25 January 2013, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reporting flu cases in all 50 U.S. states, and at least 37 children have died. Remember, what the CDC reports is delayed as they have to wait for state officials to report in, and state officials have to wait for local health […] Continue Reading…
17 January 2013
In Herat Province, witnesses say U.S. personnel open fired on two women and two children, killing them. U.S. officials claim the women and children were Mujahideen!
While on trial in the United States, a USMC Staff Sergent admitted to desecrating Afghan bodies (a violation of the UCMJ). He said the whole purpose was […] Continue Reading…
25 January 2013, a Kmart in Irmo, South Carlolina, will close in April. Sears Holdings said they will not renew the lease. Local speculation is that all the areas’ Kmarts will see their leases expire. Officials with Sears Holdings will not give anymore info, and the Irmo store manager was not able to answer […] Continue Reading…
11 January 2013
Blockbuster video store closed in Greensburg, Indiana.
Ironically, Illinois Department of Employment Security announced they are closing seven offices and laying off 192 people!
SAC Capital closing its Chicago, Illinois, office. Company officials said it didn’t make sense to maintain an office in Chicago. (I have no pity for investment companies or their employees).
Abercrombie […] Continue Reading…
“This store is being closed because the lease was not renewed.”-Howard Riefs, Sears Holdings
A news report on 22 January 2013, revealed that Seattle, Washington, Bitter Lake neighborhood Kmart will be closed by March. The going out-o-business sale started on 17 January. 85 people are losing their jobs.
A Kmart in Milwaukie, Oregon, will also close […] Continue Reading…
14 January 2013
Afghan National Army (ANA) conducted military operations in Helmand, Baghlan, Nangarhar and Maidan Wardak provinces. The ANA says four Mujahideen were killed, and eight wounded. Three ANA troops were killed, two wounded.
President Hamid Karzai stated that Afghanistan will be “…more secure and a better place…” without U.S. led occupying troops. Karzai also […] Continue Reading…
“This virus is just unbelievably contagious.”-Paul Cieslak, Oregon Public Health Division
Health officials in Oregon are reporting a spike in norovirus cases in the past two weeks. Also, an outbreak that hit a girl’s soccer team has been linked to those so called environmentally friendly reusable shopping bags. It happened in 2010. Last year researchers […] Continue Reading…
10 January 2013
ISAF said: “A U.S. Forces-Afghanistan service member died today following an insurgent attack in eastern Afghanistan.”
Independent truck drivers went on strike, protesting a new Pakistan law requiring them to give up their independence and become part of authorized companies contracted to deliver supplies to U.S./NATO/ISAF forces in Afghanistan.
09 January 2013
Four Polish NATO […] Continue Reading…
“If the vaccine does not prove to be effective the way it is professed to perform, then maybe the risk of the getting the flu shot is not worth the non-existent benefit of the vaccine.”-Peter Hanson, Everett, Washington doctor
On 17 January 2013, Minnesota state health officials reported 60 deaths, 33 in just the past […] Continue Reading…
06 January 2013
A new Afghan Defense Ministry report backs up claims that U.S. forces are instigating Green on Blue attacks by mistreating their Afghan counterparts. The latest report says U.S. personnel, with the help of some of their Afghan interpreters, are harassing and humiliating villagers in Maidan Wardak Province. Also, the report says U.S. […] Continue Reading…