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Exceptional Failed State: Sears & Kmart closings in Idaho, Pennsylvania & Delaware!

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An east Idaho Kmart shutting down in July.  A Sears by the sea shutting down in Delaware.  A 38 years old Pennsylvania Kmart shutting down in June.

Here’s the updated list of U.S. Sears/Kmart store closings since the end of 2011:

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), Anniston Kmart (no word yet on how many jobs lost), Birmingham Eastwood Kmart (70 jobs lost),  Decatur Mall Sears (91 jobs lost), Fort Payne Kmart.

Delaware:  Dover Kmart (72 jobs lost), recently revealed Seaford Sears (30 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), Torrance Kmart,  Fairfield Kmart (63 jobs lost),  Lampert owned OSH taken over by Lowe’s home improvement in bankruptcy court, at least 17 of 99 stores to be closed down (935 jobs lost!), Rancho Cordova Kmart (97 jobs lost), San Clemente Kmart/Sears/Kmart on Camino de Estrella (58 jobs lost), placed on an official hit list in 2011 the Oceanside Kmart on College Boulevard finally being shut down, Banning Kmart (91 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), Colorado Springs Kmart at Powers and Palmer Park boulevards (57 jobs lost).

Connecticut:  Waterbury Big Kmart.

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),  Hiram Kmart (53 jobs lost), Marietta-East Cobb Kmart.

Guam:  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 closed in February 2013 (69 jobs lost),  Pensacola Kmart on East 9 Mile Road will close in May (73 jobs lost), Hialeah Kmart (67 jobs lost), Bonita Springs Kmart (67 jobs lost), Mount Dora Kmart (100 jobs lost), Lake Mary Kmart, Panama City Beach Kmart (54 jobs lost), Winter Park Kmart (100 jobs lost), Niceville Kmart (59 jobs lost).

Hawaii: Honolulu Sears (owned by GGP, 372 jobs lost!!!),  Kauai Sears (41 jobs lost),  Iwilei-Honolulu Kmart for lease (no confirmation of store closing).

Vacant bedroom/bathroom section.

One corner of the half vacant Chubbuck, Idaho, Sears. No official closing announcement was made.

Idaho: Lewiston Sears (at least 60 jobs lost), recently revealed Rexburg Kmart (63 jobs lost).  No official announcement, but it’s painfully obvious the Chubbuck Pine Ridge Mall Sears going’ down. Or, maybe it’s preps for Shop within a Shop, or one of those domestic spy data storage centers?  On 07 November 2013, GGP sold off the Pine Ridge Mall for a paltry $9 million USD.

Ever since the Kmart bankruptcy, this pad site for sale sign has been seen in the Pocatello, Idaho, Big Kmart parking lot. The Kmart is the only building on the lot.

Ever since the Kmart bankruptcy, this pad site for sale sign has been seen in the Pocatello, Idaho, Big Kmart parking lot. The Kmart is the only building on the lot.

Indiana:  Anderson Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Saint John Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Indianapolis Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Richmond Sears (49 jobs lost), South Anthony Kmart (70 jobs lost), Fort Wayne Kmart on South Anthony Boulevard (70 jobs lost), FairOaks Mall Kmart, Logansport Sears (43 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), Naperville Kmart (98 jobs lost), Calumet Sears (164 jobs lost), two Sears stores in Grand Crossing area of Chicago (247 jobs lost!), Mount Vernon Sears (68 jobs lost), Moline Sears (at least 60 jobs lost),  Homewood Kmart (185 jobs lost),  Belvidere Kmart (91 jobs lost),  Champaign’s Market Place Mall Sears (56 jobs lost), Sterling Kmart (60 jobs lost), Montgomery Kmart (81 jobs lost), Mattoon Sears (more than 40 jobs lost), Chicago Sears on North State Street (160 jobs lost), Chicago Sears Craftsman Experience store, Galesburg Sears (46 jobs lost), White Lake Township Kmart (42 jobs lost), Orland Park Sears Appliance.   58 Chicago area stores up for lease or sale.  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 on 16th Ave (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), Cedar Rapids Kmart on Collins Road NE (56 jobs lost),  Mason City Kmart (50 jobs lost).

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), Lexington Fayette Mall Sears (114 jobs lost!),  Newport Kmart (81 jobs lost), Cannonsburg Sears and Sears Auto Center (no employee info given), Louisville Dixie Highway Kmart/Sears/Kmart.

Louisiana: Slidell Sears (77 job lost).

Maine: Lewiston Sears (60 to 70 jobs lost), Presque Isle Sears (80 jobs lost).

Maryland: Ellicott Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Gaithersburg Sears/Great Indoors, Landover Sears (115 jobs lost).

Massachusetts: North Reading Sears Hardware store closed, lease not renewed.

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), Gaylord Kmart (48 jobs lost), Sterling Kmart (58 jobs lost), Bloomfield Township Kmart and Sears, Bad Axe Kmart (61 jobs lost),  Ypsilanti Township Kmart (83 jobs lost), Petoskey Kmart (45 jobs lost), Saint John’s Kmart (48 jobs lost), White Lake Township “Store of the Future” Kmart (42 jobs lost).

Minnesota: Willmar Kmart, Duluth Kmart, New Hope Kmart, White Bear Lake Kmart, Bemidji Kmart, Monticello Kmart, GGP owned Sears Auto Center in the Apache Mall closed (10 jobs lost), the entire Sears store in the Apache Mall being sold off, Fergus Falls Kmart (40 jobs lost), Fergus Falls Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Alexandria Kmart (46 jobs lost), Grand Rapids Kmart (61 jobs lost),  Seritage is selling off three Sears Auto Centers in Minnetonka, Brooklyn Center and Saint Paul, Marshall Kmart (57 jobs lost).

Mississippi: Jackson Sears Full line, McComb Sears Full line, Columbus Sears Full line, Gautier Sears (71 jobs lost), Waveland Gulfport Kmart (32 jobs lost), Pass Road Gulfport Kmart (52 jobs lost),  Pascagoula Sears at the Singing River Mall.

Missouri: Lee’s Summit Sears Grand/Essentials, Saint Louis Sears Full line, High Ridge Kmart (59 jobs lost), Ellisville Kmart (55 jobs lost), Springfield Kmart on South Campbell Avenue (60 jobs lost).

Montana: Missoula Kmart (50 jobs lost).

Nebraska: Grand Island Kmart (55 jobs lost).

New Hampshire: Nashau Sears Grand/Essentials, Keene Sears Grand/Essentials,  Portsmouth Kmart (30 jobs lost).

New Jersey:  Lawnside Kmart (about 80 jobs lost), Howell Kmart (57 jobs lost), Berlin Kmart.

New Mexico: Las Cruces Kmart (58 jobs lost), Albuquerque Kmart on Central SW (80 jobs lost).

New York: Depew (Lancaster?) Kmart (68 jobs lost), Colonie Kmart (72 jobs lost),  Fulton Kmart (51 jobs lost), Clifton Park Kmart (74 jobs lost), Latham Kmart (61 jobs lost), East Greenbush-Rensselaer Kmart (70 jobs lost).

North Carolina: Cary Kmart (71 jobs lost), 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), Winston-Salem Kmart (69 jobs lost), Hendersonville Kmart (58 jobs lost), South Ashville Kmart on Hendersonville Road, Raleigh Kmart (88 jobs lost), Garner Kmart, Cleveland County mall Sears (56 jobs lost), Charlotte Kmart (89 jobs lost), Conover Kmart (74 jobs lost), Raleigh Kmart on Capital Boulevard (53 jobs lost).

North Dakota: Jamestown Kmart (45 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), Austintown Sears auto parts and service on Interstate Boulevard,  London Kmart (no word on number of jobs lost),  Trotwood Sears (67 jobs lost),  Westlake Kmart/Sears (at least 57 jobs lost),  Xenia Kmart (at least 57 jobs lost), Norwalk Kmart (52 jobs lost), Blue Ash Kmart (77 jobs lost), Northwood Sears (36 jobs lost), Conneaut Kmart (43 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, GGP wants a $2 million sales tax rebate, claiming it’s needed to offset capital investments needed to bring the space up to the standards for potential new tenants), Shawnee Sears (31 jobs lost).

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), Milwaukie Kmart (61 jobs lost), Coos Bay Kmart (25 jobs lost), Bend Sears (48 jobs lost), Klamath Falls Kmart (64 jobs lost).

Pennsylvania: Upper Darby Sears Full line, Pottstown Sears Full line, Pittsburgh Kmart, Wilkins Sears, Warminster Kmart (85 jobs lost), Shippensburg Kmart (46 jobs lost), Moon Kmart (143 jobs lost), Bethlehem Township Kmart (62 jobs lost), Philadelphia Gallery Mall Kmart (120 jobs lost), Philadelphia Kmart on Orthodox Street and Castor Avenue (169 jobs lost),  Levittown/Middle Township Kmart (87 jobs lost), recently revealed Waynesboro Kmart (43 jobs lost).

South Carolina: Sumter Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Orangeburg Sears (57 jobs lost), Columbia Kmart on Fort Jackson Boulevard in 2012, Columbia Kmart on Bush River Road in 2009, Columbia Kmart on St Andrews Road (66 jobs lost), Irmo Kmart (no info on how many jobs lost),  both Greenville Kmarts (140 jobs lost between the two),  Mount Pleasant Kmart (43 jobs lost), Harbison Sears & Sears Auto Center in the Columbiana Centre mall (97 jobs lost), Aiken Sears & Sears Auto Center (at least 54 jobs lost), Inlet Square Mall Kmart (50 jobs lost), West Ashely Kmart (69 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), Clinton South Kmart, Franklin CoolSprings Galleria Sears (92 jobs lost), Memphis Hickory Ridge mall Sears (job loss data not revealed), 48 years old Nashville Kmart on Nolensville Pike to close by January 2014 (57 jobs lost), Franklin Kmart (33 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.

Utah:  Murray Sears (for some reason Mormon control news media in Utah never reported the closure, but they’re reporting that the building has just been demolished), Orem Kmart (no details reported).

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), Fairfax Kmart (no word on how many jobs lost), Christiansburg Sears (59 jobs lost), Norfolk Kmart on East Little Creek Road (77 jobs lost), Manassas Kmart (71 jobs lost), Stafford Sears Hometown, Newport News Kmart (at least 50 jobs lost), Wise Kmart (58 jobs lost), Harrisonburg Kmart (79 jobs lost), Wincester Kmart (91 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),  Seattle Kmart (85 jobs lost), East Wenatchee Sears (59 jobs lost), Puyallup Kmart (51 jobs lost), Oak Harbor Kmart (68 jobs lost), Sodo Sears and Sears Auto Center (79 jobs lost).

West Virginia: Oak Hill Kmart (59 jobs lost), Morgantown Kmart (100 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),  Brookfield Kmart (56 jobs lost), Racine’s Regency Mall Sears (52 jobs lost), Fort Atkinson Kmart (51 jobs lost), Greenfield Kmart (107 jobs lost), Portage Kmart (78 jobs lost) and Hales Corner (129 jobs lost),  Chippewa Falls Kmart (79 jobs lost), Menomonie Kmart (at least 50 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 closed, see above)

Hawaii: Ala Moana Center (closed, see above)

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

Minnesota: Apache Mall  (see update above, GGP will close Sears store by 2014)

Illinois: Market Place Shopping Center (see update above, GGP closing store)

Business/Economics

Exceptional Failed State: U.S. job losses & store closings 08-09 January 2014. More massive grocery store shutdowns! More massive restaurant shutdowns! More massive healthcare cuts!

Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs:

Dubbed Project Cook, British empire’s Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) announced plans to kill 20-thousand jobs around the world, including within the United States.  RBS is expected to kill its Connecticut based U.S. investment business!

Upscale Macy’s department store announced it will kill 2500 jobs this year!

 Black Hills Power shutting down three coal fired electricity factories in Wyoming and South Dakota, no word on on how many people will become jobless.

Ruby Tuesday announced they’ve lost so much money that they will close at least 30 restaurants this year!

Alabama: In Birmingham, Too Big to Jail bank BBVA Compass warned it will kill 600 jobs between now and 2016!

Arizona: After nearly 100 years the Skull Valley General Store shutdown: “…the economy has dropped off too much and the revenue isn’t there. The volume of business is down considerably. It doesn’t look like the economy will be picking up anytime soon…..revenue is down, but the expenses don’t go down!“-Archy McDonald, owner

California: Icing on the Cupcake now chapter 11 busted and shutting down.  In Sebastopol, Palm Drive Hospital warned of layoffs as it plans to cut its inpatient beds to only 14.   It’s blamed on crashing revenues due to lack of business and ObamaCare cuts.  In Daly City, after 57 years highly successful restaurant Joe’s of Westlake shutdown. It’s blamed on health problems with the owner.  In Santa Maria, after 27 years the Antique Mall shutdown.  In San Luis Obispo, internet based Neuvation Cycling shutdown blaming internet competition.   In Fresno, after 37 years the Ripe Tomato restaurant shutdown. 

Illinois:  In Chicago, seller of locally made products, the Haymaker Shop, shutdown.  In Batavia, a White Castle burger joint shutdown without warning or explanation.

Indiana: Marsh Supermarkets shutdown eight grocery stores!

Kentucky: In Fort Thomas, after 12 years the singing waiter/waitress Vito’s Cafe shutdown: “….our customer counts are really down.”-Vito Ciepiel, co-owner

Maine: Only a few days after issuing layoff warnings, taxsucking Bangor international Airport laid off 25 employees, a large percentage of their total employees.  Airport officials admitted it was because the U.S. military cut their usage of the airport by 55%.

Massachusetts: Wareham School District warned of massive restructuring and layoffs for the 2014-15 school year.  The District is short $2.4-million USD!

Michigan:  The Detroit Free Press laid off five employees, blamed on crashing revenues.  I wounder why they call it “Free” if it runs on money?  In Grand Blanc, Inalfa Roof Systems shutdown, 52 jobs lost.

Minnesota:  The number one provider for in-office BPH therapy, Urologix, warned of layoffs due to ObamaCare cuts.  ObamaCare cuts in treatment funding will cause Urologix to lose $1.5-million!   In Twin Cities, Rainbow Foods shutdown two more grocery stores.  Company officials blame the suck ass economic for its ongoing store closures: “The economic downturn over the last few years, coupled with an increased competitive footprint from the likes of Walmart and others, has made it hard to control costs and remain competitive in the geographies where we have closed stores.”-James Hyland, Roundy, vice president of investor relations and corporate communications

Missouri: In Kansas City, after 28 years Kabuki Japanese Restaurant shutdown.  The property owners claim the restaurant hadn’t been paying its rent!

Montana: In Missoula, after 15 years the Frenchtown Family Medicine clinic shutdown. It’s connected to Providence Health and Services plans to become more efficient in the face of funding cuts caused by ObamaCare.

Nevada: Valley Health laid off 33 employees, blaming it on decreased demand and ObamaCare funding cuts.

New York:  Too Big to Jail First Niagara bank continues it shutdown, this time 170 people get kicked to the street!  In Great Neck, La Gioconda restaurant shutdown.  In Brooklyn, God was no match for ObamaCare as Interfaith Medical Center announced it will shutdown and kill 1405 jobs, due to funding cuts!  In Rochester, Macy’s Medley Center Store shutdown, 82 jobs lost.

North Carolina:  Triad Adult and Pediatric Medicine laid off 35 employees, including seven doctors. Officials blamed it on everything from bad weather to ObamaCare.

Oklahoma: The Shawnee Mall Sears shutting down.

Oregon:  C&K Markets chapter 11 busted!  At least 15 of their Ray’s, Shop Mart and LoBucks grocery stores shutdown!

Pennsylvania:  In North Coventry Township, Ross Dress For Less shutdown, company officials refused to say why.

South Dakota: In Sioux Falls, Todd’s Neutralizer shutdown.

Texas:  In Waco, taxsucker L-3 Platform Integration laid off 150 people!  Company officials blamed it on reduced tax spending by the U.S. Department of Defense.  In Frisco, Lone Star Baby & Kids store shutdown.  In Nacogdoches, Sav-A-Lot grocery store shutdown amid rumors the New York based property owner jacked up the rent.

05-07 January 2014. More internet companies bite the dust!

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.

U.S. Civil War 2014: Native Americans demand their land back! Even the elitist game of golf is being targeted! Natives win victory in Montana!

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The nonprofit National Indian Gaming Association is no longer backing the Dan Snyder Charity Golf Tournament, in protest of another sponsor the Washington Redskins Original Americans Foundation.

On top of that, the Native American health foundation known as Notah Begay III has pulled out of thew golf tournament.  The main reason that the Native groups are upset is that they were never told of the new involvement of the NFL’s Washington Redskins Original Americans Foundation.  It isn’t just that the Washington Redskins are involved, the golf tournament actually changed its title to The Washington Redskins Original Americans Foundation 1st Annual KTNN Celebrity Golf Tournament, and the new deal was revealed only two days before the event.  Ain’t that typical of how Native Americans are treated by whitey round eyes!

The Onondaga Indian Nation is demanding the U.S. government return 2.5-million acres in New York state.  The ‘unbiased’ Supreme Court shot down their lawsuit, but that’s no surprise when you research the well established modus operandi used against indigenous people around the world (considering them not civilized, which is code for not human therefore they have no rights).

The Onondaga Indian Nation is now seeking international help against the repressive United States.  Unfortunately their first choice is the U.S. created and led Organization of American States (OAS).  Don’t expect much help from the OAS.

“This is the first day that we’re actually going to try to stop it……..This Thursday the tribal council is going to declare war on the Keystone XL pipeline!”-Bryan Brewer, Oglala Sioux President

Native Americans seem to be doing more than their poor commoner whitey brothers when it comes to protesting the Canadian XL pipeline.  Several tribes from U.S. states the pipeline would run through have been camped out in Washington DC, demanding the Obama regime refuse to approve the oil industry project.

The next time you’re in Washington to smoke that legal weed, better make sure where you’re standing before you light up: “The citizens of the state of Washington do not have the authority to vote what happens on Yakama lands. It is that simple. The Yakama Law and Order Code prohibit the sale, use or production of marijuana on the lands we control. We are constantly finding very sophisticated grows and ending them. Our police have won federal awards for this work. We are proud of our efforts. We do not want our people, or anyone else, to use, grow or sell marijuana on our lands. We have had a long and unpleasant history with marijuana — just as we have had with alcohol. We fight them both on our lands!”-Harry Smiskin, tribal chairman

In Montana, Native Americans won their ACLU backed lawsuit against the Wolf Point School District, and this time it wasn’t about school mascots, it was about voting rights.

The school district includes territory in the concentration camp, I mean on federal reservation land yet denies the Natives equal voting rights within the District.  The result was that whiteys have been able to elect one board member for every 143 residents, while redskins were allowed only one member for every 841 residents! Now the courts have ordered the school district to redraw voting boundaries to level the playing field.

Oh, and by the way, the Wolf Point School District admits that 80% of the students are Natives!

You low life commoner whitey, blackey and browney rounds eyes, and yellowey slant eyes, better pay attention to how Natives are treated because your ‘elected’ and appointed elitist officials have been slowly implementing the same smoke-n-mirrors stab in the back plan for you!

Idaho Christians ban book about Native Americans!

Native Americans gearing up for independence fight!

Mohicans to fight for independence

Business/Economics

Exceptional Failed State: U.S. job losses & store closings 05-07 January 2014. More massive shutdowns! More internet companies bite the dust! More healthcare cuts!

Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs:

Alabama:  In Birmingham, Tavern on the Summit shutdown.

California:  Several Gilly Hicks clothing stores shutdown, 185 jobs lost!  In Hesperia, after 15 years the Big!Lots rip off store shutdown. In La Mirada, Red Robin restaurant shutdown, 72 jobs lost. In Los Angeles, NBCUniversal laid off another two employees.  In San Francisco/Oakland, Alta Bates Summit Medical Center announced the death of 358 jobs and the shutdown of an inpatient infusion center!  Hospital officials blame declining use and ObamaCare funding cuts.  In San Francisco, the Huntington Hotel & Nob Hill Spa shutdown, 115 jobs lost!  In Newhall, the Fresh clothing store shutdown.  In San Diego, after 87 years Furs by Graf shutdown.  In El Segundo, the Doubletree Hilton hotel shutdown, 90 jobs lost.

Florida: In Miramar, Comcast cable laid off 84 employees.

Georgia: In Albany, the Holley House Furniture store died.

Idaho:  After 35 years the Jerome Cinema shutdown, management refused to say why.

Illinois: In Chicago, after 25 years the Uncle Fun Toy Store shutdown.

Indiana: In Warsaw, PolyOne Designed Structures and Solutions shutdown, 110 jobs lost!

Kansas:  British empire Canadian company Bombardier killed 350 Yankee jobs at its LearJet factory in Wichita!  This is on top of the 200 laid off in December!  The Sears in Hutchinson shutting down.

Maryland:  In Frederick, the Tuesday Morning closeout store closed out after only three years in business.  Company officials implied the landlord kicked them out.  In Landover, the Sears shutdown.

Michigan:  God didn’t stop his Marine City United Methodist Church from shutting down.  Church official blamed it on a lack of willing ‘believers’.

Minnesota:  The Napa Valley Grille in the Mall of America shutdown.

New Mexico: In Santa Fe, after 26 years Christine’s Bridal and Formal Wear shop shutdown.

New York:  In Elmherst, the Pan American Hotel shutdown, 45 jobs lost.  In NYC, Pulino’s Bar & Pizzeria shutdown, 83 jobs lost.  Barnes & Noble College Booksellers shutdown, 56 jobs lost.  In Wilson, First Niagara bank shutdown.  In Oswegatchie, Aubuchon Hardware shutdown: “The store was our lowest volume store in the company’s chain and there was no sales growth there at all.”-Danny Aubuchon, COO

Ohio: Three Tumbleweed Tex Mex Grill & Margarita Bars shutdown, 150 jobs lost!

Oregon: Internet outdoor clothing retailer, Altrec, now chapter 11 busted.  Company officials claim they never recovered from a 2011 cyber attack.

Pennsylvania: In Frackville, the Schuylkill Valley Sports store shutting down after 24 years.  In Pittsburgh, Momo Japanese restaurant shutdown.

Tennessee:  In Frayser, after 59 years Kroger grocery store at 3226 Thomas shutdown, 52 jobs lost.

Texas: In Austin, software company Macheen laid off an undisclosed number of employees, and fired the CEO!  In Wichita Falls, Pasqual Restaurant shutdown, the owner said the suck ass economy was the reason.  In Borger, Hastings books-n-video shutdown, 35 jobs lost.

Virginia: In North Stafford, Sears Hometown shutdown.

West Virginia: In Valley Grove, West Point Products shutdown and moved to Pennsylvania.

Wisconsin: Three Kmart stores close in April, 314 jobs lost!  In Montello, Glen Oak Lumber & Milling shutdown, 43 jobs lost.

03-04 January 2014. “Economic uncertainty” rules the day!

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 03-04 January 2014. “Economic uncertainty” rules the day! More healthcare cuts!

Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs:

Alabama:  International Paper continues massive job cuts, this time in Lawrence County where up to 700 people lost their jobs!  This on top of hundreds already laid off.  The factory wants to shutdown in February, 1100 jobs lost!

Arizona: In Camp Verde, employees of the ALCO store were told they would lose their jobs by April.  At least 20 jobs lost in the shutdown.  What economic recovery?  The company lost $16.6-million USD (net) at the end of the 3rd quarter 2013!

California: Software company Intuit laid off nine people across the state. In Castaic, employees with Ralph’s grocery store notified the store is shutting down in March.  In Pittsburg, steel maker USS-POSCO warned of 690 layoffs “…due to economic uncertainty……We have had periodic layoffs for the last several years.” What housing market recovery?  Mortgage servicer CoreLogic continues to kill jobs, this time 81 jobs in Simi Valley, as well as 50 jobs in Lancaster.  In Corona, legal drugs pusher Actavis laid off 56 employees.  In Valentia, Germany based customer/financial service provider Arvato laid off three people. In San Jose, software company Cadence Design laid off 60 employees.

Florida:  In Ocala, after 35 years Abio’s Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria shutdown by the landlord. The greedy property owner said he’s been offered more rent by another business.

The only Middle Eastern restaurant in the Pocatello area shutdown.

The only Middle Eastern restaurant in the Pocatello area shutdown.

Property once owned by NBC affiliate KPVI channel 6 in Pocatello, quietly put up for sale.

Property once owned by NBC affiliate KPVI channel 6 in Pocatello, quietly put up for sale.

Idaho: In Pocatello, the short lived Marhaba restaurant shutdown.  The building auctioned off at the end of the month.  Property that acted as construction storage for the owners of NBC affiliate KPVI channel 6 was abandoned and put up for sale.

Maine:  Amato’s restaurants shutdown in Houlton and Presque Isle: “Its the economy, I am experiencing some health issues, and it is tough to be in two locations at once.”-Micah Desmond, co-owner

Maryland: In Aberdeen, Saks 5th Avenue shutdown, 191 jobs lost!

Michigan: In Bad Axe, Kmart announced it will shutdown in April.  61 jobs lost.

Minnesota:  In Fergus Falls, Kmart announced it will shutdown in March.  At least 40 jobs lost.

Mississippi: In Gautier, JCPenney called it quits.  Their store in the Singing River Mall to close at the end of March.

New Hampshire: Gorham Paper & Tissue killed up to 50 jobs.  Company officials blame the cost of gas: “This is a temporary move to get us through the winter, until natural gas prices come back down to their seasonal norms in the spring.”-Mike Cummings, CEO

New York:  In Medina, Baxter Healthcare laid off 91 healthcare workers.

Tennessee: In Green Hill, Nero’s Grill shutdown.

01-02 January 2014. More housing market 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

Business/Economics

Exceptional Failed State: More Sears & Kmart closings! Roll on 2014! Obama regime gives Sears an award! Sears isn’t even the tip of the iceberg in store closings!

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A 48 years old Kmart to Sears back to Kmart in Kentucky will close in May.  Two Michigan Kmarts closing, one in May and one in June.  A Minnesota Kmart closing in May.  A Pennsylvania Kmart closing on 01 June 2014.  Things aren’t so ‘Niceville’ as a Florida Kmart shuts down in July.

The ignorant environmental NAZIs at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have recognized Sears Holdings with a 2014 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award, for reduced electricity usage.  Yeah, if you shutdown enough stores you’re going to use a lot less electricity, it’s a no brainer you EPA dipshits!

But wait, there’s more! Even though Sears holdings is shutting down stores left & right, they’re ranked only number seven out of the top nine companies shutting down stores across the U.S. for 2014.  The top six are: Abercrombie & Fitch, Barnes & Noble, Aeropostale, JCPenney, Office Depot and RadioShack.  Number eight is Mitt Romney’s wunderkind Staples. Number nine is Toys “R” Us.

Here’s the updated list of U.S. Sears/Kmart store closings since the end of 2011:

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), Anniston Kmart (no word yet on how many jobs lost), Birmingham Eastwood Kmart (70 jobs lost),  Decatur Mall Sears (91 jobs lost), Fort Payne Kmart.

Delaware:  Dover Kmart (almost 100 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), Torrance Kmart,  Fairfield Kmart (63 jobs lost),  Lampert owned OSH taken over by Lowe’s home improvement in bankruptcy court, at least 17 of 99 stores to be closed down (935 jobs lost!), Rancho Cordova Kmart (97 jobs lost), San Clemente Kmart/Sears/Kmart on Camino de Estrella (58 jobs lost), placed on an official hit list in 2011 the Oceanside Kmart on College Boulevard finally being shut down, Banning Kmart (91 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), Colorado Springs Kmart at Powers and Palmer Park boulevards (57 jobs lost).

Connecticut:  Waterbury Big Kmart.

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),  Hiram Kmart (53 jobs lost), Marietta-East Cobb Kmart.

Guam:  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 closed in February 2013 (69 jobs lost),  Pensacola Kmart on East 9 Mile Road will close in May (73 jobs lost), Hialeah Kmart (67 jobs lost), Bonita Springs Kmart (67 jobs lost), Mount Dora Kmart (100 jobs lost), Lake Mary Kmart, Panama City Beach Kmart (54 jobs lost), Winter Park Kmart (100 jobs lost), recently revealed Niceville Kmart (59 jobs lost).

Hawaii: Honolulu Sears (owned by GGP, 372 jobs lost!!!),  Kauai Sears (41 jobs lost),  Iwilei-Honolulu Kmart for lease (no confirmation of store closing).

Vacant bedroom/bathroom section.

One corner of the half vacant Chubbuck, Idaho, Sears. No official closing announcement was made.

Idaho: Lewiston Sears (at least 60 jobs lost).  No official announcement, but it’s painfully obvious the Chubbuck Pine Ridge Mall Sears going’ down. Or, maybe it’s preps for Shop within a Shop, or one of those domestic spy data storage centers?  On 07 November 2013, GGP sold off the Pine Ridge Mall for a paltry $9 million USD.

Ever since the Kmart bankruptcy, this pad site for sale sign has been seen in the Pocatello, Idaho, Big Kmart parking lot. The Kmart is the only building on the lot.

Ever since the Kmart bankruptcy, this pad site for sale sign has been seen in the Pocatello, Idaho, Big Kmart parking lot. The Kmart is the only building on the lot.

Indiana:  Anderson Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Saint John Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Indianapolis Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Richmond Sears (49 jobs lost), South Anthony Kmart (70 jobs lost), Fort Wayne Kmart on South Anthony Boulevard (70 jobs lost), FairOaks Mall Kmart, Logansport Sears (43 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), Naperville Kmart (98 jobs lost), Calumet Sears (164 jobs lost), two Sears stores in Grand Crossing area of Chicago (247 jobs lost!), Mount Vernon Sears (68 jobs lost), Moline Sears (at least 60 jobs lost),  Homewood Kmart (185 jobs lost),  Belvidere Kmart (91 jobs lost),  Champaign’s Market Place Mall Sears (56 jobs lost), Sterling Kmart (60 jobs lost), Montgomery Kmart (81 jobs lost), Mattoon Sears (more than 40 jobs lost), Chicago Sears on North State Street (160 jobs lost), Chicago Sears Craftsman Experience store, Galesburg Sears (46 jobs lost), White Lake Township Kmart (42 jobs lost), Orland Park Sears Appliance.   58 Chicago area stores up for lease or sale.  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 on 16th Ave (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), Cedar Rapids Kmart on Collins Road NE (56 jobs lost),  Mason City Kmart (50 jobs lost).

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), Lexington Fayette Mall Sears (114 jobs lost!),  Newport Kmart (81 jobs lost), Cannonsburg Sears and Sears Auto Center (no employee info given), recently revealed Louisville Dixie Highway Kmart/Sears/Kmart.

Louisiana: Slidell Sears (77 job lost).

Maine: Lewiston Sears (60 to 70 jobs lost), Presque Isle Sears (80 jobs lost).

Maryland: Ellicott Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Gaithersburg Sears/Great Indoors, Landover Sears (115 jobs lost).

Massachusetts: North Reading Sears Hardware store closed, lease not renewed.

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), Gaylord Kmart (48 jobs lost), Sterling Kmart (58 jobs lost), Bloomfield Township Kmart and Sears, Bad Axe Kmart (61 jobs lost),  Ypsilanti Township Kmart (83 jobs lost), Petoskey Kmart (45 jobs lost), recently revealed Saint John’s Kmart (48 jobs lost), recently revealed White Lake Township “Store of the Future” Kmart (42 jobs lost).

Minnesota: Willmar Kmart, Duluth Kmart, New Hope Kmart, White Bear Lake Kmart, Bemidji Kmart, Monticello Kmart, GGP owned Sears Auto Center in the Apache Mall closed (10 jobs lost), the entire Sears store in the Apache Mall being sold off, Fergus Falls Kmart (40 jobs lost), Fergus Falls Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Alexandria Kmart (46 jobs lost), Grand Rapids Kmart (61 jobs lost),  Seritage is selling off three Sears Auto Centers in Minnetonka, Brooklyn Center and Saint Paul, recently revealed Marshall Kmart (57 jobs lost).

Mississippi: Jackson Sears Full line, McComb Sears Full line, Columbus Sears Full line, Gautier Sears (71 jobs lost), Waveland Gulfport Kmart (32 jobs lost), Pass Road Gulfport Kmart (52 jobs lost),  Pascagoula Sears at the Singing River Mall.

Missouri: Lee’s Summit Sears Grand/Essentials, Saint Louis Sears Full line, High Ridge Kmart (59 jobs lost), Ellisville Kmart (55 jobs lost), Springfield Kmart on South Campbell Avenue (60 jobs lost).

Montana: Missoula Kmart (50 jobs lost).

Nebraska: Grand Island Kmart (55 jobs lost).

New Hampshire: Nashau Sears Grand/Essentials, Keene Sears Grand/Essentials,  Portsmouth Kmart (30 jobs lost).

New Jersey:  Lawnside Kmart (about 80 jobs lost), Howell Kmart (57 jobs lost), Berlin Kmart.

New Mexico: Las Cruces Kmart (58 jobs lost), Albuquerque Kmart on Central SW (80 jobs lost).

New York: Depew (Lancaster?) Kmart (68 jobs lost), Colonie Kmart (72 jobs lost),  Fulton Kmart (51 jobs lost), Clifton Park Kmart (74 jobs lost), Latham Kmart (61 jobs lost), East Greenbush-Rensselaer Kmart (70 jobs lost).

North Carolina: Cary Kmart (71 jobs lost), 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), Winston-Salem Kmart (69 jobs lost), Hendersonville Kmart (58 jobs lost), South Ashville Kmart on Hendersonville Road, Raleigh Kmart (88 jobs lost), Garner Kmart, Cleveland County mall Sears (56 jobs lost), Charlotte Kmart (89 jobs lost), Conover Kmart (74 jobs lost), Raleigh Kmart on Capital Boulevard (53 jobs lost).

North Dakota: Jamestown Kmart (45 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), Austintown Sears auto parts and service on Interstate Boulevard,  London Kmart (no word on number of jobs lost),  Trotwood Sears (67 jobs lost),  Westlake Kmart/Sears (at least 57 jobs lost),  Xenia Kmart (at least 57 jobs lost), Norwalk Kmart (52 jobs lost), Blue Ash Kmart (77 jobs lost), Northwood Sears (36 jobs lost), Conneaut Kmart (43 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, GGP wants a $2 million sales tax rebate, claiming it’s needed to offset capital investments needed to bring the space up to the standards for potential new tenants), Shawnee Sears (31 jobs lost).

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), Milwaukie Kmart (61 jobs lost), Coos Bay Kmart (25 jobs lost), Bend Sears (48 jobs lost), Klamath Falls Kmart (64 jobs lost).

Pennsylvania: Upper Darby Sears Full line, Pottstown Sears Full line, Pittsburgh Kmart, Wilkins Sears, Warminster Kmart (85 jobs lost), Shippensburg Kmart (46 jobs lost), Moon Kmart (143 jobs lost), Bethlehem Township Kmart (62 jobs lost), Philadelphia Gallery Mall Kmart (120 jobs lost), Philadelphia Kmart on Orthodox Street and Castor Avenue (169 jobs lost), recently revealed Levittown/Middle Township Kmart (87 jobs lost).

South Carolina: Sumter Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Orangeburg Sears (57 jobs lost), Columbia Kmart on Fort Jackson Boulevard in 2012, Columbia Kmart on Bush River Road in 2009, Columbia Kmart on St Andrews Road (66 jobs lost), Irmo Kmart (no info on how many jobs lost),  both Greenville Kmarts (140 jobs lost between the two),  Mount Pleasant Kmart (43 jobs lost), Harbison Sears & Sears Auto Center in the Columbiana Centre mall (97 jobs lost), Aiken Sears & Sears Auto Center (at least 54 jobs lost), Inlet Square Mall Kmart (50 jobs lost), West Ashely Kmart (69 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), Clinton South Kmart, Franklin CoolSprings Galleria Sears (92 jobs lost), Memphis Hickory Ridge mall Sears (job loss data not revealed), 48 years old Nashville Kmart on Nolensville Pike to close by January 2014 (57 jobs lost), Franklin Kmart (33 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.

Utah:  Murray Sears (for some reason Mormon control news media in Utah never reported the closure, but they’re reporting that the building has just been demolished), Orem Kmart (no details reported).

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), Fairfax Kmart (no word on how many jobs lost), Christiansburg Sears (59 jobs lost), Norfolk Kmart on East Little Creek Road (77 jobs lost), Manassas Kmart (71 jobs lost), Stafford Sears Hometown, Newport News Kmart (at least 50 jobs lost), Wise Kmart (58 jobs lost), Harrisonburg Kmart (79 jobs lost), Wincester Kmart (91 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),  Seattle Kmart (85 jobs lost), East Wenatchee Sears (59 jobs lost), Puyallup Kmart (51 jobs lost), Oak Harbor Kmart (68 jobs lost), Sodo Sears and Sears Auto Center (79 jobs lost).

West Virginia: Oak Hill Kmart (59 jobs lost), Morgantown Kmart (100 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),  Brookfield Kmart (56 jobs lost), Racine’s Regency Mall Sears (52 jobs lost), Fort Atkinson Kmart (51 jobs lost), Greenfield Kmart (107 jobs lost), Portage Kmart (78 jobs lost) and Hales Corner (129 jobs lost),  Chippewa Falls Kmart (79 jobs lost), Menomonie Kmart (at least 50 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 closed, see above)

Hawaii: Ala Moana Center (closed, see above)

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

Minnesota: Apache Mall  (see update above, GGP will close Sears store by 2014)

Illinois: Market Place Shopping Center (see update above, GGP closing store)

Business/Economics, Idaho, U.S.

More Economic decline for Idaho: Coldwater Creek now busted! All remaining stores to shutdown!

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On 11 April 2014 (and as I warned back on 11 February 2014) Idaho based women’s clothing retailer Coldwater Creek went Chapter 11, meaning it is now toast, the show is over, all stores to close down!  6-thousand jobs across the United States lost!

It’s blamed on the suck ass economy: “While we are extremely disappointed with this outcome, the company’s declining liquidity position and the challenging retail environment, together with the fact that we have exhausted all other possibilities, requires that we take this action.”-Jill Dean, CEO

More from the slow crash-n-burn of Coldwater Creek:

shuts down first store in 2014!

Coldwater Creek up for sale!

Blames it on climate change

stores to be closed, bankruptcy near

Store closings will continue!

and on and on and on…….just search BBN for Coldwater Creek.

Business/Economics, Idaho

Exceptional Failed State: U.S. job losses & store closings 26-31 December 2013. Massive shutdowns in New York! Massive fuel refinery shutdowns! Massive healthcare job cuts!

Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs:

California: What housing market recovery?  Property management company Topa laid off at least 13 employees.  Fuel refiner Philips 66 continued its refinery shutdowns, this time 222 people laid off!  School bus contractor Atlantic Express laid off 467 people!  Berkeley Heartlab laid off nine people.  RAS Medical laid off 43 employees.  In San Diego, Phil’s BBQ shutdown, 144 jobs lost!  Moondoggies laid off 52 employees.  Legal drugs pusher Optimer laid off 10 employees.  In Playa Vista, video game maker Electronic Arts (EA) laid off 59 employees.   In Thousand Oaks, biopharmaceutical company Amgen laid off 68 employees.  In Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Convention Center laid off 621 people! Delaware Hospitality laid off 42 employees.  Shoedazzle.com laid off 52 employees.  In San Francisco, Goodby Silverstein & Partners laid off 47 employees.  In Simi Valley, Avnet Integrated laid off 68 employees.  In Gardena, Chromalloy shutdown, 108 jobs lost!  In Burbank, health insurance company Kaiser Foundation laid off 31 employees.  In Irvine, Labcorp laid off six employees.  Insurance company Metlife laid off 53 employees.  Rushmore Loans shutdown, 101 jobs lost!  Suntrust Morgage laid off 89 employees.  In Sunnyvale, taxsucker Lockheed Martin laid off 70 employees.   In Loma Linda, ObamaCare killed 177 jobs with Loma Linda University Medical!  In Rosemead, Monterey Care Center laid off 100 people!  In Pacoima, Natural Balance Pet Foods laid off 92 employees.  In Vacaville, legal drugs pusher Novartis laid off 36 employees.  In South San Francisco, legal drugs pusher Onyx laid off 58 employees.

 Connecticut: In Bridgeport, KGI laid off 98 employees.

Florida: In Boca Raton, Global Tower Partners laid off 15 employees. In Orlando, Bostwick Laboratories laid off 19 employees.   In Kissimmee, Arabian Nights dinner show shutdown, 224 jobs lost!

Idaho: In Meridian, taxsucker pistol holster maker ATK/Blackhawk! laid off 75 employees.  Their biggest customers were the U.S. military and cops.  In Caldwell, food company Simplot shutdown, 262 jobs lost!

Indiana: New Age Healthcare shutdown, 100 jobs lost!  In Terre Haute, Multi Packing Solutions shutdown, 150 jobs lost!

New York:  In Buffalo, Will Poultry shutdown, 113 jobs lost!  In Gouverneur, ObamaCare shutdown E.J. Noble Hospital, 210 jobs lost!  In NYC, Focus Features shutdown, 42 jobs lost. Bloomberg Law also shutdown, 95 jobs lost.  Kaye Scholer also shutdown, 48 jobs lost.  In Rouses Point, legal drugs maker Pfizer shutdown, 47 jobs lost. In Utica, Xerox shutdown, 31 jobs lost.  In Vestal, Eco International shutdown, 82 jobs lost.  In Walden, Circor Flow Technologies shutdown, 55 jobs lost.  In Brentwood, Too Big to Jail Capital One shutdown, 26 jobs lost.  In Skaneateles Falls, Clear Edge Filtration shutdown, 79 jobs lost.

Ohio: In Bedford, medical supply company Boehringer Ingelheim/Ben Venue Laboratories shutdown, 1500 jobs lost!  The company is now ranked 7th out of the top ten biggest job killers in the U.S.!  company officials blame crashing sales.

South Carolina: In Walterboro, South Carolina Electric & Gas shutdown, 67 jobs lost.

Tennessee: In Chattanooga, Team Centers shutdown.  In Knoxville, Luxottica Optical shutdown, 303 jobs lost!  In Martin, IFCO shutdown, 40 jobs lost.  In Memphis, Pinnacle Airlines laid off 491 people!  In Lenior City, SECO Tools shutdown, 72 jobs lost.  Also, ObamaCare shutdown Odyssey Medical.

Virginia: In Grundy, Minova laid off 65 employees.  What automotive industry recovery?  In Radford, metal maker for the automotive industry, Grede, laid off 264 people!   This after years of taking over competitors and expanding operations.  It’s blamed on declining revenues and a destructive furnace fire.  In Petersburg, medical device maker Boehringer Ingelheim laid off 63 employees.

Washington: In Bellevue, Pacific Construction Systems shutdown, 103 jobs lost!

Wisconsin: In Green Bay, APAC Customer Services shutdown, 282 jobs lost!

Challenger, Gray, and Christmas reports 30,623 “planned” job cuts were announced in December 2013.

21-25 December 2013. Largest nursing home in Wisconsin shutdown by ObamaCare!

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 01-02 January 2014. What economic recovery? No more Revlon? More housing market shutdowns! Massive restaurant shutdowns!

Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs:

Alabama: After 56 years the Lyric Hotdogs & Grill shutdown.  The property owner refused to renew the lease.

California:  Taxsucker Boeing laid off another 105 jobs across the state!  In San Jose, ObamaCare killed 35 jobs at the El Camino Hospital.  In South Gate, baby furniture maker Kids Line shutdown, 50 jobs lost.

Florida: In Fort Walton Beach, Edwin Watts Golf Shops laid off 83 employees.  In Sunrise, CoreLogic Services laid off 68 employees. In Tampa, Sweetbay Supermarkets shutdown, 346 jobs lost!

Indiana: Cord Camera shutdown another six stores.  They once had 30 stores in Indiana and Ohio, now they just have two in Ohio. The owners blame smartphones! In Pekin, Fabri-Form shutdown, 37 jobs lost.

Kentucky: Floyd County Sheriff’s Department laid off seven employees.  The payroll budget was cut in half.

Maine: The taxsucking Bangor International Airport warned of massive layoffs.  Turns out the airport was making most of its money off U.S. military flights.

Minnesota: In Edina, Three Rooms boutique shutdown.  The owners said they can’t compete anymore.  After 14 years, scrapbooking chain store Archiver’s shutdown all 33 stores: “The economy has changed, our industry has changed and our customers’ needs have changed.”-company statement

New York:  Cosmetics maker Revlon announced it will abandon its China operation, killing 1100 jobs!  Revlon has even been buying up competitors to stop crashing sales, but it looks like the bad  economy will also affect Revlon’s U.S. operations. In NYC, Park Avenue Café shutdown, 135 jobs lost! Bice Ristorante also shutdown, 66 jobs lost.  Pastis Restaurant also shutdown, 200 jobs lost! In Forest Hills, the Ann Taylor clothing store shutdown.  Employees said they were not told why. In Utica, popular Toma’s deli shutdown.  The owners said the economy is so bad most of their regular customers stopped showing up.  In Buffalo, Alcohol and Drug Dependency Services warned that it will shutdown due lack of funding.  53 jobs lost.

North Carolina: In Fort Bragg, Rite Aid pharmacy shutdown. The lease was not renewed.

Oregon: Taxsucking U.S. government contractor Evergreen International Airlines now bankrupt. 

Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Mentor laid off more than 200 people across the state!  What housing market recovery?  In Plymouth, after more than 100 years Fainberg’s Furniture shutdown: “We are directly impacted by the housing market. If people aren’t buying homes, they aren’t buying furniture either. People are just not getting the financing anymore.”-Jonathan Preston, manager

South Carolina: In Aiken, the Booklovers Bookstore shutdown their brick-n-mortar ops, switching to internet sales only.

Washington: In Bellingham, Mayberry Sporting Goods shutdown. The owner said sales have crashed and they want to get out before their debts pile up.

Washington DC: After 12 years the gift shop Pulp shutdown.

26-31 December 2013. Massive fuel refinery 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

Business/Economics

Exceptional Failed State: U.S. job losses & store closings 21-25 December 2013. Largest nursing home in Wisconsin shutdown by ObamaCare! Massive pharmaceutical layoffs! More bank job cuts!

Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs:

California:  Too Big to Jail Bank of America laid off 307 people across the Golden State!  In Inglewood, the Hollywood Park Racetrack shutdown, 539 jobs lost!  In Ventura, Vista Honda laid off 87 employees.  In Glendale, Technicolor laid off 60 employees.

Michigan: In Dearborn, Allied Systems Holdings laid off 68 employees.

New York:  In White Plains, Legal Sea Food shutdown, 41 jobs lost. In Walden, Circor Flow let go 55 employees and blamed the bad economy.

Oregon: In Portland, Too Big to Jail Wells Fargo bank laid off 92 employees.

Pennsylvania: In West Point, legal drugs pusher Merck laid off 500 people!  It’s part of the druggy company’s plan to kill 160-thousand jobs around the World through the end of 2014!

Texas:  In El Paso, Precision Camera laid off more employees, this time 32.

Wisconsin: In Milwaukee, Kindred Transitional Care and Rehabilitation (aka Mount Carmel) shutdown, 397 health care jobs lost!  Obama Care does not support such large scale long term nursing home operations, so the operators are drastically downsizing their operations.

Challenger, Gray, and Christmas reports 30,623 “planned” job cuts were announced in December 2013.

16-20 December 2013. Fuel refinery layoffs! Airline layoffs! Health insurance 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