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Fukushima, Idaho

Fukushima – WIPP – Radiation Fallout: Why does Rudolph’s nose glow? Because Santa’s Reindeer are radioactive! Why is Japan getting hit with so many hurricanes + earthquakes? EPA confirms airborne radiation at the WIPP! Nuke waste shipments on hold for two more years, or more!

11 October 2014 (16:40 UTC-07 Tango)/16 Dhu l-Hijja 1435/19 Mehr 1393/18 Jia-Xu 4712

United States: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) confirmed that some radiation escaped into the air around the failed Waste Isolation Pilot Project (WIPP) in New Mexico, but claims “The public doses were well below EPA’s standards.”

EPA also criticized the Department of Energy’s (DoE) air monitoring system: “EPA identified a number of areas needing improvement regarding DOE’s ambient environmental air sampling network, laboratory procedures and incident response protocols.”

More revelations out of WIPP.  DoE has revealed that one reason why the investigation and clean up is taking so long is that the main means of transportation down the 655 meter (2150 feet) shaft is broken!   DoE officials are trying to make it sound like it had nothing to do with the salt truck fire back on 05 February 2014, but that just happens to be the day the massive elevator stopped working.

DoE officials claim the hoist system stopped working because of soot accumulation on the electrical components.  Just more proof it was a massive fire.

WIPP is now affecting the state of South Carolina.  The Savannah River Site (SRS) has been told that nuclear waste shipments to the WIPP are on hold until at least 2016, or even longer: “Resumption of full scale operations at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant may not occur until 2019 and could cost up to $551 million, though initial operations are slated for resumption in early 2016 at a cost of about $242 million.”-DoE report

I assume this delay in nuke waste shipments also applies to LANL in New Mexico, INL in Idaho and other nuclear laboratories around the United States.

Japan:  I’ve written many times before about how heavy rain floods through the failed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear energy factory, getting contaminated and then flooding into the Pacific Ocean.  Anybody notice how many typhoons have hit Japan this year?  So far there have been 19 western Pacific typhoons, at least four hit Japan directly, and at least two came close enough to cause flooding in Japan.

Now, this years largest typhoon Vongfong (now rated category 6 supertyphoon) is heading to the big islands of Japan.  The current expected track of the supertyphoon will take it right over Fukushima Daiichi, it is expected to be downgraded by then.  On top of that, northeastern Japan was just hit by yet another 6.3 earthquake (followed by a 5.5 quake), in Amoroi Prefecture 400km (248.5 miles) north of Fukushima Daiichi!

About a week prior, Iwate Prefecture (also north of Fukushima Daiichi) got hit with a 5.3 quake.  About two weeks ago Fukushima Prefecture got hit with 5 and 5.1 quakes. About one month ago Iwate Prefecture got hit with a 5.1 quake.  That same month Fukushima Prefecture got hit with multiple 4 magnitude quakes.  About two months ago Fukushima and Iwate prefectures got hit with multiple 4 magnitude quakes.  Three months ago Fukushima Prefecture suffered a 6.5 quake and Iwate a 5.7 quake, on top of numerous 4 magnitude quakes.    There hasn’t been a month in 2014 when Fukushima or Iwate prefectures hadn’t experienced a single 4 to 6 magnitude earthquake.   In fact, the big island of Honshu has been racked by 4 to 6 magnitude quakes all year.

The German news source DW interviewed Michael Maqua, who works for pro-nuke GRS (Gesellschaft für Anlagen und Reaktorsicherheit).  He gave typical assurances that nothing will happen at Fukushima Daiichi when Vanfong hits, but gave this warning: “Apart from physical damages to construction equipment, we could expect radioactive isotopes from contaminated surfaces being washed away and transported into the groundwater or the sea. Over the past days, the concentration of radioactive substances in the groundwater has increased significantly at some of the plant’s measuring points and, according to TEPCo, this was caused by the recent heavy rains.” 

Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCo) has run out its latest unsecured debt financing, and hasn’t paid it off.  No problem, the Japanese government convinced the three banks to simply refinance TEPCo for another six months.  Those Too Big to Jail banks are Sumitomo Mitsui Banking, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, and Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking.

It was revealed that not only has TEPCo failed to pay many of their throwaway workers promised hazard pay, but some of those that did get paid got a whopping $36 USD!  TEPCo had promised $180 per day in hazard pay.

Canada: The Canadian national government has ordered nuclear power plant operators to provide all residences, businesses and institutions living within 16km (10 miles) radius of nuke factories potassium iodide pills.   The decision was made by the Nuclear Safety Commission.  Back in June the NSC advised Canadians to stockpile iodide pills.

Norway: Scientists are alarmed over a sudden 5 times increase in radiation levels contaminating reindeer!

In September the reindeer had 82-hundred becquerels of celsium-137 per kilo.  Compare that to 2012 when they had 1500bq.

It’s not just reindeer but sheep as well, some have tested out at 4500bq!  600bq is the max limit considered safe to eat.  But Norway isn’t blaming Fukushima Daiichi, they’re blaming the 30 years old Chernobyl disaster.

Scientists claim that the gypsy mushroom is soaking up radiation contamination caused by Chernobyl after the 1986 meltdown: “This year, there has been extreme amounts of mushroom. In addition, the mushroom season has lasted for a long time. And the mushroom has grown very high up on the mountains.”-Lavrans Skuterud

Norway is 1686.5km (1048 miles) by air from Chernobyl.  This proves that nuclear accidents never go away!

“…you are killing us…!”

Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings 04 – 05 August 2014: “I think it’s time for all of us to move on.” Canary in the U.S. economic coal mine, McDonalds, says kiss your ass goodbye!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

California: What housing market recovery? In Santa Monica,  RMR Financial (aka Princeton Capital, Mortgage California) announced they are laying off 12 people in October.  In Palo Alto, taxsucker Space Systems-Loral announced they will layoff 53 employees in October.  In Rancho Cucamonga, personal loan maker Springleaf Finance announced they are shutting down in October.  In Corona, legal drugs pusher Actavis announced they will layoff 48 people in October.

Delaware: Phoenix Payment Systems (aka Electronic Payment Exchange) now chapter 11 bankrupt busted, it’s all part of their plan to sell themselves off.

Florida: U.S. pipeline and natural gas power plant operator Entegra Power now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  The creditors will now operate the company.  Entegra Power has operations in Florida, Arkansas and Arizona.

Illinois: Oak Brook based McDonalds now saying there is no economic recovery!  The iconic fast food restaurant told investors that sales are only getting worse! Company officials say their most promising restaurants, in Russia and China, are now under attack by the respective governments, and sales in the U.S. continue to go down!

Indiana: Non-profit behavioral and development treatment center Damar Services laid off 44 employees.  In Thorntown, reports that Railer’s IGA grocery store shutdown.

Michigan: In Birmingham, after 61 years Napier’s Kennel Shop shutdown.  The owner was paid off to become the manager of a rival pet shop.

Minnesota: After 77 years, Roberts Shoe Store shutdown.  The owner blames the bad economy: “Emotionally, it’s difficult. I’m hoping I’m not letting down anyone, especially my in-laws. It’s not a business model that is really workable right now. I think it’s time for all of us to move on.”-Mark Simon

New Jersey: Troubled for profit higher education company Anthem Institute shutting down all four locations in the Garden State, 163 jobs lost!

New Mexico: What housing market recovery?  In Couldcroft, iconic Lodge Resort & Spa to be auctioned off in September.  The partnership between owners has been dissolved.  Also, the U.S. Census Bureau says homeownership is crashing in the Land of Enchantment.  For the 2nd quarter of 2014  it fell to 63.9%, compare that to 1st quarter 2011 when it was 72.8%.  Crashing homeownership rates correspond to skyrocketing unemployment in New Mexico.

New York: In NYC, ARAMARK Business Dining Services announced they are shutting down in October, 28 jobs lost.  In Bay Shore, logistics company Remy USA Industries announced they are shutting down in November, 271 jobs lost!

North Carolina: Ignite Social Media announced it will layoff 50 or more employees (about half its employees).  This is more proof brick-n-mortar operators can’t blame the internet for their troubles, as the company founder Jim Tobin said social media advertising “It’s a rough business…”

Ohio: Obama Care killing jobs with Trumbull Memorial Hospital.  The operator, ValleyCare Health System, says they have to make changes to their nursing program because of Obama Care. They will replace 47 licensed practical nurses with registered nurses and nursing assistants.  In Columbus, Pennsylvania based Giant Eagle grocery store on West Fifth and Grandview avenues being shutdown.  Company officials did not give a date or explanation.

Pennsylvania:  In Exton, envelope maker Cenveo laid off 108 employees!  It’s the result of their take over of rival National Envelope last year.  In York, Macy’s shutting down in October, 69 jobs lost.

Texas: What housing market recovery?  Austin based construction contractor and designer Biscayne Group now chapter 7 bankrupt busted.  Biscayne Group is a major operation that has worked on big projects across the country.  Chapter 7 usually means the company will cease to exist.

Washington: U.S. Army joint base Lewis-McChord warned it will start killing 102 sillyvilian (civilian) jobs in January!

01-03 August 2014

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) doesn’t count the hundreds of layoffs involving less than 50 people each, in its mass layoff reports. It also doesn’t count all the little ‘mom & pop’ businesses that shutdown. It doesn’t count people who get a severance for being laid off.

“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security…That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013

Business/Economics

Sears & Kmart closing update 10 October 2014: Lap Tops, customer account data & Chihuahuas targets of Kmart Krooks!

Sears Holdings has revealed that for at least one month now, Kmart customer account data has been stolen!  Kmart, along with Dairy Queen and Orange Julius,  joins the dozens of retailers and Too Big to Jail banks that have had their customer accounts hacked, since the beginning of the year.

Kmart’s IT personnel didn’t detect the hack job until 09 October 2014, but think the customer account data theft (through malware) started back in September.  They admit that customer’s credit and debit card info was stolen.

In New Hampshire, somebody broke into a Kmart in the middle of the night and ripped off two laptop computers.

In Wisconsin, a man and a woman were arrested for steeling $340 of stuff from Kmart, they were also accused of resisting arrest.

In North Carolina, a man and a woman claim their Chihuahua was stolen from their car while they were shopping in Kmart.   However, they stated they left the sunroof open so the dog wouldn’t overheat.  Police are not investigating pending more information.

Sears claims they got a new $1-billion USD loan last week. You might think all those loans can only be bad news in the long run for Sears Holdings, but did you know JP Morgan-Chase reported that it’s actually JCPenney whose in trouble, with way more loans than Sears Holdings.

The rapidly advancing decline of Sears-Kmart is driving down the value of CMBS (Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities).  CMBS are usually connected to shopping mall owners.

Barclays reported that loans to shopping mall owners, made in 2006-07 were too restrictive, saying “debt service coverage ratios are usually in the 1.2x range and will not be able to withstand even a temporary loss of large tenant.”  This means that everytime a Sears or Kmart (or JCPenney, etc) located in a shopping mall shuts down, the mall owner gets a big financial screw job.

closing update 07 October 2014

Business/Economics, Idaho

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings 01 – 03 August 2014: “We’re simply burned out.” Christian leaders caught ripping off Christian school funding! WWE body slams employees! No more Circle Bar B! More job destruction by greedy property owners!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

Alabama: Alabama Power announced it is switching its Greene County coal fired electricity factory to natural gas.  It will also result in half the employees (about 60) becoming unemployed!  Company officials blame new federal government regulations, which has forced them to spend more than $3-billion USD to change over to natural gas!

California: In Santa Barbara, after 40 years the iconic Circle Bar B dinner theater horse ranch shutdown.  I went to one show (in the late 1980s), it was fun, but the owners of the property say expenses have gone up so much that revenues from the dinner theater aren’t enough, they are looking at other income generating possibilities.   In San Louis Obispo, the state prison known as the Men’s Colony announced they are laying off 66 psychiatric technicians over the next six months.  This comes after accusation that the state prison psyc system ordered technicians to falsify prisoner records.  But the real reason could be that the state is now sending prisoners to contracted mental health care, because the federal government is paying for it.  In Chatsworth, Switzerland based food producer Nestle issued a WARN saying they were killing 353 jobs in October!  State employment officials did not relay a reason, saying “not known at this time”.  In Long Beach, taxsucker Boeing issued a WARN saying 158 people will become unemployed in September!  In Sacramento, after three years doughnut shop Doughbot shutdown.  The two owner-operators said “…these last few years have been…..incredibly difficult. We’re simply burned out.”

Connecticut: Stamford based World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) killed off 60 jobs. WWE claims their revenue remains “strong” but it sounds like investors pushed for the job cuts.

Florida: In Miami Beach, another restaurant done in by a greedy landowner.  Andreas Schreiner of Pubbelly Restaurant Group said their PB Steak restaurant shutdown because “…the rising costs of real estate would not have allowed us to continue to operate PB Steak without raising our prices, which would go against our commitment to our customers, to be a local, everyday eating establishment.” What housing market recovery?  All across southern Florida the federal government seized 21 houses, accusing the Massachusetts (Boston Strong, actually based in Marlborough) based owner, TelexFREE, of scamming immigrants from Brazil and Dominican Republic to the tune of $1-billion USD!  By the way, Too Big to Jail Boston Strong (Fitchburg) Fidelity Bank just agreed to pay $3.5-million for their role in the TelexFREE scam.

Hawaii: In Kakaako, after only eight months the interior design eStyle Hawaii store shutdown!  The greedy landowner kicked them out!  The property is being redeveloped.

Idaho: In Blackfoot, after 15 years Tweedy’s Music shutdown.  The owners revealed there are two speculators competing to buy their property.

Illinois: In Chicago, Forever Yogurt shutdown two brand new stores!  Company officials blame lawsuits from property owners like General Growth Properties (GGP, I used to work for those jerk wads in Idaho).  The lawsuits claims Forever Yogurt owes backdue rent (I know how much GGP likes to charge in rent, and I wouldn’t pay either!).  What automotive industry recovery?  In Freeport, another round of layoffs with troubled Titan Tire, this time 48 employees let go.  Titan Tire supplies tires to farm and heavy equipment makers, and orders have crashed.  Freeport’s mayor is worried: “This is disappointing news at a time when we’ve already had our share of disappointing news.  We are deeply interested in the fate of this plant and its workers, and we’re willing to do anything we can to help because it’s important not only to the area but the entire state.”-Jim Gitz

Iowa:  In Cedar Rapids, British empire United kingdom based internet services company Hibu initiated a second round of layoffs. This time 44 U.S. citizens became unemployed.  Back in April of this year, Hibu killed 184 jobs!  Six of Hibu’s U.S. subsidiaries are already in chapter 15 bankruptcy protection.

Kansas: Virtual network company Chit Chat now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  Company officials blame Sprint for questionable billings.

Louisiana: In Marrero, the Christian God refused to stop the Reverend Mansfield Thompson Educational Foundation from shutting down their Faith Christian Academy, with only a five day notice to “vacate”: “It was like unreal, unbelievable, that they would let us prepare to open and then send us a letter to close.”-Joycelyn Robinson, school administrator

But this shutdown is not about raptured students (what I call DSS or Disappearing Student Syndrome), but about evil Christian leaders caught stealing money.  At the end of 2013 a state investigation revealed Reverend Mansfield Thompson Educational Foundation was probably absconding with the money paid by struggling Christian parents: “At this point, I just want my money back. I paid $400 for registration and I’m getting the run around with that. I just want my money back!”-Ramira Williams

Michigan: In Taylor, Fitness USA shutdown the last of its three Taylor locations.  It might have to do with a discrimination lawsuit filed last year.

New York: In Carle Place, 1-800-Flowers announced it is restructuring, and killing off 220 jobs in October!  In NYC, Bloomberg Media killed about 25 jobs, and killed a TV show.  Company officials said they are “…shifting resources to regions outside of New York.”

Ohio: In Youngstown, the Mahoning-Youngstown Community Action Partnership (MYCAP) warned it will kill 10 jobs with its Head Start education program.  They blame the federal government for cutting off their federal food service funding.  MYCAO is also going away and Development Institute of Denver will take over the Head Start program temporarily.   The World’s largest household products maker (like diapers and detergent), Cincinnati based Procter & Gamble, announced they are killing 100 brands over the next two years, which will equate to job destruction.  Company officials say those 100 brands make up only 5% of their profits.  What housing market recovery?  In Solon, mortgage company ServiceLink announced they’re shutting down in December and killing 211 jobs!

Pennsylvania: Edinboro University warned of more layoffs by the end of this school year.  However, they hinted that if they can stay within budget, and don’t lose anymore funding, then the layoffs will be canceled.  In Lancaster, after three years Fork-n-Spoon Cafe shutdown.

Vermont: The State College system warned that budget cuts wanted by the governor will result in job losses.  The governor wants to cut $1-million in funding.  In May this year, Johnson State College laid off five employees and blamed it on DSS.

Washington: The budget cutting of Redmond based Microsoft will also affected hundreds (if not more) supply vendors/contractors.  Microsoft is suspending vendor access for six months every 18 months.  During those six months vendors/contractors will have to find employment elsewhere.  Local news reports say local vendors are already talking about abandoning Microsoft altogether!

31 July 2014

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) doesn’t count the hundreds of layoffs involving less than 50 people each, in its mass layoff reports. It also doesn’t count all the little ‘mom & pop’ businesses that shutdown. It doesn’t count people who get a severance for being laid off.

“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security…That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013

International

World War 3: Iraq has proof Islamic State issued Chinese guided anti-aircraft missiles from U.S. backed Qatar!

10 October 2014 (03:08 UTC-07 Tango)/15 Dhu l-Hijja 1435/18 Mehr 1393/17 Jia-Xu 4712

Iraq’s Ministry of Defense reports that one of their Russian made Mil Mi-35M Hind gunships was shot down by so called Islamic State insurgents, with guided missiles given to them by U.S. ally Qatar!  Also, a U.S. made Bell 407 was shot down!

The missiles are made in China and are called FN-6.

VIDEO OF SYRIAN INSURGENTS SHOOTING DOWN HELICOPTER WITH FN-6, AT THE END OF THE VIDEO AN INSURGENT EXPLAINS THE MISSILE

https://youtu.be/vGC_xHUzzM8

Reports say Qatar delivered two shipments of Chinese FN-6 missiles to Islamic State in Syria, where U.S. backed anti-Syrian government insurgents used them to shoot down Syrian aircraft.  Today’s report from Iraq (and published by Jane’s) is the first time Iraqi aircraft have been shot down by Islamic State using Chinese missiles supplied by U.S. allies.

The Iraqi Mi-35M was shot down on 03 October 2014, and the Iraqi Bell 407 was shot down on 08 October.  The U.S. created ‘Islamic State’ has also posted pics of their Iraqi shoot downs to the internet.

U.S…..directing Islamic State for future biological attack!

International

World War 3 False Flag: More proof the U.S. created & directing Islamic State for future biological attack!

10 October 2014 (22:37 UTC-07 Tango 09 October 2014)/15 Dhu l-Hijja 1435/18 Mehr 1393/17 Jia-Xu 4712

New revelations pointing to a massive Biological attack that will be blamed on Islamic State.  On 22 September 2014 BioPrepWatch reported that U.S. led NATO conducted a massive CBRN (Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear) drill in the NATO member country  known as Turkey, back in August.

Specifically it was Turkish, German, Dutch and U.S. military personnel who took part in a war game that simulated a ballistic missile strike.  This is interesting because I’ve seen video and pics posted on the internet of so called ‘Islamic State’ proudly parading what looks like a short range ballistic missile!

But it wasn’t just NATO in Turkey that was prepping for a CBRN attack.  Also in August, the U.S. Marines conducted a CBRN drill in Okinawa, Japan.  It simulated a Kamikaze car bomber trying to get on the Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, with a car full of chemical weapons.  Then in September Japanese officials revealed they’d arrested a Japanese man who was trying to join Islamic State.

At the beginning of September, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) placed a help wanted add for a new director of their CBRN Medical Countermeasures Division.  The job duties include what sound like hostage negotiations: “They will also be responsible for resolving major issues of concern that could be sensitive and require tactful negotiation at the national or international level.”-HHS, 02 September 2014

Also in September, the British empire country of Canada orders $9.6-million CAD worth of iRobot 510 PackBots, a robot designed for CBRN recon.  The robot is made by a Boston Strong authoritarian Massachusetts company, the same one that makes your Roomba robot vacuum cleaner!

In Slovenia, Colorado Army National Guard militiamen and U.S. Regular Army (RA) personnel met with Slovenian Armed Forces CBRN troops.   RA Staff Sergeant Matthew Grande indicated that the meeting was an attempt to standardize how to approach CBRN threats: “Everyone has different standards, different ways of doing their Recon and Decon, different measurements that their instruments read in. Getting to one standard will always be difficult. A lot of the other countries that we’ve been working with are still developing their CBRN capabilities. So, coming here to Slovenia, they’re already very well developed … We thought maybe we’d be teaching them some stuff, but they ended up teaching us some stuff.”

At the beginning of October, U.S. Marines in North Carolina completed a CBRN/explosives course.  This is what one of the Marines said: “Hands on training is very important and ensures the Marines understand what they’re doing when they face a real world scenario. We watch how CBRN works, understand what they’re doing, and we learn how to do it ourselves.”-Master Sergeant Daniel Bogart

I’ve noticed that more and more EOD (Explosive Ordinance Disposal) training now includes CBRN training.  Is this a sign that those in charge know what’s coming, and how?

Then on 07 October 2014, U.S. Army Brigadier General Maria Gervais  (boss of the U.S. Army CBRN school) stated “Intelligence has recently discovered that ISIS intends to pursue biological agents and also is trying to figure out how to weaponize bubonic plague through the use of infected animals…..

…The enemy will employ a hybrid strategy in order to gain an asymmetrical advantage over U.S. forces…

…We lack capability in bio-detection and early warning in general…” 

Gervais also stated that if current taxpayer funding for U.S. CBRN remains unchanged then those CBRN forces might be able to counter an attack by Islamic State by the Gregorian year 2025!  She then stated, morbidly, “If you ask me, ‘What is the future of the CBRN regiment?’ I will tell you it has never been as bright as it is now.”  Meaning the so called Islamic State is providing her troops with job security.

But wait, there’s more proof that this Islamic State thing is a False Flag op by the United States!  Also on 07 October 2014, authoritarian interviewer Charlie Rose interviewed the recently former director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Matt Olsen.

Rose asked Olsen “Do we know who they are?” regarding U.S. citizens who’ve joined Islamic State.  Olsen replies “We know who they are, to some degree.”  Then stated “Some have come back…….and we keep an eye on them.”

Olsen also stated that more than 100 U.S. citizens “sought” to get to Syria to join Islamic State.

Senator from Idaho says the war against Islamic State is not about protecting you, it’s all for Israel! 

International

World War 3 Afghanistan, 05 – 08 October 2014: Investigators accuse UN of frauding police & taxpayers, reveals secret funding op! U.S. PsyOp officer mysteriously dies! U.S. taxpayers upgrade Afghan helicopters!

Video

Helmand Province: In Lashkargah City, a Kamikaze car bomber rammed his car into the house of the local police chief.  The explosion killed at least five people, wounded 19.

Kabul Province: Afghanistan has a new Obama regime puppet president, so which country will be the first for him to visit?  President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai chose China for his first foreign relations visit, where he’ll attend the 4th annual Istanbul Process, Heart of Asia Ministerial Conference.

Kandahar Province:  Facebook now giving awards to Afghans living in Kanadahar Province who are the most active on Facebook.  Local reports say the awards were given out by a “local entrepreneur”.

Kunduz Province: In Kunduz City, a magnetic bomb exploded on a Army vehicle, two people wounded.

Kunar Province: Government officials claim Pakistan fired 213 artillery rounds into Afghanistan.  No reports of casualties, but government officials made the announcement to counter news media reports which said there had been no artillery strikes.

Paktia Province:  Government officials claim a Imam blew up himself and his mother in a Mosque.  He also blew up the mother of the prayer leader.  However, in another government report officials said it was the prayer leader, not the Imam, who planted the bombs.  It sounds to me like government officials assassinated the Mosque leaders because they weren’t pro-government.

Paktika Province: In a village in Khair Kot District (aka Zarghun Shar District), villagers report a drone strike killed two of their own.

In Italy, four Afghan National Army officers training with the Esercito Italiano went missing.  Officials think they went to France.

The U.S. Special Inspector for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) revealed that the United Nations Law and Order Trust Fund for Afghanistan is lying about how it’s spending money from taxpayers around the world on funding the Afghan National Police.  SIGAR says the UN has basically stolen at least $24-million USD from Afghan police!  The scam involves the Afghan Ministry of Interior, which takes UN money (meant to pay  police) under the guise of a ‘retirement program’ for police.  SIGAR says the UN and the Ministry of Interior cannot prove the $24-million actually went to a retirement fund!   Since the creation of the UN Law and Order Trust Fund for Afghanistan U.S. taxpayers have paid $1.2-billion into the fund, which is about half what taxpayers from dozens of other countries have paid!

U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Perry Aston.

The U.S. Department of Defense is now spending $44.2-million U.S. tax dollars paying MD Helicopters (formerly known as McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems) to upgrade Afghan MD-530F ‘copters to be able to carry weapons.  The MD-530F helicopter is a derivative of the old Vietnam era Hughes OH-6 Cayuse (Loach).   U.S. taxpayers have already supplied Afghanistan with six MD-530Fs, and another 54 are on their way.

Video interview with U.S. Army MD-530F instructor pilot, August 2013:

But wait, there’s more!  The Afghan Ministry of Defense revealed that U.S. taxpayers have paid for 62 additional helicopters for Afghanistan. No details about what type of helicopter they are, just that they were coming from the United States.

In Qatar, a U.S. Army Psychological Operations major died.  The U.S. Department of Defense quietly publicized the death saying it was “non-combat”, but “under investigation”.  The officer’s official military bio shows that he’s been awarded bookoo medals, including one immediately after he died!  The PsyOp major was based at Camp As Sayliyah, which is used by U.S. CentCom as a jumping off point for operations inside Iraq and Afghanistan.

The U.S. state of Maine has been granted $2-million in federal taxpayer funding for a program called Rural Veterans Coordination Pilot (RVCP).  It’s supposed to help National Guard occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan vets ‘transition’ back to civilian life.

In the U.S. state of Louisiana, a federal jury has charged two Army National Guardsmen with theft of recruitment bonuses.  This latest case also revealed that the failed U.S. military recruitment bonus system was partly started as a result of Hurricane Katrina, not just the War on Terror.

In the U.S. state of Oregon, a U.S. non-profit group helping veterans (mainly National Guard vets) of the occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan was targeted.  A wheelchair van used by Team River Runner had its wheels/tires stolen as well as the gas tank punctured and drained.

In the U.S. state of Iowa, state officials paid a National Guard occupation of Afghanistan vet hundreds of thousands of dollars because they violated the federal Family and Medical Leave Act in regards to his PTSD.  The National Guardsman is an employee at a state prison.

The U.S. state of New York revealed yet another of their National Guard units is operating drones (UAV, RPV).  Their Army National Guard 27th Brigade Special Troops Battalion has been operating RQ-7 Shadow surveillance Remotely Piloted Vehicles since 2010, mainly over Afghanistan.  Also in New York, a National Guard occupation of Afghanistan vet pled guilty to felonies aggravated vehicular homicide, first-degree manslaughter, second-degree manslaughter and second-degree assault.  He was accused of driving intoxicated and then ramming an oncoming car, killing a woman.

Afghanistan, 01 – 04 October 2014

International

World War 3: Japan & U.S. create “Grey Zone” war zones! Vague justifications for war with China!

08 October 2014 (12:27 UTC-07 Tango)/13 Dhu l-Hijja 1435/16 Mehr 1393/15 Jia-Xu 4712

The defense departments of United States and Japan just concluded another round of war planning, and the main focus seemed to be the fleshing out of what they’ve been calling Grey Zones.

These are described as non-combative “infringement” upon geographic areas  and air space that are in dispute as to who has legal control, or any non-combative ‘perceived’ infringement against “national security”.  Basically these so called Grey Zones could be used as justification for war with China.

Sun Tzu (Sun Zi) once taught that when a country becomes weak internally they compensate by saber rattling, or even going to war.

The Japan-U.S. Grey Zone excuse as been in the planning for years now, initiated by Japan, and it is aimed directly at China.  Defense planners have openly blamed the need for such saber rattling on the economic demise of the United States: “Based upon a strategic assessment that portrays the US in relative decline and international public goods (the high seas, including exclusive economic zones, airspace, outer space and cyberspace) deteriorating, Japan has placed new emphasis on developing its own capability to deter China in the ‘gray zones’ of disputed territories and waters near its southern island chain.”-JAPAN’S 2010 NATIONAL DEFENSE PROGRAM GUIDELINES: COPING WITH THE “GREY ZONES”, Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies April 2011

U.S. and Japanese military officials say they will publicize a new finalized defense cooperation agreement by the end of 2014.  It appears Japan is adopting the vague U.S. excuse of ‘national security’ for their war plans.

‘Security’ is a vague intangible concept.  What makes one person feel secure makes another person feel insecure.  Nearly half the people of the United States are against owning of guns by fellow citizens, which actually violates a primary Constitutional Right of being a U.S. citizen.  The anti-gun half of the U.S. population constantly state that they would feel more ‘secure’ if guns were banned, except when it comes to guns for the sadistic police.

The other half of U.S. citizens point out that the sole reason why the founders of the United States made the radical and still Revolutionary decision to allow gun ownership by citizens was precisely for maintaining ‘security’ of not only individuals, but for the entire country and even against those sadistic cops!

Business/Economics, Idaho

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings 31 July 2014: “we simply cannot make it through another season” TARP taxpayer ripoffs continue! Coffee company says Ohio sucks & they’re getting the hell outa there! More food crisis as slaughterhouses ask “where’s the beef?”! Road work killing mom & pops! Apple kills jobs in California! More raptured students killing Christian schools (DS Syndrome)!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

Alaska: What I call Disappearing Student Syndrome (DSS) forcing University of Alaska to shutdown the Bill Ray Center and Auke Bay bookstore, as well as kill jobs.  University officials say they’ve lost $1.4-million USD in funding this school year and are expecting to lose $2-million next school year, despite jacking up the cost to go to school (could increased employees benefits caused by Obama Care have anything to do with their financial problems? other schools have said so).

California: In Cupertino, Beats Music and Beats Electronics killing 200 jobs due to being taken over by Apple!  Thousand Oaks based legal drugs pusher Amgen announced even more job losses, this time 29-hundred people at four of their Colorado and Washington drug factories will become unemployed by the end of 2015!   Amgen has been described as one of “the least efficient” of the legal drug pushers.  In Corona Del Mar, after five years Bohemia clothing store shutdown. In Sunnyvale, Idaho based SummerWinds Nursery shutdown, but only because the greedy Californian property owner sold the land to a hotel developer (for $5-million)!  In Oakland, legal drugs maker Cerexa issued a WARN saying they are shutting down in September, 52 jobs lost.  In Palo Alto, tech company Hewlett Packard (HP) announced they were laying off 39 employees in August.  In Arcadia, Ohio based CNG and electric bus operator Foothill Transit (First Transit) issued a WARN saying they were killing 416 jobs in October! I couldn’t find any reports explaining why.  The cities of Modesto, San Bernardino and Stockton have made WalletHub’s Most & Least Recession-Recovered Cities top five list of cities least likely to recover!

Colorado: In Denver, Little Me’s children clothing store shutdown.  The angry owner blamed never ending construction: “I knew I would face many challenges in this venture, but in the twenty years that I have been shopping in Cherry Creek North, lack of foot traffic was not one that I had anticipated. It appears the construction is only going to move closer to our area and we simply cannot make it through another season like the last.”– Jennifer Riches

Florida: The Canaveral Port Authority announced it will kill 61 police jobs in October.  Those jobs will be taken over by the Brevard County Sheriff.  Port Authority officials also admitted that they had to fire four cops for stealing cash, and several others are under investigation (and who said the cops are there to serve us?).   This comes as the Port is expanding operations with funding from United Arab Emirates.  In Bradenton Macy’s shutting down, 131 jobs lost!  What housing market recovery?  In Jacksonville, yet again Too Big to Jail Bank of America killed mortgage jobs, this 13.  Bank officials told state officials they expect to continue killing mortgage jobs in the future.  By the way, bailed out banks in the Sunshine State lead the country in failures to pay back their bailout loans!  According to the Special Inspector General of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) five Florida banks owe a total of $91.5-million to taxpayers!

Georgia: In Gwinnett, BrandsMart U.S.A. shutting down by the end of October, 80 jobs lost.  Turns out that being the most “environmentally conscious” retail operation doesn’t equal big sales.

Hawaii: The Kahala Shell Auto Care shop shutdown, 35 jobs lost.  The new owners will operate it as a fueling station only, blaming new land lease rules.

Idaho: In Boise, the Elk’s Rehab Center shutting down, 516 jobs lost as Saint Luke’s Health System takes over in September!  Reports say Saint Luke’s claims it needs only 400 employees to do the same job, so a net job loss of 116!

Iowa: In Des Moines, after 92 years (surviving the Great Depression & numerous recessions) Owen Crist Auto Body Service shutdown.  The family owners were bought out by property developers.

Michigan: WalletHub’s Most & Least Recession-Recovered Cities ranks the Failed State of Detroit as being the least likely of all failed U.S. cities to recover!

Mississippi: After 130 years (surviving the Great Depression & numerous recessions) God has decided to rapture all the good Christian students (or as I call it, Disappearing Student Syndrome, DSS) and shutdown the Christian Chamberlain-Hunt Academy!

New Jersey: Newark has made WalletHub’s Most & Least Recession-Recovered Cities top five list of cities least likely to recover!

New York: In Batavia, after ten years the drive thru Hot Shots Caffé shutting down in August.  The owners made it sound like they were forced to go somewhere else.  In NYC, Millennium Partners Sports Club (Reebok Sports Club) issued a WARN saying they are shutting down in October, 332 jobs lost! The company has been sold!

Ohio: In Dayton, after less than one year two Peet’s Coffee & Tea shops shutdown, and another five throughout Ohio will shutdown in August! At least 90 jobs will be lost, but company officials said their own surveys show the economy in Ohio is going down the shitter, saying their stores “…have not performed to our expectations and didn’t have a promising future outlook.”   Despite reporting profits, Columbus based Too Big to Jail Huntington Bank killed 200 jobs across six states!  A bank official implied it was because they see the economy getting worse: “Huntington has restructured a few internal functions to improve the long-term efficiency of the bank.”-Maureen Brown

Texas: In Pearland, after 37 years Pearland Furniture shutting down in August.  The owners blamed the recession and a road project that has prevented customers from getting to the store.

Wisconsin: Food producer Cargill suddenly shutdown their Milwaukee slaughterhouse, killing off 600 jobs!  Company officials blame a lack of affordable cows: “The harsh reality is that the U.S. beef cattle herd is at its lowest level since 1951, with any significant herd expansion being years away.”-company statement

29-30 July 2014

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) doesn’t count the hundreds of layoffs involving less than 50 people each, in its mass layoff reports. It also doesn’t count all the little ‘mom & pop’ businesses that shutdown. It doesn’t count people who get a severance for being laid off.

“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security…That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013

Business/Economics

Sears & Kmart closing update 07 October 2014: Suppliers getting charged more to deal with Sears-Kmart! Kmart is magnet for dumb criminals? Inside info on Pocatello store!

Reuters reporting that insurance companies which specialize in providing insurance (in the form of stock market put options, aka accounts receivable put) for non-payment of services have jacked up their rates for any merchandise supplier doing business with Sears-Kmart.

On top of that one insurer, Euler Hermes Group, refuses to insure any new suppliers to Sears!

Analysts say these decisions by ‘financial intermediaries’ come at the worst time possible, the end of year holiday shopping season.  Some suppliers told Reuters that the cost of the accounts receivable insurance is so high that they might have to stop shipments of merchandise.  But to show you how desperate the economy is, many suppliers told Reuters that selling merchandise on bad credit to Sears-Kmart was their only choice!

Does Kmart attract dumb criminals?  In Florida a wheelchair bound man shoplifted $1,396 USD worth of merchandise (including a TV), then asked for help getting out of the store!  He’s was arrested.  Local news reports say he actually requested to be involuntarily institutionalized under Florida’s mental health law.

In Alaska, a woman was shot dead in a Sears parking lot.  Police won’t comment on how she got shot, the pistol was next to her body.  But get this, local news reports said the police got a 911 call at 14:30 hours, but the lady’s body was still in the parking lot ’till after 15:15 hours, with happy Sears shoppers walking right by!  No report on when the shooting actually took place.

The state of Washington joins the Xmas shutdown club!

In Pocatello, Idaho, insiders at the Kmart have revealed disturbing, but not surprising, news.  Despite the neighboring Sears shutting down this month (it’s literally across the street in the city of Chubbuck) it appears there are no plans to increase the current Craftsman line being sold at the Kmart, and no plans to start selling Kenmore appliances at the Kmart either.

It appears the store is in a ‘holding pattern’ as stressed (and unnamed) personnel stated that Sears Holdings refuses to give any clue as to the plans for the Pokey Kmart.

some kinda shell game?

Here’s the updated list of U.S. Sears/Kmart store closings since the end of 2011:

Arizona: Scottsdale Sears/Great Indoors, Chandler Sears/Great Indoors.

Alabama: Gadsden Kmart (50 jobs lost), Mobile Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Auburn Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Anniston Kmart (no word yet on how many jobs lost), Birmingham Eastwood Kmart (70 jobs lost), Decatur Mall Sears (91 jobs lost), Fort Payne Kmart, Northport Kmart (68 jobs lost), Dothan Sears (68 jobs lost).

California: El Monte Sears (at least 40 jobs lost. Damien Arrula, El Monte’s economic development director, said the store manager had lied about what was going on: “The general manager of the store had just indicated to me that they were remodeling.”), two San Diego Sears (more than 80 jobs lost), Pleasant Hill Kmart (more than 50 jobs lost), Torrance Kmart, Fairfield Kmart (63 jobs lost), Lampert owned OSH taken over by Lowe’s home improvement in bankruptcy court, at least 17 of 99 stores to be closed down (935 jobs lost!), Rancho Cordova Kmart (97 jobs lost), San Clemente Kmart/Sears/Kmart on Camino de Estrella (58 jobs lost), placed on an official hit list in 2011 the Oceanside Kmart on College Boulevard finally being shut down, Banning Kmart (91 jobs lost) recently revealed that Sears Holdings is still paying rent on the abandoned property, Laguna Hills Mall Sears, San Diego Mid-City Kmart (73 jobs lost), Hemet Kmart (77 jobs lost), Oakland Sears repair center (75 jobs lost), San Mateo Kmart (82 jobs lost to an apartment building connected to public transportation), Hesperia Kmart building sold at a loss to a vulture capitalist REIT, no word on if the Kmart will be shutdown. Customers complain that the Kmart employees have a bad attitude, gee I wonder why? Yuba City Kmart (63 jobs lost).

Colorado: Broomfield Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Glenwood Springs Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lone Tree Sears/Great Indoors, Longmont Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Pueblos’ South Side Kmart (52 jobs lost), Denver Kmart (number of jobs lost have not been made public at this time, but could be at least 40), Colorado Springs Kmart at Powers and Palmer Park boulevards (57 jobs lost), Fort Collins Sears (67 jobs lost).

Connecticut: Waterbury Big Kmart, Torrington Kmart (73 jobs lost).

Delaware: Dover Kmart (at least 72 jobs lost, some reports said 100), Seaford Sears (30 jobs lost).

Georgia: Macon Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Buford Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Douglasville Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Atlanta Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Columbus Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Jonesboro Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Cartersville Kmart (74 jobs lost), Hiram Kmart (53 jobs lost), Marietta-East Cobb Kmart, Warner Robins Kmart (77 jobs lost).

Guam: Sears Hometown Store.

Florida: Fernandina Beach Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Callaway Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Orange City Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Deland Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Stuart Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), West Palm Beach Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Port St. Lucie Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Crystal River Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), New Smyrna Beach Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Saint Augustine Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Pompano Beach Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Jacksonville Kmart on 5751 Beach Boulevard (71 jobs lost), second Kmart in Jacksonville on 4645 Blanding Boulevard (83 jobs lost), Ocoee Sears (102 jobs lost), Pensacola Kmart on Airport Boulevard closed in 2011, Pensacola Kmart on Mobile Highway closed in February 2013 (69 jobs lost), Pensacola Kmart on East 9 Mile Road will close in May (73 jobs lost), Hialeah Kmart (67 jobs lost), Bonita Springs Kmart (67 jobs lost), Mount Dora Kmart (100 jobs lost), Lake Mary Kmart, Panama City Beach Kmart (54 jobs lost), Winter Park Kmart (100 jobs lost), Niceville Kmart (59 jobs lost), Winter Haven Kmart (92 jobs lost), Palm Bay Kmart, Oakland Park Kmart (112 jobs lost), Clearwater Sears Auto Center (21 jobs lost), Zephyrhills Kmart (70 jobs lost).

Hawaii: Honolulu Sears (owned by GGP, 372 jobs lost!), Kauai Sears (41 jobs lost), Iwilei-Honolulu Kmart for lease (no confirmation of store closing).

Idaho: Lewiston Sears (at least 60 jobs lost), Rexburg Kmart (63 jobs lost), Chubbuck Pine Ridge Mall Sears going’ down in November (the remaining 28 jobs lost). Across the street, in Pocatello, the property where the Kmart is located has a “pad site available” sign, posted ever since the Kmart bankruptcy. The Kmart building takes up most of the “pad”.  Latest news from inside sources say Sears Holdings will not comment on any plans to expand the small amount of Craftsman products already being sold at the Kmart, or shift the Kenmore products line, from the closing Chubbuck Sears to the Pocatello Kmart.  In fact all plans for the Pokey Kmart are in a ‘holding pattern’. 

Illinois: Alton Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Melrose Park Sears parts and repair center (50 jobs lost), Zion Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Oak Lawn Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), McHenry Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Peru Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lombard Sears/Great Indoors (at least 40 jobs lost), Fairview Heights Kmart (81 jobs lost), Freeport Kmart (45 jobs lost), Pontiac Kmart (more than 47 jobs lost), Homer Glen Kmart (82 jobs lost), Streator Kmart (45 jobs lost), Lombard Kmart (70 jobs lost), Naperville Kmart (98 jobs lost), Calumet Sears (164 jobs lost), two Sears stores in Grand Crossing area of Chicago (247 jobs lost!), Mount Vernon Sears (68 jobs lost), Moline Sears (at least 60 jobs lost), Homewood Kmart (185 jobs lost), Belvidere Kmart (91 jobs lost?) revealed is now a perpetual closing sale Kmart At A Discount store, Champaign’s Market Place Mall Sears (56 jobs lost), Sterling Kmart (60 jobs lost), Montgomery Kmart (81 jobs lost), Mattoon Sears (more than 40 jobs lost), Chicago Sears on North State Street (160 jobs lost), Chicago Sears Craftsman Experience store, Galesburg Sears (46 jobs lost), White Lake Township Kmart (42 jobs lost), Orland Park Sears Appliance, Collinsville Kmart (84 jobs lost), Crystal Lake Kmart (at least 77 jobs lost), Danville Sears store & Auto Center (63 jobs lost), Forsyth Sears store & Auto Center (45 jobs lost), Peoria Kmart (73 jobs lost), Forest Park Kmart (107 jobs lost), Chicago Sears on North and Harlem avenues, supposedly it’s being replaced (most likely at taxpayer expense) with a new building and it will become a Sears-Mariano’s store. 58 Chicago area stores up for lease or sale. By the way, Illinois elected officials gave Sears Holdings/Hoffman Estates a $150 million USD tax break to keep their headquarters in the state. The tax break was not tied to any promise not to close stores.

Indiana: Anderson Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Saint John Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Indianapolis Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Richmond Sears (49 jobs lost), South Anthony Kmart (70 jobs lost), Fort Wayne Kmart on South Anthony Boulevard (70 jobs lost), FairOaks Mall Kmart, Logansport Sears (43 jobs lost), Muncie Kmart (59 jobs lost), Fort Wayne Kmart on Coliseum Boulevard North (69 jobs lost), Decatur Kmart (49 jobs lost), Indianapolis Kmart on Madison Avenue (131 jobs lost), Indianapolis Kmart on Washington Street (139 jobs lost), Bedford Kmart (62 jobs lost), Indianapolis Sears at Washington Square Mall (91 jobs lost).

Iowa: Cedar Rapids Kmart on 16th Ave (at least 40 jobs lost), Davenport Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Burlington Kmart (50 jobs lost), Coralville Sears (94 jobs lost, this is a store sold to GGP earlier in the year), Cedar Rapids Kmart on Collins Road NE (56 jobs lost), Mason City Kmart (50 jobs lost), Clive Kmart (at least 49 jobs lost), Ames Kmart (44 jobs lost).

Kansas: Lawrence Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Merriam Kmart-then Sears-then Kmart (jobs lost unknown), Wichita Sears store & Auto Center (103 jobs lost).

Kentucky: Middlesboro Sears (in September 2012 the Sears store re-opened under independent ownership, official grand re-opening scheduled for November), Winchester Kmart (back in May, Rankin Paynter bought out what was left of the inventory and gave it to charity), Hazard Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lexington Fayette Mall Sears (114 jobs lost!), Newport Kmart (81 jobs lost), Cannonsburg Sears and Sears Auto Center (no employee info given), Louisville Dixie Highway Kmart/Sears/Kmart, Madisonville Kmart (39 jobs lost), Owensboro Sears store & Auto Center (52 jobs lost).

Louisiana: Slidell Sears (77 job lost), Gretna Kmart (94 jobs lost).

Maine: Lewiston Sears (60 to 70 jobs lost), Presque Isle Sears (80 jobs lost).

Maryland: Ellicott Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Gaithersburg Sears/Great Indoors, Landover Sears rebuild & call center (115 jobs lost), Baltimore Kmart on Wabash Avenue (107 jobs lost).

Massachusetts: North Reading Sears Hardware store closed, lease not renewed, Milford Kmart (80 jobs lost).

Michigan: Novi Sears/Great Indoors, Brighton Sears Grand/Essentials, Harper Woods Sears Full line, Monroe Sears Full line, Adrian Sears Full line, Washington Township Kmart, Chesterfield Kmart, Woodhaven Kmart, Saginaw Kmart on Bay Road, Flint Kmart on Dort Highway (46 jobs lost), Gaylord Kmart (48 jobs lost), Sterling Kmart (58 jobs lost), Bloomfield Township Kmart and Sears, Bad Axe Kmart (61 jobs lost), Ypsilanti Township Kmart (83 jobs lost), Petoskey Kmart (45 jobs lost), Saint John’s Kmart (48 jobs lost), White Lake Township “Store of the Future” Kmart (42 jobs lost), Grand Blanc Kmart (49 jobs lost), Lapeer Kmart (56 jobs lost), Southgate Kmart (155 jobs lost), Detroit’s Telegraph Road Kmart (115 jobs lost), Waterford Township Sears (no word on how many jobs lost), Rochester Hills Kmart (77 jobs lost), ‘perfect Kmart town’ of Port Huron Kmart (188 jobs lost), Flint Kmart on Miller Road (81 jobs lost), Burton Kmart (85 jobs lost), Madison Heights Kmart (179 jobs lost), it’s now obvious the last remaining Saginaw Kmart on Gratiot will remain shutdown after its roof collapsed during a snowstorm back in January.

Minnesota: Willmar Kmart, Duluth Kmart, New Hope Kmart, White Bear Lake Kmart, Bemidji Kmart, Monticello Kmart, GGP owned Sears Auto Center in the Apache Mall closed (10 jobs lost), the entire Sears store in the Apache Mall being sold off, Fergus Falls Kmart (40 jobs lost), Fergus Falls Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Alexandria Kmart (46 jobs lost), Grand Rapids Kmart (61 jobs lost), Seritage is selling off three Sears Auto Centers in Minnetonka, Brooklyn Center and Saint Paul, Marshall Kmart (57 jobs lost), Oakdale Kmart (77 hourly wage employees losing their jobs, unknown how many salaried employees will become unemployed), Winona Kmart (67 jobs lost), Minneapolis city officials trying to shutdown profit making Nicollet Avenue Kmart, to make way for a new road. Anoka Kmart (47 jobs lost), Blaine Kmart (60 jobs lost), Burnsville Kmart (62 jobs lost), Waite Park Kmart (57 jobs lost).

Mississippi: Jackson Sears Full line, McComb Sears Full line, Columbus Sears Full line, Gautier Sears (71 jobs lost), Waveland Gulfport Kmart (32 jobs lost), Pass Road Gulfport Kmart (52 jobs lost), Pascagoula Sears at the Singing River Mall.

Missouri: Lee’s Summit Sears Grand/Essentials, Saint Louis Sears Full line, High Ridge Kmart (59 jobs lost), Ellisville Kmart (55 jobs lost), Springfield Kmart on South Campbell Avenue (60 jobs lost), South Belt Kmart (64 jobs lost), Florissant Kmart (100 jobs lost).

Montana: Missoula Kmart (50 jobs lost), Great Falls Kmart (closed “until further notice” due to fire, 63 jobs on hold), Great Falls Sears store & Auto Center (65 jobs lost).

Nebraska: Grand Island Kmart (55 jobs lost), Omaha Kmart near West Maple Road (50 jobs lost).

Nevada: Sparks Kmart distribution center (100 jobs lost).

New Hampshire: Nashau Sears Grand/Essentials, Keene Sears Grand/Essentials, Portsmouth Kmart (30 jobs lost), Claremont Kmart (59 jobs lost).

New Jersey: Lawnside Kmart (about 80 jobs lost), Howell Kmart (57 jobs lost), Berlin Kmart, Dover Kmart (92 jobs lost), Randolf Kmart (91 jobs lost), Paramus Kmart (74 jobs lost).

New Mexico: Las Cruces Kmart (58 jobs lost), Albuquerque Kmart on Central SW (80 jobs lost), Rio Rancho Kmart (59 jobs lost).

New York: Depew (Lancaster?) Kmart (68 jobs lost), Colonie Kmart (72 jobs lost), Fulton Kmart (51 jobs lost), Clifton Park Kmart (74 jobs lost), Latham Kmart (61 jobs lost), East Greenbush-Rensselaer Kmart (70 jobs lost), Tonawanda Sears Appliance and Hardware, Bronx Sears (91 jobs lost), BBN reader indicates Ithaca Sears Auto Center shutdown.

North Carolina: Cary Kmart (71 jobs lost), High Point Sears, Moorehead Sears, Rocky Mount Sears, Statesville Sears, Durham Kmart (79 jobs lost), Asheville Kmart (53 jobs lost), West Smithfield Kmart (59 jobs lost), Winston-Salem Kmart (69 jobs lost), Hendersonville Kmart (58 jobs lost), South Ashville Kmart on Hendersonville Road, Raleigh Kmart (88 jobs lost), Garner Kmart, Cleveland County mall Sears (56 jobs lost), Charlotte Kmart (89 jobs lost), Conover Kmart (74 jobs lost), Raleigh Kmart on Capital Boulevard (53 jobs lost), High Point Kmart (71 jobs lost), Boone Kmart (41 jobs lost), Greensboro Kmart (96 jobs lost), Gastonia Sears store & Auto Center (65 jobs lost), Kinston Kmart (64 jobs lost).

North Dakota: Jamestown Kmart (45 jobs lost), Dickinson Kmart (41 jobs lost, despite a “Now Hiring” sign on the front of the store).

Ohio: Chagrin Falls Kmart, Springfield Kmart, two Toledo Kmarts, Medina Kmart, Columbus Kmart, Columbus Sears/Great Indoors, Zanesville Sears (67 jobs lost), Trotwood Kmart (71 jobs lost), Austintown Sears auto parts and service on Interstate Boulevard, London Kmart (no word on number of jobs lost), Trotwood Sears (67 jobs lost), Westlake Kmart/Sears (at least 57 jobs lost), Xenia Kmart (at least 57 jobs lost), Norwalk Kmart (52 jobs lost), Blue Ash Kmart (77 jobs lost), Northwood Sears at Woodville Mall (36 jobs lost), Conneaut Kmart (43 jobs lost), Anderson Township Kmart (71 jobs lost), Brooklyn Kmart (200 jobs lost), Columbus Sears distribution center (200 jobs lost), also in Columbus Sears Product Rebuild Center (112 jobs lost), Marion Sears Auto Center (at least nine jobs lost), Springfield Kmart (68 jobs lost), Fairborn Kmart (66 jobs lost). Also, Van Wert Sears franchise bought out by Kirk Berryman, owner of Computer & Networking Technologies (CNT), who plans on moving the store to a new location.

Oklahoma: Oklahoma City Sears (98 jobs lost, GGP owned, GGP wants a $2 million sales tax rebate, claiming it’s needed to offset capital investments needed to bring the space up to the standards for potential new tenants), Shawnee Sears (31 jobs lost), Sand Springs Kmart (52 jobs lost), Muskogee Sears (60 jobs lost).

Oregon: Roseburg Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Tualatin Kmart Center (new property owner from California is tearing everything down for new shopping center, so far no indication the Kmart will be part of the new shopping center), Milwaukie Kmart (61 jobs lost), Coos Bay Kmart (25 jobs lost), Bend Sears (48 jobs lost), Klamath Falls Kmart (64 jobs lost), Albany Kmart (64 jobs lost), Portland Sears Homes Services (no notice).

Pennsylvania: Upper Darby Sears Full line, Pottstown Sears Full line, Pittsburgh Kmart, Wilkins Sears, Warminster Kmart (85 jobs lost), Shippensburg Kmart (46 jobs lost), Moon Kmart (143 jobs lost), Bethlehem Township Kmart (62 jobs lost), Philadelphia Gallery Mall Kmart (120 jobs lost), Philadelphia Kmart on Orthodox Street and Castor Avenue (169 jobs lost), Levittown/Middle Township Kmart (87 jobs lost), Waynesboro Kmart (43 jobs lost), Sanatoga-Lower Pottsgrove Kmart (65 jobs lost, the store was also advertising for new hires!), West Mifflin Sears store & Auto Center (88 jobs lost), Rochester Kmart (78 jobs lost).

South Carolina: Sumter Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Orangeburg Sears (57 jobs lost), Columbia Kmart on Fort Jackson Boulevard in 2012, Columbia Kmart on Bush River Road in 2009, Columbia Kmart on St Andrews Road (66 jobs lost), Irmo Kmart (no info on how many jobs lost), both Greenville Kmarts (140 jobs lost between the two), Mount Pleasant Kmart (43 jobs lost), Harbison Sears & Sears Auto Center in the Columbiana Centre mall (97 jobs lost), Aiken Sears & Sears Auto Center (at least 54 jobs lost), Inlet Square Mall Kmart (50 jobs lost), West Ashely Kmart (69 jobs lost), Myrtle Beach Kmart (59 jobs lost).

Tennessee: Antioch Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Cleveland Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Oak Ridge Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Hendersonville Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Morristown Sears (about 70 jobs lost), Clinton South Kmart, Franklin CoolSprings Galleria Sears (92 jobs lost), Memphis Hickory Ridge mall Sears (job loss data not revealed), 48 years old Nashville Kmart on Nolensville Pike to close by January 2014 (57 jobs lost), Franklin Kmart (33 jobs lost), Dickson Kmart (65 jobs lost).

Texas: Two Sears parts and repair centers closing in The Woodlands (117 jobs lost), rebuild center in Garland (58 jobs lost), Farmers Branch Sears/Great Indoors, Houston Sears Great/Indoors.

Utah: Murray Sears (for some reason Mormon controlled news media in Utah never reported the closure, but they’re reporting that the building has just been demolished), Orem Kmart (no details reported), Woods Cross Kmart (54 jobs lost).

Vermont: Rutland Sears store & Auto Center (65 jobs lost).

Virginia: Norfolk Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Midlothian Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Richmond Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lynchburg Sears (84 jobs lost), Fairfax Kmart (no word on how many jobs lost), Christiansburg Sears (59 jobs lost), Norfolk Kmart on East Little Creek Road (77 jobs lost), Manassas Kmart (71 jobs lost), Stafford Sears Hometown, Newport News Kmart (at least 50 jobs lost), Wise Kmart (58 jobs lost), Harrisonburg Kmart (79 jobs lost), Wincester Kmart (91 jobs lost), Dale City Kmart (69 jobs lost).

Washington: Walla Walla Sears Full line (in August 2012, it was reported that an independent owner of Sears Hometown stores will open a store in Walla Walla), Lacey Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Kelso Sears (47 jobs lost), Lakewood Kmart (59 jobs lost), Bellingham Sears (92 jobs lost), Seattle Kmart (85 jobs lost), East Wenatchee Sears (59 jobs lost), Puyallup Kmart (51 jobs lost), Oak Harbor Kmart (68 jobs lost), Sodo Sears and Sears Auto Center (79 jobs lost), Everett Kmart (65 jobs lost), recently revealed Marysville Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost).

West Virginia: Oak Hill Kmart (59 jobs lost), Morgantown Kmart (100 jobs lost), Bluefield Sears store & Auto Center (64 jobs lost).

Wisconsin: West Baraboo Sears (at least 40 jobs lost, local village officials say the store generated 3% of local tax collections), Rice Lake Kmart (about 71 jobs lost), Brookfield Kmart (56 jobs lost), Racine’s Regency Mall Sears (52 jobs lost), Fort Atkinson Kmart (51 jobs lost), Greenfield Kmart (107 jobs lost), Portage Kmart (78 jobs lost) and Hales Corner (129 jobs lost), Chippewa Falls Kmart (79 jobs lost), Menomonie Kmart (at least 50 jobs lost), Ashwaubenon Kmart (80 jobs lost), Shawano Kmart (55 jobs lost), Fond du Lac Sears (42 jobs lost), Glendale Sears store & Auto Center (86 jobs lost), Janesville Kmart (70 jobs lost), Glendale Sears Rebuild center (67 jobs lost).

On top of that, Sears Holdings sold stores to General Growth Properties (GGP), of which it has been reported that most of those stores will be closed.

Here’s the list of 11 Sears stores now owned by GGP:

Iowa: Coral Ridge Mall (it’s official the Sears is closing, see above), and Mall of the Bluffs

Texas: The Woodlands Mall (this does not involve the two repair centers being closed by Sears)

Florida: West Oaks Mall

Utah: Fashion Place, and Provo Towne Centre (note the evil British empire way of spelling town & center. Due to a favorable lease agreement the GGP owned Provo Sears will continue to stay open under Sears Holdings management)

Oklahoma: Quail Springs Mall (it’s official, the Sears closed, see above)

Hawaii: Ala Moana Center (closed, see above)

Washington: Bellis Fair Mall (Bellingham store, see above)

Minnesota: Apache Mall (see update above, GGP will close Sears store by 2014)

Illinois: Market Place Shopping Center (see update above, GGP closing store)