07 February 2016 (08:28 UTC-07 Tango 01) / 18 Bahman 1394/27 Rabi’a’-Thani 1437/29 Wu Yin 4713
According to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, 2015 saw yet another record number of ‘mericans renounce their U.S. citizenship. Note that this is not a count of how many ‘mericans fled their country, but of those who officially renounced […] Continue Reading…
07 February 2016 (07:18 UTC-07 Tango 01) / 18 Bahman 1394/27 Rabi’a’-Thani 1437/29 Wu Yin 4713
“The population movement effects on urban climate is a new research topic….Our research highlights the role of population movements in urban climate, and may help deal with urban environmental problems.”-Zhang Jingyong, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Studies in China show true ‘global […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of job loss announcements and shutdowns.
According to some reports, 70% of the jobs ‘created’ in January were minimum wage, temp jobs! The so called increase in wages was a piddly-ass half a percent (0.05%) compared to December!
California: More proof the internet is not recession resistant; San Francisco based Indiegogo admitted it […] Continue Reading…
06 February 2016 (14:28 UTC-07 Tango 01) / 17 Bahman 1394/26 Rabi’a’-Thani 1437/28 Wu Yin 4713
A man who advised several United Kingdom prime ministers, and even George W. Bush, about fighting terrorism has made an elitist list of potential terrorists himself!
Liberal Democrat Maajid Nawaz advised Tony Blair (convicted war criminal), Gordon Brown and the […] Continue Reading…
The former owner-operator of two Sears Hometown stores is now facing federal charges of stealing $400-thousand USD from Sears. The woman operated the stores in Missouri, her contract with Sears stated she didn’t have to pay for the Sears supplied merchandise until after she sold them. The money was deposited into a special holding account […] Continue Reading…
05 February 2016 (16:22 UTC-07 Tango 01) / 16 Bahman 1394/25 Rabi’a’-Thani 1437/27 Wu Yin 4713
For the first time in 962 years the leaders of the Catholic and Orthodox ‘christian’ churches will officially meet, next week in Cuba!
Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill will meet to discuss an end to the Great Schism which began […] Continue Reading…
05 February 2016 (15:54 UTC-07 Tango 01) / 16 Bahman 1394/25 Rabi’a’-Thani 1437/27 Wu Yin 4713
“In our invoices we mention a clause that buyers of our oil will have to pay in euros…… Iran shifted to the euro and cancelled trade in dollars because of political reasons.”-unnamed administrator with National Iranian Oil Company
The true […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of job loss announcements and shutdowns.
Arizona: In Yuma, a local business is blaming currency wars for its demise. After two years restaurant Carnivores of Yuma shutting down due to lack of Snow Birds from Canada. The Canadian dollar has dropped in value against the U.S. dollar, making it too expensive for many Canadians to […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of job loss announcements and shutdowns.
California: After four years the Malibu Bank of Books shutting down in April. The owner blames lack of sales and points out that the landlord actually tried to helped the bookstore. Yet more proof the internet is not recession resistant; San Rafael based AutoDesk eliminating 925 jobs […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of job loss announcements and shutdowns.
British empire based British Petroleum (BP, formerly known as Anglo-Iranian Oil) boosting its January layoff announcement by another 3-thousand! Last month it said it would eliminate at least 4-thousand jobs around the world, now it’s 7-thousand jobs gone by the end of 2017, including within the U.S. […] Continue Reading…