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“Effective immediately”: U.S. government shenanigans, August 2017

Incomplete list of U.S. Federal/State/Local Government self-destruct announcements for August 2017:

Hurricane Harvey slamming Texas and Louisiana.  Texas getting record level rain/floods.  According to federal law produce grown on land hit by flooding cannot be sold for human consumption!  

California: Who’s the fascist now you commie pinkos? Leftist pinko bullies introduce a state bill that would make it a crime not to call a transgender person by their chosen pronoun! (whatever happened to “sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me!”?)

Florida:  Tax-sucking Abacus Technology laying off 388 people due to its NASA contract at Kennedy Space Center ending!  Also at Kennedy Space Center, Vencore eliminating 55 jobs between the end of September and Xmas.

Idaho: “Effective immediately” the state Department of Labor Director Ken Edmunds resigned.  It could be the result of a former Labor Department employee suing the department because his personal cell phone was illegally searched! It turns out the former employee was a whistle-blower trying to save taxpayer dollars by revealing the Department of Labor was violating state purchasing laws and wasting government resources (for which he was fired, firing an employee for revealing the truth is a violation of federal law).  However, Right to Work (you over) ‘christian’ gov’na Butch Otter swears his Labor Department director did not resign over the federal lawsuit.    Canyon County reporting a record number of people being detained on ‘involuntary mental health holds’.  They set a record in July of 123 people on metal health holds, at a cost to taxpayers of $153-thousand USD.  Canyon County is now demanding state leaders spend more money building a new crisis center in their county.  So far the state is spending several millions of tax dollars on four crisis centers throughout The Gem State.

Illinois: Semi-Truck maker Navistar shutting down its medium-duty 9/10 liter engine factory in Melrose Park, 170 jobs gone by April 2018!  It’s blamed on emission regulations: “Looking at the financial impact it would take to keep this engine compliant with Environmental Protection Agency standards, it just wasn’t in the cards.”

Louisiana: Oil industry supply company Knight Energy Holdings now chapter 11 bankrupt busted after the CEO and two county policemen were charged with staging a false drug bust in order to frame the CEO’s brother! 

New York:   New ‘green’ packaging maker Evocative Design suddenly laid off 18 people, despite getting a taxpayer funded $9.1-million USD grant from U.S. Defense Department’s DARPA.  Tax-sucking nuclear contractor Lutech Resources suddenly laid off 195 people, due to sudden contract cancellation by Aptim!  Tax-sucking nuclear decontamination company Aptim suddenly laid off 167 people, blaming it on the sudden cancellation of a contract with Exelon Generation Company!   Federaly controlled Brookhaven National Laboratory eliminating 175 jobs by the end of the year, and don’t blame Donald Trump (like some leftist news media are) as the layoffs were being planned before he became president (which means Obama is to blame)!

North Carolina: State taxpayers screwed as industrial hi-tech battery maker Alevo now chapter 11 bankrupt busted and dead, saying “This decision was driven by the formidable challenges of bringing a new technology into commercial production and lacking the financial wherewithal to continue on through repeated manufacturing delays.”  It must be noted the company got $163-thousand taxpayer dollars for the express purpose of training up new employees.  

Pennsylvania:  The Tax Foundation concluded its study on Philadelphia’s so called sugary drink tax (most are made with GMO corn syrup and don’t contain any sugar); the tax now makes soda pop more expensive than beer because the tax is 24 times higher than the beer tax!  Isn’t beer made by fermenting sugars?    The study also revealed that expected tax collections are way below what the Utopianist city leaders expected.  And to add fuel to the anti-tax fire, market research firm Catalina discovered that people in Philadelphia are leaving the city just to buy their favorite soda-pop, so much so that tax revenues are going to come up short of expectations by at least 15%.  Tax-sucking nuclear decontamination company Aptim suddenly laid off almost 3-hundred people!  Tax-sucking nuclear contractor Lutech Resources suddenly laid off 90 people.

South Carolina: Formerly Japan owned (Toshiba) U.S. tax-sucking bankrupt nuclear power plant builder Westinghouse suddenly laid off 850 people! Westinghouse now hit with a lawsuit claiming the tax-sucking company was violating federal labor laws.

Tennessee: Federaly controlled Brookhaven National Laboratory eliminating 350 jobs by the end of the year, and don’t blame Donald Trump (like some leftist news media are) as the layoffs were being planned before he became president (which means Obama is to blame)!

Texas: The city of Amarillo laid off eight Info-Tech employees, and closed a vacant position, in an attempt to save 900-thousand tax dollars.

Washington DC: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) forced by a federal judge to spend taxpayer dollars on mental health exams for illegal immigrants. 

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Government Shenanigans July 2017: “THEY GAVE ME NO REASON FOR CLOSING IT”

ObamaCare ACA Death Spiral, August 2017: “HAS OUTLIVED ITS USEFUL LIFE”

Dumbing Down the U.S. of A., August 2017: “WE MOVED QUICKLY AND QUIETLY.”

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“has outlived its useful life”: ObamaCare ACA death spiral, August 2017

Incomplete list of healthcare related layoffs and shutdowns, announced in August 2017:

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: 500-thousand fewer people enrolled in ObamaCare-ACA than the previous year.  Many people were “automatically re-enrolled” from the previous year.   38% crash in ObamaCare insurance providers for 2018!

National Business Group on Health: In 2018 ObamaCare-ACA mandated employee health insurance will cost more than $14-thousand USD per employee!  The cost will be split 70% paid by employers and 30% by employees.  Insurance companies will reduce benefits to try and keep costs to employers/employees as low as possible, in other words, you’all are gonna pay more for less yet again.

OBAMA LEGACY: OBAMACARE LIE PROVEN BY TREASURY DEPARTMENT AUDIT!

The Protenus Breach Barometer says in the month of July 47% of healthcare data breaches were caused by hacking, a new record.

The world’s biggest pusher of legal drugs, Israeli based Teva, announced plans to exit 45 countries and eliminate 7-thousand jobs! However, Teva admin claim its operations in New Jersey and Pennsylvania will not be affected.

California:  Jackson National Life Insurance shutting down an office in Los Angeles, by November.   DaVita Medical Group issued a layoff WARN for its El Segundo ops, 57 jobs gone by Halloween.  Country Care Health Center issued a shutdown WARN for its Atascadero ops, 50 jobs gone by Halloween.  Worker comp claim manager One Call Care Management shutting down its West Hills location in time for Halloween. Drugs pusher Allergan issued a layoff WARN for its operations in Irvine, 109 jobs gone in time for Halloween!  Peregrine Pharmaceuticals-Avid Bioservices eliminating 60 jobs in Tustin, by October.  SunBridge Carmichael Rehabilitation issued a shutdown WARN for its Carmichael location, 72 jobs gone by Halloween.

Connecticut:  New England Orthotic and Prosthetic Systems now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  Hartford based (but soon to be NYC based) Aetna is reportedly making a deal with Apple to provide Aetna customers with Apple watches.

Florida:  34 years old non-profit nursing home operator Senior Care Group now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  God powerless to stop ‘his’ Holy Cross Hospital from laying off 28 people as part of ObamaCare consolidation operations.  GraceWood Rehabilitation and Nursing Care chapter 11 bankrupt busted due to $3.2-million USD of debts.  Resources for Human Development eliminating 87 jobs by Xmas.

Idaho:  In Nampa, state investigators accusing Southwest Idaho Treatment Center of abusing seven adult residents.  Six employees involved, two directly abusing the patients, the other four knew about it but did nothing to stop it or report it.  They are now unemployed.   The state Department of Insurance made it official and publicly released the now annual proposed ObamaCare-ACA insurance rate increases for 2018.  All ‘plans’ will go up, but the ‘Silver Plan’ will be jacked by a whopping average of 50% (one insurance provider, PacificSource Health, is skyrocketing their Silver rates by 81%)!  Employers are pissed: “There’s one thing if it was increases and the coverage was better.  The problem is……the coverage is getting less, so now I’m paying a lot for a little, and that’s a hard one to swallow.”-Shawn Lund, CFO Steel West

Illinois: Centegra Hospital-Woodstock permanently halting  surgical and intensive care services after losing $30-million USD, 458 jobs are threatened!  Arizona based drugs maker Therapeutics agreed to pay the state of Illinois $4.4-million USD because it wrongly advertised its fentanyl-based cancer treatment painkiller (known as Subsys) for non-cancer uses.   Ireland based medical device maker Medtronic shutting down its Joliet distribution ops, 185 jobs gone by Xmas!  Edward-Elmhurst Health eliminating an undisclosed number of jobs in an effort to reduce costs by $50-million USD.

Indiana:  After 32 years Rathbone Retirement Community shutdown due to lack of paying customers.

Kentucky: Louisville based Humana eliminating 180 ‘At Home’ jobs by Thanksgiving!   It’s the second round of homecare jobs cuts, the first round killed 5-hundred jobs!  Despite blaming the job cuts on a $400-million USD first quarter loss Humana is also advertising that it is looking to hire 2-thousand people across the country.  (interesting that many companies are blaming job cuts on revenue losses, but then claiming to have enough money to be hiring even more people than are being fired)

Maryland: ‘Personalized’ healthcare provider NantHealth eliminating 3-hundred jobs blaming crashing revenues (but is it really because it sold-off its provider and patient messaging software ops to a competitor)!

Massachusetts: Ocular Therapeutix suddenly laid off 26 people when the FDA (Food & Drug Administration) rejected its latest eye care drug.  It’s been revealed that Bostonians were forced to pay $16-million USD in an effort to get insurance giant Aetna to move its HQ to Boston.  It was called Project X and it failed. 

Michigan: Kindred Healthcare shutting down its hospital in Detroit, 145 jobs gone by the end of September because ObamaCare-ACA penalizes people for using long-term hospital care!

Minnesota: Lutz Wing Nursing Home shutting down, basically blaming it on too much competition.

New Mexico: Gila Regional Medical Center suddenly laid off five administrators.  The husband of one of those fired says it’s the result of his demands for an investigation into the hospital’s cancer treatment ops.

Nebraska: Christian founded American Red Cross shutting down its Omaha Call Center, 138 jobs lost due to consolidation operations!

Nevada: Insurance company Anthem pulling out of The Silver State, blaming ObamaCare-ACA for not being able to make a profit. Anthem also pulled out of Wisconsin, Indiana and Ohio.

New Jersey: Drugs maker Bristol-Myers Squibb issued a layoff WARN, 58 people jobless by October due to loss of patent on HIV drug.  Drugs maker Bristol-Myers Squibb eliminating 58 jobs in Lawrence Township.

New York:  God powerless to stop ‘his’ Saint Joseph’s Hospital Health Center from bribing (buyouts) 3-hundred employees to voluntarily quit in order to allow “…St. Joseph’s Health to adjust its operations to fit the future model of health care…”!   It’s been revealed that New Yorkers were forced to spend $24-million USD bribing insurance giant Aetna to move its HQ to The Big Apple.  TLC Health Network shutting down its long-term care and medical/surgical units and eliminating 38 jobs by the holiday of Thanksgiving, due to being forced by ObamaCare to focus on outpatient care only.  Heritage Health and Housing issued a layoff WARN, 101 jobs gone by Halloween due to the loss of state taxpayer funding!

Ohio: Kindred Healthcare shutting down its hospital in Marshfield, 111 jobs gone by the end of September because ObamaCare-ACA penalizes people for using long-term hospital care!  In 2018 Paulding County will be without any ObamaCare-ACA insurance providers, according to Kaiser Family Foundation.

Oregon:  God powerless to stop ‘his’ non-profit Saint Charles Health System from eliminating an undisclosed number of jobs due to a need to cut costs by $6-million USD.  Administrators told local news media that ObamaCare-ACA reimbursements don’t cover the skyrocketing costs of running hospitals.

South Carolina:  Palmetto Health and Greenville Health System are planing to merge to save costs, meaning jobs will be lost.

Texas: Texas Health Resources reported a 23% crash in income during the first half of 2017, a bigger drop than what it saw during the same time in 2016.

Virginia: Insurance company Anthem is getting out of the ObamaCare-ACA business in 2018.  This time, instead of blaming it on lack of profits, the insurer is blaming it on uncertainty as to how the U.S. Congress is going to fund/repeal ObamaCare-ACA.   Riverside Shore Rehabilitation Center shutting down, 128 jobs affected in October because the center “has outlived its useful life”!

Washington:  PeaceHealth outsourcing 30 medical coder positions to a Texas based contractor.  Renton based Providence Health & Services eliminating 210 jobs, blaming it on a costs of operation loss of $255-million USD in 2016 caused by ObamaCare-ACA insurance reimbursements: “There has been a fundamental shift in our industry in that we are providing more care to more patients, but are receiving the same amount of revenue and often less to cover the costs.”-official statement

Washington DC:  Your taxes have been paying for advertising to promote money grubbing ObamaCare insurance providers.  But the new president, Donald Trump, reduced that taxpayer funding by $3-million USD.

ObamaCare (ACA) death spiral July 2017: 250-THOUSAND JOBS KILLED! “REGRETTABLY, THERE IS NO END IN SIGHT”

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Harvey: Texas Militia running on fumes?

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“An army marches on its stomach.”-Napoleon Bonaparte

And a modern army rolls with fuel.

Texas Army National Guard personnel fuels-up a HMMWV at Logistical Staging Area Brenham. Utah Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Scott Wolfe, 09SEP2017.

“In the beginning, this place was pretty hectic. Units were all excited about getting in and getting to work.”-Major Luke Reynard

The Texas National Guard set up a ‘truck stop’ for its units taking part in Harvey rescue/recovery operations.

Utah Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Scott Wolfe, 09SEP2017.

Texas Army National Guard’s Logistical Staging Area Brenham is an hour west of Houston and provides food, cots, toilets and fuel.

“We’ve done a good job here. It’s been a good mission. Now we just need to get our people home safe so we can rest and reset for the next natural disaster.”-First Sergeant George Salazar

Soldiers from E Company, Forward Support Company, 1-158, 11th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, conducted fueling ops for helicopters near Conroe, Texas. U.S. Army Reserve photo by Staff Sergeant Felix R. Fimbres, 30AUG2017.

U.S. Air Force Airmen refuel the tanks on Jack Brooks Regional Airport. The fuel was flown in on a HC-130P Combat King-2. USAF photo by Staff Sgt. Ian Hoachlander, 31AUG2017.

HARVEY: EMERGENCY ANIMAL HOSPITAL!

HARVEY FOOD CRISIS: MARINES DELIVER THE GOODS TO ORANGE!

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Irma: U.S. Border Patrol deploys to British Virgin Islands!

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Video, U.S. Border Patrol rescue on British empire’s Jost Van Dyke island, British Virgin Islands, 07 SEP 2017:

U.S. Border Patrol and Virginia State Urban Search and Rescue Team deploy to U.S. Virgin Islands, 08 SEP 2017

 

 

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Irma: U.S. Virgin Islands rescues!

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U.S. Border Patrol personnel deploying to U.S. Virgin Islands, 10 SEP 2017

Video, U.S. Navy med-evac ops 08/09 SEP 2017:

Video, U.S. Marines deploy from amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge to U.S. Virgin Islands, 09 SEP 2017:

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Irma: Rescue ‘choppers staged for aftermath

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Aviation Training Center Mobile, Alabama, 10 SEP 2017

Video, U.S. Coast Guard helicopters staged at Aviation Training Center Mobile, Alabama, 10 SEP 2017:

Video, U.S. Army Chinooks and Blackhawks staged at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center in Mississippi, 09 SEP 2017:

Other aircraft were sent to Mississippi Air National Guard’s Key Field and the Combat Readiness Training Center – Battlefield Airman Center in Gulfport.

USMC V-22 Ospreys staging at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Belle Chasse, Louisiana, 10 SEP 2017

Video, USCG aircraft from Air Station Clearwater, Florida, sent to Air Station New Orleans, Louisiana, 09 SEP 2017:

IRMA: FLORIDA PREPS, USAF BEGINS SUPPLY FLIGHTS TO PUERTO RICO!

HARVEY, FOOD CRISIS: MARINES DELIVER THE GOODS TO ORANGE!

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Irma: Florida preps, USAF begins supply flights to Puerto Rico!

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USN personnel, some still wearing civies, fill sandbags near Mayport, Florida, 06SEP2017

Video, C-17 Globemaster-3 load-up at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, destination San Juan, Puerto Rico:

Florida National Guard personnel prepping for activation, 07SEP2017

Air Force Reserve combat aircraft in Florida flown to Texas, 06SEP2017

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Fluoride makes bacteria immune to antibiotics!

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“This ensures a robust response to fluoride toxicity over diverse cellular environments. This ensures survival.”-Qi Zhang, University of North Carolina School of Medicine

In July 2017 researchers published their latest findings (An excited state underlies gene regulation of a transcriptional riboswitch) regarding the recently discovered fact (but not publicized by the main stream ‘real-fake’ news media) that fluoride is actually making deadly bacteria stronger: “It turns out that encoding this ‘hidden’ layer of regulation empowers the fluoride riboswitch with an unexpected capability. This fleeting switch can effectively and efficiently execute ligand-dependent switching across a wide range of speeds of RNA polymerase copying DNA into RNA. This ensures a robust response to fluoride toxicity over diverse cellular environments. This ensures survival.”  

“If fluoride builds up to toxic levels for the bacteria in the cell, a fluoride riboswitch grabs the fluoride and then turns on genes that can overcome its effects.”-Ronald Breaker, Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University

It was in 2011 that Yale University scientists, researching how bacteria become immune to antibiotics, revealed that fluoride activated previously unknown RNA switches in the microbes: “Our findings indicate that most organisms are naturally exposed to toxic levels of fluoride and that many species use fluoride-sensing RNAs to control the expression of proteins that alleviate the deleterious effects of this anion.“

Supposedly this discovery was accidental: “Interestingly, fluoride was on this short list of contaminants but none of us thought it was worth testing because we did not know that biology cared much about this ion.”

I say ‘supposedly’ because in 2010 another study (‘accepted’ in 2010, published in 2011) said this about fluoride and microbes: “….NosL tolerated fluorinated L-tryptophan as the substrate, allowing for production of a regiospecifically halogenated thiopeptide that has not been found among the more than 80 members of the naturally occurring thiopeptide family.“-Radical-mediated enzymatic carbon chain fragmentation-recombination

In 2014 researchers from Italy, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Spain published this statement: “…..we show that the Mg2+/F–/phosphate/water cluster at the center of the fluoride riboswitch is stable by its own and, once assembled, does not rely on any additional factor from the overall RNA fold………..the cluster in the binding pocket of fluoride-inhibited pyrophosphatase suggest that the peculiarity of fluoride is in its ability to establish much stronger metal-halide bonds.”

Despite this latest research showing a strong connection between fluoride and antibiotic resistance bacteria, many cities in the United States recently decided to continue adding the mind destroying nuclear industry by-product to their water supply.

FLUORIDE WARS: STUDIES SHOW YOUR PETS ARE BEING POISONED BY FLUORIDATED WATER & GRAPES!