17 June 2012
“After consultation with the Taliban Shura, servant of Mujahideen in North Waziristan Agency Hafiz Gul Bahadur has decided that there will be a ban on polio campaign as long as drone strikes are not stopped.”-public statement by the people of 17 towns in Pakistan’s North Waziristan
People living in North Waziristan refusing to let […] Continue Reading…
17 June 2012, Japan’s Ministry of Labor admitting that workplace stress is causing increased mental illness and even suicide.
Japan’s corporate world mirrors that of the United States.
From March 2011 to March 2012 (Japan’s year) 325 people qualified for worker’s compensation due to mental illness caused by the workplace. That’s up 17 from 2010.
60 of […] Continue Reading…
“The purpose of the Cope North exercise, held two to three times per year, is to enhance U.S. and Japanese air operations.”-GlobalSecurity.org
Until the recent signing of the trilateral military pact, Cope North war games were conducted by U.S. and Japanese air forces. Now Australia joins the U.S. led Pacific Air Forces.
“….because of our unique […] Continue Reading…
“In the latest sign of Japan’s military breaking out of its long-time self-imposed shell, about 20 uniformed, rifle-carrying soldiers, faces smeared with camouflage paint, marched through Tokyo’s western neighborhoods of Nerima and Itabashi Tuesday morning as part of a training mission….It was the first time in 42 years that Japanese troops openly marched through […] Continue Reading…
On 25 May 2012, I posted how the public display on the Big Lost River IEMP station, in eastern Idaho, was not working. Now it is, and it’s showing 10 more micro Roentgens per hour than what is being posted on the www.idahoop.org website.
Big Lost River IEMP Gamma display, 16 June 2012On 16 […] Continue Reading…
On 13 June 2012, Venezuelan TV revealed a drone (UAV) they say was built by Iranian and Venezuelan technicians. It’s called Arpia-001 (Harpy-001).
President Hugo Chavez insisted that the drone, which will be mass produced, is not meant to target a specific country, but to increase Venezuelan defenses. The UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) has military […] Continue Reading…
“It is certain that many boys were subjected to serious sexual and physical assault and other serious abuse… from the 1950s through to the 1970s and possibly into the 1980s.”-from government report obtained by Australian Broadcasting Corporation under freedom of information laws
15 June 2012, results of a government investigation into sex crimes committed by […] Continue Reading…
14 June 2012, NHK (nippon housou kyoukai/Japan Broadcasting Corporation) reporting that Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCo) has discovered that on the 5th floor of the building housing Reactor 2 there is extreme levels of radiation.
The discovery was made by a robot used in the ongoing search to find where leaks are coming from. More […] Continue Reading…
14 June 2012
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said one U.S. led occupation personnel was killed by Mujahideen on 13 June, in southern Afghanistan.
The U.S. Pentagon confirmed that it was a U.S. Marine, from Minnesota, that was killed on 13 June.
The British Ministry of Defence also confirms one of their soldiers was killed by a […] Continue Reading…
On 8 June 2012, the value of Hoku Corporation stock settled at 15 cents per share, after hitting 20 cents that morning. Some stock trading media outlets issued a Do Not Trade warning for Hoku (NASDAQ: HOKU).
Hoku Corp owns failed Hoku Materials in Pocatello, Idaho. Hoku Corp is a subsidiary of Tianwei New Energy […] Continue Reading…