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International, U.S.

World War 3, Asian Front-Afghanistan, 13-16 November 2013: Broke U.S. reneges on purchase of Russian helicopters! Cops gunning down civilians! Clinton wants more of your money for Afghanistan! More proof U.S. taxes fund Mujahideen!

Badakhshan Province:  In Jaram District, people reported a drone crashed.  No word from U.S./NATO/ISAF.

Baghlan Province: In Pul-e-Khumri City, a city cop turn his gun on civilians.  Two killed, three wounded.  City police officials say they’ve arrested the bad cop.  Apparently the evil control freak cop got frustrated when the civilians refused to do what he said.

Helmand Province: In Lashkargah City, a motorcycle bomb exploded, wounding four people.  In Nawzad District, local Mujahideen say a Georgian ISAF tank was blown up by a landmine.

Kabul Province: In Kabul city, a car bomb exploded killing ten people near the Burhanuddin Rabbani University.  Witnesses said there was a gun battle after the explosion.  One of those killed was an Afghan National Army soldier.  Three ANA soldiers wounded.  The university is were the Loya Jirga is being held to decide the fate of the Obama regime’s 2014 ‘security deal’.

Kandahar Province: In Registan District, Mujahideen ambushed the convoy of the district police chief.  Government officials say the police boss survived.  No mention of the attack by Mujahideen groups.  In Panjwai, a U.S. Army Special Forces Staff Sergeant (E6) from Texas was killed during an attack by Mujahideen.  In Zhiri District, a Mujahid infiltrated a police check point.  He attacked the cops, capturing weapons and ammo.

Kunar Province:  In Khas Kunar District, district police officials claim 20 local cops had their houses set on fire by Mujahideen.  The police families had already fled their homes due to battles.  No comment by Mujahideen groups.

Laghman Province: In Qarghayee District, 10 ANA soldiers switched sides and joined local Mujahideen.

Nangarhar Province: In Maulawi Khales town, the provincial governor reported an explosion that wounded ten people, including cops.  No word on what caused the explosion.

The Afghan Interior Ministry reports that at least 37 people killed, 17 wounded in battles in the provinces of Helmand, Kunar, Nooristan, Maidan Wardak, Laghman, Kandahar, Nangarhar, Ghazni, Herat and Nimroz.

The U.S. Department of Defense has canceled the purchase of Russian helicopters for Afghanistan.  The United States can no longer pay for them!  The total cost to buy 63 Russian made ‘copters would have seen U.S. military officials stealing $1.1 billion USD from taxpayers!

Evil U.S. political leaders, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry and Laura Bush, are campaigning to convince U.S. taxpayers to spend more money on Afghanistan. Clinton admitted that it was her personal agenda to “…try to make that argument to the Congress and to the American public” to justify spending tax money the U.S. government doesn’t really have.  This while the U.S. economy continues to crash and burn!

U.S. tax dollar funded Zurmat Material Testing Laboratory, affiliated with the Zurmat Group, is actually a Mujahideen financing group.   The U.S. Special Investigator  General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) discovered that Zurmat, an Afghan company, was actually identified by U.S. Department of Defense officials as being a supporter of Mujahideen, two months before paying the company billions in U.S. tax dollars!

More than 100 Army National Guard soldiers, from the U.S. state of Michigan’s 1460th Transportation Company, deployed to Afghanistan.

National Geographic reports that Afghanistan National Parks has hired the country’s first female park rangers, at the Band-e Amir National Park.  But even the United States did not hire female rangers until 1969.

Fukushima, International

More Fukushima Fallout: New radiation leak, can kill you in 20 minutes! Too many illegal & incompetent employees! 65% of evacuees refuse to return home!

07 December 2013 (19:51 UTC-07 Tango 06 December 2013)/03 Safar 1435/16 Azar 1392/05 Jia-Zi (11th month) 4711

“Yes, we did a shoddy job. The quality of what we did was low, but what else would you expect…”-unnamed illegally hired Fukushima Daiichi employee

A Reuters report says the numerous leaking water storage tanks around Fukushima Daiichi were built by illegal employees, most had no training.

According to the report, a third party contractor hired the nuke plant workers from the poorest parts of Japan.  It is supposedly illegal in Japan for a third party to hire your employees.  On top of that, the third (fourth?) party contractor is not even registered to do work in Japan.

Blame it on Japan’s corporate policy to sub contract all work.  Here’s how it went: Tokyo Electric Power Company hired Taisei to handle the construction of the massive contaminated water storage tank farms.  But Taisei sub contracted to Tokyo Engineering Corporation (TEC).  TEC then sub contracted the job of hiring employees to a Token Kogyo.

Those employees were told to keep quite about how they got their jobs, and not to complain: “Even if we didn’t agree with how things were being done, we had to keep quiet and work fast.”-Uechi Yoshitatsu, former bus driver hired to work at Fukushima Daiichi who blew the whistle on the illegal hiring operation

I’ve written before about how nuclear plant workers in Japan are considered the untouchable class, most of the workers are the least educated in a country that leads the World in test taking skills.   They’re called “throwaway workers”.

“I have seen many younger workers drop out of the clean-up after they had their wages skimmed or after facing dangers that were not explained to them. Without stronger labor protection, there’s no way the decommissioning project will succeed.”-Uechi Yoshitatsu, whistleblower

Uechi actually made an audio recording of his boss, who works for TEC, admitting they lie to government officials and the general public: “When it comes to our sub-contractors, we register them all as TEC. If you want to say that’s a forgery, then, yes, it’s a forgery.”-unnamed TEC supervisor at Fukushima Daiichi

Now realize that if those in charge of the never ending nuke disaster at Fukushima Daiichi knowingly lie, then we should expect the next revelation to be much worse than reported.  TEPCo is reporting a new radiation leak, from a vent pipe, that is emitting 25 sieverts per hour!  That will kill you after 20 minutes of exposure!

The pipe was originally installed after the nuclear explosions, to help vent radioactive gasses from damaged reactor buildings.

Remember when the Japanese government promised evacuees they’d be returned home within six months?  I do, I wrote about it (check my Fukushima archives).  Well, the majority of nuclear evacuees are now refusing to go home!

This involves the towns of Okuma and Futaba.  A survey showed about 65% of the evacuees now realize they can not return to their homes.  They blame the comedy of corporate errors led by TEPCo as the main reason.

Most evacuees are living in temporary mobile homes.

In the city of Minami-Soma, the Shoei High School finally closed down due to lack of students.  The 110 students have never returned to the school that is only 22km (13.6 miles) from Fukushima Daiichi.

Remember when I reported that British Bilderberger, Barbara Judge took over the ‘safety programs’ for TEPCo?  Now there are reports Japan is about to create a whole new nuclear agency based on United Kingdom’s National Decommissioning Authority.

Japanese officials told Reuters that it’s looking more and more like the national government will have to take direct charge in “decommissioning” Fukushima Daiichi, because TEPCo continues to prove its incompetence.

Japan currently has no government agency for oversight of nuke plant decommissioning!  Sometimes I just want to yell at the Japanese “Baka!”

Fukushima, International

More Fukushima Fallout! Canada confirms spike in radiation! Tritium to be flooded into Pacific Ocean, on purpose! Victims being screwed over, someone stop TEPCo!

05 December 2013 (22:30 UTC-07 Tango 04 December 2013)/01 Safar 1435/14 Azar 1392/03 Jia-Zi (11th month) 4711

“You cannot keep storing the water forever. We have to make choice comparing all risks involved.”-Tanaka Shunichi, with Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority, commenting on why deadly tritium will be intentionally flooded into the Pacific

The International Atomic Energy Agency is supporting the plan to purposely release tritium into the Pacific Ocean.  Juan Carlos Lentijo, of the IAEA, gave this explanation: “…what we are trying to say here is to consider this as one of the options to contribute to a good balance of risks and to stabilize the facility for the long term.”

Officials from the IAEA and Japan’s NRA, admitted that at least 700-thousand metric tons of radioactive water has been poured into the Pacific Ocean since 2011.  That contaminated water contained cesium, iodine, strontium and tritium.

Tritium has a half life of about 12.4 years (it’s still a threat after 12.4 years).  It can be absorbed through skin, inhaled or ingested when you eat contaminated food or drink contaminated water.

Canadian officials have admitted that on 20 March 2011, there was a huge spike in radiation readings on the Pacific coast of Canada.  This data was apparently kept secret until now, however, a journalist reported towards the end of 2011 that Canadian radiation detection sites recorded iodine-131 levels “…nearly 1,000 times background levels in the air at Resolute Bay, Nunavut.”

Keep in mind those radiation levels were after the Fukushima Daiichi  airborne radiation plume had traveled across the Pacific Ocean.  Back in 2011 Health Canada, which is in charge of radiation readings, continued to downplay such reports and said there was no health risk.

To add insult to injury, the Japanese government is limiting victims of the ongoing Fukushima Daiichi disaster.  Japan’s Diet is giving victims ten years to sue for damages.  The arrogant politicians think they are being generous because that’s an increase from the previous three year limit!  Remember, Tokyo Electric Power Company says the ongoing disaster, I mean “decommissioning process”, will last at least 40 years!

Nuclear power analysts say TEPCo is full of shit and needs to be stopped: “With the sheer number of things that are going wrong, they should be more openly bringing in help. TEPCo is a nuclear power producer, not a cleanup operation. There are people with expertise in decommissioning reactors, and they need to be brought in whether they are Japanese, European or American. Every time they have a problem, they come up with a solution that takes a long time to bring in, and then doesn’t even solve the problem!”-Ken Buesseler, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute

Victims should be given indefinite time to sue for damages!

Business/Economics, U.S.

Exceptional Failed State: U.S. job losses & store closings 12 September 2013. Entire school district to shutdown? Big Churches laying off staff! Obama Care killing Christian hospitals! Thousands laid off in one day!

Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs:

Alaska: In Kodiak, a Blockbuster video rental store closed down.  It’s part of plans to shut down all U.S. Blockbuster stores.

California: In Santa Rosa, optical communications company JDSU Uniphase laid off 126 employees!

Colorado:  In Colorado Springs, the Christian God doesn’t feel like stopping the layoffs of 69 of ‘His/Hers’ employees!  Focus on the Family ministry laying off 40 people, and NavPress (publishing arm of The Navigators ministry) laid off 29 people.  Both ministries said more layoffs could be in the works as their revenues are crashing.

Florida: PSS World Medical laid off 124 people!  It’s blamed on a merger with McKesson Group.

Georgia: Savannah River Remedi­ation laid off 465 people!  The operation manages the U.S. Department of Energy’s radioactive waste site as well as the Defense Waste Processing Facility.  The layoffs are blamed on federal funding cuts.

Indiana:  Indiana University Health eliminating 800 positions through layoffs and forced early retirement!  This is on top of jobs cuts made last school year.  It’s partly blamed on “declining reimbursement rates” caused by Obama Care (ACA).

Kansas: In Wichita, Spirit AeroSystems laying off additional 150 people!  The company laid off 350 people back in July!  They are also asking employees to retire early.  This is strange because local news reports say the company is advertising for hundreds of available positions due to “record demand”.  The company builds major sub-assemblies for aircraft industry giants like Boeing.

Maryland: In Canton, the Bay Cafe being sold off.  The longtime owner hasn’t been able to pay his rent or taxes, he says there is no way the economy has recovered: “Business has been horrible!”-David Naumann

Missouri: The Normandy School District warning of layoffs, and even shut down? The school district lost its accreditation, and so far 449 students have transferred to other school districts.  Those districts are now billing Normandy at least $424-thousand USD for the transfers, which could be the nail in the coffin for Normandy.

New Jersey: Community Medical Center warns of another major round of layoffs.  Hospital officials partly blame Obama Care for “rapidly shifting” the business environment.

New Mexico:  The Christian God won’t stop Obama Care from killing 44 jobs at the Taos Health Systems’ Holy Cross Hospital: “Given the changes in reimbursement and our losses of the last few years this becomes a bit tenuous.”-Peter Hofstetter, CEO.

New York: In Syracuse, France based (U.S. HQ in Texas) GDF SUEZ Energy North America ended operations, 24 people unemployed.

Oklahoma: Natural gas giant, Chesapeake Energy, laying off 2-thousand people! Company officials say they have to “reorganize”.

Washington: In Redmond, Pacific Music store closed down, for good?  The store was forced to move from a better location, because city officials wanted the property for condos!  Store owners say being forced to move to a lesser location along with the bad economy did them in.  In Liberty Lake, utility meter maker Itron laying off 750 people!  This despite the fact that Itron won a contract to supply India with hundreds of thousands of utility meters.

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) doesn’t count the hundreds of layoffs involving less than 50 people each, in its mass layoff reports. It also doesn’t count all the little ‘mom & pop’ businesses that shut down.

“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security……..That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013

International, U.S.

World War 3, Asian Front-Afghanistan, 09-12 November 2013: Illegal drugs set new records under U.S. watch! Big bank gives away $220-million! U.S. Spec Ops interferes with investigations into their crimes! Afghans want U.S. zero option! U.S. vets suffer lung damage!

Ghazni Province: In Moqor District, four National Directorate of Security (NDS) agents were captured by Mujahideen.  Mujahideen will let the spies go if the Afghan government releases people held in prisons.

Helmand Province: In Greshk District, battles between Afghan government forces and Mujahideen left at least five people dead and dozens wounded.

Kabul Province:  On the west side of Kabul City, the evil British empire inaugurated the official opening of the largest military academy in Afghanistan.  It’s also known as the Sandhurst of Afghanistan. It will employ 120 trainers mainly from United Kingdom, and it cost British taxpayers about $42-million USD.  Also in Kabul City, the Ministry of Interior Affairs reported that 20 metric tons of illegal drugs were destroyed.  Ministry officials admit that Kabul City, where U.S. military leaders are headquartered, is now the main transit hub for illegal drugs trafficking.

Kunar Province: The NGO Integrity Watch Afghanistan is accusing local police of stealing valuable Chromite from mining operations.  The Ministry of Interior Affairs denies such a thing is happening, yet also revealed that some local cops have been arrested for that very crime!

Maidan Wardak Provence:  The NDS has ended its investigation into U.S. special forces involvement in the torture deaths of at least 17 men.  NDS officials said they could not proceed because U.S. special forces are actively interfering with the investigation! (and these special forces ass holes will probably be turned loose on the U.S. population when the shit finally hits the fan in the United States)

The Asian Development Bank is giving Afghanistan $220-million USD, supposedly for road construction.

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reports massive increases in the seizure of illegal drugs in 2012: Heroin 250.4%, opium 212.6% and hashish 328%.   This corresponds to the increase in opium production.  It’s obvious that the U.S. is behind such drugs production since opium production skyrocketed after the U.S. invasion.  However, dumb UNODC ignorantly said “…this report will serve as an effective step in capacity building of national institutions in the country in order to address the drivers of poppy cultivation, trafficking and drug use.”   Gee, you’d think after a hundred years of fighting illegal drugs the Western World would have that figured out by now!

Evil British empire Defense Secretary, Philip Hammond, warned the government of Afghanistan that the United Kingdom will end relations if Afghanistan does not sign onto the Obama regime’s so called “security” deal for 2014 and beyond.

More and more political groups in Afghanistan are openly opposed to any “security” deal with the Obama regime.  Obama threatens a “zero option”, meaning all U.S. personnel will be pulled out if a deal is not signed.  Mmmm, isn’t that what Obama led the people of the U.S. to believe would happen in 2014?   Today the Afghan National Unity Front, made up of religious clerics, tribal elders and university students, said bring on the Zero Option you Obama biyatch!

The U.S. Department of State continues to refuse visa applications from Afghans who work as interpreters for U.S. forces, even though it is public knowledge they will be assassinated if the U.S. ever leaves Afghanistan.

The U.S. Department of Defense might require mandatory lung testing for personnel returning from Iraq or Afghanistan.  That’s because there’s a huge increase in the number of veterans developing lung disorders.  Even U.S. government contractors are developing lung problems and are filing lawsuits against their employers.  Don’t blame depleted uranium as the only cause.  It turns out that military personnel are burning not just ordinary trash in their burn pits, but highly toxic plastics and even heavy metal laden batteries, and this is done without respirators!

Six National Guard soldiers returned home to the U.S. state of North Dakota.

Business/Economics, U.S.

Exceptional Failed State: U.S. job losses & store closings 11 September 2013. Thousands more laid off in one day! More Obama Care hospital shut downs? More greedy landlords!

Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs.

Too Big to Jail Citigroup announced it will layoff 2-thousand 2-hundred more of its own evil minions!  They blame it own declining demand in home loans.  That’s what you get for robo-signing my perfect credit into the shitter, you SOBs!

Alabama: In Courtland, International Paper shut down one of their paper mills.  1-thousand 1-hundred people out-o-work!  Company officials blame crashing demand for paper.

Arkansas: In Little Rock, Arkansas Heart Hospital eliminated an undisclosed amount of jobs.  Rumors say at least 50 people were axed.

California:  Just one day after announcing that six evil British empire owned Fresh & Easy grocery stores would close, an announcement that another 50 will close!  The 50 stores being closed are those that were not taken over by evil Mitt Romney style vulture capitalist Yucaipa Companies.  Yucaipa owner, Ron Burkle, claims he will actually expand those Fresh & Easy stores he bought from Tesco.

Florida: What housing market recovery? In Kissimmee, landscaper Proscape laid off 127 employees! It’s blamed on the loss of a major housing contract.

Hawaii: The Kona Village Resort laid off the last of its employees.  The resort was heavily damaged by the 11 March 2011 tsunami from Japan, and the contractor that was hired to do repairs walked away from the job.

Illinois: The Chicago Transit Authority laying off 149 people!  It’s blamed on crashing revenues.  It’s also because CTA is about to implement a new payment system.  In Frankfort, Dan McGee Restaurant shut down.

Kansas: PostRock Energy laid off 17 people.  The natural gas company is being “reorganized”.

Michigan: In Lansing, reports that Sparrow Hospital is laying off employees.  In Port Huron, ITW moving ops to other states.  50 employees affected.

New Mexico:  In Albuquerque, after “30 years of blood, sweat and tears down here” Nick’s Crossroads Cafe shut down.  The owner said it was ’bout time he retired!

New York: In East Syracuse, after 50 years in business Sacks department store closed down.  In Brooklyn, Central Laundry Service shut down, 207 people unemployed!

Pennsylvania: Edinboro University warned that at least 40 jobs could be eliminated.  Courses will also be cut.  They blame declining student enrollment and state funding.  In West Chester, Bella & Betty gift store shut down.  Store owners blame the greedy landlord!  After 125 years of hoity toityness, the landmark Pottsville Club shut down.  It’s blamed on the loss of 500 members since 1998, and 100 of those just since 2012!  The club is being foreclosed by Too Big to Jail banks.

Texas: In Houston, a Landry’s Seafood restaurant closed.  The greedy property owner revoked the lease, so all the buildings can be torn down for new retail shops!

Virginia: The Roanoke Times reported they laid off 31 employees. It’s blamed on declining sales.

West Virginia:  Patriot Coal shutting down their Logan County mines.  250 employees affected!  Logan County officials fear it could kill off the local economy.

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) doesn’t count the hundreds of layoffs involving less than 50 people each, in its mass layoff reports. It also doesn’t count all the little ‘mom & pop’ businesses that shut down.

“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security……..That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013

International, U.S.

World War 3, Asian Front-Afghanistan, 05-08 November 2013: Denmark gives away more of its taxpayer’s money! “Hugely experienced” Red Coat killed! HRW accuses U.S. of torture killings!

Helmand Province:  In Lashkargah City, an evil British empire Red Coat was killed during a suicide car bomb attack.  Lieutenant Colonel Hywel Lewis said the Red Coat was “A hugely experienced soldier…”  Also, a British court found an evil Royal Marine Red Coat guilty of summarily executing a wounded Afghan (a war crime).  It was caught on video, as well as the evil Red Coat admitting on camera that he “broke the Geneva Convention.”  The incident happened in 2011, two other Red Coat Marines were acquitted.

Kandahar Province: In Spin Boldak District, police shot a suicide bomber, who still managed to blow himself up.  Cops claim only the suicide bomber was killed, and nobody was wounded.

Khost Province:  In Khost City, a motorcycle bomb killed three National Directorate of Security (NDS) agents, and wounded two others.

Kunduz Province: In Imam Sahib District, the nephew of a prominent anti-U.S. political party leader was arrested for killing a cop by running him over, and shooting a civilian dead, and for picking up prostitutes (adultery).

Logar Province:  Russian officials have denied reports that they are in talks to free a pilot who was captured by Mujahideen.

Maidan Wardak Province: Human Rights Watch accusing U.S. special ops forces, known as ODA 324, of conducting torture killings in Nerkh District: “The Nerkh incidents should be investigated rigorously, impartially, and transparently….it is clear that crimes occurred, U.S. authorities need to establish what exactly happened and who is responsible.”-Andrea Prasow, HRW

Zabul Province: In Qalar City, the bodies of seven Afghan National Army soldiers were found.  ANA officials say they were killed by Mujahideen last month.  Also, four women, two children and an old man were killed when they drove over a landmine.

A U.S. Department of Defense report says Afghan government forces casualties are up 79%!  The increase coincides with a decrease in U.S. led NATO/ISAF casualties, because Afghan forces are taking on more battles with Mujahideen as U.S. led forces back down.

Reports that more and more analysts inside the U.S. Department of Defense now believe the only way to end the illegal war in Afghanistan is to officially recognize the Taliban.

The Washington Post reports that the U.S. government spent $7-billion USD supposedly trying to stop opium poppy growing in Afghanistan.  The Washington Post also called Obama’s supposed anti-opium efforts “one of the starkest failures” of his administration.  That’s because Afghan opium production continues to set World records.  Realize that despite the lies of the the Bush Jr administration, the Taliban actually eradicated opium production once they were in charge of Afghanistan. It was the U.S. that brought it back after the 2001 invasion!  Mmmm, was that 7-billion in U.S. tax dollars really spent to stop opium production?

Time reporting that the official U.S. policy for what to do with billion of dollars worth of U.S. military equipment in Afghanistan is to “Sell, Give Away and Destroy”. 

A video has surfaced of U.S. troops overseeing the torture of prisoners by Afghan cops.  Watch it here.

The Afghan Interior Ministry claims government forces killed 14 Mujahideen and captured 53, in battles in the provinces of Helmand, Ghor, Farah, Paktia, Ghazni, Kandahar, Kunduz and Nuristan.

The Afghan Finance Ministry reported that $5.7 million USD has been stolen.  Two ministry employees are under arrest.

The Kingdom of Denmark promised to give Afghanistan $100-million every year for the next five years.

The Army National Guard MedEvac soldiers from the U.S. state of Utah, deploying to Afghanistan.  For some it’s their 3rd deployment.

Business/Economics, U.S.

Exceptional Failed State: U.S. job losses & store closings 10 September 2013. Temp agencies shutting down! Thousands laid off in one day! What housing market recovery? Of course, more Obama Care cuts! British empire strikes again?

Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs.

Too Big to Jail Bank of America announced more layoffs.  This time 2-thousand 1-hundred evil bank minions will become unemployed!  Bank officials blame it on declining demand for home loans.  I wonder, why?

Blackberry announced more layoffs are in the works, as its sales continue to crash.

California: Six evil British empire owned Fresh & Easy grocery stores closed in Sacramento and Modesto.  It’s connected to British empire Tesco’s sale of Fresh & Easy to evil Mitt Romney style vulture capitalist Yucaipa Companies.

Florida: In Bradenton, Jo-Ann Fabrics shut down.  Local news media suspect the reason is stiff competition from Hobby Lobby.

Illinois: In Roselle, after 56 years in operation the Pik Kwik grocery store closed for good.  The greedy property owner sold the building out from under the grocery store operators!

Indiana: For the first time in its 80 years history, Smithville Telephone Company laid off 45 employees. Officials blamed the economy and the federal government: “Significant consumer market changes and expected changes in federal regulatory issues have led Smithville to realize that it must strategically change before market dynamics force uncontrolled change.”-Darby McCarty, CEO

Iowa: Evil British empire Canadian based Aviva insurance company announced they will make at least 326 U.S. residents unemployed!  It’s blamed on a buyout by evil Mitt Romney style vulture capitalist Apollo Global Management.  Apollo is based in New York City, and is behind the demise of many U.S. businesses since the late 1990s.

Kentucky: The Midway College announced more layoffs are in the works.  They’ve already laid of 16 people at the end of the Spring semester, and they stopped making contributions to employee retirement fund.  It’s blamed on a 16% decline in student enrollment.

 Maryland:  In Baltimore, City Homes now bankrupt after getting hit with massive lawsuits over the use of illegal led (sic, lead) paint in their apartments.  Apparently at least 300 apartment units were painted with paint containing toxic led.

Michigan: In Grand Rapids, Tree Huggers ‘green’ grocery store done in by bad economy: “The reality is that we’re just not doing as well as we need to in order to cover the costs of operating the business.”-Angela Topp, owner

Minnesota:  In Duluth, Kemps closed down their milk factory.  38 jobs lost.  It’s blamed on crashing sales.

Mississippi:  Just one day after announcing bankruptcy, Missouri based Furniture Brands International confirmed that 1451 Mississippians are losing their jobs as a result!

Missouri: In Olivette, Yellow Pages laid off 73 employees.  Yellow Pages already laid off 120 people in Georgia.  It’s blamed on evil Mitt Romney style vulture capitalist Cerberus Capital Management.

New York:  Swiss based Adecco Group shut down their temp/employment agency in Gates. 75 jobs lost.  It’s blamed on declining demands for temp workers! In Hopewell Junction, International Business Machines (IBM) laid off 369 people!

North Carolina: In Asheboro, Randolph Hospital laid off 66 people.  Hospital officials blame the state of North Carolina for effectively cutting Medicaid funding, as well as cuts caused by Obama Care.  In Fletcher, Earth Fare organic grocery store shut down its distribution center.  25 jobs lost.

Pennsylvania: In Farmington the latest casino, Luck Lady, is not so lucky and is losing money and laid off 70 employees.  Casino managers blame the bad economy.

Virginia: In Richmond, Too Big to Jail SunTrust Bank laid off 100 employees!   Bank officials blame it on a crash in demand for home refi loans.

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) doesn’t count the hundreds of layoffs involving less than 50 people each, in its mass layoff reports. It also doesn’t count all the little ‘mom & pop’ businesses that shut down.

“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security……..That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013

International, U.S.

World War 3, Asian Front-Afghanistan, 01-04 November 2013: U.S. taxes deliver more Russian helicopters! Government cops extorting money from civilians! Afghanistan buying fuel, from Russia!

Baghlan Province: A wedding was bombed.  At least eleven people wounded.  No explanation for the bombing, but local officials are conveniently blaming “anti-government forces”.

Ghazni Province: Major battles between Afghan government forces and Mujahideen reported in Andar and Geru districts.  At least 21 people killed, dozens wounded.

Ghor Province:  In Du Layna District, a truck carrying election officials was blown up.  Six election officials wounded.

Kandahar Province: In Kandahar City, a cop was shot and killed in a drive by shooting, police have little info to go on.

Logar Province: Confirmation that Mujahideen captured a pilot working for Russia early in the Gregorian year.  Associated Press reported that Russian official are now trying to work a deal for his release.  Mujahideen also captured a pilot from Kyrgyzstan.  They’ve already released all the Turkish passengers on the helicopter they captured.  In Pul-E-Alam, a U.S. Army Sergeant 1st Class (E7) from Kansas was killed when attacked by Mujahideen.  He was also a former Military Science Instructor with the Department of Military Science at Pittsburg State University.

Maidan Wardak Province:  In Syedabad District, four children killed, one wounded, after a mortar round exploded.  They were collecting scrap metal and found it and took it home, were it exploded.

Paktia Province:  In Gardez City, Afghanistan’s version of Homeland Security, National Directorate of Security (NDS), reported they captured a truck loaded with 50 metric tons of TNT explosives.  NDS claim the TNT was meant for terrorists, but who knows, there are so many mining ops going on now maybe some mining company was trying to smuggle in dirt cheap TNT?

Paktika Province:  In Khair Kot District, a bomb exploded in a Mosque.  There were cops in the Mosque at the time, three were killed one wounded.  Local police officials did not mention any civilian casualties, or why the cops were in the Mosque.

Uruzgan Province:  In Dehrawood District, a cop was killed when Mujahideen attacked a checkpoint.  Police say four Mujahideen were killed.

U.S. led NATO and Afghan government forces claim to have killed 17 Mujahideen in battles in the provinces of Kandahar, Paktika, Farah and Nimroz.

Integrity Watch Afghanistan says their latest investigation reveals that 60% of Afghan government highway cops are extorting money from civilians!  They say it’s happening at police checkpoints, and involve an average of six out of every ten checkpoints.  The claims by Integrity Watch Afghanistan are based on admissions by at least 370 cops!

The Afghan Ministry of Commerce and Trade announced the purchase of 22-thousand metric tons of fuel from Russia. Mmmm, I wonder where they’re getting the money to do that?

Russia announced they will deliver 30 helicopters to Afghanistan in 2014.  The Mil Mi-12V-5 ‘copters were paid for by the U.S. Department of Defense.  This is on top of the 12 Mi-12V-5 ‘copters paid for by U.S. taxpayers in 2012, and the 12 Mi-17V-5 ‘copters as well!

Business/Economics, U.S.

Exceptional Failed State: U.S. job losses & store closings 07-09 September 2013. More Obama Care layoffs! Taxpayers ripped off! Natonal Guard shutting down? More greedy property owners shuttting down businesses!

Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs.

California:  In the largest layoff ever for Contra Costa County, John Muir Health selling all its outpatient laboratories.  More than 700 people could be unemployed by Xmas! Company officials say that in the changing health care environment (brought on in part by Obama Care) they can no longer compete.  Computer software company Intuit laid off 132 people across the Golden State!

Colorado: A Office Depot near the Chapel Hills Mall shut down.

Connecticut: In Branford, Blakeslee Prestress laid off 50 employees.  City officials were told it was because of the bad economy: “They make their product on an as-needed basis and they simply didn’t have enough demand at this point.”-Anthony DaRos

Georgia:  In Woodstock, Ingles Market grocery store shutdown after 20 years in business.  Company officials would not comment to local news media.

Indiana:  State Army National Guard training base Camp Atterbury facing shut down?  A tax sucking private contractor, Strategic Resources, announced they were laying off 200 employees working at Camp Atterbury!  It’s blamed on “mission shift”.  In Bloomington, General Electric (GE) laid off 160 employees!  GE blames it on crashing kitchen appliance sales.

Maryland: In Largo, Comcast cable TV provider laid off 145 people!

Minnesota: In Stillwater, This Love Mine antique shop closed for good.  The owners had tried many things to stay in business, but when the economy sucks what can you do except blame your Christian God: “…economic conditions and personal physical challenges are compelling us to throw in the towel. We believe God’s will for us is to move onto the next journey.”-Steve Reeser, co-owner

Mississippi: In Ocean Springs, hot pink Jocelyns Restaurant closed down after 31 years in business.  The surviving 82 years old owner needs to retire and write a book about “…what it’s like to raise a family of six, educate them and try to run a restaurant.”-Jocelyn Mayfield

Missouri: Furniture Brands International now bankrupt.  All assets being sold off.

New York: In Derby, supplier of MLB baseball hats, New Era Company, laying off 75 workers.  In Hauppage, after 42 years in business Jade Garden restaurant shut down.  The restaurant manager blamed the greedy property owner.  And after only nine years Niagara Ceramics shut down.  110 jobs lost!  Company official told state Labor Department officials that there was no way the economy has recovered, because their sales crashed and never came back!  Niagara Ceramics started business in 2004 with at least 240 employees, but began bleeding jobs in 2007.  In Albion, Too Big to Jail JP Morgan Chase shut down their massive office, 412 evil banking minions laid off!  In Lake Grove, the Lake Grove School was closed, 99 jobs lost.

North Carolina:  WakeMed shut down two nursing homes.  197 people unemployed!  WakeMed is expected to loss $15-million USD for its fiscal year 2013.

Ohio:  In Marion, Jack’s Pawn Shop shut down.  The shop owners were known to help out people in need, the shop closure is blamed on a death in the family.  In Dayton, CompuNet closed down their InterMed Patient Service Center.

Texas:  What housing market recovery?  In San Antonio, major cabinet maker Cardell shut down without warning.  900 jobs lost!  Attorneys for the company blame the still crashing housing market.  The company is also mired in $45-million worth of debt and was just hit with hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of OSHA fines.  In Fort Worth, Barnes & Nobel closed down two book stores.  Company official David Deason blamed the bad economy and greedy property owners: “….the sales generated at the store are not at a level that will support keeping the store open…….the owners of the property have communicated that they are committed to breaking the store up into smaller spaces for other retailers that will pay rents in excess of what we can afford. We had hoped that we could find a way to keep the store open, but there just was not interest from the property owner in this case.”

South Dakota: In Deadwood, landmark Miss Kitty’s shutting down.  Miss Kitty’s includes two restaurants and a casino.  The establishment has been up for sale for the past four years, since the owner died. However, it looks like the hiers are tired of waiting for a buyer to come along. City mayor Chuck Turbiville said the closure was “…news to me.”

Washington:  Pierce County laid off six people in their expensive new prison, and warned of many more layoffs to come.  Taxpayers recently approved an increase to the local sales tax, for the express purpose of preventing layoffs.  Now many are wondering what’s happened to the funding.

Wisconsin:  In Oshkosh, tax sucking Axle-Tech laid off 65 people. The company makes axles for military vehicles.  In West Salem, 85 years old Maple Grove Country Club shut down.

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) doesn’t count the hundreds of layoffs involving less than 50 people each, in its mass layoff reports. It also doesn’t count all the little ‘mom & pop’ businesses that shut down.

“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security……..That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013