So what if Obama is actually going to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, they’re just going to be used somewhere else.
In response to continued attacks against Syrian police and army troops (three mass graves filled with hundreds of Syrian cops and soldiers have been found), and the fact that Turkey is allowing the build up […] Continue Reading…
A group of doctors tested people living in the Fukushima Prefecture of Japan. That’s where the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is. They discovered people living outside the evacuation zones are internally contaminated with radiation.
The doctors tested people in two cities; Iitate Village and Kawamata Town. They are about 40 kilometers (24 miles) from […] Continue Reading…
Reports say Alaska’s Aleutian Island have been hit by a 7.2 quake and a tsunami warning was issued by the Alaska Tsunami Warning Center. The tsunami warning was later canceled.
All indicators are that global demand for oil is going down, despite the oil “experts” continuing to say it’s going up. The fact that oil and gas prices are going down is proof of the decrease in demand. One study says oil should be at $70.00, based on actual consumer demand.
Yet President Barack Obama, […] Continue Reading…
Yesterday I speculated that Tokyo Electric Power Company probably installed their water radiation filters backwards. Today NHK reporting that incorrect settings of the system are the cause of TEPCo’s problems.
At least twice TEPCo had to stop their decontamination of water, at Fukushima Daiichi, because they were getting the reverse effect; an increase in radiation […] Continue Reading…
Idaho media reporting an increase in “personal income”. The problem is that “personal income”, as reported by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, includes things the average person does not consider “personal income”.
What government officials consider “personal income” includes unemployment benefits, business investments, business profits, farm profits, construction profits and government payments, besides individual […] Continue Reading…
A few days ago U.S. Federal Reserve boss Ben Bernanke said one of the factors in deciding the economy was worse then they thought, was continuing financing problems (credit crisis). Swedish car maker SAAB, just announced they are the latest victims of the credit crisis.
SAAB can not get short term loans, which is what […] Continue Reading…
“We’re trying desperately to hold to these farms and we are paying our share. And if we haven’t been paying our share, it’s because assessors haven’t been doing their job.”-Grant Olson, wheat farmer
In a surprise announcement, Bannock County officials said they messed up and failed to properly assess farmland. They will now […] Continue Reading…
Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction, Tom Luna says No Child Left Behind (aka Adequate Yearly Progress, AYP) is actually stopping states from improving student’s academic performance: “The law has become a stumbling block to continued improvement in raising student achievement.”
The main reason that AYP is a stumbling block is that states are required […] Continue Reading…
“From the employee viewpoint, not only has the deal been redefined, in many cases, the new deal is not being delivered as promised.”-Mercer
In a report from human resource company Mercer, one in three workers in the United States hate their job so much they would rather quit and take their chances being unemployed.
One […] Continue Reading…