14 December 2012, Japan’s struggling Mitsubishi Aircraft just announced it has received its largest order ever, from a U.S. company.
Utah based Skywest is buying 100 Mitsubishi Regional Jets (MRJs), with an option to buy another 100 later.
The 100 MRJs will cost Skywest $4.2 billion USD. The planes will be delivered at least one year late, […] Continue Reading…
14 December 2012, for some as yet unknown, or more typically unbelievable, reason someone, or more than one person, entered an elementary school in Connecticut and began killing as many people as possible. At this writing 26 children and adults have been found dead.
As I watched the U.S. main stream broadcast news media, it […] Continue Reading…
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“As California goes, so goes the rest of the nation.”-phrase usually associated with government regulations originating in California, but it also refers to the economy
13 December 2012, California Correctional Health Care Services issued layoff warnings to 2,200 employees! Officials want to layoff 829 people by March, 2013.
The U.S. Department of Labor reporting that unemployment […] Continue Reading…
13 December 2012, the governor of Michigan has signed into law their Right to Work act. Recently there were claims that between 2001 and 2011 states with Right to Work laws saw an increase in pay, however that’s misleading.
Take for example Idaho. The Gem State passed its Right to Work laws back in 1985. […] Continue Reading…
13 December 2012, German officials announced they are investigating employees and executives of Deutsche Bank, for tax evasion and money laundering. 500 investigators descended upon the bank’s Frankfurt headquarters. At least 25 employees are under investigation and five have already been arrested. Some of the tax evasion claims involve the bogus carbon tax.
12 December […] Continue Reading…
13 December 2012, after months of trying to create a true central bank of Europe, European Union (EU) members agreed to give the job to the already existent European Central Bank (ECB).
The move is meant to standardize banking policies for EU members. The ECB will be considered the “supervisor” of EU banks. It also […] Continue Reading…
13 December 2012, for the first time in Japanese history Japan has scrambled eight F-15 Eagles and one AWACS to intercept what turned out to be a Chinese research aircraft.
Japanese officials say it was the first time a Chinese aircraft violated Japanese airspace, however, China says the airspace belongs to them. Recently Japan took […] Continue Reading…
08 December 2012
In Khost Province, in the Sahra Bagh area, Mujahideen claim they attacked a military convoy killing nine U.S./NATO troops. However, local government sources say three U.S./NATO troops were killed, no comment by ISAF. Also, in the Bak district, Mujahideen beheaded a man for being a spy. Also in Bak, provincial security chief, […] Continue Reading…
12 December 2012, Korea (north) launches their rocket, after Japanese and Korean (south) sources reported the day before that the rocket had been taken down due to technical problems.
The very same southern Korean sources that said the rocket was defective are now confirming that northern Korea made a successful launch.
The last time northern Korea […] Continue Reading…