03 October 2013 (13:56 UTC-07 Tango)/28 Dhu ‘l-Qa’da 1434/11 Mehr 1391/29 Ren-Xu (8th month) 4711
A live reporter for independent local TV station, WUSA9, says area around Capitol Complex is still locked down. He says police are going door to door in surrounding neighborhood. This is after Capitol Police held press conference stating incident and […] Continue Reading…
03 October 2013 (13:44 UTC-07 Tango)/28 Dhu ‘l-Qa’da 1434/11 Mehr 1391/29 Ren-Xu (8th month) 4711
Capitol Police press conference says woman tried to ram through White House gate. Shots fired by Secret Service. Woman drove off, police chase ensued and more gunshots fired by cops. Reports that a child was in car. Police did not […] Continue Reading…
03 October 2013 (13:32 UTC-07 Tango)/28 Dhu ‘l-Qa’da 1434/11 Mehr 1391/29 Ren-Xu (8th month) 4711
Reports that one woman has been shot and killed after she tried to ram her car through a barricade at the White House. Other reports said a car chase resulted, from the White House to The Mall.
There is another report […] Continue Reading…
03 October 2013 (13:06 UTC-07 Tango)/28 Dhu ‘l-Qa’da 1434/11 Mehr 1391/29 Ren-Xu (8th month) 4711
“Shelter in place!”-order issued by DC Capitol Police
Gee, when aren’t there gunshots ringing out in Washington DC? So why the martial law prison style lockdown?
So far no info on casualties. News reports interviewed people locked down in their workplaces. Gunshots […] Continue Reading…
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…