Incomplete (tip-o-the iceberg) list of U.S. drugs related crimes and oddities for the month of May 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
United States Naval Institute News: U.S. Navy admits at least 10 Navy SEALs were high on cocaine
Official Air National […] Continue Reading…
27JUN2018 /23:30 UTC-07 Tango 06 (07 Tir 1397/14 Shawwal 1439/15 Wu-Wu 4716)
Somebody broke into a Maine State Police car and stole the 5.56mm (.223 caliber) AR-15 assault rifle and .38 caliber pistol, possibly “for cash or drugs.” The pistol was found during an investigation into another burglary, the AR-15 is still missing.
This is not the first […] Continue Reading…
26JUN2018 /20:13 UTC-07 Tango 06 (06 Tir 1397/13 Shawwal 1439/14 Wu-Wu 4716)
“No one shall possess a firearm or firearms or a sword or swords.”-Japanese law, however, after a long permitting procedure a person can own a single-fire gun designed for hunting or sport-shooting (you must first own a shotgun for ten years without incident before owning a rifle)
Once […] Continue Reading…
19JUN2018 (15:00 UTC-07 Tango 06) 29 Khordad 1397/05 Shawwal 1439/06 Wu-Wu 4716
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…
18JUN2018 /23:26 UTC-07 Tango 06 (29 Khordad 1397/05 Shawwal 1439/06 Wu-Wu 4716)
“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…
“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…
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…
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…
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…
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…