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Terror attack in Germany, Swiss cops shoot migrants, Russian ambassador killed, U.S. embassy lock-down!
19 December 2016 (14:44 UTC-07 Tango 06) 29 Azar 1395/19 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1438/21 Geng Zi 4714
“All U.S. citizens should avoid area near Embassy compound until further notice….avoid travel to southeast Turkey and carefully consider the risks of travel to and throughout the country.”-U.S. Department of State tweet
A series of possibly connected events sweep across Türkiye and European Union. First the Russian ambassador to Türkiye was assassinated, live on Turkish TV by an off-duty Turkish cop who was protesting Russian support of Syria.
Next, police in Switzerland chased a ‘suspect’ into a Zurich mosque and open fired. At least three people wounded. The mosque is used by African migrants. Zurich cops say the suspect caused an ‘incident’ at a train station.
Then in Deutschland, a semi-truck plowed into a Xmas Market in Berlin, killing at least nine people and wounding more than 50. Cops say there were two people in the truck, they killed the passenger (officially they say the passenger “died at the scene”) and arrested the driver. No pro-immigrant official is willing to call it terrorism. The truck is owned by a Polska based company. The administrators of that trucking company say they lost communications (around 16:00 hours) with the driver and that the truck was off course (apparently the load was going from Italia to Polska). Many European news media calling the situation a “major crisis for Germany” and its pro-immigrant policy. Berlin cops ordering millions of city residents to stay at home and stay off social media!
Now the U.S. embassy in Ankara, Türkiye, is under lock-down.
Today’s events took place after some other significant events: Syria retakes Aleppo from U.S.-EU backed rebels. Iran and Russia hold phone meeting to discuss countering further U.S.-EU support for foreign rebels in Syria. European Union then extends sanctions against Russia.
INVASION OF SYRIA “WITHIN WEEKS”: ASHTON CARTER
HISTORY SHOWS IMMIGRANTS ARE GREATEST SELF-INFLICTED THREAT TO EMPIRES!
A Nation Divided Cannot Stand: Minimum Wage explodes United States?
19 December 2016 (10:44 UTC-07 Tango 06) 29 Azar 1395/19 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1438/21 Geng Zi 4714
Get ready for a Great Migration of workers from one side of the United States to the other, and from rural areas to metro areas. Blame minimum wage increases taking place in 2017.
21 states and 22 cities are jacking up how much a U.S. citizen gets paid as a minimum, and most of the cities raising wages are way ahead of the states. In California the cities of Sunnyvale and Mountain View paying $13.00 per hour. But if you want to live in a state with relatively less regulations then employers in SeaTac, Washington, will start paying $15.35 per hour!
Here’s the list of states paying people more money to work (hey, Right to Work [you over] Idaho, get ready for even more exodus [“IDAHO…LOST ABOUT 14,200 RESIDENTS SINCE 2010”]):
Alaska – $9.80
Arizona – $10.00
Arkansas – $8.50
California – Varies $10.00-$10.50
Colorado – $9.30
Connecticut – $10.10
Florida – $8.10
Hawaii – $9.25
Maine – $9.00
Maryland – $9.25
Massachusetts – $11.00
Michigan – $8.90
Missouri – $7.70
Montana – $8.15
New Jersey – $8.44
New York – Varies $9.70 -$11
Ohio – $8.15
Oregon – $10.25
South Dakota – $8.65
Vermont – $10.00
Washington – $11.00
A HISTORY LESSON IN ECONOMIC DECLINE: POCATELLO & CHUBBUCK
More proof instructions are wrong: AMT Willys Van retro issue
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- Retro issue of early 1970s kit. It was also issued as the ’33 Willys Panel Truck.
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- It should have been an easy build, not quite.
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- They even re-issued the original instructions, which reminded me why I had so much trouble building car kits as a kid in the mid-1970s.
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- Exploded view instructions are vague, lack sequential steps (which turn out to be important) and actually leave out required parts. Hence the mantra Always Dry Fit before glueing.
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- I used black light reactive paint.
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- Supposed to have tilting hood, but not really (unless you want to spend more time scratch building a true hinge system).
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- Not only does the hood not tilt, the tires-wheels don’t rotate. You have to scratch build your own axle rod/pin system.
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- Black light kool.
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- Without and…
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- …with the hood.
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- The decals came from a NASCAR kit.
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- Spartan drag race interior, but there’s plenty of room for kustom kar ideas.
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- Woooo, it’s the ghost of Willys’ van!
REVELL 1937 FORD PICKUP OR WHY MODEL ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS CAN BE WRONG!
MULTI-MAVERICK OR WHY MODEL ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS CAN BE WRONG!
CDC warning Idaho pet owners of plague!
13 December 2016 (11:59 UTC-07 Tango 06) 23 Azar 1395/13 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1438/15 Geng Zi 4714
“During May 30–July 26, 2016, local veterinarians notified public health officials that five dogs and 12 cats were being evaluated for possible plague.”-CDC, 09 December 2016
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now warning Idahoans of plague Yersinia pestis affecting their pets, mainly cats.
By the beginning of Summer dogs and cats in southwestern part of The Gem State possibly contracted the plague bacteria, four cats died.
The CDC studied reports of the cases that were sent to them and recently issued a Notes from the Field: Plague in Domestic Cats — Idaho, 2016, warning of possible epidemic. Pets get the plague from fleas that have been on wild animals, and can spread it to humans.
LOUISIANA MILITIA RESCUES FLOOD VICTIMS & THEIR PETS!
WORLD ANIMAL DAY: EVER WONDER WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR PETS DURING WAR?
Idaho hospital bans smartphones, as lithium batteries set fire to Boise State University!
13 December 2016 (11:33 UTC-07 Tango 06) 23 Azar 1395/13 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1438/15 Geng Zi 4714
Saint Luke’s Health System (supposedly now the largest employer in The Gem State) has banned the spontaneously combustable Samsung Galaxy 7 ‘smart’ phone at all its locations.
The ban applies to employees as well as patients and comes after a charging lithium battery is suspected of setting fire to an office building on Boise State University campus, on 03 December 2016. Smartphones use lithium batteries, and it’s not just Samsung phones that are spontaneously lighting up.
Recently news media in China reported that at least eight Apple iPhone 6s exploded. Of course Apple denies there’s a problem (even though there are increasing reports from around the world of iPhones exploding), just like Samsung first ignored reports about their phones exploding.
Then there’s reports of ‘smart’ phone chargers themselves causing explosions in Australia. 
Fire investigators in New South Wales concluded the fire was caused when the charger overheated the battery causing it to explode. By the way, it was an Apple iPhone 6.
But it’s not just those dumb smartphones, even GPS systems have exploded. In one case it was claimed that by leaving a GPS on your vehicle’s dashboard, exposed to the Sun, can cause the litium-ion batteries to explode.
You can’t use that excuse on all those exploding phones that were tucked away in people’s pants pockets.
A Tesla in Germany that spontaneously combusted
Let’s not forget that lithuim using Tesla cars have been exploding in Germany, United States and Mexico. And as Recently as August Tesla cars began exploding in France!
Just how much do ‘Americans’ love coffee?
“If I have to piss and shit on myself, I would rather be dead!” : ObamaCare destruction November 2016
It must be noted that I started documenting these ObamaCare/healthcare related shutdowns at the beginning of 2014. In that year I posted the reports biannually (every six months). In 2015 ObamaCare cutbacks ramped up and I posted quarterly (every three months). For the past 11 months of 2016 there have been so many ObamaCare cutbacks that I’ve posted a report every month!
Incomplete list of healthcare related layoffs and shutdowns, November 2016:
California: In San Diego, Ardea Biosciences finally notified the state that they eliminated 139 jobs back in July! Israel based Teva Pharmaceuticals issued a layoff WARN for their Corona ops, 29 jobs gone in January 2017. In San Francisco, AthenaHealth notified the state that it would kill 103 jobs right after Xmas! It was revealed that San Francisco based Electronic Health Records (EHR) contractor McKesson eliminated 1-thousand 6-hundred jobs across the country, this past Spring 2016!
Georgia: “…300,000 of our neighbors and fellow Georgians still remain in the health insurance coverage gap and are unable to see a doctor….That number includes at least 32,000 veterans….”–Georgia Budget & Policy Institute
Idaho: Finally after decades of draconian convict policies, and in an attempt to reduce incarceration recidivism, the state Department of Health and Welfare is asking for $11-million tax dollars to provide mental health services for probationers and parolees. Currently The Gem State Department of Corrections has a 35% recidivism rate. The proposed mental health program for probationers and parolees is not connected to ObamaCare.
In Nampa, Holly Lane Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center (owned by ‘christian’ for-profit Tennessee based Orianna Health Systems-Covenant Dove) continues to violate Medicare and Medicaid rules for patient safety. State inspectors accuse Holly Lane of repeatedly putting patients in “immediate jeopardy”. The Nampa nursing home has until January to get its act together or lose all federal funding. Local news media interviewed former patients who say the mistreatment started years ago due to lack of employees. One patient told a state inspector “If I have to piss and shit on myself, I would rather be dead!”
Illinois: In Buffalo Grove, PrimeSource Health Care Systems issued a shutdown WARN, 159 jobs lost starting after Xmas!
Indiana: Becon Health Systems directly blamed ObamaCare reimbursement rate reductions for forcing them to layoff 70 people, 50 of them were homecare workers. Select Medical shutting down its Fort Wayne Select Specialty Hospital, 103 jobs lost by Jaunary 2017!
Iowa: After 40 years Central Iowa Family Planning Services shutting down all its remaining clinics, blaming reduced insurance reimbursements and radically changing healthcare environment.
Kentucky: Generic drugs tester/maker PGXL Laboratories chapter 11 bankrupt busted over claims it was massively overpaid by Medicare.
Massachusetts: Hallmark Health laid off 57 employees because ObamaCare is forcing them to make $16-million in cuts. Brockton Hospital eliminating 64 jobs and shutting down its transitional care unit by February 2017. Insurance company MassMutual laid off at least 150 people as a result of their take-over of rival MetLife! This is despite the fact that local news media report that MassMutal is advertising 3-hundred open positions!
Michigan: It was revealed that publicly announced hirings at Detroit Medical Center hid the fact that the hospital could lose all federal taxpayer funding for failing to meet sterilization rules, resulting in massive layoffs if they fail to comply. Even so, reports also say Detroit Medical Center is eliminating about 240 jobs to reduce costs by $17-million USD! Makes you wonder why they boasted about hiring people.
Minnesota: Hennepin County Medical Center confirmed it will eliminate 275 jobs in 2017 in order to deal with “…increasing cost of salaries, wages, and benefits and the rising cost of supplies, equipment, and pharmaceuticals, together with public program reimbursements [ObamaCare] that are less than the cost of providing care…”!
Montana: Blue Cross and Blue Shield eliminating 12 InfoTech jobs by March 2017.
New Hampshire: It was revealed that Wentworth-Douglass Hospital eliminated at least 24 jobs last month, due to “advances in technology”.
New Jersey: In Whippany, Aphena Pharma Solutions eliminating 70 jobs by March 2017. Interim Healthcare eliminating more than 2-hundred jobs in Hamilton and Voorhees by the end of January 2017!
New York: Respirator maker Caire shutting down their Amherst factory, 142 jobs being consolidated to Georgia by November 2017! Morrison Community Living at Genesee County Nursing Home now for sale, all contracted employees notified of pending job losses due to sale. Drugs maker Pfizer reminded the state that it is still laying off employees as it winds down operations in Rouses Point. Montefiore Care Management laying off 74 people, directly blaming ObamaCare: “…Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement rates have remained virtually stagnant.”-Tracy Gurrisi, director of public relations
North Carolina: California based McKesson laid off 60 EHR employees in Charlotte, in addition to the 16-hundred job losses during Spring of this year.
Ohio: ValleyCare Health System has furloughed employees and reduced hours for others, a detailed explanation was not made public.
Oregon: God powerless to stop ‘his’ non-profit Saint Charles Health System from already shutting down their new Center for Women’s Health in Bend, blaming “staffing-related issues”! When asked for specifics John Weinsheim, president of the Saint Charles Medical Group, insisted “I really can’t.” Facebook posts indicate the year and a half old clinic is losing doctors early next year.
Pennsylvania: C3i Healthcare Connections eliminating 56 jobs in Pittston right after Xmas. Pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts eliminating 97 jobs in Harrisburg by mid-January 2017. LifeCare Hospitals of Pittsburgh-Monroeville eliminating 131 jobs by December! For-profit Sharon Regional Health System began laying off employees and refused to talk to local news media. Some employees went public and said at least 70 people lost their jobs, others are being furloughed and work hours are being reduced. Wilkes-Barre General Hospital began eliminating jobs and reducing work hours due to ObamaCare reducing the number of people going to hospital for help. Easton Hospital instituting furloughs and work hour reductions in rsponse to declining patient volumes, caused by ObamaCare.
Rhode Island: God powerless to stop massive layoffs at ‘his’ Our Lady of Fatima Hospital and Roger Williams Medical Center. Union reps say at least 30 people are being let go, and 20 vacant positions are being eliminated. Woonsocket based CVS Health eliminating nearly 6-hundred jobs across the U.S., blaming “changing market dynamics”!
Tennessee: In Johnson City, the American Cancer Society office shutting down after Xmas, in an effort to be more “efficient” with donations. Brookdale, the country’s largest old folks home service, eliminated 1-hundred jobs in a further attempt to drive down costs, despite already reducing operating costs by 36%!
Texas: In Austin, Seton Healthcare Family issued a WARN saying 129 employees will become unemployed in January 2017!
U.S. Virgin Islands: The tourist trap territorial Hospital and Health Facilities Corporation Board warning of massive healthcare cuts because of ObamaCare. Specifically, it was revealed that Juan F. Luis Hospital is being shutdown for failing to meet federal Medicaid and Medicare standards regarding its HVAC system.
Wisconsin: Cumberland Healthcare eliminating 76 jobs after Xmas, as a result of contracting out the operations of their nursing home.
THE GREAT RENEGER: TRUMP NOW LOVES OBAMACARE!
ObamaCare destruction October 2016: “CONCERNING & CERTAINLY SOMEWHAT PROBLEMATIC.”
Dog robots and breathalizers can tell if you have cancer?
12 December 2016 / 20:57 UTC-07 Tango 06 (23 Azar 1395/13 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1438/15 Geng Zi 4714)
It’s long been known that pets, especially dogs, react negatively to the breath of people with cancer. In China scientists have succesfully detected cancer ions in the breath of cancer victims using a mass spectrometer.
Experimental breathalizer for lung cancer detection
Hefei Institutes of Physical Science-Chinese Academy of Sciences detected seven ions directly conected to esophageal cancer. They claim their mass spectro-breathalizer can detect cancer within three minutes with an accuracy of 85% to 90%. More research is needed.
In Japan, researchers working with dogs notice that not only are dogs good cancer detectors but they actually improve their detection abilities the more they’re used. However, according to NHK (Nippon Housou Kyoukai/Japan Broadcasting Corporation) the ultimate goal of the dog cancer detection program is to eventually replicate it using robots.
HIGH TECH FAIL: JAPAN JOINS THE DUMBING DOWN CROWD!
HIGHEST SKIN CANCER RATE & GOVERNMENT LIES CONNECTED TO IDAHO?
Hospital robot janitor Bioquell to the rescue!
Self Drive Car Fail! Human drivers unable to regain control from robot driver?
12 December 2016 / 20:17 UTC-07 Tango 06 (23 Azar 1395/13 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1438/15 Geng Zi 4714)
“If someone is designing a method for automated vehicle handover, there will need to be detailed research on that specific method. This study is tip of an iceberg.”-Lene Harbott, Revs Program at Stanford
A new study published by the new Science Robotics journal says self driving cars don’t like being turned off!
The article titled Motor learning affects car-to-driver handover in automated vehicles, presented the results of the Dynamic Design Lab study at California’s Stanford University. The study showed that differences between human’s explicit and implicit thinking actually made it difficult to take control of a car that has been under total computer control: “…there is this physical change and we need to acknowledge that people’s performance might not be at its peak if they haven’t actively been participating in the driving.”-Holly Russell, Dynamic Design Lab
DON’T HAVE A HEART ATTACK, SOON ARMY ROBOTS WILL SAVE YOUR ASS!
3RD SELF-DRIVE CRASH FOR TESLA!
GOOGLE SELF DRIVING CAR HITS METRO BUS!
CNN Money: Google patent would glue pedestrians to self-driving cars
DRIVERLESS CARS: SHOULD THEY BE PROGRAMMED TO KILL?
TWICE IN ONE WEEK SECURITY BOT INJURES CHILD! CHRISTIANITY BEHIND RISE OF THE MACHINES?
