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International, U.S.

Ebola Update: IMF & World Bank involved! More proof of Medical Martial Law racism in United States! Nurses go public accuse CDC of Medical Martial Law conspiracy! CDC shit-cans ‘protocols’!

14 October 2014 (04:06 UTC-07 Tango)/19 Dhu l-Hijja 1435/22 Mehr 1393/21 Jia-Xu 4712

“That hospital has issued a directive to all hospital staff not to speak to press. That is a grave concern because we need to hear from those front line workers. We need to hear what happened there…They have them on real lockdown!  ……I am angry because it was preventable in this country! We should be able to contain and eradicate it, but hospitals are not providing adequate training!”-Bonnie Castillo, Registered Nurse Response Network

The unproven accusation by U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s incompetent Tom Frieden, that the infected nurse in Texas got herself contaminated with ebola by not following “protocols”, has got nursing unions in an uproar: “…and we have seen in our hospitals in this country that they have not given us this information [ebola protocols issued by CDC].  And then, when nurses become infected they are blamed for not following ‘protocols’!  That is not going to work!”-Katy Roemer, National Nurses Union

So much for Obama Care making healthcare better!

Now for the racism.

The Dallas, Texas United States, nurse now infected has been given a transfusion of blood from a survivor of ebola, less than 24 hours after being confirmed to have ebola!  Compare that to the evil treatment the man who died got.

Again, the obvious difference between the survivors in the U.S. and the one man that died; skin color!

The dead ‘black’ victim was rebuffed by hospital staff the first time he tried to get help.  Then, once in the hospital, it was six days before he got an experimental drug that was designed for pox viruses, not ebola!

The Dallas nurse, a ‘white’ skinned Asian, gets a proven treatment (blood transfusion from survivor) for ebola immediately?   The infected ‘white’ NBC news cameraman gets a blood transfusion once he’s brought back from Africa?  But the poor ‘black’ man visiting his U.S. citizen son, and who repeatedly told health officials he might have ebola, is put on hold until it’s too late?

So much for Obama Care making healthcare better!

As for that moron Tom Frieden and many of his earlier claims about how well prepared the U.S. healthcare system is for ebola, the Associated Press got a hold of medical records from the Dallas hospital and discovered that 70 healthcare workers could be affected (other news sources say 76)!

On 13 October 2014, CDC director Tom Frieden admitted they have to shit-can all they assumed about preventing the spread of ebola: “We have to rethink the way we address Ebola infection control….this one individual was infected, and we don’t know how…” 

In Germany, a United Nations WHO worker has died from ebola.  The German health officials claim they used “intensive medical procedures” to try and save him.  (The last dose of ZMapp was given to a woman in Norway.)

The UN health worker got infected in Liberia, and was sent to Germany for treatment.  The UN now has 41 of their healthcare and military personnel in observation (basically quarantined).

Now money is involved.  The U.S. based International Monetary Fund and the World Bank are sounding a financial alarm over a possible ebola pandemic (which I warned about).

World Bank bean counters estimate that a 2015 ebola epidemic in Africa will cost the World’s taxpayers $32.6-billion USD.   This is just for Africa, at the yearly meeting of the IMF and World Bank in Washington DC analysts admitted calculating the costs of fighting a global pandemic was overwhelming.

Analysts warned that an ebola pandemic could destroy the already fragile international airlines industry, meaning no more flying anywhere.  This would create an economic domino effect on economies globally, causing an economic isolationism effect (this might be a good thing for millions of unemployed workers wishing a return of domestic industries that were off shored).

The situation is so financially daunting that the World Bank officials promised the UN World Health Organization that finding a way to finance the fight against ebola would be their number one priority for 2015, as opposed to finding a way to fund global economic recovery!

Already ebola has caused a U.S. based tourism company to pullout of their surf camp resort in Liberia.  The successful Kwepunha Retreat surf camp was opened two years ago by graduates of University of California San Diego, but they’ve been forced to shut it down, due to ebola.

Could lack of money cause the viral genocide of many of the World’s societies?

Speaking of money.  Many Liberian medical personnel threaten to go on strike, because their government has not come through with promised danger pay to care for people infected with ebola.  After all, most of the people getting sick are those treating the infected.   Liberian medical workers are also stating that their government has imposed a Martial Law restriction on the reporting of ebola cases in their news media.

On top of that, it was revealed that burial teams (who’re supposedly under the direction of the terror group USAID) have not been cremating the dead, instead have been using mass graves.  Some reports say when they show up to a house where a person has died, the family pays them off so that they can bury the body near their home, and not in a mass grave.  (I’ve already pointed out in past postings that the U.S. CDC is recommending that people in the U.S. be cremated, so why is the USAID directing the use of mass graves in Liberia?)

Why aren’t the Cubans & Chinese getting sick? Australia questions protective protocols! 

Ebola Update, October 9th: Racism & conspiracy in United States? ObamaCare blamed!

Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings 06 – 07 August 2014: “The potential effect on the economy….is huge!” Where’s the beef? as another meat plant shuts down! School sacrifices hourly paid employees to give big salaries to lazy people with college degrees! Yet another coal plant goes down! Office Depot caught ripping off California taxpayers!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

The iconic Great Depression era Tennessee Valley Authority killing more than 2-thousand jobs!  The multi-state federally funded utilities provider blames it on competition with for profit utility companies.  The TVA also revealed they suffered a net lost of $81-million USD during the spring quarter.

California: In Oakland, Sutter Health/Alta Bates Summit Medical Center laid off four more healthcare workers.  In San Francisco, British empire military contractor BAE laid off two employees.

Florida: In Oakland Park, Kmart announced they’re shutting down in November, 112 jobs lost!  Boca Raton based Office Depot announced they are shutting down an additional 165 stores by the end of 2014!  400 stores will be shutdown by the end of 2016!  This affects stores in the U.S. and Canada.  This announcement comes as Office Depot settle a lawsuit for $80-million.  The state of California sued Office Depot for overcharging state government buyers.

Hawaii: In Honolulu, after only five months Meatball Hawaii restaurant shutdown with little warning by the greedy property owner,  the restaurant owner said “Our lease has been bought out.  Today is our last day.”  Also in Honolulu,  Haleakala Solar shutdown and consolidated operations to its warehouse in Halawa, no word on jobs lost.

Illinois: New Jersey based NGR Energy announced they’re shutting down one of their newly acquired Illinois coal fired electricity generating power plants, 250 jobs lost!

Kansas: U.S. Army’s Fort Leavenworth warned of 25-hundred civilian and military personnel job cuts!   Mark Preisinger, the mayor of the city of Leavenworth, cried out “The potential effect on the economy, not only in Leavenworth but across the entire metro area, is huge!”  One commerce analyst said 25-hundred job losses at the Army base would cause a domino effect, killing off 4944 additional regional jobs!

Kentucky: In Louisville, five people lost their jobs with the weekly newspaper LEO (Louisville Eccentric Observer), after it was taken over by the founder’s son.

Massachusetts: Peabody based medical imaging company Analogic announced they’re laying off 50 employees.  As a portent of the worsening economy to come, company officials said they need to reduce costs by $6-million starting in 2015.

Michigan:  The Flint School District laid off 36 non-teaching employees, but then turned around and hired on 10 people to salaried positions, all making more than $67-thousand per year!

Minnesota: The owners of well liked Santorini restaurant shut it down with out notice.  Local news speculated the family owners where in deep debt.  The only official statement from the family indicated they were forced to sell out.

New Mexico:  Santa Fe Community College revealed they’re short $5-million!  The temporary president of the school blames prior administrations for grossly overestimating revenues and handing out raises when the revenues could not support pay increases.  Now the school must cut back.

New York: In Buffalo, God refuses to stop the shutdown of the Buffalo Christian Center.  Greedy religious leaders are selling out to a property developer, claiming it will help them to better do ‘God’s work’.   The sale price was not revealed, but Coldwell Banker said it was well more than $1.44-million!   In Tea Neck, after 86 years Panettieri Brothers Manor Shoes shutdown.  In Amsterdam, Fiber Glass Industries announced they are shutting down in November, 66 jobs lost.  In Jericho, telemarketer CSC Holdings announced it is laying off 86 employees in November.  South Brookhaven Health Center West announced they will kill 93 healthcare jobs at their two hospitals in Shirley and Patchogue.

Oklahoma: In Muskogee, Sears announced they are shutting down in November, 60 jobs lost.

Pennsylvania: The Emerald coal mine being shutdown in 2015, due to crashing demand for coal (not those idiot environmentalist climate change freaks), 500 jobs will be lost!

Tennessee: In Jackson, after 43 years Market Fresh grocery store shutdown.

Texas: In San Antonio, after 50 years meat packer L&H Packing shutdown, 325 jobs lost!  Company officials blame it on the lack of beef cows, caused by ongoing drought.    In Houston, Haven restaurant shutdown.  The owner sold out to competitors, blaming the outrageous rent he was paying.

Wisconsin: In Fond Du Lac, Sears announced they are shutting down in  November, 42 jobs lost.

04-05 August 2014

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 shutdown. It doesn’t count people who get a severance for being laid off.

“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

Idaho, International

World War 3 Afghanistan, 09 – 12 October 2014: Taxis are terrorists? Cops blowing themselves up! U.S. taxpayer funded aircraft abandoned then turned into scrap metal! Police arresting journalists in the name of safety!

Baghlan Province: In Baghlan District, religious leaders demanded a local radio station shutdown.  Local police obliged the religious leaders and shutdown the radio station, in the name of security.  Police also arrested 12 radio station employees, for their own ‘safety’!

Balkh Province: A group of men wearing brand new police uniforms attacked a police base.  Two blew themselves up and at least three were shot and killed.  At least 17 cops wounded in the battle.  A report by Chinese news media made no mention of Kamikaze bombers, but did say 18 cops were wounded by at least two men dressed in police unifroms.

Ghazni Province: In Giro District, yet another claim by government officials that Mujahideen blew themselves up while planting bombs, four killed this time.

Helmand Province: In Lashkargah City, a policeman turned Kamikaze bomber blew himself up at the local police base.  At least one cop and one Afghan National Army soldier killed, two people wounded.

Herat Province: In Obe District, a U.S. drone strike killed at least one person.  Local government officials say it was a Mujahideen leader.

Kabul Province: In Kabul City, a magnetic bomb stuck to a Toyota exploded, but police claim nobody was hurt.  More than 500 Afghans protested against Islamic State, NATO and the United States.  They believe IS, NATO and U.S. are all working together!  The Attorney General announced that seven more arrests have been made regarding the massive Kabul Bank scandal.  Warrants for 21 former bank employees have been issued.   Several Afghan senators said the parliament will reject the Obama regime security deal.

Kandahar Province: U.S. Central Command and U.S. Forces Afghanistan have placed a help wanted ad; they need a new mercenary contractor. The want 600 security guards to patrol the Kandahar airbase. “Only expatriates from the FVEY (Five Eyes) International Intelligence Sharing Network Nations (United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) will be permitted to perform work…”

Khost Province: In Khost City, two people killed, seven wounded after a remote detonated bomb, that was attached to a bicycle, went off.

Kunar Province: Local government officials claim Pakistan fired 103 artillery rounds into Afghanistan.

Maidan Wardak Province: In Syedabad District, three Afghan National Army soldiers and three civilians killed when a Kamikaze bomber rammed his bomb laden vehicle into the ANA convoy.  Eight people wounded.

Paktika Province: In Barmal District, reports that a U.S.-NATO drone blew up a taxi, killing one person and wounding another.

Uruzgan Province: In Chora District, a mini-bus full of passengers ran over a landmine.  Five people killed, 14 wounded.

The British empire country of United Kingdom has stripped one of its Red Coats of his bravery medal.  A former Major in her majesty’s Royal Army had the award revoked by the queen after an investigation by the Ministry of Defense.  MoD officials refuse to reveal the results of that investigation.

The European Union announced they will give Afghanistan even more taxpayer money!  This time $1.7-billion USD going to fund even more “development” projects!

This comes as German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said the reason the occupation of Afghanistan failed was because not enough tax money was spent: “Many things indicate that our biggest mistake has been to pin big hopes on this mission, without investing significant funds.”

The Philippines government announced that the new Obama regime security deal will end the jobs of about 4-thousand Filipinos working on U.S.-NATO bases in Afghanistan. At one time there were 6-thousand Filipinos being paid by U.S. taxpayers to work in Afghanistan.

U.S. taxpayers shelled out $486-million for 20 brand new Italian made C-27 transport aircraft (known as G-222 in Italy) for the Afghan Air Force.  Now 16 of those planes have been sold as scrap metal for $32-thousand!  Before that they sat abandoned at the Kabul Airport.  The remaining four are in storage at the USAF Ramstein AFB in Germany.  The U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) is demanding the U.S. Department of Defense explain why brand new planes were abandonded and then scrapped, instead of selling them off to another air force.

The U.S. Army has concluded their investigation into the 2009 capture of a U.S. Army soldier from Idaho.  He was released this year, however, U.S. Army officials say they are not going to make their investigation results public (pending further review)!

33 air-militiamen and women of the Air National Guard 104th Air Wing Special Security Forces (Massachusetts U.S.A.) deployed to Afghanistan.

International, U.S.

Ebola update: Medical Martial Law as Dallas neighborhood under lockdown threat! Boston Strong hit! U.S. healthcare worker infected, 17 others on hit list! Why aren’t the Cubans & Chinese getting sick? Australia questions protective protocols! No more ZMapp!

12 October 2014 (16:24 UTC-07 Tango)/17 Dhu l-Hijja 1435/20 Mehr 1393/19 Jia-Xu 4712

“There’s an Ebola patient in the neighborhood!”-Lindsey Carpenter, Dallas, Texas, resident describing her roommate’s shocked announcement

“…you hear the helicopters overhead and see the news, and it makes you pay more attention.”-Dina Smith, Dallas, Texas, resident describing the swarm of cops and CDC in her neighborhood

“….it was 5am and I was asleep. I said ‘Who is it?’ And they said ‘Dallas police!'”-Carleen Guerrero, Dallas, Texas resident describing Medical Martial Law police banging on her door

In Texas, a nurse who took care of the 1st person to die of ebola in the United States, is now infected.   But get this, like may healthcare workers who’ve gotten sick, she was ‘fully MOPPed up’ (Cold War era U.S. military term for protective gear).

It was revealed that the nurse was considered by hospital officials to be at low risk of getting infected, because of the protective gear, but was also one of 18 hospital staff that had, since the death of their patient, been ordered to take their own fever readings twice per day. It was during one of those checks that the nurse showed a sudden spike in body temperature.

Dallas mayor Mike Rawlings told news media that the entire apartment building where the nurse lived was evacuated and decontaminated, and is now off limits. He also stated that police “knocked on every door in that block”, but several families in that neighborhood refuted that claim to local news media.  To show you how bad this ebola is, the mayor said even vehicles belonging to sick people must be decontaminated and isolated.  This is an indication that ebola can live for a very long time outside a animal host.

The mayor was not able to pronounce the word decontaminant.

People living in the same neighborhood as the female nurse reported that police said the woman’s dog might have to be put down, although the mayor said it doesn’t look like the dog is sick, but it’s now in the care of the city.  Many residents were upset about that, but I’ve written before that dogs have been documented, in prior African ebola outbreaks, catching and spreading ebola by eating the dead humans who weren’t buried.

The fact that many healthcare workers in full protective protocol are getting sick implies that it only takes one micro-meter of your skin being exposed to ebola to become infected, and indicates this is an extremely virulent strain of ebola.  A nurse in Spain, who became the first person in the European Union to get infected, was also wearing protective gear.  However, she thinks she may have made a mistake in removing the gear, touching her exposed face with her not yet decontaminated hand.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now accusing the Texas nurse of failing to follow protective gear protocols, but at the same time stated they interviewed the nurse and she could not “remember” ever failing to follow standard operating procedures (SOP) for protective suits.  In other words the CDC is making an unjustified accusation (an assumption) against the nurse!

It could also mean that this strain of ebola is airborne.  Most healthcare workers are using the standard paper surgical mask, sometimes with a clear face shield.  If ebola is airborne it might be too small for your standard surgical/dust mask to filter out.

In Braintree, Massachusetts, Harvard Vanguard Medical is now in lockdown after a man arrived complaining of head and muscle aches. He had been to Liberia: “Out of an abundance of caution we immediately notified authorities and the patient was securely removed from the building and put into an ambulance now headed to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. The building was closed briefly but has now re-opened. We are working closely with the Department of Public Health who will determine next steps.”-hospital statement

I’ve been tracking this new strain of ebola outbreak since the end of 2013 when Guinea reported the first cases.  100% of the people who are getting infected are those caring for the sick; family members, friends or healthcare workers.  It seems that a random encounter with an infected person won’t get you infected (unless you get splashed with body fluids), but repeated exposure to an infected person does the job.

Here’s a question: Why hasn’t the Cuban and Chinese healthcare workers in Africa gotten sick?  After all they’ve been on the front lines of this fight longer than any U.S. healthcare workers.

Cuba currently has the largest amount of medical personnel in Africa, at least 15-hundred.  460 of the Cubans are specialists in fighting ebola.  The U.S. responds to ebola by sending combat troops!

Some news reports say Cuba has sent only male healthcare workers to west Africa, do they know a secret about ebola?  So far I have not seen any reports of Cubans getting sick with ebola, but they’re prepared for it: “We have the conviction that perhaps a few will fall ill but the majority will not.”-Jorge Perez Avila, Pedro Kouri Institute for Tropical Medicine

China has about 20-thousand citizens living in Africa.  China has medical teams fighting ebola and is spending record amount of cash to fight the disease in Africa.  So far I’ve not seen any reports of Chinese infected with ebola.

Drug company Sihuan Pharmaceutical (part owned by China, part owned by Morgan Stanley) claims it has an ebola treatment that was originally developed for the Chinese People’s Liberation Army!

In the former(?) U.S. colony of Liberia, the United Nations reports that 41 of its employees are now under quarantine.  20 are UN military personnel.  This action came after two UN medical personnel got infected.  This is another example of how medical personnel using protective gear still got sick.

Because there are so many cases of healthcare workers getting sick, the government of Australia has decided against sending their own healthcare workers to west Africa: “We aren’t going to send Australian doctors and nurses into harm’s way without being absolutely confident that all of the risks are being properly managed. And at the moment we cannot be confident that that is the case.”-Tony Abbott, prime minister

By the way, there is no more of the experimental GMO tobacco based anti-ebola drug ZMapp!  The final dose was given to an infected person in Norway.

Racism & conspiracy in United States?

The U.S. directing Islamic State for future biological attack!

Influenza

3rd U.S. citizen to die of flu! Paranoids swarm new vaccination station! Days after CDC says there’s plenty of vaccines, doctors ask ‘Where are the shots?’ Teachers shot up with insulin, not vaccine! News media warn flu could be a big killer this year!

12 October 2014 (01:56 UTC-07 Tango)/17 Dhu l-Hijja 1435/20 Mehr 1393/19 Jia-Xu 4712

North Carolina reporting their first flu death.  Department of Health and Human Services would only say it was a Wake County elementary school aged child.

A couple of days ago I wrote how the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated there were hundreds of millions of vaccine doses already shipped out, or under production.  Now pediatricians are demanding to know where they are.

“Several companies experienced slower yields than expected. Their flu vaccine is being produced, but it’s coming out slower than anticipated. Deliveries are a little bit behind schedule but they anticipate getting most of it out by the end of October, when most was promised by mid-September.”-Andy Pavia, University of Utah

“This year they’re having trouble developing enough to get the flu vaccine supply going as early as they want. We’re told our supply will be delayed by two weeks to a month, but we really don’t know when we’ll get it!”-Greg Finn, Blue Fish Pediatrics, Missouri

A Missouri TV news report told its audience that this year’s influenza is “as dangerous as it has ever been”, but gave no explanation or citation, except for “Doctors say”.

Perhaps the reports of lack of vaccines and unsubstantiated reports that influenza will be worse than ever is the cause for the Muskingum County fairgrounds, in Ohio, being swamped by paranoids trying out the new ‘drive thru’ vaccination station.

The Zanesville-Muskingum County Health Department says at least 19-hundred people showed up for the one day free flu shot event.  But it wasn’t just a free drive thru flu shot event, it was also a covert biological disaster training event!

Health officials say the free flu shot event was done with the cooperation of several different organizations, in an attempt to prepare for a future ‘health’ event that would require such cooperation.

Riverton, Wyoming, held a similar drive thru vaccination event: “I come here every year and let them shoot me.”-Norma Tatman

Washington’s WSU Spokane’s College of Pharmacy, along with Walgreens, conducted a free vaccination day as well.  About 300 vaccinations were administered.

In Utah, a lawsuit charges that five Parkway Elementary teachers were given insulin shots instead of flu shots last month.  Yes, two  teachers ended up in the hospital, three others were sick!

School officials say the shots were offered through the school’s health insurance provider.  The school nurse who administered the shots has resigned.

Just because the official flu season in the U.S. is from October to May doesn’t mean it goes away during summer. The U.S. CDC admitted there were influenza cases in at least 47 U.S. states during summer. However, the CDC doesn’t post summer flu cases on its influenza tracking site. Also keep in mind that any info the CDC posts on its flu “surveillance” site during flu ‘season’ is at least one week old.

Influenza has already killed two people in Idaho!

Fukushima, Idaho

Fukushima – WIPP – Radiation Fallout: Why does Rudolph’s nose glow? Because Santa’s Reindeer are radioactive! Why is Japan getting hit with so many hurricanes + earthquakes? EPA confirms airborne radiation at the WIPP! Nuke waste shipments on hold for two more years, or more!

11 October 2014 (16:40 UTC-07 Tango)/16 Dhu l-Hijja 1435/19 Mehr 1393/18 Jia-Xu 4712

United States: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) confirmed that some radiation escaped into the air around the failed Waste Isolation Pilot Project (WIPP) in New Mexico, but claims “The public doses were well below EPA’s standards.”

EPA also criticized the Department of Energy’s (DoE) air monitoring system: “EPA identified a number of areas needing improvement regarding DOE’s ambient environmental air sampling network, laboratory procedures and incident response protocols.”

More revelations out of WIPP.  DoE has revealed that one reason why the investigation and clean up is taking so long is that the main means of transportation down the 655 meter (2150 feet) shaft is broken!   DoE officials are trying to make it sound like it had nothing to do with the salt truck fire back on 05 February 2014, but that just happens to be the day the massive elevator stopped working.

DoE officials claim the hoist system stopped working because of soot accumulation on the electrical components.  Just more proof it was a massive fire.

WIPP is now affecting the state of South Carolina.  The Savannah River Site (SRS) has been told that nuclear waste shipments to the WIPP are on hold until at least 2016, or even longer: “Resumption of full scale operations at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant may not occur until 2019 and could cost up to $551 million, though initial operations are slated for resumption in early 2016 at a cost of about $242 million.”-DoE report

I assume this delay in nuke waste shipments also applies to LANL in New Mexico, INL in Idaho and other nuclear laboratories around the United States.

Japan:  I’ve written many times before about how heavy rain floods through the failed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear energy factory, getting contaminated and then flooding into the Pacific Ocean.  Anybody notice how many typhoons have hit Japan this year?  So far there have been 19 western Pacific typhoons, at least four hit Japan directly, and at least two came close enough to cause flooding in Japan.

Now, this years largest typhoon Vongfong (now rated category 6 supertyphoon) is heading to the big islands of Japan.  The current expected track of the supertyphoon will take it right over Fukushima Daiichi, it is expected to be downgraded by then.  On top of that, northeastern Japan was just hit by yet another 6.3 earthquake (followed by a 5.5 quake), in Amoroi Prefecture 400km (248.5 miles) north of Fukushima Daiichi!

About a week prior, Iwate Prefecture (also north of Fukushima Daiichi) got hit with a 5.3 quake.  About two weeks ago Fukushima Prefecture got hit with 5 and 5.1 quakes. About one month ago Iwate Prefecture got hit with a 5.1 quake.  That same month Fukushima Prefecture got hit with multiple 4 magnitude quakes.  About two months ago Fukushima and Iwate prefectures got hit with multiple 4 magnitude quakes.  Three months ago Fukushima Prefecture suffered a 6.5 quake and Iwate a 5.7 quake, on top of numerous 4 magnitude quakes.    There hasn’t been a month in 2014 when Fukushima or Iwate prefectures hadn’t experienced a single 4 to 6 magnitude earthquake.   In fact, the big island of Honshu has been racked by 4 to 6 magnitude quakes all year.

The German news source DW interviewed Michael Maqua, who works for pro-nuke GRS (Gesellschaft für Anlagen und Reaktorsicherheit).  He gave typical assurances that nothing will happen at Fukushima Daiichi when Vanfong hits, but gave this warning: “Apart from physical damages to construction equipment, we could expect radioactive isotopes from contaminated surfaces being washed away and transported into the groundwater or the sea. Over the past days, the concentration of radioactive substances in the groundwater has increased significantly at some of the plant’s measuring points and, according to TEPCo, this was caused by the recent heavy rains.” 

Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCo) has run out its latest unsecured debt financing, and hasn’t paid it off.  No problem, the Japanese government convinced the three banks to simply refinance TEPCo for another six months.  Those Too Big to Jail banks are Sumitomo Mitsui Banking, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, and Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking.

It was revealed that not only has TEPCo failed to pay many of their throwaway workers promised hazard pay, but some of those that did get paid got a whopping $36 USD!  TEPCo had promised $180 per day in hazard pay.

Canada: The Canadian national government has ordered nuclear power plant operators to provide all residences, businesses and institutions living within 16km (10 miles) radius of nuke factories potassium iodide pills.   The decision was made by the Nuclear Safety Commission.  Back in June the NSC advised Canadians to stockpile iodide pills.

Norway: Scientists are alarmed over a sudden 5 times increase in radiation levels contaminating reindeer!

In September the reindeer had 82-hundred becquerels of celsium-137 per kilo.  Compare that to 2012 when they had 1500bq.

It’s not just reindeer but sheep as well, some have tested out at 4500bq!  600bq is the max limit considered safe to eat.  But Norway isn’t blaming Fukushima Daiichi, they’re blaming the 30 years old Chernobyl disaster.

Scientists claim that the gypsy mushroom is soaking up radiation contamination caused by Chernobyl after the 1986 meltdown: “This year, there has been extreme amounts of mushroom. In addition, the mushroom season has lasted for a long time. And the mushroom has grown very high up on the mountains.”-Lavrans Skuterud

Norway is 1686.5km (1048 miles) by air from Chernobyl.  This proves that nuclear accidents never go away!

“…you are killing us…!”

Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings 04 – 05 August 2014: “I think it’s time for all of us to move on.” Canary in the U.S. economic coal mine, McDonalds, says kiss your ass goodbye!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

California: What housing market recovery? In Santa Monica,  RMR Financial (aka Princeton Capital, Mortgage California) announced they are laying off 12 people in October.  In Palo Alto, taxsucker Space Systems-Loral announced they will layoff 53 employees in October.  In Rancho Cucamonga, personal loan maker Springleaf Finance announced they are shutting down in October.  In Corona, legal drugs pusher Actavis announced they will layoff 48 people in October.

Delaware: Phoenix Payment Systems (aka Electronic Payment Exchange) now chapter 11 bankrupt busted, it’s all part of their plan to sell themselves off.

Florida: U.S. pipeline and natural gas power plant operator Entegra Power now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  The creditors will now operate the company.  Entegra Power has operations in Florida, Arkansas and Arizona.

Illinois: Oak Brook based McDonalds now saying there is no economic recovery!  The iconic fast food restaurant told investors that sales are only getting worse! Company officials say their most promising restaurants, in Russia and China, are now under attack by the respective governments, and sales in the U.S. continue to go down!

Indiana: Non-profit behavioral and development treatment center Damar Services laid off 44 employees.  In Thorntown, reports that Railer’s IGA grocery store shutdown.

Michigan: In Birmingham, after 61 years Napier’s Kennel Shop shutdown.  The owner was paid off to become the manager of a rival pet shop.

Minnesota: After 77 years, Roberts Shoe Store shutdown.  The owner blames the bad economy: “Emotionally, it’s difficult. I’m hoping I’m not letting down anyone, especially my in-laws. It’s not a business model that is really workable right now. I think it’s time for all of us to move on.”-Mark Simon

New Jersey: Troubled for profit higher education company Anthem Institute shutting down all four locations in the Garden State, 163 jobs lost!

New Mexico: What housing market recovery?  In Couldcroft, iconic Lodge Resort & Spa to be auctioned off in September.  The partnership between owners has been dissolved.  Also, the U.S. Census Bureau says homeownership is crashing in the Land of Enchantment.  For the 2nd quarter of 2014  it fell to 63.9%, compare that to 1st quarter 2011 when it was 72.8%.  Crashing homeownership rates correspond to skyrocketing unemployment in New Mexico.

New York: In NYC, ARAMARK Business Dining Services announced they are shutting down in October, 28 jobs lost.  In Bay Shore, logistics company Remy USA Industries announced they are shutting down in November, 271 jobs lost!

North Carolina: Ignite Social Media announced it will layoff 50 or more employees (about half its employees).  This is more proof brick-n-mortar operators can’t blame the internet for their troubles, as the company founder Jim Tobin said social media advertising “It’s a rough business…”

Ohio: Obama Care killing jobs with Trumbull Memorial Hospital.  The operator, ValleyCare Health System, says they have to make changes to their nursing program because of Obama Care. They will replace 47 licensed practical nurses with registered nurses and nursing assistants.  In Columbus, Pennsylvania based Giant Eagle grocery store on West Fifth and Grandview avenues being shutdown.  Company officials did not give a date or explanation.

Pennsylvania:  In Exton, envelope maker Cenveo laid off 108 employees!  It’s the result of their take over of rival National Envelope last year.  In York, Macy’s shutting down in October, 69 jobs lost.

Texas: What housing market recovery?  Austin based construction contractor and designer Biscayne Group now chapter 7 bankrupt busted.  Biscayne Group is a major operation that has worked on big projects across the country.  Chapter 7 usually means the company will cease to exist.

Washington: U.S. Army joint base Lewis-McChord warned it will start killing 102 sillyvilian (civilian) jobs in January!

01-03 August 2014

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 shutdown. It doesn’t count people who get a severance for being laid off.

“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

Business/Economics

Sears & Kmart closing update 10 October 2014: Lap Tops, customer account data & Chihuahuas targets of Kmart Krooks!

Sears Holdings has revealed that for at least one month now, Kmart customer account data has been stolen!  Kmart, along with Dairy Queen and Orange Julius,  joins the dozens of retailers and Too Big to Jail banks that have had their customer accounts hacked, since the beginning of the year.

Kmart’s IT personnel didn’t detect the hack job until 09 October 2014, but think the customer account data theft (through malware) started back in September.  They admit that customer’s credit and debit card info was stolen.

In New Hampshire, somebody broke into a Kmart in the middle of the night and ripped off two laptop computers.

In Wisconsin, a man and a woman were arrested for steeling $340 of stuff from Kmart, they were also accused of resisting arrest.

In North Carolina, a man and a woman claim their Chihuahua was stolen from their car while they were shopping in Kmart.   However, they stated they left the sunroof open so the dog wouldn’t overheat.  Police are not investigating pending more information.

Sears claims they got a new $1-billion USD loan last week. You might think all those loans can only be bad news in the long run for Sears Holdings, but did you know JP Morgan-Chase reported that it’s actually JCPenney whose in trouble, with way more loans than Sears Holdings.

The rapidly advancing decline of Sears-Kmart is driving down the value of CMBS (Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities).  CMBS are usually connected to shopping mall owners.

Barclays reported that loans to shopping mall owners, made in 2006-07 were too restrictive, saying “debt service coverage ratios are usually in the 1.2x range and will not be able to withstand even a temporary loss of large tenant.”  This means that everytime a Sears or Kmart (or JCPenney, etc) located in a shopping mall shuts down, the mall owner gets a big financial screw job.

closing update 07 October 2014

Business/Economics, Idaho

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings 01 – 03 August 2014: “We’re simply burned out.” Christian leaders caught ripping off Christian school funding! WWE body slams employees! No more Circle Bar B! More job destruction by greedy property owners!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

Alabama: Alabama Power announced it is switching its Greene County coal fired electricity factory to natural gas.  It will also result in half the employees (about 60) becoming unemployed!  Company officials blame new federal government regulations, which has forced them to spend more than $3-billion USD to change over to natural gas!

California: In Santa Barbara, after 40 years the iconic Circle Bar B dinner theater horse ranch shutdown.  I went to one show (in the late 1980s), it was fun, but the owners of the property say expenses have gone up so much that revenues from the dinner theater aren’t enough, they are looking at other income generating possibilities.   In San Louis Obispo, the state prison known as the Men’s Colony announced they are laying off 66 psychiatric technicians over the next six months.  This comes after accusation that the state prison psyc system ordered technicians to falsify prisoner records.  But the real reason could be that the state is now sending prisoners to contracted mental health care, because the federal government is paying for it.  In Chatsworth, Switzerland based food producer Nestle issued a WARN saying they were killing 353 jobs in October!  State employment officials did not relay a reason, saying “not known at this time”.  In Long Beach, taxsucker Boeing issued a WARN saying 158 people will become unemployed in September!  In Sacramento, after three years doughnut shop Doughbot shutdown.  The two owner-operators said “…these last few years have been…..incredibly difficult. We’re simply burned out.”

Connecticut: Stamford based World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) killed off 60 jobs. WWE claims their revenue remains “strong” but it sounds like investors pushed for the job cuts.

Florida: In Miami Beach, another restaurant done in by a greedy landowner.  Andreas Schreiner of Pubbelly Restaurant Group said their PB Steak restaurant shutdown because “…the rising costs of real estate would not have allowed us to continue to operate PB Steak without raising our prices, which would go against our commitment to our customers, to be a local, everyday eating establishment.” What housing market recovery?  All across southern Florida the federal government seized 21 houses, accusing the Massachusetts (Boston Strong, actually based in Marlborough) based owner, TelexFREE, of scamming immigrants from Brazil and Dominican Republic to the tune of $1-billion USD!  By the way, Too Big to Jail Boston Strong (Fitchburg) Fidelity Bank just agreed to pay $3.5-million for their role in the TelexFREE scam.

Hawaii: In Kakaako, after only eight months the interior design eStyle Hawaii store shutdown!  The greedy landowner kicked them out!  The property is being redeveloped.

Idaho: In Blackfoot, after 15 years Tweedy’s Music shutdown.  The owners revealed there are two speculators competing to buy their property.

Illinois: In Chicago, Forever Yogurt shutdown two brand new stores!  Company officials blame lawsuits from property owners like General Growth Properties (GGP, I used to work for those jerk wads in Idaho).  The lawsuits claims Forever Yogurt owes backdue rent (I know how much GGP likes to charge in rent, and I wouldn’t pay either!).  What automotive industry recovery?  In Freeport, another round of layoffs with troubled Titan Tire, this time 48 employees let go.  Titan Tire supplies tires to farm and heavy equipment makers, and orders have crashed.  Freeport’s mayor is worried: “This is disappointing news at a time when we’ve already had our share of disappointing news.  We are deeply interested in the fate of this plant and its workers, and we’re willing to do anything we can to help because it’s important not only to the area but the entire state.”-Jim Gitz

Iowa:  In Cedar Rapids, British empire United kingdom based internet services company Hibu initiated a second round of layoffs. This time 44 U.S. citizens became unemployed.  Back in April of this year, Hibu killed 184 jobs!  Six of Hibu’s U.S. subsidiaries are already in chapter 15 bankruptcy protection.

Kansas: Virtual network company Chit Chat now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  Company officials blame Sprint for questionable billings.

Louisiana: In Marrero, the Christian God refused to stop the Reverend Mansfield Thompson Educational Foundation from shutting down their Faith Christian Academy, with only a five day notice to “vacate”: “It was like unreal, unbelievable, that they would let us prepare to open and then send us a letter to close.”-Joycelyn Robinson, school administrator

But this shutdown is not about raptured students (what I call DSS or Disappearing Student Syndrome), but about evil Christian leaders caught stealing money.  At the end of 2013 a state investigation revealed Reverend Mansfield Thompson Educational Foundation was probably absconding with the money paid by struggling Christian parents: “At this point, I just want my money back. I paid $400 for registration and I’m getting the run around with that. I just want my money back!”-Ramira Williams

Michigan: In Taylor, Fitness USA shutdown the last of its three Taylor locations.  It might have to do with a discrimination lawsuit filed last year.

New York: In Carle Place, 1-800-Flowers announced it is restructuring, and killing off 220 jobs in October!  In NYC, Bloomberg Media killed about 25 jobs, and killed a TV show.  Company officials said they are “…shifting resources to regions outside of New York.”

Ohio: In Youngstown, the Mahoning-Youngstown Community Action Partnership (MYCAP) warned it will kill 10 jobs with its Head Start education program.  They blame the federal government for cutting off their federal food service funding.  MYCAO is also going away and Development Institute of Denver will take over the Head Start program temporarily.   The World’s largest household products maker (like diapers and detergent), Cincinnati based Procter & Gamble, announced they are killing 100 brands over the next two years, which will equate to job destruction.  Company officials say those 100 brands make up only 5% of their profits.  What housing market recovery?  In Solon, mortgage company ServiceLink announced they’re shutting down in December and killing 211 jobs!

Pennsylvania: Edinboro University warned of more layoffs by the end of this school year.  However, they hinted that if they can stay within budget, and don’t lose anymore funding, then the layoffs will be canceled.  In Lancaster, after three years Fork-n-Spoon Cafe shutdown.

Vermont: The State College system warned that budget cuts wanted by the governor will result in job losses.  The governor wants to cut $1-million in funding.  In May this year, Johnson State College laid off five employees and blamed it on DSS.

Washington: The budget cutting of Redmond based Microsoft will also affected hundreds (if not more) supply vendors/contractors.  Microsoft is suspending vendor access for six months every 18 months.  During those six months vendors/contractors will have to find employment elsewhere.  Local news reports say local vendors are already talking about abandoning Microsoft altogether!

31 July 2014

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 shutdown. It doesn’t count people who get a severance for being laid off.

“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

World War 3: Iraq has proof Islamic State issued Chinese guided anti-aircraft missiles from U.S. backed Qatar!

10 October 2014 (03:08 UTC-07 Tango)/15 Dhu l-Hijja 1435/18 Mehr 1393/17 Jia-Xu 4712

Iraq’s Ministry of Defense reports that one of their Russian made Mil Mi-35M Hind gunships was shot down by so called Islamic State insurgents, with guided missiles given to them by U.S. ally Qatar!  Also, a U.S. made Bell 407 was shot down!

The missiles are made in China and are called FN-6.

VIDEO OF SYRIAN INSURGENTS SHOOTING DOWN HELICOPTER WITH FN-6, AT THE END OF THE VIDEO AN INSURGENT EXPLAINS THE MISSILE

https://youtu.be/vGC_xHUzzM8

Reports say Qatar delivered two shipments of Chinese FN-6 missiles to Islamic State in Syria, where U.S. backed anti-Syrian government insurgents used them to shoot down Syrian aircraft.  Today’s report from Iraq (and published by Jane’s) is the first time Iraqi aircraft have been shot down by Islamic State using Chinese missiles supplied by U.S. allies.

The Iraqi Mi-35M was shot down on 03 October 2014, and the Iraqi Bell 407 was shot down on 08 October.  The U.S. created ‘Islamic State’ has also posted pics of their Iraqi shoot downs to the internet.

U.S…..directing Islamic State for future biological attack!