“It’s likely that these engines came from Ukraine, probably illicitly. The big question is how many they have and whether the Ukrainians are helping them now. I’m very worried.”-Michael Elleman, International Institute for Strategic Studies
It’s been revealed that the U.S.-NATO puppet government of Ukraine might have supplied the engines for the latest Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK, aka North Korea) ballistic missile design.
Yuzhmash used to make money selling engines to Russia, but that stopped after the Obama regime led coup in 2014. It’s suspected the financially struggling state run company is making money on the ‘black market’.
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.
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.
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.
“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’?
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.
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 thatLockheed 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.
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!
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 69Dickey’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 yearsthe 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 379Teavana 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).
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:
BAE 146-200 coming in to reload, Pocatello Airport, 05 August 2017.
Outbound Air Tractor, Pocatello Airport, Idaho, 05 August 2017.
Inbound Neptune.
Pocatello Airport, Idaho, 05 August 2017.
Photo by AAron B. Hutchins, August 2017.
This BAE 146 is outbound.
Look! Up in the sky, it’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s the mutha’ of all water bombers!
“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)…..
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 peopledue 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!
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 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.
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
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 shutdownPhillipsburg’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.
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.
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.
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
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.” 