Lake Charles, Louisiana, is moving forward with plans for the former site of Sears. They’ve awarded a contract to a property developer who will build a $20 million USD luxury apartment complex.
In Cleveland, Ohio, hopes are high that someone will bring Sears back to the Bradley Square Mall. Mall owners say all they need is […] Continue Reading…
In the city of Albuquerque, in the U.S. state of New Mexico, an ancient building was vacated once again. This time the U.S. Department of Defense has given up the ghost at the ‘Sears Building Downtown’.
The building was built for Sears in 1936. Sears left the building and it was bought by a property […] Continue Reading…
The Idaho media reported that the majority of Idaho voters turned down propositions that were an attempt to make public education better (Idaho consistently ranks low in quality of education in the United States, I guess most people in Idaho are happy with that).
What the dumb voters (encouraged by the dumb Idaho media) don’t […] Continue Reading…
“…there are real concerns over issues such as voting rights, the accuracy of voter lists, the transparency of campaign finance, recount procedures and access for international election observers.”-Daan Everts, Head of the OSCE/ODIHR Limited Election Observation Mission
So the big concern is over the looming automatic austerity measures/fiscal cliff? If that’s so, then why did […] Continue Reading…
“It marks the beginning of the end of the coalition government and offers a textbook example of the terminal decay of a system of power.”-Costas Douzinas, The Guardian
08 November 2012, the situation in Greece looks like it’s deteriorated to the point of a full blown Civil War, with members of parliament being kicked out […] Continue Reading…
08 November 2012
Afghan government officials say now that Barack Obama is re-elected, you will see a shift from U.S. combat in Afghanistan to Pakistan: “Our demand from the U.S. President Barack Obama is to pay more attention on militants sanctuaries in Pakistan in a bid to bring peace and stability in Afghanistan and reduce […] Continue Reading…
“FEMA packed up and left. We don’t know where they are, so there’s nothing here but us.”-Louis Giraldi, an unpaid FEMA volunteer in an interview with DNAinfo.com
08 November 2012, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) gave up the ghost and closed down offices in New York City, blaming the weather!
DNAinfo.com has posted pics of signs […] Continue Reading…
08 November 2012, Iraq has expelled the Turkish oil company, TPAO (aka Turkish Petroleum Corporation).
Iraqi government officials refuse to explain why at the moment, but could it have something to do with continued Turkish bombing of Iraq?
On 06 November, Turkish F-16 Vipers bombed northern Iraq, killing two people and wounding three. Back on 02 […] Continue Reading…
The producer of an anti-Muslim movie is going to prison for a year, not for the movie, but because he violated his probation.
He had been convicted of bank fraud, and police discovered he violated his probation by defrauding people in the making of the anti-Muslim movie.
Several Muslim leaders around the world have offered large […] Continue Reading…
On 07 November 2012, Turkish Foreign Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, revealed that U.S. led NATO is deploying Patriot missiles in Turkey, for use against Syria.
Last month Turkey, a member of NATO, began artillery shelling of Syria, and increased ground and air forces near the border with Syria.
The Patriot missiles will be used to enforce an […] Continue Reading…