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Deutschland Über Alles!: Revell USA is dead, long live Revell Germany!

May 13, 2018 Hutchins AAron

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“It is a sad time for the model building community… I have not seen anything ‘official’ from Revell, but It has been confirmed to me by a reliable source that Revell USA has in fact closed their doors.”-UP Scale Hobbies facebook post

Another victim of the so called recovered economy, the end of a long model building era in the United States, Revell USA (Revell-Monogram) is dead!

Starting out in California in 1943, as a subcontractor for plastics manufacturers, its first job reportedly being parts for washing machines, followed by anything relating to HO (1:87) scale train sets. It was known as Precision Specialties.

When the company decided to focus on toys the name was changed to Revell (Wikipedia says it’s from the French word reveille, however Revell is a English/French family name that goes back to medieval times). In the 1950s the focus was originally on model cars, but shifted to U.S. Navy ships, the most infamous being the constantly re-issued and horribly inaccurate USS Missouri. This is humorous because supposedly the USN kits were considered so accurate that the Soviet Union bought Revell kits to learn about U.S. warship development (maybe that’s why the U.S.S.R. was constantly behind in the naval arms race).

Purportedly this crappy kit is what got the ball rollin’ for Revell

The success of Revell’s ship kits led to the company producing kits of almost anything you can think of. However, this didn’t stop Revell from succumbing to the same economic forces as other industries, as I’ve previously explained in 1:72 SHOCK & AWE LOCKHEED F-104 STARFIGHTER, OR, WHY YOU CAN’T TRUST SCALE DRAWINGS! PLUS MASSIVE HISTORICAL CONFUSION ABOUT REVELL-MONOGRAM!

Monogram's classic 1974 issue Do 335, Monogram was Revell's biggest competitor at that time

Monogram’s classic 1974 issue Do 335, Monogram was Revell’s biggest U.S. competitor at that time

By 2012, longtime model kit builders thought economic bad times were over for Revell when an employee owned, Illinois based company, called Hobbico bought and merged Revell USA and Revell Germany (GmbH). Wrong again! In January 2018, Hobbico went bankrupt busted and began liquidating its divisions. Immediately, Revell Germany issued a statement saying they were not impacted (“Hobbico’s bankruptcy filing was made in the United States and is strictly limited to the company’s U.S. operations, Revell-Germany is unaffected.”).

For decades (since 1970s) Revell Germany has reissued British Frog kits

Revell USA production was halted in April, even shipments of already packaged kits were stopped. A group of investors called Quantum Capital Partners aus München (for some odd reason many U.S. and British sources are calling the group Blitz GmbH, my source is Revell Germany itself) which bought both Revell Germany and Revell USA.

The month before Revell was sold-off, Revell USA announced the much longed for reissue of the coveted Deal’s Wheels Baja Humbug

According to bankruptcy court documents, on 13APR2018 Quantum Capital Partners of Munich won the rights to Revell with a bid of about $3.9-million USD. Revell USA ceased to exist, Revell Germany will continue as if nothing had happened. I should point out that the $3.9-million was the high bid, apparently there was only one other bidder, it’s just more proof the model kit industry is in decline. Hobbico was hoping for $10-million.

According to a press release by Revell Germany, Deutschland is the new home base for all Revell operations, including ops in North America: “Revell is pleased to partner with Quantum Capital Partners who supports the company in its further international growth. At this point, I would also like to thank all trading and business partners for the Thank you for your confidence during the transition period in recent weeks.”-Stefan Krings, president of Revell Germany

“Revell is a renowned and well-established company and has been an impressive and internationally established successful toy brand. We will build on this strength and the brand with its unique positioning as a model maker….”-Steffen Görig, Quantum Capital Partners

Since its founding in 2008, Quantum Capital Partners (QCP) has taken over several dozens of companies including BASF, Bosch, Deutsche Bahn and even Airbus (even joining with the Islamic Investment Bank to make sure Airbus aircraft are Shariah compliant)!

Classic Hasegawa Voodoo, one of the first jet kits I built in the 1970s

By the way, Hobbico’s demise also affected Japan’s Hasegawa and Italy’s Italeri as Hobbico had become the distributor of those brands in the United States.

Italeri's old M47 (from late 1970s) is so good that recently Korea's Academy issued it

Italeri’s old M47 (first released around late 1970s early 80s) is so good that recently Korea’s Academy issued it

FALLING DOWN: U.S. MODEL KIT/RAILROAD HOBBY DEMISE, 2016-17

BLACKLIGHT REVELL DEAL’S WHEELS

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Take Back Day: Drugs, the American Way, April 2018

Video May 7, 2018 Hutchins AAron

Incomplete (tip-o-the iceberg) list of U.S. drugs related crimes and oddities for the month of April 2018.

“If we don’t get tough on the drug dealers, we are wasting our time. And that toughness includes the death penalty.”-President Donald Trump, Manchester, New Hampshire, 19MAR2018

The official National Drug Take Back Day was 28APR2018, proving that the government is behind the drug epidemic (why else would they call it ‘Take Back Day’ if they aren’t the source of the drugs?). Since National Drug Take Back Day began in 2010 more than four million kilos (nine million pounds) of prescription drugs were given back to the government, I mean turned in on National Drug Take Back Day across the U.S.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP, aka Border Patrol) reports that for fiscal year 2017 they captured 269,790 pounds of cocaine; 384,230 pounds of marijuana; 5,721 pounds of methamphetamine; 1,089 weapons, $26.1 million USD in cash, and captured 37,009 illegal immigrants.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that drug overdoses (O-D) killed 63-thousand-632 people in 2016, compared to 40-thousand-2-hundred vehicle deaths and 38-thousand gun deaths.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner blamed Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Google, Yahoo and Bing for enabling the opioid epidemic.

Official Department of Defense opioid video explainer:

Alabama: The six months old Alabama Drug Task Force received a piddly $64-thousand USD federal taxpayer funded grant. After only six months of operations the Drug Task Force boasts of capturing illegal and prescription drugs along with 145 guns. A Dothan Police sergeant was arrested for illegal possession of drugs as well as theft! Gulf Shores Police arrested two men on marijuana charges, the two men turned out to be cops from Taliaferro County, Georgia! The Heflin Police Department reports arresting five people and capturing 34-kilos (75-pounds) of drugs, adding that anti-drug ops are ongoing and more arrests are expected. Bay Minette Police Department arrested at least 20 people in taxpayer led anti-drug ops: “These arrests took place as the result of citizen complaints… These enforcement efforts are ongoing and will continue. We want to thank the citizens for providing us information and tips to act on.”-Bay Minette press release

Alabama Public Radio: Benzodiazepines: America’s ‘Other Prescription Drug Problem’

Alaska: State Troopers arrested a Fairbanks resident allegedly in possession of meth, shrooms and ganja. State Troopers, and the federal DEA, also found two kilos (five pounds) of heroin inside the engine compartment of a Chevy Tahoe that was being shipped in from Thermal, California. Drug dealers were also arrested, but the DEA noted that the dealers were conducting counter-surveillance ops, meaning they suspected the cops had been tipped-off. Nine people indicted for trying to smuggle methamphetamine, heroin and Suboxone into the Lemon Creek prison, using code words like ‘soup’, ‘movies’ and ‘painting’. A woman in Eagle River reported to police that she got robbed by her friendly neighborhood drug dealer. She says when she got into the dealer’s car, to buy ganja, he robbed her instead. Samoan Customs report they arrested a man who came from Alaska, along with $26-thousand worth of meth, supposedly to attend a funeral in the tiny island nation.

Anchorage Daily News: Alaska fentanyl overdose deaths more than quadrupled in 2017

Arizona: The possible first overdose in The Grand Canyon State involving an opioid drug more powerful than fentanyl; carfentanil. A man was found dead in his car, “The Maricopa County Medical Examiner’s report confirmed the presence of carfentanil, yet the source of the carfentanil remains unknown…” The Canadian Centre for Addiction says “The equivalent of one gran of salt of Carfentanil is enough to kill a human being.” Carfentanil was originally used to tranquilize elephants. A group of doctors revealed that Arizona’s new drug law actually punishes doctors for prescribing alternatives to opioids, and allude that the British empire maker of Suboxone bribed state lawmakers to create the pro-opioid law! The U.S. Border Patrol says they captured a Mexican smuggling 121.5-kilos (268-pounds) of marijuana and meth across the border using two horses. A woman was arrested as she and her three children were trying to cross the border, because one of her children had two pounds of cocaine strapped to her body.

Arkansas: The Land of Opportunity has the second highest rate of prescription drug over-prescribing at an average of 114.6 opioid prescriptions per 1-hundred people! A federal judge ordered the temporary shutdown of Cantrell Drug Company due to the U.S. FDA accusing the company of selling adulterated drugs throughout the U.S. The chairman of the Anthropology Department at the University of Arkansas arrested by the DEA for buying prescription drugs illegally and illegal possession of guns! Benton Police credit good neighbors for helping to shutdown a drug dealer, who was captured with methamphetamine, LSD, mushrooms, marijuana, prescription pills, unknown powders, and stolen guns: “Definitely a shocker. We never considered this to be a hot spot for any kind of drug dealing.”-Anthony Natale, concerned neighbor

California: Menlo Park based Kaiser Family Foundation says opioid addiction treatment, for employees of ‘large’ companies with insurance, cost $2.6-billion USD in 2016, compared to $273-million in 2004! The federal DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) considers the city of Thermal to be a major illegal drug distribution center for the United States. Six Californians arrested for trafficking 22.6-kilos (50-pounds) worth of meth, smack and coke between Washington state and Alaska. A now former U.S. Border Patrol agent sentenced to six years in federal prison after getting caught smuggling meth and coke from Mexico! A member of the drug gang MS-13 revealed in a federal court, in New Jersey, that the MS-13 drug distribution operations are run out of the Calipatria State Prison in California! One prisoner at the Mule Creek State Prison killed and 11 others required medical treatment after taking an undisclosed drug. Riverside, Inyo and Mono counties, along with Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, began experimenting with ketamine for pain relief: “It will be used for pain control in lieu of our current medication which is Fentanyl. Fentanyl is an opioid-based narcotic, and due to the ongoing opioid crisis nationwide, emergency medical services have been faced with finding alternatives.”-Greg Kunkel, Emergency Medical Services

South China Morning Post: 100 Chinese-run ‘pot-growing’ houses seized in one of the largest residential drug busts in U.S./California history

Crew of the USS Zephyr rescue smugglers from a burning drug smuggling ‘stealth’ boat from Columbia, 07APR2018, the drug boat was sunk

Colorado: According to Colorado Health Institute 912 Coloradans died from drug use in 2016, more than those who died from cars and guns combined! Between 2001 and 2016 there was a 756% increase in heroin deaths! The DEA reports that almost 907-kilos (2-thousand pounds) of prescription drugs were given back to the government, I mean turned in on National Drug Take Back Day in Colorado!

Connecticut: 19 people indicted for selling cocaine, fentanyl and heroin: “…this drug trafficking organization, which used multiple sources of supply, has been responsible for the distribution of significant quantities of heroin and cocaine in Connecticut.”-John Durham, U.S. Attorney

Delaware: The state Department of Health and Social Services confirmed at least 71 people died from drugs, so far this year. There was a 12% increase in overdose deaths in 2017.

Florida: An immigrant from South Africa was arrested in a Honda minivan full of drugs, police were paroling the Vero Beach area due to increased burglaries. In Miami, police raided two strip-clubs, arresting dozens of strippers for dealing drugs, as part of ongoing Operation Neon Lights. Monroe County Sheriff’s deputies pulled over a Chevy Tahoe to find unknown pills and heroin, and a nine years old boy. The vehicle had been involved in a hit-&-run accident, a female passenger had been arrested three previous times on felony drug charges. The Hillsborough County Sheriff reports a local high school student was killed while trying to buy marijuana and that the dealer confessed to shooting the student. In Wakulla County a mom is awaiting trial for making her two years old smoke meth: “The toxicology results concluded that the 2-year-old tested positive for both methamphetamine and amphetamines and the findings were ‘chronic’ rather than ‘acute’.”-Wakulla County Sheriff’s Office

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Legare (based in Florida), along with Canadian Navy ships, captures $390-million worth of cocaine and ganja during the months of March and April

Georgia: DeKalb County Drug Task Force arrested two women after finding meth, marijuana and drug selling equipment in a hidden compartment in their car. It was revealed that ten immigrants were arrested for operating a massive $1-million USD meth distribution op in the counties of DeKalb and Gwinnett. A now former teacher/cheer-leading coach at Northwest Whitfield High School arrested for possession of illegal opioids and having sex with students. A doctor lost her medical license after threatening to slit her own employee’s throats, as well as committing actual acts of violence, she surrendered herself to police. Two other doctors, and a hospital CEO, indicted for illegally prescribing pain meds.

Hawaii: The Hawaii Police Department raided a home in Puna, finding heroin, meth, marijuana and cash, however, local news media says it’s the second time this year the same home has been raided finding the same type of drugs. Diagnostic Laboratory Services reports that the new work-place drug testing rules of the U.S. Department of Transportation has resulted in a 50% drop in Hawaiian workers testing positive for opiods. Mmmm

Idaho: Idaho Department of Correction employees, prisoners and contractors arrested; five prison guards, one prisoner, one contract nurse and another person charged with drug trafficking, among other crimes, after a two years investigation by the FBI! Mormon dominated Idaho is blaming Mormon dominated Utah for a 958% increase in heroin trafficking: “Every single day someone’s ‘tripping’ to Utah and bringing back heroin. Five years ago we were seeing almost none, and now it’s the biggest problem we’re seeing in southeast Idaho.“-Lieutenant Clint Skinner, Idaho State Police, Pocatello office

Illinois: For some reason Chicago based American Medical Association (AMA) is opposed to limiting opioid prescriptions! Synthetic Ganja (K2) being blamed for at least three deaths and causing more than 1-hundred people to suffer bleeding: “Each day we’ve seen the number of cases rise. Synthetic cannabinoids are unsafe. They are not regulated and people don’t know what chemicals may be in them, like rat poison.”-Nirav D. Shah, Illinois Department of Public Health

Indiana: In Clark County a mom confessed to using her toddler children to make sex videos, which she sold to get money to buy drugs! State Police pulled over a mom for driving too close to other cars, they found heroin, methadone and the mom’s one year old daughter in the car. State Police also report 794.6-kilos (1-thousand-752 pounds) of prescription drugs were given back to the government, I mean turned in on National Drug Take Back Day in Indiana!

Iowa: A local pharmacist accuses CVS Pharmacy of gross over-billing of taxpayers for prescription drugs supplied to prisoners. In one example he said that CVS charged Wapellow County $5-thousand for drugs that should’ve cost $1-thousand. Iowa set a record for give your drugs back to the government day, I mean National Drug Take Back Day; more than six U.S. tons (5594-kilos or 12,333-pounds) of prescriptions collected, breaking the record set last year!

Kansas: The U.S. FDA ordered Epic Products to recall its ‘over the counter’ male sexual enhancing drug because it contains actual prescription strength erectile dysfunction drugs sildenafil and tadalafil.

Kentucky: The supposedly highly educated gov’na blamed teacher strikes for causing children to be raped and become drug users: “Children were harmed, some physically, some sexually, some were introduced to drugs for the first time, because they were vulnerable and left alone.” He supposedly apologized for the implication.

Louisiana: The state Legislative Auditor discovered that more than 25-thousand prescriptions went missing from the state Board of Pharmacy’s Prescription Monitoring Program! The audit was prompted by a sudden increase in overdose deaths. Concordia Parish Sheriff’s Office, along with state and federal police, arrested 12 people in possession of meth, marijuana, pills and AK-47 assault rifles.

Maine: National Guard armories were used during the National Drug Take Back Day.

Maryland: A Prince George’s County special ed teacher was among 27 people busted for drugs in Maryland and Washington DC, federal cops say the drug ring had been selling heroin, cocaine and crack-cocaine since 2016. In Frederick County a smaller drug gang was busted, six people arrested.

Massachusetts: The state Supreme Judicial Court dismissed nearly 8-thousand drug cases after it was shown that an employee of the contracted drug testing lab falsified results and was even using the drugs captured during drug raids! Also, the court vacated more than 22-thousand drug convictions because a different contracted drug lab basically did the same thing!!!

Michigan: A study by the state Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs and Appriss Health reports a 30% increase in O-Ds (overdose deaths) from 2013 to 2015, with Detroit and Grand Rapids suffering the most deaths.

Minnesota: 29 members of what police call a ‘multi-generational drug gang’ were arrested in Hubbard County, for selling meth, prescription drugs, hash oil and Mary-Jane.

Mississippi: Three Adams County Sheriff’s deputies went to eat lunch at their fave restaurant only to end up busting two men and a woman making a Xanax drug deal right outside the restaurant window! A man was arrested using a former, but still marked, Newton County Sheriff’s cop car to traffic marijuana. When cops raided the man’s home they say they found 31 types of marijuana. The man apparently bought the cop car at a government auction, however, it is the responsibility of the government agency to remove all police markings from the vehicle which, for some unknown reason, was not done. Jackson Police report they’re arresting people who are driving to states where marijuana is legal, buying a crap-load and smuggling it into Mississippi.

Missouri: McLean County Sheriff’s Office reports arresting a woman who had ecstasy in her bra, heroin in her car and a locked and cocked pistol in her vagina! As many as 8-hundred people in Saint Louis area died from opioids last year. In just the past six months Saint Louis County reports 14-thousand cases of people trying to get multiple issues of prescription opioids, a clear case of doctor involved prescription drug addiction: “Even if you set aside the fact there are quite a few people who have genuine pain management needs, clearly there is over-prescribing going on.”-Faisal Khan, Saint Louis County

Montana: A social worker at Meadow Hill junior high arrested for having meth, heroin and psilocybin mushrooms in her residence, but wait, there’s more. Officials with Missoula County Public Schools are so paranoid they used taxpayer money to hire a company to clean the now former social worker’s office at the junior high, due to fears over her “…personal drug activity.” In Missoula County, a woman who worked with infants at the YMCA Learning Center arrested after building a ‘meth smoking den’ in the laundry room! The overwhelming smell of meth gave it away, despite her attempt to use a vent fan. 17 people arrested in Billings for meth related crimes as part of a new version of the national Project Safe Neighborhoods. It should be noted the Project Safe Neighborhoods was originally a federal anti-gun operation launched in 2001.

Nebraska: The daughter of the mayor of North Port, and another woman, arrested while driving a Chevy Tahoe full of 46.7-kilos (103-pounds) of marijuana!

Nevada: According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) The Silver State has the highest rate of psycho-stimulants O-D deaths; a 32% increase from 2015 to 2016: “I’ve been doing this job six and a half years, and for the last three of four years, we’ve seen the numbers rising. It unfortunately doesn’t look like it’s slowing down anytime soon.”-Jamie Ross, PACT (Patient Access Community Treatment) Coalition

“The number one drug seized by all of our task forces is meth.“-Keith Carter, Nevada High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area

New Hampshire: The state experienced its largest ever fentanyl drug bust involving 20 different federal, state and local agencies resulting in 45 indictments and more than 30-kilograms (66 pounds) of fentanyl captured. The drug gang involved originated in Massachusetts.

New Jersey: The FBI arrested a Paterson cop for dealing heroin, crack cocaine, powder cocaine and marijuana since 2017, even using a city police car in a parking lot right next to the police HQ to do so! One report says that from 2015 to 2016 at least 16-thousand people in New Jersey had to be revived with Narcan. A convicted immigrant drug dealer was able to order his girlfriend’s murdered while he was in a New Jersey prison!

New Mexico: 14 people in Las Cruces arrested, 16 indicted, for trafficking cocaine, heroin and meth across four states. In Las Vegas, a man who wanted some meth got mad when the female dealer told him she needed more money, he chopped her with a machete, she survived, he’s in jail. And possibly as a result of such crazy drug crimes, the West Las Vegas School Board considering making it mandatory for school employees and student athletes to be tested for drugs, including prescription drugs: “In light of the recent events of what’s happened at schools, I think that anybody, or any teacher, any administrator who may be using a prescription medication or may be using narcotics, poses a safety threat to the school.”-Ambrosio Castellano, board member

New York: A NYC drug bust revealed nine kilos (20-pounds) of drugs in an apartment oven and couch, and $600-thousand USD in cash inside a Lamborghini. The state Comptroller’s Office says 63% of counties couldn’t adequately Take Back drugs because they don’t have enough drug drop boxes, and five counties don’t have any drug Take Back boxes. A doctor facing charges of killing six people with overdoses of opioids has somehow gotten another job at another clinic! 80% of New Yorkers blame doctors for the opioid epidemic, 70% blame the government.

North Carolina: A local TV station revealed that illegal drug dealing has become such big business that state lawmakers created a special tax, called the Unauthorized Substance Tax, and drug dealers are actually paying it! Perhaps in response, the federal government declared operation Take Back North Carolina: “The stakes are so high, the risk is so great that I almost don’t care what the cause is, we just got to stop the problem.”-Robert Higdon Junior, U.S. Attorney

North Dakota: A Burleigh County Sheriff’s Deputy now in jail after getting caught stealing cell phones and meth right outta the police evidence locker. It turns out the cop doesn’t have a good work record, being rated unacceptable and getting reprimands. A female University of North Dakota student arrested for attempting to sell drugs on campus.

Ohio: Official video report National Guard Counterdrug Task Force Airman who lost her brother to opioids:

Oklahoma: The state Bureau of Narcotics held a public meeting at Southern Tech about Current Oklahoma Drug Threats, one news report said only 13 people attended. The DEA arrested a retired Edmond cop for money laundering and selling illegal steroids out of his home and through local businesses, for at least three years. At least two other people were also arrested. Police say the operation involved drop-shipping, PO Boxes for fake companies, PayPal accounts, bank accounts under fake names, and auto-shops.

Oregon: In another case involving a Chevy Tahoe from California, two men finally pled guilty to using the upscale Sport Utility Vehicle to traffic cocaine and marijuana from California to Alaska. They got caught in Medford, in April of last year, as they were driving the drug-stuffed SUV up to Alaska. Their sentencing scheduled for June. News reports say a ‘secret’ federal drug raid in Portland almost backfired. The DEA is confiscating discovered drug stashes without the dealers knowing, and intentionally making it look like another drug gang stole the merchandise (under what is called a ‘delayed notice warrant’), however, it almost went bad when an innocent storage warehouse manager almost got killed by upset drug dealers.

Pennsylvania: State Police report that for the first quarter of 2018 they captured almost $6-million USD worth of drugs, and for all of last year they captured $41-million worth of illegal drugs! According to a study released in November 2017, drug deaths in Pennsylvania are expected to increase by 70% over the next seven years!

Puerto Rico: Perhaps because of its crashed economy and damage caused by back-to-back hurricanes, the island territory is now a distribution point for drugs from South America heading towards the United States. Last year a record 29887-kilos (65,890-pounds) of narcotics were captured!

Personnel off-load $13-million worth of heroin from Coast Guard Cutter Richard Dixon in San Juan, 18APR2018

Rhode Island: In comparison to other states, only 11-kilos (25-pounds) of drugs were turned in on National Take Back Day. After years of increases in prisoner opioid addictions Rhode Island began screening prisoners for opioids and treating them for addiction, which proves drugs are easy to get in prison. A local TV station discovered that drugs from China and Mexico are being shipped in via the U.S. Postal Service.

South Carolina: Two ‘guests’ of the Department of Corrections get to spend yet more time behind bars after they were caught running a multi-state drug dealing op right outta their prison cell! On top of that, 14 now former prison guards, nurse, groundskeeper and service workers now indicted for drug smuggling and their connection to prison riots that left seven prisoners dead! In yet another case involving prison guards, prisoners at Broad River Correctional Institute claim guards (who were also members of drug gangs) were forcing them to buy drugs and have sex! Some taxpayers are blaming increased prison guard crimes on the state’s so called prison reforms! The now former Walhalla Police Chief facing charges of extorting drugs from his own personnel!

South Dakota: Police report increased trafficking of ganja from Minnesota, the most recent involved 38.5-kilos (85-pounds) found in a Toyota Tundra from Minneapolis/Saint Paul.

Tennessee: The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office tipped off by U.S. Postal Inspectors, which resulted in the captured $1.3-million USD worth of Xanax (Alprazolam).

Texas: 57 ‘white’ gang bangers arrested for kidnapping and selling meth. A 46 years old man was convicted of beating young children, including his own, into packaging meth for him to sell.

Utah: Two men facing charges of making fake prescription drugs (fentanyl) and selling them online, making $2.8-million USD in less than a year. Orem Police arrested a man from California with $1.5-million worth of meth.

Vermont: The tiny state of Vermont (with 30-thousand estimated addicts) got 32-million tax dollars to fight opioids: “Vermont was one of the first states to receive and benefit from this program because I could argue that we were prepared for it. Our little state could use it and make the program work.”-Patrick Leahy, U.S. Senator

Virginia: State Department of Health reports a ten years high in drug O-D deaths, 1-thousand-534 in 2017! Fentanyl caused more than half the deaths.

Washington: The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) intercepted a package shipped from Seattle to Yalobusha County, Mississippi. It contained 5.8-kilos (13-pounds) of pills, THC oil and ‘weed’. But wait, the man arrested for the postal crime claims there’s still 2-kilos (5-pounds) of weed in the mail!

Washington DC: The CDC reports that DC is number one in the country for drug O-D deaths, a 106.9% increase from 2015 to 2016! The U.S. Surgeon General begging all citizens to carry the anti-overdose med naloxone! The FDA banned the sale of bulk powdered caffeine.

West Virginia: Perhaps because of guilt, drug maker Pfizer (through its Pfizer Foundation) gave the state half-a-million dollars to help treat drug addicted moms and their babies! The CDC says West Virginia has the highest rate of babies born addicted to drugs! West Virginia also broke its record for drug O-D deaths, 909 in 2017!

Wisconsin: Drug addiction causing a doubling of children being pushed into the state’s foster care system, since 2010. 27669-kilos (61-thousand pounds) of pills were collected on Take Back Day.

Wyoming: A repeat offender was caught, as he was entering prison, with a bag of opioid pills shoved up his butt.

KGAB: Why Wyoming Drug Traffickers Are So Stupid

DRUGS, THE AMERICAN WAY, March 2018: ZOMBIES ARE FOR REAL! “THE FENTANYL…IS ENOUGH TO KILL EVERYONE…SEVERAL TIMES OVER.”

Idaho, U.S.

“new normal”: ObamaCare ACA death spiral, April 2018

May 4, 2018 Hutchins AAron

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

A study by Crowe Horwath says for-profit insurance companies take 30 days longer to reimburse a healthcare provider than taxpayer funded Medicare.

According to The Economist it cost the royal family of England less money to give birth than it does the average ‘commoner’ family in the United States!

Fidelity Investments says Americans about to retire need at least $280-thousand USD to cover healthcare expenses, a 75% increase since 2002 (so much for Obamacare).

The Commonwealth Fund accuses the U.S. healthcare industry of being the world’s 7th largest producer of CO2.

The New England Journal of Medicine reports that only 37% of doctor quality of care standards are to be considered valid!

Two studies warn that even after ‘reprocessing’ 71% of endoscopes still infected by active bacteria.

Operator of 11 ObamaCare-ACA call centers General Dynamics Information Technology now accused of shorting its employees of $100-million USD in taxpayer funded paychecks!

According to a study by Verizon the healthcare industry is the only industry were cybersecurity threats by ‘insiders’ outnumber outside cybersecurity threats!

JPMorgan Chase Institute reporting that more and more Americans who get tax refunds are using their refunds on healthcare, despite ObamaCare-ACA.

Possible cause of increased STDs as Quest Diagnostics reports 1 in 4 doctors ignore STD testing guidelines if the female patient has no symptoms.

PayScale says females working as medical assistants make more money than male medical assistants.

Medscape Physician Compensation Report says ‘black’ doctors make and average of $50-thousand per year less than ‘white’ doctors!

The Association of American Medical Colleges estimates that the United States could be short 121-thousand doctors by 2030!

More than 80% of Chief Nursing Officers say they can’t find qualified nurses.

Becker’s Hospital Review reports an unusually high number of hospital executives are quitting their jobs.

Non-profit Shriners Hospital for Children shutting down inpatient care service at many of its 22 hospitals around the U.S.! It’s blamed on lack of donations and ObamaCare-ACA drastically cutting back on reimbursements for inpatient care. Administrators for Shriners said their only other option was to start shutting down hospitals!

Arizona: Phoenix based Banner Health fined $18-million USD for filing fake taxpayer funded Medicare claims.

California: Symantec is warning of a new computer virus primarily targeting the healthcare industry; Orangeworm is infecting internet connected X-Ray, MRI and other medical devices as part of an operation to steal your data (Symantec first noticed it in 2015). Healthcare tech company Theranos issued a layoff WARN for its Newark operations, 105 jobs gone by mid-June! It’s in connection to the fact the company was accused of frauding investors regarding a new hi-tech way of testing blood donations, which turned out didn’t really work the way it was advertised. At one time Theranos employed 8-hundred people. Molina Healthcare finally notified state employment officials that it laid off 79 Californians in March. Texas based Concentra suddenly laid off 177 people in Valencia! Pacific Alliance Medical Center, which shutdown in December, finally notified state employment officials of how many people lost their jobs; 739! In Long Beach, Community Medical Center issued a shutdown WARN, 353 jobs gone by July! San Diego based Biotheranostics paying $2-million USD fine for frauding taxpayer funded Medicare. The FBI raided the home of now former CEO of Tulare Regional Medical Center, who is suspected of all kinds of fraud ops while at the hospital. It’s been revealed that a woman was charged $792 for a mandatory ambulance evacuation during a possible dam break in 2017! Memorial Medical Center fined only $71-thousand for causing the 2016 death of a female patient by giving the woman 25 times the standard dose of blood thinner, which caused the woman to bleed to death internally! The state Attorney General has ordered Mission Community Hospital, Emanuel Medical Center, and University of Southern California Verdugo Hills Hospital to fork over millions of dollars for failing to follow the state’s charity care rules! Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center in trouble for sending home a 90 years old patient with kidney failure in a taxi, without notifying the family. Goleta based medical device maker Inogen revealed that data of 30-thousand of its customers has been stolen, I mean improperly accessed! The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education took away Kern Medical’s surgery residency program’s accreditation. In Los Angeles, Avalon Villa Care Center accused of dumping a diabetic patient at homeless shelter, without his insulin! Facebook halted its hospital patient data collection ops due to the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

Colorado: Saint Mary-Corwin Medical Center laying off 3-hundred people, but then says that it’ll hire back most of them! Non-profit Boulder Community Health suddenly laid off 25 people, due to rising costs, declining admissions, falling reimbursements and increased competition. Centura Health’s Longmont United Hospital eliminating less than 30 jobs due to a variety of reasons. Memorial Regional Health outsourcing 24 billing/coding jobs. A now former medical assistant at Kaiser Hospital, in Union City, charged with sex crimes against patients. God’s own 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. CovenantCare at Home shutting down, 67 jobs gone in May. Sky Ridge Medical Center charged a new mom more than $1-thousand USD for circumcising her newborn daughter!

Connecticut: Birmingham Health Center issued a shutdown WARN, but did not say how many people would lose their jobs in June. Police locked down MidState Medical Center after a man came in covered in a white powder, which turned out to be baking soda.

Florida: In Pinellas Park, Transitions Optical eliminating 12 jobs by June. An employee of a Sunshine State based medical supplier surrendered after getting caught stealing, and then selling on ebay, $231-thousand USD worth of medical supplies. It was his own employer who caught him after somebody noticed the stolen goods on ebay. Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital drastically cut back on surgeries after a baby was discharged with a suture needle in its heart! Tennessee based Community Health Systems selling-off its Munroe Regional Medical Center to god’s own Adventist Health System.

Georgia: Chestatee Regional Hospital shutting down, 2-hundred jobs gone by the end of July due to being sold! Taxpayers forced to pay for out-of-pocket expenses of 600-thousand employees affected by the contract lapse between Piedmont Healthcare and Blue Cross/Blue Shield! Georgia Bone & Joint, Southern Bone & Joint aka Summit Orthopaedic Surgery Center, Southern Crescent Anesthesiology, PC (SCA), Sentry Anesthesia Management, and David LaGuardia hit with $3.2-million USD federal fine for bribes to guaranty business and filing fake Medicare claims for drugs bought outside the United States.

Idaho: In Sandpoint, ‘Supplements and At-Home Health Tests’ maker Thorne Research laid off 136 people! In Caldwell, West Valley Medical Center revealed to have the most teaching hospital rules violations in the U.S., from 2014 to 2017! The National Health Security Preparedness Index says The Gem State is among 21 states that are the least prepped for a social health emergency. Benewah Community Hospital discovered that its main cause of recent lost revenue was the new Cerner billing software program! 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.

Illinois: The doctor owner of Palos Medical Care charged with charging $1-million USD worth of fake treatments to insurance companies and taxpayer funded Medicare. It’s been revealed that taxpayer funded DeKalb County Rehab and Nursing Center was fined $25-thousand USD for causing a patient to fall and break their leg. UnityPoint Health revealed it got hacked, resulting in 16-thousand patient records being stolen! State Healthcare and Family Services has banned Blue Cross/Blue Shield from enrolling any new customers into Medicaid due to ‘noncompliance’. A now former doctor with the taxpayer funded Cook County Health and Hospitals System accused of spending more than 248-thousand tax dollars on unauthorized expenses for personal items (like a piano and radar detector)! University of Illinois Hospital wants to shutdown its physical therapy ops. NorthShore University HealthSystem sued for collecting employee fingerprints without consent.

Indiana: A Ball State University study says 95% of mental health providers are failing patients in rural areas. Anthem reported a 30% increase in profit, despite losing 1-million ObamaCare-ACA customers! The insurance company claims the profit is a result of cost cutting. Miller’s Health System suddenly shutdown its short-term rehab unit due to lack of customers.

Iowa: Genesis Health System suddenly laid off 48 people, blaming “shrinking reimbursements and escalating costs” that have thwarted “cost-saving measures in recent years”.

Kansas: The federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) halted payments to Blue Valley Hospital, the hospital is now suing.

Kentucky: Mountain Manor Nursing Home bankrupt busted due to fines imposed by Medicare and Medicaid services, declining patient volume and undisclosed deficiencies discovered during a state inspection. KentuckyOne Health selling its Saint Joseph Martin hospital and four clinics to Appalachian Regional Healthcare.

Louisiana: Lafayette General Health notified 8-hundred employees of potential layoffs due to lack of state-level taxpayer funding!

Maryland: MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center shutting down its pediatric inpatient and emergency room units due to a 40% drop in customers.

Massachusetts: So many people are sick that a study found that in order for the state funded RomneyCare system (prototype for the national ObamaCare system) to provide enough nurses for adequate care taxpayers would have to cough-up an additional $1.31-billion USD, plus another $900-million every year after that! Lowell General Hospital suddenly laid off 29 people due to lack of money. Lahey Hospital & Medical Center revealed it fired an employee for secretly video recording co-workers in the toilet room. UMass Memorial Health Care System shutting down its Plumley Village Health Services, in Worcester, because it serves profit eating low income zombies on Medicaid: “We’re sorry for the people impacted by this, but really, this is the right decision for the organization.”-Eric Dickson, CEO

Michigan: Aspirus Crystal Falls Clinic suddenly shutdown its dialysis operations, blaming a sudden crash in customers. Sturgis Hospital shutting down three urgent care clinics primarily because of a lack of ObamaCare-ACA reimbursements. In Lake City, after 26 years Jerry’s Pharmacy shutdown due to ‘economic realities’. Mental health provider New Center Community Services issued a shutdown WARN, 66 jobs gone due to “unforeseen business circumstances”. Six employees of god’s own Providence Christian Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center suing because they’re mad that patients are being allowed to request ‘white’ caregivers only. As proof there are too many people addicted to the healthcare industry, automobile maker Ford has launched a GoRide non-emergency medical transportation service covering about 322 square kilometers (2-hundred square miles) of Michigan, to stress this is for regular non-emergency medical appointments.

Minnesota: UnitedHealth Group admitted its CEO makes 298 times more than its median employee! Illinois based medical device maker Vyaire Medical shutting down its factory in Plymouth, 50 jobs gone. The Mayo Clinic is bribing 4-hundred transcriptionists to voluntarily quit (buyouts)!

Mississippi: A Saint Dominic Hospital employee arrested for stealing and selling patient’s financial information. University of Mississippi Medical Center got caught by local news media in overcharging for treatment of children. Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center eliminating 1-hundred jobs due to ObamaCare funding cuts and the cost of being forced to upgrade the hospital to federal standards! A judge has ordered a 25% cut in retirement pay for retired employees of the Singing River Health System, in a desperate attempt to keep the retirement fund from going bust! The state Supreme Court ruled that federal Medicaid ripped off Mississippi hospitals to the tune of $2-million in unpaid reimbursements! The U.S. Burden of Disease Collaborators says The Magnolia State has the lowest life expectancy in the country.

Missouri: CoxHealth-Cox South Hospital admitted it gave a patient the wrong blood type! Local news media says hospital admin refuses to answer questions about the patient’s condition. State investigators are trying to find out why there’s been a surge in air-ambulance billing. The family of a boy injured on a camping trip charged $32-thousand USD for the air-ambulance ride, because Anthem-Blue Cross/Blue Shield said the ambulance service was out-of-network!

Montana: Community Medical Center suddenly laid off 16 people due to state-level cuts for people on taxpayer funded Medicaid. Kalispell Regional Healthcare suddenly laid off about 40 people due to reduced taxpayer funded reimbursements.

Nebraska: Community Healthcare System warns of shutdown if it can’t come up with $800-thousand USD to pay for ObamaCare-ACA mandated upgrades. Mary Lanning Hospital paying more than $600-thousand USD for fake Medicare claims.

Nevada: Community Triage Center under threat of shutdown due to taxpayer funding disputes with the state Health and Human Services, the city of Las Vegas, other government entities, as well as funding disputes with Las Vegas hospitals. WalletHub declared The Silver State to be the worst state for children’s healthcare.

New Hampshire: Cigna eliminating 50 jobs at its Hooksett credentialing office.

New Jersey: Arizona based medical device maker MedPlast shutting down its factory in West Berlin, 67 jobs lost by the end of June. Lakewood Pathology Associates-Inform Diagnostics issued a WARN, 117 jobs gone by June! Personal Touch Home Care issued several WARNs, 181 jobs gone by mid-May! West-Ward Pharmaceuticals eliminating 38 jobs by July. Virtua Medical Group paying more than $400-thousand USD as a result of making patient records publicly available online.

New Mexico: New Mexico Heart Institute canceled its contract with god’s own Presbyterian Health Plan, affecting 3-thousand patients!

New York: CCS Oncology and Healthcare now chapter 11 bankrupt busted due to “substantial debt” and the fact that the FBI ‘raided’ the company. Easter Seals issued a shutdown WARN for four of its Intermediate Care Facilities, 78 jobs gone by mid-July. Association for Neurologically Impaired Brain Injured Children issued a layoff WARN for its ops in Oakland Gardens, at least 25 jobs gone by the end of June. Phoenix House Foundation issued a layoff WARN for its addiction treatment ops in Brooklyn-NYC, 30 jobs gone between July and the end of September. MZL Home Care Agency halting ops in Brooklyn-NYC, 1-thousand-535 jobs gone by mid-July due to operations being sold to a competitor! Aspire of WNY issued a layoff WARN for its Buffalo and Lakewood locations, 61 jobs gone by the end of June. Community Services for the Developmentally Disabled issued a layoff WARN for its Buffalo location, 31 jobs gone by the end of June. A North Shore University Hospital nurse arrested for stealing $34-thousand USD worth of medical devices. NYC Health + Hospitals lost a laptop containing data for 595 patients. NYC Fire Department paramedic arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a patient.

North Carolina: A now former employee of Mission Hospital accused of stealing $104-thousand USD from her former employer. Atrium Health suddenly shutdown two clinics supposedly due to lack of employees.

Ohio: Philips Medical Systems issued a layoff WARN, 79 jobs gone by the end of June. Prescription drugs manager Express Scripts issued a shutdown WARN for its Columbus ops, 456 jobs gone by mid-June! A civil-trial jury awarded a 77 years old doctor $28-million USD after he was fired from the Cleveland Clinic Head & Neck Institute because of his age.

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: Allegheny Health Network suddenly laid off 75 people, despite claims that the company is growing. Penn State Health-Milton S. Hershey Medical Center apologized to 2-thousand-1-hundred patients after refusing to treat people with multiple sclerosis, claiming they didn’t have enough employees to do so! A woman was arrested after stealing a credit card from a patient in the Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital, and racking up $4-thousand USD in charges. Bloomberg reports that the CEO of Universal Health Services was paid 541 times more than the average Universal Health Services employee. God’s own 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. It’s been revealed that the now dead doctor-owner of Pelicci Pain Relief Center ripped-off the worker compensation insurance program and his estate must now pay a federal fine of $625-thousand. Jefferson Health announced plans to reduce the number of its hospital beds by 4-hundred, blaming it on a decline in need for inpatient care. Children’s Institute of Pittsburgh shutdown its inpatient rehab hospital, about 90 jobs gone. For proof that having insurance doesn’t pay; a family went to the hospital but forgot their Aetna insurance card, the family’s initial out-of-pocket cost of the visit was $821, but after they brought in their Aetna card their out-of-pocket cost jumped to $1-thousand-214: “I wanted to go back and ask if I could pretend I didn’t have insurance anymore.”-Annette Alexander

South Carolina: Roper Hospital being sued for actually making 27 patients sick with non-tuberculosis mycobacteria. There is a connection, all those made sick had gone in for breast cancer treatment. AnMed Health shutting down two of its retail pharmacy ops.

Tennessee: Ballad Health suddenly laid off 150 people and shutdown 49 vacant jobs, claiming the positions were redundant! But wait, at the same time schizophrenic Ballad Health admin claim they are hiring for 7-hundred positions! A man who dressed as Spider-Man, to wash the windows at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, sentenced to 105 years in prison for child porn. The CEO of Brentwood based Quorum Health got a big raise, to a total compensation of $3-million USD in 2017, despite the fact that Quorum Health has been laying off employees and selling-off assets supposedly due to lack of money (claiming tens of millions of dollars in losses every year). However, the poor CEO defended his pay by saying that last year he didn’t get a bonus, claiming that his 2017 compensation was 34% less than in 2016. Oh boo-hoo!

Texas: To show you how screwed up your taxpayer funded state health regulators are, the state Health and Human Services Commission fired an employee for violating HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) rules, then violated the rules itself by mailing the now former employee a box of patient’s personal records! God’s own Seton Medical Center Austin forcing pregnant female patients to ‘agree’ to pay for fetal burials if they miscarry. For-profit BlueCross BlueShield telling some Texans that they’ll have to pay for 100% of non-emergency ‘out-of-network’ hospital visits. Baylor Scott & White McLane Children’s Hospital reports they fired a doctor after finding child porn on his computer. Dallas based Tenet Healthcare says it’s hurting so much for nurses that its offering a $25-thousand sign-on bonus (maybe Tenet shouldn’t have laid off so many people?). College Station Medical Center shutting down its labor and delivery unit in July. A now former nurse with Louis and Peaches Owen Heart Hospital and Christus Mother Frances Hospital charged with intentionally killing a patient, and leaving at least two other patients in vegetative states. Texas Health Resources revealed that about 4-thousand patients had their data stolen by a ‘unauthorized third party’. A now former Parkland Memorial Hospital employee pled guilty to stealing patient data of Dallas County prisoners. Huntsville Memorial Hospital suddenly shutdown its emergency room ops in an effort to reduce expenses.

Washington: Grays Harbor Community Hospital District suddenly laid off 60 people, in March it laid off 31 people as well as layoffs in January. Some full time employees were reduced to part time hours. Other employees are being asked to retire early or go on voluntary furlough. Local news media called it the “new normal” for healthcare. University of Washington Medical Center shutting down its inpatient psychiatric unit.

Washington DC: Another sure sign the prescription drug industry is a mafioso scam; at the National Business Group on Health‘s conference the national drug supply chain was described as “convoluted” and “expensive”. Senator Ron Wyden (from Oregon) says 20 major healthcare companies will get a total of $100-billion USD in tax benefits over the next decade due to the Trump Tax Law. The U.S. FDA finally admitting there’s a problem with medical devices by unveiling The Medical Device Safety Action Plan. The mayor of DC wants to spend taxpayer dollars to replace the United Medical Center with a hospital half its size. A lawsuit against MedStar Washington Hospital Center alleges that never ending infections of patients (which directly caused the death of at least one patient) is the result of unresolved ‘black water’ sewage leakage in the operating rooms.

West Virginia: Mylan Pharmaceuticals suddenly laid off more than 4-hundred people in Morgantown, saying the drugs factory “needed to be rightsized”! A now former employee of WVU Medicine University Healthcare-Berkeley Medical Center fined $22-thousand USD for stealing patient data. It’s been revealed that a nurse who worked for four months at the Eastbrook Center was actually an impostor: “… the leadership of Eastbrook became aware that a woman with a history of deceptive behavior had posed as a registered nurse using another person’s license number.”

Wisconsin: God’s own 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? A nurse at Waukesha Memorial Hospital accused of stealing more than $2-thousand USD from a patient. Wheaton Franciscan-Saint Joseph Hospital shutting down surgical and inpatient care in low-income neighborhood, due to lack of revenues.

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

ObamaCare (ACA) death spiral March 2018: “HEALTHCARE IS A TAPEWORM”

Business/Economics, Idaho

“accelerated the closing of unprofitable stores”: Sears Kmart death spiral, May 2018

May 4, 2018 Hutchins AAron

“The stores are slowly closing and where am I going to go shopping. I don’t want to shop online.“-Loretta Olsen, pissed off loyal Kmart shopper in Minnesota

“We have been strategically and aggressively evaluating our store space and productivity, and have accelerated the closing of unprofitable stores.”-Howard Riefs, Sears Holdings

After losing $424-million USD in its first quarter of 2018, Sears Holdings announced 72 additional shutdowns by Summer, but that’s not all as those shutdowns are part of a new list which “identified approximately 100 non-profitable stores”, so potentially a total of 1-hundred additional stores will shutdown “as needed and as warranted.”

Just to remind you, in the 12 months leading up to February 2018, 303 Kmart and 123 Sears stores were shutdown and 50-thousand jobs killed! Five years ago there were about 2-thousand Sears and Kmart stores, now there are less than 9-hundred.

USAToday: Sears gets $425M boost from Citi credit card deal

CNBC: 125 years later, Sears looks a lot different

TheStreet: All the Warning Signs of a Company Nearing the End

CNNMoney: Sears moves to sell Kenmore

Hardware Retailing: Former Sears Brand Now Available at Lowe’s

KFSN: So much for California’s anti-gun laws as Kmart employee stabbed at Visalia store dies from his injuries

Visalia Times-Delta: Typical for leftist liberal California as Accused Kmart killer paroled 8 times before stabbing security guard

Arizona: Phoenix Sears on North Metro Parkway West.

California: City of Industry Puente Hills Mall Sears, 51 jobs gone by September. Ridgecrest Kmart. In Mid City West (‘subregion’ of Los Angeles), the Jewish controlled owner of the Town & Country Shopping Center, ARBA Group, revealed plans to tear down an active Kmart, along with other retail operations like a grocery store, pharmacy and a bank. ARBA Group also revealed that the active Kmart long term lease expired last year and that Sears Holdings has no plans to sign a new long term lease, so they want to go through with a massive gentrification project which will result in a 380 family apartment complex mixed with a new shopping center inside a 26 story tower! A detailed local news report stated that Mid City West leaders, as well as residents, were “stunned” at the scale of the redevelopment. However, ARBA Group originally planned for a tower that could hold 8-hundred families: “It’s a mash up of a downtown high rise building with a Woodland Hills-style shopping mall plunked into the middle of a dense, urban neighborhood.”-John Nahas, Recency Centers (one of the development ‘partners’ for the project)

Los Angeles Times revealed that Sears Holdings created Seritage Growth Properties is spending $60-million USD to redevelop the recently shuttered Santa Monica Sears into more brick-n-mortar spaces. Seritage is also spending $97-million redeveloping a San Diego Sears location into more spaces for brick-n-mortar stores. Sacramento Business Journal revealed the Roseville Sears is going to be redeveloped with $20-million to make more brick-n-mortar spaces. As Blind Bat News said back in 2012, the brick-n-mortar shutdowns are not because of internet competition, its “ALL PART OF Real Estate Investment Trust PLAN TO CHANGE THE WAY YOU SHOP, AND THEY BLAME YOU THE SHOPPER!”

Colorado: Arvada Kmart.

Delaware: Local news media reporting the Dover Sears store is shutting down by mid-August, the Sears Auto Center will remain open. After the Dover Sears store shuts down there will be only one Sears store in The First State.

Florida: Sanford Sears and Tampa Citrus Park Town Center Sears. Tampa Kmart on East Busch Boulevard. Sears Town Mall store in Titusville shutting down in June 2018, a WARN indicating how many people will lose their jobs has yet to be made public. The new owner of the University Mall Sears (RD Management) confirmed it will be shutdown.

Georgia: Three Sears operations in Atlanta, Morrow and Duluth. In Alpharetta, the North Point Mall Sears shutting down.

Hawaii: Lihue Kmart. After 24 years the Kailua-Kona Kmart shutting down in August, 2018. No more Kmarts left in Hawaii.

Idaho: State taxpayers forced to pay to turn a vacant Sears building into a charter K through 12 school in City of Chubbuck/Bannock County (school district 25)! Gem Prep Pocatello announced it plans on moving into the Chubbuck Sears building by 2019, a public hearing is scheduled in June at Chubbuck City Hall. The state Department of Education says “Charter schools do not charge tuition. They receive state funding similar to school districts, however they do not receive additional funds from public levies or bonds.” Nampa BigKmart shutting down in August.

Illinois: Four Sears ops in Aurora, Gurnee, Springfield and Vernon Hills. Rockford Kmart. The Quincy Sears Auto Center shutting down immediately, and then after 90 years (90 years in Quincy, 40 years at the Quincy Mall) the Quincy Sears store shutting down, at least 23 remaining jobs gone by mid-August 2018. The owner of the Quincy Mall, Cullinan Property, called bullshit on Sears Holdings’ reason for the store shutdown saying “the Quincy Mall Sears has been a well-performing store”.

Indiana: Three Sears ops in Indianapolis, Muncie and Lafayette (Tippecanoe Mall Sears), by September. The Mishawaka Sears at University Park Mall going on the auction block on 22May2018. Taxpayers of Saint John being raped of more than $5-million USD for a commercial redevelopment project that will include a vacant Kmart, some residents are pissed saying “Why don’t we just build the buildings for them?” A property developer has signed a lease with the owner of the vacant Bloomington Kmart property. The developer wants to build a massive hotel complex and admittedly wants to ‘get the community involved’ in the deal (taxpayer funding?). City officials have not been officially informed of the project.

Iowa: Davenport Sears (42 jobs gone by September). Des Moines Kmart (60 jobs gone by September) on Hubbell Avenue. Taxpayers being forced to turn a vacant Dubuque Kmart into a new Veterans Affairs clinic.

Kansas: Topeka Sears.

Kentucky: Elizabethtown Sears shutting down, no official date was mentioned in the email received by a local newspaper, but the closing sale is to start at the end of the month and run for up to 10 weeks.

Louisiana: Alexandria Mall Sears. Local news reports say the manager of the Lake Charles Kmart revealed it is shutting down.

Massachusetts: Peabody (68 jobs gone by September) and Springfield Sears.

Michigan: Four Sears ops in Dearborn (66 jobs lost), Flint, Sterling Heights (68 jobs lost) and Traverse City.

Minnesota: Duluth Kmart on North Central Avenue, 40 jobs gone by September. Brooklyn Center (50 jobs gone) and Duluth Miller Hill Mall (45 jobs gone) Sears.

Mississippi: Hattiesburg Sears.

Missouri: Chesterfield and Saint Louis South County Center Way Sears.

Montana: Billings Sears.

New Jersey: Three Sears ops in Burlington, Lawrenceville and Ocean. Passaic/Clifton Kmart (103 jobs gone by September). Elmwood Park Kmart shutting down by the end of July, 2018. After 39 years the Somerset Kmart shutting down by the end of July 2018. Jersey City Kmart shutting down sometime during Summer.

New Mexico: Albuquerque Kmart on Carlisle Avenue and Sears on Coors Bypass North West.

New York: De Witt/Syracuse Sears (45 jobs gone by September). West Babylon Kmart (85 jobs gone by September) and Rosedale Kmart (99 jobs gone by September). 46 years old Wheatfield/Niagara Falls Sears shutting down, at least 42 jobs gone by mid-August 2018.

North Carolina: The owners of the Waynesville Sears Hometown Store announced it will shutdown by July (not part of Sears Holdings official shutdown list).

North Dakota: Grand Forks Sears.

Ohio: Lima and Strongsville Sears.

Oregon: Portland Kmart on North East Sandy Boulevard.

Pennsylvania: Latrobe Kmart. Pittsburgh/South Hills Sears and Pittsburgh Sears on Robinson Center Drive.

South Carolina: Anderson and Spartanburg Sears. Sears store and Auto Center shutting down in the Citadel Mall in West Ashley (Charleston), between June and August 2018. The investor-owners of Citadel Mall just bought the Sears space for $7.55-million USD: “We feel like the Sears parcel is the last piece of the puzzle we need to implement our master plan.”-Richard Davis, one of the investor-owners

South Dakota: Sioux Falls Empire Mall Sears.

Tennessee: Knoxville Sears on Knoxville Center Drive.

Texas: Four Sears ops in Cedar Park, Denton, Lewisville and Fort Worth on Green Oaks Road. Laredo Kmart. In Tyler rumors that the Broadway Square Mall Sears is going away, this after it was revealed the Sears store is going to be torn down. The owner of the mall, Simon Property Group, submitted plans for demolition, replacing the Sears building with smaller retail spaces and no sign of the Sears remaining. The Planning Manager for Tyler would only say “…we support re-development on that site, it’s good that they’re actually doing some re-development for the site and for the city.” In San Antonio, the Park North Shopping Center Sears. Simon Property Group, owner of Broadway Square Mall in Tyler, announced it wants to tear down the active Sears store and Auto Center and create at least two separate retail spaces. Local news reports claim the city council has the final say. Simon Property Group indicated they already have a “new tenant” lined up, Sears Holdings refused to comment.

Vermont: After 39 years the Bennington Kmart shutting down in August 2018.

Virginia: Sears store and Auto Center shutting down at the Danville Mall, between June and August 2018.

Washington: Tacoma Sears on South Steele Street. Los Angeles Times revealed that Sears Holdings created Seritage Growth Properties is spending millions of dollars redeveloping the Redmond Sears into more spaces for brick-n-mortar stores.

Wyoming: The Laramie Kmart shutting down in August 2018. A convoluted commercial transaction that will result in no new job creation and increased vacant properties going down in a place called Sheridan. Natural gas products company EMIT Technologies quietly purchased the vacant Kmart, officially to consolidate all its manufacturing operations into one building. They imply they’re willing to spend their own money improving the property, even working with city public works and parks departments to ‘make it right’. The city still has to approve rezoning plans, but a lot of money will be spent with no new jobs being created and leaving several commercial/manufacturing locations vacated and up-for-sale.

Home Textiles Today: Sears, Kmart now leasing mattresses online

Investorplace.com: The End Game for Sears Holding Corp Has Begun

SEARS KMART DEATH SPIRAL, APRIL 2018: “TOO BIG FOR OUR NEEDS.” SELLING OUT ONLINE!

Idaho, U.S.

“this is something unexpected”: Dumbing Down the U.S.A., April 2018

May 2, 2018 Hutchins AAron

“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.”-George Orwell (aka Eric Arthur Blair)

Disappearing Students Syndrome (DSS): A phrase created by me to describe a phenomenon taking place across the United States, affecting both privately and publicly funded schools, from Kindergarten all the way through University levels.

Washington Post: Ten problems teachers did not have to deal with a decade ago

A BBC report reveals some U.S. teachers can’t read or write, they got through school by becoming great cheaters and bullshit artists! “I was a teacher for 17 years, but I couldn’t read or write”

Incomplete (Tip-o-the-Iceberg) list of publicly announced education related layoffs, shutdowns and education crimes, April 2018:

Alabama: Pickens County High School being shutdown due to lack of students, however, some parents told local news media that other high schools in the area are actually overcrowded.

Arizona: Pima Community College eliminating 70 jobs by October and another 23 jobs by 2020. Last year the college killed 1-hundred jobs! It’s being blamed on a 35% crash in enrollments and the total loss of state level taxpayer funding. The college has raised tuition fees. Taxpayer funded teachers went on strike. azcentral: “…about 730 Arizona educators left each year between 2014 and 2016, with California accounting for more than half of the defections. That migration was a nearly 37 percent increase from the eight preceding years, which saw an average of 534 educators leave Arizona for neighboring states each year, Census data shows.”

Arkansas: A Fayetteville Public Schools art teacher resigned after being arrested for intoxication, police say they found an illegal form of Ritalin in her car. A now former Booneville teacher pled not guilty to recording girls in a school locker room.

California: An El Rancho High School history and government teacher was fired after school officials claim they found pics of naked women on his computer. Who needs school shooters when you have teachers? A teacher (who is also a reserve policeman) with Monterey Peninsula Unified School District resigned after a big time fail teaching a ‘administration of justice’ gun safety class. The teacher/cop failed his own course by accidentally shooting off his gun in class! Who needs guns when you have acid? La Cumbre Junior High School was evacuated after a teacher burned herself with sulfuric acid and had to be hospitalized, school officials will not reveal the details of the incident. Charter school Options For Youth issued layoff WARNs for three locations, 103 jobs gone by the end of June!

Colorado: Taxpayer funded teachers went on strike.

Connecticut: A Montville High School substitute teacher accused of organizing a ‘fight club’ in which students beat each other up as other students recorded video of it. The Bridgeport Education Association announced they can’t afford to hire substitute teachers, starting in May. The Stratford Education Association notified 59 teachers that they’re now unemployed. The family of a teenager is suing school officials and mental health counselors for not reporting years of sex crimes by a teacher’s aide at Wooster Middle School, the sex crimes began in 2013 and were actually discovered by the teacher aide’s husband in 2015, the teacher’s aide was sentenced to only 18 months in prison in January this year. Two former teachers at privately funded Greenwich Country Day School accused of sex crimes with students that went on for decades. One of the former teachers is dead, the other denies the charges. It’s been revealed that the biggest cost increase for taxpayer funded teachers is the state Teacher Retirement System, which has skyrocketed 145% in the past ten years, and the fact it’s being funded with debt!

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.” A teacher of the year charged with assaulting a student at Brookside Middle School, the teacher says he was trying to remove a student behaving suspiciously, but a school cop stated that security camera video shows the teacher attacking the student without any provocation by the student. It should be noted that official Sarasota County school policy does allow teachers to physically confront students if the teacher thinks there is a threat from the student. Who needs school shooters when you have teachers? A Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School teacher accidentally left his loaded gun in a Deerfield Beach Pier toilet facility, police say an intoxicated person grabbed the gun and accidentally fired it.

Georgia: A 23 years old Harlem High School teacher on trial for having sex with a 19 years old student, Georgia laws basically states that as long as a person is a student in grade school they are considered a juvenile regardless of their age. A now former teacher/cheer-leading coach at Northwest Whitfield High School arrested for possession of illegal opioids and having sex with students. Three years after he went missing, the body of a Douglas County school teacher was found by children near I-20, police suspect a violent crime. Who needs school shooters when you have teachers? A Dalton High School teacher indicted for firing off his gun in class. The incident actually happened back in February, news reports claim the teacher fired a warning shot because students were trying to break into his classroom.

Hawaii: Nobody wants to work in paradise? The Aloha State facing a teacher shortage, so much so that a new Hawaii Teacher Stipend Program is being started, as well as plans to pay the college education of anybody who wants to be a teacher in Hawaii.

Idaho: After only 20 years of operation, non-profit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southeast Idaho shutting down due to lack of taxpayer funding and low local donations. It was revealed that the New Plymouth Superintendent accused of being a bully was offered $400-thousand USD to resign. He did resign on 25APR2018, but get this, not only did he take the $400-thousand, he’s also being paid $1-thousand-5-hundred per month as an adviser to the school district!!! Once again, Idaho school districts report teacher shortages despite decent pay. In fact, School District 93 is so desperate for substitute teachers that they’re offering free lunches as a bonus (that shows you how bad it is here in eastern Idaho): “We’ve decided that if you will come substitute in the Bonneville School District, we’ll treat you to lunch. So free lunch for every substitute every day that they’re here on us. How about that?”–Charles Shackett, interviewed by KIFI

Illinois: After 17 years Bookworm Bookstore, in Carbondale, shutdown after a failed attempt to sell it.

Indiana: Public school teachers in this state can’t go on strike because it is illegal for taxpayer funded employees to do so. It’s just one of the many reasons the state is suffering from a teacher shortage. Another reason is that the state’s licensing test is so tough that it has a high failure rate: “You hear horror stories and it got me thinking. I just spent 4 ½ years going through college and heard no one can pass the licensing test, and I was like, would I even be able to get a job? I don’t have the money to take the test a bunch of times, so I just decided to skip all that and go to Ohio where I’d only have to take it once.”-Alyssa Nobbe

Iowa: Parents are upset that a former teacher, convicted in the late 1990s of recording female students changing clothes, has just been allowed to volunteer with a school spelling bee program. Taxpayer funded employees, like public school teachers, are not allowed to go on strike in Iowa.

Kansas: Pittsburg State University eliminating 19 jobs due to lack of taxpayer funding in response to lack of enrollments. A music teacher at Caldwell Elementary facing possible criminal charges after video shows her lifting and shaking a six years old student by the neck.

Kentucky: Non-profit Richmond Child Care Center shutting down “Due to the increased cost of operations that have escalated at a rate that can’t be equaled through reasonable adjustments in tuition…”

Louisiana: State Department of Education warning of teacher shortages as the number of people completing teacher preparation programs has steadily dropped since 2010. The state Senate approved plans to allow taxpayer funded teachers to conduct ‘christian’ prayers in taxpayer funded schools. A Hope Academy teacher, and a teacher’s aide, fired after they were caught making fun of an autistic boy. Hope Academy promotes itself as a school that specializes in students with learning problems. The state’s Industrial Tax Exemption Program reduces property taxes for industries, which reduces funding for schools.

Maine: A now former Gardiner Area High School teacher accused of sex crimes with a 16 years old who is not a student at the school. A pro-2nd Amendment high school teacher so concerned about retribution from anti-2nd Amendment teachers and students that he would talk to local news media only if his identity was concealed.

Maryland: Project Baltimore revealed that 131 teachers in the city are making at least $100-thousand USD per year, and that the starting pay for a new teacher is $45-thousand which is above the median income for people living in Baltimore. Despite that data many local news media are pushing for teachers to get even more money. Montgomery County police accuse a former public school teacher of having sex on campus with a Rockville High School student, back in the 1980s, that teacher is now working at the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School.

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.

Michigan: After 26 years Aunt Agatha’s Mystery Bookshop shutting down by the end of August, due to expanding gentrification of the Ann Arbor area. 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.

Minnesota: “We’ve had teachers leaving for years, and now it’s getting so bad students are leaving, too.”–Brian Davis, teacher

Mississippi: A now former Forrest County ‘white’ female teacher accused of sex crimes and of running off with a teenaged ‘black’ male student, they’re still missing.

Montana: A now former teacher serving more than ten years in federal prison, and then the rest of his life under supervision, after pleading guilty to child pornography, news media did not report which school the teacher worked at.

Nebraska: The results of unchecked immigrants and refugees is that more than 120 main languages are now spoken by families in The Cornhusker State, and school officials now want to get rid of ‘whitey’ teachers and replace them with teachers of ‘color’. Four schools in Nebraska City were locked down on the same day due to two separate threats of shootings, after frightening students to near death police finally determined the threats were not credible, in fact some additional threats were phoned in from the very schools that were locked down.

Nevada: 9-hundred teachers face losing their jobs because they don’t have required ‘family engagement’ college courses now required by state law.

New Hampshire: Timberlane School District eliminated about 30 jobs due to lack of state-level taxpayer funding, and indirectly to the opioid crisis.

New Jersey: A teacher at Rising Star Academy arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement because his visa expired, he claims he will be killed if he is deported back to Egypt. It’s been revealed that in 2017 at least 76 teachers had their license to teach revoked, for various reasons.

New Mexico: The West Las Vegas School Board considering making it mandatory for school employees and student athletes to be tested for drugs, including prescription drugs: “In light of the recent events of what’s happened at schools, I think that anybody, or any teacher, any administrator who may be using a prescription medication or may be using narcotics, poses a safety threat to the school.”-Ambrosio Castellano, board member

New York: Fairport Central School District warning 51 employees that their jobs could go away, due to a 2% per year decline in enrollments, which is expected to continue to 2025. Yonkers Public Schools eliminating 211 jobs due to being short $48-million USD, the district is also raising taxes on property owners! Camden Central School District shutting down Annsville Elementary School due to being short $1.5-million. The Mandell School issued a shutdown WARN for its preschool on Christopher Street in NYC, 58 jobs gone by the end of June. In Brooklyn-NYC, New Hope Academy Charter School issued a shutdown WARN, 42 jobs gone by the end of June. Also in Brooklyn-NYC, Invictus Preparatory Charter School issued a shutdown WARN, 45 jobs gone by the end of June. CAMBA issued shutdown WARN for its high school-to-work program, 34 jobs gone by the end of June (if they can’t win a new contract). School bus contractor First Student issued a shutdown WARN for its ops in Pinebush, 166 jobs gone by the end of June! Conduent Education Services issued a fourth phase shutdown WARN for its Utica operations, 183 jobs gone once the shutdown is complete!

North Carolina: Pitt Community College suddenly laid off 14 people due to a surprise 5% drop in enrollments: “…this is something unexpected for Pitt Community College because over the years we’ve had a steady increase in enrollment.”-Dennis Massey, president of PCC

North Dakota: One room schools still exist in The Peace Garden State. 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: A Trotwood High School teacher facing unemployment because she took 50 students on an unapproved taxpayer funded trip to a college. A now former substitute teacher sentenced to five years probation for getting caught having sex with two Kettering Fairmont High School students in local retail and apartment parking lots. A teacher at Willow Creek Positive Education Program arrested for sex crimes. Madison Local School District allowing teachers to carry guns in class.

Oklahoma: Teachers declared victory with their nine days long walk -out, even though the state legislature approved pay raises before the teachers went on strike.

Oregon: Portland Public Schools eliminating 35 jobs due to a budget gap.

Pennsylvania: Hand Middle School teacher suspended without pay for making students pancakes while they took state mandated tests, he was told making pancakes was an act of distraction during test taking. Millcreek Township School District armed 5-hundred teachers with small baseball bat-like truncheons. Who needs school shooters when you have teachers? Lebanon Middle School teacher charged with having a gun on school property, after a janitor ratted him out.

Puerto Rico: 283 schools being shutdown due to the fact that thousands of children fled the island territory because of the bad local economy, made worse by two hurricane strikes.

South Carolina: The state Board of Education reports a 75% increase in teacher crimes since 2011, many involving misconduct with students.

South Dakota: In one of the U.S. states with the lowest teacher pay rates, state law prohibits teacher strikes.

Tennessee: A Dyersburg City Schools teacher charged with sex crimes, the teacher turned himself in when he heard he was under investigation.

Texas: Houston Independent School District eliminating as many as 250 jobs due to being short $115-million USD for the 2018-19 school year!

Utah: A supposedly popular Endeavor Hall Charter School teacher was suddenly arrested for homosexual crimes with students, the school’s principal said there were “….no red flags, nothing to indicate that he shouldn’t be hired.”

Vermont: A music and theater director at god’s own Rice Memorial High School (and former Mater Christi School teacher) arrested and accused of taking ‘surreptitious’ pics of female teenagers.

Virginia: Tidewater Community College eliminating 22 additional jobs, after eliminating jobs two months ago, due to a 28% crash in enrollments.

Washington: A now former Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences teacher pled guilty to child porn. A new lawsuit accuses Grant Elementary School of failing to stop sexual abuse of students by other students. A Grant Elementary School teacher was fired in 2014 for failing to stop sex crimes by students, but she claims the real reason she was fired is because she is ‘black’. A Mead High School teacher under investigation for sex crimes, which supposedly took place last year.

Wisconsin: A Glenwood City High School teacher arrested for having an online ‘relationship’ with a 15 years old in Missouri.

Wyoming: Federal-level taxpayers are funding a free cybersecurity class through the University of Wyoming’s Department of Computer Science, the classes will be held in July at two GenCyber camps.

Dumbing Down U.S.A., March 2018: “A REFLECTION OF THE CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS”

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“God allowed this to happen.”: U.S. christian rapture, March 2018

May 1, 2018 Hutchins AAron

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

Alabama: After more than 1-hundred years Brannon Springs Baptist Church (congregation down to just 30 people) destroyed by a ‘random’ storm. After 1-hundred years West Point Baptist Church destroyed by the same ‘random’ storm: “God allowed this to happen. But I don’t believe he was punishing us…”-Ronny Moore, West Point Baptist Church pastor

Arizona: Santa Cruz Catholic Church (registered with National Register of Historic Places) vandalized and nobody knows who did it. Tucson Baptist Church vandalized and burgled of TVs and computers.

Arkansas: The state Medical Marijuana Commission caught violating its own rules which specify that ganja cultivation shall not be located within 3-thousand feet of a church, school or day care center. A circuit judge ruled that the commission approved five ganja operations that violated the commission’s own rules, for personal monetary gain. A former state representative, and now former county judge/church minister, accused of taking $100-thousand USD in bribes from a now indicted lobbyist, the scheme involved a Missouri based healthcare provider and the Saint James United Methodist Church. A shooting at the Prairie Lake Missionary Baptist Church resulted in a 19 years old being shot in the arm, and an 18 years old being arrested. In Wynne, a supposed christian adult was arrested after trying to meet a 14 years old for sex after a church event (news reports didn’t indicate which church).

California: The Hundred Harmonies Association of Faith, which is pro-marijuana, is now suing Los Angeles County over a ganja bust last year. In Boyle Heights, a 13 years old was sexually assaulted and left unconscious at an unnamed church, for some unknown reason the church security camera video did not capture the incident. Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church, in San Ysidro, protested the U.S. President and praised illegal immigrants. The city of Coronado forced to remove signage that promoted christian organizations, but did not promote non-christian organizations, in violation of the U.S. 1st Amendment. An 89 years old nun fainted during a court hearing over the sale of Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary convent in Los Feliz, the problem is that the greedy Archdiocese of Los Angeles wants to sell it to idol worshiper Katy Perry. The Rancho Romero Elementary School surrounded by protesters from the Westboro Baptist Church, who came all the way from Kansas to protest the taxpayer funded school’s openly homosexual policy.

Colorado: God’s own Saint Mary-Corwin Medical Center issued a mass layoff WARN, as many as 272 people unemployed between now and the end of September! God powerless to stop ‘his’ CovenantCare at Home from shutting down, due to the “saturated competitive market of home-care providers in this region and the uncertainty with reimbursement rates”. God’s own Porter Adventist Hospital canceled most surgeries due to a ‘sterilization breach’, which happened back in February. Several patients were exposed to hepatitis B, hepatitis C and/or HIV! Three 15 years old arrested for massive vandalism of the Destiny Outreach and Refiners Fire Ministry church. In Denver, Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church wants to build ‘temporary’ apartments for transgender people, blaming the city’s affordable housing crisis.

Connecticut: Somebody stole the altar cross from Immaculate Conception Church in Waterbury. Police say the adult son of the pastor at Faith Revival Center Church stole his pastor father’s checkbook and forged $11-thousand USD in checks. The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme now providing sanctuary to illegal immigrants. God unable to stop a woman from plowing her car into the the Saint Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church, police say the woman suffered a medical emergency while she was driving out of the church parking lot. God powerless to stop ‘his’ Missouri based Ascension Health from selling-off Saint Vincent’s Medical Center to competitor Hartford HealthCare. God powerless to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ Saint Francis-Saint Hedwig Catholic School in Naugatuck, apparently the religious school turned away from god and towards government funding: “The decision followed a month-long dialogue with local government leaders….which failed to yield workable solutions to the schools’s financial struggles….”-Archdiocese of Hartford

Delaware: To show you how bad America is addicted to opioids, an addiction awareness event at Saint Peter’s Church, in Old New Castle, drew about 950 people, the organizers were hoping for 150! The Canaan Baptist Church celebrating its 15th anniversary not by praising Jesus Christ, but by watching a free showing of Black Panther: “We thought that we would host a private screening for the youth and parents of Canaan to not only celebrate Black history, but also as a kickoff for our church anniversary.”-Nakishia Bailey

Florida: A doctor at god’s own Baptist Medical Center finally resigned after getting arrested in December 2017 for masturbating while examining a patient!

Georgia: It was revealed that 76 people across several states arrested for child sex crimes, including a former Floyd County school board member who is also a former church youth director at a Gordon County church!

Hawaii: The FBI investigating church Apollo Quiboloy for human trafficking, the church’s finance manager was arrested last month for illegally smuggling cash out of the U.S. This case is revealing a sinister side to christian churches acting as sanctuaries for illegal immigrants: “It did indicate some of the classic signs of human trafficking. And people who have come under religious worker visas before have sometimes been connected with human trafficking.”-Clare Hanusz, attorney

Idaho: Mormon politicians shot down a proposal to increase the number of state run booze stores by a piddly two stores, and to increase hours of operations on Sunday. In Idaho Falls, the First Evangelical Lutheran Church was vandalized and $10-thousand USD in items were stolen.

Illinois: In Harrisburg, the Little Chapel Church was burgled of cash, checks and credit cards, unfortunately the security camera video does not show the face of the burglar.

Indiana: Mormon Mitt Romney co-founded wunderkind Staples shutting down its store in Fort Wayne. Apparently female prison inmates are being forced to become christians in order to get out of jail once they serve their time. A Ohio pastor is on trial by the United Methodist Church’s North Central Jurisdictional Committee, in Indiana, for his homosexual marriage. A former Anglican (Church of England) pastor and now Catholic priest charged with domestic violence after allegedly attacking and kidnapping his own wife. In Marion County, federal taxpayers being forced to ‘save’ Saint John United Church of Christ in the form of federal tax credits to a property developer which will turn the church into a building for non-profit use rather than for-profit apartments.

Iowa: The now former pastor of Dallas Center Church sentenced to three years probation for abusing his adopted daughter. He did not admit guilt but entered an Alford Plea (meaning he knows he would’ve been convicted by a jury).

Maine: Too Big to Jail Catholic founded Bank of America suddenly laid off 30 people in Belfast, even though it is advertising to hire.

Maryland: In order to win over new converts, Destiny Church gave away five new cars. The roof of the Grace Memorial Baptist Church destroyed by fire.

Massachusetts: God powerless to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ 115 years old (surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions) Saint Mary’s High School in Westfield, due to “demographics and a long term decision”.

Michigan: God powerless to stop ‘his’ Ascension Health from suddenly laying off 5-hundred people! It’s part of an effort to cut costs by $60-million USD, and local news media reported that more layoffs are expected this year. Methodist co-founded Coca Cola shutting down its distribution center in Port Huron, 25 jobs affected by consolidation ops.

Minnesota: God struck down the 135 years old Skjeberg Lutheran Church with a lightning strike that burned the historic building to the ground.

Mississippi: The Campaign Legal Center accuses the Remember Mississippi super political action committee (super-PAC) of violating rules by not reporting campaign fund raisers involving a church in Gulfport. The church of Father Jesus was denied a construction permit, not because the founder of the church (who calls himself Father Jesus) is an admitted paranoid schizophrenic, but due to a technical reason. A now former Tupelo Freewill Baptist Church accountant pled guilty to stealing church money, she’s now doing prison time and must pay back at least $61-thousand USD. In an act of paranoia (and showing a complete lack of faith), federal, state and local law enforcers locked down the Raymond Road Baptist Church, just so they could arrest a person on a neighboring street.

Missouri: God powerless to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ 76 years old Saint Clare Catholic School, current student enrollment is down to just 38 students. God powerless to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ Our Lady of Mercy Regional School in Cutchogue, students will have to attend Saint Isidore School in Riverhead which will have its name changed to Saint John Paul II Regional School.

Montana: A 13 years old kid went missing, last seen near the Missoula Bible Church.

Nebraska: God’s own Grand Island Catholic High School teaches students how to use guns, because it builds character.

Nevada: Without warning Calvary Christian Learning Academy shutdown in Las Vegas due to a bankruptcy sale. Teachers told local news media that they didn’t even get the notice that parents got, and parents say the school administrators made electronic withdrawals for tuition the day before the sudden shutdown!

New Jersey:Taxpayer funded, yet apparently under the influence of the AME Church, Essex County College laid off 34 people, due to a 25% drop in enrollments over the past five years.

New York: God powerless to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ Bishop McGann-Mercy High School in Riverhead due to only 55 students enrolling for the freshman year. Saint Isidore School, also in Riverhead, shutting down by mid-June, 20 jobs lost. In Cutchogue, Our Lady of Mercy Regional School shutting down, 22 jobs gone by mid-June. Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services issued a shutdown WARN for its Medicaid Services Coordination & HCBS Family Support Program in Jamaica, for July.

North Carolina: Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center threatened with losing Medicare payments due to high rates of cancer misdiagnosis.

Ohio: In Dayton, Premier Health shutting down its Good Samaritan Hospital in August. Cincinnati based Quaker founded retailer Macy’s killed more jobs, this time an undisclosed number of human resource employees, apparently in addition to the 5-thousand job cuts announced earlier this year.

Oklahoma: A now former cook for Country Estates Baptist Church sentenced to 15 years probation for raping a 13 years old.

Oregon: In Silverton, two teenagers arrested for vandalizing the local Seventh Day Adventist Church, causing more than $110-thousand USD in damages.

Pennsylvania: God powerless to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ Our Lady Help of Christians School in east Allentown due to the fact that there are now only 71 students enrolled.

Rhode Island: God powerless to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ 54 years old Saint Piux X Regional Academy, administrators said crashing enrollments are “a reflection of the changing demographics”. The Catholic Holy Cross church and the Sacred Heart church both shutting down because reverend Daniel Sweet says “We have more churches in the diocese than we need.”

South Carolina: Too Big to Jail Anglican/Episcopalian/Presbyterian co-founded Wells Fargo shutting down its money temple, I mean money center in Greenville, 6-hundred jobs gone over the next 12 months!

South Dakota: Several Sioux Falls churches lack so much faith in their god that they’ve formed the Sioux Empire Church Security Coalition: “We know we live in a world unfortunately where we have dangers. We have first person shootings being reported across the news channels all the time. We also have domestic violence that sometimes bleeds over into our churches whether that be the parking lot, or whether it be the congregational areas, even in our day care areas.”-Tim Maxson

Tennessee: In Shelbyville, a husband and wife arrested for vandalizing and burgaling at least four churches (Victory Celebration Revival Church, First Church of the Nazarene, Sevier Street Baptist Church and Scott United Methodist Church). The recently retired pastor of Nolensville Road Baptist Church arrested for child sex crimes at the church, allegedly taking place between 1998 and 2017.

Texas: God powerless to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ 106 years old (surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions) Central Catholic Elementary School in Corpus Christi, current enrollment is only 60 students. Plano based Baptist co-founded retailer JCPenney suddenly eliminated 360 jobs across the country! Two people arrested after showing up at the First Baptist Church, in Sutherland Springs, and announcing that the church shooting which killed dozens of people, in November, never happened.

Utah: The Church of LDS (Mormon) investigating one of their own for sex crimes, it was revealed by MormonLeaks. A now retired church leader is being investigated for possible rape while he was president of the Missionary Training Center in Provo, in the early 1980s. New LDS President Russell M. Nelson says high priest groups will be dissolved and combined into elder’s quorums.

Vermont: The stained glass windows of Saint Ignatius Catholic Church were broken by a beer bottle.

Virginia: A now former pastor of Highlands Fellowship charged with ten counts of child sex crimes, which supposedly took place more than 30 years ago. A art history buff discovered a rare Raphael print in the 169 years old Gilboa Church.

Washington: A former Great Depression era Wallingford church, now the Carter Family Puppet Theater, for sale for $1.2-million USD.

Washington DC: God powerless against gentrification as property developers began their plan to turn the Mount Rona Missionary Baptist Church into profiteering apartments.

West Virginia: After four years of court battles, The Church of LDS (Mormon) made an undisclosed settlement over a sex crimes lawsuit, which said Later Day Saints leaders knowingly covered up the fact that the son of a local Mormon leader was abusing children. The accused was convicted in a 2013 criminal trial and sentenced to 75 years in prison.

Wisconsin: Syverson Lutheran Home shutdown, 80 jobs suddenly gone. Baptist co-founded JCPenney killing 520 warehouse jobs in Wauwatosa, starting in June!

Wyoming: It is now legal for christians to bring concealed guns to church.

U.S. Christian Rapture, February 2018: AR-15 = GOD’S ‘ROD OF IRON’?

“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.”

International, U.S.

America Spread Thin: North America, April 2018

Video April 24, 2018 Hutchins AAron

These are just a few of the military operations happening across the North American region for the Gregorian month of April, 2018.

Canada: USS Pearl Harbor arrived in Victoria, British Columbia 12APR2018. Commander Ben Miller stated “This visit helps to demonstrate the continuing commitment the U.S. has to our long-standing and important relationship with Canada…… the port visit gives the crew of Pearl Harbor a chance for some rest and relaxation…” That taxpayer funded R&R includes visits to the Craigdarroch Castle, British Columbia Parliament buildings, Butchart Gardens, Fisherman’s Warf Park and the Fisgard Lighthouse.

El Salvador: Video previewing operation Beyond the Horizon scheduled for May, in which lots of U.S. tax dollars will be spent on El Salvador. The video shows U.S. taxpayer funded activities from previous Beyond the Horizon operations:

Guatemala: U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet conducting operation Continuing Promise 2018, spending your tax dollars not just on military training engagements, but on medical, dental, and veterinary help for silly-vilians.

Taxpayer funded USAF delivered a fire truck and ambulance to Tecpan, Guatemala, 20APR2018, as part of the evil USAID (United States Agency for International Development) Denton Program. Supposedly the vehicles were paid for by religious organization Mission of Love Foundation. As of March 2018, ‘christian’ Mission of Love Foundation, via USAID’s taxpayer funded Denton Program, has conducted 60 ‘missions’ to Guatemala: “We work on five continents with an all-volunteer force….. With a group of volunteers, the Denton Program and the Air Force together are making this possible for those in need. I couldn’t do it alone. I am just a facilitator.”-Kathleen Price, Mission of Love Foundation

Haiti: On 07APR2018, the U.S. Coast Guard captured and repatriated about 50 migrants from Haiti.

Mexico: Leaders of the Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional met with U.S. Army North (Fifth Army) as well as Arizona, New Mexico and Texas National Guards, along with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, in Tucson, Arizona: “We not only have the huge responsibility as customs and border protection, we need this to be a team effort with U.S. Army North, Deptartment of Defense, Mexico and other agencies. By coming together we are able to exponentially provide security and safety for citizens in Mexico and the U.S.”-Juventino F. Pacheco, Assistant Chief Patrol Agent, Foreign Operations Branch, Tucson Sector Border Patrol (THE WALL IS GOING UP, U.S. TAXPAYERS ARE FUNDING IT!)

United States:

So much for ObamaCare, operation Arctic Care involves U.S. regular forces, Alaska National Guard and British empire Canadian military forces providing taxpayer funded medical help to ‘underserved regions’ of Alaska.

Video of USAF C-17 leaving Alaska after delivering taxpayer funded medical supplies:

Arizona Air National Guard Airmen listen to border deployment briefing, 09APR2018.

Your tax dollars at work as Sesame Street videographers visit Channel Islands Air National Guard station in California, 06APR2018.

Alabama Army National Guard fire mortar rounds at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, 07APR2018.

Florida National Guard DISCOVERS MAJOR CAUSE of slow deployment of disaster relief supplies, NEW PREPS FOR HURRICANES!

U.S. Coast Guard delivers the Flame of Hope for Hawaiian Special Olympics, 18APR2018.

U.S. Army off-loads food for climate change victims in Kauai, 17APR2018.

The U.S. Coast Guard assisted local emergency responders in Hanalei Bay area of Kauai, Hawaii, after a thunderstorm caused landslides and flooding. Video of flooding:

Hawaii Businesses Are Making Billions Off The Military

This is not a CBRN drill, on 11APR2018 several nuke waste drums exploded at the U.S. Navy’s Idaho National Laboratory. Initially it was reported as one drum, but a week later it was revealed that at least three more drums exploded. The nuke waste is said to have come to Idaho from Rocky Flats Plant in Colorado, in the 1960s. Contractor Fluor Idaho stated that the decades old waste had just been re-packed into 55-gallon drums the morning of the explosions. The latest nuke waste explosions are significant because the explosions at New Mexico’s WIPP (in 2014) might have involved nuke waste packaged at the Idaho National Laboratory.

IDAHO MILITIA TOP GUNS

IDAHO MILITIA PREPS FIREFIGHTERS FOR COMING NATURAL DISASTERS!

GREAT RENEGER: IDAHO & NORTH CAROLINA MILITIAS DEPLOY TO AFGHANISTAN, AGAIN!

Video of Vibrant Response zombie apocalypse preps in Indiana, note the pathetic Fix it Jesus sign at the end:

Maryland Army National Guard takes part in Vibrant Response, CBRN exercise in Indiana, 12APR2018.

Video of Guardian Response 2018, Indiana:

U.S. Coast Guard responds to toxic dielectric oil leak in Mystic River, Massachusetts, 14APR2018.

Members of Michigan National Guard and U.S. Virgin Islands National Guard train at Camp McCain, Mississippi, 06APR2018.

Toys used at Camp McCain, Mississippi, for yearly hurricane disaster training.

Water sampling at Battle Creek Air National Guard Base, Michigan, due to possible contamination from Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA), Perfluorooctane Sulfanate (PFOS), and two compounds found in aqueous film forming foam (AFFF): “We want to test as a precaution, in order to determine if there is need for any further environmental investigation.”-Melanie Brown, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality

U.S. Coast Guard underwater drone (ROV) examined damage caused to American Transmission Company hi-voltage cables in the Straits of Mackinac, Michigan. Local news media reported two cables were cut when the anchor of a boat got caught in them. Electric underwater cables use toxic oil for insulation, the damage caused about 6-hundred gallons of dielectric oil to leak into The Great Lakes.

New Mexico Army National Guard coordinate with U.S. Border Patrol at El Paso Sector Intelligence Operations Center, 07APR2018.

Official New Mexico Air National Guard Red Horse & SOW FTX video:

580 personnel from New York and New Jersey National Guard units took part in FEMA Region-2 CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear) training in New York and Connecticut, during the second weekend of April.

Active shooter training at the New York State Preparedness Center, in Oriskany, 18APR2018.

Ravenna Army Ammunition Plant (RVAAP) Environmental Restoration team recognized for helping to turn a former ammo factory into the new Camp Ravenna Joint Military Training Center in Ohio.

Video, USAF A-10C Thunderbolt-2 pulls 540 over Ohio River during Thunder over Louisville, Kentucky, 21APR2018:

Video report, Oklahoma National Guard responds to record level wildfires:

Army National Guard is being used as a guinea pig for the new Human Resources, Pay and Talent Management software system, to be phased in over the next 360 days. The Pennsylvania Army National Guard will be the first to try it out: “We’re going to be the first organization in the DoD [Department of Defense], maybe the Federal government, that will have HR on their mobile device. This is going to be the largest HR system in the world … the largest roll-out of Oracle systems for all Soldiers.”-Colonel Darby McNulty, Project Manager for the Integrated Personnel and Pay System

On 21APR2018, the Pennsylvania Army National Guard conducted Safety Stand-down 2018, apparently over growing concerns about the safety and survival of personnel: “What we do is inherently risky and we send our condolences to those personally affected by the recent tragic incidents in our military aviation community.”-Chief Warrant Officer 5 Joe Sandbakken

Georgia Air National Guard’s 202 Engineering Installation Squadron deployed to Puerto Rico‘s Muñiz Air National Guard Base to restore, protect and sustain vital communications equipment. It’s part of several planned deployments: “I was here working on a project before last year’s hurricanes hit and enjoyed it, so I wanted to come back and help the community get back in order.”-Staff Sergeant Wilson Gardner

Official Army Reserve video report on the never ending hurricane recovery in Puerto Rico (see also MILITARIZATION OF PUERTO RICO & VIRGIN ISLANDS), and Viper Command transition:

Militarizing police as South Carolina Army National Guard and Army Reserve Officers Training Corps conducted terrorist training with South Carolina police at the Moncks Corner Armory in Moncks Corner, South Carolina, 11APR2018: “Ten years ago, we never would have thought to do a mission like this.”-Chief Warrant Officer 3 Will Sirmon, South Carolina Army National Guard’s Aviation Brigade

U.S. Coast Guard captured illegally caught fish, and several Mexican fishermen, off the coast of Texas, 11APR2018. They were illegally fishing in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone.

Texas National Guard scans the shores of the Rio Grande River in Starr County, Texas, 10APR2018.

National Guard personnel muster to patrol the border at Del Rio Sector, Texas, as part of Operation Guardian Support, 20APR2018.

U.S. Coast Guard responds to oil pipeline fire near Port O’Connor, Texas, 17APR2018:

WEST VIRGINIA National Guard OPERATION CARROT? STATE SPONSORED SURVIVAL-ISM!

Alpine Guard 2018 WYOMING NATIONAL GUARD RESPONDS TO ‘CHEMICAL ATTACK’ IN COLORADO?

MAKING ZOMBIES: USAF SECRET SLEEP DEPRIVATION EXPERIMENT REVEALED!

AMERICA SPREAD THIN: WEST PACIFIC, MARCH 2018

Guardian Response 2017: NUKE ATTACK HITS UNITED STATES, NEARLY 6,000 U.S. PERSONNEL MOBILIZED!

Business/Economics, Idaho

“The thieves are….more bold.”: U.S. retail/banking/service sector collapse, March 2018

April 22, 2018 Hutchins AAron

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

Bermuda based Signet Jewelers shutting down 2-hundred Kay Jewelers, Zales and Jared The Galleria of Jewelry stores in malls across the U.S.

Alaska: Blockbuster shutting down its North Pole video store in April. Thrift store Juneau Treasures shutdown due to skyrocketing crime, the owner blames local police for failing to do anything (even with his security camera video of the crimes) and the state’s new lax criminal laws: “The thieves are becoming more and more bold. They’re coming in groups of three and four and they’re intimidating my staff!”-Mark Dundore

California: In Los Angeles, after 25 years Meltdown Comics shutdown. In Santa Rosa, after 126 years (surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions) furniture store Pedersen’s shutting down in 2019, the owners saying “We are choosing to go out on our terms and our timing, rather than wait for a death, health event or financial stress to force a closing.” Santa Barbara based The Walking Company Holdings chapter 11 bankrupt busted for the second time in ten years, due to not being able to pay its shoe suppliers. After 140 years (surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions) men’s clothier Bachrach now bankrupt and dead. Jonathan Louis Furniture issued a shutdown WARN for its Gardena location, 1-hundred jobs gone by mid-May! Bankrupt Toys R Us issued shutdown WARNs for four locations, more than 4-hundred jobs gone by mid-May! What automotive industry recovery? Melody Toyota issued a shutdown WARN for its San Bruno location, 52 jobs gone by June.

Connecticut: In Enfield, after about four decades Crown Furniture shutdown, blaming competition from both online and brick-n-mortar. In Brookfield, after eight years LJ Edwards Furniture and Design Studio shutdown.

Florida: Xtra Airways eliminating 167 jobs in May, as it is put up for sale! Gibraltar Bank & Trust eliminating 124 jobs due to being taken over by Louisiana based IberiaBank!

Hawaii: After five years Lanikai General Store shutdown.

Idaho: In Boise, Tai Pan Trading shutdown. After two years in Idaho Falls, home decor store Tai Pan Trading shutting down when the inventory is gone, inventory from shutdown stores in Boise and Utah is being transferred to Idaho Falls for clearance. Also in Idaho Falls, after 18 years supporter of the proven to be a failure DARE program (in some cases actually increased drug use nationwide) Dr. Slaughter’s shutting down in April.

Illinois: In Clarendon Hills, after 40 years Ebenezer’s Gift House (formerly The Christmas Closet) shutting down. Hoffman Estates based junk jewelry chain Claire’s now chapter 11 bankrupt busted. Lillstreet Art Center bankrupt busted due to a lawsuit by a website designer. What housing market recovery? Chicago based mortgage company Guaranteed Rate suddenly laid off 180 people across the U.S., due to crashing mortgage approvals! Alpine Shop shutting down its O’Fallon location in April. Bankrupt Toys R Us issued shutdown WARNs for its distribution and regional offices, 180 jobs gone by mid-May!

Indiana: Mitt Romney co-founded wunderkind Staples shutting down its store in Fort Wayne. In Anderson, after 53 years Mounds Mall is now dead.

Iowa: In Iowa City, after 34 years University Camera shutting down, the frustrated co-owner said “Black Friday was a non-event for us. In October, I looked at the books and we did one-third of the business we need to stay afloat. That’s when I turned to my wife and said, ‘It’s time.’… …. walk away from it and we’re done!” Children’s Place shutting down their Mall of the Bluffs store by mid-April.

Louisiana: Kids party/activity store Slinkee’s shutdown after more than ten years.

Maine: Freeport based LL Bean said 2017 holiday sales sucked so much they canceled bonuses and eliminated a net 4-hundred jobs! Too Big to Jail Bank of America suddenly laid off 30 people in Belfast, even though it is advertising to hire.

Maryland: Princeton Sports shutting down its 36 years old Columbia location.

Massachusetts: In Marblehead, after 25 years Chet’s Video and Candy Shoppe shutdown. In New Bedford, after 62 years Fairhaven True Value Hardware shutdown. In Framingham, after 49 years Walter Dyer Is Leather shutting down when the inventory is gone, the owners blame many things including crashing sales.

Michigan: Envoy Air halting ops at Detroit Metro Airport, 114 jobs gone by mid-May!

Minnesota: In Minneapolis, boutique Local Motion shutting down in April. After 54 years Fabric and Textile Warehouse shutting down when the inventory is gone. Bankrupt Toys R Us issued shutdown WARNs for five locations, at least 2-hundred jobs gone by the end of June!

Missouri: Saint Louis based online ‘investment’ Scottrade killing as many as 1-thousand jobs due to selling out to competitor TD Ameritrade for $4-billion USD!

Nebraska: Two former Super 8 Motel managers, who are also immigrants, sentenced to a year in federal prison and deportation after being convicted of enslaving and abusing their own relatives.

Nevada: In Reno, toy store Happy Happy Joy Joy shutdown due to a death in the family.

New Jersey: In Hackensack, after 68 years Kazimir’s Pets shutting down in April. Wayne based chapter 11 bankrupt busted Toys R Us shutting down all stores in United Kingdom, 735 stores in the United States being liquidated, Canadian stores up for sale. Massive Toys R Us layoff WARNs issued; at least 1-thousand-6-hundred New Jersey jobs gone by mid-May!

New York: Value City Furniture shutting down its store in Clay, 25 jobs gone by mid-April. NYC based Foot Locker shutting down 110 stores in 2018, after shutting down 147 in 2017. Bankrupt Toys R Us issued shutdown WARNs for eight locations, about 4-hundred jobs gone!

Ohio: Lakewood record store Wax Bodega shutdown, apparently because of a greedy landlord because the owners said they are looking for a new location. Cincinnati based retailer Macy’s killed more jobs, this time an undisclosed number of human resource employees, apparently in addition to the 5-thousand job cuts announced earlier this year. After more than 50 years Keith Saddle Shop shutting down when the inventory is gone. New Albany based clothier Abercrombie & Fitch shutting down 60 stores across the U.S., due to continued crashing sales. Since 2010 Abercrombie & Fitch shutdown 4-hundred stores. In Canton, after 62 years Capestrain Jewelers shutting down, the building is for sale.

Oregon: In Portland, after 13 years Knit Purl shutting down when the inventory is gone.

South Carolina: Too Big to Jail California based Wells Fargo shutting down its money center in Greenville, 6-hundred jobs gone over the next 12 months! In Florence, after 48 years Norman’s Gun Exchange shutdown because the owners wanted to retire.

Tennessee: In Nashville, Third Man Records suddenly laid off seven people. Bankrupt iconic Gibson Guitar began eliminating dozens of jobs. In Greeneville, after 29 years Paintin’ Place-Benjamin Moore Paint store shutdown after the owners got an offer for the property they couldn’t refuse. After more than 80 years the Springfield Cinema shutdown.

Texas: Michaels owned, Irving based, Aaron Brothers shutting down all 94 stores, nearly 6-thousand jobs gone by the end of July! The brand Aaron Brothers will now be used in Michaels stores in the custom framing section. In Austin, after 38 years The Light Bulb Shop shutdown because the owners didn’t want to strangle “it to death slowly”. Rent-a-Center eliminating 250 jobs at its Plano HQ! Plano based retailer JCPenney suddenly eliminated 360 jobs across the country! In Burkburnett, after 27 years Hayes General Store, Hayes Hardware, and Hayes TV Repair suddenly shutdown due to no more money (apparently employees were given final paychecks).

Utah: In Orem, home decor store Tai Pan Trading shutdown, reports say the Orem location, and the two Idaho locations, are the last of the Tai Pan Trading stores. Loopnet.com lists several former Tai Pan Trading locations as now for sale.

Virginia: In Roanoke insurance company Allstate suddenly laid off employees and refused to say how many.

West Virginia: SunTrust Bank shutting down its remaining five branch offices in the state.

Wisconsin: JCPenney killing 520 warehouse jobs in Wauwatosa, starting in June! In Manitowoc, after 67 years Lloyd’s Photo & Digital shutdown. Bankrupt Toys R Us issued shutdown WARNs for eight locations, 326 jobs gone by mid-May!

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

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

U.S. RETAIL/BANKING/SERVICE SECTOR COLLAPSE, February 2018: “UNPRECEDENTED BRICK AND MORTAR RETAIL DISRUPTION”

SEARS KMART DEATH SPIRAL, March 2018: 50-THOUSAND+ JOBS KILLED IN ONE YEAR!

U.S. INDUSTRIAL/MINING/LOGISTICS LAYOFFS, March 2018: “THIS IS A SAD DAY…”

Dumbing Down the U.S.A., March 2018: “A REFLECTION OF THE CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS”

U.S. HI-TECH/COMMUNICATIONS BREAKDOWN, March 2018: “HARD REALITIES”

U.S. government shenanigans, March 2018:“THEY GOT IT WRONG.”

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

ObamaCare ACA death spiral, March 2018: “HEALTHCARE IS A TAPEWORM”

DRUGS, THE AMERICAN WAY, March 2018: ZOMBIES ARE FOR REAL! “THE FENTANYL…IS ENOUGH TO KILL EVERYONE…SEVERAL TIMES OVER.”

Technology

U.S. Air Force owns your GPS! U.S. Army warns ‘We know where you are’!

Video April 19, 2018 Hutchins AAron

18APR2018 /23:58 UTC-07 Tango 06 (30 Farvardin 1397/03 Sha’ban 1439/04 Bing-Chen 4716)

How many silly-vilians know that the current Global Positioning System is a military operation controlled by the U.S. Air Force? Here’s the official USAF video explainer:

Official U.S. Army video (weak-ly done) warning about the dangers of using your silly-vilian so-called smart-phone GPS or Snap-chat:

It’s all part of the ever expanding military controlled Global Information Grid.

SATCOM upgrades to Wideband Enterprise Terminal, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, to further expand the Global Information Grid.

MAKING ZOMBIES: USAF SECRET SLEEP DEPRIVATION EXPERIMENT REVEALED!

Idaho, U.S.

Great Reneger: Idaho & North Carolina militias deploy to Afghanistan, again!

April 19, 2018 Hutchins AAron

18APR2018 /23:04 UTC-07 Tango 06 (30 Farvardin 1397/03 Sha’ban 1439/04 Bing-Chen 4716)

“We are going to have to stop being the policemen of the world.”-Donald Trump, August 2015 interview with Hugh Hewitt

Idaho gov’na Butch Otter says goodbye to personnel of the 1/168 General Support Aviation Battalion, 19APR2018

Just over 30 personnel of Idaho Army National Guard’s 1st of the 168th General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB) deploying to Afghanistan. They’ll be joining about a dozen other Idaho militia members that have already deployed. It’s the eighth deployment for the 1/168 GSAB. (STOP YOUR BITCHIN’: IDAHO WOMAN COMMANDS 1ST FEMALE COMBAT TEAM!)

IDAHO MILITIA TOP GUNS

Almost 3-hundred personnel from North Carolina National Guard’s 1-130th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion and Detachment 1-B Company-638th Aviation Support Battalion deploying to train the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces. This crusade has been going on for so long that for some it’s now a family affair: “I’m going with my son, so it will be a unique experience, probably my last big hoo-rah probably. What better way to graduate from the Guard than a deployment with your son.”-Command Sergeant Major J.P. Cole

To prove this a religious war the deployment ceremony was held in the Hope Community Church.

GREAT RENEGER: SOUTH CAROLINA MILITIA DEPLOYS TO GERMANY!

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