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International

World War 3: Syria accuses Obama regime & Israel of using Islamic State as False Flag to invade Syria! Syria warns of all out war with the West!

23 September 2014 (03:03 UTC-07 Tango)/28 Dhu l-Qa’da 1435/01 Mehr 1393/30 Gui-You 4712

“The move to establish an international alliance to face the terrorism of the ISIS is not debatable….For decades, Syria called for holding an international conference on combating terrorism….We must distinguish between the international efforts in the framework of the [UN] Security Council’s resolution 2170 to combat the terrorism of the ISIS, Jabahat al-Nusra and other al-Qaeda-linked terrorist organizations, and the hidden intentions of the U.S. and its allies as the members of this alliance are the same countries which have conspired against Syria for more than three years! Any violation of Syria’s sovereignty is an aggression….this aggression is clearly defined by international law.”-Walid al-Moallem, Syrian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign & Expatriates Minister, 23 September 2014 RT TV interview

NATO….frees Islamic State insurgents!

International

World War 3: NATO member Turkey frees Islamic State insurgents!

23 September 2014 (02:51 UTC-07 Tango)/28 Dhu l-Qa’da 1435/01 Mehr 1393/30 Gui-You 4712

More proof the U.S. led war on Syria is bullshit: NATO member Turkey sets free captured Islamic State insurgents!

The news was revealed the same day that Recep Tayyip Erdoğan directly blamed Syria for creating Islamic State during his 22 September 2014 interview with Charlie Rose.

For days international news sources wondered how 49 hostages were set free by Islamic State (ISIS, ISIL) when no ransom was paid.  But during Erdoğan’s 22 September 2014 speech to U.S. think tank (read shadow government) Council of Foreign Relations he hinted that he set free Islamic State insurgents in exchange for the 46 Turkish and three Iraqi citizens.

Another interesting event: After months of closing the border to Syrians trying to flee the U.S.-Arabian instigated civil war, Turkey suddenly opened its border just days before Barack Obama ordered the bombing of Syria.  Some reports say 130-thousand to 200-thousand people have flooded into Turkey in the four days since they opened their boarder crossings.

Turkey had claimed it was not going to play a direct role in the Obama regime’s war on Syria.

Israel shoots down Syrian fighter! 

 

International

World War 3: Israel shoots down Syrian fighter! Israeli drones down in Lebanon and Iraq!

23 September 2014 (02:30 UTC-07 Tango)/28 Dhu l-Qa’da 1435/01 Mehr 1393/30 Gui-You 4712

The Israel Defense Force claims they’ve shot down a Syrian fighter using a U.S. Patriot missile.  The IDF claims the Syrian plane crossed over Golan Heights, territory Israel took from Syria.   Earlier reports said it was a MiG 21, but later reports changed it to a Su 24 (those two planes don’t look anything like each other, so why the mix up?).

Reports that Syrian officials say the IDF shoot down of their plane took place after the United States began bombing the crap out of Syria.  It crashed near the abandoned Syrian city of Quneitra (destroyed during the 1973 war with Israel).

Just hours before the Obama regime began their bombardment of Syria, Israel shutdown the border crossing at Quneitra.  The IDF also pulled back their troops from the area, days after United Nations troops pulled back.  Suspicious.

Syrian officials say the new U.S. led war on Syria is being conducted under the False Flag excuse of fighting the Islamic State (ISIS, ISIL).

The U.S. led attacks on Syria come after a weekend that saw IDF drones go down in Lebanon and Iraq.

Obama regime leads attack against Syria!

International

World War 3: Obama regime leads attack against Syria! Turkey accuses Syria of backing the U.S. created Islamic State False Flag operatives! U.S. Congress pushes for ground invasion of Syria!

23 September 2014 (00:24 UTC-07 Tango)/28 Dhu l-Qa’da 1435/01 Mehr 1393/30 Gui-You 4712

“I don’t see how, ultimately, we can avoid putting combat troops on the ground in some capacity.”-Peter King, U.S. Congressman from the police state of New York, 21 September 2014 Fox News interview

The Obama regime has begun massive airstrikes against Syria, about 20 at this point (including Tomahawk cruise missile strikes).  Rear Admiral John Kirby said the attack on Syria was ordered by Barack Obama, and include airstrikes by Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates.

Note that all these countries are responsible for starting the civil war in Syria, and for creating and supporting insurgents fighting to topple the government of Syria.  Don’t forget that it was the Obama regime that ordered the release of the leader of what would become the group known as Islamic State, from a U.S. Army prison in Iraq.

Apparently the Obama regime doesn’t care that Islamic State recently gassed to death 300 Iraqi army personnel in Fallujah, Anbar Province.

It’s interesting that the Obama regime’s all out air offensive against Syria began the same night that New World Order lackey Charlie Rose aired his latest interview with Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

In that interview Erdoğan straight up accused the government of Syria for creating Islamic State!

From the beginning of this IS, ISIS, ISIL, whatever the hell Obama wants to call them, I’ve suspected they were just a False Flag op to justify war on Syria.

There are reports that Syria’s envoy to the United Nations was given short notice by the Obama regime of the U.S. led attacks on his country (kind of like what the Japanese did when they bombed Pearl Harbor).  Both the Syrian government and Russia have warned against U.S. led attacks on Syria.

U.S. Congressman Peter King told the British empire news sources, Fox News and The Sunday Times, that the U.S. will prep for a ground invasion of Syria.  King also revealed back in August that there were already plans in place for airstrikes against Syria: “It was a year ago this all started….about the importance of air attacks in Syria, and we had allies lined up and then the president pulled the rug out.”

Whistleblower reveals NATO….plan to start False Flag war with Syria 

Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings 11 – 14 July 2014: “…sales…declined, utilities increased…it wasn’t financially feasible…” 40% of unemployed stop looking for work! More proof of housing market implosion!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

Alabama: In Tuscaloosa, the manager of a Bruno’s grocery store went public and warned that the store will be shutdown.  No comment from the owners.  In Atmore, the YMCA shutting down in August: “Our country’s and, even closer to home, our state’s economic struggles have made it difficult to obtain financial contributions for the Atmore YMCA.”-Paul Chason, CEO

California:  In Los Angeles, Obama Care forcing Temple Community Hospital to issue a WARN that it will shutdown in September, 288 healthcare jobs lost!  Delaware North Companies Travel Hospitality Services laid off 49 employees.  In Pico Rivera, G2 Secure Staff Waste Management shutdown, 55 jobs lost.

Florida: In Orlando, upscale Nordstrom shutting down a store in August, 190 jobs lost!  The store was opened in 2002.  In Ocala, after only one year Crossroads Child Care Center was forced to shutdown after a father found his toddler son wondering around outside the facility, near a retention pond.

Georgia: In McDonough, the World’s largest maker of small engines Briggs & Stratton shutting down a factory, 270 jobs lost: “We have not been able to get the McDonough plant running at full capacity for several years. That, and market conditions, have made it even more difficult.”-Laura Timm, public affairs

Indiana: In La Porte, after 80 years ATI Casting Service shutdown, 120 jobs lost!  At one point the factory had 550 employees!

Massachusetts: In North Adams, AP Home Decor shutdown for “personal reasons”.

Michigan:  In Detroit, Sears Holdings shutting down two Kmart stores in October, 270 jobs lost! In Rochester Hills, the non-profit Crittenton Hospital Medical Center revealed it is now up for sale.  Hospital officials say since Obama Care went into effect their financial losses have increased by tens of millions of dollars!  In Battlecreek, the Calhoun County Arts Council disbanded, blaming crashing funding on the bad economy. This comes as W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research reports about 40% of unemployed people in Calhoun County stopped looking for jobs, and that’s based on data ending in 2012!   In Saint Claire Shores, after 67 years Harper Sport Shop shutdown.  What housing market recovery? Washtenaw County reports that so far this year they’ve held 259 tax foreclosure sales.

Minnesota: In Winona, the Kmart shutting down in October, 67 jobs lost.

New Jersey: In Montclair, Health, Love & Soul, Juice Bar & Grill shutdown.  In Collingswood, after only two years American Table kitchenware store shutdown.  The store specialized in Made in the U.S.A. products.  In Atlantic City a fourth casino shutting down, this time it’s the Trump Plaza, a WARN report indicated at least 900 jobs lost (local news reports say at least 1-thousand)!  Local news reports say the casino closures are now causing smaller mom & pop stores to go out of business.

New York: In NYC, Obama Care forcing two years old SinglePoint Care Network to layoff 59 employees between October and December.  In Greenwich Village the Pink Elephant bar now chapter 7 bankrupt busted.  It’s blamed on the greedy property owner.

Ohio: In Cleveland, a massive Kmart shutting down in October, 200 jobs lost!

Oregon: In Portland, after four years Mextiza restaurant shutdown.

South Dakota: In Bonesteel, after 113 years (and surviving  numerous recessions and the Great Depression) Bonesteel Enterprises ending the publication of their newspaper.  Company officials said they tried to find a buyer for the newspaper, with no luck.

Texas:  In San Antonio, the KGB USA-Conduit Global call center warned it will eliminate 225 jobs in August!  Company officials blame a major client, who canceled their contract without notice.

Vermont: In Bennington, 66 years old Greenburg lumberyard shutdown, 23 jobs lost.  In the same city, after 21 years O’Malley’s Pet Supplies shutdown: “Since 2008, sales slowly declined, utilities increased, and I made the decision that it wasn’t financially feasible to stay open.”-Michael O’Malley

Virginia: In Danville, after 56 years John’s Antiques shutdown.

Washington: Who said tech jobs are recession proof? Redmond based Microsoft announced a new employee performance policy that some analysts say will result in layoffs.  The new CEO has a history of eliminating middle managers.  In Oak Harbor, Waste Management announced they will shutdown their call center in September, 126 jobs lost!  The company is consolidating their call centers to Arizona.  In Everett, a more than 40 years old Kmart shutting down in September.

Washington DC: The U.S. Department of Defense announced even more layoffs.  It’s the latest round of layoffs as part of a plan to reduce personnel by at least 70-thousand!  The majority of those layoffs will affect the U.S. Army.  The Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of Art & Design laying off about 150 employees in August!  Apparently the schools will eventually shutdown threatening another 300 jobs!  It’s blamed on their merger with National Gallery of Art and the George Washington University.

Wisconsin: What housing market recovery?  The Fox Valley reports a 14% drop in new home starts during the first six months of this year, compared to last year.

09 – 10 July 2014: “…this retail funk is real.”

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 shut down.

“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 Afghanistan, 05 – 09 September 2014: Americans pay for Afghanistan’s internet! Iran captures Islamic State militants! Austria accuses U.S. ambassador of stealing millions! More proof the U.S. is there to rape the resources!

Balk Province: In Alburz District, reports that two days of battles left at least 55 people dead and 35 wounded.

Farah Province: In Bala Baluk District, villagers report an airstrike killed a 13 years old boy who was tending to his family’s sheep.

Ghazni Province: In Ghazni City, a firefight resulted in at least two cops killed, and seven Mujahideen killed or wounded.

Herat Province: One cop killed and several wounded during several battles across the province.

Kabul Province: In the 11th district of Kabul City, police say people shooting bullets into the air during celebrations unintentionally killed one person and wounded five others.  The evil U.S. supported National Directorate of Security (NDS) arrested a truck driver and charged him with hauling explosives.  Pics of the truck show bags of what looks like fertilizer.  Fertilizer can be used to make explosives, but NDS officials called the fertilizer itself “explosives”.   Afghan defense minister Bismillah Khan Mohammadi is asking U.S. led NATO to attack Pakistan!  He claims Pakistan hit Kunar and Nuristan provinces with more than 5-thousand artillery rounds over the past two years.  The U.S. taxpayer funded internet service Paywast just launched a healthcare call center.  What’s significant is that earlier this year the New York Times reported the USAID funded operation has failed, due to lack of funding.  Apparently the internet (social media) company is alive and well and still being funded by U.S. taxpayers.  Paywast was created in 2011, through a U.S. Department of State order, and is actually overseen by a U.S. operation known as UStronics.    “If you ask Afghans how they feel about USAID funding a specific project, they laugh and tell you that the road under their feet was also funded by the Americans, because most things are. U.S. involvement is the default assumption here.”-unnamed Afghan official interviewed by ThinkProgress

Kandahar Province: In Arghistan District, the district police chief was assassinated by Kamikaze bomber.   The bomber blew himself up after entering the police station, two cops also killed, six wounded.  In Shahwalikot District, reports that NATO and Afghan government forces began an offensive against Mujahideen, however, two innocent nomads (Kuchi) were killed by a NATO airstrike.

Kunar Province: Government officials claim Pakistan fired 85 artillery rounds into three of Kunar’s districts.  Two people killed, six wounded.  In Marwara District, a NATO drone strike killed three people.  The jerk wad government officials first called the victims Pakistani militants, but then retracted that statement saying they could not identify the victims.

Logar Province: In Baraki Barak District, at least 19 people killed or wounded during a firefight.

Maidan Wardak Province: It was confirmed that the Hajj and Religious Affairs director for Ghazni Province was kidnapped, and then executed for being a U.S.-Afghan government spy.

Nangarhar Province: In Achin District, a U.S. led NATO drone strike killed at least three people, and wounded three others.  Government officials say it’s part of a new offensive against Mujahideen.

Paktika Province: In Gayan District, villagers reported an airstrike which killed five people.

01 – 04 September 2014: Islamic State shows up in Afghanistan

Iran announced they’ve captured U.S. and Arabian created Islamic State (IS, ISIS, ISIL) militants while they were crossing the Afghan border into Iran.   Iranian officials say the Agahan and Pakistani IS militants were trying to sneak across Iran to join IS gangs in Syria and Iraq.

The Obama regime lied (or at least the U.S. news media lied) about an airliner being “forced” to land inside Iran.  The Dubai airliner left Bagram airbase but for some reason ran low on fuel and decided to fly through Iranian airspace to save fuel. Iran asked the crew to make an emergency landing, because Iranian officials found the crew’s explanation for violating Iran’s airspace suspicious.  Iran refueled the plane and it continued on its way.  By the way, there were 100 U.S. citizens on the plane. Suspicious.

The European country of Austria has accused former U.S. ambassador to Iraq and Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, with stealing $1.4-million!  He is being investigated for transferring money from companies that were paid trough taxpayer funded contracts into his Austrian wife’s bank account.   Her account has been frozen.   The former U.S. ambassador is also being investigated in the United States for failing to pay taxes.

More than 140 militiamen/women of the Army National Guard’s 114th Transportation Company (Minnesota U.S.A.) returning from Afghanistan.

About 50 militiamen/women of the Army National Guard’s Company G, 2nd Battalion, 135th Aviation Regiment (Colorado U.S.A.) returned from Afghanistan.

About 140 militiamen/women of the Army National Guard’s 1229th Transportation Company (Maryland U.S.A.) returned from Afghanistan.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has determined that the rare earth mineral resources (used to make your cell phone and computer) of Afghanistan are worth $1-trillion USD! You think Obama’s gonna walk away from that?

Business/Economics

Sears & Kmart closing update 19 September 2014: 164-thousand people laid off as 23-hundred stores to close? Sears Holdings tells even more employees Merry F*cking Xmas!

Gary Balter, of Credit Suisse, advises Sears Holdings that they need to shutdown all their stores (including Sears Canada) while they can still sell off the merchandise, saying “this story is not likely to have a happy ending”. That’s about 2350 stores (if you average 70 employees per store that’s 164500 people suddenly unemployed)!  The implication is that the economy is getting so bad that if Eddie Lampert waits too long he’ll be stuck with hundreds of millions of dollars in merchandise.

A BBN reader commented that the Ithaca, New York, Sears Auto Center was shutting down.

Wisconsin losing a Sears just in time for Xmas!  The owners of the building say they are ripping it down!

Another Illinois Sears going down, just in time for Xmas!

Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Vermont and North Carolina losing Sears stores and auto centers just in time for Xmas!

Sears Holdings tells hundreds of employees Merry F*cking Xmas!

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).

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

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, Milford Kmart (80 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).

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”.

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).

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?) recently 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), recently revealed Forsyth Sears store & Auto Center (45 jobs lost). 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.

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).

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), recently revealed 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).

Massachusetts: North Reading Sears Hardware store closed, lease not renewed.

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, Flint Kmart (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).

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!

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).

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).

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

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

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

New Mexico: Las Cruces Kmart (58 jobs lost), Albuquerque Kmart on Central SW (80 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), recently revealed Gastonia Sears store & Auto Center (65 jobs lost).

North Dakota: Jamestown Kmart (45 jobs lost).

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). 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!), recently revealed West Mifflin Sears store & Auto Center (88 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).

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).

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).

Vermont: Recently revealed 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).

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).

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), recently revealed Glendale Sears store & Auto Center (86 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)

International

World War 3 Africa: France joins Obama Regime, will establish new military bases under the False Flag of fighting Ebola! Blame Charles de Gaulle?

19 September 2014 (16:00 UTC-07 Tango)/24 Dhu l-Qa’da 1435/28 Shahrivar 1393/27 Gui-You 4712

“As part of France’s responsibilities towards Africa to set up a hospital in the coming days in the forests of Guinea, in the heart of the outbreak.”-François Gérard Georges Nicolas Hollande, 24th president of 5th Republic of France

“Without Africa, France will slide down into the rank of a third power.”– Jacques René Chirac, 22nd president of 5th Republic of France

“Without Africa, France will have no history in the 21st century.”-François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterand, 21st president of 5th Republic of France

What Hollande failed to mention is that hospital is a military hospital that will be part of a new French military expansion in Guinea (not to be confused with its neighbor Guinea-Bissau or Equatorial Guinea).

Just what does Hollande mean when he says it’s part of “France’s responsibilities towards Africa”?

Is he referring to the French court established fact that French oil company Elf Aquitaine (Elf Petroleum, now known as Total) deliberately incited civil wars in west African countries because it made access to oil dirt cheap?  (see also Oil and War: The Case of Elf in Congo and Angola)

Or, is he talking about France’s decades long efforts to retain direct control over its former African colonies?

France already has a military base in Guinea, but is set on expanding it, and that new hospital is part of the expansion.  But did you know France has imposed a ‘independence tax’ on the people of Guinea?

Guinea declared independence from French colonial rule in 1958, and Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (1st president of the 5th Republic of France which he founded in 1958 [note that this is when French controlled colonies began demanding independence], and co-prince of Andorra)  responded by destroying all the economic infrastructure France had built up in Guinea.  As a result at least 13 other French African colonies agreed to pay a perpetual tax to France to guarantee that France would maintain their economic infrastructure in exchange for ‘independence’.  The French call the tax ‘repayment of colonial debt’.

Mawuna Remarque Koutonin wrote a detailed article explaining that France has been behind most of the civil destruction in western African countries, as a way to control them through chaos:
“In fact, during the last 50 years, a total of 67 coups happened in 26 countries in Africa, 16 of those countries are french ex-colonies, which means 61% of the coups happened in Francophone Africa.”

Most of those coups were against new African governments who were about to stop their “colonial debt” ‘reparations’.  The discovery, since the 1990s, of potentially huge petroleum reserves which just happen to be in, or just offshore from, ‘former’ French colonies is now the driving force behind the return of European Imperialism in Africa.

Don’t forget that I wrote about how many Liberians believe the ebola outbreak is a False Flag to justify the return of western imperialist domination of Africa.  It should also be noted that at the beginning of the current outbreak many doctors stated that the ebola they were fighting was not like any previous strain of ebola known at that time.

Now go and read the book Guns, Germs and Steel (one of many books that try to wake up the general public to such warfare) to see that imperialist powers (now known as Globalists) deliberately used diseases to kill off thousand of people in order to conquer new territory.  (this is known as Biological Warfare in military terms, part of the NBC or Nuclear, Biological, Chemical ops)

IT’S ABOUT ALL THAT NEW FOUND OIL AND THE CONTROL OF THE WORLD’S BIGGEST ECONOMY!

War on Terror is really Christian ‘West’ trying to destroy Muslim ‘East’? Or, is it oil? 

FRANCE GOES ON WARPATH….PROOF OF CHRISTIAN WAR AGAINST ISLAM, IN THE NAME OF OIL!

preps for oil war with China!

G8….Reveals Global goals through Africa conquest! 

proof that Obama is an oil man

Business/Economics

Sears & Kmart closing update 18 September 2014: Sears Holdings tells hundreds of employees Merry F*cking Xmas!

103 jobs will be lost as a Kansas Sears shuts down just in time for Xmas!

West Virginia losing a Sears store and Auto Center just in time for Xmas!

Illinois also losing a Sears store and Auto Center just in time for Xmas!  The mayor of Danville said he’s shocked, because he had recently been in talks with the Village Mall operators and there was no indication the Sears was going to close.  If he’d read Blind Bat News he would know that the new policy of Sears Holdings is “no more warnings”.

Michigan losing a 43 years old Sears, yep, just in time for Xmas!

Montana losing a Sears right before Santa brings Eddie Lampert a lump of coal (hopefully to shove it up his…).  Local news reports said even Canadians shopped at the store.

A 50 years old Sears store shutting down in Alabama, no word on how many jobs lost or when the store will actually shutdown.  The property is up for sale.

Ohio losing a Sears Auto Center by the end of September.

In Florida, a Sears Auto Center was instantly shutdown without notice.  A Florida based commercial property investor warned that Sears Holdings is about to dump their Auto Centers, hoping that companies like Pep Boys and AutoZone rent the empty Auto Center space.

The above mentioned shutdowns were announced after it was revealed that Eddie Lampert loaned Sears Holdings $400-million of his own money, just to get it through the end of year holiday shopping season.  As Tiny Tim would say in a situation like this: Merry F*cking Xmas everyone!

BBN reader gives warning about last Sears call center shutdown! 

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), recently revealed Dothan Sears (no word on jobs lost).

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

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, Milford Kmart (80 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), recently revealed Clearwater Sears Auto Center (21 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”.

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).

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?) recently 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), recently revealed Danville Sears store & Auto Center (63 jobs lost). 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.

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).

Kansas: Lawrence Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Merriam Kmart-then Sears-then Kmart (jobs lost unknown), recently revealed 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).

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).

Massachusetts: North Reading Sears Hardware store closed, lease not renewed.

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, Flint Kmart (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), recently revealed Waterford Township Sears (no word on how many jobs lost).

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!

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).

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

Nebraska: Grand Island Kmart (55 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).

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

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

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).

North Dakota: Jamestown Kmart (45 jobs lost).

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), recently revealed Marion Sears Auto Center (at least nine 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!).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

West Virginia: Oak Hill Kmart (59 jobs lost), Morgantown Kmart (100 jobs lost), recently revealed 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).

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)

Business/Economics

U.S. Housing & Construction Industry Implosion: 1st six months of 2014, high rents and home loan denials = Death Spiral!

Since the 1st quarter of 2014 real estate research company Zillow has been warning that the cost to rent a residence now exceeds the cost to buy one. However, couple that with the fact that the Too Big to Jail banks continue to deny potential home buyers mortgages and you’ve got the ingredients for a U.S. housing market Death Spiral!

Incomplete list of residential and commercial construction industry job destruction that took place, or were announced, from January to June 2014:

Alabama: The Associated General Contractors & Builders reports that 900 construction jobs ceased to exist between May and June! From May 2013 to May 2014 the state lost 1400 construction jobs!

Arizona:  Housing market research company Zillow reports that at the end of March Yuma County had the highest negative equity (homebuyers are paying way more than what the homes are really worth) in the state, 38%. Pima and Cochise counties are close behind. In Tucson, after 55 years Fruit Land Market shutdown. The property owners kicked out the Market owners, so they could sell the land to speculators.

California: Housing market research company Zillow reports that at the end of March Lassen County had the highest negative equity, 43%! Close behind is Imperial, Kern, Tulare, Lake, Merced, Madera, Yuba, Colusa and Del Norte counties, all with more than 30% of homeowners ‘underwater’!  In San Louis Obispo, after 15 years Cugini’s Pizzeria & Trattoria shutdown. The restaurant owner said the greedy property owner jacked up the rent by adding on a monthly service charge as well as demanding 6% of her restaurant’s profits! She tried complaining to the property management company but they blew her off, then suddenly she got evicted!  Also, the quirky store Kwirkworld shutdown. The manager blamed the landlord saying “…the rents are really high here.”  In San Jose, after only four years Elefante Blanco upscale thrift shop shutdown. The owner blames it on a rent increase.  And Diddams Party & Toy Store shutdown, the owners said they could no longer pay the rent.  In Simi Valley, after 50 years of selling residential steam showers ThermaSol warned state officials of a “closure” in August, at least 21 jobs will be lost.  Also in Simi Valley, real estate management company Genesis Acquisition Management laid off at least four employees.  In San Francisco, internet based real estate search site Trulia laid off 85 employees. Apparently four executives got demoted as well. Company officials said they are trying to eliminate redundant jobs.  San Francisco based Too Big to Jail Wells Fargo proves there is a coming housing market crash by killing 1073 mortgage industry jobs across the U.S., saying “We currently expect mortgage origination volumes to decline…”   Mortgage servicer CoreLogic killed at least 131 jobs throughout the Golden State!  In Irvine, Genpact Mortgage killed 81 jobs. They killed about 65 jobs last year as well.   North Carolina based Too Big to Jail Bank of America killed 400 mortgage service jobs in the Golden State!  In Sacramento, major provider of appraisal, title and closing services to mortgage lenders, ServiceLink, laid off 97 employees. ServiceLink provided service to the top 25 U.S. banks, and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.  In Chatsworth, Peerless Building Maintenance announced they will layoff 89 employees in August. In Truckee, after 13 years Dragonfly Restaurant shutdown. The owner said he was made an “offer he couldn’t refuse” by aggressive property developers.  In Orange County, after more than 30 years Anaheim Patio and Fireside shutting down two stores. The company’s attorney blames greedy property owners saying “The rent demands at those two locations are just too high for the business model right now.”  In Norwalk, Asplundh Construction laid off 83 employees.  In Del Mar, after 46 years Pannikin Coffee & Tea shutdown, the owner blames the landlord: “We’ve been here a long time and we just couldn’t come to an agreement with the mall management on a fair rent so we didn’t renew our lease.”-Shawn Holder

Colorado: In Denver, a longtime Kazoo Toys store shutdown. The owner blamed it on greedy landlords.

Connecticut: The city of Hartford warned it must jack up property taxes, and that’s after $18.1-million USD in spending cuts. That’s because Obama Care (Affordable Care Act) is causing an $18.6-million increase in retirement and health insurance costs for city employees!  In New Canaan, after 21 years Forest Street Deli shutdown. The deli owner blames the property owner, who sold the property out from under his feet!

Delaware: RealtyTrac reports the foreclosure rate jumped 94%, from March to April!

Florida: Brevard County is now the country’s leading area for home foreclosures. RealtyTrac says one in every 303 homes has been foreclosed by the Too Big to Jail banks!  In Pinellas Park, after 22 years non-profit Venue Theater shutdown. The owner blamed it on “A recent downturn of events” like the landlord jacking up the rent.  In Ocala, after 35 years Abio’s Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria shutdown by the landlord.   Mortgage risk analysis firm, Digital Risk, killed 745 jobs: “Due to substantial, abrupt and unforeseen residential mortgage events, including….improving credit quality, significant volume declines in refinance loan originations, etc., demand for Digital Risk services has materially decreased.”-Brandon Johnson, senior HR manager

Idaho: Housing market research company Zillow reports that at the end of March Elmore County had the highest negative equity in the Gem State, 42%! Bingham County came in second with 29%. It must be noted that realty data from many Idaho counties are not being made public, such as Bannock County (which is the hardest hit economically)!  In Pocatello, the short lived Marhaba restaurant was shutdown and the property auctioned off.  It’s now a ‘vapor bar’.

Illinois: In Chicago, troubled Armaclad Windows and Doors shutting down, 195 jobs lost! The company is being liquidated due to crashing sales and bad management. The company even got $10-million in local tax incentives, but it obviously isn’t enough to stop the construction market Death Spiral.   The Illinois Association of Realtors report home sales crashed 9.9% across nine counties from April 2013 to April 2014!  Civil engineering firm Lakeshore TolTest now chapter 7 bankrupt busted.  In Bensenville, maker of windows and doors Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope shutdown, 64 jobs lost.  In Franklin Park, Philips Lighting Company laid off 81 employees.

Indiana: After 56 years Oakbrook Homes shutdown. The owner said before the 2009 recession he was building 100 homes per year, since then he’s been lucky to build 25 homes per year!  Indiana Limestone shutdown, 166 jobs lost! The company supplied limestone for many iconic Washington DC buildings.  In Warsaw, PolyOne Designed Structures and Solutions shutdown, 110 jobs lost!

Iowa: RealtyTrac reports the foreclosure rate skyrocketed an incredible 237%, from March to April!  In Dubuque window and door maker Jeld-Wen shutdown a factory, 52 jobs lost.

Hawaii: In Maui, after more than 20 years Stella Blues Cafe shutdown. The restaurant owner stated that his landlord could no longer cut him a break on the rent.  In Waikiki, ice cream shop Cold Stone Creamery shutdown. The owner blamed it on the greedy landlord who jacked up the rent.

Kansas: In Leawood, after 25 years a Hy-Vee grocery store shutdown. Company officials said the store needed $4-million in reconstruction work but the city council actually passed a ruling that forces them to shutdown: “In light of the city of Leawood’s recently passed moratorium on new development along the 135th corridor, it is clear that the current business environment in Leawood is one in which Hy-Vee cannot be successful. Two attempts to find a solution acceptable to both parties –one that allows us to continue serving our customers with the products, services and amenities that they deserve and expect — have been resisted by city officials. The first was in May 2013, when we attempted to remodel the store at its current location, and now, our most recent application to build a new store at the corner of 135th Street and Roe Avenue. Because lack of city support prevents us from providing customers with the best shopping experience we have to offer, we will be closing….” 

Kentucky: In Louisville, the Heine Brothers’ Coffee shop shutdown. Company officials said the shop had good business, but not good enough to cover the outrageous rent.

Maryland: The Baltimore city Housing Authority warned it might have to layoff 24 employees. However, some reports say as many as 200 employees could become unemployed! It’s blamed on federal funding cuts, but it was revealed by one local news source that the public housing agency wants to sell off housing units to private developers under the recently created federal Rental Assistance Demonstration program.  In Washington County, Too Big to Jail Citi Group laying off at least 650 employees by the end of 2014! Citi is dumping approximately 64-thousand unpaid mortgages on other collections companies!  In Frederick, the Tuesday Morning closeout store closed out after only three years in business. Company officials implied the landlord kicked them out.

Massachusetts: Zillow reports that the counties of Suffolk, Middlesex, Plymouth, Norfolk and Essex have 78,873 homes with underwater mortgages (homebuyers are paying way more than what the homes are really worth), at the end of March.  Too Big to Jail mortgage/finance holding company State Street killed 400 U.S. jobs this year (145 just in the Bay State) despite $2.5-billion in revenues! Investors want even more revenues, so the jobs were killed!  State Street laid off 700 Bay Staters last year!

Michigan: After more than 40 years the Swartz Creek Bakery shutdown. The property owner sold off the building. Washtenaw County announced 259 properties to be bundled into 75 tax auctions! Compare that to 2013 when 186 properties were bundled for auction!  Only six years after moving mortgage operations to Pittsfield Township, Too Big to Jail CitiMortgage laid off 180 people! However, Citi has so much money that the affected employees will get 60 days of pay (and probably not be counted in the unemployment data as a result). In Clinton Township, after only six years Tin Fish 3 restaurant/nightclub shutdown. The owners hadn’t been able to pay half-a-million dollars in back due rent!   In Walker, after ten years Schuler Books & Music shutdown.  The owners said they could not afford the rent on the new lease.   In Grand Blanc Inalfa Roof Systems shutdown, 52 jobs lost. The Detroit Land Bank Authority began taking bids on dozens of abandoned houses. This round of auctions involve ‘new build’ homes and bidding starts at $1-thousand. There’s one catch, you have to pay in cash only, plus you must remodel the house (apparently these ‘new’ homes are damaged). Eaton County warned of a new round of home auctions on 06 August. The 47 properties were seized from the owners for failure to pay taxes. There is a second auction planned later in the month of August.  Wayne County approved drastic plans to try and get rid of $175-million in debt.  County officials admit their tax revenues are crashing because residents are up and leaving in droves.  To show you how bad the situation is, Wayne County also announced 557 properties to be auctioned off just in the month of June! These are properties that were seized for failure to pay taxes. In 2013 Wayne County put up for auction nearly 20-thousand properties, the most in the whole World! Not all sold, and the county came up short $182-million! In the failed state city of Detroit: “…118,000 properties owe more than $500 million in unpaid property taxes. These properties are in addition to the more than 84,000 Detroit properties to which various public entities already hold title as a result of tax foreclosure.”-Detroit Blight Removal Task Force

Mississippi: Chapter 11 bankrupt busted Senderson Plumbing Products laid off 100 employees! Another 130 employees threatened!

Missouri: In Saint Louis, Nationstar Mortgage killed 115 jobs blaming it on a decline in demand for mortgage services.  And a Schnuck Markets grocery store shutdown. Company officials said it wasn’t worth it to renew the lease.  After 53 years property speculators killed the Majestic Restaurant and Bar. And after at least 37 years Left Bank Books shutdown. The book store co-owner blames the property owner: “We gave it a good run, but it didn’t work out. If we could have negotiated a better lease, it would have been a different situation.”-Jarek Steele

Montana: In Butte, the Copper King Hotel and Convention Center shutdown, 50 jobs lost. The owner was trying to sell the operation for at least the past year, but nobody is interested in buying.

Nebraska: In Scottsbluff, Nationstar Mortgage quietly killed 105 jobs! The layoffs were made public by employees, and it was also revealed that back in November 2013 the mortgage company killed all their part time jobs! Several whistleblower former employees said the mortgage industry shutdown was planned at least one year ago!  In Omaha, after 60 years Eli Caniglia’s Venice Inn restaurant shutdown. Some reports say the family was forced to sell out to an evil property developer.

New Hampshire: In Manchester, lightbulb maker Osram Sylvania shutting down a factory in September, 139 jobs lost!

New Jersey: Mortgage company PHH Corporation killed 130 jobs at their Mount Laurel HQ! This is on top of hundreds of jobs killed in other states, and hundreds of job cuts made in 2013. Company officials cited Mortgage Bankers of America data which warns of an impending housing market crash!   U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics construction data shows The Garden State lost the most construction jobs of all the U.S. states, and that’s in spite of reconstruction from Hurricane Sandy. From March 2013 to March 2014 New Jersey lost 46-hundred construction jobs!  In Greensboro, after 79 years Ham’s Restaurant shutdown. It’s blamed on the greedy property owner.  In Jersey City, iconic Casa Dante restaurant shutdown without warning, they hadn’t paid rent since October 2013!  In Medford, Murphy’s Market shutdown a 17 years old grocery store. Company officials blamed the greedy property owner saying “After great expense and effort it comes with much heartache, we as a company, were unable to reach a reasonable agreement with the building’s landlord.” In Metuchen, To Be Continued bookstore shutdown. The store owners blame the property owner: “The landlords need a certain amount of money, and we just can’t afford it.”-Sergio Gonzalez, co-owner

New Mexico: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics construction data from April 2013 to April 2014 shows the Land of Enchantment lost 2-thousand construction jobs! Apparently half of those losses came just during the month of April 2014!  After more than 3 decades Albuquerque Lighting shutdown.  In Farmington, after only three years My Big Fat Greek Restaurant shutdown, 38 jobs lost. The restaurant owner blamed the greedy property owner.

New York: Poughkeepsie city officials warned of at least 25 job cuts. The city is struggling with 300 abandoned properties, crashing tax revenues, crashing property sales, all putting the city in $3.6-million of debt!  Home Furniture Gallery shutdown two stores and laid off employees at its HQ. According to company officials the greedy property owners “yanked” their leases!  RealtyTrac reports the foreclosure rate for the Empire State shot up by 142%, from March to April!  REIT Management & Research announced they are shutting down some ops across New York, 28 property management jobs lost.  In NYC, after 55 years The Famous Oyster Bar shutdown, the owners pasted a big sign on their door blaming “exorbitant rent prices”.   Once again the New York City Housing Authority made threats of shutting down 57 Community Centers! Since at least 2011 NYCHA has made alternating massive layoff threats, then suddenly canceling those threats. This is a sure sign of cooked books and political games being played with wasted tax dollars.  In Bohemia, construction materials maker Jasco Industries shutdown, 70 jobs lost.  In Staten Island, building maintenance supply company Total Maintenance Solution lost a contract and killed 164 jobs!  In Jackson Heights, La Villita Records shutdown. Reports say sales were so bad that the owner was unable to pay rent or insurance for several months.  In Syracuse, Too Big to Jail First Niagara shutdown a mortgage office, 14 jobs lost.  In Babylon, DE Capital Mortgage shutdown, 52 jobs lost.  In Orange County, Russin Lumber shutdown, 68 jobs lost. In Syracuse, Destiny USA – Pyramid Management Group shutdown, 44 jobs lost.  NYC based Too Big to Jail, JPMorgan Chase killing 6-thousand U.S. jobs relating to mortgage refinancing! The big bank says the market for home mortgages is crashing. The big bank is also killing 2-thousand jobs relating to credit card services! 8-thousand jobs lost by the end of 2014!

North Carolina: In Winston-Salem, after 16 years Ollie’s Bakery shutdown. The landlord is the suspect.  In Fort Mills, Too Big to Jail Citi Group shutdown their default mortgage service unit, killing at least 400 jobs!

Ohio:  A realtor association in Columbus reporting an 11.3% drop in home sales from May 2013 to May 2014. On top of that eight counties reported their April sales dropped by 12.5%, and this is with a reduction in the number of homes available!   In Kenwood, Sterling’s Cut Glass shutting down. The owners say they will focus on internet sales only. Production is also being moved, 75 jobs affected.  In Riverside, Ponderosa Steakhouse restaurant shutdown without notice. Company officials blamed the property owner for jacking up the rent.

Oregon: MulvannyG2 Architecture shutdown their Portland office. They’re consolidating operations.   RealtyTrac reports that foreclosures of homes is up in Oregon, by 91% from March to April! The number of homes scheduled to be auctioned off skyrocketed an unbelievable 229%!  In Eugene, after 36 years Fletcher’s for Children shutdown. The store owners blame the landlord for unreasonable rent.    In Hillsboro, after 33 years Skate World shutting down in June. Management suggested it was due to jacked up rent.   In Medford, after 37 years roller skate rink Roller Odyssey shutdown. The owners said the could not afford the new rent.  In Springfield, local farmer’s-crafts type store Eugenius Marketplace shutdown after only 18 months in business! They couldn’t afford the rent, despite tripling their sales.  Back to Portland, where the Wildwood shutdown. The restaurant owner says the property owner jacked up the rent.  And after 17 years Jackpot Records shutdown, the owners said “…the rents have gone up…”.

Pennsylvania: In Canonsburg, GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Custom Fabrication Plant shutting down in October, 130 jobs lost! GE (General Electric) is the same company that designed the disaster reactors at Fukushima Daiichi, and Hitachi helped build them.  In York, lightbulb maker Osram Sylvania shutting down a factory in September, 118 jobs lost!  Van Buren Homes declared bankruptcy, despite a supposedly recovered housing market!

Rhode Island: In Central Falls, lightbulb maker Osram Sylvania shutting down a factory in September, 88 jobs lost.  In Newport, 107 years old Potter and Company clothing store shutdown. The owner of the store said she never thought greedy landlords would do her in by jacking up the rent: “It’s very disappointing….I thought this place would survive. It’s just such a part of the community.”-Chafee Emory

South Carolina: In Greenville, after 20 years The Fashion Shack was forced to shutdown by aggressive property developers.

Texas: Zillow reports that at least 31% of homebuyers in Bell County are paying for homes that are worth much much less than what the mortagages will end up costing the homebuyer!  In Midland, Walter’s family restaurant shutdown. The restaurant owner blames the greedy property owner for jacking up the rent.  Too Big to Jail Bank of America killed 156 mortgage industry jobs in Dallas, Tarrant and Collin counties!  In Houston, after 37 years the Black Heritage Gallery shutdown, because the new property owner evicted the gallery owner!

Virginia: In Danville, modular home maker Commodore Homes shutdown, 100 jobs lost!  Capital Bagel Bakery store shutdown. The operators blame the property owners: “We were given one month notice to vacate….”

Washington: After 35 years Chamber’s Bay Realty shutdown.

Wisconsin:  In Montello, Glen Oak Lumber & Milling shutdown, 43 jobs lost.

“Next week marks 6 years since our economy suffered its worst setback since the Great Depression. Yet despite these shocks; through the pain we have felt and the grueling work required to bounce back – America is better positioned today to seize the future than any other nation on Earth.   Our technology companies and universities are unmatched; our manufacturing and auto industries are thriving. Energy independence is closer than it’s been in decades. For all the work that remains, our businesses are in the longest uninterrupted stretch of job creation in our history. Despite all the divisions and discord within our democracy, I see the grit and determination and common goodness of the American people every single day – and that makes me more confident than ever about our country’s future.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2014