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Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings 08 – 10 April 2014: “No more ventures for me!” “I have no role, no power, no control, no nothing!”

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns.

California: In Brawley, Packers Sanitation Service shutdown, killing 111 jobs!  Coachella Valley Unified School Board killing 96 jobs this year.  Employees and taxpayers are confused because the district was able to give students 18-thousand iPads last year.  On top of that the state government is supposed to be giving schools extra money for next school year.  Local news reports said district officials made the layoff decision without public discussion.   In Long Beach, taxsucker Boeing announced it will shutdown C-17 production three months earlier than previously planned.  In Fremont, Phoenix Big Cinemas laid off eight employees.

Connecticut: After 30 years, God refuses to stop Saint Francis Hospital & Medical Center from drastically reducing the staff in their pediatric unit.  Since October last year the hospital has been eliminating positions, by the end of June there will be only two support staffers on hand.  It’s blamed on reduced customers as Obama Care insurance pushes people away from hospitals.

Georgia: In Newnan, Mexico based Bimbo Bakeries shutdown their  Colonial Bread Store.  The wimp ass company officials delegated the authority of making the announcement to the store’s cashier!

Illinois: In Champaign, after less than two years Prairie Fire restaurant shutdown without notice: “If we had days like Sunday every day, we’d still be open.  But you will not be a success if your biggest day of the week is Sunday……No more ventures for me!”-Dave Block, burned out restaurant investor

Indiana: In Terre Haute, maker of aluminum products Novelis laid off at least 11 employees.  It’s blamed on declining sales.

Kansas: In Shawnee, marketing company Harte Hanks laid off 93 employees.  It’s blamed on declining sales.

Kentucky: In Louisville, after only 18 months the relish restaurant shutdown without notice.  The owner blamed the small fire safety dictated maximum seating capacity, saying serving a maximum of 53 people at a time wasn’t enough to pay even for overhead.

Massachusetts:  Cenveo Envelope Group shutting down their Westfield factory in June, more than 200 jobs lost!  Boston based law firm Edwards Wildman Palmer laid off 52 employees: “Advances in technology have resulted in a need for fewer support staff and related services in law firms. In addition, we are positioning our firm to reflect the industries and markets we serve.” 

Michigan: One of the largest charity telemarketers, Associated Community Services, now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  The operation agreed to pay a $45-thousand USD settlement after being accused of tricking at least 430 old people out of their money.  The company also owes $15.5-million in federal taxes and $1.1-million in state taxes!  Here’s a recent complaint about ACS: “This company calls on a regular basis asking for a pledge on behalf of the Foundation for American Veterans, as well as several other charitable organizations. I recently discovered that only about 30% of the money they receive goes to the organization. I am notifying them that I will no longer donate to any organization they ‘are calling on behalf of ‘, and to remove my name and phone number from their list.”–Eleanor Riley

Minnesota:  Pharmaceuticals and medical device supplier Cardinal Health killing more healthcare jobs.  This time 68 people will become unemployed by the end of the year.  The company is trying to save money for its planned $320-million takeover of AccessClosure.

Mississippi: In McComb, God refused to stop the shutdown of Saint Alphonsus Catholic School, 22 jobs lost.  It’s blamed on a the steady disappearance of students over the past seven years.

Nevada: Reno Fire Department laid off 35 employees.  It’s blamed on the loss of FEMA funding.  On top of that, Reno is ‘browning out’ three fire stations.  This means all personnel and equipment have been removed.  The Southern Nevada Water Authority killed more than 100 jobs!  The agency says it’s short $14-million!

New York: In Niskayuna, Barnes & Noble shutting down in June.  Rome City School District warned 60 teachers of layoff, and is asking another 40 to retire early.  Lockport City School District laid off five employees and eliminated six vacant positions.   District officials warned the job cuts could have been worse.  Vice President David M. Nemi admitted that balancing the budget is “…becoming more and more difficult every year.”  In Brewster, Stanley Black & Decker laying off 35 employees in July.  The tool company is consolidating operations.  In Rouses Point, legal drugs pusher Pfizer said they are shutting down in December, and will begin layoffs in July.

North Carolina: Charlotte based Too Big to Jail Bank of America announced it will kill another 3-thousand jobs, this time mostly tech jobs in other countries.  BoA has killed 46-thousand jobs since the end of 2010!  And Charlotte based Family Dollar announced they will shutdown 370 to 400 stores across the country!  It’s blamed on crashing sales.

Ohio: In North Olmsted, after 26 years Royal Garden Records shutdown.

Pennsylvania:  All three Lehigh Valley Racquet and Fitness Clubs shutdown without notice.  The former founder, John F. Brinson, blamed the Too Big to Jail Banks that took over when the company went bankrupt saying  “I’ve been out of it for two years. I’ve had nothing to do with this…I have no role, no power, no control, no nothing …There is no way I would have done this!”   State College, after 74 years Mr. Charles Shop shutting down in May.  The owner blames the “Sandusky problem”.  In Philadelphia, after 60 years Chestnut Hill Bootery shutdown: “I don’t want to close, but my accountant says I have to make a profit.”-Bruce Freedman

South Carolina: In Blythewood, Amcor Rigid Plastics laid off 40 employees.  It’s blamed on the loss of their main customer.

Texas:  In Houston, after 15 years Dirk’s Coffee (aka Diedrich Coffee) shutdown without notice.

Wisconsin: In Waunakee, Techline USA shutting down in June, 93 jobs lost: “…the company is no longer economically viable in light of industrywide economic conditions over the last decade…”-John Lasky, GM

05 – 07 April 2014: More U.S. job destruction by British empire! 

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

More Proof God is Evil: Israel’s continuation war on Palestinian Muslims, Christians & Jews! FBI insinuates False Flag op by Zionists!

10 July 2014 (14:21 UTC-07 Tango)/12 Ramadan 1435/19 Tir 1393/14 Xin-Wei 4712

Three Israeli teens killed, and the Israeli government right away blamed Hamas, without any evidence.  Israeli Zionists said Hamas was going to use the teens as bargaining chips to free Palestinians in Israeli prisons, but the teens were killed trying to escape (again without any evidence to back up that claim).

Now the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says that’s not the case, in fact the FBI insinuates that the killing of the three Israeli teens was the plan from the start, a plan that was meant to rile the Israeli population to want full-on war with the Palestinians Muslims, Christians and Jews trapped in the World’s largest concentration camps known as West Bank and Gaza Strip.

I saw a live TV interview with an IDF officer who said they know who killed the Israeli teens, yet he failed to explain why no arrests had been made.

Does anybody wonder why three Israeli teens were kidnapped, with no demands for ransom or prisoner release, and then their bodies are suddenly found in extremely shallow graves in West Bank, and from the beginning Israeli officials blamed Hamas (by the way Hamas’s AO is in Gaza Strip, not West Bank)?

In response to the deaths of the three teens (one of which had U.S. citizenship) Israeli vigilantes kidnapped two Palestinian boys (one of which is a U.S. citizen) and brutally beat one and burned alive another.   An autopsy conducted by Israeli doctors in Tel Aviv showed the Palestinian boy who died was alive long enough to inhale the burning fuel that was poured over him.

Six Israelis were arrested, but then, just as quick, three of them were ordered by Israeli court to be released.  But wait, there’s more to this False Flag op!  Turns out the three so called vigilantes that were released are actually Israeli cops, the cops seen in the video beating the U.S.-Palestinian boy who survived.

This whole thing has played right into the Zionist plan to justify an all out final battle to erase the Palestinian Muslims, Christians and Jews forced to live in Gaza Strip.  It comes after Hamas and Palestinian Authority (whose AO is in West Bank) left Obama regime peace talks and declared they were uniting.

Despite new calls for peace talks by several countries and the United Nations, Israeli leader Benyamin Nut-Job-Yahoo has stated publicly that peace talks with Hamas is “not even on the agenda”.  Active duty IDF are being moved en masse to Gaza Strip.  40-thousand IDF reserves are being mobilized.

There are reports that Israelis living near Gaza Strip were watching and celebrating the Israeli airstrikes from their rooftops, that is until Palestinians began launching their ineffective rockets.

Muslims, Christians and Jews claim to worship the same god.  That has to be one screwed up evil god.

It’s a god who prevents the Palestinians from rising up and launching massive human wave attacks against the zionists, despite the fact they outnumber the zionist.  It seems the Palestinians would rather sit in the world’s largest concentration camps and be slowly killed off by the zionists.  Think about it, your oppressors are going to kill you eventually so why not go on the offensive and try to take as many of them down as you can before you die?

It’s a god that’s worshiped by western ‘christians’ who support Israel, even though Israel is slow deathing Palestinian Christians in West Bank and Gaza Strip.

It’s a god (whom can’t be named) worshiped by Jews around the World who support Israel, but don’t give a shit about the Palestinian Jews forced into Gaza Strip and West Bank by a zionist government.  The same zionist government that throws black Jewish refugees from the horn of Africa into prisons, then deports them back to the countries they were trying to escape.

It’s a god worshipped by Muslims around the World, yet who refuse to help their fellow Palestinian Muslims.  This is a direct violation of Quranic commandments!  Even the terror groups al Qaeda and ISIS-ISIL, who claim to be true followers of the Quran, refuse to help Palestinian Muslims!

JEWS CAUGHT IN SCAPEGOAT BLOOD SACRIFICE!

GOD IS PURE EVIL!!!

Business/Economics

Sears & Kmart closing update 10 July 2014: Occupied Kmart store quietly sold off, at a loss!

Michigan losing a Kmart in October, 155 jobs lost!

Minnesota losing another Kmart.

Georgia losing a 39 years old Kmart.

Oklahoma losing a Kmart, and the arrogant and ignorant Sand Springs chamber of commerce blames the local residents for not spending their rarified cash at the Kmart!

In Hesperia, California, the Kmart building just sold for $5.25-million in cash.  According to the real estate agency that made the sale, a private California based Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) bought the former Kmart “…at substantially below replacement cost…”, in other words it was sold at a loss.   There are no reports about what is going to happen to the Kmart store.

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), recently revealed 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, recently revealed 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).

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), recently revealed Southgate Kmart (155 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), recently revealed 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). 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), recently revealed 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).

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)

U.S.

U.S. Civil War Chicago, 05-06 July 2014: Police behind skyrocketing bloodshed? Unarmed boy shot 20 times by cops as he hid under a car!

“Going into the holiday weekend we had a plan, including putting hundreds more officers on the streets and what were the results? The results were a lot of shootings, a lot of murders, unfortunately.”-Garry McCarthy, Police Superintendent

Despite the panic over the civil war in Chicago, police spokesman Martin Maloney admitted murders are actually down: “…to date we have had the fewest murders since 1963….”

Incomplete list:

8700 block of South Sangamon Avenue: 16 years old boy shot 20 times by NAZI-land cops.  Initially the police reported the boy turned and pointed a gun at them.  The truth is that the boy was hiding under a car, and police blasted him as he tried to follow their orders to get out from under the car: “They shot him over twenty times! They are trying to say he had a gun on him and he didn’t have a gun on him!”-Georgiana Utendahl, mother of victim

63rd Street and Austin Avenue: 30 years old man gut shot in a Walgreens park lot. He died. Police don’t give a shit ’cause they say the victim is a gangbanger.

5200 block of West Lake Street: One man shot and killed, another wounded as they sat in their car.

Montrose Avenue and Malden Street: 20 years old man shot and killed as he sat in his car.

6500 block of South Seeley Avenue: Police found an 18 years old man who had been shot and killed.

West Englewood: A man was shot and wounded by cops, as he left a party.   Police claim the man pointed a gun at them.

Exchange Avenue, Escanaba Avenue, Muskegon Avenue and surrounding areeas: A man and woman shot and wounded as they left a store.  Another man was shot and wounded as he sat on his porch.  Witnesses say men on the street were shooting at each other, then ran into a vacant lot where they continued to blast away.  Police responded to a shots fired report to find spent casings on a porch.  Then police panicked as they heard dozens of gunshots all around the neighborhood.  They issued an “officer in distress” call.  Tactical ground and heli-borne teams surrounded the neighborhood. The ‘copter crew reported being shot at.  No arrests were made.

9600 block of South Avenue L: 26 years old man riding in a car somehow shot in the butt.

5200 block of West Washington Boulevard: 33 years old man shot and wounded in the leg.  Police are angry because he won’t “cooperate” with them, as if he’s the suspect!

700 block of North Lavergne Avenue: A man who got into an argument with people in a van was shot and wounded in the neck and back.

2800 block of South Homan Avenue: 35 years old man in critical condition after being shot multiple times.

1800 block of South Allport Street: 31 years old man shot and wounded in the shoulder by a drive by shooter.

4400 block of South Fairfield Avenue: 17 years old boy shot in the ankle by drive by shooter.

Notice that most of the shooting victims are males.

Once again, most shooting victims were not armed. You would think that if this was gang violence there would be gun battles, but until now there were no reports of gun battles. 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, yet police spokesman Martin Maloney says the answer is even more anti-gun laws: “…without better state and federal laws to keep guns off the streets and out of the hands of dangerous criminals, we’ll continue to face an uphill battle.”   Hello Maloney! New anti-gun laws would not stop the shootings, because most guns used by gang bangers are already illegal!

I’d like to point out that in every case where a cop shot somebody, the cops claim to be “fearing for their lives”, even though they are the ones chasing their victims down. Sounds like the cops are a bunch of paranoid psychos to me!

“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 update 30 June – 04 July 2014

U.S.

U.S. Civil War, Texas: Entire family assassinated!

10 July 2014 (23:29 UTC-07 Tango 09 July 2014)/12 Ramadan 1435/19 Tir 1393/14 Xin-Wei 4712

In the town of Spring, a family of six was shot and killed, two adults and four children.   A woman was also wounded.

The shooter got into a standoff with police, then surrendered three hours later.  Police say the whole thing was a domestic dispute, but at this time they’re not sure how the shooter is related to the victims.

The wounded woman told police the shooter had plans to kill other relatives.

U.S.

U. S. Civil War, Tennessee: State militia attacked!

10 July 2014 (23:21 UTC-07 Tango 09 July 2014)/12 Ramadan 1435/19 Tir 1393/14 Xin-Wei 4712

A Sergeant First Class with the Tennessee Army National Guard has been assassinated.

An armed man entered the Lobelville armory and shot the sergeant in the chest.  After a short search by police, a “person of interest” was detained.  Supposedly the person of interest lives near the armory.  There are unconfirmed reports that the shooter intended to target military personnel.

 

Business/Economics, Idaho

More Economic Decline: East Idaho city in Death Spiral as stores ramp up shutdowns!

10 July 2014 (21:26 UTC-07 Tango 09 July 2014)/12 Ramadan 1435/19 Tir 1393/14 Xin-Wei 4712

The aged Westwood Mall in Pocatello, Idaho, recently made a partial payment on back due taxes (actually it was just an interest payment), narrowly avoiding takeover by the government.  But that’s not stopping its tenants from shutting down (like rats from a sinking ship).

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The Westwood Mall is one of the oldest in the area, it used to have carpeted floors and felt very 1960s-70s.  The carpeting is now gone, and the inside has been walled up, making it feel like a labyrinth (it’s actually perfect for the RPG gaming store that’s hidden away in one corner of the labyrinth).  The latest tenants to leave are Family Fun, a mattress store, Industrial Tool & Supply and soon C-A-L Ranch.

But these aren’t the only stores that the city of Pocatello has lost in the past month.

The Works Deli & Grill is supposedly moving to a new location, which hasn’t been disclosed.

Outdoor clothing store The Raven’s Nest is now being used as a mattress warehouse.

I spent almost four years working at KPVI, helping to turn their 6 & 10pm newscasts in to the number one rated 6 & 10pm newscasts in the area by 1999.   Jim Rogers inherited the reins to Sunbelt Broadcasting and at the end of 1999 decided to bring in new management who wanted us to go back to the old dumb ass way of reporting local news.  Those of us who refused were pushed out, the first to go was Leslie Austin (Leslie Schei), then Carey Wickersham, then me, then John Young and Dave Reichelt and Scott Stevens (who now runs his own weatherwars.info website. Hey Scott why don’t you mention me, your former KPVI News Producer AAron Hutchins?), just to name a few.    Now KPVI barely even ranks in the ratings, and now its in-house construction shop is up for sale!

For more than a decade now our exalted local leaders keep pronouncing that they’ve got big employers lined up, ready to move into the area just as soon as the proper “infrastructure” is constructed (at taxpayer expense of course).  Working class people can’t wait a decade for a turnaround (which explains why east Idaho has a high exodus rate, according to the Gem State’s Department of Labor), and neither can retail store owners (which have become the only ‘industry’ in town).

International

World War 3 Iraq: Holy crap, the Bush regime was right? Iraq admits they had WMD! But guess who has them now?

09 July 2014 (14:33 UTC-07 Tango)/11 Ramadan 1435/18 Tir 1393/13 Xin-Wei 4712

Iraqi officials have just revealed to the United Nations that they indeed had chemical weapons (a type of weapon of mass destruction).   Iraq admitted they were in the process of dismantling 2500 rockets filled with chemicals like sarin, that is until ISIS-ISIL captured them.

The reason Iraq went to the UN with such info is because in the week of 11 June the Bush regime created, Obama regime  backed, ISIS-ISIL captured the building where they were housed, and they took what was left of the WMD weapons!

Ambassador Mohamed Ali Alhakim told UN officials that Iraq could not fulfill “its obligations to destroy chemical weapons” until the “situation has improved and control of the facility has been regained”.

ISIS-ISIL captured “bunkers” 13 and 41.  Bunker 13 contained 2500  122mm rockets filled with sarin.  The bunker also had 180 tons of sodium cyanide.  Bunker 41 contained decommissioned artillery rounds still contaminated with mustard gas residue, as well as containers that once held 605 tons of mustard gas and are still contaminated.  

Iran sends Su-25 attack jets

Obama regime apparently reneges on F-16 delivery

ISIS troops being smuggled ….. in container trucks 

rebel leader forced to join ISIS while under U.S. control 

Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings 05 – 07 April 2014: More U.S. job destruction by British empire! More schools jacking up your taxes in an attempt to survive!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns.

Arizona:  Coconino Community College District killed 15 jobs for the upcoming school year.  This leaves only two full time positions for the college.

California:  In La Jolla, after 62 years iconic Burns Drugs store shutdown.  The store boasts famous customers such as Sol Price, Helen and David Copley, Theodor Geisel (aka Doctor Suess), Niki de Saint Phalle and Jerry Coleman.  The owner said current conditions (Obama Care?) works against the existence of independent drug stores.  In Millbrea, Khol’s department store shutdown, 73 jobs lost.  In Oakland, Sutter Health-Alta Bates Summit Medical Center made more healthcare workers unemployed.

Massachusetts: In Acushnet, after 20 years White’s Family Fun and Sports Center shutdown.  The pissed off owner blames the failed economic recovery: “There’s not enough money being spent in the park when they’re here and I can’t blame them. If you don’t have it, you can’t spend it!”-David White

Mississippi: In Pontotoc, Southern Quality Meats shutting down in June, 110 jobs lost!  Operations are being consolidated to Alabama.

New Jersey:  It turns out the Salem County One-Stop Career Center is a dead end for six employees who got laid off.  It’s blamed on the loss of a community college grant.

New York:  Glens Falls City School District killing 25 jobs, and reducing the hours for ten employees.  The district blames it on declining tax revenues from the state and federal level, and will now push local school taxes/fees to their legal limit.  Peconic Bay Medical Center laid off 12 employees, due to declining revenue caused by Obama Care.  Hospital officials explained that since the implementation of Affordable Care Act their admissions have dropped at least 8%.  This is because Obama Care encourages people not to go to the hospital for care.   Hospital officials did report a slight increase in patient care at their urgent care operations.  In NYC, Rizzoli bookstore shutdown.  It’s being turned into apartments.    After 30 years Shakespeare & Company bookstore shutting down, due to jacked up rent.  In Brooklyn, Hoyt Transportation laying off 118 bus employees!  In Blauvelt, wire and cable maker Southwire revealed they are shutting down by September, 194 jobs will be lost!

Ohio: In Dublin, the new owner of Pacer International will be killing an undisclosed number of jobs later this year.  Pacer International was taken over by Connecticut based XPO Logistics.  XPO warned of massive layoffs.   United Airlines continues killing hundreds of jobs, this time 430 people at the Hopkins International Airport became unemployed!  United Airlines is consolidating operations.  After 85 years Swan Cleaners Laundry & Linen Supply shut down without notice!  It was revealed that the family company was in so much trouble they hadn’t paid the rent on leased equipment since last year, hadn’t paid individual creditors and they hadn’t paid local taxes!  The company has been tangled in multiple legal actions.  The family owners said only “It is with regret that due to several issues beyond our control, we must announce the closing of Swan Cleaners…..” 

Pennsylvania: At least three affiliates of speech therapy company DynaVox now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  The parent company swears they are not bankrupt, just their “non-operating” affiliates.  It sounds like a game being played by Vestar Capital to make elitist investors happy.  The Lehigh Valley Media Group killing 68 jobs later this year.  Who said the internet is stealing away business from brick & mortar stores?  In King of Prussia, British empire United Kingdom based internet services company hibu (formerly known as Yell Group) laid off 100 U.S. employees, that’s according to unnamed inside sources. Company officials said it was “To protect the future of the digital business at a time of continuing decline….”  The unnamed inside source said the jobs were being moved to the Philippines.

Texas: In Grand Prairie, after only three years Alco shutting down their retail store. Alco claims they specialize in operating retail stores in “small markets”, but apparently Grand Praire is too small.
Alco, which has stores in 23 states, says they are holding off on opening anymore stores.  Mmmm, is it because of the not so recovering economy?

Virginia: In Virginia Beach, two hotels shutting down.  The Seaside Hotel and the Sea Gull Inn Oceanfront shutting down at the end of summer.  They’re being torn down and replace with one new hotel.  James River Coal Company now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  In 2013, 500 employees became unemployed: “The coal markets in the U.S. have changed dramatically during the past several years. Some of these changes are cyclical due to continued weakness in the real economy. Other of the changes are more permanent like changes in government environmental regulations, improved methods to produce natural gas, and switching between coal basins by domestic power utilities.”-Peter T. Socha, CEO

Washington: In Kelso, after only nine years Chuck E Cheese pizza place shutdown.  Company officials said it was a “strategic decision”, meaning the economy sucks.  In Seattle, after 25 years Maple Leaf Grill shutting down in May.

Wisconsin: In South Milwaukee, heavy equipment maker Caterpillar laid off 60 employees.  It’s blamed on the accelerating decline in demand for mining equipment.

03 – 04 April 2014: More proof Warren Buffet kills U.S. jobs! 

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, 01 – 04 July 2014: UN says U.S. airstrikes killing children, covert genocide op? Was Aussie Digger murdered by one of his own? U.S. subcontractors using Americans as wage slaves?

Badakhshan Province: In Jaram District, reports that U.S. led Afghan National Army (ANA) bombarded a village with mortars and airstrikes.  Seven women and children killed, six wounded.

Balkh Province: In Mazar-e-Sharif City,  a bomb exploded in a market, two people killed nine wounded.

Ghor Province: Near Pasaband District, an infamous warlord who’s been paid off by the U.S. puppet government, has now reneged and joined the Mujahideen.  He has 150 of his own soldiers (probably trained by U.S.-NATO forces).

Helmand Province: In Babaji District, Mujahideen report they’ve launched an offensive to retake the areas of  Malgir, Chahr Kuchi, Toghi and Kor Ghojat.  So far they’ve captured two FOBs (forward operating base), and suffered one wounded and one Mujahid killed.  Mujahideen claim they are on the verge of taking control of Sangin, Nawzad and Kajaki districts.

Herat Province: In Gulran District, reports that children playing dug up a bomb, which then exploded.  Two killed, eight wounded.  Of course government officials blame Mujahideen, without evidence.  It could have been unexploded ordinance (UXO) left by occupation forces.

Kabul Province: On the Occupation’s main base, a British empire Australian Digger was found shot inside an administration building.  He later died in a hospital.  Aussie DoD claims the family does not want any further details made public, an investigation is underway.  In Kabul City, a convoy of fuelers were set on fire in a parking lot.  Officials say 200 tanker trucks were damaged or destroyed.  A kamikaze bomber attacked the Ministry of Agriculture.  Eight ANA soldiers killed, 13 wounded.  An undisclosed number of civilians were killed or wounded.    The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) approves of a new election fraud investigation.  This time voting stations who totaled 599 or more ballots cast will undergo more investigations and recounts!

Kandahar Province: In Zihiri District, Mujahideen claim a kamikaze bomber rammed his vehicle into a Bradley type APC of a U.S.-NATO-ISAF convoy, completely destroying the armored personnel carrier.   Witnesses say the fire burned for hours.

The United Nations reports that Pakistan’s increased military action against unwanted and unhappy people living inside its internationally recognized borders, I mean Pakistan’s War on Terrorists, has pushed more than 120-thousand people into Afghanistan.  I wonder if people in the United States still think Pakistan isn’t doing its part in the U.S. led War on Terror?

The United Nations also reported that the U.S. led occupation of Afghanistan has killed 545 children in 2013, a 30% increase from 2012!  Most of the deaths were blamed on home made bombs used by resistance fighters or by bombs left behind (UXO) by occupation forces.  The UN also specified deaths caused by direct U.S.-NATO-Afghan puppet government attacks:  29 by airstrikes/drone strikes and 167 by crossfire.

The UN says more than 1149 children were wounded in 2013.  Add these numbers to the thousands of Afghan children mysteriously starving to death (under UN food programs), and this whole occupation thing is starting to look like a covert genocide op!

The U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) discovered that a subcontractor ripped off their own U.S. employees, big time.  There is a $7-million USD lawsuit against Onsite Occupational Health and Safety, which claims the taxpayer rip-off company cheated at least 20 U.S. healthcare workers by forcing them to work as long as 84 hours per week, without being paid!   Apparently the healthcare workers were paid for only 40 hours per week.  Onsite Occupational Health and Safety was paid with U.S. taxes.   It turns out that SIGAR tried to warn the Obama regime about  Onsite Occupational Health and Safety back in June 2013, but there was no reaction.  SIGAR said they are investigating at least 23 complaints against the company, and get eight to ten new complaints everyday.  It also turns out that since December 2013 Onsite Occupational Health and Safety has quietly settled other slave wage claims, to the tune of $427-thousand.

SIGAR has also reported that the U.S. government has spent $7-billion in taxes supposedly trying to stop opium growing in Afghanistan.  Mmmm, was the money really spent to stop it or expand opium production?  After all, year after year it only goes up to record levels.  Also, if you pay attention to many videos of U.S. and U.K forces tromping through opium fields you’ll notice they’re not doing anything to destroy the opium.   It looks almost like they’re protecting the opium.

A 2013 Harvard Kennedy School study say U.S. taxpayers will be paying for the War on Terror for decades, it could cost as much as $6-trillion: “The single largest accrued liability of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is the cost of providing medical care and disability benefits to war veterans.  Historically, the bill for these costs has come due many decades later.”

What economic future do your kids have now?

And then there’s the evil Veterans Affairs, finally caught offing veterans by denying healthcare, which has asked congress for a record $154-billion so it can continue to ‘care’ for those who foolishly sacrifice themselves in an illegal war.

Is the whole War on Terror a covert op to bankrupt bust the people of the United States?

150 militiamen of the Army National Guard’s 858th Engineer Company (Mississippi) returned from Afghanistan.