Incomplete list of U.S. Mining/Industrial/Logistics job loss/shutdown announcements made in January 2018.
Trulia reports that overall housing rents across the United States jumped an average of 19.6% since the end of 2012, even though the majority of working class people saw no increase in pay.
Alabama: Warren Buffet owned clothing maker Fruit of the Loom laid off 72 people at […] Continue Reading…
“We are going to have to stop being the policemen of the world.”-Donald Trump, August 2015 interview with Hugh Hewitt
In January 2018, Florida National Guard’s 164th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, 3rd Battalion, 116th Field Artillery Regiment deployed to Southwest Asia (Kuwait/Iraq?).
This month (February), Massachusetts National Guard’s 188th Engineering Detachment also deployed, to Kuwait, for Operation Spartan Shield.
Currently the Iowa […] Continue Reading…
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“Information is a weapon the brigade yields. We’re training Soldiers on their mission command weapons systems. We’re making information more lethal.”-Chief Warrant-3 Jerred Edgar, 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team
Idaho Army National Guard photo by Captain Robert Taylor, 10FEB2018.Idaho’s Army […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of U.S. retail/banking/service sector job loss WARNings and store shutdowns made or announced in January 2018:
Trulia reports that overall housing rents across the United States jumped an average of 19.6% since the end of 2012, even though the majority of working class people saw no increase in pay.
Arkansas: Bentonville based Walmart revealed the truth behind […] Continue Reading…
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Idaho Army National Guard’s Regional Training Site–Maintenance Ordnance Training Battalion is big and bad and getting bigger and badder!
During a November 2017 comprehensive accreditation inspection the Idaho training facility scored an overall 99.2%, getting 100% in five of the seven categories.
The facility […] Continue Reading…
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Mother Earth has yet again rendered human efforts to stop climate change impotent. Not only did the October 2017 Northern California wildfires pump massive particulate matter into the atmosphere, but at least 1-million tons of waste was created on the ground!
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“Through all of the chaos, I realized I had to keep my eye on the prize and keep going.”-Captain Kelley Thury
The biggest hot potato about women in the U.S. military is whether they should directly work in combat jobs. But what about […] Continue Reading…
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“The Navy Care app was so easy to use. It saved me two hours in travel time for a follow-up visit with my doctor at Naval Hospital Jacksonville.”-Lieutenant Kurt Bogart
The U.S. navy is experimenting with a new way to go to Sick […] Continue Reading…
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About a week after hauling in two tons of cocaine off the Florida coast, the U.S. Coast Guard does it again. Actually, this time it’s seven tons!
NEW WAR ON DRUGS: PROOF YOUR GOVERNMENT IS BEHIND DRUG ADDICTION, ‘DRUG TAKE […] Continue Reading…
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“Samuel, notify your men: the British are coming.”-General Oliver Prescott, 19APR1775
Washington (state) National Guard train-up on their new M777, 12APR2017The U.S. Army’s Watervliet Arsenal is making parts for the M777A2 artillery system, as part of a $50-million USD sale […] Continue Reading…