Transition from QF-4 to QF-16:
PLANNED OBSOLESCENCE: USAF ADMITS IT MUST MAKE ITS OWN DRONE PARTS!
UTAH: PHINAL PHANTOM PHLIGHT
Sears Kmart self-destruct December 2016: It’s a Crime! Sears stops honoring warranties!
Sears Holdings settled a lawsuit brought by ten California counties. The suit accuses Sears of knowingly selling nutritional supplements with inaccurate labels. Sears agreed to pay $235-thousand USD to settle the accusation.
CNBC revealed that 80% of Kmart leases, and 50% of Sears leases, expire within five years. This is significant because most of the Sears […] Continue Reading…
Grinch conducts massive “organizational downsizing”, Merry Xmas! : U.S. High Tech/Communications shutdown November 2016
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 November 2016:
Alabama: Operator of high tech golf driving ranges Topgolf revealed city administrators of Birmingham are giving Topgolf $1.5-million USD in tax incentives! Topgolf uses golf balls with RFID chips.
Arizona: Tempe […] Continue Reading…
Self Drive Car Fail! Uber breaks the law in California!
14 December 2016 / 20:50 UTC-07 Tango 06 (25 Azar 1395/15 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1438/17 Geng Zi 4714)
Uber in trouble again, this time they’ve violated California’s self drive car law.
Uber began testing ‘autonomous’ car service in San Francisco without getting the required state permit. Uber believes they can avoid the permit because their self drive cars still have a […] Continue Reading…
CDC warning Idaho pet owners of plague!
13 December 2016 (11:59 UTC-07 Tango 06) 23 Azar 1395/13 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1438/15 Geng Zi 4714
“During May 30–July 26, 2016, local veterinarians notified public health officials that five dogs and 12 cats were being evaluated for possible plague.”-CDC, 09 December 2016
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now warning Idahoans of plague Yersinia pestis affecting their […] Continue Reading…
Idaho hospital bans smartphones, as lithium batteries set fire to Boise State University!
13 December 2016 (11:33 UTC-07 Tango 06) 23 Azar 1395/13 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1438/15 Geng Zi 4714
Saint Luke’s Health System (supposedly now the largest employer in The Gem State) has banned the spontaneously combustable Samsung Galaxy 7 ‘smart’ phone at all its locations.
The ban applies to employees as well as patients and comes after a charging lithium […] Continue Reading…
Just how much do ‘Americans’ love coffee?
“If I have to piss and shit on myself, I would rather be dead!” : ObamaCare destruction November 2016
It must be noted that I started documenting these ObamaCare/healthcare related shutdowns at the beginning of 2014. In that year I posted the reports biannually (every six months). In 2015 ObamaCare cutbacks ramped up and I posted quarterly (every three months). For the past 11 months of 2016 there have been so many ObamaCare […] Continue Reading…
Dog robots and breathalizers can tell if you have cancer?
12 December 2016 / 20:57 UTC-07 Tango 06 (23 Azar 1395/13 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1438/15 Geng Zi 4714)
It’s long been known that pets, especially dogs, react negatively to the breath of people with cancer. In China scientists have succesfully detected cancer ions in the breath of cancer victims using a mass spectrometer.
Experimental breathalizer […] Continue Reading…
Self Drive Car Fail! Human drivers unable to regain control from robot driver?
12 December 2016 / 20:17 UTC-07 Tango 06 (23 Azar 1395/13 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1438/15 Geng Zi 4714)
“If someone is designing a method for automated vehicle handover, there will need to be detailed research on that specific method. This study is tip of an iceberg.”-Lene Harbott, Revs Program at Stanford
A new study published by the new Science Robotics journal […] Continue Reading…