All posts by Hutchins AAron

Born in Deutschland 1965, hometown was Bütthart, parents were not U.S. government employees. However, when father was tricked into joining the U.S. Air Force Civil Service, in 1969, with the promise that we could remain in Germany, we were promptly shipped off to Iran. Due to one of my Iranian educators being disappeared, along with her husband, by the U.S. ally Shah of Iran's Israeli & U.S. created Savak (for the then official terrorist act of promoting the idea that women can vote), and due to my U.S. citizen mother being placed on Savak's Terrorist Arrest List (for supporting the idea that women should vote, at that time the U.S. ally Shah of Iran did not allow women to vote, now they can) we left Iran for the United States in 1973, literally in the middle of the night. At the U.S. Embassy airbase the CIA operated Gooney Bird (C-47) was so packed with other U.S. citizens fleeing our ally Iran (because the Shah gave the OK to arrest any U.S. citizen for such terrorist acts as promoting the concept of voting) that we were turned away by the Loadmaster and had to take a chance on a civilian flight out of Tehran's airport. My father told me he and my mother had three culture shocks; first when they arrived in Germany as civilians, then after being shipped off to Iran as U.S. government employees, then again returning to the United States as unemployed civilians (because so much had changed in the U.S. while they were gone, their only news source was the U.S. Armed Forces Radio & Television Service which heavily censored information about the home front). Since I graduated high school in 1982 I've worked for U.S. government contractors and state & local government agencies (in California), convenience store manager in California, retail/property management in Georgia, California and Idaho. Spent the 1990s in the TV news business producing number one rated local news programs in California, Arizona and Idaho. 14+ years with California and Idaho Army National Guard and the U.S. Air Force. Obtained a BA degree in International Studies from Idaho State University at the age of 42. Unemployed since 2015, so don't tell me the economy has recovered.
Business/Economics, U.S.

World War 3, U.S. Economic Front: Job losses & store closings 06 May 2013. More job cuts for Christians!

New York based Ledgemont Capital investment bank bankrupt.  Assets will be sold to repay creditors.  Obviously people will lose their jobs.

Christian Lourdes University, in Ohio, laid of eight administrators.  Salaries have also been reduced.  The Catholic school blamed it on declining enrollment.

In Michigan, Boyne City Board of Education wants to privatize janitor operations.  13 jobs affected.  Watch Hill Home Interiors closed in Birmingham.  The antique store owners said “The store itself is closing due to economic factors and other things. It’s sad, but it’s kind of just the way it goes these days.”-Julie Suspanich

The Christian New England Baptist Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, laid off 12 managers.  Hospital officials said they need to “…ensure that our financial future remains strong.”  And in Hopkinton, after 25 years Vintage Books shut down.  The owner said the economy is so bad that for the past four years she couldn’t cover operating costs: “In this economy, the business of selling books has become very difficult. Now, people are buying eBooks or reading them on their iPads. They don’t browse anymore.”-Nancy Haines

After 98 years in business, Sledge Hardware in Alabama shut down.  Anne Sledge Bailey, the owner, said “It’s time to cut back a little.”   She also blamed suppliers ending their policy of extending credit to mom & pop operations.  Crossroads Music Hall and Barrel House both shut down in Huntsville, on the same day.  The owners of the Barrel House blamed the bad economy.  The Music Hall is moving to a new location.

Despite the oil boom in North Dakota, the bird store Birds Out On A Limb, in Bismarck, closed for good.  The owner blamed it on the bad economy made worse by competition from national pet stores: “It’s been hard for us.”-Kathy Benesh

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

Government Evil: Hundreds of children disappeared in Norway! Part of royal family slave trade, revival of Hanseatic League?

17 July 2013 (19:26 UTC-07 Tango 16 July 2013)/09 Ramadan 1434/26 Tir 1391/10 Ji-Wie (6th month) 4711

“When a Norwegian child disappears, huge search-and-rescue operations are arranged and all the authorities are involved. That is not the case when an asylum child goes missing.”-Thale Skybak, Save the Children Norway

Norwegian news media, and the NGO Save the children, reporting that since 2009 at least 237 immigrant children have been disappeared under the watch of the Directorate of Immigration (UDI, Utlendingsdirektoratet).  106 of those asylum seekers were disappeared in 2012.

Norway has been viewed as one of a few countries to go to for asylum seekers, but this investigation questions that.  It now looks like immigration officials might be involved with human trafficking.

The UDI stated they do not investigate the disappearance of immigrant children under the age of 15.

The Kingdom of Norway is not a democracy or a republic, it is a monarchy just like the United Kingdom, Sweden, Belgium, Denmark and Luxembourg.  In fact King Harald 5th of Norway, Queen Elizabeth 2nd of U.K., King Carl 16th Gustaf of Sweden, Queen Margarethe 2nd of Denmark, King Albert 2nd of Belgium and Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg are all cousins!

It’s interesting that these kingdoms also made up parts of the old Hanseatic League of royal families.  Since the 1980s efforts have been made to revive the Hanseatic League.  The new Hanse is based in Lübeck, Germany, and is open to all former Hanseatic League members who operated kontors (Hanseatic trading ports), that includes U.K., Norway, Sweden, Belgium, Lithuania, Belarus and Russia.  In fact there are dozens of European cities who’ve been, and still are, members of the League, as early as the Gregorian year of 1283 (created by the Rostock Peace Treaty, although ‘Hansa’ organizations existed even before then).

So, why are so many immigrant children disappearing under King Harald 5th’s watch?  But it’s not just Norway.  In 2012 United Kingdom National Referral Mechanism reported at least 371 missing children, the majority being Vietnamese immigrants, in fact the overwhelming majority of missing children in the U.K. are immigrants.

It turns out there’s a link between missing Vietnamese children in the U.K., and Vietnamese organized crime in the British Empire’s territory of Canada: “…one group found a profitable niche and the business spread to the U.K. through the Vietnamese criminal community, probably around 2004.”-Harry Shapiro, DrugScope

British news reports say many children are ending up as slaves in factories hidden inside residential homes!  The gangs trafficking the children tend to be the same ethnic group.  It seems police know who the traffickers are, and what most of the children are being forced to do, now the questions should be who’re the customers buying the ‘products’ made in those child slave factories, and who are the ultimate profiteers?

Idaho, U.S.

West Nile Virus: Larvae swarm after Idaho rain storm! Standing water claim a myth?

16 July 2013 (13:47 UTC-07 Tango)/08 Ramadan 1434/25 Tir 1391/09 Ji-Wie (6th month) 4711

On 15 July parts of eastern Idaho got hit with summer rain storms.   Not unusual, but what was unusual for me is that the next day I found one of my rain barrels swarming with Mosquito larvae.   This was the first time.   My research revealed that the publicly accepted idea that mosquitoes ‘breed’ in standing water is not necessarily true, especially for the West Nile Virus carrying Aedes genus.

Thousands of Aedes larvae in a 30+ gallon rain barrel, less than one day after an Idaho rain storm.

Thousands of mosquito larvae (pupa?) in a 30+ gallon rain barrel, less than one day after an Idaho rain storm.

The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare states “Remove standing water around your home – this is where mosquitoes like to breed”.  It turns out that it depends on the genus of the bloodsucker.  Most will lay eggs on the surface of water, like the Culex mosquito, which is present in Idaho and carries West Nile and encephalitis.

Some mosquitoes lay their eggs on the underside of leaves.

Most species of Aedes mosquitoes lay their eggs in damp dirt, or near a pond’s edge, not directly in the water.  Aedes also carry West Nile and versions of encephalitis.

I was interested to know why one of my rain barrels were swarming with larvae (possibly pupa?), less than one day after a rain storm, yet none of the drinking water buckets and pans for the dogs and cats were infected, even though they’ve been sitting for a few days.  The animal’s water buckets were filled with city water, which is treated with chlorine and contains fluoride.  That could be one reason, but I was concerned because this was the first time I’ve found any of my rain barrels swarming with mosquitoes.

It was also concerning to find the larvae swarm as I’ve seen only one adult mosquito (and been bitten twice) so far this year.

That particular rain barrel had a layer of damp dirt in the bottom, after a previous rain storm washed collected dust and dirt from the roof and rain gutter.  Where I live people will tell you that it rains dirt here (it’s one reason why the car wash business does well here, and the car dealers really hate it when it rains).  So, I suspect an Aedes mosquito laid eggs in the damp dirt at the bottom of the barrel, then the 15 July rainstorms flooded the barrel, hatching the eggs.

Not to worry, the water in my rain barrels are used ASAP after rain storms to water my pathetic vegetable garden, and my fruit trees (and now I rinse out the dirt).  I also learned that Aedes eggs can hatch independently; if there is not enough water to hatch all of them some will enter a state of suspended animation until more water comes along.

What this means is that the claim that removing standing water to fight West Nile Virus depends on which vampire mosquito your fighting.  The Aedes will lay eggs even if there is no standing water, they just need damp dirt.   The eggs will lay in wait until a sudden large amount of water, like from a rain storm or a pond/lake/river overflowing its banks, will hatch the eggs.  So, it would help to keep the area around your home clean and dry.

In western Idaho, West Nile Virus has been detected in Ada, Canyon and Payette  counties.  State health officials on that side of the Gem State report that they trapped Culex mosquitoes, and they tested positive for the virus.  Officials are blaming the hot summer temps.

International

Martial Law U.K.: Glorious Queen of England allows cops to steal and use the IDs of children!

15 July 2013 (13:24 UTC-07 Tango)/07 Ramadan 1434/24 Tir 1391/08 Ji-Wie (6th month) 4711

It’s been revealed by two cops (one a whistlblower, the other is Bernard Hogan-Howe the top cop in the U.K.) that for decades the United Kingdom’s Home Office has allowed cops to steal and use the identifications of dead children, all in the name of security.

The Home Office is similar to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, only hundreds of years older, you might say the creation of the U.S. Homeland Security was influenced by the U.K.’s Home Office (more proof we’ve been taken over by the british empire).

The two Home Office cops say the identities of dead children were used to create fake IDs and passports for undercover cops, known as the Special Demonstration Squad, who used them to infiltrate political and activist groups (note: that’s political and activist groups, not criminal organizations) and for travel to other countries.

Member of Parliament, Mike Creedon, stated that the 40 years old practice of using dead people’s IDs was “common practice”.

The whistleblower cop, Peter Francis, went public after two decades of spying on fellow citizens.  He said in the 1980s he spied on environmentalist and animal rights groups.  In the 1990s he spied on human rights groups, in order to dig up “dirt” to use to coverup or justify police attacks on black/non-white people in the U.K.  He was such a dedicated undercover cop that he even fathered a child with an activist.

In a TV interview Francis admitted that most cops don’t think what they’re doing is wrong, because it’s official policy from the very top: “…that’s what was done. Let’s be under no illusions about the extent to which that was an accepted practice that was well known at the highest levels of the Home Office.”

The Queen of England is the ultimate authority in the United Kingdom.  She is not a figure head, she heads the House of Lords in Parliament and sets the yearly legislative agenda, she is the ‘Pope’ (officially called Supreme Governor) of the Church of England (she recently declared that being homosexual was OK in her church) and she overseas security for the empire (she is their Commander in Chief).  She knows what the hell her minions are doing, or she’s inept!

International, U.S.

Norovirus / Tummy Bug update, 15 July 2013: Parasites! Fatal Pig virus! More reasons not to be a vegetarian!

In Rhode Island, and Massachusetts U.S.A., the Shigella Sonnei bacterium is striking down swimmers at local lake beaches.  Spring Lake and Wallum Lake have been mentioned.  Since 04 July there’s been about 140 cases reported.  The Spring Lake Beach was reopened because health officials could not find evidence of contamination.

In Wyoming U.S.A., officials at Yellowstone and Grand Tetons National Parks say norovirus cases have returned to “normal levels”: “The spike we had was unusual, but having a few cases sprinkled [sprinkled ?] throughout the area during summer months is still within the realm of possibility.”-Jackie Skaggs, Grand Teton National Park

Also in Wyoming, the town of Hudson was hit with norovirus.  It was revealed that 30 people got sick back in May, after eating at the Svilar’s Bar and Dining Room.  The Wyoming Department of Health has yet to determine the source of infection.

In San Diego, California U.S.A., school officials were fearing a massive tummy bug outbreak after 22 elementary aged students began throwing up.  Turns out the dumb ass kids were chugging milk laced with salt, pepper, hot sauce and veggies!  18 students went to the hospital, but get this, some of those students didn’t take part in the stupid dare and were not sick at all: “When the first kids got sick, teachers asked if anybody else felt sick, and the hands started going up. Some of them were apparently having, sympathy pains.”-Jack Brandais, San Diego Unified School District

In Iowa U.S.A., more than 25 people have been infected with parasites.  It’s called Cyclospora, and health officials say it’s been awhile since they’ve seen such an outbreak (more than they’ve seen in the past 20 years!).  Apparently it’s contaminating produce, as health officials are telling people to wash even the packaged ‘pre-washed’ lettuce.

In Sweden, more than 2000 people in the city of Österund are sick with Cryptosporidium.  The parasite is contaminating the town’s water supply, as many as 9000 people could be infected.  Health officials are trying to find out how the parasite got in the water supply.  For now the residents must boil the water, for at least 15 minutes, before using.

Speaking of parasites, the royal family of the British Empire (along with all the lovers of Anglo royalty around the World) are concerned because the duchess of cambridge, Kate Middleton, is infected with a parasite that’s getting bigger everyday!  Maybe it’ll burst forth from her sternum like a commoner silicon based Xenomorph, and then consume the rest of the house of windsor only to become a queen itself, laying thousands of leathery eggs, turning the British Isles into a giant hive of Aliens!  David Icke did say the royal family was a bunch of alien reptiles.  Oh, she’s just pregnant?  Then what the hell is all the fuss about?!

In the United Kingdom, travelers are being advised to get travel health insurance.  From 2011 to 2012, 48% of travelers aged 18 to 24 years did not get such health insurance.  About 1600 ended up in a hospital in another country.  One Brit, who traveled to California, got sick with tummy bug, went into hospital, and returned to the U.K. with a bill of about $151,130 USD!!!

In Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand, reports that the local hospital is full up due to winter time infections including tummy bugs.

As winter hits Australia, the Food Safety Information Council is warning of norovirus outbreaks: “Norovirus has been called the winter vomiting bug overseas as it spreads easily between people during winter…..Once norovirus is contracted a single infected person can easily spread it to many others, especially if they prepare food or drink.”

Also in Australia, medical wards at Ballarat Base Hospital and the Queen Elizabeth Centre are closed because of viral gastroenteritis outbreaks.

In Durban, South Africa, reports that 1000 children are sick with rotavirus.  The National Institute for Communicable Diseases says outbreaks are on the increase, and they blame lack of vaccinations and bad hygiene.

In the U.S.A., the Kansas Department of Health and Environment revealed that there were several outbreaks of tummy bug in April and May.  More than 50 cases reported that involved a First Communion, a meat market, a couple of restaurants and a wedding rehearsal.

In Pennsylvania U.S.A., it’s been revealed that Lancaster County’s pig farms have been hit with a new pig killing virus.  It’s called porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED), and it’s 100% fatal in suckling pigs.  It also retards growth in older pigs. Local Pennsylvania news reports say officials refuse to report how many cases there are.  There is no treatment for PED.  According to the American Association of Swine Veterinarians, PED has hit pig farms in at least 16 states.

In Tennessee U.S.A., the Johnson City Medical Center is now using a robot named Gizmo, to zap microbes.  Like other germ killing robots used in Canada, Gizmo uses ultra violet light, 25000 times brighter than the sun, to break down DNA.

The United Nations Codex Alimentarius Commission adopted Strategic Plan 2014-2019.  They say it sets international standards to prevent food borne illness outbreaks caused by Hepatitis A, Norovirus, bacteria and protozoa.

 

International

World War 3, Asian Front-Afghanistan, 03-04 July 2013: More proof top officials involved with increased illegal drug trade!

In Farah Province, an 18 years old U.S. Army Private was killed on 04 July, when Mujahideen ambushed his unit with RPGs (rocket propelled grenades).   Also, reports of heavy fighting in the Bala Baluk District.  Claims that NATO/ISAF armored vehicle was destroyed and dozens of soldiers killed and wounded.  In Bakwa District, Mujahideen ambushed a supply convoy.  20 fueler vehicles were destroyed, two pickup trucks, and 15 security guards and drivers were killed.  10 guards/drivers wounded. One Mujahid wounded.

In Khost Province, Musa Khel village, reports that at least 20 people were killed, nine wounded, by U.S. airstrike.  The Afghan National Army say they called in the airstrike.

In Zabul Province, Atghar District, Petawa village, reports that home invasions by U.S. led government forces resulted in six people being kidnapped.

In Helmand Province, Lashkargah city, four girls were killed when they stepped on a landmine as they were crossing a canal.  The bodies of only two girls were found.  Also, a female cop and her son in law were assassinated, in the same city.

In Uruzgan Province, Surab District, two people killed when they drove over a landmine.

In Faryab Province, Pashtun Kot District, reports that an explosion killed five people and wounded two.  And in Qisar District, Jugdalek area, reports that two civilians were killed and two wounded by crossfire during a major offensive by  Mujahideen.  Mujahideen claim to have liberated the area from puppet U.S. led forces.

In Herat Province, Guzara District, Snogerd area, three employees of the Norwegian Refugee Council were kidnapped.  So far no body has come forward asking for ransom.

The UN’s Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) recently quoted a opium trafficker who stated that the rising opium trade under U.S. eyes reaches all the way to top officials: “You have to have strong connections to be an opium trader.  Some time ago some of my friends were caught with drugs by border police. They contacted [top] officials and were released.”-unnamed drug dealer

The U.S. state of Louisiana welcomed home 65 members of their Army National Guard’s 756th Area Support Medical Company.

International

World War 3, West Asian Front: Israel launches ICBM!

13 July 2013 (22:58 UTC-07 Tango 12 July 2013)/05 Ramadan 1434/22 Tir 1391/06 Ji-Wie (6th month) 4711

“This morning, Israel conducted a launching test from the Palmachim base of a rocket propulsion system…”-Israeli Ministry of Defense

Gee, when North Korea wants to test a rocket the World has a hissy fit, but no body says a thing about Israel’s nuke capable ballistic missile test!!!

On Friday morning Israel launched what is believed to be the Jericho ballistic missile with a range of at least 5000 kilometers (3100 miles).   Israel can hit most of Europe, North Africa and they can hit anywhere in the Middle East.  But not even a peep out of the U.S. main stream news media!

International, Technology, U.S.

Martial Law U.S.A.: Bilderberg tool Google turning neighbor against neighbor to track gun owners!

12 July 2013 (12:47 UTC-07 Tango)/04 Ramadan 1434/21 Tir 1391/05 Ji-Wie (6th month) 4711

“Geolocate Dangerous Guns and Owners with the Gun Geo Marker.”-walkingtools.net, maker of app

The Executive Chairman of Google, Eric Schmidt, has been documented as attending three Bilderberg meetings in a row.   Now the tool of the globalist elites is making available an app (on Google Play) to allow police state martial law lovers to accuse their neighbors of being gun owners!

It’s called Gun Geo Marker: “These locations are typically the homes or businesses of suspected unsafe gun owners, but might also be public lands or other locations where guns are not handled safely, or situations where proper rights to own or use any particular type of firearm may not exist. Electronically marking these locations can help others in the area learn about their geography of risk from gun accidents or violence. No matter what your safety concern with firearms might be, you should feel free to use this tool to provide the most accurate information you can such that others can make their own safety decisions.”

Note: This app automatically accuses any gun owner entered into its system as “unsafe” or “Dangerous”.

Who does walkingtools think are dangerous gun owners? “First time gun owners or others who may not have not taken basic gun safety training, or who were not raised in a culture of gun safety, represent a real and present danger to their community, themselves and their family members. Their locations may be marked at any time.”  Here’s a question:  How would the user of this app know if someone was a new gun owner, or had not taken a gun safety course, or was a danger to the community, without behaving like a neighborhood spy?

Also: “If a gun owner…..demonstrates a cavalier attitude toward gun safety, or becomes angry when you ask about it, then the location at which they store or use their guns should be marked….”  This statement suggests that the user of the app should interrogate their neighbors, because how else would they get such a response?

Also: “….someone who frequently displays or brandishes weapons, or those reveal their gun ownership status during normal conflict resolution.”  Guess what?   I believe such threatening behavior is already illegal, so you should call the police!

Also: “….any neighbor whose children speak frequently of their parent’s gun ownership…”  Wow!  That means me and my many High School acquaintances from 1978 to 1982 would have unknowingly ratted on our parents, because we always talked about guns, including the ones we owned as teenagers!!!!   I miss my Ruger Mini-14 that I owned as a teenager, it’s a better .223 shooter that the crappy AR-15/M-4, and way easier to maintain.  Had to sell it for financial reasons (no thanks to a failing marriage). Oh well, economic times were actually better then, I can’t buy a gun now even though I want to.  I can’t believe how expensive a Ruger Mini-14 is now compared to the late 1970s, and a crappy AR-15/M-4 type is now outrageously expensive, I saw one at my local Walmart for $1500!  Back in 1982 I paid less than $600 for a new CAR-15 (short barrel/ telescoping stock).  This is the kind of stuff me and my High School buddies would talk about, but according to the Gun Geo Marker app, that makes us and our parents “Dangerous” and “unsafe”!!!   (by the way, in my 45+ years of life I’ve never been arrested for anything!!!)

Walkingtools actually instructs the user of the app to use their neighbor’s kids as spies: “Talk to your kids and their friends! Younger kids in particular will talk about the things their parents frequently discuss, and they will tend to enact parental attitudes…..is a way that you might find out about insecure weapons in your neighborhood!”

Here are more NAZIistic instructions from the walkingtools Gun Geo Marker site:

“There are many locations, such as remote public or private lands where the discharge of firearms is legal [note they said legal gun shooting sites!]. If you frequent such a location, you are likely a gun owner yourself….”

“Bumper stickers or other public displays supporting gun ownership…..combined with radical anti-government propaganda and/or….paranoid political beliefs….”

“…potential medical condition that might alter their judgment or make them unable to tell right from wrong may well be worth marking…”

“….if the site is an active location for criminal activity (for example drug dealing), then you should not involve yourself in any way.”  So are they only after non-criminals?

Finally, walkingtools admits the real purpose of their app; gun control: “If enough members of your community take the time to mark dangerous gun sites and owners, then this crowd-sourced data may serve to save a life or perhaps even influence national policy.”

Sounds to me like this will be used by police to come take your guns, because of people who can’t exist without a big brother/sister beast of a government controlling their every action.  But, you know who else would love this app?  Criminals, because in study after study repeat convicted criminals say the biggest deterrent to their criminal schemes is the possibility that a potential victim is armed with a gun!  Now they’ll know who they can safely victimize!

“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”-U.S. 2nd Amendment

International

Medical Martial Law: Government admits University studies manipulated by drug companies!

12 July 2013 (12:14 UTC-07 Tango)/04 Ramadan 1434/21 Tir 1391/05 Ji-Wie (6th month) 4711

University officials have admitted that the Swiss company, Novartis Pharma, manipulated their research on the blood pressure drug Diovan.

An investigation into a Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine study, says the conclusions are wrong about Diovan being better at reducing brain strokes and angina than other drugs.

Japan’s Health Ministry is creating a panel of medical experts to investigate other claims that drug companies have been twisting the results of clinical studies concerning their drugs.

Business/Economics, U.S.

World War 3, U.S. Economic Front: Job losses & store closings 04-05 May 2013. More cuts for Christians! Where are all the students going? Obama/Romney Care claims more health care jobs!

Caterpillar laying off 300+ people at their Decatur, Illinois, operations!  Apparently this is on top of the 460 job cuts announced in April!  The heavy equipment maker is blaming it on crashing sales to mining companies, who’re shutting down operations worldwide.  In Wheaton, the Stork’s Cradle baby and heirloom gift store shut down.  The owners said they need more “balance” in their lives.

In Elmira, New York, Arnot Health has laid off 22 employees at Saint Joseph’s Hospital.  They shut down a surgical unit.  And 22 people laid off by MVP Health Care.  The company has been laying off employees since January 2012.  Is it because of Obama/Romney Care?  Here’s what the company said: “The health care marketplace is changing rapidly, and MVP must constantly adapt….”

In Kentucky, Hospice of the Bluegrass got rid of 16 jobs.  They blame it on cuts to Medicare and Medicaid no thanks to Obama/Romney Care (Affordable Health Care).

Blood management systems provider Haemonetics, shutting down operations in Braintree, Massachusetts, and moving its disposable products operations to Tijuana, Mexico.  320 jobs lost!  In Wayland, the Christian (Lutheran) Little Dove Early Childhood Center shut down.  Blamed on declining enrollment.

In New Jersey, after 47 years the nonsectarian private McAuley School shut down.  Most of their students were ‘special needs’ children.  Like other private and public schools, it’s being blamed on crashing enrollment.  It begs the question; where are all the students going?  (it should be noted that some school staff accused an administrator of verbally abusing students)

In Connecticut, Carrie Welton’s bar and restaurant closed down.  The owner said it was because he was tired of the business and wants more time with his family.  However, it was revealed that he owed the borough of Naugatuck property taxes all the way back to 2007.

After 54 years, the Bible & Book Center (that’s a redundant title because Bible means book) closed down in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.   The owner blames competition from national stores and the internet.

Kansas based Perceptive Software is laying off at least 40 people across the country.  It’s blamed on the company’s take over of seven competitors since 2011.

In Washington DC, CQ Rollcall laid off at least five people, along with buying out five employees who had contracts.  The political news source, which reports on the goings on in Washington DC, says it’s part of their plan to move from print to digital/internet media.

The owners of The Guy’s Shop and Thelma’s, in Wisconsin, retired and shut down their stores.  In Madison, after 51 years Dorn Hardware shut down.  The owner blames competition from national stores and the bad economy: “We’ve been looking at dong this for at least three years. It’s all about sales and expenses. Sales are too low and expenses are too high.”-Tom Dorn

In Georgia, New York based International Flavors & Fragrances is shutting down their factory in Augusta.  54 employees affected.  Company officials say it’s part of their plan to make the company more efficient by consolidating operations.

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.