11FEB2018 (04:42 UTC-07 Tango 06) 22 Bahman 1396/23 Jumada l-Ula 1439/26 Ren-Yin 4715
“People are addicted to this idea that you have to use tough love, let people hit rock bottom, kick it cold turkey. That works for some people. It kills others.”-Kassandra Frederique, New York State Director at the Drug Policy Alliance
More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high-tech competition for your demise. Incomplete list of U.S. internet/high-tech/communications job destruction announcements in January 2018:
Maybe the new Whore of Babylon is the Digital Bitch?:
California: Who said sex sells? A little more than a year after being sold to a Florida based company, Chatsworth based adult magazine Penthouse […] Continue Reading…
10FEB2018 (02:53 UTC-07 Tango 06) 21 Bahman 1396/24 Jumada l-Ula 1439/25 Ren-Yin 4715
“We are solving a problem in our country.”-Major General James Hoyer, West Virginia National Guard
“We have to stop this terrible drug epidemic. We have to. If we don’t, it will cannibalize us.”-Jim Justice, gov’na of West Virginia
Sky News: war on opioids is a win-win for […] Continue Reading…
09FEB2018 (02:27 UTC-07 Tango 06) 20 Bahman 1396/23 Jumada l-Ula 1439/24 Ren-Yin 4715
“…President Trump declared a national health emergency… The leading cause of death among Americans under the age of 50 is drug overdose!”-Jeff Sessions, U.S. Attorney General, Opioid Summit
On 08FEB2018, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions attended the Opioid Summit, hosted by U.S. […] Continue Reading…
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…