30 January 2014 (09:22 UTC-07 Tango)/28 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1435/10 Bahman 1392/30 Gui-Chou (12th month) 4711
“By 2012, Saint Luke’s had three of the top five highest paid hospitals, and its top hospital was receiving reimbursements 21% higher than the average Idaho hospital.”-statement made during secret federal court trial
A federal judge ruled that Boise’s Saint Luke’s […] Continue Reading…
30 January 2014 (19:35 UTC-07 Tango 29 January 2013)/28 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1435/10 Bahman 1392/30 Gui-Chou (12th month) 4711
“If sometime in the future you have a reason to be looking for something radiological, it’s very necessary to have the original background.”-Joseph Krol, NNSA, explaining why airborne radiation samples were taken around the Metlife Stadium in […] Continue Reading…
28 January 2014 (17:00 UTC-07 Tango)/26 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1435/08 Bahman 1392/28 Gui-Chou (12th month) 4711
For the past few days Idaho news media have been painting a rosy picture, saying Idaho’s unemployment rate dropped by one percent. And some even went as far as declaring the bad local economy dead!
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of publicized healthcare layoffs and closings 01-14 June 2013.
Alabama: The Christian God couldn’t stop Catholic Providence Hospital from laying off 35 employees. Hospital officials say they’ve lost $2 million USD in Medicare funding!
California: In San Diego, Palomar Health laid off 84 hospital workers. They blame cuts to Medicaid/Medicare caused by the Obama/Romney […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs:
Arizona: In Tucson, tax sucker and baby killer, Raytheon Missile Systems, warned of an undisclosed amount of layoffs. It’s blamed on reduced government spending.
California: In Sylmar, Ralph’s (Kroger owned) grocery store shutdown, 58 jobs lost. In Laguna Beach, Sundried Tomato American Bistros and Catering shutdown, the owners say business […] Continue Reading…
27 January 2014 (01:48 UTC-07 Tango)/25 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1435/07 Bahman 1392/27 Gui-Chou (12th month) 4711
Alberta, Canada: Influenza death toll now at 15. More than 2500 confirmed cases, 600 hospitalizations.
Saskatchewan, Canada: Provincial health officials say more people have died from H1N1 than during the 2009-10 pandemic; 16 deaths and 1102 laboratory confirmed cases. 75% of […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs:
Too Big to Jail, Wells Fargo, laid off an additional 925 people! This brings the total announced layoffs since July 2013 to 6511! Bank officials finally acknowledge the bad economy: “We are reducing staff as we continue to align our workforce based on current market conditions…”-Angela Kaipust, Wells […] Continue Reading…
26 January 2014 (01:50 UTC-07 Tango)/24 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1435/06 Bahman 1392/26 Gui-Chou (12th month) 4711
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) can cause norovirus like symptoms. Most tumors are detected after misdiagnosis.
India: A new medical study, to be published in February, shows that the more prescription drugs you use, the harder it is to deal with tummy […] Continue Reading…
Badakhshan Province: Mujahideen captured a gemstone mine along with 44 local cops and “…a considerable amount of arms and ammo as well as several ranger vehicles.” They say the police were forcing people to work the mine for the profit of the local police boss-warlord.
Helmand Province: In Nawzad Distict, at least three civilians dead, […] Continue Reading…
24 January 2014 (10:03 UTC-07 Tango)/22 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1435/04 Bahman 1392/24 Gui-Chou (12th month) 4711
A Washtenaw County Kmart in Michigan, to close by April. Two Kmarts shutting down in Pennsylvania, hundreds of jobs killed. A Westlake, Ohio, Kmart-Sears closing in April, as well as a Kmart in Xenia. Another Kmart shutting down in Iowa, […] Continue Reading…