01 December 2014 (12:38 UTC-07 Tango)/08 Safar 1436/10 Azar 1393/11 Bing-Zi 4712
“If the won-yuan market matures, transaction costs for the two currencies will fall and the bilateral trade will rise, contributing to economic growth for both countries.”-Lee Ju-yeol, Bank of Korea
An east Asian ally of the United States, Korea (south), has stopped using the U.S. dollar for […] Continue Reading…
For some reason there is very little news of incidents inside Afghanistan for the 15th through 19th of November. Either nothing happened, or there’s a news blackout.
Helmand Province: A British empire United Kingdom report says a Royal Red Coat was shot and killed by his own troops, back in 2009. The recently released report […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of announced United States food supply shutdowns for the month of November, 2014: Many food suppliers/distributors are consolidating operations and killing jobs due to the collapsing grocery store and restaurant industries, as well as rising costs of food production.
After announcing plans in April to expand ops in Canada, Minnesota U.S.A. based food […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:
It’s been revealed that the draconian cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (SNAP, formerly known as Food Stamps) will affect only four U.S. states: Michigan, Wisconsin, New Jersey and New Hampshire. The rest of the states say they will use their own taxpayer’s money to make up for the […] Continue Reading…
24 November 2014 (10:15 UTC-07 Tango)/01 Safar 1436/03 Azar 1393/03 Yi-Hai (10th month) 4712
India: A new report shows the nuclear power industry is not cost effective, but like a parasite lives off the backs of unsuspecting taxpayers! The Hindu reveals even more ugly truths about nuclear power: “The key fact about nuclear power is that it is […] Continue Reading…
23 November 2014 (10:17 UTC-07 Tango)/30 Muharram 1436/02 Azar 1393/02 Yi-Hai (10th month) 4712
The Obama regime sanctions against Russia are thoroughly backfiring, as Russia increased the use of China’s yuan by 800% from January 2014 to September 2014!
Germany has also become the first European Union country to directly deal in yuan!
In Frankfurt, the Bank […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:
Alaska: British empire BP (British Petroleum) announced they will kill 475 U.S. oil jobs by the beginning of 2015! BP has sold off its Alaska ops to a rival oil company, which will result in at least 275 people becoming unemployed, the other 200 might be hired […] Continue Reading…
Faryab Province: A French citizen was stabbed in Maimana City prison. The French citizen was visiting the prison on behalf of the International Red Cross. The prisoner who did it says he was chosen by other prisoners to attack the Frenchie, but news reports failed to explain why they wanted to attack the Red Cross […] Continue Reading…
Kmart employees reporting they will be fired if they take the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday off. This belies Sears Holdings’ implication that employees volunteer to work the holiday.
The U.S. state of Wisconsin continues to get hit by Sears-Kmart shutdowns, this time a second Badger State Rebuild Center shutting down in February 2015.
update 21 November 2014
Here’s the […] Continue Reading…
The Manhattan, Kansas, Sears is closing by 23 November, that’s according to the latest local news reports. Initial reports (back in September) said the store was shutting down by 07 December. It also turns out that the Auto Center has already shutdown.
In the U.S. state of Illinois, a lawsuit has revealed that Kmart store […] Continue Reading…