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Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings, 30 – 31 October 2014: “This has developed in a ‘perfect storm’…completely out of our control.” God hates Chicago as students get raptured? Target does 1-80 on opening new stores! No more Ghirardelli Chocolates?

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

California: In Corona, Ireland based legal drugs maker Actavis issued a WARN saying 200 people will become jobless in January 2015!  In Santa Cruz, Chaminade Resort & Spa Issued a WARN saying 180 people will become jobless in January 2015!  In San Francisco, Ghirardelli Chocolates issued a WARN saying they will shutdown just three days after Xmas, 84 jobs lost.  However, it’s supposed to be temporary.  Boeing issued a couple of WARNs saying 221 Californians will become jobless in January 2015!  In El Monte, Associated Third Party Administrators (ATPA) issued a WARN saying they will shutdown at the end of December, 85 jobs lost.  In San Gabriel, SoCalGas (Southern California Gas) issued a WARN saying 45 people will be laid off in January 2015.

Colorado: In Steamboat Springs, after more than 25 years a Wendy’s burger joint shutdown. Apparently there were problems between the restaurant management and the property owners.  In Paonia, Kentucky based Bowie Resource Partners announced that 150 jobs are being eliminated at the Bowie #2 coal mine!  It’s blamed on the termination of a contract with taxsucking TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) as more power plants switch to natural gas.

Florida: Obama Care forces WellCare Health Plans to issue a WARN saying 60 of their employees in Tampa will become jobless by February 2015.  In Ocala, fire truck maker Spartan ERV issued a WARN saying 70 people will become jobless by June 2015.

Hawaii: In Honolulu, after only two months the Beach Bum Cafe shutdown. The owners blame the bad economy saying their product was “…just priced too high for the market.”

Illinois: God must hate the Chicago area; seven Christian schools being shuttered and six others being consolidated!  At least 200 jobs lost!  The schools being shutdown are Saint Agatha Catholic Academy, Saint Peter in Skokie, Saint Hyacinth Basilica, Saint Ladislaus, Saint Turibius, Saint Rene Goupil, and Saint Lawrence O’Toole in Matteson.  It’s blamed on massive DSS (Disappearing Student Syndrome), since 1965 Christian student enrollment in Cook and Lake counties has crashed by 284-thousand!

Iowa: Too Big to Jail CitiGroup told local news media that it will render 370 Iowans jobless by Summer 2015!  Bank administrators said they must become even more efficient.

Massachusetts: In Holyoke, Susan’s Cafe shutdown due to crumbling building foundation. The owners spent what spare money they had trying to fix the problem, as their insurance refused to cover the damage. (more proof insurance is a mafioso rip off)

Minnesota: What housing market recovery?  Minneapolis based retailer Target eliminated 120 real estate manager jobs (80 occupied, 40 vacant) as the company decided to drastically cut back its plans to open new stores.  After five years of selling Italian motorcycles, Ducati Motors shutdown in the Lyn-Lake area: “We are closing because we are unable to be profitable.”-Merrill Ferguson

Missouri: The American Red Cross announced it will shutdown their Saint Peters office in November.  It’s part of a plan to shutdown offices across the United States.

Nebraska: Switzerland based legal drugs pusher Novartis killing off more jobs in Lincoln, this time 75 jobs lost.  Company administrators said it was the third phase of their plans to kill off 40% of their jobs, as part of their merger with Glaxo SmithKline (to become official in 2015).

Ohio: In Lima, Switzerland based Ineos Group announced it is shutting down its only global Barex-brand PolyAcryloNitrile resin factory.  At least 50 jobs will be lost in the 1st quarter of 2015.  Company administrators blame PAN resin for being a “specialty niche” product, but that didn’t stop them from taking over a Japanese PAN maker last year (maybe that’s the real reason for the Ohio shutdown?).  Sears Holdings issued a WARN saying they will shutdown a distribution center in time for Xmas, 162 jobs lost!

Pennsylvania: Iconic Rubbermaid issued a WARN saying they will begin rendering at least 119 people jobless from December 2014 through September 2015, when they shutdown their Pottsville factory!  Also in Pottsville, after 51 years of distributing beer Brewers’ Outlet shutdown its warehouse: “This has developed in a ‘perfect storm’ manner, and this development is not Brewers’ Outlet desire and completely out of our control.”-company statement

Cheyney University (originally created to target ‘black’ Americans) laid off at least six instructors and will eliminate programs.  University administrators blame crashing revenue.  Interestingly, the university lists several administrative positions as being available, but adds “Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are unable to respond to your phone calls about vacancies or about the status of a recruitment and your application.”  In Erie, Verizon Wireless issued a WARN saying they’re shutting down their call center, 117 jobs lost just in time for Xmas!  Company administrators blame crashing demand for their service.

Virginia: In Carytown, a second Dixie Donuts shop shutdown, the owners of the “best donut shop in Virginia” basically saying the economy can’t support all their store fronts, so they’re focusing all their efforts on their original store.

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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.

Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings, 29 October 2014: Microsoft achieves goal of destroying 18-thousand jobs!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

California:   A Kroger owned Ralph’s grocery store in Oceanside is being shutdown in November, 70 jobs lost. In Redwood City, bus contractor MV Transportation issued a WARN saying 123 people will become jobless at the end of December!  Microsoft-Nokia  issued several WARNs saying dozens of people across the Golden State will become jobless three days after Xmas.  Golden State based legal drugs pusher Amgen announced yet even more job destruction, this time an additional 11-hundred on top of the previously announced 29-hundred, and on top of killing off 274 Washington state jobs by 31 December, and another 386 Washington state jobs will be killed off in 2015! Plus Amgen announced it would kill off 349 jobs in California three days before Xmas!  Rumors say the drugs company is going to be split up and sold off.

Connecticut: In Mystic, iconic Grossman’s Seafood store shutdown, the owners blamed “poor economic conditions over the past several years”.

Florida: In Tampa, rumors (supposedly from inside sources) that global money transaction processor Synirverse could let go as many as 300 employees! So far the company has not filed any WARN with state employment administrators.

Michigan:  Sears Holdings announced that four Kmarts will shutdown; Ann Arbor, Bay City, Iron Mountain and Warren.  265 jobs lost!

New York: In NYC, after 60 years iconic Smith’s Bar & Restaurant shutdown due to the rent being jacked up, employees were given a one week notice.  In Jamaica, Aircraft Service International issued a WARN saying they will kill off 546 jobs in January 2015, due to loss of contract!  NYC based HBO (Home Box Office) announced it must kill off 150 jobs in California and New York, due to the fact they are owned by the crashing & burning Time Warner outfit!  Brooks Brothers mens clothing retailer shutdown all 12 of their discount Brooks Brothers 346 stores!

South Dakota: In Rapid City, Planned Parenthood announced it will shutdown in December, due to federal funding cuts.

Texas:  The U.S. Army has laid off or demoted 125 people at Fort Hood!  Post administrators stated that at least 260 jobs will eventually be affected!

Washington: Redmond based Microsoft completed the killing of 18-thousand jobs!  This was from their announcement back in July.  According to Microsoft 70% of those layoffs impacted former Nokia employees.  In Tacoma, the public libraries could lose eight employees under the 2015-16 budget, which cuts $1.3-million from the library system.  Strangely, it turns out that city administrators are also claiming they’re going to hire 110 people next year!

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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.

International

World War 3 Afghanistan, 06 – 11 December 2014: More taxpayers being raped! Hagel reveals NATO rift! True reason for attacks on schools; privatization! PayPal refuses to recognize Afghan banks, yet many Afghans now get paid only through PayPal!

Balkh Province: In Chamtal District, a wedding party was attacked with hand grenades, four people killed, 20 wounded.  Police suspect the attackers hated the loud music.

Helmand Province: In Marja District, Mujahideen attacked a police FOB, killing five cops. Police admit that only one Mujahid was killed.

Herat Province: In Shindand District, reports of major firefights during the night, at least one city has been captured by Mujahideen.   A new major railroad project has been signed by China, Iran, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.  The railroad will directly connect Iran with China and will pass through Herat Province.

Kabul Province:  In Kabul City, a Kamikaze bomber killed six Afghan National Army personnel, and wounded 14 after attacking the bus they were riding on.  The Obama regime puppet government of Afghanistan admitted they can’t pay their civil servants! A Reuters report says Afghanistan wants international taxpayers to give them a $537-million USD bailout loan, or better yet, grant!   Another report says many ‘up to date’ Afghans now get paid in one of two main ways; check or PayPal.  The problem with PayPal is that it refuses to deposit money directly into Afghan banks.  Afghans must go through a third party called PayOneer in order to get their money from PayPal.  A Kamikaze bomber attacked Estiqlal High School, killing one German and wounding ten Afghans.  Estiqal is the second oldest private school in Kabul City, managed by the the French Foreign Ministry.  A report reveals the possible reason for attacks on schools; privatization.  It’s called operation Private Education Institutions (PEI) and critics say it will create a huge social class divide.  They also claim that privatization of schools is only undertaken by failed state systems.  An Afghan foreign minister claims Iran will provide 500 university scholarships per year for Afghans to study in Iran.  Outgoing U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel made a surprise visit and announced that the Obama regime will keep at least 10800 personnel in-country through 2015, that’s 1-thousand more than first promised.  Hagel then swore that there will be only 5-thousand U.S. personnel in-country by the end of 2015.  Hagel revealed the Obama regime’s so called troop reduction plan is being delayed because other NATO members are not willing to take up the slack (in other words, the overall NATO troop levels are supposed to be unchanged).    From January to November more than 46-hundred Afghan government personnel have been sacrificed for the United States, making 2014 the “bloodiest year” yet for the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan.  NATO’s International Joint Command (IJC) officially ended operations: “IJC will be subsumed into a coalition that is soon downsizing to about 13-thousand personnel.”-U.S. General John F. Campbell.

Kandahar Province: In Maiwand District, Mujahideen attacked a police compound killing at least 10 people.

Kunduz Province: In Khanabad District, police report that two groups attacked each other, killing three people and wounding at least five.  District administrators say there are hundreds of armed men roaming the area who are not from the district and possibly with the growing Islamic State faction.

Kunar Province: In Shigal District, local government administrators reported they called in a U.S.-NATO airstrike (drone), killing ten people from Pakistan.

Laghman Province: In Alishang District, just days after villagers reported that government security contractors (mercenaries) assassinated several people in a taxi, local government administrators reported they called in a U.S.-NATO airstrike (drone).  Two missiles were fired at a home, killing four people.

Nangarhar Province: In Haska Mina District, local police say four people were killed by unknown gunmen. In Bati Kot District, a Toyota Corolla was car-jacked, with everybody inside.  Mujahideen claim they successfully chased down the car and rescued the occupants.

Nuristan Province: In Waigal District, local government administrators reported they called in a U.S.-NATO airstrike (drone), killing six people and wounding dozens more.

Parwan Province: In Ghorband District, the villagers of Syagard report that a U.S.-NATO drone attacked a group of teenagers, killing five of them.  However, NATO administrators swear the group of teenagers were actually militants and that they killed 17 of them!  To make things more convoluted, unnamed local government administrators in Shenwari District say a U.S.-NATO drone strike killed at least 12 people.   The U.S. Obama regime claims to have shutdown their infamous Bagram prison.  The Obama regime also claims the U.S. is no longer detaining anybody in Afghanistan, but that’s because the U.S. is now transferring their prisoners out-of-country.

In a U.S. federal court in the state of Pennsylvania, two food contractors pled guilty to war profiteering.  Switzerland based Supreme Foodservice GmbH and United Arab Emirates based Supreme Foodservice FZE overcharged U.S. taxpayers in providing food for their military personnel, by as much as 125%!  The two contractors used a third company (JAFCo) in a shell game to hide the exorbitant markups.  The contractors were fined only $389-million, and prohibited from doing business with the U.S. government for only five years.

160 militia-personnel of the Army National Guard’s 1313th Engineer Company (Indiana U.S.A. ) deploying to Kuwait, in support of operations in Afghanistan.

The Army National Guard’s 153rd Brigade Support Battalion (Arizona U.S.A. ) returning from Afghanistan.

The Army National Guard’s 1175th & 1176th Transportation Companies (Tennessee U.S.A. ) returning from Afghanistan.

The European country of Slovakia announced they will send 66 soldiers to Afghanistan, to help the Obama regime’s NATO ops.

01-05-december-2014: USAID global drug dealer

Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings, 24 – 28 October 2014: “We couldn’t make any money….” God raptures more Christian students? More job destruction by new EPA rules! Costco begins shutdowns? More proof food prices will skyrocket! No more Sprint?

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

Arkansas: Commodity broker Turner Grain Merchandising now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  Farmers are now accusing the company of ripping them off by ay least $100-million USD.  Lawsuits say the commodity broker never paid them for grain deliveries, the questions now are where is the grain and where is the money?  Local reports say police have been cooperating with the FBI over a criminal investigation into the company, however the FBI refuses to comment.

California: In Aliso Viejo, reports that internet video game developer Carbine Studios laid off as many as 60 employees.  Company administrators confirmed there were layoffs but refused to give a number.  In Richmond, Hartmann Studios Rentals issued a WARN saying 219 people will become unemployed in December!  The WARN claims the layoffs are temporary.   In Upland, school bus contractor First Student issued a WARN saying they will cease operations by the end of December, 156 jobs lost!  In San Jose, HGST (formerly Japan owned Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, now owned by California based Western Digital)  issued several WARNs saying at least 76 people will be laid off by January 2015.  In Glendale,  LMC Services issued a WARN saying they will shutdown at the end of December, at least 93 jobs lost.  In Sunnyvale, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) laid off at least 57 people, without warning or public explanation.  Also in Sunnyvale, Microsoft-Nokia issued a WARN saying 13 people will become jobless three days after Xmas.   Verizon Wireless issued a WARN saying they will shutdown their Victorville ops the day after Xmas, 56 jobs lost.   In Jackson, Obama Care forcing Sutter Amador Hospital to warn of layoffs coming in January 2015.

Illinois: Too Big to Jail National Republic Bank of Chicago failed and was taken over by the FDIC and State Bank of Texas.

Indiana: After 100 years (surviving the Great Depression and numerous recessions) Clark Appliance now chapter 11 bankrupt busted. The owner blames climate change and the suck-ass economy: “We’ve had some serious challenges to overcome, namely the decrease in sales through the 2008 recession and the loss of our inventory at our Greenwood store due to flooding and mold issues.”-Bob Clark

Kansas: Overland Park based, but 80% Japan based SoftBank owned, cell phone service provider Sprint increased the number of people who will become jobless; now an additional 235 IT, portfolio management and network employees in Virginia will get the axe! That’s on top of the already 5-thousand jobs reportedly killed off by Sprint since December 2013!

Louisiana: God must really hate The Pelican State, three Christian schools shutting down in 2015:  Holy Ghost in New Orleans, Our Lady of Grace in Reserve and Saint Agnes in Jefferson!  Church administrators blame raptured, I mean what I call DSS (Disappearing Student Syndrome).  Enrollment at each school is now under 200.

Maine: Legacy Publishing laying off about 75 people by November.  Company administrators say the economy is forcing them to make a “strategic” move to internet sales only.

Mississippi: Diammonium phosphate fertilizer maker Mississippi Phosphates now chapter 11 bankrupt busted, at least 200 jobs in limbo! It’s blamed on a shortage of raw materials, but reports say the company has also been in trouble with government environmental regulations.

New Jersey: Membership store Costco (formerly known as Price Club) announced they’re shutting down their Hackensack store sometime in 2015.  But it’s only because they’re building a new store three miles away in Teterboro.  Company administrators told local news media they haven’t decided what to do with the Hackensack property, yet.  The move might result in huge property tax losses for Hackensack.

New Mexico: In Albuquerque, after 41 years Dee’s Cheesecake Factory restaurant shutdown.

New York: More proof the internet is not the cause of the demise of brick-n-mortar stores: Internet seller vente-privee issued a WARN saying they will cease their NYC ops in January 2015, at least 133 jobs lost!  Nutritional supplements maker NBTY issued a WARN saying they are getting rid of dozens of their in-house janitors at their Holbrook, Bohemia, Bayport and Ronkonkoma operations by January 2015.  The Visiting Nurse Service of New York Home Care (VNSNY) added more people to their Obama Care job culling; dozens of healthcare workers at 13 locations will become jobless in January 2015.

North Carolina: In Durham, after 37 years Leo’s Seafood shutdown. The old owners blame the skyrocketing cost of fish, saying “Fish used to be one of the cheapest meats you could buy, it’s not like that anymore!” By the way neither one of the owner’s name is Leo.

Ohio: RockTenn announced it’s shutting down their 7 decades old Oakley cardboard factory at the end of December, at least 63 jobs lost.  Company administrators blame new EPA rules, saying it’s not worth it to upgrade the factory to meet the new regulations.

Pennsylvania: In Pittsburgh, after 22 years Garfield Artworks announced it will shutdown in December.  No official reason given, but recently one of the owners was quoted as saying “We couldn’t make any money on the arts…”

South Carolina: Conway based special industrial metals maker Metglas warned of layoffs do to a sudden crash in sales to China.   Company administrators refused to give a number, but some reports say as many as 200 employees are threatened.

Texas: What housing market recovery?  In Dallas, maker of roofing materials GAF (General Aniline & Film) Materials announced it will layoff 40 people in December.   PlanesCapital Bank announced it will shutdown 11 offices by January 2015. It’s a result of the failure of troubled First National Bank of Edinburg/National Bank of El Paso, back in September.   The FDIC ended up taking control of at least three First National  offices, the rest were put under control of PlanesCapital.

Virginia:  In Manassas, after 49 years iconic Kline’s Freeze soft serve ice cream shop killed off by greedy property owner: “We have been informed by our landlord that the Kline’s Freeze property is being sold. It seems our little blue and white building, serving our loyal customers and friends for 49 years will be torn own sometime in 2015.”-James and Lorraine Kline Croushorn, shop owners

Washington: Legal drugs pusher Amgen announced they will shutdown their Seattle area ops, killing off 274 jobs by 31 December, another 386 jobs will be killed off in 2015!  The announcement comes just a couple of days after Amgen announced it would kill off 349 jobs in California three days before Xmas! It’s all part of Amgen’s plans to kill off a total of 29-hundred jobs by the end of 2015!

Wisconsin: CNH (aka CASE, International Harvester, New Holland) is joining competitor Deere and shutting down farm tractor production.  150 second shift employees will become unemployed on 01 December, at the Mount Pleasant factory!  Xten Industries issued a WARN saying they’re selling off their plastic molding factory in Kenosha, resulting in 120 people becoming unemployed between December 2014 and January 2015!   What’s interesting is Xten has been declared to be a fast growing company (150% from 2012-13!). Reports I read said company administrators refused to say why they were selling off their Kenosha factory.

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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.

Business/Economics

Iconic Coca-Cola says America is goin’ down!

26 December 2014 (16:20 UTC-07 Tango)/04 Rab al’Awwal 1436/05 Dey 1393/05 Bing-Zi (11th month) 4712

“We’re all living in Amerika, Amerika, ist wunderbar!……Coca Cola, sometimes War!”-Rammstein

2015: Atlanta, Georgia, based iconic Coca Cola announced it is cutting $100-million AUD from its Australian ops in 2015, killing off at least 250 jobs in the Land Down Under! Coca Cola already killed off at least 157 Australian jobs for 2014! But wait there’s more! Coca Cola is also killing off 2-thousand jobs in the United States, before the end of January 2015! Company administrators say the U.S. economy is so bad they’re forced to cut $3-billion USD by 2019!

But while Coca Cola is massively shutting down its ‘western’ operations, it’s spending bank in Palestine, despite an Israeli economic blockade.

2014: Coca-Cola shutdown a Montana bottling plant, with little notice.

Coca-Cola making U.S. National Guard sick?

In Sacramento, California, Coca Cola laid off about 47 employees. Last year they laid off 60 employees. 

Coca Cola shutdown a Missouri bottling factory, 102 jobs lost!

coca cola

2013: Coca-Cola shutdown a Wisconsin factory

Coca-Cola shutdown a California bottling op

2012: “December 21 should be the end of Coca-Cola.”

2011: Coca Cola raises prices

Coca Cola getting paid by Obama regime to send kids to school in China

China prevents Coca Cola from taking over Chinese companies

2010: From Russia to Coca Cola

International

World War 3 Afghanistan, 01 – 05 December 2014: Is AIDS the new weapon of choice of the U.S.? Housing bubble bursting in Kabul! U.S. ally involved in counterfeiting? Proof USAID is a Global drug dealer!

Badghis Province: In Bala Murghab District, a U.S.-NATO  trained Afghan National Army soldier joined the Mujahideen and helped lead an attack on other ANA soldiers, killing six of them.  Mujahideen captured a FOB and all the weapons and ammo.

Baghlan Province: In Burka District, a Kamikaze bomber attacked a funeral procession, the targets actually being the cops guarding the procession.  At least nine people killed, and more than 20 wounded.

Helmand Province: UNICEF (United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, formerly known as United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund) reports the U.S. led occupation of Afghanistan has created an “epidemic” of orphaned babies in the province.

Jawzjan Province: In Darzab District, Mujahideen attacked the police station killing four cops including the police chief.

Kabul Province:  The National Directorate of Security (NDS) arrested five people from Africa who were distributing 3-million counterfeit Euros and U.S. Dollars in various parts of the city!  NDS administrators also say the suspects were trying to sell counterfeiting supplies originating from U.S. ally United Arab Emirates!  Obama regime puppet president Mohammad Ashraf Ghani says he will appoint new governors in the provinces of Kunduz, Badghis, Ghazni, Nangarhar and Helmand.  It’s because Mujahideen are kickin’ some big time ass!  At the same time Afghan news media reports that Ghani is actually holding secret peace talks with Mujahideen.  The Ministry of Public of Health is reporting the sudden appearance of HIV-AIDS after the United States occupied the country.  At least 1694 cases are confirmed this year and an estimated 4500 people are infected (this would be called Biological Warfare).  The reduction of foreign government personnel in the city is bursting the housing bubble: “…by the end of 2014 more foreigners will have left Afghanistan. The person who offered their house for rent for USD 10-thousand now is asking USD 5-thousand but no one will take it.”-Yasin, property manager

Kandahar Province: In Spin Boldak District, border police were ambushed, at least three killed.   In Sherzad District, Afghan government personnel supposedly called in a U.S.-NATO airstrike (drone), killing at least eight people.  An explosion was reported in Kandahar City, but no casualties.

Laghman Province: In Alishang District, villagers report they witnessed pro-U.S. government mercenaries (contractors) stop a taxi, then shoot and kill all but one of the riders in the taxi.

Nangarhar Province: In Khogiyani District, villagers report that pro-U.S. government forces kidnapped four people (two adults, two teenagers) then murdered them in an abandoned compound.

Zabul Province: A decorated U.S. Army Special Forces Staff Sergeant from Indiana was shot and killed by Mujahideen.

Iran wants to return 760-thousand Afghan refugees to Afghanistan, but the Obama regime Afghan government is trying to stop that!  The Obama regime Afghan government is begging Iran to allow the refugees to stay for at least one more year.  The United Nations says there are 1-million Afghan refugees in Iran.

Germany has announced it will force its taxpayers to give Afghanistan another 430-million Euros (668-million USD) into 2016.

Rolling Stone magazine has an indepth article on how the U.S. terror group known as USAID has turned Afghanistan into “a nation ruled by drug lords”!

Public Radio International (PRI) reports that there is no help for the estimated 1.6-million drug addicts now in Afghanistan, and they cite the U.S. government for the data!

More proof that corruption begins with the United States: “Our job is to oversee all of the money spent on reconstruction by any agency of the U.S. government in Afghanistan. Up to now that amounts to $104 billion– more than we have spent in any country in the history of the republic……We have made 89 arrests, issued 106 indictments and won 76 convictions. We have reached civil settlements totaling $14.8 million, issued fines and penalties of $16.9 million and have saved or recovered $492.4 million……We can’t impose controls ourselves….People ask me how much money has been wasted….So much money been spent and we haven’t looked at every contract….between $5 billion and $10 billion a year going to support the Afghan government, going to salaries and roads, to support the military. Plus, there is still over $14 billion that has been authorized and appropriated but not yet spent. So money is in the pipeline and it’s going to continue…”-John Sopko, U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, interviewed by The Wall Street Journal

The Army National Guard’s 379th Engineer Company (Massachusetts U.S.A.) returned from Afghanistan.

The Army National Guard’s 252nd Engineer Company (Pennsylvania U.S.A.) returned from Afghanistan.

The Air National Guard’s 142nd Fighter Wing (Oregon U.S.A.) returning from Afghanistan.  They managed $33-million U.S. tax dollars in projects.

26 – 30 November 2014: Bird bombs?

Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings, 22 – 23 October 2014: “…time for us to consider a fundamental change….there doesn’t appear to be an end in sight.” Martha Stewart NYC exodus bigger than 1st reported! More Sears & Kmart shutdowns!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

Arizona:  Scrap book store Paper and Metal Scrappers shutdown.  It’s blamed on health problems.

Arkansas: The administrators of Fort Smith city are pissed off because the economy is not recovering for them, an undisclosed number of taxsucking city jobs will be eliminated: “It may be time for us to consider a fundamental change in our General Fund services and the number of employees. We have experienced this fiscal stress for at least 6 years, and there doesn’t appear to be an end in sight. The increasing frustration with the budget difficulties year after year may have to be solved by re-evaluating our ability to sustain current service and employment levels in the General Fund…..Over the last few days, we’ve had to reduce General Fund spending requests by $1.7 million to get to a 7.5% ending balance. And, those figures don’t account for any pay adjustments. If pay adjustments are included, the needed reductions become $2.6 million. We don’t have many vacant General Fund positions. The police dept. has frozen 8 patrol officer positions for the last 2 years, and will likely need to do so in 2015 in order to meet their budget targets.”-Ray Gosack, administrator

California: Sears Holdings announced the Rocklin Kmart will be shutdown, 63 jobs lost.  In Newbury Park, legal drugs pusher Amgen issued a WARN saying they will kill off 349 jobs just three days before Xmas! It’s all part of Amgen’s plans to kill off a total of 29-hundred jobs by the end of 2015!  Company administrators say things are so bad they might have to break the drug pushing operation up into smaller parts. In Redding, ‘couples’ media op XO Group issued a WARN saying they will shutdown in January 2015, at least 113 jobs lost!  In San Jose, Supertech-Microchip issued a WARN saying they will layoff 83 people just two days before Xmas! In Fallbrook, Obama Care forcing Fallbrook Home Health and Hospice to issue a WARN saying they will shutdown just three days before Xmas, 37 jobs lost.

Connecticut: Sears Holdings announced the Torrington Kmart will be shutdown, 73 jobs lost.

Florida:  In Miami, another iconic bar shutdown. After 101 years (surviving the Great Depression and numerous recessions) Tobacco Road Bar being shutdown by the greedy property owner, who refuses to renew the lease.

Michigan: Administrators at Spring Arbor University are blaming what I call DSS (Disappearing Student Syndrome) on their planned elimination of jobs.  As a private Christian college they are not required to reveal just how many Christians will become jobless.  In Grand Rapids, the Diplomat Pharmacy on Fulton Street shutdown.  Local news says company administrators refused to say why, but it sounds like the compounding pharmacy is consolidating ops.

Minnesota: Rochester Public Schools announced that 17 tech employees will become jobless by January 2015.  But here’s an odd thing, the school district also said there will be 19 new job openings in the same department!  The laid off employees are basically being forced to re-apply for employment, and if they get re-hired it’ll probably be for less pay.  That’s the wisdom of our education system.

Mississippi: The Department of Transportation announced they will render 44 Appraisals and Titles employees jobless by the end of January 2015.  MDoT administrators are blaming it on lack of work.

New York:  In Long Island, after ten years the Communitea coffee shop shutdown, the owners saying “We have been unable to renew the lease…”   Frank Adams Jewelers shutdown their profit making store in Saratoga Springs, saying the logistics of managing multiple stores was too difficult.  Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia finally revealed that 114 NYC jobs are being killed off.  Earlier media reports said it was at least 50 jobs, but Martha Stewart finally issued a WARN stating 114 people will become jobless in January 2015!  The Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center sold off its Chronic Dialysis Centers in Bay Shore and Lindenhurst, at least 102 jobs in limbo!  Sears Holdings announced the Massena Sears and Auto Center will be shutdown, at least 51 jobs lost.  Sears Holdings announced the Auburn Sears and Auto Center will be shutdown, at least 51 jobs lost.  In Pearl River, legal drugs pusher Pfizer issued a WARN saying at least 16 people will become unemployed by December, the company is trying to cut costs.

Ohio: Oberlin College told three HVAC engineers to take a big cut in pay and become janitors or become unemployed!  College administrators called it a “opportunity for voluntary layoff”.  It’s blamed on the the college’s switch from coal heating to natural gas.   Butler County eliminated 14 jobs by shutting down the Family Connections operation, as well as five other Children Services jobs.  County administrators are contracting out the jobs to save money as a result of the radical changes in Medicaid payments caused by Obama Care.

Oregon: Netflix announced they’re shutting down their Hillsboro DVD call center by June 2015, at least 188 jobs lost! Netflix says if their Oregon employees want to stay employed they must move to a call center in California or a live streaming center in Utah.

Pennsylvania: Administrators of Franconia revealed they’ve culled 10 jobs, including six cops.  One paranoid police sucking resident (Carrie Horchuck) told local news media “I pay taxes for a reason. I want to feel safe.”  Let’s just bring back the massive police state known as the Soviet Union, and ship all you paranoids to the glorious USSR so you can feel safe.  Read the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. was not created so you can feel “safe”!

Vermont: In Richmond, after 14 years the Bridge Street Cafe shutdown. The owner said “I’m an old man” and his even older mother wants to live in Florida.

Virginia: In Altavista, after only four years investment management company Intersections announced it is shutting down its call center in December, 77 jobs lost.  Administrators blame a “decline in revenue caused by changes to the regulatory environment and financial sector”.

19-21-october-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.

Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings, 19 – 21 October 2014: No more toilet paper as 1000+ jobs are flushed? More Sears & Kmart shutdowns!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

Alabama: Sears Holdings announced the Huntsville Kmart will be shutdown, 73 jobs lost.

California: In Burbank, Disney issued a WARN saying they will kill off 60 Walt Disney Pictures jobs in December.  In Fallbrook, Obama Care forcing Fallbrook Hospital to issue a WARN saying they will kill off 365 jobs in December!  In El Segundo, Hacienda Hotel says they will temporarily shutdown in December, 28 jobs lost.  In Hollywood, after 32 years the iconic Cat & Fiddle restaurant shutdown by the greedy landlord: “Looks like the landlord would prefer a chain to move into this gorgeous building instead of having us here. The landlord lives out of town and doesn’t really know Hollywood. He just knows Hollywood is booming and he can get a heck of a lot more money.”-Ashlee Gardner, co-owner of restaurant

Delaware: In Stanton, after 58 years Pearson’s flag store shutdown.

Illinois: In Buffalo Grove, after almost 30 years Winberie’s Restaurant & Bar shutdown.  Sears Holdings announced the 52 years old Bloomington Kmart will be shutdown, 79 jobs lost.

Indiana:  Sears Holdings announced the Greenwood Kmart will be shutdown, 78 jobs lost.

Iowa: Farm equipment maker Deere continues job killing, this time 462 people in Waterloo are now jobless!

Kansas: 80% Japan based SoftBank owned cell phone service provider Sprint revealed how many more jobs it will kill off: 452 jobs just at its Overland Park HQ!  Sprint has already killed off 477 Overland Park HQ jobs earlier in 2014!

Kentucky: In Greensville, after almost 40 years Uncle Lee’s sporting goods store shutdown, 90 jobs lost.

Louisiana: Rhode Island based taxsucker Texton Systems will render 200 people in Slidell jobless in November!  Local news reports said the local city administrators hoped the layoffs at the military vehicle factory was temporary.  The Times-Picayune moving its printing ops out of state in 2015, affecting at least 100 jobs!

Massachusetts: In Newbury, God refused to stop the shutdown of the 187 years old Community United Methodist Church.  Church officials blame it on crashing membership (rapture?).

Michigan: Sears Holdings announced the Iron Mountain Kmart will be shutdown, 54 jobs lost.

Minnesota: Lakeside Foods announced it will kill 90 jobs at its Plainview factory in November. Administrators blame it on the loss of a contract with Hormel Foods.  In Duluth, after 12 years the Brownie Furniture store shutdown.

New York: In NYC, Turner Broadcasting said they will begin layoffs in January 2015.  In Flushing, Korean Plaza food store issued a WARN saying they will shutdown by December, 60 jobs lost.  In Brooklyn, the operators of music venue Grasslands announced it will shutdown after New Years Eve.  In Buffalo, the Pizza Plant restaurant shutdown because of the greedy landlord: “We couldn’t come to terms with the landlord on a lease.”-Bob Syracuse, owner

Pennsylvania: Sears Holdings announced they will shutdown the Lebanon, Chambersburg, Bloomsburg, Frackville, King of Prussia and Pittsburgh Mills Sears stores, 465 jobs lost!  In Gettysburg the operators of the Civil War museum, Soldiers National Museum, said they are shutting down in November.  They blame crashing visitation. After 35 years the K-9 Corral Jeans & Western Wear store shutdown.

Texas: Irving based toilet paper and disposable diaper maker Kimberly-Clark announced it will kill off more than 1-thousand jobs after October!  Kimberly-Clark is also spinning off its health care division, known as Halyard Health.

17-18-october-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.

Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings, 17 – 18 October 2014: Golden State kills off 1000+ jobs after Natives lead armed insurrection! More proof the internet is not killing brick-n-mortar stores!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

California:  Yet another internet clothing retailer going down?  From “America’s Fastest-Growing Retailer” to becoming a fast killer of jobs ModCloth let go another 50 employees.  Back in July they let go 70.  An unnamed spokesperson said “While our company is still growing faster than the industry as a whole, we have been impacted by the broader downturn affecting the retail sector.”  In San Francisco, after 20 years the Eagle Donuts shop shutdown. The owner said her sales could barely handle the rent increases, but when the price of milk, sugar, and even minimum wage for employees went up, her donut sales couldn’t handle it anymore.  In Santa Anna, THINK Together issued a WARN saying 77 people will become unemployed before Xmas.  In Coarsegold, Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino shutdown by state and federal administrators, without notice, 1034 people are now unemployed!  Local news reports say there is some kind-o confrontation between two tribal factions over control of the casino.  State and federal administrators ordered the casino shutdown after a second armed invasion of the  casino took place.  Many customers have pre-paid for future events to be held at the resort-casino and say nobody at the government level will answer their questions about getting their money back.  The shutdown is supposed to be temporary.  In Magalia, after 44 years the Paradise Pines Golf Course shutdown.  The property owners blamed skyrocketing utilities and property taxes: “…we have not had a qualified buyer to date and we had to come to a decision, and that decision was at the end of the month we’re closing the golf operations. The rounds of golf were not adequate to support ongoing operations and expenses…”-Bob Fortino, ceo

Colorado: Outdoor clothing and camping gear maker GoLite now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  They owe lots-o-money to lots-o-Chinese companies.

Illinois: In Arlington Heights, after 34 years Classic Oak Designs furniture store shutdown “…due to the sale of the building and untimely death of its longtime owner.”

Indiana: In Elkhart, after 111 years (surviving the Great Depression and numerous recessions) Lilly’s Party supply store shutdown: “I think as a result of the economic downturn, people’s shopping habits changed radically, and they don’t shop the way they used to. They don’t spend money on parties the way they used to. They still come to us for the big events, but we can’t live on just the big events. We need the little ones in between, too.”-Sarah Snyder, owner

Maryland: Too Big to Jail NBRS Financial failed and was taken over by the FDIC and Howard Bank.

Minnesota: After 31 years the Albertville Creamery Antiques shutdown.

Montana: Evil Coca-Cola shutdown their Great Falls bottling plant, with little notice. Local news reports said that employees were threatened with the loss of their piddly severance if they went public with how many people lost their jobs. Coca-Cola administrators claim they will help some employees transfer to other bottling plants. In Bozeman, Sears Holdings announced they will shutdown the  Kmart, 37 jobs lost.

New Hampshire: Grade school education assessor Measured Progress actually regressing when it comes to jobs; 40 people laid off.  Company administrators blame the bad economy.

New York: Too Big to Jail First Niagara Financial Group revealed they are shutting down 17 offices starting in January 2015!

North Carolina:  What housing market recovery?  Winston-Salem based Too Big to Jail BB&T (Branch Banking & Trust) revealed it began culling 800 jobs, mainly mortgage related, across several eastern states back in September!  News reports say BB&T has warned since 2013 of the need to reduce jobs relating to home mortgages.  In Tarboro, one of the largest wire and cable manufacturers in the World laid off 100 people!  Administrators of Superior Essex blame the demise of the landline phone.  Sears Holdings announced they will shutdown their Cary Towne Center Sears, 66 jobs lost.

Ohio: Strongsville Schools announced they will layoff at least 25 teachers over five years.  Administrators blame DSS (Disappearing Student Syndrome).  The district has lost 1724 students since 2004!

Pennsylvania: Sears Holdings announced they will shutdown their Pittsburgh Mills mall Sears Grand store and Auto Center, 97 jobs lost.

Utah: CML Mines ended production at their Comstock Mountain Lion ops, at least 127 jobs lost (they laid off 24 people in March)!  Company administrators blame it on the crashing price of iron ore.  Union Pacific railroad is now threatening a lawsuit over unpaid freight shipments.

Virginia:  In Fredericksburg, after six years the Pinkadilly Tea restaurant shutdown. The owner, a former worker in the mortgage industry, blamed it on crashing sales.  In Norfolk, newspaper The Virginian-Pilot announced it will eliminate 32 jobs by the end of December, blaming crashing advertising revenues.

15-16-october-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.

Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings, 15 – 16 October 2014: “Hey! We all just got laid off! Thanks!” Obamacare off-shores U.S. jobs! Martha Stewart lies to her employees and joins massive exodus from NYC? The economy tells LOTR ‘You shall not pass!’

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

California: Warner Brothers administrators revealed they must kill off an undisclosed number of movie industry jobs in order to save at least $200-million USD per year!  Sunnyvale based AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) revealed they will kill off 700 jobs around the World, blaming crashing sales of computers!  Sunnyvale based internet company Yahoo confirmed it will kill off at least 80 jobs in the country of Jordan, and 400 jobs in the country of India!  Reports say Yahoo will kill off jobs in other countries as well, due to the suck-ass World economy.  In Chatsworth, Albertelli Law issued a WARN saying 66 people will become unemployed before Xmas.  In Rancho Cucamonga, intravascular imaging medical company Volcano Corporation issued a WARN saying 170 people will become unemployed before Xmas!  In San Diego, The Active Network issued a WARN saying 65 people will become unemployed before Xmas.   In Santa Clara, Bon Appetit Management issued a WARN saying they will shutdown in November, 97 jobs lost.  In Modesto, Olam Spices issued a WARN saying they will kill off 242 jobs before Xmas!  In El Centro, Sears Holdings issued a WARN saying the Kmart will shutdown in January 2015, at least 75 jobs lost.  Unnamed former employees revealed that Obama Care is forcing American Medical Response (owned by Envision Health) to save money by shutting down its Salida billing center and move it to Philippines, 200 U.S. jobs lost!

Georgia: Atlanta based CNN (Cable News Network) revealed they will kill off 300 jobs across the United States!  It’s part of the massive job culling by owner Time Warner-Turner Broadcasting.

Indiana: In Newburgh, after 32 years the popular Pizza Chef restaurant shutdown.  What automotive industry recovery?  In Mishawaka, taxsucker, and maker of the (in)famous Hummer, AM General laid off 60 people.  However, the company had actually recalled 200 people earlier in the year due to increased demand for the military general utility machine.  In Muncie, after 18 years Party Wizards announced it will shutdown at the end of December.

Iowa: In Des Moines, Too Big to Jail Wells Fargo shutdown an office laying off 28 people.  The California based bank continues to report profits.

Maine: Sears Holdings announced they will shutdown the Presque Isle Sears in January 2015, at least 63 jobs lost.

Massachusetts: Maker of Lord of the Rings video games Turbine (owned by Warner Brothers [see above California] and formerly known as Turbine Entertainment Software, Second Nature, and CyberSpace) admitted to killing off jobs, but refused to give a number. Obama Care has caused Southcoast Health to layoff 70 people.  Administrators say their 2014 revenues are down 3% due to pro-insurance industry Obama Care.

Minnesota: In Rochester, Barnes & Noble announced they will shutdown after Xmas.

New York: South Buffalo Charter School laid off eight teacher assistants, apparently they were determined to be ‘excess’ employees.  In Batavia, Alpina Foods laid off 32 people, without notice. Administrators blame it on the sudden loss of a major yogurt contract.  Pharmaceutical company (legal drugs pusher) Forest Laboratories revealed it will shutdown seven facilities by mid 2015, in the cities of Commack, Farmingdale, Hauppauge and New York.  Number of jobs lost has not been revealed.  The druggy company sold out to Actavis, which is apparently moving operations to New Jersey.   In NYC, magazine publisher Condé Nast to layoff as many as 80 people, blaming lack of advertising sales.  And it was revealed that Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia killed off at least 50 jobs.  The news was leaked by Confitenti and shocked the employees of Martha Stewart, who indicated that company administrators had been leading them on to think everything was fine at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia.   Also in NYC, RBC Capital Markets-Global Arbitrage and Trading issued a WARN stating they were getting the hell outta New York!  Company administrators say they’re moving ops to New Jersey in 2015, affecting at least 1-thousand jobs!

North Carolina: What housing market recovery? In Greenville, Georgia based maker of carpets (and other household flooring) Mohawk Industries announced they will shutdown in December, 56 jobs lost.

Tennessee: In Knoxville, at least 23 people now unemployed after the two decades old Metro Pulse newspaper decided to consolidate publications.  The news was announced by the victims, I mean former employees on social media: “Hey! We all just got laid off! Thanks, @knoxnews and @EWScrippsCo!”

Texas: In Arlington, after ten years The Shoppes at Brownstones to officially shutdown at the end of December.  It was revealed that the shopping center (which replaced a much, much longer lived and successful skate rink) totally failed back in June and was foreclosed.

Virginia: State administrators warned they will probably kill off 565 employees due to crashing tax revenues! No shit Sherlock, that’s what you’re supposed to do when you’ve screwed up the economy by letting big unAmerican Corporate America kill off millions of good paying-tax paying jobs!  State administrators revealed that the economy is so bad in the Old Dominion State that they’re short $2.4-billion!  Oh wait, I forgot to tell you that the evil politicians also plan on raising taxes on top of the job culling! (that’s not what you’re supposed to do, unless you want to guarantee a failed state!)  In Richmond, iconic state run horse racing track Colonial Downs threatening to go down in November, due to some kind-o dispute.  State administrators said they would counter by jacking up your taxes!  To quote Bugs Bunny: “What a bunch a moroons!” 

13-14 October 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.