To save the animals, U.S. military deployed to Georgia!

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Georgia Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Jamila A. Haven, 10MAY2018.

In May, the Department of Defense deployed hundreds of personnel to the U.S. state of Georgia. It was part of Operation Empower Health Greater Savannah, in response to the […] Continue Reading…

God is Evil: ICE hits Hobby Lobby, returns Sumerian artifacts to Iraq!

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“Such efforts are to be noted, not only do they enforce the law they serve as a sense of historic justice, and they help in the fight against criminal and terrorist networks.”-Fareed Yasseen, Iraqi Ambassador to the United States

Not even a year after […] Continue Reading…

“Morale has never been lower.”: Dumbing Down the U.S.A., May 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…

“…will create deaths. This will kill people. People will die because of this.” : ObamaCare ACA death spiral, May 2018

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

Kaiser Family Foundation: 22% increase in healthcare costs

Bloomberg: Even doctors are canceling their health insurance

The Harris Poll: 66% of people say insurance cost is a major source of stress in their lives (gee, wasn’t ObamaCare supposed to remedy that?)

eHealth: 74% of people consider ObamaCare-ACA […] Continue Reading…

“You can’t stop the church!”: U.S. christian rapture, April 2018

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

Catholic Relief Services revealed that in 2017 about 14-thousand  parishes and schools in the United States were helped with the Lenten Rice Bowl food program.  However, Catholic Relief Services also admitted that only 25% of donations […] Continue Reading…

“their year of demise.”: Sears Kmart death spiral, June 2018

Sears Holdings has already announced new store shutdowns that weren’t on the shutdown list issued at the end of May.  However, Sears Holdings representatives claim some of the store shutdowns announced in May are now on hold pending further review.

Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores reported a $9.4-million USD loss for its first quarter of 2018 and […] Continue Reading…

“a retail collapse like…The Great Depression.” One retailer kills 23,000 jobs!: U.S. retail/banking/service sector collapse, April 2018

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

“….they`ll be economic consequences of epic proportions….not this year, but in 2019, 2020, you`ll see a retail collapse like the 1930s and The Great Depression…..We`re already going to have 12,000 stores closed this year. So, it`ll hollow out retail and hurt […] Continue Reading…

“historic changes”: U.S. industrial/mining/logistics layoffs, April 2018

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

More U.S. jobs being killed by European Union and China.

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

 California: Diversified Silicone Products issued a shutdown WARN for its operations in Santa Fe, 68 jobs gone by July.  Germany based shipping company DHL issued a shutdown WARN for its ops in Moreno Valley, […] Continue Reading…

America Spread Thin: West Asia, April 2018

West Asia, or as the U.S. Department of Defense calls it Southwest Asia.  Iran, Iraq and Turkey are sometimes considered part of West Asia and sometimes Central Asia.  I consider Iraq and Turkey part of West Asia and Iran is part of Central Asia.

The following is a smidgen of what the United States is involved […] Continue Reading…

Vehicle I-D: CH-53K King Stallion

Forget the CH-53 Super Stallion, there’s a new heavy lift Marine coming onboard; CH-53K King Stallion.

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Corporal Ethan Pumphret.

Marine Operational Test & Evaluation Squadron-1 load the main gear box of the new CH-53K King Stallion onto the aircraft, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River, North […] Continue Reading…

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