“I thought I was gonna die.”-63 year old Texan
23 December 2012, the norovirus is making a comeback; cruise ship passengers getting sick in Texas, firefighting crews getting sick in Montana, warnings for Coloradans, local media from Minnesota and North Dakota reporting increased cases of infection, a report showing that standard kitchen disinfecting will not […] Continue Reading…
21 December 2012, the United Nations renewed its peacekeeper observation mission in the Golan Heights, but Japan says no more and is pulling out.
On 19 December, the UN Security Council extended the Golan Heights mission to 30 June 2013. On 21 December, Japanese media reporting that Japan’s Defense Minister, Satoshi Morimoto, ordered the Japanese […] Continue Reading…
21 December 2012, the government of Japan is hitting Mitsubishi Electric with hundreds of millions of dollars in fines, after an investigation revealed that the manufacturing giant ripped off taxpayers for at least ten years.
Japan’s Defense Ministry says Mitsubishi Electric overcharged taxpayers on military contracts, to the tune of $295 million USD.
Japan’s JAXA space […] Continue Reading…
21 December 2012, I wonder how many Dumb ‘mericans out there think the “fiscal cliff” is some kind-o-god sent law, like the ten commandments. Well, it’s a done deal but not because of any divine power, it was created by almost the very same ‘elected’ republicans and democrats who now act like they’re trying […] Continue Reading…
“The nation is experiencing an early flu season with high levels of activity concentrated in the south central and southeastern regions at this time.”-U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
New York continues to be a hot spot for influenza. Onondaga County reports 506 new cases last week, that’s 141 more than the week […] Continue Reading…
16 December 2012
In Kabul Province, city of Kabul, the Ariana Hotel near the Kota-e-Sangi caught fire. The hotel is also home to many financial businesses. Fire officials say it looks like the fire started in a coffee shop during a wedding celebration.
In Kandahar Province, Khakrez and Shahwalikot district in Geri area, reports say a U.S. […] Continue Reading…
“In the United States, we had 9,000 people killed with guns last year, in similar countries like Germany 170 killed with guns, in Canada 150….”-Jerrold Nadler, Representative from New York
Germany has a population of 81,799,000, in a geographical area of 357,021 square km (137,847 square miles).
Canada has a population of 33,476,688 in an even larger […] Continue Reading…
“This will be the last update for 2012 until final data are available in the spring of 2013. As of December 11, 2012, 48 states have reported West Nile virus infections in people, birds, or mosquitoes. A total of 5,387 cases of West Nile virus disease in people, including 243 deaths…..”-U.S. Centers for Disease […] Continue Reading…
“I’ve never seen anything like it!”-Hlynur Pétursson, Marine Research Institute of Iceland
15 December 2012, officials in Iceland reporting that tons of valuable herring committed mass suicide.
An estimated hundreds of tons of herring beached themselves over a one square kilometer area (0.62 square miles). Preliminary investigation found no signs of disease. A smaller mass suicide of […] Continue Reading…
15 December 2012, an oil company operating in Montana, Wyoming and Nebraska has admitted fault in the death of hundreds of migratory birds.
The Colorado based company, SM Energy, pled guilty to charges from the U.S. Attorney General: “These charges arose after a multi-year pattern of bird deaths at company sites, notification by the Fish and […] Continue Reading…