Category Archives: Business/Economics

Business/Economics, U.S.

Exceptional Failed State: U.S. job losses & store closings 04-09 November 2013. 45-thousand plus lose their jobs! Blame ObamaCare?

According to employment consultant Challenger, Gray & Christmas, employers in the United States issued 45314 “planned” job cut notices in November 2013.  This does not count the small mom and pop operations.

Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs:

California:  Brocade Communications laid off 130 people!  John Muir Health-Core shutdown its hospital laboratory ops in Concord. 513 health care jobs lost!  Company CEO Cal Knight blames it directly on Obama Care saying “Due to the changing health care environment, the health system could no longer afford to subsidize MuirLab’s operations, which pulls financial resources from other strategic initiatives and services…..”   Japan based Toshiba laid off 56 employees in Irvine.  Coca-Cola shutdown a Sand Diego bottling op, 92 jobs lost.   Mexico based Bimbo Bakeries shutdown their Elk Grove op, 112 jobs lost!  In South Gate, Brookshire Tools laid off 20 workers. In San Bernardino, Dedicated Management laid off 50 people.

New York: In Glendale, Sylvania shutting down their lighting factory.  47 jobs lost.  In Melville, PJP Health Agency lost its license and must shutdown.  55 jobs lost.   Too Big to Jail NCO Financial Systems laying off 104 people! The professional debt collector blames the bad economy.   In Rochester, The Bon Ton retail store closed down due to the lease not being renewed.  73 jobs lost.

Ohio: In Columbus, Aramark shutdown, 70 jobs lost.

South Carolina: Pee Dee Regional Transportation Authority laid off 70 employees.

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.

Exceptional Failed State: U.S. job losses & store closings 02-03 November 2013. More News Department layoffs! Massive lumber store shutdown!

Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs:

Alabama: In Mountain Brook, a Piggly Wiggly grocery store shutdown.  Local news reports say customers actually demonstrated against the closing.

California:  In Los Angeles, France based food service company Sodexo shutdown, 130 jobs lost!  Southern California Edison laid off more people, this time 100!  In Cupertino, Andrews International laid off 66 employees.   MC Communications laid off 120 people!   In Riverbank, Silgan Containers continues its hemorrhaging of jobs, this time 34 people let go.

Louisiana: University of Louisiana Monroe eliminated 25 positions.  It’s blamed on reduced taxpayer funding and declining student enrollment.

Maine:  Cape Cod Times eliminated 17 positions.  It’s blamed on the bad economy, although the news media source was recently taken over by  Newcastle Investment Corporation.  Taxsucker Bath Iron Works laid off 39 employees.  It’s blamed on reduced military spending.

Massachusetts: Brucker Corporation laid of 150 people!  This is on top of previous layoffs.  Officials with the scientific instruments maker said the bad economy is forcing them to contract out their work.  The SouthCoast Media Group laid off eight employees.  It’s blamed on crashing revenues.  Building #19 “The Humble Department Store” shutdown 10 stores after 50 years of business.  Company officials blamed their loss of revenue on the internet!

New York:  Endicott Interconnect confirmed they will start laying off their remaining 575 employees!  The company went bankrupt in July 2013, and will be sold off.   In Batavia, Arnold’s Bakery Outlet shutdown.  The owners refused to comment.

Ohio:  What housing market recovery?  81 years old Carter Lumber shutting down 26 stores!  Company officials say those stores are not making enough money, due to the downturn in the housing market. Their remaining stores will focus on contractor sales only.

Pennsylvania: The Titusville Area Hospital eliminated 18 full time jobs.  Hospital officials blame the Obama Care insurance industry for actually preventing health care: “We also realize that due to higher co-payments and deductibles being imposed on patients, many avoid seeking services or may put them off altogether.”-Anthony J. Nasralla, CEO

West Virginia:  In Follensbee, Koppers coal tar plant laid off 25 people.  It’s blamed on the bad economy.

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.

Corporate Evil: Monsanto’s Roundup proven to cause kidney failure! Cause of gluten allergies! Been going on since the 1970s, wake up you idiots and stop using glyphosate!

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The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health has published a new study that says Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide is the cause of fatal chronic kidney disease of unknown origin (CKDu) epidemic in humans!

It has become the second biggest killer of men in El Salvador!

Roundup does this after coming into contact with certain minerals in the soil or aquifer: “Glyphosate and its primary metabolite AMPA can directly leach into the ground water and easily chelate to Ca, Mg and Sr copiously present in ground water…..Many farmers use hard water to dissolve glyphosate to prepare the spraying solutions as well……..Other modes of ingestion of glyphosate are dermal and respiratory. Low levels of glyphosate have frequently been detected in the urine of farm workers shortly after the glyphosate application….Glyphosate preparations are easily dissolved in sweat and absorbed transdermally…..the majority of farmers do not use any protective gear….Recent findings have revealed that rice, vegetables and raw tobacco…are contaminated with Cd and As…..Spanish researchers reported that glyphosate was present above the limits of detection in 41% of the ground water samples….the liver cannot metabolize the GMA lattice due to its unique configuration………confirmatory evidence
of the exposure and accumulation of As and Cd in the body as the kidneys become increasingly incapable of excreting them. Destruction of the tubular necks following long term exposure to GMA lattice also brings about a sudden decrease of renal functions in the later stages of the CKDu which result in the death of the patient if dialysis or renal transplantation is not done.”-Glyphosate, Hard Water and Nephrotoxic Metals

The Journal of Interdisciplinary Toxicology says Roundup is the cause of growing gluten allergies around the globe: “Celiac disease, and, more generally, gluten intolerance, is a growing problem worldwide, but especially in North America and Europe, where an estimated 5 percent of the population now suffers from it. Symptoms include nausea, diarrhea, skin rashes, macrocytic anemia and depression. It is a multifactorial disease associated with numerous nutritional deficiencies as well as reproductive issues and increased risk to thyroid disease, kidney failure and cancer. Glyphosate, the active ingredient in the herbicide, Roundup, is the most important causal factor in this epidemic.”

This crap is on your veggies!  When are you people gonna wake and realize that your exalted ‘christian’ corporate and political leaders are gottdamned evil?

We can’t blame it all on Monsanto.  There are dozens of brands out there containing glyphosate, here’s a few: Cheminova, Clearout 41, Nufarm, IPCO, Glyphogan Plus, KnockOut Extra, Maverick 3, MPower, R/T 540, Viterra, Sharpshooter, Touchdown Total, Traxion, Vantage Plus Max 2 and Wise Up.  Yeah people, it’s time to wise up!!!

Business/Economics, Idaho, U.S.

The lies about gas prices! Southeastern Idaho sees 50 cent increase in 2 weeks, and drivers don’t notice!

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I’ve seen many a news report trying to explain why fuel prices suddenly jumped, and once again they’re mierda de toro!  Reports say the average price increase for low octane gas, for the United States, increased 12 to 14 cents in the past two weeks.  Well in the cities of Pocatello and Chubbuck, Idaho, we’ve seen a 50 cent increase!

At this popular Pocatello fuel station the price of low octane was $2.79 two weeks ago. It's now $3.25. Low news reports revealed that many Idahoans are oblivious to the price hike!

At this popular Pocatello fuel station the price of low octane was $2.79 two weeks ago. It’s now $3.25. Local news reports revealed that many Idahoans are oblivious to the price hike!

Some Idahoans have noticed the increase, but apparently most have not.

A week ago, when the price jumped to $3.19 per gallon, a local TV station did an explainer report.  Of course the reason they gave was bogus (blamed on the switch to summer grade gas, which is a bogus claim because the same claim is made when they switch to winter grade gas), but what caught my attention was that the reporter discovered that most east Idahoans filling up at the pump were not aware of the price increase!

One guy she interviewed was standing right in front of the gas pump, filling his car, and admitted he didn’t know that the price went up and thought it was still $2.79 per gallon!  Hello, you idiot drivers how can you not notice such a big jump in gas prices?  You’re the reason the oil industry gets away with ripping us off!

“Between now and April we’re likely to tack on another 40 cents a gallon, in some areas it could be 30 in other areas it could be 50!”– Patrick DeHaan, GasBuddy.com

There are reports that the national average of low octane gas will be $4.00 per gallon by summertime.

Oil industry stooge, Trilby Lundberg, tired to use a red herring and  blamed fuel price increases on Obama regime backed violence in Venezuela and South Sudan.  Why is this bogus?  Because the United States is no longer an oil importer, we have a glut of extracted oil sitting around waiting to be refined!  The United States is on the verge of becoming the World’s number one oil exporter!   So why would problems in other oil producing countries affect our fuel prices?

Another excuse for high gas prices is that refineries are shutting down for maintenance.  So what, they always do that.  That’s why some areas have tank farms, where fuel is built up for storage for something like a refinery shutting down for maintenance.

Another oil industry stooge, Andrew Lipow of Lipow Oil Associates, claims gas prices are up because “…..that crude oil prices have been rising, as well as prices of gasoline futures.”

Here’s what Oil&GasJournal said about that: “Crude oil futures prices and natural gas prices fell on the New York market on Feb. 25 while analysts awaited a weekly government report that they correctly expected to show a sixth consecutive increase in US crude oil inventories.  The US Energy Information Administration said Feb. 26 that estimated crude oil inventories, excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, increased…..”

In other words, and what the U.S. EIA has been reporting for years now, is that there is plenty of petroleum in the United States!

The U.S. EIA has also been reporting a consistent drop in fuel demand, for years now!  But, here’s where fuel price increases come into play.  The U.S. EIA is reporting a drop in available refined fuels for the U.S. market.  This is also a consistent trend in the U.S. fuel market, and I’ve explained it before: Most of the fuel refined in the U.S. is being exported to other countries, creating an artificial shortage for those of us in the U.S.   So even though demand has gone down, available supply of refined fuel is also down, hence the industry justifies charging us more.

This is apparently the price we U.S. fuel consumers have to pay as the U.S. petroleum industry returns to the number one spot as the World’s oil/fuel supplier.   And you thought all that rhetoric about ending U.S. dependence on foreign oil would be a good thing for your middle class/lower class pocketbook.

Business/Economics, U.S.

Exceptional Failed State: U.S. job losses & store closings 01 November 2013. More ObamaCare cuts! Massive grocery store shutdown!

Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs:

California: In San Clemente, two Kmarts made the hit list, about 100 jobs lost!   Southern California Edison laid off 27 employees.

Florida: The Home Shopping Network (HSN) laid off 59 workers.  Company officials said they need to become more efficient.

Illinois:  All Dominick’s grocery stores shutdown!!!  The owner, California based Safeway, said any Dominick’s stores that have not been sold off will be closed by the end of 2013.  So far only four of the 72 Dominick’s have been sold, potentially a thousand jobs will be lost!

Iowa: In Mason City, the Kraft’s Foods factory laid off 19 employees.  It’s blamed on declining company revenues.

Kansas: In Topeka, Hill’s Pet Nutrition Company laid off 39 employees.  Company officials said it was part of their re-focus on their finance operations in dealing with creditors and bill collectors.

Maine:  The Maine Coast Memorial Hospital warned they will be laying off employees.  Officials are expecting a $3-million loss of revenue under Obama Care.

New York:  In Garden City, CoreLogic Credco shutdown, 20 jobs lost.

North Carolina:  In Raleigh, a Kmart made the hit list, 88 jobs lost.   Also, two Fred’s Beds stores shutdown, in Raleigh and Wake Forest.  One store manager says the company has been “struggling” with the bad economy.

Ohio: In Springboro, tax sucker General Dynamics laid off 23 people.  This is on top of the 31 people laid off in October.   In Youngstown, the Northside Medical Center eliminated 56 full time medical jobs.  It’s blamed on Obama Care.  In Dublin, a Cord Camera store shutdown.  In Graceland, a Cord Camera store shutdown.  The owners of Cord Camera blame the bad economy.

Pennsylvania: In Philadelphia, Robinson Luggage shutdown.  The company vice president blames the bad economy: “…the change in the retail environment unfortunately has forced the closure.”-Nancy Center

South Dakota: In Aberdeen, 38 years old Noah’s Critters pet store shutdown.

West Virginia:  Oregon based Special Metals (formerly Inco Alloys) has warned of massive layoffs.  580 jobs cold be affected, but this is not the first time the company laid off employees.  Layoffs took place in 2012, as well.   It’s blamed on the bad economy.

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.

Exceptional Failed State: U.S. job losses & store closings 30-31 October 2013. Thousands of bank layoffs! More health care job cuts! ObamaCare killing insurance company!

Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs:

Health insurance company, Assurant Health, laid off 108 people in Idaho, Minnesota and Wisconsin! Company officials directly blame Obama Care, saying the job losses are mandated by the government: “…due to the elimination of underwriting for major medical policies effective in January 2014, as required under the Affordable Care Act.”-Robert Pollock, CEO

Solstas Lab Partners blamed Obama Care for its layoff of 76 employees across the country.  Company officials said Obama Care is reducing how much they get paid, and is forcing people to rely on independent doctors for medical help, rather than hospitals.

California: Concord’s Panama Red Coffee Company cafe shutdown.  Company officials blame high rent and operating costs for causing them to run “…out of gas, ideas, and time.”  In Redondo Beach, Shark Attack gift shop on the Redondo Beach pier shutdown.  The owners had operated stores for 41 years, many had been destroyed in pier fires.  But this time city officials are administering the coup de grâce.  The city owns the pier and Judy Milner says the rent is now too high to pay, because city officials are trying “….to make it too upscale. It’s not Laguna Beach. It’s a pier. People come here to fish….”  In Santa Clarita, Spectrum Athletic Club laid off 88 employees. Berkeley Heartlab continued to layoff employees, this time four people were let go.  According to a WARN filing, the San Leandro Hospital shutdown, at least 464 health care jobs lost!  In Carson, British empire Australia based construction company Transfield Services laid off 90 employees.

Idaho: Sandpoint based women’s clothing retailer, Coldwater Creek, warned it will layoff at least 20% of its employees in 2014.

Louisiana: In Monroe, the 70 years old Keene’s Shoe Store shutdown.  The current owner said the impending rent increase was a sign to retire!

Maryland: In Baltimore, Too Big to Jail investment company Legg Mason laid off 20 auditors.  They were replaced with contracted workers.

Massachusetts:  University of Massachusetts Memorial Health Care warned of massive layoffs, due to a $57-million USD loss, and reduced payments by Obama Care.   In Worchester, the Spirit of Knowledge Charter School shutdown despite protests from families. Board members blamed each other for the school’s failure. The official reason for the shutdown is that there is no more money to continue operations.

Michigan: In Battle Creek, ClydeUnion Pumps shutdown its factory, 175 jobs lost! Taxsucker Metaviation shutdown, 113 jobs lost!

Missouri: In Saint Charles, after 25 years The Columns Banquet Center shutdown.  The property was sold off.

New York: BorgWarner Morse TEC closed its Cortland Powdered Metal Operation, 30 jobs lost.  In West Henrietta, Tyco Integrated Security shutdown, 132 jobs lost!

North Carolina:  The Christian god is slowly killing off Johnson C. Smith University.  51 jobs eliminated due to crashing student enrollment.  On Fort Bragg, the Womack Army Medical Center laid off 200 personnel!  Officials admitted that they’ve been ripping off taxpayers by employing more people than what their budget allows. In Elkin, Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital laid off 31 employees.  Hospital officials blame it on less people seeking medical care, and reduced payments from Obama Care.

Ohio: What housing market recovery?  Too Big to Jail Bank of America laid off 1149 people in their mortgage division!  In Hannibal, aluminum company Ormet shutdown its factory, 901 jobs lost!

Oregon: In Albany, the Mongolian Grill shutdown. The owners blamed the bad economy for crashing revenues.  In Portland, health care provider Kaiser Permanente eliminated 111 jobs by shutting down a call center!

South Carolina: In Greenville, 25 years old John Paul’s Armadillo Oil Company restaurant shutdown.  The owner said it was time to retire because business was crashing.

Tennessee: Two Sweet Pepper Delis shutdown.  50 jobs lost. The franchise owners refused to give a reason.  In Memphis, Concentra Advance Toxicology Network was sold off to competitor Quest Diagnostics, 185 jobs lost!

Texas: In El Paso, Sweden based Electrolux shutdown their distribution center, 72 jobs lost.  Connecticut based Precision Camera laid off 32 people at their repair shop.  What automotive industry recovery?  Heavy equipment maker Caterpillar shutdown their Kilgore factory.  100 jobs lost!  Company officials blame it on crashing sales.

Virginia: In Hampton, Alcoa Howmet laid off another 70 employees.  This is on top of the 70 jobs cuts made in August.  The factory makes parts for electricity generating turbines.  Company officials blame the job cuts on the bad economy.  What housing market recovery? In Christiansburg, home building products maker CraftMaster is playing mind games with its 138 employees.  There has been a back and forth of factory shut down announcements, and then retractions of such statements.   The Farm Fresh Supermarket in Virginia Beach shutdown. Company officials blamed the greedy property owner.  Too Big to Jail StellarOne Bank shutting down 13 banks in 2014.  It’s blamed on the takeover by Union First Market Bank.

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: It’s now obvious that Kmart is being slowly sacrificed on the Sears altar! Shoplifters flock!

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A 104 years old Sears shutting down in Washington.  A 24 years old California Kmart will close in April.  A North Carolina Kmart shutting down in June. Another New York Kmart closing , in June.  The Blue Ash Kmart in Ohio shutting down in June.  A Nebraska Kmart going down, despite local news reports saying the store has a lot of business.  Another Michigan Kmart going down.  An Oregon Kmart closing in June.  Virginia Kmart shutting down in April.  A Georgia Kmart closing in March.  Alabama losing the Fort Payne Kmart, just one week after Sears Holdings officials officially denied to local news media that they were going to shut it down!

Snow collapsed a Kmart roof in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.  In Michigan, snow collapsed the roof of a Saginaw Township Kmart.

In Indiana, a female shoplifter was finally caught after at least six months of robbing the same Kmart store.  She admitted it was an obsession, she stole whatever she could, nothing specific, she didn’t know why.  This as Obama Care kills funding of in-house psych treatment at medical centers.

In Massachusetts, a woman charged with shoplifting at a Kmart.

In Florida, a team of three women arrested for shoplifting at the Boca Raton Sears.

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), recently revealed Fort Payne Kmart.

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, recently revealed 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), recently revealed 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).

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).  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).

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), recently revealed Petoskey Kmart (45 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).

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).

Montana: Missoula Kmart (50 jobs lost).

Nebraska: Recently revealed 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).

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), recently revealed 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), recently revealed Conover Kmart (74 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), recently revealed Blue Ash Kmart (77 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), recently revealed 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).

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).

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), recently revealed Wise Kmart (58 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 (about 50 jobs lost), recently revealed 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, U.S.

Exceptional Failed State: U.S. job losses & store closings 27-29 October 2013. Obama kills British empire helicopter company! Bush is Burning in Bankruptcy! The ObamaCare job killer on the loose!

Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs:

Alabama: In Birmingham, it was announced a Kmart was shutting down.  At least 70 jobs lost.

Arkansas: 87 years old canned and frozen veggie producer, Allens, now bankrupt.  The company survived the Great Depression and Second World War, but has to “reorganize” because of the current economic situation.  What automotive industry recovery? In Heber Springs, France based Saint Jean Industries laid off 300 people!  It was only in 2012 that the automotive sub assembly company said it was expanding ops in Heber Springs.  The suck ass world economy resulted in “a need for fewer employees.”

California: Tax sucker Boeing laid off more employees, this time 80 jobs killed.  In Cerritos, Revcycle laid off 26 employees.  In Riverbank, more layoffs from Silgan Containers, this time 21 jobs lost.  In Northridge, Obama Care kills 138 jobs at the Northridge Hospital Medical Center!  In San Diego, Sony Entertainment laid off 70 people. In Moutain View, Symantec fired one guy.  Obama Care killed 62 jobs with First Medical Management.  In Long Beach, Obama Care killed 704 jobs at the Pacific Hospital!  You love your Obama Care don’t you?

Connecticut: In Newington, Mortensen’s ice cream restaurant shutdown.  The family will focus on wholesale orders only.

Florida: In West Palm Beach, iconic Adam & Eve Architectural Salvage shutdown.  The owner said she is “tired”.

Illinois: In East Saint Louis, the operators of the Katherine Dunham Museum are warning that despite state taxpayer grants they can’t pay their utility bills, and could shutdown.

Kentucky: In Lexington, the 82 years old Miller & Woodward Jewelers shutdown.  The owner wants to retire, and nobody wanted to take over the business.

Louisiana: Once considered the country’s fastest growing health care providers, Schumacher Group is now being cut down by Obama Care.  Originally it had plans to hire 600 new people by 2017, instead it has started laying people off!  At least 42 employees let go in this first round, company officials squarely blame Obama Care: “The Affordable Care Act brings with it the biggest changes in our industry’s history. Additionally, reductions in hospital reimbursements by Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance companies all affect our clients, and thus our company.”-Gary Keller, president

Massachusetts: The Brayton Point Power Station laid off 40 employees.  The coal fired electricity generator will be shutdown in 2017.  Vertex Pharmaceuticals lays off 175 people in the Bay State.  It’s part of a larger layoff of 370 people around the world.  It’s blamed on crashing sales of their hepC drug.  In Attleboro, Hearth ‘n’ Kettle restaurant was shutdown by evil property developers.

Michigan: In Flint, Ohio based Too Big to Jail FirstMerit Bank killed 135 jobs! It’s the result of the takeover of Citizen’s Bank.

Missouri: In Richmound Heights and in University City, EJ’s Shoes shutdown.  The owners will focus on internet sales only.

Nevada: Heli USA Airways is now hella bankrupt.  The British empire owner blames it on the road to his operations being blocked and the federal Obama regime government reneging on a contract!

New Jersey: In Clifton, British empire based GlaxoSmithKline shutting down their dental care products factory.  165 U.S. jobs killed by Red Coats!

New York: Obama Care killing an undisclosed amount of jobs at Glens Falls Hospital.  This after 95 employees already “voluntarily” quit!  One of the biggest international news agencies is now slashing jobs big!  Thomson Reuters killing 4500 jobs in 2014!!!  That’s on top of the 2500 jobs Reuters killed in its fiscal year 2013!  Company officials blamed it on lack of financing from the Too Big to Jail Banks!

North Carolina: A state janitor contractor, Mundy Maintenance, laid off 100 people!  The contract ended.

Pennsylvania: Clarion University destroyed 36 jobs.  It’s blamed on crashing taxpayer funding and student enrollments.  In Royersford, Lucky Lab Tavern shutdown after only two years.  A reason was not given.

South Carolina: In Columbia a Barnes & Noble bookstore shutdown.

Virginia: Burning Bush Day Care & Learning Center now bankrupt.  Daycare center officials refused to comment to news media.

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.

Martial Law U.S.A. 2014: U.S. banks now have their own police force, prepping to come to your home or workplace?

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A top 10 U.S. bank, Capital One (who sells itself as being consumer friendly), has a new policy:  Owe us money? Expect a personal visit from our new bill collection police force: “we may contact you in any manner we choose…..at your home and at your place of employment.”

This violates the 4th Amendment of the U.S. Bill of Rights.  A dip schtick lawyer in California told the Los Angeles Times that the 4th Amendment applies only to government law enforcement.  Guess what?  There is no specific mention of government law enforcement in the 4th Amendment, it simply states U.S. citizens shall not be subject to unwarranted searches, period!  (oh, never mind that many cops already violate this Constitutional RIGHT)

Capital One also said they can hide their identity from you: “We may modify or suppress caller ID and similar services and identify ourselves on these services in any manner we choose.”

A Capital One official lied to the Los Angeles Times saying “….some local phone exchanges may display our number differently. This is beyond our control, and we want our cardholders to be aware of that potential occurrence.”

If that’s the case why didn’t they say it that way in their new contract.  The key word in their new contract is “we”, meaning Capital One, not the local phone companies.

 

Business/Economics, U.S.

Exceptional Failed State: U.S. job losses & store closings 25-26 October 2013. More hobby shops go down! More university cuts! More auto industry layoffs! 500 healthcare workers laid off! Hundreds of attorneys fired!

Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs:

Internet video game maker, The Playforge, laid off an undisclosed number of employees.  However, the company’s website says “We’re hiring!”

California: Who said internet businesses are thriving? In Los Angeles, SpinMedia laid off about 30 employees, and shutdown eight of their websites.  Company officials say they are no longer making a profit on the internet!

Colorado: The Denver Post laid off six employees.

Florida: Miami based LexisNexis Legal & Professional laid off 205 employees across the U.S.!  It’s blamed on a merger with a marketing company.

Massachusetts: Reports that the Ashland Malt Shop shutdown.  Reports say the owner had to sell out after 25 years of business.

Michigan: In Farmington Hills, Sprint laid off 56 employees.

Minnesota: In Le Sueur, an ALCO grocery store shutdown: “The economy has clearly had an impact on store sales, and we’ve made the very difficult decision to close.”-company statement

Missouri: Officials with Drury University said they laid off less than 10 people, and shutdown 35 open positions. Officials blame it on declining student enrollment.

New Jersey: In Collingswood, Casona restaurant shutdown.  The owner blames it on personal injuries and problems with a business partner.

New York: Long Island College Hospital laid off 500 people!

Pennsylvania: Edinboro University eliminated 30 positions, and warned of more cuts because of “dire straights”.  Officials blame the bad economy for cutting funding and enrollment.  In Pottstown, Weis Market shutdown “due to continuing under-performance”.  35 jobs lost.  In Bloomsburg, Windsor Foods shutdown, 160 jobs lost! This is the same food factory that was scheduled to get $15-million USD in federal taxes to build a flood barrier around the factory.  The catch was that Windsor Foods was supposed to spend $1-million of their own money on the flood prevention project, but they say they don’t have it, so they shutdown.

South Dakota: In Souix Falls, movie entertainment provider to hotels and hospitals, Sonifi, laid off at least 70 people.  It’s blamed on new owners.

Texas: What automotive industry recovery?  More layoffs by Gulf States Toyota. This time 83 jobs lost in Houston.  It’s blamed on “a change in business objectives”.

Virginia: In Salem, reports that tax sucker General Electric laid off about 20 employees.

Washington: Public relations company, Waggener Edstrom, laid off 43 employees. Company officials blame it on changes with their biggest client, Microsoft.

Wisconsin: In Wausau a 50 years old hobby store shutdown.  The owner of Pope’s Hobbyland said it was time he retired.

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