18 December 2013 (09:59 UTC-07 Tango)/14 Safar 1435/27 Azar 1392/16 Jia-Zi (11th month) 4711
According to the United Nations’ World Health Organization (WHO), there have been 648 reported Influenza A-H5N1 cases. 384 people have died, that’s a 59% kill rate!
The countries being hardest hit are Indonesia, Egypt and Cambodia. But wait! I checked on these […] Continue Reading…
18 December 2013 (09:28 UTC-07 Tango)/14 Safar 1435/27 Azar 1392/16 Jia-Zi (11th month) 4711
“We have gotten China’s confirmation that a Chinese woman has died from an H10N8 avian flu infection. We will evaluate whether the strain should be listed as a notifiable infectious disease.”-Chou Jih-haw, Taiwan’s Center for Disease Control
A so called “weak” influenza […] Continue Reading…
18 December 2013 (18:12 UTC-07 Tango 17 December 2013)/14 Safar 1435/27 Azar 1392/16 Jia-Zi (11th month) 4711
After a federal court judge ruled the November auction of the massive, and unused, Hoku Materials factory in Pocatello, Idaho, illegal, JH Kelly wins again.
This time JH Kelly bid $8.3 million, which is still a paltry sum when […] Continue Reading…
17 December 2013 (11:43 UTC-07 Tango )/13 Safar 1435/26 Azar 1392/15 Jia-Zi (11th month) 4711
“I cannot imagine a more ‘indiscriminate’ and ‘arbitrary’ invasion than this systematic and high-tech collection and retention of personal data on virtually every single citizen for purposes of querying and analyzing it without prior judicial approval. Surely, such a program […] Continue Reading…
17 December 2013 (11:13 UTC-07 Tango )/13 Safar 1435/26 Azar 1392/15 Jia-Zi (11th month) 4711
“The strategy calls for the need to nurture among citizens the love for their country and hometown to raise public awareness about national security.”-NHK (Nippon Housou Kyoukai/Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
Japan now has an official pro-war propaganda policy. The propaganda will be […] Continue Reading…
16 December 2013 (18:22 UTC-07 Tango 15 December 2013)/12 Safar 1435/25 Azar 1392/14 Jia-Zi (11th month) 4711
“For me, ecumenism is a priority. Today, there’s the ecumenism of blood. In some countries they kill Christians because they wear a cross or have a Bible, and before killing them they don’t ask if they’re Anglicans, Lutherans, […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs:
Assisted living service provider, Chatsworth PGA, now bankrupt. The company is in debt by as much as $500-million USD!
Video game maker, Red 5 Studios, announced they will layoff 10% of their employees.
Arizona: In Tucson, Dee’s Shoes shut down after 60 years of business. The owners said they need […] Continue Reading…
Gregorian calender date of 13 December is considered the birthday of the Army National Guard in the United States. However, the ‘official’ creation of the National Guard predates the creation of the United States by more than one hundred years!
In 1636, the European colony in Salem, Massachusetts, decreed the creation of a militia requiring […] Continue Reading…
Baghlan Province: In Burka District, a provincial official for Kunduz Province was assassinated. The Kunduz official actually lived in Baghlan Province. He was kidnapped, and there were reports from his family that a ransom was demanded, but nobody ever made a public claim regarding the official’s disappearance.
Balkh Province: In Mazar-e-Sharif City, a suicide bomber […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs:
National Public Radio laid off more employees. This time 80 jobs lost. It’s blamed on lack of funding.
California: Japan based Sony laid off 70 people at their Online Entertainment HQ in San Diego. Also in San Diego, Novatel Wireless laid off 80 people in California, Texas and Canada. […] Continue Reading…