09FEB2018 (01:37 UTC-07 Tango 06) 20 Bahman 1396/23 Jumada l-Ula 1439/24 Ren-Yin 4715
Nippon’s (Japan) Toyota, Honda and Nissan reported that together they expect to make a record profit $22-billion USD, not from sales of cars to ‘Mericans, but partly off the pro-corporate U.S. tax reforms.
Residents of many U.S. states are only now being informed […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete (i-e ‘Tip of the Iceberg’) list of U.S. Federal/State/Local Government self-destruct announcements for January 2018:
Ironic, isn’t it?Alaska: State senator David Wilson in trouble not only for alleged sexual harassment, but for ‘retaliation’.
Alabama: After years of complaints and no action by the state Department of Public Health and Department of Environmental Management, researchers with Auburn […] Continue Reading…
Sears Hometown/Appliance and Outlet stores got a $40-million USD loan from Gordon Brothers Finance Company.
ABC Action News: 5 months later family still waiting for their new Sears installed bathroom.
Chicago Tribune: Sears threatened to sue state over tax credit dispute
USA Today: Trump tax cut boosts Sears to profit, but sales slide continues
Finally, a mainstream news media source realizes that the […] Continue Reading…
06FEB2018 (10:48 UTC-07 Tango 06) 17 Bahman 1396/20 Jumada l-Ula 1439/21 Ren-Yin 4715
In the past 24 hours violence seemingly has escalated in the pro-U.S.-European oil rich and anti-gun country of ‘Democratic’ Republic of Congo (DR Congo, not to be confused with Republic of Congo). In one case, news reports of stabbings by knife wielding […] Continue Reading…
31JAN2018, 20:16 UTC-07 Tango 06 (12 Bahman 1396/15 Jumada l-Ula 1439/16 Xin-Chou 4715)
Bon Ton owned Herberger’s announced it will exit its Pine Ridge Mall location, in Chubbuck, when the inventory runs out. The official reason is crashing sales, including declining online sales. However, and as usual, local news media turned to so called experts who lazily […] Continue Reading…
31JAN2018 (15:22 UTC-07 Tango 06) 11 Bahman 1396/14 Jumada l-Ula 1439/15 Xin-Chou 4715
“A lot of this is teaching resiliency training to military kids so they know how to cope with deployments and know that there’s a support system always there for them.”-Katie Kohlbecker, father is member of Idaho State Militia
Idaho National Guard has a […] Continue Reading…
29JAN2018, 20:41 UTC-07 Tango 06 (10 Bahman 1396/13 Jumada l-Ula 1439/14 Xin-Chou 4715)
“On the basis of the severity of the clinical presentation of some cases in this study, the vaccine currently licensed for military use should be considered a potentially valuable resource to prevent disease in susceptible populations living in closed communities, such as […] 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.
Across […] Continue Reading…
27JAN2018 (07:21 UTC-07 Tango 06) 07 Bahman 1396/10 Jumada l-Ula 1439/11 Xin-Chou (12th month) 4715
Hospitals across the metro areas of the United States are reporting emergency rooms being overwhelmed with people sick with the flu. This is causing problems like seven hours long waits in Iowa, ambulance diversions in New York, California hospitals actually stopping ambulance […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of healthcare related layoffs and shutdowns, announced in January 2018:
ObamaCare-ACA fact: Only one out of four workers has health insurance through their employer, according to a survey by Clutch.
So much for hi-tech security, 5.6-million patient records were illegally accessed online during during 477 incidents in 2017!
Another reason to stay out of hospitals; the Journal of the […] Continue Reading…