Former Massachusetts governor, Mitt Romney, has blasted China’s trade policies with the U.S., but China has just won a Massachusetts award for being the Best Friend of the American Worker!
On March 2, 2012, Chinese Premier, Wen Jiabao, was given the award in Boston by the International Longshoreman’s Association. For what? For appreciation of China’s […] Continue Reading…
Japanese inventors have created a weapon to silence people expressing themselves.
The weapon works by playing back the talker’s words, with a 0.2 second delay. The inventors discovered that such feedback of one’s own words will cause the speech center of your brain to lock up.
The inventors claim they did it to stop people who […] Continue Reading…
March 5, 2012, pro-U.S. rebels blew up a major oil pipeline in Syria. It happened in Deir al-Zor.
Deir al-Zor is an oil producing province bordering Iraq. It has been under attack by rebels who are part of the loosely organized U.S./Israeli supported Free Syrian Army.
Also, a gas pipeline from Egypt to Jordan and Israel […] Continue Reading…
On February 23, 2012, Sears Holdings released the latest list of Sears and Kmart store closings.
15 stores have been added to the 79 previously announced. The latest announcement has one Kmart closing in Maryland, one closing in New Jersey and one in South Carolina.
Also, a combination of Sears/Kmarts will be closed in the following […] Continue Reading…
On February 23, 2012, Sears Holdings announced that they will sell off eleven stores to major mall owner General Growth Properties (GGP).
Sears at the struggling Pine Ridge Mall in Chubbuck, Idaho
GGP owns most of the malls in Idaho (Idaho Falls, Boise, Chubbuck and Coeur D’Alene), and they have Sears stores, […] Continue Reading…
Japan’s Self-Defense Forces have just revealed plans to evacuate Japanese citizens living in Iran!
On March 5, 2012, Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka made the statement in a Diet (parliament) session.
He said they are prepared to use C-130 transports, along with aerial refueling tankers, to “rescue” Japanese stuck in Iran, in case of “emergency”!
According to official […] Continue Reading…
Officials with Japan’s Land Ministry have issued new warnings about the dangers of tsunamis. They revised their estimations of tsunami damage, based on what happened on March 11, 2011.
They concluded that earthquakes of magnitude 8.4 or greater, just off Japan’s Pacific coastline, could generate huge tsunamis.
On the Pacific side of Japan, tsunamis could reach […] Continue Reading…
Local officials have revealed that not everyone was evacuated out of the 20km (12.4 miles) “No-Go” zone around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
Officials have revealed that at least five bodies were found that showed signs of starvation. Most of them were old people. One man was trapped on the second floor of his home […] Continue Reading…
According to separate reports there were two suicide bombings, March 5, 2012.
One took place in eastern Nangarhar Province, in Jalalabad city. Local officials say as many as 13 people were killed, including civilians and police. No group has claimed responsibility.
Then in Parwan Province, a suicide bomber tried to attack the U.S./NATO/ISAF airbase at Bagram. […] Continue Reading…
The Chinese government reports that 140 Chinese construction workers were hit by the large explosions in the south western African country of Congo-Brazzaville. Six have died, one is missing.
Officials in Congo-Brazzaville expect to death toll to climb higher than 206.
The Catholic Cathedral called Saint Louis was flattened: “Many of the faithful are trapped in […] Continue Reading…