03 May 2013 (09:47 UTC-07 Tango)/22 Jumada t-Tania 1434/13 Ordibehest 1391/24 Ding-Si (3rd month) 4711
Japan currently has 350 troops in Sudan, working under the United Nations. The UN has just asked Japan to send more Ground Self-Defense Force personnel. Japan’s Senior Vice Minister for Cabinet Affairs, Yasutoshi Nishimura, has just started a weekend visit […] Continue Reading…
03 May 2013 (09:19 UTC-07 Tango)/22 Jumada t-Tania 1434/13 Ordibehest 1391/24 Ding-Si (3rd month) 4711
It figures, like its neighbor to the south, Canadian leadership is rife with corruption.
Canada’s Auditor General, Michael Furguson, investigated how all the tax money for the War on Terror is being spent, and he found that $3.1 billion CAD is […] Continue Reading…
Snuffer’s Restaurant bankrupt in Texas. Company officials blame mounting debt financing due to the bad economy. The company was founded in 1978.
California’s Vallejo School Board considering laying off 46 employees. They already laid off 115 employees last year! They blame funding cuts. Also, Corinthian Colleges shutting down its WyoTech, West Sacramento campus. The automotive […] Continue Reading…
30 April 2013/19 Jumada t-Tania 1434/10 Ordibehest 1391/21 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711
In Helmand Province, Nahr-e-Saraj District, nine Afghan National Army (ANA) troops killed along with three United Kingdom (Scottish)/NATO Red Coats after a home made bomb exploded. Six Red Coats were also wounded. ISAF said: “Three International Security Assistance Force service members died following […] Continue Reading…
02 May 2013 (01:47 UTC-07 Tango)/21 Jumada t-Tania 1434/12 Ordibehest 1391/23 Ding-Si (3rd month) 4711
The Chinese National Health and Family Planning Commission reported that as of 01 May 2013, there were 127 human infections of H7N9.
On 02 May 2013, a 55 years old man died from the ‘bird’ flu in Hunan Province. Apparently he […] Continue Reading…
02 May 2013 (23:49 UTC-07 Tango 01 May 2013)/21 Jumada t-Tania 1434/12 Ordibehest 1391/23 Ding-Si (3rd month) 4711
“We will never again allow Bolivia or Latin America to be your backyard!”-Juan Evo Morales Ayma, President of Bolivia
On the 01 May 2013 the president of Bolivia, Juan Evo Morales Ayma, expelled the U.S. Agency for International […] Continue Reading…
02 May 2013 (21:56 UTC-07 Tango 01 May 2013)/21 Jumada t-Tania 1434/12 Ordibehest 1391/23 Ding-Si (3rd month) 4711
“Using the emergency powers of the mayor’s office, I’m issuing an order for the limited purpose of giving police the authority to confiscate items that can be used as weapons.”-Mike MGinn, mayor
You rarely hear about May Day […] Continue Reading…
01 May 2013 (10:51 UTC-07 Tango)/20 Jumada t-Tania 1434/11 Ordibehest 1391/22 Ding-Si (3rd month) 4711
“Before, you had Agency A from the U.S. government that would deal with agency X, Y and Z from Mexico and then Agency B from the U.S. that would also deal with agency X, Y and Z from Mexico. Nobody […] Continue Reading…
01 May 2013 (09:48 UTC-07 Tango)/20 Jumada t-Tania 1434/11 Ordibehest 1391/22 Ding-Si (3rd month) 4711
Using the USGS records, I counted eleven 6+ quakes around the world for April 2013 (12 if you round up the 5.9 quake that hit Portugal yesterday).
I counted ten 6+ quakes in April 2012.
01 May 2013 (09:17 UTC-07 Tango)/20 Jumada t-Tania 1434/11 Ordibehest 1391/22 Ding-Si (3rd month) 4711
Japan’s Natural Resources and Energy Agency reporting a big decrease in the number of gas stations. Almost 20 years ago there were more than 60000 gas stations in Japan, now there are 35000.
Gas station operators blame falling demand and increased […] Continue Reading…