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Who’s the real god? God powerless without Money! ‘maybe it’s something called The Rapture?’ : U.S. Christian job destruction 2015

“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

Incomplete list of U.S. Christian shutdowns and layoffs in 2015.

Presbyterian/Agnostic Warren Buffet co-owned Canada based international restaurant chain Tim Horton’s eliminated at least 350 jobs and shutting down restaurants in Canada and United States!

Christian Mercy Health System eliminated at least 350 jobs in the states of Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas: “Mercy faces increasing challenges to our reimbursement structure as we adjust to reductions mandated by the Affordable Care Act and other budget cuts, as well as the lack of Medicaid expansion in most of our states.”-official statement

Alabama: Presbyterian/Agnostic Warren Buffet owned carpet maker Shaw Industries announced they will layoff 160 people in Dekalb County! Warren Buffet administrators blame crashing sales.   After 38 years the Robert Moore & Co. Christmas Town in Mobile shutdown.

California:  Bankrupt Daughters of Charity Health System tried to sell-off six hospitals but nobody wanted to buy, so now at least 280 christian healthcare workers unemployed! Administrators stated that the current layoffs will barely “restore our hospitals to break-even status financially” due to Obama Care insurance reimbursement cuts. To make matters worse, state government administrators have told ten insurance companies to stop sending their customers to Daughters of Charity Health System!  Lutheran founded American Red Cross shutdown its San Diego call center, 38 jobs lost.  In Eureka, Saint Bernard’s elementary school shutdown.  Hollywood Presbyterian Medical laid off 87 people in July. In Santa Maria, Mormon Mitt Romney co-founded wunderkind Staples shutdown their Superstore in the Crossroads Shopping Center. 82 years old Ventura based Gospel Light Publications chapter 11 bankrupt busted up for sale. Administrators partly blamed God’s financially scandalous Family Christian retail chain.  In Modesto, 32 years old Grace Lutheran School shutdown. ‘Christian’ administrators admitted they were in so much debt that the current student enrollment couldn’t cover the church mortgage payments.  In Garden Grove, iconic Crystal Cathedral shutdown in July.  In Burbank, Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center halted its blood donor service, 34 jobs lost.  In Napa, Saint Joseph’s Religious Gift & Bookstore shutdown: “I love the business. And I really love the people, but it’s just not enough. I’m just not making money.”-Joseph Sciambra

Colorado: Christian mission operator Compassion International laid off 48 people. Despite increased donations, company administrators say currency wars are making it harder to pay for expenses in the various countries they work in.  Arapahoe County based Catholic Health Initiative they will eliminate 1-thousand 5-hundred jobs people across the United States!

Connecticut: In Meridian, Saint Stanislaus School shutdown.  British empire based christian run Salvation Army shutdown their Manchester Thrift Store. The Salvation Army joining other evil corporations in the consolidation trend.  Saint John Paul II School shutdown. Christian officials officially blame lack of money, but one christian parent thinks it’s a conspiracy: “I don’t think the entire truth is here because it’s NOT about money!”– Ewald Kuchciak, who pointed out that christian students are being forced into a smaller school building

Delaware: In Dover, 25 years old Branch Christian Bookstore shutdown. The owner said “We just couldn’t compete anymore.” 

Florida: The 133 years old (surviving the Great Deflationary Depression and numerous recession) First Presbyterian Church of Sanford shutdown, at one time there were 1-thousand members, now there’s only 27!   Lutheran founded American Red Cross shutdown their West Bradenton operations.  Clearwater Christian College shutdown. Administrators blamed debt and crashing enrollment.   In Tampa, Mormon Mitt Romney co-founded Staples shutdown their Oak Fair Boulevard store, 47 jobs will be lost.

Georgia: In Lexington, 230 years old Lexington Presbyterian Church shutdown.   Local news reports indicated they were down to just three members!  Christian owned (Presbyterian/Agnostic Warren Buffet, numerous wealthy Mormons and other christian denominations) Coca-Cola increased their planned job destruction to 3-thousand 8-hundred!  Atlanta based Southern Baptist created and owned Chick fil-A made a secret pact (legally it could also be called a conspiracy) with a Missouri based property owner, which forced three Romano’s Macaroni Grill restaurants to shutdown in Missouri! Romano’s employees had no warning and were all notified on the day of the shutdowns by phone calls!

Idaho: An independent investigation revealed that re-‘elected’ Mormon Pocatello mayor Brian Blad farmed out city road crews to other cities, for free and without permission of the city council (as required by law). The cost to Pocatello taxpayers is at least $15,773 in labor! To add insult to injury the Mormon dominated city council said they aren’t going to pursue the matter, even though Idaho laws allows them to call in the Attorney General! The investigation was done by Deaton and Company, who submitted a seven page report to the city. Local news media refer to the scandal as ‘Pokey PaveGate’.   According to National Association of Counties most recent data eastern Idaho’s Mormon dominated (U.S. Census Bureau data) Bannock County has failed to make any recovery in the areas of Jobs, Unemployment, GDP or Home Prices since 2008! Never mind that Bannock County is still assessing the value of homes at tens of thousands of dollars above what they will actually sell for!  Mormon Zions Bank reported what they think is good news, they’ve increased loans to small businesses in Idaho (71% increase) and Utah (29% increase). Here’s why it’s bad news; those loans are to help companies make payroll, in other words companies still can’t generate enough revenue to pay their employees with cash. Zions Bank administrators claim their debt financing of regional businesses created more than 5-hundred jobs! Jobs created by pure debt is not a good thing, debt financing of things like payroll is one of the main reasons Corporate America is in such financial trouble.  Lewiston’s non-profit Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center sold to a for-profit op out of Tennessee.  Proof christians are not united as Northwest Nazarene University cannibalizes itself! Right wing christian administrators eliminating staff, but left wing christian staff accused administrators of conducting a “witch hunt”!   The right wing christians declared a “financial emergency” in order to justify the “blood letting” of left wing christians. 

Illinois: Christian dominated Boy Scouts of America’s Pathway to Adventure Scout Council in Chicago is reporting crashing enrollment and as a result they’re shutting down their scout camps in neighboring Wisconsin!  In Chicago, lead contamination shutdown the Saint Elizabeth School.  Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) forced Saint Mary’s Hospital to shutdown, being replaced with a smaller outpatient clinic. Most of the hospital’s 3-hundred jobs lost!  Catholic Charities shutdown two family shelters and two child development centers in July. The religious organization blames lack of taxpayer funding. In the U.S., religion is supposed to be separate from government!  44 years old Sunshine Preschool, based in the Wheaton Evangelical Free Church, shutdown.

Indiana: In Terre Haute,  John Paul II Catholic High School shutdown. The school was opened in 2000 but could not generate enough cash to continue operating.   Frontline Foundations addiction treatment center in Valparaiso shutdown. Christian administrators blame lack of funding.

Iowa: In West Des Moines, Kingdom Kids Academy shutdown. News reports say administrators refuse to say why, but employees say new management suddenly backed out and quit.  In Mason City, employees of Presbyterian/Agnostic Warren Buffett went to the local news media to report mass layoffs at the local Kraft plant.  In Belmond, 112 years old Saint John Lutheran Church shutdown. Church administrators said they’re lucky if 15 people showed up on Sundays (by the way Sunday is the 1st day of the week, not the 7th). Originally sermons at Saint John Lutheran Church were done in German, reflecting the fact that German, not English, was the most popular non-hispanic European language in the early days of the United States.

Kansas:  1-hundred years old (surviving the Great Depression and numerous recessions) Mercy Independence done in by ObamaCare. They tried to merge with another christian hospital chain but that failed, 2-hundred healthcare jobs now lost: “This was not the outcome we had sought or expected at the beginning of the discernment process, and our hearts are heavy. However, like many other rural health care providers today, we have struggled to remain viable in the face of a changing environment and economy.”-Lynn Britton, ceo

Kentucky: In Owensboro,  Precious Blood Catholic Church daycare center shutdown. Church administrators say the daycare center is $60-thousand USD in debt.

Maine:  Parkview Adventist Medical Center chapter 11 bankrupt, 180 jobs affected!

Maryland: In Frederick, after 1-hundred years (surviving the Great deflationary Depression and numerous recessions) Saint Timothy’s Episcopal Church shutdown. Attendance was down to less than 13 per week, and administrators said “They were just not going to be able to pay their bills.” In Elkton, the Historic Little Wedding Chapel reportedly shutting down because Too Big to Jail Cecil Bank refused to renew the owner’s debt financing, and then demanded payment in full immediately (this is called deleveraging, it happened to me). Deleveraging related: IMF pushes for U.S. consolidation, code for even more drastic deleveraging! 

Massachusetts:  Lutheran founded American Red Cross shutdown its Springfield call center.  Boston Weak based, Mormon Mitt Romney co-founded Bain Capital liquidating its Absolute Return Capital hedge fund due to long term losses caused by a “challenging” environment.  Mormon Mitt Romney co-created, Framingham based Staples killed off 2-hundred jobs in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan and shutdown their Regina call center.  Staples also announced that 1-thousand stores will be shutdown due to their takeover of Office Depot!   In Charlton, Masonic Health System-Overlook Life Care Community laid off nine employees and cut the hours for eight others.  Saint Mary’s School shutdown after 91 years (surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions) of education, due to lack of paying students.  60 years old Saint Paul School in Wellesley shutdown: “Over the past several years, St. Paul School has faced a steady decline in enrollment. An attempt to secure solid commitments from parents for the upcoming school year was not sufficient.” 

Michigan:  Christian bookstore Kregel Parable shutdown. The Saint Joseph Mercy Port Huron hospital supposedly sold to California’s Prime Healthcare Services.  In Niles, British empire founded Salvation Army Food Pantry shutdown. The local Salvation Army Major blames a decrease in donations and a steady increase in poor people: “We have been seeing for the last three or four years a lot of new folks that we’ve never seen before.”-Major William Walters

Calvin College began begging employees to quit, and warned that outright layoffs are coming. The christian college has been relying on debt financing and christians have already donated $25-million USD to pay down the debt. News reports from 2013 said ‘christian’ administrators overspent on new construction and made bad investments with donated money. In one case, $5-million that was supposed to pay down the debt was used to buy real estate instead: “The former administration, the former president certainly had a reputation as someone who understood finances and business. He came from a banking background. And so I think there’s some bewilderment at the scope of the problem.”– David Diephouse, professor

Minnesota: Catholic Diocese of Duluth now chapter 11 bankrupt busted. The Christian God must now fork over $8.4-million USD to settle sex crimes lawsuits.  After 115 years the First Presbyterian Church in Wilmont shutdown. There were only 12 members Left Behind.  ObamaCare final straw for Saint Olaf Lutheran nursing home, which shutdown right before Thanksgiving.  Saint Margaret Mary Catholic Church shutdown. It’s blamed on “…the age of the building, the maintenance of the building, the facilities……We have less priests, and we have changes to where people live, work and pray…..We have less people in the pews…”

Mississippi: The Young Men’s Christian Assosiation shutdown its Jackson Deville Plaza ops, it’s blamed on lack of local support.

Missouri: 117 years old Dover Place Christian Church shutdown. One member of the church lamented “We don’t have the income on Sunday morning’s to take care of everything.” You see, even christians think only about ‘money’. Don’t they remember Jesus evicting the money changers?  Chesterfield based Mercy Health eliminated 474 jobs across their multi-state hospital system!  Christian administrators directly blame ObamaCare: “…Mercy faces increasing challenges to our reimbursement structure as we adjust to reductions mandated by the Affordable Care Act and other budget cuts, as well as the lack of Medicaid expansion in most of our states.”

Montana: In Butte, Trinity United Methodist Church and Mountain View United Methodist Church both shutdown due to “severely dwindling congregations.”

Nebraska: In Fremont, First Christian Church shutdown after 125 years of service (surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions). The property is for sale and there are indications that competition from other churches done them in (so much for ‘christian’ charity and brotherly love).  In Omaha, ObamaCare forced Catholic Health Initiatives to eliminate 60 jobs.   47 years old Christ Child Society Center shutdown, blamed on The Rapture, I mean declining enrollment.

Nevada: In Las Vegas, non-profit Safe Faith United shutdown. The administrators of the safe house for victims of domestic violence blamed crashing donations federal government grant money.

New Hampshire: 50 years old Pelham Saint Patrick Catholic School shutdown. Enrollment crashed to just 32 students!  In Manchester, after 55 years Saint Vincent de Paul Thrift Store shutdown. The operators say they could not compete with Savers and Goodwill.

New Jersey: In Vineland, the Amish Market shutdown. No reason has been given, but apparently their sales weren’t good enough to justify keeping to their ten years lease. Neighboring businesses say they will lose customer traffic after the Amish Market shuts down.  Holy Family School in Lakewood, and Saint Denis School in Manasquan, both shutdown.  54 years old Mount Laurel Monastery shutdown. Monks say it’s due to lack of work, however, local journalists discovered the property has been zoned for residential use and valued at $1.3-million, and church administrators had conducted an audit of assets on the property.  In Jersey City the Thessalonians Community Outreach Church’s food pantry lost its lease.  Saint Mary’s General hospital laid off an undisclosed number of employees, blaming ObamaCare (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) on greatly reducing overnight customers.   The California based owner of the Saint Clare’s Health System laid off 50 people. Administrators blame it on “current volumes” caused by ObamaCare.   In Cherry Hill, ObamaCare forced Saint Mary’s Catholic Home to eliminate 50 jobs after Thanksgiving.   In Vineland, ObamaCare forced Bishop McCarthy Residence to eliminate 50 jobs after Thanksgiving.   In Pleasantville, ObamaCare forced Our Lady’s Residence to eliminate 50 jobs after Thanksgiving.  Our Lady of the Assumption church in Bayonne shutdown, even though it supposedly has 1-thousand 7-hundred families as members, and despite reports that the local population is actually growing!  Saint Michael’s Medical Center chapter 11 bankrupt, threatening 1-thousand 4-hundred jobs! It’s been up for sale but Catholic republican Chris Christie’s minions are interfering: “We’ve done everything the state has asked us to do. After two and a half years, it would appear we’re no further along than when we started.”-David Ricci, ceo

In Manville, the Diocese of Metuchen shutdown Christ the King School. It’s the 11th ‘christian’ school to be shutdown by the Diocese of Metuchen, since 2009.  In Atlantic City, Saint Michael‘s and Saint Monica‘s shutdown as the Catholic community forced by the Diocese of Camden into one parish. Catholic administrators blame massive debts and the growing exodus of people on the city’s collapsed gambling industry, and warned more bad things are coming: “The consolidations are not done. There will be more as we go forward.”

Intermission: “Hey, tell me lord, what should I know!….    ….We’re on the verge of genocide!”

New Mexico: In Las Cruces, atheist and homosexual marriage are being blamed for the shutdown of the First Baptist Church’s daycare center. God’s church administrators said they don’t want the government forcing them to hire “homosexuals and atheists”, but you have to blame the money grubbing false christians for violating the 1st Amendment and taking government taxpayer money to run their daycare: “When the government gives you money, they have the right to tell you how to run certain aspects of your organization. We understand that. It’s not one particular group…it’s the fact they get to dictate to us, across the board, how to run our organization or different organization or ministries.”-David Burrows, church leader just now waking up to the fact that they must “Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s…..” (Matthew 22:21)

New York:  British empire christian University of Cambridge shutdown their Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge in West Nyack, 42 jobs lost.   Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services WARNed they are canceling funding for all Residences and Day Habilitation operations across the state, at least 719 jobs lost!  In Brooklyn NYC, Catholic Charities shutdown all their Early Childhood Education Programs.  In Yonkers, Saint John’s Riverside Hospital sold-off their Michael Malotz Skilled Nursing Facility, 226 jobs lost!  In White Plains, God refuses to stop his Academy of Our Lady of Good Counsel High School from issuing a shutdown WARN, The Museum of Biblical Art shutdown, due to the American Bible Society selling off the building.  The American Bible Society also moved its headquarters to Pennsylvania.   Presbyterian/Agnostic Warren Buffett shutdown the Tarrytown Heinz food factory, 149 people unemployed by Thanksgiving!  Father Flanagan’s Boys’ Home Boys Town eliminated 83 jobs across The Big Apple.  Hyde Park Nursery School and Roman Catholic Regina Coeli School both shutdown, christian administrators partly blamed it on not being allowed to take part in the taxpayer funded public school district’s pre-kindergarten program.  Church of the Nativity, on Second Avenue in the East Village NYC, shutdown. Only 30 people showed up for its last Sunday service.   Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services shutdown their Monica House homeless shelter it now costs too much to maintain, 26 jobs lost.  Saint James Mercy Hospital eliminated 342 healthcare jobs!   Due to the shutdown of New York Presbyterian Hospital Family Medicine Center (caused by ObamaCare) Hunter Ambulette-Ambulance lost their contract, 113 jobs lost after the Gregorian Xmas!  After 158 years (surviving the Great deflationary Depression and numerous recessions) the Young Men’s Christian Association shutting down in Amsterdam. Administrators say they are $75-thousand USD in debt and they are cash broke!  The Rapture, I mean lack of participation by those unrepentant heathens, forced United Methodist churches in Dorloo, Mineral Springs and Hyndsville to shutdown.  Two Westchester Catholic churches shutdown. Also, God is joining unAmerican Corporate America and will consolidate the following churches; Our Lady of Mount Carmel in White Plains and Our Lady of Pompeii in Dobbs Ferry. Saint Matthew in Hastings-on-Hudson will unite with Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Ardsley. Saint Paul’s in Congers and St. Ann’s in Nyack. At least 28 parishes will be affected when the consolidations and shutdowns are complete.  College of Saint Rose laid off 63 christians during the year.  In just five years the school went from having a budget with a “modest surplus” to a “structural deficit”: “Like many institutions across the country, enrollment at the College of Saint Rose has declined….”-Lisa Haley Thomson

North Carolina: First Presbyterian shutdown their respected First School daycare program, due to a 50% crash in enrollments.  The Roanoke Rapids Staples store shutdown, as well as the Greensboro store on Golden Gate Drive, it’s just par for the course for the Mormon Mitt Romney co-founded wunderkind: “As customers shift online, we are taking aggressive action to right-size our retail footprint.” 

North Dakota: Presbyterian/Agnostic Warren Buffet owned BNSF Railway furloughed employees due to crashing demand for North Dakota Oil Patch shipments by rail. 

Ohio: After 130 years (surviving numerous depressions and recessions) Saint Aloysius School shutdown due to a 50% drop in enrollment!  In Toledo, Good Shepherd Parish shutdown, they lost 65% of their congregation.  1-hundred years old (surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions) Saint Matthew Lutheran Church in Mansfield was sold to a competing version of christianity.  Good Shepherd Parish in East Toledo, and Advent Lutheran Church in Sylvania, shutdown. It’s blamed on decreasing membership and increasing costs of operations.  The ‘christian’ president of Ashland University eliminated 23 faculty positions despite strong student enrollment numbers and a $3-million USD surplus at the end of the 2014 school year!  In Mansfield, Saint Peter’s Child Care Center shutdown in June. Church administrators say “The Child Center’s operational losses have been substantial, with a projected shortfall this year in excess of $50,000. These factors make it impossible for Saint Peter’s to continue offering this service to our community.”

Pennsylvania:  Our Lady of Mount Carmel School in Roseto, and Pius X Junior/Senior High School in Bangor, shutdown.  In Oakmont, after 88 years (surviving the Great deflationary Depression and numerous recessions) Saint Irenaeus Catholic Elementary School shutdown, enrollment dwindled to only 44 students.  Incarnation of Our Lord Church, Our Mother of Sorrows and Holy Saviour Church all shutdown. Church administrators said all are in desperate need of repair work that the congregations (members) cannot afford to pay for.  Saint Patrick Grade School shutdown, local news reports say Catholic leaders tried to secretly stop christians from protesting the shutdown.  La Salle University laid off 23 employees due to a $12-million USD shortfall caused partly by crashing christian enrollments. Saint Joseph’s University eliminated jobs and cut programs due to lack of christian students with cash.  God not as powerful as ObamaCare as Saint Joseph’s Hospital shutting down, at least 675 people unemployed by March 2016!  In Pottsville, after 65 years Good-Will Christian Bookstore shutdown after the Gregorian Xmas. The owner said he tried to sell the store but nobody wanted to buy it.  166 years old (surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions) Saint Mary of the Assumption Church shutdown due to the loss of $142-thousand USD.  Saint Joseph the Worker Church shutdown due to lack of money.  The state Department of Human Services shutdown Glade Run Lutheran Services in Zelienople ‘prison’ for teens with mental problems after a local police investigation revealed a “secret sex club”. Watch a local TV report on the sick christians.  With the official motto of Under God’s Power She Flourishes, Princeton University’s American Boychoir School chapter 11 bankrupt busted: “The board has been compelled to consider several drastic alternatives, including closing the school immediately and ceasing operations.”-Rob D’Avanzo, Chairman of the Board

South Dakota: In Sioux Falls, Christian Center School shutdown (after 35 years of service). Administrators would only say to news media that they prayed a lot.

Tennessee: In Somerville, Methodist Healthcare shutdown.  The Jackson Young Men’s Christian Association shutdown, administrators blame a history of losing money.  Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) in Murfreesboro also shutdown.  The YMCA also shutdown another three Tennessee locations, in total at least 2-hundred jobs killed!  After 70 years Tennessee Temple University shutdown. Local news reports say some student athletes were told about the shutdown, and were also ordered by christian administrators not to tell anybody about it.

Texas: Presbyterian/Agnostic Warren Buffet owned BNSF Railway laid off an undisclosed number of employees, due to crashing sales caused by the oil and agricultural industries. BNSF is the second largest U.S. rail operator by sales.  Oak Cliff United Methodist Church shutdown. The pastor said the building needed at least $3-million USD in repairs, but the 120 church members could not afford it.  Methodist McMurry University eliminated 12 jobs due to lack of christian students.  Southern Methodist University laid 1-hundred people and eliminated 50 vacant jobs! Typical of ‘christians’ the administrators are living in denial, calling efforts to cut $35-million from their budget “addressing our slight structural budget deficit”.

Utah:   Homeless military veterans left out in the cold as Saint Mary’s Center for Recovery shutdown due to lack of county taxpayer funding.     Mormon dominated Utah National Parks Council of the Boy Scouts of America reports a massive crash in donations and will conduct layoffs: “We have to make those cuts now: The longer we wait, the harder it is. The real challenge here is the fact that these are real people here we’re talking about. It’s a sad day for the Boy Scouts to have to make this kind of announcement.”-Stan Lockhart, council president

Washington:  In Seattle, 33 years old Zion Preparatory Academy shutdown. At one point the school had 6-hundred students, but because of the bad economy christians can’t afford to pay for private school: “We just basically ran out of funds.”-Doug Wheeler, owner

West Virginia: In South Charleston, Young Women’s Christian Association run Saint John Heart and Hand Day Care shutdown blaming “government regulations and the economy”.  Mormon Mitt Romney’s co-founded Staples shutdown their less than five years old Martinsburg store.

Wisconsin:  Evangelical governor Scott Walker‘s plan to create jobs has done the opposite according to American Bridge 21st Century: “At the halfway point of 2015, Wisconsin employers have already notified the Department of Workforce Development (DWD) of more planned layoffs than in all of 2014.

As of June 30, state employers have notified DWD they will be laying off a total of 6,685 employees. That is higher than the total number for both 2012 (6,511) and 2014 (6,186).

At the current pace Wisconsin would see more than 13,000 planned layoffs announced in 2015, the highest of any year under Gov. Scott Walker (R-Wisconsin). The previous high during the Walker administration was just over 9,000 in 2011, his first year in office.”

Presbyterian/Agnostic Warren Buffett shutdown the Kraft-Heinz owned Oscar Mayer meat plant in Madison, 312 jobs lost!   In Sturgeon Bay, United Methodist Church’s addict recovery Kimberly House shutdown. It’s blamed on crashing donations.  The Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) shutdown their Wausau childcare center “due to unforeseen circumstances”.  The South Shore YMCA in Cudahy shutdown.  Mormon Mitt Romney’s evil Massachusetts based wunderkind Staples laid off 53 people at their Oak Creek Tech Solutions operations.  ObamaCare forced Ministry Health Care to eliminate 5-hundred jobs from their christian hospital system!  Lutheran founded American Red Cross shutting down nine of their 19 offices across the state, by 2017. Some buildings have been sold while others will be leased to companies that can make the greedy property owners more money.  Christian republicans shutdown the Daughters of the Father Christian Academy. Christian democrats are demanding an explanation. However, it seems the private ‘christian’ school was being funded with public tax dollars, which should be a violation of the U.S. 1st Amendment.  In Madison, British empire based Salvation Army Thrift Store shutdown.  Christian administrators implied that saving souls in that town was not worth renewing the lease.  After 64 years Redeemer Lutheran Church in Caledonia shutdown. Church leaders would rather blame it on people being sinful, but maybe it’s something called The Rapture: “Churches across the board are having this kind of problem….It’s hard to have them when you don’t have a lot of people.”-Doris Kidd, church secretary

Wyoming: Saint James of the Valley School shutdown due to lack of christian students.

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.”

Business/Economics

“the cuts aren’t deep enough” Idaho economy hit by Oregon pot & Wyoming booze! ObamaCare ‘correction’ underway! : U.S. Job Losses & Closings 15 April 2016

Incomplete list of job loss announcements and shutdowns.

More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high-tech for your demise;  after 17 years internet based GameFront announced it will shutdown by the end of the month, no reason was given.

California:  In San Louis Obispo, two years after a grand re-opening Coverings boutique shutting down as soon as the inventory is gone.   Local news reports said no reason was officially given.  More proof ObamaCare is a failure: “Something has to give. Either insurers will drop out or insurers will raise premiums. The industry is clearly setting the stage for bigger premium increases in 2017”-Larry Levitt, Kaiser Family Foundation commenting on the ObamaCare “correction”

Colorado: Centennial based tax-sucker United Launch Alliance (created by Lockheed Martin and Boeing) will eliminate 875 jobs due to competition from private space race efforts led by Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos!

Connecticut:  “We continue to have serious concerns about the sustainability of the public exchanges.”-Mark Bertolini, Aetna CEO referring to the ‘correction’ of the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare)

Idaho: In Boise, after 31 years backpacking store The Benchmark shutting down so the owner can return “…to the Idaho mountains.”  Emil Hutton said it’s time to quit due to the rise of what he calls “point-n-click” shopping.

Indiana: In Union City, British empire Canada owned Applegate Livestock Equipment shutting down and laying off 80 people.

Michigan: Kalkaska Public Schools ending its lease on its Northside Alternative High School.  It’ll save the struggling school district $3-thousand 8-hundred USD per month.  The district is in trouble after a check of accounting books showed that it had been overpaid by 900-thousand tax dollars over three years.  It’s suspected certain administrators within district knew of the overpayment, but never said anything.  Now the state is taking $29-thousand per month away from the district, until the overpayment is corrected.

Minnesota: In Duluth, after 20 years Timber Lodge Steakhouse shutting down, about 50 jobs lost due to crashing sales.

Montana: In Great Falls, after 28 years One Stop Video finally shutting down.

New Jersey:  Precision Motor Transport issued a WARN, 69 Jersey City jobs lost by the end of June.

New York:   SFX Entertainment bankrupt busted and shutting down their NYC operations, 54 jobs gone by July. Lighthouse Guild issued a shutdown WARN for their The Ethel and Samuel J. Lefrak School, 32 jobs lost between July and August. The Four Seasons Restaurant issued a shutdown WARN, 130 jobs lost by the end of July!  McKinsey & Company reports that health insurers lost money in 41 states in 2014!  

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!

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

Oregon:   More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high-tech for your demise; California based software company Symantec resumed mass layoffs at its Springfield operations. Exact numbers were not released.    Marijuana use is legal in Oregon, except for most cities along the border with Idaho.  The only boarder town that went along with pot legalization is Huntington, and ganja stores there are reporting boo-koo sales, to Idahoans.   The owner of 420ville reports that 80% of his daily customers buy marijuana, however, state law forbids him to track exactly how many customers are coming from other states.   Scott Matthews says even residents of The Empire State of New York have shown up.

Tennessee:  After 25 years Rogersville Recycling shutting down due to low prices for recyclables: “Scrap and precious metals are traded on various commodity-based stock exchanges. With fluctuations in the market, any profit can be wiped out in a matter of minutes. The volatility of the markets has resulted in low scrap prices and in combination with the decline of scrap metal being recycled, has taken its toll on the metals industry as a whole. In 2015, two other recycling companies in Hawkins County closed their doors.”–Linda Jones, owner in correspondence to The Rogersville  Review

Texas: Houston based 21 years old Goodrich Petroleum chapter 11 bankrupt busted.

Virginia: Too Big to Jail Capital One shutting down two offices in Fredericksburg, by the end of July.   Rock Bottom Brewery shutting down its Ballston Common Mall location next month. Local news reports said corporate administrators ignored inquiries as to why they’re shutting it down.

Washington: After prodding by local news, health insurance company Premera Blue Cross admitted it eliminated 165 jobs since November 2015!  Employees are pissed because they say corporate administrators never told anybody there were going to be mass layoffs: “Layoffs are handled poorly, allowing rumors to spread like wildfire, creating a horribly negative atmosphere. And instead of owning it and calling it layoffs, it’s referred to as restructuring and the cuts aren’t deep enough the first time around, so everyone knows they’ll be coming again…”-unnamed employee to local news media

West Virginia: Another example of  what I call Ripple Effect Layoffs (REL); local news reports say Carter Machinery suddenly laid off more than 30 people, blaming the crashing coal industry.

Wisconsin: Fairmont Santrol joins other suppliers of sand for fracking ops and will layoff 55 people due to the petroleum industry’s cutbacks.

Wyoming: The state rejected a plan to give away $2.9-million USD in tax money to Grand Teton Distillery, to build a new operation in Alpine.  The plan was opposed by other distillers and local farmers.  Several distillers pointed out that they have not received state grants for their operations, and the Grand Teton Distillery plans to buy all its vodka potatoes from Idaho, instead of local farmers.  

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

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.” 

Business/Economics

“eventually you run out of money” Paychecks stolen by city council! We now know where all the money went! : U.S. Job Losses & Closings 14 April 2016

Incomplete list of job loss announcements and shutdowns.

What makes the economy go round? Simply, spending of cash.  Anything that takes cash out of the spending ring slows down the economy, and one thing can actually crash the domestic economy; offshoring cash to avoid paying taxes.  British empire social research group Oxfam has revealed that the top 50 U.S. corporations have off-shored $1.4-trillion USD to other countries to avoid paying their fair share of U.S. taxes (Oxfam estimates that would equal to about $100-billion in lost taxes, each year, to fund your government services. Now you know why government services are being cut.).  Three of those 50 unAmerican corporations are Apple, Microsoft and Google.  Think about that, $1.4-trillion has been sucked out of the U.S. economy by U.S. corporations!

British empire Australia based Too Big to Jail ‘investor’ McQuarie Group laid off at least 15% of its U.S. employees, according to unnamed whistleblowers.

California: In Isle Vista, after two years Jimmy John’s suddenly shutdown their sandwich shop.  Apparently the franchise owner wanted out and tried to sell it, but nobody wanted to buy.

Connecticut:  Danbury based IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics is reporting that for the second year in a row, since ObamaCare went into effect, U.S. residents will be paying more for their prescription drug fix, and it will continue going up until at least 2020.

Illinois: Western Illinois University laying off 110 employees: “Despite the ongoing furlough/voluntary pay reduction program and the drastic reductions to spending, these layoffs are necessary to protect the university’s cash resources. In spite of our best efforts to conserve financial resources, without an appropriation from our state government, the university will face even greater financial challenges.”–Jack Thomas, president

Indiana: In Fort Wayne, Komet Kuarters shutting down: “After 23 years, with the marketplace for hockey equipment and things changing so drastically over the last 10, 15 years we just felt this as an appropriate time to close the store….  There aren’t as many people in the youth programs today as there were in 1993 when we opened the store, and there’s not that kind of demand any more. It wasn’t a difficult decision.”-Micheal Frank

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.

Louisiana: GE (General Electric) eliminating 77 jobs (the majority of positions) at its Brossard petroleum drilling ops, between now and the end of June.

Maryland: In Laurel, after 25 years the Silver Diner shutting down because “from an economic standpoint, it didn’t make sense to renew” the lease.

Massachusetts: In Malden, after 50 years the Lamson and Davis hardware store shutting down because of low sales and the landlord wants more money.

Michigan:  In Okemos, Cravings Gourmet Popcorn shutting down their operations and consolidating ops to Lansing.

New York:  In Staten Island NYC, telecommunications company Midtown Express shutting down, 45 jobs gone in May.  Illinois based CME Group exodusing the NYC stock markets by the end of the year, blaming crashing energy and metals trading volumes.

North Carolina: In Asheville, after reporting a 900% (!) increase in engagement ring sales,  90 years old (surviving The Great deflationary Depression and numerous recessions) Wick & Greene’s jewelers shutting down, the owners saying “We see an opportunity for change. Millennials are buying bigger rings, but the environment in which they are buying them is changing. We basically need to reinvigorate what’s going on in the business. Legacy businesses have a very hard time thriving in our jewelry industry today. If you don’t change with the times, you can get left in the dust really quick.”

Oklahoma: The city of Yukon is so broke that city employees are not getting paid!  Not only did the city council admit it “misspent” $1.3-million USD, but the city is short $4-million due to not being prudent and cutting back on spending when the tax revenues were crashing: “When you spend more than what comes in, eventually you run out of money…..”-Jim Crosby, city (mis)manager

Pennsylvania: Sears store in the Beaver Valley Mall shutting down by June, 62 jobs lost.

Texas: In Houston, yet another debt financed oil company, Energy XXI, chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  Three years ago the CEO actually boasted they were going to expand to the South China Sea (now you know one reason why the Obama regime joined the saber rattling over that area of the world).   In Dallas the A-Hole city council prepping to tear down the homeless tent city under I-45.  City crews put up No Trespassing signs where there were none before.  Local news reports say the local homeless population doubled by the end of 2015, and the A-Hole city officials are not giving the homeless an optional place to live!  Dallas A-Holes also forcing a local ‘black’ owned auto-shop, Hinga Automotive, to shutdown by changing the property zoning: “…one of the most pressing abuses of property rights happening right now.  What’s wrong here is that the city took a perfectly legal business, and made it illegal by changing the zoning laws that apply to the business.”-Bill Maurer, Institute of Justice.

Virginia: Sears Holdings announced the shutdown of the Chester Kmart, 76 jobs gone by mid-July.

Washington DC: The Federal Reserve and the FDIC (both government created but privately operated) are accusing Too Big to Jails JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Bank of New York Mellon and State Street of failing to meet the 2010 Dodd-Frank banking rules.  Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are also under suspicion.

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

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.”

Business/Economics

Thousands of millionaires flee for their lives! Drivers now taxed by the mile! : U.S. Job Losses & Closings 13 April 2016

Incomplete list of job loss announcements and shutdowns.

Several failed states across the United States are conducting ‘experiments’ taxing drivers by the mile, known as VMT (vehicle miles traveled); California, Illinois and Oregon.  Another 16 states have been considering such new taxes. The concept has been pushed since at least 2014 by the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Federal Highway Administration.  At the state level the excuse is being used that taxes collected from fuel purchases are decreasing (due to people being more conservative with fuel usage), but the true reason could be preparation of forcing people to switch to remotely controllable vehicles that do not use petroleum based fuels (which renders the fuel tax useless).

California:  In Los Angeles, union reps are reporting that bankrupt American Apparel has laid off more than 5-hundred people in the past week!  All former employees are getting severance, which means they will not be included in official unemployment numbers.   University California Berkeley announced it will eliminate 5-hundred jobs (not counting the 60 people being laid off now) over the next two years, due to lack of taxpayer funding!  More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high-tech for your demise; New York based IBM laying off 109 people at its San Jose ops, by the end of May!

Florida:  In Fort Myers, after 15 years 3 Fisherman Seafood Restaurant shutting down on Saturday.  The owner actually blames it on the success of his second 3 Fisherman location: “For five years now I’ve been saying I would close that location, but it’s easier said than done.”-John Browning, who says he’s thinking about consolidating his other restaurants as well

Illinois:  The Chicago Tribune revealed how bad it is in Obama’s  homie town: “About 3,000 individuals with net assets of $1 million or more, not including their primary residence, moved from the city last year, with many citing rising racial tensions and worries about crime as factors in the decision, according to research firm New World Wealth.” 

Maine: In Brunswick, after seven years Summer Island Studio and Gallery of Fine Artisans shutting down.  The owner can’t afford to rent a storefront anymore so she’s continuing jewelry making in her house.

Michigan: In Shields, restaurant Bob Evans (on Gratiot) suddenly announced today that they’re shutting down next week, blaming lack of sales.  44 jobs lost.   What automotive industry recovery? Another perfect example of what I call Ripple Effect Layoffs (REL) Cedar Rapids Plastics shutting down on Friday due to Fiat Chrysler’s decision to end production of the Chrysler 200.  It was revealed that 85 employees were laid off back at the end of February, a second round of layoffs will take place by May.

Missouri: As predicted, Saint Louis based coal company Peabody Energy chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  Missouri University eliminating 54 jobs due to $5.4-million USD in taxpayer funding cuts, caused by what I call Disappearing Students Syndrome.

Nebraska: Natural gas supplier Black Hills Energy shutting down their Lincoln call center, at least 50 jobs lost.  Administrators of the utility claim it’s the only way to prevent rate increases!

South Dakota: In Sioux Falls, after six years furniture store Zing shutting down next month, no explanation, can’t blame the internet because they sell online as well (and will continue after the brick-n-mortar shop shuts down).

Texas: More oil industry BS; Houston based natural gas storage company Peregrine Midstream Partners chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  This comes after a 2013 Oil & Gas Financial Journal interview revealed the company was created, and operated, with debt financing for the sole purpose of “…the market will decide when it’s time to sell or maybe create an MLP or implement whatever exit strategy makes the most sense.” Automotive oil and fuel additive maker Lubizol shutting down their Latexo factory by 2017, 40 jobs lost.  The company is joining the rest of unAmerican corporate America in consolidating operations to “improve profitability”.

Virginia: Augusta Health shutting down two Convenient Care clinics located inside Walmarts, by May.  Administrators say ObamaCare is pushing people to go to Urgent Care clinics instead.

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

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.”

Business/Economics

“Maybe we overestimated…” Alcoa income crashes 92%! Los Angeles hit hard! : U.S. Job Losses & Closings 12 April 2016

Incomplete list of job loss announcements and shutdowns.

Alabama: In Montgomery, after six years Charlotte’s Jewelry shutting down on my B-Day in May.   The owner wants more time with her new granddaughter.

California:  In San Francisco, British empire owned BAE continues with mass layoffs, this time BAE revealed they laid off 155 people at the end of March!  Also in San Francisco, New York based Too Big to Jail rip-off artist, I mean investment company BlackRock eliminating 64 jobs by June.  Standard Parking shutting down their Los Angeles ops, 430 people jobless starting at the end of May!  Triangle Brass Manufacturing shutting down their Los Angeles factory, 55 jobs lost by the start of May.  Too Big to Jail British empire Royal Bank of Canada owned City National Bank shutting down one of their LA offices by mid-June.  The largest grocery wholesaler in the United States, United Grocers, announced they’re shutting down their Los Angeles ops, 132 jobs lost by June!  Live Nation Entertainment shutting down their Anaheim ops, 3-hundred people jobless starting at the end of May!  Schenker Logistics shutting down their Ontario distribution center, 52 jobs lost by the beginning of June.  Tax-sucking Northrop Grumman issued yet another WARN for Fort Irwin, 483 jobs gone at the end of May!  Also at Fort Irwin, tax-sucker PULAU eliminating 91 jobs by the end of the month, one of the military contractor’s double-speak slogans is “PULAU leads the way in fostering peace and stability across the world. “   Tax-sucking Lockheed-Martin shutting down their San Jose location, 59 jobs gone in June.  Japan based Sony Pictures shutting down their Culver City ops, 59 jobs gone by May.   For-profit ICDC College shutting down their Huntington Park campus, 244 jobs lost by the end of May!  In Temecula, Abbott Vascular continues with its medical device layoffs, this time 131 people laid off without warning at the beginning of this month!   Chevron issued yet another layoff WARN for its Bakersfield ops, 98 jobs lost by mid-June.  More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high-tech for your demise; in Oakland software maker APN (Ask Partner Network) issued a layoff WARN, 19 employees unemployed by the end of May.   Mindspark Interactive Network revealed it too will eliminate jobs.  Internet company IAC (InterActiveCorp) issued layoff WARNs for 15 employees, effective at the end of May.

Florida:  In Saint Petersburg, America’s Auction Network shutting down, 192 jobs gone by June!

Illinois:  Barnes & Noble shutting down three bookstores by the end of May; one in the Arlington Shopping Center, the Woodfield Plaza Shopping Center and in Deer Park Town Center!  No word on how many jobs will be lost, some news reports indicate employees have yet to officially be told.

New York:  Buffalo Cardiology and Pulmonary Associates issued a shutdown WARN for its Williamsville location, 119 jobs gone by mid-May!  After ten years P.S. Bookstore forced to shutdown because it can’t pay its NYC (Brooklyn) property taxes.   The bookstore operator  says he never got a tax bill for the first three years of operations (the fault of the landlord, in NYC evil landlord’s collect property taxes from their tenants), then he suddenly got a massive bill in 2014 which he just could not pay.  He even tried raising the money through internet crowdfunding but failed.  Also in Brooklyn, record store Deadly Dragon Sound shutting down this weekend.  After 11 years the evil landlord kicked them out. The world’s 3rd biggest aluminum maker, NYC based Alcoa, reported its 1st quarter 2016 net income crashed by 92%!  It is now eliminating 2-thousand jobs and splitting itself into two companies!

Texas: More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high-tech for your demise;  Arlington based software company Opower laid off 25 U.S. employees as “…part of an effort to cut back on our overall spending….”  

Virginia: In Richmond not even two years after opening an upscale grocery store-restaurant Southern Season-Southerly shutting down, 115 people forced to transfer or become jobless!  Administrators say the location is too expensive to operate because they built it too big: “We had hoped to do more volume in the store. Maybe we overestimated….Most retailers are downsizing….”-Dave Herman, president

Wisconsin: Oil industry manufacturer Miller Electric laid off 75 employees without warning, blaming the oil industry BS.

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

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.”

Business/Economics

“It’s just an absolute train wreck!” Largest U.S. insurance op declares ObamaCare DoA! : U.S. Job Losses & Closings 10 – 11 April 2016

Incomplete list of job loss announcements and shutdowns.

Arkansas: In Pine Bluff, after 36 years Fashion Wigs shutting down by the end of the year.  The owner blames never ending Main Street construction work (called Main Street Clean Up Project by city A-Holes, I mean administrators) for blocking customer access and killing her sales: “Many of my customers don’t want to deal with the maze it takes to get to my store…..there is nothing I can do about it.”-Young Lee

California: In Pacoima, after 50 years (and surviving several robberies) Laurel Pharmacy shutting down.  Owner Barry Wise was hoping somebody could takeover the business, “But I couldn’t find a buyer, so it’s sad.”

Connecticut:  In Fairfield, after 66 years the Angus Steakhouse shutting down, supposedly it’s being replaced with a new thing called Little Pub.

Florida:  Brown Distributing issued a WARN, 84 jobs in Orlando gone by the end of June.

Idaho:  The Gem State’s version of ObamaCare is in trouble, news reports reveal that at the end of March a warning letter was sent out to Your Health Idaho employees telling them what to do if a healthcare provider is dealing with a person with life threatening issues, yet doesn’t qualify for Idaho’s version of ObamaCare: “Please be sure to include MEDICAL URGENT in the subject line as well as a detailed description of the client’s situation in the message body.”  (this is probably due to the claims by hospital directors that at least 1-thousand Idahoans have died as a direct result of not qualifying for ObamaCare through Your Health idaho)  However, an insurance agent in McCall said he deals with insuring people in five other states and compared to them Idahoans have it good: “It’s just an absolute train wreck! I’m licensed in six states, and believe me, in the other five states, it’s even worse.”-Stanley Dean

Illinois:  Edwardsville School District 7 warning of mass layoffs, fee increases and local tax hikes due to the economy failing to recover, contrary to what U.S. ‘leadership’ and main stream news media falsely claim.  Local news reports explained that the school district was flush with “reserve” cash when the official recession started, but the economy never recovered and now the district is not only out of money, but is $4.5-million USD in the hole!  Read the Belleville News-Democrat for the sobering truth (and a long list of drastic school district changes).  In Obama’s homie town, after 20 years Harpo Studios (owned by elitist Oprah Winfry) finally shutdown.  Its new home is in California.

Kansas: 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 biddy, I mean building far exceeds revenues (yep, hypocritical Christians can only live off money, despite what Jesus of Nazareth said).

Maine: The city of Auburn eliminating four salaried administrative positions, due to lack of taxpayer funds.  One of the administrators had recently moved to Maine, from Texas, in 2012.  In Farmington, after three years Upcountry Artist Gallery shutting down by the end of the month due to lack of sales.

Michigan: Consumers Energy shutting down their 64 years old Luna Pier coal fired electricity factory, local news media forgot to ask how many jobs would be negatively impacted.

Minnesota: The largest health insurance company in the United States is getting the hell away from ObamaCare!  Minnetonka based UnitedHealth joins BlueCross-BlueShield is declaring the Affordable Care Act Dead on Arrival!   UnitedHealth will begin exiting ObamaCare plans beginning with the states of Arkansas and Georgia.  In 2014 UnitedHealth entered the ObamaCare market, but is getting out while it can still live to tell about it: “It was for us a bad decision. In retrospect, we should have stayed out….”-Stephen Hemsley, CEO

Missouri: In Bridgeton, SchnuckS Markets shutting down their grocery distribution center as work is being consolidated into a new larger facility in Saint Louis.  But don’t think the SchnuckS’ employees will be transferred, local news media discovered the employees at the new facility will be cheap-o contractors, meaning 190 good paying jobs in Bridgeton gone between July and September!   In Springfield, after 43 years Marylin’s Fine Jewelry shutting down.  The co-owners are retiring due to their age, but they admitted the local economy has been going down for a long time: “We moved here in ’73 and every store in the square was filled up…….Now there’s not very many retail stores on the square…”-Marilyn Scott, co-owner

Pennsylvania:  Meadowbrook Meat issued a layoff WARN, 76 jobs in Lancaster gone by mid-June.  In York, Durham School Services announced it will eliminate 88 jobs by the beginning of June.

Vermont: For the third year in a row the Burlington School District is prepping employees for mass layoffs, and for the second time is jacking up local taxes, and will eliminate classes because “…the decline in overall enrollment has resulted in numerous under-enrolled classes that can be consolidated.”  Teacher Bob Abbey bemoaned “…Burlington has become a second-tier educational system. We are going in the wrong direction.”  Read the sobering Burlington Free Press article which gives a list of drastic changes coming for the school district.

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

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.”

Business/Economics

LDS kills Mormon bookstore! Churches killing churches! North Carolina kills 5,800 jobs in 3 months! : U.S. Job Losses & Closings 08 – 09 April 2016

Incomplete list of job loss announcements and shutdowns.

California: Without warning, Los Angeles based bankrupt American Apparel began laying off employees in The (not so) Golden State.  By the end of next week 450 people will be jobless!  More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high-tech for your demise; San Francisco based health tech diagnostic company Counsyl laid off 27 people, despite boasting of “double digit” demand for their carrier screening services.

Colorado: In Cameo, after 58 years Eagles Nest Family Dining shutdown.  The restaurant was sold to a Texas based corporation in 2015, and they’ve decided it wasn’t making enough money.

Connecticut: Immucor Transplant Diagnostics issued a shutdown WARN for its Stamford location, 59 jobs lost by the beginning of June.

Florida: In Doral, ‘entertainment developer’ DLA laying off 92 people between May and November.  The Ritz Carlton issued a WARN for their Bal Harbor food service ops in Miami, 89 jobs lost by mid-June.

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.

Illinois:  Highland Community College eliminating six jobs, blaming the failed ‘law makers’ for failing to come up with a state budget. Highland Community College is also jacking up tuition!  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.  After 34 years thrift store Kenneth Young Center Resale Shop shutting down when the previously owned inventory is gone, as well as halting their funding of programs for children with mental health problems.  The operator blames the failed state ‘lawmakers’: “…Illinois is the only state in the nation without a budget, decisions are being made where the most vulnerable people are suffering.”– Susan Cowan, CEO

Kentucky: Beauty First shutting down both its Louisville stores by the end of May, blaming crashed sales on competition from the internet, and jacked up rent by greedy property owners.

Maine: Gov’na Paul LePage warned that 9-hundred people in York County will become unemployed, due to their employer getting the hell outta Dodge! LePage refused to say which un-American corporation was fleeing the state.

North Carolina:  Local news reports say that since January 5-thousand 8-hundred people in North Carolina have been laid off!  New York based Croscill Home-Ex-Cell Home Fashions-Glenoit issued a layoff WARN, 50 distribution jobs gone by June.

Ohio:  Pilot Thomas Logistics issued a layoff WARN for their Fracking support (aka Frac) ops, 58 jobs gone by April.

Oklahoma: In Tulsa, when pressured by local news Chart Cooler Service admitted they laid off employees, but still refused to say how many.   They blamed it on the oil industry BS.

Pennsylvania: NHS Youth Services issued a WARN for their
Northwestern Academy, but failed to say how many people were losing their jobs.

South Dakota: Southeast Technical Institute warned of layoffs due to crashing student enrollment.

Texas:  In Dallas, Select Medical issued a WARN, 77 jobs gone by the end of May.  In El Paso, Schenker Logistics laying off nine employees by July.  DuPont issued a layoff WARN for its La Porte ops, 17 jobs lost by the end of May.  Denmark based Maersk Drilling revealed it  laid off an additional 57 people in Houston, just a few weeks after laying off 35.

California based Chevron laid off 655 people at its Houston ops!  The former employees are getting severance, which means they will not be counted as unemployed in the ‘official’ unemployment reports.

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

07 April 2016: “it’s time to move on”

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.”

Idaho, U.S.

Fracking Food Crisis: Idaho, Oregon, Washington hit by contaminated water, coincides with oil industry Fracking!

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency revealed that ever since oil industry Fracking ops have been allowed to take place in the Pacific northwest (about 2004) water quality has suffered.  More than 60 public water sources in Idaho, Oregon and Washington have exceeded federal safe levels of lead contamination in the past three years!

The majority of contaminated water systems are in Oregon with 37, followed by Idaho with 22.  Washington has eight contaminated systems.

The majority of those water sources supply local grade schools.  Some Oregon school administrators admitted they were informed of the lead contamination in 2013, and have been buying bottled water ever since.   In Idaho, several school directors blamed lead contamination on old plumbing and claim that lead levels went down after the plumbing was replaced.  In Washington the first reported case of lead contamination was at the State Patrol Academy, in 2012.  Directors say they’ve been on bottled water since then, but are working to hook up to ‘city’ supplied water.

Most of the contaminated water sources involve systems using well water.  Across the U.S. the EPA found at least 1-thousand 4-hundred public water systems contaminated with lead, affecting 3.6-million people!

I find it interesting that here in Idaho the lead contamination (even though blamed on old plumbing) begins just after ‘test Fracking’ began in 2011.  In 2012 Gem State ‘law makers’ officially allowed Fracking, and also banned city and county governments from banning Fracking!  Isn’t it possible the chemicals (solvents) used in Fracking caused the built up contaminants in the old plumbing to come loose?  Current unconfirmed reports indicate Fracking ops have halted.

In Oregon there are reports that Fracking stopped by 2015.  Fracking for Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) began as early as 2004.  Apparently Fracking for LNG in Washington was supposed to start in 2012, however, recent reports say no Fracking is taking place. It is difficult to find reliable sources of public info on Fracking because the industry, and even state governments, are tight lipped about the controversial operation.

Blind Bat News: Another study proves Fracking destroys your drinking water, main stream news ignores it! 

Blind Bat News: Michigan violence skyrockets, is it the water? Lead poisoning causes violent behavior! 

The Oregonian: Lead-tainted Oregon armories remain open to public despite dangers

Blind Bat News: “Re-fracking” 39-thousand + oil jobs gone, as companies hoard Black Gold! 

Blind Bat News: 2013 Duke University study says Fracking poisons drinking water!

Blind Bat News: Ohio & Arkansas suffering mass earthquakes in 2012, officials blame Fracking.

Business/Economics

“it’s time to move on.” More U.S. jobs killed by foreign contractors! : U.S. Job Losses & Closings 07 April 2016

Incomplete list of job loss announcements and shutdowns.

Alabama: The Montgomery Sears store and Auto Center in the Eastdale Mall shutting down, 56 jobs lost by the end of June 2016.

California:  Anaheim based PacSun (Pacific Sunwear) now chapter 11 bankrupt busted, one of the reasons blamed is the skyrocketing rents (high occupancy cots) by evil property owners.  Administrators warned of ramped up store shutdowns.  New York based Barnes & Noble shutting down an office in Santa Clara, 80 jobs lost.  It’s part of the book seller’s plan to cut costs by $13-million USD.

Delaware: The U.S. Air Force shutting down the 40 years old jet engine shop at Dover AFB.  It’s being blamed on engine upgrades for the massive C-5M Galaxy heavy lifter.  The new engines supposedly need far less maintenance.  Local news reports say at peak the Dover AFB engine shop had 2-hundred personnel.

Illinois:  In Obama’s homie town of Chicago, law firm Leo Burnett revealed it eliminated more jobs, but refused to say how many.  Local news reports said it was “significant”.

New Jersey: In Mount Olive, after 73 years iconic americana Cherokee Trading Post shutting down when everything is sold-off.  The second owners said “it’s time to move on.”  The property is for sale.

New York: More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high-tech for your demise; NYC based digital news service Mashable Studios announced will begin eliminating jobs because “…to keep our voice consistent across every platform, it’s clear that all our video producers should live on the same team.”  NYC based Barnes & Noble is offshoring  its Nook e-reader support/development to a company in India.  It’s part of the book seller’s plan to cut costs by $13-million USD, partly blamed on a 29% crash in Nook sales.  Administrators did not say how many U.S. jobs would be lost as a result of the off-shoring.

Ohio:  Northside Medical Center eliminating 68 full time jobs because ObamaCare has greatly reduced “the community’s usage of services”.

Pennsylvania:  In Chestnut Hill, sexist workout clothier for women Indigo Schuy shutting down brick-n-mortar ops after four years, you now have to buy on the internet.

Texas:  What automotive industry recovery? New Braunfels based transportation-logistics vehicle maker Rush Enterprises revealed it has begun shutting down 13 operations and selling off real estate.  (of course this is after Rush Enterprises went around buying up competition) The shutdowns affect two locations in Georgia, five locations in Illinois, one location in Indiana, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Texas and Utah!

West Virginia: In Charleston, the Mitt Romney wunderkind Staples (on Corridor G) shutting down by May, the manager refused to give anymore info.

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

06 April 2016: “We hoped things were going to be turning around, but they have not.”

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.”

Fukushima

Five Years Later: WiFi spreading radiation! Bullet proof vest blocks radiation? More mystery radiation from Fukushima! Tomatoes block radiation?

07 April 2016 (15:31 UTC-07 Tango 01) 19 Farvardin 1395/28 Jumada t-Tania 1437/01 Ren-Chen 4714

Iran: The Ministry of Defense is now using octagen as a bomb.  Octagen is also used as rocket fuel and, in countries that have nuclear weapons, it is used as the detonator for nukes.

The government revealed a new nuclear site called Pasman Gor.  Government administrators claim they will reveal numerous nuclear industry developments that until now were “currently under the monopoly of a handful of nations.” 

Japan: News reports that Tokyo Electric Power Company is concerned over a massive radiation spike coming from a near empty wastewater storage tank.  At TEPCo’s Fukushima Daiichi a three years old wastewater tank is now emitting 8-thousand 1-hundred becquerels (bq) of radiation, last week it was only 87bq!  TEPCo administrators are trying to find out why.

Japan’s Board of Audit says this year’s decontamination efforts around Fukushima Daiichi will cost at least $27-billion USD! Now extrapolate that to $27-billion every year for the next 40 years, that’s how long they think decontamination efforts are to last (right, tell that to the people of Chernobyl).

Switzerland:  Researchers say they’ve come up with a product to greatly speed up wireless (WiFi) computer communications by blocking exposure to radiation that’s actually created by computer electronics. It’s called Graphene.  Radiation created by WiFi electronics themselves is one reason microchips can’t currently be made to operate any faster.   Graphene acts like polarized sunglasses for microchips, filtering out radiation.

United States: The U.S. is being turned into the world’s nuclear waste dumpsite.  Last month Japan shipped off tonnes of weapons grade plutonium to the U.S., now it’s being revealed that United Kingdom is shipping 7-hundred kg (1,543 pounds) of uranium to the U.S.

Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton reminded people of a forgotten radiation contamination event that took place at Bethlehem Steel in New York.  It happened in the 1940s and 50s.  Workers were exposed to uranium while making fuel rods for nuclear plants.  It wasn’t until the year 2000 that the U.S. Congress finally decided to pay for medical costs for those who were still alive!

North Carolina State University’s Afsaneh Rabiei claims to have created a bullet proof metallic foam that can also block radiation. Rabiei swears the secret for Composite Metal Foam’s ability to stop armor piercing bullets is the air bubbles, not the metal.  However, when it comes to blocking radiation CMF must use exotic metals like tungsten and vanadium.

United Kingdom:  Researchers at University of Manchester claim that the chemical that turns tomatoes red can block radiation contamination, under certain conditions.  They hope that one day lycopene can be used to help people undergoing radiation treatment for cancer.  Earlier studies suggested that lycopene can protect cigarette smokers from cancer causing nitrogen dioxide radical and peroxynitrite.

Five Years Later: Contamination of Japanese rivers skyrocket! INL admits its radiation detectors don’t work!