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“…will create deaths. This will kill people. People will die because of this.” : ObamaCare ACA death spiral, May 2018

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

Kaiser Family Foundation: 22% increase in healthcare costs

Bloomberg: Even doctors are canceling their health insurance

The Harris Poll: 66% of people say insurance cost is a major source of stress in their lives (gee, wasn’t ObamaCare supposed to remedy that?)

eHealth: 74% of people consider ObamaCare-ACA insurance rates unfair

Law360:  Humana Fights To Keep $45-billion tax dollar funded  Tricare Deal secret

VOX: Humana hits patient with surprise bill even though his surgery was ‘in-network’  (the hospital was in-network, but not the doctors)

NTT Data: Medicare Advantage online enrollment process is confusing 

Health Affairs: 86% of doctors suspicious of genetic test results, concern over insurance discrimination

Arizona: Banner Health reports a 55% crash in net income for its first quarter of 2018 due to increased operating costs.

California: A now former fraud investigator for insurance company Anthem facing charges of fraud himself, accused of helping two San Fernando Valley plastic surgery clinics falsify about $20-million USD in claims.  IDEX Health & Science issued a shutdown WARN for its Carlsbad ops, 58 jobs gone by the end of July. Concentra suddenly killed 180 jobs in Valencia!   Molina Healthcare eliminating 93 jobs in Sacramento and Los Angeles by July.  In Paradise, SunBridge Paradise Rehabilitation Center eliminating 78 jobs by July.

Colorado: Penrose-Saint Francis Health Services suddenly laid off 42 people, including a CAO, in an attempt “to increase efficiency of operations”.

Connecticut: UnitedHealth and AARP (American Association of Retired Persons) being sued in federal court for allegedly diverting $400-million USD per year in Medigap rebates in violation of state law.  Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics eliminating 198 jobs in Brookfield by September!  Homecare provider Maplewood at Home issued a shutdown WARN for its Danbury ops, 115 jobs gone by mid-July!

Delaware: In May, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield revealed to state regulators that back in March it sent 507 customers the wrong benefits information.

Florida: A now former CEO of Calhoun Liberty Hospital charged with stealing $1-million USD from the hospital.  Baptist Health South Florida eliminating 588 jobs by the end of July!

Georgia: Schizophrenic HCA Healthcare controlled Memorial Healthcare suddenly laid off 85 people but then said it would be hiring 2-hundred.  Atlanta based U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that the number of people without health insurance increased in 2017, compared to 2016, however it decreased when compared to 2014. Bottom line is that ObamaCare-ACA didn’t significantly reduce the number of people without health insurance (yet it’s costing people more money).

More proof ObamaCare-ACA is a total failure; U.S. Department of Defense deployed hundreds of personnel under Operation Empower Health- Greater Savannah, which provided free (taxpayer funded) healthcare to people and their pets!!!

Illinois: State inspectors discovered that Cook County’s taxpayer funded Health and Hospitals System lost at least $165-million in revenue due to billing errors, over the past three years!  Siemens Medical Solutions Advanced Therapies Division issued a shutdown WARN for its Hoffman Estates ops, 104 jobs gone by March 2019!  After 20 years non-profit nursing home River to River shutting down due to lack of money, which is caused by lack of patients (occupancy rate only 51%).

Indiana: Medical device maker DJO Global issued a shutdown WARN for its Plainfield location, 70 jobs gone by October.

Iowa: Mercy Medical Center issued a layoff WARN, 43 jobs gone by July.  University of Iowa Health Ventures issued a layoff WARN, 190 jobs gone by the end of June!

Kansas:  The CFO of Shawnee Mission Health accused of  being part of the now settled 20 hospital kick-back fraud by god’s own Adventists Health.

Maryland: ObamaCare-ACA insurance companies demanding a 30% increase in premiums in 2019.  Two now former Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services officials found guilty of helping a New York investment company get inside information on taxpayer funded operations. 

Michigan: Sparrow Carson Hospital halted inpatient obstetrics, resulting in an undisclosed number of layoffs, blaming it on the increasing number of people who don’t want to get pregnant (population death spiral).

Minnesota: Eastern European hackers took control of the computer records of Associates in Psychiatry and Psychology, which agreed to pay a ransom of just under $4-thousand worth of Bitcoin to free-up their computers.  MedTronic eliminating 30 jobs in Saint Paul by the end of June.

Missouri: Local politician owned pharmacy chain (20 stores) Family Pharmacy now chapter 11 bankrupt busted and selling its assets to Smith Drug Company.  Twin Rivers Regional Medical Center shutting down, 259 jobs gone by the end of June due to ObamaCare-ACA forcing the hospital to focus on outpatient care only!  Politicians are calling for an investigation into Hospital Partners-Putnam County Memorial Hospital after a state audit discovered that the small 15 bed hospital was paid $92-million USD for lab work that was actually done at other hospitals!

New Jersey:  According to the 2017 New Jersey Health & Well-Being Poll, one in seven New Jersey adults get a surprise medical bill.   The University Medical Center charged a woman $5,751 for an ice pack, even though she refused treatment when she found out the hospital was not ‘in-network’.

New York: ‘Over the counter’ lotion maker Geritrex issued a shutdown WARN, 26 jobs gone by the end of June.  Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation issued a shutdown WARN for its Brooklyn-NYC ops, 305 jobs threatened because the company sold-out to a competitor!   Nassau Health Care-Nassau University Medical Center owes the New York State Health Insurance Program $62.6-million USD in insurance premiums for its own employees!    NYC Health + Hospitals accuses UnitedHealthcare of wrongfully rejecting insurance claims of $11.5-million, from 2014 to 2017: “For too long, NYC Health + Hospitals has been leaving money on the table and subsidizing private insurance companies by letting denials slide.”-Mitchell Katz, CEO NYC Health + Hospitals

North Carolina: A now former finance director for High Point Regional Hospital sentenced to eight and-a-half years in prison for stealing $3.9-million USD from the hospital.

Ohio: Salem Regional Medical Center eliminated 26 jobs, one week after shutting down its maternity ward.  IBM controlled Watson Health suddenly laid off at least 40 people in Cleveland, a now former employee posted online “….to close the shop, will happen in early 2019. … This round of cuts is much bigger than anyone is reporting, they cutting deep and wide, there is no recovery from this one…”  Toledo based ProMedica reported a $2.7-million USD operating loss for its first quarter of 2018, due to increased operating costs.

Oklahoma: BlueCross BlueShield charged a retired doctor, who underwent foot surgery,  $619 for a saw blade, $4,265 for a drill bit and $15,076 for three screws used in the surgery!

Oregon: CNN reports UnitedHealthcare denied a dying mother’s liver transplant.

Pennsylvania:  MedTronic issued a shutdown WARN for its Bala Cynwyd location, 76 jobs gone. 

Rhode Island: Blue Cross Blue Shield facing federal level antitrust lawsuit which accuses the insurance company of “purposely” stopping the sale of financially troubled Landmark Medical Center over insurance reimbursement rates.

Tennessee: A Rite Aid Pharmacy in Springfield shutting down mid-June, as a result of Rite Aid being taken over by Walgreens (there’s a Walgreens across the street from the Rite Aid).  Envision Healthcare straight-up blamed insurance companies and the government (ObamaCare-ACA) for screwing with patient’s healthcare coverage, saying “We strongly believe payers, regulators and providers must work collaboratively. We object to many of the current payer tactics that fuel conflict and adversely impact the unique relationship between patient and physician.”

Texas: Doctors in The Lone Star State saying Blue Cross Blue Shield’s new insurance policy “…will create deaths. This will kill people. People will die because of this.”    Acuity Healthcare shutting down its ten years old San Antonio Acuity Hospital mid-July, due to declining revenue and industry changes.  Also in San Antonio, Illinois based medical supply company Arjo eliminating 54 jobs in June due to “a global decision”.  A Texas doctor facing federal charges of intentionally misdiagnosing patients with cancer as part of a $240-million USD fraud to provide the doctor and his co-conspirators with a “lavish and opulent lifestyle”,  many people were subjected to toxic cancer treatments when they didn’t have cancer!  Another Texas man was convicted of impersonating electronic health records company Cerner, causing several victims to lose millions of dollars, another man pled guilty.   Three former executives of now bankrupt busted billing company Constellation Healthcare Technologies face charges of falsifying bank records to make the company appear to be worth more than $300-million USD.  Memorial Hermann Health System paying a $19-million fine for filing false Medicare claims.  In Webster, after only four years of operations Bay Area Regional Medical Center suddenly went bankrupt busted and shutdown, 9-hundred jobs suddenly gone (Bay Area Regional also unable to make final paychecks and is ‘working’ with creditors to attempt to pay the now former employees)!  Several now former employees have filed a class action lawsuit against the short-lived defunct hospital. Insurance companies Cigna and Aetna claim the hospital owes them $43-million USD, however Bay Area Regional Medical Center blames lack of ObamaCare-ACA insurance reimbursements for their demise: “When it came to negotiations with our managed care contracts we were unable to come to an agreement, a favorable agreement and due to overhead, we couldn’t survive.”-Santiago Mendoza

Wisconsin: Medical equipment renter Degen-Berglund issued a layoff WARN for La Crosse, 30 jobs gone in July.

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

ObamaCare (ACA) death spiral April 2018: “NEW NORMAL”

“You can’t stop the church!”: U.S. christian rapture, April 2018

Incomplete (tip-o-the iceberg) list of U.S. Christian shutdowns, layoffs and Rapture oddities for the Gregorian (western christian calendar) month of April 2018.

Catholic Relief Services revealed that in 2017 about 14-thousand  parishes and schools in the United States were helped with the Lenten Rice Bowl food program.  However, Catholic Relief Services also admitted that only 25% of donations collected for the program actually go to help low income Catholics, where those donations were collected, the remaining 75% is spent on Catholic agriculture/education/micro-loan operations around the world.

Alabama: A former pastor with Mount Gilead Baptist Church charge with child sex crimes.  The attorney for the former pastor said his client is being charged on “the slimmest and most vague allegations I’ve ever seen.”  A man arrested for stealing just over $20-thousand USD from the Mayfair Church of Christ, he confessed in front of the congregation.  A construction worker fell 12 meters (40 feet) while working on a new day care building for the Tanner Williams Assembly of God.

Alaska: At the Anchorage Community House-Church of Love political activists (described by local news media as “left leaning”) were prepping for a non-violent civil disobedience demonstration when a man burst in and pepper sprayed them.   Also in Anchorage, a woman praying at Holy Family Cathedral says a man burst in an exposed himself to her (say, isn’t that similar to how Virgin Mary got pregnant?).

Arizona: A Phoenix woman accused of using a tazer to wake up her son so they wouldn’t be later for Easter Sunday services.   The Sacred Heart Church, in Tucson, is so desperate for money they held a document shredding event, $5 per box.  Interestingly the event was co-sponsored by a local politician.  In Peoria, police finally arrested a man for stealing a trailer filled with $40-thousand USD worth of christian idols, from the Cross of Glory Lutheran Church.  Police got a tip the trailer was parked in an apartment parking lot, a man was living inside, police say the homeless man admitted to trading the church idols for drugs.

Arkansas: In Warren, despite being on the National Register of Historic Places god was powerless to stop ‘his’ New Zion A.M.E. Zion Church from being torn down after being condemned because the roof caved in.

California: Presbyterian founded Walmart issued a shutdown WARN for its store in Simi Valley, 130 jobs gone by June!  The California Catholic Conference is warning “Could a California bill ban Christian teaching on homosexuality?”   Anti-gun laws failed to stop a man from stabbing to death a woman in the parking lot of the City of Refuge Church in Gardena, because she broke off their relationship. The man was arrested a few days later in Texas, hiding in his ex-wife’s house.  The First Congregational Church of Oakland has joined a growing list of churches now refusing to call police for help, not even for acts of violence, because they believe the police of The Beast, I mean police of local government are the problem.   In San Diego, the First Unitarian Universalist Church joined the growing list of churches harboring illegal immigrants, saying 93% of its members approved the decision. San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral replaced The Virgin Mary with a Beyoncé Mass.  Church leaders claim Beyoncé is the new goddess, I mean spiritual leader of black women: “Conservative Christians see a high wall separating the Church from the world; Progressive Christians do not.”-Reverend Jude Harmon

Colorado: Centura Health’s Saint Mary-Corwin Medical Center laying off 3-hundred people, but then says that it’ll hire back most of them!  Centura Health’s Longmont United Hospital eliminating less than 30 jobs due to a variety of reasons. Porter Adventist Hospital admitted that an infection control breach, which potentially exposed 5-thousand-8-hundred patients, was caused by human error.  The state Department of Public Health and Environment has confirmed that several of Porter Adventist Hospital’s patients have become infected as a result of the breach.  Evangelical CovenantCare at Home shutting down, 67 jobs gone in May.

Connecticut: The Bible Way Temple Nation church mysteriously caught fire, with 12 people inside. The churchgoers escaped, investigators trying to figure out what caused the blaze. The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme joined the growing list of churches protecting illegal immigrants.  The Archdiocese of Hartford hit with a sex crimes lawsuit, the sex crimes allegedly taking place at Saint Matthew Church in Bristol.

Delaware:  The pastor of Iglesia El Espiritu Santo (located in next door Maryland) was arrested at his home in Laurel, for selling child pornography.   Also in Laurel, police are looking for a man who burgled the Rock Church, at least three times.   They know who he is, but he seems to have disappeared.

Florida:  The Lee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a teacher from god’s own Evangelical Christian School for having sex with a student, according to a notice posted by the school “…a female Upper School teacher admitted to sexual misconduct with a student.”  God allowed fire to destroy the Lighthouse Church in DeLand. Investigators think the fire started as a result of a sparking exterior light.

Georgia: Mallary Baptist Association has declared the Raleigh White Baptist Church racist.  Reports that the computer of the Calvary Baptist Church of Augusta was hacked in retaliation for the church’s support of Senate Bill 315.  Somebody stole the Pentecostals of Bainbridge Church van right out of the church parking lot.  A now former church bookkeeper spending at least two years in federal prison after pleading guilty to stealing $420-thousand USD from the First Presbyterian Church in Peachtree.   Baptist/Methodist founded Piggly Wiggly shutdown their 25 years old grocery store in Hogansville, with only four days notice.

Guam: Yet another Catholic priest accused of child sex crimes, the only problem is he’s already dead.  The Archdiocese of Agana is now facing more than 160 sex crimes lawsuits from residents of the U.S. territory.

Hawaii: God flooded out the Calvary by Sea Lutheran Church, which is also home to the Angel Network Charities food pantry.

Idaho:  Parts of the Saint Luke’s Magic Valley Medical Center lost electrical power for an hour, supposedly because of a bird getting tangled in power lines.  In Napoleon Dynamite’s Preston, a car crash killed two old people and injured four Mormon missionaries. Police say for an unknown reason the old married couple (who were most likely Mormons as well, if you know the area) turned in front of the car carrying the missionaries.

Illinois:  Despite being ‘cleared’ of all sex crimes allegations (not by police but by his own church committee) the founder of the megachurch Willow Creek Community Church resigned, I mean officially retired.

Indiana:  Spray paint artists tagged Woodside Community Church, then spray painted an apology that read “Sorry, we just realized this was a church.”   The anti-2nd Amendment Wabash Avenue Presbyterian Church offering gun owners $125 USD in grocery gift cards if they give up their guns/accessories.  Obviously the naive church members don’t realize how much guns and gun accessories actually cost.

Iowa: To show you that there are too many potatoes on the market, the First United Methodist Church attempted to give away 18143.7 kilos (40-thousand pounds) of spuds in Mason City.  In an apparent effort to support the 1st Amendment, just over 30 members of the Collegiate Methodist Church listened to a university professor explain why Jesus the Christ was evil.  The professor also wrote a book called The Bad Jesus.

Kansas: A member of the Unity of Wichita Church confessed in writing to stealing $100-thousand USD from the church, the police were notified.

Kentucky: KentuckyOne Health selling its Saint Joseph Martin hospital and four clinics to Appalachian Regional Healthcare.  The property of United Church of Paducah being auctioned off in May due to The Rapture, I mean crashing membership.

Maryland: A now former youth pastor sentenced to three years in prison for having sex with a teenager at Saint Elizabeth Catholic Church.  The pastor of Sonrise Church is crusading against the local taxpayer funded public schools because they’re now using yoga to help students relax.  The pastor says yoga is a Hindu act and therefore evil.

Massachusetts: God powerless to stop the June shutdown of ‘his’ 61 years old Marian High School due to lack of students. Students have started a social media fundraising operation, hoping to raise enough money to keep the school open.  In Worcester, god powerless to stop property developers from tearing down ‘his’ iconic Notre Dame des Canadiens.

Michigan:   A five years old boy had his mouth taped shut and his school lunch thrown in the trash by a Crestwood School District substitute teacher’s assistant (who doesn’t deserve a penny of her taxpayer funded paycheck).  But wait there’s more! The taxpayer funded preschool program is being run out of the Cherry Hill Baptist Church, and that other substitute teachers have been violent with students, one even tried to bribe a student not to tell by giving him a bracelet.     Six employees of Providence Christian Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center suing because they’re mad that patients are being allowed to request ‘white’ caregivers only.

Minnesota: A taxpayer funded charter school bus driver, who also happens to be a pastor of an unnamed Minneapolis church, was suspended after being caught forcing students to take part in prayer sessions on the bus (according to complaints by parents).  It’s the second time he was caught doing that (the first time he was actually fired).  Policy says drivers can pray as individuals, but cannot make students take part in group prayers.

Mississippi: A Saint Dominic Hospital employee arrested for stealing and selling patient’s financial information.

Missouri: Weekend Masses were halted at Saint Martha Church in Wayland, Notre Dame Church in LaGrange and the Shrine of Saint Patrick in Saint Patrick, the Diocese of Jefferson City blames The Rapture, I mean a sudden shortage of priests.  A now former youth pastor at the Central Presbyterian Church reportedly confessed to child sex crimes after church leaders called the cops.  The state Supreme Court overruled god saying Antioch Community Church cannot continue using its small digital sign, because it violates the zoning laws of Kansas City.

Montana:  Catholic Diocese of Great Falls-Billings agrees to pay $20-million USD in an attempt to “continue the healing process” for 86 victims of its sex crimes.

Nebraska: While 40 people were prepping for choir practice god decided to set the United Methodist Church, in Grand Island, on fire.  The fire department said the fire was started by a burning bush next to the church, they don’t know how the bush caught fire!  Also in Grand Island, police removed a camper with two ganja and meth smoking occupants from the property of Trinity United Methodist Church.  Apparently the tokers had been parked on church property for ten days before anybody decided to call police.  The Protestant political leaders of the state are refusing to allow Catholic nuns, who are required to live a low income lifestyle by the church, to get Medicaid.  It’s the results of recent state cuts to taxpayer funded health insurance. 

New Hampshire: The Saint James Catholic Church sold for $2.3-million USD to a property developer who wants to build condominiums.

New Jersey:  The state Supreme Court ruled against Morris County’s plan to use more than $4-million USD in taxpayer funding to restore old churches.  Not only does it violate the federal Constitution, but it violates the state Constitution of New Jersey which says nobody can be forced to “…be obliged to pay tithes, taxes or other rates for building or repairing any church or churches, place or places of worship, or for the maintenance of any minister or ministry…”

New York: Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services halting housing ops in Howard Beach, Far Rockaway and Brooklyn-NYC, due to loss of funding.  Catholic Guardian Services halting ops for disabled people across several cities, at least 99 jobs lost due to loss of contract.  Heritage Christian Services halting ops for disabled people in Rochester, 49 jobs lost due to loss of contract.  Easter Seals issued a shutdown WARN for four of its Intermediate Care Facilities, 78 jobs gone by mid-July.  In South Buffalo, god powerless to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ 38 years old Franciscan Center because “numbers of young men seeking help have gone down.”  God powerless to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ YWCA (Yong Women’s Christian Association) operations in Batavia: “We’re working to keep the doors open but right now we have to close, and we’re reviewing the finances. There’s considerable longstanding debt and there’s no money on reserve to get us through this situation.”-Tomidy-Pepper, executive director

North Carolina: A christian pastor with Izmir Resurrection Church faces 35 years in a Turkish prison if convicted of supporting Muslim ‘terrorist’ groups connected to the 2016 coup attempt.  Anglican/Episcopalian/Presbyterian founded Too Big to Jail Wells Fargo eliminating 593 jobs in Winterville, between June and October!  God burned down the New Gospel Tabernacle Holiness Church, which was not covered by insurance, the defiant pastor exclaimed “You can’t stop the church! Keep us in your prayers.”  The Winston-Salem Fire Department said “We are still trying to figure out where it started and what started it.”

North Dakota: A teacher at god’s own Saint Joseph Catholic School, in Williston, arrested last month for sex crimes, hit with even more charges of sex crimes this month.  He is now accused of having sex with at least five girls. He was also a coach with Williston Public School District.

Ohio: In Weston, god destroyed the Antioch Church by driving a delivery truck through it, local news media said there were multiple injuries.

Oklahoma: In Oklahoma City the vacant and for sale Calvin Presbyterian Church caught fire, according to the fire department it’s the second time since December.  Fire fighters say the church was locked-up tight when they arrived  and they’re not sure what started the fire (god?).

Oregon: Providence Saint Vincent Medical Center warning that one of its nurses came to work sick with TB.   The hospital offering free tuberculosis testing as a result.

Pennsylvania:  UPMC Presbyterian notified 4-thousand-7-hundred patients that an employee came to work infected with TB between October 2017 and February 2018!  The employee is on leave.  UPMC Mercy South Side Outpatient Center warning of shutdown due to the hospital needing at least $10-million in repairs.  The Catholic Diocese of Erie released a list of 51 Catholics accused of sex crimes. 

Rhode Island: Saint Patrick Church in Cumberland being shutdown and members being forced to attend Saint Aidan Parish, due to The Rapture, I mean lack of members at the Saint Patrick Church.   The Healing Church (once a Catholic church) now promotes the use of ‘kosher’ homegrown marijuana.

South Carolina:  After more than 160 years god decided to burn down the historic Saint Andrews Church in Mount Pleasant.  Church leaders say they’ll recover pronouncing “Lift high the cross! We’ll be just fine.”

South Dakota:  A woman already on probation for embezzlement sent back to three years in prison after admitting she ripped-off the United Church of Christ.

Texas: Covenant Church donated $10-thousand USD to help payoff the debts of military veterans, through the RIP Medical Debt charity.  RIP Medical Debt claims that donation helped them payoff more than $10-million in medical debts!  A different church is under suspicion about its donations, the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs is trying to raise $3-million USD for new construction.  The church was the site of a mass shooting last year and the families of the victims are questioning if donations for the victims are being diverted to the construction project.  Church leaders deny the accusation, but some families say the church has refused to help pay for some shooting victims, and others say it’s taken months for the church to respond to their request for help.  Families have noticed that the church has already spent millions of dollars in donations on construction projects: “This has gotten way out of hand, way out of hand! There’s some greed going on, and it’s wrong.”-Lisa McNulty, mother of shooting victim killed last year

Utah: A woman is suing the Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints (LDS, Mormon) saying she was raped by a ‘priesthood’ leader in a secret room at the Missionary Training Center in Provo, back in 1984.  The leader in question denies raping her, but admitted to police that he asked her to get naked. The leader has been accused of rape before.

Vermont: A former politician, now minister of the Congregational Church of Rupert, says even at $15 per hour minimum wage is still poverty level.  Desperate state leaders are trying to raise tax revenues through the back-door by ending tax deductions for charity donations, including to church run charities. 

Washington: The Bethel Church of the Nazarene was vandalized: “A urinal and drinking fountain were ripped off the walls, a sink was ripped out of the counter, cupboard doors were ripped off their hinges, miscellaneous food items were strewn about the church, and other items were moved and broken during the crime spree.” 

Washington DC: Catholic bishops from El Salvador lobbied the U.S. government to protect the immigration status of 200-thousand El Salvadorans working in the United States.

West Virginia: God blew the steeple off The Family Word Church of God of Prophecy in Point Pleasant.

Wisconsin:  Sacred Heart Hospital and Saint Joseph’s Hospital both warning of massive layoffs saying “The healthcare industry continues to experience a shift in the way people utilize health care services nationwide. High deductible insurance plans are causing many people to postpone care…”   Mmmm, isn’t that what ObamaCare-ACA was trying to avoid?  Wheaton Franciscan-Saint Joseph Hospital shutting down surgical and inpatient care in low-income neighborhood, due to lack of revenues.

U.S. Christian Rapture, March 2018: “GOD ALLOWED THIS TO HAPPEN.”

“No man can work for two masters, for either he will hate one and will love the other, or he will honor one and the other he will ignore. You cannot work for God and for money.”-Matthew 6:24, Aramaic Bible

“But the root of all these evils is the love of money, and there are some who have desired it and have erred from the faith and have brought themselves many miseries.”-1 Timothy 6:10 Aramaic Bible

“And Yeshua [Jesus of Nazareth] entered the temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves. And he said to them, It is written: ‘My house will be called the House of prayer, but you have made it a den of robbers.’ “-Matthew 21:12-13 Aramaic Bible

“Yeshua said to them, ‘Give what is Caesar’s to Caesar and what is God’s to God.’ And they marveled at him.”-Mark 12:17 Aramaic Bible

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.-1st Amendment, U.S. Constitution

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Former employees of religious non-profits might not qualify for unemployment assistance (or even be counted as unemployed): “If the non-profit organization is a church, you may or may not be entitled to unemployment. It all depends upon state regulations for church employers. In many cases, churches are allowed to set their own rules regarding unemployment benefits, meaning the church can choose whether to offer benefits to former employees.”

“their year of demise.”: Sears Kmart death spiral, June 2018

Sears Holdings has already announced new store shutdowns that weren’t on the shutdown list issued at the end of May.  However, Sears Holdings representatives claim some of the store shutdowns announced in May are now on hold pending further review.

Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores reported a $9.4-million USD loss for its first quarter of 2018 and as a result will shutdown 1-hundred stores (the majority will be shutdown during the second quarter).  It was also revealed that 20 Hometown & Outlet stores were shutdown during the first quarter of 2018.

Alabama: The Sears Hometown Stores in Enterprise, Jasper and Moulton just made the new and evolving shutdown list,  shutting down by the end of July.

Arizona: The Nogales Sears Hometown Store just made the new and evolving shutdown list,  shutting down by the end of July.

California: A Sears store and Auto Center in Newark (54 jobs gone by the end of September), and the almost 50 years old Thousand Oaks Sears store to shutdown in September.  Local news media reported that in 2014 officials in Thousand Oaks approved a plan to chop up the Sears store.  In Modesto, the Vintage Faire Mall Sears shutdown by an escalator fire, even though the fire was contained to the escalator for some reason the Auto Center and Avis/Budget car rental operations have also been shutdown.  In Sacramento, the owners of Arden Fair Mall filed a lawsuit to stop the sale of the still active Sears store to a ‘retail redevelopment’ company.  Local news media reporting that the still active Goleta Kmart is being taken over by Target, due to the Kmart lease being past due expired (the Kmart is not on the current official shutdown list).  The Lompoc Sears Hometown Store shutting down by the end of July, local news media say employees claim its because the landlord is demanding a huge increase in rent and is not linked to the official Sears shutdown list (even though it is on the official Hometown shutdown list).  The Sears Hometown Stores in Banning, Gilroy and Red Bluff just made the new and evolving shutdown list,  shutting down by the end of July.

Colorado: The Rifle Sears Hometown Store just made the new and evolving shutdown list,  shutting down by the end of July.

Connecticut: The only two Sears Hometown Stores in the state, Barkhamsted and Colchester,  just made the new and evolving shutdown list.    The Waterbury Sears shutting down by September.

Florida: The Altamonte Mall Sears store and Auto Center, in Altamonte Springs, being shutdown by the end of August, possibly due to mall owner (and Sears Holdings spin-off) Seritage Growth Properties’ plan to turn the mall into a massive real estate trade show convention center.  The Labelle Sears Hometown Store just made the new and evolving shutdown list,  shutting down by the end of July.   In Pensacola, the 44 years old University Town Plaza Sears shutting down by the end of July.

Georgia: The Sears Hometown Stores in Commerce and Wrens just made the new and evolving shutdown list,  shutting down by the end of July.   The shuttering Duluth Gwinnett Place Mall Sears suddenly sold to an apartment developer. 

Illinois: More proof Sears Holdings isn’t serious about saving its ass as the Litchfield owner of a Sears Hometown Store has been told by Sears Holdings that he can’t move into a soon-to-be-vacated  ‘full line’ Qunicy Sears store for another 18 months: “Unfortunately, when a full-line Sears store leaves a city per the contract with Sears Hometown, no one can put a store in the city again for 18 months.”-facebook post

The Sears Hometown Stores in Moline, Plano and Sterling just made the new and evolving shutdown list,  shutting down by the end of July.

Indiana: The Sears Hometown Stores in Auburn, Greensburg, North Vernon and Washington just made the new and evolving shutdown list,  shutting down by the end of July.

Kansas: The Lawrence Sears Hometown Store  just made the new and evolving shutdown list,  shutting down by the end of July.

Kentucky: The Sears Hometown Stores in Glasgow, London, Morehead and Paintsville just made the new and evolving shutdown list,  shutting down by the end of July.

Louisiana: Pecanland Mall Sears in Monroe, as well as the Shreveport Sears (local news media says Sears repeatedly denied it was shutting the Shreveport location down, until now) and Bossier City Sears, all shutting down by September.  The Sears Hometown Stores in Cut Off, Jennings and Leesville just made the new and evolving shutdown list,  shutting down by the end of July.

Maine: The Sears Hometown Stores in Beddeford and Ellsworth just made the new and evolving shutdown list,  shutting down by the end of July.

Maryland: Local news media reporting the Westfield Montgomery Sears, in Bethesda, will shutdown by March 2019, for massive property redevelopment. 

Michigan: The Oakland Mall Sears in Troy to shutdown in September.  In Marquette, a facebook post announced the July shutdown of the Sears Hometown Store.  The Sears Hometown Stores in Fort Gratiot and Waterford shutting down in July.   For more proof that the claim that brick-n-mortar retail shopping is dead, is bull-shit, local news media revealed that the now vacant Fenton Kmart is being replaced with four brick-n-mortar stores; TJ Maxx, Petco, Five Below and Michaels.  As I’ve been warning since 2012, it’s ALL PART OF Real Estate Investment Trust PLAN TO CHANGE THE WAY YOU SHOP, AND THEY BLAME YOU THE SHOPPER!

Montana: The Havre Kmart shutting down in September. The Great Falls Sears Hometown Store just made the new and evolving shutdown list,  shutting down by the end of July.

Mississippi: Sears Hometown Stores in Columbus, Corinth and Ripley just made the new shutdown list, for July.

Nebraska: In Omaha, the Oak View Mall Sears shutting down between July and September.  GGP, owner of Oak View Mall said “For retailers who had been in a decline for more than a decade, 2017 was their year of demise. These retailers lost their emotional connection to the consumer, lacked investment in their physical platforms, and had not made appropriate investments in an omni-channel environment”

New Hampshire: The Sears Hometown Stores in Gorham, Rochester, Seabrook and Walpole just made the new and evolving shutdown list,  shutting down by the end of July.

New Mexico: In anticipation of the shutdown of a Albuquerque Kmart, the city has already re-zoned the property for a massive brick-n-mortar development.

New York: The Great Northern Mall Sears store and Auto Center, in Clay, 57 jobs gone by September.  The Sears Hometown Stores in Batavia, Ithaca and Malone just made the new and evolving shutdown list,  shutting down by the end of July.

North Carolina: Without warning the Raleigh Sears Home Services, on Six Forks Road, was sold for $5-million USD to a developer based in Virginia.  Without warning the active Northgate Mall Sears store property was sold for $6.5-million to a property developer in Colorado. The Sears Hometown Stores in Boone, Rocky Mount and Waynesville just made the new and evolving shutdown list,  shutting down by the end of July.

Ohio:   The Sears Hometown Stores in Jackson and Washington Court House just made the new and evolving shutdown list,  shutting down by the end of July. The Tri-County Mall Sears, in Cincinnati, shutting down by September.  Local news media says the shutdown was revealed when Store Closing signs were posted outside the building.

Oklahoma:  The last Sears store in Oklahoma City to shutdown in September.   The Grove Sears Hometown Store just made the new and evolving shutdown list,  shutting down by the end of July.

Oregon: For more proof the store shutdowns are a False Flag, the franchise owner of the Sears Hometown Stores in Corvallis, Madras and Prineville (shutting down by the end of July) Heidi Wood publicly stated her stores were profitable, stressing “I just want people to know, we didn’t leave by choice. This was a corporate decision.”  Local news media also discovered that Sears Holdings-Hometown & Outlet Store forced Wood to move one of her stores, and also forced a landlord to invest $100-thousand USD into the property to bring it up to ‘Sears standards’ months before the shutdown order came, the landlord is now suing Sears: “We’ve locked the tenant out of the building, and Sears doesn’t have any rights to get into it.”-John Goodman, attorney for landlord

Pennsylvania: It’s been revealed that the 2014 shutdown of the Sears store in Century III Mall is killing the mall.  Sears violated its lease contract when it shutdown the store, meaning they owe the mall owner $4.2-million USD, which Sears Holdings has refused to payThe ongoing lawsuit is now resulting in a ‘sheriff’s sale’ of the Century III Mall.  The Ebensburg Sears Hometown Store just made the new and evolving shutdown list,  shutting down by the end of July.

Rhode Island: The Wakefield Sears Hometown Store just made the new and evolving shutdown list,  shutting down by the end of July.

South Carolina:  The happy taxpayers of Camden are about to become the proud owners of the vacant Kmart, as city leaders consider an annexation ordinance.   The Aiken Sears Hometown Store shutting down by July, an employee told local news media “It was a corporate decision, and we’re not supposed to talk to the media….”   Sears Hometown Stores in Lancaster, Loris, Port Royal and Seneca all shutting down by the end of July.

South Dakota: The Mitchell and Aberdeen Sears Hometown Stores shutting down by the end of July.

Tennessee: The Franklin, Milan and Oak Ridge Sears Hometown Stores shutting down by the end of July. In Oak Ridge, the Sears Hometown Store suddenly shutdown, a sign reads Closed Until Further Notice, customers are being directed to call a competing Sears Hometown Store in Harriman.  The year-and-a-half old Franklin-Mckay’s Mill Sears Hometown Store shutting down by the end of June, the store operator said “There are many reasons for the store closing. Sears Hometown Stores and I have mutually agreed to close the store.”

Texas: The Athens, Azle, Kingsville, Mineral Wells and Palestine Sears Hometown Stores all shutting down by the end of July.  In San Antonio, the Park North Shopping Center Sears shutting down by the end of July, Sears Holdings is blaming the landlord of Park North Shopping Center for the shutdown.  The shutdown of the Rolling Oaks Mall Sears store on hold pending the outcome of lease-back negotiations.  It was revealed that the Wichita Falls Sears Hometown Store was suddenly shutdown at the end of May, and now Sears Hometown & Outlet is suing the property owner.  The surprise shutdown came just 54 days after the store had its grand ‘soft’ opening, the landlord said the store owner failed to pay rent and other fees! (twisted update on Wichita Falls shutdown)

Utah: The Tooele Sears Hometown Store just made the new and evolving shutdown list,  shutting down by the end of July.

Vermont: The Middlebury, Saint Johnsbury and Saint Albans Sears Hometown Store just made the new and evolving shutdown list,  shutting down by the end of July.

Virginia: Sears/Kmart operations in Chesapeake and Virginia Beach to shutdown in September.  The Covington, Lynchburg and Williamsburg  Sears Hometown Stores all shutting down by the end of July.  A facebook post revealed that Sears Hometown Stores in Staunton (the oldest Sears Hometown franchise in the U.S.) and Harrisonburg are shutting down by July, the independent owner blames increased competition and the shopping habits of young adults.  The Lightfoot Sears Hometown Store shutting down in July.  The manager of the independently owned Sears store said “We weren’t selling enough. Our sales have dropped over the years…”, and added that “The owner of the property doesn’t maintain it.”

Washington: The Deer Park Sears Hometown Store shutting down by the end of July.

West Virginia: The Harpers Ferry and Summersville Sears Hometown Stores shutting down by July.

Wisconsin: The West Towne Mall Sears, in Madison, shutting down in September, local news media reported that Sears Holdings recently spent a lot of money remodeling the store.   The city of Portage about to burden local taxpayers in an effort to redevelop the long vacant Kmart site, by imposing a new tax increment financing (TIF) district, however city leaders claim the TIF will not become a blank check for the property owner.  Brookfield taxpayers forking over millions of dollars as the demolition of the abandoned Sears store gets underway, to make room for a partially taxpayer funded move theater and bumper cars.  Local news media also revealed the city is creating a special tax district (known as  tax-incremental-financing, TIF) to provide $4.8-million USD towards the purchase of land for a new hotel, which includes the land the now vacant Sears Auto Center is on.

Wyoming: The Laramie Sears Hometown Store shutting down in July, officially due to the new owners ‘forfeiting’ their contract with Sears.  It might have something to due with the property being suddenly sold-off.

Business Insider: Sears’ prices are going up during a liquidation sale

GlobeNewswire:  Sears Hometown and Outlet Recognized as One of Chicago’s Best

Elliott: Be careful, that Sears.com order you made might really be from SearsHomeTown, which could affect any refunds/warranties

Motley Fool: Sears and Kmart Deepen Their Marriage 

CNBC: Sears expands Auto Center partnership with Amazon

Bloomberg: Lands’ End Exits More Sears Stores

The Mercury News: Sears took my money and kept the dishwasher, too

Tribune-Review: Bill Gates to pay-off Sears Holdings’ debt!

Forbes: Shopping At Sears Drops 50% 

Chicago Tribune: Sears gets more time to repay lenders

Picture People photo studio chain shutters in Sears stores

Sears Kmart death spiral, May 2018: “ACCELERATED THE CLOSING OF UNPROFITABLE STORES”

“a retail collapse like…The Great Depression.” One retailer kills 23,000 jobs!: U.S. retail/banking/service sector collapse, April 2018

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

“….they`ll be economic consequences of epic proportions….not this year, but in 2019, 2020, you`ll see a retail collapse like the 1930s and The Great Depression…..We`re already going to have 12,000 stores closed this year. So, it`ll hollow out retail and hurt jobs and actually the shoppers and taxpayers will pay more because you`ll lose the commercial property taxes and you`ll lose the sales tax which is a third of all local and state revenue.”-Burth Flickinger, Strategic Resource Manager interviewed on NBR, 17APR2018

NightlyBusinessReport (NBR): The amount of retail space closing in 2018 is on pace to break a record

FierceCEO: Announced job cuts surged in March, a 71% increase from February

Germany (Deutschland) based Deutsche Bank eliminating 4-hundred U.S. jobs!  

 California: Westlake Village based Guitar Center suddenly laid off 1-hundred people after losing $11-million USD (despite selling online)!  In Ocean Beach, Newport Avenue Antique Center suddenly shutdown, being replaced by a Target Express, which local shoppers say they will boycott.  In Long Beach, after more than 1-hundred years (surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions) Jones Bicycles shutdown so the owner can retire.  Local news reports say at one time there were three Jones Bicycles stores.  In Burbank, Warner Music issued a layoff WARN, 55 jobs gone by the end of July. In Fontana, clothier LuLaRoe issued a layoff WARN, 127 jobs gone by mid-June! In Irvine, Roth Staffing-Ultimate Staffing issued a layoff WARN, 128 jobs gone by mid-June! Arkansas based Walmart issued a shutdown WARN for its store in Simi Valley, 130 jobs gone by June! San Diego Gaming Ventures issued a mass layoff WARN, 650 jobs gone by the end of May!

Connecticut: In Ridgefield, after 44 years All the King’s Horses tack-shop shutting down when the inventory is gone.  In Westport, after almost 70 years Liberty Army & Navy shutting down in May, so the owner can retire.  Public transportation contractor DATTCO issued a shutdown WARN for its Trumbull ops, 160 jobs gone by the end of June!

Illinois: The North Face suddenly shutdown its store in Evanston due to high rent and low sales.  Shutdown WARNs were issued for ten Carson’s, one Bergner’s and one The Bon Ton stores (see Pennsylvania below).   Acceptance Auto Insurance shutting down its office in Lombard, 52 jobs gone by the end of July.

Iowa: In Iowa City, after 36 years of “If you can’t find it at Paul’s, then you don’t need it” Paul’s Discount shutting down by the end of July, after two years of trying to sell it.  The owners say prospective buyers shied away saying there was too much retail competition in the area.  The Bon Ton issued shutdown WARNs for eight Younkers stores (see Pennsylvania below).

Maryland:  Towson University Marriott Conference Hotel eliminating 60 jobs by the end of June.

Michigan:   Three Detroit area Carson’s stores shutting down (see Pennsylvania below), more than 5-hundred jobs gone by June!  Music venue Live Nation Worldwide temporarily shutting down The Fillmore Detroit, 180 jobs lost to four months of renovations!  After more than 60 years the owners of Hazel Park Raceway suddenly announced they sold-out to a property developer, 90 jobs suddenly gone.  Local news media reported that riders and horse racers had driven miles for the opening day, only to have to turn around and go home.  California based clothier PacSun shutting down its store in The Lakes Mall.  What real estate market recovery? Too Big to Jail MB Financial eliminating 495 mortgage jobs as it exits mortgage industry!  Online furniture seller izzyplus (izzy+) issued a shutdown WARN for its ops in Spring Lake, 72 jobs gone by July.  Apparently izzyplus is dead, so much for online sales.

Minnesota: In Bloomington, after almost 90 years (surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions) Johnson Hardware shutdown, the retiring second owner described his job as “Six days a week, all my life.”  The Bon Ton issued mass shutdown WARNs for 18 Herberger’s and two Younkers stores (see Pennsylvania below).  In Mankato, after ten years Arrow Ace Hardware shutting down.

Missouri: What automotive industry recovery? In Hazelwood, car seller Gateway Buick GMC now chapter 11 bankrupt busted due to several years in a row of crashing sales.

Montana: In Great Falls, after 20 years Party America shutting down by the end of May, because the owners want to retire.

New Jersey: In Union, after a year-and-a-half home decor store Wrapped Moments shutdown its brick-n-mortar store to focus on internet sales only.  Clothier Nine West Holdings eliminating 102 jobs in West Deptford, by June!  Clothier Maggy London International issued a WARN for its East Rutherford ops, 80 jobs gone by the end of June.

New York: Matty’s Toy Shop shutting down its 14 years old Manhasset location due to not being able to renew the lease.   In Olean, after 15 years Willoughby’s Furniture & Gifts shutdown due to the health problems of one of the owners.  After 18 years B.B. King Blues Club suddenly shutdown, blaming skyrocketing rents.  In Caledonia, after almost 160 years (surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions) Hamilton & Son Hardware shutting down by June.  Toy maker Mattel issued a shutdown WARN for its NYC ‘office’, 143 jobs gone by August!  It’s part of a plan by Mattel to cut costs by $650-million USD.  British empire United Kingdom based Too Big to Jail Barclays transferring more than 430 NYC jobs to New Jersey! Too Big to Jail Sterling National Bank shutting down its Penn Plaza Financial Center location and eliminating jobs at its Lefrak City Financial Center, due to being taken over by Astoria Bank. Convenience store operator Express Mart Franchising Corporation shutting down its Syracuse location, 53 jobs lost due to the company selling out to competitor Speedway.  The Neiman Marcus Group shutting down its Last Call clothing store in Central Valley, 40 jobs gone by the end of July.  Golden Touch Transportation halting its NYC Airporter Express Bus Services, 176 jobs gone due to loss of contract!

North Carolina: Brooks Brothers Factory Outlet suddenly shutdown its store in Garland, no explanation was given.  California based Too Big to Jail Wells Fargo eliminating 593 jobs in Winterville, between June and October!  In Greensboro, after 66 years Scruggs Florist shutdown because the owners (one in her 80s, the other in his 90s) are tired of working holidays: “Every holiday you work and the only one you get is July the Fourth or something like that.”-Rigdon Scruggs, 90 years old

What real estate industry recovery?  Online mortgage company Ditech shutting down its Charlotte Reverse Mortgage Solutions ops, 79 jobs gone by the end of June.

North Dakota: In Fargo, the West Acres Mall Herberger’s shutting down (see Pennsylvania below).

Ohio: Shopping center owner DDR suddenly laid off 50 people and refused to give details.

Oklahoma:  In Lawton, after 44 years Nick’s Pawn and Jewelry shutdown.

Pennsylvania:  Too Big to Jail BB&T issued a shutdown WARN for its Allentown bank, 50 jobs gone by mid-June.  Pittsburgh based supplements pusher GNC shutting down 2-hundred stores, due to $1-billion USD of debts.  Administrators warned that the number of store shutdowns could increase depending on attempts to renegotiate leases.  Clothier Nine West Holdings issued a shutdown WARN for its ops in Bristol, 98 jobs gone by June!Bankrupt York based The Bon Ton shutting down all remaining 256 stores, 23-thousand jobs gone due to failed efforts to sell the retailerDon’t forget, The Bon Ton is also the parent company for retailers Bergner’s, Boston Store, Carson’s, Elder-Beerman, Herberger’s, and Younkers.

Rhode Island: In Providence, after 42 years Cable Car Cinema shutdown due to change, fear, excitement, and dread at what’s happening with new entertainment technologies, plus the landlord said the old “historic” building was getting rickety.

South Dakota: In Sioux Falls, after 14 years Family Orthopedic & Shoe Repair shutdown.

Washington: In Seattle, after 37 years Leroy Menswear shutdown, due to the owner losing his fight with cancer.

Wisconsin: In Madison, music venue Frequency shutting down by the end of June due to increased costs and crashing sales.  Too Big to Jail First Citizens Bank shutting down offices in Glendale and Brown Deer, and eliminating 1-hundred corporate jobs by September!  The Bon Ton issued a mass shutdown WARN for all its stores in the state, 2-thousand-255 jobs gone by June (see Pennsylvania above)!

Wyoming: Cheyenne based Great Lakes Airlines suddenly halted operations after 40 years, blaming lack of qualified pilots caused by the Obama era revision of Flight Officer Qualifications.

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Your leaders are lying to you, don’t forget to check out the thousands of layoffs in all these other U.S. industries.

OBAMA LEGACY: U.S. APPAREL INDUSTRY DEATH-SPIRAL

U.S. RETAIL/BANKING/SERVICE SECTOR COLLAPSE, March 2018: “THE THIEVES ARE….MORE BOLD.”

SEARS KMART DEATH SPIRAL, April 2018: “TOO BIG FOR OUR NEEDS.”

U.S. INDUSTRIAL/MINING/LOGISTICS LAYOFFS, April 2018:“HISTORIC CHANGES”

Dumbing Down the U.S.A., April 2018: “THIS IS SOMETHING UNEXPECTED”

U.S. HI-TECH/COMMUNICATIONS BREAKDOWN, April 2018:“…TO THRIVE IN THE FUTURE.”

U.S. government shenanigans, April 2018:“BULLSHIT!”

U.S. food crisis, April 2018:“WE’RE TIRED AFTER SEVENTY YEARS OF SEVEN DAYS A WEEK!”

ObamaCare ACA death spiral, April 2018:“NEW NORMAL”

DRUGS, THE AMERICAN WAY, April 2018: TAKE BACK DAY

“historic changes”: U.S. industrial/mining/logistics layoffs, April 2018

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

More U.S. jobs being killed by European Union and China.

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

 California: Diversified Silicone Products issued a shutdown WARN for its operations in Santa Fe, 68 jobs gone by July.  Germany based shipping company DHL issued a shutdown WARN for its ops in Moreno Valley, 136 jobs gone by June!  France based aerospace company C and D Zodiac issued a multiple shutdown WARNs for its Garden Grove ops, at least 79 jobs gone by mid-July.  Washington based aerospace company Leach International suddenly eliminated 46 jobs at its Esterline Power Systems ops in Buena Park. Hecny Transportation shutting down its Brisbane location mid-June.   Workrite Uniform Company issued a shutdown WARN for its factory in Oxnard, 101 jobs gone by June!  What automotive industry recovery?  Floor mat maker Kraco Enterprises issued a layoff WARN for its factory in Compton, 83 jobs gone by June.

Illinois: Washington based industrial valve maker DeZURIK eliminating 61 jobs in Schaumburg due to “relocation”, taking place in 1st quarter 2019.   In Collinsville, energy company Dynergy eliminating 53 jobs by June.

Iowa: Germany based Siemens shutting down its recently acquired steam turbine factory in Burlington, 125 jobs gone, however a federal mandated WARN has yet to be issued! What automotive industry recovery? Germany based engine parts maker MAHLE shutting down its ops in Winterset, 33 jobs gone by mid-July.

Louisiana: What automotive industry recovery? Monster Moto laying off 30 assembly line workers, in May, and transferring those jobs to China despite the company’s motto being Made in America!  Local news reports say just a year ago Monster Moto promised to hire 3-hundred people (even the state gov’na attended the announcement) but actually hired only 1-hundred!

Michigan: What automotive industry recovery?  Belgium based exhaust system maker Bosal eliminating 40 jobs at its factory in Ypsilati, in June, apparently on-top of the 77 jobs eliminated in April.

Mississippi: What automotive industry recovery?  Advance Auto Parts shutting down and selling off its distribution center in Gallman, 284 jobs gone by Xmas as part of a plan to consolidate 54 distribution centers!

New Jersey: What automotive industry recovery?  Germany based Mercedes-Benz shutting down its U.S. HQ in Montvale, 115 jobs lost due to relocation to Atlanta, Georgia! About 1-thousand jobs transferring to Georgia, so the net loss to New Jersey is about 1-thousand-115 jobs! 

New York: Ireland based electrical parts maker Eaton Corporation eliminating 29 jobs at its Horseheads ops.  It should be noted that Eaton got U.S. taxpayer funded incentives for its operations in Horseheads. Bankrupt (due to $1.5-billion in debts) clothier Nine West Holdings (Nine West, Anne Klein, Bandolino, etc) shutting down its wholesale shoe and handbag distribution ops in NYC, 203 jobs gone by July!

North Carolina: Saudi Arabia based SABIC (Saudi Basic Industries Corporation) issued a shutdown WARN for its Huntersville Innovative Plastics operations, 83 jobs gone by the end of July.

Oklahoma: Petroleum company Devon Energy eliminating 3-hundred additional jobs due to never ending debt!   Between 2016 and January 2018 the natural gas company killed 1-thousand-4-hundred jobs!

Ohio: What automotive industry recovery? Comprehensive Logistics-Source Providers eliminating 150 Austintown jobs due to production cutbacks at the GM-Chevy Cruze factory in Lordstown!  Lordstown Seating killing 83 jobs by mid-June.  And of course the GM-Chevy Cruze production cutbacks will result in 1-thousand-5-hundred GM-Chevy employees becoming unemployed!  GM administrators blame low sales in the U.S.: “…the market continued to undergo historic changes, it required us to reduce production rates and take numerous down weeks to match production with lower customer demand…”

Pennsylvania: In New Kensington, years of down prices for metals and then a $209-thousand USD theft forced Quality Machined Products to layoff employees for the first time in its history.  British empire United Kingdom based chemical company Johnson Matthey issued a shutdown WARN for its Conshohocken location, 119 jobs gone by August!  Dicom Transportation Group issued a shutdown WARN for its Philadelphia location, 51 jobs gone by June.   Pittsburgh Glass Works shutting down its factory in East Deer, at least 160 jobs affected by June, layoffs starting in May!  Worldwide Flight Services eliminating 161 air-freight jobs at Philadelphia International Airport, due to losing a contract!

South Carolina:  Textile maker Alice Manufacturing shutting down its 50 years old factory in Ellison, 175 jobs gone in June due to competition from overseas!

Texas: Salon products maker/supplier Sally Beauty warned of an undisclosed number of layoffs at its Denton HQ, in an effort to save $15-million USD!  Fort Worth based Bell Helicopter suddenly eliminated 120 jobs across the United States!  Houston based Erin Energy (Camac Energy) now chapter 11 bankrupt busted due to the collapse of the African oil industry.  Petroleum company EV Energy Partners now chapter 11 bankrupt busted due to as much as $1-billion USD of debt.

Washington: Jorgensen Forge issued a shutdown WARN for its Tukwila ops, 101 jobs gone by mid-June!  Hot water heater maker A.O. Smith issued a shutdown WARN for its factory in Renton, 57 jobs gone by mid-June.

Wisconsin: Mattel-American Girl shutting down its call center/distribution center in Wilmot, 185 jobs gone by the end of June!

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Mining/Industrial/Logistics layoffs, March 2018: “THIS IS A SAD DAY…”

America Spread Thin: West Asia, April 2018

West Asia, or as the U.S. Department of Defense calls it Southwest Asia.  Iran, Iraq and Turkey are sometimes considered part of West Asia and sometimes Central Asia.  I consider Iraq and Turkey part of West Asia and Iran is part of Central Asia.

The following is a smidgen of what the United States is involved in, in the Middle East, during April 2018:

On 04APR2018 an honor guard from MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, receive the body of Major Andreas B. O’Keeffe, who was killed in Iraq while flying an HH-60 Pave Hawk for the 106th Rescue Wing.

At Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, the body of para-rescueman Master Sergeant William Posch, killed in Iraq, was brought home:

Another Florida resident, Staff Sergeant Carl Enis, was also killed in Iraq.

Hawaii Army National Guard personnel with 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, deployed to somewhere in South West Asia.

At Fort Shafter, Hawaii, 47 USA (U.S.Army) personnel with the 8th Human Resources Sustainment Center, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, returned from supporting ops in Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan.

On 15APR2018, the Louisiana Air National Guard honored 16 Airmen from the 259th Air Traffic Control Squadron for their service in Iraq: “These 16 Airmen went over there and basically took charge of airfield operations. They did an outstanding job delivering sorties and increasing the payload of goods coming in and out to support our warfighters. The thing that impressed me is that they increased the MedEvac time by 75%!”-Major General Glenn Curtis

North Carolina Army National Guard‘s 449th Combat Aviation Brigade, along with British empire United Kingdom-NATO personnel, conduct aeromedical evacuation (MedEvac) training at Camp Taji, Iraq.   The North Carolina National Guard, and Vanderbilt University, donated medical books to the Iraqi Army Hospital, Camp Taji, at the end of March.

Between the end of March and beginning of April, about 285 personnel from Ohio National Guard‘s 2nd Battalion, 174th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, returned from a year-long deployment to Afghanistan and Iraq.

At Fort Hood, Texas, the U.S. Army 3rd Cavalry Regiment deploying to Iraq:

On 03APR2018, a Wisconsin Air National Guard 128th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 refuels USAF E-3 Sentry AWAC as it conducts missions over Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.

Wisconsin National Guard soon deploying personnel to Kuwait, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Oman and the United Arab Emirates.

A missile armed MQ-1C Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft System at an undisclosed location (secret) returns sans one missile after an anti-ISIS (DAIISH) mission over Iraq

‘Undisclosed Location’: Official video USAF 336th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron says good-bye to SouthWest Asia:

USAF F-15E Strike Eagle gets refueld from a KC-10 Extender, somewhere over SouthWest Asia, 21APR2018

Bahrain: 

U.S. 5th Fleet observes Denim Day in Manama, Bahrain, 25APR2018

Iraq: 

Iraqi Army fast rope training from U.S. taxpayer funded Russian made Mil Mi-17 helicopter, U.S. taxpayer funded contractors are also maintaining the Russian helicopters for Iraq

U.S. Army, 2011: Army equipping Afghans, Iraqis on Mi-17s

U.S. Army conducts Combat LifeSaver course for Iraqi Army personnel

Israel:

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, 29APR2018

South Carolina National Guard take part in change of command ceremonies for the 13th Missile Defense Battery in Israel, 10APR2018

Jordan: Jordan is increasingly being drawn into the influence of NATO.

Closing ceremonies for NATO – Jordan Planning Course, 04APR2018

Official USMC/USN video explainer of Eager Lion 18:

U.S. Army town clearing video, 19APR2018:

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia:  

U.S. military leaders meet with Royal Saudi military leaders at Ministry of Defense Officer’s Club, Riyadh, KSA, 19APR2018

Kuwait: 

More than 45 U.S. and Kuwait Land Forces soldiers took part in CBRN training, Camp Patriot, Kuwait, 25APR2018

U.S. Army combat engineers employ the Talon Robot, and VMR/2 Mine Hound, at Camp Patriot, Kuwait, 10APR2018

Qatar: 

Mom and daughter with Pennsylvania Air National Guard deployed to Qatar; Staff Sergeant Victoria Moran and Senior Master Sergeant Michelle Mersing

Official video of Pennsylvania Air National Guard rapid repair training at Al Udeid Air Base, Kuwait:

Syria: 

USAF C-17 moves cargo between undisclosed (secret) locations from Iraq to Syria, 13APR2018

A Syrian contractor demonstrates to U.S.-NATO advisers that the Zir Water Pumping Station, near Busayrah, is now working, 21APR2018

Video of Tomahawk cruise missile launch against Syria from USS Monterey, 14APR2018:

USAF F-15C Eagle refuels during mission over Syria, 14APR2018

Video of NATO airstrike against supposed DAIISH headquarters in Abu Kamal, 17APR2018:

(BRITISH EMPIRE, LET SLIP THE DOGS OF WAR: ISLAMIC STATE DAIISH)

Turkey: Official video of NATO operated AWACs based at FOB (Forward Operating Base) Konya, and used over Iraq and Syria:

United Arab Emirates: 

USAF F-22 Raptor based at Al Dhafra Air Base, UAE, gets refueled inflight, 01APR2018

Official video, U.S. Army and UAE deployment of high mobility artillery rocket system (HiMARS):

AMERICA SPREAD THIN: NORTH AMERICA, APRIL 2018

AMERICA SPREAD THIN: WEST ASIA, MARCH 2018

“…to thrive in the future.”: U.S. hi-tech/communications breakdown, April 2018

More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high-tech competition for your demise. Incomplete list of U.S. internet/high-tech/communications job destruction announcements in April 2018:

EdSurge: Computer Science Degrees and Technology’s Boom-and-Bust Cycle

California: Maker of “electromechanical and solid state switch gear for aircraft” Leach International-Esterline Power Systems suddenly eliminated 46 jobs in Buena Park.  Social media camera company Snap suddenly eliminated 90 jobs in Venice and Santa Monica.   In Rocklin, Germany based SMA Solar Technology eliminating 51 jobs by the end of June.  Newspaper owner Tronc suddenly laid off more than 12 people at several major newspapers, including people who worked in the digital/online departments.  McClatchy owned The Sacramento Bee laid off 23 people, one of the fired reporters warned “If people think they will continue to get the news for free, they have another thing coming.”  It’s been revealed that Menlo Park based facebook is spending $20-thousand USD per day to provide Mark Zukerberg with security guards! Qualcomm eliminating 1-thousand-5-hundred jobs in San Diego, San Jose and Santa Clara, as part of its “cost reduction plan”, however, a financial adviser told local news media that it was really about boosting Qualcomm’s stock price!  Also in San Diego, neurobiological computer fabric maker KnuEdge issued a shutdown WARN, 30 jobs gone by the end of May.  San Diego based Daybreak Game Company suddenly laid off an undisclosed number of people: “Daybreak confirms we are realigning our workforce to better position our company for the future.”  

Connecticut: Konica Minolta Business Solutions issued a shutdown WARN for its operations in Windsor, 431 jobs gone between July and September!

Florida: The Gulf Coast Voice (Pensacola Voice) halting publication after 54 years, due to the owner retiring and none of her relatives wanting to continue running the newspaper.

Georgia: More than 1-thousand jobs lost in Columbus (Midland/Corporate Ridge) as ATM maker NCR will shut down both factories (NCR is also shutting down a factory in China) between August and October!  Politicians in Georgia say the announcement by NCR was sudden and means NCR violates the deal that gave it taxpayer money to move ops to Georgia, and now it must pay that money back.  NCR administrators would only say that their decision to shutdown factories is to ensure NCR’s future survival.

Illinois: Online shopping service Swap.com issued a layoff WARN, 196 jobs in Bolingbrook gone due to “financial” reasons!

Iowa: In Coralville, taxpayer funded General Dynamics InfoTech (IT) eliminating 112 jobs by July!

Louisiana: Monroe based CenturyLink eliminating at least 1-thousand jobs across the U.S., saying the jobs are considered “redundant”!

Minnesota: SL Montevideo Technology Incorporated (MTI) issued a shutdown WARN for its factory in Montevideo, 110 jobs gone as part of efforts to “help make MTI an even stronger company”!

Nebraska: Charter Communications shutting down its call center (formerly TimeWarner) in Lincoln, 55 jobs lost, possibly in connection to  a recent service upgrade.

New York: NYC based Univision warned “…we have made the very difficult decision to reduce personnel across the company…” in order “…to thrive in the future.”  Synaptics issued a shutdown WARN for its Rochester ops, 40 hardware/software jobs gone by mid-July.  Newsday issued a phase six layoff WARN as part of its shutdown of ops in Melville, a total of 1-thousand-423 jobs affected when the shutdown is complete din October.  Heidenhain shutting down its Electronics Precision Graduations factory in Jamestown, 40 jobs being consolidated to Illinois and Austria. Advertiser Prompt Direct shutting down its Staten Island ops, 49 jobs gone by July.

North Carolina: Germany based solar panel maker Schletter now chapter 11 bankrupt busted in the U.S. after halting production at its factory in Shelby.  More than 1-hundred people suddenly unemployed after not being paid for several pay periods: “Something went wrong with their business, but they didn’t give anybody a heads up, and they left people with unpaid bills.”-Mel Lockhart, owner of janitorial service hired by Schletter

Ohio: Bankrupt Bon Ton’s internet order fulfillment center in West Jefferson shutting down, 330 jobs gone by June!  Online estate sale company EBTH issued a massive layoff WARN for its distribution ops, 203 jobs gone in June!

Oregon: Software company Puppet suddenly laid off less than 20 people (exact number not given) in an attempt to ensure that “investments are focused on our most strategic priorities.”

Pennsylvania: Quad Graphics issued a shutdown WARN for its ops in Hazleton, 167 jobs gone by June!

Vermont: Gray Television Group, the new owners of WCAX-TV, suddenly laid off six people in the name of efficiency.

Washington: Lionbridge Technologies issued a layoff WARN, 119 jobs gone by June, no reason given!  Hearst owned online newspaper Seattle Post-Intelligencer (SeattlePi) continues killing jobs, through layoffs and resignations.  At one time there were 160 employees, now there’s only seven!  

U.S. Tech/Communications breakdown, March 2018: “HARD REALITIES”

“We’re tired after seventy years of seven days a week!”: U.S. food crisis, April 2018

Incomplete list of announced United States food supply shutdowns for the month of April, 2018: Many food suppliers/distributors are consolidating operations and killing jobs due to the collapsing grocery store and restaurant industries, as well as rising costs of food production, spread of disease and extreme weather.

China began imposing tariffs on more than a hundred U.S. products, including agricultural products.

The American Bankers Association says loans to farmers increased by 6% in 2017.

Pinnacle Foods recalling 32-thousand-5-hundred pounds (14741.7 kilos) of Armour Star brand ready-to-eat dried, sliced beef which might be infected with staphylococcal enterotoxin and clostridial toxin.

Arizona: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says the epicenter for a growing e. coli epidemic is lettuce farms in Yuma, Arizona.

California: CKE Restaurant Holdings (Carl’s Jr, Hardee’s, Green Burrito, Red Burrito) suddenly laid off 173 people in Anaheim (maybe in connection to the consolidation of HQ ops to Tennessee, or because of CKE’s massive debt)!  Also in Anaheim, Rainforest Cafe issued a shutdown WARN, 356 jobs gone by mid-June!  Switzerland based Nestlé continues to issue layoff WARNs, this time 54 Californians losing their jobs by mid-June.  Pacific South Farms shutting down by the end of May.  Gluten free Marys Gone Crackers issued a shutdown WARN for operations in Gridley, 137 jobs gone by the end of May!  Sacramento based bakery Caffe Ettore (Ettore’s Bakery & Cafe, and is supplier to Nugget Markets) now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  In Berkeley, after 60 years Virginia Bakery shutdown so the long time owners can finally retire. In San Jose, after 106 years (surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions) chocolate maker Schurra’s shutdown: “After years of effort and difficult decisions, the Mundy family has had to face the harsh reality that our business model must change in order to survive.”

Colorado: In Pueblo, after 50 years The Sweeny Feed Mill shutdown, the owners saying that sales began crashing in 2012, but the final straw was when the electric bill hit $2-thousand-5-hundred USD per month!  Grant Farms now chapter 7 bankrupt busted, guess it doesn’t pay to be ‘organic’.

Connecticut: France based yogurt maker Dannon (Danone) issued a shutdown WARN for its Naugatuck ops, 147 jobs gone between December 2018 and March 2019!  Milford based Subway shutting down 5-hundred sandwich shops across the U.S., blaming crashing sales on competition (or possibly admitting that following the Starbucks trend of building a shop on every block doesn’t work, because your only competing with yourself).  In West Hartford, Tapas Restaurant shutdown after 32 years, so the owners can focus on their other restaurant.

Delaware: After ten years Cupcake Heaven shutting down in May.

Florida: In Fort Myers Beach, after 22 years Topps Supermarket shutdown because the greedy landlord wanted them out.   After ten years Tommy Bahama’s shutting down its Orlando location, the company refused to comment, the shutdown was revealed by an employee and the property owner.  After 93 years Clark’s Fish Camp, in Jacksonville, now chapter 11 bankrupt busted due to Mother Earth: “…hurricanes Matthew and Irma caused significant damage to the restaurant and required us to close for prolonged periods of time in 2016 and 2017.  The combined losses associated with the property damage and loss of income due to the closures put us in a financial position where we were unable to timely satisfy all of our creditors.”

TheHorse: Florida Farm Operator Charged With Animal Cruelty

Georgia: Piggly Wiggly shutdown their 25 years old grocery store in Hogansville, with only four days notice: “A business isn’t in business to lose money and at some point you have to make a decision to cut your losses.”-Scott Lewis, president Rockdale Grocery

Idaho: “…the prestigious Century Farm Award…for owning and operating their farm for more than 100 years….  …More than 400 Idaho farms and ranches have received…” it.

Illinois: In Quincy, Krazy Cakes Bakery suddenly shutdown put up for sale.   Fresh Thyme Farmers Market shutting down it’s four years old location in Deerfield, in May, the store manager told local news media “If you don’t thrive, you don’t survive.”      British empire owned food service contractor Chartwells eliminating 84 Chicago International Charter School jobs in June, due to loss of contract. Food service contractor Aramark Campus Services eliminating 81 Lake Forest College jobs in June, due to loss of contract. Meat packer West Liberty Foods WARNed of an undisclosed number of mass layoffs in June, due to production line shutdowns at two separate locations.  In Chicago, after 28 years RoSal’s Italian Cucina shutting down in May: “Bottom line, things have changed. Business has been steady, not amazing.”-Cyndi Fulco, co-owner

Indiana:  France based food service contractor Sodexo issued a shutdown WARN, 81 Hanover jobs gone by the end of June.  The 24 years old Third Generation Pizza location in Chesterfield shutdown due to the death of the owner.

Iowa:  Food service contractor Aramark Campus Services eliminating 78 Des Moines jobs in June.  Hybrid seed producer Pioneer Hi-Bred International eliminating 23 jobs in June.  In Ankeny, after 11 years Palmer’s Deli and Market suddenly shutdown so the owner could focus on his store in Des Moines.

Kansas: Hooters suddenly shutdown its Wichita location with only two days warning to employees, blaming it on the greedy landlord.

Maine: After 47 years, Rolandeau’s shutting down in May, because the owner is finally tired of working 14 hours per day.  After only three years and $4-million USD in state taxpayer funded grants, as well as federal and city government loans, halal meat processor Central Maine Meats now chapter 12 bankrupt busted.

Maryland: In Salisbury, after 20 years Devage’s Subs and Donuts shutdown.  South Mountain Creamery suing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for forcing the adding of vitamins A and D to their skim milk.

Massachusetts:  The sudden shutdown of Mount Ida College resulting in food service contractor Aramark Campus Services eliminating 77 jobs.   Northborough based pizza chain Bertucci’s now chapter 11 bankrupt busted and already shutting down 29 restaurants.  In Taunton, after 17 years popular Oak Street Cafe suddenly shutdown “…due to things out of our control…”

Michigan: In Petoskey, after 12 years Grand Traverse Pie Company shutdown, local news reports said there are a variety of reasons.  In Marquette, candy shop Sayklly’s shutdown its 26 years old Westwood Mall location, as part of company plans to shift to online sales only.  In Bedford, after more than 70 years Zeiler’s Farm Market shutdown due to lack of sales.

Mississippi: In Ocean Springs, after 21 years Bayview Gourmet suddenly shutdown due to being “unable to come to terms with the owner of our location after months of negotiations over the new lease.”

Missouri: In Kansas City, Balls Food Stores suddenly shutdown its 25 years old Northland Hen House Market due to “lack of sales”.

Montana: “Deep in Montana’s ag country, ranchers’ and farmers’ support of Trump is being put to the test as the president’s bellicose threats of a trade war risk their livelihoods.”

New Jersey: Food service contractor Aramark Campus Services eliminating 147 Lawrenceville jobs in June! In Perth Amboy, after 43 years Al Cibelli’s Bar & Grill shutting down so the owner can deal with chronic pain, and spend more time with family.  In Camden, after four years Copper River Distillers shutdown for “a variety of business and personal reasons”.   In Toms River, after 14 years popular Francolli’s Pizza suddenly shutdown due to the loss of their lease.

New York: Scarnato’s Ristorante shutdown after five years in Castleton-On-Hudson. In Brooklyn-NYC, 1 BB Food and Drink issued a shutdown WARN, 144 jobs gone in May, due to expired contract!  In Owego, Thompson’s Grocery shutdown: “We’re tired after seventy years of seven days a week, we had enough!”-Ray Thompson

North Carolina: In Raleigh, Tasty 8’s hot dog joint suddenly shutdown due to the dentist-owner having to deal with increased cases of people with bad teeth at his dental ops!  Indiana based Rose Acre Farms recalled almost 207 million eggs from its North Carolina ops, due to an FDA report about “accumulated grime”  Kansas based grocery chain Dean & Deluca suddenly shutdown three small locations, 106 jobs gone!

Ohio: Food service contractor Aramark Campus Services eliminating 75 Capital University jobs in June.

Oklahoma:  Early wildfires destroyed grazing land for Oklahoma ranchers, the result is that farmers and ranchers from across the U.S. began shipping in hay, for free! 

Pennsylvania: In Philadelphia, McDonald’s suddenly shutdown its restaurant on 2033 South Broad Street, the small location is now available for $5-thousand USD per month in rent.  France based food service contractor Sodexo issued a shutdown WARN for its Juniata College ops, 95 jobs gone by the end of May.  Pittsburgh based GNC shutting down 2-hundred stores across the U.S., in an attempt to deal with $1-billion USD of debt and to expand operations in China.  Zitner Candy now chapter 11 bankrupt busted, saying “The cash flow of the company just doesn’t support the large secured debt that was put on it.”  In State College, after 15 years Herwig’s Austrian Bistro shutting down in May, at least a month sooner than planned, due to the owner’s health problems.

Tennessee: California based Sprinkles Cupcakes suddenly shutdown their three years old Nashville location, no explanation.

Texas: After more than 50 years, iconic Dairy Queen (nicknamed The Texas Stop Sign) shutting down 10 restaurants across the panhandle (as well as 60 eateries elsewhere), due to the bankruptcy ‘death’ of franchise owner Vasari.

Washington: “In seven Washington counties, cows outnumber people.”

Seattle Times: Solar panels on farmland? In Central Washington, that stirs a fight

Washington DC:  Delta Farm Press: Could SNAP decision scuttle 2018 farm bill?

Washington Times: Farm bill’s out-of-control subsidies are more about cronyism than a safety net

Wisconsin: Sendik’s Food Market shutdown its store on Miller Park Way in West Milwaukee, 73 jobs gone because “…we simply aren’t seeing the customer traffic and results to warrant continued operation.”  In Appleton, after 41 years kitchen utensil store The Wire Whisk shutdown.

The Seattle Times: Wisconsin has agriculture agent shortage despite high demand

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

U.S. FOOD CRISIS: WEST VIRGINIA OPERATION CARROT? STATE SPONSORED SURVIVALISM!

U.S. Food Crisis, March 2018:“WE ARE LOSING CUSTOMERS EVERYDAY” MORE THAN 11-THOUSAND JOBS KILLED!

Red Neck Fail: Covert Civil War in Texas causes bullied immigrant to shoot up school with shotgun?

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The Washington Post: Texas school had a shooting plan, armed officers and practice. And still 10 people died.

Yes, another school shooting, don’t blame guns (this latest Texas shooting involved a low-rate of fire pump action shotgun and a revolver, no assault weapons used, realizing that low-rate of fire weapons were used, supposedly by one person, it’s amazing how many people were wounded or killed, and never-mind that the ‘christian’ shooter is from an immigrant family who was bullied at school “for smelling bad”), it’s called a Covert Civil War.

The following are mainstream news media reports of the disintegration of Texas during the first three weeks of May 2018 (note how many involve education):

KHOU: 22 injured in Pasadena plant explosion

Texas is now tied to the romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak

Houston Chronicle: Texas pastor calls social justice ‘anti-biblical’ and ‘Marxist ideology’

Texas man accused of possessing 58 terabytes of data related to child pornography

Texas police receive training from anti-Islam ex-FBI agent

Home prices rising in most Texas cities

Texas regulators move to shut down Houston cryptocurrency site

North Texas teacher wrangles snake that invaded elementary school

Texas violated federal voting laws

Texas teacher fired after sending profane text to mother of autistic student

CBS DFW: Ammo Box Falls From Military Chopper, Crashes Into Texas School

The Texas Tribune: Texas’ “revenge porn” law violates the First Amendment

Women at Texas community colleges aren’t getting the kind of birth control they want

Trump administration preparing to shelter migrant children on Texas military bases

Texas executed Juan Castillo, who said he was innocent

Former University of Texas law school official arrested 

Judge approves settlement mandating air conditioning at hot Texas prison

Texas prisons “You’re not as safe as you should be.” 

Fort Worth Star Telegram: ‘End times’: Nude family walks away from burning home before parents assault PD chief

The Root: Texas 13-Year-Old Abducted, Assaulted after Getting Off School Bus

NBCNews: Young Texas Latinos are an untapped voting goldmine

Corpus Christi Caller-Times: Corpus Christi protesters slam ‘homophobic’ policy

ProPublica: Help Us Investigate Care at the Texas Medical Center

Austin American-Statesman: Texas Humor founder responds after woman requests ‘learn English or go home’ T-shirt

Drunken Texas mom disrupts play, kicks officer, floods jail

The Nation: In West Texas, the US-Mexico Border Disappeared

ABCNews: 2 Texas transgender women dead within a week of each other

Texas family targeted in ‘swatting’ prank

CBSNews: Man arrested in Texas transgender woman’s strangulation

WJLA: Baby accidentally left in parked car dies in Texas

Dallas News: Texas father, sex-offender son both charged after authorities find child porn at their home

STAAR test glitches, causing stress for Texas special ed students

Texas uses hypnosis to investigate crimes.

Texas doctors send letter slamming Blue Cross’ ER billing process

Texas added more red tape to its arcane beer regulations

Positive lab test results for opiates, amphetamines and marijuana went up in Texas

Texas confuses voters, hurts turnout with two elections in one month

Plano teen arrested in ISIS-inspired plot to commit mass school shooting

FoxNews: Texas man shoots dead ex-wife’s three children, boyfriend

Texas man, 25, posed as high school student to play basketball

U.S. News & World Report: Feast or Famine in South Texas

PolitiFact: Political candidate lies about Texas schools shutting down for hunting season

Live Science: New Smallpox-Related Virus Found Lurking in Texas Rodents

KTKR: Texas energy manager warns of rolling power outages 

Air Force veteran dies alone in Texas

Texas school ends ‘birthday spankings’ after complaints

Fox29: Texas teen died after unbuckling her seat belt while trying to take a selfie

Greenville News: South Carolina National Guard deployed to Texas to deal with immigrants

Bloomberg: Searing Heat Has Texas Power Surpassing $1000 a Megawatt-Hour

MySanAntonio.com: South Texas doctor indicted in medical fraud case

Popular Texas swimming hole closes indefinitely

Sacramento Bee: California and Texas need a peace treaty

KTLA: A Texas woman who killed her cheating husband by repeatedly running him over, released from prison

The Chronicle of Higher Education: Texas State University Police Chief Resigns Amid Racial Tensions

University of Texas System Apologizes for Revoking Nepali Students’ Scholarships

WFAA: Former North Texas mayor was bribed with cash and luxury hotel

The Texas Observer: The Ghosts of Abandoned Texas Buildings

New York Times: Texas Teacher Showed a Photo of Her Wife, and Was Barred From the Classroom

Seven States, Led by Texas, Sue to End DACA Program

Newsweek: Texas Student with Autism Arrested for Allegedly Firing ‘Imaginary Rifle’

MarketWatch: Why Texas is labeled Canada on this map

NBC5 Dallas-Fort Worth: Taxpayers to pay North Texas school superintendent more than $750K despite Bullying Claims

AzCentral: Texas teen beaten with jack handle after offering help to motorist

2017USAF FAILED TO COMPLY WITH LAW, ENABLING TEXAS CHURCH SHOOTER!

TEXAS LAWMAN CHARGED WITH USING A GUN DURING ROAD RAGE INCIDENT!

HARVEY: TEXAS MILITIA RUNNING ON FUMES?

HARVEY: SINGAPORE JOINS TEXAS MILITIA!

HARVEY KILLS TEXAS CROPS?

RED NECK OBAMACARE FAIL: U.S. ARMY DEPLOYED ON ECONOMIC MISSION IN TEXAS!

MILITARIZING THE POLICE: AIR MILITIA TRAINS UP TEXAS COPS!

RED NECK FAIL: SAUDI ARABIA TAKES OVER TEXAS OIL SUPPLY?

TEXAS MILITIA PREPS FOR COMBAT DEPLOYMENT!

RED NECK FAIL: TURKISH TANKERS TAKE TEXAS!

2016RED NECK FAIL: ‘CHRISTIAN’ TEXAS HOME BASE FOR TAXPAYER FUNDED ISLAMIC EXTREMIST SCHOOLS!

RED NECK FAIL: TEXAS CARIBBEAN XMAS THEME PARK BUILT WITH CHINESE LABOR!

OBAMA DEPLOYS TEXAS MILITIA ON HISTORIC MIDDLE EAST DOMINATING MISSION!

MULTIPLE SHOOTINGS AUSTIN, TEXAS

TEXAS COPS GENOCIDE NEARLY 7-THOUSAND PEOPLE IN FIVE YEARS!

BRITISH EMPIRE ABANDONS TEXAS!

2015TEXAS COLLEGE FIRES EMPLOYEES FOR REVEALING THE TRUTH? 

“Bullshit!”: U.S. government shenanigans, April 2018

Incomplete (i-e ‘Tip of the Iceberg’) list of U.S. Federal/State/Local Government self-destruct revelations for April 2018:

Alabama: The state Department of Public Health discovered that immigrant girls under the age of 15, in Montgomery, are getting taxpayer funded abortions: “When a 13-year-old child–with non-English speaking parents–is given an abortion, without a third-party counselor and no suspicion of sexual abuse and no report, we know Montgomery needs new leadership.”-Scott Dawson, christian gubernatorial candidate

According to one political candidate most crime in the city of Mobile can be blamed on a small group of families: “In Mobile, it’s something like, 1,700 families generate 80% of the crime. We know who those families are.”Bill Hightower, gubernatorial candidate, 18APR2018

Seattle Times: Corruption case: Alabama lawmaker, 2 others plead not guilty

Chattanooga Times Free Press: ‘It smells like death’: Alabama endures New York City ‘poop train’

Slate Magazine: It’s Confederate Memorial Day in Alabama

Alaska: You might have heard that residents get income subsidies from the oil industry, but did you know most of it ends up back in the hands of state government (even though there is no income tax in Alaska), and that greedy state lawmakers are trying to find ways to squeeze even more out of residents? 

Seattle Times: 2 Alaska salmon fishermen charged with killing Steller sea lions, and interfering with federal investigations

Arizona: The governor exempted coal fired power-plants from paying state sales taxes. The irony is that the Navajo Generating Station, in Page, is scheduled to shutdown in 2019 anyway, meaning Arizona is losing about $12-million in tax revenues until then!   

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says the epicenter for a growing e. coli epidemic is lettuce farms in Yuma, Arizona.

Arkansas:  NWAOnline: $42M in state aid to fix up Arkansas schools

Arkansas Online: Ecclesia College awarded state taxpayer funded grants before it even applied for those grants!  

Defense rests for ex-Arkansas legislator accused of fraud

Man claiming to being paid by taxpayers to hunt for Big Foot arrested on child porn charges

California: After almost 50 years, and more than 50 rapes and at least 12 murders it turns out The Golden State Killer was at one time a taxpayer funded cop!  Not only that, but it took police using unethical, and possibly court challenge-able (because it possibly violates California’s own Online Privacy Protection law), use of DNA and ancestry data to catch the killer cop.  The suspect killer was also in trouble as a cop, losing his taxpayer funded police job in 1979 after being caught shoplifting.

Homeless crisis in Los Angeles County as desperate officials offer to pay homeowners to take in homeless people!

Washington Post: California limits National Guard’s border mission

KPBS: More local governments in California are resisting the state’s immigrant sanctuary policy

Washington Times: Californians defy Gov’na with nearly 1 million signatures to repeal gas tax

Colorado:  The gov’na approved a $28.9-billion USD taxpayer funded spending bill, claiming it’s the result of a booming economy and federal-level taxpayer funded ‘reforms’.    Money will supposedly be spent on schools, roads and the state employee taxpayer funded retirement system.    The Colorado Petroleum Council could be getting what it wants; an increase the number of oil and gas wells, as well as forcing “nonconsenting owners” to give up access to their mineral rights, it’s known as the ‘pooling statute’. 

Connecticut: State taxpayers could be being forced to pay University of Connecticut student-teachers a new contract worth $15.4-million USD.    

State taxpayers forced to pay for a five years plan to bailout the city of Hartford, despite the Municipal Accountability Review Board saying the bailout plan will fail by the third year: “The City of Hartford should be immediately classified as a Tier IV and should re-look at going into bankruptcy.”-Bart C. Shuldman

Florida: Defense contractor Lockheed-Martin eliminating 2-hundred jobs at its Sikorsky factory in Jupiter, which builds Black Hawk helicopters for the taxpayers of the British empire member Canada!   The Crestview Police Department arrested a U.S. Army 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) soldier for the murder of his estranged wife.

Tampabay.com: Cops used dead man’s finger in attempt to unlock his phone

Georgia:  It’s been revealed that Newnan Police got nearly $1-million worth of taxpayer funded military equipment from the U.S. Department of Defense, half-a-million of which was classified as “non-lethal”

Chattanooga Times Free Press: Georgia city won’t share police shooting video

Guam: After telling territorial government employees they would be furloughed, supposedly due to unpaid taxes going back to 2016, the gov’na suddenly reversed course due to cutting $30-million USD from the general fund budget and because of a sudden approval of immigrant work visas!  The gov’na also said it was possible that up to $25-million in tax refunds could be issued.

Hawaii:  The federal government is suing defunct Sandwich Isles Communications in an attempt to recover 128-million taxpayer dollars, loaned to the company through the U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide phone service to rural areas.

Idaho: It’s been revealed that Gov’na Butch Otter pardoned a convicted drug felon, back in February, only now was it made public.  The Gov’na said it was because the convict successfully obtained a doctorate degree while on parole.  A former state representative was removed from the May primary elections because she is now living in a new district, Idaho law says you must reside for at least a year in your legislative district before you can run for election.  The greedy leaders of Boise are spending taxpayer funding on a new propaganda operation called Livability Ambassadors Program where “selected community members” will tour selected city sites and then “will be expected to share their experiences….through social media”.   Owyhee County Sheriff’s Department warning that a man is going around claiming he’s an undercover cop, already four people have been victimized.

Illinois: The city of Harvey is on the verge of bankruptcy, already laid off police and firefighters after $1.4-million in tax revenues were blocked by the Cook County Circuit Court.  The state Appellate Court overturned the Cook County Court’s ruling. Harvey is in the debt hole by as much as $7-million USD, and that’s just for its employee retirement fund! Did you know that Cook County charges a tax on vehicles bought outside of the county?   Lead contamination found in the city of Chicago‘s tap water, three out of every ten residences contaminated.   A vehicle sharing program has been suspended in a Chicago ward, primarily because of the construction of the Obama Presidential Library.   The gov’na is spending tax dollars traveling to Germany and Poland, supposedly in an attempt to increase tourism from those countries.  Taxpayers being forced to pay for 5G cell phone service installation, this after the state increased income tax rates last year.  The Illinois Pharmacy Association says ObamaCare-ACA insurance companies are paying the more than 5-hundred independent pharmacies less than what it actually costs them to buy the drugs at wholesale, and that ObamaCare-ACA ‘benefits managers’ (like CVS) are actually favoring the big corporate pharmacies: “It’s kind of a predatory market practice and misuse of state tax dollars.”-Garth Reynolds, Illinois Pharmacists Association

Indiana:  The gov’na announced he’s going on taxpayer funded trips to Europe and Israel, supposedly in an attempt to increase economic development.  British empire Commonwealth member India based InfoTech (IT) contractor InfoSys getting at least $101.8-million in state and local taxpayer incentives to build a massive training and data center at now vacant terminal of the Indianapolis International Airport, the ecstatic gov’na Eric Holcomb referred to the bribery by saying “This is a powerful partnership. It’s going to change the way we do business.”  You know your capitalist economy is a lie when taxpayers are forced to shell-out millions of dollars to create jobs (isn’t that communism?).  By the way most of the news media in Indiana failed to mention how much the InfoSys deal was costing taxpayers, one source even lied and said such info wasn’t available, however, news sources outside the state had the taxpayer rape data.

Iowa:  An ‘ally’ of the gov’na now accused of sexual harassment, the gov’na swears she didn’t know. The Iowa Pharmacy Association says ObamaCare-ACA insurance companies are paying  independent pharmacies less than what it actually costs them to buy the drugs at wholesale, and that ObamaCare-ACA ‘benefits managers’ like CVS are actually favoring the big corporate pharmacies.  And in response to a statement by a CVS Caremark spokesperson about price adjustments, Representative John Forbes, who is also a pharmacist, actually said “Bullshit!”

Kansas:  State legislators claim they can spend more money on education because they’ve jacked-up future tax collections by $540-million USD between now and June 2019!  However, the state Supreme Court says the proposed $4-billion in education funding still isn’t enough!  Politicians started jacking up state taxes in 2017.   Three men convicted in federal court of planning to blow up a ‘refugee’ apartment complex in Garden City.  The small city of 27-thousand people is known as a “meatpacking town” and apparently the ‘refugees’ are being brought in as cheap labor at the meat packaging plant at the expense of federal taxpayers.  The influx of ‘refugees’ and immigrants began at the end of 2013 under the Obama regime.  Even an NPR report from December 2013 suggested the use of immigrants and ‘refugees’ by unAmerican corporate America is intentional saying “…many plants have moved to rural Midwestern towns, which have seen a huge influx of immigrants as a result.”,  as well as “Garden City’s refugee and immigrant population is expected to grow, as Tyson continues recruiting more workers.”  The 2013 NPR report also revealed that by using immigrants and ‘refugees’ that “requests for food stamps are up 230 percent”

Kentucky: Massive drug addiction and resulting deaths causing requests for autopsies to skyrocket 26% since 2013, and the state does not have the funding to deal with it.  As a result the gov’na suggested moving Medical Examiner’s Office pathologists from direct state employment to indirect employment through universities, which would come with a pay raise but would also mean those pathologists would lose their state employee retirement accounts. Perhaps it’s actually a covert plan to save the state’s troubled employee retirement system?   The state Department of Education is recommending direct state control of Jefferson County Public Schools, after a year long audit revealed local ignorance regarding how to use funding for the school district, among other major problems.

Kentucky Career Center: Kentucky issued 30% more Workforce Opportunity Tax Credits to employers in fiscal year 2017​​

Louisiana:  Taxpayers might be raped of $1.5-billion (yes, ‘Billion’) in state and local tax incentives for convincing a plastics company from Taiwan, called Formosa Petrochemicals, to set up shop in Saint James!

Maine: Seattle Times: Police thought they’d seized heroin, but it was cremated human remains

Maryland: Baltimore based executive vehicle rental company AutoFlex officially protested the cancellation of its federal taxpayer funded contract with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. 

The Washington Post: Montgomery County economy is stagnant, and leaders are ignoring job creation

Maryland rakes in millions of dollars from toll fines and penalties

Maryland flunks freedom of speech

Massachusetts: Providing body cameras for Boston cops will cost taxpayers $2-million USD in 2019.  At one time Boston was known for its rebellion against unfair taxes, now there’s a new push to create taxes that target specific income groups. 

Michigan:  A state judge ruled it’s unconstitutional to use taxpayer money to fund private schools, this after state ‘christian’ lawmakers gave 5-million tax dollars to religious schools in the past two years!  Taxpayers of Michigan will be forced to help fund a British empire United Kingdom based study on driverless cars! 

Minnesota:  Texas based Enbridge Energy spent $5-million USD bribing, I mean lobbying state politicians in 2017, making it the most costly state lobbying effort since 2007.  A now former FBI counter-terrorism agent, from Minnesota, pled guilty to leaking classified government documents to the mainstream ‘fake’ news media. 

Mississippi: More proof the criminal justice system is about making money as “Current Mississippi law requires an inmate to pay a monthly $55 fee when he or she is paroled…”  It’s been revealed that Japan based Toyota is getting even more taxpayer funded incentives to re-tool its Blue Springs Corolla factory, yet how much has not been revealed.  One of the taxpayer funded incentives rewards Toyota for paying employees more than $41-thousand USD per year.  Past state and local taxpayer funding for Toyota amounted to $325-million.  If the only way you can create ‘private sector’ jobs is with taxpayer funding then your capitalist/corporate economic system has failed.

Missouri: The gov’na is now charged with felony computer tampering regarding the theft of a charity list from his own charity organization, The Mission Continues.

Montana:  One of the biggest recycling operations in the state, Aware Incorporated, shutting down ops in Butte due to the crashing prices of recycled materials and crashing state taxpayer funded subsidies for recycling companies.  

Nebraska: A new law was created to protect state taxpayers from an ‘inadvertent’ increase in state taxes, which supposedly could be caused by the Trump Tax Reforms of 2017.   Another new law ensures “that gun control extremists won’t have access” to gun owner’s personal information.

Nevada:  Atlantic Richfield, owner of the former Anaconda copper mine-now a federal SuperFund site, suddenly halted home delivery of bottled water to the Yerington Paiute Tribe: “I believe that this dismissive, arrogant act means to punish us by cutting off our water in an attempt to pressure us to stop fighting for our legal rights.”-Laurie Thom, Tribal Chairman

Las Vegas Sun: 20 ways legal marijuana has affected Nevada

New Hampshire:  Taxpayers funding BirdsEyeView Aerobatics of Andover with $1.8-million USD for a measly 50 airborne drones to help the U.S. Department of the Interior fight ever increasing wildfires.

New Jersey:  A new law automatically registers people to vote when they get a drivers license or I-D card.  The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says New Jersey has the highest rate of autism in their latest survey.   U.S. Senator Robert Menendez ordered to pay-back ‘gifts’ he got from a doctor whom he actively promoted by using his position as a U.S. senator.  

New Mexico: Albuquerque now requires federal immigration agents to get a warrant before entering the cityState taxpayers have been funding up to 75% of job training for call center employees, already the state has set aside as much as $9-million USD for this year’s call center job training!  On top of that, taxpayer funded subsidies for job training for all industries is at $13.7-million!  One of the biggest recipients of call center training subsidies is Ohio based Convergys, who has already laid off 258 New Mexicans so far this year!  To prove that the U.S. is now run by communists, the state Legislative Finance Committee justified the spending of working class taxes to create working class jobs as a way of “…creating well-paying opportunities for a skilled labor force that in turn bolsters the state’s average income and incentivizes workers to stay.”

New York:  Yet another reason that more and more people are leaving NYC as the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge is now considered the most expensive toll bridge in the United States.  State taxpayers being forced to create a new Medicaid Doula (Greek for ‘servant’) system in an attempt to stop the unusually high maternal mortality rate among ‘black’ women.

North Carolina: The paranoid gov’na wants taxpayers to fork-over an additional $130-million USD for school building safety improvements and to hire hundreds of additional school nurses, psychologists and police officers.

North Dakota: The gov’na ordered state agencies to prep for major taxpayer funding cuts, caused by a reduction in budget funding of $1.7-million USD as a result of crashing petroleum industry activity.

Ohio: The Ohio Pharmacy Association says ObamaCare-ACA insurance companies are paying  independent pharmacies less than what it actually costs them to buy the drugs at wholesale, and that ObamaCare-ACA ‘benefits managers’ are actually favoring the big corporate pharmacies like CVS, who just happens to be the subcontracted pharmacy benefit manager.  As a result, 165 independent pharmacies in Ohio have gone out-of-business in the past two years!   Taxpayers funding a new law to study why Ohio courts have been reluctant to upload criminal records to the anti-gun National Instant Criminal Background Check System.

Oklahoma: A new law changes the way people convicted of drug crimes, including repeat offenders, are treated by the state’s criminal justice system.  But don’t think it’s for ‘humanitarian’ reasons, the state prison system is overcrowded with drug crime offenders and if something isn’t done to reduce the prison population then it’s expected that taxpayers would have to fork-over more than $1.2-billion USD to build new prisons over the next ten years.

Oregon: The state is being overwhelmed with data concerning its legalized ganja program.  By law the 1-thousand-8-hundred licensed Mary-Jane dealers have to input data everyday into the state Cannabis Tracking System, the result is that state law enforcers can’t deal with the data!

Pennsylvania: A failed political candidate and assistant vice president of Villanova University shot and killed by the wife of her lover, after getting caught: “You had a man who was married who was having an affair with this other woman. The wife knew about it, and this was a calculated, planned attack.”-Police Superintendent William Colarulo

Puerto Rico: The Columbian: US mainland politicians wooing Puerto Ricans who fled storm

BuzzFeed News: Puerto Rico Wants To Send Thousands Of Inmates To Private for-profit Prisons on mainland U.S.

Rhode Island: Despite ongoing problems, the state Health & Human Services is extending a contract for a vendor responsible for the ‘UHIP debacle’.  The Unified Health Infrastructure Project for low income people is also known as RI Bridges, and is meant to ascertain a person’s eligibility for SNAP, cash assistance and/or Medicaid.  Contractor Deloitte Consulting has so far failed to get the $492-million taxpayer funded UHIP system to work, but is getting the contract extension because it claims to continue working on UHIP for free.

South Carolina: The State: SC guards who take bribes, deal drugs in prison get off easy

NBCNews: Shortage of guards eyed after South Carolina prison riot 

South Carolina Corrections employees charged in prison contraband

New York Post: Inmates in South Carolina prison riot bled to death

USA Today: “While South Carolina’s prison system now ranks among the country’s cheapest for taxpayers, it’s also become one of the deadliest…”

South Dakota:  Three First Nations tribes want direct control over the federally run Sioux San Hospital in Rapid City, saying the taxpayer funded U.S. Indian Health Service is a failure: “…as we all know and have seen for several years, they have failed to do that at the cost of lives and at the cost of healthcare for our people.”-Jerilyn Church, Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board

Tennessee: A new law will require healthy adults with no children to work in order to qualify for Medicaid, never-mind that already an estimated 180-thousand working (employed) Tennesseans should, but don’t, qualify for ObamaCare-ACA Medicaid!

Texas: The police chief of New Boston could be fired for the ‘F-5’ termination of a police officer.  City leaders say the firing was not justified, but the police chief indicated the officer lied to him.  Texas law requires a written reason for being fired, the city says the police chief didn’t give one.  The police chief also accused the city attorney of lying saying “Lying on a government document is a crime and you should know that being the city attorney.”

Utah: State taxpayers forced to fork-over $650-million USD for a new prison west of Salt Lake City International Airport.

Vermont: According to The Washington Post, Vermont is so lacking in working aged adults that the state government has launched a program to hire tourists!   A taxpayer subsidized program to bring cell phone service to 26 towns is in trouble because the Massachusetts based contractor,  Vanu-CoverageCo, is out of money.  It’s also blamed on connectivity problems with AT&T, and on unspecified problems with taxpayer funded Public Service Department.  What happened to the old landline system?

Virginia:  The state Supreme Court revived the idea that scanning vehicle license plates could be a violation of personal information, and as such could affect every law enforcement agency in the state.

Washington: Despite openly anti-2nd Amendment cities like Seattle, pro-gunners held rallies across The Evergreen State.

Washington DC: It’s been revealed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has detained U.S. citizens for weeks, and even years, simply because agents refused to accept the fact they were detaining U.S. citizens!  

The U.S. Department of the Interior requesting Congress to consider forcing you to pay for access to taxpayer funded U.S. Geological Survey data! 

New York Times: IRS Website Crashes on Tax Day as Millions Tried to File Returns

US Must Keep DACA and Accept New Applications, DC Judge Rules

West Virginia: The West Virginia National Guard is now assigned to mentor the military of Qatar, but don’t think it’s about national security, it’s about the oil: “This new partnership will benefit West Virginia as we learn from their extensive natural gas and energy infrastructure programs.”-David McKinley, U.S. Representative

Wisconsin: Two former University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh administrators face felony charges regarding an ongoing financial scandal surrounding several construction projects.

Milwaukee Business Journal: 5 new laws that will impact Wisconsin’s housing market in 2018

Wyoming:  Cody Regional Health is offering an opioid addiction treatment, the only problem is that it uses an opioid as part of the treatment.  Officials with the hospital wouldn’t say what the opioid was, but claims it “doesn’t make them high.”

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Government Shenanigans, March 2018: “THEY GOT IT WRONG.”

DRUGS, THE AMERICAN WAY, April 2018: TAKE BACK DAY

ObamaCare ACA death spiral, April 2018:“NEW NORMAL”

Dumbing Down U.S.A., April 2018:“THIS IS SOMETHING UNEXPECTED”

AMERICA SPREAD THIN: Military Ops NORTH AMERICA, APRIL 2018