Incomplete list of U.S. retail/banking/service sector job loss WARNings and store shutdowns made or announced in August 2018:
WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification
MarketWatch: Chief executives who are paid less than their peers are four times more likely to lay off their employees
BoundingIntoComics: Comic Stores Nationwide Close Up
CALIFORNIA: Wells Fargo layoffs in Rancho Cordova may be harbinger for mortgage industry
Deluxe Entertainment lays […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of announced United States food supply shutdowns, outbreaks and recalls for the month of September, 2018:
WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification
In Denmark, one of the world’s most profitable salmon farms is now blaming the mass die-off of salmon (750-thousand around just one of Denmark’s islands) on farm fertilizer run-off which is causing a deadly […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete (i-e ‘Tip of the Iceberg’) list of United States Federal/State/Local Government self-destruct revelations for September 2018:
U.S. Has Highest Share of Foreign-Born Since 1910
At Camp Foster, Japan, military personnel became U.S. citizens, LEGALLY, 06SEP2018.
ALABAMA: Selma City Council passes $17.4 million budget
ALASKA: Anchorage budget proposal relies on taxes, revenues, cuts
ARKANSAS: 15 migrants arrested
CALIFORNIA: Rape suspect arrested, turns out he’s a ‘Safety Specialists’ at UC Berkeley!
On-duty Kern […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete (i-e ‘Tip of the Iceberg’) list of United States Federal/State/Local Government self-destruct revelations for August 2018:
Civil Asset Forfeiture: A Guide to Policing For Profit.
USA Today: Prisoners nationwide go on strike to protest ‘modern-day slavery’
ALABAMA: Warrior police officer arrested for 2nd time in 2 years
Video released proves female cop summarily executed a man for trying to help a stray dog and for […] Continue Reading…
The Mitsubishi F-2 looks like the General Dynamics F-16 because it was developed directly from the F-16, with cooperation from General Dynamics.
F-2As escort a B-1B, 22APR2020 F-2A, Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, February 2020U.S. Air Force video of F-2As over Guam, February 2020:
However, the […] Continue Reading…
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On 11JAN2019 the U.S. Army activated its first ever Intelligence, Information, Cyber, Electronic Warfare and Space
Detachment, as part of the new Multi Domain Task Force.
Video of official activation ceremony:
The unit is based at Fort Lewis-McChord in Washington state.
This has been discussed for […] 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 September 2018:
Boston Globe: Veterinarians worry that people are taking their pets’ opioids; “People become angry or enraged or belligerent far out of proportion to the level of pain their dog or cat is experiencing. They’re screaming and […] Continue Reading…
It wasn’t reported but the U.S. Army invaded Idaho in September 2018. They were repelled by Idaho Air Guard A-10C Thunderbolt-2s.
Idaho National Guard photo by Idaho Air National Guard’s Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur, 20SEP2018.The Army’s 8th Squadron, […] Continue Reading…
A-10C Thunderbolt-2s from the 124th Fighter Wing on Gowen Field, Idaho, got a little snowblind 02DEC2018, but that didn’t stop them.
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“I assume this trusted position with enthusiasm, gratitude, eagerness, but most important of all, with great humility. To the men and women of the Oregon Air Guard, let me convey that as your next leader, as an organization, we will continue to stay […] Continue Reading…