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Exceptional Failed State: Kmart turns into Grinch & steals charity’s Xmas gifts? More closings!

20 June 2014 (22:10 UTC-07 Tango 19 June 2014)/21 Sha’ban 1435/30 Khordad 1393/23 Geng Wu 4712

Louisiana losing another Kmart in September.  North Carolina Kmart closing in September.

In California, the San Diego Kmart that shutdown without notice refused to give a charity its layaway items!  The non-profit Skate Everyday was paying for xmas gifts for their yearly Breakfast With Santa event.  Kmart not only failed to give warning about the store closing, but never warned customers who had items on layaway: “We had hats, beanies, scarves, school supplies, backpacks actually on layaway at this Kmart. This Kmart closed its doors on us, they did not give us a call!  At this point in time our event is in jeopardy because a lot of our products were going to come from this Kmart. We pretty much need help. We’re a small organization but we like to do big events for the actual public.  Hoping Kmart will give us a call and a miracle can happen.”-Aaron Reynolds, Skate Everyday

Sears/Kmart officials say the best they can do is refund layaway customers their money.

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:  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).

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.

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), 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, recently revealed 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).

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), recently revealed 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), recently revealed Grand Blanc Kmart (49 jobs lost), Lapeer Kmart (56 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).

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), recently revealed 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). 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).

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).

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).

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)

International

World War 3 Afghanistan, 16 – 18 June 2014: Australia decides to stay! U.S. Army medical study says Guard units suffer more than Active Duty personnel! Pakistan wants Afghanistan to join in the fight!

Ghazni Province: Afghan government officials now say the dozens of teachers and students kidnapped from the Kandahar University were taken to Pakistan.

Helmand Province: Camp Bastion/Leatherneck, a USMC H-53 Super Stallion helicopter crashed.  An unnamed source with HMH-466 The Wolfpack said the ‘copter ran out of fuel while in high hover.  More than 14 Marines were onboard, officials claim none were hurt.

Kabul Province: Ahmad Zia Massoud has been declared the winner in the second round of the presidential election.  Obama regime puppet Abdullah Abdullah has vowed not to recognize the democratic results!   Government officials continue to report non-stop battles with Mujahideen all across the country, hundreds killed, hundreds wounded, including civilians and government personnel.  Indian news media reporting that ever since Pakistan began its massive offensive against Pakistani Mujahideen, more than 2-thousand people have fled across the border into Afghanistan.   Afghan officials told Indian news sources that at first they thought the refugees were militants: “The government is conducting a survey and our people are helping them with food and shelter.”-Sahira Sharif, female Afghan MP

Kapisa Province: In Tagab District, Mujahideen claim they killed two U.S.-NATO-ISAF personnel in a firefight, and destroyed one armored vehicle.

Kunar Province: In Asadabad District, one child killed, five family members wounded.  A Mujahideen mortar round landed on a residence, it was intended for a police check point.   Pakistan is now asking for Afghanistan to join its own war against Pakistani Mujahideen. Pakistan says most of the cross border attacks in Kunar Province were the result of Pakistani troops chasing Pakistani Mujahideen.

Maiden Wardak Province: In Syed Abad District, Mujahideen ambushed the provincial governor’s convoy. Three armored vehicles destroyed, two Toyota technicals destroyed, four security guards killed.  After some time of fighting U.S.-NATO aircraft were called in, this allowed the governor to escape.

Back in February the British empire member Australia announced they were finished with the “active” part of the Afghanistan occupation.  Now Aussie Defence Force boss, General David Hurley, has confirmed that at least 400 Diggers will stay in Afghanistan until the end of 2016!

A study “…funded and conducted under a protocol (USAISR Protocol no.: H-11-037) that was reviewed and approved by the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command Institutional Review Board…” concluded that Reserve Component (RC, aka federal Army Reserve and state National Guard) suffer more medical/dental non-battle field problems, in Afghanistan (OEF) and Iraq (OIF), than did Active Duty (AD, aka U.S. Army): “The data from this study suggest that RC Soldiers have higher rates of D-DNBI [dental disease and nonbattle injury] when compared to their AD counterparts. However, given the significant differences found in D-DNBI rates between the ARNG, USAR, and AD in both campaigns, future studies should be conducted to identify potential risk factors to determine if the higher rates are due to an inequality……”-The Incidence of Dental Disease Nonbattle Injuries in Deployed U.S. Army Personnel

Idaho, U.S.

False Flag U.S.A.: Eastern Idaho Sheriffs train under I-RAPTER for coming nuclear disaster!

18 June 2014 (11:17 UTC-07 Tango)/19 Sha’ban 1435/28 Khordad 1393/21 Geng Wu 4712

Idaho’s Bonneville County Sheriff’s Department took part in the International Radiological Assistance Program Training for Emergency Response (I-RAPTER) radiological response training put on by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Idaho National Laboratory and the U.S. Department of Energy.

The main scenario was an incident involving the transportation of nuclear waste, but Bonneville County Sheriff spokesman Jeff Edwards explained they also trained for the theft of radioactive materials from hospitals.

Most people don’t know that medical testing devices, like x-ray machines, use radioactive material.

According to the NationalJournal this I-RAPTER nuclear disaster training was a joint training exercise that took place not just in eastern Idaho, but in a recent NATO exercise held in Czech Republic: “The course focused on procedures for first responders, law enforcement and specialists in detecting and responding to emergencies involving nuclear and radiological material. The participants received classroom instruction on radiation concepts, radiation detection, mission planning, alarm adjudication and response/recovery. The field exercises were designed to provide hands-on training using radiation detection technology to localize radiation hotspots, measure dose rates, and identify the radioactive material. Participants gained real-world experience when they located and identified radiation sources at the local air museum using a Spectral Advanced Radiological Computer System (SPARCS) mounted in a van.”

Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico, and the Remote Sensing Laboratory at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, also assist with I-RAPTER training.

In 2010 the U.S. Department of Energy was tasked by Homeland Security with picking a nuclear disaster training site for ‘first responders’, and ended up choosing the Idaho National Laboratory.

Business/Economics

U.S. job losses & store closings 10 March 2014: U.S. Army behind massive school shutdowns? Another women’s clothing store going down!

Incomplete list of announced closings & layoffs.

Alaska: In Fairbanks, after 48 years Carr’s Men’s Clothing Store shutdown.

California: In Pomona, Future Foam laid off 40 employees.  In Irvine, Too Big to Jail JPMorganChase killed 168 jobs!  In Mountain View, Palo Alto Medical Foundation-Summit Health laid off two employees.

Florida:  After 61 years Pensacola Photo Supply shutdown.  In Broward, after 73 years Carls Furniture shutdown.  In Tampa, Too Big to Jail accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers laid off 19 IT employees.

Iowa: West Des Moines says they must shutdown the Phenix Early Childhood Center in order to deal with education funding cuts.  180 students and 12 teachers affected!  After 18 years Carlos O’Kelly’s Mexican Cafe shutdown three restaurants!

Kentucky: Fort Knox to shutdown four schools; Kingsolver Elementary, Mudge Elementary, Pierce Elementary and Walker Intermediate School.  That’s half their schools!  130 jobs will be lost! It’s blamed on the de-activation of the U.S. Army’s 3rd Brigade.

Maryland: In Cambridge, after 76 years Lednum’s Jewelers shutdown.

Michigan: In Royal Oak, a Barnes & Nobel bookstore shutdown.  It’s part of the massive Barnes & Noble shutdown across the country.  Some news reports blame competition with the internet, but that doesn’t hold water because Barnes & Noble also sells over the internet.

Minnesota: In Saint Cloud, after 27 years The Electric Fetus music store shutdown.  The owners said sales didn’t justify renewing the lease.

New Jersey:  Large women’s clothing retailer Ashley Stewart now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  Company officials say their sales have been crashing since 2012.

New York: In Sherrill, the Oneida Company Store shutting down in April.  It’s part of the Oneida-Anchor Hocking merger creating a new company called Everyware.  The Wappingers Central School District  warned they might be forced to shutdown Vassar Road Elementary School.  Long Island College Hospital killing 350 healthcare jobs!   The hospital is for sale.  If it is not sold by May it will shutdown, affecting 1400 jobs!

Ohio: In Norton, after 52 years Gainer’s Barbershop shutdown.  The owner said the economy is “beginning to take its toll”.  In Columbus, after 60 years the last Cord Camera store shutdown.

Oregon: In The Dalles, Anana’s Boutique and Copa Cabaña shutdown.

Texas: Too Big to Jail Bank of America killing 156 mortgage industry jobs in Dallas, Tarrant and Collin counties!  It’s blamed on the coming housing market collapse!

Virginia: Debt collector NCO Financial Systems killed 107 call center jobs! The evil debt collector has been unable to force unemployed people from paying up and as a result they’ve lost millions of dollars every quarter.

Washington DC: International law and lobbying firm Patton Bogs laid off about 20 employees.

06 – 09 March 2014: “2013 was an awful, awful year for us!” 

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

Destroy U.S. Dollar: Statement by People’s Republic of China & United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

I. At the invitation of the Rt Hon David Cameron MP, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, H.E. Premier Li Keqiang of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China paid an official visit to the UK from 16 to 19 June 2014 and held the Annual Prime Ministers’ Meeting. The two sides had in-depth discussions on bilateral relations, practical cooperation in various fields and international and regional issues of mutual interest. Both sides underlined that since the establishment of the China-UK comprehensive strategic partnership ten years ago, bilateral relations have made significant progress, with frequent political exchanges and substantial cooperation in economics, trade, education, climate change and energy, science, technology and culture. As P5 members, both sides believe that deepening China-UK relations is not only in the fundamental interests of both countries but is also conducive to maintaining world peace and stability. They agreed to work together to push forward bilateral cooperation in growth, reform and innovation.

II. As such the UK and China have agreed that their comprehensive, strategic partnership has become an indispensable element of each other’s foreign policy agendas. As comprehensive strategic partners, China and the UK view each other’s development as important opportunities. Both sides agreed to increase high-level visits in order to guide the development of bilateral relations. Both sides spoke highly of the important role of high-level exchange mechanisms, including the Annual Prime Ministers’ Meeting, Economic and Financial Dialogue (EFD), High-Level People-to-People Dialogue and Strategic Dialogue, and agreed to further enrich their formats and contents. Both sides agreed to hold the sixth round of the Economic and Financial Dialogue in the middle of September this year in the UK.

III. Both sides agreed that reform and innovation are of high significance to the economic and social development of a country. The UK side takes note of decisions taken during the 3rd Plenum of the 18th CPC Central Committee in November 2013 regarding comprehensively deepening reform, supports China’s efforts in deepening economic structural reform to have the market play a decisive role in resource allocation and promote sustained, sound economic and social development. Both sides will designate relevant think tanks in co-hosting the China-UK Reform and Innovation Forum.

IV. Both sides are committed to an open global economy, trade liberalisation and stand ready to expand economic and trade cooperation and promote development in each other’s markets. They renewed their commitment to the joint target of $100 billion by 2015.

V. Both sides stressed the importance of mutual investment in promoting respective long-term economic growth and employment and spoke highly of the MOU on Strengthening Bilateral Investment Cooperation signed by China’s National Development and Reform Commission and the UK’s Department of Business, Innovation and Skills. The MOU on Establishment of a Working Group on Investment Promotion under the Framework of China-UK Joint Commission signed by China’s Ministry of Commerce and the UK’s Department of Business, Innovation and Skills aims at promoting mutual investment, providing a favorable external environment for business investment from the other party and maintaining policy continuity to protect the interests of foreign investors. The Chinese side encourages and supports capable Chinese companies to invest in the UK, which will in turn support the expansion of Chinese companies in other advanced markets and the UK side recognises Chinese companies’ increasing investment in the UK in recent years, and welcomes their continuous investment in infrastructure sectors such as transportation and energy, particularly nuclear, high-speed rail, offshore wind power and photovoltaic projects.

VI. Both sides recognised the complementary skills and expertise of both countries in delivering affordable, efficient and sustainable infrastructure, and welcomed progress in working together. Both sides agreed to establish a strategic partnership on infrastructure and committed to working together to support further collaboration between UK and Chinese companies, on more projects.

VII. Both governments agreed that energy collaboration was a key pillar of the bilateral relationship. This collaboration supports the clean and low carbon energy transition and is conducive to affordable and secure energy supplies for the future. In this regard, both sides welcomed the cooperation on civil nuclear energy and signing of a joint statement on civil nuclear power. Both sides welcomed Chinese and UK companies’ participation in civil energy projects in each other’s country. The UK welcomed Chinese investment and progressive participation in the construction of new build nuclear energy projects in the UK, and was open to Chinese companies leading the development of other nuclear power station site(s) in the UK and the potential deployment of Chinese reactor technology in the UK, subject to meeting the stringent requirements of the UK’s independent regulators. Both countries recognised that companies entering into the UK through partnership would be in the best position later to maximise the growing opportunities that will be on offer in the UK nuclear market. Both sides stand ready to work together to ensure the success of Hinkley Point as soon as possible. Both sides welcomed the signing of an agreement to collaborate further in the field of nuclear fuel supply-chain and agreed to work together to strengthen cooperation in areas including waste treatment and decommissioning.

VIII. Both sides agreed to promote substantive co-operation between the UK and China on rail (including high-speed rail), in areas including design, engineering, construction, supply operation and maintenance, on projects in China and the UK. To this end both sides welcomed the MOU on Collaboration in the Field of Rail Transportation.

IX. Both sides will strengthen concrete cooperation in offshore wind power technology, installation standards and financing mechanisms and jointly consider establishing a training center for offshore wind power technologies according to the MOU between China and the UK on Offshore Wind Power Cooperation.

X. Both sides welcome a greater role of RMB in international trade and investment and the establishment of an RMB clearing bank in London. The UK regulatory authorities have agreed to consider applications from Chinese banks to set up branches for wholesale business in the UK; the UK also encourages Chinese companies to issue RMB-denominated bonds at the London Stock Exchange. Both sides welcome the strong growth of London’s RMB markets, making London one of the most active RMB centres in the world, and stand ready to work together to strengthen it. Both sides welcome direct transaction between RMB and Pound Sterling in their respective foreign exchange markets.

XI. Both sides agreed to continue and deepen the already outstanding cooperation between the UK and China in promoting free trade, strengthen cooperation on the China (Shanghai) Free Trade Zone, and to encourage two-way trade and investment.

XII. Both sides welcomed their strong cooperation on people-centred and holistic urbanisation. In particular, both sides agreed to increase policy exchange and technological collaboration on low carbon urban planning, air and water pollution control, and healthcare development and reforms. Both sides welcomed the signing of the MOU on Strengthening Cooperation on Green and Low Carbon Urbanisation.

XIII. Both sides agreed to step up cooperation in aerospace and maritime development.

XIV. Both sides welcome the growing UK-China collaboration on healthcare development and reform.

XV. The UK agrees to work to promote and facilitate bilateral high-tech trade with China for civil end uses and civil end users.

XVI. Both sides agree on the importance of effective intellectual property (IP) protection to stimulate innovation and economic development. Both sides will work together to help British companies protect IP in China and Chinese companies protect IP in the UK. Both sides welcome cooperation activities between relevant agencies and agree to further exchanges on issues of mutual interest in terms of global IP frameworks.

XVII. Both sides agreed to further promote people-to-people exchange and cooperation to deepen mutual understanding and perception between the two peoples. The two sides agreed to set 2015 as a year of UK-China cultural exchange: the first half of the year for the UK season of culture in China; the second half of the year for the Chinese season of culture in the UK. The two sides would cooperate closely in this regard.

XVIII. Both sides see great value in cooperation between institutions of higher learning, primary and secondary schools, as well as exchanges among students and researchers, will deepen cooperation in higher education, technical, vocational and professional education, scientific research and innovation, and push forward Mandarin teaching in the UK and English teaching in China. China will send 10,000 government-sponsored students and scholars to the UK in the next five years, and the UK will send 80,000 students to China for study by 2020. Both sides welcome intern students from the other party.

XIX. Both sides attach importance to the China-UK Joint Scientific Innovation Fund, and will enable research and innovation in key areas which are priorities for both countries: health, environmental technologies, food and water, urbanisation, energy and education. The UK and China recognised their role as global leaders in science and innovation and stressed the importance of substantial investment in large scale facilities for pioneering research and future technologies. Both sides welcomed the launch of the program which will deliver Fellowships, PhD Partnerships, Science and Innovation Bridges and a Climate Science Partnership. China agreed to join the UK to promote the Square Kilometre Array.

XX. Both sides agreed to promote exchange and cooperation on cultural and creative industries, press and publication, radio, film and television. Both sides agreed to promote the translation of each other’s contemporary literary classics.

XXI. China and the UK will establish Consulates General in Belfast and Wuhan respectively, and both sides will provide assistance to each other in this regard. Both sides agreed to jointly push forward negotiations on the bilateral consular treaty. Both sides agreed to adopt active measures to streamline and simplify visa application procedures for closer interaction between the two peoples and the development of tourism.

XXII. Both sides will promote early ratification of the Agreement between China and the UK on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters by their legislative bodies to enhance the efficiency in their joint efforts in fighting crime. Both sides agreed to strengthen cooperation in fighting illegal migration as provided for in the 2004 Migration MOU. Both sides will strengthen cooperation in judicial and law enforcement.

XXIII. Both sides stand ready to deepen understanding of each other’s development paths and strengthen political trust. Both sides emphasise the importance of promoting and protecting human rights and the rule of law and stand ready to strengthen their human rights dialogue on the basis of equality and mutual respect. In line with its longstanding policy, the UK recognises that Tibet is part of the People’s Republic of China and does not support Tibetan independence. Both sides agreed it is both in China and the UK’s interests to promote the prosperity and stability of Hong Kong in accordance with the “one country, two systems” principle and the basic law.

XXIV. Both sides attach high importance to deepening the China-EU Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and welcome the Joint Statement of Deepening the China-EU Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for Mutual Benefit published during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Europe. Both sides are committed to working continuously to implement the EU-China 2020 Strategic Agenda, promote EU-China cooperation and take concrete actions to forge the EU-China partnership for peace, growth, reform and civilisation. Both sides support negotiations for an EU-China investment agreement to lift pragmatic cooperation to a new level, in particular, to facilitate mutually beneficial access to each other’s investment and services markets. Both sides reaffirm their commitment to the long term goal of an ambitious and comprehensive EU China free trade agreement, in accordance with the EU-China 2020 Strategic Agenda. In support of this goal, the two sides support China and the EU in launching a joint feasibility study on an EU-China trade agreement as early as possible when conditions are right. To begin exploring the associated issues, both sides participated in a productive academic and business workshop on Prospects for EU-China Trade: the EU-China Free Trade Agreement and China’s Free Trade Zones.

XXV. The international situation is undergoing profound and complex changes. Both sides agreed that as major countries with global influence and permanent members of the UN Security Council, their close cooperation is conducive to tackling the global challenges of the 21st century. Both sides will make active contribution to international peace, security and development in accordance with the UN Charter and international law.

XXVI. Both sides stand ready to strengthen international cooperation at the bilateral and multilateral level and under the China-EU framework and will adhere to the principle of peaceful settlement of international and regional disputes through dialogue and on the basis of the UN Charter and international law. We will work actively to promote the peaceful resolution of the Iranian nuclear issue, the North Korean nuclear issue, Ukraine, Syria, Middle East, Afghanistan and other hot-spot issues. The two sides will maintain regular exchanges on climate change, international development, counter proliferation, food security and other global challenges, and strengthen coordination and cooperation on UN peacekeeping missions. Both sides welcomed constructive and frank discussions of cyber issues through the UK-China Cyber Dialogue. The UK and China agree on the importance of ending the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war worldwide.

XXVII. Both sides are committed to a post-2015 development framework centered on the eradication of poverty and promotion of common growth. Both sides stand ready to strengthen cooperation on supporting development and security in Africa. Both sides welcomed their collaboration on global health issues.

XXVIII. Both sides welcomed the Joint Statement on Climate Change released during the summit. The UK and China both recognise the clear imperative to work together towards a global framework for ambitious climate change action, since this will support efforts to bring about low carbon transitions in our own countries, and agreed to strengthen policy dialogue and practical cooperation.

XXIX. Both sides are ready to make joint efforts for the strong, balanced and sustainable growth of global economy, maintain and consolidate the multilateral trade systems represented by WTO, and oppose protectionism of any form. Both sides support the G20 as the premier forum for international economic cooperation, and will work for an open world economy and a positive and result-oriented comprehensive growth strategy to be announced on the G20 Brisbane Summit.

XXX. Both sides agreed to promote cultural harmony, cherish the diversity and richness of different cultures, and promote dialogue and mutual learning among cultures to share the progress of human civilisation.

 

Business/Economics

U.S. Dollar to crash & burn! British Empire joins Russia to destroy U.S. dollar! Choose Chinese RMB to replace USD for international trade!

18 June 2014 (06:42 UTC-07 Tango)/19 Sha’ban 1435/28 Khordad 1393/21 Geng Wu 4712

For decades the United Kingdom has supported the United States by requiring the World to use U.S. dollars for international trade, but no more!  Today, the government of the British empire member United Kingdom (aka Britain) signed a massive trade deal with China, making the Chinese RMB (aka Renminbi, aka Yuan, aka CNY) the new international currency!  The deal is said to be worth $24-billion USD, if it would have involved the USD.

But wait, there’s more!  British Petroleum (BP, you know, the ones who destroyed the Gulf of Mexico and influenced the U.S. to invade Iraq) has sign a $20-billion natural gas deal with China, but no, it’s not being paid for in USD.

Towards the end of May, China signed a bigger deal with Russia.  Russia will sell China the equivalent of $400-billion USD in natural gas, however it does not involve USD, Russia will accept Chinese RMB.

Since the U.S. Nixon regime (1969-74) took the USD off the gold standard, and then created the U.S. Petro Dollar system with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom, the World has had to buy their oil and gas using USD.  And don’t forget the USD has been the official default currency for World governments since the end of the Second World War, but not anymore.   Since the value of the USD has been pegged to international trade, the switch to the RMB has to be the finally death blow to the artificial value of the USD.

It looks like the U.S. oil industry will have to settle for Chinese cash if it wants to continue doing international business.

Chinese news media is reporting that not only did the ‘elected’ officials of the U.K. approve the abandonment of the USD, but so did the evil Queen of England!

Statement by People’s Republic of China & United Kingdom

British empire plan for global takeover, the people of the United States are patsies! 

China stops use of U.S. dollar in Afghan banks!

it is not China who is the biggest foreign direct investor (FDI) in the United States…..it is the British empire’s United Kingdom

CHINA ACCEPTS NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR!

Vietnam bans the U.S. dollar

Putin will destroy United States by crashing U.S. dollar

Australia, New Zealand give up U.S. Dollar!

Argentina dumps U.S. dollars

IMF accepts Chinese Yuan policy against U.S. dollar

BRICS will dump the U.S. dollar

Apple now takes the Chinese Yuan, over the U.S. Dollar 

CHINESE YUAN COULD REPLACE THE U.S. DOLLAR WITHIN 10 YEARS

International

New Iraq War is blowback or even False Flag op from U.S. occupation! Current rebel leader forced to join ISIS while under U.S. control?

17 June 2014 (09:33 UTC-07 Tango)/18 Sha’ban 1435/27 Khordad 1393/20 Geng Wu 4712

“I’ll see you guys in New York.”-Quote attributed to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi by U.S. Army Colonel Kenneth King, when al-Baghdadi was released from prison in 2009 (under orders from the Obama regime?)

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the current leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), aka Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), became a member of the extremist rebel group while being held in a U.S. controlled prison (Camp Bucca) during the U.S. occupation of Iraq.

“We know for a fact that he was imprisoned in a U.S. facility during the insurgency back in 2005.  Exactly when he was released and the conditions under  the circumstances of that release are not exactly clear.  But what is clear is that…..he was radicalized in prison and then rose through the ranks of the ISI and then the ISIL.”-Brian Fishman, New American Foundation, PBS Newshour interview 16 June 2014

U.S. Army Colonel Kenneth King indicated he knew something was wrong about releasing al-Baghdadi: “We spent how many missions and how many soldiers were put at risk when we caught this guy, and we just released him?!”

Once again, the United States had a hand in the creation of a False Flag ‘terrorist threat’!

Iraq is correctly pronounced EE-Rock.

Business/Economics

U.S. job losses & store closings 06 – 09 March 2014: “2013 was an awful, awful year for us!” Greedy property owners kill furniture stores & restaurants! Disappearing students kill universities & sandwich shops! No more Fritos?

Incomplete list of announced closings & layoffs.

California:  TV soap opera producer Prospect Park Network now bankrupt busted.   The company blames the ABC television network.  In San Jose, Diddams Party & Toy Store shutdown.  The owner said sales are not strong enough to cover the rent.  In Sacramento, The Fresh Market grocery store chain shutdown three stores!  The company blamed the bad economy.   Disney Interactive finally revealed how many video game jobs it will kill in California; 276!  In Los Angeles, YouTube prodigy Machinima laid off 42 employees, it’s more proof the internet is not making money! Also, what automotive industry recovery?  The Buerge Ford, Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge dealership shutdown, 125 jobs lost!  In San Diego, Salix Pharmaceuticals killed 200 jobs!  In Valencia, tech company Arvato laid off 30 employees.  Kroger shutdown two more Ralph’s grocery stores, 107 jobs lost!  In Orange, Obama Care killed 152 jobs at Saint Joseph Hospital!  More layoffs with Sutter Health-Alta Bates Summit Medical Centers, this time 28 jobs lost.

Colorado: Durango School District laying off 24 people.  School officials say that despite increasing student enrollment the state has drastically cut funding.

Delaware: Who said tech jobs were recession proof? Computer equipment maker Emerson Network Power announced it is laying off 63 employees in June.  Company official blame the bad economy.

Florida:  The Tampa Bay Times newspaper is now offering employees bribes to get them to voluntarily quit (employee buyouts).  Employees must decide by the end of the month, then full scale layoffs will take place.

Georgia: In Lawrenceville, another Hallmark card shop is shutdown.  After 21 years Jen’s Hallmark now closed for good.

Illinois:  Obama Care killing 148 jobs with Accretive Health!  Passages Hospice laid off 88 employees, the owners are facing health care fraud charges.  Plastic container maker Graham Packaging says it will kill 170 jobs in May!  Other companies reporting layoffs include OfficeDepot, PolyOne designed Structures and Solutions, Sodexo and American TV and Appliance of Madison, totaling 1-thousand job losses!

Kentucky:  In Corbin, taxsucker General Dynamics laying off 93 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services employees in May. It’s blamed on Obama Care.  Local government officials say the announcement was unexpected, especially since General Dynamics was one of 18 contractors to be awarded a five year $800-million USD contract to implement Obama Care plans to force people out of long term hospital care and into home care.

Maryland: The Baltimore city Housing Authority warned it might have to layoff 24 employees.  However, some reports say as many as 200 employees could become unemployed! It’s blamed on federal funding cuts, but it was revealed by one local news source that the public housing agency wants to sell off housing units to private developers under the recently created federal Rental Assistance Demonstration program.

Massachusetts:  Mormon Mitt Romney’s wonder child, Massachusetts based Staples, now shutting down 225 office supply stores!  Other cost cutting actions will take place as well.  Thousands of jobs will be lost!

Michigan: In Royal Oak, Birkenstock shoe store Footprints shutdown.

Minnesota: In Hibbing, after 30 years Zimmy’s restaurant shutdown. The owner was unable to pay taxes and lost their booze license.

New Jersey: Newark School District will kill 30% of their 3200 teaching jobs over the next three years!  They will base the layoffs on performance evaluations.

New Mexico: In Farmington, after only three years My Big Fat Greek Restaurant shutdown, 38 jobs lost.  The restaurant owner blamed the greedy property owner.

New York:  New York based pizza chain Sbarro now bankrupt busted, and that’s after shutting down 155 stores!  Home Furniture Gallery shutdown two stores and laid off employees at its HQ.  It surprised employees because originally only one store was to shutdown.  According to company officials the property owner of the store sites “yanked” the leases!  In Long Island, legal drugs maker Forest Laboratories laying off 20% of employees.   In Dewitt, electric motor maker Advanced Motors & Drives laid off 69 employees.  In Rouses Point, legal drugs maker Pfizer laying off six employees in June.   In NYC, Disney Interactive killed 33 jobs.

Oregon: In Brownsville, a Too Big to Jail Key Bank branch to shutdown in June.  Bank officials blame lack of customers.

Pennsylvania: At State College, after only four years Quizno’s sandwich shop shutdown.   The owner blamed the bad economy and the declining college student population (disappearing students).  In Fell Township, eyeglass maker Gentex Optics announced they are shutting down their factory in October.  145 jobs lost!  Company officials said making eyeglasses is no longer profitable.  In Waynesboro, Johnson Controls shutting down and moving to Mexico by the end of 2015, 203 jobs lost!

Tennessee: God refused to stop for profit Christian Victory University (Crichton College) from  shutting down!  A wealthy California Christian investor says his family has lost millions trying to float the university for the past five years!  The problem is declining enrollment due to disappearing students, and the fact that the majority of enrolled students are there on scholarships.

Texas: In Oak Cliff, Frito-Lay announced they will shutdown a factory and a warehouse in August. The number of jobs being killed was not revealed.   In Austin, after 27 years Toy Joy shutdown due to foreclosure.  The co-owner blames the gott damned economy: “2013 was an awful, awful year for us!”-Trevor Yopp

Vermont: Norwich University announced it will kill an undisclosed number of jobs in June.  It’s blamed on disappearing students.

Virginia: In Virginia Beach, after 33 years Cape Henry General Merchandise and Hardware Store shutdown.   The owners say the bad economy over the past few years killed them.

04 – 05 March 2014:  God kills The Jewish Mother! 

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

Technology, U.S.

Martial Law U.S.A.: Utah not only home to massive NSA data centers, but to massive military intelligence wargames aimed at you?

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Is it any coincidence that in the state considered to be the Mormon capital of the world, not only are there massive data collection centers run by corporations and government contractors, but massive yearly military intelligence wargames as well?

Edward Snowden proved that most of the spying by the National Security Agency is actually being done on U.S. citizens, and the NSA’s main data collection center is located on Camp Williams, Utah.

‘Intelligence collectors’ board a UH-60 Black Hawk during Panther Strike 2014 at Camp Williams, Utah. California Army National Guard photo Specialist Brianne M. Roudebush, 18JUN2014.

(I attended PLDC [pronounced p-l-d-c] and BNCO [pronounced b-knock] at Camp Williams)

A simulated forward operating base (FOB) on Camp Williams. Utah Army National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Robert D Walden, 17JUN2014.

But there’s something else happening at Camp Williams: Operation Panther Strike.  Why?  “For the current conflicts we’re involved in, Utah provides some critical elements of realism. Salt Lake is at the same elevation as Bagram Airfield there in Afghanistan, and many soldiers comment on the similarities in the terrain. The exercise also tends to gravitate here because there is a lot of command support, and investments have been made to have all the necessary infrastructure in place.“-Colonel Derek Tolman, 300th MI Brigade, Utah

California Army National Guard photo by First Lieutenant Jan Bender, 09JUN2014.

Panther Strike is a yearly wargame involving military intelligence units from the U.S. Army, Army Reserve, National Guard units from at least 20 states, and even the British Empire (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom)!

Panther Strike started in 2003 in Florida, then moved to Utah in 2005.

Canadians joining in the Panther Strike fun on Camp Williams. Utah Army National Guard photo by Sergeant First Class Brock Jones, 11JUN2012.

Then in 2012 it evolved into a global event, becoming the “premiere”  military inteligence wargame: “In previous years, there was more of an emphasis on Warrior Tasks and battle drills than you see in Panther Strike 2012. We really wanted to make this an intelligence-centered exercise.  By making Panther Strike more of an intelligence exercise, we’ve gotten a lot of attention from within the intelligence community, and a lot of support.  For example, Intelligence Security Command has a lot of resources and assets that we have been able to tap into and coordinate for this exercise. A lot of our training teams that came out are INSCOM teams, or are from INSCOM units, which brings a level of legitimacy to the exercise.”-Captain Timothy Kelley, 142nd MI Battalion, Florida

“This is the premiere military intelligence training exercise in the country where you will have signal intelligence, human intelligence, counterintelligence, imagery intelligence and all-source coupled with coalition partners. Soldiers coming to this exercise had the opportunity to work not only with the latest equipment and software; they had the opportunity to train using the full spectrum of intelligences available both in the Guard and in the active component.”-Major Scott A. Chalmers, 300th MI Brigade, Utah

Panther Strike 2014 recently kicked off at Camp Williams.  It involves more than 600 personnel from several federal and state military units, as well as from the British Empire (Australia, Canada and United Kingdom).

Panther Strike 2015  plans to bring in more foreign military units.

Official logo of Low Level Voice Intercept.

MARTIAL LAW U.S.A. 2013: FEDERAL JUDGE SAYS NSA DATA COLLECTION VIOLATES CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF U.S. CITIZENS! CALLS DATA COLLECTION “OREWELLIAN”.

Business/Economics, Idaho

Proof money can’t solve anything: Albertson Foundation throws millions of dollars at education every year, the result is Idaho is now dead last in higher education!

16 June 2014 (07:57 UTC-07 Tango)/17 Sha’ban 1435/26 Khordad 1393/19 Geng Wu 4712

“You can look at the initiatives over the past five years, and you can look at the awareness campaign, and you can look at the data that has actually shown we are getting worse in our Go-On rate.  Is that working? Well, obviously not.”-Jamie MacMillan, Albertson Foundation

The Albertson Foundation has been throwing tens of millions of dollars at the Idaho education system year after year, funding campaigns like Don’t Fail Idaho! and Go On!   Now the results are in and it’s all a big fail!

In 2009 Idaho ranked 43rd in the United States for high school graduates going on to college, in 2013 Idaho fell to last place.

This spring Albertson Foundation conducted a survey of high school students and found that most students did not want a college degree or could not afford to go to college (apparently the folks at Albertson Foundation were shocked at how many high school students said they could not afford college).

High school students also stated that the higher education campaign ads gave them two options: Flip burgers or get in massive debt going to college!

Maybe high school grads aren’t so dumb after all, and it’s the Albertson Foundation that needs to go back to school?

Albertson Foundation is still determined to throw more money at their failed attempts to save education, but they say they’ll focus on other forms of post high school education, like vocational training.   Albertson Foundation will also use social media to spread their new propaganda.