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Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings, 12 – 14 June 2015: “I want off the roller coaster of uncertainty.” “…there’s no reason to stay in New York anymore.” Proof there is no automotive industry recovery! Another insurance company admits ObamaCare is a failure!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

Energy industry recruiting firm Swift Worldwide Resources says the oil industry killed off 150-thousand jobs by the end of May!  And this despite reports that demand for energy will increase by 35%, just in Asia.

California: In Burbank, Disney-ABC canceled plans to replace 35 IT workers with foreigners.  This comes after hundreds of former Disney IT workers in Florida revealed they were forced to train their foreign replacements!

Colorado: After 50 years Hadley’s Canon Western Wear announced they’re shutting down as soon as the inventory is sold off.  The owners blame the un-recovered economy and competition: “The economy is a big deal! All the box stores are moving in. People are shopping online and we are not going to have mom-and-pop stores anymore!”-Mike Hadley, co-owner

Connecticut: In Ridgefield, clothing store Suburban Underground shutting down after their inventory is gone.  The Valley Sports Center shutting down next week: “The demands of the owner’s corporate career has made it impossible to commit the time necessary to ensure the success of the business.”

Georgia: In Atlanta, after eight years video game store UGAME shutting down by the end of the month.  They’re being forced out by the landlord who made a deal with next door Papa Murphy’s to allow them to expand into the UGAME space.

Illinois: In Saint Charles, smoke detector maker Honeywell System Sensor issued a shutdown WARN for their manufacturing operations, 252 jobs lost July!  The company is consolidating manufacturing to other factories.  After 65 years the Indiana Harbor Dairy Queen shutdown.  City administrators said the Dairy Queen corporation demanded the franchise owners pay to upgrade the restaurant, but the franchise owners didn’t have the money.

Michigan: Wayne-Westland Community Schools laid off ten teachers.  The Livonia Public Schools laid off 40 teachers.  Plymouth-Canton Community Schools warned 73 teachers of pending layoffs.  Garden City Schools laid off 46 teachers.  Farmington Public Schools laid off 30 teachers.  It’s all blamed on crashing funding due to what I call Disappearing Students Syndrome.  What automotive industry recovery? General Motors (GM) laying off 1-hundred people at their Orion factory, by July!  Administrators stated the new layoffs are on top of the 160 announced at the end of last year!  They blame crashing sales of their Chevy Sonic (down by 28%) and Buick Verano (down by 15%).  In Edwardsburg, after 30 years outdoor rec store Lunker’s shutdown. The pissed-off owners blame the recession and the Too Big to Jail banks in an official press release: “While the big box stores were able to secure large cash infusions during those difficult times, Lunker’s was not able to. An investor came on board and provided some temporary relief, but still it was not able to secure the funds needed to make it a truly viable venture.”

A coal fired electricity factory in Escanaba shutdown, city administrators say they’ve made a deal to buy electricity from a cheaper source.  In Howell, after seven years Pet Provisions pet store shutdown.  The owners blamed their crashing sales on the loss of the shopping center’s two anchor stores (Big Lots! and Secretary of State) for killing off customer traffic: “We love Howell, and we were really hoping to make it work. We did not want to close the store; it was a last resort.”– Sarah Holliday, co-owner

Minnesota:  In Saint Paul, after 40 years Pro Pharmacy shutdown.  The owner has sold it to Walgreens-Boots Alliance, which just happens to be in the process of shutting down 2-hundred Walgreens stores.

Missouri:  God refuses to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ 117 years old Dover Place Christian Church.  One member of the church lamented “We just don’t have anybody coming, that’s all. We don’t have the income on Sunday morning’s to take care of everything.”  You see, even christians think only about ‘money’.  Don’t they remember Jesus evicting the money changers?

Nebraska: In Grand Island, after 20 years the Heartland School of Dance shutting down, as well as Mid-Town Barbers, due to the greedy attorney-landlords: “I recently received a lease-termination notice from the studio’s landlords…….The old heating system is worn out and too expensive to fix.”-Karen Jamieson, owner of the dance studio

New Jersey: Pet-livestock drugs maker Zoetis announced they’re eliminating 165 jobs at their Florham Park HQ!  The Burlington County Corrections and Work Release Center shutting down, female prisoners will be sent to Atlantic County Jail.

New York: In Melville, Too Big to Jail Bank of America issued a shutdown WARN for their Consumer & LAS Operations, 29 jobs lost by September.  In NYC, restaurant Ouest shutdown due to the greedy landlord jacking up the rent.  The New York Times said one loyal customer was so upset she said “I feel there’s no reason to stay in New York anymore.”  After almost 50 years the Candle Bar shutting down due to the fact the owner has sold off the building.  

North Carolina: Physicians Choice Laboratory Services laid off 120 people at their Rock Hill Riverwalk Business Park!  Christine Marks, vice president for marketing, directly blamed ObamaCare/healthcare reforms for reduced reimbursements from Medicare and private insurance.   After 58 years restaurant Bonnie Kay Seafood shutdown in Greensboro.  The owners blamed the rising cost of food: “Basically it’s economics, trying to maintain a model of a seafood camp which means bringing a lot of people, putting a lot of food on the plate at a reasonable price; with seafood that’s getting harder and harder to do.”-Tina Oliver, co-owner

Ohio: Ridge Tools announced they will begin eliminating an undisclosed number of jobs at their Elyria factory.  Back in March they tried to convince employees to voluntarily quit.  Local news reports said they tried to contact the company president, but he was away in China on a business trip.  This suggests that Ridge Tools is about to off-shore their production.  In Lyndhurst, after less than four years high priced cookware store Le Creuset announced it is shutting down in July.  What housing market recovery? Columbus based mortgage company Huntington Bancshares announced they will wave real estate closing costs in an effort to boost languishing home sales.

Oregon:  More reports out of Oregon that California based computer chip maker Intel will be killing off massive numbers of jobs.  Intel is the largest employer in Oregon and the latest report says layoffs will begin on the 15th.  The Oregonian says the layoffs are a combination of crashing sales and Intel’s $17-billion USD takeover of competitor Altera.

Pennsylvania: In Camden, after 20 years the Francis House AIDS ministry shutdown.  But the operators say it’s good news, because local AIDS cases and deaths have crashed.  But so has donations, and Francis House can no longer pay their utilities.  ObamaCare forcing the Cumberland Family Practice to be merged with Good Hope Family Physicians, and forcing Baughman Family Medicine to shutdown!  Doctor Paul Baughman directly blamed ObamaCare for “…dropping reimbursement, increasing overhead and a few unexpected bumps in the road.”  Administrators with insurance company Capital BlueCross admitted that ObamaCare was going to drive up the cost of healthcare, ironically by forcing people back into emergency rooms as more health clincs shutdown or consolidate due to reduced reimbursements: “If they have health issues, they may have to go to the ER, hopefully an urgent care clinic, and the ER is an expensive place to get primary care. That adds to the cost.”-Aji Abraham

Tennessee: Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams joins Blue Bell Creameries in shutting down all their stores due to listeria contamination! Jeni’s has halted the grand opening of their latest store, because their ice cream has tested positive a second time for listeria.

Texas: The SMART Schools summer camp for kids, held on Rice University property,  shutdown six weeks early.  It’s complicated but basically SMART  Schools could not verify the certifications of the  counselors, and they claim that promised funding from Be Inspired never came through.

Rhode Island: That which can’t be named refuses to stop ‘its’ Jews from suing each other over ceremonial bells, supposedly worth $7.4-million, and causing the shutdown of the 250 years old Touro Synagogue in Newport!  Oh those silly money grubbing ‘Jews’.

Virginia: Willow Pod at Daleville Town Center shutdown.  The owner said “Life happens…I want off the roller coaster of uncertainty. It has been a difficult couple of weeks. I have really put myself into Willow Pod. It can be depressing thinking about closing it. But now is the time to move forward.”-Jennifer Aylor

Wisconsin: In Mequon, the Centennial Bar & Grille shutting down next week.   It was sold to Sobelman’s Pub & Grill.

10 – 11 June 2015: “We’re not making any money anymore…”

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) no longer issues mass layoff reports: “On March 1, 2013, President Obama ordered into effect the across-the- board spending cuts (commonly referred to as sequestration) required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. Under the order, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) must cut its current budget by more than $30 million, 5 percent of the current 2013 appropriation, by September 30, 2013. In order to help achieve these savings and protect core programs, the BLS will eliminate two programs, including Mass Layoff Statistics, and all ‘measuring green jobs’ products. This news release is the final publication of monthly mass layoff survey data.”

International

MERS: Spawn of Operation Jupiter? Filipinos infected! Malaysian escapes quarantine!

15 June 2015 (18:04 UTC-07 Tango 01, 14 June 2015)/25 Kordad 1394/27 Sha’ban 1436/29 Ren-Wu (4th month) 4713

Confirmed number of MERS cases in Republic of Korea (RoK) now at 150.   All are connected to hospitals or ambulance services.  Deaths from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome now at 16.

The UN’s World Health Organization is demanding that RoK stop all people ‘suspected’ of having MERS from travel.  WHO is also demanding that RoK health administrators establish a ‘family tree’ to trace exactly how MERS got into the east Asian country.

Is it possible that MERS is part of the ongoing U.S.-NATO bio-warfare experiment called JUPITR ATD Program? 

The central European country of Slovakia reporting a ‘suspected’ MERS patient has been quarantined in a hospital.

The government of Philippines reports a Filipino working at their embassy in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has MERS, “Despite the considerable decrease in MERS-CoV incidence in Saudi Arabia…”.  The Philippines’ Department of Health has revealed that since 2012 at least 10 Filipinos working in KSA have died from MERS.  The public announcement implied that the MERS victims were/are healthcare workers.

In Malaysia, news reports say a 76 years old woman under quarantine was ‘rescued’ by her family after she begged them to save her from the hospital in Miri.  But they just didn’t take her home, they took her to their local hospital in Brunei, however the medical staff in Brunei refused to admit the patient.  The woman had just returned from KSA, and had been quarantined pending testing of her sputum.  News reports did not indicate that the woman was actually sick with any symptoms.

UN says stay away from hospitals!

 

Business/Economics, Idaho

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings, 10 – 11 June 2015: “We’re not making any money anymore…” Tax breaks for companies getting vicious, companies being paid with tax dollars to kill jobs!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

California: In Newport Beach, after 25 years restaurant Jackshrimp shutdown. The owner did not renew the lease and implied he was being pushed out by greedy property developers.  In Red Bluff, after four years the owners of 3 Generations Arts & Shop announced they will shutdown by July.  News reports didn’t say why.

Delaware: In Dover, God refuses to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ 25 years old Branch Christian Bookstore.  The owner said “We just couldn’t compete anymore.”

Florida:  The city of Palm Bay warned that they are so low on cash that they might have to layoff 45 employees, just so they can pay for much needed road repairs without raising taxes.

Idaho: In Boise, the Chili’s restaurant on West Franklin Road (near Boise Towne Square mall) shutting down.  The Montana based franchise owner says they are getting outta Boise and moving to Nampa.   Is bankruptcy next for the unlucky Lucky Friday Mine near Mullan?  The silver mine is owned by troubled Hecla Mining.  In April 2011 the Lucky Friday Mine was hit by a rock fall that killed one employee.  In November 2011 the mine was shutdown for 12 months by a second rock fall that trapped several miners.  At the end of 2013 four of those employees, that were trapped, sued Hecla for $1-million USD saying the company violated federal mine safety rules.  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice investigated Lucky Friday Mine and concluded, in 2014, that Hecla committed at least 5-hundred violations of federal regulations (mostly pollution violations).  Just days ago Hecla agreed to pay a $600-thousand fine.  About 1-hundred people work at the mine.

Maryland: The Bel Air Wallgreens is the latest victim of the legal drugs pusher’s (now called Walgreens-Boots Alliance) plan to shutdown 2-hundred stores across the country.

Massachusetts: The city of Fall River laid off 90 employees.  The mayor is also pushing for a new $10 per month trash fee (which is less than what I’m paying here in Chubbuck, Idaho).  Fall River is missing $6.5-million.

Michigan: The city of Saginaw warned it must shutdown two fire stations and eliminate jobs.  Yet again, this is a case of a city relying on federal taxpayer funded grant money, which expires at the end of June.  Suttons Bay Public Schools laid off at least five teachers.  Administrators said they had to take drastic action to get the school district back in the ‘black’, or face a takeover by state administrators.

Minnesota: The Upper Saint Anthony Falls Lock and Dam shutdown in an effort to stop the spread of invasive carp.

Missouri: Katy Industries WARNed they will shutdown their Bridgeton facility and layoff 155 people!  They’re moving operations to Jefferson City.  It was revealed that Jefferson City and Cole County bribed Kay Industries with tax breaks, which required them to kill off the 155 jobs in Bridgeton (the jobs must be created new for Jefferson City)!

Nebraska: What housing market recovery? Omaha based Mutual of Omaha Bank announced it is shutting down home loan offices in Lincoln and in Fort Myers, Florida.   Mutual of Omaha has contracted out their mortgage serving ops to Guild Mortgage.

New Hampshire: Hamden Board of Education blames what I call Disappearing Students Syndrome for forcing them to eliminate 24 jobs. Reports say the junior high lost 86 students since last year, and the high school lost 4-hundred over the past seven years.

New Jersey: What automotive industry recovery?  “global diversified technology and industrial leader” Johnson Controls issued a shutdown WARN for five locations connected to its automotive division, at least 310 jobs lost!  It’s part of the Wisconsin based company’s plan to get out of the automotive parts making business.  Stop & Shop announced they’re shutting down their Manalapan grocery store in July, 80 jobs affected.  A local grocery store analyst says profits for food stores has become “very, very, tight”.   Another analyst blames the grocery store shutdowns on ShopRite, who is now “dominating the supermarket landscape in New Jersey.”

New York: Clothier J.Crew laid off 175 people at its NYC HQ!  Company administrators said they are preparing for the “future”.  In Forrest Hill, 20 years old teenager clothing store Strawberry shutdown.  News reports say it’s one of many stores that have shutdown in the same area, all blaming outrageously jacked up rents! Reports say landlords refuse to talk to the local news media.  ObamaCare forcing Brooklyn Kidney Center to sell-off their New York Dialysis Services, 65 jobs threatened.

Oklahoma: Sand Ridge Energy laid off 40 people in Alva.  Local news reports say administrators refuse to explain why.  Also, local news reports said the company tried to keep the layoffs quiet, and even refused to acknowledge them when questioned.

Oregon: What construction industry recovery? After 60 years the Allen’s Mill shutdown, 45 jobs lost.  The lumber mill’s general manager blames bad timber and a strong U.S. dollar: “The current log situation is so sad, you can’t buy a predictable supply of marketable logs……It is just a sign of the times, a strong U.S. dollar…..puts log exports at a disadvantage.”-Gerry Lane

Pennsylvania: The second-oldest Jewish newspaper in America, Jewish Exponent, laid off 15 people.  Managers said they are out-sourcing jobs in an effort to save the company, admitting they’ve been losing about $300-thousand per year!

Tennessee: British empire Scotland owned Weir Minerals shutdown their Gallatin operations, 47 jobs lost: “The demands of our customers are declining with plant closures throughout the coal, steel and power industries in recent years and less money being spent on original equipment in the hard rock mining and oil sands markets.”-Aaron Ravenscroft

Virginia: Tax-sucker Raytheon lost their spy satellite contract with the federal government (National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency), 59 jobs lost in Springfield.  In Norfolk, decades old O’Sullivan’s Wharf restaurant suddenly shutdown. The owners would only say “Friends, family, customers, neighbors it is with a heavy heart we announce that today will be our final day open for business.”  In Hampton, the 45 years old Cesar Tarrant Elementary School shutdown due to what I call Disappearing Students Syndrome.   After 16 years Vacuum Store Sales & Services in Leesburg shutting down.  The owner blames the greedy landlord: “I got priced out of the area. They want way too much money for these spaces and didn’t want to negotiate. We’re not making any money anymore as it is.”-Bob Baird

07 – 09 June 2015: “It was so humiliating to train somebody else to take over your job!” 

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) no longer issues mass layoff reports: “On March 1, 2013, President Obama ordered into effect the across-the- board spending cuts (commonly referred to as sequestration) required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. Under the order, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) must cut its current budget by more than $30 million, 5 percent of the current 2013 appropriation, by September 30, 2013. In order to help achieve these savings and protect core programs, the BLS will eliminate two programs, including Mass Layoff Statistics, and all ‘measuring green jobs’ products. This news release is the final publication of monthly mass layoff survey data.”

U.S.

False Flag: I-45 shutdown! Van explosions!

13 June 2015 (11:58 UTC-07 Tango 01)/23 Kordad 1394/25 Sha’ban 1436/27 Ren-Wu (4th month) 4713

Interstate 45 is backed up for what seems like miles, due to the situation in Hutchins, Texas.

It appears the police got the doors open on the suspect’s van, using two controlled explosions.  The police used water charge bombs (Boot Banger, originally created by the British), bombs backed with water to reduce the effects of the backblast.  However, they still aren’t confident enough to get into the van. Personnel and the robot have backed off again.

Fox4’s Sky4 chopper and CBS11’s Chopper11  returning to DFW.  NBC5’s Chopper5 still hanging around.

Chopper 5 & 11 on scene!

U.S.

False Flag: Chopper 5 & 11 on scene! Robot back to work!

13 June 2015 (11:06 UTC-07 Tango 01)/23 Kordad 1394/25 Sha’ban 1436/27 Ren-Wu (4th month) 4713

Apparently I’m confusing the helicopter video source.  I’m watching NBCDFW live shots, but for some reason I was picking up chatter from Fox4’s Sky4 chopper.  NBCDFW (aka NBC5) uses Chopper5.

Chopper 5 is still on scene, and that’s the source of the video I’ve been watching.  The police robot has been in action again, focusing on the passenger side door.  Personnel are also inspecting the van, again.

CBSDFW (aka CBS11) Chopper11 has just arrived live on scene.

Wind speed & more fire trucks!

U.S.

False Flag: Wind speed & more fire trucks!

13 June 2015 (10:27 UTC-07 Tango 01)/23 Kordad 1394/25 Sha’ban 1436/27 Ren-Wu (4th month) 4713

WFAA has discontinued their live coverage.

Fox4’s Sky 4 is still hovering in place despite being told to leave by 11:00 hours, Texas time.  Sky 4 crew reports they are low on fuel.  Video shows more fire fighting vehicles being staged around the area.  Sky 4 crew reports that questions have been asked about wind speed.

Other reports say the seven explosions heard earlier were tiny explosions used to test the suspect’s van.  The suspect told police he rigged the van with C4.

personnel have placed “something on the van.”

U.S.

False Flag: Personnel inspecting van! Bomb planted?

13 June 2015 (10:01 UTC-07 Tango 01)/23 Kordad 1394/25 Sha’ban 1436/27 Ren-Wu (4th month) 4713

Via live NBC5 video: Police cars have evacuated the Jack in the Box parking lot, a MRAP style police vehicle (looks like a BearCat) has entered the parking lot.  The police robot has backed way off from the suspect’s MRAP style van.

At least three or four law enforcement personnel are inspecting the suspect’s van.  They are focusing on the rear of the van.  Fox4’s Sky 4 crew says personnel have placed “something on the van.”

What I thought was movement in the rear window of the van might have been the robot moving around the rear of the van.

Fire department called in!

U.S.

False Flag: Fire department called in! Police exit Jack in the Box parking lot!

13 June 2015 (09:41 UTC-07 Tango 01)/23 Kordad 1394/25 Sha’ban 1436/27 Ren-Wu (4th month) 4713

Live video from NBCDFW (NBC5) helicopter shows Hutchins Fire Department vehicles arriving on scene.  Video also shows police presence across the street at a Dairy Queen.

Fox4’s Sky 4 chopper has been told to stay in area until 11:00 hours Texas time.

NBC5 video also shows police robot occasionally going up to MRAP up-armored style van, and then backing away.  I also see what looks like movement in one of the van’s rear windows, furthering my suspicions that the suspect might be alive.  However, Fox4’s Sky 4 crew speculating that ATF is getting ready to blow up entire van, or bring in APC (armored personnel carrier) to “pop open the vehicle”.  Police vehicles are exiting the Jack in the Box parking lot.

Robot continues to move around armored van.

Live video shows no evidence of explosions!

U.S.

False Flag: Live video shows no evidence of explosions! Are snipers still firing .50 cal?

13 June 2015 (09:18 UTC-07 Tango 01)/23 Kordad 1394/25 Sha’ban 1436/27 Ren-Wu (4th month) 4713

“The suspect has told our negotiators that we took his child and we accused him of being a terrorist and that he’s going to blow us up.”-David Brown, Dallas police chief

Live video from NBCDFW helicopter shows no evidence of controlled explosions on suspects MRAP van in Hutchins, Texas.  I’m suspecting that what WFAA reporters on the ground heard was actually .50 cal gunshots, fired by SWAT snipers.  Is suspect still alive?

WFAA has ceased their live reporting for the moment.  Showing only live video of locked down Dallas police HQ.

I found reports that indicate the police have indeed been harassing, if not observing, the suspect for a long time.

Seven more explosions, MRAP van untouched!

U.S.

False Flag: Seven more explosions, MRAP van untouched! ATF involved!

13 June 2015 (08:44 UTC-07 Tango 01)/23 Kordad 1394/25 Sha’ban 1436/27 Ren-Wu (4th month) 4713

WFAA reports seven more explosions in Hutchins, Texas.  They claim they’re controlled explosions against the suspect’s van, however, live video shows the suspect’s van still intact in the Jack in the Box parking lot.

Explosions are small, and might be used to blow open the doors.

WFAA says ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) now on scene in Hutchins, and they are the ones setting off controlled explosions.

Live reporter says federal and state government vehicles racing up and down the locked down Interstate 45.

Suspect’s van was sold on ebay by a sheriff’s department.  It is a van that was up-armored MRAP style.

ebay involved! TV station threatened after suspect was killed?