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Business/Economics, U.S.

Exceptional Failed State: U.S. job losses & store closings 13 August 2013. Warren Buffet kills 600 jobs! Company says bad economy “unprecedented” & “no foreseeable improvement”! Private prisons admit they want more Americans in prisons for the cash!

Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs.

Aircraft engine maker, Pratt & Whitney, laid off 400 employees!  This is on top of the employee buyout back in May.  Since January, the government tax sucker has laid off 1400 people!

Arizona: In Yuma, 50 years old La Casa Gutierrez Restaurant shut down.  The restaurant was in the family’s home, built in 1895.  They wanted to make sure the home was preserved for Yuma’s history.  They also admitted “…the foundation is compromised…”

Arkansas: 23 years old Brown & Hawkins closed down. The family owners want to retire, they tried to sell the clothing store but nobody was interested.

California: In Palo Alto, Hewlett Packard laid off 500 people! It’s blamed on crashing computer sales.  Another video game maker, Crystal Dynamics, laid off about 12 employees.   In Hollywood the marketing company, The Cimarron Group, out-o-business.  The company that promoted movies like Ice Age and Brave has been quietly closing offices around the World for several months.  In Los Gatos, restaurant Hobee’s Los Gatos shut down. The owners said weekday business was so slow they couldn’t pay the “premier rent”.  The newspaper, Appeal-Democrat, laid off 19 employees. The publisher blamed the suck ass economy: “We are very sorry that we had to let some good people go, but the reduction in workforce was necessary to keep our business healthy.”-Paula Patton

Connecticut:  Tax sucker, Northrop Grumman, laid off more employees in Norwalk.  The factory is being shut down, a total of 315 people will be out-o-work by the end of 2014!  In Bloomfield, Netflix announced it “….has closed the Bloomfield DVD distribution center due mainly to United States Postal Service transportation and service changes, along with increased internal production efficiencies….”

Iowa: In Dubuque, the Main St. Falbo Brothers Pizzeria closed.  The owners said it wasn’t making a profit.

Maine: Maine Medical Center eliminates 225 filled and vacant positions.  It’s blamed on Obama Care and reduced number of patients.

Massachusetts: In Plymouth, the Used Book Superstore closed after only 10 months in business. It’s blamed on the suck ass economy: “We hired a remarkable staff in this location, who all did their best to provide a clean, well-stocked and well-merchandised bookstore.  Unfortunately, we have not been able to hit the numbers we need to hit to make this location work.”-Bob Ticehurst, president

Michigan: The Portage Manufacturing Plant shut down, 40 people unemployed.  The factory was taken over by competition.   In Flint, Bearded Lady Records shut down after only one year in business.   The owner said he had too many projects to deal with.

New York: In Forest Hills, Laytner’s Linen & Home to close at the end of the year.  An unnamed employee told local news media “The landlord jacked up the price on the rent!”

North Carolina: In Winston-Salem, 70 years old Community Shoe Store shut down. The owners wanted to retire.  Their children did not want to take over the business and they could not find buyers. Sales had been declining.  The Iredell-Statesville Schools laid off 52 teachers and teacher assistants. That’s on top of the 54 laid off back in June. It’s blamed on a “surprising” crash in student enrollment. One school official says many teachers still can’t believe their jobs are at risk: “There are people right now that think they have jobs that will not have jobs.”-Alvera Lesane, associate superintendent

Ohio:  In Columbus privately run youth prison, Starr Commonwealth, shut down, 77 layoffs.  Back in April they closed their Van Wert prison, lamenting “….we can’t get the state or private people to put enough kids into the system…to make it economically feasible.”  Vinton County’s only major grocery store, McArtur SuperValu, closed after 27 years of operations.  The owners said “Words cannot express the sadness that this decision carries; however, it simply is not feasible for us to continue.”  Retail fixtures supplier, CSC Worldwide, laid off 94 people.  Company officials said they were getting out of building fixtures like dairy coolers for grocery stores. They blamed the suck ass economy: “The decision to conduct layoffs and cease operations at this facility was the result of an unforeseeable economic environment, including an unprecedented deterioration of market conditions with no foreseeable improvement.”-company statement

Pennsylvania: In Pittsburgh, 350 people lost their jobs with Heinz.  It’s part of H.J. Heinz’ plans to layoff 600 people in the U.S. and Canada.  Heinz has been letting employees go ever since Warren Buffet, and 3G Capital, took them over.  Mexico based Bimbo Bakeries shut down their factory in Wilson.  78 people out-o-work.  The company is building a new bakery in Upper Macungie Township.

Wisconsin: In Milwaukee, Blount International laid off 200 people at its chain saw factory!  Spokesman David Dugan said the company is moving operations “…closer to where our customers are in Brazil, China and Canada.” 

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.

International, U.S.

Exceptional Failed State: Obama caught in lie, again! Germany says Obama & Bush fully aware of NSA ops! Bush says Germany “with the terrorists”!

28 October 2013 (22:54 UTC-07 Tango 27 October 2013)/23 Dhu’l-Hijja 1434/06 Aban 1391/24 Ren-Xu (9th month) 4711

“The President assured the Chancellor that the United States is not monitoring and will not monitor the communications of the Chancellor.”-Jay Carney, propaganda secretary for Obama regime

The German newspaper, Bild am Sonntag (Tableau on Sunday), reports that the Obama regime has been fully aware of spying on allies, at least since 2010.  But that’s not all.  A magazine, Mirrior (Spiegel), says the spying on Angela Merkel goes all the way back to the Bush Jr regime, to before the U.S invasion of Iraq.

The Bush Jr regime started spying on Germany because they felt Germany was no longer “with us” as at that time incumbent SPD Chancellor Gerhard Schröder refused to support an invasion of Iraq!  This means Germany has been on the U.S. police state’s War on Terror shit list for the past 11 years.

To prove the point that the Obama regime were part of the spying, German newspapers reporting that the NSA, under Obama’s orders, sent a special unit called F6 Special Collection Service.  Agents used the 4th floor of the U.S. embassy in Berlin, and were in place in time for Obama’s June 2013 visit.

German newspapers are not just using info from Edward Snowden, but claim to be getting info from current “top level NSA insiders”.

I’m surprised Germany thought of the U.S. as a friend, after all, Germany has been occupied by thousands of U.S. military personnel for the past 67 years!  What kind-o-friend is that?

Business/Economics, U.S.

Exceptional Failed State: 600% property tax rate increase! Property developers to blame! Media playing Red Herring game!

27 October 2013 (13:08 UTC-07 Tango)/22 Dhu’l-Hijja 1434/05 Aban 1391/23 Ren-Xu (9th month) 4711

“All these years of getting nothing, then all of a sudden, they want to lay this tax on your back and still not give you nothing! For the last three years, we’ve been paying $128 a year for garbage collection. I don’t even have my green garbage can. Where’s my can? You can call 911, but nobody gonna squeal up to your front door, so forget it.”-Cornelia Bailey, 9th generation resident

In Georgia, U.S.A., the McIntosh County commissioners have reappraised property values on the island of Sapelo.  Some property owners, who can trace their roots back to pre-War Between the States, are facing a 600% increase in taxes as a result!

The county officials ordered a property value reassessment back in January.  The move by county officials could be a way to push out residents so the property can be sold to developers.  Starting in 2010, property owners have been pushed to sell their land to developers.  The large amounts of money that some homes have sold for are what county commissioners are using to justify their huge home value adjustments.

Before developers became interested in the island, homes were only worth an average of $10-thousand USD.  But in the past two years developers have been paying more than $100-thousand for the homes.

The main streamer U.S. news media is making this story sound like a cultural/descendant of former slaves issue, but that’s a red herring.  What this is, is another way that U.S. home owners can have their homes taken away from them, even if they’re paid for.

Sapelo Island can be accessed by boat or plane only.  Most of it is owned by the state.

International, U.S.

World War 3, Asian Front-Afghanistan, 10-12 October 2013: World Bank reverses optimistic outlook for Afghanistan! Mujahideen capture major ISAF base! U.S. forces kidnap prisoner from Afghan forces! Skateboarder blows up convoy! Clothes are now considered weapons!

Daykundi Province: Afghan government forces and U.S.-ISAF forces launched an offensive to take back a base in the Kajran and Baghran area.  They admitted Mujahideen kicked their asses five days ago and captured the ISAF base.  ISAF claims they killed 26 Mujahideen and wounded 34 during the retaking of the base.

Farah Province: In Bala Baluk District, people in Kerani region took to throwing rocks at U.S. military convoys that pass through their village.  The villagers say they are tired of U.S. led Israeli style night time home invasions.  In Bakwa District, U.S. led  forces conducted an Israeli style home invasion.  Four teenaged males and five white beard elders were kidnapped.

Helmand Province: In Nawzad District, reports that Georgian-ISAF  personnel abandoned their FOB in Garma Karez area.

Kandahar Province: In Zhari District, villagers in the Anarak area of Sanzari region report a U.S. led Israeli style home invasion that killed a father and his two sons.   Stars and Stripes sheds some light on how Mujahideen kicked the asses of a U.S. Army Ranger unit several days ago.  A female suicide bomber blew herself up as Rangers were about to conduct an Israeli style home invasion, also in Zhari District.  The unit was then hit with multiple explosions.  75th Ranger Regiment spokeswoman, Tracy Bailey, said casualties are much higher than first reported: “I can’t get into the details. I can tell you we had 30 wounded.”

Khost Province: In Mandozai district, a suicide bomber rammed a U.S.-NATO convoy. Local police say the only person killed was the bomber.  Four civilians wounded.  Mujahideen say U.S.-NATO forces suffered dozens of casualties.  Mujahideen say the bomber used a surf, which is Afghan lingo for skateboard.

Logar Province: In Poli Alam City, a recon drone crashed.  Mujahideen say they captured the wreckage.

Nangarhar Province: In Jalalabad City, a suicide bike bomber blew himself up while trying to crash a police compound.  Two cops killed, one civilian killed.  Eight cops wounded.

Zabul Province: In Shahjoi District, people say they witnessed a U.S.-NATO drone catch fire in mid-air and crash.  In the same district, locals say U.S.-NATO forces turned over a base to Afghan government forces, who then abandoned the base, as well as several check points, days later.

The U.S. media touted the U.S. capture of a top Pakistani Mujahideen leader, Latif Mehsud.  However, it was actually the Afghan government that captured him.  Afghan officials say U.S. forces stopped their convoy, which held the prisoner from Pakistan, and then U.S. forces took Meshud from them by force.

Sending winter clothing to Afghanistan will get you arrested in New York City.  Two men were arrested and accused of being terrorists: “These defendants, as a result, were not merely conspiring to supply clothing items to people in Afghanistan, they were conspiring to make the enemy more effective….”-Richard. A. Brown, Queens District Attorney

The World Bank is backing off years of optimistic economic forecasts for Afghanistan: “Economic growth is expected to reach 3.1 percent this year and 3.5 percent in 2014, down sharply from 14.4 percent in 2012……mainly driven by increased uncertainty stemming from the political and security transition.”

U.S.

Hey main streamer news media, stop blaming Snowden!

27 October 2013 (11:12 UTC-07 Tango)/22 Dhu’l-Hijja 1434/05 Aban 1391/23 Ren-Xu (9th month) 4711

Everybody should know about NSA whistleblower Richard Snowden, no thanks to the main stream U.S. news media.  But how many people know about the other more experienced NSA whistleblowers?

There’s William (Bill) Binney, 40 years veteran crypto-mathematician of NSA, and J. Kirk Wiebe, award winning 30 years veteran senior analyst of NSA.  They both retired in 2001 (significant year) and have been blowing the whistle ever since, yet has the average U.S. citizen heard of them?

According to the Government Accountability Project both men blew the whistle on NSA because of the massive spying taking place against the people of the U.S. before the 9/11 attacks!  The two men had developed a phone spying system that would have been less invasive, more targeted and it would have saved taxpayer money.

Here’s the reason why the main streamer news media won’t talk about them: In 2010 the U.S. Department of Justice granted Binney and Wiebe immunity from prosecution!   So what’s the deal with Snowden? Even though most of what Snowden has revealed was already disclosed by Binney and Wiebe, Snowden grabbed the hard copy proof and gave it to the World.

 

International, U.S.

Exceptional Failed State: British empire controls U.S. NSA against Germany & Russia!

27 October 2013 (10:53 UTC-07 Tango)/22 Dhu’l-Hijja 1434/05 Aban 1391/23 Ren-Xu (9th month) 4711

“If the information didn’t come from there, it is almost a certainty that it would have been processed there. Everything goes through there to be analyzed before the information is sent back to Washington [DC].”-J. Kirk Wiebe, 30 years veteran of NSA explaining that RAF (Royal Air Force) Menwith Hill is used to spy on U.S. allies

It’s been revealed by more U.S. NSA whistleblowers that the mortal enemy of the United States, the British empire (do your homework), has been using the NSA as a tool to spy on their mortal enemies (Germany, France, Russia, etc).

“We do not comment on intelligence matters.”-official U.K. Ministry of Defence response to J. Kirk Wiebe

The spying operations can be traced back to the end of World War 2, when the leaders of the United States made a (then) secret alliance with the British empire (U.K, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) called the Five Eyes.

And all this time Germany thought the U.S. was its friend, and the people of the U.S. thought they were still independent of the British empire!

International, U.S.

Exceptional Failed State: U.S. NSA admits it is controlled by Israel?

27 October 2013 (18:16 UTC-07 Tango 26 October 2013)/22 Dhu’l-Hijja 1434/05 Aban 1391/23 Ren-Xu (9th month) 4711

French news media reporting that U.S. National Security Agency documents imply that it was Israel’s Mossad and ISNU that used NSA’s division known as Tailored Access Operations (TAO) to collect 70-million French phone calls.

French intelligence suspected the phones were being hacked because they traced the hacks back to the NSA’s TAO.  However, TAO officials flat denied they or the British empire members of the Five Eyes alliance were involved.  When it came to answering questions about Israel, TAO officials simply said “TAO intentionally did not ask either Mossad or ISNU whether they were involved as France is not an approved target for joint discussions.”  Their “intentional” avoidance of questioning Israeli agents suggests they knew Israel was behind it.

International, U.S.

World War 3, Asian Front: Pakistan attacks Iran, Iran executes Pakistanis! False Flag op to justify U.S. invasion?

27 October 2013 (18:02 UTC-07 Tango 26 October 2013)/22 Dhu’l-Hijja 1434/05 Aban 1391/23 Ren-Xu (9th month) 4711

On the night of 25 October, 14 Iranian border police were killed, six wounded and three cops were kidnapped (some reports say six cops were kidnapped), in the region of Saravan.  Iran says the attackers came from the U.S. ally Pakistan.

Iranian officials protested to Pakistan’s chargé d’affaires in Tehran.  Iran says the attackers are U.S.-Saudi supported anti-Shia terrorists.

Because of a lack of response from the U.S. ally Pakistan, on 26 October Iran hanged 16 captured Pakistani anti-Shia terrorists.  Iran says in the past 30 years more than 4-thousand of their border police have been killed by U.S.-Saudi backed anti-Shia terrorists and illegal drugs traffickers.

 

Business/Economics, International, U.S.

Too Big to Jail: Elitists ripped off by their own elite hotel!

26 October 2013 (14:52 UTC-07 Tango)/21 Dhu’l-Hijja 1434/04 Aban 1391/22 Ren-Xu (9th month) 4711

The Maryland, U.S.A., based elitist hotel chain, Ritz Carlton, admits to ripping off wealthy customers at their Osaka, Japan, hotel.

In a press conference the hotel’s general manager, Oriol Montal, admitted he knew back in July that customers in the restaurant were not being served what they ordered.  Food items were being made with cheaper ingredients.  Montal also admitted that some food items were contracted out to third party food services.

However, in true elitist style Montal blamed the restaurant’s menus for the bait-n-switch, saying the menus had incorrect item descriptions.  This does not explain why he said nothing for the past three to four months since learning of the problem.  Montal says he will refund his rich customers their money.

Montal admitted there is no oversight regarding how the hotel restaurant is run.  In July he was told of shrimp ingredients that were not what was printed on the menus.  He claims that it was this month (October) that he was told, apparently by a restaurant whistleblower, that other food items, like bread, were not what they seemed.

I hope all those laissez-faire elitists liked their bait-n-switch meals!

Business/Economics, Idaho, Technology, U.S.

Exceptional Failed State: U.S. job losses & store closings 10-12 August 2013. Veteran run military contractor stealing bombs from National Guard? Idaho loses 1500 jobs in one day? More health care cuts blamed on the Federales!

Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs.

AOL (American On [Off ?] Line) announced they are selling off 400 Patch sites!  This after announcing they will layoff as many as 500 Patch Editors!

California: In Alameda County, the Almeda Health System laid off at least 57 employees at two hospitals, this as AHS is actually adding two more hospitals to its inventory. One of those hospitals was donated by a non-profit health care group (probably done in by Obama Care).  Hospital officials say the layoffs are their attempt to comply with Obama Care!  In Long Beach, the Christian Saint Mary Medical Center laid off 86 employees.  In Redwood City, Perseid Therapeutics ended operations.  59 people unemployed. It’s the result of a takeover by Astellas.  In San Jose, IBM laid off 203 people!  The layoffs were part of IBM’s elimination of 3-thousand jobs World wide!

Florida: In Tampa, Too Big to Jail JP Morgan Chase lays off another 208 people!  That’s on top of the 435 cuts announced in June. The evil bank officials admitted that the home mortgage disaster has reached a point where it’s not worth it for banks to continue stealing people’s homes, so they’re now going after their own employees!

Georgia: In Tucker, Park Pet Retreat shut down. The owner of the doggie daycare center blames a suck ass investor:“I am so very sorry to tell you that the Investor that was brought to me and led me on for a month has backed away from the deal.”   But, apparently some good news; it seems Rita MacCallon has such loyal customers that she’s opened a new doggie daycare under the title Rita’s Pet Retreat.

Idaho: In Boise, Micron Technologies (the World’s 2nd largest DRAM maker) announced it will fire 1500 employees!  It’s the result of Micron taking over Japanese competitor Elpida.  Micron officials say the layoffs will be spread around the World, but a Boise financial consultant, Dave Pesto, said “It appears to be pretty heavy here.”  Micron laid off 2-thousand people in Boise back in 2009!

Illinois: In Chicago, Career Education Corporation laid off another 480 people!  That’s on top of the 900 people laid off since last November!  The company has lost more than a hundred million dollars since last year!

Kansas: Wichita City warned of layoffs.  If city revenues are down, as is expected, they want to layoff 13 employees.

Louisiana: Explo Systems bankrupt, company officials in prison.  They are $3 million in debt, and were even served with an eviction notice by the Army National Guard.  The company was supposed to be disarming and destroying out of date munitions for the Louisiana National Guard.   At least six employees were charged with unlawful storage of explosives, reckless storage of explosives, failure to obtain magazine license, failure to properly mark explosive material,  failure to keep accurate inventory and conspiracy.

New York: In Buffalo, yet another non-profit health care provider, Phoenix Frontier, bankrupt because of the federal government.  The IRS claims the disabilities and mental health service provider failed to pay taxes.  In Levittown, magic Shop closed (the store sign actually has magic spelled with lower case m).

North Carolina: The Agricultural and Technical State University laid off at least 50 employees.  The University of North Carolina at Greensboro laid off an undisclosed amount of employees.  In both cases it’s blamed on state funding cuts, and declining student enrollment.  In Greensboro, Cafe Carolina closed down. The owner blames the suck ass economy: “We really wished, we had the ability to keep it going, but under the current conditions we just can’t.”-Ron Hines

Texas: In Waco, Southern Foods Group ended operations.  150 employees let go!

Vermont: Wood burning stove maker, Vermont Castings, laid off 100 employees! Other layoffs took place in Kentucky and Mexico. The company was taken over by its own management, who decided to slash and burn in the name of consolidation.

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.