Business/Economics

“a change in business circumstances”: Sears-Kmart death spiral, October 2018

New York Post: Whirlpool doesn’t want Sears selling any of its appliances

9News.com KUSA: Sears is delisted on NASDAQ

Yahoo Finance: lifetime warranties in question

National Real Estate Investor: Sears Will End Up in Liquidation

Delaware Online: Decisions to ax unsuccessful local locations were made well before bankruptcy!

WCPO: How safe are Sears warranties and gift cards?

Chicago Tribune: Whirlpool to Sears: We want our appliances back

Bankruptcy judge to OK Sears’ store closings

bankruptcy to close […] Continue Reading…

Business/Economics, Idaho, Kit Bashing

“Get your stuff it’s time to leave.”: U.S. industrial/mining/logistics layoffs, July 2018

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

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

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

ALABAMA: Hyundai plant could be first shut down under tariff plan

ALASKA: Oil giant reports 2018 profit, compared to big 2017 loss

ConocoPhillips Swaps Assets With BP, Expands Alaska Base

CALIFORNIA: No more Barbie or Hot Wheels? El Segundo based Mattel announced […] Continue Reading…

Idaho, U.S.

Taxes & New Laws prove it’s no Land of the Free!: U.S. government shenanigans, July 2018

Incomplete (i-e ‘Tip of the Iceberg’) list of United States Federal/State/Local Government self-destruct revelations for July 2018:

It’s ironic that during the month that the independence of the United States was officially declared, a massive amount of new imperialist laws and taxations were made!

04 July 1776:  How Taxes, Tariffs & Tea Led To American Independence

Why is there a lawyer shortage? Maybe […] Continue Reading…

U.S.

“a state of near death.”: Drugs, the American Way, July 2018

Incomplete (tip-o-the iceberg) list of U.S. drugs related crimes and oddities for the month of July 2018.

“If we don’t get tough on the drug dealers, we are wasting our time. And that toughness includes the death penalty.”-President Donald Trump, Manchester, New Hampshire, 19MAR2018

On 01 July, somewhere in the eastern Pacific the U.S. Coast Guard captured a drug boat, three smugglers […] Continue Reading…

U.S.

‘phantom medical’ claims: ObamaCare ACA death spiral, July 2018

Incomplete (tip-o-the-iceberg) list of healthcare related layoffs, shutdowns and crimes in July 2018:

$32-million fraud lawsuit settled

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

ALABAMA: 1-thousand-2-hundred people could be eligible for compensation because of hospital data breach

ARKANSAS: Walmart suddenly laid off 150 people from its Optical Lab in Fayetteville, due to “changing business needs”.

hospitals accuse EMS provider of ‘balance billing’

‘Non-profit’ Preferred Family Healthcare loses taxpayer […] Continue Reading…

International

Total Gun Ban Fail: Knife attacks in Japan skyrocket?

24SEP2018 (15:06 UTC-07 Tango 06) 02 Mehr 1397/13 Muharram 1440/15 Xin-You (8th month) 4716

I’ve pointed out many times how Japan has a near total gun ban, and Japan also regulates edged weapons based on their length.

For more proof that gun bans, and even knife control laws, don’t stop violent crime here’s a recent list of knife and gun […] Continue Reading…

International

Grizzlies: Mysterious Deaths and Behaviors

“…there are occasions where bears don’t behave like other bears.”-Brad Hovinga, Wyoming Game and Fish Department

“…grizzly bears can be more aggressive than black bears when it comes to protecting their young and food sources.”-Johnny Mikes, Coast to Cascades Grizzly Bear Initiative

24SEP2018 (13:39 UTC-07 Tango 06) 02 Mehr 1397/13 Muharram 1440/15 Xin-You (8th month) 4716

The most aggressive […] Continue Reading…

International

Pacific Ring of Fire: “toasting 90% of life on the planet”, Dragon Eggs will save us?

Video

Volcano eruptions to be predicted by remarkable DRAGON EGGS?
Incomplete list of reports from 24AUG2018 through to 23SEP2018.
19 Quakes Rock Ring of Fire in 24 Hours
Last month 70 earthquake in 48 hours along Pacific Ring of Fire

AUSTRALIA:  an eruption in Melbourne? 

CANADA:

British Columbia; 3.3-magnitude earthquake felt by Victoria residents

Strong early-morning Oregon quake felt in Vancouver and Sidney

Receding glaciers make Pemberton-area Mount Meager volcano less stable than ever before

British […] Continue Reading…

Idaho, Technology

Idaho: Mountain Home AFB update, F-15E walk-around, Micron Bus

Video

22SEP2018 (16:34 UTC-07 Tango 06) 31 Sharivar 1397/11 Muharram 1440/13 Xin-You (8th month) 4716

U.S. Air Force photo by Technical Sergeant Sandra Welch, 20AUG2018.

In August, the 17th Special Tactics Squadron took part in Jaded Thunder.

A child tests a plasma ball on the Micron STEM Bus. USAF photo by Senior Airman […] Continue Reading…

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.

Facebook to […] Continue Reading…

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