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…
08 November 2012, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda canceled his trip to Russia. However, he claims it was due to scheduling problems on the Russian side. Analysts suspect it’s actually over growing territorial disputes.
To add to that, Japan’s Foreign Minister, Koichiro Gemba, told reporters on 07 November, that the prime minister will avoid talking to […] Continue Reading…
On 06 November 2012, Japan’s Nissan Motors reduced its expected profits for the Japanese fiscal year (ending in March 2013), by 20%!
Nissan, like Mazda, is blaming most of it on crashing sales in China. Nissan also blames the bad economy in Europe, and the increasing value of the Japanese yen (which makes Japanese cars […] Continue Reading…
08 November 2012, Japan’s Science Ministry discovered that 675 radiation detectors, placed around Fukushima Daiichi, are reading at least 10% below actual radiation levels!
Since April 2011 the monitors have been uploading radiation readings to the internet, in real time.
The Science Ministry investigated their devices because independent radiation detection by local governments, and individuals, were […] Continue Reading…
08 November 2012, just hours after I posted and updated closing list, yet another Kmart was revealed to be closing!
It’s a Kmart in Homer Glen, Illinois. The store originally was a Sears, but was remodeled and turned into a Kmart just last year!
The 82 employees were told on 07 November that they were losing […] Continue Reading…
07 November 2012, the day after the main stream U.S. media prematurely declared Barack Obama the new President (the Shadow Voters, aka Electoral College, vote to elect the President on 17 December 2012), investors are driving up stock prices for gun makers and those chain stores that sell guns.
Investment analysts say it because investors […] Continue Reading…
“As of November 6, 2012, 48 states have reported West Nile virus infections in people, birds, or mosquitoes. A total of 5,054 cases of West Nile virus disease in people, including 228 deaths, have been reported to CDC.”-U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
In South Carolina, three people have died this year. State health […] Continue Reading…
08 November 2012, the closing of Kmarts and Sears continues. This time it includes a store in Australia!
The Kmart store in Katoomba, Australia, is being replaced with a Woolworths. This comes after the Australian owned Kmart reported increased sales (Kmarts in Australia and New Zealand are not owned by the U.S. based Sears Holdings).
In […] Continue Reading…