17 August 2012, the Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA) ordered an investigation into TIBOR, or Tokyo Inter-Bank Offered Rate.
It’s a system similar to Britain’s LIBOR, and tries to regulate interest and currency rates.
18 financial institutions in Japan have been ordered to reveal their TIBOR operations. Specifically the FSA is looking for evidence that bank […] Continue Reading…
“The higher the heat and the higher the humidity then the longer this will go.”-Phil Smith, Bucks County
More cases of West Nile virus being reported in the United States.
17 August, Bucks County, Pennsylvania reports first case for 2012.
17 August, New Haven, Connecticut reports first case for 2012.
17 August, Alabama officials reveal that at least […] Continue Reading…
17 August 2012, Ecuadorian presidential staff adviser, Alexis Mera, announced: “We are open to discuss with Britain the solution to this problem, and if there is no diplomatic solution, we may resort to the International Court of Justice.”
Ecuadorian Foreign Minister, Ricardo Patino, also said that the Swedish sex crimes trial is just a ruse, that […] Continue Reading…
17 August 2012, people forced to flee their homes, because of the General Electric designed nuclear disaster reactors at Fukushima Daiichi, have been living in temporary prefab homes. Now the Japanese government wants to know if they will accept living in ‘temporary’ towns as well.
A year ago the ignorant Japanese government told nuclear evacuees […] Continue Reading…
16 August 2012, the United States Army says the suicide rate for active duty, reserve and National Guard troops has now surpassed the 2011 high. July 2012 suffered 38 suicides, double from the month of June 2012! That’s more than one soldier per day!!!
The monthly average is now at 29 suicides. 2011 ended with […] Continue Reading…
16 August 2012, after an emergency meeting was held, officials decided it was likely that the Doel nuclear plant in Belgium will be shut down permanently.
But this means dozens of other nuclear reactors throughout western Europe could be shut down as well. The whole thing started in 2004 when France inspected two reactors and […] Continue Reading…
“We’re ready to go. We’ve gotten the clearance from the governor. We’ve got the state disaster emergency declaration done. Now, it’s just a matter of getting a mission assignment from the Bureau of Homeland Security.”-Colonel Tim Marsano, Idaho National Guard
Can you believe that? Even Homeland Security is calling the shots for firefighters!
16 August 2012, […] Continue Reading…
16 August 2012
ISAF said: “An ISAF helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan today. The crash resulted in the deaths of four International Security Assistance Force service members, three United States Forces-Afghanistan service members, three members of the Afghan National Security Forces, and one Afghan civilian interpreter.”
Mujahideen stated: “Our Mujahideen shot down an ISAF helicopter in […] Continue Reading…
“We will not allow Mr Assange safe passage out of the United Kingdom, nor is there any legal basis for us to do so. The United Kingdom does not recognize the principle of diplomatic asylum.”-William Hague, United Kingdom’s Foreign Secretary
“We can’t allow spokespeople from the U.K. to gleefully say they have been honest when […] Continue Reading…
15 August 2012, one day after holding what was officially called ‘war games’ near the border with Syria, Turkey is now deploying Atilgan self propelled anti-aircraft missile batteries to the border.
The Atilgan is a Turkish designed Pedestal Mounted Air Defence System (PMADS) firing U.S. designed Stinger missiles. The PMADS is mounted on a U.S. […] Continue Reading…