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.
U.S.

Breaking news: McCoy says Martial Law training ramped up since May 2012. Federals own local cops!

In a Call to Decision 02 January 2013 interview with North Carolina State cop, Lieutenant McCoy, he stated that Martial Law training began in May 2012, is nothing new, except the training has since been “stepped up”.

McCoy relaid how over the past decade the Federal government pumped millions of dollars into local law enforcement agencies, to the point they now “own them”.   I can attest to that regarding state National Guard (militia).  During the 1990s the Federal government offered billions in extra funding to state National Guard, with the catch that the governors had to essentially turn over their right to authorize activation of their respective Guard units to the Federal government.

Listen to interview here (02 January 2013 interview).

U.S.

Breaking news: McCoy says 3 to 6 months before Martial Law declared. Christians who stand up against Martial Law are main targets!

“For God’s sake, people’ve got to wake up!”-Lieutenant McCoy, North Carolina State cop

In a Call to Decision 02 January 2013 interview with North Carolina State cop, Lieutenant McCoy, he stated his experience with computer training for Martial Law, it appears that Federal officials are concerned things will deteriorate to the point of Martial Law in the next three to six months.

McCoy says Christians who stand up to Martial Law will be considered by Federal government to be their main targets.

 

U.S.

Breaking news: McCoy says elected officials know what’s coming, target list of potential resistors already established!

In a Call to Decision 02 January 2013 interview with North Carolina State cop, Lieutenant McCoy, he stated he talked to at least one elected official who said they know what’s coming, regarding Martial Law.

Planning for Martial Law began in the 1980s.  At least 45% of county Sheriffs will not support Martial Law.

Federal officials already established potential target list of U.S. citizens they expect to resist.  List includes farms, and any operation that could allow individual citizens to operate independent of government or unAmerican Corporate America.

U.S.

Breaking news: McCoy says 75% of U.S. cops will fight Martial Law! Implies recent media reports of shootings and anti-gun propaganda part of the plan!

In a Call to Decision 02 January 2013 interview with North Carolina State cop, Lieutenant McCoy, he stated that he believed three quarters of local law enforcement officials will fight any Federal Martial Law.

McCoy also implies that U.S. media reports focusing on shootings, and anti-gun propaganda is part of elitists’ plan to get the general public riled up, rioting in the streets, so Federal government can justify Martial Law.

Business/Economics, International, U.S.

Class Warfare: More proof Fiscal Cliff is a done deal to screw over taxpayers! End of part one in the ongoing Fiscal Cliff Hanger saga!

“We Republicans need to be willing to tolerate a temporary, partial government shutdown, which is what that could mean.”-Pat Toomey, U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania

“Go fuck yourself!”-John Boehner, Speaker of the House, reply to Harry Reid, Senate Majority Leader

“More remains to be done to put U.S. public finances back on a sustainable path without harming the still fragile recovery.”-Gerry Rice, International Monetary Fund (IMF), commenting on the so called fiscal cliff deal in the United States

“As the IMF have said, anything short of a deep and wide reaching resolution will not be good enough this time around.”–Wayne Swan, Treasurer of Australia, commenting on the so called fiscal cliff deal in the United States

The so called budget agreement to avoid a fiscal cliff (austerity measures) is a total sham.  As I posted before, this fiscal cliff is a done deal.

Proof is the fact that there will be across the board 2% income/payroll tax increases for everyone, not just the wealthy!  So much for some of those states that recently raised their mandatory minimum wage levels (or maybe that’s why they raised it, they knew what was coming).

One small business owner said he can not afford to try and help his employees deal with the increased income tax by giving them a raise: “Any business that survived the recession did so by digging a big hole. We can’t dig any deeper.”-Mike Brey, Hobby Works

The 2% payroll tax increase comes as a temporary decrease on Social Security taxes ended with the first round of fiscal cliff BS.  That’s right, this is just first round.  Despite what the incompetent main stream U.S. TV media is reporting, there are more fiscal cliff hangers coming.

According to many economists, this latest deal does not cut spending enough, or at all, and the amount of increase in taxes is piddly, so the end result is deeper government debt.

Over the next two months there will be more fiscal cliff hangers, over the national debt ceiling, more taxes and government spending cuts.  Isn’t this what we’ve been seeing in several European countries in the past couple of years?

 

Business/Economics, U.S.

2013, there will be Martial Law in the United States! Source: Police

“Things are going down hill very quickly…..they’re [government forces] looking for it [martial law/civil collapse] to happen….they’re training to take us [U.S. citizens] down.”-Lt McCoy, police officer from North Carolina

On 28 December 2012, a Lieutenant McCoy claiming to be with a police department in the state of North Carolina called into a Christian radio show, called Call to Decision, and gave details of how martial law training is taking place in the Old North State/Tar Heel State.

McCoy believes a Martial (military) Law event will take place in the next two to three months, possibly directly related to economic collapse.  He stated that “…they’ll start to move and they’ll start picking out certain people, making confiscations and arrests…..be prepared, defend yourself and your family……from the information I’ve been able to gather, it’s [orchestrated economic collapse/Martial Law] kinda gonna come in altogether at one time, so they can’t blame the government but they can blame us [local police].”

McCoy says the info he’s relaying is not “hearsay” but information he was told directly.    You can hear the December radio program by clicking hear, the interview with McCoy is more than halfway through the show.

Butch Paugh, of the Call to Decision radio show, says he will do a full length interview with McCoy on 02 January 2013, and hopefully reveal more about what is happening in North Carolina, and the rest of the United States.

Influenza

U.S. Influenza, 01 January 2013: Already record season in some states! Children targeted! Utah reports flu not covered by vaccines!

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reporting 16 deaths of children the week ending 22 December 2012.  H3N2 (a type of flu A) is the main flu strain, with flu B in second place.

01 January 2013, California reporting two people dead of flu.  One person died from flu B.

Missouri officials reporting a spike in flu cases.   Between September and the end of December 2012, 8,000 cases!!!  55% of cases are children between the ages of two and 14.

Massachusetts (the land of Romney Care) reporting ten times the ‘normal’ amount of flu cases.  3,736 confirmed flu cases now, compared to just 126 for the same time in 2011!

Ohio health officials report a jump in flu related hospitalizations. 863 people have already been hospitalized, compared to only 65 during the same time in 2011.

Florida is reporting record numbers of sick people in the central part of the Sunshine State.  637 confirmed cases of influenza during xmas week.  450 confirmed cases the week before that.  The flu is affecting economic activity: “I run a small landscaping company. I’ve had two guys out for a week, and it keeps spreading like wildfire.”-Nathan Bassett

Minnesota officials are predicting their worst flu season in years. Some hospitals are near capacity, with about 25% of emergency room cases being flu related: “We’ve seen big spikes in demand at our emergency rooms and our urgent cares with influenza and influenza-like illness, and a lot of patients who have been hospitalized with it as well, particularly in our community hospitals.”-Brent Asplin, Fairview Medical Group

Texas, still reeling from West Nile, reporting packed emergency rooms: “It’s been very busy. Flu season is definitely here.”-Neal Talbott, Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital

Talbott admitted that getting the vaccine will not prevent you from getting sick: “Most people, if they get the flu, if they get the flu shot, it will be less severe.”

Indiana health officials have fired eight hospital staff for refusing to take the influenza vaccination, despite increasing reports saying the vaccines don’t work.

Utah officials are reporting that a few influenza hospitalizations are caused by a type of flu not covered by current vaccines.  Officials say things are too unpredictable:   “We could see and probably will see more cases of influenza occurring, but we have no way of predicting how severe it will be.”-Rebecca Ward, Utah Department of Health

South Dakota reporting 355 cases so far.  Compare that to only five cases for the same time in 2011!  Health officials in the Mount Rushmore State doubt the effectiveness of vaccines, or claims of a new flu, it’s a mystery: “We don’t have a new virus circulating, we don’t have lower immunization rates. We don’t have anything really that we can put our hand on.”-Lon Kightlinger, South Dakota Department of Health

In Nebraska, a confirmed case of flu A has been found in an 11 months old baby.   Health officials reporting an almost equal number of flu A and flu B cases.

As of 22 December 2012, CDC reports Widespread influenza activity: Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

Regional influenza activity: Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Washington.

Local influenza activity: District of Columbia (Washington DC), Delaware, Oregon and Vermont.

Sporadic influenza activity: California and Hawaii.

 

Business/Economics, Idaho, International, Technology, U.S.

What Economic Recovery? Hewlett Packard on the ropes, and going down! Blames War on Terror!

“Terrorist acts, conflicts of wars (wherever located throughout the world) may cause damage or disruption to HP, our employees, facilities, partners, suppliers, distributors, resellers or customers or adversely affect our ability to manage logistics……..The potential for future attacks, the national and international responses……or wars, including ongoing military operations in Afghanistan, have created many economic and political uncertainties……actions against or by the United States may impact our business and employees.”-HP Form 10-K, Security & Exchange Commission report, 27 December 2012

Hewlett Packard filed a 10-K report with the U.S. SEC, and it’s full of what if scenarios, mostly bad scenarios.  Obviously the executives of HP are not positive about 2013.  Employees will continue to be shed: “The restructuring plan includes both voluntary early retirement programs and non-voluntary workforce reductions and is expected to result in 29,000 employees exiting the company by the end of the period [by the end of 2014].”   

HP is also dealing with trouble from competitors, dealers and divisions.

The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating HP’s claims that the executives of the British company Autonomy, lied about its financial situation. HP shelled out $11 billion USD for Autonomy in 2011!

After a challenge by IBM (International Business Machines) the U.S. Federal government will continue with a $543 million five year Department of Veterans Affairs contract with HP.

Despite Idaho voters rejecting a laptop for students proposition, HP was awarded a $180 million contract to provide the laptops, at least one week before the voting took place!!!

Skycom Tech, a business partner of Chinese company Huawei, tried to sell $1.72 million worth of HP communication equipment to an Iranian company, some say in violation of U.S./European sanctions.  The deal didn’t go through, but Huawei said: “Huawei’s business in Iran is in full compliance with all applicable laws and regulations including those of the UN, U.S. and EU….”

HP officials said: “HP’s distribution contract terms prohibit the sale of HP products into Iran…”

There are reports that HP is no longer directly selling printers on Amazon. Some analysts think it’s actually retaliation by Amazon, because HP’s new Cloud computing system is in direct competition with Amazon’s own computing system.

A report out of India says a state government is investigating HP’s claims of being able to supply 1,500,000 school laptops by a certain date.  If government officials don’t think HP can make the deadline they will split up the contract to other competitors:  “If HP is found to have insufficient capacity, then it could, accordingly, get a contract to supply a reduced quantity of laptops and the remaining quantity will be divided among the bidders ready to offer the quantity at the rate quoted by HP.”-Uttar Pradesh government statement

HP and General Motors (GM) are going after each other in court.  It involves GM’s recent decision to hire away from HP 3,000 employees, to start its own inhouse tech service. HP claims it’s more than coincidence that GM’s plans to dump HP (and IBM) as tech service providers come after GM hired several HP executives to run GM’s technology operations. HP said the initial 18 HP employees hired by GM resigned “en masse and without notice.”


Business/Economics, U.S.

What Economic Recovery? New Kmart & Sears closings for the start of 2013. Store leases worth more than the stores themselves! Stock analyst says it’s time to dump your Sears Holdings stocks!

On 31 December 2012, the 69 employees at a North Carolina Kmart were told they were unemployed.  The Peters Creek store in Winston-Salem had been in operation since 1978.

On 22 December 2012, employees at a franchised Sears Hometown store, in the U.S. territory of Guam, were told they were now unemployed.  The franchise owner refused to comment to local media as to why he was closing the store.  The store had been in operation since December 2010.

A retail property analyst, Britt Beemer (America’s Research Group), said there were still hundreds of Kmarts with leases that are “worth millions of dollars, much more than the profit of the store”.  Those store will most likely be closed.

A stock market analyst, David Zanoni (Seeking Alpha), recently said it was time to short sell shares of Sears Holdings.  Normally he advises to hold onto stocks for the long run, but he says this about dumping Sears: “Sears Holdings is a great candidate for this as it has declining fundamentals with no positive catalysts in sight.” 

Here’s the updated 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).

Guam: Recently revealed Sears Hometown Store.

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 Kmart on Airport Boulevard closed in 2011, Pensacola Kmart on Mobile Highway 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), 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, 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), recently revealed Winston-Salem Kmart (69 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