Category Archives: U.S.

Business/Economics, U.S.

Obama Legacy: Record 95-million + unemployed & not counted!

13 January 2017 / 22:27 UTC-07 Tango 06 (25 Dey 1395/15 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1438/17 Ji Chou 4714)

Obama regime creates new legacy as the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a record 95-million 102-thousand U.S. citizen, ages 16 and up, are Not In Labor Force during December 2016.

Not In Labor Force refers to people unemployed for various reasons and who are not looking for work.  Those Not In Labor Force people are not used to calculate the ‘official’ unemployment percentage as reported by main stream news media, meaning the number of unemployed ‘Mericans is much higher than ‘officially’ reported.

“UNCERTAINTY ABOUT FUTURE GOVERNMENT FUNDING” : OBAMACARE DEATH SPIRAL, DECEMBER 2016

THE GREAT RENEGER: OBAMA DEPLOYS ADDITIONAL MARINES TO AFGHANISTAN!

“WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE ANY MEANINGFUL RECOVERY” : U.S. MINING/INDUSTRIAL/LOGISTICS LAYOFFS, DECEMBER 2016

A NATION DIVIDED CANNOT STAND: MINIMUM WAGE EXPLODES UNITED STATES?

International, U.S.

The Great Reneger: Obama deploys additional Marines to Afghanistan!

07 January 2017 (05:01 UTC-07 Tango 06) 18 Dey 1395/08 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1438/10 Ji Chou 4714

On 06 January 2017 it was revealed that the Obama regime ordered the deployment of 3-hundred U.S. Marines to Afghanistan.  The order was the result of a request for additional troops by CentCom (Central Command) and U.S. Forces-Afghanistan.

The GI-rines will make up Task Force South West, ostensibly to “train and advise” Afghan puppet government military and police forces in Helmand Province.

Afghan puppet government forces in combat with Mujahideen in Helmand, October 2016

The MarineTimes reports this will be the first of many rotations of Marines back into Helmand Province because “The Afghans have seen security erode in several Helmand districts, including Marjah, Sangin and in the provincial capital, Lashkar Gah. All have experienced resurgent violence as a determined Taliban seeks to reclaim lost ground and once again push out any political and security entities loyal to the central Afghan government.”

VEHICLE ID: MD-530F CAYUSE WARRIOR, AFGHANISTAN

RUSSIA TO CREATE NEW MILITARY ALLIANCE IN RESPONSE TO OBAMA’S MOVES IN AFGHANISTAN!

THE GREAT RENEGER: OBAMA WILL NOT WITHDRAW U.S. COMBAT TROOPS FROM AFGHANISTAN!

U.S.

Kansas Militia buries 8,451 veterans since 2007!

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07 January 2017 (04:13 UTC-07 Tango 06) 18 Dey 1395/08 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1438/10 Ji Chou 4714

The Kansas National Guard Military Funeral Honors was created in 2007 (from previous honor guard units), just days ago they performed their 8-thousandth 451st burial service!

IDAHO MILITIA FEMALE BECOMES 1ST EVER U.S. PANZERFRÄULEIN!

WASHINGTON MILITIA RETURNS FROM DEADLY MISSION IN IRAQ!

ARKANSAS MILITIA DEPLOYS TO AFRICA!

Idaho, U.S.

Idaho female becomes 1st ever U.S. PanzerFräulein!

05 January 2017 (05:32 UTC-07 Tango 06) 16 Dey 1395/06 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1438/08 Ji Chou 4714

In August 2016 Sergeant First Class  Erin Smith was awarded with Idaho’s Spirit of Freedom Award.  Her ‘exceptional’ act was becoming the first ever female ‘tanker’ in the United States military!  (I wonder why the U.S. main stream national news media didn’t mention it?)

SFC Smith officially became a M1 tanker (MOS 19K) in June of 2016.  Her original MOS (Military Occupational Specialty) was healthcare specialist.  She deployed to Bosnia in 2002 and then Iraq in 2004, where she was awarded the Combat Medical Badge.

Smith’s transition to a combat MOS was the result of U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter opening combat jobs to women at the end of 2015.  However, I’ve always known some women can handle combat jobs no problem.  Several NATO member countries have had female’s in combat jobs for decades, such as Idaho’s neighbor to the north Canada.

While deployed for a ‘friendly’ armor contest with Canadian tankers in 2002, an impromptu main-gun loading contest was held between Bravo Company, 2-116th Armored Cav, Idaho National Guard and Canadian tankers in Alberta.  Main-gun rounds weigh about 19kg (40 pounds) and unlike the auto-loading Soviet/Russian panzers most U.S.-NATO tanks are manually loaded. Guess who won the manly competition? A skinny Canadian army officer who just happened to be a female!

But that’s not the first time I witnessed a female kicking ass over males. While attending Army Basic Training in 1982 one of my Army Drill Sergeants was a little female who could out push-up and out sit-up the men!

Still, I’m proud the Idaho National Guard can boast having the first female M1 Abrams tanker in the U.S.!

IDAHO: “THIS IS WHERE ARMOR FIGHTS!” FIRST FEMALE COMBAT MECHANIC!

U.S.

Washington Militia returns from deadly mission in Iraq!

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05 January 2017 (04:34 UTC-07 Tango 06) 16 Dey 1395/06 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1438/08 Ji Chou 4714

On 31 December 2016 a small ceremony was held in the city of Kent to welcome home the 179th Engineer Company, Washington National Guard.

On 30 March 2016, the 179th deployed to Iraq, several of their personnel are single parents.  On 06 May 2016, Lieutenant David Bauders was killed at the Al Asad Air Base in Iraq.  At the time the U.S. Department of Defense said Bauders’ death was being investigated as a ‘noncombat incident’.  So far no further details have been released to the public.

The 179th’s deployment to Iraq was its first combat deployment, however, the 179th is routinely deployed to the Kingdom of Thailand as part of the U.S. National Guard Bureau’s State Partnership Program.

U.S.

Arkansas Militia deploys to Africa!

05 January 2017 (03:45 UTC-07 Tango 06) 16 Dey 1395/06 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1438/08 Ji Chou 4714

On 01 January 2017, the Obama regime deployed about 7-hundred personnel from the 1st Battalion, 153rd Infantry Regiment, 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Arkansas National Guard.  They were sent to the oil rich Horn of Africa region.

They will be part of the U.S. AfriCom occupation of Africa under the guise of the legally undeclared War on Terror (U.S. Congress never declared war, the last time that happened was January 1942 a full month after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor).

8,000 MILITIA TROOPS ACTIVATED FOR TRUMP INAUGURATION!

U.S. STATE MILITIAS 380 YEARS OLD, OLDER THAN THE UNITED STATES!

ECONOMY SO BAD COLORADO ACTIVATES NATIONAL GUARD!

U.S. AFRICOM: FROM WAR ON TERROR TO WAR ON POACHING

OPERATION JUPITER: ISRAEL CONTROLS U.S. NATIONAL GUARD?

NATIONAL GUARD SPENDS U.S. TAX DOLLARS FIXING DILAPIDATED SOVIET KINDERGARTEN IN LATVIA!

IDAHO AIR NATIONAL GUARD SURROUNDED BY TURKISH TROOPS!

International, Opinion, U.S.

United States now considers itself the #1 threat!

04 January 2017 (10:47 UTC-07 Tango 06) 15 Dey 1395/05 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1438/07 Ji Chou 4714

“With it ends a 70-year geopolitical era of Pax Americana.”-Top Risks 2017: The Geopolitical Recession

The New York City based political policy think-tank known as Eurasia Group has declared the U.S. the biggest threat to the World in 2017, all because of Donald Trump!

However, the control freaks at Eurasia Group don’t think the threat to the World will be an overly aggressive President Trump, but that Trump will pull back from “…America’s responsibility to play an indispensable role in world affairs.”  In other words, the paranoids at Eurasia Group believe the U.S. must continue playing World Cop for other countries who refuse to police themselves!

U.S.

Police Cause Gun Violence: Majority of people killed by cops are White Men!

03 January 2017 (08:30 UTC-07 Tango 06) 14 Dey 1395/04 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1438/06 Ji Chou 4714

PBS Newshour reported that for Gregorian year 2016 a mere 64 U.S. law enforcement personnel were killed with guns, versus 951 civilians shot to death by cops.

The Washington Post reported that despite the main stream U.S. news media’s fixation on Black Lives Matter demonstrations the majority of people killed by police are ‘white’ men, 46% of death by cop shootings are ‘white’ males.  The Washington Post points out that the reason ‘black’ males killed by cops is a news maker is that ‘black’ men make up 6% of the U.S. population, yet they account for 34% of death by cop cases.

What’s really important, especially regarding 2nd Amendment military grade weapons ownership rights, is that 84% of civilians shot to death by cops were unarmed!

The Washington Post also reminds people that official government recorded murder by cop shootings are voluntarily reported, there is no law requiring law enforcers to reveal how many citizens they kill.

POLICE CAUSE GUN VIOLENCE: OBAMA HOMIE TOWN COPS SHOOT ONE VICTIM PER WEEK!

UNITED POLICE STATES: IDAHO NEWS MEDIA LIE ABOUT CRIMINAL POLICE RECORDS!

U.S.

“uncertainty about future government funding” : ObamaCare Death Spiral, December 2016

It must be noted that I started documenting these ObamaCare/healthcare related shutdowns at the beginning of 2014. In that year I posted the reports biannually (every six months). In 2015 ObamaCare cutbacks ramped up and I posted quarterly (every three months). For the past 12 months of 2016 there have been so many ObamaCare cutbacks that I’ve posted a report every month!

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) more people in the United States die from opioid based drugs than from gunshot! And the majority of those opiod deaths are not from illegal drugs but from prescription drugs!

The pro-vaccination organization known as Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is warning that the next ten years will experience escalating antibiotic resistant pandemics.

Incomplete list of healthcare related layoffs and shutdowns, December 2016:

France based Sanofi eliminating 20% of its U.S. diabetes drug sales positions, blaming reduced payments caused by ObamaCare.

California:  God powerless to stop ‘his’ Adventist Health from laying off 16 employees due to escalating costs of operations and reduced reimbursements caused by ObamaCare.  Israeli owned drugs maker Teva issued yet another layoff WARN, this time 49 people in Corona losing their jobs by March 2017.  Insurance company Transamerica issued a shutdown WARN for their Los Angeles office, 320 jobs lost by February 2017!

Connecticut: Drugs maker Bristol-Myers Squibb getting the hell outta Dodge, shutting down its Wallingford operations, 703 jobs lost by 2018!  Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals shutting down their research lab in Ridgefield, 119 jobs lost by August 2017!

Delaware: British empire & Sweden owned drugs maker AstraZeneca laying off 120 people in Fairfax, as part of larger plans to kill-off 7-hundred jobs across the U.S. by the end of the 1st quarter 2017!

Georgia: Local taxpayer owned Memorial Hospital and Manor revealed that ObamaCare has caused the healthcare provider to lose $10-million USD since 2014.  DeKalb Medical Center laid off 60 people and shutdown 80 vacant positions: “We haven’t had the financial performance we would hope for.”-Cheryl Iverson

Florida: God powerless to stop ‘his’ Adventist Health System-Florida Hospital Medical Group from eliminating 67 positions by outsourcing (contracting out) the jobs.   Jackson Health System revealed they laid off 25 employees in November, due to “uncertainty about future government funding for uninsured patients”. Orlando based maker of eye surgery lasers, Lensar, now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.

Illinois: Baxter laid off 12 employees at its Bloomington hospital.  In Collinsville, Ashmann’s Pharmacy shutdown after more than 55 years.

Iowa: Mercy Medical Center lost its surgical residency accreditation. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education claims there are ‘serious flaws’ in Mercy Medical’s training program.  Central Iowa Healthcare now chapter 11 bankrupt busted saying they no longer have enough funding to provide “uninterrupted healthcare services”.  Cedar Rapids based, but Netherlands owned, insurance company Transamerica eliminating 8-hundred jobs and shutting down dozens of offices across the U.S. in 2017!

Massachusetts: BioGen ending drugs production in The Bay State, killing off at least 2-hundred jobs through layoffs and transfers to other drugs making companies!

Minnesota: Hennepin County Medical Center eliminating 275 jobs in 2017 due to a reduced budget caused by ObamaCare!  For 2016 Hennepin County Medical Center admin reported that ObamaCare, and a huge number of uninsured patients despite ObamaCare promising to insure everybody, caused the hospital to fall short of covering costs of operation by $11-million USD!

Mississippi: Mississippi Medical Center and North Mississippi Medical Center accused by Health & Human Services of overcharging patients on Medicare.

New Mexico: University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center eliminating more than 5-hundred jobs in 2017!  It’s blamed on a combination of state taxpayer funding cuts and ObamaCare.

New York: Medina Memorial Hospital shutting down their Intensive Care Unit (ICU), ten jobs lost due to low patient volume caused by ObamaCare.  Upper Allegheny Health System laid off 18 people and shutdown 40 vacant positions, with administrators blaming their lack of “financial performance” on ObamaCare.  ResCare Workforce Services issued a shutdown WARN for two locations, at least 40 jobs gone by the end of March 2017. In Brooklyn-NYC,  Shiel Medical Laboratory issued a layoff WARN, ten jobs lost by March 2017.  In Hempstead, the East Meadow Senior Center shutdown, supposedly because of disputes between the landlord and the city.

North Dakota: About 2-hundred people evacuated from the Altru Main Clinic when a support beam failed.  The large clinic is now shutdown.

Pennsylvania:  Ireland based drugs maker Endo International laid off 375 sales employees, as a result of releasing the company’s rights to a pain drug!   Personal Touch Home Health Care issued a mass shutdown WARN, 150 jobs lost across four counties by the end of January 2017!  Missouri based Express Scripts shutting down drugs making ops in Swatara, 97 jobs lost in 2017.   Pocono Medical Center eliminating 61 nursing positions due to low patient volume caused by ObamaCare.  Jennerstown Rural Health Clinic shutting down due to lack of doctors willing to work there.  Canonsburg based  Mylan Pharmaceuticals warning of layoffs in 2017, administrators actually admitted it was the result of their massive take overs of competition: “Since 2015, Mylan has made a number of significant acquisitions, and as part of the holistic, global integration of Mylan we are focusing on how to best optimize and maximize all of our assets, including reducing redundancy across our organization across all geographies.”

Texas:   Texas Health Resources settle a dispute with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas over new ObamaCare insurance reimbursements, the hospital wanted a higher reimbursement rate, the settlement did not reveal how much of an increase they got.    University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center warning of layoffs and cutbacks in programs in 2017 due to $60.9-million in financial losses.   God powerless to stop ‘his’ Good Shepherd Health System from laying off 50 people.   CEO Steve Altmiller blamed ObamaCare saying “Like many other healthcare systems across the country, Good Shepherd Health System has been facing challenging times, resulting in lower overall patient census and financial losses.”  Baptist Hospital shutting down its emergency room ops in Orange, by the end of January 2017. Administrators blame the Texas version of ObamaCare.

Wyoming: Saint John’s Medical Center gave patients who paid off their debt during December a 25% discount.  Hospital admin claim 840 people took advantage of the deal!

ObamaCare destruction November 2016: “IF I HAVE TO PISS AND SHIT ON MYSELF, I WOULD RATHER BE DEAD!”

U.S.

“This is a bomb dropped on us!” “I can’t take it anymore!” : Dumbing Down the U.S., December 2016

It must be noted that I started documenting these education shutdowns at the beginning of 2014, in that year I posted the reports biannually (every six months). In 2015 education cutbacks ramped up and I posted quarterly (every three months). For the past 12 months of 2016 there have been so many education cutbacks that I’ve posted a report every month!

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, December 2016:

Alabama: The state’s surprise 89% high school graduation rate is now under investigation by the U.S. Department of Education.  Initial investigation shows that school admin were counting  students who ‘completed’ high school but who didn’t technically graduate.  In Northport, after more than 20 years Queen Esther’s School of Cosmetology shutdown due to skyrocketing cost of operations, the owner Queen Esther Robertson exclaiming “I can’t take it anymore!”

Arizona: Pima College considering everything from jacking up tuition to program cuts and layoffs due to crashing enrollment: “The status quo is the path to doom…….We need to recognize our new reality.”-Scott Stewart, college board member

California: The state Commission on Teacher Credentialing is spending 20-million tax dollars to help secretaries and food service workers become teachers, after it was revealed that The Golden State is suffering from a massive teacher shortage.  San Diego school district warning of layoffs due to suddenly needing to cut $117-million USD in costs, just one month after giving teachers a pay raise!

Colorado: Garfield County laid off eight librarians and reduced library hours due to a sudden $1.2-million crash in tax revenues normally generated by the oil industry!

Connecticut:The state government suddenly cut current year school funding by $20-million!  It was revealed that god was powerless to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ Saint Mary School in Newington, right before the 2016-17 school year.  It’s blamed on $500-thousand USD of debt.  After 30 years Lincoln Culinary Institute-Connecticut Culinary Institute shutdown due to failing to meet tougher U.S. Department of Education rules demanding proof that graduates actually find decent paying jobs.

Florida: Teacher shortages caused by low pay being called a top education story for The Sunshine State.  Jefferson County School District suddenly laid off eight people, at the behest of state financial oversight board.

Idaho:  A independent audit revealed that 99% of teacher evaluations were rigged in favor of the teacher, and possibly illegal. Colorado based  McREL International reviewed 225 evaluations and found only three were accurate!  However, there are questions about the so called independent investigator McREL.  In Twin Falls, local news media revealed that during the Summer local school officials paid $94,108.26 to one administrator (who then suddenly retired) and then tried to hide the fact from the public.  So far school officials are refusing to explain the secret payout. It was revealed that ‘christian’ dominated School District 134 was segregating elementary students by sex, in direct violation of federal law.  The segregation experiment had been ongoing for the past nine years!

Illinois: North Shore School District 112 using a 2011 state law to eliminate ‘dozens’ of teaching jobs for the 2017-18 school year.    Da Vinci Academy, in Elgin, suddenly announced they were  shutting down at the end of the school year due to six years of crashing enrollment: “This is a bomb dropped on us…….What are we going to do?”-Ron Woodruff, upset parent

Louisiana: Louisiana State University warning of program shutdowns and layoffs due to low enrollment.  Lincoln University killed its history program due to lack of students!

New Hampshire: Colby-Sawyer College suddenly laid off 18 people, blaming it on a $2.6-million operating loss!

New Mexico:  San Juan College eliminated eight jobs and reduced payments to the employee healthcare fund, due to state taxpayer funding cuts.

New York: In Brooklyn-NYC, after 35 years BookCourt shutdown.  After 120 years Utica School of Commerce shutdown: “…unfortunately our enrollment has declined over the last few years after hitting a real high in 2009-2010.”-Philip Williams

Texas: In Palestine, after 30 years Comet School Supplies shutdown.  Austin Independent School District warning that 11 schools could be shutdown due to the age of the buildings, and the costs of updating them.  It’s been revealed that the Texas Education Agency has denied Special Education to thousands of students with Down Syndrome, dyslexia, ADHD,  and even blind and deaf students: “In Texas today, even children with severe disabilities, including deafness and blindness, can’t always get special education services.“

Washington: Seattle Public Schools warning of layoffs due to an expected $74-million shortfall in funding!

Washington DC: The U.S. Federal Trade Commission revealed another source of Dumbing Down of Americans; foreign text book publishers, specifically an Indian company called OMICS International (aka OMICS Publishing Group).  

 

George Washington University “…eliminated requirements in U.S., North American and European history, as well as the foreign language requirement. Thus, it is possible that a student can major in history at GWU without taking a survey course on United States history.”

West Virginia: Randolph County warning of school layoffs as a way of avoiding school shutdowns.

Dumbing Down November 2016: “FINANCIAL EXIGENCY” AS MO PROOF MO EDUCATION DOES NOT EQUAL MO MONEY

HIGH TECH FAIL: JAPAN JOINS THE DUMBING DOWN CROWD!