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Canadians demand gun rights after police admit to stealing legally owned guns!

17 June 2016 (11:42 UTC-07 Tango 01) 28 Khordad 1395/11 Ramadan 1437/13 Jia-Wu 4714

“The media is doing a wonderful job at assassinating it…..    We have never had a single crime committed in Canada by an AR-15….”-Tony Bernardo, Canadian Shooting Sports Association

In antigun British empire Canada tens of thousands of Canadians (at least 25-thousand according to a petition by a group being called Lawful Firearm Owners of Canada) are demanding a return to gun ownership rights.  

On Tuesday a man from  Alberta pled guilty to lying on a U.S. federal gun background check.  He had traveled all the way to the U.S. state of New Hampshire, allegedly to buy 1-hundred pistols!  He gave a New Hampshire location as his home address.  According to the gun dealer the Canadian had a U.S. passport and New Hampshire ID.  The Canadian slipped up when he gave the gun dealer his true Canadian phone number.   One reason why the man from Alberta went to so much trouble attempting to buy guns in the U.S. is that it’s been admitted that Canadian police steal legally registered guns.

As reported by Blind Bat News, during flooding in 2013 the Royal Canadian Mounted Police forced residents of High River, in Alberta, to leave their homes and then proceeded to steal all the lawfully registered guns in those homes!   Last year the RCMP admitted their crime by paying off 1-thousand 6-hundred residents of High River to the tune of $2.3-million CAD!    More than 6-hundred guns were stolen.  RCMP eventually returned most of the guns, but claimed they took the guns under orders from higher ups, supposedly in the name of preventing criminals from stealing them.

Despite the growing number of Canadians demanding gun rights, current ‘elected’ lawmakers refuse to even debate it.

MARTIAL LAW CANADA 2014: ANTI-GUN ADVOCATE ADMITS GUN REGISTRY IS ABOUT TAKING AWAY YOUR GUNS!

Pink Pistols: U.S. and Canadian based ‘LGBTQ’ pro-gun organization, their motto is “Pick on someone your own caliber.”

Royal Canadian Mounted Police gun registry list

Piddly increase of support for antigun laws called “Spike”, despite gun sales far exceeding said “Spike”!

17 June 2016 (11:01 UTC-07 Tango 01) 28 Khordad 1395/11 Ramadan 1437/13 Jia-Wu 4714

Huffington Post headlined their anti-2nd Amendment story “Support for Gun Control Spikes…”.   Read their own article and you’ll discover their own survey showed a slight 7% increase in support for gun control!  They call a 7% increase a “spike”?

Now compare this to a CNN report which said yearly sales of Smith&Wesson guns jumped 22.4%, and in the quarter after the San Bernardino shootings S&W sales skyrocketed 61.5%!  Now realize that’s gun sales for just one gun maker, across the board the percentage increase of gun sales far exceeds any meager “spike” in support for more anti-2nd Amendment laws.

2ND U.S. CIVIL WAR:  THE 2ND AMENDMENT IS ABOUT CIVILIANS OWNING MILITARY WEAPONS!!!

False Flag: Main Stream News Media caught violating antigun laws?

17 June 2016 (10:34 UTC-07 Tango 01) 28 Khordad 1395/11 Ramadan 1437/13 Jia-Wu 4714

“Ms. Paula Reid came into the shop with cash, claiming she wished to purchase an AR-15 to, ‘undergo training. She refused basic, free instruction of firearms safety under the pretense that she was using the firearm for training with a NRA certified instructor. Due to the information provided in the CBS News report filed today, I suspect Ms. Reid committed a straw purchase and procurement of a firearm under false pretenses.”-Ryan Lamke, to the Washington Free Beacon

The CBS broadcast network has been turned-in to the Virginia State Police and the federal ATF for violating anti-2nd Amendment laws, by the very gun seller they lied to!

“ATF is aware of the story, however, the details and the outcome of the sale in question is unclear and it is not evident if a violation occurred. In the event that an investigation is initiated, as a matter of policy, ATF does not comment on or acknowledge ongoing investigations.”-Corey Ray, to the Washington Free Beacon

GUN BAN FAIL: ANTIGUN LAWS FAIL TO STOP PRO-EU POLITICIAN FROM BEING ASSASSINATED!

Iraq liberates Falluja!

17 June 2016 (04:02 UTC-07 Tango 01) 28 Khordad 1395/11 Ramadan 1437/13 Jia-Wu 4714

“The counter-terrorism service and the rapid response forces have retaken the government compound in the center of Falluja.”– Lieutenant General Abdulwahab al-Saad to Agence France-Presse

Iraqi military and police commanders say they encountered little resistance from the U.S.-NATO-EU-Israeli-Saudi created DAIISH-Islamic State-ISIS-ISIL (DAIISH=DA for al-DAwla, I for al-Islamiya, I for al-Iraq, SH for al-SHam [al-Sham=Syria]) as they entered the center of the city.

“Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki sent an official request of intervention to the United States following the fall of Mosul. The same request was submitted to the Iranian government as well…. …The Islamic Republic of Iran was quick enough to respond to our demand….  …For two whole months, neither the United States nor European countries offered any assistance…”Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units

LATE TO THE GAME: IRAQ LIBERATES RAMADI, OBAMA REGIME OFFERS HELP AFTER THE FACT!

False Flag: Reports of U.S. diplomats ordering airstrikes on Syrian government!

17 June 2016 (00:52 UTC-07 Tango 01) 28 Khordad 1395/11 Ramadan 1437/13 Jia-Wu 4714

New York Times reporting that more than 50 U.S. diplomats have signed a letter demanding that Barack Obama begin airstrikes against the elected government of Syria!

This is in apparent contradiction to the Obama regime’s official stance regarding the government of Syria.  It also comes after waves of successful attacks by Syrian and Russian forces against the U.S.-NATO-EU-Israeli-Saudi created DAIISH-Islamic State-ISIS-ISIL (DAIISH=DA for al-DAwla, I for al-Islamiya, I for al-Iraq, SH for al-SHam [al-Sham=Syria]) and Al Nusra Front.

U.S. State Department ‘leaks’ airstrike letter to New York Times 

SYRIA LIBERATES PALMYRA, UNITED STATES IS PISSED!

Gun Ban Fail: Antigun laws fail to stop pro-EU politician from being assassinated!

16 June 2016 /20:03 UTC-07 Tango 01 (28 Khordad 1395/11 Ramadan 1437/13 Jia-Wu 4714)

An pro-European Union politician in the British empire base United Kingdom was shot, stabbed and killed by a mentally unstable man.  Not only that, but she was shot inside an official ‘gun free zone’.

In gun ban, and even knife ban, United Kingdom how does a mentally unstable man get a gun and a knife, and get into a gun free zone?  There are reports that the shooter made the gun and the knife himself. 

The United Kingdom has been enacting progressively stricter anti-gun laws since 1968, the most recent in 2012. Private ownership of automatic weapons banned, semi-auto assault type weapons banned, pistols banned! Even toy (“imitation”) guns are banned! The only guns that can be legally owned are shotguns or any barreled weapon not on the banned list (basically single shot rifles), and for that you need a gun permit and must register each gun.

GUN BAN FAIL: COP & WIFE STABBED TO DEATH IN FRANCE!

Poor people in gun ban Philippines make their own guns (Afghans have done the same thing for decades, which is why you’ll never get rid of guns in Afghanistan)

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

ILLINOIS COPS ADMIT OPEN CARRY OF GUNS BY CITIZENS REDUCES CRIME!

Roaring back with a vengeance, U.S. High School Gun Clubs!

15 June 2016 (16:36 UTC-07 Tango 01) 26 Khordad 1395/09 Ramadan 1437/11 Jia-Wu 4714

“I grew up in a small Idaho town and we frequently had guns at school. In the year books there are pictures of us as a club with our guns. We just competed among ourselves and not with other schools. No one was outraged, no one went crazy, it was a normal part of life.

I also carried a knife every day of my life from the age 8 up until 9/11. Because I fly so frequently, I don’t carry knives as frequent. The TSA has taken more than one of mine, it took me a while to break that habit.”

“I am the same age and remember shooting at two of my local high schools, La Sierra and El Camino (Both in Sacramento) which both had rifle teams. And this was in California in the late 70’s. I took hunters safety at one of them to get my hunting license.

El Camino’s range was indoors but La Sierra was outdoors and both were on the same property as the high school.”

“I made a new stock for my Ruger 10/22 out of a 2” thick blank of black walnut in my high school woodworking class for my class project back in the mid 1980s. I never brought the complete firearm to school, but just the barrel and empty receiver so I could do the inletting. Imagine me doing that today!

Oh, and BTW I got an A+ on it.”conversations on 1911Forum.com

High school gun courses can be traced back to World War 1, then during World War 2 the federal government actually sponsored high school shooting clubs, but between the late 1970s-90s (November 1999 Chicago Schools abolishes JROTC gun courses), almost all U.S. high schools ended their Marksmanship training courses. False Flag alert: Note that the rise of gun violence in schools coincide with the ending of scholastic gun training courses.  But since the 11 September 2001 attacks, many local high schools returned to gun training for teenagers.

“2,000-plus high school teams (including JROTC programs) enrolled in the Civilian Marksmanship Program”-The Washington Post

13 boarding schools offering Marksmanship

Incomplete list

Alabama: Thompson High School Air Force JROTC Marksmanship Team.  Civilian Marksmanship Program unveiled the $20-million USD Talladega Marksmanship Park, last year. 

Arizona: In 2005 state lawmakers made gun training for teenagers eligible for high school credit towards graduation. 

California: In the anti-gun Golden State Mountain Empire High School offers course for shotgun training.  Only two years after bringing back high school gun courses in 2007, the San Diego Board of Education shutdown Mission Bay High School’s marksmanship program.  The vote was 3 to 2 and was influenced by the False Flag group called Education Not Arms Coalition.  

Colorado: Project Appleseed.

Florida: The Port Saint Lucie High School conducts U.S. Army JROTC gun courses.  Port Saint Lucie was the home of the alleged Orlando shooter.  Oviedo High School “All Girl” team wins Navy Nationals Marksmanship Competition.

Georgia: North Atlanta High School unveiled a new an indoor shooting range.

Idaho: Rocky Mountain High School joins the Scholastic Marksmanship Club.

Indiana: Ben Davis High School Marksmanship. 

Kansas: Auburn-Washburn Unified School District 437 considering high school marksmanship program.

Maryland: Dave Ward Memorial Scholarship for college available through the Monumental Rifle and Pistol Club.

Massachusetts: Revere High School runs a Civilian Marksmanship Program.

New Hampshire: West High School requesting approval from the district administrators to build an indoor shooting range for their U.S. Navy JROTC gun course.

North Carolina: Smithfield-Selma High School unveiled a a 1,200-square-foot, six-lane, indoor shooting range.  Charlotte High School begins Leadership Academy for Young Men shooting course.  Local news media tried to downplay it saying it was “one if the few marksmanship programs in a public high school”.

Pennsylvania: Williamsport Area High School hosts Marksmanship Expo,  “a one-of-a-kind event where members of every imaginable shooting discipline will be on hand to showcase their guns and gear for the students to admire.”

Texas: J.H. Reagan High School Rough Riders Marksmanship team.   

Washington: South Kitsap High School marksmanship program to be expanded to junior high. 

Washington DC: Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force JROTC (Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps) promotes Civilian Marksmanship Program.

FALSE FLAG: AR-15 IS NOT “HIGH POWER” OR “HIGH VELOCITY”! IT’S A “PLINKER”!

“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.”

False Flag: AR-15 is not “high power” or “high velocity”! It’s a “plinker”!

AR=Assault Rifle

M16 in action during Operation Cook, Viet Nam, September 1968. U.S. Army photo.

The AR-15 is now known as the silly-vilian semi-auto version of the Viet Nam era M16.  The original AR-15 was the weaker version of the military’s experimental AR-10, which was a true high-power/high-velocity weapon.  Once the military accepted the AR-15 for mass production its nomenclature was changed to M16.

A U.S. Air Force security Airman using a CAR-15. What is notable is that this is the ancient version which can be identified by its lack of a Forward Assist. This photo was produced in June 2000, yes, the U.S. military was still using the ancient version of the CAR-15 in 2000. USAF photo by Scott Spitzer.

The CAR-15 is probably the most photographed version of the AR-15. It is the Commando Assault Rifle, a shortened version of the AR-15.

I’m getting tired of the main stream news media and their puppet master politicians and anti-2nd Amendment activists claiming the AR-15 (M16/M4), and even the AK-47, are “high-powered, high-velocity” weapons.  I can blame the police who constantly refer to these relatively low velocity guns as “high-power” weapons. But I can’t just blame them, I have to blame the gun industry itself.  The AR-15 is marketed as a high power weapon, there’s even an internet business called High Velocity Arms that specializes in the AR-15.

To make it worse the gun industry intentionally makes their many versions of the AR-15 look ‘mean’.  Looks have nothing to do with the performance of the ammo used in the gun!

Arkansas National Guard video from 2018, by Specialist Stephen M. Wright, showing they were using a combination of M16A2s, CAR-15s and M4s:

U.S. Air Force photo by David Bedard, 11JUL2014.

This old-skool bolt action single shot rifle is the U.S. military’s M24 sniper rifle based on the Remington Model 700.  It uses the NATO 7.62mm x 51mm (aka Wincester .308 caliber), which has much more velocity and power than the rounds used by the AR-15/M16/M4, and AK-47s.

Does this gun look ‘mean?  This hunting rifle uses a true high-power/high-velocity 7mm Remington Magnum round.

 

Does this gun scare you? It’s the Ruger Mini-14 and it uses the same ammo as the AR-15/M16/M4.

High-power and high-velocity are relative.  Compared to a .22 caliber ‘Long Rifle’ the .223 caliber round used by the AR-15 is high-velocity, but compared to many more guns available the AR-15 is what gun owners call a “plinker”.   In fact that’s the true reason why the AR-15 is a popular gun, it’s more powerful than a .22 LR, but is far cheaper to shoot than the true high-power/high-velocity weapons.

The AK-47 and AR-15 ammo are much smaller than ammo used in hunting rifles and even 'cowboy' lever action guns

The AK-47 and AR-15 ammo are much smaller than ammo used in hunting rifles and even ‘cowboy’ lever action guns. Photo by AAron B. Hutchins, June 2016.

The AR-15 uses a .223 caliber (5.56mm bullet diameter, 45mm long casing) round.  The AR-15 can be fitted with ‘sub-caliber’ kits that allow it to fire the smaller .22 LR ammo, or the 9mm pistol ammo.

U.S. Army photo by Private First Class Anthony Zendejas the Fourth, 21JAN2018.

The AK-47 uses a larger .30 caliber (7.62mm) bullet, but the casing (39mm long) is shorter than the .223, which means it’s actually lower velocity than the AR-15’s ammo, yet main stream news and anti-gunners call it a high power/high-velocity weapon as well.

A boring U.S. Army video (with bad audio), from November 2008, by Specialist Amber Stephens, showing the Iraq army being trained by U.S. instructors on how to use the Soviet designed AK-47.  Towards the end of the video you can see their shot groups on the targets, proving the AK-47 can be accurate, at close range anyway:

I have a Winchester lever action rifle, some people call it a cowboy gun because it’s the rifle made famous by the old TV ‘western’ show The Rifleman.  It uses .30-30 caliber (7.62mm bullet, 51mm’R’ casing) round, a much larger round than the AR-15.

U.S. Air Force photo by David Bedard, 11JUL2014.

Then there’s .308 Winchester (7.62mm bullet, 51mm casing, aka NATO 7-6-2).  While it’s similar in size to the .30-30 it is considered by some military analysts to be more powerful than the .30-30, hence it’s why military and police use it for sniping and light machine guns (LMG).   Then there’s a round made famous during World War 1 and 2; .30-06 Springfield (7.62mm bullet, 63mm long casing).

The U.S. military switched from .30-06 to .308 because the smaller casing .308 could perform just as good or better than the .30-06, depending on the weight of the bullet and type of gun powder used.  This brings up another point; the power and velocity (ballistics) of a bullet can also be affected by its weight and type of charge used in the casing.  But hands down the AR-15 round can’t come close to the power and velocity of the .308,  .30-06 or 7mm magnum.

CLASS WARFARE: BEING A MASS SHOOTER IS REALLY EXPENSIVE, SO HOW’D THEY DO IT, ESPECIALLY THE UNDER-EMPLOYED/UNEMPLOYED PATSIES?

False Flag: TRUCK LOAD OF AR-15s STOLEN!

U.S. Christian Rapture: AR-15 = GOD’S ‘ROD OF IRON’?

Amazon caught shipping chemical weapons? Drone laws kill R/C company? : U.S. Job Losses & Closings 14 June 2016

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

Alabama: After 55 years McCollum’s Catfish and Seafood Restaurant shutting down next week, the owner saying “Food cost have gone up, and we just don’t have the business to keep it open.”

Arizona: In Phoenix, Sir Veza’s Taco Garage suddenly shutdown its Speedway location because “It just didn’t fit our needs anymore.”   California based internet health insurance management company YourPeople-Zenefits shutting down their Grand Canyon State sales office, at least 1-hundred jobs lost!

Arkansas: Bentonville based Walmart is ending the acceptance of Visa credit cards in Canada, due to jacked up credit card fees for Canadian retailers.

California: Irvine based hobby industry remote controlled vehicle maker Novak Electronics (aka TeamNovak) suddenly shutdown after 38 years: “We are announcing that we have decided to close down our operations effective today. This decision was difficult to make, as this has been a family business spanning two generations.”-Novak family statement

In Bell, critically praised restaurant Corazon y Miel shutting down next week, however the owners swear they will resurrect their popular eatery in the future, somewhere in Los Angeles.  Oxnard based Mandalay Berry Farms shutting down, 565 jobs gone by the end of July! The Farm Bureau of Ventura County did not blamed it on the drought, but on three years of crashing prices for berries.

Indiana: Despite surviving The Great Depression and numerous recession, god powerless to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ Saint Mark’s Catholic Church.  In White Township, after 17 years Ironwood Grill shutting down by the end of the month.  It’s blamed on a combination of unaffordable upgrades and a disagreement with the landlord.  What automotive industry recovery? In Middlebury, motor-home builder Evergreen RV suddenly shutdown last week, employees were simply told not to come to work this week, 4-hundred jobs lost!  Local news reports say up until the sudden shutdown employees were told the company was doing well financially, and was actually in ‘growth mode’.  Some employees had just been hired.  Motor-home dealers confirmed they were told the company is dead, because when a company goes out of business the product’s warranty is void.   So far company administrators have refused to explain what is going on.

Kentucky: Blackhawk Mining issued a shutdown WARN, more than 2-hundred jobs gone between now and August!

Maryland: New Windsor junior high and three other Carrol County schools shutting down now, due to crashing enrollments and taxpayer funding.

Michigan: In Midland, Oscar’s Bar & Grill shutting down on Wednesday, according to employees.  The owners refused to talk to local news media.

New York: In NYC, Ansonia Laundromat shutdown this past Sunday, blaming crashing revenues. NYC based animator Frederator Networks laid off 15 people, calling it “a fairly typical restructuring”.

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

Pennsylvania: In Chadds Ford, Chef Anthony’s Italian Market shutting down this Sunday, due to competition from larger operations.

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: What automotive industry recovery?  In Houston, Too Big to Jail JP Morgan Chase eliminating 90 car loan jobs.

Virginia: In Reston, after five years Baby Blossom supply and gifts shutting down next week because the property has been sold by the greedy landlord.

 

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.

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.”