03 October 2013 (12:11 UTC-07 Tango)/28 Dhu ‘l-Qa’da 1434/11 Mehr 1391/29 Ren-Xu (8th month) 4711
“Today we agreed to review our bilateral defense guidelines, and in the months ahead we will work together in order to shape the framework that will guide our alliance for the years to come.”-John Kerry, U.S. Secretary of State
U.S. Secretary […] Continue Reading…
03 October 2013 (11:51 UTC-07 Tango)/28 Dhu ‘l-Qa’da 1434/11 Mehr 1392/29 Ren-Xu (8th month) 4711
On 02 October 2013 another contaminated water storage tank, at Fukushima Daiichi, overflowed water containing 200-thousand becquerels of beta radiation per liter! TEPCo officials say the water got into the Pacific Ocean. The Japanese government’s safe limit for radioactive water […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs:
California: In Escondido, San Diego and Poway, Palomar Health laid off a total of 77 employees. This is after they laid off 84 people in July. Hospital officials blamed the health care reforms of Obama Care. In Mountain View, Randstad (Google) laid off 30 people. Walt Disney […] Continue Reading…
03 October 2013 (01:01 UTC-07 Tango)/28 Dhu ‘l-Qa’da 1434/11 Mehr 1391/29 Ren-Xu (8th month) 4711
“The closing of the outlets was necessitated by a precipitous decline of sales….we could no longer incur the losses….”-Glen Gammons, CEO, explaining how bad the economy really is
All 15 JC’s 5 Star Outlet stores will close between now and the […] Continue Reading…
03 October 2013 (00:36 UTC-07 Tango)/28 Dhu ‘l-Qa’da 1434/11 Mehr 1391/29 Ren-Xu (8th month) 4711
“As a part of the ordinary course of business we close stores…..”-Howard Riefs, Sears Holdings
It’s been awhile since my last update, but in West Virginia the Morgantown Kmart will close in December: “It’s going to hurt a lot of people. […] Continue Reading…
02 October 2013 (12:01 UTC-07 Tango)/27 Dhu ‘l-Qa’da 1434/10 Mehr 1392/28 Ren-Xu (8th month) 4711
Tokyo Electric Power Company has revised leaked radiation levels, reported just yesterday. TEPCo reported that in September at least four metric tons of highly contaminated rainwater overflowed from a storage tank, into the ocean. They initially reported the radiation levels […] Continue Reading…
02 October 2013 (11:36 UTC-07 Tango)/27 Dhu ‘l-Qa’da 1434/10 Mehr 1391/28 Ren-Xu (8th month) 4711
U.S Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, and Secretary of State John Kerry, will be in Japan on 03 October, for a war meeting regarding China (cloaked under the guise of maintaining “regional security”).
According to Japanese news media, the Japanese government will […] Continue Reading…
02 October 2013 (11:11 UTC-07 Tango)/27 Dhu ‘l-Qa’da 1434/10 Mehr 1391/28 Ren-Xu (8th month) 4711
“Although Mr. Obama has cut military spending in various parts of the world, it has remained largely unchanged in Asia. By 2020 the Pentagon plans to deploy 60 percent of its warships in the Pacific and 40 percent in the […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs:
In Hamilton, New Jersey, Leading Edge laid off 82 employees for “unknown” reasons. Masco Bath also laid off employees, 69, for “unknown” reasons. Masco Bath is owned by Delta Faucets, and has been laying off employees for years now.
CACI International-TechniGraphics ended operations in Wooster, Ohio. 142 people unemployed!
In […] Continue Reading…
01 October 2013 (12:31 UTC-07 Tango)/26 Dhu ‘l-Qa’da 1434/09 Mehr 1392/27 Ren-Xu (8th month) 4711
Government agencies have finally begun decontamination of areas around Fukushima Daiichi, more than two years after the melt downs began!
Japanese government officials said radiation levels were too high to begin decontamination efforts sooner! Some areas of seven municipalities have been […] Continue Reading…