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Idaho Economic Destruction June 2016 : “risen from the ashes”? We struck oil!

Incomplete list of economic woes in the U.S. state of Idaho, June 2016.

Germany based Volkswagen agrees to pay Idaho state government $2.6-million USD for the supposed diesel software scam, plus VW owners get $5,100 in cash for each eligible diesel vehicle.   Diesel owners in Idaho love diesels! My own research suggests this whole thing is a False Flag instigated by the Rockefellers who openly stated at the end of 2014 they were going to shift the ‘industry’ towards electric vehicles! 

National Insurance Crime Bureau reports a 16% increase in reported vehicle thefts from 2014 to 2015.  The city of Lewiston was number 1, Pocatello number 2, Coeur d’Alene 3, Boise 4 and Idaho Falls number 5.  Interestingly KIFI reported that Pocatello administrators denied the insurance industry report.

ObamaCare insurance providers are demanding premium increases from anywhere between 27% and an insane 122% for Blue Cross’s ObamaCare Gold Plan!  And its been revealed that Your Health Idaho have been delaying the issuance of special tax forms needed for some Idahoans to avoid paying the ObamaCare tax fine. The forms are supposed to be issued by 31 January, but Your Health Idaho administrators recently admitted they weren’t issued until April!

Idaho Falls police arrested a man for stealing his employer’s bank deposit.  The manager of Pretzelmaker, in Grand Teton Mall, discovered that just over $1-thousand USD went missing on Friday.

An Idaho Falls woman pled guilty in federal court to tax fraud. She and her employes at Carillo’s Tax Service intentionally created 2-thousand 5-hundred false tax returns for her clients, such as claiming child tax credits when the clients didn’t have children.

The Idaho Public Charter School Commission warning Syringa Mountain School of financial peril because state funding can’t come close to covering the charter school’s outrageous operating costs: “SMS’s financial position is extremely perilous. While fundraising efforts have met current cash flow needs, SMS has struggled with lack of funds periodically throughout its years in operation.”

In Bannock County, corrupt School District 25 jacked up fees for lunches, despite getting an increase in their budget! In response, a federal lawsuit has been filed on the grounds that charging additional out-of-pocket school fees violates the state constitution. I reported last November that an Ada County court ruled school fees were unconstitutional, and some school administrators actually admitted it was!

The Fire Chief of Chubbuck resigned in connection to the planned merger of the city of Chubbuck’s fire department with the city of Pocatello (both cities are dealing with cash problems despite continually telling the taxpayers the economy is good): “Whether the consolidation goes forward or not it’s not going to be affected by whom the chief is at the time.”-Joshua Ellis, Chubbuck city councilman

The city of Pocatello admitted a recent closed door meeting violated the state’s Open Meeting Law.   The closed meeting involved labor negotiations with the firefighter’s union.  The city voided the results of the meeting, saying they “cured” their violation of state law.  I’ve lived in the area for twenty years and both Pocatello and chubbuck are notorious for hold ing closed meetings, regardless of who the ‘christian elected’ officials are.

The governments of Kuwait and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia threatened to suspend scholarships for up to 1-thousand 2-hundred of their citizens who’re attending Idaho State University in Pocatello, over reports of attacks by Idahoans against those students.  Students from Kuwait and Saudi Arabia have become Idaho State University’s bread and butter.

Speaking of Chubbuck and Pocatello, the county of Bannock made an appeal to property owners to pay their property taxes, warning of fines and interest charges. It sounded like the county is having problems with property tax collections, which would not be happening if the economy was good. I gotta message for Bannock County: “You can’t squeeze blood from a turnip.”

Bannock County also revealed that their prison operations are over budget, and facing record overcrowding! The majority of people being arrested are from out-o-state. The county sheriff said that since last year 90% of the prison budget is now due to overcrowding and is the result of housing prisoners in other counties. He demands that cash strapped Bannock County taxpayers build a bigger county jail (despite voters recently rejecting the proposal) warning that the increased prion population is going to be a “long-term” issue!

Bannock County canceled long term/monthly rental of horse stalls at the county fairgrounds. It’s connected to the recent shutdown after the contractor caring for horses was arrested for mistreatment of animals. Overnight rentals are still available.  And next door at the new privately created Wellness Complex, Bannock County revealed that current maintenance costs are paid for by a privately funded trust and current concert bookings, however, that money will run out by the start of 2018 meaning taxpayers could be raped, although most taxpayers ignorantly think they’re already paying for the Wellness Complex: “Funding the park most people think that tax dollars are being used. These monies have come directly from the Portneuf Health Trust. No tax dollars have been used so far.”-Robert Poleki, Bannock County

15 years after shutting down their Power County phosphorus operations FMC declared their EPA superfund site is now ready to be the new home to Rupert based Valley Agronomics‘ new fertilizer plant (Valley Agronomics is owned by Minnesota based Land O’Lakes). The arrogant ‘christian’ governor of Idaho, Butch Otter, proudly boasted that this was a sign the area’s economy has “risen from the ashes” and then flat lied by saying “…when somebody says we’re gonna return, we’re gonna come back! You can trust us that we will keep our promise in coming back. I want you to remember this day Valley Agronomics and FMC because they told us that! They told us that we can trust them…” This is a lie because it’s not FMC “coming back”, and Valley Agronomics never operated out of the site before! The so called Phoenix Site (as declared by Otter) will employ a measly 50 people once it’s up and running in 2017 (incompetent local TV stations have been reporting 70 jobs created, but those are the temporary construction jobs). I don’t think that qualifies as a local economy that’s “risen from the ashes”.

Otter also quietly revealed to local news media that the once touted Solar Farm project at the Pocatello Airport is dead.

The federal government shutdown popular Skinny Dipper Hot Springs, citing possible health concerns after multiple illegal pipes and pools were discovered.  The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) thinks it will take five years to remove the illegal construction.  BLM also says that since 2004 there have been skyrocketing cases of intoxication and even sex crimes at the hot springs.

Bonneville County screwed over its smaller communities when it convinced voters to consolidate ambulance service to the city of Idaho Falls, under the guise of saving money for taxpayers.  As a result of the consolidation the ‘christian’ led state government is now suing the town of Swan Valley for repayment of grant money that was used to buy an ambulance back in 2012.  Because the town was forced to consolidate service to Idaho Falls the ambulance is not being used, which apparently violates the conditions of the grant.

It’s been revealed that a major buyer of Idaho potatoes, Japan, has banned the ‘fresh’ version of the iconic food product since 2006. That’s the year that the pale cyst nematode showed up in east Idaho farms. Japan has imported fresh potatoes from other U.S. states since then.

A sure sign of a failed state; Jefferson County jacked up taxes for farmers.  Under a new property value assessment plan, co-created by the ‘christian’ dominated state government, property values for farmland in Jefferson County have skyrocketed by as much as 72%!  Farmers say the property assessments were done by an ‘outside’ group and will appeal the assessments.  The county is giving them until 11 July to make an appeal, in person, not on paper.

Mining companies from Canada and China have signed a $700-million USD deal to open a molybdenum mine near Boise. Administrators with American CuMo Mining and MCC8 Group say Idaho has the largest moly-b deposits in the world! $100-million of the $700-million deal will be used to study the viability of the mining ops before any mining takes place.

In Boise, an Oregon woman pled guilty to stealing $850-thousand USD from corrupt ‘christian’ run Saint Luke’s Health System. The woman ran the scam through her Boise employer Pinnacle Pension Services. Saint Luke’s itself has been caught ‘stealing’ local tax dollars.

The economy is so bad that there is an official teacher “famine” in eastern Idaho schools. According to numbers presented by east Idaho school districts, between 2009 and 2014 at least 9-thousand 569 teachers fled eastern Idaho schools! Statewide only 11 of Idaho’s 70 school districts were able to fill vacant positions, at the same time there is and exodus of education students as well. Between 2009 and 2013 there was a 35% drop in college students entering a teacher training program (what happened to Idaho’s free tuition if somebody became a teacher in Idaho?). Idaho Education News revealed that the state Department of Education does not keep track of such data, it’s coming from local districts and the universities themselves, implying that exalted state ‘lawmakers’ are ignoring the situation. Local school district administrators admit low pay for teachers is the main reason for the exodus, but say ObamaCare has jacked up the cost of employee benefits so high that they can’t afford to pay teachers mo-money: “I would not say it’s a teacher shortage we are experiencing, it’s a teacher famine!”-Randy Lords, Madison School District

Due to a lawsuit, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is withdrawing its approval for the way Idaho measures toxic arsenic levels in water (the EPA’s decision to let Idaho ‘christian lawmakers’ ignore arsenic limit regulations seems to coincide with state ‘officials’ quietly allowing natural gas fracking operations). It sounds similar to what happened in Flint, Michigan: “EPA violated the Clean Water Act when it allowed arsenic levels in Idaho waters that are up to 1,000 times greater than the agency has determined are acceptable for this toxic chemical. EPA placed political expediency over human health protection.“– Nina Bell, Northwest Environmental Advocates

The state Department of Health and Welfare confirmed seven ‘refugees’ infected with tuberculosis, but at the same time says they are not “infectious”.   The Idaho Statesman reports that in the past five years 4-thousand 5-hundred ‘refugees’ have been quietly settled in The Gem State, at taxpayer expense. 

For several years Idaho has been pumping natural gas no thanks to fracking (which was secretly approved by your ‘christian elected’ officials), but now Alta Mesa Idaho reports they’ve struck oil in the Willow Creek area: “Only one completion of 10 thus far has produced primarily oil. This area is in the early stages of exploration….”-John foster, Alta Mesa Idaho

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification.

I found a 2010 AFL-CIO analysis (titled The Public Availability of WARN Notices: Lack of Accessibility and Disclosure…) which proves what I’ve been suspecting in my search of state WARN notices; most states are not complying with federal WARN regulations and are not publicizing or tracking mass layoffs.

Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed!

Employees of religious non-profits might not qualify for unemployment assistance: “If the non-profit organization is a church, you may or may not be entitled to unemployment. It all depends upon state regulations for church employers. In many cases, churches are allowed to set their own rules regarding unemployment benefits, meaning the church can choose whether to offer benefits to former employees.”

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) no longer issues mass layoff reports: “On March 1, 2013, President Obama ordered into effect the across-the- board spending cuts (commonly referred to as sequestration) required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. Under the order, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) must cut its current budget by more than $30 million, 5 percent of the current 2013 appropriation, by September 30, 2013. In order to help achieve these savings and protect core programs, the BLS will eliminate two programs, including Mass Layoff Statistics, and all ‘measuring green jobs’ products. This news release is the final publication of monthly mass layoff survey data.”

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U.S. Federal/State/Local Government Layoffs June 2016 : “we’re not taking care of our own people, that’s bullshit!”

Incomplete list of U.S. Federal/State/Local Government self-destruct announcements for June 2016:

Marketplace and Edison Research says their May polling shows 71% of U.S. workers believe the economy is rigged in favor of elites, and 55% believe threats to their employment are the result of elitist/government negotiated trade deals.  The analysts pointed out that the poll results were across the board; men, women, black, white, brown.

The Navajo Nation Council spending an additional $2-million USD to hire teenagers for the Summer. It’s an effort to combat crashing employment of teenagers across the U.S.

Circle of Blue reports that since 2010 there’s been an average increase of 48% in municipal water rates across the U.S., despite a 22% drop in residential water use since 1999! In other words, to make up for citizens actually conserving water (like they’ve been told to do, for decades) cities have lost money and are jacking up rates!

Financial website WalletHub says Mississippi has the worst economy in the United States, followed by Arkansas, Maine, New Mexico, Louisiana, Kentucky and Alabama. WalletHub based their results on analysis by six economists (not main stream media ‘analysts’ posing as economist).

Arizona: Due to a lack of $2-million USD in taxpayer funding (a sure sign of a failed economy) Maricopa County suddenly laid off 11 animal shelter employees: “….every year we have been drawing on that surplus. … There is nothing left.”-Melissa Gable, Animal Care and Control

California: Amazingly, and despite my continued reporting of massive layoffs across the Golden State, including the Bay Area, the UCLA Anderson Forecast claims that employment in the Bay Area is at full capacity! But wait, the term Full Employment is misleading, it does not mean everybody literally has a job, it means that everybody who wants a jobs and is willing to take whatever slave wage pay level is offered can ‘potentially’ become employed.

Delaware: It’s been revealed by a lawsuit launched by 21 states (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, West Virginia) that Delaware state administrators are in cahoots with MoneyGram, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Bank of America, Western Union, Visa and MasterCard by illegally holding onto $150-million worth of yet-to-be-cashed checks (call it an ‘unclaimed funds’ scam) from customers across the U.S.: “This practice not only violates federal law but it’s wrong and unfair. The bottom line is simple: Delaware is ignoring federal law for financial gain.”-Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General

Idaho: The Fire Chief of Chubbuck resigned in connection to the planned merger of the city of Chubbuck’s fire department with the city of Pocatello (both cities are dealing with cash problems despite continually telling the taxpayers the economy is good): “Whether the consolidation goes forward or not it’s not going to be affected by whom the chief is at the time.”-Joshua Ellis, Chubbuck city councilman

Speaking of Chubbuck and Pocatello, the county of Bannock made an appeal to property owners to pay their property taxes, warning of fines and interest charges. It sounded like the county is having problems with property tax collections, which would not be happening if the economy was good. I gotta message for Bannock County: “You can’t squeeze blood from a turnip.”

The Idaho Public Charter School Commission warning Syringa Mountain School of financial peril because state funding can’t come close to covering the charter school’s outrageous operating costs: “SMS’s financial position is extremely perilous. While fundraising efforts have met current cash flow needs, SMS has struggled with lack of funds periodically throughout its years in operation.”

Due to a lawsuit, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is withdrawing its approval for the way Idaho measures toxic arsenic levels in water (the EPA’s decision to let Idaho ‘christian lawmakers’ ignore arsenic limit regulations seems to coincide with state ‘officials’ quietly allowing natural gas fracking operations). It sounds similar to what happened in Flint, Michigan: “EPA violated the Clean Water Act when it allowed arsenic levels in Idaho waters that are up to 1,000 times greater than the agency has determined are acceptable for this toxic chemical. EPA placed political expediency over human health protection.“– Nina Bell, Northwest Environmental Advocates

Illinois:  Rock Island County Health Department not only preparing for an act of terror (specifically they prepped for a biological attack) but preparing their employees for the elimination of 15 jobs due to crashing taxpayer funding.  Aurora Public Library eliminating a total of 31 jobs due to being in the hole by as much as $2-million USD. The library system will also reduce operating hours and shutdown their Express Center: “… if you don’t use it, you lose it! The numbers don’t lie.”-Tina Bohman, 1st Ward Alderman

Indiana: In Mishawaka, American Pancake House & Restaurant on Grape Road shutting down due to outrageously jacked rent and property tax!

Kentucky: Pike County eliminating at least 19 jobs due to being $4-million USD short for the 2016-17 fiscal year. As an example of what I call Ripple Effect Layoffs, it’s blamed on the crashing coal mining industry.

Maryland: It’s revealed that taxpayers are being forced to pay more than $320-million each year to shore up the state’s failed retirement system that is now tied to the volatile stock markets!

Massachusetts: The city of Boston Weak and the college of Babson announced they will create their own migrant ‘visa’ program to get around the federal H-1B! An unnamed ‘official’ connected to the scam flat out lied and said “It’s not like they’re taking jobs from Americans, they’re giving jobs to Americans.”  In Boston Weak, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority pushing hundreds of employees to take buyouts, and eliminating vacant positions, in an effort to save $25-million USD in payroll.

Michigan: The residents of Flint already pay the highest water rates in the U.S., soon their rates will double due to the incompetence of past ‘elected lawmakers’. Rowe Professional Service says the cost of replacing the water system in Flint will be at least $214-million USD, and take 50 years to do it! The pissed-off Sheriff of Genesee County blames an incompetent authoritarian government for escalating violent crime through lead poisoning: “The crime rate in Flint, for the last 10 to 15 years has been high, number one per capita of violent crime… This crisis…wasn’t created by a natural disaster, people created it. They put dictators into Flint, they called them emergency managers. One of the emergency managers signed over the Flint River without all of the safeguards built in. Now they’re all pointing their fingers at each other, but the lesson has got to be that you cannot take government away from the people. ……this is America? We’re giving money to Iraq….Afghanistan and we’re not taking care of our own people, that’s bullshit!”–Robert J. Pickell, in the documentary Fighting for Flint

Mississippi: The state Department of Health warning of more layoffs due to taxpayer funding cut of $4-million USD: “Over the next several months, we will be also sending people home. We just don’t know how many people yet.”-Mary Currier, state health officer

New Jersey: The state is so broke that state retirement money will continue to be frozen at 2011 levels. Thank fat-ass Trump supporter Chris Christie for that. By the way, retirement funds, as well as social services are not ‘benefits’ because you freaking’ taxpayers paid for them already!

New York: The city of New York is spending $34-million USD creating 60-thousand busy work jobs for their Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) in an effort to combat crashing employment of teenagers. The city of Birmingham is using a measly $10-thousand USD in federal taxpayer grant money to combat crashing employment of teenagers considered ‘at risk’. The program is called Citizen U.   Experience Works issued a shutdown WARN for their Cortland Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), due to “lack of funding”.

Ohio: The city of Lorain notified 23 firefighters they will become unemployed due to the city being short $3.6-million USD. City administrators are trying to get a taxpayer funded grant from the federal government. The Mahoning County Children Services Board laying off 22 employees and shutting down the Glenwood group home due to lack of teenaged residents.

Oregon: Law firms (American Immigration Lawyers Association and American Immigration Council) in Oregon are suing the federal government over the H-1B program, not because H-1B is taking jobs from U.S. citizens but because their foreign clients were turned down for H-1B visas!   The state Office of Economic Analysis is warning that the soon to be increased state minimum wage (to $15 per hour) will end up killing 40-thousand jobs! Oregon has an official population of about 4-million, it’s a geographically large state with a population that’s half that of the evil Big Apple city of New York! Local news reports said that Oregon’s democrat controlled government passed the wage increase before the Office of Economic Analysis published their report: “While the impact is relatively small when compared to the size of the Oregon economy, it does result in approximately 40,000 fewer jobs in 2025 than would have been the case absent the legislation. Our office is not predicting outright job losses, however we are expecting somewhat slower growth. Low-wage workers receiving raises in the near term boost incomes. Over time, however, employers will adjust by increasing worker productivity, possibly via capital for labor substitutions.”–Oregon Economic and Revenue Forecast, June 2016

Pennsylvania: The tax hungry city of Philadelphia created a tax on soda, not just for so called ‘sugary’ soda (since the mid-1990s 90% of soda’s are made with GMO corn syrup + chemical sweeteners, not true sugar) but for ‘diet’ sodas as well! The tax goes into effect January 2017.

Puerto Rico: The U.S. territory in full blown death spiral as government debt is now more than $70-billion USD, taxes have been jacked by at least 15%, electricity rates could be jacked by 26% by 2017, and more than 400-thousand people have fled the island territory!  Catholic Charities says Puerto Ricans couldn’t pay their taxes or utilities before the rate hikes, so what are fearless leaders thinking by jacking up costs?

Tennessee: Bankrupt Pioneer Community Hospital of Scott County shutting down by the end of the month, because it could “no longer sustain the financial losses” caused by ObamaCare. The nearest hospital is now a 50 minute drive away.

Texas: Recently two people were convicted and sentenced to federal prison for seven years, for running an H-1B scam. They were falsifying H-1B documents to bring in migrants from India. An Indian news source stated the H-1B program was created “to create a low-cost workforce in the US.” This news came at the same time it was revealed the oil industry in Texas was employing thousands of people from around the world. The recent oil industry BS hit one Texas town hard as it was home to many of the migrants: “80 to 100 families have relocated to their home country primarily because of job changes and changes in the economy.”-Richard Rowell, business owner in Katy City

Washington: Once again Seattle based Amazon is in trouble. This time it’s being fined $350-thousand USD by the FAA after United Parcel Service employees were sickened by a chemical reaction in some packages from Amazon. Those packages were filled with chemical cleaners, which are banned in the U.S. from being shipped by air. The chemical cleaning product is called Amazing Liquid Fire, and the UPS employees said they felt like they were burning after fumes came from the package.

Washington DC:  The U.S. Federal Reserve Bank says 76-million U.S. citizens barely get by financially. 46% of U.S. citizens would be devastated by a financial emergency. 45% say it’s because their jobs do not give them steady income as their work hours constantly change.

The U.S. Department of Labor said the month of May saw the lowest new job growth since 2010, only 38-thousand new jobs created. Unofficial propagandists of unAmerican corporate America, main stream news media ‘experts’, had been promising at least 160-thousand new jobs!

The U.S. Department of Labor is also dealing with an issue I’ve experienced myself; your employer suddenly says you’re now a contractor, reduces your pay and ends benefits. It’s called Employee Misclassification.

It’s been revealed that taxpayers are being forced to spend $20-thousand USD to ‘settle’ each so called war refugee coming into the U.S. The revelation was made by Negative Population Growth.

It’s been revealed that a taxpayer funded scholarship program known as DACA funds college education for ILLEGAL immigrants! Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton proudly and openly supports it! DACA is in addition to any other financial aid: “I was able to get scholarships and grants through DACA.”-Clara Kim, Korean student at elitist Azusa Pacific University in California who admitted to Hillary Clinton that she was in the U.S. illegally, Hillary Clinton then ‘applauded’ Kim’s efforts, it was caught on video by CBSLos Angeles.

More proof U.S. jobs are going to immigrants; during a Congressional hearing it was revealed that at least 5-million migrants violated their H-1B visas and now refuse to leave the United States! This means they’re now illegal immigrants but the federal government isn’t doing anything about it, a grand total of 10-thousand visa violation cases were investigated out of the now 5-million violators known to be in the U.S.! Despite the latest revelations, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a new Visa Waiver Program which allows immigrants to enter the United States without getting visas from U.S. consular officers!

Indian news media revealed that the U.S. government is making bank on its H-1B visa program. At the end of last year the Obama regime jacked up the fees paid by foreigners for H-1Bs by $4-thousand USD! The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services handles the H-1B applications.

West Virginia: State Division of Forestry eliminating 37 jobs due to $1.7-million USD in taxpayer funding cuts.

Wyoming: The governor proposed cutting $248-million USD for government contractors, which would result in at least 677 people becoming unemployed!  The governor blamed crashing tax revenues from the mining/oil industry.

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification.

I found a 2010 AFL-CIO analysis (titled The Public Availability of WARN Notices: Lack of Accessibility and Disclosure…) which proves what I’ve been suspecting in my search of state WARN notices; most states are not complying with federal WARN regulations and are not publicizing or tracking mass layoffs.

Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed!

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) no longer issues mass layoff reports: “On March 1, 2013, President Obama ordered into effect the across-the- board spending cuts (commonly referred to as sequestration) required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. Under the order, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) must cut its current budget by more than $30 million, 5 percent of the current 2013 appropriation, by September 30, 2013. In order to help achieve these savings and protect core programs, the BLS will eliminate two programs, including Mass Layoff Statistics, and all ‘measuring green jobs’ products. This news release is the final publication of monthly mass layoff survey data.”

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ObamaCare job destruction June 2016 : “no longer sustain the financial losses”

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 six months of 2016 there have been so many ObamaCare cutbacks that I’ve posted a report every month!

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

Consumer Reports says the number of ‘surprise’ medical bills is skyrocketing, affecting one out of every three people with private insurance in 2015!   PBS News Hour revealed how many people are losing their savings as a result.  

Germany based drugs maker Boehringer Ingelheim announced it is eliminating at least 724 jobs with its U.S. operations!

Arizona: Walgreens shutting down all 40 of their Grand Canyon State Theranos Wellness Centers and ending its partnership with California based blood testing lab Theranos. It’s connected to Medicare and Medicaid rejecting numerous test results from Theranos.

California:  Blood tester Theranos facing shutdown after Medicare-Medicaid declared their test results invalid, and losing their major contract with Walgreens. In the Los Angeles area, Gardens Regional Hospital now chapter 11 bankrupt busted, attorneys for the hospital blame ObamaCare. Due to ObamaCare’s efforts to direct people away from hospitals and Obamacare’s massive insurance reimbursement cuts, Gardens Regional Hospital is in debt by $26-million USD and hasn’t paid rent since April! At least 322 jobs threatened!   Visiting Nurse Association revealed they laid off an additional 68 people in Redlands, Riverside and Victorville (between April & May).  Interesting, Abbot Vascular officially (and finally) revealed it laid off 160 people in Redwood City, back in December 2015! In San Diego, Scripps Health revealed it laid off 122 people in May! CVS Pharmacy consolidating its Coram financial ops, resulting in 152 people in Rancho Cordova becoming jobless in September! Corizon Health eliminated 156 jobs in two locations! In Corona, Switzerland based drugs maker Actavis issued a layoff WARN, 31 jobs gone by August. In Modesto, American Medical Response-Centrex laying off eight people by Xmas. StemCells shutting down its Newark and Sunnyvale locations, 53 jobs lost by August. Prometheus Laboratories laying off 55 San Diegans by August.

Connecticut: Recovery center Crossroads issued a layoff WARN for its New Haven location, to take place by mid-August.

Georgia: By February 2016, Consumer Reports found that the percentage of Georgians getting unexpected medical bills, because their wonderful insurance companies refuse to pay-up, hit 46%.

Idaho: ObamaCare insurance providers are demanding premium increases from anywhere between 27% and an insane 122% for Blue Cross’s ObamaCare Gold Plan!  In Boise, an Oregon woman pled guilty to stealing $850-thousand USD from corrupt ‘christian’ run Saint Luke’s Health System. The woman ran the scam through her Boise employer Pinnacle Pension Services. Saint Luke’s itself has been caught ‘stealing’ local tax dollars.

Illinois: American General Life Insurance issued a layoff WARN for their Springfield location, 70 jobs lost by Xmas, no reason given.  In Naperville, Centrad Healthcare lost a contract, 162 jobs gone between now and November!  Northwestern Illinois Center for Independent Living warned of more layoffs: “It’s incredibly difficult as a team member here to watch your team members leave without their choice in it because the state can’t do their part that they are empowered to do and we are empowered to deliver these services.”-Michelle Miller, executive director

Iowa: Independence Mental Health Institute shutting down their Psychiatric Medical Institution for Children Unit, claiming a 50% decrease in utilization.  Drugs maker NewLink Genetics laid off 87 people due to the failure on one of their cancer drugs.

Kansas:  In Wichita, Via Christi Health eliminating 70 more jobs on top of the 80 they’ve already cut! Yet, at the same time hospital administrators told local news that they plan to hire 80 people!

Kentucky: Kindred Healthcare refuse to renew the lease on their Nursing and Rehabilitation-Bashford operations, 153 jobs lost by August!

Maryland:  Missouri based finance and healthcare software maker DST Systems shutdown its Baltimore office.

Mississippi: The state Department of Health warning of more layoffs due to taxpayer funding cut of $4-million USD: “Over the next several months, we will be also sending people home. We just don’t know how many people yet.”-Mary Currier, state health officer

Missouri: Finance and healthcare software maker DST Systems eliminating 150 jobs in Kansas City!

New Jersey:  God powerless to stop ‘his’ Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth from shutting down their Florham Park Saint Anne Villa retirement home, 135 jobs gone by August!  In Hamilton, disabled people “self-determined life” enhancer Meridian Services laid off 97 people. Inspira Medical Center eliminating at least 67 jobs at two locations by August.

New York:  Ortho Clinical Diagnostics conducting another round of shutdown layoffs in Rochester, 86 people jobless by October.  Apparently the medical device maker employee 1-thousand people at one time.  God powerless to stop ‘his’ Catholic Charities from issuing a shutdown WARN for the Casa Betsaida Homeless Program, which will shutdown in September due to “lack of funding”.

Ohio: The Mahoning County Children Services Board laying off 22 employees and shutting down the Glenwood group home due to lack of teenaged residents.

Oklahoma: Health insurance giant Blue Cross-Blue Shield is demanding a 49% increase in premiums for their ObamaCare plans!

Oregon:  God powerless to stop ‘his’ Catholic owned Saint Anthony Hospital from laying off half their administrative staff, blaming millions of dollars of losses since 2015, which is being caused by disputes with ObamaCare insurance providers.

Tennessee: Bankrupt Pioneer Community Hospital of Scott County shutting down by the end of the month, because it could “no longer sustain the financial losses” caused by ObamaCare. The nearest hospital is now a 50 minute drive away.  In East Ridge, after 71 years the Kingwood Pharmacy shutdown, supposedly it’s being replaced with a compounding (customized drug making) operation.

Texas: Health insurance giant Blue Cross-Blue Shield is demanding a 53% increase in premiums for their ObamaCare plans!

Virginia: ObamaCare literally killed an ambulance company. Mid-Atlantic Regional Ambulance suddenly shutdown due to not being paid boo-koo Medicare reimbursements for services rendered. 50 jobs gone. Under Virginia’s version of ObamaCare, Medicare must pre-approve such services!

Washington: Kitsap Mental Health Services suddenly laid off 15 people in the outpatient ward.  Local news media said Kitsap Mental is still advertising for 30 open positions (possibly the result of the county’s new mental health tax).  The sudden layoffs might be connected to the expiration of a federal taxpayer funded grant.

Washington DC:  And for more proof ObamaCare is killing the economy, even the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the Affordable Care Act is the main driver behind skyrocketing costs of operations for employers. Over the past 12 months healthcare benefit costs rose 3.3%, in the previous 12 months they rose 2.5%. Wage costs are also blamed, not because employees are actually being paid more but because their productivity is going down (of course, who wants to continue busting their ass for some employer who won’t give them a decent raise or who could kill their jobs without warning?).

Wisconsin: After only 10 years of operations god powerless to stop ‘his’ Midwest Spine and Orthopedic Hospital and Wisconsin Heart Hospital from shutting down. It’s blamed on the takeover by Ascension Health this year, 192 jobs threatened!

Wyoming:  Wyoming Medical Center suddenly laid off 58 employees, blaming the state’s failed version of ObamaCare. 57 vacant positions have been shutdown and work hours for employees cutback. Administrators say they’re experiencing an increase in patient volume but at the same time a massive decrease in government and private insurance reimbursements.

ObamaCare job destruction, May 2016: “TIMES ARE TOUGH…A LOT MORE MONEY IS GOING TOWARDS HEALTHCARE”

ObamaCare = Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Technology

“The Amazon Tax had an especially chilling effect…” : January 2016, U.S. tech/communications industry job destruction

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 January 2016:

After only two years Qatar based news source Al Jazeera is getting the hell outta Dodge! Al Jazeera America is shutting down in April, administrators say that despite increasing numbers of viewers the suck-ass U.S. economy makes doing business in ‘Merica “no longer sustainable”! 7-hundred employees affected!

California:  VMWare warning employees of mass layoffs due to their merger with Dell and EMC, as many as 9-hundred jobs lost! But wait there’s a whole lot more! Redwood Shores based Global Equities Research predicts that as many as 333-thousand tech jobs will be eliminated over the next 12 months, no thanks to rapidly developing advancements in areas like cloud computing!  Foster City based Live365 internet radio officially shutting down, analysts are blaming the Copyright Royalty Board. Back at the end of December it was reported that Live365 was laying off the majority of its employees, no word on how many people will lose their jobs.    In Santa Clara, Florida based software company Citrix Systems eliminated 65 jobs.  In San Jose, tech company Cisco Systems laid off 123 people without warning!  In San Mateo, GoPro reported it laid off 77 employees, due to holiday sales that fell short by $100-thousand USD.   In San Diego, after laying off 1,314 people at the end of 2015 Qualcomm laid off an additional 32 employees.  Cupertino based Apple laid off 1-hundred people from its iAd ops! Administrators claim they will create new jobs later on, which is unlikely given that Apple is drastically cutting production of its new iPhones by 30%! This is causing the factory in China to conduct mass layoffs, and forced the city of Zhengzhou to pump $12.6-million USD into the factory to minimize the impact. Apple stocks lost 24% of their value from last year! It turns out that sales of the new Apple iPhones are not as great as what the mainstream news media was reporting!  Sunnyvale based Yahoo laid off 25% of its employees (about 2-thousand 7-hundred), because a three year ‘turnaround’ plan has failed to get the intended results!   San Francisco based Too Big to Jail Wells Fargo continues to kill jobs, this time 121 tech jobs across the country! It’s been revealed that Wells Fargo is actually covering the bad loans of huge oil companies (by literally throwing money at them), this should piss you off because Wells Fargo (a major mortgage company) does not hesitate to foreclose on homeowners! (Mmmm, is it a case of robbing Peter to pay Paul?). San Francisco based Mixapanel laid off 18 employees admitting that in 2015 they “overhired”.   Dating website Zoosk laid off 40 employees.   AT&T laid off 102 people in San Ramon!

Colorado: Kansas based Sprint shutting down their Arapahoe County call center, 178 jobs lost by April!  Read on to learn of the latest Sprint layoffs in Kansas, New Mexico, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.  Louisville based non-profit cable TV research company CableLabs laid off 30 people, in order “to ensure that CableLabs can rapidly build and sustain a significant innovation pipeline for the industry”. 

Connecticut:  Yale University laid off at least 24 InfoTech employees. CIO Len Peters warns of more job cuts saying “In order to further close our budget gap, some involuntary layoffs have taken place. Moving forward, we will continue to look for ways to be more cost-effective and agile with our services.”

Florida: In Lake City, Sitel Operating Corporation issued two WARNs saying 128 people will be laid off between March and April! Despite winning a lawsuit against Japan’s Mitsubishi, Naples based Grail Semiconductor now chapter 11 bankrupt busted saying their debts are far greater than the money they’re supposed to be getting from Mitsubishi.

Idaho: A new study is blaming low Gem State high school graduation rates on internet classes! The state Board of Education reported that ‘virtual schools’ can barely graduate 20% of their online students! 

Indiana: Emmis Communications warned of layoffs at its radio stations, exact numbers not given.

Kansas: Overland Park based Sprint notified 829 local employees they will lose their jobs very soon!  That’s on top of the 6-thousand Sprint jobs eliminated in the past two years!

Kentucky: ISO copper wire maker Belden shutting down their factory in Monticello, 260 jobs being lost to the state of Indiana and to the country of Mexico, between now and the beginning of next year!

Nevada:  A third solar power panel company is getting the hell outta The Silver State (after anti solar panel regs were passed, which actually penalize homeowners for installing them). Go Solar, a Las Vegas based company, is laying off 17 people and reducing hours for the rest of their employees. Scott Shaw, a Go Solar exec, says that since the new anti-solar panel regulations were announced “We’ve gone from five installations a week to zero!” Between Go Solar, SunRun and SolarCity the new anti-solar panel regulations will cause Nevada to lose about 2-thousand jobs!

New Mexico: Kansas based Sprint shutdown their Rio Rancho call center, 394 jobs lost!

New York: Armonk based International Business Machines (IBM) is about to conduct mass layoffs, insiders saying “…a resource action will happen…”. On top of that the iconic employer will reduce the amount of severance it normally gives. If you research my past Job Losses reports you’ll discover that IBM has been conducting mass layoffs for several years now.   NYC based MTV laid off an undisclosed number of people, as reported by those who were laid off.   Internet fantasy sports site FanFuel revealed they’ve begun laying off employees, no numbers given. It’s connected to legal threats challenging FanDuel’s claim that it’s not a gambling site.   Months after announcing plans to hire 125 people, Dial America now shutdown its 28 years old Amherst call center, 120 jobs lost! Administrators blamed it on a major client deciding to do business with a foreign call center operator!  Jefferson County shutdown their DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles) office on Fort Drum, blaming a shift to internet operations.   NYC based door-to-door “women’s” products seller Avon announced it will eliminate in-house InfoTech jobs, contracting them out to failed California based tech company Hewlett Packard (HP).  NYC based website Upworthy laid off 14 people connected to internet video trends.

North Carolina:  Sitel Operating Corporation shutting down its Asheville call center, 250 jobs lost by July!  Ohio based call center operator Convergys issued a layoff WARN for its Greenville center, 163 jobs lost by April due to the loss of a contract!

Ohio:  Digital Works shutdown their high-tech skills training programs in Logan, Lynchburg, Middleport, Portsmouth and West Union. The training program was started in 2013 with taxpayer funding, that taxpayer funding ended in 2015.   After four years virtual telemedicine health provider connector HealthSpot now chapter 7 bankrupt busted and being liquidated. The plan was to set up remote kiosks in which people could access medical coverage help under this ObamaCare regime. However, despite raising $48-million USD and building 191 kiosks, 137 of those kiosks are still sitting in storage unused! The other 54 kiosks that were set up in retail locations, like RiteAid, are not in use.   Researchers at Ohio State University have proven that an ‘Amazon Tax’ killed internet holiday sales in 2015. They determined that sales on Amazon.com dropped an average of 8.3% in states that implemented taxes on internet purchases. The Washington Post article said sales declines increased as the price of the item went up: “The Amazon Tax had an especially chilling effect on big-ticket purchases that totaled more than $250, the study found. On these transactions, Amazon sales declined 11.4 percent once the tax was put in place.”

Puerto Rico: Video game store GameStop shutdown all 40+ island stores (according to GameStop PR director Joy Mooring, other reports said 35 stores), more than 4-hundred jobs lost! It’s blamed on government regulations and the suck-ass economy in the defaulted U.S. territory!

Rhode Island:  A state investigation into former Major League Baseball player Curt Schilling’s video game company 38 Studios could result in a criminal case. 38 Studios went mysteriously bankrupt and shutdown a few months after releasing it’s only video game (the game was considered a success and sold well). The problem is that 38 Studios was partially funded with millions in state taxpayer loans, which were never paid back.

Tennessee: Kansas based Sprint shutdown their Blountville call center, 444 jobs lost!

Texas: Sprint shutdown their Temple call center, 350 jobs lost!

Virginia: Sprint shutdown their Hampton call center, 380 jobs lost!  In Roanoke, WDBJ television station was sold-off. WDBJ is the TV station that saw two reporters killed, by a former employee, live on TV. The once Indiana owned WDBJ is now owned by a company out of Georgia. As a former local TV news producer I can tell you that TV station takeovers always involve people losing their jobs.

Washington: In Bremerton, Concentrix shutdown their call center, 5-hundred jobs lost! Administrators blame it on the loss of a major client.

Washington DC: NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) is consolidating operations at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi and Michoud Assembly Facility in Louisiana, possibly eliminating more than 2-hundred jobs in the process!

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed

1ST Q 2015: “THE LINES ARE BECOMING BLURRED….CONVERGING AT A FASTER PACE THAN ANYONE PREDICTED.”

U.S.

“All the churches are experiencing this decline in attendance.” The Rapture? : U.S. Christian self-destruction 2nd Q 2016

Incomplete list of U.S. Christian shutdowns and layoffs 2nd Quarter 2016.

Mormon Glen Beck’s ‘news’ network The Blaze laid off at least 40 employees across the U.S.  This is at least the second round of layoffs for Glen Beck. Back in February a Daily Beast report basically said former employees accused ‘christian’ Beck of being a backstabber. It’s blamed on crashing ratings and the crashing numbers of people looking at Beck’s websites Glennbeck.com and TheBlaze.com.

Arizona: God powerless to stop his Illinois based Saint Xavier University from shutting down their Gilbert campus. Administrators say they are prepping for the possible halting of Illinois taxpayer funding for low income students.

Colorado:  In Colorado Springs, god powerless to stop ‘his’ British empire Salvation Army from shutting down the Cold Weather Shelter. Administrators said their shelter was a temporary short term fix requested by the county, but the homeless situation has become so bad that it “…needs to be addressed as a community.”  Also in Colorado Springs, after three years Curbside Cuisine shutting down multiple lots owned by god’s Young Men’s Christian Association and being rented to independent food trucks. YMCA administrators said Curbside Cuisine wasn’t making enough money off renting out the YMCA property so they’re being handed back to the YMCA. One food truck operator said he got three weeks notice of shutdown: “I don’t know where to move. We have been here all winter and didn’t make any money and now the weather is starting to get better and we have to move. It is not fair.”-Hayder Hassan, former U.S. Army translator now food truck operator

Connecticut: Despite surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions god powerless to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ East Avenue United Methodist Church.  Church leaders adopted an “off the fence faith” policy by that failed to stop The Rapture, I mean massive loss of believers.

Florida: God powerless to stop ‘his’ Saint Leo University system from eliminating 30 jobs due to “restructuring”. Interestingly local news reports say administrators claim they’re actually creating new jobs. God powerless to stop ‘his’ church organ maker Tadlock Piano Company from shutting down their Dothan store. They’re consolidating ops to Panama City.

Georgia: In Savannah, god powerless to stop ‘his’ Young Men’s Christian Association from shutting down their 17 years old Southside YMCA. But get this, the YMCA is being shutdown by god’s own Saint Joseph Hospital, who owns the property the Southside YMCA is using.

Idaho: In Twin Falls, after 37 years god powerless to stop ‘unofficial’ Mormon Bell’s Family Books from being shutdown by ‘official’ Mormon bookstore Deseret Book! You read right! Local news reports say Bell’s Family Books was facing increasing competition, the final straw being when their own religion opened a bookstore down the street.

More charges of corruption in the ‘christian’ controlled Gem State: A city employee of 14 years has resigned from her job with Idaho City after being accused of taking taxpayer funding. Idaho State Police say she took about $47-thousand USD over a two years period, two other city employees were fired.  According to magicvalley.com in the past year and a half Idaho doctors were paid-off by drug companies, to the tune of $24-million USD of ‘incentives’! Now you know why so many ‘christians’ in The Gem State are wacked on evil prescription drugs!  ‘Suspect’ State Treasurer Ron Crane is now facing wrongful termination charges by a former employee, who was fired “in direct retaliation for communicating in good faith the existence of extensive waste of public funds/manpower and illegality”. In November 2015 five state employees reported to their superiors massive corruption in the Republican ‘christian’ controlled state government. Instead of being praised for revealing the waste of taxpayer funding, they were accused of insubordination! Two were fired!  Idaho state level ‘elected christian’ politicians have so far spent $136-thousand taxpayer dollars on travel expenses for just 75 days of their legislative session! The revelation was made after The Associated Press forced the release of data through a Freedom of Information demand. Not all reimbursement requests have been submitted, so expect the total tax dollars spent to go up.  It was revealed that state taxpayers were forced to pay outrageous three-fold increase in overtime pay to Idaho State Police (ISP) trainees. ‘Christian’ ISP administrators explained, without blinking an eye, that it was mainly for trainee commute times to the academy because there was No Room at the Inn, I mean the ISP’s academy dorms in Meridian, or at the National Guard barracks on Gowen Field! (how many civilian businesses pay their employees to commute?) The Idaho Housing and Finance Association reports that the number of homeless people in northern Idaho has increased 5% since 2015. Local true Christian charities say the homeless rate is actually higher than the official count because not all localities are included in the head-counting, and warned the homeless rate will go up: “Although the homeless number is always interesting, those living from paycheck to paycheck who are on the verge of losing their homes is far greater. That’s the bigger issue.”-Jeff Conroy, Saint Vincent de Paul of North Idaho

Despite boasting of a recovering economy the self proclaimed ‘christian’ leaders of Idaho have decided they must ration the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, incorrectly called Food Stamps). Starting in July instead of getting all their food assistance on a single day, it will be spread over a ten days period, affecting 82-thousand of Idaho’s 1.5-million residents. It was revealed that this rationing of food assistance was actually ordered by state ‘elected christian lawmakers’ back in 2014! The British empire created christian Salvation Army protested the SNAP rationing by pointing out that poor Idahoans have been screwed so much by state ‘christian lawmakers’ that up to 90% of people coming into Salvation Army food banks are there to supplement the meager scraps given to them by Idaho’s SNAP! (as a single healthy unemployed adult male I can confirm that there are plenty of poor people in Idaho who don’t qualify for ‘christian’ state manipulated social programs) This comes as Gem State ‘christian’ led Department of Labor sold its Right to Work Internet Unemployment System (ius) to the states of Iowa and Vermont!    In Boise, ‘christian’ healthcare scammer Saint Luke’s Regional Medical Center has been found in violation of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). In 2015 an employee reported to the U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) that Saint Luke’s was not ‘coding’ certain time off as FMLA. The DoL reviewed two years worth of “hundreds” of employee records and concluded that Saint Luke’s “…failed to ensure that all employees on FMLA-covered leave received all the protections…” Interestingly the DoL determination, and resulting Saint Luke’s resolution actually took place in November 2015, but only now is being made public! In February I reported how Saint Luke’s was caught stealing local property taxes!   The AFL-CIO’s annual Executive PayWatch survey reports that chief executive officers in ‘christian’ controlled Idaho are paid an average 277 times more than Idahoans earning minimum wage, and 149 times more than Idahoans earning a ‘living wage’!

Illinois: God powerless to stop ‘his’ University of Saint Francis from revealing they laid off 21 employees. Local news media pointed out that the ‘christian’ university is spending big bucks constructing new buildings. God powerless to stop ‘his’ Seton Academy (Elizabeth Seton High School) from shutting down. In 2003 the all-girls schools went co-ed in an attempt to keep itself alive. Local news media said back in 2014 the Archdiocese of Chicago gave the school two years to increase student enrollment and decrease operational costs, it didn’t happen.  In Elgin, god powerless to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ 50 years old Messiah Lutheran Church. The property was sold to competitor Greek Orthodox Church.  God powerless to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows, 65 jobs gone.

Kansas: God powerless to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ 46 years old Shawnee Presbyterian Preschool. The Rapture, I mean what I call Disappearing Students Syndrome is forcing them to shutdown by the end of the year.  In Topeka, god powerless to stop the shutdown and sell-off of ‘his’ 130 years old (surviving The Great deflationary Depression and numerous recessions) Central Congregational United Church Of Christ. Church leaders say the costs to maintain the old building far exceeds revenues.

Kentucky: God powerless to stop the federal government from shutting down ‘his’ Saint Catherine College. The ‘christian’ school was caught withholding taxpayer funded financial aid for students! Accusations imply the ‘christian’ school was using the taxpayer funding for students to pay-down school debt.  After 122 years (surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions) god powerless to stop ‘his’ Westminster Presbyterian Church from shutdown after cash strapped members voted to sell the property to Baptist competitors.

Maine: The British empire’s christian Salvation Army shutting down their 102 years old (surviving The Great [deflationary] Depression and numerous recessions) Alder Street Family Thrift in Portland, calling the shutdown “the most responsible choice.”

Maryland: Despite surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions, god powerless to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ Visitation Academy sexist girls only school. Enrollment dropped to just 89 students, below the Catholic church’s new 100 minimum enrollment standard for keeping their schools open. However, local news reports implied the church actually wants to sell the property, because it’s worth $3.7-million USD.

Massachusetts: WWLP created a map showing Catholic church closings for the past ten years.  After 59 years god powerless to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ Presentation of Mary Early Childhood Program, due to the economy: “When we looked at all the resources available we realized we just didn’t have the resources to continue. We wanted to continue serving as long as we could, but realistically we can’t….”-Sister Janice Perrault

Michigan: In Midland, god refuses to stop ‘his’ Lutheran church owned Journeys Coffee House, on Main Street, from shutting down in June.  Senior pastor Ed Doerner revealed god was powerless against “…substantial rent increases and other stipulations from our landlord.”

New Jersey: In South Amboy, after more than 1-hundred years (surviving The Great deflationary Depression and numerous recessions) god powerless to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ Sacred Heart Elementary School because “…enrollment has decreased by 40 students and the subsidy required to sustain the school’s operation has risen to over a half-million dollars annually…”

New York:  God powerless to stop ‘his’ Catholic Charities of Buffalo from shutting down their social services operations within taxpayer funded public schools (hey, isn’t that a violation of the 1st Amendment, government shall not recognize a religion?), at least 65 jobs lost by the end of June.  In Bronx NYC, Saint Barnabas Rehabilitation & Continuing Care Center has been sold to a vulture capitalist, a shutdown WARN has been issued, 254 jobs lost in July! Presbyterian/Agnostic Warren Buffett controlled NYC based American Express began massive layoffs as part of plans to cut $1-billion USD in operating costs!   In Ogdensburg, god powerless to stop the shutdown of 60 years old Wesleyan Church due to active membership dropping to 30 people. In Albany, god powerless to stop ‘his’ girls only Academy of the Holy Names from shutting down its elementary school, due to crashing enrollment (Rapture?).  In Brooklyn, god powerless to stop ‘his’ Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services from shutting down their Outreach & Integration Program, by the end of August. God powerless to stop ‘his’ Webster Christian School from shutting down due to The Rapture, I mean lack of students: “The road to transition had been paved with honest assessment, strategic planning, and fresh initiatives….. Notwithstanding all these….Webster Christian School will be closing at the end of this current school year….we simply do not have the number of students….to provide a standard of excellence in Christian education.”-school statement

North Dakota: Propane tank maker Trinity Containers shutting down their West Fargo operations, 91 jobs lost in June.

Ohio: In Hubbard, god powerless to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ Saint Patrick School. The Bishop of Youngstown blames it on ten years of Rapture, I mean declining enrollment.

Oklahoma: After 18 years ‘christian’ owned Owasso Fitness Center shutting down. Local news reports say “the most Christian” owner is switching to private fitness lessons only. In Lawton, after 53 years the J. Roy Dunning Children’s Shelter shutting down due to being $122-thousand USD in the hole. In Tishomingo, country music singer ‘christian’ Miranda Lambert ‘flipped the bird’ at her own The Pink Pistol employees when she secretly sold the property to her ex-husband, and then without warning shutdown the clothing store. However, Miranda crazed former employees tried to hide their anger about not being warned: “This ‘rumor’ is real and my sister and Kay lost their jobs.”-Morgan Cribbs

“Yes, Pink Pistol Tishomingo is closed as of today. Blake bought it and we don’t know much more. I’ve loved my job there and I love the town!”-Kayleigh

Pennsylvania: Presbyterian/Agnostic Warren Buffett owned Kraft-Heinz moving its Lehigh Valley Grey Poupon production to Michigan, because it’s being paid half-a-million dollars by Michigan taxpayers and $17-million USD by private investors. Also, Kraft-Heinz is moving its Lehigh Valley Tassimo coffee production to Canada, claiming that the majority of Tassimo customers live in Canada. Both moves will cost Pennsylvania as many as 7-hundred jobs! On top of that, in Pittsburgh Warren Buffett eliminating 40 in-house Heinz-Kraft jobs in favor of cheap-o contractors (bet they’re H-1B migrants).  In Lansford, Our Lady of Angels Academy has gone from 8-hundred students to just more than 1-hundred, and god is powerless to stop the shutdown in July. Administrators said the only way they could stay open was to jack up the fees, but christian parents can’t afford to pay more fees.  In Freeland, Despite surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions god powerless to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ Park United Methodist Church: “It’s unfortunate. All the churches are experiencing this decline in attendance. It’s a shame.”-Barbara Haraschak, church chairwoman

South Dakota: In Howard, after 134 years (surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions) Belleview Lutheran Church shutdown. Due to The Rapture, I mean declining membership local Lutheran churches are merging in an attempt to stay alive. Local news media says the Belleview church was averaging only 14 people every Sunday (Sun-day, as in Star-day, now you know who their real god is: Apollo).

Tennessee: Utah based ‘christian’ owned Capstone Nutrition shutdown their Spring Hill factory-warehouse, 125 jobs gone! It’s blamed on legal problems with client MusclePharm, which supposedly hasn’t paid for $22-million USD worth of Capstone products!  In Limestone, ‘god’ powerless to stop nursing home John M. Reed Health & Rehabilitation shutting down due to the federal government ending Medicare/Medicaid payments. The board members include members of the Church of the Brethren. In 2015 the nursing home was accused of having so called “deficiencies” that could threaten the health of patients, mainly a lack of competent employees.  After 42 years god powerless to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ Bible distributor Send the Light Distribution. Administrators blame it on competition with Amazon!

Texas: Presbyterian/Agnostic Warren Buffett owned BNSF railway revealed it eliminated 4-thousand 6-hundred jobs in past months! The layoffs exceed the job cuts BNSF made when the ‘recession’ officially began in 2007! A hiring freeze is in effect, it’s blamed on the oil industry BS! 

Vermont:  Burlington College shutdown, administrators blame it on their 2010 decision to buy property once owned by the ‘christian’ god, saying the college “struggled under the crushing weight of the debt incurred by the purchase of the Archdiocese property on North Avenue.”

Washington DC: In the ‘christian’ controlled U.S. Navy three more officers have been arrested and charged with bribery. It’s part of investigations into USN bribery and contractor overcharging problems going back many years and involving more than $34-million USD!   The tax-draining U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is asking for permission to conduct yet another round of base shutdowns. Christian leadership with the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force now claim they have more posts (bases) than they really need! But wait, don’t think this is going to save taxpayers money, the DoD wants to use the money saved by shutting down bases, and laying off thousands more personnel, on buying even more outrageously expensive high-tech weapons (like robots to replace human personnel).

1st Q 2016: Christianity “It’s for sale, someone can turn it into a restaurant if they want to.” 

FALSE FLAG: BOTH ‘CHRISTIAN’ PRIDE FESTIVAL ATTACKER & ‘MUSLIM’ ORLANDO SHOOTER WERE SECURITY GUARDS!

“But the root of all these evils is the love of money, and there are some who have desired it and have erred from the faith and have brought themselves many miseries.”-1 Timothy 6:10 Aramaic Bible

“And Yeshua entered the temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves. And he said to them, It is written: ‘My house will be called the House of prayer, but you have made it a den of robbers.’ “-Matthew 21:12-13 Aramaic Bible

“Yeshua said to them, ‘Give what is Caesar’s to Caesar and what is God’s to God.’ And they marveled at him.”-Mark 12:17 Aramaic Bible

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.-1st Amendment, U.S. Constitution

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Employees of religious non-profits might not qualify for unemployment assistance: “If the non-profit organization is a church, you may or may not be entitled to unemployment. It all depends upon state regulations for church employers. In many cases, churches are allowed to set their own rules regarding unemployment benefits, meaning the church can choose whether to offer benefits to former employees.”

U.S.

Dumbing Down the U.S. June 2016 : “Morale is really low.” “The numbers don’t lie.”

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 six 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, June 2016:

The Institute of College Access and Success reports that one out of ten community colleges stopped offering federal student loans.

Alabama: In Northport, after 22 years educational supply store Learning Experience shutting down, the owners want “more time for ourselves…and our grandchildren.”

Alaska: The University of Alaska continues with cutbacks, nine programs halted and 209 jobs eliminated due to $19-million USD in state funding cuts for the 2016-17 school year!

California:  Bienvenidos Children Center eliminated seven jobs.

Connecticut: School bus contractor First Student issued a WARN for their Brooklyn operations, 19 jobs gone.

Idaho: In Bannock County, corrupt School District 25 jacked up fees for lunches, despite getting an increase in their budget!  In response, a federal lawsuit has been filed on the grounds that charging additional out-of-pocket school fees violates the state constitution.  I reported last November that an Ada County court ruled school fees were unconstitutional, and some school administrators actually admitted it was!   The Idaho Public Charter School Commission warning Syringa Mountain School of financial peril because state funding can’t come close to covering the charter school’s outrageous operating costs: “SMS’s financial position is extremely perilous. While fundraising efforts have met current cash flow needs, SMS has struggled with lack of funds periodically throughout its years in operation.”  The economy is so bad that there is an official teacher ‘famine’ in eastern Idaho schools. According to numbers presented by local school districts, between 2009 and 2014 at least 9-thousand 569 teachers fled eastern Idaho schools! Statewide only 11 of Idaho’s 70 school districts were able to fill vacant positions, at the same time there is and exodus of education students as well. Between 2009 and 2013 there was a 35% drop in college students entering a teacher training program (what happened to Idaho’s free tuition if somebody became a teacher in Idaho?). Idaho Education News revealed that the state Department of Education does not keep track of such data, it’s coming from local districts and the universities themselves, implying that exalted state ‘lawmakers’ are ignoring the situation. Local school district administrators admit low pay for teachers is the main reason for the exodus, but say ObamaCare has jacked up the cost of employee benefits so high that they can’t afford to pay teachers mo-money: “I would not say it’s a teacher shortage we are experiencing, it’s a teacher famine!”-Randy Lords, Madison School District

Illinois: Elgin Community College eliminating at least 20 jobs for next school year due to crashing taxpayer funding. God powerless to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ Saint Florian School and Notre Dame High School for Girls schools by July. It’s blamed on declining enrollment.  Lake Land College eliminating jobs due to “significant reduction” in state taxpayer funding.  Aramark Educational Services laid off 297 people after the University of Chicago canceled the food service contract! In Orland Park, Positive Connections lost a school bus contract, 77 jobs lost. Aurora Public Library eliminating a total of 31 jobs due to being in the hole by as much as $2-million USD. The library system will also reduce operating hours and shutdown their Express Center: “… if you don’t use it, you lose it! The numbers don’t lie.”-Tina Bohman, 1st Ward Alderman

Indiana:  Muncie Community Schools laid off five teachers and eliminated 37 vacant jobs.  Almost 1-hundred students left the district last year, exacerbating crashing taxpayer funding.

Iowa: British empire United Kingdom owned textbook and test publisher Pearson conducted a third round of layoffs, bring the total number of people laid off in Iowa City to 166! Local news media say the Red Coat company blames the job cuts on fewer and fewer ‘Americans’ going to college. Yes, most of your ‘American’ textbooks are actually made by the British empire! Is it part of the dumbing down of the United States conspiracy?

Kansas: After surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions Varney’s Book Store shutting down all locations after an 80% drop in sales, due to losing contracts with K-State Student Union bookstore and K-State athletics.  At Kansas University the Jayhawk Bookstore shutdown: “The landscape of retail in general has been changing, in particular college text books. It’s not just traditional text books. There are obviously e-books and rental books. There’s also more a drive towards using course packets….”-Jeff Levin, co-owner

Kentucky: God powerless to stop the federal government from shutting down ‘his’ Saint Catherine College. The ‘christian’ school was caught withholding taxpayer funded financial aid for students! Accusations imply the ‘christian’ school was using the taxpayer funding for students to pay-down school debt.

Maryland:  After 55 years the Conococheague Elementary School shutdown due to age, low student enrollment and upcoming ‘re-districting’ in August. Local news media reporting that Baltimore City Schools layoffs have hit 171!  New Windsor junior high and three other Carrol County schools shutting down now, due to crashing enrollments and taxpayer funding.  Despite surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions, god powerless to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ Visitation Academy sexist girls only school.  Enrollment dropped to just 89 students, below the Catholic churches new 100 minimum enrollment standard for keeping their schools open.  However, local news reports implied the church will put the property is for sale, because it’s worth $3.7-million USD.

Massachusetts:  UMass Boston warning 4-hundred non-tenured professors that they could lose their jobs by the end of August: “Morale is really low. People are very upset and worried financially.”-Marlene Kim, UMass Boston Faculty Staff Union

The Granby School Committee will layoff at least 12 teachers, along with a number of other employees: “State Aid to Granby is projected to decrease for the coming fiscal year by $60,667. In three of the last nine years, Granby has received more State Aid than it will in FY 2017. State Aid pays for about 32.7% of Granby’s operating budgets. State Aid for Schools, including School Choice funds, is projected to decrease by $107,088. At $5,290,801, State Aid for Schools represents over 84% of Granby’s total State Aid.”

Michigan: Michigan Association of Public School Academies shutting down five charter schools affecting about 1-thousand 7-hundred students. State administrators blame it on lack of academic performance and declining enrollment.   Utica Community Schools eliminating 35 teaching jobs due to what I call Disappearing Students Syndrome; a massive drop of 440 students in one school year, and 1-thousand 132 in the previous four years! Utica Community Schools is the second largest school district in the Failed State.   Port Huron School Board eliminating 12 teaching positions. It’s blamed on a loss of student body, but could it also be because their parking lot improvement project is costing them way more than they thought it would?  Benton Harbor Area Schools eliminating 43 jobs in an effort to save $1.4-million USD. However, local news sources say the district is also planning on creating 12 new positions.

Minnesota: In Saint Paul, the Community School of Excellence eliminating 19 jobs and changing academic programs. Local news media say the charter school is in danger of shutdown due to lack of “performance”.

New Hampshire: Green Mountain Children’s Center shutting down its Lebanon campus by the end of September, at least 17 jobs lost.  It’s blamed on years of no money: “For years, GMCC chose to operate this campus at a loss, but the organization can no longer support a campus that continues to run such a deficit.”-Caroline Christie, executive director

New Jersey: God powerless to stop ‘his’ Saint Virgil Academy elementary school from shutting down. Local news media says the Catholic church has decided that any school whose enrollment drops below 1-hundred students will be shutdown.

“Luna luna luna luna
Illuminate”-Underworld

New Mexico: Luna Community College quietly began laying off staff last month, at least nine people unemployed due to the college being short $400-thousand USD.

New York:  Montauk Student Transport issued a layoff WARN for their Bronx-NYC and Weschester ops, 268 jobs lost by September! School bus contractor First Student issued a shutdown WARN for their Center Moriches operations, 4-hundred jobs gone!  God powerless to stop ‘his’ Webster Christian School from shutting down due to The Rapture, I mean lack of students: “The road to transition had been paved with honest assessment, strategic planning, and fresh initiatives….. Notwithstanding all these….Webster Christian School will be closing at the end of this current school year….we simply do not have the number of students….to provide a standard of excellence in Christian education.”-school statement

Dowling College suddenly shutdown all its campuses due to what I call Disappearing Students Syndrome, 443 jobs instantly gone! Local news media reported that students are literally screwed over as they scramble to find other colleges to accept their transfers: “This painful decision is a reflection of the unprecedented financial challenges facing countless private educational institutions across the nation and the difficult choices that many must now face.”-Albert Inserra, college president

North Carolina: Craven County Schools eliminating more than 20 jobs due to being short $3.5-million USD for the 2016-17 school year. In Fayetteville, Edward McKay Used Books and More shutdown: “We will be selling our property in Fayetteville and closing our store there. We know this is going to be a big disappointment to you, but the economy in Fayetteville is just too challenging.”-owners

Ohio: Terra State Community College laid off at least six people due to half a million dollars in budget cuts.

Oklahoma: Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College eliminating three programs, raising tuition by 9% and eliminating 27 jobs, blaming reduced taxpayer funding.

Oregon: Illinois based Durham School Services eliminating 67 jobs in Roseburg.

Pennsylvania: Chestnut Hill College reduced pay, canceled raises and reduced work hours for employees in an attempt to deal with a $2-million USD shortfall. If it doesn’t work then mass layoffs are next.  Pittsburgh base for-profit Brown Mackie College shutting down all U.S. 22 campuses by 2018! Layoffs begin now, enrollments halted. It’s directly connected to Brown Mackie owner Education Management’s problems with meeting tougher U.S. Department of Education rules.  Bethlehem based National Association of Colleges and Employers revealed that only 54% of recent college grads found full time jobs six months after graduating!

South Carolina: Holly Springs Elementary and A.R. Lewis Elementary shutting down as Pickens County School District consolidates operations due to a lack of “millions of dollars”.

Tennessee: Shelby County Schools ordered the 60 years old Carver High School shuttered. It’s been ‘temporarily’ closed since 2013. School administrators say the combination of crashing enrollment, funding and student achievement requires them to permanently shutdown schools.

Texas: University of Texas asking employees to voluntarily quit (buyouts) and eliminated 50 vacant positions. 40 academic programs threatened.

Vermont: Vermont Student Assistance Corporation exiting the federal student loan program, eliminating a total of 75 jobs in the process. Administrators say they realized the federal student loan program was not benefitting residents of Vermont.

Virginia: Radford University shutdown its 20 years old non-profit Small Business Development Center, basically the university was losing money on the non-profit operation.

Dumbing Down the United States, May 2016: “WE WANTED TO CONTINUE…REALISTICALLY WE CAN’T”

International

New Great Depression : United Kingdom takes down the world with Brexit!

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‘Expert’ analysts are shocked, and stock markets around the world are in free fall, as the oppressed people of United Kingdom voted, by a large margin, to get the hell outta the non-democratic European Union!

Scotland’s Skynews reported that European stock markets lost “billions” in only a couple of hours of trading.  Reports that the value of the British pound sterling has crashed to levels never seen in its history.

Evil British prime minister David Cameron has resigned, officially stepping down in three months!  Reports that oppressed people of Netherlands and France now demanding to get the hell outta the EU!

The same analysts who said U.K. would never leave the EU also say pro-EU Scotland will declare independence if the U.K. does leave the EU.   European Union nazis say EU law will remain in effect in the U.K. until they officially leave.  This is a major reason why the people of the U.K. are oppressed; the EU is not a true government, it is an economic union.  Europeans do not elect the representatives in the EU.  The EU has no legitimacy in creating ‘laws’ when it is not an elected government!

Will there be massive defaults on loans payments to the U.S. based IMF (International Monetary Fund) and World Bank?  What caused The Great Global Depression of the 1920s-30s?  European countries defaulted on loan payments to the United States!

Idaho, U.S.

My Immigrant Idaho : Crimes skyrocket partly due to domestic and foreign migration!

23 June 2016 / 18:26 UTC-07 Tango 01 (04 Tir 1395/18 Ramadan 1437/20 Jia-Wu 4714)

I’ve lived in The Gem State for 20 years and since 2013 there’s been a crime wave like never seen before in Idaho (current official Idaho State Police records go up to 2013-14), yet most of our local news media won’t talk about it.  The crime wave coincides with skyrocketing immigration, from both domestic (from within the U.S.) and foreign (outside the U.S.) sources.

Between 2011 and 2013 immigration into the U.S. was actually declining (UNITED STATES IS NO LONGER THE PREFERED DESTINATION FOR IMMIGRANTS and MIGRANTS SEAKING WORK IN THE U.S. AT RECORD LOWS!).  2013 was the year the massive waves of economic migrants and war refugees began pouring out of North Africa and the Middle East, due to new U.S. and European Union instigated regime change wars.

As far as domestic migration into Idaho, 2011 is the year the U.S. Census Bureau first noticed U.S. citizens fleeing, literally in the hundreds of thousands, from metro areas on the east and west coasts of the country (CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ TURNED INTO HOTEL CALIFORNIA NIGHTMARE and NEW YORK & OBAMA’S HOMIE TOWN TOP CREATORS OF U.S. REFUGEES!), supposedly their destinations are more rural states like Idaho.

Idaho’s ‘christian’ lawmakers secretly welcome domestic and foreign migrants, mainly for the fact that since 2012 thousands of Idahoans fled The Gem State (IDAHO’S YOUTH GET THE HELL OUTTA DODGE! and THE UNEMPLOYED ARE LEAVING THE GEM STATE!  and 1400 PEOPLE LEAVE THE GEM STATE IN MARCH 2013!)  So many foreign migrants are being allowed into Idaho that the state Department of Education has created a special Migrant Education Program, which is at the insistence of the federal Department of Education and includes taxpayer funded grant money for college (ILLEGALS GET FREE U.S. COLLEGE! 43% U.S. CITIZENS CAN’T PAY STUDENT LOANS! and Community Council of Idaho provides education and federally funded healthcare to migrant workers while ‘yours truly’ taxpaying citizen since 1982 has been repeatedly denied free education and healthcare, even under Idaho’s version of ObamaCare, and not because my income wasn’t low enough, but because I’m a ‘white’ male [I was literally told that by an Idaho Department of Health & Welfare worker in 2001, and by an Arizona Department of Economic Security worker in 1996]!).  Idaho has even established a contractor (Jannus) run Office for Refugees. 

This mirrors the mass exodus of U.S. citizens from the United States (In 2015, ANOTHER RECORD RENOUNCE U.S. CITIZENSHIP! and ANOTHER 1.18 MILLION CITIZENS HAVE LEFT THE U.S. in 2013!), which is the true reason your ‘elected’ lawmakers don’t do anything about illegal immigration.

It starting to look like My Private Idaho heaven is becoming My Immigrant Idaho hell!

Incomplete list of recent news reports involving migrants in Idaho:

WFAA, Texas: Texas teen charged in Idaho locker room sexual assault

KIFI, Idaho Falls: Illegal alien sentenced to 30 months for threatening people with gun

Three people from New York caught in cell phone scam

KPVI, Pocatello: Bannock County requesting $300k to handle increase in murder cases

Bannock County warns of prison overcrowding after cash strapped taxpayers refuse to build a new county jail  (I must point out that it seems Bannock County is apparently [according to Idaho State Police] the only county dealing with prison overcrowding)

“Court officials tell KPVI in the month of March, 162 people were issued arrest warrants….. Since January of 2016 the county has issued more than 400 arrests warrants”

Female prisoners in Bannock County jail at max levels: “Women have really started committing a lot more violent crimes.”-Sheriff Lorin Nielsen

KIVI, Twin Falls: Witness claims five-year-old girl was covered in urine pleading for help

Families of boys involved in assault of 5-year-old served eviction notice

Alleged rape committed by boys of Iraqi/Sudanese descent

The Economist: In their report Twin Falls, a conservative city in Idaho, likes refugees, the LDS (Mormon) church is implicated in a massive immigrant/refugee operation going back to the 1970s, mainly to benefit Mormon farmers with cheap labor

Magicvalley.com: Saudi man runs over Twin Falls man

and from April 2015, College of Southern Idaho’s Refugee Center is expecting an influx of Syrian refugees

Idaho Statesman, Boise: Uzbek migrant convicted of supporting terrorists drops his appeal

Charles Carroll Society: Patriots in Sandpoint, Idaho defeat muslim migration resolution

The Common Sense Show: “…Idaho has been seeking to hire an ebola coordinator…In part, the recent floods of immigrants into Idaho, are from West Africa!” 

American Immigration Council:  The Political and Economic Power of Immigrants, Latinos, and Asians in the Gem State, in 2013 more than 95-thousand people in Idaho were immigrants, and Idaho’s official population is only 1.5-million

The Washington Times: Barack Obama spares nearly 5 million living in the U.S. illegally, senator from Idaho Mike Crapo complained saying “The unilateral legal protections provided lawlessly to millions of illegal immigrants by the President…..pose a profound threat to our immigration system and rule of law.”

From December 2014, Boise State Public Radio: 46% of Idaho’s undocumented residents eligible for deportation protection under Obama’s executive action. A higher rate than any other state.

From March 2012, National Public Radio:  More than 4,000 refugees have found their way to Idaho….   “Three years ago, we were just seeing a few extreme cases of refugees that had consistent difficulty with integration, and then it really happened very suddenly, where there were 50, 60, 100 families really struggling.”-Marcia Munden, Catholic Charities of Idaho 

Assorted Blind Bat News reports going back to 2011: “IT’S NOT LIKE THEY’RE TAKING JOBS FROM AMERICANS” 5-MILLION MIGRANTS REFUSE TO LEAVE! 

DENMARK REPORTS 50,000 MIGRANTS “DISAPPEARING”!

APOCALYPTIC AUM SHINRIKYO BACK FROM THE DEAD! AS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS THEY’RE APPEARING ALL OVER THE WORLD!

SAUDI ARABIA CUTS FUNDING FOR IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS!

CRY ME A RIVER: CONFLICTING REPORTS ABOUT REFUGEES & MIGRANTS FLOODING INTO EUROPE!

“IT’S PART OF OUR NEW BUSINESS MODEL…” IDAHO HIT WITH SKYROCKETING POOR U.S. MIGRANTS!

CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS OFFICIAL SAFE HOUSES FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS!

SKYROCKETING RAPE IN DENMARK, BLAME IMMIGRANTS!

ANTI-GUN LAWS & EVEN ANTI-KNIFE LAWS FAIL TO STOP MURDER AT UPPER CLASS SCHOOL IN SCOTLAND! BLAME IMMIGRANTS?

BANKS & ILLEGAL DRUGS CAUSE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION TO U.S.!

IDAHO BURDENED BY $187-MILLION WORTH OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS!

IDAHO LOSES JOBS, RECORD NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN WORKFORCE, YET UNEMPLOYMENT RATE REMAINS THE SAME? BLAME IMMIGRANTS!

HISTORY SHOWS IMMIGRANTS ARE GREATEST SELF-INFLICTED THREAT TO EMPIRES!

‘HOW TO’ GUIDES FOR ILLEGAL MIGRANTS!

790% INCREASE IN FEDERAL PRISONS POPULATION!!! IMMIGRANTS, DRUGS & GUNS MAIN TARGETS!!!

ARGENTINA MOVES TO DISCOURAGE IMMIGRANTS FROM THE UNITED STATES

TRY MOVING TO TINY BELGIUM!

Business/Economics

Sears Kmart Update 22 June 2016 : “Lampert has…destroyed it!” Employees claim total shutdown within 2 years!

A Business Insider article says that since 2007 Sears Holdings has killed at least 137-thousand jobs! The same article also says employees claim Eddie Lampert wants to totally kill-off Sears-Kmart within two years, as proven by no pay raises in the past eight years, no improvements for most stores, and the Shop Your Way Program which actually reduced sales and customer service: “Lampert has taken this company and, with pompous arrogance, has destroyed it! Customer care is vital to a retail business. Lampert just couldn’t understand that.”–unnamed former Kmart employee laid off after 41 years 

In another article it’s argued that Eddie Lampert is slowly killing Sears-Kmart just to make investors happy: “He has defended his use of stock buybacks…..His theory on not investing in stores is that we can’t invest in everything. The company told me they truly believe they are positioning the department store for a resurgence….If you talk to industry experts and analysts, you’d be hard pressed to find anyone that agrees with that.”–Hayley Peterson, Business Insider

Desperate Lake Zurich, Illinois, considering raping taxpayers to fund a new tax district for the abandoned Kmart property! And they’re spending $40-thousand tax dollars to study the feasibility of it!

In Pennsylvania a man is suing Sears for selling defective freezers.  He claims his Sears freezer burst into flames and burned his house.

Update  27 May 2016

Here’s the updated list of U.S. store closings that I’ve been compiling since the end of 2011, new closing revelations in BOLD:

Alabama: After 16 years the Troy Sears Hometown Store suddenly shutdown, the contracted owners said they couldn’t find anybody willing to take over the contract.   Oxford Sears, Birmingham Kmart on Chalkville Mountain, Decatur Kmart on Beltline Road, Homewood Kmart, Mobile Kmart on Z Schillingers Road. The Montgomery Sears store and Auto Center in the Eastdale Mall shutting down, 56 jobs lost in June 2016. City leaders of Anniston have agreed to fork over $3-million precious local tax dollars to fund the re-development of an abandoned Kmart. Prattville Kmart will shutdown in April 2016, 70 jobs lost. Florence Kmart in March, 64 jobs lost in 2016. A local news report said the employees knew nothing about it and were shocked to hear it from the news media! Dothan Kmart (south side of Ross Clark Circle) shutting down in March, 56 jobs lost in 2016. Gadsden Kmart (50 jobs lost), Mobile Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Auburn Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Anniston Kmart (no word yet on how many jobs lost), Birmingham Eastwood Kmart (70 jobs lost), Decatur Mall Sears (91 jobs lost), Fort Payne Kmart, Northport Kmart (68 jobs lost), Dothan Sears (68 jobs lost), Huntsville Kmart (73 jobs lost), Sears Store and Auto Center at the Bel Air Mall in Mobile (more than 100 jobs lost).

Arkansas: Sears store and Auto Center in Pine Bluff shutting down in August 2016. Little Rock Sears.

Arizona: Nogales Kmart shutting down by July 2016, despite the fact that it’s a profit making store (many of its cash paying customers cross the border from Mexico). The Prescott Valley Kmart shutdown  April 2016. No word on how many jobs lost, but one employee was quoted by local news as saying “Walmart won.”  Reports that the Glendale Kmart will shutdown, no word on job losses. Scottsdale Sears/Great Indoors, Chandler Sears/Great Indoors. Recently revealed Arrowhead Towne Center Sears sold-off then rented back! Chandler Fashion Center Sears sold-off then rented back!

California: Sears Holdings issued a shutdown WARN for a Los Angeles Kmart, 132 jobs lost May 2016! Dinuba Kmart, Lodi Kmart, Tulare Kmart, Wasco Kmart. Sears Holdings created Seritage Growth Properties is renting out half of three Sears stores; one in Roseville, one in Citrus Heights and one in Sacramento. Supposedly Sears will continue its operations in the other half of the buildings. On 10 March the Garden Center roof of the Santa Rosa Kmart collapsed during a rain storm. Fire inspectors said the roof was already compromised due to dry rot before the rain storm, a local news reporter said managers knew about the condition of the roof because it was sagging, and they called in contractors. The contractors tried to prop up the roof before the rain storm hit. Anaheim Kmart shutdown, 107 jobs lost in 2016! The Chula Vista Kmart, San Mateo Sears and Citrus Heights Kmart shutdown between March and April 2016, a total of 3-hundred jobs lost! El Monte Sears (at least 40 jobs lost. Damien Arrula, El Monte’s economic development director, said the store manager had lied about what was going on: “The general manager of the store had just indicated to me that they were remodeling.”

Two San Diego Sears (more than 80 jobs lost), Pleasant Hill Kmart (more than 50 jobs lost), Torrance Kmart, Fairfield Kmart (63 jobs lost), Lampert owned OSH taken over by Lowe’s home improvement in bankruptcy court, at least 17 of 99 stores to be closed down (935 jobs lost!), Rancho Cordova Kmart (97 jobs lost), San Clemente Kmart/Sears/Kmart on Camino de Estrella (58 jobs lost), placed on an official hit list in 2011 the Oceanside Kmart on College Boulevard finally being shut down, Banning Kmart (91 jobs lost) recently revealed that Sears Holdings is still paying rent on the abandoned property, Laguna Hills Mall Sears, San Diego Mid-City Kmart (73 jobs lost), Hemet Kmart (77 jobs lost), Oakland Sears repair center (75 jobs lost), San Mateo Kmart (82 jobs lost to an apartment building connected to public transportation), Hesperia Kmart building sold at a loss to a vulture capitalist REIT, no word on if the Kmart will be shutdown. Customers complain that the Kmart employees have a bad attitude, gee I wonder why? Yuba City Kmart (63 jobs lost), Rocklin Kmart (at least 63 jobs lost, the store had just posted “Now Hiring” signs), San Leandro Kmart (102 jobs lost), San Jose Mercury News says the El Centro Kmart to shutdown in January, the website Foursquare says the Covina Kmart is now shutdown (other sources say it will shutdown in December), Cupertino Sears and Auto Center (98 jobs lost), somebody posted on yelp* that the Diamond Bar Kmart was shutting down in December (confirmed by Armijo Newspapers), Westfield Topanga Sears (122 jobs lost), it looks like the Blythe Kmart is being slowly shutdown despite denial by Sears Holdings. San Mateo Kmart being demolished to make room for 599 unit apartment complex, as part of the the Hayward Park Caltrain Station project. Atwater Kmart (74 jobs lost), Los Banos Kmart (67 jobs lost).

Colorado: Broomfield Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Glenwood Springs Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lone Tree Sears/Great Indoors, Longmont Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Pueblos’ South Side Kmart (52 jobs lost), Denver Kmart (number of jobs lost have not been made public at this time, but could be at least 40), Colorado Springs Kmart at Powers and Palmer Park boulevards (57 jobs lost), Fort Collins Sears (67 jobs lost), Denver-Cherry Creek North Sears store & Auto Center (66 jobs lost).

Connecticut: Putnam Kmart. Waterbury Big Kmart, Torrington Kmart (73 jobs lost), Enfield Sears Optical (no word on jobs lost), Wallingford Sears Appliance & Hardware (employees say the shutdown was a surprise, I guess they don’t read Blind Bat News), Wallingford Sears Appliance & Hardware (at least 13 jobs lost).

Delaware: Dover Kmart (at least 72 jobs lost, some reports said 100), Seaford Sears (30 jobs lost), Claymont Kmart (87 jobs lost).

Florida: Inverness Sears Hometown suddenly shutdown due to disagreements with the landlord. Jacksonville Sears. Mandarin (Jacksonville) Kmart, Neptune Beach Kmart and Perry Kmart shutting down by July-September. The Lutz Kmart shutdown March 2016, 62 jobs lost. The 46 years old Daytona Beach Kmart, on International Speedway Boulevard, is shutdown mid-March 2016, 86 jobs lost. Fernandina Beach Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Callaway Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Orange City Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Deland Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Stuart Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), West Palm Beach Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Port St. Lucie Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Crystal River Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), New Smyrna Beach Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Saint Augustine Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Pompano Beach Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Jacksonville Kmart on 5751 Beach Boulevard (71 jobs lost), second Kmart in Jacksonville on 4645 Blanding Boulevard (83 jobs lost), Ocoee Sears (102 jobs lost), Pensacola Kmart on Airport Boulevard closed in 2011, Pensacola Kmart on Mobile Highway closed in February 2013 (69 jobs lost), Pensacola Kmart on East 9 Mile Road will close in May (73 jobs lost), Hialeah Kmart (67 jobs lost), Bonita Springs Kmart (67 jobs lost), Mount Dora Kmart (100 jobs lost), Lake Mary Kmart, Panama City Beach Kmart (54 jobs lost), Winter Park Kmart (100 jobs lost), Niceville Kmart (59 jobs lost), Winter Haven Kmart (92 jobs lost), Palm Bay Kmart, Oakland Park Kmart (112 jobs lost), Clearwater Sears Auto Center (21 jobs lost), Zephyrhills Kmart (70 jobs lost), Winter Springs Kmart (69 jobs lost), Naples Kmart (72 jobs lost), New Port Richey Kmart (58 jobs lost), ‘redevelopment’ of Aventura Sears & Auto Center into an “open-air village” (unknown how many jobs affected), Kmart on Northeast 108 Street being annexed by Miami Shores, Sears Holdings threatens to shutdown Kmart as a result of higher local taxes. The property that’s home to an operating Kmart, on South Green Bay Road in Racine, was foreclosed by the local Sheriff and sold-off for $2.5-million, no word on what the new property owner will do with it. Fort Myers Kmart (67 jobs lost). Dicks Sportings Goods subleasing space in an existing Sears store in Palm Beach Gardens.

Georgia: The 23 years old Rome Kmart shutting down by August 2016, 1-hundred jobs lost! Administrators say employees can apply at other Sears Holdings stores, but local news reports say the Rome Kmart is the last Sears Holdings store in the area! The 37 years old Carrollton Kmart shutdown April 2016. Dublin Kmart shutdown in April 2016, 71 jobs lost. Milledgeville Kmart shutdown in April 2016, 60+ jobs lost. Mount Berry Square Mall (Rome) Sears and Auto Center shutting down in March 2016, 86 jobs lost. Macon Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Buford Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Douglasville Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Atlanta Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Columbus Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Jonesboro Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Cartersville Kmart (74 jobs lost), Hiram Kmart (53 jobs lost), Marietta-East Cobb Kmart, Warner Robins Kmart (77 jobs lost), Coweta County Kmart distribution center (164 jobs lost), one of the last two North Augusta Kmart to be torn down by new property owner from Canada, Sears Holdings denies the Kmart will shutdown.

Guam: Sears Hometown Store.

Hawaii: Iconic 25 years old Nimitz HWY Iwilei-Honolulu Kmart shutdown in March 2016, 141 jobs lost! Honolulu Sears (owned by GGP, 372 jobs lost! GGP spending $573-million chopping it up into smaller store spaces), Kauai Sears (41 jobs lost), Iwilei-Honolulu Kmart for lease (no confirmation of store closing).

Idaho: Boise Kmart on Fairview shutdown mid-March 2016, 56 jobs lost. Pocatello Kmart shutdown April 2016, 65 jobs lost. Lewiston Sears (at least 60 jobs lost), Rexburg Kmart (63 jobs lost), Chubbuck Pine Ridge Mall Sears shutdown by the end of October/beginning of November 2014 (the remaining 28 jobs lost).

Illinois: The Kmart Super Center in Bradley shutdown, 125 jobs lost! Sears Holdings sold the building to Meijer, unconfirmed reports say the Bradley Kmart Super Center (which has a full grocery op) was actually making money. After 90 years Chicago Sears on Lawrence Avenue shutting down by August 2016, local news says its the oldest Sears store still operating. The last Decatur Kmart shutting down by August 2016, 61 jobs lost, administrators say employees can apply at other Sears Holdings stores, but local news reports say there are no more Sears Holdings stores in the immediate area! Chicago Kmart on South Pulaski. Danville Kmart, Galesburg Kmart, Lansing Kmart, Pekin Kmart, Rock Island Kmart (a recent local news article pointed out that city officials spent $15-million tax dollars attracting Walmart to town, but spent zilch on trying to keep Kmart from leaving). Eddie Lampert eliminated 401 Hoffman Estates HQ jobs due to crappy 2015 holiday sales! 151 of those jobs were already vacant. Morton ‘green’ Kmart shutting down by the end of April 2016, 47 jobs lost. Canton Kmart shutting down mid-April 2016, 38 jobs lost. Alton Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Melrose Park Sears parts and repair center (50 jobs lost), Zion Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Oak Lawn Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), McHenry Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Peru Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lombard Sears/Great Indoors (at least 40 jobs lost), Fairview Heights Kmart (81 jobs lost), Freeport Kmart (45 jobs lost), Pontiac Kmart (more than 47 jobs lost), Homer Glen Kmart (82 jobs lost), Streator Kmart (45 jobs lost), Lombard Kmart (70 jobs lost), Naperville Kmart (98 jobs lost), Calumet Sears (164 jobs lost), two Sears stores in Grand Crossing area of Chicago (247 jobs lost!), Mount Vernon Sears (68 jobs lost), Moline Sears (at least 60 jobs lost), Homewood Kmart (185 jobs lost), Belvidere Kmart (91 jobs lost?) revealed is now a perpetual closing sale Kmart At A Discount store, Champaign’s Market Place Mall Sears (56 jobs lost), Sterling Kmart (60 jobs lost), Montgomery Kmart (81 jobs lost), Mattoon Sears (more than 40 jobs lost), Chicago Sears on North State Street (160 jobs lost), Chicago Sears Craftsman Experience store, Galesburg Sears (46 jobs lost), White Lake Township Kmart (42 jobs lost), Orland Park Sears Appliance, Collinsville Kmart (84 jobs lost), Crystal Lake Kmart (at least 77 jobs lost), Danville Sears store & Auto Center (63 jobs lost), Forsyth Sears store & Auto Center (45 jobs lost), Peoria Kmart (73 jobs lost), Forest Park Kmart (107 jobs lost), Chicago Sears on North and Harlem avenues, supposedly it’s being replaced (most likely at taxpayer expense) with a new building and it will become a Sears-Mariano’s store, Bloomington Kmart (79 jobs lost), Hoffman Estates Headquarters 100 jobs eliminated, another 15 corporate jobs eliminated elsewhere, Chicago-Wicker Park Kmart (106 jobs lost), abandoned Market Place Mall Sears location to be occupied by Dick’s Sporting Goods and Field & Stream. 58 Chicago area stores up for lease or sale. North Mayfair Kmart (99 jobs lost), Chicago Kmart at 5033 North Elston Avenue (99 jobs lost). By the way, Illinois elected officials gave Sears Holdings/Hoffman Estates a $150 million USD tax break to keep their headquarters in the state. The tax break was not tied to any promise not to close stores.

Indiana: Bloomington Kmart, New Albany Kmart. Bloomington’s College Mall Sears & Auto Center shutdown mid-June 2016, at least 52 jobs lost. In Schererville, Sears Hardware shutdown in April 2016. Terre Haute Kmart April 2016, 62 jobs lost. Anderson Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Saint John Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Indianapolis Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Richmond Sears (49 jobs lost), South Anthony Kmart (70 jobs lost), Fort Wayne Kmart on South Anthony Boulevard (70 jobs lost), FairOaks Mall Kmart, Logansport Sears (43 jobs lost), Muncie Kmart (59 jobs lost), Fort Wayne Kmart on Coliseum Boulevard North (69 jobs lost), Decatur Kmart (49 jobs lost), Indianapolis Kmart on Madison Avenue (131 jobs lost), Indianapolis Kmart on Washington Street (139 jobs lost), Bedford Kmart (62 jobs lost), Indianapolis (Evansville) Sears & Auto Center at Washington Square Mall (91 jobs lost), Greenwood Kmart (78 jobs lost), Plymouth Kmart (68 jobs lost), Bloomington Sears to be replaced by Whole Foods grocery store.

Iowa: Des Moines Southridge Mall Sears shutting down by August 2016, the store was in the process of dying anyway, only 37 employees left. Sears Holdings shutdown their West Des Moines call center in June 2016, 162 jobs lost! Ottumwa Kmart shutdown April 2016, 38 jobs lost. Cedar Rapids Kmart on 16th Ave (at least 40 jobs lost), Davenport Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Burlington Kmart (50 jobs lost), Coralville Sears (94 jobs lost, this is a store sold to GGP earlier in the year), Cedar Rapids Kmart on Collins Road NE (56 jobs lost), Mason City Kmart (50 jobs lost), Clive Kmart (at least 49 jobs lost), Ames Kmart (44 jobs lost), Fort Dodge Sears (no job loss numbers made public, yet. The Auto Center was secretly shutdown in September), 56 years old Mason City Sears & Auto Center (more than 100 jobs lost). Davenport Kmart (59 jobs lost), Belvidere Kmart (67 jobs lost).

Kansas: In El Dorado, a contracted Sears store suddenly shutdown due to Sears Holdings continually changing the contract: “We had a contract that we had to follow to a ‘T’ while they changed it at will. They changed our commission bonuses and percentages and that hurt us.”-Russ Christy, contracted Sears store operator

Hutchison Kmart. North Topeka Kmart shutting down in 2016, 49 jobs lost. Lawrence Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Merriam Kmart-then Sears-then Kmart (jobs lost unknown), Wichita Sears store & Auto Center (103 jobs lost), Manhattan Sears & Auto Center (number of jobs lost were never revealed).

Kentucky: Two Kmarts in Louisville. Elizabethtown Kmart, Maysville Kmart, Paintsville Kmart. Middlesboro Sears (in September 2012 the Sears store re-opened under independent ownership, official grand re-opening scheduled for November), Winchester Kmart, Hazard Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lexington Fayette Mall Sears (114 jobs lost!), Newport Kmart (81 jobs lost), Cannonsburg Sears and Sears Auto Center (no employee info given), Louisville Dixie Highway Kmart/Sears/Kmart shutdown and now being taken over by Kroger basically to sell the same crap the old Kmart did! Madisonville Kmart (39 jobs lost), Owensboro Sears store & Auto Center (52 jobs lost).

Louisiana: The Bossier Kmart shutting down by August 2016. Houma Sears, Pineville Kmart. Slidell Sears (77 job lost), Gretna Kmart (94 jobs lost), Metairie Kmart secretly sold off, no word if it will be shutdown, Laplace Sears Hometown Store.

Maine: Presque Isle Aroostook Centre Mall Kmart shutting down by August 2016, more than 50 jobs lost. Lewiston Sears (60 to 70 jobs lost), Presque Isle Aroostook Centre Mall Sears (63 jobs lost), Aroostook Centre Mall Sears Auto Center leased out to VIP Tires & Service.

Maryland: Ellicott Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Gaithersburg Sears/Great Indoors, Landover Sears rebuild & call center (115 jobs lost), Baltimore Kmart on Wabash Avenue (107 jobs lost), Parkville Kmart (102 jobs lost), California Kmart (71 jobs lost), Sears Hometown Store in Perryville.

Massachusetts: Tewksbury Kmart. Fairhaven Sears Appliance & Hardware shutdown mid-April 2016. Local news reports said the ignorant employees actually thought the shutdown notice was a joke! I guess they don’t read Blind Bat News. 79 jobs lost as the Fall River Kmart shutdown in May 2016. North Reading Sears Hardware store closed, lease not renewed, Milford Kmart (80 jobs lost), Kingston Kmart (73 jobs lost). Braintree Kmart on Grossman Drive shutdown. Also, the Braintree South Shore Plaza Sears store is renting out an entire floor to Ireland based Primark. Even with the lease to Primark there is still 4-thousand square feet of vacant space in the Sears store. The Sears at the Auburn Mall shutdown on Black Friday due to electrical fire. The store was experiencing electrical problems, an investigation is underway.

Michigan: The Farmington Hills Kmart shutting down by mid-July 2016, 61 jobs lost. Midland Sears, Houghton Lake Kmart, Taylor Kmart. The Bradley Kmart has a new owner who is shutting it down in 2016. Retailer Meijer bought the Kmart property for $5-million USD. The Kmart shutdown in May, but the new Meijer store won’t be ready until 2018. The Sears and Auto Center in Fort Gratiot shutdown by mid-March, 48 jobs lost. Ironwood Kmart by mid-April, 47 jobs lost. Sears/Great Indoors, Brighton Sears Grand/Essentials, Harper Woods Sears Full line, Monroe Sears Full line, Adrian Sears Full line, Washington Township Kmart, Chesterfield Kmart, Woodhaven Kmart, Saginaw Kmart on Bay Road, Flint Kmart on Dort Highway (46 jobs lost), Gaylord Kmart (48 jobs lost), Sterling Kmart (58 jobs lost), Bloomfield Township Kmart and Sears, Bad Axe Kmart (61 jobs lost), Ypsilanti Township Kmart (83 jobs lost), Petoskey Kmart (45 jobs lost), Saint John’s Kmart (48 jobs lost), White Lake Township “Store of the Future” Kmart (42 jobs lost), Grand Blanc Kmart (49 jobs lost), Lapeer Kmart (56 jobs lost), Southgate Kmart (155 jobs lost), Detroit’s Telegraph Road Kmart (115 jobs lost), Waterford Township Sears (no word on how many jobs lost), Rochester Hills Kmart (77 jobs lost), ‘perfect Kmart town’ of Port Huron Kmart (188 jobs lost), Flint Kmart on Miller Road (81 jobs lost), Burton Kmart (85 jobs lost), Madison Heights Kmart (179 jobs lost), it’s now official the last remaining Saginaw Kmart (on Gratiot Road) will remain shutdown after its roof collapsed during a snowstorm back in January 2014 (Sears Holdings claims only 18 people worked there at the time of the collapse!), Ann Arbor Kmart (59 jobs lost), Iron Mountain Kmart (54 jobs lost), Bangor Township Sears aka Bay City Mall Sears, the Auto Center was already secretly shutdown some time ago (at least 47 jobs lost), Big Rapids Kmart (about 50 jobs lost). Vacant Wyandotte Sears Auto Center is being renovated at a cost to taxpayers of $1-million & 20-thousand, plus 15 years worth of tax breaks valued at $2-million! Shakopee Kmart distribution center shutdown and sold-off for $17-million in 2013, now it’s finally getting a new tenant; snowmobile and electric cart maker Polaris Industries will rent out a fraction of the building to use as their new parts warehouse. The Kmart Plaza in Sandusky sold to “A group of investors”, no word on what will happen to the Kmart store.

Minnesota: Dundas Kmart in April 2016, 32 jobs lost. Thunderbird Mall Kmart shutdown in April 2016, 48 jobs lost. Willmar Kmart, Duluth Kmart, New Hope Kmart, White Bear Lake Kmart, Bemidji Kmart, Monticello Kmart, GGP owned Sears Auto Center in the Apache Mall closed (10 jobs lost), the entire Sears store in the Apache Mall being sold off, Fergus Falls Kmart (40 jobs lost), Fergus Falls Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Alexandria Kmart (46 jobs lost), Grand Rapids Kmart (61 jobs lost), Seritage is selling off three Sears Auto Centers in Minnetonka, Brooklyn Center and Saint Paul, Marshall Kmart (57 jobs lost), Oakdale Kmart (77 hourly wage employees losing their jobs, unknown how many salaried employees will become unemployed), Winona Kmart (67 jobs lost), Minneapolis city officials trying to shutdown profit making Nicollet Avenue Kmart, to make way for a new road. Anoka Kmart (47 jobs lost), Blaine Kmart (60 jobs lost), Burnsville Kmart (62 jobs lost), Waite Park Kmart (57 jobs lost), Northeast Minneapolis Sears Hometown & Outlet store now for sale, Coon Rapids Sears Hometown & Outlet store now for sale.

Mississippi: Corinth Kmart. The 44 years old Greenville Kmart shutdown in April, no word on job losses. Jackson Sears Full line, McComb Sears Full line, Columbus Sears Full line, Gautier Sears (71 jobs lost), Waveland Gulfport Kmart (32 jobs lost), Pass Road Gulfport Kmart (52 jobs lost), Pascagoula Sears at the Singing River Mall, Olive Branch distribution center (unknown how many jobs lost).

Missouri: Bridgeton Kmart, Springfield Kmart. Lee’s Summit Sears Grand/Essentials, Saint Louis Sears Full line, High Ridge Kmart (59 jobs lost), Ellisville Kmart (55 jobs lost), Springfield Kmart on South Campbell Avenue (60 jobs lost), South Belt Kmart (64 jobs lost), Florissant Kmart (100 jobs lost), O’Fallon Kmart (76 jobs lost).

Montana: Billings Kmart. Missoula Kmart (50 jobs lost), Great Falls Kmart (closed “until further notice” due to fire, 63 jobs on hold), Great Falls Sears store & Auto Center (65 jobs lost) due to great sales (ironically) the shutdown date has been moved from 07 December 2014 to 23 November, Bozeman Kmart (37 jobs lost), Missoula Sears store and Auto Center (57 jobs lost).

Nebraska: Hastings Kmart. Grand Island Kmart (55 jobs lost), Omaha Kmart near West Maple Road (50 jobs lost).

Nevada: Sparks Kmart distribution center (100 jobs lost).

New Hampshire: Nashau Sears Grand/Essentials, Keene Sears Grand/Essentials, Portsmouth Kmart (30 jobs lost), Claremont Kmart (59 jobs lost).

New Jersey: Lodi Kmart shutdown in April 2016, 75 jobs lost. Lawnside Kmart (about 80 jobs lost), Howell Kmart (57 jobs lost), Berlin Kmart, Dover Kmart (92 jobs lost), Randolf Kmart (91 jobs lost), Paramus Kmart (74 jobs lost), Closter Kmart (102 jobs lost), Vineland Kmart (74 jobs lost). After 18 years Sears Holdings shutdown their Roselle Sears Hardware store due to “landlord issues”.

New Mexico: Artesia Kmart shutting down by August, there was no official announcement, only advertisements for a liquidation sale. Albuquerque’s Coronado Center Sears suddenly shutdown their Auto Center, and will reduce the size of the main store by 50% within two months. Sears goon Howard Riefs stated “We will rightsize the labor…”, but gave no numbers. The ‘rightsizing’ of the Coronado Center store is in partnership with one of my evil former employers, mall owner GGP. SearsLas Cruces Kmart (58 jobs lost), Albuquerque Kmart on Central SW (80 jobs lost), Rio Rancho Kmart (59 jobs lost).

New York: In Brooklyn, the Kings Plaza Sears shutting down, 210 jobs gone by mid-September 2016!  Eddie Lampert is renting the space to a couple of European clothing retailers.  Sears Holdings issued a shutdown WARN for its Plattsburgh Sears store and Auto Center, 56 jobs lost by the end of July 2016. New York Post says Sears is shutting down their NYC clothing design office, 40 jobs moved to California, another 154 jobs gone by July! Rotterdam Mall Sears and Auto Center shutting down by August 2016 (67 jobs lost). Sears Holdings issued yet another WARN, this time 75 Rochester Kmart employees losing their jobs by mid-July 2016. Irondequoit Sears, Plattsburgh Sears, Poughkeepsie Kmart, Rochester Kmart. Staten Island Mall Sears Auto Center will shutdown in February, 20 jobs lost. Lindenhurst Sears Hardware, North Babylon Sears Hardware, Hauppauge Sears Hardware, Depew (Lancaster?) Kmart (68 jobs lost), Colonie Kmart (72 jobs lost), Fulton Kmart (51 jobs lost), Clifton Park Kmart (74 jobs lost) now revealed to be turned into a Town Center with more than 200 apartments at an estimated cost of $50-million, Latham Kmart (61 jobs lost), East Greenbush-Rensselaer Kmart (70 jobs lost), Tonawanda Sears Appliance and Hardware, Bronx Sears (91 jobs lost), BBN reader reported that the Ithaca Sears and Auto Center shutdown and one month later it’s been officially confirmed (at least 37 jobs lost), DeWitt Kmart (92 jobs lost), Auburn Sears (51 jobs lost), Massena Sears and Auto Center (51 jobs lost), Staten Island Mall Sears leased out to Ireland’s Primark, Bay Shore Sears and Sears Auto Center (144 jobs lost), New Hartford (Sangertown Mall) Sears & Auto Center (109 jobs lost), Lancaster Kmart sold for $1.7-million to Dave’s Christmas Wonderland. Herkimer Sears Hometown, Saranac Lake Sears Hometown the ‘independent’ co-owners said Sears Holdings forced them to shutdown. Melville Appliance Repair Division (31 jobs lost).

North Carolina: Brevard Kmart, Gastonia Kmart, Lumberton Kmart, Pineville Kmart, Rocky Mount Kmart. Cary Kmart (71 jobs lost), High Point Sears, Moorehead Sears, Rocky Mount Sears, Statesville Sears, Durham Kmart (79 jobs lost), Asheville Kmart (53 jobs lost), West Smithfield Kmart (59 jobs lost), Winston-Salem Kmart (69 jobs lost), Hendersonville Kmart (58 jobs lost), South Ashville Kmart on Hendersonville Road, Raleigh Kmart (88 jobs lost), Garner Kmart, Cleveland County mall Sears (56 jobs lost), Charlotte Kmart (89 jobs lost), Conover Kmart (74 jobs lost), Raleigh Kmart on Capital Boulevard (53 jobs lost), High Point Kmart (71 jobs lost), Boone Kmart (41 jobs lost), Greensboro Kmart (96 jobs lost), Gastonia Sears store & Auto Center (65 jobs lost), Kinston Kmart (64 jobs lost), Cary Sears (66 jobs lost), Greensboro Kmart distribution center (130 jobs lost), Greenville Kmart (75 jobs lost), Kinston Sears Hometown Store shutdown with little notice, Lexington Sears Hometown Store.

North Dakota: Jamestown Kmart (45 jobs lost), Dickinson Kmart (41 jobs lost, despite a “Now Hiring” sign on the front of the store).

Ohio: 18 years old Defiance Sears shutting down by August 2016. Marion Sears, Ashtabula Kmart, Eaton Kmart, Fremont Kmart, Lima Kmart, Lorain Kmart, Springboro Kmart. Englewood Kmart, 57 jobs lost by the end of July 2016. Fort Stueben Mall Sears store and Auto Center, 53 jobs lost in June 2016. Sandusky Mall Sears store and Auto Center, 44 jobs lost in June 2016. 78 jobs lost as the Lancaster Kmart is shutdown in May 2016. 18 jobs lost as the Dixie Highway Sears Hardware shuts down this Friday. The 28 years old Sears and its Auto Center in New Philadelphia shutdown by mid-April 2016, 46 jobs lost. Without warning the Medina Sears Appliance & Hardware Store shutdown. Warren Kmart on Parkman Road NW shutdown in April 2016, 63 jobs lost. Zanesville Kmart shutdown mid-April 2016, 47 jobs lost. Steubenville Kmart shutdown by April 2016, 65 jobs lost. Boardman Kmart by April 2016, 81 jobs lost. Chagrin Falls Kmart, Springfield Kmart, two Toledo Kmarts, Medina Kmart, Columbus Kmart, Columbus Sears/Great Indoors, Zanesville Sears (67 jobs lost), Trotwood Kmart (71 jobs lost), Austintown Sears auto parts and service on Interstate Boulevard, London Kmart (no word on number of jobs lost), Trotwood Sears (67 jobs lost), Westlake Kmart/Sears (at least 57 jobs lost), Xenia Kmart (at least 57 jobs lost), Norwalk Kmart (52 jobs lost), Blue Ash Kmart (77 jobs lost), Northwood Sears at Woodville Mall (36 jobs lost), Conneaut Kmart (43 jobs lost), Anderson Township Kmart (71 jobs lost), Brooklyn Kmart (200 jobs lost), Columbus Lockbourne Industrial Parkway Sears distribution center (200 jobs lost), also in Columbus, Sears Product Rebuild-Call Center (112 jobs lost), Marion Sears Auto Center (at least nine jobs lost), Springfield Kmart #3767 (68 jobs lost), Fairborn Kmart (66 jobs lost), Solon Sears & Auto Center (at least 53 jobs lost), Tiffin Sears Hometown Store. Also, Van Wert Sears franchise bought out by Kirk Berryman, owner of Computer & Networking Technologies (CNT), who plans on moving the store to a new location. Fairlawn Sears Appliance & Hardware, Macedonia Sears Appliance & Hardware, Lorain Sears Appliance & Hardware, Elyria Sears Appliance & Hardware, North Olmsted Sears Appliance & Hardware, Sheffield Village Sears Appliance & Hardware, Akron Sears Appliance & Hardware.

Oklahoma: Oklahoma City Sears (98 jobs lost, GGP owned, GGP wants a $2 million sales tax rebate, claiming it’s needed to offset capital investments needed to bring the space up to the standards for potential new tenants), Shawnee Sears (31 jobs lost), Sand Springs Kmart (52 jobs lost), Muskogee Sears (60 jobs lost), Enid Sears and Auto Center (at least 38 jobs lost), Tulsa BigKmart (51 jobs lost).

Oregon: A Blind Bat News reader warning that the Beaverton Kmart has replaced its permanent signage with temporary ones, and the store is looking empty. There’s been no public reports of the store shutting down. Roseburg Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Tualatin Kmart Center (new property owner from California is tearing everything down for new shopping center, so far no indication the Kmart will be part of the new shopping center), Milwaukie Kmart (61 jobs lost), Coos Bay Kmart (25 jobs lost), Bend Sears (48 jobs lost), Klamath Falls Kmart (64 jobs lost), Albany Kmart (64 jobs lost), Portland Sears Homes Services (no notice), Albany Sears (57 jobs lost), in October a BBN reader warned that Oregon City Kmart was being quietly shutdown, confirmed on 06 November 2014 by Sears Holdings (70 jobs lost). Ontario Kmart (55 jobs lost).

Pennsylvania: Sears Holdings revealed that the July, 2016, shutdown of the Uniontown Kmart will cost 73 jobs. Butler Sears, New Castle Sears, Beaver Falls Kmart, Philadelphia Kmart on Frankford Avenue. Two Pittsburgh Kmarts. Reading Kmart. Sears store in the Beaver Valley Mall shutting down by June 2016, 62 jobs lost. Viewmont Mall Sears store and Auto Center, 86 jobs lost in July 2016. Reports that the Exton Kmart will shutdown, no word on job losses. Upper Darby Sears Full line, Pottstown Sears Full line, Pittsburgh Kmart, Wilkins Sears, Warminster Kmart (85 jobs lost), Shippensburg Kmart (46 jobs lost), Moon Kmart (143 jobs lost), Bethlehem Township Kmart (62 jobs lost), Philadelphia Gallery Mall Kmart (120 jobs lost), Philadelphia Kmart on Orthodox Street and Castor Avenue (169 jobs lost), Levittown/Middle Township Kmart (87 jobs lost), Waynesboro Kmart (43 jobs lost), Sanatoga-Lower Pottsgrove Kmart (65 jobs lost, the store was also advertising for new hires!), West Mifflin Sears store & Auto Center (88 jobs lost), Rochester Kmart (78 jobs lost), Frazer (Pittsburg Mills Mall) Sears and Auto Center (97 jobs lost), Bloomsburg Sears (57 jobs lost), Frackville Sears and Auto Center (84 jobs lost), North Cornwall Township Sears (51 jobs lost), King of Prussia Sears and Auto Center (no word on number of jobs lost), Lebanon Sears (51 jobs lost), Scotland Chambersburg Mall Sears and Auto Center (62 jobs lost), the upper level of the Willow Grove Mall Sears store to be leased by Primark, King of Prussia Sears store leased out to clothing retailer Primark, East Towne Mall Kmart (51 jobs lost), Frackville Kmart in the Skuylkill Mall (80 jobs lost), Mount Pocono Kmart (66 jobs lost), Fairless Hills Sears Hardware. Granite Run Mall shutdown, meaning the Sears and Sears Auto Center now apparently on a month to month (possibly day to day) lease are soon to follow. Brookhaven Kmart (89 jobs lost).

Puerto Rico: Vega Baja Kmart (206 jobs lost).

South Carolina: The 44 years old Orangeburg Kmart shutting down in August 2016. Camden Kmart. 61 jobs lost as the North Augusta Kmart is shutdown by May 2016. Sumter Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Orangeburg Sears (57 jobs lost), Columbia Kmart on Fort Jackson Boulevard in 2012, Columbia Kmart on Bush River Road in 2009, Columbia Kmart on St Andrews Road (66 jobs lost), Irmo Kmart (no info on how many jobs lost), both Greenville Kmarts (140 jobs lost between the two), Mount Pleasant Kmart (43 jobs lost), Harbison Sears & Sears Auto Center in the Columbiana Centre mall (97 jobs lost), Aiken Sears & Sears Auto Center (at least 54 jobs lost), Inlet Square Mall Kmart (50 jobs lost), West Ashely Kmart (69 jobs lost), Myrtle Beach Kmart (59 jobs lost), Easley Kmart (62 jobs lost).

South Dakota: Huron Kmart, Yankton Kmart. The Pierre Kmart shutdown March 2016, 45 jobs lost. The Michell Kmart shutdown in April 2016, 52 jobs lost. Spearfish Kmart (51 jobs lost), Sturgis Kmart (57 jobs lost).

Tennessee: Local news reports say Sears Holdings has posted “Going out of business!” signs on the North Knoxville Kmart, however they could not get any confirmation of shutdown from corporate administrators. Bristol Kmart shutting down by August 2016. Athens Kmart, Sweetwater Kmart, Maryville Kmart. The Murfreesboro Kmart shutdown April, 43 jobs lost. A Memphis Sears and Auto Center (on Poplar Avenue) shutdown in April, 109 jobs lost! Clarksville Kmart shutdown in April, 68 jobs lost. Cleveland Kmart shutdown by mid-March 2016, 67 jobs lost. Antioch Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Cleveland Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Oak Ridge Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Hendersonville Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Morristown Sears (about 70 jobs lost), Clinton South Kmart, Franklin Cool Springs Galleria Sears (92 jobs lost), Memphis Hickory Ridge mall Sears (job loss data not revealed), 48 years old Nashville Kmart on Nolensville Pike to close by January 2014 (57 jobs lost), Franklin Kmart (33 jobs lost), Dickson Kmart (65 jobs lost), talks in progress to end lease for Bellevue (Nashville) Center Mall Sears, Nashville Bellevue Center Sears & Auto Center (at least 44 jobs lost).

Texas: Sears Holdings revealed the Brownsville Kmart is shutting down by August. El Paso Kmart, Mission Kmart, Sweetwater Kmart. Two Sears parts and repair centers closing in The Woodlands (117 jobs lost), rebuild center in Garland (58 jobs lost), Farmers Branch Sears/Great Indoors, Houston Sears Great/Indoors, Dallas Sears home appliance parts distribution center (77 jobs lost), Simon Property Group owned McAllen Sears store & Auto Center (so far no word on how many jobs will be lost), recently revealed Palestine Sears Hometown (franchise owner quit to work as assistant manager at a local Dollar General). Wichita Falls Sikes Senter Mall Sears (56 jobs lost).

Utah: Draper Kmart, Price Kmart, West Jordan Kmart. 35 years old Richfield Kmart shutdown in April 2016, 63 jobs lost. North Logan Kmart shutdown April 2016, 58 jobs lost. Murray Sears (local news media in Utah never reported the closure, but they reported that the building was demolished), Orem Kmart (no details reported), Woods Cross Kmart (54 jobs lost), Provo Kmart demolished in anticipation of yet another AtHome furniture store.

Vermont: The Bennington Sears Hometown Store shutdown. Rutland Sears store & Auto Center (65 jobs lost), South Burlington Kmart (66 jobs lost).

Virginia: Christiansburg Kmart and the Hampton Kmart shutting down by August 2016. Chester Kmart, 76 jobs gone by mid-July 2016. The Cedar Bluff (50 jobs lost), Covington (36 jobs lost) and Virginia Beach on General Booth Boulevard (no job numbers reported) Kmarts shutdown between March and April 2016! The Sears Hometown Store in Culpeper. Norfolk Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Midlothian Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Richmond Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lynchburg Sears (84 jobs lost), Fairfax Kmart (no word on how many jobs lost), Christiansburg Sears (59 jobs lost), Norfolk Kmart on East Little Creek Road (77 jobs lost), Manassas Kmart (71 jobs lost), Stafford Sears Hometown, Newport News-Denbigh Kmart (at least 50 jobs lost), Wise Kmart (58 jobs lost), Harrisonburg Kmart (79 jobs lost), Winchester Kmart (91 jobs lost), Dale City Kmart (69 jobs lost), Chesapeake Sears and Auto Center (82 jobs lost), Front Royal Kmart (88 jobs lost), Pembroke Mall Sears renting out part of their store to DSW & Nordstrom Rack, Sears Holdings say they’re still looking for a “third tenant” for their occupied space. The current nearby Sears Auto Center will be rented out to REI. Colonial Heights Kmart (113 jobs lost), Virginia Beach Hilltop Square Shopping Center Kmart (82 jobs lost).

Washington: After officially denying that their Marysville Kmart was shutting down, calling it a “a bad rumor” and swearing to local news media that “the store will remain open”, guess what? Local news media reporting that the Marysville Kmart is now plastered with “store closing” signs, 47 jobs lost by by mid-July. Arrogantly Sears Holdings said the employees can apply at other Sears/Kmart stores, however, local news reports say it’s the last Kmart in all of Snohomish County. Eatonville Sears Hometown store. Walla Walla Sears Full line (in August 2012, it was reported that an independent owner of Sears Hometown stores will open a store in Walla Walla), Lacey Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Kelso Sears (47 jobs lost), Lakewood Kmart (59 jobs lost), Bellingham Sears (92 jobs lost), Seattle Kmart (85 jobs lost), East Wenatchee Sears (59 jobs lost), Puyallup Kmart (51 jobs lost), Oak Harbor Kmart (68 jobs lost), Sodo Sears and Sears Auto Center (79 jobs lost), Everett Kmart (65 jobs lost), Marysville Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost).

West Virginia: The Bluefield Kmart shutting down by August 2016. Oak Hill Kmart (59 jobs lost), Morgantown Kmart (100 jobs lost), Bluefield Sears store & Auto Center (64 jobs lost).

Wisconsin: The Wausau Center Sears shutting down, 35 remaining employees became unemployed June 2016. Sears Holdings administrators would only say “we are accelerating the closings of unprofitable stores.” Hartford Kmart. Superior Kmart shutdown in April 2016, 42 jobs lost. West Baraboo Sears (at least 40 jobs lost, local village officials say the store generated 3% of local tax collections), Rice Lake Kmart (about 71 jobs lost), Brookfield Kmart (56 jobs lost), Racine’s Regency Mall Sears (52 jobs lost), Fort Atkinson Kmart (51 jobs lost), Greenfield Kmart (107 jobs lost), Portage Kmart (78 jobs lost) and Hales Corner (129 jobs lost), Chippewa Falls Kmart (79 jobs lost), Menomonie Kmart (at least 50 jobs lost), Ashwaubenon Kmart recently revealed now owned by Green Bay Packers, will be torn down (80 jobs lost), Shawano Kmart (55 jobs lost), Fond du Lac Sears (42 jobs lost), Glendale Sears store & Auto Center (86 jobs lost), Janesville Kmart (70 jobs lost), Glendale Sears Rebuild center (67 jobs lost), Sheboygan Sears & Auto Center (at least 31 jobs lost), Eau Claire Kmart (93 jobs lost), Plymouth Kmart (59 jobs lost before Xmas), Sheboygan Sears Rebuild Center (30 jobs lost), Wauwatosa Kmart (103 jobs lost).

Business/Economics

“It’s not like they’re taking jobs from Americans” 5-million migrants refuse to leave! : U.S. Job Losses & Closings 15 June 2016

Incomplete list of U.S. job loss announcements and shutdowns.

Alabama: What construction industry recovery? In Decatur, after 24 years Marvin’s Building Materials shutting down by July.

California: In Salinas, Foothill Packing has been fined $235-thousand USD for falsely firing U.S. citizens and replacing them with H-1B migrants: “The employer claimed the workers — who were U.S. citizens — had failed to meet production standards. Investigators found that many of them had consistently exceeded the production of many of the foreign workers doing the same jobs, yet Foothill did not terminate these foreign workers.“-U.S. Department of Labor press release

Electric car maker Tesla has been caught directly importing migrants to work in The Golden State!  The San Jose Mercury News reports that the migrants are not legal H-1B workers but are illegal immigrants.  The newspaper tracked an immigrant from Slovenia who worked for Tesla.  When confronted Tesla administrators flat denied employing the immigrant. Watch the video:

Idaho: The Fire Chief of Chubbuck resigned in connection to the planned merger of the city of Chubbuck’s fire department with the city of Pocatello (both cities are dealing with cash problems despite continually telling the taxpayers the economy is good): “Whether the consolidation goes forward or not it’s not going to be affected by whom the chief is at the time.”-Joshua Ellis, Chubbuck city councilman

Speaking of Chubbuck and Pocatello, the county of Bannock made an appeal to property owners to pay their property taxes, warning of fines and interest charges.  It sounded like the county is having problems with property tax collections, which would not be happening if the economy was good.  I gotta message for Bannock County: “You can’t squeeze blood from a turnip.”

Kansas: In Wichita, Via Christi Health eliminating 70 more jobs on top of the 80 they’ve already cut!  Yet, at the same time hospital administrators told local news that they plan to hire 80 people!

Massachusetts: The city of Boston Weak and the college of Babson announced they will create their own migrant ‘visa’ program to get around the federal H-1B!   An unnamed ‘official’ connected to the scam flat out lied and said “It’s not like they’re taking jobs from Americans, they’re giving jobs to Americans.”

Michigan: Benton Harbor Area Schools eliminating 43 jobs in an effort to save $1.4-million USD.  However, local news sources say the district is also planning on creating 12 new positions.

New Jersey: Inspira Medical Center eliminating at least 67 jobs at two locations by August.  Saks Fifth Avenue eliminating 137 Short Hills jobs by September!

New York: Old Country Buffet issued a shutdown WARN for their Bay Shore operation, 42 jobs gone by mid-September.  Unnamed sources say the Daily News laid off 22 people, after attempts to sell the newspaper failed.

North Carolina: Charlotte based Too Big to Jail Bank of America announced it will ‘accelerate’ its job destruction by 8-thousand jobs as part of its “digital banking” plan!  It’s blamed on a sudden 15% increase in people using digital banks instead of brick-n-mortar banks (never mind the fact that increase was forced by BoA shutting down 23% of its offices since 2009).

Oregon: Law firms (American Immigration Lawyers Association and  American Immigration Council) in Oregon are suing the federal government over the H-1B program,  not because H-1B is taking jobs from U.S. citizens but because their foreign clients were turned down for H-1B visas!

Texas: Big 5 Sporting Goods shutting down five of its eight Texas stores!  Local news media say administrators refused to talk about it.    Recently two people were convicted and sentenced to federal prison for seven years, for running an H-1B scam.  They were falsifying H-1B documents to bring in migrants from India.  An Indian news source stated the H-1B program was created “to create a low-cost workforce in the US.”  This news came at the same time it was revealed the oil industry in Texas was employing thousands of people from around the world.  The recent oil industry BS hit one Texas town hard as it was home to many of the migrants: “80 to 100 families have relocated to their home country primarily because of job changes and changes in the economy.”-Richard Rowell, business owner in Katy City

Washington DC:  More proof U.S. jobs are going to immigrants; during a Congressional hearing it was revealed that at least 5-million migrants violated their H-1B visas and now refuse to leave the United States!  This means they’re now illegal immigrants but the federal government isn’t doing anything about it, a grand total of 10-thousand visa violation cases were investigated out of the now 5-million violators known to be in the U.S.!   Despite the latest revelations, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a  new Visa Waiver Program which allows immigrants to enter the United States without getting visas from U.S. consular officers!

Indian news media revealed that the U.S. government is making bank on its H-1B visa program.  At the end of last year the Obama regime jacked up the fees paid by foreigners for H-1Bs by $4-thousand USD!  The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services handles the H-1B applications.

FALSE FLAG: DENMARK REPORTS 50,000 MIGRANTS “DISAPPEARING”!

14 June 2016: “We are announcing that we have decided to close down our operations effective today.”

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification.

I found a 2010 AFL-CIO analysis (titled The Public Availability of WARN Notices: Lack of Accessibility and Disclosure…) which proves what I’ve been suspecting in my search of state WARN notices; most states are not complying with federal WARN regulations and are not publicizing or tracking mass layoffs.

Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed!

Employees of religious non-profits might not qualify for unemployment assistance: “If the non-profit organization is a church, you may or may not be entitled to unemployment. It all depends upon state regulations for church employers. In many cases, churches are allowed to set their own rules regarding unemployment benefits, meaning the church can choose whether to offer benefits to former employees.”

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) no longer issues mass layoff reports: “On March 1, 2013, President Obama ordered into effect the across-the- board spending cuts (commonly referred to as sequestration) required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. Under the order, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) must cut its current budget by more than $30 million, 5 percent of the current 2013 appropriation, by September 30, 2013. In order to help achieve these savings and protect core programs, the BLS will eliminate two programs, including Mass Layoff Statistics, and all ‘measuring green jobs’ products. This news release is the final publication of monthly mass layoff survey data.”