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Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings 19 – 22 April 2014: “This is a dangerous plan…” “Families are moving away…” ObamaCare kills city jobs & jacks up local property taxes! McDonald’s shutting down?

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns.

Alabama: The John Essex School shutting down before next school year.  Student population has dropped to less than 100.  School officials say families are getting the hell out of the country: “The enrollment just kept dwindling. This is the trend….Families are moving away and the families aren’t as big as they used to be.”-Luke Hallmark

California: In Truckee, The Ritz-Carolton/Marriott hotel killed off 298 jobs!  The Auburn City Fire Department laying off five firefighters, due to loss of a government grant.  In Vernon, battery maker Exide Technologies laying off 124 people!  The company was shutdown by the Golden State’s South Coast Air Quality Management District.  SCAQMD says increased levels of lead have been found in residential areas.  In Bell Gardens, McDonald’s shutdown, 69 jobs lost.  In Cudahy, McDonald’s shutdown, 49 jobs lost.  In Los Alamitos, McDonald’s shutdown, 90 jobs lost.  In Rancho Cucamonga, Texas based shipping supply company IFCO Systems eliminated 159 jobs!  In Wilmington, Norway/Sweden based Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics killed 158 jobs!  In Chatsworth, Too Big to Jail JP Morgan Chase killed 179 jobs!  In Del Mar, after 46 years Pannikin Coffee & Tea shutdown, the owner blames the landlord: “We’ve been here a long time and we just couldn’t come to an agreement with the mall management on a fair rent so we didn’t renew our lease.”-Shawn Holder

(It must be noted that while researching the job losses I discovered that many of the companies killing jobs in California were, at the same time, advertising that they were hiring!)

Connecticut: The city of Hartford warned of the elimination of 99 jobs.  On top of that city officials must jack up property taxes, and that’s after $18.1-million USD in spending cuts.  That’s because  Obama Care (Affordable Care Act) is causing an $18.6-million  increase in retirement and health insurance costs for city employees!

Illinois: In Dixon, CenturyLink shutting down its office in May.  It’s blamed on competition.  In LaPorte, ATI Casting to begin shutting down in June, 120 jobs lost! Company officials blame the suck ass economy.  ATI has also shutdown operations in Indiana.

Massachusetts:  HealthAlliance Hospital eliminating seven full time jobs.  It’s blamed on Obama Care, nurses say Obama Care is going to kill people: “This is a dangerous plan……Our patients have the most to lose if this plan is allowed to be implemented.”-Kerry Beaulac, oncology nurse  Burbank Urgent Care Unit

Minnesota: Upscale Fresh Seasons Market grocery store shutdown two stores, one in Victoria and one in Minnetonka.   The arrogant owner admitted there isn’t enough rich people to make their format work: “The idea was that it was supposed to be an upscale market, to be able to offer fresh goods and unique ingredients to people and this great shopping experience. We didn’t get a big draw.”-Tom Wartman

Missouri: In Saint Louis, taxsucker Boeing Defense, Space & Security announced they will bribe an undisclosed number of employees to voluntarily quit.  In Ozora, God refuses to stop 115 years old Sacred Heart Catholic School from shutting down.  Only 15 students enrolled for the 2014-15 school year!

New York: Rochester City School District warned of massive layoffs due to the loss of 900 students for the upcoming school year!  In Manhattan, after 81 years, and surviving the Great Depression, art supply store Pearl Paint shutdown without notice.  The building is for sale.  In Albany, after ten years Floor Trader Albany shutdown.  In NYC, Juicy Couture revealed the sale of their company will kill off 119 more jobs!  Summerdale Productions shutting down in June, 91 jobs lost.   What automotive industry recovery?  General Motors (GM) shutting down their Treasury Operations in September, 46 jobs lost.  What housing market recovery?  In Bohemia, construction materials maker Jasco Industries shutdown, 70 jobs lost.  In Lake Katrine, nursing care provider Nistel shutting down by August, 80 healthcare jobs will be lost.  In Syracuse, Rosewood Heights Health Center laying off 131 healthcare workers in July!  Across New York, The Hortense and Louis Rubin Dialysis Centers shutting down in July, 122 healthcare jobs lost!

North Carolina:  NewBridge Bank laid off 22 employees. Bank officials claim it’s due to lack of customers, but could it be because of their recent merger with CapStone Bank, and their takeover of Security Savings Bank last year?

Ohio: In Riverside, Ponderosa Steakhouse restaurant shutdown without notice.  Company officials blamed the property owner for jacking up the rent.  They also shutdown a restaurant in Urbana in December.  In 2008 Ohio based Ponderosa and Texas based Bonanza restaurants merged (controlled by Homestyle Dining).

Oregon:  Washington County based sportswear maker Nike laid off at least 55 people in Hong Kong and United States.

Pennsylvania: In Edwardsville, Just Cabinets Furniture & More shutdown.

Virginia:  In Lightfoot, after 40 years The Candy Store shutdown.

16 – 18 April 2014: “We have a perfect storm….”

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) doesn’t count the hundreds of layoffs involving less than 50 people each, in its mass layoff reports. It also doesn’t count all the little ‘mom & pop’ businesses that shut down.

“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security……..That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013

International

World War 3 Afghanistan, 09 – 12 July 2014: Coca-Cola making U.S. National Guard sick? More proof U.S. government killing off National Guard vets!

Ghor Province: In Char Sada District, official government sources report that hundreds of Mujahideen took control of the district for a few hours, before being pushed back.

Helmand Province: In Nawzad District, Afghan National Army (ANA) reported a new battle with Mujahideen.  At least 18 people killed, so far.

Herat Province: In Kohsan District, six Halo Trust de-miners were killed.   One was wounded and one captured by Mujahideen.

Kabul Province: In Kabul City, a magnetic bomb stuck to a police vehicle exploded killing one cop and wounding another.  President Hamid Karzai told U.S. Secretary of failed State, John Kerry, that despite the failed elections he will step down on 02 August 2014.  Kerry then went on to interfere with the so called “successful” (as stated by Obama and the UN) ‘democratic’ election process, ordering the opposing candidates to make a compromise in their disagreements, which of course they did as they are both Obama regime puppets.  The Afghan Ministry of Defense reported that over the past four days hundreds of people have been killed or wounded in battles all across the country.

Kandahar Province: In Kandahar City, Mujahideen attacked a government compound.  Provincial officials report that at least 15 people were killed, 14 wounded.  In Panjwai District, a family of eight was killed when they drove over a landmine.

Laghman Province: In Alingar district, battles between Mujahideen and ANA and Afghan National Police resulted in at least 22 people killed, eight wounded.

Maidan Wardak Province: Pro-women groups are warning of civil war as pro-government militias (Arbaki) have begun killing women and children: “Violence has been increasing, since the Hamid Karzai government has been in power we have not seen such high levels of violence here. Before, we didn’t have cases of militia killing women and children, not even once a year. This year we have already seen several cases.”-Mojeeb Wafa , head of a women support NGO in the province

Nangarhar Province: In Jalalabad City, a kamikaze bomber attacked a NATO convoy.  An undisclosed number of people were wounded.

Paktia Province: In Ahmad Khel District, two people killed, three wounded, when a landmine exploded.

Parwan Province:  The Czech Republic revealed a fifth NATO solider died from wounds received from a recent attack by a kamikaze bomber.  The U.S. Army is investigating reports that one of Coca-Cola’s bottle water brands is making U.S. personnel in Afghanistan, sick.  The brand name is Kinley.   A militiaman with  National Guard’s 252nd Engineering Company (Pennsylvania U.S.A.), stationed at the Bagram airbase, sent an email to WSB-TV (Georgia U.S.A.) saying “about 75 percent of our company has been sick and I’m sure it has affected others. Some had fevers, explosive diarrhea.”

Nearly 100 militiamen of the Army National Guard’s 290th Military Police Company (Maryland U.S.A.) welcomed home from Afghanistan.

80 militiamen of the Army National Guard’s Battery A, 1st Battalion, 158th Field Artillery, 45th Field Artillery Brigade (Oklahoma U.S.A.) returned from Afghanistan.  They were replaced by Battery B.

Eight militiamen of the Army National Guard’s Det 55 (Hawaii U.S.A.) returned from Afghanistan.

Parents of U.S. National Guard veterans, who killed themselves, blasted the U.S. Congress and the VA.  They document how the Veterans Affairs and U.S. government is pushing vets to suicide: “Turn away a veteran of some 400 combat missions in Iraq because he’s no longer active in the National Guard.

Then turn him away because he was previously in the Guard and refer him to a military facility where he’s promptly referred back to the VA.

Now tell him to wait for a postcard with his appointment time.

Either don’t send that postcard, or send it to the wrong address.

Refuse to refer him outside the Veterans Affairs health-care system.

When he finally does get his first VA date with a psychiatrist, have that doctor inform him that he’s retiring and won’t be able to see him a second time. Emphasize that he will, however, be seen by another doctor — just as soon as one becomes available.

Never do get back in touch, and let him run up considerable debt getting what help he can in the private sector.

And, finally, watch that veteran sprawled on the floor, crying in the corner of a VA hospital where he’s gone while having flashbacks and begging to be admitted. Refuse to see him yet again, but assure him he’s free to stick around until he feels well enough to drive himself home.”-Charleston Daily Mail

 

International

More proof God is evil: Israeli sniper shoots Palestinian civilian, trying to rescue his family, twice! New poll shows most U.S. Christians support genocide by Jew!

22 July 2014 (22:25 UTC-07 Tango 21 July 2014)/24 Ramadan 1435/31 Tir 1393/26 Xin-Wei 4712

Video shot by a human rights group, International Solidarity Movement, shows a Palestinian civilian desperately searching for his family, after they were bombed by Israel.

He’s calling for them and then he’s shot by an Israeli sniper.  As rescuers try to reach him he’s shot a second time and killed.  It’s obvious he’s a civilian.  For some reason U.S. news media are showing only edited versions of the video, or stills.

A new CNN/ORC International survey shows 57% of U.S. Christians and Jews support the ongoing Israeli genocide against Palestinians!

So far more than 500 Palestinians have been killed and 3600 wounded, almost all civilians!  100-thousand homes have been destroyed!

ISRAELI SOLDIERS ARE U.S. CITIZENS!

Israel reveals their plans for Holocaust against non-Jews! 

U.S.

U.S. Civil War Chicago, 14 – 18 July 2014: Feeble minded citizens beg their almighty God to stop the shooting!

“Just be with us, God. We need you now. We need you now like never before!”-unnamed, and weak willed Christian woman at scene of shooting, not realizing that most of Chicago’s politicians, cops and even gangbangers consider themselves Christians

Incomplete list:

3900 block of West Gladys Avenue: 11 years old girl killed by stray bullet.

2000 block of North Lamon Avenue: 26 years old man walking on a sidewalk, shot and wounded in the leg and gut, after getting into an argument with somebody in a car.

4000 block of West West End Avenue: Two men and a teenaged boy shot and wounded by driver by shooters.

1200 block of North Mason Avenue: Five people shot and wounded by drive by shooters.  The victims didn’t see the shooters, but “heard shots and felt pain”.

5400 block of West Haddon Avenue: 25 years old man sitting on his porch, shot at by two people.  He was wounded in his ankle.

7600 block of South Drexel Boulevard: 38 years old man shot in the face while sitting in his car.

11800 block of South Yale Avenue: 15 years old boy shot and wounded while he was in front of his parent’s home.

4900 block of South Paulina Street: 17 years old boy shot and wounded.

3800 block of West Wabansia Avenue: 33 years old man walked himself to a hospital despite being shot multiple times in both legs!

2200 block of East 100th Street: A man and a woman were wounded after being shot by three men, as they stood in front of a house.   The Chicago Tribune said a “disheveled detective” tried in vain to get locals to give any info to the police.

State Street on 43rd Street: 16 years old boy wounded in the head.

45th Street and Vincennes Avenue: 16 years old boy shot in the butt.

132nd Street and St. Lawrence Avenue: 23 years old man wounded in the leg.

7900 block of South Morgan Street: 22 years old man shot and wounded in the shoulder.

12200 block of South Wallace Street: 20 years old man shot in the hand and leg.

8400 block of South Morgan Street: Two teenaged boys shot and wounded.

1200 block of West 69th Street: 21 years old man shot in the leg.  He drove himself to a hospital.

East 100th Street and South Indiana Avenue: A man and a woman, standing at an intersection, were shot and wounded by drive by shooters.

1500 block of West Farwell Avenue: Two men shot by drive by shooters.  One man is in critical condition.

1400 block of West 17th Street: 20 years old man shot in the back and wounded.

500 block of North Lavergne Avenue: 23 years old man shot in the back and arm.

2100 block of West Washington Boulevard: 42 years old woman shot in the finger and booby.

The majority of victims are male.  No arrests reported.

Once again, shooting victims were not armed, it’s as if the shooters are deliberately targeting unarmed people.

Police continue to insist most of the gun violence is caused by gang bangers, but have made few arrests. New anti-gun laws would not stop the shootings, because most guns used by gang bangers are already illegal!

“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security……..That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013, calls Chicagoland his homie town

Chicago, 12 – 13 July 2014

International

More proof God is evil: Israeli soldiers are U.S. citizens!

20 July 2014 (15:17 UTC-07 Tango)/22 Ramadan 1435/29 Tir 1393/24 Xin-Wei 4712

A live reporter from Gaza Strip stated that the Israeli soldiers, killed by Palestinian Mujahideen, were carrying U.S. passports!

Is this proof that Academi/Blackwater/Xe Services is working for Israel?  Or does it show that the Israeli government must rely on U.S. Jews to fill the ranks of its military?  Or does it show just how involved the United States is with the Israeli zionists?

Israel tells civilians to run to safe place, then bombs the safe place!

Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings 16 – 18 April 2014: “We have a perfect storm….” No more La-Z-Boy? Entire city council proves itself corrupt by secretly killing jobs! More damned ObamaCare job cuts resulting in denied healthcare access!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns.

Arkansas: In Hot Springs, the Lake Catherine Footwear factory laying off 56 employees over the next six months.  Company officials say the layoffs are permanent.  The suck ass company is joining other unAmerican companies in moving jobs outside of the country: “Economic forces in the international shoe industry have forced us to move some components of our operations to the Dominican Republic to remain competitive.”-Bruce Munro, CEO Munro & Company

California:  Taxsucker Boeing laid off 128 people!  San Francisco based Too Big to Jail Wells Fargo proves there is a coming housing market crash by killing even more mortgage industry jobs across the U.S.  This time 323 people will be let go “as the result of continuing market changes, including reduced demand for mortgage financing”.   More job killing by Japan based Sony Pictures, this time 216 people in Culver City to become unemployed!  In San Diego, taxsucker Continental Maritime laid off 152 people!  They blame the U.S. Navy.  New Jersey based fashion industry company Marc Eckō Enterprises laid off 113 people across the Golden State!

Delaware:  In New Castle, the 42 years old Miller Carpet One shutdown.  The family owners said “We really took a hit in 2008” and never recovered.

Iowa: Cedar Falls laid off 12 janitors, without warning!  The overpaid ass-hole city officials will now use cheaply paid ABM Janitorial.  According to WCFCourier.com the corrupt city council made the unanimous decision behind closed doors, no public discussion, no discussion with public works employees.

Kentucky:  T.J. Samson Community Hospital eliminated up to 49 jobs, and reduced the pay for all their other employees.  They blame Affordable Care Act (Obama Care).

Louisiana: In Baton Rouge, The Career Academy charter school forced to shutdown, despite their five year contract with East Baton Rouge Parish School System.  The East Baton Rouge Parish School System claims they need the property.

Massachusetts: UMass Memorial Medical Center killing 103 jobs by June!  This is on top of the 285 jobs killed between October and February!   The hospital has to consolidate jobs in order to survive the Obama Care fiasco! On top of that the hospital will also eliminate I-V therapy,  close three of its 17 operating rooms, close Memorial Campus West 1 unit,  consolidate infusion services,  reduce the number of beds at the Children’s Medical Center and sell off a building at 11 Shattuck Street!

Michigan:  Hayes Green Beach Memorial Hospital laid off 25 employees.  Hospital officials said job cuts are necessary “to position ourselves in healthcare reform”.

Minnesota:  RiverView Health laid off eight employees, another eight were demoted in pay scale.  This is on top of the 53 job eliminations back in October.   Officials also warned that if they cannot survive the insurance cuts caused by Obama Care then the area’s only hospital will shutdown, officials even begged people to ignore Obama Care’s push to keep people from going to the hospital for help (aka inpatient care): “We have a perfect storm of declining volume, patients seeking less care as deductibles and copayments continue to rise and at the same time our largest payers, including the federal government through Medicare, are balancing budgets through cuts in Medicare payments…….we continue to be limited by federal sequestration to recovering just 99 cents on every dollar we spend caring for a Medicare patient. That equates to a guaranteed loss of one percent for every patient who is Medicare eligible. For RiverView Health that is over one third of our business.”

Missouri: In Saint Louis, after at least 37 years Left Bank Books shutdown.   The book store co-owner blames the property owner: “We gave it a good run, but it didn’t work out. If we could have negotiated a better lease, it would have been a different situation.”-Jarek Steele

New Jersey: In Medford, Murphy’s Market shutdown a 17 years old grocery store.  Company officials blamed the greedy property owner: “After great expense and effort it comes with much heartache, we as a company, were unable to reach a reasonable agreement with the building’s landlord.”

New York:  Statewide, VNS CHOICE Community Care revealed its continued nursing layoffs will make 775 healthcare workers unemployed this year!  VNS laid off at least 600 healthcare workers last year!  Company officials blame new government rules which increase workers comp (paid for by companies) by more than 55%, and on top of that Obama Care drastically cuts payments from Medicare/Medicaid and insurance companies!   And what’s really surprising is how many healthcare workers, who’re getting laid off, who don’t understand the whole Obama Care fiasco and how it’s affecting their employer’s ability to pay them!  For the first time ever, Cazenovia School District had to kill jobs.  16 positions have been eliminated due to disappearing students (20% decline over the past 10 years).  In Getzville, bus service First Student shutdown, killing 80 jobs.   In Staten Island, Total Maintenance Solution lost a contract and will kill 164 jobs in May!  In North Syracuse, pharmaceutical researcher AMRI shutting down in July, 45 jobs lost.  In NYC, telecommunications company Aegis USA being sold off to France in July, 190 jobs lost!

North Carolina:  Engineering company Babcock & Wilcox warned of about 200 layoffs due to loss of funding for new nuclear reactors!  The Fayetteville Observer laid off another five newspaper employees.  They already laid off nine employees this year, prior to the new round of layoffs.  Since 2007 the newspaper has killed 115 jobs.  It’s blamed on crashing advertising revenues.  In North Wilkesboro, furniture maker La-Z-Boy shutting down two factories by 2015, killing at least 100 jobs!  Company officials are halting furniture making for children and hotels, and will simply re-box ‘wood’ products made outside the United States!

North Dakota: What oil boom?  West Fargo based Titan Machinery shutdown eight stores in Minnesota, Arizona, Wyoming, Iowa and Montana.  They killed 128 jobs!  It’s blamed on crashing sales.

Pennsylvania:  In Waynesboro, Kmart shutting down in June, at least 43 jobs lost.

Rhode Island: In Newport, 107 years old Potter and Company clothing store shutdown.  The owner of the store said she never thought greedy landlords would do her in by jacking up the rent: “It’s very disappointing….I thought this place would survive. It’s just such a part of the community.”-Chafee Emory

Tennessee: In Hixson, Nana’s Frozen Custard brick & mortar store shutdown, now for sale.  They’ve switched to a mobile truck frozen custard shop.  The award winning owners blamed the suck ass economy: “High fixed costs and lower revenue make the current business model unworkable. Our re-opening day sales were disappointing, down approximately 25% as compared to the same date last year.”

Texas: San Antonio based conservative Clear Channel radio killed more jobs.  This time at least 22 people let go.  The company is “aligning” itself to the realities of crashing advertising revenues.

Virginia: In Williamsburg, Hancock Fabrics shutdown.  Local news media said no reason was given.

Washington: In Georgetown, after only six years upscale Lost Boys men’s clothing store shutdown.  Kelly Muccio, the owner, would only say that she was made an offer she “couldn’t refuse”.

14 – 15 April 2014: “…pray for me, my family and my employees.” 

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) doesn’t count the hundreds of layoffs involving less than 50 people each, in its mass layoff reports. It also doesn’t count all the little ‘mom & pop’ businesses that shut down.

“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security……..That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013

Business/Economics

Sears & Kmart closing update 16 July 2014: The “future” is store closures!

“Closing stores is going to be part of our future.  I’d rather do fewer closures rather than more, but the world has shifted.”-Eddie Lampert, Sears Holdings

Another 100+ jobs lost in Detroit, Michigan, come October!

200 jobs lost in Ohio as another Kmart shuts down!  The store will permanently close in early October.

A 48 years old Washington Kmart shutting down, this time in September.

Another Florida Kmart going down in October.

Here’s the updated list of U.S. Sears/Kmart store closings since the end of 2011:

Arizona: Scottsdale Sears/Great Indoors, Chandler Sears/Great Indoors.

Alabama: Gadsden Kmart (50 jobs lost), Mobile Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Auburn Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Anniston Kmart (no word yet on how many jobs lost), Birmingham Eastwood Kmart (70 jobs lost), Decatur Mall Sears (91 jobs lost), Fort Payne Kmart, Northport Kmart (68 jobs lost).

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

California: El Monte Sears (at least 40 jobs lost. Damien Arrula, El Monte’s economic development director, said the store manager had lied about what was going on: “The general manager of the store had just indicated to me that they were remodeling.”), two San Diego Sears (more than 80 jobs lost), Pleasant Hill Kmart (more than 50 jobs lost), Torrance Kmart, Fairfield Kmart (63 jobs lost), Lampert owned OSH taken over by Lowe’s home improvement in bankruptcy court, at least 17 of 99 stores to be closed down (935 jobs lost!), Rancho Cordova Kmart (97 jobs lost), San Clemente Kmart/Sears/Kmart on Camino de Estrella (58 jobs lost), placed on an official hit list in 2011 the Oceanside Kmart on College Boulevard finally being shut down, Banning Kmart (91 jobs lost), Laguna Hills Mall Sears, San Diego Mid-City Kmart (73 jobs lost), Hemet Kmart (77 jobs lost), Oakland Sears (jobs lost unknown),  Hesperia Kmart building sold at a loss to a vulture capitalist REIT.

Colorado: Broomfield Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Glenwood Springs Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lone Tree Sears/Great Indoors, Longmont Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Pueblos’ South Side Kmart (52 jobs lost), Denver Kmart (number of jobs lost have not been made public at this time, but could be at least 40), Colorado Springs Kmart at Powers and Palmer Park boulevards (57 jobs lost).

Connecticut: Waterbury Big Kmart.

Georgia: Macon Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Buford Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Douglasville Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Atlanta Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Columbus Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Jonesboro Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Cartersville Kmart (74 jobs lost), Hiram Kmart (53 jobs lost), Marietta-East Cobb Kmart, Warner Robins Kmart (77 jobs lost).

Guam: Sears Hometown Store.

Florida: Fernandina Beach Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Callaway Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Orange City Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Deland Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Stuart Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), West Palm Beach Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Port St. Lucie Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Crystal River Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), New Smyrna Beach Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Saint Augustine Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Pompano Beach Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Jacksonville Kmart on 5751 Beach Boulevard (71 jobs lost), second Kmart in Jacksonville on 4645 Blanding Boulevard (83 jobs lost), Ocoee Sears (102 jobs lost), Pensacola Kmart on Airport Boulevard closed in 2011, Pensacola Kmart on Mobile Highway closed in February 2013 (69 jobs lost), Pensacola Kmart on East 9 Mile Road will close in May (73 jobs lost), Hialeah Kmart (67 jobs lost), Bonita Springs Kmart (67 jobs lost), Mount Dora Kmart (100 jobs lost), Lake Mary Kmart, Panama City Beach Kmart (54 jobs lost), Winter Park Kmart (100 jobs lost), Niceville Kmart (59 jobs lost), recently revealed Winter Haven Kmart (92 jobs lost).

Hawaii: Honolulu Sears (owned by GGP, 372 jobs lost!!!), Kauai Sears (41 jobs lost), Iwilei-Honolulu Kmart for lease (no confirmation of store closing).

Idaho: Lewiston Sears (at least 60 jobs lost), Rexburg Kmart (63 jobs lost). No official announcement, but it’s painfully obvious the Chubbuck Pine Ridge Mall Sears going’ down. Or, maybe it’s preps for Shop within a Shop, or one of those domestic spy data storage centers? On 07 November 2013, GGP sold off the Pine Ridge Mall for a paltry $9 million USD. Across the street, in Pocatello, the property where the Kmart is located has a “pad site available” sign, posted ever since the Kmart bankruptcy. The Kmart building takes up most of the “pad”.

Indiana: Anderson Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Saint John Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Indianapolis Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Richmond Sears (49 jobs lost), South Anthony Kmart (70 jobs lost), Fort Wayne Kmart on South Anthony Boulevard (70 jobs lost), FairOaks Mall Kmart, Logansport Sears (43 jobs lost).

Illinois: Alton Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Melrose Park Sears parts and repair center (50 jobs lost), Zion Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Oak Lawn Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), McHenry Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Peru Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lombard Sears/Great Indoors (at least 40 jobs lost), Fairview Heights Kmart (81 jobs lost), Freeport Kmart (45 jobs lost), Pontiac Kmart (more than 47 jobs lost), Homer Glen Kmart (82 jobs lost), Streator Kmart (45 jobs lost), Lombard Kmart (70 jobs lost), Naperville Kmart (98 jobs lost), Calumet Sears (164 jobs lost), two Sears stores in Grand Crossing area of Chicago (247 jobs lost!), Mount Vernon Sears (68 jobs lost), Moline Sears (at least 60 jobs lost), Homewood Kmart (185 jobs lost), Belvidere Kmart (91 jobs lost?) recently revealed is now a perpetual closing sale Kmart At A Discount store, Champaign’s Market Place Mall Sears (56 jobs lost), Sterling Kmart (60 jobs lost), Montgomery Kmart (81 jobs lost), Mattoon Sears (more than 40 jobs lost), Chicago Sears on North State Street (160 jobs lost), Chicago Sears Craftsman Experience store, Galesburg Sears (46 jobs lost), White Lake Township Kmart (42 jobs lost), Orland Park Sears Appliance, Collinsville Kmart (84 jobs lost). 58 Chicago area stores up for lease or sale. By the way, Illinois elected officials gave Sears Holdings/Hoffman Estates a $150 million USD tax break to keep their headquarters in the state. The tax break was not tied to any promise not to close stores.

Iowa: Cedar Rapids Kmart on 16th Ave (at least 40 jobs lost), Davenport Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Burlington Kmart (50 jobs lost), Coralville Sears (94 jobs lost, this is a store sold to GGP earlier in the year), Cedar Rapids Kmart on Collins Road NE (56 jobs lost), Mason City Kmart (50 jobs lost).

Kansas: Lawrence Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Merriam Kmart-then Sears-then Kmart (jobs lost unknown).

Kentucky: Middlesboro Sears (in September 2012 the Sears store re-opened under independent ownership, official grand re-opening scheduled for November), Winchester Kmart (back in May, Rankin Paynter bought out what was left of the inventory and gave it to charity), Hazard Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lexington Fayette Mall Sears (114 jobs lost!), Newport Kmart (81 jobs lost), Cannonsburg Sears and Sears Auto Center (no employee info given), Louisville Dixie Highway Kmart/Sears/Kmart.

Louisiana: Slidell Sears (77 job lost), Gretna Kmart (94 jobs lost).

Maine: Lewiston Sears (60 to 70 jobs lost), Presque Isle Sears (80 jobs lost).

Maryland: Ellicott Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Gaithersburg Sears/Great Indoors, Landover Sears (115 jobs lost).

Massachusetts: North Reading Sears Hardware store closed, lease not renewed.

Michigan: Novi Sears/Great Indoors, Brighton Sears Grand/Essentials, Harper Woods Sears Full line, Monroe Sears Full line, Adrian Sears Full line, Washington Township Kmart, Chesterfield Kmart, Woodhaven Kmart, Flint Kmart (46 jobs lost), Gaylord Kmart (48 jobs lost), Sterling Kmart (58 jobs lost), Bloomfield Township Kmart and Sears, Bad Axe Kmart (61 jobs lost), Ypsilanti Township Kmart (83 jobs lost), Petoskey Kmart (45 jobs lost), Saint John’s Kmart (48 jobs lost), White Lake Township “Store of the Future” Kmart (42 jobs lost), Grand Blanc Kmart (49 jobs lost), Lapeer Kmart (56 jobs lost), Southgate Kmart (155 jobs lost), recently revealed Detroit’s Telegraph Road Kmart (115 jobs lost).

Minnesota: Willmar Kmart, Duluth Kmart, New Hope Kmart, White Bear Lake Kmart, Bemidji Kmart, Monticello Kmart, GGP owned Sears Auto Center in the Apache Mall closed (10 jobs lost), the entire Sears store in the Apache Mall being sold off, Fergus Falls Kmart (40 jobs lost), Fergus Falls Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Alexandria Kmart (46 jobs lost), Grand Rapids Kmart (61 jobs lost), Seritage is selling off three Sears Auto Centers in Minnetonka, Brooklyn Center and Saint Paul, Marshall Kmart (57 jobs lost), Oakdale Kmart (77 hourly wage employees losing their jobs, unknown how many salaried employees will become unemployed), Winona Kmart (67 jobs lost).

Mississippi: Jackson Sears Full line, McComb Sears Full line, Columbus Sears Full line, Gautier Sears (71 jobs lost), Waveland Gulfport Kmart (32 jobs lost), Pass Road Gulfport Kmart (52 jobs lost), Pascagoula Sears at the Singing River Mall.

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

Montana: Missoula Kmart (50 jobs lost).

Nebraska: Grand Island Kmart (55 jobs lost).

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

New Jersey: Lawnside Kmart (about 80 jobs lost), Howell Kmart (57 jobs lost), Berlin Kmart, Dover Kmart (92 jobs lost).

New Mexico: Las Cruces Kmart (58 jobs lost), Albuquerque Kmart on Central SW (80 jobs lost).

New York: Depew (Lancaster?) Kmart (68 jobs lost), Colonie Kmart (72 jobs lost), Fulton Kmart (51 jobs lost), Clifton Park Kmart (74 jobs lost), Latham Kmart (61 jobs lost), East Greenbush-Rensselaer Kmart (70 jobs lost), Tonawanda Sears Appliance and Hardware.

North Carolina:  Cary Kmart (71 jobs lost), High Point Sears, Moorehead Sears, Rocky Mount Sears, Statesville Sears, Durham Kmart (79 jobs lost), Asheville Kmart (53 jobs lost), West Smithfield Kmart (59 jobs lost), Winston-Salem Kmart (69 jobs lost), Hendersonville Kmart (58 jobs lost), South Ashville Kmart on Hendersonville Road, Raleigh Kmart (88 jobs lost), Garner Kmart, Cleveland County mall Sears (56 jobs lost), Charlotte Kmart (89 jobs lost), Conover Kmart (74 jobs lost), Raleigh Kmart on Capital Boulevard (53 jobs lost), High Point Kmart (71 jobs lost), Boone Kmart (41 jobs lost).

North Dakota: Jamestown Kmart (45 jobs lost).

Ohio: Chagrin Falls Kmart, Springfield Kmart, two Toledo Kmarts, Medina Kmart, Columbus Kmart, Columbus Sears/Great Indoors, Zanesville Sears (67 jobs lost), Trotwood Kmart (71 jobs lost), Austintown Sears auto parts and service on Interstate Boulevard, London Kmart (no word on number of jobs lost), Trotwood Sears (67 jobs lost), Westlake Kmart/Sears (at least 57 jobs lost), Xenia Kmart (at least 57 jobs lost), Norwalk Kmart (52 jobs lost), Blue Ash Kmart (77 jobs lost), Northwood Sears at Woodville Mall (36 jobs lost), Conneaut Kmart (43 jobs lost), Anderson Township Kmart (71 jobs lost), recently revealed Brooklyn Kmart (200 jobs lost).   Also, Van Wert Sears franchise bought out by Kirk Berryman, owner of Computer & Networking Technologies (CNT), who plans on moving the store to a new location.

Oklahoma: Oklahoma City Sears (98 jobs lost, GGP owned, GGP wants a $2 million sales tax rebate, claiming it’s needed to offset capital investments needed to bring the space up to the standards for potential new tenants), Shawnee Sears (31 jobs lost), Sand Springs Kmart (52 jobs lost).

Oregon: Roseburg Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Tualatin Kmart Center (new property owner from California is tearing everything down for new shopping center, so far no indication the Kmart will be part of the new shopping center), Milwaukie Kmart (61 jobs lost), Coos Bay Kmart (25 jobs lost), Bend Sears (48 jobs lost), Klamath Falls Kmart (64 jobs lost), Albany Kmart (64 jobs lost), Portland Sears Homes Services (no notice).

Pennsylvania: Upper Darby Sears Full line, Pottstown Sears Full line, Pittsburgh Kmart, Wilkins Sears, Warminster Kmart (85 jobs lost), Shippensburg Kmart (46 jobs lost), Moon Kmart (143 jobs lost), Bethlehem Township Kmart (62 jobs lost), Philadelphia Gallery Mall Kmart (120 jobs lost), Philadelphia Kmart on Orthodox Street and Castor Avenue (169 jobs lost), Levittown/Middle Township Kmart (87 jobs lost), Waynesboro Kmart (43 jobs lost), Sanatoga Kmart (jobs lost unknown, but the store was advertising for new hires!), Lower Pottsgrove Kmart (65 jobs lost).

South Carolina: Sumter Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Orangeburg Sears (57 jobs lost), Columbia Kmart on Fort Jackson Boulevard in 2012, Columbia Kmart on Bush River Road in 2009, Columbia Kmart on St Andrews Road (66 jobs lost), Irmo Kmart (no info on how many jobs lost), both Greenville Kmarts (140 jobs lost between the two), Mount Pleasant Kmart (43 jobs lost), Harbison Sears & Sears Auto Center in the Columbiana Centre mall (97 jobs lost), Aiken Sears & Sears Auto Center (at least 54 jobs lost), Inlet Square Mall Kmart (50 jobs lost), West Ashely Kmart (69 jobs lost).

Tennessee: Antioch Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Cleveland Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Oak Ridge Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Hendersonville Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Morristown Sears (about 70 jobs lost), Clinton South Kmart, Franklin CoolSprings Galleria Sears (92 jobs lost), Memphis Hickory Ridge mall Sears (job loss data not revealed), 48 years old Nashville Kmart on Nolensville Pike to close by January 2014 (57 jobs lost), Franklin Kmart (33 jobs lost).

Texas: Two Sears parts and repair centers closing in The Woodlands (117 jobs lost), rebuild center in Garland (58 jobs lost), Farmers Branch Sears/Great Indoors, Houston Sears Great/Indoors.

Utah: Murray Sears (for some reason Mormon controlled news media in Utah never reported the closure, but they’re reporting that the building has just been demolished), Orem Kmart (no details reported).

Virginia: Norfolk Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Midlothian Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Richmond Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lynchburg Sears (84 jobs lost), Fairfax Kmart (no word on how many jobs lost), Christiansburg Sears (59 jobs lost), Norfolk Kmart on East Little Creek Road (77 jobs lost), Manassas Kmart (71 jobs lost), Stafford Sears Hometown, Newport News Kmart (at least 50 jobs lost), Wise Kmart (58 jobs lost), Harrisonburg Kmart (79 jobs lost), Wincester Kmart (91 jobs lost).

Washington: Walla Walla Sears Full line (in August 2012, it was reported that an independent owner of Sears Hometown stores will open a store in Walla Walla), Lacey Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Kelso Sears (47 jobs lost), Lakewood Kmart (59 jobs lost), Bellingham Sears (92 jobs lost), Seattle Kmart (85 jobs lost), East Wenatchee Sears (59 jobs lost), Puyallup Kmart (51 jobs lost), Oak Harbor Kmart (68 jobs lost), Sodo Sears and Sears Auto Center (79 jobs lost), recently revealed Everett Kmart (65 jobs lost).

West Virginia: Oak Hill Kmart (59 jobs lost), Morgantown Kmart (100 jobs lost).

Wisconsin: West Baraboo Sears (at least 40 jobs lost, local village officials say the store generated 3% of local tax collections), Rice Lake Kmart (about 71 jobs lost), Brookfield Kmart (56 jobs lost), Racine’s Regency Mall Sears (52 jobs lost), Fort Atkinson Kmart (51 jobs lost), Greenfield Kmart (107 jobs lost), Portage Kmart (78 jobs lost) and Hales Corner (129 jobs lost), Chippewa Falls Kmart (79 jobs lost), Menomonie Kmart (at least 50 jobs lost), Ashwaubenon Kmart (80 jobs lost), Shawano Kmart (no job loss info given).

On top of that, Sears Holdings sold stores to General Growth Properties (GGP), of which it has been reported that most of those stores will be closed.

Here’s the list of 11 Sears stores now owned by GGP:

Iowa: Coral Ridge Mall (it’s official the Sears is closing, see above), and Mall of the Bluffs

Texas: The Woodlands Mall (this does not involve the two repair centers being closed by Sears)

Florida: West Oaks Mall

Utah: Fashion Place, and Provo Towne Centre (note the evil British empire way of spelling town & center. Due to a favorable lease agreement the GGP owned Provo Sears will continue to stay open under Sears Holdings management)

Oklahoma: Quail Springs Mall (it’s official, the Sears closed, see above)

Hawaii: Ala Moana Center (closed, see above)

Washington: Bellis Fair Mall (Bellingham store, see above)

Minnesota: Apache Mall (see update above, GGP will close Sears store by 2014)

Illinois: Market Place Shopping Center (see update above, GGP closing store)

Fukushima

Fukushima-WIPP-Radiation update: Proof WIPP bigger than reported! More reasons to stay out of the sunlight! Terrorist attack in California! U.S. funding shutdown exposes 500-thousand people to radiation! Radioactive trucks on U.S. highways? More reasons to avoid Japanese cars!

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Cars coming out of Japan are still radioactive, according to government officials in Russia and the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan.

This year Kyrgyzstan has impounded at least 70 cars from Japan, for being radioactive.  Russia has impounded 132 Japanese cars at the port of Vladivostok, since January this year!

Officials in Kyrgyzstan say Japan has refused to take back the contaminated cars.

In Japan, it’s been revealed that in August 2013 the ongoing nuclear disaster at the GE designed Fukushima Daiichi contaminated at least 14 rice fields outside the 20km (12.4 miles) evacuation zone!

An investigation by the Agriculture Ministry discovered the unreported contamination.  It happened when Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCo) removed a large section of the building housing damaged reactor Unit 3.  The rice fields were hit with danger levels of cesium.  Not only did the action spread radiation to rice fields outside the evacuation zone, but to five other sites in Minami-Soma City.

But here’s the kicker, the government investigation report was finalized in March but kept secret from the public!  Only now is it being reported to the public, thanks to investigative reporters at the Asahi Shimbun.  This news has problematic implications for TEPCo, as it shows that the attempts to clear away damaged structures at Fukushima Daiichi is actually spreading more radiation contamination.

Researchers in the U.S. and Germany discovered the highest levels of UV radiation ever to hit the Earth!  The Liberty Voice reported “The UV fluxes were recorded 1,500 miles from the equator in the Bolivian Andes near small villages and towns. The radiation levels are far above the ones that are often considered dangerous for terrestrial and aquatic life.

…..In December of 2003, they found that ultraviolet radiation levels were indexed at 43.3……a UV index of eight or nine….is intense enough to authorize protection. A UV index of 11 is usually considered extreme.”

According to Space Weather, the United States Obama regime temporarily cut funding for NASA’s Nowcast of Atmospheric Ionizing Radiation System (NAIRAS), shutting it down in 2013.  NAIRAS warned of solar flares, which not only affect electronic equipment, but subject airline passengers and crew to high doses of radiation!   According to Space Weather the temp shutdown of NAIRAS resulted in 500-thousand people exposed to high levels of solar radiation, and will result in at least four cancer deaths.

 

In Colorado U.S.A., a dump truck driver pulled over and called for help when he was notified he was hauling a load of radioactive material!  His load consisted of old water pipes.  The North Metro Fire department responded and determined the radiation levels were   within safe limits.

In California U.S.A., a U.S. Navy investigation has confirmed radiation contamination under about 300 homes built on the former grounds of the Treasure Island naval base.   However, San Francisco officials are trying to claim the levels are still within safe limits.   A lot of property development and REIT money is tied up in the Treasure island housing project.  The USN is investigating radiation contamination that could affect 1100 homes!

In Berkeley, city officials are trying to do what San Francisco officials failed to do: Put cancer warning labels on cell phones.   The decision will be made in September.  Of course the cell phone industry has already sent a warning letter to the city officials.

At University of California Riverside somebody attacked other students with radioactive Phosphorous 32 (used in medical testing, fertilizers and glow in the dark stuff).  The attack happened in April, and was part of a series of massive vandalism that hit the genomics building.  A student discovered the radiation contamination while using a geiger counter during a routine check: “Based on all of the suspicious incidents in the lab, I believe someone was trying to deliberately sabotage the research of the lab. Furthermore, I believe that someone deliberately exposed lab employees to radiation with the intent to cause them serious physical harm.”-Tricia Harding, UC Riverside police

Engineers at Oregon State University claim they have developed a small hand held radiation detector, that can tell you what type of isotope you’re dealing with and the intensity.  They claim that once mass production begins you should be able to buy it for about $150 USD.

In New Mexico U.S.A., the U.S. Department of Energy is still trying to figure out how to get evidence of what happened inside the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.  That’s because radiation levels are too high to allow humans to remain long enough to get good photographic evidence and a decent amount of small samples!

They tried to use a 27.4 meters (90 feet) long boom, but it wasn’t enough.  The latest plan is to link scaffolding together.   Obviously what happened at WIPP was bigger than what we’ve been told!

Business/Economics, Idaho

Some Economic Recovery? Sportsman’s Warehouse returns to Pocatello! More proof the evil Too Big to Jail banks are behind the economic disaster!

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Years after Gottschalks went bankrupt busted, a new tenant is moving into the vacant building in Pocatello, Idaho: Sportsman’s Warehouse.  Sportsman’s Warehouse is not new to Pocatello, but it is a victim of the Too Big to Jail banks.

Today the Sportsman's Warehouse signs went up on the abandoned Gottshalks location, ending months of rumors.

Today the Sportsman’s Warehouse signs went up on the abandoned Gottschalks location, ending months of rumors.

In 2006 Sportsman’s Warehouse opened a large store in the Pocatello Square area (which was created by forcing dozens of home owners out of what was once a residential area), it was part of a 23 store expansion.   By 2007 the company was expanding faster than it could handle, they needed a new inventory/distribution system, which was going to cost millions, so they turned to the Too Big to Jail banks for massive financing.   By 2009 those Too Big to Jail banks turned on Sportsman’s Warehouse and attempted suck back every penny loaned out:  “Within a period of three weeks, we lost $110 million in liquidity.  The way the banks took money away from us was incredible. It all happened so fast.”-Stuart Utgaard

Stu Utgaard, the now former owner of Sportsman’s Warehouse, even turned to a British empire operation for help, Canada’s United Farmers of Alberta.  But even they short changed Sportsman’s Warehouse.

The Canadian deal was supposed to invest $90-million USD, but for some reason they backed out after spending only $30-million.  The only option left was to close or sell off the 23 new stores and declare bankruptcy.  2300 U.S. employees became unemployed!

Utgaard himself went bankrupt.  No thanks to the Too Big to Jail banks, Utgaard reported a personal loss of $10-million! He also lost his job as senior executive.  At one point Utgaard faced charges for shooting off a shotgun in his home.  That’s a far cry from where he started in 1996, with one store.  He published a book about the whole fiasco called The Sportsman’s Warehouse Story.  At last report, Utgaard is running a successful olive oil business in Kentucky, and he thanks his true friends for believing in him: “When I came here, I literally had $20 in my pocket.  But some of my friends were still crazy enough to loan me money after I went bankrupt.”

Dick’s Sporting Goods now resides in the ‘old’ Sportsman’s Warehouse location.  The ‘new’ Sportsman’s Warehouse location might be smaller than the old location, but it’s probably more efficient.  Sportsman’s Warehouse is now a privately held company with their HQ in Midvale, Utah.

 

Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings 14 – 15 April 2014: “the…market…is fully saturated.” “…pray for me, my family and my employees.” ObamaCare more powerful than God as thousands more Christian healthcare workers become unemployed! Warren Buffet kills hundreds more U.S. jobs! More massive education cuts!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns.

California:  Southern California Edison killed more Golden State jobs, this time 500 in-house employees and 500 contracted employees!  Utility company officials admitted to state officials that they hired way more employees than their revenues can support!  These job cuts are on top of the 600 jobs lost due to the shutdown of the San Onofre nuclear power plant!    In San Diego, 71 employees connected to the San Diego Opera losing their jobs.   Who said the internet is killing brick & mortar jobs?  In Roseville, caranything.com warned it must kill 99 jobs.

Connecticut: In New Canaan, after 21 years Forest Street Deli shutdown.  The deli owner blames the property owner, who sold the property out from under his feet!

Delaware: In Seaford, Sears shutting down in summer, 30 jobs lost.

Florida: Duval County Head Start more than 300 people will become unemployed by the end of May, due to loss of funding!  The education program is forced to rely on cheap contractors.   In Saint Augustine, after 36 years Pot Belly’s movie theater and model kit and toy car museum shutdown.  The owner said he needs to retire and nobody is worthy enough to take over the business: “The kids couldn’t handle all this. It’s just too much stuff. What do you do? Do you store it? I’ve got two sheds already full of it!”-Kenny Pierce

Georgia: In Atlanta, video game maker CCP laid off 56 employees.  They canceled their latest video game production because it wasn’t meeting their expectations.

Illinois:  Peoria School District 150 killing 200 jobs!  District officials blamed crashing funding from federal and state tax revenues, and even crashing local property tax revenues.   In other words, the economy sucks ass!

Kansas: In Lawrence, after 37 years Buffalo Bob’s Smokehouse shutdown: “…the restaurant market in Lawrence is fully saturated.”-Bob Schumm, founder

Kentucky: In Louisville, Jamba Juice shutdown, no reason given.  In Paducah, The Pasta House Italian Restaurant shut down without notice: “…I am unable to continue. Please pray for me, my family and my employees.”-statement posted to front door

Maine: Calais Regional Hospital announced they must kill an undisclosed number of jobs, and reduce the hours for 30% of remaining employees.   They blame Obama Care for reducing the number of people going to hospitals for help.

Michigan:  In Keego Harbor,  Jeremy Restaurant & Bar shutting down in May.  But this is a success story!  The owner said he made so much money that he is going to open an even bigger restaurant.

Minnesota: After only two years party supply store Little Green Balloon shutdown.

Missouri: In Saint Louis, a Schnuck Markets grocery store shutting down in May. Company officials said it wasn’t worth it to renew the lease, and they will try to find jobs for the 65 employees.

New York: Silicone and quartz producer Momentive Performance Materials now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  It’s blamed on the 2006 takeover by Apollo Management Group, which left Momentive with billions of dollars of debt. Too Big to Jail Citi Markets laying off 300 employees, according to a unnamed inside source.  In Syracuse, Rosewood Heights Health Center shutting down their nursing home by June, at least 25 jobs lost.  Obama Care drastically cuts government and insurance industry payments for inpatient care services.  What automotive industry recovery? In Owego, France based automotive electronics maker Asteelflash laid off 34 U.S. employees, blaming the bad economy.  In Brooklyn, after 52 years God refused to stop the shutdown of Bishop Ford Central Catholic High School.  School officials blamed it on a 75% drop in student enrollment!  In Amherst, Primary Financial Services warned they will shutdown their call center in July, 121 jobs lost!   Across New York, VNS CHOICE Community Care expanded its previously announced layoffs, an additional 100 healthcare workers to become unemployed in July!  In NYC, clothing retailer Juicy Couture announced they will kill an additional 26 jobs in June, due to sale of company.

North Carolina: God refuses to stop Obama Care from killing jobs at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.   The Winston Salem Journal says unnamed inside sources revealed as many as 1-thousand healthcare workers will become unemployed by the middle of 2015!  Unnamed sources say the job culling has already begun.  That’s on top of the 950 laid off by the middle of 2013!  It is blamed on Obama Care: “The medical center is deeply engaged in its annual budgeting process and is continuing to proactively address the challenge of declining reimbursement for health care services.”-official hospital statement

Ohio: In Mason, after 24 years Bob Evans Restaurant shutdown.  The corporation is remodeling all Bob Evans restaurants, but a survey of the Mason store revealed it was too old and too costly to remodel so they decided to shut it down.  Company officials claim they’ve found jobs for the 40 employees.

Pennsylvania: Concurrent Technologies Corporation announced more layoffs.  CTC laid off employees in 2013 and 2012 as well.  The company is undergoing radical restructuring.    Bethlehem Area School District eliminating 22 teacher positions, despite local tax increases.  Apparently Pennsylvania school districts cannot layoff employees due to economic reasons, so the district is blaming the ongoing trend of disappearing students.   District officials also pointed out that even at maximum local taxes they still won’t have enough money to pay all the bills.  In Pittsburgh, Wall Street wunderkind Warren Buffet killed more Heinz jobs.  775 people have been offered buyouts!  Reports say the offer is being made to other Heinz operations.  Local biased Pennsylvania news media failed to point out that Heinz is now co-owned by Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway.  They only mentioned Brazil’s 3G Capital.  Hey Pennsylvania news media, why didn’t you mention Warren Buffet’s involvement?  By the way, the June 2013 takeover of Heinz by 3G and Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway resulted in an instant killing of 600 U.S. and Canadian jobs, followed by the announcement of several food factory shutdowns and hundreds of more layoffs for the 1st quarter of 2014!

West Virginia:  In Nitro, legal drugs pusher Rite Aid shutting down their distribution center by November 2017.  200 jobs will be lost, with layoffs starting in July 2014!

Wisconsin: Delavan-Darien School District eliminated 18 positions, mainly teachers.  Obama Care is partly to blame, for jacking up health insurance premiums and forcing changes to retirement plans.

11 – 13 April 2014: “…I can’t do it anymore.” “We will not survive!” 

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) doesn’t count the hundreds of layoffs involving less than 50 people each, in its mass layoff reports. It also doesn’t count all the little ‘mom & pop’ businesses that shut down.

“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security……..That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013