11 January 2014 (14:39 UTC-07 Tango)/09 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1435/21 Dey 1392/11 Gui-Chou (12th month) 4711
Another Kmart in Kentucky being shut down by mid-April. Sears is closing a store and auto center in South Carolina, by early March. Another Kmart in Michigan is closing down by mid-April. Sears is closing a store in Shawnee, Oklahoma.
A […] Continue Reading…
11 January 2014 (10:22 UTC-07 Tango)/09 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1435/21 Dey 1392/11 Gui-Chou (12th month) 4711
The Arizona Department of Health Services reports 164 cases of RSV so far this season. 32 of those cases showed up this past week. More than 80% of the cases involve children under the age of five.
Hospital officials in the […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs:
International news source, Thompson Reuters, warned of layoffs in the United States.
Video game maker Sega laid off an undisclosed amount of employees in the United States.
Alabama: In Jasper, the Christian god couldn’t stop non-profit Missions Unlimited from shutting down their thrift store. Their main office is moving to […] Continue Reading…
11 January 2014 (21:35 UTC-07 Tango 10 January 2014)/09 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1435/21 Dey 1392/11 Gui-Chou (12th month) 4711
A 38 years old man in China died today, the same day it was confirmed he was infected with H7N9. So far this year there are at least ten human infections (150 human infections since the beginning […] Continue Reading…
Helmand Province: A USMC Sergeant from Massachusetts was killed by “direct fire”. His family said it was his third tour in Afghanistan, and he served in Iraq.
Kabul Province: A Red Coat British Army captain was shot and killed. In Kabul City, four cops were wounded while trying to diffuse rockets. Apparently the rockets were […] Continue Reading…
10 January 2014 (15:05 UTC-07 Tango)/08 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1435/20 Dey 1392/10 Gui-Chou (12th month) 4711
Not only has Russia rejected another shipment of used cars from Japan, because they are emitting radiation, but all the way on the other side of the World Jamaican officials are reporting radioactive cars showing up in their ports!
Russian officials […] Continue Reading…
10 January 2014 (14:33 UTC-07 Tango)/08 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1435/20 Dey 1392/10 Gui-Chou (12th month) 4711
Reports of a decreasing U.S. unemployment rate are being tempered with the fact that not only did the number of people applying for first time unemployment assistance (IT IS NOT A BENEFIT!) go down, but so did the number of […] Continue Reading…
10 January 2014 (05:36 UTC-07 Tango)/08 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1435/20 Dey 1392/10 Gui-Chou (12th month) 4711
British Columbia, Canada: Catholic Providence Health Care reported seven cases at its Saint Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver. Visitors who insisted on entering the affected wards had to wear gowns and gloves.
Taiwan: The Taiwan Centers for Disease Control reports 246 Taiwanese […] Continue Reading…
10 January 2014 (04:22 UTC-07 Tango)/08 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1435/20 Dey 1392/10 Gui-Chou (12th month) 4711
Japan Times reporting that the Japan Atomic Energy Agency will conduct a full meltdown of nuclear fuel in March! The crazy bastards at the JAEA want to observe the meltdown “….to figure out how meltdowns occurred at the Fukushima No. […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs:
U.S. legal drug pusher, Merck, laying off 8500 people, and that’s on top of the 7500 jobs they’ve already eliminated!!!
JCPenney shutting down at least 15 JC’s Five Star Outlet stores across the U.S., 1400 jobs lost!!!
Northeast Utilities laid off 160 people in its IT ops! The job cuts are […] Continue Reading…