs maker Novo Nordisk cutting 1,300 additional jobs, […] Continue Reading…
For some reason Sears Hometown/Appliance & Hardware has disabled its store finder page.
Footwear News: Shoe maker blames Sears bankruptcy for 18% decline in shoe sales
Chicago Tribune: Lampert cancels retiree’s life insurance!
Sears bankruptcy lets Eddie Lampert save $2 billion on taxes
What’s ‘the real home’ of Craftsman tools? Lawsuit says it’s not Sears anymore
Law360: Judge Says He […] 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.
Incomplete (Tip-o-the-Iceberg) list […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of immigrant operations affecting the United States taxpayers, February 2019.
More proof farmers are to blame: With fewer illegal workers to hire, U.S. farmers are reluctantly going through the process to hire legal guest workers
The Human Costs of Non-Enforcement of the Immigration Laws
Less than 5% of global refugee resettlement needs met last year
Wait Times for Citizenship Have Doubled in the Last […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of seismic/natural disaster reports from around the Pacific Ring of Fire, February 2019.
Earthquake resistant paint can prevent building collapse?
Measuring earthquake damage with cellphone sensors
Ecuador Earthquake, California Volcanoes and New Evidence About the Death of the Dinosaurs
Revising the history of big, climate-altering volcanic eruptions
Earthquakes and Carbon Sequestration
Volcanoes, archaeology and the secrets of Roman concrete
Is your building safe after an earthquake? […] Continue Reading…
27 February 2019 (13:56 UTC-07 Tango 06) 08 Esfand 1397/21 Jumada t-Tania 1440/23 Bin-Yin 4717
There are plants the Federal police are after, they’re being shipped in from other countries, it’s not marijuana, it’s cut flowers!
If you’ve been following my U.S. RETAIL/BANKING/SERVICE SECTOR COLLAPSE reports you might have noticed all the mom-n-pop flower shops shutting down. One reason is […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of U.S. retail/banking/service sector job loss WARNings and store shutdowns made or announced in October 2018:
WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification
ALASKA: Alaska Air eliminating 1-hundred jobs, blaming fuel costs, employee health insurance (ObamaCare), crew hotel costs and management headcounts
ARIZONA: 72-year-old Phoenix costume store Easley’s Fun Shop preps for its last Halloween
Angela’s Bridal announces change, closing
CALIFORNIA: Twin Arbors […] Continue Reading…
26 February 2019 (08:33 UTC-07 Tango 06) 07 Esfand 1397/20 Jumada t-Tania 1440/22 Bin-Yin 4717
“By rubber-stamping the Bayer-Monsanto merger, the Justice Department is handing control over one quarter of the world’s seeds and pesticides market to one ginormous agribusiness. That’s bad for farmers, bad for our food supply, and bad for consumers everywhere.”-Elizabeth Warren, 04FEB2019
In 2016 I […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete (i-e ‘Tip of the Iceberg’) list of United States Federal/State/Local Government self-destruct revelations for October 2018:
Operation Enduring Promise; As ObamaCare fails in the U.S., the U.S. Navy proudly created this graphic to show what your U.S. tax dollars were spent on providing ‘free’ medical care in Ecuador.
ALABAMA: At least 68 Selma city jobs on chopping block after budget oversight
DeKalb County […] Continue Reading…