“Idaho consistently ranks in the top 10 states for our suicide rate, but the ranking of four is higher than we’ve experienced.”-Kathie Garrett, Idaho Council on Suicide Prevention
The Suicide Prevention Action Network (SPAN), says the U.S. state of Idaho has the 4th highest rate of suicide in the whole country, according to the most recent […] Continue Reading…
8 June 2012, numerous reports proving that things are not well in the Western world. The biggest sign is the increase in suicides.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suicides by U.S. teenagers hit 7.8% in 2011. An increase from 2009’s 6.3%.
The info is found in the CDC’s 2011 National Youth […] Continue Reading…
8 June 2012, NHK (nippon housou kyoukai/Japan Broadcasting Corporation) reporting that more than one year after the nuclear disaster at Fukushima Daiichi began, the federal government of Japan still has no new official policy regarding nuclear disasters!
Last year most local governments, and individuals, learned of government evacuation instructions through media, not federal government channels. […] Continue Reading…
8 June 2012, Tokyo Electric (TEPCo) said that employees inspected the basements of Reactors 2 & 3, for the first time since the March 2011 nuclear disaster began!
Now, more than a year later, TEPCo officials say it is clear that the reactor vessels are damaged and still leaking! Really, after all this time?
The basement […] Continue Reading…
8 June 2012, The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is supposedly in financial trouble, no thanks to the U.S. Congress, but now there are reports that the USPS could give one of the countries largest junk mail distributor a cut rate deal!
Valassis Direct Mail has been negotiating with the USPS for a lower rate. But […] Continue Reading…
7 June 2012
“There’s been an increase in the attacks.”-Leon Panetta, U.S. Secretary of Defense
After threatening Pakistan, U.S. Defense Secretary, Leon Panetta, arrived in Kabul to discuss the increased violence in Afghanistan (proving that recent reports that violence was down are wrong). If you’ve been following my posts, it’s obvious the violence has increased.
Panetta admitted, […] Continue Reading…
7 June 2012, the Greek statistics agency just put the official unemployment rate at 22%! A new record high.
That percent is for March! More than 50% of young adults, 25 years of age and younger, are unemployed!
“I’ve just had one fixed term account in dollars for some time, and I’ve decided to put it in pesos, it’s more profitable to have it in [Argentine] pesos.”-Cristina Fernandez, President of Argentina
7 June 2012, la Presidenta also urged “…any officials who’ve got a few little dollars to do the same thing.”
Argentina is the […] Continue Reading…
It turns out that a “massive” fire on a U.S. Navy nuclear submarine, on May 24, was caused by a vacuum cleaner! It burned for several hours and sent several personnel to the hospital. The sub was docked at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, in the U.S. state of Maine.
Now comes the news that the fire […] Continue Reading…
“There is an urgent need for Best Buy to reinvigorate growth by reconnecting with today’s customers and building pathways to the next generation of consumers.”-Richard Schulze, founder of Best Buy
7 June 2012, founder and boss of Best Buy for 36 years, Richard Schulze, has resigned.
Best Buy has been struggling with falling sales, and accusations […] Continue Reading…