11 July 2012, yesterday’s Cox’s Well Fire, near Springfield (east of Craters of the Moon National Monument), is supposedly 100% contained, although the EIIFC website is still showing 70% containment. Lightning is blamed.
But now several other fires have sprung up, because of lightning. Reports said there was a fire southwest of Atomic City, and […] Continue Reading…
11 July 2012, reports out of Cambodia say international health experts have solved the mystery illness that’s killed more than 60 children.
The UN’s World Health Organization, and Cambodian health officials, concluded that Mother Earth is ganging up on children. Kids are being hit by multiple diseases at the same time, such as enterovirus 71 […] Continue Reading…
11 July 2012, NHK (nippon housou kyoukai/Japan Broadcasting Corporation) reporting that Mitsubishi Motors is so desperate to dump its factory in Netherlands, that it’s willing to take only one euro (currently equal to $1.22 USD)!
A Dutch company, VDL, wants to buy it and build licensed BMWs. The factory employes 1,500 people, and Mitsubishi wants […] Continue Reading…
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07 July 2012
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) reports at least one U.S. led occupation soldier killed by an explosion in southern Afghanistan.
In Uruzgan Province, six civilians were killed when they drove over a mine.
In Helmand Province, four children were killed, three wounded by explosions in separate incidents.
In Farah Province, one person killed, 28 wounded […] Continue Reading…
10 July 2012, operators of the Onagawa nuclear plant in Miyagi Prefecture announced that their Reactor 3 fuel rod storage pool is damaged.
Tohoku Electric Power Company (not to be confused with Tokyo Electric Power Company, which runs Fukushima Daiichi) reported they discovered chips, cracks, and more than 12 missing pieces to the metal containers […] Continue Reading…
On 05 July 2012, NASDAQ (National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations) ordered an end to trading of Hoku stock, pending “additional information”.
NASDAQ requires that companies traded in their exchange can not go below one U.S. dollar per share for a set period of time, or that company will be de-listed. But Hoku Corp […] Continue Reading…
“The global growth outlook will be somewhat less than we anticipated just three months ago. Many indicators of economic activity, investment, employment, and manufacturing, have deteriorated. And not just in Europe or the United States.”-Christine Lagarde, International Monetary Fund, 03 July 2012
In June 2012, the World Bank issued GDP growth projections for the next […] Continue Reading…
02 July 2012
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said a man wearing a police uniform shot and killed three U.S./NATO occupying troops: “An individual wearing an Afghan National Civil Order Police uniform turned his weapon against International Security Assistance Force service members in southern Afghanistan today, killing three service members.”
As is ISAF SOP no further […] Continue Reading…
On Sunday, 08 July 2012, Japan will host a conference that is pushing for the international community (ie; governments who’ll squeeze their tax payers) to come up with at least $15 billion USD for Afghanistan. That’s in addition to what’s already been pledged in the past year!
Attendies to the conference will include Afghan President […] Continue Reading…