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“Of all the money we spend on education, less than 32% goes to teachers.”: Dumbing Down the U.S. of A., July 2017

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.

United Kingdom news media revealed that Google “…paid millions of dollars to academics at British and American universities for research that it hoped would sway public opinion and influence policy in favour of the tech giant.”

Incomplete list of publicly announced education related layoffs & school shutdowns, July 2017:

After five years Kaplan owned software coding school Dev Bootcamp shutting down all six U.S. campuses: “Despite tremendous efforts from a lot of talented people, we’ve determined that we simply cannot reach a sustainable business model without compromising our mission of delivering a high-quality coding education that remains accessible to a diverse population of students.”

California: Charter school Options for Youth-Victorville shutting down Fontana and Ontario operations, 108 jobs gone by September! Durham School Services issued a layoff WARN for its operations in Hayward, 92 jobs lost by the end of September. Privately run National University admitting that people are radically different by proposing a new form of education; Precision Education.   National University is so sure of themselves they’re spending $20-million USD on the project, which will tailor general education classes based on a students situational differences.  The sexist women’s only Mills College (they actually have a statue called Power of Women) laid off at least five instructors, due to crashing revenues due to refusing to take in male students.  It’s one of 36 U.S. colleges that refuse to allow men as students.  A survey in June showed the overwhelming majority of faculty at Mills College wanted to allow male students!

Florida:  University of Florida just got a $10-million U.S. federal taxpayer funded grant to experiment with the concept of Precision Education.

Illinois: The Chicago Tribune declared “The politics of education funding in Illinois is truly deranged”   In a No-Shit Sherlock! moment, peer-reviewed journal Child Development published a study that concluded that lying to kids about America being a fair country causes them to become violent when they find out the truth.  Chicago teacher Xian Franzinger Barrett agreed saying “Students who are told that things are fair implode pretty quickly in middle school as self-doubt hits them, and they begin to blame themselves for problems they can’t control.”

Kentucky: God powerless to stop ‘his’ Nativity Montessori School from shutting down due to The Rapture, I mean crashing enrollments.

Louisiana: Loyola University eliminated 60 jobs despite a 33% increase in enrollment deposits.

Massachusetts: Blame Obama. It was revealed that between 2011 and 2016 that at least 3-thousand-562 state early education programs were shutdown.  

Mississippi: University of Southern Mississippi laid off four people and eliminated 33 vacant positions due to a reduction in taxpayer funding.

New York: SUNY Polytechnic Institute suddenly laid off 38 people, apparently in an effort to reduce costs by $10-million USD per year.

Ohio:  Columbus based taxpayer funded online Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow eliminating 250 jobs due to crashing enrollments and being caught overcharging customers by a total of $60-million USD!

Oklahoma: Comanche Nation College shutdown by tribal leaders who refused to continue funding it.

Texas:   Good or bad news?  Lee College Huntsville prison center graduated the largest prison class in its 51 years history, more than 180 prisoners!  It’s either a testament to the education program, or a revelation as to how many people are sent to Texas prisons.  Texas Education Agency laid off 39 people basically saying the positions were redundant.  Republican lieutenant governor Dan Patrick revealed “Of all the money we spend on education, less than 32% goes to teachers.”  The reality is that most of your taxes go to those tax-sucking school administrative bodies.

Washington DC:   A Pew Research Center survey showed 58% of republicans now blame higher education for the current state of the Union.  This is a big swing from 2010 when 55% of republicans favored higher education.  American Federation of Teachers (AFT) president Randi Weingarten stated “This use of privatization, coupled with disinvestment are only slightly more polite cousins of segregation.”   In the name of desegregation the AFT wants to force people to send their children to specific schools, violating a fundamental concept of the United States; freedom of choice.

West Virginia: West Virginia Business College suddenly shutdown saying “It is not financially possible to remain open for the July quarter” due to what I call Disappearing Students Syndrome.

theguardian: Why there’s no such thing as a gifted child

Dumbing Down June 2017: “…YOU HAVE A STORM WARNING.”

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Sumerian Lament: Trump vs Truman

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“If Heaven and Earth by cycles within cycles regulated, what had happened will again occur? Is the Past-the Future?”-Lament and warning from Enki the last ‘god’ on Earth, Lost Book of Enki, 14th Tablet

“If they do not now accept our terms they may expect a rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this earth.”-Harry Truman, President United States 06 August 1945

“They will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen.”-Donald Trump, President United States  08 August 2017

In 1945 President Truman made his threat after the first atomic bomb was dropped.  Is President Trump about to go ‘ballistic’?

SUMERIAN LAMENT: SAINT ANDREWS PATRON OF CONFEDERATE STATES, PATRON OF NEW RUSSIA!

ALLERGIES: PROOF THE ZODIAC DIRECTLY AFFECTS YOUR LIFE! THE SUMERIANS WERE RIGHT?

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“They gave me no reason for closing it”: U.S. government shenanigans, July 2017

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

Alabama: Finally! Gov’na Kay Ivey banned the appointing of registered lobbyists to serve on state boards and commissions.  It was revealed that more than 1-hundred money grubbing lobbyists are directly controlling taxpayer funded boards and commissions.

California:  In overrated and corrupt Santa Barbara, after 33 years East Beach Grill shutdown by the greedy landlord (which is the Santa Barbara Parks and Recreation Department).  Santa Barbara leaders want to spend $16-million tax dollars renovating the area into a giant waterfront park!  The restaurant owner told local news media that the city said he could re-open once the new park was built, but only if he paid at least double the rent.  San Diego Superior Court warned of mass layoffs due to the loss of $6-million USD of taxpayer funding.  Reportedly 60 employees volunteered to accept bribes to quit (buyouts).   In San Diego, British empire based U.S. tax-sucking BAE Systems eliminating more than 3-hundred jobs in September, due to the U.S. Navy changing the way it hires contractors!

Idaho: A freedom of information request by Times-News-magicvalley.com revealed that U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) is considering Jerome as the site of a new taxpayer funded immigrant prison!   It’s the result of ICE loosing access to a 3-hundred bed prison in Utah.  ICE is hoping to use the existing Jerome County Detention Center, and expand it by 60 beds.  The Times-News estimated it would cost U.S. taxpayers $1.4-million USD per year to operate an immigrant prison in Idaho.  Another newspaper, Spokesman-Review, reported that hundreds of Idahoans are protesting the plans for an immigrant prison in their back yard.

Illinois: Cook County Public Defender’s Office eliminating 68 jobs, most are attorneys meant to represent the individuals charged with crimes.  It’s being blamed on the new soda pop tax which is in limbo after being challenged in court, apparently the county was hoping to use the soda tax to fund public defender operations.  The challenged soda tax is also being blamed for the sudden layoff of 3-hundred county employees!  Supposedly ‘elected’ county officials also sent out 1-thousand-1-hundred layoff notices!  You know a county is in trouble when it’s relying on the creation of new tax to save its sorry ass!  Cook County’s soda tax is one cent for every ounce of so called sweetened drink.  The U.S. Department of Agriculture is challenging the tax because it violates SNAP rules. Chicago, located within Cook County, also has a soda tax.  Coupled with the county tax ‘sugary’ drinks in Chicago will become the most expensive in the U.S.  Metro East Sanitary District suddenly laid off 20 people, possibly due to a $2.6-million USD loss in 2016.

Maine: PROOF STATE GOVERNMENTS SUPPORT IMMIGRATION TO MAKE YOU UNEMPLOYED!

Michigan: In Troy, tax-sucking Lockheed Martin-Sikorsky laying off 160 people as production of U.S. Navy Seahawk helicopters comes to an end!  However, I discovered that Lockheed Martin-Sikorsky is ramping up production of Blackhawk ‘copters after getting $5-billion USD in orders.

New Jersey:  In Watchung after 22 years, and despite posting a month worth of events for July, iconic Colorado Cafe suddenly announced a shutdown.  It’s being blamed on city leaders who needed the property to expand a quarry (rock mine).  After a state government shutdown, including public beaches, gov’na Chris Christie was seen enjoying a day at the beach. The state legislature responded by banning all future governors from the beach during government shutdowns! 

New Mexico:  Good news or bad news? The Torrance County Detention Facility shutting down due to lack of prisoners, 203 jobs gone by September!

New York: The evil left-wing Empire State forcing 70 years old Angel’s Inn Adult Home to shutdown, vaguely saying the retirement home was violating new regulations, the owner Mary Allen says the state never clarified what those new rules are “They gave me no reason for closing it. Other homes were closing. I didn’t have an administrator at one time, but I got an administrator.”  Local news media said the greedy state responded to their questions by saying the issues could be resolved with money!  On top of that, if the retirement home doesn’t shutdown by October then the owner will be hit with fines.

Oklahoma: The city of Pryor warned all employees of layoffs, blaming crashing sales tax collections.  City leaders want cash strapped taxpayers to approve a new sales tax increase.

Pennsylvania: Lancaster County SPCA suddenly went bust due to lack of funding, local municipalities (taxpayers) will now have to come up with a new system for handling stray animals.

Tennessee: Taxpayers are about to become the de-facto owners of a vacant Kmart property near Antioch.  Nashville Mayor Megan Barry wants to spend $7.45-million tax dollars to use the former Kmart as a new Metro Police command center. 

Texas: Tax-sucking Prison contractor CoreCivic issued a layoff WARN for more than 5-hundred employees after losing a Department of Criminal Justice contract!

Puerto Rico: Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority bankrupt busted with $9-billion in debt.

Washington DC: The Department of Veterans Affairs has eliminated 5-hundred jobs since January!

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Government Shenanigans June 2017: “AMERICA’S MOST MESSED-UP STATE”

ObamaCare ACA Death Spiral, July 2017: 250-THOUSAND JOBS KILLED! “REGRETTABLY, THERE IS NO END IN SIGHT”

Dumbing Down the U.S. of A., July 2017:

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“we are closing……we have no choice”: U.S. food crisis, July 2017

Incomplete list of announced United States food supply shutdowns for the month of July, 2017: 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.

Arizona: In Phoenix,  after more than ten years Ticoz Latin Kitchen shutdown, the owners saying “…we are actively seeking a new home!”  In Tucson, after 44 years restaurant Delectables suddenly shutdown due to being sold-off to a competitor.

California: Turn of the 20th Century themed Farrell’s Ice Cream suddenly shutdown its Riverside restaurant, 75 jobs lost due to not being able to make a profit despite being popular!  At one time there were dozens of Farrell’s spread from Oregon to California, now apparently there are only two.  In Los Angeles, after nine years bistro Church & State now chapter 11 bankrupt busted, blaming it on the cost of settling labor violation charges.  San Francisco based Juicero finally realized nobody wants to pay 4-hundred-bucks for a juicer (even if it is ‘hi-tech’) so Juicero is cutting the price and 25% of its staff. In overrated and corrupt Santa Barbara, after 33 years East Beach Grill shutdown by the greedy landlord (which is the Santa Barbara Parks and Recreation Department).  Santa Barbara leaders want to spend $16-million tax dollars renovating the area into a giant waterfront park!  The restaurant owner told local news media that the city said he could re-open once the new park was built, but only if he paid at least double the rent.  In San Francisco, Buca Restaurants 2 shutting down mid September, 72 jobs lost. In Laguana Hills, Kings Fish House claims they’re temporarily shutting down, but 92 jobs will be lost by mid-September.  LoBue Bros-LoBrue Citrus issued a shutdown WARN for its Lindsay operations, 98 jobs gone by mid-September.  PSSI-Foster Poultry Farms issued a shutdown WARN for its Livingston ops, 158 jobs gone by August!  In Oxnard, Hidden Valley Berries suddenly shutdown, 42 jobs lost.

Connecticut:  In West Hartford, Besito announced “After nearly a decade and with a heavy heart, we are sad to announce that we were unable to re-negotiate our lease at Blue Back Square and are closing our doors….” 

Florida: Jacksonville booze joint The Volstead shutting down in August, just short of four years of old prohibition style drinking, due to the owners moving elsewhere.  S-L Snacks issued a WARN for its Perry snack factory, 101 jobs gone by the end of the year!  North Carolina based snack maker Snyder’s-Lance will shutdown a factory in Perry by the end of September.

Hawaii:  After 18 years The Pineapple Room shutdown saying “The dining landscape has changed, and we’ve amicably decided with Macy’s to move on…..” 

Idaho: U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service reported that Gem State winter wheat and hay harvests are nearly a month early, due to climate change.

Illinois: Decatur based agricultural giant Archer Daniels Midland warned of an undisclosed number of layoffs as part of its plan to make a more “streamlined organization”.  In Champaign, Minecci’s Ristorante suddenly shutdown blaming the greedy landlord.  In Chicago, after 22 years restaurant Jane’s suddenly shutdown.  Ultra Foods issued a shutdown WARN for its store in Kankakee, 92 jobs gone by mid-September.  Food service contractor Aramark issued a shutdown WARN for its Waukegan ops, 117 jobs gone due to loss of contract!

Indiana:  Ultra Foods shutdown its 36 years old flagship store in Highland, 139 jobs gone!  It’s due to parent company Central Grocers going bankrupt.  Local news media reported that Central Grocers has so far eliminated more than 2-thousand jobs since May!

Kentucky: After only three years Dickey’s Barbecue Pit suddenly shutdown two restaurants in Louisville, the franchise owner blames it on the corporate business model saying it prevents the franchise holder from making any money.  It was also revealed that 69 Dickey’s Barbecue Pits have shutdown since January.  Mexico based Bimbo Bakeries shutting down its factory in Owensboro, 125 jobs lost due to consolidation of production!  In Elsemere, after 90 years of ice making Dusing Brothers shutdown and being sold-off so the owners can retire.

Louisiana:  In Houma, after 35 years the Lunch Basket shutdown, the owner saying “…you just get tired of fighting it. And that’s what I did, just decided to hang it.”

Maryland:   Donald Trump hating, Seventh Day Adventist founded Kellogg Company (Kellogg’s) shutdown its Hagerstown distribution center, 76 jobs gone.  

Michigan: In Grand Rapids, after decades Duthler’s Family Foods shutting down in August.  Despite employees saying “…we get treated really badly here….We get called names; racial slurs….” (no indication if that was by customers or corporation) the actual reason for the shutdown is a greedy landlord.  In Kalamazoo, without warning Old Country Buffet suddenly shutdown, financially struggling parent company Ovation Brands gave no reason.  42 years old Boskydel Vineyard announced “Effective Jan. 1, 2018, we will cease winery and tasting room operations……leasing options are available for anyone interested.”

Minnesota: In Granite Falls, after 38 years Willies Korner Store shutting down in August.

Mississippi: Save-A-Lot suddenly shutdown its Jackson store on Hanging Moss Road, blaming $1-million USD in needed repairs to the building.

Missouri:  In Saint Louis, after 31 years the owner of Johnny’s Restaurant and Bar sold-out to a big-box eatery.  Food distributor Troverco now chapter 7 bankrupt busted affecting convenience stores in 22 states and at least 130 jobs! In Chesterfield, pumpkin patch Rombach’s Farm announced on Facebook “Due to circumstances beyond our control, we are closing……we have no choice. We have to close this year.”

Maryland Heights based grocery chain Schnucks unveiled its latest employee, a robot that doesn’t get paid.   The robot is named Tally and, according to local news reports, will be used to render up to 1-thousand employees jobless!

Nebraska: In Lincoln, after 18 years boozery Doc’s Place shutdown by the greedy landlord.

New Jersey:  Manischewitz shutting down a factory in Newark saying it’s “a challenging time in the retail and grocery business”, 169 jobs gone!  In Watchung after 22 years, and despite posting a month worth of events for July, iconic Colorado Cafe suddenly announced a shutdown.  It’s being blamed on city leaders who needed the property to expand a quarry (rock mine).

New York: In Oneonta, “Since 1972” Joe Ruffino’s Pizzeria and Restaurant suddenly shutdown, the depressed owner saying he’s tired of the “daily grind” and “no one is in the bullpen ready to relieve me.”  In Queensbury, after 30 years Carl R’s Cafe suddenly shutdown, employees were told not to talk to local news media.  Price Chopper shutdown its relatively new store on Cooper Street in Glenn Falls.  Administrators claim the store was losing money but a local politician told news media the store “always seems busy.”  A shutdown WARN issued by Restaurant Associates-Ogilvy & Mather, 23 NYC jobs gone by the end of September.  In New York Mills, meat packer Delft Blue issued a shutdown WARN, 83 jobs gone by the end of October.

North Carolina:  In Elizabeth City, after 93 years The Colonial Restaurant shutdown due to “demographics” causing “a constant pattern of reduced business”.  Charlotte based salty snack maker Snyder’s-Lance suddenly eliminated 250 jobs!   Harris Teeter shutting down a grocery store in Cary and in Greensboro, more than 1-hundred jobs gone in September!

North Dakota: In Fargo, after more than 30 years of burgers Ground Round shutdown with no explanation from the parent company.

Ohio: In Beachwood, after 12 years the owners of Maggiano’s Little Italy decided not to renew the lease, shutting down by the end of September.  Kroger shutting down its 14 years old grocery store and gas station in the Southland Shopping Center, due to lack of profits, 115 jobs gone by mid-August.

Oklahoma: In Norman, Cookies-n-Cards bakery shutting down by the end of August due to the owner’s health problems.

Oregon:  NORPAC Foods shutting down its Salem ops, at least 2-hundred jobs lost by the end of August!

Pennsylvania: Iconic 70 years old hot dog joint John’s Doggie Shop shutdown, the owners say they need time off, and time to find a new location.

Rhode Island: Restaurant FiRE+iCE Interactive Grill & Bar suddenly shutdown, no explanation.

Tennessee: Donald Trump hating, Seventh Day Adventist founded Kellogg Company (Kellogg’s) shutting down its Rossville Eggo waffle factory, 117 jobs (some reports say 155 jobs) gone between September and December!  In Chattanooga, after 28 years Porkers Bar-B-Que suddenly shutdown, the owners hope to continue with a catering business.  In Nashville, after almost eight years Holland House Bar and Refuge shutdown due to “over a year of fruitless lease renewal negotiations”.

Texas: In Houston, after less than a year Nao Ramen House suddenly shutdown, local news media reported it had bad reviews.  Without warning Fired Up Holding Company-Ruby Tequilas shutdown four locations in Amarillo and Lubbock, social-media posts showed notices from debt collectors on the door of one of the restaurants.   After 48 years Frenchy’s Chicken shutting down four restaurants across the Houston area, because “…we recently chose to terminate our agreement with a non-compliant franchisee.”  In Longview, after 99 years Kerns Bakery suddenly shutdown, selling everything off, after failing to find a buyer willing to continue the operation the frustrated owners blamed god: “God has closed door after door for us to move and expand the bakery.  Due to this we believe that He is pointing our family down a new path in life.” 

Virginia: In Vinton, Super Dollar Discount Foods shutting down at the beginning of August, local news media reported that the store manager would say only that there were multiple reasons for the shutdown.  In Norfolk, after 15 years Five Points Community Farm Market suddenly shutdown due to lack of local support (including money).  Martin’s Food & Drugstore suddenly shutdown four grocery stores, hundreds of jobs lost!  Two other Martin’s were sold to a competitor.

Washington: Seattle based Starbucks shutting down all 379 Teavana locations because “underperformance was likely to continue.”  Starbucks spent $620-million USD taking over Teavana in 2012.

Wisconsin: After claiming it would expand, Black Bear Bottling suddenly broke and is in ‘receivership’, 76 jobs gone (interesting that up ’till now the company officially claimed it had only 67 employees).

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

U.S. Food Crisis, June 2017: “EVERY MONTH IT’S LOWER AND LOWER.”

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Smoke ’em if you got ’em!: Pocatello Airport Fire Bombers are Back!

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The sky around eastern Idaho is socked in with smoke as the 2017-18 wildfire season roars up (I don’t think I’ve ever seen it so smokey around here, and I’ve been here 20 years).  The water bombing aircraft based at Pocatello Airport were busy during daylight; non-stop landings, reloading, take-offs, for hours on-end until dark.

Photos by AAron B. Hutchins. Click pics to make bigger:

April 2017: MAFFS BOMBS IDAHO!

At the end of  2016 U.S. Forest Service and the Department of Defense warning: WILDFIRE SEASON 2018 GOING TO BE A HOT ONE!

BOISE FIRE UPDATE: CHUBBUCK ALLSTATE ALREADY HIT WITH FIRE CLAIMS!

U.S. WILDFIRES 2016: DC-10 POCATELLO AIRPORT

2015: IDAHO WILDFIRES KILL WOMAN

IDAHO’S 13+ YEARS OF DROUGHT ADD UP TO BIG ASS WILDFIRE SEASON FOR 2014!  (didn’t happen)

2013: POCATELLO, IDAHO, CHARLOTTE FIRE 2?

POCATELLO AIRPORT, 2012 IDAHO WILDFIRES: CANADAIR CL 215

IDAHO WILDFIRE UPDATE, 20 SEPTEMBER 2012: ANOTHER SMOKEY DAY, STILL LEADING THE NATION WITH MOST FIRES

IDAHO WILDFIRES, POCATELLO TANKER BASE: 13 SEPTEMBER 2012, SIKORSKY & USMC IN TOWN

EAST IDAHO WILDFIRE 2012: BUSY 30 MINUTES AT POCATELLO AIRPORT, AS FIRE FIGHTING AIRCRAFT FLY INTO ACTION

POCATELLO CHARLOTTE FIRE UPDATE: 100% CONTAINED, FIREWORKS FOR 4TH OF JULY, SEED FOR REBUILDING COMMUNITY!

June 2012: POCATELLO BURNING! EVACUATIONS!

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Obama Legacy: ObamaCare Lie proven by government audit!

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“Many of the nearly 7.5 million taxpayers who receive letters and seek insurance may feel misled if the actual cost of their insurance is much higher than the $75 per month detailed in their notification letter.”-U.S. Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration

An audit by the U.S. Department of the Treasury revealed that under the regime of Barack Obama the IRS (Internal Revenue Service) lied about how much ObamaCare-ACA (Affordable Care Act) mandated health insurance would actually cost in monthly premiums (for the those people who didn’t qualify for free ObamaCare).  The actual cost was actually more than twice the promised amount.

The outright lie by the Obama led IRS was to trick people into supporting ObamaCare-ACA, according to the audit: “This audit was initiated to assess the IRS’s processes for identifying and notifying individuals who file an income tax return and do not have the required Minimum Essential Coverage under the Affordable Care Act…….

…..review identified that the IRS did not issue the required notification letters……..IRS management delayed its planning to implement Section 1502(c)…..

……analysis of 5.4 million taxpayers who enrolled in health coverage through an Exchange in Calendar Year 2015 identified that the cost, after financial assistance, for 3.4 million (63 percent) taxpayers exceeded the $75 a month cited in the letters mailed to taxpayers. The average cost to taxpayers was $168 a month after financial assistance.”-  Affordable Care Act: Implementation of the Notification Requirement for Individual Filers Not Enrolled in Health Insurance 

The report was released on 03 AUG 2017.

OBAMACARE ACA DEATH SPIRAL, JULY 2017: 250-THOUSAND JOBS KILLED! “REGRETTABLY, THERE IS NO END IN SIGHT”

OBAMA LEGACY: ILLINOIS NOW AN “EXCEPTIONAL” FAILED STATE, ILLINOIS COMPTROLLER BLAMES OBAMACARE!

OBAMA LEGACY: WHO’S THE BIGGEST DRUG PUSHER? OBAMA!

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“America’s most messed-up state”: U.S. government shenanigans, June 2017

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

Alabama:  Taxpayers in the city of Oxford could become the new owners of the vacant Sears store in the Quintard Mall.  It was revealed that the Oxford city council already approved the purchase of the dead Sears, and then in anticipation of competition passed a new law restricting the number of yard sales cash strapped taxpaying residents can have (and requiring a yard sale permit)!

California:  In La Mesa, the Sun Valley Golf Course in the taxpayer owned MacArthur Park shutting down due to losing money since 2011, the city plans to revert the golf course to park space with jogging trails.  Riverside County laying off 32 people due to crashing code enforcement revenues.  The county lost a code enforcement contract with the city of Perris, which accounted for $1-million of the $3-million USD drop in collections of fines.  What this proves is that local governments rely heavily on having police write you a ticket!  Please note that some synonyms to the word ‘enforcement’ are ‘intimidation’ and ‘coercion’, meaning the practice of persuading someone to do something by using force or threats.  When the ‘Mafia’ does it its called ‘extortion’ and is considered a crime.

Georgia: Georgia Power announced it will shutdown all remaining 27 offices by the end of the year.  Tax-sucker General Dynamics shutting down operations at the Land War Net School in Fort Gordon, 122 jobs lost due to loss of contract!

Illinois:  Associated Press reporting that Sears Holdings will eliminate 4-hundred corporate level jobs!  Lampert’s goons swear these are not new job cuts, but cuts planned for last year.  Local news media reminded local taxpayers about the massive 2011 tax break deal ‘lawmakers’ gave Sears Holdings in order to prevent layoffs. CNN-Money declared Illinois to be “America’s most messed-up state”.

Minnesota:  Taxpayers in Minneapolis are about to become the new owners of an active Kmart location, but it’s more complicated than you think.  After several years and $8-million tax dollars already spent on the Nicollet Avenue South at Lake Street project the city has decided that the only way they can create a true intersection is to force Kmart to move, and the only way they can do that is to buy the property the Kmart sits on.  At this point nobody knows where the Kmart would move to (don’t be surprised if it’s shutdown).

New Jersey: The local economy is so bad that politicians want to legalize gambling on sports, and the federal Supreme Court is willing to pass judgement.  However, the biggest opponent to sports betting is organized sports.

New York:   Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority canceled its contract with Command Security, 34 jobs suddenly lost. American Racing and Entertainment shutting down its Vernon Downs due to lack of state level tax relief for the supposedly money losing casino: “We are hopeful that at the end of the day the Assembly will join the Senate in passing legislation that will help Vernon Downs keep its doors open. However, every day that we remain open, we simply lose more money and are forced to begin the process of closing Vernon Downs…  …we employ hundreds of local workers, we provide millions of dollars in taxes to the local community….”

North Carolina: 58 years old North Merck Volunteer Rescue Squad suddenly shutdown due to lack of taxpayer funding.  Tax collections are so low that ‘elected’ officials had to decide between the Rescue Squad or the Fire Department.

Ohio:  Sears finally shutting down its Westland Mall location, Columbus news media reported that the Westland Mall officially died in 2012 and that Sears was holding up redevelopment plans, revealing that by doing so Sears Holdings was forcing the mall owner to payout an estimated $400-thousand USD per year in property taxes on a vacant mall.  

Oregon: SureID updated its mass layoff WARN saying as many as 297 people will lose their jobs due to the company losing a tax-sucking U.S. Navy contract!

Pennsylvania: Prison contractor Aramark Correctional Services eliminated 127 jobs due to loss of contract with the city of Philadelphia!

Puerto Rico:  Residents of the U.S. territory voted to become the 51st State of the Union (97% in favor), although voter turnout was reported to be very low (only 23% of voters voted).  The bad local economy is a primary motivator for statehood: “I voted for statehood. Even if it’s still a long way off in the distance, it’s our only hope.”-Armando Abreu

Virginia:  In Norfolk, local news media reported that the British empire based U.S. tax-sucker BAE Systems layoffs killed more than the 3-hundred jobs officially reported, when you total the number of sub-contractor layoffs caused by BAE it’s actually about 1-thousand people who lost their jobs! 

Washington DC: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants to get rid of 1-thousand-2-hundred employees by September!

Wisconsin:  Local taxpayers forced to spend money on the now vacant Sears Auto Center in Brookfield.  The Brookfield Common Council wants to spend $76-thousand-664-USD to find out if it’s worth it to build a conference center and hotel on the property

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Government Shenanigans May 2017: OPERATION DARK STORE SHIFTS TAX BURDEN TO CASH STRAPPED INDIVIDUALS!

ObamaCare ACA Death Spiral, June 2017: “IT IS ALREADY TOO LATE”

Dumbing Down the U.S. of A., June 2017: “…YOU HAVE A STORM WARNING.”

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“every month it’s lower and lower.”: U.S. food crisis, June 2017

Incomplete list of announced United States food supply shutdowns for the month of June, 2017: 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 Maylene, after 27 years Fox Valley Restaurant shutdown with the owner saying “I’m ready to do something else.”

Arizona: Red Robin shutting down its 30 years old Tucson Mall burger joint, saying it wasn’t worth it to renew the lease.  BZ’s Pizza Company shutdown blaming Tucson’s declining economy: “… we lost about $20-thousand in revenues per month right off the bat after Safeway closed. And then every month it’s lower and lower.”-Mike Sorell, co-owner

California: In Glendale, Switzerland based chocolatier Nestlé issued a shutdown WARN, 565 jobs lost in August!  Chocolatier and pet-food maker Mars Foods issued a shutdown WARN for its ops in Rancho Dominguez, 63 jobs lost by the end of August.   ‘Organic’ Suzie’s Farm shutdown its eight years old San Diego operations due to losing “five figures a week.”  In Redding, after 42 years Angelo’s Pizza Parlor shutdown with only three days notice, the snobby-paranoid owner blamed it on an increase in homeless people hanging around!   Donald Trump hating, Seventh Day Adventist founded Kellogg Company (Kellogg’s) shutting down its sales office in Roseville, 230 jobs gone by August!  In Arcata, after 52 years popular V&N Burger Bar being sold-off, the owner moving to Oregon.  Italy based food service contractor HMSHost issued a shutdown WARN for operations in Los Angeles, 82 jobs lost by mid-August.  A&R Wholesale Distributors shutting down its food distribution ops in Anaheim, 106 jobs gone by August!  In San Francisco, Absinthe Brasserie & Bar eliminating 83 jobs due to a temporary shutdown.  In San Jose the oldest restaurant in town, Wing’s Chinese, shutting down after 92 years “…due to our inability to generate sufficient business profits to sign a new lease with tremendously high rent per month.” 

Connecticut: Shop Rite shutting down its West Haven grocery store, 148 employees unemployed by the end of July!  The unionized employees said they were not involved with the decision to shut it down.  France based foodservice contractor Sodexo suddenly halted operations in Shelton, 54 jobs gone.

Florida: In Winter Spring, after two years Bavaro’s Napoletana & Pastaria shutdown due to the landlord/property owner selling the property.  In Miami, after 17 years upscale “fine dining” Azul shutdown due to increased competition.  France based food service contractor Sodexo eliminating 65 jobs by the end of July.  In Gainesville, Morrison Healthcare eliminating 45 food service jobs by the end of August.  In Palm Beach, after nine years Nick & Johnnie’s shutdown due to property developers.  In Jacksonville, Cozy Tea suddenly shutdown “due to a massive rent hike.”  Kosta’s Pizza Italian shutdown after 41 years, due to family health problems.  In Lake Buena Vista, Levy Restaurants eliminating 193 jobs in August!  Square 1 Burgers now chapter 11 bankrupt busted blaming market saturation (skyrocketing competition).

Illinois: Walmart’s Sam’s Club issued a shutdown WARN for its Woodridge location, 158 jobs lost by the end of September! Schuette’s Market shutting down its store in Highland, due to the sale of the building.   Peerless Potato Chips shutting down after 89 years of snacking goodness. Despite surviving The Great Depression the owners say they can’t survive this so called recovery: “We can no longer pay our suppliers so can no longer produce. The Central Grocer’s bankruptcy was the straw that broke the camel’s back.”

Indiana:  Little Creek Winery shutdown due to the owners’ ongoing health problems.  26 Marsh Supermarkets are now under new ownership, the remaining 18 unsold Marsh Supermarkets/O’Malia’s Food Market stores now being shutdown. 

Kansas: Akin’s Natural Foods suddenly shutdown its 20 years old store in Topeka, blaming crashing sales caused by increasing competition.

Kentucky: Zeggz Amazing Eggs suddenly shutdown its full-service Louisville restaurant as part of its plan to shift focus on smaller ‘quickie’ joints.  Texas Roadhouse shutting down one of its restaurants in Louisville, it suddenly is listed as “for lease”, local news media say no reason has been given.

Louisiana: Planters Rice Mill suddenly laid off 26 people blaming declining sales and declining supply of ‘rough’ rice.

Maryland:  Kilted Kilt Pub & Eatery shutdown its Westfield Annapolis Mall location after being sued by just about everybody for unpaid debts/rents/utilities, etc.  Famous Dave’s Bar-B-Que suddenly shutdown its Annapolis Restaurant Park location as part of the company’s plan to address crashing sales nationwide.  In Bel Air, Stone’s Cove Kitbar suddenly shutdown after only one year, due to the parent company going chapter 7 bankrupt dead!  After going bankrupt twice in two years restaurant Langermann’s finally died.

Massachusetts:  Boston based Sunset Partners (Sunset Grill, Sunset Cantina) now chapter 11 bankrupt busted, restaurants could be seized by government for failure to pay taxes. In West Springfield, after 83 years restaurant Monte Carlo shutdown so the owners could retire.

Mississippi: In Jackson, Save-A-Lot shutdown a grocery store on Nakoma Drive in order “to operate more efficiently in a competitive retail environment.”

Montana: In Great Falls, restaurant Umami suddenly shutdown, the owners gave no reason but said “after many sleepless nights and a very tough decision we have decided to close Umami for good.”

New Hampshire: After 76 years convenience store/take-out restaurant Hill Village Store being sold-off due to crashing sales.

New Jersey: In Atlantic City, after 159 years Chelsea Pub & Inn suddenly shutdown, with no warning for the employees, it’s being vaguely blamed on “difficult circumstances.”   Donald Trump hating, Seventh Day Adventist founded Kellogg Company (Kellogg’s) shutting down operations in Cranbury, 316 jobs gone by the end of July!  In Voorhees, foodservice company Compass Group-FLIK eliminating 101 jobs by mid-August!

New York: In Troy, popular The Flying Chicken shutdown after five years due to the greedy landlord.  Staten Island-NYC based ‘soup nazi’ Soupman restaurant chain chapter 11 bankrupt busted after the company’s CFO was charged with tax fraud. In Brooklyn-NYC, after three years ice cream shop Brooklyn Bell’s shutdown, the owners are “moving on”.  Elitist Elmwood Country Club being sold-off, 76 jobs lost by the end of September.

North Carolina:  In Charlotte, after 14 years Blue Restaurant suddenly shutdown after being suddenly sold-off.  No reason for the sale was given.

Pennsylvania: Ahart’s Market announced it will shutdown Phillipsburg’s only ‘full size’ grocery store at the end of July, 33 jobs lost due to long-term dispute with the greedy landlord.  In Bryn Mawr, after 40 years Erin Pub shutting down, and Maloney’s Pub also shutting down.  The owners of Maloney’s blamed “….certain circumstances and certain groups have created a situation that has made remaining open increasingly difficult.”  Booze distributor W & L Sales issued a shutdown WARN for its Harrisburg ops, 104 jobs gone by August!  In Ardmore, Barbacoa shutdown without warning after five years of BBQ, the owners saying only “We are going to take a little break…”.  After only five years Lancaster based Earth Pride Organics now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  After 32 years upscale eatery Rembrandt’s shutting down due to being sold-off.  In Philadelphia, after 51 years Jacks Deli shutdown due to crashing sales, co-owner Eddie Mutchnick said in its heyday Jacks Deli had “Lines out the door constantly, it was a never-ending situation and it was a beautiful situation.”  Walmart’s Sam’s Club issued a shutdown WARN for its Exton location, 126 jobs lost by the end of September!  Illinois based food producer ConAgra eliminating the third shift at its food factory in Milton, 150 jobs gone over the next few months!

Tennessee: In Knoxville, after less than three years GruJo’s German Restaurant suddenly shutdown “due to family reasons”.  ‘Famous’ 96 years old (surviving The Great Depression) Jim’s Place Restaurant & Bar now chapter 7 bankrupt busted with $1.4-million USD of debts.

Texas:  Bankrupt Ignite Restaurant Group (Joe’s Crab Shack/Brick House Tavern & Tap) suddenly laid off 87 people at its corporate HQ in Houston.  In Port Arthur, after 58 years Nick’s Grocery shutting down when the inventory is gone, because the owners “are tired”.  In San Antonio, restaurant Timbo’s shutdown, local news media blamed “…rising taxes and permits, the cost of doing business is too much for the small mom and pop shop. In May, they were served with 90 days’ notice to vacate…”

Vermont: Coffee products maker Keurig continues killing jobs, this time 130 people will be let go!  It’s blamed on the failed Keurig Kold system.

Virginia: Food Lion shutting down its grocery store in the West Broad Commons, saying it wasn’t worth renewing the lease (it could also be because Food Lion is spending $71-million USD remodeling more profitable stores).  In Petersburg, after only four months Farmers Market Restaurant & Bar suddenly shutdown after failing to pay rent for three of those four months! A lawsuit has been filed claiming the restaurant owners committed fraud.

Washington DC: Ristorante Piccolo and Catch 15 now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.

West Virginia: In Spring Mills, after almost 40 years Barney’s Restaurant shutdown and sold-off to pay for the owner’s retirement.

Wisconsin:  Who will know how to spell bologna now? Warren Buffett owned meat packer Oscar Mayer-Kraft shutting down its 1-hundred years old factory in Madison by the end of July, as a result of the 2015 merger of Kraft-Heinz and Oscar Mayer.

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

U.S. Food Crisis, May 2017: “..SALES DROPPED OVER 30%..” “IT’S GOING TO BE A BIG DOWNFALL…”

BARBARIANS SACKING ROME: FOREIGN LANDLORDS NOW CONTROL THE ‘AMERICAN’ DREAM!

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“Everything is closing very, very suddenly…” “Regrettably, there is no end in sight”: ObamaCare ACA Death Spiral, July 2017

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

In 2015, the National Rural Health Association reported that before ObamaCare went into effect 41% of rural hospitals “operate at a financial loss.”  The insurance/medicare-medicaid reimbursement cuts caused by ObamaCare and ‘sequestration’ is killing them off, meaning ObamaCare is actually preventing people from getting healthcare by exponentially increasing rural hospital shutdowns!

According to Gallup and Sharecare “The percentage of U.S. adults without health insurance grew in the second quarter of 2017 to 11.7%, up from 11.3% in the first quarter.”

According to George Mason University’s Mercatus Center 73% of small business owners have no problem with ObamaCare-ACA being ‘repealed’.   31% reduced work hours of employees from full-time to part-time.   22% to 24% of businesses (depending on number of employees) have reduced hiring as a result of ObamaCare-ACA mandate: “Thanks to the ACA…….we estimate the ACA-inspired practice of keeping payrolls below 50 has cost roughly 250,000 jobs.“-Casey Mulligan, University of Chicago

Alabama: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program says Alabama is tied for fourth place for most rural hospital shutdowns.   Endo International announced it will shutdown a generic opiod drug (hydrocodone/APAP, oxycodone, etc) factory and distribution operation, 875 jobs gone!  

California:  Long Beach based Medicare service provider Molina Healthcare eliminating 1-thousand-4-hundred jobs (on top of the jobs already eliminated so far this year) after an audit revealed that the company’s optimistic expansion after ObamaCare became law was unrealistic and the company is actually losing money!  In fact, the audit also discovered that under ObamaCare the federal government is holding back on $52-million USD in reimbursements owed to Molina Healthcare!  In Sacramento, First Responder EMS issued a shutdown WARN, 66 jobs gone starting at the end of August.  In Los Angeles, Cedars-Sinai finally notified that it laid off 77 people, back in March.

Florida:  Adolescent Treatment Center of the Palm Beaches eliminating 73 jobs in September.  Healthcare/social services company Fluor Federal Solutions issued a WARN, 125 jobs lost by the end of August!  After more than 60 years A&E Pharmacy in Warrington shutting down due to ObamaCare insurance reimbursements: “The climate for independent pharmacies is definitely not improving. Insurance restrictions and insurance reimbursements are not going in the right direction.”-David Enfinger, co-owner

Georgia: North Carolina Rural Health Research Program ranks Georgia in third place for most rural hospital shutdowns.  God powerless to stop ‘his’ LifePoint Health-Saint Francis Hospital from laying off 55 people in Columbus.  In 2015 the hospital was hit with a $20-million USD fine for failure to comply with federal regulations, that same year it was sold to LifePoint Health.

Idaho: Another year, another insurance increase, this time the greedy health insurance companies want a 38% jump (and that’s the average, some will be higher) in premiums paid by all you happy taxpayers!  More proof The Gem State’s version of ObamaCare is a failure; in Idaho Falls the Community Family Clinic (for people with no ObamaCare insurance) is dealing with an increase in patient volume, and as such is expanding their operations for uninsured people: “The new building will be three times the size of the one we’re in now and will provide more access for patients to come in and be seen.”-Arnold Cantu, administrator

Illinois: God powerless to stop ‘his’ Hospital Sisters Health System Saint Elizabeth’s Hospital from laying off 22 people.  The HSHS hospital recently spent $253 million USD building a new hospital in O’Fallon.  Cook County laying off 1-thousand-1-hundred employees, including public healthcare workers, blaming it on a failed ‘sweetened drink’ tax (blocked by court order)!  Apparently the math deficient county officials thought a tax on drinks could support 1,100 jobs.  During the appeals court hearing Cook County claimed that 90% of its tax collections go to fund public healthcare, even with federally mandated ObamaCare!  CORPAK Medsystems issued a shutdown WARN for its operations in Buffalo Grove, 81 jobs gone in December.  Westmoreland Nursing Center shutting down, 84 jobs gone due to ‘natural disaster’.

Iowa: New Link Genetics issued a layoff WARN, 39 jobs gone by mid-August.

Kansas: The Birth and Women’s Center shutting down by the end of September, administrators say ObamaCare rendered them financially broke, plus they claim they’re having trouble finding ‘qualified’ nurses.

Michigan: Detroit Medical Center laid off 18 people and shutdown eight vacant jobs, the CEO resigned.  According to local news media, ever since ObamaCare went into effect Detroit Medical Center has eliminated at least 325 jobs! 

Mississippi:  North Carolina Rural Health Research Program says Mississippi is tied for fourth place for most rural hospital shutdowns.

Nebraska: New Jersey based Dr. Leonard’s Healthcare Corporation suddenly shutdown its call center, 170 jobs gone!

New York:  Michaud Residential Health Care Facility issued a shutdown WARN, 113 jobs lost by October!  Inter-Lakes Health has been sold-off, 232 jobs lost by mid-October!  Healthcare service company Lighthouse Guild shutting down in Melville, 46 jobs gone by the end of September.

North Carolina:  60 years old non-profit Morehead Memorial Hospital now chapter 11 bankrupt busted, 7-hundred jobs affected!  Select Specialty Hospital-Winston-Salem shutting down by September, 76 jobs lost.

Tennessee:  NewsChannel5 revealed that dozens of hospitals are shutting down, and published a list of nine hospitals already shutdown!  Some desperate counties have imposed extra taxes, like a $60 per wheel tax, but it’s not enough to stop the hospital shutdowns.  Tennessee is ranked second place for most rural hospital shutdowns.

Texas: The Lone Star State is the top state for most rural hospital shutdowns (beating out Tennessee), no thanks to ObamaCare-ACA. Between 2013 and 2016 at least 12 rural hospitals shutdown. Speaking of shutdowns, god powerless to stop ‘his’ Valley Baptist Medical Center-Brownsville from shutting down its psychiatric hospital, by mid-August.   Hearne Healthcare Center nursing home shutting down, possibly due to numerous state regulation violations (63 just in 2015).

Virginia: OBGYN Generations of Women shutdown without warning, along with its Facebook page.  The manager told local news media she got no warning as well, patients are pissed: “Everything is closing very, very suddenly and the pieces just aren’t adding up.”-Jennifer Holliday, patient

Washington:  Renton based non-profit Providence Health & Service warning of more layoffs, across the seven states it operates in, after losing $255-million USD in 2016. The huge loss happened the same year that Providence ended open heart surgeries and began hospital consolidation op in Oregon, no thanks to ObamaCare.

West Virginia: Charleston Area Medical Center eliminating 3-hundred jobs by the end of the year blaming, among other things, ObamaCare: “Regrettably, there is no end in sight for West Virginia’s economic situation, poor reimbursement from governmental insurance, rising cost of drugs and technology, the nursing shortage and the cost of caring for government-insured patients. After the first five months of 2017, CAMC’s operations were on course to lose more than $40 million.”-Dave Ramsey, ceo

ObamaCare (ACA) death spiral June 2017: “IT IS ALREADY TOO LATE”

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“And the church is going to go down….” Slavery! Artificial Intelligence!: U.S. Christian Rapture, July 2017

Incomplete list of U.S. Christian shutdowns, layoffs and Rapture oddities for the Gregorian month of July 2017.

The President of the Philippines demanding that the United States return three church bells stolen by the U.S. during rebellions against U.S. occupiers in 1901.  The bells are now being used by the U.S. military as memorials to that occupation.  The bells were used by Filipino freedom fighters to signal attacks against occupying U.S. forces.

USA Today revealed that the demise of churches across the U.S., and the seeming Rapture of ‘christians’, can be blamed on gentrification, which in turn can be blamed on Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT).  In other words it’s all about making profits, not prophets.

Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg stated that the days of institutions like “churches and little leagues” are over, to be replaced by Facebook’s artificial intelligence.

The Mennonite Church USA (which has lost tens of thousands of members since 1998) announced it is divesting of all its for-profit investments in Israel, in protest over how the Israeli government treats Palestinians.   In the recent past the Presbyterian Church and the United Church of Christ also abandoned their investments in Israel.

The United Church of Christ blames puny humans for climate change, despite the fact that the Earth has experienced massive climate changes, and was much warmer than it is today,  when there were supposedly no humans on the planet.

Arkansas: Two men and a woman arrested for burning down the Mount Superior Baptist Church.

Arizona:  In Cave Creek, food insecurity has become so bad that Good Shepherd of the Hills Episcopal Church makes 4-hundred peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in one hour, as part of their new monthly Sandwich Ministry operations!  The sandwiches and other food items are then distributed by Phoenix Rescue Mission specifically for homeless people.  In Mesa, police arrested a 57 years old man for breaking into the Living Messiah Ministries church and stealing frozen chocolate coins.

California: In San Francisco, a volunteer with Iglesia Cristo Es la Roca is charged with sex crimes against two teen-aged boys.   In Newport Beach, the Episcopal Church is blocking its local Bishop from attempting to sell its Saint James the Great church.  The Bishop was warned in June not to sell the property until the Disciplinary Board reviewed it, but he went ahead and contacted a property developer anyway.  It’s not the first or second time the sale of Saint James the Great church has been blocked by church leaders.  The Cloverdale Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints boasted of growing membership, a whopping 130 members since the mormon church (ward) began in 1964.  Ward (a division of a Stake) members admitted their numbers vary based on the local economy/employment situation.  In Apple Valley, a teen-aged girl is charged with stabbing to death a 79 years old christian minister, and then stealing his car.

Colorado:  Near Boulder, things are so bad that the City on the Hill Church is offering drive through prayer service.   Near Colorado State University the former Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church is being replaced with ‘high-end’ (expensive) student housing.  The church’s reverend said they were looking to move anyway, due to the age of the building.  The Mancos United Methodist Church hiding illegal immigrants, the congregation is even taking shifts as security guards against ICE: “We are here in case someone should show up at night….”-Joanie Trussel

Connecticut: The Iglesia De Dios Pentecostal hiding an immigrant who’se been living in the U.S. illegally since 1993: “I am so grateful to have this support. I thank everyone who has stood by my side.”-Nury Chavarria, illegal

The Moodus village ghost town was bought by the local chapter of the Phillipines based Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ).  The church claims to have members from 130 countries and plans to turn the ghost town into a resort for their global congregation.  The 62 acre ghost town had been for sale for years, but suddenly sold to the church: “To hear, right out of the blue, that they’re going to close in eight-10 days from the time we heard about it, it took our breath away.”-Emmet Lyman, East Haddam First Selectman

Delaware: In Georgetown, the Providence United Methodist Church forced to take down a sign that read “It’s Adam and Eve not Steve”.

Florida:  A mom in Washington County discovered her son was involved in the Courts of Praise Church burglaries when she found the stolen items in his possession.  When he was arrested he named names of other teen-aged burglars, including a runaway.  A former pastor of New Salem Missionary Baptist Church funneled tens of thousands of dollars of member donations and federal taxpayer funded grants into his personal non-profits, which brought the church to ruin.

Georgia: In Atlanta, a pastor wrote an editorial where he admitted he can’t deal with homeless and mentally ill people coming into his church on Sundays.  His ‘beef’ is that his church offers them help on any other day, but not on Sundays, and he finds it strange that so many helpless people show up on Sundays.  The obviously money focused pastor admits he is trying to target “college students and young professionals and young families” and that he’s tired of families “with young kids….ends up sitting right behind the reeking man from the street.”  Sounds to me like it’s time for Jesus to have a Come to Jesus meeting with this so-called pastor!  Let me, an Animist, remind you what your Jesus said: Yeshua [Jesus] said to him, “A certain man made a great supper and he called many.  He sent his servant at the time of the supper to say to those who were invited, ‘Behold, everything is ready for you; Come.’ And they began each and every one of them to make excuses; the first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I am compelled to go to see it. I beg of you, allow me to be excused.’ Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to examine them; I beg of you, allow me to be excused.’ Another said, ‘I have taken a wife, and therefore I cannot come.’ And that servant came and he told his employer these things; and the owner of the house was angry and he said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly to the marketplaces and to the streets of the city and bring here the poor and the afflicted and the feeble and the blind.’“-Luke 14:16-21, Aramaic Bible

Guam: In the U.S. Territory, divided Catholics temporarily settled their differences over the removal of their Archbishop due to sex crimes charges brought by officials in Vatican. Protesters say they’ll hold-off on demonstrations until after the Vatican court makes its decision.

Idaho: On 20 July 2017, mormon Mitt Romney co-founded wunderkind Staples announced they will shutdown their Pocatello location in August.  They blame “customers” for shopping online.

Illinois:   A man who shot and killed his mother (in 2013) in the parking lot of the Burr Ridge Coptic Christian Church was sentenced to 55 years in prison.  During the trial it was revealed the man was frustrated because he was being investigated for immigration fraud by helping Egyptian Christians get into the United States.  The man stated in his call to 9-1-1 that he shot his mother, but after being arrested said his mother killed herself.  A boy drowned in the Fairhaven Baptist Church swimming pool despite two adults and six other children being the pool.   Springfield’s Fifth Lutheran Church shutdown after 129 years, officially because it’s too expensive to maintain the old building. In Oak Forest, food insecurity has become so bad that the Redeemer’s Lutheran Church has built a Blessing Box food cupboard in front of the church, for anybody who’s hungry or anybody who can donate.

Indiana: A classroom at Crosspointe Baptist Church and Christian Academy mysteriously caught fire, investigators blamed it on a faulty power-strip.

Louisiana: Mandeville Baptist church caught on fire and investigators think its arson.  The church has only 15 members.

Maryland:  Donald Trump hating, Seventh Day Adventist founded Kellogg Company (Kellogg’s) shutting down its warehouse in Hagerstown, 76 jobs gone by August!

Massachusetts:   336 years old Unitarian Old Ship Church forced to sell-off its larger parish house and three acres of land.  It’d been for sale for about 14 months, but finally sold for $4.8-million USD. Church leaders claim they could no longer afford to maintain the property.  The new owner of the parish house wants to replace it with apartments.

Michigan: In Flint, the Lincoln Park United Methodist Church announced that the economy is so bad they can’t help the poor anymore: “The lives of people have changed and they don’t think of church like they used to. And the church is going to go down….”-Ira Wells, church trustee

‘Like a thief in the night’,  the Abundant Life Christian Center was burgled by a thief who ignored the audible alarm.  The thief stole a laptop and broke open what he thought was a donation box, then escaped: “We forgive you. If you need prayer or help, we’re here for you. The doors of the church are open.”-Tommy Thompson, deacon

Mississippi:  After only one year pastor Matt Brooks suddenly resigned from the First Baptist Church of Jackson: “This resignation comes not because of moral failure or financial mismanagement but because of differences in leadership philosophy with the leadership of First Baptist.”-church statement

New Jersey: A man who served time in prison for  sex crimes will now be tried for volunteering with the Eternal Life Christian Center.  The state Supreme Court ruled it was essentially a crime for ex-con sex offenders to work in youth programs.  The 124 years old Church of the Ascension was torn down after the Episcopal Diocese declared it structurally unsound, for now it’s just an empty lot.

New York: The Our Lady of the Rosary Church is up for sale.   A teenager arrested for setting fires to storage units is now also charged with the March arson attack on the Milford United Methodist Church.  It should be noted that back in March investigators said the church fire was caused by a faulty electrical system.  God was powerless to stop the assassination of one of ‘his’ NYPD policewomen, city taxpayer dollars were used to spiff up The World Changers Church, in Bronx-NYC, for the funeral.  In Buffalo, the massive historic sandstone Delaware Avenue Baptist Church is for sale, not because membership is crashing, the other way ’round. There’s not enough parking for the growing membership, and it’s too expensive to maintain the unique building.

North Carolina: In Springdale, the Associated Press revealed that the Word of Faith Fellowship (which already has a track record of violating ‘human rights’) is running a slave trade operation, trafficking humans from Brazil: “They trafficked us up here. They knew what they were doing. They needed labor and we were cheap labor, hell, free labor!”-Andre Oliveira, former slave of christian church

The immigrant pastor of the Evangelica Jesus de la Iglesias has overstayed his visa, but refuses to leave.  It was also revealed that he has developed a criminal history for himself since coming to the U.S. in the 1980s.  The leader of the largest Catholic church in the United States, Saint Matthew in Ballantyne, is going out to retirement by demanding the church let priests get married.   Henderson County Sheriff’s Office conducting free taxpayer funded security classes for local churches.  Apparently there is an increased need for christians in Henderson County to feel safe and secure (gee, don’t they have faith in their almighty god?).  Police arrested one of several people suspected of robbing the Lily Memorial Baptist Church, however, the homeless man arrested claims he was sleeping on the church property and was not part of the burglary, although he admits to knowing the burglars.  In Wagram, Spring Branch Mission Baptist Church members have no faith in their leaders after their pastor was forced to resign.  The church congregation went to the brink of civil war and the Scotland County deputies were called in. The church’s board of directors said the pastor lacked vision, and a drivers license(!), and voluntarily resigned (at their request), the congregation suspects a conspiracy.  Food insecurity getting so bad the Sycamore Hill Missionary Baptist Church began offering daily food handouts, and asked people who have enough to donate saying “…if we can touch one home with a meal, we are doing God’s work…”  A local news report described how most traditional ‘hymn driven’ churches are losing members (one church hadn’t baptized anybody since 1996) to other churches who’ve merged to create mega churches using computers and “a lot of video”.   (remember what Zuckerberg predicted?)  A ministry intern with East Tenth Street Church of Christ is now charged with sex crimes after allegedly admitting to having sex with ‘underage’ girls.

Ohio:  In Bartholomew County the Ohio Chapel United Methodist Church and the Triumphant Baptist Church were burgled, vandalized and even set on fire!  Homelessness has become so bad that two additional churches have joined Serving Homeless Alternative Lodging Of Middletown (SHALOM), meaning there are now 13 churches trying to deal with the growing number of homeless people, but apparently the program only runs during the Winter.  Members of Abundant Life Ministries held a meeting after their pastor was arrested for sex crimes, and to discuss the church’s debts.  The members were told by a Calvary Bishop that their church would not shutdown this month.  It turns out the arrested pastor has a criminal record extending from the mid-1990s to the past year.  German immigrant christian founded Kroger shutting down a grocery store in the Southland Shopping Center in Toledo, 115 jobs gone by mid-August!  Fair Hills Church considering selling its 16 hectare (40 acre) campus to Sinclair Community College.

Oklahoma: Oklahoma City based Evangelical owned Hobby Lobby was fined for illegally importing stolen archaeological artifacts, which implies that christian Hobby lobby was supporting Islamic State as that’s where most stolen artifacts are coming from.  Hobby Lobby’s christian owners said they didn’t understand import laws, which is a flat lie because the overwhelming majority of products sold by Hobby Lobby are imported into the U.S. by Hobby Lobby.

Oregon: Youth homelessness so bad that Saint Vincent de Paul of Lane County began remodeling the former Cascade Presbyterian Church, in Eugene, into a Youth House.  The $1.85-million USD homeless shelter project is partially funded by donations from locals. Teen-aged homelessness has become such a problem in Oregon that church member Paul Neville stated “Many of them end up couch-surfing with acquaintances, and some end up on the streets, where they are vulnerable to violence, drugs and a thriving human-trafficking trade the along the Interstate 5 corridor.”  Oregon public schools reported more than 21-thousand homeless students in 2016-17, with almost 2-thousand being pre-kindergarten age!

Pennsylvania:  God decided to strike ‘his’ Saint Agatha Roman Catholic Church of Meadville with lighting, damaging the phone system.   God powerless to stop ‘his’ Saint Monica Senior School bowling alley from being vandalized and burgled.  In Bethlehem, police caught two men dealing heroin out of the Trinity Episcopal Church.  It was the result of undercover work by police who, for some unexplained reason, had suspected the church was being used for drug dealing.  The former Ascension of Our Lord Church in Philadelphia has been revealed to be a heroin addict’s sanctuary.  The revelation was made by a utility manager who took pictures, saying “There were so many people in there it looked like they were waiting for Mass to start.”  It turns out the homeless drug addicts fled to the abandoned church after Philadelphia police drove them away from an active church that was providing them with food.  The Christ Centered Church reports that 75% of their members are former prisoners (mostly for drug crimes), the remaining 25% are relatives of the former ‘offenders’.  Church leaders boast that since 2011 only 5% of their ex-offender members re-offended!  A former youth minister with Southminster Church in Mount Lebanon is charged with fondling a teen-aged girl.  Police claim the former minister confessed.

Tennessee: Council of Bishops of Nashville based African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) stated “The NAACP boasts that it is the oldest civil rights organization in the country. While this is true and ought to make us proud, longevity alone is not proof of relevance. For the reality is that today the NAACP is smaller and less influential than it has ever been in its history as an organization. Today the NAACP intimidates no one. To be perfectly honest, the same challenges that face the NAACP, face mainline faith denominations. We are old, and have not structured or positioned ourselves to meet the times in which our congregants live. The Black Church is seeking to confront its own challenges and we call upon the NAACP to do the same.”  Donald Trump hating, Seventh Day Adventist founded Kellogg Company (Kellogg’s) shutting down its Rossville Eggo waffle factory, 117 jobs (some reports say 155 jobs) gone between September and December!

Texas: In San Antonio, KENS reported that “Cow tongue found stabbed through” the door of the Botánica de Sanación del Espiritu Santo (Healing Botany Of The Holy Spirit) church.  For some odd reason the paranoid church members thought it was a human heart, witnesses said even superstitious police thought it was some kind of human organ.   In Denison, an abandoned church on Armstrong Avenue and Hull Street was torn down under the guise of “Keeping Denison Beautiful and Moving Forward”.  It’s being replaced with for-profit apartments.   In Longview, after 99 years Kerns Bakery suddenly shutdown, selling everything off, after failing to find a buyer willing to continue the operation the frustrated owners blamed god: “God has closed door after door for us to move and expand the bakery.  Due to this we believe that He is pointing our family down a new path in life.” 

Utah:  A FLDS (fundamentalist mormon) leader was ‘re-captured’ and charged with welfare fraud, money laundering and failing to appear in court.  Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (mormon) announced that they will continue supporting, temporarily, the now homosexual accepting Boy Scouts of America.  LDS Church Public Affairs reporting that the number of mormons in Utah County increased by 37-thousand-475 between 2013 and 2016, and it’s a huge business opportunity: “The church has teams of realtors, architects, and legal counsel that go through the area trying to look for long-term needs.”-Michael Merz, Freedom Stake president

Virginia:  The Rocky Mount Town Council denied a request by Tabernacle of Praise Church of Christ to establish a church in an industrial zone.  The town council said “They’re not making any more land. Industrial property is extremely difficult to come by.”   In Virginia Beach, the old Hilltop Community Church was torn down, to be replaced by a Germany based  grocery store.

Washington: Adventist Health issued a shutdown WARN for its Walla Walla ops, 371 jobs lost by mid-August!

Wisconsin: Saint Matthew’s Church in Oak Creek was vandalized.  Christian agnostic Warren Buffett owned meat packer Oscar Mayer-Kraft shutdown its 1-hundred years old factory in Madison, as a result of the 2015 merger of Kraft-Heinz and Oscar Mayer.

2nd Quarter 2017 U.S. Christian Rapture: “no longer feasible”

“But the root of all these evils is the love of money, and there are some who have desired it and have erred from the faith and have brought themselves many miseries.”-1 Timothy 6:10 Aramaic Bible

“And Yeshua entered the temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves. And he said to them, It is written: ‘My house will be called the House of prayer, but you have made it a den of robbers.’ “-Matthew 21:12-13 Aramaic Bible

“Yeshua said to them, ‘Give what is Caesar’s to Caesar and what is God’s to God.’ And they marveled at him.”-Mark 12:17 Aramaic Bible

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.-1st Amendment, U.S. Constitution

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Former employees of religious non-profits might not qualify for unemployment assistance (or even be counted as unemployed): “If the non-profit organization is a church, you may or may not be entitled to unemployment. It all depends upon state regulations for church employers. In many cases, churches are allowed to set their own rules regarding unemployment benefits, meaning the church can choose whether to offer benefits to former employees.”