The new Albertsons-Safeway announced that two Safeway stores in Arizona will shutdown in June. Administrators swore to local news media that nobody would be laid off, that somehow they would find jobs for the now redundant employees at other Safeway stores (and then probably use that as an excuse to massively reduce work hours […] Continue Reading…
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California: Obama Care forced managed health care provider Health Net to issue three mass layoff WARNs saying 2,122 health insurance related jobs will be eliminated on 26 June 2015! (and never mind the reports that Health Net is being sued for canceling their customer’s treatments, resulting in at least one death!) In […] Continue Reading…
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Misleading for profit technical school DeVry is shutting down at least 12 campuses in Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Washington, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas and Florida! Apparently DeVry has decided to move courses from brick -n-mortar classrooms to the internet.
California: What automotive industry recovery? In the City of Industry, United Brothers […] Continue Reading…
I ‘built’ a collection of 1:48 scale Ling Temco Vought A-7 Corsair 2s. Time to compare them, as a lot of kit bashers always want to know which is the best, or at least which looks the best out of the box.
The first 1:48 A-7 was the old 1969 issue Aurora kit. It was […] Continue Reading…
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Texas founded but Ireland based oil service company Weatherford International announced it will increase planned layoffs to 10-thousand! Reports say 6,449 people have already become jobless! Most of those jobs were in Canada and United States.
Arkansas: The Pine Bluff School District killed 68 jobs without warning. One elementary […] Continue Reading…
In Virginia, the Hilltop Square Shopping Center Kmart will shutdown in July.
Sears Kenmore Elite stainless steel slide-in ranges with gas cooktops and electric ovens are spontaneously combusting, resulting in a massive recall. They are made by Electrolux and sold only in Sears stores. Sears Holdings claims they will fix the stoves for free, but […] Continue Reading…
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California: God can’t stop Obama Care from killing off six Christian run hospitals in one fell swoop! Bankrupt Daughters of Charity Health System tried to sell-off six hospitals but nobody wanted to buy, so now at least 280 healthcare workers will become unemployed! Administrators stated that the current […] Continue Reading…
18 May 2015 (08:25 UTC-07 Tango 01)/28 Ordibehesht 1394/29 Rajab 1436/01 Xin Si (4th month) 4713
“Given their close relations and close military links, it’s long been assumed that if the Saudis wanted, they would call in a commitment, moral or otherwise, for Pakistan to supply them immediately with nuclear warheads.”-attributed to David Owen, former Foreign […] Continue Reading…
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Alabama: Birmingham based women’s clothing chain store Simply Fashion Stores now chapter 11 bankrupt busted and liquidating. 250 stores across 25 states to shutdown, 1,332 jobs lost!
Arizona: Pima County warned it might have to shutdown four libraries, and shorten hours at remaining libraries. County administrators say they need […] Continue Reading…
15 May 2015 (01:43 UTC-07 Tango 01)/25 Ordibehesht 1394/26 Rajab 1436/27 Xin Si (3rd month) 4713
The U.S. Postal Service’s Gateway Processing Center in Pocatello, Idaho, officially shutdown on April 18th. Since then all parcel and bulk mail sorting is being done out of state in Salt Lake City, Utah. I just received a package […] Continue Reading…