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Business/Economics, U.S.

World War 3, U.S. Economic Front: Major U.S. employer slashes health insurance for 15000 people, blames Obama Romney Care!

21 August 2013 (16:58 UTC-07 Tango)/14 Shawwal 1434/30 Mordad 1391/15 Geng-Shen (7th month) 4711

“This change is consistent with the way many large employers are responding to the costs associated with the Health Care Reform legislation.”-UPS memo to employees

United Parcel Service (UPS), a major employer in the United States, has canceled insurance policies for spouses of employees.   15-thousand spouses now have no health insurance!

UPS officials told Kaiser Health News that the Obama/Romney Care is actually causing health care/insurance costs to skyrocket, and they can not afford to provide insurance to so many people.

Another reason for the drop of 15-thousand people from the UPS provided insurance plan, is that UPS officials said the Obama/Romney Care law claims everyone will end up being covered anyway.  But, UPS said it will continue covering spouses who don’t work, or who work for companies that do not provide insurance.

Fukushima

More Fukushima Fallout: NRA holds emergency meeting, says TEPCo has failed! U.S. news media behind the 8 Ball on reporting severity!

21 August 2013 (16:35 UTC-07 Tango)/14 Shawwal 1434/30 Mordad 1392/15 Geng-Shen (7th month) 4711

Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) held an emergency meeting, led by the NRA’s Fuketa Toyoshi.  In the meeting NRA officials blasted Tokyo Electric Power Company’s (TEPCo) failure to handle the ongoing Fukushima Daiichi disaster.

Fuketa basically declared TEPCo’s efforts to be a failure, and that TEPCo’s latest plans to stop ongoing leaks will also fail!

I noticed that only now is the U.S. main streamer media reporting on the massive leaks, which were reported in the Japanese media on 19 August.  The U.S. media is also making it sound like this is a new leak, when in fact it has been ongoing since the beginning of the disaster two and a half years ago!!!  Oh, and don’t forget about the ‘new’ leak discovered today!

And have you heard anything from the U.S. main streamers about the Fukushima children suffering from radiation caused thyroid cancer?

Fukushima

More Fukushima Fallout: IAEA says it will help Japan fight the losing battle at Fukushima Daiichi!

21 August 2013 (16:20 UTC-07 Tango)/14 Shawwal 1434/30 Mordad 1392/15 Geng-Shen (7th month) 4711

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has responded to Japan’s request for help regarding the expanding nuclear disaster at Fukushima Daiichi!

The IAEA says it is ready to help.  The IAEA has offered help before, but it wasn’t until after the 19 August leak that Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority finally asked for help.

Fukushima

More Fukushima Fallout: New leak contaminating Pacific Ocean!!! TEPCo admits storage tank leaks have been ongoing, dosen’t know how much has escaped!

21 August 2013 (16:09 UTC-07 Tango)/14 Shawwal 1434/30 Mordad 1392/15 Geng-Shen (7th month) 4711

“If a leak occurred in one tank, we should assume that the same thing could happen at other tanks as well.”-Tanaka Shunichi, Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA)

Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCo) has revealed yet another radiation leak pouring into the Pacific Ocean!  The new leak was found in a runoff ditch about 50 meters (164 feet) from a contaminated water storage tank farm (complex), located on a hillside.  This is not in connection to the discovery on 19 August of a massive leak coming from the Reactor 4 tank farm.  TEPCo admits that this new leak is draining into the Pacific Ocean.  The water tested at six millisieverts per hour of radiation.

In another example of corporate incompetence,  TEPCo admitted they have not been monitoring leaking contaminated water storage tanks at the Reactor 4 tank farm!  Awhile back they knew about 350 1-thousand metric tons capacity tanks were leaking, but they dealt with it by building a short retaining wall around the tank farm, and then they basically forgot about it!

That is until 19 August when underpaid and undertrained workers discovered a 300 metric tons leak outside of the retaining wall!   Now workers, under guidance of the NRA, have confirmed at least four of the 1-thousand metric tons capacity tanks are leaking!

“The water is believed to contain thousands of trillions of becquerels of radioactive substances.”-NHK (Nippon Housou Kyoukai/Japan Broadcasting Corporation)

Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority has now declared the leaking storage tanks near the GE designed Reactor 4 to be a Level Three Incident, which is considered a “Serious incident” on the zero to seven level international Nuclear Event Standard.  The NRA is now asking the International Atomic Energy Agency for help!

The contamination detected on 19 August was at 100 millisieverts per hour!  The safe limits for nuclear industry workers in Japan are set at 50 millisieverts per year!

Here’s some more examples of incompetence: Many of the water tanks have no way of gauging how much water is in them, which would make it easier to know if they were leaking, and by how much!  The tanks are not welded, they consist of steel panels that are bolted together! Realize that TEPCo simply built a retaining wall around the tank farm, because they knew the tanks were leaking, another question is how much of that leaked water held withing the retaining wall has seeped into the ground, and for how long?

In a bid to gain some confidence, TEPCo officials announced that their Vice President, Aizawa Zengo, will take direct command of the ongoing nuke disaster.  Aizawa’s office will be moved to Fukushima Daiichi.

International

Martial Law BS: New Zealand government passes law to spy on its own people!

21 August 2013 (03:29 UTC-07 Tango)/14 Shawwal 1434/30 Mordad 1391/15 Geng-Shen (7th month) 4711

“It reduces our freedom to live free from state surveillance, and what we have seen around this debate is the government trying to actively confuse people!”-Russel Norman, Green Party

The British empire country of New Zealand has just passed a bill giving itself the authority to spy on its own citizens!  It empowers the Orwellian Government Communications Security Bureau to do the evil deed.

On 19 August, Prime Minister John Key got pissed at the news media questioning his rationale for spying on his fellow citizens.  Key swears it’s necessary for New Zealand’s national security!

Here’s what one reporter asked: “Prime Minister, numerous legal jurors have informed us publicly that they disagree with you wholeheartedly, that you are taking broad powers, which would allow you to invade privacy…and you are saying that all those people are wrong…”

News reports say Keys interrupted the reporter, then stated the reporter’s question contained the answer and cut the press conference short.  Do any U.S. main streamer news reporters have the balls to ask similar questions of ‘elected’ officials?

The bill must now be given Royal Assent to become law (remember, this is the British empire we’re talking about).  I don’t doubt the Queen of England will approve.

Business/Economics, U.S.

World War 3, U.S. Economic Front: Job losses & store closings 22-23 June 2013. BoA lays off 1320 people in New York! More school & health care cuts!

Designer of trade show and event exhibits, VisionStream, now bankrupt.  Company officials hope another company will merge with them, or buy them, so they can survive.

In Michigan, Genesys Health System laid off 100 employees: “….these initiatives were necessary due to reduced reimbursement brought about through the Accountable Care Act [aka Obama/Romney Affordable Health Care Act] and Sequestration. For instance, it is estimated that for its fiscal year 2014 Genesys will have an $11 million reduction in reimbursement for the same amount of patient care it is delivering today.”   In Plainfield Township, Eastern Floral shut down.   The company is focusing on internet sales.

In Arizona, the Christian God couldn’t stop Carondelet Health Network (Southern Arizona Catholic/Ascension Health) from laying off 40 people: “The effects of sequestration, the increased cost of caring for the uninsured, and national trends toward fewer people seeking inpatient hospital care were all factors.”

In California, the approved Fresno City budget means 30 people will be unemployed.

The Oregonian newspaper laid off 95 employees.  The newspaper is switching to digital service.

In Pennsylvania, Aramark Educational Services lost its dining services contract with Duquesne University.   358 people out-o-work!

In New York, PJ’s Pub and Grill closed in Syracuse.  It was sold.  In  Westchester, Buffet de la Gare closed after 33 years of business.  The owner wants to retire, her co-owner husband (and the restaurant’s chief chef) died in 2011.  In Medina, the Worthington Industries BernzOmatic factory is shutting down.  174 people out-o-work!  Production being moved to Wisconsin. Too Big to Jail, Bank of America, closed its Getzville office.  1320 people laid off!!!!  The office was sold to M&T Bank, which might hire on some of the former BoA employees.

The Swank outlet store in Taunton, Massachusetts, closed.   The new owners say economic conditions don’t justify keeping the store open.  It sounds like the company will focus on distribution of products to customers like Macy’s and Kohl’s.  The company first started in 1897.

In Missouri, Milbourn’s Family Restaurant shut down.  It’s blamed on the property owner (Farris Truck Stop) who demanded the restaurant operator leave, and then terminated the lease.  There was no explanation by the property owner.

Bodytalk women’s clothing store in Westport, Connecticut, closed after 20 years of business.  The 81 years old owner said “We’re closing for a whole bunch of reasons.”

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.

International

Martial Law BS: Strict anti-gun laws fail to stop mass shooting in Germany!

21 August 2013 (23:45 UTC-07 Tango 20 August 2013)/14 Shawwal 1434/30 Mordad 1391/15 Geng-Shen (7th month) 4711

According to German news sources, a man shot several people in a restaurant in Dossenheim.  At least three people dead including the shooter.  Five people wounded.

Police say it might have something to do with an argument involving a meeting of local property owners.

To own a gun in Germany you must become licensed by proving you have a need to own a gun, such as hunting, target shooting or collection. Believe it or not, needing a gun for personal protection is only accepted in exceptional circumstances!

You must go through criminal and mental background checks to get licensed.  A gun training course is required.

All personally owned guns must be registered with the government, your gun will be stamped with a government ID mark.  You must have a dealers license to sell your gun.  How you store your gun is dictated by federal and state rules.

Open carry of a gun requires a permit.  Fully automatic guns are illegal for personal possession. Ownership of semi-automatic assault type guns, and handguns, requires special government approval.  Armor-piercing, incendiary and expanding ammunition is illegal for personal use.  Breaking a gun law will get you 10 years in prison.

However, European Union rules also apply, so in reality Germans must deal with state, federal and EU anti-gun laws.

Between 1990 and 2009 Germany destroyed more than 2-million personal guns.

It’s reported that a semi-auto version of the low velocity AK-47 assault rifle sells for $1300 USD in Germany, which is outrageous for a gun that’s not that accurate (it’s main attributes are that it is incredibly easy to maintain and use)!

Despite Germany’s anti-gun laws, officials admit there are an estimated 17-million illegally owned guns in Deutschland!

 

 

 

Fukushima

More Fukushima Fallout: Children suffering cancer as direct result! Latest leak now Level Three Incident! Japan asks for international help!

21 August 2013 (23:16 UTC-07 Tango 20 August 2013)/14 Shawwal 1434/30 Mordad 1392/15 Geng-Shen (7th month) 4711

“The water is believed to contain thousands of trillions of becquerels of radioactive substances.”-NHK (Nippon Housou Kyoukai/Japan Broadcasting Corporation)

At least 18 children in Fukushima Prefecture now have thyroid cancer caused by radiation contamination!  25 children shows signs of cancer!  The Prefecture is conducting its own medical exams of children, because the Japanese right winger government refuses to do so.

So far 210-thousand children have been tested.  Thyroid cancer can result from long term exposure to radiation, which builds up in the thyroid especially in children.  This is yet another sign that the GE designed disaster reactors at Fukushima Daiichi are still spewing deadly radiation.

Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has now declared the leaking storage tanks at Fukushima Daiichi to be a Level Three Incident, which is considered a “Serious incident” on the zero to seven level international Nuclear Event Standard.

Levels one thru three are considered “incidents”, levels four thru seven are “accidents”.   The tanks have leaked at least 300 metric tons of highly contaminated water.  The contamination detected on 19 August was at 100 millisieverts per hour!  The safe limits for nuclear industry workers in Japan are set at 50 millisieverts per year!

Japan’s NHK (Nippon Housou Kyoukai/Japan Broadcasting Corporation) has also reported that the NRA is now asking the International Atomic Energy Agency for help!

A nuclear analyst in Tokyo (interviewed on Iranian TV) stated that a Level Three Incident means that anyone exposed to the contamination could become severely sick within 12 hours.

International, U.S.

World War 3, Asian Front-Afghanistan, 08-09 August 2013: World Bank & Sweden giving away more money! U.S. admits drug war a failure! U.S. using Afghanistan to push India & Pakistan into war?

In Logar Province, Azra District, major battles leave at least 211 people dead!  The Afghan National Army says they’ve been fighting militants who are not Afghans.  20 of those insurgents have been captured.

In Kabul Province, Kabul city, three Chinese citizens have been killed, two kidnapped, after an Israeli style home invasion of their apartment.  There are no apparent motives.

In Nangarhar Province, Ghani Khel District, an explosion killed 14 civilians and wounded four others. It happened in a cemetery.  Someone planted a bomb and when a family came to pay their respects it blew up.  Most of the victims are from the same family.

Mujahideen claim they’ve launched rocket artillery attacks against Bagram, Jalalabad and Kandahar airbases.  No other details given.

Not so neutral Kingdom of Sweden is promising Afghanistan $130 million USD every year until 2019!!!  Up ’till now Sweden has been giving away $92.3 million!  Sweden also stated it will keep 200 troops in Afghanistan after the 2014 NATO pullout.

The United States Department of Defense admitted the war on drugs in Afghanistan is a failure: “Due to bad weather [not U.S. actions], the 2012 poppy yield was lower than previous years…….The 2013 poppy harvest is expected to expand considerably over 2012 due to improved weather conditions, increased prices and the drawdown of ISAF security forces…”-Defense Department report to Congress

U.S. Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, James Dobbins, stated that Pakistan’s concerns over the growing presence of India in Afghanistan “…aren’t groundless. They are simply, in our judgement, somewhat exaggerated.”

The U.S. based World Bank has given Afghanistan yet more free money, this time $50 million: “This particular grant will help the government maintain growth momentum during the transition and beyond.“-Paul Edwin Sisk

Perhaps the key to getting free money is become a puppet/failed state?

Click here to see pics of a prosperous Afghanistan from the 1960s-70s, before the Soviet and U.S. occupations.

Obama side steps War

Fukushima

More Fukushima Fallout: Korea cancels airline flights! Japanese turning to lawsuits for justice! Hint that airborne radiation spread worse than we’re being told!

20 August 2013 (13:37 UTC-07 Tango)/13 Shawwal 1434/29 Mordad 1392/14 Geng-Shen (7th month) 4711

A Republic of Korea (RoK, aka South Korea) airline infamous for runway accidents, Asiana Airlines, has canceled all flights to Fukushima Prefecture from now until October.  They blame the ongoing radiation leaks from Fukushima Daiichi.

A woman, whose husband died while working on the damaged nuclear plant, is suing after failing to get compensation for his death.  In February 2012 a regional labor standards inspection office declared the death work related and that compensation to the window was in order.  The nuclear facility also lacks proper medical facilities, according to the inspection report. Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCo) and two subcontractors have so far refused to compensate.

People living outside the no go radiation dead zone around Fukushima Daiichi are now suing the Japanese government.  Last year the government passed a law that said people living outside the no go zone are being affected by the radiation and deserve government medical, housing and other aid.  This because radiation levels outside the no go zone are still too high to be safe.  So far the government has not lived up to its own law!

Prefectural Governor, Satō Yūhei, continues his demands on the Japanese government to get serious about stopping the ongoing massive radiation leaks at Fukushima Daiichi.

Once again, Japanese officials are turning to Ukraine for advise on dealing with nuclear disasters.  The entombed Chernobyl nuke plant is located in Ukraine.  This time Japan is asking Ukraine to help launch a satellite to monitor the spread of airborne radiation from Fukushima Daiichi.  This is a sign to be concerned as Japaneses officials say the satellite will monitor the effects of radiation contamination on vegetation over a large area.  It must be big if they think the contamination can be seen from about 800km (about 500 miles) above Earth!  (most observation satellites orbit at altitudes between 480 to 970 kilometers)