On Tuesday Toyota announced more cuts for North American factories, now more cuts in Europe and China.
For Europe Toyota announced that they will cut production, after the already scheduled production halt for the end of this month. The reason is lack of electronic parts. Toyota’s Chinese factories will also see production cuts, in some […] Continue Reading…
“Resourced”? Is this new mil-speak for “operational planning”? Or “tactics”? How about pull your head out!
In an official announcement made on the Joint Chiefs of Staff web site, U.S. Admiral Michael Mullen, admitted that the U.S. was totally screwed up for the first eight years of the occupation of Afghanistan, ‘cept it wasn’t quite […] Continue Reading…
In an interview with a Pakistani news station, GEO TV, U.S. Admiral Michael Mullen said the U.S. will maintain bases beyond the 2014 troop pull out.
He also contradicted himself saying the U.S. will not maintain bases in Afghanistan. Mullen said that Bagram and Shindand air bases will be used by the U.S. to […] Continue Reading…
Robots from the Idaho National Laboratory have been searching through the damaged reactor buildings at Fukushima Daiichi.
They have discovered temperature and radiation levels too high for humans. Tokyo Electric Power Company officials say they will have to use air conditioners, and filtration systems, to bring heat and radiation levels down enough for workers to […] Continue Reading…
For decades Japanese living on Okinawa have demanded that U.S. forces leave. They might be getting their wish.
Internal U.S. Marine Corps documents obtained by NHK revealed a plan to reduce the number of Marines by 8,000. The Marines would be relocated to the U.S. territory of Guam.
It still leaves about 10,000 personnel at the […] Continue Reading…
After giving a speech that implied that social programs for citizens of the U.S., such as Food Stamps, would have to be cut, President Obama is considering sending food to North Korea.
U.S. Special Envoy, Robert King, made the announcement in response to the UN World Food Program’s call for 430,000 tons of food […] Continue Reading…
After announcing that they will send military advisers to train Libyan rebels, France announced they will increase air strikes in Libya. France is a UN coalition member, but is not a member of NATO.
France was even reluctant to allow NATO to take official control of the coalition forces military actions against Libya. The latest […] Continue Reading…
To the people of the United States it’s one slap in the face after another. Recently President Obama gave a speech saying cuts need to be made to U.S. government spending. Then he gives $3 million so some students can study in China, and now he’s giving Libyan rebels $25 million in equipment!
On April […] Continue Reading…
A company that was going to build two reactors in Texas, abandoned the plan.
NRG Energy, in cooperation with Toshiba, was planning on building two reactors in Texas. The company now says the investment environment has become too risky to continue with the plans. They will now write off U.S.$ 481 million on their taxes, […] Continue Reading…
Toyota announced that it will have to continue cuts in production in its North American factories. Continued parts supply problems being blamed.
Factories in Mexico, Canada and the United States will now suspend operations on Mondays and Fridays. Production will be cut in half on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The latest cuts will continue until June […] Continue Reading…