Category Archives: Business/Economics

Business/Economics, Idaho, U.S.

Exceptional Failed State: Idaho’s Obama Care Christian corruption covered up by federal court! JAMA is right!

14 November 2013 (11:24 UTC-07 Tango)/10 Muharram 1434/23 Aban 1391/12 Gui-Hai (10th month) 4711

Associated Press reporting that “A coalition of news organizations has asked a federal appeals court to order the release of sealed witness testimony and exhibits in an antitrust trial….” involving Obama Care and Christian hospital networks and insurance companies in Idaho.

The news media coalition includes Idaho Statesman, The Associated Press, The Times-News, Lewiston Tribune, Idaho Press-Tribune, the Moscow-Pullman Daily News and the Idaho Press Club.

The Christian hospital networks accused are Saint Luke’s, Saint Alphonsus, as well as the medical insurance industry and even the Federal Trade Commission.

The news media is demanding the details of a federal trial, that ended in October, to be made public.  The trial was held in secret!

The case involves Christian health care systems apparently trying to take advantage of Obama Care by creating a health care monopoly.   Specifically the case involved a medical center takeover in Nampa, Idaho.

The federal judge sealed trial details that would reveal “…how a health insurance company, hospital or medical practice makes or negotiates contracts, how much a company pays, and future plans.”

This trial backs up recent claims by the Journal of the American Medical Association.

“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.

Diesel Prices: U.S. federal agency says prices should go down, AAA says there is glut of fuel and dropping demand! Blame never ending War on Terror for high diesel prices!

14 November 2013 (08:34 UTC-07 Tango)/10 Muharram 1434/23 Aban 1391/12 Gui-Hai (10th month) 4711

“Idaho just happens to be 20 or 30 cents behind the times.  Supplies are plentiful right now, driver demand is down.  A little profit taking is going on in the marketplace.”-Dave Carlson, AAA Idaho, 04 November 2013 interview with KTVB

The U.S. oil industry is about to retake its number one position in the World market.  Oil production and fuel refining is way up, and gas prices look to be coming down significantly.  But wha’ hoppin’ to diesel?

According to the 12 November diesel fuel retail price report from the U.S. Energy Information Agency, across the country diesel prices are going down.  But from where I can see, in Idaho, there’s a big disparity between gasoline and diesel prices.

In Idaho Falls, on 13 November I noticed gas prices were at an amazing $2.90 per gallon!  However, on the same day in Pocatello they were about $3.30 per gallon.  A 40 cents difference between two cities less than an hour’s drive from each other.

In Idaho Falls diesel prices were about $3.60 per gallon.  But in Boise, on the western side of the state, diesel was just over $4.00!  According to TruckMiles.com, the current average for Idaho diesel is $3.91.

Idaho is in PADD4 Rocky Mountain region.  PADD stands for Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts (notice this is a military thing).  U.S. EIA says gasoline prices have dropped 33 cents per gallon since last year.  Diesel dropped 26 cents since last year.

The EIA predicts the average price for diesel, across the U.S., will hit about $3.30 per gallon by the end of the year.  But will that be true for Idaho?  Right now Idaho’s diesel prices are way above the national average, as are Idaho’s gas prices.  But as you read in the above quote, Idaho’s non-profit AAA (formerly known as American Automobile Association) says demand from Idaho drivers is down, and the glut of fuel supply does not justify the above average prices.

For a more graphic look at the past two decades of U.S. diesel retail prices you can view the EIA’s chart here, which shows diesel prices skyrocketing beginning in 2004 (mmm, that’s right after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, and the U.S. military* is a major user of diesel).    Even though diesel prices have dropped a little since the peak at the end of 2008, they’re still near record highs.

Of interest; California has become such a big user of fuels, and because the NAZI environmental nut jobs running the state have put such refining standards on fuel, that EIA now lists California fuel data separate from the rest of PADD5 (West Coast region).

*According to 2009 numbers the DoD used $13.3 billion worth of fuel. That equates to 360,000 barrels of oil per day, in 2009 dollars! The U.S. military ranks 36th among the top 35 countries (yes, that’s entire ‘countries’) in fuel usage! The U.S. Air Force is the number one user of fuel in the DoD. The jet engine, aka turbine, normally uses kerosene based fuel, but can also use diesel. I know, being a former 19k (& former 19E, 13F, 12B and C-130 Crew Chief) we use diesel in our turbine powered M1 Abrams tanks (the same diesel used in the HUMWV [humvee] and cargo trucks). The M1 gets only 1 mile per 1.6 gallons of fuel!!! We burn more than one gallon for every one mile we drive! Regarding my time in the USAF, the Air Force doesn’t measure fuel by gallons, the aircraft use so much it’s measured in pounds. The latest C-130J cargo hauler uses about 66,000 pounds of fuel to fly about 3452 miles!!!

Business/Economics, Idaho, U.S.

More Economic Decline: East Idaho’s Grand Teton Mall, in Idaho Falls, for sale! GGP dumping malls en masse!

13 November 2013 (14:46 UTC-07 Tango)/09 Muharram 1434/22 Aban 1391/11 Gui-Hai (10th month) 4711

“General Growth Properties is offering four regional malls…the 636,000-sf Grand Teton Mall in Idaho Falls, Idaho…..A buyer might also reposition or redevelop the properties.”-Real Estate Alert, 16 October 2013

According to an article by Real Estate Alert, the Grand Teton Mall, in Idaho Falls, is being offered in a group auction with three other GGP malls.

The other malls are Meadows Mall in Las Vegas, Nevada, Eastridge Mall in Casper, Wyoming and Red Cliffs Mall in Saint George, Utah.

Even though the malls are considered well performing Mountain States malls GGP wants to dump them fast!  GGP is hoping to raise $400-million USD in the auction.  Note that Eastridge, Red Cliffs and Grand Teton malls, and the money losing Pine Ridge Mall, were part of the May 2013 loan refi with Too Big to Jail US Bank.

Pine Ridge has already been sold off.

GGP spent big bucks on renovating Grand Teton, while spending almost nothing on Pine Ridge, and Grand Teton is doing well while Pine Ridge has crashed, yet GGP is getting rid of both (already sold off Pine Ridge).  Bottom line: Even if a shopping mall is doing well, if the owners are hurting for cash they’ll sell it off and don’t care what happens to it.  Just like when an employer is cutting costs, even if you’re the hardest working most loyal employee, if your name is next on the list you’re out-o-work!

What economic recovery?

Business/Economics, U.S.

Exceptional Failed State: U.S. job losses & store closings 01-03 September 2013. More Obama Care job cuts! More massive job losses in California!

Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs.

Alabama: In Jacksonville, Jillybeans Cupcakes and Ice Cream closed down.

Arkansas: Arkansas State University laid off 30 scientists. It’s blamed on reduced federal taxpayer funding.

California: In Ridgecrest, Mitt Romney’s Staples shut down, 20 jobs lost.  In Calabasas, landscaper Valley Crest closed down, 69 jobs lost. In Rancho Cordova, Volcano Corporation laid off 39 employees. In Riverbank, Silgan Containers laid off 160 people!  In Emeryville, Bayer Healthcare laid off  187 people!  In Escondido, Palomar Health closed down, 122 health care jobs lost!  In Modesto, Memorial Medical Center laid off 16 people. The Menlo Park Surgical Hospital laid off two employees.  In Burlingame, the Mills-Peninsula Medical Center laid off 12 people.

Colorado: In Durango, upscale hoity toity Polo-Ralph Lauren Factory Store closed down.  Company officials decided the store wasn’t making enough money.

Florida: In Largo, Twedt’s Bowling Center closed down.

Illinois: University of Chicago laid off six cancer researchers, due to cuts in federal taxpayer funding.  In Metropolis, after 60 years Farley’s Cafeteria shut down.  On the last day the cafeteria was crowded, some people blamed the lost of the restaurant on lack of local support: “They had such a successful [last] day. I just wish when they were open they could have had these types of crowds so they could stay open. We have to support the local businesses.”-Melissa Griffith, regular customer

Indiana: In Shelbyville, RoadLink Workforce Solutions laid off 120 freight handlers!  Company officials blame it on the loss of a major contract with grocery company Kroger.

Iowa: In Sycamore, the Ben Franklin Crafts and Custom Frame Shop store shut down.

Maryland: In Baltimore, after 50 years of advertising ad agency Carton Donofrio Partners ceased operations. It’s blamed on multiple reasons.

Massachusetts: In Newton, the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology laid off seven employees.  School officials blamed “redundancies”.

Missouri: In Kirkwood, Culpeppers restaurant closed down.  It was sold to property developers.

North Carolina: Winston-Salem’s Twin City Chop House upscale restaurant closed down (dinners ranged in price from $28 to $59 USD), 50 jobs lost.  The owners would not explain the reason for the closing.

Washington: In Seattle, Andrews International laid off 35 employees.

West Virginia: Fairmont General Hospital now bankrupt.  Hospital officials are hoping to find a financial partner to support operations.

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) doesn’t count the hundreds of layoffs involving less than 50 people each, in its mass layoff reports. It also doesn’t count all the little ‘mom & pop’ businesses that shut down.

“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 28-31 August 2013. Obama Care shuts down yet another Christian nursing home! More call center closures! Verizon cuts jobs!

Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs.

California: In Emmeryville, the Ernest Gallo addiction clinic laid off three employees. In Santa Clara, high tech company Applied Materials laid off five people.  In San Dimas, Kroger owned Ralph’s grocery store closed down laying off 61 employees.  In Bakersfield, Xerox laid off 69 people.  In Fresno, Too Big to Jail Bank of America laid off 543 people!  In Irvine and Pasadena, Too Big to Jail OneWest Bank laid off 180 people!  In Folsom, Verizon Wireless laid off 132 employees! In Mountain View, Bayer Healthcare laid off 63 employees.  In Alameda and South San Fransisco, Berkley Heartlab laid off 30 employees.

Connecticut:  In Meridian, Celico Partnership (dba Verizon Wireless) closed down, 160 people unemployed!  In Waterbury, NAFI Connecticut closed down, 66 people unemployed.

New York: In Olean, Advanced Monolythic Ceramics closed down, 65 people let go.  In North Massapequa, ProHealth Care Associates closed one of its offices, six people unemployed.

Ohio: In Dublin, Verizon Wireless closed down, 62 people laid off.  In Youngstown, Verizon Wireless closed down, 64 people laid off.

Oregon: In Hillsboro, SolarWorld laid off 100 employees!

Tennessee: The Christian God can’t stop Obama Care from killing 61 more jobs at Baptist Memorial Health Care hospitals.  Just a week prior they laid off 23 managers.  Hospital officials blamed Obama Care: “Health care is going through unprecedented change, and we’ll all have to do more with less.”-Jason Little, executive vice president and COO

Texas: In Austin, OneWest Bank laid off 725 call center employees!  The call center was sold to Owen Financial Corporation.

Wisconsin: In Watertown, even the Christian God couldn’t stop Obama Care from closing down the non-profit Bethesda Lutheran Communities nursing home for disabled people, at least 205 people out-o-work!  Officially it’s blamed on declining number of patients, but also because of declining Medicare/Medicaid reimbursements.

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. health industry caught lying about why your health care cost so much! It’s called crony capitalist False Flag price fixing! Obama Care will only drive prices up!

12 November 2013 (13:46 UTC-07 Tango)/08 Muharram 1434/21 Aban 1391/10 Gui-Hai (10th month) 4711

“Price is the culprit! Not population, demographics, or use and intensity.”-Hamilton Moses, Journal of the American Medical Association

The Journal of the American Medical Association just published the results of their study into why health care cost so much in the United States; it’s price fixing by the entire health industry, from your doctor to hospitals to legal drug pushers!

The JAMA study says high health care prices have absolutely nothing to do with consumer demand, because consumer demand is actually crashing!

The study also found that many hospitals never reveal to their patients, and not even to doctors, how much they are charging: “This is not a market. It is far from a market. Few prices are known. They are not well publicized.”-Hamilton Moses

As far as Obama Care goes, since the law forces almost everybody in the U.S. onto privately run insurance cost will only go up.  That’s because the JAMA study found that a major factor in high health care costs was the insurance industry itself.  The administrative costs of dealing with insurance companies is increasing at a rate of at least 6% per year.

“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: Obama regime lackey, Jack Lew, says “there was never an economic crisis”!

12 November 2013 (09:37 UTC-07 Tango)/08 Muharram 1434/21 Aban 1391/10 Gui-Hai (10th month) 4711

Today, in an interview with Japan’s NHK (Nippon Housou Kyoukai/Japan Broadcasting Corporation) U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Jack Lew, responded to questions about the government debt crisis, 18% False Flag federal government shutdown and the U.S. economy by stating “It’s important to remember that there was never an economic crisis.”

Lew also said the U.S. economy is growing: “…we’re seeing a lot of signs in a lot of parts of the economy of strength……we see signs of increased growth on the horizon.”

Of course he didn’t give specifics, and he obviously hasn’t been reading Blind Bat News!

“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: More Kmart Sears closings! Corporate America want’s crazy “power tripping” workers! Investors love it!

11 November 2013 (10:20 UTC-07 Tango)/07 Muharram 1434/20 Aban 1391/09 Gui-Hai (10th month) 4711

The following quotes partly explain what’s going on with unAmerican Corporate America.  They were found in the Ohio based derf magazine.

“Kmart has a hard time fitting into the current consumer market The discount department store paradigm shift has resulted in consumers looking elsewhere. Plus, they really like to hire crazy-eyed, power-tripping, filthy broads in the customer service department.”-Steven Walker, economist

“There is a big problem with general lack of jobs right now. However, that is mostly among workers who are competent. It seems there are many companies in America where there will always be a place for incompetent and rude employees.”-Doug Kelvin, employment analyst

“I’ve already got my resume in to Time Warner to be a phone rep.  I feel I can really put my uncooperative nature to good use with Time Warner. They might even put me in a TV commercial.  However, I worry that working with customers over the phone will not take full advantage of my deepest uncooperative skills. I guess I’ll just try to make up for that by being extra uncooperative.”-Tamara Carlina, power tripping (and sarcastic) Kmart employee

In San Clemente, California, a Kmart that was turned into a Sears, and then back into a Kmart in 2012, is being shut down.  A Kmart in Oceanside is finally being closed, it’s closing was announced back in December 2011. No word on when the final days are.

North Carolina losing another Kmart.  This ones in Garner. Local news media reports say no final closing date has been given.  Apparently the store has been on the closing list since 2012.

A Kmart in Sterling, Illinois, will close in January 2014.

The Rochester, Minnesota, Sears in the GGP owned Apache Mall to be sold off.  Sears Holdings officials gave the same BS statement about the fate of employees: “They will have an opportunity to apply for positions at other Kmart and Sears stores.”-Howard Riefs

Sears Canada selling off eight shopping centers!  The properties were sold for $315 million CAD.

Sears is trying to kiss up to military veterans offering them free shipping and extra bonus points in the Shop Your Way scheme.

Investors love what Sears Holdings is doing, the price of Sears Holdings shares remain above $55 USD per stock.

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).

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), recently revealed 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.

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).

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).

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).

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).

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), recently revealed Sterling Kmart (60 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).

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!).

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.

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).

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), recently revealed the entire Sears store in the Apache Mall being sold off.

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).

Montana: Missoula Kmart (50 jobs lost).

New Hampshire: Nashau Sears Grand/Essentials, Keene Sears Grand/Essentials,  Portsmouth Kmart (30 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), recently revealed Garner Kmart.

North Dakota: Jamestown Kmart (45 jobs lost).

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

New Mexico: Las Cruces Kmart (58 jobs lost).

New York: Depew (Lancaster?) Kmart (68 jobs lost), Colonie Kmart (72 jobs lost),  Fulton Kmart (51 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).   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).

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).

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).

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).

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:  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).

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).

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).

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 22-27 August 2013. Hundreds more laid off due to Obama Care. California hit hard, once more! Jobs moving to Mexico to avoid Obama Care tax!

Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs.

California: In Fresno GAF laid off nine people.  Tax sucker Boeing laid off 11 people.  In West Hollywood, local internet advertising developer CityGrid Media laid off 108 employees!  The company’s New York based parent, IAC, blames it on the bad economy, saying revenues could no longer support their California staff.  CityGrid laid off employees last year, too.  In Fountain Valley, memory card maker Kingston Technology laid off 55 people.  Production is being moved to Taiwan/China.  In San Clemente, Southern California Edison laid off 600 people!  It’s blamed on the shut down of the damaged and leaking San Onofre nuclear plant.  In Mountain View, Areva Solar laid off at least one person.  The Christian God can’t stop Obama Care layoffs. Christian medical university/hospital Loma Linda laid off 113 people! Loma Linda has been cutting pay and laying off employees since 2009.  In Arvin, medical device maker Salter Labs laid off 87 people. Salter Labs moving production to Mexico to avoid Obama Care’s tax on medical devices. Arvin has the highest unemployment rate in Kern County, in May it hit 29% unemployment before the Arvin layoffs were announced!  In Visalia, Medical Billings Technologies laid off 21 employees. In Alameda, Caliper Life Sciences laid off 60 employees.  In Cerritos, medical biller Revcycle+ laid off 189 people! In Redwood City, Abbvie Biotherapeutics laid off 63 employees.

New York: In White Plains, Pearson Education laid off 55 employees.

Ohio: What Obama Care? Blue Cross & Blue Shield laid off 159 people!  In Columbus, DialAmerica shut down a call center, 143 people unemployed!  The closure comes one month after DialAmerica claimed it would be hiring 170 people, local news media were refused an explanation.

South Carolina: What Obama Care? In Columbia, Medicare and Medicaid payments processor Palmetto GBA (a subsidiary of Blue Cross & Blue Shield) laid off 126 people!  Palmetto has been laying off employees since 2007, this after claiming to start hiring as many as 1-thousand people in 2004.

Tennessee: In Memphis, local shipping company ARL Memphis East laid off 89 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, Idaho, U.S.

Exceptional Failed State: U.S. job losses & store closings 16-21 August 2013.

Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs.

California: In Fresno GAF laid off three people.  Symantec laid off 160 people throughout the Golden State.  In Pittsburg, United Spiral Pipe let go 89 employees.  In Oxnard, Aerotek laid off 164 people!  In San Diego, Bridgepoint Education laid off 47.  Obama Care being blamed for 61 people becoming unemployed; Palomar Health and Mills-Peninsula Health made the cuts.

Kentucky: In Hawesville, Century Aluminum shut down, 750 people now unemployed!

New York: In Hicksville, Bunzi New York closed down, 30 jobs lost.  In College Point, Time Warner Cable laid off 75 employees.  In Middletown, the Acme Bus Company shut down, 164 employes on the street!

Wisconsin: In Beloit, Southeastern Container ceased operations.  In Milwaukee, the Urban Day School laid off 40 people.

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