16 October 2014 (04:54 UTC-07 Tango)/21 Dhu l-Hijja 1435/24 Mehr 1393/23 Jia-Xu 4712
“There is the potential for many more Dallases if hospitals are not mandated and do not commit to more vigorous standards. We see potential gaping holes for this to spread!”-Bonnie Castillo, Registered Nurse Response Network
United States: National Nurses United has come out […] Continue Reading…
“It’s terribly wrong for them to not have anything in place to give us more time. I asked them to transfer my layaway to another K-Mart. I would drive to another town.”-Kmart layaway customer who apparently had her request to have the laid away items transfered to another store denied
There are more reports that people […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:
“They can’t afford to pay me what I’m worth; they can’t even match the pay at my last job. It makes me sad. I always thought that, in 10 years, I was going to be awesome. Now here I am, just trying to survive.”-Valerie Colter, typical Californian
California: Southern […] Continue Reading…
14 October 2014 (04:06 UTC-07 Tango)/19 Dhu l-Hijja 1435/22 Mehr 1393/21 Jia-Xu 4712
“That hospital has issued a directive to all hospital staff not to speak to press. That is a grave concern because we need to hear from those front line workers. We need to hear what happened there…They have them on real lockdown! ……I […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:
The iconic Great Depression era Tennessee Valley Authority killing more than 2-thousand jobs! The multi-state federally funded utilities provider blames it on competition with for profit utility companies. The TVA also revealed they suffered a net lost of $81-million USD during the spring quarter.
California: In Oakland, Sutter Health/Alta […] Continue Reading…
Baghlan Province: In Baghlan District, religious leaders demanded a local radio station shutdown. Local police obliged the religious leaders and shutdown the radio station, in the name of security. Police also arrested 12 radio station employees, for their own ‘safety’!
Balkh Province: A group of men wearing brand new police uniforms attacked a police base. Two […] Continue Reading…
12 October 2014 (16:24 UTC-07 Tango)/17 Dhu l-Hijja 1435/20 Mehr 1393/19 Jia-Xu 4712
“There’s an Ebola patient in the neighborhood!”-Lindsey Carpenter, Dallas, Texas, resident describing her roommate’s shocked announcement
“…you hear the helicopters overhead and see the news, and it makes you pay more attention.”-Dina Smith, Dallas, Texas, resident describing the swarm of cops and CDC […] Continue Reading…
12 October 2014 (01:56 UTC-07 Tango)/17 Dhu l-Hijja 1435/20 Mehr 1393/19 Jia-Xu 4712
North Carolina reporting their first flu death. Department of Health and Human Services would only say it was a Wake County elementary school aged child.
A couple of days ago I wrote how the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated there […] Continue Reading…
11 October 2014 (16:40 UTC-07 Tango)/16 Dhu l-Hijja 1435/19 Mehr 1393/18 Jia-Xu 4712
United States: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) confirmed that some radiation escaped into the air around the failed Waste Isolation Pilot Project (WIPP) in New Mexico, but claims “The public doses were well below EPA’s standards.”
EPA also criticized the Department of Energy’s […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:
California: What housing market recovery? In Santa Monica, RMR Financial (aka Princeton Capital, Mortgage California) announced they are laying off 12 people in October. In Palo Alto, taxsucker Space Systems-Loral announced they will layoff 53 employees in October. In Rancho Cucamonga, personal loan maker Springleaf Finance announced […] Continue Reading…