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Business/Economics

Show me the money! Move over 1%, the .004% New World Ultra Wealthy are taking over!

19 November 2014 (10:05 UTC-07 Tango)/26 Muharram 1436/28 Aban 1393/27 Yi-Hai 4712

The new phenomenon of ultra wealth is being tracked by the elitist think tank Wealth-X, and the elitist Swiss bank UBS.  They’ve just released the result of their latest survey, which shows the 1% have a new threat known as the .004%, or New World Ultra Wealthy.

Here’s the basic breakdown:

0.004% of the World’s population now controls 13% of global society’s wealth.

While the working class continue to see their earning and spending power decline, the Ultra Wealthy saw their wealth increase by 6% in 2013.  This is more proof of where all the World’s wealth (specifically money-currency) is going.   Another way to look at the Ultra Wealthy is that they are nothing more than money hoarders.

The United States is home to most of the World’s Ultra Wealthy.

South American countries experienced the biggest decline in Ultra Wealthy individuals.  (is this due to a more fair distribution of wealth?)

The majority of Ultra Wealthy men are “self made” (eugenicist Bill Gates is the top Ultra Wealthy man in the U.S., followed by job killer Warren Buffet).  The majority of Ultra Wealthy women inherited their wealth.

The Ultra Wealthy spend an average of $1.1-million USD per year on luxury items.  Luxury items are not things which require mass production, thus creating a lot of jobs.  In other words, the spending habits of wealthy people only benefit an extreme minority of workers, rendering the concept of trickle down economics impotent.

And if you think you need a university education think again.  12% of the Ultra Wealthy have no more than a 12th grade level of education. But if you are going to go to university make it Harvard, that’s where the overwhelming majority of the ultra rich in the United States got their ‘education’.

See the Wealth-X report here.

International

World War 3 Afghanistan, 05 – 09 November 2014: U.S. Army ‘loses’ $420-million worth of equipment, which turns up in the hands of Islamic State! Operation Twinkie can’t save original Twinkie factory! Government admits ‘civilians’ killed by Mujahideen were anything but! More Vets being killed in the U.S.!

Helmand Province: In Nawa District, battles killed at least 16 people and wounded two.

Jawzjan Province: In Aqcha District, reports say two men not from the province were ‘executed’ by vigilantes for unknown reasons.  Some reports say the two men were executed by Mujahideen for being traitors.

Kabul Province: In Kabul City, a Kamikaze bomber managed to get into the police chief’s office and blow up.  At least one person killed and six wounded.  Police say the bomber was dressed in a “civilian suit”.  Prosecutors have declared the nearly $1-billion USD Kabul Bank scandal “resolved” after recovering only $300-million of the stolen international taxpayer funds!  Investigators claim they know where another $600-million in assets are located.  At Camp Morehead the new NATO secretary general,  Jens Stoltenberg, told Afghan military personnel “… you will not stand alone. NATO and our partners will continue to support you…”  But just in case, the President of Russia has once again told the Afghan government that if the U.S.-NATO fully withdraws, and the Afghanistan government still needs outside military help then Russia is there for them.

Kapisa Province: A 38 years old female teacher killed herself.  Relatives say the stress of the U.S. occupation was too much for her.  Ministry of Health administrators say at least 9-thousand people killed themselves in the past year!

Paktia Province: For years the U.S. puppet government in Afghanistan has accused Mujahideen of deliberately targeting civilians, a claim Mujahideen have denied.  Now, for the first time puppet government administrators admit that many ‘civilians’ killed by Mujahideen were actually government agents, officials or security contractors!  Most recently in Zurmat District Mujahideen executed 11 people for being government spies.  The U.S. controlled puppet government initially said they were all “civilians murdered” by Mujahideen.  Now, government administrators admitting the men were indeed contracted security personnel.  If you work for the government, even as a contractor, you are no longer a civilian!

Takhar Province: A woman was arrested for killing her one year old child.  Police are investigating to see if it was due to domestic violence or extreme poverty created by the U.S. occupation.

China has delivered $1-million worth of equipment to Afghanistan, ostensibly to fight the record levels of opium production under the U.S. occupation.

The NATO member and closet wannabe British empire member Kingdom of Norway has pledged even more taxpayer funding for Afghanistan.  This time $110-million for 2015.

In the British empire United Kingdom, a three time veteran of the Afghan occupation was beaten up when he tried to save a taxi driver from being assaulted, then, when he showed up in court to testify against his attackers the judge ordered him to remove his military awards from his jacket!  To add insult to injury, the A-hole judge allowed the two accused to continue wearing poppies, which they claimed proved their support for veterans!

The U.S. Department of Defense estimates that so far this year 4634 Afghan puppet government personnel were killed fighting for the United States.  Last year it was about 43-hundred government personnel killed.  And don’t forget all the civilians that governments don’t count, so that’s at least ten thousand Afghans per year being sacrificed for the United States!  And you silly ‘American’ taxpayers still don’t think Afghans have sacrificed enough for your ‘security’?

The U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) revealed that the U.S. Army officially lost $420-million worth of equipment in Afghanistan, just in fiscal year 2013!!!  Russian news sources say it’s probably even more than that, and that most of it wound up in the hands of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, which would explain their sudden and heavily armed appearance in 2013.

In the U.S. state of Idaho, two Afghan occupation vets died when their Idaho Army National Guard AH-64 Apache gunship went down near Gowen Field in Boise (probably in the OTA).  The two men were senior warrant officers, with decades of helicopter experience.  The cause of the crash is currently unknown.

In the U.S. state of Missouri Operation Twinkie, lead by the mom of a National Guardsman deployed to Afghanistan, gave a lot of deployed militia personnel high fructose corn syrup ‘sugar’ rushes, but did nothing to stop Hostess from shutting down the original Twinkie factory in Schiller Park, Illinois.   Last year mom led Operation Twinkie raised enough donations to send at least 2-thousand boxes of Twinkies and cupcakes to Guard personnel in Afghanistan.  This year Op Twinkie is trying to beat last year’s number of boxes shipped, but Hostess has already killed 400 jobs by shutting down their Schiller Park factory in October!

Afghanistan, 01 – 04 November 2014: Obama helps Iran make money!

International

Australia creates G20 Martial Laws! More proof your ‘fearless’ leaders are a bunch of paranoid-schizoids!

16 November 2014 (21:47 UTC-07 Tango 15 November 2014)/23 Muharram 1436/25 Aban 1393/24 Yi-Hai 4712

The following list of ‘weapons’ was created by the British empire country of Australia in the G20 (Safety and Security) Act 2013, in anticipation of the 2014 Group of Twenty meetings now underway in Brisbane.  It includes items like “eggs”, “banners”, “graffiti instruments”, “insects”, and like the Taliban that their very own Diggers have been fighting in Afghanistan a “kite”!

And if you like building model planes, then you are a terrorist!

The following is from the banned weapons list, and I bolded a few of the more interesting ‘weapons’.

Schedule 6 Prohibited items section 59

1 any of the following under the Weapons Categories Regulation 1997— (a) a category A, B, C, D, E, H, M or R weapon (b) a restricted item

2 any of the following within the meaning of the Weapons Act 1990— (a) an antique firearm (b) a knife (see that Act, section 51(7)) (c) a major component part of a firearm (d) a shanghai (e) a slingshot (f) a sword

3 any of the following— (a) a captive bolt humane killer (b) an explosive tool (c) a bow, whether a longbow, a compound bow or another type of bow (d) a spear gun (e) a replica of a firearm, crossbow, longbow or spear gun (f) an arrow (g) a blowpipe (h) handcuffs (i) a whip (j) a device capable of being used to interfere with broadcast or communication devices, including, for example, a communications jamming device (k) a cattle prod or other electrical device used for the management of livestock or other animals (l) an explosive, including, for example, fireworks or flares (m) glass bottles or jars (n) metal cans or tins (o) projectiles, including, for example, stones, ball bearings or eggs (p) hand tools (q) metal spikes, nails or tacks

4 a placard or banner to which a timber, metal or plastic pole is attached or a banner more than 100cm high by 200cm wide

5 a noxious or offensive substance, including, for example, urine or animal manure

6 an offensive weapon, including anything used as a weapon or capable of being used as a weapon, including, for example, a baseball bat or fence paling being carried by a person participating in an assembly

7 a graffiti instrument within the meaning of the Summary Offences Act 2005

8 a reptile, insect or other animal capable of causing physical harm if released in close proximity to a person

9 an item (including, for example, a lock-on device or sleeping dragon) capable of either of the following— (a) attaching a person to an object or another person (b) impeding removal of any locking or connecting device

10 a chain, cable or anything else capable of securing objects together for the purpose of causing an obstruction

11 a communication device, other than a mobile phone or other telephone, capable of being used to organise activity designed to disrupt any part of the G20 meeting, including, for example, a two-way radio or a loud hailer, whether powered or not

12 part or all of a traffic barrier

13 any of the following things capable, directly or indirectly, of disrupting any part of the G20 meeting— (a) a thing capable of emitting a sound loud enough to disrupt the part of the G20 meeting, including, for example, a horn or a hand-held marine warning device (b) a thing capable of emitting a sound that can distress or upset a dog or horse (c) a smoke bomb or other smoke device (d) an object commonly known as paint bomb, flour bomb or similar item capable of being thrown or propelled, including, for example, a paper bag containing flour that is intended to be thrown or a plastic container containing paint that is intended to be thrown (e) a thing that is not a weapon but is capable of being used to cause harm to a person (f) flammable substances (g) a laser pointer (h) a laser device capable of being shone onto an aircraft or of projecting an image (i) a thing capable of being used to climb a barrier (j) a thing capable of being used to construct a stage, platform, tripod or tower or a structure similar to a stage, platform, tripod or tower, other than a camera tripod

14 a thing capable of disguising or concealing the identity of a person including camouflage paint or cream, a mask or a balaclava, but not including headwear, worn by a member of a religious group, of a type customarily worn by members of the group

15 a manually operated surf ski or surfboard, kayak, boat or canoe

16 a floatation device 

17 a kite or other device suspended by airflow and controlled by a string or cord attached to it

18 a remotely controlled device, including a vehicle or a model of a vehicle, including, for example, any of the following operated by remote control— (a) a toy car (b) a model plane (c) a drone or unmanned aerial vehicle

19 a thing purporting to be a Commonwealth accreditation or access approval, that is not genuine

20 a thing purporting to be an identity card for an appointed person or a police officer, that is not genuine

21 any other thing prescribed under a regulation

Obama… Outspends rivals… on hotel during G20 meeting! 

International

World War 3 Afghanistan, 01 – 04 November 2014: Afghan cops rebel over loss of U.S. taxpayer income by selling U.S. funded weapons to Mujahideen! U.S. occupation equals big money for Iran, with help from Obama regime!

Badakhshan Province: In Argo District, battles resulted in at least eight people killed.  In Wardoj District, major battles resulted in at least 44 people killed.  Local police say the battles were over control of 20 villages and the rescue of police believed to have been taken POW by Mujahideen.

Ghazni Province: In Gilan District, Ministry of Defense says battles resulted in at least five people killed, eight wounded.

Herat Province: In Shindand District, a local government police base was attacked with artillery and machine guns for an hour, at least three people wounded, an undisclosed number of people killed.

Kabul Province: In Kabul City, Afghan news investigations have revealed that local police in three provinces have gone without pay for at least three months!  As a result they’ve started selling their U.S. taxpayer funded weapons to local Mujahideen.  The Afghan Ministry of Interior denies the allegations, however, Afghan news media have interviewed several police chiefs from Ghazni, Logar and Maidan Wardak provinces who said that most of their funding came from the United States and for some reason it stopped three to four months ago.  As a result they’ve begun selling their weapons and ammo to Mujahideen, and hundreds of cops have joined Mujahideen.  The police chiefs claim many of their police and their families are now starving due to no incomes.

Kandahar Province: In Kandahar City police shot and killed a man riding a motorcycle.  They claimed he was a Kamikaze bomber, but Mujahideen have not claimed him as one of their own.  The deputy governor of Kandahar was assassinated while taking a class at the university, the assassins escaped.  Reports say he was sniped through the classroom window.  In Maiwand District, Afghan National Army personnel reported they called in NATO airstrikes, killing at least four people.

Khost Province: In Sabari District, Ministry of Defense officials say battles resulted in at least seven people killed, eight wounded.

Kunar Province: In Dangam District, local administrators blame artillery fire from Pakistan for wounding two people.

Laghman Province: In Laghman City, an Islamic State style attack as three people in a car were killed, four wounded, after being shot up by passing gunmen.   In Alisheng District, an artillery attack killed one person and wounded six.

Logar Province: In Azra District, a Kamikaze bomber attacked Afghan National Army and Police personnel, killing nine people and wounding 20.

Nangarhar Province: In Chaparhar District, local government officials claim they’ve killed five insurgents, and captured 100.  They said many are from Pakistan, however, Afghan Mujahideen say the people now in government prisons are not only not from Pakistan but are local villagers who’re not even members of the Mujahideen.  It sounds like a land grab op by local government administrators.

Paktia Province: In Gardez City, an explosion in a market killed 24 people and wounded 23.

Parwan Province: Bagram airbase was hit with artillery fire.  The Afghan Ministry of Defense says the arty round hit the infamous U.S. created torture prison, at least 25 prison victims wounded, one killed.  U.S.-NATO-ISAF condemned the attack on their torture prison.

NATO member Turkey has agreed to host police training for 200 Afghan women.  The women will be trained in Turkey for four months, there was no mention of who was paying for the training.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry announced that economic trade with Afghanistan is now at a record $4-billion USD per year!  Despite the U.S. occupation Iran has built roads, power lines, border stations and many other infrastructure projects linking the two nations.

This comes as The Wall Street Journal investigation revealed that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) actually turned to Iran for financial help in Afghanistan, in direct violation of U.S. sanctions against Iran! (Barack Obama is the Commander in Chief of the DoD)

The commander of the Army National Guard (from the U.S. state of Oregon) was returned to the U.S. for ‘health’ reasons.  The exact reason was not made clear.

Several members of the Army National Guard’s 19th Special Forces (Utah U.S.A.), and veterans of the Afghan and Iraq occupations, are in big trouble for using taxpayer funded property and even an M109A6 Paladin SP gun, in a booby video!  The video shows scantily clad women, with their breasts about to pop out of their tops, catwalking with assault rifles and rubbing themselves on military vehicles.  The “behind the scenes” Hot Shots Calender video was made on Camp Williams (I been there a few times), which is also home to massive civilian data collection ops.

In the U.S. state of Michigan, protestors announced plans to demonstrated outside the Battle Creek Air National Guard Base.  The base is home to armed Reaper UAV (aka RPV, drones) ops.

After being based on Bagram airbase more than 300 air-militia-personnel of the Air National Guard’s 187th Fighter Wing (Alabama, U.S.A.) returned home.

Business/Economics

Obama tells another big lie: Off shoring U.S. jobs creates U.S. jobs?

10 November 2014 (02:46 UTC-07 Tango)/17 Muharram 1436/19 Aban 1393/18 Yi-Hai 4712

At today’s meeting of APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation) leaders, Barack Obama straight up said that the creation (off-shored from United States?) of billions of jobs in the Asia Pacific region “supports millions of jobs in America”!

In 2012, a Economic Policy Institute report revealed that between 2001 and 2011 an impressive 2.7-million U.S. jobs were off-shored to China!  That’s 2.7-million jobs destroyed, not “supported” mister ‘president’, within the United States!

In 2011, the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation estimated that the adoption of new standardized business leasing rules, between Asia, North America and Europe, could kill off another 190-thousand to 3.3-million U.S. jobs!  (is this the real reason traditional brick-n-mortar stores are being shutdown?)

Apparently the Obama regime thinks by making things easier for Asian countries to do business with the U.S. that it will result in more U.S. jobs.  Anybody remember NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)?  Remember the independent presidential candidate who said there would be a “Giant sucking sound” of jobs going to Mexico?  Turns out that NAFTA was directly responsible for killing off 1-million jobs in the United States!

A recent report says not only did NAFTA not keep any of its promises for U.S. workers, but it actually did the reverse; it destroyed the U.S. economy.  The report warns of even more dire consequences as a result of the new Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

The TPP is one of many trade deals being considered by the United States and APEC.

During Obama’s APEC speech, on 10 November 2014, he repeated a false claim that he made the day before during a CBS Face the Nation interview: “…we’ve created more jobs in the United States than every other advanced economy combined since I came into office.”

Obama is insane!  He’s obviously suffering from what I call Marie Antoinette-ism.  She’s the queen who had her head cut off because she actually thought the French economy was great, even though starving and dying mothers and their children littered the streets of Paris!

According to a Tampa Bay Times report, Barack Obama isn’t even close to being correct about his claim to have “created more jobs in the United States than every other advanced economy combined”!

The journalists used International Monetary Fund data to show that the U.S. has not created more jobs than other ‘advanced’ economies, in fact it’s the other-way-round!

Why is the president of the United States so incredibly out of touch?

Business/Economics

Cuba Rising: New deals with Europe, Asia, North & South America will leave the U.S. economically isolated?

08 November 2014 (05:03 UTC-07 Tango)/15 Muharram 1436/17 Aban 1393/16 Yi-Hai 4712

Cuba is stirring trouble in the ‘backyard’ of the United States, again.  This time it looks like Cuba wants to beat the economic pants off Uncle Sam, but it’s Uncle Sam’s own doing.

A year ago Cuba opened the port of Mariel to international investment and development projects, such as renewable energy, logistics, biotechnology, food and light industries.

As of 06 November at least 36 countries have expressed interest.  Cuban administrators are narrowing down the candidates to the top offers, including offers from Spain, Italy, Vietnam, China, Russia, France, Brazil, Netherlands and Canada.  Acceptance of the top offers will be made sometime between now and the end of 2015.

On 07 November, a representative of the European Union told a crowd at Havana’s International Trade Fair that the EU is ready to pour money into Cuba (supposedly while the EU is struggling economically itself).  The massive investment will be through the Cuban Portfolio of Projects for Foreign Investment.

After decades of nationalized sugar production (part of the reason for the Revolution), Cuba is now opening its sugar industries to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI).  This means sugar producers in the United States could be faced with a new competitor, and perhaps sugar prices will go down.

Cuban administrators are asking for a minimum $40-million USD investment for each of its sugar producing projects.

The British empire’s United Kingdom (the true mortal enemy of the United States) has signed a memo of “Understanding” with Cuba.  The United Kingdom has already been busy investing in the Caribbean country.

Cuba and Mexico have agreed to expand economic cooperation.  31 Mexican economic projects are being considered by Cuba.  Despite protests by the United States, Mexico resumed diplomatic relations with Cuba.

At the beginning of September, the Obama regime renewed the 54+ years of economic sanctions against Cuba.  Ironically the only ones getting hurt this time are U.S. corporations who could be making bank doing business with Cuba.

In October, and for the 23rd year in a row, the United Nations overwhelmingly told the United States to end its sanctions against Cuba.  The vote is symbolic, but for two decades the only countries voting in favor of the United States are itself and evil Israel!

International

World War 3 Afghanistan, 29 – 31 October 2014: China gives away even more! Millions in U.S. taxes continue to disappear, with proof the U.S. is creating a prison planet! U.S. will use Afghanistan as FOB against China, Russia & Iran! Rare vampires make appearance!

Kabul Province: Near Kabul City, the U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan’s Reconstruction (SIGAR) discovered that $10-million USD in taxes meant for the expansion of the Pol-e-Charkhi prison, disappeared!   Supposedly the money was given to a company based in the U.S. ally nation of Qatar (Al Watan Construction Company aka AWCC).  SIGAR investigated the fraud when independent journalists documented the haphazard construction work on video.  To show you that the Obama regime is behind the creation of a prison planet, the Pol-e-Charkhi prison expansion project came at the request of the U.S. Department of failed State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs.  In Kabul City, a hand grenade exploded at a checkpoint in the 5th police district, three civilians wounded.  The Kabul Police Department has now declared the private ownership of military/police uniforms to be illegal.  Stores selling uniforms must hand them over to the police.   In another part of the city, a wrestling champion was assassinated. And in another part of the city, a Tae Kwon-do champion was also assassinated. Police say they have no clues as to who is killing off national athletes.   NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) revealed one of their personnel was killed, however they refuse to give details, other than claiming it was not from combat.

Afghan news media reporting that Afghans are being recruited to fight for both the Islamic State in Syria, and for the government of Syria.  It’s estimated that 3-thousand Afghans are fighting each other in Syria.

The Wildlife Conservation Society reports a rare vampire deer has appeared in Afghanistan.  It’s a type of musk deer, instead of antlers it grows saber tooth cat like fangs.  The last documentation of the fanged musk deer in Afghanistan was 60 years ago.  It is considered an endangered species.

Kandahar Province: In Maiwan District, once again, government officials say Mujahideen blew themselves up by accident while making bombs.  Three people killed.

Kunar Province: Government officials say 11 artillery rounds fired from Pakistan impacted in Sarkano District, wounding two women.

Logar Province: After a year and a half, Mujahideen released a Russian helicopter pilot they captured.  They said it was because he became sick, and he promised never to work in Afghanistan again: “…due to health reasons and after reaching an understanding with the concerned country and after taking an oath that he shall never work with the Kabul regime in Afghanistan under any pretext but shall immediately leave for his country….Similarly, a solemn promise was also taken from his Afghan counterpart that he shall never carry out activities detrimental to the Mujahideen and in support of the invaders.”-Mujahideen/Taliban/Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan statement

Russia’s Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation has announced the U.S. taxpayer funded deal to deliver 63 Russian made Mil 17V-5 helicopters has been fulfilled.  But there’s still another 12 U.S. made helicopters on the way.

The British empire Australian Department of Defence has declared Afghanistan to be safe, justifying a cut in its combat pay for Diggers.  But wait, the cut in pay also applies to those Diggers now being sent to fight Islamic State in Iraq!

China has promised the new Obama regime puppets, now controlling the government of Afghanistan, $327-million in additional aid through 2017!  That’s on top of the $81-million being paid out this fiscal year.  The Obama regime is happy: “China’s view of engaging in Afghanistan over the course of these past few years has really changed significantly, and in our view, in a very positive direction. It’s a real demonstration of China’s commitment to Afghanistan, to its role in the region and one that we greatly welcome.”-unnamed U.S. Department of failed State official, quoted by Reuters

California U.S.A. based Afghan-Pakistan think tank, New World Strategies Coalition (NWSC), says the U.S. will keep military/intelligence personnel in-country, to use Afghanistan as a Forward Operating Base to spy on other countries: “Afghanistan used to be a ‘buffer state’ and will now be transformed into an ‘observation tower’. It is in a perfect strategic location for the United States to monitor nuclear Iran, nuclear Pakistan, Russia and China.”-Khalil Nouri, co-founder NWSC

The U.S. state of South Carolina has declared they have no Guard personnel deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, and they’re glad: “It’ll the first time now in a little over a decade that all those soldiers and airmen will be back on American soil, it’s real good news for us.”– Brigadier General R. Van McCarty

About 24 militia-personnel of the Army National Guard’s 814th Medical Company Area Support (North Dakota U.S.A.) returned from Afghanistan.  The unit has been slowly returning home since the beginning of the year.

About ten militia-personnel of the Army National Guard’s Fixed Wing Operational Support Airlift Command Detachment 18 (New Hampshire U.S.A.) deploying to Afghanistan.

Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings, 01 – 03 September 2014: High school drop-outs see 46% decline in wages! School district turns to used car sales? More state & city government ass-holes killing off jobs! “Most of these churches, if you go into them, you see very small congregations…” God’s rapture kills another church?

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

California: Corporate executive security company, Security Industry Specialist, warned they will kill off 335 jobs in October!  San Francisco based legal drugs pusher Exelixis warned it will kill 160 jobs!  The company’s drug for a specific type of thyroid cancer failed to work on prostate cancer.   More proof the internet is not killing brick-n-mortar stores; Los Angeles based internet women’s clothing company Nasty Gal laid off at least 28 employees.  Company officials said it was part of their “vision of the future”.  In Burbank, Warner Brothers movie maker trying to kill hundreds of jobs through buyouts!  It’s blamed on Aussie Rupert Murdock backing out of his takeover offer, and parent company Time Warner’s (Turner Broadcasting) ordering of massive job culling across all its operations.  In Simi Valley, Too Big to Jail Bank of America warned it will kill 36 jobs in October.

Colorado: What housing market recovery?  West Metro Fire Rescue is recommending job killing and a 3% pay cut due to voters rejecting a levy that would have increased local tax funding.  Fire administrators blame their lack of funding on crashing home values.   The ignorant firefighters don’t seem to realize that you can’t squeeze blood from a turnip, in other words the taxpayers are maxed out due to their own crashing revenues and even unemployment!  “It’s the economy, stupid!”-attributed to Bill Clinton

Florida: In Myrtle Beach, after only a few years the Celtic themed Tilted Kilt pub shutdown, despite having 17 years to go on their lease!  According to local reports the franchisee owner sold out to somebody else, and company administrators refuse comment.

Georgia: Fort Valley University laid off 14 employees due to a 38% crash in enrollment ( what I call Disappearing Student Syndrome, DSS).  School administrators said more “tough measures” will follow.

Louisiana: A company connected to the 2010 Gulf (why do so many Canucks and New Englanders pronounce it Golf?) of Mexico oil spill is now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  Matagorda Island Gas Operations was one of four companies accused last year by federal regulators of refusing to comply with an order to hand over documents relating to the 2010 disaster.  This bankruptcy might be a way the company is trying to get out of paying fines, because its assets far out way its debts.

Maryland: More proof the internet is not killing brick-n-mortar stores; Zenimax Online Studios killed an undisclosed number of jobs, despite claiming to “invest heavily” in its new online game.  In the Port of Baltimore, state administrators killed off plans by CSX Transportation railroad company to use double stacked container cars.  CSX has promoted the plan for five years, saying it’s needed to deal with demands for increased freight shipments, which would have created more jobs.

Michigan: Detroit based Compuware was sold off, company administrators warn massive layoffs to follow. Compuware is now owned by California based Thoma Bravo.  Detroit Public Schools are so desperate they’re now in the business of selling used cars!  Specifically, the school system auctioned off 18 surplus police cars.  I couldn’t find any reports on how the school district got a hold of the former cop cars.  More proof Michigan is a failed state; the Michigan League for Public Policy reports that overall wages have crashed 10% since 1979.  When you break it down by sex and education, low wage earning men saw a whopping 31.2% decline in pay, while adults with no high school diploma saw a 46.3% crash in earnings!  God refuses to stop the shutdown of the Saint Louis the King Church in Detroit.  Catholic administrators blame crashing membership (rapture?): “Most of these churches, if you go into them, you see very small congregations….The contributions, even when merged with all three churches, are very low, so, you can’t maintain everything.”-John Karpiej, 38 year church goer who was apparently ‘left behind’

Missouri:  Noranda Aluminum is killing 200 jobs and halting its expansion of a smelter!  Company administrators blame skyrocketing utility costs.  They even asked the state utility commission to grant a 25% reduction in their electricity bill, which was denied: “The long-term future of this plant depends on our ability to secure an affordable and competitive power rate.”-Kip Smith, CEO

New Mexico: After 35 years Cottonwood Printing shutdown by the city of Albuquerque, 12 jobs lost.  Albuquerque city A-Holes are seizing the property under their Imminent Domain law, so they can build a road.

New York: It was revealed that Obama Care killed jobs with Rural/Metro Medical Services, last month.  Company administrators finally notified the state that they were forced to consolidate their medical billing services, killing off at least 68 jobs.  In Endicott, Jim’s Formal Wear warned it will shutdown in November, 61 jobs to be lost between December and January.   In Bronx, SCO Family of Services’ warned it is shutting down their homeless shelter in November, 27 jobs lost.

North Carolina: I warned back in February that iconic cereal maker Kelloggs was about to launch its job killing operation Project K.  Local news reports say Project K has begun with the first victims, numbering 161, to be made unemployed in January!  The job killing under Project K is said to last until 2018!   Company officials say they’re hopeful they can cut their costs by $475-million over the next four years, meaning they are not optimistic about any economic recovery!  North Carolina’s tax breaks for the TV-Movie industry are proving to be a big fail.  Producers of the series Banshee are moving to Louisiana, blaming it on the high cost of doing business in the Old North State.  State administrators claim they will lose $40-million as a result!

Oregon: In Portland, Produce Row Cafe beer bar shutdown: “It is with a heavy heart that we close Produce Row today for an indefinite hiatus. We understand this is a surprise for many and know that we could not be more grateful for all of your support over the last 40 years.” 

Pennsylvania: In Lemoyne, after 18 years Bob’s Bagels & Philly Style Hoagies shutdown.

Rhode Island: Providence Newspaper Guild killed 22 jobs, it’s the result of being taken over by New Media Investment Group.  Local news reports said non-Guild positions were killed off as well.  After 31 years French restaurant Basil’s of Narragansett shutdown because the greedy property owner refused to reduce the rent.  Local news reports say the owners of the restaurant were active in supporting the community.

South Carolina: In Eutaw, after 29 years Chef’s Choice Steakhouse shutdown: “These are difficult times. Financially, steak prices are really high. It is hard to make ends meet. It was a tough decision for us to make.”-Dareen Bell Connor, co-owner

Utah: In Saint George, Iowa based Blue Bunny shutdown an ice cream factory, 100 jobs lost!   company administrators claim they must consolidate operations back to Iowa to “remain competitive” in this suck-ass economy.

Virginia: Tysons Corner based newspaper USA Today killed more jobs.  This time as many as 70 people rendered unemployed.  Company administrators said they are shifting to “self sufficient reporters producing publication ready copy”, which probably means reporters who can handle all aspects of news gathering like being their own assignment editors, camera operators, writers, copy editors, etc.  (hey, I’ve done that for almost two decades, working for small market NBC TV affiliates, and now BBN!) In Troutville, after 32 years the Waffle House shutdown.  The restaurant owners claim they are moving to a new location that can increase profits, in other words the old property owner wants more rent.

30-31 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

International

World War 3 Afghanistan, 25 – 28 October 2014: More Afghan government personnel attacking their own government? More mystery deaths of U.S. personnel! More proof Islamic State is in Afghanistan!

Badakhshan Province: Afghan police claim they’ve captured 220kg (485 pounds) of refined opium.  In Wardoj District, Mujahideen attacked several police checkpoints.  Government officials report that 17 cops are MIA, believed to now be POWs.  Four cops were killed.  Apparently the district was liberated by Mujahideen, as government officials launched an offensive to retake the area.  Government officials claim they killed 15 Mujahideen in the offensive, and discovered that many of the ‘Mujahideen’ are from Chechnya and Uzbekistan.  The offensive involved U.S.-NATO airstrikes, many civilians claim they were targeted by the airstrikes, with three villagers being wounded.

Helmand Province: In Marja District, Afghan police claim they’ve captured 420kg (925 pounds) of refined opium.  In Nad Ali District, a U.S.-NATO drone airstrike killed two men on a motorcycle.  Villagers say the men were car mechanics on their their way to work.

Herat Province: Mujahideen attacked a police base, killing two cops and wounded dozens more.  Police say the attackers are now holed up in a house, which is surrounded.

Kabul Province: In Kabul City, reports of three artillery rounds impacting the area that is home to embassies and diplomatic missions.  Police say the only casualty was a single tree.   In demonstrations held at Kabul University students were seen waving Islamic State flags.

Khost Province: In Yaqoobi area, an Afghan National Army soldier killed by explosion.

Kunduz Province: At least three men wearing Afghan National Police uniforms attacked a security base, killing six government attorneys and cops, and wounding ten others.  Police say all of the attackers were killed.  Mujahideen admit the men wearing police uniforms were  infiltrators, Mujahideen also report they’ve attacked responding police units using a Kamikaze car bomber.  Mujahideen say their attacks resulted in at least 24 deaths.

Laghman Province: In Qarghayee District, a villager was detained by government security personnel. Witnesses say the villager made a break for it, and the national government cops blasted away at him with machine guns.  The result was that one grade school student was killed, another student and two villagers were wounded by stray bullets.  Apparently the detained villager got away.

Nangarhar Province: In Khogiyani District, witnesses say government contracted security forces (Arbaki) machine gunned a taxi carrying six people.  Four of the passengers were killed, the driver and one other passenger might not survive their wounds.

Parwan Province: In Bagram District, reports that a Kamikaze bomber attacked a government dismounted patrol.  Mujahideen claim it was a U.S. patrol and that eight were killed, six wounded.  No comment from government or U.S.-NATO officials.

Saripul Province: In Kohistan District, at least 25 government contracted security personnel (Arbaki) switched sides and became Mujahideen.

A Washington Post report says the democrat dominated U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee is recommending that U.S. taxpayers be raped for even more money to give away to Afghanistan, “tens of billions” more!

A U.S. Navy Reserve pilot was found dead at the U.S. base in Qatar.  He is the second U.S. officer to die at the base in October.  Qatar is U.S. CentCom’s jumping off point for operations in Afghanistan.  The USNR officer was a couple of years away from retirement, his death is under investigation.

After a few months of deployment, 115 militia-personnel of the Army National Guard’s 1569th Transportation Company (New York) returned to the U.S. from Afghanistan.   While in Afghanistan 40 of the militiamen qualified for Germany’s Armed Forces Badge for Weapons Proficiency (aka Schützenschnur).

After several months of deployment, 208 militia-personnel of the Army National Guard’s 108th Sustainment Brigade (Illinois U.S.A.) returned from Kuwait, where they supported the Afghan occupation.

Militia-personnel of the Army National Guard’s 195th Forward Support Company (Nebraska U.S.A.) will deploy to Afghanistan.

International, U.S.

Ebola Update, 02 November 2014: “We had hoped this wouldn’t happen” Oregon 1st case? China joins Obama, sends in the troops! Korea quarantines everybody! New threat, Mosquitos! This is good for business?

Canada: The British empire’s Great White North joins a growing list of countries banning travelers from ebola hot zone countries.

China: In another move to prove the ‘western’ critics (like the Obama regime) wrong, government officials have now pledged unlimited material and money for the fight against ebola filovirus in western Africa!

Chinese officials are joining with the Obama regime, deciding that this new version of EVD is a matter of national security, and is now sending combat troops to Africa!  To show how tight the cooperation is, the People’s Liberation Army is following the lead of the U.S. Department of Defense and is creating special medical martial law teams (some members have experience fighting SARS), similar to Obama’s Operation United Assistance order.  (see Ghana, below)

Chinese manufacturers of hazmat suits are reporting skyrocketing sales as a result of the ebola scare.

Cuba: U.S. officials attended anti-ebola meetings in Cuba.  Despite the Caribbean country’s world leading healthcare track record (and the fact that no Cuban healthcare worker has yet to get infected with EVD) many U.S. republicans blasted the Obama regime for joining up with Cuban health officials.

Cuba recently hosted an anti-ebola meeting for the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of the Americas-Commercial Treaty of the Peoples (ALBA-TCP).  UN officials were there and commended not only Cuba, but Venezuela as well: “I urge countries in the region and around the world to follow the lead of Cuba and Venezuela, who have set a commendable example with their rapid response in support of efforts to contain Ebola. Cuba’s proud tradition of training doctors from developing countries has also helped improve medical care around the world.”-David Nabarro, UN secretary-general’s special envoy on Ebola

Another UN official blamed the United States for bringing ebola to the ‘New World’: “You are absolutely doing the right thing. You want to step up your level of preparedness.  Last month, the Ebola virus moved to your region, to the United States.  Any country with an international airport is theoretically at risk of an imported case of ebola.”-Margaret Chan, UN World Health Organization

European Union: The British empire’s United Kingdom Disasters Emergency Committee announced they are shocked by the overwhelming amount of donations flooding in to help fight EVD. So far $5-million USD was raised in just two days! The U.K. government promised to match (with taxpayer funds) up to $7.5-million that came by way of donations.

Of course a lot of the money will be spent on the U.K.’s hazmat supply industries.

France is now taking care of a United Nations employee infected with ebola.  The ’employee’ got infected while in Sierra Leone.  The UN is refusing to give out anymore details.

An Italian man was fined almost $2-thousand USD for a “sick joke” he made about ebola, while on an airliner flying to Ireland.  The man wrote Warning Ebola on the lid of a coffee cup he was sharing with his daughter.  I think the fine is a ‘sick joke’.  Court records show no other passengers saw the coffee cup lid!  An airline employee saw the lid after it was thrown in the trash.  However, prosecutors likened the joke to a terrorist writing a note saying there was a bomb on the plane, even though in this case the note was never shown to anybody other than the jokesters themselves!

Ghana: Not only has China agreed to join Obama’s Operation United Assistance, but the People’s Liberation Army Air Force is using the same U.S. airbase in the western African country of Ghana.  Chinese cargo planes recently off-loaded Personal Protection Equipment (PPE), sprayers, body temperature detectors and body bags.  Ghana has yet to have any ebola cases, but is being used as a distribution point by the U.S. and China for those countries that do.

Guinea: A Cuban fighting ebola in the western African country has died, but not from the filovirus. He died from protozoans that cause malaria.

Jamaica: The Caribbean country has recently hired a couple of Cuban healthcare personnel to oversea anti-ebola training for Jamaican healthcare workers.

Japan: An NHK report said Japan’s healthcare system is not ready for an ebola outbreak.  A health official also said the health systems of countries around the World are not ready: “The Japanese government has tightened its border controls. But the root of the problem lies in West African countries. Japan and the rest of the international community should support these countries in two ways: One is to take countermeasures against ebola and the second is to build better healthcare systems for the future.”-Omi Shigeru, Japan Community Healthcare Organization

Korea (DPRK): The ebola threat has scared the leaders in the north so much that they now require 21 days of quarantine for anybody entering the country, regardless of where they’re coming from!  The news was reported by China’s Ministry of Commerce, saying the DPRK had notified them of the new policy.

Liberia: There are reports that the government healthcare system has collapsed. The western African country is now being hit with a malaria outbreak, and NGOs and charities are trying to take up the slack caused by the failed government system.  Mosquitos are rampant, and if they can spread a blood-borne disease like malaria then why not ebola?

In the former U.S. colony, survivors of ebola are being used to care for new victims, but only for three months.  Supposedly a survivor is immune to EVD for a short time of only three months.   However, doctors say the many survivors stick around treatment centers for the three months because they are no longer welcome by their fellow villagers.

A recent claim by the UN World Health Organization, that ebola cases are decreasing, has been shown to be a lie.  The United Nations admits the true reason why their ‘numbers’ are down is because they can’t get to all the clinics or villages, impeding their ability to do an accurate body count!  After all, the UN also says the death toll in Liberia is not decreasing.

Liberian Christian leaders say ebola is God’s punishment for homosexuals.  Isn’t that what Christian leaders said about AIDS?   The Liberian Christians are now using the UN WHO claim that cases are decreasing as proof of God’s “forgiveness”!

A Christian charity estimates that in the capital city of Monrovia they are trying to help at least 157 children now orphaned due to ebola.   Another charity reports they are dealing with 500 ebola orphans.  There are dozens of charities, each working with hundreds of ebola orphans in the Greater Monrovia Area.

Sierra Leone:  Officials are accusing Canada of racism for banning all travelers from the western African country (which is also a former British empire colony).

United States: “We had hoped this wouldn’t happen, We’ve done a lot of work to prepare for an Ebola case.”-Dave Underriner, Providence Health & Services

In the Pacific Coast state of Oregon, a woman visiting from Liberia is now in home quarantine.  She was self monitoring when she noticed a spike in her temp.  She was released from the hospital, into the care of a family who will keep her under quarantine until blood tests results are in.  Officials say the woman claims she hasn’t come into contact with anybody infected.

REVOLUTION IN BURKINA FASO…..IS THIS ABOUT EBOLA, OR THE OIL?

Update, 27 October 2014