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‘just another nail in the coffin’: U.S. Food Crisis, October 2018

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Incomplete list of announced United States food supply shutdowns, emergencies, outbreaks and recalls for the month of October, 2018:

how America treats its black farmers

Trump boosts dairy industry

Farmers struggle to store crops

Grains try to avoid market meltdown

Ag Economy Barometer falls to lowest reading since October 2016

Agricultural damage from Hurricane Michael forecast to top $1.3 billion

Farmers face ‘new normal’; hurricanes

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

President Trump is correct! In this official U.S. Marines Corps video you’ll learn that your tax dollars are going to support the local food economies of NATO member countries in Europe:

ALABAMA: USMCA trade deal impact on Alabama farmers

cotton farmer devastated by Hurricane Michael 

ALASKA: Can pot save the pumpkin farm?

Muskox transported from Greenland to Alaska

ARKANSAS: Hog Haus Brewing forced to shutdown after the building was sold-off

Arkansas farmers, politicians welcome new trade deal

ARIZONA: Impasse Over Who Loses Water, and How Much, Could Sink Arizona

Arizona meat processor recalls 6.5 million pounds of beef

self-driving tractors 

CALIFORNIA: Switzerland based Nestlé issued massive, yet supposedly temporary, layoff WARNs, at least 1-thousand California jobs suspended right after Thanksgiving!  Los Amigos Harvesting issued a shutdown WARN for its Watsonville ops, 175 jobs gone by April 2019!  Bon Appetit food magazine issued a shutdown WARN for its San Francisco office, 91 jobs gone four days before xmas.   Jack in the Box issued a layoff WARN for its San Diego HQ, 66 corporate jobs gone in January 2019.  Also in San Diego, Phils BBQ issued a temp-shutdown WARN, 118 jobs suspended in January 2019!  Pepsi Bottling Group issued a shutdown WARN for its ops in Buena Park, 95 jobs gone right after xmas. Stockton Spaghetti Restaurant issued a shutdown WARN, 51 jobs gone by the end of the year.  Popular restaurant Mexicali West issued a shutdown WARN for its Bakersfield location, 55 jobs gone by the end of the year due to the property being sold to a secretive developer.

America’s first autonomous robot farm replaces humans

Hemp farming in California plagued by roadblocks

Agriculture Checkpoint Moved to Ease Traffic Delays

New California law aims to protect pollinators

Pluto’s restaurant in downtown Chico is shutting its doors after 15 years, due to recent 10% crash in customers

Zacky Farms (aka Zacky & Sons Poultry) suddenly shutdown its 47 years old poultry factory in Fresno, (323 jobs lost without proper warning, according to the days late WARN), the local mayor said Zacky Farms promised him they were going to expand the operation!

And without warning Zacky & Sons Poultry also shutdown its Stockton location, the WARN said 142 people suddenly lost their jobs!

Starbucks closing a Folsom store

La Victoria bakery closing shop after 67 years

Camino is closing after 10 years in Oakland

Lagunitas Brewing Cuts More Than 100 Jobs due to being taken over by Heineken!

U.S. Marines and Sailors helped supply 23-thousand pounds of apples to more than 4-hundred food pantries in the San Francisco Bay area, 04OCT2018!

COLORADO: 45-year-old Lakewood chicken restaurant closing

Denver-based frozen fruit snack firm files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

CONNECTICUT: IMCMV Connecticut issued a shutdown WARN for its Margaritaville restaurant in Uncasville, 59 jobs lost by January 2019 due to not being able to justify renewing the lease.

After 40 years Black Duck Cafe Announces Closing: “In the last 6 months, we’ve been experiencing slower business and now have fallen on significant financial hardship…”

Anthony’s Sub Shop closing after more than 30 years 

DELAWARE: Destructive spotted lanternfly spreading south through Delaware

two more cases of West Nile Virus in horses

FLORIDA: Without warning Blackfinn permanently closes its doors 

Crestview Hooters restaurant closing after 15 years

At Eglin AFB, U.S. Army 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) helped distribute more than two tons of food to local families, 17OCT2018!

Tyndall AFB video showing food distribution after Hurricane Michael:

Florida National Guard’s 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 2-124 Charlie Company, provided food and water to at least 750 citizens in Panama City, in just one day, as a result of Hurricane Michael.

GEORGIA: Georgia National Guard distributes food after Hurricane Michael, 12OCT2018.

GUAM: 

Stacks of donated pet food await the U.S. Coast Guard, 26OCT2018, to be delivered to Saipan as a result of Typhoon Yutu.

HAWAII: Wailana Coffee House closing after 48 years due to skyrocketing costs just to maintain the operation

IDAHO: Confusion in Boise as a vindictive food vendor started a rumor that Fatty’s Bar was bankrupt and shutting down, it was news to the new owner of Fatty’s

Idaho ranks as top U.S. producer of four commodities

ILLINOIS:  CherryBerry self serve yogurt in Springfield closing

Last Bonanza steakhouse in Illinois closing

Treasure Island Foods suddenly shutdown remaining stores after 55 years, official WARNs put job losses at 486!

INDIANA: Brown County’s Nashville House Restaurant Closing After 91 Years

Papa Roux shutting down after 11 years due to everything: “Too much constant issues and problems with everything from the city, the landlord, the facilities, my vendors, the employee pool in this town is actually not what it was 11 years ago.”-Art Bouvier

IOWA:  New North American trade deal good for Iowa 

KANSAS: Farmers Frustrated by Winter Wheat Planting Delays

KENTUCKY: Mellow Mushroom shutdown its Lexington Green pizza joint

LOUISIANA: “This is the worst agriculture crisis to hit Louisiana in my 53 years of farming.”-James Guillot

MAINE: organic farmers’ group gets $600000 to train beginners

MARYLAND:  Brio Tuscan Grille closing its downtown Baltimore restaurant

Ellwood Thompson’s closing grocery store

MASSACHUSETTS: See inside the marijuana facility 

MICHIGAN: Mexico based Bimbo Bakeries issued a shutdown WARN for its Bays Bakery, 50 jobs gone by January 2019.

GR’s Marie Catrib’s closing for good

Baby food maker Gerber laying off 50 people

Tumultuous markets in its seed, pesticide and herbicide businesses have wiped $4.6 billion off DowDuPont’s agriculture division

MINNESOTA: Hemp could become a leading Minnesota crop

Wet weather worries farmers

MISSOURI:  Tanner’s Bar & Grill closing 27 years old Waldo location

Price Cutter grocery store on Division & Glenstone To Close 

Coffee Cartel closing after 22-years

MONTANA: record 22000 acres of hemp planted in 2018

NEBRASKA: Chef fired after serving kangaroo meat to students (I don’t understand, people in Australia eat it, isn’t there a food crisis going on?)

NEVADA: Wildflower Café in Incline Village closing after 3 decades 

NEW HAMPSHIRE: Six months after opening in Portsmouth, 900 Degrees Pizzeria shutdown claiming there are not enough people willing to work there

NEW JERSEY:  Acme grocery in Park Ridge to close

Yet another Pei Wei restaurant closes in N.J.

NEW MEXICO: State requests public input on future growth of hemp

Farm Credit invested $1.3 million in Junior Livestock

NEW YORK: Nathan’s Famous issued a shutdown WARN for its Brooklyn-NYC restaurant, 20 jobs gone by January 2019.   It was revealed by a WARN that Molloy College suddenly canceled its contract with food service provider Compass Group-Chartwells, 26 jobs gone.  Food service contractor Jan Services-Gourmet Garage issued a shutdown WARN for multiple locations, 92 jobs gone by the end of the year.

Stewart’s Shops closing two low-volume grocery stores

Tortilla Flats in West Village closing for good

Tonarlo’s Pizza and Restaurant in Conklin will shut down after 15 years

Hinerwadel’s clambake closing after 104 years

NORTH CAROLINA: Less than seven months after its opening Dapper Doughnut shutdown its Morganton location

100 years old restaurant’s closing leaves residents heartbroken

Wrightsville Beach Eatery Closing After 32 Years

Sugarland bakery files for bankruptcy suddenly closes shops

02OCT2018, U.S. Coast Guard C-130 drops a weeks worth of food to a disabled cargo ship that was heading for Haiti, from Greece.

NORTH DAKOTA: Over 17 Inches of Snow Fell in North Dakota and It’s Only October

Snow Storm Hammers Grain Farmers

OHIO: Renick’s Family Market closing after nearly 60 years

Just Pies closing 2 central Ohio stores

Tremont General Store announces its closing

Red Restaurant Group (Red, The Steakhouse, Moxie The Restaurant) chapter 11 bankrupt busted

Union Street Grille in Bryan closing “Due to circumstances way beyond our control”

Seven crew members and a CH-47 Chinook helicopter from Ohio Army National Guard’s Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 238th Aviation Regiment, deployed to Florida to help deliver food and water in support of Hurricane Michael recovery efforts.

OKLAHOMA: Department of Ag. suspends all pending & expanding poultry farm operations

OREGON:  Alameda Brewhouse closing doors

PENNSYLVANIA:  After 47 years Barn Door Food & Spirits closing, no reason given

PUERTO RICO: A Local Food Revolution

After Hurricane Maria, farmers struggle to rebuild

RHODE ISLAND: 2 People Die While Fishing

council OKs zoning change for ‘farm brewery’

SOUTH CAROLINA: More than $100 million in damages to crops after Florence

researchers optimizing pulse and cereal crops for organic production

SOUTH DAKOTA: volatile Per Pair and Yearling Monthly Pasture Rental Rates 

Farmers back in the field after harvest delays

TENNESSEE: Changes coming to Industrial Hemp Pilot Program

University of Tennessee serves food made with insects

TEXAS: Italian restaurant is closing in Fort Worth, and it won’t be the last, More than 600 chain restaurant locations are expected to close this year 

Fuego Burger is closing one of its locations, due to the greedy landlord refusing to fix a roof leak that’s literally flooding the restaurant 

El Fenix Mexican Restaurant shutdown its Wichita Falls location without warning

Iconic Chu-Mikal’s Cafe shutdown

Mid-County creamery closing after only two years

Albertsons, Tom Thumbs closing 4 North Texas grocery Stores

Three Houston-area Randalls grocery stores closing in December

UTAH:  drought emergency declared for all of Utah

Plans to tap more Bear River water raise concerns

VERMONT: Keurig-Dr Pepper laying off about 500 employees!

Perfect Wife closing Saturday after 23 years

VIRGINIA:  Kroger closing Wards Corner Norfolk location, going against original plans

WASHINGTON: Twin City Foods issued a shutdown WARN for its Stanton location, 65 jobs gone by December.

Washington DC: Capitol Hill cocktail bar files for bankruptcy

WEST VIRGINIA: Excessive rainfall soaked apple harvest

DNR and Dept. of Agriculture team up on Hunters Helping the Hungry

WISCONSIN: Mexico based Bimbo Bakeries issued a shutdown WARN for its bakery in Madison, 159 jobs gone in January 2019!

Soggy weather delaying fall harvest is ‘just another nail in the coffin’ 

WYOMING: Lift is grounded, restaurant is closing after sale

Controversial Wyoming agriculture lawyer joins Interior Department

Wyoming court rules controversial ag-gag law violates free speech

U.S. FOOD CRISIS, September 2018:  “SIGNIFICANT CHANGES”

Business/Economics

“we kind of need to do something besides die at our desk”: U.S. Mining/Industrial/Logistics layoffs, October 2018

Incomplete list of U.S. Mining/Industrial/Logistics job loss/shutdown announcements made in October 2018.

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Holy weapons malfunction Batman! An ongoing type of taxpayer rip-off was finally revealed by the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) in the form of ‘suspended stock’, which are parts paid for by taxpayers for use in maintaining expensive military weapons systems, except that they’re mislabeled by the corporate unAmerican manufacturers, rendering the parts useless!  The chief of DLA Troop Support’s Industrial Hardware Division, José Pereira, said the amount of mislabeled parts is “eye opening”.   The parts cannot be used until their true intended use is identified.  A specialized Industrial Hardware team has been assembled to literally sort through the massive problem.

CALIFORNIA: Window coverings maker Century Blinds issued a shutdown WARN for its operations in Corona, 59 jobs gone the day after Thanksgiving.  Heavy construction contractor Brinderson issued layoff WARNs, 324 jobs gone by December!  Carpet maker TDG Operations issued a shutdown WARN for its Los Angeles ops, 60 jobs gone December.  Clothing maker (‘wearable art’) Providence Industries issued a shutdown WARN (supposedly temporary) for its Long Beach location, 96 jobs lost the day after xmas.  Clothing maker/distributor MD2 Industries issued a shutdown WARN (supposedly temporary) for its Long Beach ops, 158 jobs lost the day before xmas!  Clothing maker PVH Neckwear issued a ‘permanent’ shutdown WARN for its Los Angeles ops, 94 jobs gone after xmas.  Iconic clothing maker Levy’s issued a ‘permanent’ shutdown WARN for its Inglewood factory, 272 jobs gone by January 2019!  West Coast Warehouse issued a shutdown WARN for its Fontana location, 18 jobs lost the day after xmas. Metal Partners International issued a shutdown WARN for its Bakersfield location.  Davis Wire Corporation issued a ‘temporary’ shutdown WARN for its Irwindale location, 109 jobs gone the day before xmas!  Construction supplies maker Burke Industries issued a layoff WARN for Its San Jose locations, 61 jobs gone by the end of the year.  Insulation maker Thermal Structures issued a shutdown WARN for its Corona location.  Material handling ‘simplifier’ Symbotic issued a shutdown WARN for its Oceanside location.  Contracted manufacturer Jabil issued several ‘temporary’ shutdown WARNs, more than 1-thousand jobs lost the week before xmas!

UTC Aerospace to end aircraft systems manufacturing in Chula Vista, cutting 300 jobs!

COLORADO:  Major Mountain West Coal Producer Files For Bankruptcy

CONNECTICUT: Building-materials distributor Builders First Source issued a shutdown WARN for its East Hartford location, 46 jobs gone by the end of the year.

INDIANA:  JD Norman Industries shutting down its facility in Muncie, 130 jobs lost!

Cardinal Metal Finishing eliminating 80 jobs, blaming a “key customer.”

IOWA: Germany based Siemens issued a shutdown WARN for its Burlington ops, 125 jobs gone by the end of 2019, due “to competitive pressures in the energy market”!

KENTUCKY:  Japan based Hitachi eliminating 100 jobs in Harrodsburg!

HVAC company Trane shutting down its 55 years old factory in Lexington, 600 jobs lost!

MARYLAND: The company that owns and operates the Maryland Airport now chapter 11 bankrupt busted due to county officials changing the zoning laws

MICHIGAN: Spectrum Industries Decorative Finishes issued a shutdown WARN for its factories in Kentwood and Grand Rapids, 134 jobs killed by consolidation ops! Hartman International Industries issued a shutdown WARN for its operations in Novi, 42 jobs gone by the end of the year.

Metal stamping supplier to close Westland plant, lay off 70, “As a result of this unexpected business circumstance, the company expects that it will be forced to imminently shut down and is unable to give 60 days notice of closing”

China based Yanfeng Automotive Interiors suddenly laid off 55 employees 

Ford warning of more job cuts 

MINNESOTA: Hand crafted leather products maker JW Hulme issued a layoff WARN, 28 jobs gone in November.

NEBRASKA: Omaha based Union Pacific killing 5-hundred jobs!  (and that is just the first round of layoffs)

NEW MEXICO: ONE Aviation now bankrupt busted after failing to pay almost one million dollars in back-due rent

NEW JERSEY:  Bankrupt NSC National Wholesale Liquidators issued a shutdown WARN for its Lodi ops, 152 jobs gone by January 2019!

NEW YORK: Bankrupt NSC Wholesale Holdings-National Wholesale Liquidators issued a massive shutdown WARN, 458 jobs gone at a date “to be determined”!  Vinyl sign/packaging maker Royal Industries issued a shutdown WARN for its ops in Brooklyn-NYC, 77 jobs gone in time for xmas.  Fake fingernail company Ivy Enterprises issued a shutdown WARN for its warehouse ops in Port Washington, between 24 and 132 jobs affected as the company gets the hell outta New York!

NORTH CAROLINA:  Rail car maker Vertex shutting down after only four years, employees told local news media “They told us that they lost all their customers, lost all their contracts, investors pulled out.”  

Huntersville-based American Tire Distributors (ATD) files for bankruptcy

High Point based furniture maker Heritage Home Group eliminating at least 145 jobs!

OHIO: Germany based Siemens issued a WARN for its Mount Vernon/Knox location, 57 jobs gone by the end of the year.

MPP shutting down its metal injection ops in Solon, 55 jobs lost

PENNSYLVANIA: CEVA Logistics issued a shutdown WARN for its Bedford location, 73 jobs gone by the end of November.  Bankrupt NSC Wholesale Holdings-National Wholesale Liquidators issued a shutdown WARN for its Philadelphia location, 42 jobs gone by December.

RHODE ISLAND: Pawtucket based toy maker Hasbro eliminating at least 540 jobs due to the death of Toys R Us!

TEXAS:   Taxpayer funded military tech company L3 cuts 62 positions at Waco plant

WISCONSIN: Sunlight Plastics suddenly laid off 58 people in Germantown.  Trucking company Black Horse Carriers issued a shutdown WARN for its ops in Kenosha, 107 jobs gone by the end of January 2019!  In Pleasant Prairie, Southwire/Coleman Cable issued a shutdown WARN, 65 jobs gone by December.

Hi-Crush shutting down in Whitehall, 37 jobs lost due to crashing demand for sand

WYOMING: After 25 years Trout Machinery shutting down: “We’re deciding that we kind of need to do something besides die at our desk…”

U.S. INDUSTRIAL/MINING/LOGISTICS SHUTDOWNS, September 2018:  “MANY JOBS WILL BE….ELIMINATED”

Business/Economics, Idaho

More decline for Idaho: Payless to kill remaining 2,500 stores!

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The writing has been on the wall since Spring 2017, now it’s final, about 2-thousand-5-hundred (here’s a map) Payless shoe stores to be shutdown as part of the company’s plan to file for bankruptcy.

Payless in struggling Pine Ridge Mall, employees swear they've been told no shutdown for them

Payless in the struggling Pine Ridge Mall, Chubbuck, Idaho

In Spring 2017, employees of the Payless store in the Pine Ridge Mall, in Chubbuck, Idaho, survived a sudden Payless store shutdown operation which resulted in hundreds of stores across the U.S. being permanently closed almost over night. Just a few months later Payless administrators, based in Kansas, conducted another round of shutdowns as part of it’s first bankruptcy filing.

This final Payless shutdown is the result of a second, and obviously terminal bankruptcy filing, and comes just days after the Chubbuck ShopKo store, also on the Pine Ridge Mall property, fell victim to a massive nationwide shutdown.

Technology

“Effective immediately”: U.S. hi-tech/communications breakdown, October 2018

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Incomplete list of U.S. internet/high-tech/communications job destruction and chicanery announcements in October 2018:

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Data Breach Report: October 2018 – Nehemiah Security

CALIFORNIA: Aerojet Rocketdyne issued a layoff WARN, 120 jobs gone by the end of November!  Alpine Electronics issued layoff WARNs, 128 jobs gone by the end of March 2019!  Online entertainment software maker NC Interactive revealed it suddenly laid off 52 people in September.  Entertainment company Super Deluxe issued a shutdown WARN for its Los Angeles ops, 103 jobs gone a week before xmas!  Advertising company Crispin Porter Bogusky issued a shutdown WARN for its Santa Monica office, 13 jobs gone by the end of December.  DigiCert suddenly laid off 73 people in Mountain View. Symantec continues eliminating jobs, this time 19 people jobless before xmas.  Also in Mountain View, Veritas Technologies revealed it killed 121 jobs back in April!  Graystone Public Affairs issued shutdown WARNs for its Corona and Torrance locations, 135 jobs gone by November! British empire United Kingdom owned semiconductor maker ARM Inc suddenly laid off 70 people in San Jose.  And San Jose based semiconductor maker Cavium issued multiple layoff WARNs, 73 jobs across California gone by the New Year.  Western Digital Technology eliminating 117 jobs in Irvine and San Jose, by November!  Marvell Semiconductor eliminating 11 jobs by the New Year.   Raytheon issued a shutdown WARN for its Los Angeles ops, 21 jobs gone by the New Year.  SMK-LINK Electronics issued a shutdown WARN for its Camarillo office, 17 jobs gone by the end of December.

Disney-Backed VR Startup Jaunt Lays Off Significant Portion of Staff

HCL Technologies eliminated 85 jobs with its Urban Fulfillment Services

United Technologies eliminating 3-hundred jobs!

Redwood city based video game maker Trion Worlds eliminating jobs do to being taken over by a competitor

San Rafael based video game maker Telltale suddenly laid off all remaining employees

Los Angeles based electric car maker you never heard of Faraday Future suddenly eliminated jobs and is slashing wages, “Effective immediately”

Palo Alto based Essential Products eliminated at least 30% of jobs

The last video rental store in SLO is closing

Elon Musk says $40m tweet was ‘worth it’ after being fined

Musk settles fraud charges

Google to shut down Google+ after failing to disclose user data leak

Facebook October 2018 security breach: Everything you need to know

UK fines Facebook £500000

Worried Your Facebook Account Has Been Cloned?

Facebook purged over 800 U.S. accounts 

COLORADO: Digital First Media laying off 107 at Colorado Springs

CONNECTICUT: Japan owned Konica Minolta Business Solutions halting ops in Windsor, 219 jobs gone the week before xmas!

FLORIDA: L3 Tech.-Security & Detection issued WARN, 67 jobs gone by May 2019.  Raytheon issued WARN, 52 jobs gone by the end of December. Reconfigurable technology company Raydon suddenly laid off 50 people.

Shopping networks HSN and QVC merging, killing at least 350 jobs!

Taxpayer funded military VR company Raydon Corporation suddenly laid off 50 people

Comcast cuts more workers in Sarasota

ILLINOIS:  ServiCom closes call center and lays off employees

MASSACHUSETTS: UMass Memorial Health Care lays off 17 InfoTech workers

Rethink Robotics re-thought it’s plans and suddenly shutdown 

MICHIGAN: The Michigan Cyber Range hosted an international cyber security event in which National Guard units from seven U.S. states took part, along with military units of seven countries, which included playing the part of ‘cyber threats’ (emulating threats).

MINNESOTA: Teleperfomance’s debt collection arm AllianceOne issued a WARN, 75 jobs gone after xmas. Magnetic read/write head maker Hutchinson Technology suddenly laid off 1-hundred people! Software company Maximum Solutions suddenly laid off five people.

NEW JERSEY:  Germany owned imaging tech maker Agfa issued a WARN, 125 jobs gone the day after xmas!  ‘Big Data’ manager Solix issued a WARN, 149 jobs gone after xmas!

NEW YORK: HSN issued shutdown WARN for its Ingenious Designs ops in Ronkonkoma, 66 jobs gone by February 2019.  Federated Payment Systems issued a layoff WARN, at least 47 jobs gone in January 2019.  CDS NFL Event issued a shutdown WARN, 91 jobs gone between now and December.

Female focused Refinery29 suddenly laid off 40 people

MACOM Technology Solutions issued a WARN, as many as 56 jobs lost

OHIO: Ohio National Guard and the U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center signed a joint memorandum of understanding (MOU) to work together on cyber engagements: “This new partnership with the U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center will be incredibly beneficial to our Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen. They will be able to exchange ideas and technical expertise with their Coast Guard colleagues on projects and initiatives such as cybersecurity exercises and workforce development.”-Major General Mark E. Bartman, Ohio National Guard

“The USCG Research and Development Center has worked with many National Guard components since our establishment in 1972. This MOU takes that relationship to the next level. Maritime Cyber Security is a critical facet of our research….”-Captain Greg Rothrock, U.S. Coast Guard

OKLAHOMA: Official ‘October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month’ video in which Altus Air Force Base personnel state that everybody must join the fight:

OREGON: struggling Oregon Shakespeare Festival kills more jobs, still blaming wildfires

PENNSYLVANIA: QCV Fulfillment Center closing its doors in Lancaster County

TENNESSEE: Fountainhead College of Technology shuts down

VIRGINIA: Ironically, online based job service Snagajob laid off 15 people

Washington DC: National Geographic Hit With New Round of Layoffs

U.S. Tech/Communications breakdown, September 2018: “INSURMOUNTABLE CHALLENGES”

Business/Economics, Idaho

More Economic Decline: No more Idaho ShopKo? There never was a Shopko in Pocatello!

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The now chapter 11 bankrupt busted Wisconsin based Shopko announced more store shutdowns, including almost every store in the Pacific northwest/Rocky Mountain state of Idaho.

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The Chubbuck Shopko, located on the Pine Ridge Mall property (and incorrectly listed as being in next-door Pocatello), is shutting down by May 2019.

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Shopko’s latest shutdown list also includes two stores in Boise, one in Bonners Ferry, Nampa, Orofino, and Twin Falls.  Apparently pharmacy operations have already shutdown, being auctioned-off to British empire United Kingdom owned Alliance Boots-Walgreens as a result of the bankruptcy.

At this point the Idaho Falls Shopko is not on the shutdown list, but it should be noted that in January 2019 Shopko administrators said only 105 stores would close permanently, with three being in Idaho’s Treasure Valley area, but now it’s more than 250 stores nationwide!

At one time there were 12 Shopko stores in The Gem State of Idaho.

IDAHO’S CONTINUED ECONOMIC DESTRUCTION, 2017: “CLOSED INDEFINITELY”

MORE ECONOMIC DECLINE: IDAHO MALL LOSES YET ANOTHER ANCHOR STORE! LAZY ‘EXPERTS’ CONTINUE TO BLAME ONLINE SALES!

MORE DECLINE: NO MORE XMAS LIGHTS FOR CHUBBUCK? THE TRUTH ABOUT GENTRIFICATION

THE LIES OF ECONOMIC DECLINE: POCATELLO STAPLES SHUTDOWN BLAMED ON THE INTERNET!

U.S.

“Stop incentivizing illegal immigration”!: Immigrant Invasion, United States, January 2019

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Incomplete list of immigrant operations affecting the United States taxpayers, January 2019.

More proof it’s about making money: $11 toothpaste: Immigrants pay big for basics at private run ICE lock-ups

And more proof it’s about saving money: “… a group of protesters who were denouncing President Trump’s immigration policies. They were waving Mexican flags and shouting, ‘¡Si, se puede!’ (‘Yes, we can!’)

Unbeknownst to the protesters, the expression ‘Si, se puede’ was a saying of Cesar Chavez’s. When Chavez, the founder of the United Farm Workers union, used the expression ‘Yes, we can,’ he meant something entirely different: ‘Yes, we can’ seal the borders. He hated illegal immigration. Chavez explained, ‘As long as we have a poor country bordering California, it’s going to be very difficult to win strikes.’ Why? Farmers are willing to hire low-wage immigrants here illegally. Chavez had allies in his protest against the hiring of undocumented workers and lax enforcement of immigration laws. Included in one of his protest marches were Democratic Sen. Walter Mondale and a longtime Martin Luther King Jr. aide, the Rev. Ralph Abernathy.”

U.S. Coast Guard intercepted these 70 illegal immigrants near Haiti, 06JAN2018.

USAF Reserve delivers 8-thousand pounds of taxpayer funded aid to Guatemala, 08JAN2019.  Guatemala is one of the countries trying to flood the U.S. with illegal immigrants.

Taxpayer funded U.S. military personnel help build new police outposts along the Pan-American Highway in Panama, 11-17JAN2019, scouting for traffickers of illegal drugs and illegal immigrants.

History Lesson: The ancient Roman army and navy was initially staffed by native born citizens, which helped turn the Republic into a global empire.  But later as the empire crumbled, one of the signs the empire was a failed state was the reliance on immigrants, especially from areas of the world that were considered enemies.  Even in the Roman military immigrants became commanding officers, and it was one of those officers that led the destruction of three Roman legions at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest: “Arminius had acquired Roman citizenship and had received a Roman military education, which enabled him to deceive the Roman commander methodically and anticipate the Roman army’s tactical responses.”

Smithsonian: The Ambush That Changed History 

History.com: 8 Reasons Why Rome Fell 

Illegal Immigrant Conviction Rates Are Low

Falling Illegal Immigration Numbers

Healthcare Providers Walk ‘Fine Line’ Between Informing And Scaring Immigrant Patients

Official U.S. Navy video about Operation Cutlass Express, which uses your tax dollars to help African countries fight immigration (among other things), because “We must live together”:

As you read this list below note how much the U.S. military is relying on immigrants.

ALABAMA: ICE deports 25 people arrested in New York to Alabama

undocumented workers from Central America accused of deer poaching

ARIZONA: Plans for teachers from the Tucson Unified School District to educate immigrant children being housed at a local facility have been put on hold.

Agents apprehend 131 undocumented persons who ‘turned themselves in’

Border Patrol agents aided nearly 30 undocumented immigrants who required medical treatment

Video of families illegally crossing into the United States near Ajo Station:

CALIFORNIA: Illegal immigrant found not guilty in Kate Steinle’s killing wants gun conviction dropped

illegal immigrant ‘sanctuary’ established on Nancy Pelosi’s lawn

Irony: Illegal immigrant accused of murdering legal immigrant cop faces judge

Governor wants state taxpayers to cover healthcare for undocumented immigrants

COLORADO: Undocumented man enters sanctuary during government shutdown

Boulder man fails to pay undocumented workers, then threatens them

FLORIDA: “Stop incentivizing illegal immigration, which is unfair to our legal immigrants, promotes lawlessness and reduces wages for our blue-collar workers.”-Governor Ron DeSantis

At the end of December the U.S. Navy launched a new recruiting campaign using Swarming Teams.  The focus is on recruiting immigrants because the USN is being built-up to a 355 ship organization and they’re going to need anybody they can get to sail those ships: “I immigrated from the Dominican Republic as a child and grew up in New York, so being in Miami is great because I speak Spanish and that helps a lot.”-Electrician’s Mate 2nd Class Jonathan Urraca

“Being a Columbian-American and being a woman helps in recruiting, because recently I was able to speak with a mother who didn’t understand much about the Navy, and getting through that language barrier really helped ease her concerns about the Navy.”– Master-At-Arms 3rd Class Lina Marcella-Arce

“The first Swarm has exceeded our expectations, but where the rubber meets the road is in four to five months where we can see if people’s interest turn into contracts.”-Captain Matthew Boren

Here’s what it takes for an immigrant to get a green card 

Local authorities have had run-ins with undocumented immigrants

GEORGIA: On 31JAN2019, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced the seizure of nearly 285-thousand counterfeit sports-related items worth an estimated $24.2-million USD, as well as the arrests of 28 people (including immigrants), as part of Operation Team Player.  Many fake sports memorabilia are being sold at flee markets/swap meets/’pop-up tent’ locations run by illegal immigrants.

Immigrants, including a member of the Army National Guard, become legal U.S. citizens, 10JAN2019 in Atlanta.

IDAHO: U-Haul domestic ‘migration trend’ data says Idaho is No. 5 growth state/more Spanish language classes being offered to adults

It’s been revealed that a USDA taxpayer supported housing complex (called Farmway Village) intended to house migrant farm workers is being used to house poor non-farm workers instead.

MICHIGAN: Michigan Sheriff tells ICE: We won’t detain immigrants without warrant

MISSOURI: 

Airman 1st Class Vera Schwenk is an immigrant from Kyrgyzstan, now working for the USAF at Whiteman Air Force Base.

NEVADA: Illegal immigrant captured, suspect of killing four people

Undocumented immigrant admits killing couple

NEW JERSEY: Undocumented Worker Says Trump Resort Shielded Her

The number of undocumented immigrants is shrinking in these 12 states (including N.J.)

NEW MEXICO: U.S. Border Patrol detains 115 undocumented immigrants, seizes marijuana in New Mexico

NEW YORK: Dream Act Is Approved in NY to Aid Undocumented Students

Immigrant wins release after 5 years ‘detention’ in Batavia

It Was a Sanctuary for undocumented Immigrants. Then One of Its Owners Was Arrested.

$1M campaign supports drivers’ licenses for undocumented immigrants

NYPD Arrested Undocumented Immigrant restaurant Owner and political activist

New York City taxpayers will spend at least $100 million to ensure that undocumented immigrants get healthcare

NORTH CAROLINA: More proof it’s about money; Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools has more than 20,000 immigrant students, That brings costs and benefits.

OHIO: American citizens Following their Undocumented Spouses back to Mexico

PUERTO RICO: 

35 illegal immigrants caught trying to enter Puerto Rico, 07JAN2019.

One of several boats with 66 illegal immigrants caught trying to get into Puerto Rico, 11JAN2019.

The graphic depicts illegal drug/immigrant activities halted by government forces, from 01OCT2018 to 01JAN2019.

TEXAS: My son was killed by an illegal immigrant

Undocumented Immigrant Saved Houston Cop’s Life Before He Was Killed

UTAH: Man accused of smuggling undocumented immigrants through Utah

VERMONT: Suit says Vermont continuing to feed immigrant data to feds

VIRGINIA: Virginians Push Driving Privileges for Undocumented Immigrants

WASHINGTON: New milestone in King County: Immigrant population tops 500000

Washington DC: Democrats Introduce Bill to Shield illegal Farmworkers from Deportation

Trump Asks Support on Shutdown, Hints at immigrant Farmworker Reform

Trump offers protection to undocumented immigrants in exchange of border wall funding, Pelosi rejects it

Victims of Illegal Immigration storm Nancy Pelosi’s Office

U.S. separated ‘thousands’ more immigrant children than known 

22 immigrants died in ICE detention centers during the past 2 years

Why state issued driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants backfired

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT INVASION, UNITED STATES, DECEMBER 2018

WISCONSIN: Driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants gains more support 

December 2018: Migrant farm worker, working for Idaho employer Simplot, failed to follow pesticide application instructions, killing dozens of fish in nearby river 

November 2018: Hurricane reveals just how many illegals are in North Carolina

So many migrant farm workers are flooding into Idaho that USDA (federal taxpayer) funded rural housing authorities are building more apartments for them. 

October 2018: More legal Mexican farm workers are coming to South Carolina than ever.

September 2018: Farmers’ efforts to legally import workers threatens U.S. crops

August 2018: Mollie Tibbetts case exposes farms’ worst-kept secret: hiring undocumented immigrants

U.S.

“Nobody has skin in the game. It’s all tax money.”: Sears Kmart death spiral, February 2019

Motley Fool: Sears spin-off Seritage Growth Properties Will Suspend Its Dividend

American Banker: Citi cards bracing for hit caused by Sears reorganization

For proof you can’t blame it on lack of hi-tech Retail Dive says Sears has 46 smart appliances that work with Alexa

Miami Herald: “Observed rodent droppings on all shelving near dog food, green plastic bins, on shelving with air fresheners, on floors under shelving.” Inspector’s statement regarding a Florida Kmart

nwfdailynews: Woman finds cremated remains in parking lot of Kmart during going out-of-business sale

The Real Deal: Post bankruptcy plan; sell the stores

The Atlantic: Sears Once Sold Heroin

Elliot: what did Sears Optical do with my glasses?

Forbes: Did Steve Mnuchin help Lampert take over Sears-Kmart?

Sears Lives To Die Another Day

Pueblo Chieftain: Sears plans to close three Kmarts a month

Fox: employees tell the judge not to ‘be a pawn in Lampert’s game’

CBS: Sears plans to unload pensions and close more stores

KTVI: TV station helps family resolve Sears warranty dispute, “We’ve been customers with Sears for over 40 years”

ETF Trends: How Kmart Went From Beating Walmart And Target To Bankruptcy

Guam Daily Post: Kmart employees rip off customers by 117-thousand U.S. dollars

CONNECTICUT: It was revealed that Hartford city officials rejected U-Haul’s plan to turn a long vacant Kmart site into a storage unit/Neighborhood Store.

MINNESOTA: The huge Kmart in Rochester was secretly sold-off for $7-million USD, while the store is scheduled to shutdown in March local news media reported that it was never listed as for sale.

NEW YORK:  The Queensbury Kmart was sold-off for $7.1-million USD even though the property was valued at $4.9-million, it was already scheduled to shutdown in March, local news media report that the company which bought the Kmart is actually a ‘holding’ company for U-Haul.

OREGON: Sale of vacant Kmart (to the taxpayers of Oregon City) might force a local business to shutdown: “Nobody has skin in the game. It’s all tax money. Nobody personally has any other finances in this deal here. I’m the one that is hurt…”-Shawn Kapfhammer, owner of S&K Mow and Snow

VIRGINIA: Newport News residents complained about a long vacant Kmart, now they’re the owners of it!  Newport News Economic Development Authority is spending $2.9-million USD buying the property from owner Kroger.

SEARS KMART DEATH SPIRAL, JANUARY 2019: “A SEQUENCE OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS”

U.S.

“Every single month….has been a grind”: ObamaCare ACA death spiral, October 2018

Incomplete (tip-o-the-iceberg) list of healthcare related layoffs, shutdowns and crimes in October 2018:

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

CALIFORNIA: Healthy Living Network issued a shutdown WARN for its ops in Newark, 128 jobs gone by December! Adventist Health Bakersfield suddenly laid off 20 people at its Bakersfield hospital. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals/Health Plan issued a shutdown WARN for its office in Downey, 69 jobs gone by December.  Kaiser Foundation Hospitals also issued a statewide layoff WARN, 85 jobs gone by mid-December. Texas based Concentra finally notified state unemployment officials that it eliminated 182 California jobs back in April! La Jolla Pharmaceutical issued a layoff WARN for its San Diego ops, 166 jobs gone right before Xmas!

German drugs maker Bayer cuts 227 California jobs

Sonoma West Medical Center now chapter 7 bankrupt dead due to massive lawsuits alleging fake billings

FLORIDA: Crothall Healthcare issued a WARN, 70 jobs in Lakeland gone before Xmas. AmeriHealth Caritas issued a WARN, 2-hundred jobs statewide gone right after Xmas! DaVita Labs issued a WARN, 94 jobs in Fort Lauderdale gone by January 2019. Magellan Complete Care issued a WARN, 57 jobs in Miami gone by the end of June 2019.  Also in Miami, Sister Emmanuel Hospital eliminating 97 jobs by December.

ILLINOIS: Executive Building Maintenance lost its contract with Stroger Hospital, 85 jobs affected.

IOWA: Country View Care Facility issued a layoff WARN, 167 jobs gone right after Xmas!1

LOUISIANA: Doctors Hospital at Deer Creek now bankrupt busted due to an administrator being caught ripping off taxpayer funded Medicare.

MARYLAND: Biopharma company Lonza to lay off 60

MASSACHUSETTS: UMass Memorial Health Care lays off 17 workers due to a multimillion-dollar budget gap

Mercy Medical Center to lay off employees, close hearing center

Momenta Pharmaceuticals guts leadership team, slashes 110 jobs

MICHIGAN: Pontiac General Hospital must pay doctor at least $484,000 because the hospital illegally charged the doctor a fee for working there!

MINNESOTA: Nuance Transcription Services laid off 18 people in Burlington.

MISSOURI: Ripley County Memorial Hospital closing, leaving patients with no reasonable healthcare options

MONTANA: Taxpayer funded Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ordered to pay Montana Health Co-op more than $1.2 million despite Congress providing no funding

NEW JERSEY: Virtua Center for HealthFitness Washington Township eliminating 125 jobs after Xmas!

NEW YORK: Murray Hill Medical Group issued a shutdown WARN for two locations in NYC, 113 jobs gone after Xmas!  Affinity Health Plan issued a layoff WARN for its Medicare ops in Bronx, at least 28 jobs gone due to ending its Medicare operations.

Hazel L. Carpenter Adult Home in Oneida closing

NORTH CAROLINA: 50 Wake Forest Baptist Employees Laid Off

OHIO: The Cottages of Clayton nursing home issued a WARN, but did not give any layoff numbers.

OKLAHOMA: Non-profit privately run Lawton Veteran Services Center in danger of closing: “Every single month since I’ve been here has been a grind…. If we do not receive the donations we need to run this place, which is $1,800 a month, we take the money out of our pocket. That gets old real quick. …We have 4,300 active veteran claims that we’re working in this office right now….”-Dr. Jeffrey Seright

OREGON: Adventist Health Home Care Services issued a shutdown WARN for its Personal Care and Home Medical Equipment ops in Salem, 92 jobs gone five days before Xmas.

PENNSYLVANIA: Apparently violent crime is so bad that Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center will start using armed security guards

TENNESSEE: GlaxoSmithKline to lay off 99

TEXAS: Steward Health Care shutdown Northside Regional Medical Center due to lack of patients

WASHINGTON: QualChoice Health Plan Services issued a shutdown WARN for its Federal Way location, 164 jobs gone after Xmas!  ZymoGenetics issued a shutdown WARN for its biotechnology/pharmaceutical ops in Seattle, 63 jobs gone after Xmas.

Washington DC: CDC criticized for slow response to polio-like illness affecting children

Medicaid spending grew 4.2%

ObamaCare (ACA) death spiral September 2018:  “DANGEROUSLY LOW”

Business/Economics

Too Big to Jail bank admits ‘good’ economy is driven by never ending layoffs!: U.S. retail/banking/service sector collapse, September 2018

Incomplete list of U.S. retail/banking/service sector job loss WARNings and store shutdowns made or announced in September 2018:

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

ALABAMA: More Layoffs and Big Changes Rock Meredith’s Alabama Office

CALIFORNIA: Internet based second hand clothing seller ThredUp issued a shutdown WARN for its San Leandro ops, 118 jobs gone a week before Xmas, as the company moves to Arizona! Savers issued a shutdown WARN for its thrift store in Milpitas, 54 jobs gone by November.

Twin Arbors Athletic Club closing all three Lodi locations

San Francisco based Wells Fargo plans to cut up to 26,500 jobs 

Disney Consumer Products Hit With Layoffs

Film studio Global Road files for bankruptcy

Holiday Inn Fisherman’s Wharf to close main building, with 186 layoffs

COLORADO: Dillon bowling alley files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

CONNECTICUT: Wild Bill’s Nostalgia closing its doors

The Day announces company wide layoffs

Farmington Bank to shed 27% of workforce after $544M People’s United deal

Top Farmington Bank Executives See Millions In Severance In Sale Of the Bank

FLORIDA: State Farm issued a WARN for its statewide insurance ops, 159 jobs gone right after Thanksgiving!  Airport services contractor Menzies Aviation eliminating 19 jobs at Tampa International Airport right after Halloween.  Aviation services contractor Eulen America issued a WARN, 5-hundred jobs at Miami International Airport gone by Thanksgiving!  Switzerland based robot maker ABB issued a WARN, 25 jobs in Coral Springs gone by February 2019.

Frank Theaters now bankrupt busted

Thomasville furniture closing at St. Johns Town Center

World of Decor in Bradenton closing

GEORGIA: Merchandiser Siffron issued a WARN, 53 jobs in Centerville gone.

IDAHO: Connections Loyalty issued a WARN, 175 jobs in Boise gone between November and December!

ILLINOIS: Walmart issued a shutdown WARN for its store in Pana, 86 jobs gone by Thanksgiving.

Dozens of layoffs expected at ‘solutions’ company

GQ Sports and Collectibles shutting down

Bed Bath & Beyond closing in Machesney Park

IOWA: Broker Dealer issued a shutdown WARN for its ops in West Des Moines, 35 jobs gone by mid-October. Owner Revolution-Schafer Systems eliminating 46 jobs in Adair by the end of October.  Owner Revolution-Connect A Doc eliminating 33 jobs in Atlantic.

Des Moines based Meredith Announces Structural Changes, Lays Off 200 Employees

Eagle’s Rest Antiques shutting down

KENTUCKY: “Covington’s premier neighborhood!” Mainstrasse Village Association now bankrupt busted due to climate change

LOUISIANA: Popular furniture store closing after 66 years of business in Baton Rouge

MARYLAND: Baltimore based Under Armour Is Cutting 400 Jobs

MASSACHUSETTS: Get ready for layoffs as Rockland Trust to acquire Blue Hills Bank

Concord furniture store The Cottage to close shop

Spencer Furniture closing

Family jewelry store closing after more than 200 years on Cape Cod

After 38 years, Gilda’s Place of Bridals is going out of business

MICHIGAN:   Airport services contractor Menzies Aviation eliminating 189 jobs at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport by mid-November, due to loss of contract with Delta!

Groskopf’s closing downtown Grand Rapids store after 137 years

Pell’s Radio TV & Appliance in Cadillac Closing After Nearly 100 Years

MINNESOTA: Hair salon chain operator Regis suddenly laid off 75 people in Edina.

NEBRASKA:  Closing of Barnett’s Do-It-Center marks end of 136-year tradition

Sempeck’s Bowling and Entertainment suddenly shutdown after 25 years

NEVADA: 1970s Las Vegas Costume Rental Business Closing 

NEW JERSEY: Aviation services contractor ABM Aviation issued a WARN, 821 jobs in Newark gone by November! Seaview Dolce Hotel issued a WARN, 226 jobs gone by Thanksgiving!

40 years old Shaws Book Shop closing

‘This place is an institution.’ Clothing store closing after 119 years.

British empire Canada owned Lord & Taylor to close Monmouth Mall store (124 jobs gone according to official WARN)

NEW YORK: Opry City Stage suddenly shutdown, 99 jobs gone.  Security guard contractor FJC Security Services suddenly lost its contract with the city of New York, 782 jobs gone overnight!  P.W. Minor issued a shutdown WARN for its shoe factory in Batavia, 82 jobs gone between now and Xmas.  Stationary company Bigname Commerce issued a shutdown WARN for its Amityville operations, 41 jobs gone by Xmas.

Citigroup Says Job Cuts Boost Profitability

Bed Bath and Beyond in Niskayuna is closing

123-year old Luxury retailer Henri Bendel closing (at least 112 jobs gone according to WARN)

DeWitt Pet Supplies Plus store closing

Alto Music closing after more than 50 years

State Farm to close New Hyde Park office, lay off 82 workers 

The Village Voice is no more

NORTH CAROLINA: Family Dollar to close Matthews HQ, affecting 900 jobs

NORTH DAKOTA: David’s Bridal in Pinehurst Square Mall closing

OHIO: Allpro Parking eliminating 55 jobs in Columbus, mid-November.

OREGON: SHAMROCK FLOWERS AND GIFTS CLOSING AFTER MORE THAN 30 YEARS

PENNSYLVANIA: Schutt Sports issued a shutdown WARN for its ops in Easton, 50 jobs gone between now and Xmas. Uniform company Elbeco issued a shutdown WARN for its Frackville ops, 71 jobs gone by mid-December.

Wentz Hardware store in Emmaus to close after 75 years

RHODE ISLAND: YMCA closing North Kingstown location

SOUTH DAKOTA: TCF Bank Closing Operations Center In Sioux Falls, Laying Off 145 People

TENNESSEE: Rick Terry jewelers closing in Lenoir City

Knoxville’s Soccer Post closing after decade

As stock hovers around $2, Fred’s plans mass layoff

TEXAS: Small Fry closing after 49 years

North Austin ‘Benefits’ Firm To Lay Off Dozens By November

Walmart closing three Neighborhood Market locations in San Antonio

VIRGINIA: Investment company CFA Institute Makes Significant Layoffs despite growth

Dick’s Sporting Goods at Stony Point sets closing date

WASHINGTON: State Farm issued a shutdown WARN for its insurance ops in Tacoma, 269 jobs lost by the end of October!

Aberdeen Salvation Army Store closes

Future of Flight Museum closing

U.S. FOOD CRISIS, September 2018: “SIGNIFICANT CHANGES”

SEARS KMART DEATH SPIRAL, September 2018:IS THIS IT?

U.S. HI-TECH/COMMUNICATIONS BREAKDOWN, September 2018:“INSURMOUNTABLE CHALLENGES”

U.S. INDUSTRIAL/MINING/LOGISTICS layoffs, September 2018:“MANY JOBS WILL BE….ELIMINATED”

U.S. GOVERNMENT SHENANIGANS, September 2018:TAXES, BAD COPS & CRIMINAL MIGRANTS ON THE RISE!

DUMBING DOWN THE U.S.A., September 2018:“PERCEIVED THREAT”

OBAMACARE ACA DEATH SPIRAL, September 2018:“DANGEROUSLY LOW”

DRUGS, THE AMERICAN WAY, September 2018:“…THE ENTIRE COUNTRY MUST FOCUS ON THIS!” “DRUG DEALERS IN ARMANI SUITS”

U.S. RETAIL/BANKING/SERVICE SECTOR COLLAPSE, August 2018:IT’S WORSE THAN YOUR LEADERS WILL ADMIT TO

Business/Economics

It’s worse than your leaders will admit to: U.S. retail/banking/service sector collapse, August 2018

Incomplete list of U.S. retail/banking/service sector job loss WARNings and store shutdowns made or announced in August 2018:

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

MarketWatch: Chief executives who are paid less than their peers are four times more likely to lay off their employees

BoundingIntoComics: Comic Stores Nationwide Close Up

CALIFORNIA: Wells Fargo layoffs in Rancho Cordova may be harbinger for mortgage industry

Deluxe Entertainment lays off 46 in Burbank

SeaWorld cuts 125 jobs

Target plans to close San Bernardino store (108 jobs gone according to WARN)

BMA Car Wash issued a shutdown WARN for their Canoga Park location, 47 jobs gone by the end of September.  Hotel/resort manager Pyramid Petaluma Management issued a layoff WARN for its ops in Petaluma, 89 jobs gone by the end of September.  Law company Archer Norris shutting down, at least 106 jobs gone by mid October! Global Cash Card eliminating 228 jobs in Irvine by mid-October!  Banc of California shutting down locations in Santa Ana and Whittier.  Airport services contractor Menzies Aviation eliminating 172 jobs in San Francisco by mid-October!  Also in San Francisco, InterContinental Hotels Group Resources eliminating 186 jobs right after Halloween!  Insurance company Allstate issued a shutdown WARN for its ops in San Diego, 58 jobs gone right after Halloween. Rainbow Disposal issued a layoff WARN for its ops in Huntington Beach, 71 jobs gone right after Halloween. The decision by Lowe’s to shutdown all its Orchard Supply Hardware will result in more than 1-thousand-3-hundred Californians becoming jobless by mid-October (according to official WARN)!

COLORADO: Niwot based Crocs shutting down its last shoe factory

FLORIDA: Wells Fargo lays off 137 from Orlando mortgage operations

The Orchard Supply Hardware shutdowns will result in 293 Floridians becoming jobless by mid-October!  1st Global Capital issued a WARN, 108 jobs gone by October!

GEORGIA: The following companies announced or conducted layoffs in August; Bob McCormick and Associates, Clean Break Cleaning, Crowne Plaza Atlanta Perimeter/Ravinia, State Farm Insurance Companies, for a total of 166 jobs lost!

HAWAII: Volcano and hurricane blamed for economic shutdown

ILLINOIS: Moline businesses worry about future after Best Buy closes

INDIANA:  After 44 years, Richmond’s Elder-Beerman shuts down

Security guard contractor Andy Frain issued a shutdown WARN, 148 jobs gone by the end of September!

IOWA: Wells Fargo eliminating 25 jobs in West Des Moines.

MARYLAND: Wells Fargo to lay off 42 additional mortgage workers 

MICHIGAN: Multichannel customer experience ForeSee lays off Ann Arbor employees

MINNESOTA: Waseca Hy-Vee issued a shutdown WARN, 136 jobs gone by the end of September!

NEVADA: Cortez Masto slams Wells Fargo for laying off hundreds in Reno 

NEW HAMPSHIRE: Merrimack based Brookstone Is Closing all Its 101 Mall Stores

NEW YORK: JPMorgan Chase & Co. is laying off about 100 employees

White Plains Walmart shuts down a day earlier than expected

Best Buy issued a shutdown WARN for its store in Liverpool, 76 jobs gone by November. Sterling National Bank WARNed the state that all its offices were shutting down due to being taken over by competitor Astoria Bank. Wells Fargo issued a shutdown WARN for its Pittsford ‘fulfillment unit’.  ‘Intellectual property company’ Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto issued a layoff WARN, 127 jobs gone due to merging with competitor Venable!

NORTH CAROLINA: Mooresville based Lowe’s to close all 99 Orchard Supply Hardware stores 

What’s behind Wells Fargo’s latest layoffs in the Charlotte region

Layoff Notices: 550 workers impacted

OHIO: Cincinnati-based Proctor & Gamble has cut 36,000 jobs since the spring of 2012

Car parts packer Orbis eliminating 105 jobs

Columbus based Victoria’s Secret closing 20 stores

Cincinnati based Macy’s shares tumble as department store struggles to grow sales

Elder-Beerman begins closures of Dayton-area stores

OREGON:  Lowe’s-Orchard Supply Hardware issued a shutdown WARN, 112 jobs gone by mid-October!

PENNSYLVANIA: Coraopolis based Dick’s Sporting Goods’ shares slide as sales miss expectations

York based Bon-Ton Stores is about to disappear

SOUTH DAKOTA: South Dakota unions protest Citi layoffs, bank outsourcing

TEXAS: Capital One to lay off 286 employees from Plano office

Plano based JC Penney Faces Prospects of Closing Dozens of Stores Soon

Houston based Mattress Firm is closing hundreds of stores 

VIRGINIA: Nearly 100 Delta Global Services employees to lose jobs at RIC

WISCONSIN: Kohl’s cuts 60 technology jobs

Despite selling online, Milwaukee based iconic Carson Pirie Scott suddenly shutdown all stores and is going out of business (unless somebody is willing to buy the retailer and keep it alive)

Despite selling online, the end is near for Milwaukee based Younkers

Best Buy issued a shutdown WARN for its store in Grafton, 68 jobs gone by November.

U.S. FOOD CRISIS, August 2018:OUTBREAKS & RECALLS

SEARS KMART DEATH SPIRAL, August 2018: “A BIG RISK.”

U.S. HI-TECH/COMMUNICATIONS BREAKDOWN, August 2018:“UNPRECEDENTED DECLINES” “UNEXPECTED AND UNFORESEEABLE”

U.S. INDUSTRIAL/MINING/LOGISTICS layoffs, August 2018:“A 45-PERCENT DECLINE”

U.S. GOVERNMENT SHENANIGANS, August 2018:ARE COPS THE NEW #1 ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE? IDAHO RAPES TAXPAYERS!

DUMBING DOWN THE U.S.A., August 2018:BARRICADES, ACTIVE SHOOTERS & MAGA

OBAMACARE ACA DEATH SPIRAL, August 2018:“SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES”

DRUGS, THE AMERICAN WAY, August 2018:‘SEVEN DAYS OF HELL’ ‘1.5 MILLION LETHAL DOSES’

U.S. RETAIL/BANKING/SERVICE SECTOR COLLAPSE, JULY 2018: “WE SURVIVED TARGET. WE SURVIVED WALMART, BUT WE COULDN’T SURVIVE THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION…”