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Business/Economics, Idaho, International

What Economic Recovery? List of U.S. job losses & store closings for 10 – 11 February 2013: Drug maker quietly lays off more employees than officially stated! Project Transform axes thousands of jobs! More schools going down! Tax man shuts down bakery! More Hollywood cuts despite money making movies!

In California, the company behind the computer effects in the movie Life of Pi, now bankrupt!  Rhythm & Hues laid off at least 200 employees!  The company is apparently broke and can’t even pay employees.

Schmidt’s Bakery and Delicatessen in Colorado bankrupt. 40 people out-o-work.  Former employees must now deal with state tax officials to try and get their final paychecks.  State tax officials seized the company on 08 January 2013.

Idaho National Laboratory (INL) warned of up to 450 layoffs. These are not because of government spending cuts, but are being blamed on increased costs of operations.

In New York, the Horseheads Central School District said they will have to lay of employees and close down at least one school.  They blame it on a $8.2 million USD budget shortfall.  Also, Garden City says they will layoff six firefighters, and a lieutenant reduced in pay. Some of the city officials said the city needed to save money and their fire department was overstaffed.  In Leicester 70 years old Christano Hardware closed down.  Owners blame competition from national chain stores.  A Kmart in Depew will close down by April, 68 people out-o-work. Advanced Monolythic Ceramics shutting down their Ocean factory, 65 people out-o-work. Company officials blamed the bad economy for forcing a consolidation of operations.

Epic Game’s closing its Maryland operation. Company officials said things just weren’t “working out”.

In Pennsylvania, Kettering Corner ice cream shop closed down. The owner says she can’t do it anymore, since her husband died.  And Jonathan Best gourmet grocery store closing down by the end of March.  The owner blamed increased competition.

The Circle II Restaurant in North Carolina seized by state tax officials.  State officials say the owners owe $178000 in back taxes.  The Women’s Choice clinic closed down, no details as to why, but several protesters said they are happy about it.

In Batavia, Illinois, Portola Packaging closing its factory and consolidating operations to Tennessee and Arizona. 76 people out-o-work in Illinois. It’s not that the company doesn’t have the money, they’re spending $12 million USD on upgrading the Tennessee and Arizona factories.

In Texas, Gene Allen’s Gifts closing down its Arlington shop on 15 March. The owner blames the greedy landlord.

Too Big to Jail, U.K. based Barclays increased their planned layoffs to 3700 worldwide!  The layoffs will affect employees in the United States.  The massive layoffs are being called Project Transform.

It’s been revealed that a major drug maker, Pfizer, has laid off more people than it officially announced two years ago.  It turns out that the pharmaceutical company laid off 250 more people at its Groton laboratories, than first stated!

International, U.S.

World War 3: North Korea mobilizing population for war! “All people are soldiers, the entire nation is the frontline!”

11 March 2013/28 Raby’ ath-Thani 1434/21 Esfand 1391/30 Yi-Mao 4711

The official news source for the the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is reporting that the entire population is being mobilized for war.

Rodong Sinmun reporting that farm and labor unions have been deployed as militia units. Retired soldiers have been recalled.

Billboards have been posted in cities with slogans like Toward Becoming a Nuclear Power, and Time for a War to Unify the Fatherland.

International, U.S.

Breaking news: South Korean media says North Korea has officially announced the end of the 1953 Armistice!

11 March 2013/28 Raby’ ath-Thani 1434/21 Esfand 1391/30 Yi-Mao 4711

The Yonhap news agency, in Republic of Korea (ROK), says they’ve listened in on a Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) radio broadcast.  The announcement was made by the Rodong Sinmun, the official news source for the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK).

The broadcast said the 1953 ceasefire agreement is now officially void, and it is time for the “showdown war”.

International, U.S.

Breaking news: North Korea severs hot line to South, as promised!

11 March 2013/28 Raby’ ath-Thani 1434/21 Esfand 1391/30 Yi-Mao 4711

Chinese media reporting that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has cut the hot line from Pyongyang to Seoul.  They cite Republic of Korean (ROK) officials as saying the emergency phone line is no longer working.

Last week the DPRK said they would cut the phone line and consider the 1953 armistice void, if the United States and ROK went ahead with the Key Resolve war games, which officially started on 11 March 2013.

In several official announcements the DPRK basically said the latest UN sanctions, and the continued uninvited presence of the U.S. military in ROK, were the final straws, and threaten nuclear first strikes.

 

Business/Economics, International, Technology, U.S.

World War 3: United States behind most cyber attacks!

10 March 2013/27 Raby’ ath-Thani 1434/20 Esfand 1391/29 Yi-Mao 4711

For all the whining the United States government does about cyber attacks, even going as far as making it an act of war and justifying the extra-judicial killing of hackers, it turns out that the biggest perpetrator is the United States.

According to China’s National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team Coordination Center, between September 2012 to February 2013 89 cyber attacks were made against Chinese public and company websites.  39 of those attacks originated from U.S. IP addresses.

According to China’s National Vulnerability Database, between November 2012 to January 2013, 5792 attempted cyber attacks were launched from U.S. IP addresses.  Also, 2194 of servers using viruses or botnets to control Chinese mainframes are located in the U.S.  And, 73% of phishing sites targeting Chinese e-commerce are based in the U.S.

China is not the only country to point to the United States as being behind most cyber attacks, Iranian officials say they are constantly dealing with cyber attacks coming from the U.S.

Fukushima

2 years later: External water injection partly to blame for Fukushima Daiichi melt downs.

A study involving analysts working for NHK (Nippon Housou Kyoukai/Japan Broadcasting Corporation), and University scientists, found that the initial effort to cool the reactors of Fukushima Daiichi, using fire pumper trucks, was a failure and helped caused the melt down of at least three reactors.

The researchers concluded that 55% of the water never made it to the reactors.  This is because there was no power.  Water entering the cooling system ended up in condenser units rather than the reactors, because the system’s pumps were not working.

Since the 11 March 2011 nuclear disasters Japanese nuclear plants, and local fire departments have been practicing cooling down reactors using fire trucks.  The study showed that if there is no power to operate the internal pumps in the nuclear plant’s cooling system, then at least half the water injected by fire pumper trucks is wasted.

International, U.S.

World War 3: Is China’s vote for sanctions against Korea a trick?

10 March 2013/27 Raby’ ath-Thani 1434/20 Esfand 1391

After defending it’s vote for the latest UN sanctions against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Chinese officials now say they will support the North.

Analysts think China voted for the sanctions for purely political reasons and will not do their part to enforce those sanctions.

An editorial in Japan’s Yomiuri Shimbun pointed out that the latest UN sanctions will not work if China does not enforce them. Apparently China is the lynch pin of the latest sanctions against DPRK.

Former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, believes China is not sincere in their claim of support for the latest sanctions: “There’s no reason to think they’re going to do anything different than they’ve done before. I call this a marginal increase in sanctions.”

 

International, U.S.

World War 3: War Messsage from Supreme Command of the Korean People’s Army

Kim Jong-un is not sole dictator of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.  Korea, north, should be thought of as one huge army base, run by Songun (Sŏn’gun).  Songun is the national military first policy of the DPRK, which means it’s actually the ‘general staff’ that’s making many policy decisions.

The following excerpts are from the  08 March 2013/25 Raby’ ath-Thani 1434/18 Esfand 1391/Juche 102 DPRK war declaration.

“First, the DPRK abrogates all agreements on nonaggression reached between the north and the south.

The frantic Key Resolve and Foal Eagle joint military exercises being staged by the south Korean warmongers together with the U.S. in the land, air and seas of south Korea with huge armed forces, nuclear-powered carrier flotilla, strategic bombers and other nuclear strike hardware involved are open acts of aggression against the DPRK and a vivid expression of wanton violation of all the agreements on nonaggression reached between the north and the south.

The south Korean puppet forces are working with bloodshot eyes to invade the DPRK in collusion with the U.S…… 

Therefore, the DPRK officially declares that from the moment the Korean Armistice Agreement is made totally invalid on March 11 all the said agreements will be completely nullified.

The DPRK will mercilessly punish the enemies through prompt crushing retaliatory strikes, not bound to the above-said agreements, if they intrude into its land and territorial air and waters even an inch and fire even a single shell at them.

Second, the DPRK totally nullifies the joint declaration on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

The U.S. is the arch criminal who introduced nuclear weapons to south Korea more than 60 years ago and has threatened the DPRK with nukes, spawning the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula. The south Korean puppet forces are the accomplices who shielded and encouraged the U.S. shipment of nuclear weapons into south Korea and have danced to the tune of the U.S. in its moves for a nuclear war against the DPRK.

The U.S. and the puppet forces’ nuclear war moves against the DPRK virtually put an end to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula long ago and rendered the joint declaration on its denuclearization totally meaningless.

Hence, the DPRK re-clarifies that the joint declaration on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula has become totally invalid……..

Third, the DPRK will close the Panmunjom liaison channel between the north and the south.

There is nothing to talk to the puppet group of traitors hell-bent on the moves for a war of aggression against the north, blinded with confrontation and hostility towards compatriots. What remains to be done is to settle accounts with them by physical force only…….

We will never miss the golden chance to wage a great war for national reunification.”

International, U.S.

World War 3: China calls for calm after North Korea declares War!

08 March 2013/25 Raby’ ath-Thani 1434/18 Esfand 1391

China voted for the latest UN sanctions against Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, which led to Pyongyang’s declaration of war.

Now China is calling for calm: “China calls on relevant parties to exercise calm and restraint, and avoid actions that might further escalate tensions.”-Hua Chunying, spokeswoman Chinese Foreign Ministry

Chinese officials defended their vote against Democratic People’s Republic of Korea by saying it was “…objective and fair…”

Business/Economics, International, U.S.

World War 3: Israeli soldier desecrates Qur’an, IDF attacks al-Aqsa Mosque! Israel continues attacks on Gaza! U.S. begins Leviathan war games with Israel.

08 March 2013/25 Raby’ ath-Thani 1434/18 Esfand 1391

Israeli soldiers attacked protesting Palestinians at the al-Aqsa Mosque.  Palestinians responded with firebombs.

The protest has been ongoing since Israeli soldiers stormed the Mosque on 03 March 2013.  They broke up a Qur’an recitation, with one IDF troop kicking and trampling the Qur’an.

No mention by U.S. media!

Also not mentioned is that fact that Israel has not stopped attacking Gazans. The latest attack involves an attack by IDF personnel on farmers in the town of Jabalia.   One Palestinian wounded.  This is yet another violation of the most recent cease fire agreement. Last week six Palestinians were wounded by IDF troops in Gaza Strip.

The navies of United States, Greece and Israel have begun two week long war games.  This is a continuation of war games started in 2011 called Noble Dina. The main purpose of the war games is to protect new natural gas operations in the massive Leviathan petroleum fields under the Mediterranean Sea.