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ObamaCare Job Destruction March 2016: “we have been unsuccessful…we are now forced to close permanently”

It must be noted that I started documenting these ObamaCare/healthcare related shutdowns at the beginning of 2014. In that year I posted the reports biannually (every six months). In 2015 ObamaCare cutbacks ramped up and I posted quarterly (every three months). For the past three months of 2016 there have been so many ObamaCare cutbacks that I’ve posted a report every month!

Incomplete list of healthcare related layoffs and shutdowns, March 2016.

“What we don’t know is where we go from here.”-Alissa Fox, Blue Cross Blue Shield senior vice president, commenting on her insurance company’s latest study which proves the insurance industry totally doesn’t understand the healthcare needs of sick people!  The study shows that when the health insurance industry wrote ObamaCare they totally underestimated the actual costs of healthcare!

A USA Today report revealed that at least 350 water suppliers to daycares and public schools across the United States are serving up lead contaminated water! Is that the real reason for increased school violence? (stop blaming guns, lead poisoning is directly connected to violent behavior)

A study by ValuePenguin says 80% of High-Deductible Health Insurance Plans don’t qualify for the ObamaCare Health Savings Account tax break!

Alabama: After 20 years Birmingham based healthcare diagnostics lab Atherotech suddenly shutdown at the end of February, now chapter 7 bankrupt busted directly blaming ObamaCare for its death: “…Atherotech has worked hard to overcome numerous business challenges that resulted from adverse changes in the regulatory environment, increased pressure from commercial insurance payors and continued compression of profit margins…. ….we have been unsuccessful in convincing our lenders to cooperate so that we can extend the financing necessary to allow us to continue operations. As a result, we are now forced to close permanently.”

California: Non-profit Memorial Care Health System shutting down their Saddleback Memorial Medical Center, 194 jobs lost by May! It’s blamed on failed attempts to get state ‘lawmakers’ to pass a bill that would’ve turned the medical center into a outpatient operation (no thanks to ObamaCare).   Sutter Central Valley Hospitals issued multiple layoff WARNs, at least 96 jobs lost in several locations by the end of April. Southern Home Care Services shutting down their San Leandro ops, 123 employees unemployed by May! Memorial Health Services shutting down their San Clemente operations, 194 jobs lost by the end of May!  Illinois based drugs maker Baxalta issued several layoff WARNs, 239 jobs in three cities gone by May, due to being taken over by an Irish company! San Francisco based drugs dealer McKesson eliminating at least 1-thousand 6-hundred jobs due to the loss of several buyers! In San Diego, non-profit Scripps Health eliminating 1-hundred jobs, blaming ObamaCare: “….Scripps is financially strong, but we cannot continue to allow our costs and operations to rise while our revenue continues to be flat.”-Chris Van Gorder, ceo who took over in 2002 promising “no layoffs”

In Watsonville, the owner of the Crossroads shopping center served eight tenants with eviction notices, after selling out to a huge healthcare provider! It’s the same landlord that’s kicking out the Orchard Supply hardware store. The eight mom-n-pop tenants being kicked out in the next 30 days are Crossroads Books, Arcadia Hair Salon, Wild Rose Artists’ Supplies & Custom Framing, Jansen Music, The Gamer’s Den, Queen’s Shoes & More, Trop-Aquarium & Pet Center and Claudio Franca Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Some of the tenants have been there for the past 22 years! You can blame this on the Crossroads property owner signing a more lucrative deal to allow healthcare provider Kaiser Permanente to move in. City administrators are pissed at the uncouth healthcare provider and greedy property owner, who gave no warning of the deal: “It’s not a good way for them to come into the community, by kicking out eight businesses with eviction notices. I am going to make sure they know that the mayor is opposed to the 30-day eviction…..!”-Felipe Hernandez, mayor

Connecticut:   Expect mass hospital layoffs as gov’na Malloy is refusing to issue $140-million USD in payments to state hospitals! To show you how much The Constitution State is a Failed State, republican ‘lawmakers’ claim they’re willing to cut their own pay by 10% in order to get a budget passed!  Gov’na Malloy shutting down two nursing homes, Ella T. Grasso Center and the Meriden Center, 171 jobs lost by June! At least 40 aging and disabled residents kicked to the curb! Gov’a Malloy claims the shutdowns will actually help the state ‘care’ for more people!  Germany based Siemens Healthcare shutting down their Brookfield diagnostics ops, at least 236 jobs lost by March 2018!   Hartford based healthcare provider Aetna eliminated 26 jobs with its iTriage App in Colorado. Aetna then announced plans to merge iTriage App with WellMatch App. No word on how many more IT jobs will be lost.

Florida:  In Miami, Noven Pharmaceuticals issued a WARN, 80 jobs lost in May.   In Gulf Breeze, God powerless to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ more than 60 years old WaterFront Rescue Mission for women, and consolidate ‘his’ men’s shelters, and sell off ‘his’ Olive Road Career Development Center and lay off 20 paid staff. The homeless shelter funded itself mainly with recycling projects, but because of the crash in prices of recycled goods they’re now broke: “We’ve been in the business of trying to help people, so we have given away every dollar.”-Devin Simmons

Local news media pointed out that most homeless shelters are packed to capacity with homeless people with mental problems or addictions, and as a result the growing number healthy and employed, yet homeless people (mainly women) are being kicked to the curb: “We just don’t have the beds available for women who don’t have a substance abuse problem or mental health.”-John Johnson, EscaRosa Coalition

Yet more medical school shutdowns! The first victim of non-profit Zenith Education Groups massive cutbacks; Everest University announced it must shutdown campuses in Lakeland, Brandon and two in Tampa Bay, affecting at least 343 medical students: “It’s a slap in the face for everybody really!”-Angela Adams, medical billing student

Idaho: Despite state senator Dan Schmidt giving back his state taxpayer funded health plan to protest republicans’ continued refusal to ‘close the healthcare gap’, Right to Work ‘elected christian lawmakers’ have killed the bill to expand healthcare coverage to those in The Gap, proving they’re evil sadistic genocidal maniacs! I’ve reported how the director of an east Idaho hospital directly blames Idaho’s version of ObamaCare for killing at least 1-thousand Idahoans, due to The Gap!  And after ‘christian lawmakers’ shit-canned a bill to close the ObamaCare healthcare gap for at least 78-thousand people (also attributed to killing 1-thousand Idahoans) a new U.S. Department of Health and Human Services report shows Idaho is the second worst state for lack of healthcare for low-income people with mental problems or addictions. Interestingly the top two offenders, Utah (ranked at 40% of low-income disabled residents uninsured) and Idaho (ranked 39% uninsured), are both densely packed with Mormons/Christians (U.S. Census Bureau data), who also dominate their government services.   Evil Blue Cross of Idaho ended its ObamaCare exchange coverage of dialysis, resulting in many Idahoans with no way to pay for treatment. The Idaho Statesman newspaper says Blue Cross is refusing to cover any medical service provider that is not willing to take Blue Cross’ cutthroat rates. The Idaho Department of Insurance refuses to comment about the issue, claiming they’re investigating it. Dozens more Idahoans could die.: “…we were with Blue Cross last year, when I was diagnosed with kidney failure…started…hemodialysis…..then we got a bill for $115,000….. Blue Cross of Idaho did not re-up our contract…”-Debbie Birch

The Post Register reporting that a yet another newbie to The Gem State (who moved here from a more ‘socialist’ state) got a big shock when he enrolled with Blue Cross through Idaho’s ObamaCare exchange (Your Health Idaho). The man is suffering from cancer but recently was told by the pharmacy that his prescriptions would not longer be filled because of Blue Cross. Let me explain how evil Blue Cross of Idaho is; the cancer patient’s treatment is so expensive that he’s getting financial help from charities on top of his Affordable Care Act insurance, however, Blue Cross told him ObamaCare does not allow “third party funding” of medical treatments! But get this, in a follow up interview with Blue Cross the Post register said that suddenly everything is fine and they will go ahead and pay for the man’s prescriptions!

Illinois:   After 27 years Monticello Drugs shutdown, ObamaCare was the final straw for the owner: “…after a burden of 27 years of ownership, the pleasure has just gone out of it.”-Marty Woodruff

God powerless to stop ObamaCare from forcing ‘his’ Catholic Presence Health to eliminate 7-hundred jobs through attrition and outright layoffs! CEO Michael Englehart said ObamaCare was forcing them “to get in line”.  In Westmont, IlliCare Health shutdown due to loss of contract, 68 jobs lost.  Troubled drugs maker Abbott Laboratories about to fire 180 U.S. workers and replace them with migrants from India: “-You have given 180 U.S. employees 60-days notice, and their last day of employment at Abbott Labs will be April 22, 2016.

-To add insult to injury, the Abbott Labs IT staff who will be laid off will first be forced to train their replacements.

–You have awarded Wipro Ltd, a large Indian outsourcing firm, with a contract to take over the jobs of these American workers.

-You are offering the U.S. workers severance of a week’s pay for each year they spent at the company, but in order to receive this severance you are requiring these employees to sign away their right to sue or disparage the company. The severance packet you gave your workers contains a full-page ad listing jobs at Wipro.

-The people you are laying off have stellar experience, credentials, and performance reviews, and some have been with your company for 15-20 years.”-Dick Durbin, U.S. Senator

Iowa: After more than 1-hundred years (surviving The Great depression and numerous recessions) Kingston Hill old folks home shutting down in May, administrators say that after all this time ObamaCare reimbursement reductions render Kingston Hill “financial unsustainable”.

Maine: Penobscot Valley Hospital eliminating 10 jobs due to crashing revenues. Administrators say the hospital has been losing money since 2012 due to declining local population.  Merrymeeting Behavioral Health Associates shutting down in Brunswick, 170 jobs lost due to 80% funding cuts! Non-Profit bus service Coastal Trans ceasing to exist due to 100% funding cuts for disabled passengers! In Bangor, social service agency Getchell Agency now chapter 11 bankrupt busted blaming long term lawsuits and MaineCare: “I made the decision to file for bankruptcy after long hours of deliberation and legal consultation….I cannot continue to move forward shackled by mounting legal fees and under constant threat of multimillion-dollar judgments over which only the state has control.”-Rena Getchell

Maryland: Meritus Health shutting down their 30 years old Hagerstown child Learning Center in June. 125 children affected. Local news did not indicate a reason saying only that the decision to shut it down was made suddenly.

Massachusetts: Non-profit Mayo Clinic shutting down its 20 years old Andover lab, 105 jobs lost by the end of 2016! Work is being shifted to labs in Minnesota.  Southcoast Health System laying off at least 95 employees in its hospital chain due to crashing revenues caused by ObamaCare. It should be noted that Southcoast Health System is trying to merge with another hospital chain that’s also eliminating jobs; Care New England of Rhode Island.

Michigan:  Blue Cross Blue Shield eliminated 22 IT jobs, as part of their bigger plan to eliminate $300-million USD in Michigan jobs by 2018!

Missouri: In Maryland Heights, Belgium based Bellevue Pharmacy issued a layoff WARN, 150 jobs lost by May! The parent company Fagron blames it on ObamaCare for causing crashing reimbursement rates for drugs, to the tune of a $248-million USD crash in 2015! Fagron also warns that if things don’t improve revenue wise, they’ll be forced to sell-off Bellevue Pharmacy.

Montana: In Great Falls, the Teton County Nursing Home shutting down in May, 34 jobs lost. ObamaCare reimbursement reductions forced the county to beg the cash-strapped voters to approve a levy to fund the home, but it was rejected.

New York:  That Which Cannot Be Named powerless stop the shutdown of ‘its’ Rosenthal Jewish Community Center of Northern Westchester, 72 jobs lost by the end of June.  EmblemHealth Services shutting down their Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 82 jobs lost beginning at the end of May. It’s blamed on a lost contract.  The Broome Developmental Center for disabled people shutting down on Thursday, 6-hundred jobs lost! Officially it’s blamed on federal rules changes and ObamaCare reduction in reimbursements, however, I should point out that last year at least one employee were arrested for sexually abusing the tenants.

North Carolina:   In Winston-Salem, non-profit Community Care Center forced to shutdown their Med-Aid Pharmacy due to crashing donations and state taxpayer funding. Yep, even with ObamaCare there are still at least 530 low income people not covered by insurance, who rely on Med-Aid, in the Novant Health Medical Park area!   Rite Aid shutting down their Charlotte distribution center, 270 jobs gone by the end of Spring, following the big trend this year of consolidating operations!

North Dakota: God powerless to stop ObamaCare from forcing ‘his’ Saint Alexius Health hospital to layoff 23 people and re-classify another 39. Inpatient rehab and child care services have been shutdown! They referred to ObamaCare as “Industry trends and other circumstances”.

Pennsylvania:   Cancer treatment center Helomics eliminating 125 jobs in Pittsburgh by mid-April!  J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital eliminated 11 jobs, and is being forced by ObamaCare to eliminate inpatient care and focus on outpatient services. Brockie Internal Medicine, Pine Grove Adult Medicine and Saint Charles Internal Medicine all shutting down! ObamaCare forcing them to be consolidated into one operation called WellSpan Internal Medicine, with a lot fewer employees.  After suddenly laying off ambulance technicians in New York (back in February), with no final paychecks, TransCare suddenly shutdown their Monroeville facility, 120 people out of work and with no paychecks! Local TV news reports reveal even more bad news for employees. 

Rhode Island: The evil state is finally shutting down a nursing home after years of multiple accusations of abuse, and even a death of a disabled resident; taxpayer funded College Park Apartments now shutdown. Care New England eliminating a minimum of 58 jobs at Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, as well as shutting down the baby factory and the intensive care unit, blaming reduced payments caused by ObamaCare. Union reps say they were told as many as 2-hundred employees were being let go, hospital administrators told local news sources “If there are any additional workforce reductions, we would report it publicly at the time it occurs.”

Tennessee: God powerless to stop ‘his’ Texas owned Saint Francis Hospital from laying off 33 people. Administrators said ObamaCare was forcing them to do business “more efficiently.”

Washington:  In Bellingham, Medicare policy seller Sterling Insurance shutting down their Barkley District office, 55 jobs lost by May.

Washington DC:  Taxpayer funded United Medical Center eliminating 112 jobs as a result of demands by city administrators to reduce costs by $10-million!

Wisconsin: After more than 1-hundred years (surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions) Kremer Pharmacy shutdown.    River Hills West Health Center shutting down, 144 jobs lost starting in May!

ObamaCare job destruction, February 2016: “…how could this be?” Hospital director says Idaho’s ObamaCare killed 1-thousand people, so far! 

ObamaCare = Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

U.S.

2nd U.S. Civil War: New York & Obama’s Homie Town top creators of U.S. refugees! Where are they going?

25 March 2016 (14:29 UTC-07 Tango 01) 06 Farvardin 1395/15 Jumada t-Tania 1437/17 Xin Mao 4714

The U.S. Census Bureau reports that from 2014 to 2015 The Empire State of New York again took top place for forcing more than 150-thousand people to flee for their economic lives!

Cook County, Illinois, saw the highest exodus of residents from a U.S. county; at least 10-thousand 5-hundred people fled their homes!

Obama’s home town Chicago metro area saw nearly 6-thousand 3-hundred people flee!  The top reasons for the creation of domestic war refugees; inept local governments, increasing taxation without true representation and suspiciously skyrocketing extreme violence! (in 2014 I tried to document the weekly violence in Chicago, which is on the same level as a full blown civil war, especially since police are part of the violence, yet by the first week of September 2014 I gave up because it became overwhelming)

Moving company Stevenson Transfer says they expect 2015-16 to be another record year for Chicagoans fleeing their homes!

Wayne County, Michigan, takes second place with 6-thousand 6-hundred people fleeing for their lives in 2014-15!

And for those U.S. citizens who aren’t fleeing the country itself, where are the rest going?  According to the U.S. Census Bureau the overwhelming majority of domestic refugees are heading to Texas and Florida.  Most of the rest are being spread between Colorado, South Carolina, North Carolina, Washington, Tennessee, Nevada, Oregon and Georgia.  Amazingly (if you follow my Job Losses reports) these locations are also experiencing employer shutdowns.

Los Angeles County, California, remains the most densely populous place in the U.S., blame illegal immigrants.

U.S. Civil War: California schools official safe houses for illegal immigrants! 

Yet again, another record renounce U.S. citizenship! 

U.S. Civil War: Obama regime Homie Town police genocide 7,185 people in Chicago!

U.S. Civil War, 03 – 14 September 2015: Professors assassinated! Cop assassinates himself! 150% increase in murders! Illinois steals victim’s homes!

U.S.

False Flag: Border Patrol reveals record numbers of children flooding into U.S., & it seems to be planned!

25 March 2016 (04:32 UTC-07 Tango 01) 06 Farvardin 1395/15 Jumada t-Tania 1437/17 Xin Mao 4714

On 23 March I wrote how war refugees and migrants have become “the greatest & most profitable Human Trafficking op ever!”  On the same day, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection revealed that the migrations of ‘unaccompanied’ children into the U.S. are now at record levels.

“We are all aware there was a tremendous border surge in FY 2014 and preliminary statistics show that the border surge in the current fiscal year 2016 may exceed that number…”-Jan Ting, Temple University, testifying to House Subcommittee on National Security and Government Operations on 24 March

And stop blaming ‘Mexicans’ only (by the end of 2012 the number of Mexican migrants actually hit a record low!),  ever since the illegal War on Terror began there’s been a surge in immigrants from south of Mexico and the other side of the world: “My border patrol agents, when they arrest people and they are not from Mexico, all they have to do is claim a ‘credible fear.’  If they are from a ‘special interest country’ we notify the FBI immediately. We won’t interview those individuals. For instance when we arrested the Pakistanis and Afghanis they were immediately turned over to the FBI.”-Brandon Judd, President of the National Border Patrol Council, testifying to House Subcommittee on National Security and Government Operations on 24 March

But guess what? The U.S. Customs and Border Protection revealed that the now ‘traditional’ Summer time surge in child migrants happens right at the same time your ‘elected’ representatives go on their Summer vacation (July 15 to September 6), and Border Patrol has already captured a record number so far this year: “As of January 31 this fiscal year, CBP has apprehended more than 20,000 [unaccompanied children], compared to approximately 10,000 apprehended during the same period last year. As we enter the traditional season of higher migration, we are closely monitoring this situation and working with our partners to ensure that resources and capabilities are in place to accommodate an increased number….”-Ronald Vitiello, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, testifying to House Subcommittee on National Security and Government Operations on 24 March

Interestingly in 2014 the U.S. approved 86% of migrants’ claims that they were fleeing ‘for fear of their lives’, which qualifies them for more taxpayer support.  And for proof of increased illegal immigration from all over the world, since Barack Obama became commander in chief a record 400-thousand have been deported!

The Center for Latin American & Latino Studies published a detailed report on Unaccompanied Migrant Children from Central America: Context, Causes, and Responses.  They blame the usual; lack of jobs, inept U.S. supported governments, “extreme” violence and illegal drug trafficking for the drug-addicts of the United States.

2nd U.S. civil war: 790% increase in federal prisons population!!! Immigrants, drugs & guns main targets!!! 

Total Gun Ban Total Failure: Mexico!

World War 3, North American Front: United States ‘THE’ drug lord in Mexico’s drug war 

World War 3, North American Front:  More deaths in Mexico than in Syria 

Idaho, U.S.

Revolution in Idaho! Record turnout for Democrat Caucus!

23 March 2016 (09:18 UTC-07 Tango 01) 04 Farvardin 1395/13 Jumada t-Tania 1437/15 Xin Mao 4714

Boisians tell me there was a record turnout for the Tuesday Democrat Caucus in Idaho, something the dominant Republicans should be fearful of.  One attendee claimed it was the largest turnout of all the U.S. caucuses held that night.  The local Democrat Party wasn’t prepared for it.  Main stream news sources confirmed it was a record turnout of ‘Democrats’ in Red Right to Work (you over) Idaho.

Bernie Sanders supporters?

At one point the oligarchal mayor of Boise (remember, he led the mass roundups of homeless people into concentration camps at the beginning of December) actually said that Hillary Clinton was more “radical” than Bernie Sanders! One attendee described Hillary’s voice as “grating”.  It should be noted that Hillary refers to the United States as “America” (the British empire term for the colonies), and Sanders uses the correct term of United States of America.

An honest Hillary supporter?

Vote counting took longer than expected, due to the high turnout, but in the end Bernie Sanders won Idaho!  The Huffington Post stated Bernie “solidly defeated Hillary Clinton” with 78% of the votes!

Oh the folly, when are people gonna realize this whole thing is a sham?    When it comes to elections, I’m with George Carlin and Mark Twain.

U.S.

Gun Ban Failure: UnConstitutional NYC laws fail to stop attack on cops!

07 March 2016 (05:06 UTC-07 Tango 01) 17 Esfand 1394/27 Jumada al-Ula 1437/29 Xin Mao 4714

The near total ban on guns in the Failed State of New York City failed to stop a man from attacking people, with a knife and with fire!

When the smoke cleared one man was stabbed dead, a homeless man burned, a woman stabbed in the neck and face, and two cops set on fire!  The 23 years old is now in jail after police shot him in the legs.  This proves you need to carry a gun, it was the only way the cops were able to stop the fire-starter.

Gun Ban Failure: Yet more mass stabbings of children in total gun ban China! 

 

 

U.S.

Operation Jupiter: Massive Syphilis outbreak near U.S. military base! Not 1st, 2nd or 3rd time U.S. govt spread the disease!

02 March 2016 /19:21 UTC-07 Tango 01 (13 Esfand 1394/23 Jumada al-Ula 1437/25 Xin Mao 4714)

In Nevada’s county of Clark there is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) raging out of control.  Most main streamer news sources are focusing on the famous city of Las Vegas, insinuating its the source.  But there is another source, a source which has been guilty in the past of intentionally spreading syphilis, the Christian dominated U.S. military.

Clark County is also home to Nellis Air Force Base.  The U.S. military has a nearly 1-hundred years history of playing around with sexually transmitted diseases.  Regarding syphilis, in 2010 president Barack Obama officially apologized to the people of Guatemala who were intentionally infected with syphilis, and other STDs, by U.S. government medical personnel.

Under the direction of the U.S. Public Health Service, from 1946 to 1953 the U.S. government infected more than 1-thousand people, most against their will as many were prisoners and some were children as young as ten, under the guise of developing treatments to protect U.S. military personnel from infected prostitutes.    Another 5-thousand 128 people, some as young as only one year of age, were used in antibodies studies.  U.S. military personnel from the Guatemala Air Base were also used as guinea pigs.

The sick experiment wasn’t made public until the personal documents of one of the scientist were donated to the University of Pittsburg after his death in 2003.  But wait, the Guatemala scandal wasn’t the first time your government intentionally spread the disease.

The Guatemala experiment was based on an earlier experiment on prisoners in Terre Haute, Indiana, from 1943-44.  In that case we’re supposed to believe the prisoners volunteered for the job.  Realize that 1943-44 was in the middle of the Second World War and Congress had officially declared war, which is Martial Law.  Under martial law you have no freedoms, the military is in charge an overrides the Constitution.  But wait, the Indiana prison experiment wasn’t the first time your government intentionally spread the disease.

As far as we know, the first time the U.S. government intentionally spread syphilis started in 1932.  It was called that Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, and it lasted until 1972!  It involved the ‘black’ Tuskegee University and hundreds of poor ‘black’ men.

Even though the government claimed they were providing free medical care, it was revealed that government officials refused to treat the subjects with the anti-biotic penicillin (even after it was proven to be an effective treatment).

By 1947 penicillin was the standard treatment for syphilis, yet, the U.S. Public Health Service refused to treat the infected men, even decades later.  The Tuskegee experiment ended in 1972 only after a whistleblower leaked details of it to the news media!  In 1997, president Bill Clinton officially apologized for the scandal.

Operation Jupiter: Hundreds of people exposed to AIDS and Hep B & C in U.S. hospital!

Christianity: Unity challenged by “sexual services” of church leaders! 

U.S.

U.S. Food Crisis February 2016: “it’s killing me to give it up, but I have no choice.” “This feels personal…”

Incomplete list of announced United States food supply shutdowns for the month of February, 2016: Many food suppliers/distributors are consolidating operations and killing jobs due to the collapsing grocery store and restaurant industries, as well as rising costs of food production, spread of disease and extreme weather.

Alabama:  In Birmingham, Cosi Restaurant announced it would not renew its lease.  After 30 years Cosmo’s Pizza shutdown,  the stressed out co-owner Leisa Bunn blames money troubles: “…I’ve worked here for over half my life, and it’s killing me to give it up, but I have no choice.”

Arizona: In Yuma, a local business is blaming currency wars for its demise. After two years restaurant Carnivores of Yuma shutting down due to lack of Snow Birds from Canada. The Canadian dollar has dropped in value against the U.S. dollar, making it too expensive for many Canadians to travel within the United States. I lived in hot-as-hell Yuma for almost two years and I can tell you that Snow Birds from the north, during winter, are a major source of revenue for local mom-n-pops. The rest of the year revenues come from taxpayer funded Yuma Marine Corps Air Station and Yuma Army Proving Grounds.

Arkansas: Boulevard Bread shutting down their River Market kiosk.

California:  In Oxnard, after 27 years frozen veggie food maker Coastal Green Vegetable shutting down, 137 jobs lost by March! The owners blamed currency wars, crashing sales and gave out a list of increasing costs; water, regulations, wages and ObamaCare healthcare.   Bon Appetit Management issued a shutdown WARN for their San Francisco ops, 79 jobs lost by April.  Albertsons-Safeway eliminating another 24 jobs from the old Safeway HQ in Pleasanton, by April.   In Berkeley,  after two years the Off the Grid food truck giving up and shutting down its Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) location.  Prior to this the Off the Grid food truck was chased out of its original location in the Gourmet Ghetto by city A-Hole administrators, when brick-n-mortar restaurants complained.  Warren Buffett owned Kraft-Heinz issued a shutdown WARN for their San Leandro food factory, 117 jobs lost by mid-April! Pacific Harvest issued a layoff WARN for their Guadalupe food ops, 75 jobs lost by mid-April. Valley Fine Foods suddenly shutdown their Benicia 22 years old production ops, 94 jobs gone. The company moved their production, sanitation, shipping and receiving and maintenance operation to North Carolina, loyal employees had no warning: “They were shocked and surprised. A few have been here a while, 17 years. Those were the hardest impacted. They appeared…..in shock, like phases of any loss, it’s shock and denial first.”-Adriana Nunez, HR manager

Colorado: CB & Pott’s shutting down their 42 years old West Campus restaurant.  The operators claim they will open a new restaurant in a new location “to be closer to our core guests.”   Yet another Denver restaurant shutdown. After 12 years popular Gypsy House Cafe shutting down mid-March due to the greedy property owners selling out without warning the operators of the Cafe.  In Fort Collins, after 30 years restaurant South China shutting down due to a significant increase in rent. The Vail Cascade resort issued a layoff WARN, 2-hundred jobs being eliminated!   Sky Hotel 39 Degrees issued a shutdown WARN, 91 jobs lost.

Connecticut:   In Wallingford, after 56 years banquet host Villa Capri shutting down in July.  The family owners are in the process of selling the property, they need to focus on their other business ops.

Florida:  Troubled Aramark issued a shutdown WARN for its Florida Gulf Coast University ops, 288 jobs lost by May! In Maitland, after nearly 30 years RanGetsu Japanese Restaurant and Bar shutting down in March, no reason given. Local news reports say at one time the owners were trying to open five restaurants, now they’ll be down to just their restaurant back in Japan.  Wholesale soup maker Chef Creations is no more, they’ve sold out to a Massachusetts corporation resulting in 110 Chef Creations HQ employees, in Orlando, becoming jobless between April and July! Local news media made the sale sound like a surprise as Chef Creations had recently won new local tax breaks, and gotten approval for major financing, for expansion of their soup making operations.  Lee Roy Selmon’s shutting down their 10 years old Saint Petersburg restaurant. The corporate owners said it needed extensive remodeling, and it wasn’t worth it. They also blamed lack of parking and increased competition.  Tampa based Bloomin’ Brands confirmed it will shutdown 14 Bonefish Grill restaurants by the end of the year, due to crashing sales.  In Miami Beach, Shore Club Hotel issued a mass layoff WARN, 218 food service workers to be laid off in April!  In Lake Buena Vista, Fulton’s Crab House issued a shutdown WARN, 214 food service jobs gone by mid-April!   In Bradenton, after almost five years Tarpon Pointe Grill & Tiki Bar shutdown because of an evil landlord: “Our landlord has chosen not to renew our lease. Why? He states we are not successful. We have always paid our rent and a percentage of our sales to him on time, which has equated to almost $1.1 million in five years, and our initial investment of over $800,000 to build Tarpon Pointe.”-Facebook posting

Georgia: The city of LaGrange shutdown a second homeless ‘overnight warming’ shelter in as many months, using the excuse they are not safe.

Hawaii: In Honolulu, Tsukiji Fish Market and Restaurant shutdown due to the landlord suddenly demanding the keys to the store. The landlord is one of my former evil employers, GGP (General Growth Properties). A rep for the operator of the restaurant said there were three years left on the lease.

Idaho:  Albertsons-Safeway is doing it again, taking over and killing off an independently owned grocery store chain, this time on the west side of The Gem State.  Paul’s Market has sold out to the evil corporate giant (who caused the demise of Washington’s Haggen grocery chain last year, killing off thousands of jobs!).  It sounds like three Paul’s Markets will be shutdown and four will be rebranded as Albertsons stores.  Idaho’s Department of Labor has yet to publish any required WARN regarding the shutdowns.  The city of Boise could be sued by some of the tenants at the Boise International Airport. Tenants also suing the New York based food service management contractor hired by the city, Delaware North. Owners of airport eateries accuse Delaware North, and the city, of running them into the ground, primarily by substituting their original products with lower quality items and providing terrible customer service, resulting in decreased sales. Boise area news sources say Delaware North refuses to responded to their questions.   A former manager at Aberdeen’s Idaho Select potato processing plant has been sentenced for his crime of ripping off the company. He admitted to using company money to buy cars, homes, go on vacations, send his daughters to college and even pay his daily bills. He must now repay $1.7-million USD within seven years, as well as spend time in prison. Embezzlement crimes are very common here in the ‘christian’ dominated Idaho (2010 U.S. Census Bureau data says at least 80% claim to be Christians).  For more food fraud: Idaho farmer caught selling modified seeds as ‘organic’!

Illinois: Local news media revealed that two Carbondale/Route 13 area restaurants shutdown in January; KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) and Show Me’s Restaurant.  Three Joe Caputo & Sons grocery stores shutdown, and more could follow!  The grocery store operator is being sued by its supplier who says they haven’t paid for any food delivered since June 2015!!!  Moline based farm equipment maker Deere (aka John Deere) revised its 2016 profit expectations downward. Originally administrators thought 2016 sales would drop by 7%, but now they say things are so bad they expect a 10% drop in sales.  In Prospect Heights after only two years and $13-million in renovations, the Ultra Foods grocery store shutdown due to lack of sales, 98 jobs lost by mid-April.

Indiana: In South Bend, after 20 years Top Notch Restaurant & Bakery shutdown. News reports say it will be replaced with a grocery store. But don’t get excited, the new grocery store is actually an old grocery store moving to a new location, so it’s a net loss of jobs.  In South Bend, 88 years old (surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions) Dainty Maid Bake Shop shutdown due to the death of the owner. The popular shop is for sale and the employees hope any potential buyer will re-open it.   In New Albany, after 30 years Mom & Pop’s Cone Corner is no more. The current owners bought the ice cream joint last year, they gave no reason for the shutdown.

Kansas: In Topeka, the Dillions grocery store on Huntoon Street shutdown. City administrators are fearful of increased food insecurity based on U.S. Department of Agriculture data that says residents in the area around the Dillions are now living in a “food desert”.

Louisiana: In Lafayette, the Winn-Dixie grocery store, on Ambassador Caffery Parkway, shutting down. 61 jobs lost by March.  Also in Lafayette, after seven years Jolie’s Louisiana Bistro shutdown.  Krispy Kreme Doughnuts shutting down their Shreveport donut shop on Youree Drive. In a ’round-a-bout way administrators said the store was losing money.

Maine: In Sanford, after 31 years Fi Wood restaurant shutdown.

Maryland: C&S Wholesale Grocers shutting down their distribution ops on Lums Road, about 2-hundred jobs lost by April! A county administrator said she was surprised because C&S was recently advertising to hire more employees! C&S administrators told county officials they could not stop the shutdown due to the sudden loss of a major contract.

Massachusetts: In Somerville, after five years Sabertooth Vegan Bakery shutting down so the owner can get the hell outta Boston Weak Massachusetts and go on “permanent vacation”: “…things here just haven’t been working out. It’s always been my dream to live in California and work on an animal sanctuary and I was offered an amazing opportunity to do that.”-Evie Noël

Michigan:  It’s been revealed that Southfield based Bagger Dave’s burger joint shutdown 11 restaurants across Michigan and Indiana in 2015.  One of those restaurants was only ten months old. Bagger Dave’s is controlled by Diversified Restaurant Holdings.  After 45 years Bacchus Wine & Spirits shutdown: “We were given an offer to buy the license, the building and the land that was enough to make it worth it.”-Dean Caplan

Minnesota: Egan based Ovation Brands suddenly shutdown 74 restaurants! Apparently the only warning was given back in August when company administrators warned they were about to begin shutting down ‘underperforming’ restaurants (August is also when Ovation Brands was taken over by Food Management Partners). The shutdown restaurants include Home Town Buffet (three just in the San Francisco area of California), Old Country Buffet, Ryan’s, Fire Mountain and Country Buffet.  Price Chopper shutdown the New Adams grocery store, 57 jobs lost. Administrators basically said it wasn’t worth it to keep the food store open.

Mississippi:  In Oxford, after nine years Holli’s Sweet Tooth shutting down in April, the owner blames non-stop increasing costs of operation that now exceed sales.

Missouri: Yet another Saint Louis restaurant gone.  After ten years bistro Soulard shutdown.  In Florissant, local news reports are questioning why restaurant Deaver’s suddenly shutdown after 13 years.  No explanation was given.

Nebraska: Food giant ConAgra shutting down a frozen food production line in Council Bluffs, administrators claim this time they won’t layoff any employees.   Douglas County must have a suicide wish as they’re shutting down 160 food joints, for operating without a license! Administrators with the county Health Department claim they do it every year, however, the interim prosecutor for the city of Omaha says as far as he knows such an operation has never been “enforced”. Chris Janicek, the owner of Cupcake Omaha and Cake Box, exclaimed “This agency has run amok!” 

New Mexico: In Albuquerque, the Satellite Coffee shop consolidated with a restaurant across the street. It should be noted that the restaurant across the street, Flying Star, is currently chapter 11 bankrupt busted.

New York:   In New Hartford, after six years the Sav-A-Lot grocery store shutdown, the only notice was a sign taped to the front door. Allied Frozen Storage issued a shutdown WARN for its West Seneca frozen food warehouse, 64 jobs lost by the end of July.  In NYC the owner of the 28 years old Cafe Lalo told  Community Board 7’s Business and Consumer Issues Committee “business is terrible and he may have to close”.   After 80 years, reports say iconic Fairway market is in so much financial trouble it can’t pay its debts, and will default. The news comes from credit rating company Moody’s.  After 33 years in Times Square Sushi Zen shutdown without warning. Local news reports said the owners had originally stated they would be moving to a new location, not shutting down.   In Brooklyn, the owners of Bark Hot Dogs shutdown their Park Slope eatery saying “…economics just weren’t working out.”  Brach’s Supermarket issued a shutdown WARN for their Lawrence grocery store, 127 jobs lost by the first of May! Administrators blame the bad economy.   Despite a grand opening send-off by U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer, Constantino’s Market in Rochester’s College Town shutdown after less than one year in business! It’s blamed on lack of sales: “Unfortunately, Constantino’s was ultimately not supported at a level that allowed them to be profitable.”-Randy Ruttenberg, Fairmount Properties

The restaurant known for having its walls plastered with autographed dollar bills, 69 Bayard Restaurant, shutdown with no explanation. Local news said the restaurant has a history of changing owners frequently. Near Star Lake, the Padgett’s Hometown IGA shutting down after 35 years of grocery sales: “Sales keep going down, expenses keep going up and I’m having a hard time just paying my bills, so it’s just time.”-Mark Padgett

North Carolina: In Durham, after 12 years restaurant City Beverage shutdown.  Local news reports say the owners have failed to pay $1-million USD in state & federal taxes!

Ohio: In Cheviot, Vitor’s Bistro shutdown, the owner blames low sales on a bad location. The Fort Rapids Indoor Waterpark Resort and Seafood Buffet & Grill shutdown after a long history of violating local health codes, which resulted in several customers getting sick. In West Chester, after 68 years bakery supplies maker Bakery Crafts shutting down, 119 jobs lost starting in April! Columbus based Bravo Brio Restaurant Group is warning it must shutdown Bravo Cucina Italiana and Brio Tuscan Grille restaurants after a third straight year of revenue losses!  And in Columbus, eateries Till Dynamic Fare and Izzy & Mo’s Luncheonette both shutting down. The owners said they’re leaving the area.  Anti-gun laws failed to stop a man from attacking customers at the Nazareth Restaurant and Deli, with a machette! Four people were wounded. The restaurant has shutdown for an undetermined amount of time: “We need more time to regroup and heal as a team.”-Facebook post

In Cleveland, decades old iconic the DINER on clifton shutdown due to the greedy landlord: “We’re being thrown out on the street! Next to my parents dying this is the most stressful time of my life! …..This feels personal when it’s something that’s been such a huge part of my life.”-Perry Drosos, operator

The landlord claims the eviction was coming for at least a year, primarily due to planned radical remodeling of the building.

Oklahoma: In OKC, Texas based Spaghetti Warehouse suddenly shutdown, with no explanation why: “After more than 30 years in the community, we have made the difficult business decision to suspend operations and announce the closure of the Spaghetti Warehouse Restaurant in Oklahoma City. The closure is effective on Tuesday, February 2nd. ….we are hopeful that in the near future we can reopen Spaghetti Warehouse….” (I did find a lot of internet postings by customers that hated the place, and were even surprised it was still open, many claimed it shutdown years ago)

Oregon: After 36 years Sewick’s Dive Bar shutting down, to be replaced by a 46 unit apartment building.

Pennsylvania: Texas based upChuck Cheese, I mean Chuck E. Cheese pizza joint shutting down in the Clearview Mall by the end of March. Food maker Mondelez eliminating 509 jobs in two locations, between March and May!  After six years Pittsburgh Public Market shutting down by the end of March.  The eatery owner blames lack of customer traffic due to the recent shutdown of Marty’s Market, and the Firehouse farmer’s market.  In Allentown, Tony Luke’s shutdown their Hamilton Street sandwich shop.  Local news reports say it’s the 5th business inside the city’s Neighborhood Improvement Zone to shutdown within the past three months!  Penn State University warned all 1-thousand 1-hundred Ag Ex employees of mass layoffs, due to the state ‘lawmakers’ failing to pay the 2015-16 agricultural extension subsidies!

Rhode Island:  In Cranston, Ted’s Montana Grill shutdown blaming the landlord for wanting to jack up the rent.

Texas: In Austin, restaurant Arro shutdown suddenly, apparently it’s being turned into a bar.  In Dallas, after less than a year restaurant Hickory & Fry shutdown. Apparently residents of Dallas-Fort worth can’t handle the concept of a tapas bar.  Houston base food distribution giant Sysco says they have to kill more jobs, this time 1-thousand 2-hundred employees will become unemployed over the next 15 months! Administrators say the economic environment is forcing them to find ways to increase profits without relying on sales (because sales suck).

Virginia: In Virginia Beach, after 70 years popular Charlie’s Seafood Restaurant shutdown, local news reports blame the bad economy.  Urban Farmhouse shutdown their three years old Church Hill restaurant.  Sounds like they couldn’t afford the rent as they claim they’re looking for a new location.

Washington: After creating booze selling ‘privatization’ rules which jacked up the cost (including taxes) of your favorite hard drink by 15%, new data shows that the idiot ‘lawmakers’ of The Evergreen State actually drove booze buyers into neighboring Oregon and Idaho. The Idaho State Liquor Division credits at least 7% of its state run store sales to buyers from Washington. For Oregon the jump in hard drink sales was even bigger, with ten border booze stores reporting between 17% and 67% increase in sales to Washingtonians since 2011!

Washington DC: Crane & Turtle announced they’re shutting down in April, after less than two years of serving eats. Both the lead chef and the lead baker decided to move to New York.  The owners of the restaurant decided it wasn’t worth it to find replacements.   The U.S. Army announced it must shutdown, or reduce in size, one out of every three chow halls due to “changing soldier demographics, satisfy soldier desire for selection/taste or nutritional requirements … or meet commander mission requirements”.

Wisconsin: In Sheboygan, after five years restaurant Weimann’s Sports Center shutdown despite being voted best sports bar. The owners blame constant road construction projects among other issues: “We fought a battle we just couldn’t win and ultimately felt it would be a lot less stressful for our family to not be in business. It’s a tough business.” 

500 years of German Beer Purity flushed by Monsanto!

Deflation will cause 1 in 5 dairy farms to fail!

Honey Bee Colony Collapse caused by Human Globalization! 

U.S. Food Crisis January 2016: “We were not ready to close 10 years ago, but we’re ready now.” 

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

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Dumbing Down the United States, February 2016: Schools being used as sex torture prisons!

Disappearing Students Syndrome (DSS): A phrase created by me to describe a phenomenon taking place across the United States, affecting both privately and publicly funded schools, from Kindergarten all the way through University levels.

“If you grow up low income and manage to get higher education, which few people manage to do, the potential for that to lift you solidly up into the middle-class and upper-middle class is more limited than we thought.”-Brad Hershbein, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment

A Brookings Institute study (A college degree is worth less if you are raised poor) revealed some surprising data about what is now obviously the ‘lie’ of higher education: Using decades worth of data the researchers discovered that having a four year college degree does absolutely nothing to help low income people get out of poverty! It seems only people from wealthy families benefit from a college degree!

Incomplete list of publicly announced education layoffs & school shutdowns, and crimes, February 2016:

Arizona: Phoenix based Apollo Education Group selling off its failing University of Phoenix after losing more than 50-thousand students in 2015! The loss of students was the result of the U.S. Department of Education investigating claims of false promises of finding jobs after graduation, and the U.S. Department of Defense banning military personnel from taking University of Phoenix courses!

California: Inland Early Steps issued a shutdown WARN for their Corona operation, 79 jobs lost by April. B&H Education shutdown their Whittier ops, 73 jobs gone.  After four years the Malibu Bank of Books shutting down in April. The owner blames lack of sales and points out that the landlord actually tried to helped the bookstore.   In San Francisco, Pearson Education eliminated 34 jobs.  UTi shutting down their automotive school in Long Beach, 64 jobs gone by April.  Pinecrest Schools finally revealed how many jobs will be lost by their mass shutdown of campuses; 176 by June! Greedy Ojai Unified School District is deciding the fate of five elementary schools due to what I call Disappearing Students Syndrome and (this is so typical of California) the school’s property values! Local news reports say school administrators have already met with local real estate agents about selling off the schools!

Florida: In Palm Beach, after 35 years the Jupiter Academy private school shutting down, they can’t afford to renew the lease.  For profit Mattia College shutting down, 1-hundred jobs lost and more than 7-hundred nursing students looking for a new home. No word on an official shutdown date, but local news says pay for teachers has been cut off! This is the second nursing school in The Sunshine State, in the past two years, to shutdown. The top administrator of that other nursing school, Dade Medical, was recently arrested. This is all part of the U.S. Department of Education’s crackdown on schools that promise their students ‘The Moon’.

Idaho: State Senate Education Committee rejecting science education standards for K thru 12 students, saying they’re too hard!  However, some local news reports suggested that the ‘christian lawmakers’ rejected the new standards (without any discussion by-the-way) because they include evolutionary concepts like the Big Bang (never mind that scientists have just proven Big Bang with discovery of gravitational waves).  As I’ve written before looks like we’re entering a new Dark Age.  I remember when my kids were attending junior high school in District 25 (just a decade ago) and their science books opened with the statement “One day man will walk on the moon.”  You ‘christians’ are so dumb, no wonder it’s so easy for ‘The Good Shepard’ to lead you ‘lambs’ to your slaughter!

Illinois: Western Illinois University eliminating an additional 1-hundred jobs! They laid off 30 people in January.  Eastern Illinois University quietly issuing layoff notices to non-instructional staff (latest reports say as many as 2-hundred!). It’s blamed on the state ‘lawmakers’ failing to come up with a budget. The layoffs will start in March, university administrators say the state owes them at least $40-million USD.  In connection, the Test Center had to shut down temporarily “in order to train the remaining staff in the building to assume the duties of the lost positions”.  Chicago State University has warned all 9-hundred employees of impending layoffs due to ‘lawmakers’ failing to create a new budget! Chicago Public Schools (CPS) warning of even more layoffs after the teacher union rejected their latest offer. The Failed State system CPS claims it is lacking $500-million for its latest budget, but they’re actually $1-billion ‘in the hole’, structurally!  Danville Area Community College eliminating at least four jobs, offering early retirement and eliminating their Automotive and Sustainability programs: “These are challenging times, and it’s challenging because of the uncertainty”-Alice Jacobs, DACC President

School District 205 eliminating stipends for club sponsors and eliminating 109 jobs! The district is short $2.6-million USD, blaming lack of taxpayer funding caused by what I call Disappearing Students Syndrome. For the first time in 25 years Parkland College eliminating jobs, administrators blame the state ‘lawmakers’ for dragging their feet on taxpayer funding for the next school year.  Sycamore School District 427 eliminating at least 56 jobs: “We see other businesses where employees are just being told to do more with less, and unfortunately, that seems to be the mentality of our state government when incomes to education.”-Jim Dombek, District 427

Iowa: In Keokuk, the local Sheriff’s Department, and even the federal FBI, have shutdown the so called ‘therapeutic’ Midwest Academy after at least 80 cases of torture, including starvation, isolation and sex abuse.   Get this, police raided the torture chamber in January, but are only now telling the public about it.  Female victims told the Associated Press the ‘school’ was “hell”, with many students trying to kill themselves.  One girl was tortured for having a belly button ring!  Don’t confuse the Keokuk Midwest Academy with several others of the same name.  Midwest Academy is a privately funded “therapeutic boarding school”, which refers to its torture tactics as a “powerful, proven and unique system”.

Mississippi: Hattiesburg Public Schools cutting pay and eliminating jobs “immediately”. No details about how many jobs will be lost, local news reports say employees have not been notified.

Montana: More job killing at University of Montana; 27 jobs gone by the end of June, due to what I call Disappearing Students Syndrome (DSS).

New Jersey: Sussex County Community College eliminating 20 full time jobs due to crashing enrollments.   Upper Saddle River based Pearson Education finally revealed plans to eliminate 4-thousand jobs across the U.S.!  Administrators refused to give specifics about where those layoffs will impact: “Out of respect for all of our employees, it wouldn’t be appropriate to discuss the number of job cuts in a specific location before we inform our employees across the rest of our workforce.” 

New York:  God powerless to stop ‘his’ Albany Roman Catholic Diocese from shutting down ‘his’ Saint Augustine school in Lansingburgh. Church leaders blamed the state government for refusing to give them taxpayer funding (which would be a violation of the U.S. 1st Amendment). In Hamburg, God powerless to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ Immaculate Academy. It’s blamed on lack of students, “changing realities within the congregation” and only one Nun on staff.   The Smithtown Board of Education forced to shutdown Branch Brook Elementary School by 2017. Administrators revealed that student enrollment has been declining since 2009.   NYC Department of Education shutting down three charter schools; Beginning with Children, Lefferts Garden and Staten Island Community.  “The Department of Education overturned a principal’s firing and gave her more than a year’s back pay so she wouldn’t file ­legal actions charging ethics violations by the DOE’s new top lawyer, sources say.”–New York Post, Education officials ‘bought off’ principal… 

Pennsylvania: Penn State University warned all 1-thousand 1-hundred Ag Ex employees of mass layoffs, due to state ‘lawmakers’ failing to pay the 2015-16 agricultural extension subsidies! News sources reporting that some ‘lawmakers’ have revealed that tax revenues are so tight they must choose between funding higher education and grade schools! God powerless to stop the Diocese of Erie from shutting down four of ‘his’ grade schools; Venango Catholic high school and Saint Boniface, Saint Peter Cathedral and Our Lady of Mount Carmel elementary schools. Church leaders blame The Rapture, I mean low enrollment.  Pennsylvania University School of Nursing shutting down, 96 jobs lost by the end of March.  Administrators for the second largest cyber charter school in the state, Agora, admitted they eliminated jobs at the beginning of the month, but they refuse to say how many.  Local news reports say former employees report between 1-hundred and 150 people were fired without warning!  Cyber school administrators blame lack of state taxpayer funding due to ‘lawmakers’ failing to pass a budget.   However, local news media also published a direct quote from an Agora chairwoman, made back in December: “We have no plans to cut or furlough staff due to the lack of funds we are currently receiving. Please do not fear for your position here at Agora.”-Mary Steffey

South Dakota:  The editors of the Rapid City Journal are calling for a hike in state taxes to support the governor’s proposed education funding plan.  This shows you how uneducated the Rapid City Journal is.  Tax revenues are down across the board, across the country, due to the bad economy.  Many political scientist will tell you that jacking up taxes during a down economy is a sign of a Fail State.  Many economist will tell you that jacking up taxes during a down economy will only snowball the downward spiral.  There is no ‘return’ on more education spending when fewer and fewer people are able to find a job that pays a ‘living wage’, and the small business environment is such that it’s not worth it to even try and start a small business.  (I’ve heard the mo-funding, mo-funding mantra for education for more than 30 years now and it’s plain to see that overall education has only gotten worse as more money is spent)   Grant-Deuel School District shutting down the school in Revillo, due to what I call Disappearing Students Syndrome (DSS): “You talk to any smaller school, smaller town and they are basically losing enrollment…..”-Paulette Grube, Dean of Students

Tennessee: More proof the real ‘god’ is money; God refuses to stop the shutdown of three of ‘his’ LifeWay Christian Store on Southern Baptist seminary campuses.  It’s blamed on the sale of Southern Baptist Convention property and changing spending habits of Christian students.

Utah: A fine example of no matter how much money ‘lawmakers’ promise to spend on education, if there ain’t no tax revenues (due to a bad economy) it ain’t gonna happen:  “A committee of lawmakers settled last week on a preliminary funding proposal ….with more than $266 million of it as ongoing funding…..   …..But dollar amounts in the final education budget could likely fall short….Revised income tax revenue estimates won’t be available until the end of February, and they’re projected to produce less than the $266 million of ongoing funds included in the subcommittee’s proposal.”–Deseret News, Slicing and dicing money for your child’s education 

Virginia: In Woodbridge, C&W Books shutdown: “After 25 years in your community, C & W Used Books will be closing on Feb. 29. Our lease is up and we cannot afford the rent increase.” 

Washington: In Gig Harbor, after 47 years Mostly Books shutting down due to the property owner wanting to sell.

West Virginia:  Cabell County Schools eliminating 61 jobs and transferring another 97! It’s blamed on the loss of 2-hundred students since 2014!  Kanawha County School Board eliminating 25 jobs due to what I call Disappearing Students Syndrome (DSS). Local news reports say DSS is the number one reason for education layoffs in southern West Virginia. McDowell County Board of Education eliminating 30 jobs due to loosing $1.5-million in state and local tax funding, caused by loosing an average of 1-hundred students per year (that’s what I call Disappearing Students Syndrome)!  Boone County Schools eliminating 77 jobs after the bad economy caused tax revenues to be cut by more than half: “There were signs that it was happening….just didn’t expect it all at once…came on very quickly….we just didn’t realize the enormity of it.”-Jerry Pcholinsky, Boone County Education president

Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin System-Extension eliminating 80 jobs due to a sudden and unexpected budget cut by Right to Work (you over) Scott Walker.  40 of the jobs were already vacant.

Dumbing Down the United States, January 2016: “…in the end, you have to say ‘it’s not working.’” 

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ObamaCare job destruction, Febuary 2016: “…how could this be?” Doctors say Idaho’s ObamaCare killed 1-thousand people, so far!

Incomplete list of healthcare related layoffs and shutdowns, February 2016.

California:   EXP Pharmaceuticals shutting down their Fremont operations, 111 jobs lost by the end of March!  In San Francisco, electronic health records keeping company Practice Fusion issued a layoff WARN, 74 jobs lost by the beginning of April.  Health insurance giant Blue Shield of California issued several layoff WARNs, 460 jobs lost across the state by mid-March!  Cardinal Health issued a layoff WARN, 73 jobs lost by the end of March.  Visiting Nurse Association shutting down their Victorville ops, 178 jobs lost by April!  In Modesto, Memorial Medical Center eliminating 96 jobs by the end of April claiming lack of money, and despite advertising that they have 1-hundred vacant positions to fill!

Connecticut: Hartford based health insurance giant Aetna is now accusing the federal government of not enforcing ObamaCare with martial law, saying current enforcement is “not sufficient”! Greedy Aetna administrators blame low ObamaCare participation rates for their loss of revenues.  Germany based drugs maker Boehringer Ingelheim conducting more layoffs, management at their Danbury plant refused to say how many people will lose their jobs.

Florida: Preferred Medical Plan eliminating 18 jobs in Coral Gables, by the beginning of April.  CVS Pharmacy issued a shutdown WARN for their Medley distribution center, 117 jobs lost between April and September!   For profit nursing school Mattia College shutting down, 1-hundred jobs lost and more than 7-hundred nursing students looking for a new home. No word on an official shutdown date, but local news says pay for teachers has been cut off! This is the second nursing school in The Sunshine State, in the past two years, to shutdown.

Idaho: More proof the real ‘christian god’ is money; ‘christian’ run Saint Luke’s Health has agreed to return revenues from two hospitals to the respective tax districts.  The privately funded hospital system took over management of the taxpayer funded McCall and Mountain Home hospitals over the past six years and, according to the state Attorney General, was keeping the tax revenues for themselves in violation of the law.    An Idaho Statesman investigation also revealed that the two dominant ‘christian’ run hospital chains, Saint Alphonsus and Saint Luke’s, control $793-million USD worth of property that are tax-exempt, and that’s just the 1-hundred properties they own in Ada County!  (more in The truth about Idaho hospital taxes)  The Gem State’s version of ObamaCare is being directly blamed for the deaths of 1-thousand Idahoans since 2013! That accusation came from Kenneth Krell, director of Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. He targeted the claim at state Right to Work (you over) ‘lawmakers’: “And I kept asking myself, how could this be? How, in a state like Idaho where we care about each other, could I be seeing deaths and really damaging illness on a nearly daily basis as a result of failure to expand Medicaid that cost tangible lives? It’s difficult to understand.” 

Illinois:  In Belleville, God refuses to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ Saint Elizabeth’s Hospital.  Administrators blame ObamaCare for “increased utilization of outpatient services”.  26 non-nursing jobs eliminated, nurses will supposedly be transferred to smaller healthcare operations.

Indiana: In Fort Wayne, drugs pusher Walgreens shutting down their 20 years old store on Pettit Avenue.  But don’t cry, local news reports say Walgreens has a monopoly on the Fort Wayne market, with at least 15 other drug pushing stores in the city.

Kentucky: The Village 8 movie house shutting down by the end of the year because its home, the Village Center mall, is being sold to KentuckyOne Health. Local news reports say the hospital operator refuses to say what it’ll do with the property, yet for some reason is buying up land in the area. Speculation is that KentuckyOne Health is trying to prevent competing hospital operators from moving in. So much for your healthcare, see what Obamacare is doing!

Michigan: Flint based McLaren Medical Group eliminating 89 jobs by April. The layoffs will hit medical operations in four cities.

New Jersey:  New York Life Insurance issued two layoff WARNs,  at least 68 jobs gone by the end of April.  In Vineland, Inspira Health Network issued a WARN, 105 jobs lost by mid-April!  CarePoint Health eliminated an undisclosed number of employees at three hospitals in Hudson County. Union reps said 49 nurses at just one hospital were laid off. Another hospital is slashing hours for employees. The union is demanding CarePoint Health release financial data to prove the sudden layoffs and cuts in hours were justified.  Enclara Health issued a WARN for their West Deptford operations, at least 1-hundred jobs lost by May!

New York: New York Life Insurance is shutting down their IT & Finance office in Sleepy Hollow, layoffs will take place between April and December. Administrators indicated they were moving the jobs elsewhere, but didn’t say where.   That Which Cannot Be Named powerless to stop Jewish Home Lifecare from shutting down and selling out to a competitor, 997 jobs lost by the end of May!  TransCare Ambulance service now chapter 7 bankrupt busted. News reports out of The Empire State are confusing as some say TransCare will continue operations, yet other reports say employees have been “locked out”!  Channel 4 interviewed dozens of employees who were told they had 30 days notice before their jobs would end, yet the very next day their job site was shutdown, and company administrators are not allowing employees to collect their personal items in the building and administrators are (so far) refusing to issue final paychecks!

North Carolina:  The MERCI Clinic in New Bern halting free medical services due to running out of grant money, and so far no new donations have come in.  In Jacksonville, after 42 years Crist Clinic for Women shutting down by the end of the month due to “unforeseen circumstances”.

Oklahoma: Non-profit Sayre Memorial Hospital shutdown without warning, due to “continual financial strain” caused by declining Medicare reimbursements, and the crashing-n-burning of the local economy.

Pennsylvania: North Philadelphia Health System shutting down in mid-March, 7-hundred jobs lost!  Pennsylvania University School of Nursing shutting down, 96 jobs lost by the end of March.  Prudential Insurance eliminating 91 jobs in Montgomery County, by the end of April.  In Pittsburgh, cancer treatment center Helomics issued a mass layoff WARN, 125 jobs gone by the beginning of March!

Virginia: Catabwa Hospital shutting down as part of the governor’s plan to shutdown mental health hospitals.  Genworth has halted its life insurance operations and as a result 330 employees will become unemployed!

Washington: Cardinal Health issued a WARN for its Auburn ops, 59 jobs lost by the end of March.

Washington DC: The U.S. Department of Labor reports that ObamaCare (Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act) health insurance costs jumped by at least 4.8% in 2015. That’s faster than the official rate of inflation in 2015.

West Virginia: The Cross Lanes Fruth Pharmacy shutting down by the end of April, 14 jobs lost due to lack of drug sales.

ObamaCare job destruction, January 2016: “This is health care today. This is an ongoing thing.”

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

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Provocator Deux Fois: Peace Prize President launches second ICBM in past week!

26 February 2016 (02:28 UTC-07 Tango 01) 07 Esfand 1394/17 Jumada al-Ula 1437/19 Geng Yin 4714

He won the now proven to be illegitimate Nobel Peace Prize partly due to his official plan to reduce nuclear weapons, now in an obvious act of war mongering provocation Barack Obama has ordered the launch of a second ICBM this week, from Vandenberg AFB in California!

Obama’s own minions admitted so: “That’s exactly why we do this. We and the Russians and the Chinese routinely do test shots to prove that the operational missiles that we have are reliable. And that is a signal … that we are prepared to use nuclear weapons in defense of our country if necessary.”-Robert Work, Deputy  Secretary of Defense

On 22 February 2016, North of Lompoc, California, the U.S. Air Force launched a Minuteman 3 Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM).  However, it was reported as a test of new equipment.  Today’s launch proves it’s actually warmongering by Provocator Deux Fois Obama.

Proven, again: Islamic State uses parts supplied by U.S. & Japan to make their bombs!