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Business/Economics, U.S.

Exceptional Failed State: U.S. job losses & store closings 02-03 November 2013. More News Department layoffs! Massive lumber store shutdown!

Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs:

Alabama: In Mountain Brook, a Piggly Wiggly grocery store shutdown.  Local news reports say customers actually demonstrated against the closing.

California:  In Los Angeles, France based food service company Sodexo shutdown, 130 jobs lost!  Southern California Edison laid off more people, this time 100!  In Cupertino, Andrews International laid off 66 employees.   MC Communications laid off 120 people!   In Riverbank, Silgan Containers continues its hemorrhaging of jobs, this time 34 people let go.

Louisiana: University of Louisiana Monroe eliminated 25 positions.  It’s blamed on reduced taxpayer funding and declining student enrollment.

Maine:  Cape Cod Times eliminated 17 positions.  It’s blamed on the bad economy, although the news media source was recently taken over by  Newcastle Investment Corporation.  Taxsucker Bath Iron Works laid off 39 employees.  It’s blamed on reduced military spending.

Massachusetts: Brucker Corporation laid of 150 people!  This is on top of previous layoffs.  Officials with the scientific instruments maker said the bad economy is forcing them to contract out their work.  The SouthCoast Media Group laid off eight employees.  It’s blamed on crashing revenues.  Building #19 “The Humble Department Store” shutdown 10 stores after 50 years of business.  Company officials blamed their loss of revenue on the internet!

New York:  Endicott Interconnect confirmed they will start laying off their remaining 575 employees!  The company went bankrupt in July 2013, and will be sold off.   In Batavia, Arnold’s Bakery Outlet shutdown.  The owners refused to comment.

Ohio:  What housing market recovery?  81 years old Carter Lumber shutting down 26 stores!  Company officials say those stores are not making enough money, due to the downturn in the housing market. Their remaining stores will focus on contractor sales only.

Pennsylvania: The Titusville Area Hospital eliminated 18 full time jobs.  Hospital officials blame the Obama Care insurance industry for actually preventing health care: “We also realize that due to higher co-payments and deductibles being imposed on patients, many avoid seeking services or may put them off altogether.”-Anthony J. Nasralla, CEO

West Virginia:  In Follensbee, Koppers coal tar plant laid off 25 people.  It’s blamed on the bad economy.

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) doesn’t count the hundreds of layoffs involving less than 50 people each, in its mass layoff reports. It also doesn’t count all the little ‘mom & pop’ businesses that shut down.

“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security……..That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013

Fukushima, International, U.S.

More Fukushima / Nuke Industry Fallout: IAEA preps for global spread of radiation! More contaminated fish! Radioactive dirt dumped in California? USN knew personnel were being irradiated!

28 February 2014 (00:11 UTC-07 Tango)/27 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1435/09 Esfand 1392/29 Bing-Yin (1st month) 4712

Fishermen in Fukushima Prefecture report they’ve caught scorpion fish that are contaminated with as much as 110 becquerels per kilogram of radiation.  That’s much higher than the original government safe limit, which was actually raised to 100 Bq per kilogram after the Fukushima Daiichi nuke disasters.  However, the Fukushima fishing association is maintaining their own standard of 50 Bq limit.  The fishing association says they are down to about 32 specie of fish that are so far within their 50 Bq radiation limit.

A report in The Asia Pacific Journal says the U.S. Navy knew the USS Ronald Reagan carrier group was being hit by high levels of radiation, during Operation Tomodachi.  This is based on recorded U.S. government phone conversations: “…The ship was adhering to that requirement and detected some activity about two and a half times above normal airborne activity using on-board sensors on the aircraft carriers. So that indicated that they had found the plume and it was probably more significant than what we had originally thought. The second thing that has happened is we have had some helicopters conducting operations from the aircraft carrier and one of the helicopters came back from having stopped on board the Japanese command ship in the area, and people who had been on — were on the helicopter who had walked on the deck of the ship, were monitored and had elevated counts on their feet, 2500 counts per minute. But I wanted to get you guys on the line and my expert on the line so we can get the data and then the proper people notified.”-Admiral Kirkland Donald

Notice that what Admiral Donald was saying , not only he is concerned for U.S. military personnel, but he’s indicating that the Japanese navy ships and personnel were already highly irradiated!

The discussion pointed out that after ten hours of exposure USN and USMC personnel would be dealing with a “thyroid dose issue”.   Radiation detectors on the USS Ronald Reagan itself showed levels at 30 times ‘normal’ background.

In San Francisco, California, workers removing contaminated dirt from the old Hunters Point Navy Shipyard report that nobody is conducting required radiation checks, before the dirt is hauled off to a garbage dump.  Kevin Jackson, a truck driver whose been hauling the contaminated dirt to land fills for the past three years, testified at a community meeting: “They would dig it up and load the trucks and take it out. It’s not being tested for RAD.”

Officials from the U.S. Navy told residents that they do not believe all the dirt is contaminated, hence the lack of testing.  However, local news media say that in 2012 the USN stated that all the dirt will be tested.  The scandal was revealed by an unnamed whistleblower who told California officials that “no radiological soil assessment has been or is being performed”, period!

I’ve reported on the pseudo-secret U.S. Department of Energy taxpayer funded radiation detection program in Jamaica and Bahamas.   Now the Bahamian Ministry of Health has revealed they’ve spent more than $80-thousand USD (probably money from the U.S. DoE) to join the UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

It was also revealed that this month the IAEA held meetings with Bahamas’ Department of Customs, Environmental Health Services, the Port Authority as well as the Ministries of Health and National Security.  Apparently there is growing concern about irradiated products coming from Japan, or other countries: “Imported products that are at greatest risk from elevated levels of radiation emission will be identified and items found emitting radiation will be returned to the primary source where the imported product originated.”-Perry Gomez, Health Minister of Bahamas

 

 

U.S.

Exceptional Failed State: Double taxation as restaurants from Florida to California charge new ObamaCare tax!

28 February 2014 (22:14 UTC-07 Tango 27 February 2014)/27 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1435/09 Esfand 1392/29 Bing-Yin (1st month) 4712

A Los Angeles, California, based restaurant, Republique, is charging a 3% ACA “surcharge” on any meal you eat there.

In Florida, the restaurant chain, Gator’s Dockside, is charging a 1% ACA “surcharge”.

Company officials say it’s the only way they can financially comply with Obama Care laws.

Now realize that individuals are already paying for Obama Care, unless their income is so low it’s free for them, but most U.S. citizens who don’t qualify for ‘free’ Obama Care are paying far higher health insurance fees.  Many that had employer provided insurance have lost that as employers have cut work hours as a way of avoiding the Obama Care mandate for company provided insurance.  And then there are those of us who can not get ‘free’ Obama Care because the states we live in have refused to adopt the new ACA Medicaid rules, we’re still gonna have to pay at the end of the tax year through IRS imposed Obama Care fines!

In other words, the people of the United States are being double and even triple taxed for health care (that some people like me isn’t going to get)!   Unfair taxation was the primary motivation for the creation of the United States, but I don’t see anyone running around shouting “No taxation without representation!”

Wake up you idiots!

“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security……..That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013

International, U.S.

World War 3, East European Front: Ukraine no longer sovereign, now a failed state! Obama regime threatens war with Russia!

27 February 2014 (08:48 UTC-07 Tango)/26 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1435/08 Esfand 1392/28 Bing-Yin (1st month) 4712

“We expect other nations to respect Ukraine’s sovereignty and avoid provocative action. That’s why I’m closely watching Russia’s military exercises along the Ukrainian border…”-Chuck Hagel, U.S. Secretary of Defense

The Obama regime’s Chuck Hagel joined NATO in threatening war on Russia.  Hagel claims that Ukraine is still a sovereign country.  Bull crap!

Ukraine now has an illegitimate government, by ‘western’ democracy standards.  Ukraine is now literally divided along demographic lines. Ukraine is literally divided geographically, with at least ten provinces breaking away and siding with Russia.   Because of the situation Ukraine is now financially insolvent.  All these things add up to a failed state, meaning it is no longer sovereign, mister dip schtick Hagel!

International

World War 3, East European Front: NATO threatens war with Russia!

27 February 2014 (06:40 UTC-07 Tango)/26 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1435/08 Esfand 1392/28 Bing-Yin (1st month) 4712

“I’m concerned about developments in Crimea. This morning’s action by an armed group is dangerous and irresponsible.  I urge Russia not to take any action that can escalate tension or create misunderstanding.”-Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO Secretary General

The U.S. led Trilateral Commission’s military wing, NATO, threatened war with Russia over events in Crimea, despite that fact that the Trilateral Commission is behind similar events in Ukraine!

International

World War 3, East European Front: Crimea declares direct rule by the People! Resistance to Obama regime & the Trilateral Commission building!

27 February 2014 (06:12 UTC-07 Tango)/26 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1435/08 Esfand 1392/28 Bing-Yin (1st month) 4712

“Yesterday’s clash outside the Crimean Parliament building, resulting in bloodshed and human casualties, is due to the rampage of political extremism and violence that’s swept over the country. Ukraine is spiralling into absolute chaos, anarchy and economic disaster. Given the situation, the Supreme Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea as the topmost representative body of government and basing itself on the expression of will of the Crimeans who have elected it, is assuming full responsibility for the future of Crimea. Abiding by the founding canons of democracy, the Presidium of the Crimean Parliament sees the application of the principles of direct government by the people as the only possible way out…”-Oksana Korniychuk, press secretary of the Chairman of the Supreme Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea

The Trilateral Commission was founded by David Rockefeller in 1973.  The official goal is to foster economic and political co-operation between Pacific Asian countries, North American countries and European countries (notice these are the regions that are currently in big economic trouble).

Business/Economics, International, U.S.

Corporate Evil: Monsanto’s Roundup proven to cause kidney failure! Cause of gluten allergies! Been going on since the 1970s, wake up you idiots and stop using glyphosate!

27 February 2014 (05:57 UTC-07 Tango)/26 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1435/08 Esfand 1392/28 Bing-Yin (1st month) 4712

The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health has published a new study that says Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide is the cause of fatal chronic kidney disease of unknown origin (CKDu) epidemic in humans!

It has become the second biggest killer of men in El Salvador!

Roundup does this after coming into contact with certain minerals in the soil or aquifer: “Glyphosate and its primary metabolite AMPA can directly leach into the ground water and easily chelate to Ca, Mg and Sr copiously present in ground water…..Many farmers use hard water to dissolve glyphosate to prepare the spraying solutions as well……..Other modes of ingestion of glyphosate are dermal and respiratory. Low levels of glyphosate have frequently been detected in the urine of farm workers shortly after the glyphosate application….Glyphosate preparations are easily dissolved in sweat and absorbed transdermally…..the majority of farmers do not use any protective gear….Recent findings have revealed that rice, vegetables and raw tobacco…are contaminated with Cd and As…..Spanish researchers reported that glyphosate was present above the limits of detection in 41% of the ground water samples….the liver cannot metabolize the GMA lattice due to its unique configuration………confirmatory evidence
of the exposure and accumulation of As and Cd in the body as the kidneys become increasingly incapable of excreting them. Destruction of the tubular necks following long term exposure to GMA lattice also brings about a sudden decrease of renal functions in the later stages of the CKDu which result in the death of the patient if dialysis or renal transplantation is not done.”-Glyphosate, Hard Water and Nephrotoxic Metals

The Journal of Interdisciplinary Toxicology says Roundup is the cause of growing gluten allergies around the globe: “Celiac disease, and, more generally, gluten intolerance, is a growing problem worldwide, but especially in North America and Europe, where an estimated 5 percent of the population now suffers from it. Symptoms include nausea, diarrhea, skin rashes, macrocytic anemia and depression. It is a multifactorial disease associated with numerous nutritional deficiencies as well as reproductive issues and increased risk to thyroid disease, kidney failure and cancer. Glyphosate, the active ingredient in the herbicide, Roundup, is the most important causal factor in this epidemic.”

This crap is on your veggies!  When are you people gonna wake and realize that your exalted ‘christian’ corporate and political leaders are gottdamned evil?

We can’t blame it all on Monsanto.  There are dozens of brands out there containing glyphosate, here’s a few: Cheminova, Clearout 41, Nufarm, IPCO, Glyphogan Plus, KnockOut Extra, Maverick 3, MPower, R/T 540, Viterra, Sharpshooter, Touchdown Total, Traxion, Vantage Plus Max 2 and Wise Up.  Yeah people, it’s time to wise up!!!

Fukushima, U.S.

More Fukushima / WIPP Fallout: People in New Mexico contaminated! Japan admits to storing weapons grade plutonium? Water filtration stopped again! More proof medical radiation is bad for you!

27 February 2014 (02:42 UTC-07 Tango)/26 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1435/08 Esfand 1392/28 Bing-Yin (1st month) 4712

The neo-imperialist government of Japan has agreed to hand over plutonium to the Obama regime.  Officials admitted they bought the plutonium from the United States, during the Cold War, for “research purposes”.

Tokyo Electric Power Company announced that once again filtration of radioactive water was stopped.  This time it was an automatic shutdown after alarms sounded.  TEPCo is now investigating to find out why the system automatically shutdown.

TEPCo’s Managing Executive Officer, Anegawa Takafumi, has admitted that continued problems within the corporation, relating to the handling of the ongoing Fukushima Daiichi disaster, are due to a “corporate culture”.   Anegawa told government officials that it would take time to change the pervasive and irresponsible corporate culture.

Researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Maine, United States, are asking Canadians in British Columbia to step up where the Canadian government is failing.  Woods Hole is asking Canadians to take part in the same independent and individually funded program that people in California, Oregon and Washington are taking part in: ourradioactiveocean.org

13 employees at the U.S. Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, New Mexico, were notified that they are contaminated with radiation.   The notice came from the Department of Energy, and was the result of testing of samples taken off the employees.   The workers were exposed during the 14 February “radiological event”.

In PortMiami, Florida, part of the cruise ship terminal was evacuated after an old school compass set off radiation detectors.  The compass was made in the 1950s, and has a luminescent dial made with radioactive materials (which is very common even in old watches and old glow in the dark model kits and toys).

Uganda’s Atomic Energy Council is warning against the overuse of medical testing and treatments that are radioactive.  It turns out that many medical clinics in Uganda are not licensed to use such things, but are.

There has been increasing studies showing that medical radiation testing and treatment is actually causing harm.  The latest study says children with brain tumors don’t live long if treated with radiation: “The first comprehensive, large-scale cohort study of the long-term survival of children treated for low-grade gliomas, the most common pediatric brain tumor, finds that almost 90% are alive 20 years later and that few die from the tumor as adults. However, children who received radiation as part of their treatment had significantly lower long-term survival rates than children who were not radiated.”

Business/Economics, Idaho, U.S.

The lies about gas prices! Southeastern Idaho sees 50 cent increase in 2 weeks, and drivers don’t notice!

27 February 2014 (01:56 UTC-07 Tango)/26 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1435/08 Esfand 1392/28 Bing-Yin (1st month) 4712

I’ve seen many a news report trying to explain why fuel prices suddenly jumped, and once again they’re mierda de toro!  Reports say the average price increase for low octane gas, for the United States, increased 12 to 14 cents in the past two weeks.  Well in the cities of Pocatello and Chubbuck, Idaho, we’ve seen a 50 cent increase!

At this popular Pocatello fuel station the price of low octane was $2.79 two weeks ago. It's now $3.25. Low news reports revealed that many Idahoans are oblivious to the price hike!

At this popular Pocatello fuel station the price of low octane was $2.79 two weeks ago. It’s now $3.25. Local news reports revealed that many Idahoans are oblivious to the price hike!

Some Idahoans have noticed the increase, but apparently most have not.

A week ago, when the price jumped to $3.19 per gallon, a local TV station did an explainer report.  Of course the reason they gave was bogus (blamed on the switch to summer grade gas, which is a bogus claim because the same claim is made when they switch to winter grade gas), but what caught my attention was that the reporter discovered that most east Idahoans filling up at the pump were not aware of the price increase!

One guy she interviewed was standing right in front of the gas pump, filling his car, and admitted he didn’t know that the price went up and thought it was still $2.79 per gallon!  Hello, you idiot drivers how can you not notice such a big jump in gas prices?  You’re the reason the oil industry gets away with ripping us off!

“Between now and April we’re likely to tack on another 40 cents a gallon, in some areas it could be 30 in other areas it could be 50!”– Patrick DeHaan, GasBuddy.com

There are reports that the national average of low octane gas will be $4.00 per gallon by summertime.

Oil industry stooge, Trilby Lundberg, tired to use a red herring and  blamed fuel price increases on Obama regime backed violence in Venezuela and South Sudan.  Why is this bogus?  Because the United States is no longer an oil importer, we have a glut of extracted oil sitting around waiting to be refined!  The United States is on the verge of becoming the World’s number one oil exporter!   So why would problems in other oil producing countries affect our fuel prices?

Another excuse for high gas prices is that refineries are shutting down for maintenance.  So what, they always do that.  That’s why some areas have tank farms, where fuel is built up for storage for something like a refinery shutting down for maintenance.

Another oil industry stooge, Andrew Lipow of Lipow Oil Associates, claims gas prices are up because “…..that crude oil prices have been rising, as well as prices of gasoline futures.”

Here’s what Oil&GasJournal said about that: “Crude oil futures prices and natural gas prices fell on the New York market on Feb. 25 while analysts awaited a weekly government report that they correctly expected to show a sixth consecutive increase in US crude oil inventories.  The US Energy Information Administration said Feb. 26 that estimated crude oil inventories, excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, increased…..”

In other words, and what the U.S. EIA has been reporting for years now, is that there is plenty of petroleum in the United States!

The U.S. EIA has also been reporting a consistent drop in fuel demand, for years now!  But, here’s where fuel price increases come into play.  The U.S. EIA is reporting a drop in available refined fuels for the U.S. market.  This is also a consistent trend in the U.S. fuel market, and I’ve explained it before: Most of the fuel refined in the U.S. is being exported to other countries, creating an artificial shortage for those of us in the U.S.   So even though demand has gone down, available supply of refined fuel is also down, hence the industry justifies charging us more.

This is apparently the price we U.S. fuel consumers have to pay as the U.S. petroleum industry returns to the number one spot as the World’s oil/fuel supplier.   And you thought all that rhetoric about ending U.S. dependence on foreign oil would be a good thing for your middle class/lower class pocketbook.

International, U.S.

World War 3, East European Front: Obama regime Prime Minister of Ukraine says “Welcome to hell!” Capitol building of Crimea stormed! Former U.S. ambassador a F*cking Ass Hole! Russia needs to ‘Move Now’!

27 February 2014 (00:57 UTC-07 Tango)/26 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1435/08 Esfand 1392/28 Bing-Yin (1st month) 4712

The interim prime minister of Ukraine looked a Trilateral Commission British empire BBC reporter square in the eye and angrily said “We are on the brink of a disaster and this is the government of political suiciders! So welcome to hell!”-Arseniy Yatsenyuk

RT interviewed the former Bush regime’s ambassador to Ukraine, John Herbst.  The guy lied through his ass hole of a mouth.  He portrayed NAZI right wing protestors as “peaceful”, even while RT ran contrasting video of the peaceful protestors killing police and setting fire to property.  The Zionist sucking Herbst also denied that the NAZI right wing protestors were in fact NAZIs!   The RT interviewer pointed out that Synagogs are being attacked in the right wing held areas of Ukraine, and that NAZI symbols are showing up everywhere in the right wing controlled areas.  Herbst actually said such things are being done by the now deposed and fleeing former government of Ukraine!  I remember watching a live report where the Obama regime supported NAZI right wing leaders announced they were going to purge Ukraine of “Jews and Russians”!  Don’t forget that in Libya and Syria most of the Obama regime supported rebels turned out to be affiliated with al Qaeda!

As the RT interview continued Herbst did a lot of smiling and smirking, as if he could hardly contain himself at the thought that the anti-EU/Tirlateral Commission ‘democratically’ elected government of Ukraine was deposed by the Obama regime.

Herbst (a former Bush regime appointee) was asked how the Obama regime should view Americans who might take over government buildings or even Wall Street (if they ever grow the balls to do so).  He responded by saying it would be considered a civil disturbance, not a rebellion!   It’s interesting how much John Herbst sounds like that jerk wad Secretary of State John Kerry.  Close your eyes while listening to the crap that comes out of his mouth and you’d swear it was John Kerry.

By the way, you stupid Americans, your Obama regime is now offering Ukraine a $1-billion USD taxpayer funded bailout loan!

In the Autonomous Region of Crimea, gunmen have stormed the parliament building.  Initial reports made it sound like they were Obama lackeys, but later reports say they hoisted the flag of Russia. This after mass protests of Crimeans demanded they become part of Russia, to counter the Obama regime takeover of Ukraine.

This is not Russia’s backyard, this is Russia’s front door step!  Russia needs to move, and move now!

What language are they using?

natural gas pipelines true reason for EU-U.S. backed coup in Ukraine