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2nd U.S. Civil War: People, and media of the Big Apple complicit in murder of Asian man? New twist on push for Arms Control!

05 December 2012, an Asian man was pushed to his death by an attacker in a New York City subway.  Such violent crime might not seem too surprising in the Big Apple, but what is is the fact that no one in the subway tried to help the man to safety, they just stood there and took pictures as he gets smashed by the train!

Even a New York City newspaper incriminates itself as they publish pictures of the man’s impending death, taken by a freelance photographer.

Why didn’t anyone help?  The photog gave this answer: “I wanted to help the man, but I couldn’t figure out how to help. It all happened so fast.”

Obviously not so fast that he didn’t have time to pull out his camera and take pics.

Was this because the victim was a yellow skinner from Korea?  The attacker was a black skinner. The photog was a brown skinner (going by his name). Bob Costas is a white skinner.

This should be ammo for the anti-violence crowd, you know, Arms Control.  Not Arms as in guns, but arms.  Obviously in this case it was a deranged man’s arms that killed the other man.  People’s arms should be banned, lest they try to kill other people with them.

Bob Costas should get in on this one, after all it involved someone with mental problems and probably prescription meds (just like that football player who shot his wife and himself).  Using Bob Costas rationalization, it’s not the fact that the guy had mental problems that led to the killing, it’s the fact that he had arms and he knew how to use them to kill!

Even the freelance photog is guilty.  He has arms and he didn’t use them to save the man’s life, he used them to document the man’s death.  Off with his arms!

And this isn’t the first time, there’s at least one other high profile case, back in 1999, when a New York City woman was pushed to her death on the subway tracks by a mentally troubled person, who had arms!

One things for sure, I bet there are even more people throughout the United States who’re are not going to shed anymore tears for the people of New York City.  U.S. sponsored al Qaeda, stock market collapse, Mother Nature’s fury, bring it on!

 

What Economic Recovery? Almost 2,000 more job losses for the state of Illinois!

04 December 2012, eleven companies operating in Illinois will lay off at least 1,934 people in the next few months.

U.S. Cellular Corp cutting 492 jobs in Bolingbrook.  (last month the company said as many as 640 jobs would be eliminated in the Chicago area)

Willow Lake Mine in Equality is cutting 408 employees.  The mine wants to shut down permanently.

Fresh Express closing two operations in Franklin Park, some employees will be transferred to other operations.

World Kitchen laying off 180 employees in Monee, wants to cease operations there by end of 1st quarter 2013.

Jacobson Staffing Company cutting 145 jobs in Manteno and 84 in Romeoville.

PCCW Teleservices (a Hong Kong based company) laying off 139 workers in Quincy.

Bay Valley Foods laying off 113 workers in Mendota.

Restaurant, Buca di Beppo, letting go 70 workers.

Kmart cutting 70 jobs in Lombard.

R.S. Owens ending 95 jobs in Chicago.

Carson Pirie Scott laying off 76 workers in Calumet City.

Doblin Inc will cut 62 jobs in Chicago.

Source: Illinois Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) report.

 

What Economic Recovery? Illinois hit by another Sears/Kmart closing

04 December 2012, the latest Illinois Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) report shows another Kmart is being closed in Illinois.

Here’s the latest list:

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

Alabama: Gadsden Kmart (50 jobs lost), Mobile Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Auburn Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost).

California:   El Monte Sears (at least 40 jobs lost. Damien Arrula, El Monte’s economic development director, said the store manager had lied about what was going on: “The general manager of the store had just indicated to me that they were remodeling.”), two San Diego Sears (at least 80 jobs lost), Pleasant Hill Kmart (more than 50 jobs lost).

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

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

Florida: Fernandina Beach Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Callaway Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Orange City Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost),  Deland Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Stuart Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), West Palm Beach Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Port St. Lucie Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Crystal River Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), New Smyrna Beach Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Saint Augustine Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Pompano Beach Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost),  Jacksonville Kmart on 5751 Beach Boulevard (71 jobs lost), second Kmart in Jacksonville on 4645 Blanding Boulevard (83 jobs lost), Ocoee Sears (102 jobs lost), Pensacola Sears to be closed by 03 February 2013 (69 jobs lost), Hialeah Kmart (67 jobs lost).

Idaho: Lewiston Sears (at least 60 jobs lost).

Indiana:  Anderson Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Saint John Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Indianapolis Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost).

Illinois:  Alton Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Melrose Park Sears parts and repair center (50 jobs lost), Zion Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Oak Lawn Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), McHenry Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Peru Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lombard Sears/Great Indoors (at least 40 jobs lost), Fairview Heights Kmart (81 jobs lost), Freeport Kmart (45 jobs lost), Pontiac Kmart (more than 47 jobs lost), Homer Glen Kmart (82 jobs lost), Streator Kmart (45 jobs lost), recently revealed Lombard Kmart (70 jobs lost).  By the way, Illinois elected officials gave Sears Holdings/Hoffman Estates a $150 million USD tax break to keep their headquarters in the state.  The tax break was not tied to any promise not to close stores.

Iowa:  Cedar Rapids Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Davenport Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Burlington Kmart (50 jobs lost), Coralville Sears (94 jobs lost, this is a store sold to GGP earlier in the year).

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

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

Maine: Lewiston Sears (60 to 70 jobs lost).

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

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

Minnesota: Willmar Kmart, Duluth Kmart, New Hope Kmart, White Bear Lake Kmart.

Mississippi: Jackson Sears Full line, McComb Sears Full line, Columbus Sears Full line.

Missouri: Lee’s Summit Sears Grand/Essentials, Saint Louis Sears Full line.

Montana: Missoula Kmart (50 jobs lost).

New Hampshire: Nashau Sears Grand/Essentials, Keene Sears Grand/Essentials.

North Carolina: High Point Sears, Moorehead Sears, Rocky Mount Sears, Statesville Sears, Durham Kmart (79 jobs lost), Asheville Kmart (53 jobs lost),  West Smithfield Kmart (59 jobs lost).

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

Ohio: Chagrin Falls Kmart, Springfield Kmart, two Toledo Kmarts, Medina Kmart, Columbus Kmart, Columbus Sears/Great Indoors, Zanesville Sears (67 jobs lost), Trotwood Kmart (71 jobs lost).   Also, Van Wert Sears franchise bought out by Kirk Berryman, owner of Computer & Networking Technologies (CNT), who plans on moving the store to a new location.

Oklahoma: Oklahoma City Sears (98 jobs lost, GGP owned).

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

Pennsylvania: Upper Darby Sears Full line, Pottstown Sears Full line, Pittsburgh Kmart, Wilkins Sears.

South Carolina: Sumter Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Orangeburg Sears (approximately 50 jobs lost).

Tennessee: Antioch Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Cleveland Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Oak Ridge Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Hendersonville Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Morristown Sears (about 70 jobs lost).

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

Virginia: Norfolk Sears (at least 40 jobs lost),  Midlothian Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Richmond Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lynchburg Sears (84 jobs lost).

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

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

Wisconsin: West Baraboo Sears (at least 40 jobs lost, local village officials say the store generated 3% of local tax collections), Rice Lake Kmart (about 71 jobs lost).

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

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

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

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

Florida: West Oaks Mall

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

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

Hawaii: Ala Moana Center

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

Minnesota: Apache Mall

Illinois: Market Place Shopping Center

World War 3: Iranian officials remind the U.S. of their threat of action over U.S. spy drones

“Americans were warned that if they violate our borders we would take action to protect our sovereignty.”-Ali Akbar Salehi, Iran’s Foreign Minister, rough translation from Iranian news source

04 December 2012, Salehi said Iran formally protested to the United States, and reminded the Obama administration that they will defend their country “by any means”.

Salehi said it is the U.S. that is repeatedly violating Iran’s sovereignty.  The latest drone capture is more proof. However, Salehi made it sound like capturing U.S. drones is part of legal ‘action’ Iran will take against the U.S., as they will use the captured drones as evidence against the U.S. in international courts.

World War 3: Iran displays drone that U.S. media says isn’t missing. U.S. Navy did not say it isn’t missing, USN said “all accounted for” which is not the same thing.

“The new U.S. failure in spying operation by this drone demonstrated that the U.S. government, despite its high military and economic power and its dominance on the world political order, is not capable of confronting the Islamic Iran…”-Brigadier General Hossein Salami, Islamic Revolution Guards Corps

04 December 2012, despite the USN insisting that it is not missing any ScanEagle drones (specifically saying all drones were “accounted for” but that doesn’t mean they have them in their possesion, it simply means they know where they are), Iran has put on display something that looks exactly like a ScanEagle.

Earlier U.S. media reports said the Iranian video didn’t allow anyone to see any clear markings. However, the ScanEagle is the only drone that looks the way it does, and most operational drones don’t carry obvious markings anyway.

I watched some U.S. posted videos of the captured ScanEagle and noticed some edited out the parts that showed the sophisticated optical system in the nose of the drone.  The Iranian video clearly shows it, and even shows members of the IRCG gawking at it. However, it is interesting that the IRCG managed to get the just captured drone put on public display so fast.

If the Iranians did not capture a Scan Eagle then they’ve made a detailed mock up of the drone, so detailed that they must have access to data about the Boeing/Insitu drone.

2nd U.S. Civil War: How many cops does it take to kill two black skinned people armed with soda pop can? 12 white cops, 1 brown skinned cop and 137 bullets! Or: Drink & drive & get shot hundreds of times! Or: Why gun control is evil! Medical examiner officially calls it Homocide! Audio reveal cops blatantly lieing about situation!

“We want to ensure the community that this will be fully and fairly investigated.”-Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation, 03 December 2012 statement

“….multiple (24) gunshot wounds of head, neck, trunk, and left arm with multiple visceral, vascular, and skeletal injuries. HOMICIDE.”-04 December 2012, Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office statement referring to female victim

On 29 November 2012, 13 Cleveland city cops chased down two unarmed black people (a man and a woman) then blasted them with 137 rounds of ammo!

12 of the 13 cops are white skinners, one is a brown skinner.

From the beginning there were doubts about the cops’ explanation.  They said the 22-25 minute car chase started when a cop claimed he heard a gunshot aimed at the police headquarters, however no evidence of a gunshot at that location has been found (like a bullet, bullet hole or casing).  Another cop said the man and woman pointed a gun at them during the car chase, however no gun was found in the victim’s car.

A local news source said the police justified shooting the victims 137 times because they ran into a police car.  The cop car that was hit was being used as a barricade anyway, called a “zone car”.

Police officials have released an audio recording of the police chase (hear it here).  The recordings are from 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 5th police districts.  In it you can heard 2nd district cops making up claims about their victims, such as they were shooting at cop cars and they shot a policeman (1st district dispatcher disputes it), none of which happened.  A 2nd district cop clearly says the victims are “possibly loading a weapon”, again no weapon was ever found, and no evidence of gunshots from the victims.  Dispatchers request 1st and 3rd district cops to stay out of chase! 3rd district dispatcher says a man is pointing a gun out the back window of the car. At one point a 2nd district cop clearly says “everybody’s in custody”, when in fact they were dead!  A 5th district dispatcher says “It’s not a gun, it’s a pop can in his hand!”

Some reports say the cops are on paid vacation, I mean paid administrative leave. Other reports say they’re on “desk duty”.  (where’s the mainstream media on this one? And why is the main stream media so infatuated with gun control [Bob Costas anyone?] after a football player who, probably suffering from past head injuries and the effects of his prescription meds, killed his wife and himself?)

It was reported that the Cleveland Police Foundation (CPF) has been actively taking guns away from citizens, through a gun buy back program.  In the month of October alone, they bribed citizens out of 298 guns.

The donation funded program started in 2010.  It involves seven police charities (by contrast here in Idaho our local police/sheriff has always told us not to donate to “police charities”, as they have not authorized any charity to represent them).  On 17 November the CPF held a fundraising ball, and even Steven Dettelbach of the U.S. Department of Justice, north Ohio district, attended.

Obviously it’s an elitist thing because tickets to the ball started at $150 USD, and “table packages” started at $2,500.

We are already in the second U.S. civil (ethnic & class) war.

 

World War 3: India deploys navy to counter China in South China Sea, Vietnam accuses China of violating its territory & attacking its ships!

“Now, are we preparing for it? Are we having exercises of that nature? The short answer is yes.”-Admiral D.K Joshi, Indian navy

04 December 2012, India announces it is sending a naval fleet to the South China Sea, to counter the growing presence of the Chinese navy, and possible for war.

Vietnam is also ramping up anti-Chinese sentiments: “The blatant violation of Vietnamese waters by Chinese fishing vessels not only violates the sovereignty…of Vietnam but also interferes in the normal operations of Vietnamese fishermen and affects the maritime activities of Petrovietnam.”-Pham Viet Dung, Petrovietnam

Petrovietnam officials say Chinese ships recently cut cables being towed behind  company research ships.

The South China Sea has become an international hot zone because of huge oil and gas reserves.  Many countries claim the area, including Vietnam, Japan, Korea, Philippines, China and others.

Taiwan, a U.S. ally, has recently taken up sides with mainland communist China over disputes with Japan.

Officials with the Obama administration recently told Japan that they would honor their Cold War agreements which basically say the U.S. supports Japanese territorial claims.

Indian officials said their naval deployment was not just about oil: “It is one of the most important international waterways and freedom of navigation there is an issue of utmost concern to India because a large portion of India’s trade is through the South China Sea.”-Brahma Chellaney, Centre for Policy Research

 

Government Incompetence: Radiation decontamination of cities a big fail in Japan!

04 December 2012, more than a year after the GE designed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor disaster began, decontamination of residential areas isn’t anywhere near completion.

Japan’s Environment Ministry released the results of their study of the progress of radiation cleanup.  More than 80% of homes have not been decontaminated!

Of nearly 100,000 homes picked for decontamination only 18% have been cleaned up.

69% of educational facilities were cleaned up, as well as 51% of roads.   Only 38% of parks and sports facilities have been decontaminated.

Breaking news: Iran uses electronic warfare to capture yet another U.S. drone!

04 December 2012, Iranian media reports that Islamic Revolution Guards Corps have captured a U.S. Navy ScanEagle drone, which flew into Iranian airspace over the Persian Gulf.

The ScanEagle is a small recon unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).  The recon drone had been flown over the same area for several days.  Iranian IRCG officials claim they captured the drone by taking electronic control away from U.S. naval forces.

Last year Iran captured a more expensive stealth drone.  At that time, one Iranian parliament member said war would be on if another drone was captured violating Iranian airspace.

World War 3: U.S. occupation of Afghanistan; 27 – 30 November 2012. Britain refuses to hand over prisoners! New U.S. general in Afghanistan? Unknown disease kills fast, chemical warfare? Georgia sending more troops! More evidence of international tax money laundering!

30 November 2012

In Ghazni Province, at least four people killed, one wounded, after they drove over a landmine.

United Kingdom is refusing to hand over prisoners to Afghan control.  British say it’s because they suspect the Afghan security officials will torture the prisoners (kettle calling the pot black).  This comes after President Hamid Karzai ordered the execution of dozens of suspected Mujahideen held in Afghan controlled prisons.

The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee is backing the appointment of USMC General Joseph Dunford Junior, to take over command of ISAF in Afghanistan.

U.S. Defense Secretary, Leon Panetta, confirmed that U.S. personnel will stay in Afghanistan past the official 2014 pull out, but refused to say how many: “The fundamental mission in Afghanistan is to establish an Afghanistan that can secure and govern itself and ensure that al Qaeda never again finds a safe haven within Afghanistan from which to conduct attacks on the United States or any other country.”

In Faryab Province, fighting going on in Almar district.  At least two Mujahideen killed by airstrikes, and one U.S./NATO armored vehicle destroyed by landmine.

29 November 2012

In Baghlan Province, two people have died and at least five people are sick with an unknown disease in Uruzngan village in Deh-Salah district.  Locals say those who died did so within ten minutes of showing symptoms: “One of my relative died after receiving a short shiver and another neighbor died within 10 minutes from the same disease.” (nerve agent?)

In Uruzgan Province, ten people killed and eight wounded after a bus ran over a landmine.

In Helmand Province, U.S./NATO launched heliborne operations in Kajaki district’s Loe Manda area.  The battles lasted from the morning until midnight.  U.S./NATO forces retreated. Mujahideen at first said one of their own was killed, but later said they suffered no casualties. Also, in Nawzad district Mujahideen claim they destroyed a Georgian tank with multiple rocket propelled grenades (RPG).

28 November 2012

More scandal for the Kabul Bank.  After it was revealed that international customers have withdrawn billions in cash from the Afghan bank, a new report shows that bank employees helped 19 individuals and companies take as much as $861 million USD in fraudulent loans (92% of all loans issued), in what the International Monetary Fund called a Ponzi scheme.

In Kandahar Province, at least seven people wounded after a suicide bomber exploded his motorcycle.  The bomber was killed.

In Helmand Province, four people killed after they drove over a landmine.

In Badghis Province, three Afghan National Army personnel killed, four wounded, after they drove over a landmine.

U.S. Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Marc Grossman, has resigned.  The reason given was that he wanted to “…return to private life”.

The country of Georgia revealed they have increased the number of troops in Afghanistan. They currently have 1,570 personnel in country, which is about double what they originally offered to send. According to Georgian Minister of Defense, Irakli Alasania, they are willing to send more if the U.S. requires, and they will remain past the official 2014 pull out.

27 November 2012

In Herat Province, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) reports one of their drones crashed while on recon mission in Mujahideen territory.   Mujahideen say they did not shoot it down, that it crashed because of technical problems.

ISAF reports that 250 U.S./NATO bases have been turned over to Afghan government forces.

In Baghlan Province, local elections resulted in cop on cop firefights.  Police loyal to outgoing district security chief attacked police loyal to the newly elected district police boss. Local officials say at least two people killed, several wounded.

In Uruzgan Province, officials from Char Chino district report that U.S./NATO forces raided local homes in the Kakarki, Gohergeen and Nojoi areas. One man was killed, another wounded.

The government of Germany says Afghanistan is not ready for U.S./NATO pull out in 2014.  In the Afghanistan Report, Germany says too many Mujahideen remain operational, and there has been no efforts at reconciliation (blame the U.S. and even U.S. based NGOs for that).    Germany is planning on giving the Afghan government the equivalent of $558 million taxpayer dollars every year until the year 2016  (not counting the taxpayer funds going directly to Afghan security forces).