Iran launches ballistic missiles, reveals underground silos, admits targets are Israel and U.S. bases

“The silos are a part of the swift reaction unit of the [IRGC] missile brigade; missiles are stored vertically, ready to be launched against pre-determined targets.”-General Asghar Qelich-Khani

Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps officials revealed, on June 27, that not only does Iran have underground missile silos, but they’ve had underground silos for […] Continue Reading…

What Economic Recovery? China is a paper tiger, reveals $1.65 trillion in debt, get ready for Global Great Depression

A surprise announcement, China says local governments (cities, provinces and autonomous regions) have racked up $1.65 trillion in debt, threatening a new credit crisis.

The revelation came after the Chinese government conducted audits of local governments.  It seems the local governments are playing the same financing games that got the United States (and Europe) into […] Continue Reading…

Sony shareholders want the heads of executives, record turnout

A record breaking turnout for a Sony shareholders meeting; more than 8,300 people showed up on June 28.

They want to overthrow Sony management.  It’s all because of the huge hack attack that breached the personal data of at least 100 million Sony customers.

One shareholder said the management lacks a sense of crisis.   Gee that […] Continue Reading…

Corporate Incompetence: TEPCo still can’t get its water decontamination system to work

For at least the third time Tokyo Electric Power Company had to stop water decontamination at Fukushima Daiichi, this time because pipes were leaking.

You might not think that’s such a big deal, but how does one ton of radioactive water leaking out within two minutes sound?  That’s what happened. But to make that worse […] Continue Reading…

Radioactive Cesium still being found at Japanese waste incenerators!

A few months ago it was reported that waste incinerators (which is how Japan handles its trash) were finding high levels of radiation in the ash of the burned trash.  The disaster at Fukushima Daiichi was blamed.

Today, waste incinerators as far south as Tokyo are still emitting cesium through their exhaust stacks.  One incinerator […] Continue Reading…

Strontium 90 found in Pacific seabed!

For the first time strontium 89 and 90 have been found on the seabed near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

Tokyo Electric Power Company tested the soil at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, on 02 and 03 June 2011, at locations 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the nuke plant.

While this is the first time […] Continue Reading…

What Economic Recovery? U.S. Postal Service slashes retirement for employees, on the verge of insolvency, Congress wants to slash & burn the USPS

The USPS is in real bad shape, much worse than its counterpart Canada Post.

The USPS stopped about $800 million in contributions to its employee retirement plan.  This is an effort to prevent becoming insolvent, over a $5.5 billion employee health plan payment.

Also, USPS Inspector General David Williams, claims they were overcharged $75 billion for […] Continue Reading…

Canada Sucks! USPS resumes shipping to Canada, Canadian government forces postal workers back to work with new law

The United States Postal Service announced it will resume shipping to Canada, on June 28.  The announcement followed the creation of a new law in Canada, which forces striking workers back to their jobs.

The USPS warns that there will be delays in getting mail to Canada, because a huge backlog of mail has built […] Continue Reading…

What arrogance! Israel demands that Denmark allow Israeli forces to patrol Danish airports

The Israeli government has stopped all flights from Denmark, because Danish officials refuse to allow Israeli security forces to patrol Denmark’s airports and aircraft.

A new airlines was created to fly from Copenhagen to Tel Aviv.  Israel says they now consider the airline, and Danish airports ‘Israeli Security Zones’.

Denmark offered to let unarmed Israeli security […] Continue Reading…

No Economic Recovery for the U.S.: Toyota launches new car in India

Toyota announced the premier of a new car, not in the United States, but India!

The new car is a small low priced car called the Etios Liva.  It’s smaller than most Toyota sedans.  The price is about U.S.$9,000.

Toyota also announced that India was becoming its fastest growing car market.  The number of Toyotas sold […] Continue Reading…

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