27 June 2015 (19:58 UTC-07 Tango 01, 26 June 2015)/06 Tir 1394/10 Ramadan 1436/12 Ren-Wu (5th month) 4713
Florida news media reports that a man was killed by vibrio vulnificus. He was attacked by the bacteria on 14 June, while swimming in the Gulf of Mexico south of Pine Island. He died two days later.
The U.S. Centers […] Continue Reading…
27 June 2015 (19:48 UTC-07 Tango 01, 26 June 2015)/06 Tir 1394/10 Ramadan 1436/12 Ren-Wu (5th month) 4713
The governments of Guinea and Sierra Leone are scrambling to squash a new outbreak of deadly ebola filovirus. 12 new cases and six deaths, hundreds of people quarantined!
In Guinea 11 new ebola cases and six deaths reported on 25 June. […] Continue Reading…
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Arizona: In Phoenix yet another restaurant shutdown, this time Kincaid’s Classic American Dining closing in July after 14 years. The owners blamed years of city construction work which put their sales into a death spiral by blocking customer access to their establishment. Also in Phoenix two TV […] Continue Reading…
26 June 2015 (09:16 UTC-07 Tango 01)/05 Tir 1394/09 Ramadan 1436/11 Ren-Wu (5th month) 4713
Chinese news reports say today’s DAESH (Islamic State) attack on Syrian city Kobane was done with the implicit help of the Free Syrian Army, a rebel group openly favored by the Obama regime.
At least 120 silly-vilians living in Kobane have […] Continue Reading…
Civil rights are threatened by rampant violent crimes. According to the “Crime in the United States” released by the FBI, there were an estimated 1,163,146 violent crimes reported to law enforcement in 2013, of which 14,196 are murders, 79,770 are rapes, 345,031 robberies and 724,149 aggravated assaults (http://www.fbi.gov.) There were an estimated 367.9 violent […] Continue Reading…
26 June 2015 (04:03 UTC-07 Tango 01)/05 Tir 1394/09 Ramadan 1436/11 Ren-Wu (5th month) 4713
Confirmed number of MERS (Coronavirus) cases in Republic of Korea (RoK) now at 181. All are connected to hospitals or ambulance services. Deaths now at 31. Up until now almost every person that died was old and had other health problems. […] Continue Reading…
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California: Mission Viejo based restaurant chain Sizzler blindsided by its Australian operator, who said it is shutting down its restaurants in the Down Under! The Aussie Sizzler franchise is owned by Collins Foods who stated “We no longer consider Sizzler to be a strategic growth prospect in Australia and […] Continue Reading…
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California: The Los Angeles Unified School District approved plans to eliminate 774 jobs despite an increase in funding and a 10% pay raise for employees! Administrators blame what I call Disappearing Students Syndrome, but critics say the new budget, with its pay raises and mass layoffs, doesn’t make sense. […] Continue Reading…
24 June 2015 (12:35 UTC-07 Tango 01)/03 Tir 1394/07 Ramadan 1436/09 Ren-Wu (5th month) 4713
F = Food
“Food security has a major influence on national and international politics. A globalised world and food system means that it is a system particularly vulnerable to governments and businesses succumbing to panic, hoarding foods or limiting exports. In the […] Continue Reading…
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Isn’t it ironic that the healthcare reform written by the insurance industry (Affordable Care Act aka ObamaCare) is actually destroying insurance companies? Read on to find out why I ask such a question.
Arizona: Five Coco’s Bakery Restaurants shutdown; one in Sun City and four in Phoenix! Coco’s was sold to […] Continue Reading…