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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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…

Technology

“redeployment opportunities”: U.S. hi-tech/communications breakdown, June 2018

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

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

ARKANSAS: Consolidating state taxpayer funded data centers could cost $15-million USD

CALIFORNIA: Gov’na Brown forces taxpayers to give the movie/TV industry $330-million USD!

Taxpayer funded InfoTech company GDIT/CSRA issued a layoff WARN, 67 people in Santa Clara County losing their jobs, possibly in connection to the […] Continue Reading…

International

Pacific Ring of Fire: 11-thousand quakes since July, get ready for a Year without Summer!

More proof climate change is not caused by human made pollution as more evidence of climate change on other planets is being found: Weird Volcanoes Are Erupting Across the Solar System

And for more proof human’s are too puny to affect climate: How an 1816 eruption short-circuited Earth’s ionosphere to trigger “Year Without A Summer” as well as How Volcanoes Reshape Ecosystems, and Active […] Continue Reading…

Idaho, U.S.

“This isn’t foster care, this is state-sponsored kidnapping!”: U.S. government shenanigans, June 2018

Incomplete (i-e ‘Tip of the Iceberg’) list of U.S. Federal/State/Local Government self-destruct revelations for June 2018:

Tax Foundation: To What Extent Does Your State Rely on Property Taxes?

USA TODAY:  By 2021, these 8 states will have no income tax

ALABAMA: tax delinquency amnesty program begins July 1

Seven Ways Alabama Has Made It Harder to Vote

Rail Commission apologizes, while former member continues to attack Alabama governor

Mobile Council Asks Alabama taxpayers for Amtrak Money

Alabama team showcases state for […] Continue Reading…

Idaho, U.S.

“Lockdown, lockdown”: Dumbing Down the U.S.A., June 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.

Incomplete (Tip-o-the-Iceberg) list […] Continue Reading…

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