Louisiana based Sandia Drilling, along with its Texas operations, now bankrupt. The company provides drilling services to the oil industry.
A Houston, Texas, piano dealer now out-o-business, becasue California based Sherman Clay & Company said they are going to focus on other money making schemes and “…end our nearly 143 year run in the piano […] Continue Reading…
Afghan news media reporting that an Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier has escaped from prison. He was arrested last week after killing a Slovak-NATO soldier, and wounding at least three others. The reports say his escape was facilitated by other ANA soldiers!
ISAF reports that a U.S. led NATO troop was killed by “direct fire” […] Continue Reading…
Swiss based Novartis Consumer Health laid off 72 employees, and closed 41 open positions in their Lincoln, Nebraska factory. Apparently these new job cuts are in addition to the 300 layoffs announced in April.
In Kentucky, Jefferson County Public Schools laying off 41 employees. School officials blame it on declining enrollments of special needs children, […] Continue Reading…
26 July 2013 (13:23 UTC-07 Tango)/18 Ramadan 1434/04 Mordad 1391/19 Ji-Wie (6th month) 4711
“I think some areas have been lost….there have been areas that have been abandoned or that have, unfortunately, been won by organized crime.”-Enrique Pena Nieto, Presidente of Mexico
Presidente Enrique Pena Nieto admits that a drug trafficking group, known as Knights Templar, […] Continue Reading…
In Logar Province, Mohammad Agha District, Afghan and NATO/ISAF forces killed ten people in Mazgin village. Afghan government officials called them militants, and said the militants had attacked the Ainak copper mine. Two of the militants were foreigners. In Kharwar District, Mujahideen say they shot down a NATO/ISAF helicopter.
In Nangarhar Province, reports that a […] Continue Reading…
Rumors that California based domestic spying data collection and storage company, NettApp, is laying off 1400 employees! Part of the rumors came from former EMC (also a domestic spying company, laid off 1800 employees) employees who said they’ve been hit with thousands of job inquiries from NettApp employees. The NettApp layoffs are part of […] Continue Reading…
25 July 2013 (16:25 UTC-07 Tango)/17 Ramadan 1434/03 Mordad 1391/18 Ji-Wie (6th month) 4711
“COMMITTEE CONFIDENTIAL. NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION. DO NOT COPY. These materials may not be released to the public from the National Archives or by the Finance Committee prior to December 31, 2064.”-U.S. Senate Finance Committee memo
The U.S. Senate Finance Committee is now […] Continue Reading…
25 July 2013 (15:53 UTC-07 Tango)/17 Ramadan 1434/03 Mordad 1391/18 Ji-Wie (6th month) 4711
“A failed state is a state perceived as having failed at some of the basic conditions and responsibilities of a sovereign government.”-Wikipedia
The metropolis of Detroit became the biggest U.S. city to go bankrupt! Yesterday, a federal judge blocked any challenges to […] Continue Reading…
25 July 2013 (00:54 UTC-07 Tango)/17 Ramadan 1434/03 Mordad 1391/18 Ji-Wie (6th month) 4711
The U.S. House of Representatives rejected a bill that would have limited the powers of the National Security Agency (NSA). It failed by a narrow vote of 217 against to 205 for.
The bill was presented by a group of Democrats, Republicans […] Continue Reading…
In Baghlan Province, Burka District, Boorkeh city, Mujahideen claim they shot down a NATO/ISAF helicopter. U.S. officials would only confirm that one of their ‘copters made a “hard landing”. Mujahideen say it was a U.S. Chinook helicopter, and that 27 personnel on board were killed. The district governor did say the U.S. forces were […] Continue Reading…