26 February 2013/15 Raby’ ath-Thani 1434/08 Esfand 1391
In Newark, New Jersey U.S.A., a YMCA day care center had two children test positive for norovirus. Licking County Health Department investigated after there were calls about an outbreak at the center. Four other children and two employees are showing symptoms. YMCA says they are cleaning everything […] Continue Reading…
“I see the situation just continuing to get worse. What are we doing to keep the jobs here?”-Tammy LaBouef, Gaylord resident bemoaning the continued job losses
26 February 2013/15 Raby’ ath-Thani 1434/08 Esfand 1391
Only now is the news being reported in the media, but it was revealed last week: The Kmart in Gaylord, Michigan, will […] Continue Reading…
In Wisconsin, Bentley World Packaging lost a major contract to operate a warehouse. 97 people out-o-work by the end of March. Also, Coca-Cola announced its closing down its Sheboygan factory. 40 people out-o-work by the end of March. The soda-pop maker did not give a reason why!
In Michigan, the Ferndale Schools Board of Education […] Continue Reading…
25 February 2013/14 Raby’ ath-Thani 1434/07 Esfand 1391
This past weekend, while dropping off recycling at the Chubbuck, Idaho, dumpsters next to City Hall, I noticed they’ve put new signs up: No glass and no styrofoam!
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Chubbuck officials are so upset about non-recylables being thrown into recycling containers that they will now […] Continue Reading…
22 February 2013/11 Raby’ ath-Thani 1434/04 Esfand 1391
A local TV report said the final Kmart in Escambia County, Florida, will closed for good in May. The store was the last of three Kmarts with a Pensacola address. Liquidation sale begins in March. 73 people out-o-work.
In North Carolina, the Hendersonville Kmart will also close in […] Continue Reading…
“It all comes down to finance and economics, what’s best for the company. It’s going to trickle down and hurt everybody, employees, residents, taxpayers, everybody is going to be affected.”-Linda Schwager, Mayor of Oakland, New Jersey, commenting on the never ending layoffs
In Florida, 79 cement company workers losing their jobs. Mexican owned Cemex says […] Continue Reading…
16 February 2013/05 Raby’ ath-Thani 1434/28 Bahman 1391
In Helmand Province, Mujahideen report several offensives. In Gerishk district, Shoraki region, Mujahideen have been harassing U.S./NATO efforts to withdrawal from an outpost. Several U.S./NATO airstrikes have been called in. Locals say civilians have been hit. In Sangin district’s Majeed Chawk area, a U.S. led NATO patrol hit […] Continue Reading…
“The Americans are growing passive in the world and it can be said that the U.S. offer of talks with Iran is aimed at saving its face as a power in the world….”-statement from Iranian member of parliament Shahin-Shahr
“Obama’s proposal to hold talks with Iran is inconsistent with the facts, and the hostile actions […] Continue Reading…
“We’re a little disappointed with what happened….”-Gregg K. Dietrich, Bonhams Maritime Art Department, New York City
23 February 2013/12 Raby’ ath-Thani 1434/05 Esfand 1391
The auction for a cast stone version of the 1945 statue of the famous (supposedly famous) USMC flag raising over Iwo Jima (aka Loto), ended in failure.
Only three people bid on the […] Continue Reading…
The United States Marines Corps (USMC) announced plans to eliminate 20000 jobs by 2017!
The United States Army (USA) announced they are eliminating or reassigning 60000 positions!
The job cuts announced by the USMC and the USA are not part of the upcoming ‘sequestration’ spending cuts expected from Congress! The announced cuts were ordered by President […] Continue Reading…