“The U.S. ranks outside of the top ten for the first time (down to 12th), pulled down primarily by a decline in the Entrepreneurship & Opportunity sub-index. This fall is driven by a decline in the number of U.S. citizens who
believe that hard work will get them ahead……”-2012 Legatum Prosperity Index
According to a recent […] Continue Reading…
According to the Legatum Institute, the United States not only is not the most prosperous country anymore, it’s not even in the top ten!
The United States was considered the 10th most prosperous last year, but in 2012 the U.S. is now ranked 12th overall!
The Legatum Institute ranks 142 nations in eight sub-indexes: economy, entrepreneurship and opportunity, […] Continue Reading…
“As of October 30, 2012, 48 states have reported West Nile virus infections in people, birds, or mosquitoes. A total of 4,891 cases of West Nile virus disease in people, including 223 deaths, have been reported to CDC.”-U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
You can increase the CDC’s West Nile death toll, because the […] Continue Reading…
02 November 2012, in the past 24 hours it has been revealed that two more Kmarts are being closed, check my updated list.
Alabama: Gadsden Kmart (50 jobs lost), Mobile Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Auburn Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost).
California: El Monte Sears (at least 40 jobs lost. Damien Arrula, El […] Continue Reading…
“The, presumably forcible, transfer of Mr Rahmatullah from Iraq to Afghanistan is, at least prima facie, a breach of article 49. On that account alone, his continued detention post-transfer is unlawful…….Instead he has been imprisoned by the U.S.A., which takes a different view of the requirements of international law, and accepts no limitations on […] Continue Reading…
Yes Virginia, there are other candidates, besides Obama and Romney, running for U.S. President, but they’re being arrested!
Jill Stein, candidate for the Green Party, was arrested in he merry old red neck states of Texas, again.
She was arrested for trespassing after she brought food to protestors, who are demonstrating against the construction of a […] Continue Reading…
“The threat of criminal sanctions against observers is unacceptable. The United States, like all countries in the OSCE, has an obligation to invite ODIHR observers to observe its elections.”-Janez Lenarcic, Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Officials and organizations in the U.S. have always pushed for international election observers (which include election observers […] Continue Reading…
“We will continue our Hefei project, which includes 12 big buildings. I believe, as a clean and stable energy, solar must be promising in the future. I don’t think the behavior of the EU and the U.S. is proper.”-Kenneth Yu, 3M China operations
31 October 2012, U.S. based 3M expects its U.S. sales to fall […] Continue Reading…
01 November 2012, yet another Japanese electronics maker announced they are losing money big time, and for the second year in a row. Sharp predicts it will lose at least $5.6 billion USD by March 2013 (the end of the Japanese fiscal year)!
From April to September 2012 Sharp lost nearly $5 billion, 80% more […] Continue Reading…
31 October 2012, just because a business has interruption insurance doesn’t mean they’ll get paid: “There has to be direct physical damage to the building in order for business interruption insurance to come into play.”-Loretta Worters, Insurance Information Institute
Thousands of small businesses were forced to close shop because of hurricane Sandy, but they did not suffer […] Continue Reading…