U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings, 28 – 31 March 2015: “I don’t think we’ve seen the bottom yet.” Hallmark going down!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

Alabama: In Helena, after 13 years the owners of Frankie’s Market Café announced they are shutting down in April. They blame rising costs of operations, especially utility cots.  Jefferson County Board of Education will beginning laying off 160 employees in July!

California: In San Pablo, Obama Care forcing Doctors Medical […] Continue Reading…

U.S. Police State: Federal court rules NSA data spying to be illegal, but gives Congress the final say!!!

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“This appeal concerns the legality of the bulk telephone metadata collection program (the “telephone metadata program”), under which the National Security Agency (“NSA”) collects in bulk “on an ongoing daily basis” the metadata associated with telephone calls made by and to Americans… ….we […] Continue Reading…

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings, 26 – 27 March 2015: “all options exhausted…we are left with no alternative” 2-thousand+ jobs lost in The Empire State! Money making & bailed-out banks kill jobs!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

Alabama: US Steel announced it will kill off 1-thousand 8-hundred jobs in The Yellowhammer State!  Company administrators blamed a plethora of reasons, including low steel prices and low oil prices.

California: In Hawthorne, Schencker issued a WARN saying 29 people will be laid off in May.  In Los […] Continue Reading…

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings, 24 – 25 March 2015: “unforeseen circumstances beyond our control” Warren Buffet kills jobs in Texas! “we were unable to get some sort of rescue plan.”

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

Arkansas:  World Gym announced it is shutting down three gyms in The Natural State.  An official company statement mentioned two; “Due to unforeseen circumstances beyond our control we have been forced to close our Bentonville and Lowell World Gym locations.”  However, news reports say at least one other […] Continue Reading…

More Economic Decline: One final look at the Idaho Postal Processing Center most east Idahoans didn’t even know about!

The following pics were taken on 16-17 April 2015, the official last days of the Gateway Processing Center in southeastern Idaho, but do not show all the operations that took place.  (click pics to make bigger)

The United States Postal Service does not make money off taxpayers, they are solely funded by the postage they charge.  The […] Continue Reading…

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings, 21 – 23 March 2015: “After 30 years…we can’t do it any longer.” “Like part of you is dying.”

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

Alabama:  In Birmingham, the Bottletree Cafe shutdown, reports say the property was sold, the owners said only “We have ten days left.”

Arkansas: Shale oil company M&M Environmental Group (notice the Orwellian Double Speak name of the oil company) lost a contract and instantly laid off 2-hundred employees!

California: Albertsons-Safeway […] Continue Reading…

SEARS & KMART CLOSING UPDATE, 01 May 2015: Right to Work you over Governor fails to pay his Sears debt? Lampert creates another REIT, to self finance Sears! Bootlegged shoes at Kmart? Long time customer leaves her own ‘Blue Light Special’! More shutdowns!

Police report that a female Kmart shopper decided to leave her own ‘blue light special’ by doin’ a dump right in a Racine Kmart’s box of security tags.  The Wisconsin woman has been accused of crapping and pissing in a box next to a cash register.   The woman was returning merchandise, so maybe she was […] Continue Reading…

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings, 19 – 20 March 2015: “preparing for the future” ObamaCare causes more layoffs in The Golden State! “the downturn…will be severe”

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

California: Sunnyvale based internet company Yahoo announced it will shutdown its last office in China, as many as 3-hundred jobs lost!  Gold River based eHealthInsurance Services continues to blame Obama Care as it  plans to eliminate 160 more jobs!  eHealth administrators blame The Golden State’s Obama Care […] Continue Reading…

U.S. Food Crisis 29 April 2015: Albertsons Safeway to kill 800+ California jobs! Safeway anti- 2nd Amendment unAmerican! Massive data breach!

“Safeway and Albertsons don’t have much going for them other than their size. The main thing that saved both companies was to combine and grow together. As an investment, I’m not sure what the upside is.”-David Livingston, grocery store analyst

The San Jose Mercury News reporting that the merged Albertsons-Safeway filed layoff notices with state employment administrators, […] Continue Reading…

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings, 15 – 18 March 2015: “sudden and unanticipated events…” No more Red Cross? ObamaCare kills hundreds of jobs overnight!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

Alabama:  After 43 years women’s clothing store The Wagon Wheel shutdown.  The owner says she must focus on other things.

California: In Carson, Tatung of America issued a shutdown WARN, saying 98 people will become jobless in May.  In San Diego, Japan based Sony laid off 75 employees.  In […] Continue Reading…

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