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Business/Economics, Idaho

U.S. job losses & store closings 22 January 2014: Texas companies kill jobs despite making profits! Target kills 1100 jobs! Massive tech job cuts! More food crisis from Idaho, no more American Cheese? More healthcare cuts!

Incomplete list of announced closings & layoffs.

Computer giant IBM warned of massive layoffs in 2014, after dismal sales in 2013.

Alabama: The largest air ambulance service in the United States, Air Evac Lifeteam, shutdown Air Evac 64 operations in Wetumpka!  Company officials directly blamed issues with Obama Care and the bad economy: “The reimbursement issue, along with a low demand for patient transports, made it impossible for us to sustain operations at the base.  As a result of the state’s decision not to expand Medicaid, nearly a quarter of the residents we fly in Alabama are self-pay with very little means to pay medical expenses. For those patients covered by Medicaid, they currently reimburse just over $500 for the transport of an adult. The high fixed cost of air ambulance makes it impossible for us to continue to operate with no indication of improvement in sight.  We’ve been taking a loss with this base for many years. This is an area where air medical services are needed and we wanted to provide this valuable resource for the people in this region.  We’ve also seen a decline in commercial reimbursement rates, making Alabama the lowest state in our 15-state service area for reimbursement.”

California:  In Los Angeles, Japanese owned Sony Imaging killing jobs by moving operations to British Columbia, Canada.  In Pomona, Quad/Graphics shutdown their factory, 62 jobs lost.

Florida: CenterState Bank shutting down 13% of its offices, killing 57 jobs.  Bank officials blamed the bad economy for declining revenue.

Idaho: In Gooding, Glanbia Foods officials warned of layoffs saying “….we are actively pursuing a number of strategic growth opportunities, the current milk supply situation in Idaho is extremely tight.”  Glanbia Foods claims to be the number one manufacturer of American Style Cheese, with four factories in Idaho and the world’s largest cheese factory in New Mexico!

Illinois:  Sears shutting down their flagship store in Chicago.  Company officials claim the store has lost “millions” since 2001.

Iowa: In Marengo, Quad/Graphics shutdown their factory, 138 jobs lost!

Minnesota:  Retail giant Target killed 475 jobs at their HQ, and killed another 700 unfilled positions across their retail operations!

Missouri:  In Saint Louis, business litigation company Husch Blackwell laid off 25 employees. It’s blamed on the bad economy: “Our firm, like many of our clients, is being challenged to do more with less…..”

Nevada: In Las Vegas, Too Big to Jail Bank of America laid off 77 employees.  BoA is ending its Las Vegas operations.

New Mexico:  Western New Mexico University warned of layoffs and tuition increases, due to lack of student enrollment!

New York: Swiss owned legal drugs pusher Novartis announced it will shutdown it’s New York factory by 2016.  525 jobs lost!  Novartis has been getting into trouble around the world, because most of its drugs do not work!  In Japan whistleblowers revealed that so called independent university studies on Novartis drugs were actually done by Novartis employees!

Ohio:  Two Kmarts being shutdown, one in Westlake, one in Xenia.  About 100 jobs lost!

Texas:  Tech giant Texas Instruments laying off 1100 people!  The company is also cutting hundreds of millions of dollars from investments into new operations.  This all despite revenues for Texas Instruments going up!  In Fort Worth, tax sucking Bell Helicopter killed 115 engineer jobs, despite making profits!  Company officials say they need to kill jobs to remain “competitive”.

Wisconsin: In Sussex, Quad/Graphics warned of massive layoffs due to the bad economy.

21 January 2014: “Nobody’s going to buy a $40 loaf of bread!”

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.

“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security……..That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013

Business/Economics, International, U.S.

World War 3, Iran: Obama regime allows Boeing & GE to avoid sanctions! Direct flights to resume after 35 years of sanctions?

30 April 2014 (12:31 UTC-07 Tango)/29 Jumada t-Tania 1435/10 Ordibehesht 1393/02 Wu-Chen(4th month) 4712

“Iranian airlines will be ready to buy 40 jets a year.”-Ali Reza Jahangirian, Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization

Despite tough talk against Iran, the Obama regime is allowing some U.S. companies to violate the Obama regime’s own sanctions against Iran.

Today it’s been revealed that Boeing and GE will be allowed, by the Obama regime, to sell aircraft to Iranian airlines, and airlines will be able to resume direct flights between the U.S. and Iran!  Direct flights have been on hold (by the U.S. government) since the successful 1979 revolution against the U.S. puppet government in Iran.

The Iranian Civil Aviation Organization hopes direct commercial flights can begin by 2025.

At the beginning of April it was quietly revealed that the U.S. Department of Treasury is allowing Boeing and General Electric (GE) to sell aircraft parts to Iran, under the guise of ensuring “safety” of international flights.  Some government officials even used the mysterious disappearance of MH370/CZ748 as an excuse for letting big U.S. corporations avoid Obama regime sanctions.

U.S. made aircraft parts have been blocked from being sold to Iran ever since the U.S. Reagan regime imposed sanctions in the early 1980s (and then Rumsfeld paid Iraq to invade Iran).

If you’ve been following the economic news you’d be able to figure out that the real reason for allowing Boeing and GE to do business with Iran is because they are losing their asses financially.  It looks like the crony U.S. capitalist system is such a failure that the U.S. government has to back off it’s tough rhetoric against ‘enemy’ countries.

Iranian airlines say they want to buy at least 400 Boeing made airliners, which could save the faltering company’s ass.

Business/Economics

U.S. job losses & store closings 21 January 2014: Convergys shutdown! “Nobody’s going to buy a $40 loaf of bread!” Lots more healthcare cuts! More small business owners say there is no economic recovery!

Incomplete list of announced closings & layoffs.

Arkansas:  The Arkansas Children’s Hospital killed five top management jobs.  In response to news media questions, hospital officials simply said it was due to “restructuring”.

California:  In Los Angeles, school bus contractor Atlantic Express laid off 307 people!  In Sunnyvale, Bayer Health Care laid off seven employees.

Colorado: In Denver, new software company Convercent already in trouble.  32 employees laid off due to lack of sales.

Illinois:  In Geneva, Great Harvest Bread store shutdown.  The co-owner blamed Walmart and inflation for killing his operation: “…..we can’t compete with the supermarkets that have really stepped it up. You go to Walmart and Target, where they can get ingredients for pennies on the dollar.  For me, the price of ingredients has gone up 400%, and my prices can’t keep up with that!  Nobody’s going to buy a $40 loaf of bread!”-Marty Kane

Kansas: British empire Canadian company Bombardier killing another 250 Yankee jobs at its LearJet factory in Wichita!  This on top of the 350 Yankee jobs announced at the beginning of January, and on top of the 200 laid off in December!   It’s blamed on crashing sales and production problems.

Michigan:  In Marquette, Farmer Q’s Market shutdown.  The owner said despite making profits he can see the writing on the wall for the U.S. economy: “When you start a business from ground zero or scratch and build into what it is after eight years, it’s bittersweet to be closing a profitable business in this economy. However, you have to look at the future and what the future is.”-Tom Brian

Mississippi: In Saltillo, a Lane Furniture factory shutdown, 480 jobs lost!  It’s blamed on the take over by Heritage Home Group.

Missouri:  Newly formed furniture company, Heritage Home Group, announced they must reorganize, already, meaning  they will layoff employees.

Nevada:  God can’t stop California owned Saint Rose Dominican Hospitals from killing jobs, for the second time in 12 months.  This time 40 nurses from the Las Vegas Valley hospital system will become jobless.  It’s blamed on Obama Care.

New Jersey:  Inspira Health Network killed 47 jobs.  It’s blamed on Obama Care forcing healthcare providers to move away from “hospital-centric” systems.

North Carolina: In Swansboro, Nicky’s restaurant shutdown, blaming the bad economy.  Local news reports said the owners gave no warning of the shutdown.  Thomasville Furniture Industries shutdown, 84 jobs lost.  It’s blamed on the take over by Heritage Home Group (see above).

Ohio:  Hospice of Dayton killed 12 more jobs, directly blaming Obama Care: “As we look to 2014, we are faced with reduced reimbursement….”  The Hospice laid off at least seven people back in September.

Oklahoma: At the Woodland Hills Mall, clothing store The Limited shutdown.

Texas:  Energy storage and management startup Xtreme Power already chapter 11 bankrupt busted!  It’s only hope to stay alive is to find a new owner!  In Brownsville, Convergys shutdown a major call center, 362 jobs lost!

18-20 January 2014: More small business owners say ‘Economic Recovery’ is a big lie! 

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.

“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security……..That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013

Business/Economics

U.S. job losses & store closings 18-20 January 2014: More small business owners say ‘Economic Recovery’ is a big lie! Bike sharing programs prove to be a big economic fail! More healthcare cuts!

Incomplete list of announced closings & layoffs.

A Canadian company operating bike sharing programs in several U.S. cities is now bankrupt busted.  Bixi is in debt by at least $43-million CAD, and is in financial trouble with some of the U.S. cities it operates in.  Bixi is connected to non-profit Public Bike System Company (PBSC).  Minnesota claims Bixi violated its PBSC contract, and New York and Illinois have suspended payments to PBSC.  It’s interesting that the PBSC website declares Bixi its “greatest success.”

Sprint announced it is killing an undisclosed number of jobs in the first half of 2014.

California: Applied Materials laid off four employees.  Too Big to Jail Bank of America killed at least 247 jobs across the Golden State!  In Sebastopol, Palm Drive Hospital eliminating 40 jobs.  Hospital officials blame Obama Care (Affordable Healthcare Act) for forcing hospitals to “right size”.  In Fresno, GAF shutdown, 31 jobs lost.  In Long Beach,  Nordstroms Rack shutdown, 43 jobs lost.

Colorado: Colorado State University-Pueblo laying off 22 employees.  19 vacant positions have been eliminated.

Connecticut: In Windham, after 35 years God decided to shutdown the G&L Christmas Barn and Gift Shop.  The co-owner said there is no sign that the U.S. economy has recovered: “The current conditions do not support continued operation.”-Lorrie Reid

Florida: In Ocala, after 43 years Tom Falvey’s Men’s Wear shutdown. The owner blamed the bad economy: “I wish it didn’t have to come to this, but we just have to close…..I wasn’t able to bring in new merchandise and keep everything fresh.  You know, just the same old story.”

Georgia:  In Dacula, Shane’s Rib Shack shutdown.  In Macon, the last men’s tailored suit store in the city shutdown.   After 31 years the owners of Bowens Brothers want to retire: “The first thing I’m looking forward to is taking off two weeks. I’ve never been off two weeks in my adult life.”-Harry Bowen

Hawaii:  The successful Ige’s Restaurant & 19th Puka shutdown.  The owner retired, and apparently nobody wanted to buy it.

Illinois: In Hillside, HomeDirect killed 82 jobs.  In Galeberg, after 35 years the Carl Sandburg College Children’s School shutting down in June: “…the college simply no longer offers the accompanying programs and no longer has the resources available to continue to support it financially given the reduced funding we’ve received from the state in recent years.”

Massachusetts: In Webster, Shaw’s shutdown a grocery store.  Company officials said they are forced to close “unprofitable stores”.

Michigan:  In Anne Arbor, France based Teleperformance USA shutdown a call center, 430 jobs lost!

Nebraska: In McCook, Mexican owned Bimbo Bakeries shutdown their Old Home Bakery Outlet.

New Mexico:  In Santa Fe, Physicians Plaza Surgery Center shutdown, 30 healthcare jobs lost.  What automotive industry recovery?  Also in Santa Fe, Centaur Cycles and Scooters shutdown.  Co-owner Meg Meltz there is no sign the economy has recovered since 2008: “We’ve never made any money since the recession! We’ve been working for free for six years, and decided this is dumb!”

New York:  Time Warner Cable laid off seven IT workers.

North Carolina:  Fizzys Soda Pop & Candy Shop shutdown after only two years of operations: “Since a buy-out and subsequent closure of our primary distribution center early last year, it has been difficult to obtain most of the more popular premium glass-bottled sodas we have become known for……Our costs for products have risen considerably since February. We have managed to hold the line on our pricing, but don’t feel we could continue to do so if going forward.”

Ohio: Clothing store Dots now chapter 11 bankrupt busted, closing 36 stores!

Pennsylvania:  Russian owned PBS Coal laid off another 40 employees.  In 2011 the company had 1-thousand employees, today there are less than 450.  Fred Meyer/Kroger owned Littman Jewelers shutdown after 21 years, and with no explanation.  The shopping mall manager, where the jewelry store was located, said she was shocked by the announcement.

South Carolina: After 22 years the South Carolina Repertory Company on Hilton Head Island will shutdown in May.  The operators blamed the skyrocketing inflation: “SCRC has been fiscally responsible. Our production costs are kept at a minimum, and our overhead is minimal.  Despite that, SCRC’s costs are still rising quicker than incoming funds can keep up.”

Washington:  In Richland, after 13 years Aunt Franny’s Toys shutdown.  The co-owner said her husband was offered a job elsewhere, which paid better than operating a toy store.  In Kent, Berry Plastics shutdown, 118 jobs lost!

Wisconsin: Ruan Transport Corporation shutdown its Wisconsin Rapids terminal, 37 jobs lost.  Company officials decided it was not worth it to upgrade the terminal.

17 January 2014: 64-thousand unpaid mortgages kills 650+ jobs!

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.

“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security……..That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013

Business/Economics

Exceptional Failed State: U.S. job losses & store closings 17 January 2014. 64-thousand unpaid mortgages kills 650+ jobs! More healthcare cuts! More underwear cuts!

Incomplete list of announced closings & layoffs.

Computer chip maker, Intel, announced it will kill 5-thousand jobs in 2014!

California:  Allied Beverages shutdown operations across the Golden State, 422 jobs lost!  In Milpitas, Lifescan laid off 49 employees.  In Newport Beach, Mindspeed Technologies laid off 51 employees.  In Reseda, Kroger owned Ralphs shutdown yet another grocery store, 55 jobs lost.  In San Clemente, Southern CA Edison shutdown an office, 13 jobs lost. In Sylmar, Classic Cartage Trucking shutdown, 13 jobs lost.  In Fountain Valley, Kingston Technology laid off five employees.

Colorado: In Boulder, CP&B ad agency laid off 65 employees.

Georgia: In Oakwood, after 28 years South Hall Paint & Decorating shutdown.

Illinois: In Moline, an IHOP restaurant shutdown due to the lease not being renewed.

Iowa:  In Cherokee, Tyson Foods killed 60 jobs, blaming the bad economy.

Kentucky: TJMaxx shutdown another store, this time in Shively.

Louisiana:  Underwear maker Fruit of the Loom laying off 150 employees at its Vidalia Apparel factory! The company is restructuring because of the bad economy.

Maine:  The York School District killed nine jobs.

Maryland:  What housing market recovery?  In Washington County, Too Big to Jail Citi Group laying off 650 employees by the end of 2014!  Citi is dumping approximately 64-thousand unpaid mortgages on other collections companies.

Nebraska: In Lincoln, the Red 9 bar shutdown.

New Jersey:  In Logan Twonship, McKesson Medical-Surgical healthcare service laid off 140 people! Local news media could not get a reason why.

New York: In Owego, Asteelflash US East laid off 34 employees.  In Orange County, Russin Lumber shutdown, 68 jobs lost.  In Syracuse, Destiny USA – Pyramid Management Group shutdown, 44 jobs lost.   In Holbrook, Waldbaum’s Store #286 shutdown, 71 jobs lost.

Ohio: In Amherst, Teltech laid off 192 Best Buy Geek Squad call center employees!  It’s blamed on the bad economy.

Pennsylvania:  The Armstrong County Health Center warned of more layoffs.  At least 16 jobs were killed at the end of 2013.  It’s blamed on the take over by Affinity Health Services.

South Carolina: What housing market recovery?  In Fort Mills, Too Big to Jail Citi Group shutdown their default mortgage service unit, killing at least 400 jobs!

Virginia: In Galax, Kroger shutdown another grocery store, 53 jobs lost: “….the store has been losing money for years.”-Allison McGee, spokesman

West Virginia:  Freedom Industries, the company that’s responsible for a chemical spill that left at least 300-thousand people without water is now bankrupt busted! It’s their way of getting out of paying for the damages they caused!

16 January 2014: God can’t stop ‘his’ oldest monastery in the U.S. from shutting down! 

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.

“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security……..That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013

Business/Economics, Idaho, U.S.

Food Crisis: Idaho now official Primary Natural Disaster Area!

27 April 2014 (01:59 UTC-07 Tango)/26 Jumada t-Tania 1435/07 Ordibehesht 1393/28 Wu-Chen 4712

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has declared six large Idaho counties (counties out here are much larger than those pathetically small counties east of the Rockies) Primary Natural Disaster Areas (PNDA).

The designation is the result of more than 13 years of drought affecting non-irrigated Idaho farms.  The counties now officially PNDA are Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln, Elmore, Owyhee and Twin Falls.

But wait, there’s more!  Nine other Idaho counties are on the verge of being declared PNDA: Ada, Blaine, Boise, Camas, Canyon, Cassia, Custer, Minidoka and Oneida.

Apparently there are 4.6-million hectares (11.5-million acres) of farmland in Idaho, and I checked real estate listings and found many are up for sale.

Hope you city folk like your dwindling food supplies on the expensive side.

Business/Economics, Idaho

Exceptional Failed State: U.S. job losses & store closings 16 January 2014. God can’t stop the oldest monastery in the U.S. from shutting down! Proof the economy sucks; major Employment Company Outsources its own jobs! Yes, ObamaCare continues killing hospitals!

Incomplete list of announced closings & layoffs.

 United Continental airlines killing 685 airline jobs!  It’s the result of the merger of United, and Continental.

California:  Santa Ana based Freedom Communications laid off 39 The Press-Enterprise employees.  Last month 42 employees were fired.  In Seal Beach, Dendreon laid off 62 employees.  In San Francisco,  British empire based U.S. taxsucker BAE laid off 200 people!  In Irvine, Tracfone Wireless laid off seven employees.

Idaho:  In Garden City, after 54 years The Stagecoach Inn shutdown. The owners blame “not enough business” for their failure to pay taxes and the loss of their booze license.

Kansas:  In Topeka, after 34 years the vintage store J.E.Dickerson’s shutdown.   In Delano, after 27 years the Central Plains Novelty store shutdown.

Massachusetts: In the land of Romney Care (the precursor of Obama Care) the Marlborough Hospital laid off ten employees and cut working hours for 31 others.   Hospital officials admitted they “cannot continue to maintain financial sustainability” in the face of the worsening economy and government funding cuts.  Ellen Carlucci, vice president of development, marketing and communications, added that Obama Care is “…taking place throughout the commonwealth and throughout the country in terms of hospitals needing to initiate cost reduction strategies.”  UMass Memorial Medical Center killed 99 jobs.   Back in December the hospital laid off 40 employees.  This round of layoffs were revealed when local news media were tipped off, in other words the UMass hospital tried to keep the layoffs secret.  UMass hospital officials used the same excuse as other hospitals around the country, Obama Care is causing “ongoing restructuring” of the health care system.

Michigan:  In Troy, Too Big to Jail Flagstar Bancorp laid off 600 people!  Company officials say they need to save $40-million USD!

Nevada: In Reno, after 55 years Maytan Music Center shutdown: “The downturn in the economy, combined with increased competition, has dramatically changed the marketplace.”-Marianne Maytan

New Hampshire:  In New Hampton, SC Johnson announced it will close its Soy Basics candle factory in July.  60 jobs lost.

New York:  In Queens (NYC), after 66 years the Joe Abbracciamento’s Restaurant and Catering shutdown.  In NYC, TGI Friday’s restaurant will shutdown in April, 73 jobs lost.  Alcoa will permanently shutdown the two remaining aluminum potlines at its Massena East factory.  332 jobs affected!  In Far Rockaway, Bridge Leather shutdown, 81 jobs lost.

Pennsylvania:  In Saint Mary’s, after 161 years the Saint Joseph Monastery shutdown.  As a result the nuns had to find new homes of their own!  One blind faith nun blamed (credited?) the bad economy on her God: “Just as God calls a group of people into ministry, I think there’s a time when God says you have completed your ministry and it’s time to move on.”-Sister Rita Brink

Tennessee:  What automotive industry recovery?  Custom Transmission company Keisler Engineering now chapter 7 busted.  Company officials blame competitors for spreading rumors that the company was shutting down, but yet at the same time they confirmed the company is shutting down: “The order cancellations created a cash flow problem for KE, and placed new customer orders at risk. I took the initiative to refund all new order deposits going back to Thursday January 9 2014 once I realized the company was at risk of closure…”-Shafi Keisler

Virginia:  In Newport News, taxsucker Jefferson Laboratory laid off 46 employees. It’s blamed on funding cuts for the nuclear research facility.

Wisconsin:  Manpower laid off 100 IT employees.  One of the world’s biggest privately run employment service, Manpower is trying to save money by outsourcing its own jobs!  God can’t stop the 60 years old Holy Name Retreat House from shutting down.  Church officials blame it on declining use by church members and rising costs of operations.

15 January 2014: U.S. layoffs now blamed on Russia? 

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.

“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security……..That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013

Business/Economics

Exceptional Failed State: U.S. job losses & store closings 15 January 2014. U.S. layoffs now blamed on Russia? ObamaCare killing hospitals!

Incomplete list of announced closings & layoffs.

Retailer JCPenney announced it will shutdown 33 stores across the U.S., killing 2-thousand jobs!  Company officials say they need to cut costs by $65-million USD!  Read the list @ www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/15/jc-penney-closing-stores_n_4604436.html

Alabama:  The Wiregrass Medical Center laid off another 30 employees.  30 people lost their jobs back in September.  Blame Obama Care for killing hospitals: “Through the state of Alabama in the last year there have been about ten hospitals that have closed down and we did not want to be one of those coming up in 2014!”– Jim Heitzenrater, Wiregrass CEO

California:  In San Diego, Salix Pharmaceuticals shutdown its Santarus operations, killing at least 200 jobs!  In Brea, Alta Resources laid off 52 employees.  In San Francisco, Hog Island Oyster Bar laid off 32 employees.  In Santa Anna, PSS World Medical laid off eight employees.

Colorado:  Intrepid Potash warned of 65 layoffs.  Company officials blame Russia for causing potash prices to fall.  Somehow a failed Russian-Belarus potash deal caused prices to fall.

Connecticut: After 135 years Wilcox Marine Supply shutdown!  The commercial fishing supply store used to have 50 commercial fishing customers, but that dropped to only two.  The owner blames the government and says he’ll make more money on Social Security: “The government is taking all my customers away…….It’s pretty sad, but you’ve got to face facts.  There’s nothing I can do.”-Jeff Wilcox

Illinois:  In Kankakee, legal drugs pusher Walgreens shutdown a store.

Michigan:  In Battle Creek, the Air National Guard laid off 27 firefighters.  It’s blamed on federal funding cuts.   In Detroit, Technicolor Videocassette of Michigan laid off 200 people!  In Flint, after 17 years Mormon owned Furniture Row shutdown its Denver Mattress, Bedroom Expressions, Sofa Mart and Oak Express stores!  In Dearborn, after 50+ years Kiernan’s Steak House shutdown.

New Jersey: In Pennsauken Township, God can’t stop Saint Steven’s Christian school from shutting down in June.  Church leaders blame it on declining student numbers.

New York:  In Frewsburg, specialty metals company Keywell finally reported that they laid off 52 employees back in September.

Ohio:  In Akron-Canton airport, the long time 356th Fighter Group restaurant shutdown.   The owner blamed recent and continuing power outages for killing his customer base.

Pennsylvania:  The Easton Area School District to layoff 56 employees.  Officials need to make up a $5-million shortfall in the 2014-15 budget!  Acme Markets shutdown two grocery stores in West Chester and Exton, 120 jobs lost!  It’s blamed on the take over by Cerberus owned Albertsons.  BC Chicken shutting down operations in Fredericksburg and Denver, 680 jobs lost!

Tennessee:  Mountain States Health Alliance killed 161 jobs!  It’s blamed directly on Obama Care’s “significant reimbursement cuts and volume declines”.

Texas:  In Electra, Cameron Manufacturing shutting down, 121 people already laid off!  Local news reports said there was no reason given for the closure.

13-14 January 2014: 1600 casino jobs killed! 

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.

“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security……..That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013

Business/Economics

Exceptional Failed State: U.S. job losses & store closings 13-14 January 2014. God can’t stop Catholic church from going bust! More healthcare cuts! 1600 casino jobs killed!

Incomplete list of announced closings & layoffs.

Alabama:  In Decatur, Sears shutting down, 91 jobs lost.

California: The San Diego Opera laid off 11 employees.  In Stockton, the Catholic Diocese is now Chapter 11 bankrupt busted!  Bishop Stephen Blaire blamed it on the massive reparations the Diocese must pay out due to their sexual abuse of children!  In Newark, BookSmart Books & Toys shutdown.  Apparently the rent was too high.  In Los Alamitos, Omnicare laid off 99 pharmacy service workers.  In Seal Beach, biotech Dendron laying off 62 employees.  In Pittsburg, steel maker USS-POSCO warned of 690 layoffs “due to economic uncertainty……based on business in the fourth quarter”!   This is significant because USS-POSCO employees 700 people.

Colorado:  In Windsor, Kodak Alaris warned of massive layoffs.  At its height, the Kodak factory employed 2-thousand people, by 2012 it was down to 2-hundred!

Florida: In Orlando, Saks 5th Avenue laid off 74 employees.  In Winter Park, Kmart shutting down, 100 jobs lost!

Illinois: In Chicago, the Sun-Times laid off 11 employees. The newspaper is outsourcing the jobs to try and save money.  In Lakeview, tech company Threadless T-Shirt shutdown their flagship office and laid off 25% of their employees.

Indiana:  In Flora, Indiana University Health Arnett shutdown its office, leaving the town with only one doctor’s office!  So what was that about Obama Care increasing access to health care?

Maryland:  In Columbia, Nielsen Audio shutdown, 333 jobs lost!

Massachusetts: In Lowell, Too Big to Jail JPMorgan Chase shutdown an office, killing 60 jobs.

Minnesota: In Saint Paul, after 81 years Seven Corners Hardware shutdown.  The owner admitted to his 21 employees that the economy is so bad that he decided to sell out to a property developer.   In other words, the property was worth more than what the store was bringing in.

Minneapolis: In Saint James, Tony Downs Foods shutdown, 75 jobs lost.

Missouri:  In Kansas City, Swagger Fine Spirits & Food shutdown.

New Jersey: In Atlantic City, the Atlantic Club Casino Hotel shutdown, 1600 jobs lost!

New York: I-3 Electronics laid off 28 employees, due to “lower than expected sales”.   The North Country Family Health Center (aka North Country Children’s Clinic) laid off five employees. The clinic is in financial trouble and is now being controlled by Samaritan Medical Center.  In Garden City, Talbots Outlet Store shutdown.  In Fishkill, Residence Inn by Marriott shutdown, 31 jobs lost. 

Ohio: What automotive industry recovery?  In Avon Lake, the Ford factory laying off 900+ workers this summer, as it ends production of full size vans!  The factory will re-tool for medium duty trucks.

Oregon:  In Albany, Albertsons grocery store shutdown.

Tennessee:  In Nashville, Mexico based Bimbo Bakeries shutdown, 84 jobs lost.

Texas:  In The Woodlands, legal drugs pusher Lexicon Pharmaceuticals laid off 115 people!  Company officials say they need to cut $22-million USD from their yearly budget!  Non-profit Baylor Medical Center at Garland laid off 47 employees.  It’s blamed on a merger that was necessary to survive Obama Care funding cuts.

Wisconsin:  In Wausau, The Gap clothing store shutdown.   Also, the Hollister clothing store shutdown.

10-12 January 2014. God can’t stop ObamaCare layoffs! 

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.

“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security……..That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013

Business/Economics, Idaho

Exceptional Failed State: U.S. job losses & store closings 10-12 January 2014. God can’t stop ObamaCare layoffs! Spy ballon layoffs! More government action killing local businesses! More refinery shutdowns!

Incomplete list of announced closings & layoffs.

Retail giant, Target, announced it will shutdown eight stores in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Ohio, Nevada and Tennessee.

Turbo engineering company, Concepts NREC, laid off nine employees across several New England states.

Alabama: Bryan W. Whitfield Memorial Hospital shutdown its labor and delivery unit, directly blaming Obama Care: “There’s a lot of good people that will lose their job due to no fault of their own……On a national level, we are dealing with the biggest change in the healthcare business since the implementation of Medicare in the 1960s!”-Mike Marshall, CEO

Arizona: In Scottsdale, the owner of the Searsucker restaurant decided to shut it down, with no warning.

Arkansas:  Marketing data collections and management company, Acxiom, laid off 50 employees throughout their operations.  The company is restructuring.  In Clarksville, the Hardwicke Funeral Home shutdown, because the owner died (no joke).

California:  Sutter Health Alta Bates Medical Center continued with its drastic Obama Care layoffs.  This time 120 health care workers lost their jobs in Berkeley and Oakland!  In South gate, Brookshire Tool laid off 90 employees.  In Ontario, Covidien Distribution laid off nine employees.  In Adelanto, Maork laid off 16 employees.  In San Bernardino, Too Big to Jail Wells Fargo laid off nine employees.  In San Diego, the owner of the Gaberdine restaurant decided to shut it down, with no warning.  In San Louis Opisbo,  the quirky store Kwirkworld shutdown.  The manager blamed the suck ass economy and the landlord: “We’re not making the money we used to make, and the rents are really high here.”-Pete Ray

Florida: In Brandon, the Babies “R” Us store shutdown.

Idaho:  In Boise, the Saint Luke’s affiliated non-profit Elk’s Rehab Hospital laid off “…less than 20 positions, all licensed practical nurses within the inpatient unit…” in an effort to adjust to reduced funding caused by Obama Care.   Elk’s Rehab Hospital began in 1947 to help victims of polio.

Illinois: In DeKalb, U.S. tax sucker GE (General Electric) warned it will be shutting down the factory by 2015, 94 jobs lost.

Indiana:   The German owned U.S. tax sucking British Rolls Royce killing 400 jobs in Indianapolis!  Company officials blame decreased U.S. military spending.

Iowa: In Marengo, Quad Graphics shutting down its printing presses. 138 jobs lost!  It’s blamed on a merger.

Kentucky: The Newport Kmart shutting down in April, 81 jobs lost!

Maryland:  U.S. tax sucker spy ballon maker, TCOM, laid off an undisclosed number of employees.  It’s blamed on decreased U.S. military spending.  In Annapolis, clothing store Chico’s shutdown.

Massachusetts:  In Malden, a Stop&Shop grocery store shutdown.  Basically company officials don’t think the suck ass economy can support all their stores.

Michigan: What automotive market recovery?  Five Suski’s used car lots across two counties shutdown!

Minnesota: The Elmore Academy and the Wildcat Cafe shutdown to assess “the programmatic needs”.  In Pine Island, Pine Cheese Mart shutdown after 44 years in business.   It’s blamed on local government planners who, in 2013, decided to implement new road construction that actually made it more difficult for customers to get to the shop!

Mississippi: In Ocean Springs, reports say the Salamundi Gifts store shutdown.

Nevada:  In Reno, after 41 years Reno Mountain Sports shutdown.  A co-owner told local TV news because of the suck ass economy the end came sooner than they expected.

New Mexico: In Santa Fe, after 28 years electronics store Baillio’s shutdown.  Company officials blamed the suck ass economy: “Due to current economic conditions we regretfully announce that the time has come to close Baillio’s Santa Fe and liquidate our entire Santa Fe inventory.”

New York:  The Schenectady City School District chief, Larry Spring, warned “We’re going to have staff layoffs, we’re going to have program cuts, absolutely.”  The District is short $10-million USD!  Employees were also laid off last school year.  In Olean, Advanced Monolythic Ceramics shutdown, 65 jobs lost.  In Long Island, fashion designer Carlisle Etcetera shutting down by June, 63 jobs lost.

Ohio: In Cleveland, the Blind Pig restaurant shutdown.  Management refused to say why, but the co-owner of another restaurant blamed the suck ass economy: “People just aren’t coming to the Warehouse District in the numbers you used to have. You don’t see 5,000 people on a Friday or a Saturday and New Year’s Eve was a disaster down there because everyone was at Public Square. Places are struggling and it’s a shame to see a longtime place like the Blind Pig close.”-Hank LoConti

Pennsylvania: In West Chester live entertainment joint, The Note, shutdown.  The owner said he needed a break.

South Carolina: In Columbia, the Sears will close in April, 97 jobs lost.

South Dakota: After 74 years, nonprofit South Dakota CARES (aka South Dakota Society for Crippled Children) shutdown.  It’s blamed on lack of funding: “We stuck it out for as long as we could as a non-profit. We served a lot of great people and made a lot of amazing memories.”-Chad Miner-Ratigan

Tennessee: In Ooltewah, the Southern Burger Company shutdown.

Texas: In Sherman, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital-WNJ laid off 18 employees.  In Round Rock, Dell computers announced it will kill 20% of its U.S. jobs, along with 30% of its global workforce.  The suck ass economy has killed Dell sales for seven straight quarters!

Washington: In Bellingham, France based Zodiac Aerospace laid off an undisclosed amount of employees.  It’s blamed on a sudden decrease in orders for airliner interior upgrades.

Wyoming: In Rock Springs, oil giant Chevron shutting down their natural gas plant.  Chevron bought out the original owners in 2008.  Chevron officials say they are not happy with the natural gas refinery.

08-09 January 2014. More massive grocery store shutdowns!

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.

“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security……..That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013