Tag Archives: war

Business/Economics, U.S.

World War 3, U.S. Economic Front: Job losses & store closings 02 July 2013. 1000 people lose their jobs to Obama Care! More call centers bite the dust, because of the bad economy!

In Ohio, 121 people losing their jobs at the Walgreens call center!  Is it because of Obama/Romney care (2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act)?  Company officals did not comment to local news media, but the call center handles Medicare part B.  Possibly because of changes made by Obama/Romney care the call center will be shut down in October!  In Leetonia, Farmers National Bank also closing in October!  Like many other banks doing the same thing, officials said it was because so many people have switched to internet banking they don’t need the brick and mortar spaces, or the employees.  In East Liverpool, the Mezzanine Town Mall closing down.  Shop owners are hoping to find new locations.  The mall owner blamed it on a bad economy, saying business took “a real big drop” in 2011.  He also blames city government for being nothing but money grubbers and not caring about business owners: “They seem to have a deaf ear on business.”-David Marshall

In Iowa, Grinnell Regional Medical Center laid off 41 employees.  It’s blamed on state and federal government cuts to Medicare and Medicaid (2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act).

Saint Vincent Health, in Indiana, laying off 865 people!  Officials with the Christian hospital chain blamed Obamacare (2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act).

Cengage Learning now bankrupt.  The publisher of expensive textbooks has $5.8 billion USD in debt!  Blame it on its recent take overs of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing and National Geographic’s digital and print school publishing unit.

Downtown Lynchburg YMCA, Virginia, ended its preschool program.  The YMCA blamed it on declining enrollments and the red tape of local and state government regulations.

In Kentucky, it was announced the Lexington Sears is being closed by the end of the year. 114 jobs lost!  The owners of the Fayette Mall will turn the Sears space into smaller store spaces.

In South Heidelberg Township, Pennsylvania, Nell’s Shurfine Market shut down.  Company officials would not give a public explanation.  An unnamed person familiar with the property said the store was not making enough money to justify its size, according to today’s grocery store standards.

Sun National Bank closed an office in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.  Bank officials say they need to “streamline operations”.

In New Mexico, Kmart announced it will close its 35 years old Sierra Vista Shopping Center, Albuquerque, store in September.

Nebraska based ConAgra Foods laid off 50 people in Saint Louis, Missouri.  It’s blamed on their take over of food maker Ralcorp.

In Texas, Xerox downsizing their El Paso call center.  490 people laid off!

In West Virginia, business manager TelTech is closing their call center in September.  Company officials blame it on crashing customer calls, caused by the bad economy.   260 people out-o-work!  And what housing recovery?  In Princeton, 104 years old Princeton Hardware shut down.  The owner blamed it on the crashing local economy due to massive layoffs in the coal industry.

What oil industry boom?  Oregon based railcar manufacturer, Greenbrier Companies, shutting down eight wheel, repair and parts shops!  It’s blamed on its third quarter loss of $56 million!  Company officials drastically misread the economy, thinking it had recovered they invested big time in their Mexico operations.  Expected high sales of their petroleum tank cars, actually tanked!

In California, Quiksilver Americas warned of new layoffs which could affect 100 employees!  Reports that CityGrid is laying off 130 employees!  The Money Mailer laid off 111 people over the past few months! The coupon printer has outsourced at least half its Garden Grove jobs.

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.

Fukushima

More Fukushima Fallout: Radiation levels so high now, it will kill you in 4 hours!!!

01 September 2013 (02:35 UTC-07 Tango)/25 Shawwal 1434/10 Shahrivar 1392/26 Xin-You (7th month) 4711

Radiation levels continue to skyrocket at the deadly Fukushima Daiichi nuke plant.  Tokyo Electric Power Company officials say there has been a huge increase, about 18 times greater, in radiation readings coming from a leaky water tank.

The tank was last checked on 22 August 2013.  Today it is reading 1800 millisieverts per hour, TEPCo officials say this level can kill a person in 4 hours!

TEPCo also reported a leaky pipe, connecting storage tanks.  The puddle of water under the pipe has 230 millisieverts per hour of contamination.  This is more evidence that there are many unaccounted for leaks still to be discovered (there are more than 900 storage tanks, and growing since they have to build new ones to store the ongoing water leaks from the reactors).

International

World War 3, West Asian Front: Iran increases air defenses around vital economic centers!

31 August 2013 (16:40 UTC-07 Tango)/24 Shawwal 1434/09 Shahrivar 1391/25 Geng-Shen (7th month) 4711

“If any country decides to have the slightest aggression against Iran’s airspace, we will turn the sky of this sacred land into hell for them!”-Brigadier General Qader Rahimzadeh, Lieutenant Commander of the Iranian Army

Iranian officials announced they have boosted air defenses around not only vital economic centers but also around “oil zones” and “nuclear sites”.

They also revealed they have developed a new “highly mobile” phased array radar called Soundless Project, which can detect stealth aircraft and cruise missiles.

International, U.S.

World War 3, West Asian Front: Syrian rebel group says will lauch suicide attacks against United States, if U.S. attacks Syria!

31 August 2013 (16:30 UTC-07 Tango)/24 Shawwal 1434/09 Shahrivar 1391/25 Geng-Shen (7th month) 4711

“Although, we are among the Syrian government’s opposition forces, we assume our homeland’s interests to be more important than any other interest and therefore, we have formed a number of battalions to conduct suicide operations and target the U.S. interests in the Middle East!”-Mahir Marhaj, Secretary-General of al-Shabab Party

International, U.S.

World War 3, West Asian Front: Syria tells Obama “Bring it on Biyatch!”

31 August 2013 (16:15 UTC-07 Tango)/24 Shawwal 1434/09 Shahrivar 1391/25 Geng-Shen (7th month) 4711

“We are expecting an attack at any moment. We are ready to retaliate at any moment.”-unnamed Syrian official interviewed by Agence France-Presse

“The Syrian army is fully ready, its finger on the trigger to face any challenge or scenario that they want to carry out!”-Wael Nader Al-Halqi, Prime Minister of Syria

International

World War 3, African Front: False Flag Op screw up; imprisoned Muslim Brotherhood leader assassinated then suddenly is all better!

31 August 2013 (16:01 UTC-07 Tango)/24 Shawwal 1434/09 Shahrivar 1391/25 Geng-Shen (7th month) 4711

Early today, pro-U.S. backed Egyptian junta news sources reported that imprisoned Muslim Brotherhood leader, Mohamed Badie, died from a heart attack.

Several hours later the junta’s Interior Ministry reported that not only was Badie not dead, but he was “enjoying good health”.

The 70 years old Badie is considered a top enemy of the state by the U.S. backed junta!

International, U.S.

World War 3, West Asian Front: U.S. Congress calls for full on war with Syria!

31 August 2013 (15:53 UTC-07 Tango)/24 Shawwal 1434/09 Shahrivar 1391/25 Geng-Shen (7th month) 4711

“We cannot in good conscience support isolated military strikes in Syria that are not part of an overall strategy that can change the momentum on the battlefield, achieve the president’s stated goal of Assad’s removal from power, and bring an end to this conflict, which is a growing threat to our national security interests.”-joint statement by warmongers John McCain and Lindsey Graham

A new Reuters reports reveals that the U.S. Congress is opposed to the Obama regime’s plans for limited airstrikes on Syria, because Congress wants a full on war instead!

International, U.S.

World War 3, East Asian Front: Obama regime orders B-52 bombers into North Korean airspace! DPRK retaliates by cancelling U.S. envoy visit!

31 August 2013 (15:41 UTC-07 Tango)/24 Shawwal 1434/09 Shahrivar 1391/25 Geng-Shen (7th month) 4711

We intended to allow the visit of the special envoy of the U.S. Department of State proposed by the U.S. side and have a sincere discussion with him on the issue of the U.S. citizen serving a prison term in our country from a humanitarian viewpoint.
    As well known, the U.S. and south Korea staged large-scale joint military exercises against the DPRK in recent days but we exercised utmost self-restraint to prevent a vicious cycle of escalating tension at any cost.
    Notwithstanding, the U.S. perpetrated such a grave military provocation as infiltrating B-52H strategic bombers into the sky above the Korean Peninsula in succession, an unprecedented act, for a drill for nuclear bombing, far from positively responding to our tolerance and patience.
    As shown by the situation which reached the brink of a war in last April, the strategic bombers’ intrusion into the air over the Korean Peninsula is the most blatant nuclear blackmail against us and a military threat to us as it is the most striking manifestation of the offensive and aggressive nature of the joint military drills.
    The U.S. thus beclouded the hard-won atmosphere of humanitarian dialogue in a moment.
    Despite the fact that we clearly notified the U.S. side of this through the New York contact channel, it is something surprising that the U.S. is making irrelevant remarks that it was surprised by our action.-DPRK Foreign Ministry statement

 

Idaho, International, U.S.

World War 3, U.S. Front: Short lived anti-war protest in Pocatello

31 August 2013 (15:29 UTC-07 Tango)/24 Shawwal 1434/09 Shahrivar 1391/25 Geng-Shen (7th month) 4711

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International, U.S.

World War 3, Asian Front-Afghanistan, 20-21 August 2013: Idiotic new job for contractors; self monitor their taxpayer funding! U.S. conducting mass Israeli style home invasions!

Herat Province, Gulistan District, Kandahar-Heart HWY, a major battle leaves 83 people dead, both Afghan National Army (ANA) personnel and Mujahideen.   

Maidan Wardak Province, a U.S. Army Special Forces Master Sergeant from Virginia was killed when Mujahideen attacked his unit.  It was his 5th tour of duty.  He was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne).  Mujahideen say the U.S. special ops forces were conducting Israeli style home invasions in Syed Abad District, that left one civilian dead another wounded.  Mujahideen attacked the U.S. special ops unit killing one and wounding another.  In a separate operation, Mujahideen claim they killed four U.S. Special Ops personnel, but some reports say they were Afghan National Police (ANP) that were killed.

In Zabul Province, reports that U.S. forces are conducting Israeli style home invasions in Shahjoi District. One person killed, one wounded.  In Qalat District,  someone started a fire inside a building on the U.S. Qalat Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul (PRT-Zabul) base in Qalat city.  Witnesses say the fire lasted several hours, and destroyed sensitive equipment.  The fire on PRT-Zabul is claimed to be in retaliation for U.S. Israeli style home invasions conducted in Qalat city.  Witnesses say U.S. forces beat and tortured civilians.

Baghlan Province, thousands of Afghans protested continued U.S. led Israeli style home invasions, which has resulted in dozens of people kidnapped and personal property stolen.

Kandahar Province, Maiwand District, Kala Shamir region, an Israeli style home invasion resulted in five elders (aka White Beards) being beaten and kidnapped.

Logar Province, Pul-e-Alam District, a suicide bomber attacked local cops.  Two cops killed, three wounded.  Three civilians also killed and five wounded.   Mujahideen say they shot down a NATO/ISAF recon drone.  It burned after crashing.

Nangarhar Province, Khiwa District, a suicide bomber attacked local police.  Two cops killed, two wounded.

Helmand Province, a suicide bomber attacked the governor’s compound.  One person killed (besides the bomber), four wounded.

Bamyan Province, two U.S. employees of the Aga Khan Development Network were kidnapped.  Local police say they don’t know who did it, but have launched a rescue operation anyway.

Parwan Province, Syah Gird District, a fire destroyed 50 businesses.  Fire fighting officials blame it on a lack of electrical standards and the use of gas cylinders.  

The Afghan interior affairs ministry claims that 35 Mujahideen were killed, 11 wounded, nine captured in operations conducted by the National Directorate of Security (NDS, Afghanistan’s version of Homeland Security) in the provinces of Kunar, Laghman, Baghlan, Kandahar, Uruzgan, Maidan Wardak, Logar and Ghazni.

Mujahideen say more than 100 ANA and ANP forces switched sides and joined the resistance in the provinces of Paktika, Daikondi, Badghis, Nangarhar, Kandahar and Farah.

According to a report by The Guardian, as U.S./NATO pulls out of Afghanistan, those state department officials, who’re supposed to be monitoring how taxpayer funding is used by contractors, will also leave.  U.S. officials have decided the only way they can continue monitoring how contractors are spending tax dollars, wait for it, is to contract out the monitoring.  That’s right, soon the contractors will be monitoring how they spend their own taxpayer funding!