Incomplete (tip-o-the-iceberg) list of healthcare related layoffs, shutdowns and crimes in May 2018:
Kaiser Family Foundation: 22% increase in healthcare costs
Bloomberg: Even doctors are canceling their health insurance
The Harris Poll: 66% of people say insurance cost is a major source of stress in their lives (gee, wasn’t ObamaCare supposed to remedy that?)
eHealth: 74% of people consider ObamaCare-ACA […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete (tip-o-the iceberg) list of U.S. Christian shutdowns, layoffs and Rapture oddities for the Gregorian (western christian calendar) month of April 2018.
Catholic Relief Services revealed that in 2017 about 14-thousand parishes and schools in the United States were helped with the Lenten Rice Bowl food program. However, Catholic Relief Services also admitted that only 25% of donations […] Continue Reading…
Sears Holdings has already announced new store shutdowns that weren’t on the shutdown list issued at the end of May. However, Sears Holdings representatives claim some of the store shutdowns announced in May are now on hold pending further review.
Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores reported a $9.4-million USD loss for its first quarter of 2018 and […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of U.S. retail/banking/service sector job loss WARNings and store shutdowns made or announced in April 2018:
“….they`ll be economic consequences of epic proportions….not this year, but in 2019, 2020, you`ll see a retail collapse like the 1930s and The Great Depression…..We`re already going to have 12,000 stores closed this year. So, it`ll hollow out retail and hurt […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of U.S. Mining/Industrial/Logistics job loss/shutdown announcements made in April 2018.
More U.S. jobs being killed by European Union and China.
WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification
California: Diversified Silicone Products issued a shutdown WARN for its operations in Santa Fe, 68 jobs gone by July. Germany based shipping company DHL issued a shutdown WARN for its ops in Moreno Valley, […] Continue Reading…
West Asia, or as the U.S. Department of Defense calls it Southwest Asia. Iran, Iraq and Turkey are sometimes considered part of West Asia and sometimes Central Asia. I consider Iraq and Turkey part of West Asia and Iran is part of Central Asia.
The following is a smidgen of what the United States is involved […] Continue Reading…
Forget the CH-53 Super Stallion, there’s a new heavy lift Marine coming onboard; CH-53K King Stallion.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Corporal Ethan Pumphret.Marine Operational Test & Evaluation Squadron-1 load the main gear box of the new CH-53K King Stallion onto the aircraft, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River, North […] Continue Reading…
More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high-tech competition for your demise. Incomplete list of U.S. internet/high-tech/communications job destruction announcements in April 2018:
EdSurge: Computer Science Degrees and Technology’s Boom-and-Bust Cycle
California: Maker of “electromechanical and solid state switch gear for aircraft” Leach International-Esterline Power Systems suddenly eliminated 46 jobs in Buena Park. Social media camera company Snap suddenly eliminated 90 […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of announced United States food supply shutdowns for the month of April, 2018: 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.
China began imposing tariffs on more than a hundred […] Continue Reading…
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The Washington Post: Texas school had a shooting plan, armed officers and practice. And still 10 people died.
Yes, another school shooting, don’t blame guns (this latest Texas shooting involved a low-rate of fire pump action shotgun and a revolver, no assault weapons […] Continue Reading…