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International, U.S.

World War 3, Asian Front-Afghanistan, 30 December 2013-02 January 2014: Woman who bitch slapped cop to face criminal charges! Afghans have the guts to fight hand to hand with corrupt cops! Pakistan wants U.S. to stay! Snow Leopards thriving in war!

Farah Province: In Qala Ka District, two road workers were killed when they struck a landmine.

Helmand Province: A 22 years old USMC Sergeant, from the U.S. state of Washington, was shot and killed. The U.S. Department of Defense said they were investigating the incident.

Herat Province: Reports that a female politician in the city of Herat was assassinated.  She was shot as she walked home from work.

Kabul Province: The Interior Affairs Ministry of Afghanistan says it will take legal action against the female representative from Ghazni Province, who bitch slapped a cop in front of the Pakistani Embassy.

Logar Province: In Baraki Barak District, a motorcycle bomb exploded in a busy market.  Six people killed, 18 wounded.

Samangan Province:  Residents protesting the provincial governor, turned violent after a week of demonstrations.  They want him and other politicians to resign on the grounds of corruption.  Police fought the protestors, two people killed, at least eight wounded.  What anti-corruption protestors in the United States have the guts to mano-a-mano with pro-government cops?

Uruzgan Province: U.S. led Afghan government forces stopped a young man and his aunt as they were riding on a motorcycle.  In classic Israeli style, the government forces accused the man of using the motorcycle to traffic explosives and beat him senseless in front of his aunt.

Zabul Province: In Qalat City, one cop killed two wounded when they drove over a landmine.

British empire news media are reporting that the Obama regime is so desperate, that officials with the U.S. Department of Defense are now begging President Hamid Karzai to sign the 2014 Security deal!  The Bilateral Security Agreement could see U.S. military personnel incountry for another ten years.  Recent surveys show an overwhelming majority of U.S. citizens hate the occupation of Afghanistan, even more than the number of U.S. citizens who hated the U.S. occupation of Vietnam.

Pakistan’s new ambassador to the United States, Jalil Abbas Jilani, says the fear of a U.S. pullout is flooding Pakistan with refugees: “Even the talk of U.S. pullout has started having its impact. Pakistan has started to receive more Afghan refugees than before….”

U.S. taxpayers ripped off again! The highly expensive armored car known as MRAP (mine resistant armored patrol vehicles) are being chopped up for scrap in Afghanistan, rather than be shipped back to the United States.  U.S. taxpayers forked out $1-million USD for each MRAP!  So far, as of October 2013, 938 MRAPs have been scrapped (that’s more than $1-billion worth down the shit hole!).

Snow Leopards are making a comeback despite decades of war among humans.  The National Environmental Protection Agency of Afghanistan reports an increase in the number of Snow Leopards being sighted.  This seems to coincide with the decline of Snow Leopards further north in Mongolia.

Air National Guard’s 189th Airlift Wing Civil Engineering Squadron, from the U.S. state of Arkansas, returned home from Afghanistan.

International, U.S.

World War 3, Asian Front-Afghanistan, 14-17 December 2013: More drone strikes! Security deal with India! More cops join Mujahideen! Increased child sex crimes under U.S. control!

Ghazni Province: In Andar District, Afghan National Army (ANA) reports battles with Mujahideen.  The ANA says at least eight of the Mujahideen they killed are from Pakistan.

Helmand Province: Camp Bastion, Bilderberg British empire Prime Minister, David Cameron, vowed that the British empire will stay in Afghanistan because only a basic level of security had been achieved. In Sangin District, government officials are investigating reports that Afghan National Police have willingly turned over at least three check points to Mujahideen!

Herat Province: In Obe District, an ANA soldier shot and killed two other ANA troops.  ANA officials say the shootout lasted several hours and the instigator was also killed.

Kandahar Province: A motorcycle bomb exploded in a market place on the boarder with Pakistan. Two people killed, six wounded.

Kapisa Province: In Nijrab District, Mujahideen claim to have repelled an Israeli style home invasion by U.S. led troops. They say they killed six of the invaders.  Two Mujahideen were killed.

Kunar Province: In Chapa Dara Ditrict, two people killed after the vehicle they were in drove over a landmine. In Shigal District, four people killed and one wounded when they drove over a landmine.  Mujahideen claim they’ve killed two members of the U.S. led Counter-terrorism Pursuit Team. They also say one Mujahid was killed in the firefight.

Nangarhar Province: In Lalpoor District, seven people were killed by U.S.-NATO-ISAF drone strike. Of course, government officials said no civilians were killed.  In Torkham City, a suicide bomber blew up inside the National Directorate of Security (Afghan version of Homeland Security) compound.  At least two people killed, three wounded.

Sar-e-Pul Province:  In Asia Abad village, three men were arrested for raping a 17 years old girl. Two other suspects are being sought. The victim is asking the courts to “hang” the men.  This comes as the Independent Human Rights Commission of Afghanistan reports a 28% increase in child rapes in the past year.  The commissioner blamed the increase on corrupt cops and judges.

Zabul Province: Six U.S. Army personnel were killed when their Utility Helicopter-60 Blackhawk crashed. ISAF officials said they are investigating the cause of the crash.  Mujahideen say the incident happened in Shahjoi District, Ibraheem Khelo area, and that they shot the helicopter down as it passed low over a hill.

The Afghan parliament rejected President Hamid Karzai’s request to create seats for religious minorities such as Hindus and Sikhs.

India and Afghanistan have agreed to a new security deal.  Afghan officials presented Indian officials with a wish list for military equipment, and India has agreed to open up positions for Afghans at Indian military academies.

Afghan Foreign Ministry spokesman, Janan Mosazai, said Iran is not supporting anti-government forces.  He said Iran is a good ally of Afghanistan.  Mosazai was responding to accusations against Iran by the governor of Farah Province.

In a separate issue, Mosazai said there is no evidence that Afghans are taking part in the U.S. funded civil war in Syria.

The United Nations International Labour Organization reports that since 2002, 5% of Afghans who escaped the U.S. occupation only to be forced to return, have escaped U.S. occupied Afghanistan again.  Afghans who escaped the hell of U.S. occupation say lack of good paying jobs is their number one reason for leaving.  They also blame the lack of good jobs on the U.S. occupation.

Air National Guard’s 105th Base Defense Squadron, from the U.S. state of New York, returned home from Afghanistan. One of the militia-airmen was killed in Afghanistan.

Air National Guard’s 119th Security Forces Squadron, in the U.S. state of North Dakota, was formerly recognized for their mission in Afghanistan.

200 militiamen of the Army National Guard’s 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, from the U.S. state of Georgia, deploying to Afghanistan.

160 militiamen of the Army National Guard’s 1742nd Transportation Company, from the U.S. state of South Dakota, reported for training to be deployed to Afghanistan.

International, U.S.

World War 3, Asian Front-Afghanistan, 10-13 December 2013: Karzai tells Obama F-You! Obama officials slip up admits they’re clueless! Increased attacks by Pakistan! World Bank tricks Afghanistan with offer of free money!

“…they [Obama regime] can’t push us up against the wall! What I’ve been hearing in recent days and heard in the past is classic colonial exploitation…..Afghans will not submit, they have already fought colonial masters!”-Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan during interview with French newspaper Le Monde, concerning the Obama regime’s bilateral security agreement

“We’re nowhere near a decision that would involve our departing Afghanistan altogether.”-James Dobbins, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan and Pakistan, testifying to the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee

“I’m very troubled with the fact we may have wasted a half-billion dollars on planes that don’t work, will never be flown and will probably be scrapped!”-John F. Sopko, U.S. Special Inspector General, in interview with FoxNews concerning U.S. taxes spent on inoperable aircraft sitting at Kabul International Airport, and Ramstein Air Base in Germany

The Washington Times reports that the Obama regime doesn’t have a clue as to how many U.S. personnel have been killed or how much U.S. taxes have been spent in Afghanistan!  Obama lackies were unable to give Congressmen specific numbers on death toll or expenditures, prompting Representative Dana Rohrabacher to exclaim “Holy cow!”.

Badghis Province: In Bala Murghab District, a house was hit with rockets.  Six family members dead, three wounded. Of course local cops blame Mujahideen, with no proof.

Baghlan Province: In Doshi District, a 15 years old girl was kidnapped and raped. Police say they’ve arrested a suspect, although the victim says there were several attackers.

Helmand Province: A USMC Lance Corporal, from the state of Massachusetts, was killed by explosion.

Kabul Province: In Kabul City there was a car bomb explosion near the U.S. led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) base.  No reports of casualties.

Khost Province: In Gurbaz District, reports say an artillery attack by Pakistan killed one person, and wounded two.

Kunar Province:  In Asmar District, a coed junior high school was burned down.  There is no evidence as to who did it.  In Dandam District, district officials say Pakistan hit their district with six rounds of artillery fire.  No word on damage.

Pakitia Province: In Jani Khel District, reports of government troops shooting up a vehicle, wounding a man and his two children.

Uruzgan Province: In Dehrawod District, reports that five men wearing Afghan National Army uniforms shot up a house, wounding four people.

Zabul Province: In Arghandab District, government forces stole 25 motorcycles, giving no explanation. Eight motorcycles were burned.  The local Imam, a doctor and one other person were kidnapped.  This has happened in other provinces.

The U.S. based World Bank announced more free money for Afghanistan. This time from the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), supposedly to increase dairy production.  But wait, it’s a trick!  The $1.83-million USD isn’t going to Afghanistan, it’s actually going to Bilderberg Dutch company Van den Heuvel Dairy Food Equipment B.V., and two individual “investors”!

India is giving Afghanistan two Cheetah helicopters.  The Cheetah is a license built version of an old French helicopter.  India is considering sending a military team to Afghanistan, to help rebuild an old Soviet military maintenance facility.

Army National Guard’s 152nd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, from the U.S. state of South Dakota, returned from Afghanistan.

Army National Guard’s Agribusiness Development Team 4, from the U.S. state of Nebraska, returned home from Afghanistan.  The commander of ADT 4 has been deployed six times.

41 militiamen from South Carolina’s Army National Guard returned home from Afghanistan.

About 11 militiamen, from Illinois’ Army National Guard Bilateral Embedded Staff Team A11, returned home from Afghanistan.

International

Western New Year & Christianity nothing more than continuation of ancient Grain King sacrifice ritual!

01 January 2014 (04:34 UTC-07 Tango)/28 Safar 1435/11 Dey 1392/01 Gui-Chou (12th month) 4711

The western new year has arrived.  A common graphical depiction is that of old Father Time turning things over to a baby New Year.  This is nothing more than the most ancient Grain King sacrifice ritual.

Thousands of years ago small agricultural societies would actually sacrifice their king (today we would call those ancient kings, village elders), then bury him as a piece of grain to ensure a good crop for the New Year.  A new young king was appointed for the rest of the year.

Meat eating societies also had a similar ritual.  The Japanese Ainu would make offerings to the head of the bear they killed, in fact the dead bear’s head sat at the head of the tribe’s feast hall.  North American’s would worship the salmon and buffalo.  The myths basically say the people were starving, then god, or a god, would appear and offer to sacrifice itself in order to save the people. In return the people had to honor and remember the god.

The Americans also had a Grain King myth about Maize.  A people were starving, god appeared in the form of a man and told the virgin princess to cut off his head and bury it.  The buried head instantly grew into a life saving corn stalk that provided enough grain to feed the people!

In Meso America, one story says the Earth was being destroyed tortuously.  A god felt sorry for the Humans on the Earth and offered to sacrifice itself to save them.  The Sun became the everlasting symbol of the god’s blood covenant to bring salvation to the Humans.  However (there’s always a catch), in return the Humans had to remember and rejuvenate that god, typically with Human blood.

Around the World the honoring of such god sacrifice took many forms from simple dance rituals or prayers, to animal/human sacrifice.  (remember the story of Cain and Able; god wasn’t impressed with the farmer brother who offered the sacrifice of his crops, god was pleased only with the animal sacrifice of the hunter/herder brother: “The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering, but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor.”-Genesis 4:4-5 New International Version)

It is also interesting to note that the more densely populated a society was, the more likely they believed in such religious crap!  This is why the Middle East is the considered the birth place of the World’s biggest religions.  Thousands of years ago the Middle East (Fertile Crescent) was literally the New York City of the ancient World.

The western New Year is based on the Catholic created Gregorian calendar system.  It is a solar calender, and to be sure there were other solar calender systems before it came along.  The Gregorian system modified the Julian system in Gregorian year 1582, 15-hundred years after Jesus of Nazareth died (this is one of many reasons why today’s western Christian holiday celebrations are incorrect, like Jesus being born in December when the Bible clearly states his parents went to Jerusalem/Al Quds for the census, which took place during summer).

The Bible is clever in that whom ever came up with it knew how to combine the agricultural and meat eater sacrifice rituals, to trick as many people as possible.  Jesus of Nazareth became the god that saves the starving people by sacrificing himself.

This motif appears in several different versions in the Bible’s New Testament:  Jesus feeds a crap load of people with only a few fish (meat eaters) and few loaves of bread (Grain King).  Jesus turns water into wine (Grain King).  Jesus commands his followers to “drink my blood” and “eat my flesh”!

Holy cannibalism Batman! This is a clear human sacrifice motif.  And don’t think human sacrifice didn’t place at the Temple of David (aka Second Temple, before that, Temple of Solomon/First Temple), it did!   The Romans destroyed the Temple in the approximate Gregorian year 70AD (about 76 years after Jesus was born, he was actually born about the year 7BC), even Titus Flavius Josephus (a Jewish-Roman scholar) implies the destruction of the Temple was god’s punishment for past evils: “…for that House, God had for certain long ago doomed it to the fire; and now that fatal day was come…”-The Wars of the Jews 6.4.5 249-253  (now realize the fundamentalist Jews want to bring back the Temple and all its ancient bloody rituals)

The Bible wasn’t written until several hundred years after Jesus of Nazareth died!  The compilations of the New (Christian) Testament began in the 4th Century after his death.  The compilations of the Old (Hebrew) Testament began even later in the 9th Century AD!  Whomever was behind the creation of the Bible was genius, because not only does Jesus cover the bloody sacrifice ritual by commanding his followers to eat and drink him, but it combines both Grain King and meat eater motifs: The wine and bread represent the Grain King, but they in turn represent the meat (blood and flesh) of Jesus! (Cain and Abel united!)

(the Bible has been re-edited and translated many times since its creation, with dozens of version available, which might explain why so many ‘christians’ disagree with each other, as they did before the Bible was compiled)

When are the commoner masses going to wake up to this elitist control freak scam? Happy New Year!

Business/Economics, U.S.

Exceptional Failed State: Sears and Kmart closing in Michigan! Disney disses Pakistan, could affect Sears & Kmart!

30 December 2013 (12:22 UTC-07 Tango)/26 Safar 1435/09 Dey 1392/28 Jia-Zi (11th month) 4711

Somehow I missed this one: According to a report out of Bloomfield Township (Bloomfield Hills), Michigan, the local Kmart and Sears are closing.

The Kmart had a name change at the beginning of the year, to KDollar.  Sears Holdings’ experiment into ‘dollar’ stores failed, because the store shut down this month.   Reports said the closing sale discounts were being mirrored at the Bloomfield Township Sears, which implies it is shutting down too.  The Sears and KDollar share the same retail property address.

The Disney corporation has decided to stop buying clothing made in Pakistan.  Disney’s subsidiary, Marvel, is expected to do the same.  The Walt Disney Company has adopted a new Permitted Sourcing Countries list for its slave wage labor made products, and decided Pakistan doesn’t meet their new guidelines.

Pakistani officials believe the new Disney created Permitted Sourcing Countries list will be adopted by U.S. retailers like Sears and Kmart, which could mean a crash in cheap exports from Pakistan by as much as $200-million USD per year.

I find this hypocritical of Disney, and maybe even political, as when you view Disney’s list of “permitted” sources you’ll find countries that are far worse than Pakistan.  Also, Pakistan has been spending billions of dollars, and thousands of lives, helping the U.S. fight the so called War on Terror.  Yet, U.S. officials and U.S. news media are constantly making Pakistan to look like the bad guy.  Is this move by Disney under the guise of “…safe, inclusive, and respectful workplaces…” (soon to be adopted by many other U.S. companies) just a false flag op to crash Pakistan’s economy?   After all, where are the most problematic clothing factories right now?  Bangladesh, not Pakistan.  (Disney swears it does not do business in Bangladesh, yet after every major clothing factory fire there investigators always find clothing with Disney labels on them)

Maybe the real reason Disney is cutting off Pakistan, as a source of products, is that the U.S. (and European) retail economy sucks so bad they just can’t sell all those slave wage labor made products?

Here’s the updated list of U.S. Sears/Kmart store closings since the end of 2011:

Arizona: Scottsdale Sears/Great Indoors, Chandler Sears/Great Indoors.

Alabama: Gadsden Kmart (50 jobs lost), Mobile Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Auburn Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Anniston Kmart (no word yet on how many jobs lost), Birmingham Eastwood Kmart (70 jobs lost).

California:   El Monte Sears (at least 40 jobs lost. Damien Arrula, El Monte’s economic development director, said the store manager had lied about what was going on: “The general manager of the store had just indicated to me that they were remodeling.”), two San Diego Sears (at least 80 jobs lost), Pleasant Hill Kmart (more than 50 jobs lost), Torrance Kmart,  Fairfield Kmart (63 jobs lost),  Lampert owned OSH taken over by Lowe’s home improvement in bankruptcy court, at least 17 of 99 stores to be closed down (935 jobs lost!), Rancho Cordova Kmart (97 jobs lost), San Clemente Kmart/Sears/Kmart on Camino de Estrella (58 jobs lost), placed on an official hit list in 2011 the Oceanside Kmart on College Boulevard finally being shut down.

Colorado:  Broomfield Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Glenwood Springs Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lone Tree Sears/Great Indoors, Longmont Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Pueblos’ South Side Kmart (52 jobs lost),  Denver Kmart (number of jobs lost have not been made public at this time, but could be at least 40).

Connecticut:  Waterbury Big Kmart.

Georgia: Macon Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Buford Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Douglasville Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Atlanta Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Columbus Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Jonesboro Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Cartersville Kmart (74 jobs lost),  Hiram Kmart (53 jobs lost).

Guam:  Sears Hometown Store.

Florida: Fernandina Beach Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Callaway Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Orange City Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost),  Deland Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Stuart Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), West Palm Beach Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Port St. Lucie Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Crystal River Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), New Smyrna Beach Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Saint Augustine Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Pompano Beach Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost),  Jacksonville Kmart on 5751 Beach Boulevard (71 jobs lost), second Kmart in Jacksonville on 4645 Blanding Boulevard (83 jobs lost), Ocoee Sears (102 jobs lost), Pensacola Kmart on Airport Boulevard closed in 2011, Pensacola Kmart on Mobile Highway closed in February 2013 (69 jobs lost),  Pensacola Kmart on East 9 Mile Road will close in May (73 jobs lost), Hialeah Kmart (67 jobs lost), Bonita Springs Kmart (67 jobs lost), Mount Dora Kmart (100 jobs lost), Lake Mary Kmart, Panama City Beach Kmart (54 jobs lost).

Hawaii: Honolulu Sears (owned by GGP, 372 jobs lost!!!),  Kauai Sears (41 jobs lost),  Iwilei-Honolulu Kmart for lease (no confirmation of store closing).

Vacant bedroom/bathroom section.

One corner of the half vacant Chubbuck, Idaho, Sears. No official closing announcement was made.

Idaho: Lewiston Sears (at least 60 jobs lost).  No official announcement, but it’s painfully obvious the Chubbuck Pine Ridge Mall Sears going’ down. Or, maybe it’s preps for Shop within a Shop, or one of those domestic spy data storage centers?  On 07 November 2013, GGP sold off the Pine Ridge Mall for a paltry $9 million USD.

Ever since the Kmart bankruptcy, this pad site for sale sign has been seen in the Pocatello, Idaho, Big Kmart parking lot. The Kmart is the only building on the lot.

Ever since the Kmart bankruptcy, this pad site for sale sign has been seen in the Pocatello, Idaho, Big Kmart parking lot. The Kmart is the only building on the lot.

Indiana:  Anderson Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Saint John Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Indianapolis Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Richmond Sears (49 jobs lost), South Anthony Kmart (70 jobs lost).

Illinois:  Alton Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Melrose Park Sears parts and repair center (50 jobs lost), Zion Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Oak Lawn Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), McHenry Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Peru Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lombard Sears/Great Indoors (at least 40 jobs lost), Fairview Heights Kmart (81 jobs lost), Freeport Kmart (45 jobs lost), Pontiac Kmart (more than 47 jobs lost), Homer Glen Kmart (82 jobs lost), Streator Kmart (45 jobs lost), Lombard Kmart (70 jobs lost), Naperville Kmart (98 jobs lost), Calumet Sears (164 jobs lost), two Sears stores in Grand Crossing area of Chicago (247 jobs lost!), Mount Vernon Sears (68 jobs lost), Moline Sears (at least 60 jobs lost),  Homewood Kmart (185 jobs lost),  Belvidere Kmart (91 jobs lost),  Champaign’s Market Place Mall Sears (56 jobs lost), Sterling Kmart (60 jobs lost).  58 Chicago area stores up for lease or sale.  By the way, Illinois elected officials gave Sears Holdings/Hoffman Estates a $150 million USD tax break to keep their headquarters in the state.  The tax break was not tied to any promise not to close stores.

Iowa:  Cedar Rapids Kmart on 16th Ave (at least 40 jobs lost), Davenport Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Burlington Kmart (50 jobs lost), Coralville Sears (94 jobs lost, this is a store sold to GGP earlier in the year), Cedar Rapids Kmart on Collins Road NE (56 jobs lost).

Kansas: Lawrence Sears (at least 40 jobs lost).

Kentucky: Middlesboro Sears (in September 2012 the Sears store re-opened under independent ownership, official grand re-opening scheduled for November), Winchester Kmart (back in May, Rankin Paynter bought out what was left of the inventory and gave it to charity), Hazard Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lexington Fayette Mall Sears (114 jobs lost!).

Maine: Lewiston Sears (60 to 70 jobs lost), Presque Isle Sears (80 jobs lost).

Maryland: Ellicott Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Gaithersburg Sears/Great Indoors.

Massachusetts: North Reading Sears Hardware store closed, lease not renewed.

Michigan: Novi Sears/Great Indoors, Brighton Sears Grand/Essentials,  Harper Woods Sears Full line, Monroe Sears Full line, Adrian Sears Full line, Washington Township Kmart, Chesterfield Kmart, Woodhaven Kmart, Flint Kmart (46 jobs lost), Gaylord Kmart (48 jobs lost), Sterling Kmart (58 jobs lost), recently revealed Bloomfield Township Kmart and Sears.

Minnesota: Willmar Kmart, Duluth Kmart, New Hope Kmart, White Bear Lake Kmart, Bemidji Kmart, Monticello Kmart, GGP owned Sears Auto Center in the Apache Mall closed (10 jobs lost), the entire Sears store in the Apache Mall being sold off.

Mississippi: Jackson Sears Full line, McComb Sears Full line, Columbus Sears Full line, Gautier Sears (71 jobs lost), Waveland Gulfport Kmart (32 jobs lost), Pass Road Gulfport Kmart (52 jobs lost),  Pascagoula Sears at the Singing River Mall.

Missouri: Lee’s Summit Sears Grand/Essentials, Saint Louis Sears Full line, High Ridge Kmart (59 jobs lost).

Montana: Missoula Kmart (50 jobs lost).

New Hampshire: Nashau Sears Grand/Essentials, Keene Sears Grand/Essentials,  Portsmouth Kmart (30 jobs lost).

North Carolina: Cary Kmart (71 jobs lost), High Point Sears, Moorehead Sears, Rocky Mount Sears, Statesville Sears, Durham Kmart (79 jobs lost), Asheville Kmart (53 jobs lost),  West Smithfield Kmart (59 jobs lost), Winston-Salem Kmart (69 jobs lost), Hendersonville Kmart (58 jobs lost), South Ashville Kmart on Hendersonville Road, Raleigh Kmart (88 jobs lost), Garner Kmart.

North Dakota: Jamestown Kmart (45 jobs lost).

New Jersey:  Lawnside Kmart (about 80 jobs lost), Howell Kmart (57 jobs lost).

New Mexico: Las Cruces Kmart (58 jobs lost).

New York: Depew (Lancaster?) Kmart (68 jobs lost), Colonie Kmart (72 jobs lost),  Fulton Kmart (51 jobs lost).

Ohio: Chagrin Falls Kmart, Springfield Kmart, two Toledo Kmarts, Medina Kmart, Columbus Kmart, Columbus Sears/Great Indoors, Zanesville Sears (67 jobs lost), Trotwood Kmart (71 jobs lost), Austintown Sears auto parts and service on Interstate Boulevard,  London Kmart (no word on number of jobs lost),  Trotwood Sears (67 jobs lost).   Also, Van Wert Sears franchise bought out by Kirk Berryman, owner of Computer & Networking Technologies (CNT), who plans on moving the store to a new location.

Oklahoma: Oklahoma City Sears (98 jobs lost, GGP owned, GGP wants a $2 million sales tax rebate, claiming it’s needed to offset capital investments needed to bring the space up to the standards for potential new tenants).

Oregon: Roseburg Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Tualatin Kmart Center (new property owner from California is tearing everything down for new shopping center, so far no indication the Kmart will be part of the new shopping center), Milwaukie Kmart (61 jobs lost), Coos Bay Kmart (25 jobs lost), Bend Sears (48 jobs lost).

Pennsylvania: Upper Darby Sears Full line, Pottstown Sears Full line, Pittsburgh Kmart, Wilkins Sears, Warminster Kmart (85 jobs lost), Shippensburg Kmart (46 jobs lost), Moon Kmart (143 jobs lost), Bethlehem Township Kmart (62 jobs lost).

South Carolina: Sumter Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Orangeburg Sears (57 jobs lost), Columbia Kmart on Fort Jackson Boulevard in 2012, Columbia Kmart on Bush River Road in 2009, Columbia Kmart on St Andrews Road (66 jobs lost), Irmo Kmart (no info on how many jobs lost),  both Greenville Kmarts (140 jobs lost between the two),  Mount Pleasant Kmart (43 jobs lost).

Tennessee: Antioch Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Cleveland Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Oak Ridge Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Hendersonville Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Morristown Sears (about 70 jobs lost), Clinton South Kmart, Franklin CoolSprings Galleria Sears (92 jobs lost), Memphis Hickory Ridge mall Sears (job loss data not revealed), 48 years old Nashville Kmart on Nolensville Pike to close by January 2014 (57 jobs lost).

Texas: Two Sears parts and repair centers closing in The Woodlands (117 jobs lost), rebuild center in Garland (58 jobs lost), Farmers Branch Sears/Great Indoors, Houston Sears Great/Indoors.

Utah:  Orem Kmart (no details reported).

Virginia: Norfolk Sears (at least 40 jobs lost),  Midlothian Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Richmond Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lynchburg Sears (84 jobs lost), Fairfax Kmart (no word on how many jobs lost), Christiansburg Sears (59 jobs lost), Norfolk Kmart on East Little Creek Road (77 jobs lost), Manassas Kmart (71 jobs lost).

Washington: Walla Walla Sears Full line (in August 2012, it was reported that an independent owner of Sears Hometown stores will open a store in Walla Walla), Lacey Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Kelso Sears (47 jobs lost), Lakewood Kmart (59 jobs lost), Bellingham Sears (92 jobs lost),  Seattle Kmart (85 jobs lost), East Wenatchee Sears (59 jobs lost), Puyallup Kmart (51 jobs lost).

West Virginia: Oak Hill Kmart (59 jobs lost), Morgantown Kmart (100 jobs lost).

Wisconsin: West Baraboo Sears (at least 40 jobs lost, local village officials say the store generated 3% of local tax collections), Rice Lake Kmart (about 71 jobs lost),  Brookfield Kmart (56 jobs lost), Racine’s Regency Mall Sears (52 jobs lost), Fort Atkinson Kmart (51 jobs lost).

On top of that, Sears Holdings sold stores to General Growth Properties (GGP), of which it has been reported that most of those stores will be closed.

Here’s the list of 11 Sears stores now owned by GGP:

Iowa: Coral Ridge Mall (it’s official the Sears is closing, see above), and Mall of the Bluffs

Texas: The Woodlands Mall (this does not involve the two repair centers being closed by Sears)

Florida: West Oaks Mall

Utah: Fashion Place, and Provo Towne Centre (note the evil British empire way of spelling town & center. Due to a favorable lease agreement the GGP owned Provo Sears will continue to stay open under Sears Holdings management)

Oklahoma: Quail Springs Mall (it’s official, the Sears closed, see above)

Hawaii: Ala Moana Center (closed, see above)

Washington: Bellis Fair Mall (Bellingham store, see above)

Minnesota: Apache Mall  (see update above, GGP will close Sears store by 2014)

Illinois: Market Place Shopping Center (see update above, GGP closing store)

International, U.S.

World War 3, Asian Front-Afghanistan, 29 November-01 December 2013: Toyota car of the year in Afghanistan, again! U.S. forces kill Mother and Child! Shadow governor assassinated! U.S. stops fuel supply for ANA! U.S. military personnel are drug addicts!

Helmand Province: An explosion at the local National Security Directorate (NDS) compound killed one NDS agent, and wounded two others.   In Faqiran village, a U.S.-NATO drone blew up a house, killing a child and two women, one was the mother of the child.  President Hamid Karzai says this is proof the United States has “no respect” for others. Officials with U.S. led ISAF claims they were trying to target a “…known insurgent riding a motorbike…”  USMC General Dunford officially apologized to Karzai.  In Musa Qala District, five people were killed when the vehicle they were in ran over a landmine.

Herat Province: In Shindand District, Afghan National Army forces claim they assassinated a “shadow governor”, along with seven other Mujahideen.  ANA says the Mujahideen are running a shadow government in Shindand.

Jowzjan Province: In Aqcha District, villagers claim the local Madrasa was raided by U.S. backed government troops.  Three students kidnapped.

Kabul Province: In Kabul City, a political representative was wounded after a suicide bomber ran into the politician’s house and blew up.  Two others were wounded.  The politician representing Zabul Province is in critical condition.

Kandahar Province: In Daman District, a suicide bomber attacked a dismounted patrol of U.S.-ISAF and ANA personnel. Government officials say the only people killed were the attacker and a child.  Two people wounded.  Mujahideen say at least 15 people killed.

Kunar Province: In Shegal District, reports that Pakistani artillery fired 20 rounds into the province.  Villagers claim property damage, but no casualties.

Nangarhar Province: In Chaparahar District, provincial officials confirm a U.S. drone crashed.  Mujahideen confirm they watched the drone crash, but did not claim they shot it down.

Uruzgan Province: Army National Guard 184th Security Force Assistance Team, from the U.S. state of California, claims they’ve properly trained up the provincial police forces.

Afghan defense and interior officials claim the United States has stopped fuel supply and other support for ANA and Afghan National Police forces.

More evil committed by the U.S. Obama regime: The Guardian news source reporting that Afghan men, who marry female U.S. military personnel, are being denied by the U.S. government travel rights to the United States to be with their wives and children.

In the U.S. state of Ohio, the family of a National Guard militia man began a campaign to raise awareness of the massive problem of military personnel being addicted to opiates and opiate related pain killers (opium, heroin, morphine, codeine, hydrocodone, hydromorphone, oxycodone,  oxymorphone).  Their militia man son killed himself with heroin.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Afghanistan, India and Iran have agreed to create a trilateral transportation deal to boost their economies.

The Health Ministry reports that there has been a 38% increase in AIDS cases from 2012 to 2013, under U.S. occupation.

Once again, the Toyota Corolla was picked as the favorite car in Afghanistan.  The reason why are: Price, practicality, availability of parts, reliability and fuel economy.

International, U.S.

World War 3, Asian Front-Afghanistan, 28-31 October 2013: Australia says war is worth it! India rethinks economic investments! Mujahideen kill 3-thousand people! People forced to vote, with help of U.S.! More rip offs for U.S. taxpayers!

Ghazni Province: In Andar District, villagers beat a man to death.  They accused him of being the one who planted a land mine that exploded when a bus drove over it.  The explosion killed at least 18 women and children.  However, earlier reports by provincial officials said the perpetrator of the land mine was killed during the explosion.

Kandahar Province:  Government cops say they arrested a man armed with an exploding computer.  They say that Pakistani Mujahideen are now packing desk top computers with explosives and sending them into Afghanistan.  On FOB Walton, the Missouri Army National Guard has been training Afghan cops.  One of the courses being taught to Afghan police is how to use computers and the internet.  Another course being taught is enforcing political elections.  That’s strange because I was in the National Guard and I don’t recall ever being activated to enforce elections in the United States.

Paktika Province: In Khair Kot District, a suspected suicide bomber was shot and killed by police.  The cops shot the driver of the car saying he rammed a National Directorate of Security (NDS) building.  But the car exploded anyway and wounded two NDS cops.

Parwan Province: In Charikar City, a fuel supply convoy was set on fire.  City officials say many buildings were damaged when some of the the fueler trucks blew up.

Sar-e-Pul Province: In Kohistanat District, a battle between Mujahideen and Afghan National Army (ANA) troops. At least one Mujahid killed and two ANA troops killed, dozens wounded.  Independent reports say as many as 20 people were killed.  The ANA troops were taking part in a government program to force people to register to vote.

Uruzgan Province: On British empire Aussie controlled Tarin Kowt base, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott declared the war over, but said it was worth it: “Our mission in Afghanistan has been critical to our national security. We have worked to ensure Afghanistan does not again become a safe haven for terrorists and have worked with our allies to make the world a safer place.”

According to the Afghan Interior Ministry, the Mujahideen have killed almost 3-thousand government personnel and civilians in the past seven months.  The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) backs up the claim, saying civilian deaths have increased by 16%.  So much for Obama constantly saying the Mujahideen are decimated.

The government of Afghanistan is going to crack down on the use of boys for homosexual sex.  The Independent Human Rights Commission of Afghanistan (AIHRC) demanded an investigation into the age old practice of Bacha Bazi, or using boys to substitute for sex with women.  Many ignorant elders (who can’t read) have reasoned that it is the only way to remain true to Islamic morals, however it is actually a violation of written Islamic rules.  It’s also interesting that most of the Afghans calling for a stop to Bacha Bazi are women.

According to Reuters, a consortium of Indian companies, which were awarded a contract for the extraction of iron ore in Afghanistan, are now demanding better contract terms from the government of Afghanistan.  Afghanistan’s iron ore reserves, covered under the contract, are estimated to be worth $10.8 billion USD.

According to the U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), another $100-billion in U.S. taxes are at risk for being stolen.  SIGAR discovered there is no oversight regarding the U.S. taxes that’re to be given to Afghan government forces, supposedly to buy fuel and spare parts.

The British empire’s United Kingdom just pledged another $200-million in U.K. taxes to Afghanistan!  That’s not all, it’s $200-million per year until 2017!  I thought the taxpayers of the U.K. were broke.

International, Technology

Don’t take your Crapper for granted, it’s time to celebrate World Toilet Day!

20 November 2013 (14:53 UTC-07 Tango)/16 Muharram 1435/29 Aban 1392/18 Gui-Hai (10th month) 4711

The words crapper and crap, for that matter, are ligit.  They come from the name of a real person.  Thomas Crapper was a successful British plumber who was incorrectly associated with inventing the modern flush toilet.

The idea of a flushing toilet is ancient.  Archeologists say the first example was created for the King Minos more than 2800 years ago.  The first patent for a modern flushing toilet went to Alexander Cummings in 1775.  The first use of indoor plumbing and flush toilets was in 1825 by a hotel in Boston, Massachusetts.  But toilets back then were for the elites.  It wasn’t until after 1910 that flushing toilets took on a design similar to current toilets, and became affordable for us commoners.

And it wasn’t until after the Second World War that most commoner families of the Western World got indoor flush toilets.  I was in Scotland in 1991 and visited a museum dedicated to the history of sewage.  It even had a full size replica of a 1800s sewer system complete with stinking crap and piss (of course it was replicated, but who’d of thought somebody could be paid to make models of craps, other than those joke crap toys)!  But what awakened me to the fact that we take our crappers for granted was a small display that pointed out that most Scottish homes didn’t have indoor plumbing, or toilets, until after the 1950s!

Then you have to wonder at the Japanese, for taking toilets to the extreme.  Apparently the Japanese are so afraid of their rear ends they created toilets that blast their asses with water jets so they don’t have to wipe.  The latest Japanese toilets provide imaging systems and soothing female computer voices to tell them if they still have a nasty ass, and then it blasts them again.  (there are some people in the U.S. that are the same way and will pay top dollar for a robot toilet from Japan)

By the way the first production toilet paper wasn’t invented until 1857.   And the technology to make modern toilet brushes was used to create the first artificial Xmas tree, in the 1930s, thus linking Xmas and toilet cleaning.

Now to get serious,  the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) marked 19 November as World Toilet Day.  They want people to be aware of the major impact toilets have on reducing disease.  Even so, UNICEF says one reason for the rise of new diseases is the fact that (in their estimation) as many as 2-thousand children die every day because they live in areas that have no toilets, or way of handling sewage: “Access to toilets remains the unmentionable, shameful secret for even some very prosperous countries.  But its invisibility doesn’t make it harmless; in fact it is quite the reverse. Lack of access to toilets is quite literally killing children, making adults sick…”–Sanjay Wijesekera, UNICEF Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

So those of us commoners who have toilets should be proud, and thankful, for they truly are our porcelain thrones!

Oh commodus selarium deus, forgive me for taking you for granted. I am truly thankful to have you.

Oh commodus selarium deus, forgive me for taking you for granted! I am truly thankful to have you!

International, U.S.

World War 3, Asian Front-Afghanistan, 25-27 October 2013: ANA attacks Diggers & Kiwis! British empire NAZI’s caught on camera!

Ghazni Province: In Ghazni City, rockets hit the building where the Afghan interior minister and a senate leader were meeting.  No casualties reported.  Witnesses say gunshots rang out after the rocket attack.  In Andar District, a bus ran over a landmine.  18 civilians killed, five wounded.

Jowzjan Province: In Dawalatbad District, Mujahideen attacked Afghan National Army soldiers.  Two ANA personnel killed.  ANA officials say the Mujahideen launched a hit and run op using motorcycles.

Kabul Province: In Qargha region, at the new British empire influenced Afghan National Army Officer Academy, Australian and New Zealand forces, and Afghan government forces, attacked each other.  One ANA soldier killed, at least two Digger/Kiwi personnel wounded.  The incident is being investigated. The next day, in Kabul City, an explosion killed one civilian and wounded five ANA officers.

Kunar Province: In Watapur District, local government officials say a U.S. drone strike killed at least two people, and wounded several others.  Government officials claim all were Mujahideen.

Kunduz Province: In Imam Saheb town, residents reported explosions and gunshots, but no word from police or Mujahideen.

Nimruz Province: In Khash Rod town, a U.S. drone strike killed at least one person.  Local government officials claim he was a Mujahid.

Paktika Province: In Jani Khel District, local government officials say four Mujahideen were killed by their own landmine.  Police say the Mujahideen planted a landmine under a road, but soon after a farmer drove his tractor over it.  The Mujahideen were still in the area and were killed.  The farmer was killed, and four people wounded.

Pakistan says nine people were wounded after a mortar and rocket attack that originated in Afghanistan.

The Guardian reporting that several evil British Red Coats, in Afghanistan, were caught on camera using the NAZI Sieg Heil salute.  Reports suggest it is the salute used by the pro-empire Red Hand of Ulster in Northern Ireland.  The Ministry of Defence claims it is investigating.

International, U.S.

World War 3, Asian Front-Afghanistan, 22-24 October 2013: Evil Christian Red Coat James Bond is a drug dealer, forcing taxpayers to fund ops! Cops killing cops, again! Voter ID cards used to disqualify candidates!

Farah Province: In Bala Boluk District, an Afghan National Army (ANA) APC drove over a landmine.  Reports vary from saying two soldiers killed to all six on board killed.

Badghis Province: In Bala Murghab District, six local cops were killed when Mujahideen attacked their checkpoint.

Ghazni Province: In Andar District, an ANA soldier was killed by explosion.

Helmand Province: In Lashkargah City, a male and female were decapitated for eloping (which used to be a social crime even in the United States). Local reports called the victims a “boy” and a “girl” but did not give their ages.  The girl ran away to meet the boy and somebody ratted on them.  Their bodies were found in the local cemetery.

Jawzjan Province: In Dawalatbad District, two ANA soldiers were killed by a drive by shooting conducted by Mujahideen on a motorcycle.

Kabul Province: In Kabul City, the National Directorate of Security (Afghanistan’s version of Homeland Security) fired 65 agents for being “heroine addicts”.

Kandahar: In Zherai District, local cops turned on each other.  Three cops killed.  Two cops ran away.

Kunar Province: In Nari District, an ANA soldier was killed.  No details given.

Laghman Province:  Provincial police say they intercepted 21 Afghan children being trafficked to Pakistan.  Police say the children, ranging in ages of six to ten, were going to be drugged by their captors to turn them into suicide bombers.

Parwan Province: In Seya Gerd District, ANA officials admit Mujahideen kicked their asses during a mortar attack. Two ANA soldiers killed, at least eight wounded.

Pakistan says a mortar attack came from Afghanistan, wounding one Frontier Constabulary personnel.

Election corruption:  16 of 26 presidential candidates have been banned from running for office in 2014 (including the only female running for president).  U.S. puppet government officials blamed a variety of reasons, from nationality to the number of constituents in respective provinces who are not registered to vote!   Apparently the new voter ID cards are being used to disqualify political candidates, if the amount of voter ID card registrations fall below a certain number in voting districts.

A joint report by the Afghan government and the European Union (National Risk and Vulnerability Assessment) says that after ten years and trillions in taxpayer funding from dozens of countries, Afghanistan still lacks jobs.  10% of young men and 15% of young women are unemployed.  90% of jobs are considered “vulnerable”.

More proof of how evil the British empire is was revealed in British court.  Video of the war crime was played in court.  The Royal pain in the ass Marine is seen dragging a wounded man before killing him. He states on the video “There you are, shuffle off this mortal coil, you cunt………..Obviously this doesn’t go anywhere fellas. I’ve just broken the Geneva convention.”  Another ass hole Marine’s diary was read in court, it said “I felt no pity for him; fucker….”  This is actually typical of evil Red Coats, as evidenced by their recent criminal actions in Iraq, and even 200+ years ago during the occupation of the American colonies.

The British newspaper, The Telegraph, revealed that the United Kingdom’s Secret Intelligence Service (SIS, aka James Bond’s MI-6) spy agency is demanding the British taxpayers fork over extra pounds to increase their drug running ops in Afghanistan, after the supposed U.S.-NATO 2014 pullout: “The Telegraph understands that the concerns are being raised by the security services at the highest levels of Whitehall [Whitehall is the U.K. equivalent of the U.S. Pentagon, and is run directly by the queen.  Who said she’s a figurehead, more likely she’s a junkie?].” 

Former U.S. Marine, and Vietnam vet Gordon Duff, says if you understand the history of the Great Game it’s no surprise: “They have always managed the world’s opium and heroin trafficking. It is something the British Empire is known for. The British began heroin, certainly opium production, in Afghanistan. It is their industry. They have been doing it for well over a hundred years and it is extremely profitable. It funds all of their other activities and there is no reason for them to want to leave it.”

By the way the queen of England is also the ‘pope’ of the ‘Christian’ Church of England (aka Mother Church of Anglican Communion).  She’s called the Supreme Governor.  This makes Christians (the majority of whom are ignorant of the fact) the World’s biggest drug dealing group!  (don’t forget, most of the drug lords in Latin America consider themselves good Catholic Christians)

Airmen from the U.S. state of North Dakota Air National Guard’s 119th Security Forces Squadron returned home.

The U.S. state of Wisconsin Army National Guard’s Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 121st Field Artillery Regiment returned from Afghanistan.

The U.S. state of Oregon has been informed their HQ company of the 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Army National Guard will not deploy to Afghanistan.  However, two other Oregon battalions are still scheduled to deploy.  Oregon Military Department’s Captain Stephen Bomar says the number of troops to be deployed could increase at anytime.