Idaho, Technology

“we need to get the life expectancy out of them.”: U.S. hi-tech/communications breakdown, July 2018

Incomplete list of U.S. internet/high-tech/communications job destruction and chicanery announcements in July 2018:

The Washington Post: Millions of educated, experienced workers have been tossed aside

The Guardian:  Accidents at Amazon: workers left to suffer after warehouse injuries

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

ALABAMA: Verizon shutting down its call center in Huntsville,  some employees will continue working from home while others will get laid off.

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Idaho, U.S.

School crimes skyrocketing!: Dumbing Down the U.S.A., July 2018

“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.

“Sesame […] Continue Reading…

International

Gun Ban Fail: Even British Bobbies are begging ‘Give us guns!’

15SEP2018 (11:21 UTC-07 Tango 06) 24 Sharivar 1397/04 Muharram 1440/06 Xin-You (8th month) 4716

There’s an old saying, “Don’t bring a knife to a gun fight.”  In near-total gun ban United Kingdom knife fights have become epidemic (09SEP2018: London BLOODBATH…as knife crime continues to soar).

The BBC (British Bullshit Company, I mean British Broadcasting Corporation) reported yesterday that […] Continue Reading…

International

Fluoride Wars: You can’t escape it, everybody is a target!

11SEP2018 (00:11 UTC-07 Tango 06) 20 Sharivar 1397/30 Dhu l-Hijja 1439/02 Xin-You (2nd month) 4716

The following are links to the latest articles covering the never ending fluoride wars:

Tapping into Minnesota’s fluoride rules

A Novel Method For Fluoride Detection

Hayward City drops fluoridation on cost concerns

Bisbee City’s decision to remove fluoride from water criticized

Colorado makes it legal for dental hygienists to apply silver diamine fluoride

Colorado Brown Stain […] Continue Reading…

U.S.

Fire and honey bees…it’s ‘God’s Plan’! : U.S. christian Rapture, June 2018

Incomplete (tip-o-the iceberg) list of U.S. Christian shutdowns, layoffs and Rapture oddities for the Gregorian (western christian calendar) month of June 2018.

National Catholic Reporter: bad news is good news in the Catholic sex abuse scandal

The Guardian: Project Blitz: the legislative assault by Christian nationalists

Washington Post: Why many white evangelicals are not protesting family separations

New York Times: How Christians Destroyed the Ancient World

ALABAMA: Jeff […] Continue Reading…

Fukushima

Pacific Ring of Fire: Japan, Modern Day Atlantis

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08SEP2018 (00:35 UTC-07 Tango 06) 17 Sharivar 1397/27 Dhu l-Hijja 1439/29 Xin-You 4716

It’s been six years since I last wrote one of my Japan, Modern Day Atlantis articles, but its looks like 2018 is another big-bad-year for Japan.  The original story of Atlantis wasn’t just about a natural disaster, it was about human ignorance, arrogance, immorality and […] Continue Reading…

Business/Economics, Idaho

Is this it?: Sears – Kmart death spiral, September 2018

KTLA: Sears Stock Falls Below $1 For The First Time in Company’s History

Bloomberg: Lampert’s plan to ‘save’ Sears-Kmart will make him $1-billion!

Barron’s: Crashing retailers, like Sears, bringing down consumer products maker Newell Brands

Big Sears Shareholder Slashes Stake

Washington Post: Last minute plan to save Sears, sell everything!

PR Newswire: Lampert proposes increased sales of properties to avoid imminent bankruptcy!

Here’s more proof […] Continue Reading…

Business/Economics

“anemic”: U.S. retail/banking/service sector collapse, June 2018

Incomplete list of U.S. retail/banking/service sector job loss WARNings and store shutdowns made or announced in June 2018:

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Switzerland based Too Big to Jail UBS suddenly laid off hundreds of bank asset management employees around the world, including in the United States (mainly in NYC)!

ALABAMA: In Tuscaloosa, after at least 91 years (surviving The Great […] Continue Reading…

Business/Economics, Idaho

“global race to the bottom.”: U.S. industrial/mining/logistics shutdowns, June 2018

Incomplete list of U.S. Mining/Industrial/Logistics job loss/shutdown announcements made in June 2018.

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

 CALIFORNIA: Palo Alto based Tesla announced the elimination of 3-thousand-6-hundred jobs (already issued layoff WARNs saying 506 Californians will become jobless in August!) in an effort to increase the company’s profit margin (due to the fact the 15 years old company has yet to actually make a […] Continue Reading…

Idaho, U.S.

“a thousand paper cuts”: U.S. food crisis, June 2018

Incomplete list of announced United States food supply shutdowns for the month of June, 2018: Many food suppliers/distributors are consolidating operations and killing jobs due to the collapsing grocery store and restaurant industries, as well as rising costs of food production, spread of disease, extreme weather, gentrification and government shenanigans.

The Spokesman-Review: Low returns for Northwest farmers […] Continue Reading…

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