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Nuclear leak halts restart in Japan! U.S. refuses to compensate fishermen caught in Castle Bravo test!
22 February 2016 (02:49 UTC-07 Tango 01) 03 Esfand 1394/13 Jumada al-Ula 1437/15 Geng Yin 4714
A radioactive water leak halted the re-start of a nuclear power plant, no, not in northeastern Japan near the ongoing disaster known as Fukushima, but in southern Japan, at the Kansai Electric Power Company’s Takahama Nuclear Power Plant, in Fukui Prefecture.
At least 34 liters of contaminated cooling water leaked from the reactors. Plant operators are investigating to find out why.
This latest leak is taking place at the same time that fishermen caught up in a 1954 U.S. nuclear weapons test are now demanding they be compensated for their cancers.
These are not the fishermen of the infamous Fukuryu Maru Number 5, who were compensated, but men on boats further away from the Castle Bravo nuclear blast. They all suffer cancers now directly connected to exposure to radiation specifically created by nuclear weapons.
U.S. launches ICBM!
22 February 2016 (02:32 UTC-07 Tango 01) 03 Esfand 1394/13 Jumada al-Ula 1437/15 Geng Yin 4714
North of Lompoc, California, the U.S. Air Force launched a Minuteman 3 Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) towards the south Pacific Ocean.
USAF Global Strike Command said the launch was meant to test a new re-entry vehicle designed to improve the “accuracy and reliability” of the nuclear weapons delivery system.
Global Strike Command also revealed that it actually takes a long time to launch a Minuteman 3, requiring a “tremendous amount of effort and absolute attention to detail in order to ensure a safe and successful launch.” Which questions the ‘deterent’ mission of the expensive (and old) missile system.
The launch of the U.S. ICBM comes two and a half weeks after Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (‘north Korea’) successfully launched a rocket which placed a satellite into orbit. ‘Western’ governments and news media quickly labeled the satellite launch a “ballistic missile test”.
North Korea is worth $9.7 trillion USD!!! Now you know why The U.S. is war mongering over the DPRK!
‘Christian’ G4S “Shadow CIA” connected to Indian Point nuke meltdown?
10 February 2016/19:29 UTC-07 Tango 01 (22 Bahman 1394/02 Jumada al-Ula 1437/04 Geng Yin 4714)
“We stripped them naked and you throw water so the electricity can work nicely….you want them to be afraid of you.”-‘Mpho’, former G4S prison guard interviewed by BBC
G4S Nuclear Security Services Corporation (NSSC) employee
The same evil British empire based ‘christian’ G4S that was called out in a BBC investigation for torturing prisoners, is in charge of nuclear power plant security in the United States (and other western countries), including Entergy operated Indian Point, in New York.
G4S Secure Solutions (formerly G4S Wackenhut) claims to be the world’s biggest security company. It started with Florida based Wackenhut which was taken over by a Netherlands based company and then merged with another company to create the United Kingdom based G4S plc. The U.S. Department of Energy contracts with G4S’s Nuclear Security Services Corporation (aka NSSC).
The ‘christian’ G4S is heavily involved with the illegal Israeli apartheid/holocaust prison operations against Palestinians. Bishop Desmond Tutu, a true Christian who experienced South Africa’s apartheid first hand, accused G4S of torturing Palestinian child prisoners in 2014! 
In 2010, three British ‘christian’ G4S guards killed a man on a British Airways flight by suffocating him. Passengers stated they heard the victim saying “They’re trying to kill me!”
Wackenhut has been accused of security lapses at several U.S. military bases within the United States, and at nuclear power plants as well. In 2007, Idaho’s Dirk Kempthorne (mentor of current Idaho governor Butch Otter) was asked to investigate Wackenhut’s nuclear power plant security performance while he was U.S. Secretary of the Interior. Wackenhut was even accused of ripping off its own employees: “It is important that federal contractors like Wackenhut benefiting from taxpayer dollars and protecting our country’s vital interests demonstrate fairness toward their employees and support efforts to raise the standards of the security profession to the highest level possible.”-Bob Casey, U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania
Apparently Kempthorne’s ears were deaf to such requests of investigation.
Security guard instructor pointing to a remote controlled machine gun at the Y-12 nuke weapons factory in Tennessee
Wackenhut has even been called The Shadow CIA: “A big private company – one with a board of former CIA, FBI and Pentagon officials; one in charge of protecting Nuclear-Weapons facilities, nuclear reactors, the Alaskan oil pipeline and more than a dozen American embassies abroad; one with long-standing ties to a radical ring-wing organization; one with 30,000 men and women under arms – secretly helped IRAQ in its effort to obtain sophisticated weapons?”
To end the growing news media attention on a seemingly corrupt and inept G4S Wackenhut, in 2010 they changed their name to G4S Secure Solutions. Their contracts include providing ‘security’ for U.S. nuke disaster reactors (as Nuclear Security Services Corporation), including those operated by Entergy.
Christian U.S. military behind child porn and sex abuse!
80% increase of Indian Point radiation leak, in less than one week!
10 February 2016 (16:43 UTC-07 Tango 01) / 21 Bahman 1394/01 Jumada al-Ula 1437/03 Geng Yin 4714
The inept Entergy has revealed an 80% increase in the radiation leak first discovered at the end of last week! This ongoing nuclear disaster is taking place about 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of New York City.
Last week all three water monitoring wells showed a sudden increase in radiation, with one well emmitting a 65-thousand percent increase in tritium radiation! Administrators claim groundwater for drinking is not being affected (yeah, try that on the residents of Flint, Michigan).
Entergy administrators are now whining that the real reason they’re getting all the negative attention is because state government officials want to shutdown the nuclear reactors. Apparently they don’t think massive percentages of radiation level increases are the cause for the ‘attention’.
Entergy says the tritium leak probably took place in January when fuel rods were being changed out. They think water used to keep the rods cool might have overflowed into drains.
65,000% explosion of radiation in New York!
07 February 2016 (09:08 UTC-07 Tango 01) / 18 Bahman 1394/27 Rabi’a’-Thani 1437/29 Wu Yin 4713
Control freak governor Andrew Cuomo is really freaking out after the Indian Point nuclear power plant revealed a spike in radiation leaks of 65-thousand percent!
The nuke disaster reactors are being man-handled by a company called Entergy. Administrators admitted that water contaminated with tritium has been flooding out of the nuke plant! The 65-thousand% increase in radiation was found in one of three monitoring wells near the facility.
Indian Point is 25 miles north of New York City and generates 30% of NYC’s electricity. It sits along the Hudson River. Inept Entergy administrators claim they don’t know where the leak is coming from!
Idaho National Lab kills 471 Idahoans!
The Real Iran : Life Under Sanctions
This most recent documentary of Iran under U.S. led sanctions (produced by puppet ally of the United States, neo-imperialist Japan’s NHK) reveals how ineffective the sanctions are as “the country is flooded with foreign goods”.
UCLA astronomers prove Sumerians right, there is a Nibiru!
30 January 2016 (07:41 UTC-07 Tango 01) / 10 Bahman 1394/19 Rabi’a’-Thani 1437/21 Ding-Chou (12th month) 4713
Oxygen isotopic evidence for vigorous mixing during the Moon-forming giant impact, or how a planet collision created the Earth and Moon. That’s the conclusion of scientists at University of California Los Angeles. (also, Moon was produced by a head-on collision between Earth and a forming planet)
It’s not the first time astronomers made such a conclusion. In 2012 another group of scientists made a similar claim. Then, of course, there are the ten thousand plus years old Sumerians.
“Now this is the account of the Celestial Battle, And how the Earth lead come to be, and of Nibiru’s destiny……Face to face they came, Tiamat and Nibiru; against each other they were advancing……The Lord [Nibiru] spread his net [electromagnetic/gravitational field], to encompass her he cast it; With fury Tiamat cried out, like one possessed she lost her senses. The Evil Wind [electromagnetic radiation from Nibiru, which is an extremely dense magnetic planet], which had been behind him, Nibiru drove forward, in her face he let it loose…..The Evil Wind charged her belly, into her innards it made its way…..Through the opening Nibiru shot a brilliant arrow a lightning most divine. It pierced her innards, her belly it tore apart….into two parts he split her, her chest from her lower parts he separated. Her inner channels he cut apart, her golden veins he beheld with wonder.”-Second Tablet, Lost Book of Enki, Zecharia Sitchin translation
In the latest hypothesis scientist call the hit-n-run planet Theia, a planet about the size of our current Earth. The cosmic crash happened 4.5-billion years ago, and created the Moon. Their research was done be studying seven rocks brought back from Moon, during the Apollo missions, as well as six volcanic rocks from Earth.
For decades modern astronomers have been convinced there was a massive collision between Earth and something else. The Sumerians, an ancient society credited with creating our modern civilization (yes, we haven’t made that much social progress since then, sorry to burst your arrogant bubble), tell the story of a massively dense ‘messiah’ planet called Nibiru. According to them it’s much, much larger than Earth, in fact Earth was the result of Nibiru colliding with an Earth-like planet that was at least three times bigger than Earth, called Tiamat.
“By an artful Creator was he fashioned, the son of his own Sun he was…..His head to doubled size grew larger, four members [the four horsemen of Revelation] at his sides he sprouted. He moved his lips in acceptance, a godly fire from them blazed forth….Let Nibiru be your name, as Crossing [the Sign of the Cross, Iron/Maltese Cross, Svastika] forever known!……Tiamat, she who bore us [Tiamat was literally the original Mother Earth, giving birth to the other planets as a result of interaction with Father Sun, she also becomes the original Satan or Whore of Babylon] now detests us; She has set up a warring host, she is furious with rage. Against the gods, her children, eleven warriors [planets, or the Judeo/Christian/Islamic fallen angels] march by her side……Let Nibiru become our Avenger! Let him vanquish Tiamat, let him save our lives! [as you can see, Nibiru is the original ‘Jesus Christ’]”-Second Tablet, Lost Book of Enki, Zecharia Sitchin translation. The Christian version of this ancient Sumerian story is Revelations 12.
Basically, any symbol depicting a cross pattern, and sometimes including four points, represents the return of the messiah planet. The Christian Book of Revelation states that Earthlings will launch an attack on Nibiru, supposedly from the ancient launch site now known as Armageddon, correctly perceiving it as a threat. Nibiru will brush so close with Earth that it will set the atmosphere on fire: “And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.”-Revelation 20: 9
Note this ancient Hindi depiction of Nibiru includes its four “companions”. Are they the Four Horsemen of the Christian Apocalypse, accompanying the Return of the King?
This is where the myth of the savior god returning to Earth periodically, comes from. The next return is supposedly when the zodiacal age of Pisces gives way to Aquarius.
The Zodiac is an Earth centered astronomical clock, keeping track of when The Crossing returns, it is not for telling an individual’s future!
The return of Nibiru and the arrival of the House of Aquarius (Water Bearer) means the end of Earth as we know it: “….Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in.”-Luke 22:10
New interpretation of the arrival of the House of Aquarius, by Aryssa May Hutchins.
“And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.”-Revelations 21: 1-7
Please observe all the symbols of Nibiru and its four companions on the Papal Robes worn by Pope Francis:
Maltese Crosses, fish hat of the ancient Seven Sages which might actually be a representation of the space suits worn by the Nibirans/Gods/extraterrestrial humans, golden crucifix with four companions/horsemen at the cardinal direction points and the Lamb of God (Nibiru) in the center.
Read on: Gold from Cosmic Stellar Collisions! Proof the ancient Sumerians were right?
More proof of Nibiru: Sumerians were right, there is such a thing as deadly nuclear wind, declassified Manhattan Project documents prove it!
Knocked on Uranus. Proof the ancient Sumerians were right?
Evidence of Nibiru: Moon’s magnetic anomalies “impact induced”
Earth’s magnetic field continues to weaken, is it proof that someone is out there?
Ronin planets existing without Suns, ancient Sumerians were right
“Iconic places are going out of business, and nobody cares.” Goodwill ramps up shutdowns! : U.S. Job Losses & Closings 18 January 2016
Incomplete list of job loss announcements and shutdowns.
Alabama: Sears Holdings shutting down the Florence Kmart in March, more than 1-hundred jobs lost! A local news report said the employees knew nothing about it and were shocked to hear it from the news!
Arkansas: Good Food by Ferneau shutting down because the owner-chef is taking a job working for somebody else.
California: In San Francisco, the Gangway bar shutdown due to ignoramus owner failing to pay his employees at least minimum wage. In California the so called Tip Credit does not apply, food service workers must be paid minimum wage even though they’re paid tips by customers. According to the lawsuit the owner, who’s lived in California for decades, thought the Tip Credit rule was valid in California (I knew about that rule back in the 1980s, how can people who’ve lived in California longer than me be so stupid regarding The Golden State’s wage laws?). In Anaheim Hills, after at least 30 years popular Foxfire An American Chophouse shutting down at the start of February, to make room for a shopping plaza. In Los Altos, Main Street Cafe shutting down by the end of the month, apparently to eventually be replaced with yet another restaurant “concept”.
Connecticut: In Greenwich, after a little more than 12 years Graham’s Toys shutdown due to the greedy landlord: “The rents are not sustainable. The amount of business we’ve done is respectable, but it’s just not sustainable for this market.”-Shelly Steinberg, owner
Idaho: Another Gem State Kmart shutting down, this time the Boise Kmart on Fairview shutting down by mid-March, 56 jobs lost. A sure sign that healthcare costs are going up, the state Department of Health and Welfare is requesting a $26.3-million USD budget increase! Administrators are now saying the previous 3.9% increase is not enough to fund the new mandate (Primary Care Access Program) to cover the 78-thousand Idahoans who fall into the Right to Work (you over) ObamaCare gap!
Illinois: In Orland Park, Palos Community Hospital shutting down their Palos Health & Fitness center in May. In a round-a-bout way administrators said ObamaCare was forcing them to “prioritize” their services.
Kansas: In Wichita, after 105 years (surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions) Head’s Shoes shutdown. Local news said the owners aren’t commenting as to why.
Maryland: Rockville based charity thrift store/’job training center’ Goodwill shutdown 26 stores and donation centers in Toronto, Canada, apparently with no warning! The Ontario Great Lakes Goodwill regional office claims the shutdowns are part of their plan to remain “financially very strong and on a path of growth and prosperity.” In other words they’re preparing for the economy to get worse!
Michigan: New York based clothier Aeropostale shutting down their Mall of Monroe store by the end of the month. Aeropostale has shutdown hundreds of stores since 2014 and recently said they will eliminate 1-hundred corporate level jobs.
Missouri: In Saint Louis, after almost 20 years Harry’s Bar & Restaurant shutting down by the end of the month. It’s starting to sound like city re-development projects are killing off local businesses: “It’s the economy, the highway closing, Ballpark Village. Downtown is just a dead area right now….nobody is talking about it. Iconic places are going out of business, and nobody cares. Ballpark Village was the nail in the coffin. It shut down Washington Avenue and took 70% of our business.”-Tim Pieri, co-owner
New York: In Saugerties the McDonald’s junk food joint on 8 Manor Lane shutting down by the end of the month, the owner saying “It’s a business decisions…”, revealing that even when the restaurant was “making money” it was considered “under-performing”!
Ohio: With no warning Columbus based chain restaurant Max & Erma’s shutdown 13 operations in Ohio, Michigan and Indiana, hundreds now jobless! Corporate administrators said they have to “streamline” operations due to the economy. Overwhelmingly employees say they’re shocked that their employer could shutdown overnight, (I’ve been there experienced that several times, so welcome to reality. Now try living with so many of your peers not believing that your former employer could lay you off with no warning, your employed peers always think you did something wrong! It’s amazing what the working class takes for granted, oh the power of false belief.).
Pennsylvania: After more than three years Marty’s Market shutdown without warning, the owners saying only “We have had to make the extremely difficult decision to close…”
Rhode Island: More trouble for video games. A state investigation into former Major League Baseball player Curt Schilling’s video game company 38 Studios could result in a criminal case. 38 Studios went mysteriously bankrupt and shutdown a few months after releasing it’s only video game (the game was considered a success and sold well). The problem is that 38 Studios was partially funded with millions in state taxpayer loans, which were never paid back.
Virginia: France based nuclear power plant operator Areva laid off 50 people in Lynchburg, and another 40 at nuclear operations around the U.S. Local news reports say since 2014 Areva has eliminated 3-hundred jobs in Luynchburg.
West Virginia: After announcing that it had suffered a 13% drop in revenue in 2015, Florida based railroad company CSX announced it will shutdown its Huntington operations, 121 jobs affected! The work will be spread out among other CSX depots.
WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification
17 January 2016: “we have nothing left…financially, emotionally or physically.”
Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed
The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) no longer issues mass layoff reports: “On March 1, 2013, President Obama ordered into effect the across-the- board spending cuts (commonly referred to as sequestration) required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. Under the order, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) must cut its current budget by more than $30 million, 5 percent of the current 2013 appropriation, by September 30, 2013. In order to help achieve these savings and protect core programs, the BLS will eliminate two programs, including Mass Layoff Statistics, and all ‘measuring green jobs’ products. This news release is the final publication of monthly mass layoff survey data.”
“it’s not working.” More mass store shutdowns! More proof Idaho’s Right to Work a failure! Yahoo mass layoffs prove economy not recovered! : U.S. Job Losses & Closings 08 January 2016
Incomplete list of job loss announcements and shutdowns.
Arizona: In Hereford, after almost 30 years The Mesquite Tree restaurant shutdown.
California: More proof the internet is not recession resistant; Sunnyvale based Yahoo eliminating more than 1-thousand jobs starting as soon as the end of this month! In-side sources say it’s because a three year ‘turnaround’ plan has failed to get the intended results (more proof the economy has not recovered). Sausalito’s only movie theater, CineArts’ 60 years old Marin, shutting down by the end of the month due to lack of sales. In Berkeley, after 33 years Black Oak Books shutting down, the owner lamenting “I wish I could have kept it open, but, in the end, you have to say ‘it’s not working.'” It must be noted that current owner Gary Cornell has been subsidizing the rent payments out of his pocket, store revenues are not high enough, and he said the city’s minimum wage increases are the final straw. I ask you; How can mom-n-pop business owners pay employees more money when their sales can’t even cover the costs of rent and utilities? Wage increases work only when the economy is good! After losing a federal level lawsuit The Alameda County Jail system laid off 49 nurses at the end of December, the current nursing staff says conditions at the massive county jail system are “…a mad house right now. It’s crazy, it’s really difficult. We’re severely understaffed and we’re basically working with a skeleton crew. The nursing staff that are there currently are worn out.”-Melissa Brown, licensed vocational nurse at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin.
Florida: The Sunshine State experienced at least 16-thousand 947 job cuts in 2015, that’s the numbers officially reported to state administrators under the federal WARN program. Not every employer is required to comply with WARN. Bowling, movies, food joint Latitude 360 shutdown its Jacksonville location, no reason given. Medley based shoe store operator Traffic Shoes now chapter 11 bankrupt busted, 83 stores across the U.S. threatened. God refusing to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ 40 years old Emerald Coast Rescue Mission for homeless people next week, the property is being sold-off.
Hawaii: The Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Company suddenly shutdown and laid off 645 people! Administrators blame low commodity prices for causing them to lose $30-million USD in 2015, which is enough to shut them down! It’s the last sugar farm in Hawaii!
Idaho: Grocer Supervalu issued a WARN for three Boise stores (North Ancestor, South Denver Way and Parkcenter locations), at least 80 jobs lost by March. It might be connected to Supervalu’s plan to take its Save-A-Lot discount grocery ops ‘public’. Back in October Supervalu laid off 115 people at their East Baybrook Court, Boise location, in connection with the merger of Albertsons and Safeway. Also in Boise, after at least 25 years the Twin Dragon restaurant is shutting down by March. The owners are trying to sell it to help fund their retirement plans. A Meridian woman is now in federal prison after co-leading a fraudulent investment scheme (known as Alternative Energy Holdings) once claiming to build a nuclear power plant near Mountain Home Air Force Base. Her partner in crime, a man, is on the run and being pursued by federal agents.
The state Department of Labor is admitting in a round-about way that the decades old Right to Work (you over) labor laws are a failure as 50% of Idahoans who graduate Idaho colleges/universities leave the state after four years due to low wages and salaries! It took decades of Right to Work you over-ism for state administrators to realize that highly educated workers are not going to work for peanuts? Of course the pro-Right to Work ‘lawmakers’ refused to blame their Right to Work policies and instead blamed “market conditions”, failing to realize that their Right to Work policies are directly influencing Idaho “market conditons”. Maybe the ‘lawmakers’ need to go back to school and take some economics classes?
Illinois: In East Dundee, after only one year Blues BBQ & Grill now bankrupt busted and shutdown. The owners are hoping to re-open as soon as they settle with creditors. What automotive industry recovery? In Normal, Japan based Mitsubishi is back to shutting down its only U.S. factory. Originally they were going to shut it down in November 2015 but then tried to sell it, unfortunately nobody wanted to buy it. Production was halted in November 2015 and 1-thousand 250 people lost their jobs! Oreo cookie maker Mondelez International shutting down its allergy free Schiller Park factory by Summer, about 130 jobs affected as work is being consolidated to a new factory in Indiana! At the Northwoods Mall 43 years old Kirlin’s Hallmark gift store shutting down as part of Hallmark’s plan not to renew store leases.
Indiana: Indianapolis based athletic clothing chain Finish Line shutting down 150 stores over the next four years blaming crashing sales! Bowling, movies, food joint Latitude 360 shutdown its Indianapolis location, no reason given. 
Mitt Romney’s Bain Capital-Glencore manipulated Alcoa aluminum maker continues its factory shutdowns started back in 2012, this time Alcoa’s largest U.S. smelter in Evansville shutting down. Along with the shutdown in Texas, 1-thousand 270 jobs will be lost! Only one U.S. Alcoa smelter will remain in operation, in New York (which is staying open only because taxpayers gave Alcoa $70-million USD to keep it operating)!
Maine: More proof going green (ecology) does not equate to seeing green (economy), Covanta Holding shutting down its biomass energy farms in Jonesboro and West Enfield because it can’t compete with low oil prices, at least 44 jobs lost.
Minnesota: Iron miner Magnetation eliminating 160 jobs at their Bovey ops! CEO Larry Lehtinen warned that the layoffs could expand, depending on the markets. New Jersey based medical tech company C.R. Bard shutting down their Stewartville factory. Since C.R. Bard took over the plant in 2013 at least 247 jobs gone, some to Mexico!
Missouri: Better Learning Communities Academy being shutdown due to low academic achievement and money problems. State Attorney General investigating the sudden shutdown of at least three Title Boxing Clubs. Pissed-off members say they were never given warnings or refunds.
Nevada: Las Vegas based taxsucker Bigelow Aerospace laid off as many as 50 people saying “…we analyzed the amount of staff that we employed throughout all of our departments at Bigelow Aerospace, and discovered that numerous departments were overstaffed.” Yet another solar panel company leaving The Silver State, this time Sunrun is using the same excuse that Solar City used, the new evil anti-solar power laws the evil state ‘lawmakers’ created which actually force homeowners to make extra monthly payments to the utilities monopoly for going green!
New York: HVAC company Daikin Applied issued a final phase shutdown WARN for their Auburn operations. The shutdown should be complete by April 2016, Daikin Applied is joining the mass exodus from The Empire State. Corning Community College announced it must layoff 21 employees by March, and will try to fill six open positions with current employees. In DeWitt, JCPenney shutting down its 60 years old ShoppingTown Mall store in April, the mall manager said JCPenney administrators put the store on their new 2016 shutdown list. In Haverstraw, after nearly 70 years 20 acre restaurant Platzl Brauhaus shutdown because it was sold-off. In Smithtown and Riverhead, Developmental Disabilities shutting down its OPTI-HEALTHCARE operations, 46 jobs lost by the end of April. China founded NYC based insurance company AIG laid off employees across the United States, administrators refused to give details such as how many or their locations: “On January 7, we restructured our AIG Financial Network (AIGFN) business….”
North Dakota: Job Service North Dakota ironically eliminated 60 of its own jobs. It’s blamed on the oil rich state government being short $4.1-million USD!
Oklahoma: More proof going green (ecology) does not equate to seeing green (economy) as eco-friendly resort The Canebrake shutdown without warning due to the sudden loss of a major funding source. Ignorant management claimed The Canebrake was “a successful venture” but then admitted it could not survive “without our investor”. A little wake up call for you, if you can’t survive on sales revenues that means you’re a failure! Which shows you that unAmerican corporate America, as a whole, is a failure because it relies on ‘major investors’ like debt financing and the stock markets to survive.
Oregon: In Hillsboro, Jacobsen’s Books & More shutting down because the owner is tired of being told by looky-loos “I’ll just go buy it on-line.” In Portland, Detour Cafe shutting down in February after 15 years, the owners are focusing on their other restaurant.
South Carolina: Dillard’s shutting down their Aiken Mall store, 75 jobs affected.
Tennessee: In Brentwood, local news sources were able to identify 128 people who got laid off by AIG (see above, New York)!
Texas: Mitt Romney’s Bain Capital-Glencore manipulated Alcoa aluminum maker continues its factory shutdowns started back in 2012, this time Alcoa is shutting down its Point Comfort alumina factory. Along with the shutdown in Indiana, 1-thousand 270 jobs will be lost!
Virginia: Norfolk based rail service Norfolk Southern laid off 38 conductors, halted training for seven new conductors and shutdown 3-hundred miles of track, blaming declining coal shipment orders. Department of Motor Vehicles shutdown its Oak Hall office due to an expired contract.
Washington: In Oroville, after 82 years (surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions) Hughes Department Store and Hughes Warehouse shutting down. Most of the customers are from Canada: “But this year, with the Canadian exchange rate at 70 cents on the dollar and the fires; it was a terrible summer season for us. It was just a combination of a lot of things. It just isn’t viable.”-Jack Hughes
Wisconsin: Another Mitt Romney wunderkind Staples store going down, this time the Morgan Square store in Beloit shutting down by March.
WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification
07 January 2016: “we have exhausted our emotional reserves” Macy’s to kill 4,800 jobs!
Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed
The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) no longer issues mass layoff reports: “On March 1, 2013, President Obama ordered into effect the across-the- board spending cuts (commonly referred to as sequestration) required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. Under the order, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) must cut its current budget by more than $30 million, 5 percent of the current 2013 appropriation, by September 30, 2013. In order to help achieve these savings and protect core programs, the BLS will eliminate two programs, including Mass Layoff Statistics, and all ‘measuring green jobs’ products. This news release is the final publication of monthly mass layoff survey data.”