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World War 3: China brings peace to Iran and K-S-A, days later N-A-T-O & Iraq prep for War!

22 March 2023 (11:48-UTC-07 Tango 06) 02 Farvardin 1402/29 Sha’ban 1444/01 Yi-Mao(2nd month) 4721/22 марта 2023 года

The Islamic Republic of Iran; predominantly Indo European/Aryan (Arya) ethnic groups.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; predominantly Semitic/Arab ethnic groups.

Iraq; predominantly Semitic/Arab ethnic groups, but also influential Indo European/Aryan (Arya) ethnic groups.

Al Jazeera (an Arab news outlet) reported that it was the Iranians who first went public with the China brokered peace deal:

Just over a week ago the main-stream ‘woke’ U.S. and Western news media almost ignored the peace deal between mortal enemies Iran and The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).  Was it because it was brokered by communist China, and actually challenges the influence of the West’s NATO in the Middle East?  The Western main-stream-woke-news media glanced over the deal, and now is trying to downplay the deal by literally saying it doesn’t mean anything, as if it was a Chinese Paper Tiger.

Image via NATO, 20MAR2023.

If that is the case then why, just a few days ago, did NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg go out of his way to host the Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of Foreign Affairs, at NATO headquarters in Belgium?

On 20MAR2023, ten days after the Iran-Saudi peace deal, NATO officials met with Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of Foreign Affairs Fuad Hussein. In the official NATO video you can hear that the meeting is totally about reinforcing, and “how we can further”, the Western-NATO presence in Iraq, under the guise of ‘fighting terrorism’, but also hear the Iraqi official state that he wants NATO to “expand” operations in Iraq:

You have to understand that Iraq views both Iran and KSA as mortal enemies, so this seems to me to be a direct reaction of both NATO and Iraq against the China brokered peace deal between Iran and KSA.

World War Three, 2023:  N-A-T-O GERMANY INVADES IDAHO?

Non-N-A-T-O COUNTRIES ATTEND ANTI-RUSSIA MEETING! N-A-T-O TO SPREAD WAR TO CAUCASUS? Or; If the United States is the leader of N-A-T-O, then why does N-A-T-O use British/King’s English grammar/spelling, and not U.S. English? 

 JAPAN JOINS NATO?

World War Three, 2022: IRAN’S ‘KAMIKAZE’ DRONES?

Oil Prices, 2022: DON’T BLAME RUSSIA, BLAME U.S./SAUDI PROXY WAR AGAINST IRAN IN YEMEN!

Iraq, Mother of all Money Pits, 2022: IRAQ BUYING NEW WEAPONS FROM BRITISH EMPIRE, NATO AND BRAZIL! WHO IS ACTUALLY PAYING FOR THEM?

Destroy U.S. Dollar, 2023: GLOBALIZATION IS KILLING THE U.S. DOLLAR, BECAUSE THE GLOBAL USE OF U-S-D IS KILLING BANKS/ECONOMY?

Return to the Empire, 2023: A-M-P-V MAKING PROFITS OFF Yankee TAXPAYERS, FOR THE BRITISH EMPIRE!

Hunger Games: Starvation in Yemen? 36-tons of food thrown away, fishermen prevented from fishing!

03 November 2022 (03:46-UTC-07 Tango 06) 12 Aban 1401/08 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1444/10 Xin-Hai 4720/03 ноября 2022 года

“Two out of three Yemenis are currently suffering from food insecurity… about 19 million people.”-Martin Schüepp, Director of Operations with the International Committee of the Red Cross

Yemeni news sources reported that the Saudi-U.S. puppet government of Yemen confiscated and then threw away 36-tons of food stuffs!  This comes as children dying of starvation, in Yemen, are now described as “super malnourished!”

Mutahar al-Marwani, director of the Public Health and Population Office in the capital city of Sanaa, claims the food items came from more than 50 food sellers in the city, and were considered expired or damaged.  In a country that is supposed to have the worst starvation in the world, I find it amazing that food is expiring!

Mutahar al-Marwani stated that food/health inspectors will be relentless in identifying and destroying expired food, or food items that do not meet new puppet-government health standards.

But to add injury to insult, on the morning of 03NOV2022 Saudi-led coalition forces attacked fishermen in Al Mahrah Governorate.  Fishermen reported that when they set sail to fish off the city of al-Ghaydah, Saudi-led forces stopped them and confiscated five fishing boats.  The fishermen were also told to stay away from the area.

This follows the killing of one fisherman, and wounding of two others, two days prior.  Locals claim it was U.S. naval forces that attacked them.  Locals say that U.S.-Saudi forces have turned the governorate of Mahrah into a military base, seizing 11 of the 12 ports, and constantly interfering with people’s ability to fish for food.

At the end of October 2022, Yemen’s Ministry of Fisheries condemned the kidnapping of 20 Yemeni fishermen by the U.S.-Saudi coalition forces.

In June 2022, a damning report was published which used the U.S. military’s own reports and contracts, to prove the massive U.S. involvement with the Saudi-led coalition’s Hunger Games in Yemen: “To date, military sales approved under the Biden administration have totaled more than $1 billion, notwithstanding President Joe Biden’s pledge to end U.S. support for the war and hold Saudi Arabia accountable for its human rights abuses.”

In January 2022, the propagandist Voice of America reported that Saudi Brigadier General, Turki al-Malki, warned that his government believed rebels were using fishing ports as military bases, and that the Saudi-led coalition was going to use that as an excuse to attack fishing ports.  In regards to Al Mahrah Governorate, it is not near the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), it is on the southeast side next-door to Oman.

In May 2021, Brookings Press revealed that KSA and United Arab Emirates (UAE) had taken over the ports of Al Mahrah Governorate and established military bases (causing great concern for Oman).  The Brookings report pointed out that Al Mahrah Governorate is not part of the rebel held territory in Yemen!

This is a photo of U.S. Navy/Coast Guard personnel boarding a Yemeni fishing dhow in the Gulf of Aden, 13SEP2011. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Third Class Deven B. King.

The Gulf of Aden is the main fishing area for Yemenis, the U.S. Navy has patrolled the area for decades, even before 11SEP2001.  The U.S. Navy and Coast Guard routinely inspect fishing dhows from Yemen.

Hunger Games: BOLIVIA HALTS FOOD EXPORTS! IS IT SUPPLY PROBLEMS, OR GOVERNMENT SHENANIGANS?

ARE U.S. COPS BEHIND THE RISE OF GUN VIOLENCE and a NEW HUNGER GAME?

WHY ARE U.S. TAXPAYER FUNDED RATIONS BEING SOLD TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER?

Oil Prices: DON’T BLAME RUSSIA, BLAME U.S./SAUDI PROXY WAR AGAINST IRAN IN YEMEN!

World War 3, December 2015: YEMEN SHOOTS DOWN ARIZONA NATIONAL GUARD F-16? SAUDI ARABIA BOMBS THEIR OWN BLACKWATER MERCENARIES!

Cold War to Ukraine Crisis: F-15 Eagle now 50 years old

50 years of Air Superiority

F-15A number one rolled out of the Saint Louis, Missouri, factory. Notice it does not yet have the DayGlo orange paint applied. McDonnell-Douglas photo, 26JUN1972.

McDonnell-Douglas F-15A number one gets packed aboard a Lockheed C-5A Galaxy, for its trip to Edwards Air Force Base, California.

McDonnell-Douglas photo of the first flight of F-15 number one, 27JUL1972. DayGlo paint not yet applied. Notice the shape of the wings and stabilators.

The first F-15A, #71-280, unveiled publicly after its first flight, July 1972, it now has the DayGlo paint applied. It was never called the YF-15 as several interweb sites say. From the beginning it was F-15 Eagle.

The McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle first took flight in 1972,  beginning service in 1974. A total of 20 pre-production test and evaluation (T&E) Eagles were ordered, 12 for contactor (McDonnell-Douglas) development and eight specifically for the U.S. Air Force (USAF).

USAF promotional video, by Airman First Class Moses Taylor:

 

71-280 F-15A number one is now serving museum duty on Lackland AFB, Texas. However, it is painted to represent a different F-15.

This B-52 is carrying a 3/8th-scale F-15A drone, back then called a Remotely Piloted Research Vehicle (RPRV), 23OCT1973. This was done to test the possibility of stall-spins, before the real F-15A Eagles began their test flights.

The 12 contractor F-15As were used in Category I pre-production T&E, the eight USAF F-15As were used in Category II pre-production T&E.  They were never officially designated as prototypes or even called YF-15 (as some online sites say), they were officially called McAir F-1 (for the F-15A single seaters) and McAir F-2 (for the TF-15 two seaters).  The Category I phase was later re-named Contractor Development, Test & Evaluation, the Category II phase was renamed Air Force Development, Test & Evaluation.

Installing a F-15 style intake on a J85 nacelle. NASA photo, 1975.

The wedge shaped F-15 engine air intake was also tested on the highly modified three engined F-106B.

Photo via Edwards AFB photo shop. NASA’s F-15A 71-287 in 1976, testing the FMD version of Pratt & Whitney’s F-100. 287 would go on to test the HIDEC system, in the early 1990s.

I took this photo with a crappy little fixed focus 110 camera, in 1977.

This photo shows a T&E Eagle (possibly number one) with the straight edged stabilators. McDonnell-Douglas photo.

This photo shows the smaller speed/dive brake of pre-production aircraft F-15A number five (71-284). It was apparently the first F-15 to get the 20mm Vulcan gun, obviously not at the time this photo was made (due to lack of gun port). McDonnell-Douglas photo.

The pre-production T&E Eagles can be distinguished from later production Eagles by the shape of the wing tips, the shape of the elevators (officially called ‘snag stabilators’) and the size of the speed/dive brake.  T&E F-15As had squared-off wing tips, stabilators that did not have a ‘dog tooth’, and had a smaller more rectangular speed/dive brake. However, several T&E F-15 Eagles were quickly updated with the snag stabilators, yet retained the original wing tips and small speed brake.

This photo shows one of the T&E Eagles updated with the snaggle toothed stabilators. USAF photo via the Edwards AFB photo shop, I got it in the mid-’70s but exact date it was made is unknown.

One of the T&E F-15s transferred to NASA, with original configuration wing tips and stabilators.

For kit builders, the first issue 1:72 scale Hasegawa, Revell U.S.A. and Monogram kits were based on the Category I McAir F-1 Eagles.

They were quickly revised once the final changes were established for the production F-15s.

The same T&E F-15, with the squared-off wing tips, but it has been updated with the dog-tooth elevators. NASA photo, 24FEB1978.

Development of the F-15A actually started in the late 1960s, it was designed as a pure dog-fighter, intended to replace the F-4 Phantom-2 in that role. The design was based on U.S. air combat experience over Viet Nam, and on incorrect assumptions about Soviet fighter development, especially the MiG-25 Foxbat.

The defected MiG 25P. This is the photo that inspired the artwork on Minicraft/Hasegawa’s black bordered box issue of their MiG 25 kit, in the late-1970s.

Before the defection of a Soviet pilot in a MiG-25P, to Japan in 1976, the ‘experts’ in the U.S. Department of Defense thought the Foxbat was a dog-fighter.  The MiG-25 was actually a straight line Mach 3 bomber interceptor, it carried four long range anti-bomber missiles, and had no guns.  Fortunately, the incorrect assumptions resulted in a still potent modern day dog-fighter (proven by the Israeli Air Force) that has also proved it excels at other forms of aerial combat.

TF-15A #71-290. Photo via the Edwards AFB photo shop. 290’s final mission would be as the NF-15B ACTIVE in the late 1990s.

I got this photo from the Edwards AFB photo shop in the mid-1970s. It is TF-15A/F-15B 71-291, which would go on to become the ‘demonstrator’ (mock-up) of the F-15E concept.

71-291 all gussied-up for the Bicentennial in July 1976, and flying over its birthplace of Saint Louis, Missouri. McDonnell-Douglas photo by Pat McManus.

Also in 1972, a combat capable trainer version was created called the TF-15A, but it was soon re-designated F-15B. The improved F-15C single seater, and the improved F-15D two seater, were created in 1979. Visually they all look the same as the improvements are internal.

Bare metal Streak Eagle, named because it was naked, not fast. In the 1970s there was a fad called streaking, which meant you got naked and ran as fast as you could through a public gathering. The insignia on the vertical tail was removed for the high speed runs.

Between 16JAN1975 and 01FEB1975, a bare metal F-15A nicknamed Streak Eagle, broke eight time-to-climb world records.  It was then donated to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, in 1980, where it was painted to protect from corrosion:

The F-15 is used by Israel, Japan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea and the United States.

The second F-15A Eagle (71-0281) was turned over to NASA in February 1976. It was used in no less than 25 experiments which not only benefitted the USAF and NASA, but also the civilian airliner industry.

NASA F-15A #281 over the Mojave Desert, California, 03MAR1978.

This NASA F-15A Eagle was used to compare actual in-flight aerodynamic data to data collected from models in wind tunnels, 17MAY1978.

This is a NASA image showing what their proposed F-15-2D/STOL/MTD would look like, using NASA’s F-15B Eagle. The project would morph into the NF-15B ACTIVE program in the late 1990s.

Somewhere over NATO Norway, the Sun is setting on an F-4E Phantom-2, while its replacement, an F-15B Eagle flies in formation. USAF photo by Master Sergeant Edward Condon, 08MAR1982.

Potential satellite killer. An F-15 armed with the ASAT missile, sometime in 1983. USAF photo.

On Bitburg AFB, West Germany, an F-15D Eagle blows off steam, at full throttle in a ‘Baker Sound Suppressor Unit’. USAF photo by Jose Lopez Junior, November 1984.

An F-15A Eagle gets armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder anti-aircraft missile, while taking part in wargames over Australia, 01OCT1985. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Marvin D. Lynchard.

An F-15B Eagle taxis past the then new air traffic control tower on Edwards AFB, sometime in the mid 1980s (1987?).

A pole dancing F-15C Eagle? It is mounted upside down on a pedestal at the Rome Air Development Center’s (aka USAF Super Lab) Newport, New York, test site. An external radar warning system pod mounted on the fuselage is being compared to the onboard radar warning system, 06OCT1988.

The ground attack F-15E Strike Eagle began service in 1989, however, the first production F-15E (86-183) came off the assembly line in 1986.

86-183, the first production F-15E.

At first it was just called the F-15E Dual Role Fighter, no Strike Eagle.  They stenciled on the nose F-15E No. 1, to be clear that it is the first F-15E.

F-15E Strike Eagles, and a F-15C Eagle, are flanked by F-16s as they fly over burning oil wells, during Desert Storm in early 1991.

Cold War: Approximately 1947 (due to U.S. President Harry Truman’s Truman Doctrine) to 1991 (Operation Desert Storm, collapse of Soviet Union).

NASA’s HIDEC (Highly Integrated Digital Electronic Control) F-15A (NASA #835, USAF #71-287), Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards AFB, California, February 1993.

A 53rd Fighter Squadron F-15C Eagle returns to Aviano Air Base, Italy, after a No-Fly-Zone mission over Bosnia-Herzegovina. USAF photo by Technical Sergeant David Mcleod, 12APR1993.

A 10% scale wind tunnel model of the F-15E Strike Eagle, used to test the viability of ‘pneumatic forebody controls’, September 1994.

Size comparison between USAF F-15C Eagle & E Strike Eagle, and a Slovak MiG-29 Fulcrum. According to the USAF, this was the first time F-15 Eagles and MiG-29s flew together. Photo by Technical Sergeant Brad Fallin, 25MAY1996.

McDonnell-Douglas was taken over by Boeing, in August 1997, which continues making variants of the F-15.

The NF-15B ACTIVE (NASA #837, USAF #71-290) touches down on the Edwards AFB runway, 14APR1998.

Two Israeli Defense Force F-15I Ra’am over Nellis AFB, Nevada. USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Kevin J. Gruenwald, 25AUG2004.

F-15E Strike Eagles using the Dare County Bomb Range, in North Carolina, July 2012. USAF video by Airman First Class Samantha Ducker:

December 2012:

For first time, JAPAN SCAMBLES F-15Js TO INTERCEPT CHINESE AIRCRAFT

NATO 2013:

F-15 EAGLES OVER NORGE

May 2016:

OREGON KOTKAT LENTÄÄ SUOMEN YLI

USAF video, by Staff Sergeant Esteban Esquivel, of Israeli F-15I Ra’am operations on Uvda Air Base, Israel, May 2017:

A Ukrainian flag behind the windshield of a California Air National Guard (CANG) F-15D Eagle, 26OCT2017. A Ukrainian General is in the front seat while a CANG Lieutenant Colonel is in the back seat, it was a flight promoting the military partnership of California and Ukraine. CANG photo by Senior Master Sergeant Chris Drudge.

Somewhere in the Middle East (South West Asia), September 2017 USAF video report about F-15E Strike Eagle operations against so-called Islamic State:

2018:

USAF photo by Airman First Class Codie Trimble.

MOUNTAIN HOME AFB, IDAHO,  F-15E WALK-AROUND

California Air National Guard (CANG) video, by Staff Sergeant Christian Jadot, of historical moment when for the first time California’s 144th Fighter Wing lands their F-15C & D Eagles on Starokostiantyniv Air Base, Ukraine, 06OCT2018 (it should be noted that it was not the first time for California to send aircraft to Ukraine, in 2011 the CANG sent F-16 Falcons):

CALIFORNIA OREL NAD UKRAINOY ОРЕЛ НАД УКРАИНОЙ

July 2019:

D-DAY F-15E STRIKE EAGLE

2020:

Kadena Eagle celebrates 60 years of U.S.-Japan relations

Royal Saudi Air Force F-15C Eagles, over the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Christopher Ruano, November 2019.

PANDEMIC OVERFLIGHT: THE SANDMAN ENTERS

The F-15 has adjustable air intakes. In this May 2020 video, pay attention to the intake as the turbines ignite:

 

IDAHO’S TIGERS & THUNDERBOLTS BLAST THE SKIES OVER FLORIDA!

USAF video of 493rd Fighter Squadron F-15C Eagles launching NATM-9M training missiles at aerial targets, somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean, 08DEC2020:

USAF video, by Master Sergeant Larry E. Reid Junior, showing Japanese F-15J Eagles landing on Anderson AFB, Guam, 28JAN2021:

March 2021:

The new Boeing F-15EX HAS ARRIVED! COMMANDER SAYS “IT’S AN EX-CITING DAY!”

SINGAPORE’S IDAHO BASED SKY PIRATES BOMB LAS VEGAS?

On 04MAY2021, U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles, based on the United Kingdom, conducted an “Independence Flyover” of the tiny NATO country of Latvia. Short video of F-15E getting refueled enroute to Latvia by Technical Sergeant Emerson Nuñez:

USAF video, by Staff Sergeant Danielle Sukhlall, of Japanese F-15J Eagles operating from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, 07JUN2021:

A November 2021 USAF promo video, by Staff Sergeant River Bruce, states the F-15 series of aircraft has a long way to go before retirement:

In January 2022, at least six F-15E Strike Eagles (from Seymour Johnson Air Base, North Carolina) were deployed to NATO Belgium, for so-called air policing missions against Russia.  Video via NATO:

February 2022:

Ämari Air Base, Estonia, U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Megan M. Beatty, 01FEB2022.

F-15E Strike Eagles ‘forward deployed’ to NATO Estonia

Israeli F-15I over Hatzerim Airbase, Israel, 23JUN2022. Photo by Ilan Assayag via Xinhua News.

July 2022:

F-15E GETS NEW COLORS, VIA VINYL DECALS.

Edwards AFB reveals it has the oldest, and fastest, operating F-15 in the world, USAF video by Giancarlo Casem:

USAF promotional video, by Harley Huntington, F-15 First Flight to F-15EX:

 

Oil Prices: Don’t blame Russia, blame U.S./Saudi proxy war against Iran in Yemen!

29 March 2022  (13:57-UTC-07 Tango 06) 09 Farvardin 1401/25 Sha’ban 1443/27 Gui Mao 4720

Western news media and governments continually blame the Russian operation in Ukraine for the high oil/Natural Gas prices.  Western news media ignores the reality that the eight years war in Yemen is about control of oil and Natural Gas operations in Yemen, and it is now destroying what was once a secure source of the world’s biggest oil and Natural Gas operations, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia!

How about that eight years long (started when Barack Obama was U.S. President) U.S./Kingdom of Saudi Arabia(KSA) proxy war against Iran in Yemen?  When did it ‘go-south’ for the Western World?

On 24MAR2022, the general in charge of the remnants of the pro-U.S./KSA Yemeni ‘government in exile’ (Al-Anad Axis, aka Southern Transitional Council) in the city of Aden, was assassinated by either a missile strike, car bomb or possibly two suicide bombers (reports vary). Several people were killed, but another general escaped the attack:

Palettes of CoViD-19 vaccines sit on the tarmac at Yemen’s Aden International Airport. This included vaccines paid for by U.S. taxpayers through USAID. A previous delivery was made in August 2021. They were delivered by the UN-WHO/Gates Foundation/World Bank’s Gavi Alliance. Photo by Drew Sullivan, 20DEC2021.

Amazingly, during the distraction that was/is The Pandemic, Iran backed (supposedly) rebels in Yemen began kicking ass, effectively taking control of Yemen in 2021 (not mentioned by U.S. main stream news).  Now, the Iran backed Yemenis are kicking KSA’s ass by successfully launching drone (unmanned aerial vehicle) and tactical ballistic missile strikes at KSA oil operations.

Last week, KSA suffered such a devastating attack on its oil industry by Iran back Yemenis, that KSA officials issued a statement saying they “won’t bear any responsibility” for global oil shortages or high prices, as a result of the Yemenis kicking their ass.

Today, KSA’s Energy Minister admitted that KSA can no longer guarantee “our ability to supply the world with the necessary energy requirements.” 

Interestingly, current U.S. President Joe Biden (former Vice President under Barack Obama) removed Iranian backed Yemeni rebels from the U.S. terrorist list.  The KSA used that as a reason not to increase oil or Natural Gas production to help bring down prices caused by the Ukraine Crisis, in other words, Biden pissed off his former boss’s buddies.

A reminder that Biden promised to end the war in Yemen, but the reality is that it is expanding, helped by his policy:

It should be noted that the U.S. military’s Arica Command (AfriCom) Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa considers Yemen (which is not part of Africa) to be part of its area of responsibility.

U.S. Marine Corps General Kenneth F. McKenzie Junior meets with the so-called president of Yemen (remember who controls 99% of Yemen), in the capital of KSA, 28JAN2020. USMC photo by Sergeant Roderick Jacquote.

(Biden’s War 2022: MORE U.S. M4 ASSAULT RIFLES GOING TO AFRICA)

Here area some of latest revelations about Yemen:

NATO ROMANIA JOINS U.S. LED IMSC (it’s all about protecting other people’s oil with your tax funded military)

Al Jazeera: Persian Gulf oil producing countries hold Yemen peace talks, in KSA! Yemen refuses to attend!

BBC: Why is the war there getting more violent?

France 24: Despite truce called by Yemen, KSA continues air-strikes

Spain’s Agencia EFE shows KSA’s latest air-strikes, once again targeting only civilians, at least eight killed:

NPR: Yemen’s Houthis have launched two attacks against the UAE

Press TV:  Yemen official says Saudis are irrelevant; final decision to end Yemen war hinges on U.S., U.K.

“historic changes”: U.S. industrial/mining/logistics layoffs, April 2018

Incomplete list of U.S. Mining/Industrial/Logistics job loss/shutdown announcements made in April 2018.

More U.S. jobs being killed by European Union and China.

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

 California: Diversified Silicone Products issued a shutdown WARN for its operations in Santa Fe, 68 jobs gone by July.  Germany based shipping company DHL issued a shutdown WARN for its ops in Moreno Valley, 136 jobs gone by June!  France based aerospace company C and D Zodiac issued a multiple shutdown WARNs for its Garden Grove ops, at least 79 jobs gone by mid-July.  Washington based aerospace company Leach International suddenly eliminated 46 jobs at its Esterline Power Systems ops in Buena Park. Hecny Transportation shutting down its Brisbane location mid-June.   Workrite Uniform Company issued a shutdown WARN for its factory in Oxnard, 101 jobs gone by June!  What automotive industry recovery?  Floor mat maker Kraco Enterprises issued a layoff WARN for its factory in Compton, 83 jobs gone by June.

Illinois: Washington based industrial valve maker DeZURIK eliminating 61 jobs in Schaumburg due to “relocation”, taking place in 1st quarter 2019.   In Collinsville, energy company Dynergy eliminating 53 jobs by June.

Iowa: Germany based Siemens shutting down its recently acquired steam turbine factory in Burlington, 125 jobs gone, however a federal mandated WARN has yet to be issued! What automotive industry recovery? Germany based engine parts maker MAHLE shutting down its ops in Winterset, 33 jobs gone by mid-July.

Louisiana: What automotive industry recovery? Monster Moto laying off 30 assembly line workers, in May, and transferring those jobs to China despite the company’s motto being Made in America!  Local news reports say just a year ago Monster Moto promised to hire 3-hundred people (even the state gov’na attended the announcement) but actually hired only 1-hundred!

Michigan: What automotive industry recovery?  Belgium based exhaust system maker Bosal eliminating 40 jobs at its factory in Ypsilati, in June, apparently on-top of the 77 jobs eliminated in April.

Mississippi: What automotive industry recovery?  Advance Auto Parts shutting down and selling off its distribution center in Gallman, 284 jobs gone by Xmas as part of a plan to consolidate 54 distribution centers!

New Jersey: What automotive industry recovery?  Germany based Mercedes-Benz shutting down its U.S. HQ in Montvale, 115 jobs lost due to relocation to Atlanta, Georgia! About 1-thousand jobs transferring to Georgia, so the net loss to New Jersey is about 1-thousand-115 jobs! 

New York: Ireland based electrical parts maker Eaton Corporation eliminating 29 jobs at its Horseheads ops.  It should be noted that Eaton got U.S. taxpayer funded incentives for its operations in Horseheads. Bankrupt (due to $1.5-billion in debts) clothier Nine West Holdings (Nine West, Anne Klein, Bandolino, etc) shutting down its wholesale shoe and handbag distribution ops in NYC, 203 jobs gone by July!

North Carolina: Saudi Arabia based SABIC (Saudi Basic Industries Corporation) issued a shutdown WARN for its Huntersville Innovative Plastics operations, 83 jobs gone by the end of July.

Oklahoma: Petroleum company Devon Energy eliminating 3-hundred additional jobs due to never ending debt!   Between 2016 and January 2018 the natural gas company killed 1-thousand-4-hundred jobs!

Ohio: What automotive industry recovery? Comprehensive Logistics-Source Providers eliminating 150 Austintown jobs due to production cutbacks at the GM-Chevy Cruze factory in Lordstown!  Lordstown Seating killing 83 jobs by mid-June.  And of course the GM-Chevy Cruze production cutbacks will result in 1-thousand-5-hundred GM-Chevy employees becoming unemployed!  GM administrators blame low sales in the U.S.: “…the market continued to undergo historic changes, it required us to reduce production rates and take numerous down weeks to match production with lower customer demand…”

Pennsylvania: In New Kensington, years of down prices for metals and then a $209-thousand USD theft forced Quality Machined Products to layoff employees for the first time in its history.  British empire United Kingdom based chemical company Johnson Matthey issued a shutdown WARN for its Conshohocken location, 119 jobs gone by August!  Dicom Transportation Group issued a shutdown WARN for its Philadelphia location, 51 jobs gone by June.   Pittsburgh Glass Works shutting down its factory in East Deer, at least 160 jobs affected by June, layoffs starting in May!  Worldwide Flight Services eliminating 161 air-freight jobs at Philadelphia International Airport, due to losing a contract!

South Carolina:  Textile maker Alice Manufacturing shutting down its 50 years old factory in Ellison, 175 jobs gone in June due to competition from overseas!

Texas: Salon products maker/supplier Sally Beauty warned of an undisclosed number of layoffs at its Denton HQ, in an effort to save $15-million USD!  Fort Worth based Bell Helicopter suddenly eliminated 120 jobs across the United States!  Houston based Erin Energy (Camac Energy) now chapter 11 bankrupt busted due to the collapse of the African oil industry.  Petroleum company EV Energy Partners now chapter 11 bankrupt busted due to as much as $1-billion USD of debt.

Washington: Jorgensen Forge issued a shutdown WARN for its Tukwila ops, 101 jobs gone by mid-June!  Hot water heater maker A.O. Smith issued a shutdown WARN for its factory in Renton, 57 jobs gone by mid-June.

Wisconsin: Mattel-American Girl shutting down its call center/distribution center in Wilmot, 185 jobs gone by the end of June!

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Mining/Industrial/Logistics layoffs, March 2018: “THIS IS A SAD DAY…”

America Spread Thin: West Asia, April 2018

West Asia, or as the U.S. Department of Defense calls it Southwest Asia.  Iran, Iraq and Turkey are sometimes considered part of West Asia and sometimes Central Asia.  I consider Iraq and Turkey part of West Asia and Iran is part of Central Asia.

The following is a smidgen of what the United States is involved in, in the Middle East, during April 2018:

On 04APR2018 an honor guard from MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, receive the body of Major Andreas B. O’Keeffe, who was killed in Iraq while flying an HH-60 Pave Hawk for the 106th Rescue Wing.

At Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, the body of para-rescueman Master Sergeant William Posch, killed in Iraq, was brought home:

Another Florida resident, Staff Sergeant Carl Enis, was also killed in Iraq.

Hawaii Army National Guard personnel with 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, deployed to somewhere in South West Asia.

At Fort Shafter, Hawaii, 47 USA (U.S.Army) personnel with the 8th Human Resources Sustainment Center, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, returned from supporting ops in Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan.

On 15APR2018, the Louisiana Air National Guard honored 16 Airmen from the 259th Air Traffic Control Squadron for their service in Iraq: “These 16 Airmen went over there and basically took charge of airfield operations. They did an outstanding job delivering sorties and increasing the payload of goods coming in and out to support our warfighters. The thing that impressed me is that they increased the MedEvac time by 75%!”-Major General Glenn Curtis

North Carolina Army National Guard‘s 449th Combat Aviation Brigade, along with British empire United Kingdom-NATO personnel, conduct aeromedical evacuation (MedEvac) training at Camp Taji, Iraq.   The North Carolina National Guard, and Vanderbilt University, donated medical books to the Iraqi Army Hospital, Camp Taji, at the end of March.

Between the end of March and beginning of April, about 285 personnel from Ohio National Guard‘s 2nd Battalion, 174th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, returned from a year-long deployment to Afghanistan and Iraq.

At Fort Hood, Texas, the U.S. Army 3rd Cavalry Regiment deploying to Iraq:

On 03APR2018, a Wisconsin Air National Guard 128th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 refuels USAF E-3 Sentry AWAC as it conducts missions over Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.

Wisconsin National Guard soon deploying personnel to Kuwait, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Oman and the United Arab Emirates.

A missile armed MQ-1C Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft System at an undisclosed location (secret) returns sans one missile after an anti-ISIS (DAIISH) mission over Iraq

‘Undisclosed Location’: Official video USAF 336th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron says good-bye to SouthWest Asia:

USAF F-15E Strike Eagle gets refueld from a KC-10 Extender, somewhere over SouthWest Asia, 21APR2018

Bahrain: 

U.S. 5th Fleet observes Denim Day in Manama, Bahrain, 25APR2018

Iraq: 

Iraqi Army fast rope training from U.S. taxpayer funded Russian made Mil Mi-17 helicopter, U.S. taxpayer funded contractors are also maintaining the Russian helicopters for Iraq

U.S. Army, 2011: Army equipping Afghans, Iraqis on Mi-17s

U.S. Army conducts Combat LifeSaver course for Iraqi Army personnel

Israel:

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, 29APR2018

South Carolina National Guard take part in change of command ceremonies for the 13th Missile Defense Battery in Israel, 10APR2018

Jordan: Jordan is increasingly being drawn into the influence of NATO.

Closing ceremonies for NATO – Jordan Planning Course, 04APR2018

Official USMC/USN video explainer of Eager Lion 18:

U.S. Army town clearing video, 19APR2018:

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia:  

U.S. military leaders meet with Royal Saudi military leaders at Ministry of Defense Officer’s Club, Riyadh, KSA, 19APR2018

Kuwait: 

More than 45 U.S. and Kuwait Land Forces soldiers took part in CBRN training, Camp Patriot, Kuwait, 25APR2018

U.S. Army combat engineers employ the Talon Robot, and VMR/2 Mine Hound, at Camp Patriot, Kuwait, 10APR2018

Qatar: 

Mom and daughter with Pennsylvania Air National Guard deployed to Qatar; Staff Sergeant Victoria Moran and Senior Master Sergeant Michelle Mersing

Official video of Pennsylvania Air National Guard rapid repair training at Al Udeid Air Base, Kuwait:

Syria: 

USAF C-17 moves cargo between undisclosed (secret) locations from Iraq to Syria, 13APR2018

A Syrian contractor demonstrates to U.S.-NATO advisers that the Zir Water Pumping Station, near Busayrah, is now working, 21APR2018

Video of Tomahawk cruise missile launch against Syria from USS Monterey, 14APR2018:

USAF F-15C Eagle refuels during mission over Syria, 14APR2018

Video of NATO airstrike against supposed DAIISH headquarters in Abu Kamal, 17APR2018:

(BRITISH EMPIRE, LET SLIP THE DOGS OF WAR: ISLAMIC STATE DAIISH)

Turkey: Official video of NATO operated AWACs based at FOB (Forward Operating Base) Konya, and used over Iraq and Syria:

United Arab Emirates: 

USAF F-22 Raptor based at Al Dhafra Air Base, UAE, gets refueled inflight, 01APR2018

Official video, U.S. Army and UAE deployment of high mobility artillery rocket system (HiMARS):

AMERICA SPREAD THIN: NORTH AMERICA, APRIL 2018

AMERICA SPREAD THIN: WEST ASIA, MARCH 2018

“experiencing declining enrollment, and we will continue to”: Dumbing Down the U.S. of A., March 2017

Disappearing Students Syndrome (DSS): A phrase created by me to describe a phenomenon taking place across the United States, affecting both privately and publicly funded schools, from Kindergarten all the way through University levels.

Incomplete list of publicly announced education related layoffs & school shutdowns, March 2017:

California:  A true sign of advanced education; in San Francisco a book store which also doubles as a booze joint, Two Sisters Bar & Books, shutdown.  Los Angeles Unified School District notified 1-thousand-6-hundred employees of layoffs due to massive DSS and taxpayer funding cuts!  At a “special” meeting Azusa School District voted to layoff 14 teachers due to an unexpected reduction in taxpayer funding.  Local news media pointed out that the superintendent got an 8% pay raise, but supposedly that was before the sudden reduction in state funding. San Diego Unified School District eliminating 850 jobs due to a $124-million deficit!  Administrators pointed out that if they didn’t start laying people off then the state could take over.  In the largest county in the world, Rim of the World Unified School District notified at least ten teachers of layoffs.  In Santa Monica, American Flyers shutting down its flight school in April.  Local news media said its the second flight school at the Santa Monica Airport to shutdown in the past 12 months, speculating it has to due with ongoing problems with city administrators.  However, city admin smugly stated “They chose to leave on their own for their own reasons.”  In Modesto, Nasco Education eliminating 46 jobs at the end of May.

Idaho: As I warned back in 2016, Islamic extremist U.S. ally Saudi Arabia’s funding cuts to Idaho State University (ISU) could result in layoffs. Local news media reporting that ISU is dealing with a $12-million USD shortfall and the loss of 35% of its Middle Eastern students!  ISU admin warned of layoffs if state taxpayers aren’t forced to make up the funding difference!  (Related: SAUDI ARABIA TAKES OVER TEXAS OIL SUPPLY & SOUTHEAST U.S. FUEL SALES!)

Illinois: Community Unit School District 308 notified at least 48 people of layoffs (mainly teachers) due to crashing enrollments and taxpayer funding.  Richland Community College laid off 18 people due to crashing taxpayer funding and what I call DSS.   McHenry County College eliminating 25 jobs, reducing work hours for five positions and not filling six soon to be vacant positions, blaming crashing taxpayer funding and what I call DSS.  Aurora University suddenly laid off about 45 people due to problems with state taxpayer MAP (Monetary Award Program) funding.   Community High School District 155 warning of layoffs and reduced work hours, blaming a $1.6-million deficit on “experiencing declining enrollment, and we will continue to”.   School bus company First Student laying off 75 people in June due to loss of contract.   Aramark Educational Services lost its food contract with Indian Prairie School District, 169 jobs gone by June!  In Moline, Readmore Book World and Rock Shop shutdown: “We’re closing this time mostly because I’m not as interested in staying in retail anymore…..you’ve got to have the fire in your belly to keep going, especially in independent retail, and stuff that has small profit margins like this.”-Randy Pearson, co-owner

Maryland: Kent County Board of Education shutting down Millington and Worton elementary schools due to a $1.2-million deficit caused by 20 years of crashing student enrollments!

Massachusetts:  Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School District eliminating at least 18 jobs due to being in the hole by $1.2-million USD.  Administrators admitted that the elimination of 18 jobs still wouldn’t make up for the budget deficit.

Michigan: Central Michigan University warning of mass layoffs due to an estimated $20-million deficit!

Missouri:  Saint Louis University eliminating 120 jobs due to a $16-million deficit caused by increasing costs and decreasing student enrollments!

New York:  In Buffalo, after 70 years god powerless to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ Mary Queen of Angels school due to The Rapture, I mean declining student enrollments and increasing costs of operations.  Interestingly the christian school’s mascot is a winged bison. Fairport Central School District eliminating 30 teaching jobs in the 2017-18 school year.  The local teacher’s union warned that layoffs could be more depending upon the state budget.  School bus company Durham School Services issued a layoff WARN, 216 jobs lost due to loss of contract!   School bus company East End Bus Lines shutting down in Medford, 255 jobs lost due to loss of contract!

Oregon: Portland Public Schools warning of 70 teacher layoffs due to crashing student enrollments.  Administrators swear they’ve eliminated jobs elsewhere in an attempt to save teaching jobs, but the enrollment problem is only getting worse. University of Oregon notified 75 employees of layoffs, after years of hiring new employees.  Administrators blame an expected $8.8-million deficit on skyrocketing costs of employee benefits (partially caused by ObamaCare). The employee’s union says the number of people to be laid off will actually be more than 75.

Pennsylvania:  Norwin School District warning of layoffs due to being short an estimated $3.3-million.  Mansfield University warning of layoffs and shutdowns of departments due to a 35% crash in enrollments since 2010!  In the middle of the school year Khepera Charter School suddenly laid off 11 people, including teachers, blaming a lack of funding. The ‘African-American’ Khepera Charter School has a history of sudden layoffs and last year a whistle-blower revealed massive financial fraud.  Michigan based Baker College shutting down its one year old campus in Reading, due to lack of students.  Non-profit Mount Pleasant Glass Museum shutdown after only three years, they didn’t charge an admission fee and never got enough donations.

Tennessee: God powerless to stop ‘his’ Aquinas College from suddenly laying off the majority of its employees and forcing half the student body to transfer to other ‘christian’ schools!

Texas: In Fort Worth, the short lived Military Museum shutdown.  Local news reports said until 2016 about 3-thousand people per year visited the museum, but last year only 1-thousand showed up.

South Dakota: After almost 40 years the privately owned National Museum of Wood Carving shutdown.  The owners needed money so they put everything up for sale.

Virginia:  More proof god can’t save you, and neither can the internet; god powerless to stop ‘his’ online based Liberty University from eliminating an undisclosed number of jobs.  Administrators blame “competition” for causing The Rapture, I mean the loss of several thousands of students!

Washington: After 68 years School of Piano Technology for the Blind  shutting down due to no more students!  Local news reports say the last two students graduated in December 2016.

West Virginia: During an emergency meeting Wayne County Schools announced the elimination of  85 jobs due to an expected $1.8-million reduction in taxpayer funding caused by ongoing Disappearing Students Syndrome.

Dumbing Down February 2017: OBAMA KILLS 200 COLLEGES! “STRATEGIC REALIGNMENT”

God is Evil: Saudi Arabia adopts ‘Christian’ calendar system, it’s about the money!

03 October 2016 (02:37 UTC-07 Tango 01) 12 Mehr 1395/01 Muharram 1438/03 Wu Zu 4714

Ironically the country which is the origin of true Islamic Extremism has just adopted the western ‘christian’ Gregorian calendar system!

The wahhabist Kingdom of Saudi Arabia began officially using the Gregorian calendar on 02 October 2016, and it’s all about the money.  The move specifically targets its own civil servants, reducing their annual pay by 11 days!  There are 11 less work days in the Gregorian calendar than in the Saudi lunar calendar (which was established in 1932, Gregorian time).

Because of oil prices being below $70 USD per barrel, and its U.S. supported invasions of neighboring countries, the monarchy of Saudi Arabia now faces a $100-billion shortfall.

By the way, the so called christian Gregorian calender was created more than 1-thousand 5-hundred years after the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth.

GOD IS EVIL: ISRAEL RAPES U.S. TAXPAYERS OF $38-BILLION IN MILITARY FUNDING!

SAUDI ARABIA KILLS $5-MILLION FOR IDAHO!

U.S. ALLY SAUDI SHARI POLICE ENFORCE ANTI-POKEMON LAW!

IRAN CAPTURES MORE U.S.-SAUDI BACKED TERRORISTS TARGETING POLICE!

SAUDI ARABIA CONTROLS U.S. REFINERIES?

SAUDI ARABIA BOMBS THEIR OWN BLACKWATER MERCENARIES!

YET AGAIN, ANOTHER U.S. ALLY SAUDI PRINCE ARRESTED FOR DRUGS TRAFFICKING!

U.S. ally Saudi Shari police enforce anti- Pokemon law!

20 July 2016 (14:51 UTC-07 Tango 01) 30 Tir 1395/14 Shawwal 1437/17 Yi-Wei 4714

“The Saudi justice system (sharia) is notoriously very harsh, and gives no leeway to non-Saudis, and embassies can provide only limited help in these situations.”-Wikitravel.org

Due to unprecedented response to the new Pokemon Go game the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Wahhabi (Islamic State) Sharia court is reviving their 2001 law banning the playing of Pokemon!

The Wahhabi country (no, Saudi Arabia is not ruled by Sunni Muslims despite what your main stream news media says) calls its Sharia court the Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta’ of the Council of Senior Scholars, and the king of U.S. supported Saudi Arabia is the top member.

In 2001 Wahhabi Sharia clerics declared that Pokemon, and other video games, are the same as gambling if they use characters that were created by the influence of the concept of Darwinian evolution!  In Saudi Arabia all games using religious symbols are also banned, including symbols of Freemasonry and Japan’s Shinto animist religion.  According to the Quran punishment for gambling is the same as for drinking alcohol; public whipping.

Arabiacasino.com revealed that while it is illegal to gamble inside Saudi Arabia many residents can gamble by accessing internet sites outside the kingdom.  The U.S. backed Saudi government works hard to block internet access to such sites.

Before any ‘western’ christian goes nuts over the Saudi Sharia laws about gambling they should do some historical research to discover that at one time (and recently in fact) their precious christian religions also banned gambling!  Prior to the Gregorian 1980s most U.S. states (except Nevada) banned gambling, based on christian religious law!

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”-1st Amendment, U.S. Constitution

U.S. ALLY SAUDI ARABIA, NOT IRAN, IS THE MAIN SPONSOR OF “ISLAMIC EXTREMIST TERRORISM”!

IDAHO CHRISTIANS CALL COPS TO ARREST GIRL EXERCISING HER 1ST AMENDMENT RIGHTS!

Global War on Cops : Iran captures more U.S.-Saudi backed terrorists targeting police!

20 July 2016 (13:55 UTC-07 Tango 01) 30 Tir 1395/14 Shawwal 1437/17 Yi-Wei 4714

Iran has captured ten U.S.-Saudi backed Islamic State (ISIS-ISIL-DAIISH=DA for al-DAwla, I for al-Islamiya, I for al-Iraq, SH al-SHam) insurgents in the province of Kash.

Kash appears to be the main insertion point for anti-Iran “Islamic extremist terrorism” as it’s been the site of several recent DAIISH activities.  This latest operation captured the DAIISH digging tunnels under local police stations.

In the province of Kordestan the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps killed at least two U.S.-Saudi backed insurgents during a firefight.