28 April 2013 (00:51 UTC-07 Tango)/17 Jumada t-Tania 1434/08 Ordibehest 1392/19 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711
The Chinese province of Hunan reporting its first human case. A 64 years old woman became sick with pneumonia after working with poultry. She’s in critical condition, but improving.
Travel agencies in Taiwan reporting a 30% drop in bookings to mainland […] Continue Reading…
28 April 2013 (00:15 UTC-07 Tango)/17 Jumada t-Tania 1434/08 Ordibehest 1391/19 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711
South Korean media reporting that unnamed ROK military sources say the DPRK is building up air and ground units in the area around Nampho.
Nampho is a port city on the west coast of North Korea. Some think it could be […] Continue Reading…
27 April 2013/16 Jumada t-Tania 1434/07 Ordibehest 1391/18 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711
The U.S. Department of Defense admits yet another contractor ripped off U.S. taxpayers! This time the taxpayers were overcharged $757 million USD! The contractor to blame is Swiss based Supreme Foodservice. The capitalist company is also accused of ripping off British taxpayers. For […] Continue Reading…
Westchester County, New York U.S.A., reporting at least 100 people got sick at a weekend fundraising event at the Rye Brook hotel. County health officials say there could be more cases.
In New Hampshire U.S.A., a second test confirmed that the Pembroke Academy drama club got sick from norovirus. The drama club said they got […] Continue Reading…
27 April 2013 (14:05 UTC-07 Tango)/16 Jumada t-Tania 1434/07 Ordibehest 1391/18 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711
The Republic of Korea has given up the ghost on the Kaesŏng (Gaesong) Industrial Region (KIR). South Korea is now withdrawing more than a hundred of their workers (the last) from the commie workers for capitalist corporations work camp.
The DPRK […] Continue Reading…
27 April 2013 (22:13 UTC-07 Tango 26 April 2013)/16 Jumada t-Tania 1434/07 Ordibehest 1391/18 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711
The H7N9 flu has spread to yet another Chinese province. Fujian Province reporting a man in his 60s became sick with repeated coughing, low fever and a tight chest on 18 April. The Chinese Center for Disease Control […] Continue Reading…
26 April 2013 (15:46 UTC-07 Tango)/15 Jumada t-Tania 1434/06 Ordibehest 1391/17 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711
Our local southeast Idaho news media has done a piss-poor job of keeping historical records of the area, and many newbies to the area have false ideas about when things happened.
I’ve read some postings that say the Old Fred Meyer […] Continue Reading…
26 April 2013 (18:57 UTC-07 Tango 25 April 2013)/15 Jumada t-Tania 1434/06 Ordibehest 1391/17 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711
I got outraged today, when I heard the PBS Nightly Business Report anchor say (once again) that U.S. healthcare related jobs are recession proof. That’s a lie!
The following are job losses, healthcare related company bankruptcies and shut […] Continue Reading…
Connecticut nursing home operator, HealthBridge Management, now bankrupt. Company officials are hoping the bankruptcy will break the unionized employees, after the company lost a federal court case over labor laws violations.
In Pennsylvania, the Carlisle Regional Medical Center laid off an undisclosed amount of employees, including the director of marketing. Some reports say it has […] Continue Reading…
25 April 2013 (08:57 UTC-07 Tango)/14 Jumada t-Tania 1434/05 Ordibehest 1391/16 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711
China’s Ministry of Finance says it will spend $48.6 million USD on fighting the spread of H7N9.
China’s Zhejiang Province reporting a 50 years old woman, and a 60 years old woman in hospital infected with H7N9. They are in critical […] Continue Reading…