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Idaho, Influenza

While the Obama regime sends troops to fight ebola, Influenza has already killed two people in Idaho! CDC issues warning about flu shots!

10 October 2014 (00:35 UTC-07 Tango)/15 Dhu l-Hijja 1435/18 Mehr 1393/17 Jia-Xu 4712

Idaho: In Kootenai County, a woman over the age of 60 died from “complications of the flu”.  In Ada County, another woman over the age of 60 died from flu.  Idaho Department of Health and Welfare officials are freaking out and demanding that residents get vaccinated.  IDHW officials say they don’t know what strain of flu killed the women: “It is early. I guess we’ll just have to see how it plays out. The fact that we have already seen two deaths may be a really good signal that people need to get their flu shot.”-Leslie Tengelsen, Deputy State Epidemiologist

Kentucky: Jefferson County reports first influenza case in the state.

Montana: Cascade County reporting the state’s first flu infection.

Wisconsin: Department of Health Services reporting eight people hospitalized with influenza.

In 2007 the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that the cost of treating people sick with influenza was about $87-billion USD!

88-million vials of flu vaccines have already been shipped out for the 2014-15 influenza season.  Another 159-million doses are expected.

The CDC has warnings about getting a flu shot:   “If you have any severe, life-threatening allergies. If you ever had a life-threatening allergic reaction after a dose of flu vaccine, or have a severe allergy to any part of this vaccine, including (for example) an allergy to gelatin, antibiotics, or eggs, you may be advised not to get vaccinated. Most, but not all, types of flu vaccine contain a small amount of egg protein.  If you ever had Guillain-Barré Syndrome (a severe paralyzing illness, also called GBS). Some people with a history of GBS should not get this vaccine. This should be discussed with your doctor.   If you are not feeling well. It is usually okay to get flu vaccine when you have a mild illness, but you might be advised to wait until you feel better. You should come back when you are better.”

The CDC also stated: “Problems that could happen after any vaccine:  Brief fainting spells can happen after any medical procedure, including vaccination….Tell your doctor if you feel dizzy, or have vision changes or ringing in the ears.  Severe shoulder pain and reduced range of motion in the arm where a shot was given can happen, very rarely, after a vaccination.  Severe allergic reactions from a vaccine are very rare, estimated at less than 1 in a million doses. If one were to occur, it would usually be within a few minutes to a few hours after the vaccination.

Mild problems following inactivated flu vaccine:  soreness, redness, or swelling where the shot was given,  hoarseness,  sore, red or itchy eyes,  cough,  fever,  aches, headache, itching, fatigue. If these problems occur, they usually begin soon after the shot and last 1 or 2 days.  

Moderate problems following inactivated flu vaccine:  Young children who get inactivated flu vaccine and pneumococcal vaccine (PCV13) at the same time may be at increased risk for seizures caused by fever. Ask your doctor for more information. Tell your doctor if a child who is getting flu vaccine has ever had a seizure. ……As with any medicine, there is a very remote chance of a vaccine causing a serious injury or death.” 

The following was a warning from the CDC’s Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner, Influenza Division:  “For the 2014-2015 flu season, CDC has expressed a preference for the nasal spray vaccine in children aged 2-8 years when it is available. Although the flu injection and the nasal spray vaccine both protect children from the flu, evidence suggests that the nasal spray vaccine works better in children aged 2-8 years than a flu injection. It’s important to note, however, that some children aged 2-8 years should not receive a nasal spray vaccine, including:  Children aged 2-4 years who have had asthma or wheezing during the past 12 months;  Children who have immunosuppression;  Children with a history of egg allergy;  Children who are receiving aspirin therapy or are taking medications that contain aspirin; and Children who have taken influenza antiviral medications (for example, Tamiflu® or Relenza®) within the past 48 hours.  Children with asthma who receive the nasal spray may have an increased risk of wheezing.  The safety of the nasal spray vaccine in children with other health conditions that put them at increased risk for serious flu complications (diabetes, heart disease, neurologic conditions, etc.) has not been established.”

International

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

International, U.S.

Ebola Update: Racism & conspiracy in United States? ObamaCare blamed!

09 October 2014 (16:11 UTC-07 Tango)/14 Dhu l-Hijja 1435/17 Mehr 1393/16 Jia-Xu 4712

“I said at the outset, Presbyterian is a boutique hospital next to a little Ellis Island. If you don’t have insurance, you’re not going to get treated! That’s the elephant in the room.”-John Wiley Price, Dallas County commissioner

“Clinicians on the front lines have been one key to our safety: identifying patients with both a history of travel and symptoms indicating they might have Ebola, immediately isolating them, consulting their local or state health departments, and getting the patients tested as needed.”-Tom Frieden, famous last words from the Obama regime U.S. CDC director, 02 october 2014

The first person to die of EVD in the United States is a person with ‘black’ skin.  Two ‘white’ skinned people who survived ebola were given top class medical treatment, while the ‘black’ skinned victim was initially turned away from a Texas hospital, even though he and his family swear they told medical personnel he had just returned from helping ebola victims in Liberia!  (the ‘white’ skinned hospital officials deny that he told them of being in contact with ebola victims)

To show how evil the medical personnel were at the Christian Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, when he first went in they sent him home with antibiotics.  Yet they had conducted no testing that would have indicated he had a bacterial infection and antibiotics do not work on viruses.  He had a fever of 101.1 fahrenheit and abdominal pain.

Compare the U.S. news media coverage of the ‘black’ victim to the coverage of the infected ‘white’ skinned victims.

After the ‘black’ skinned victim got worse and was sent to the hospital by ambulance, he was declared to have ebola.  What followed was days of U.S. news media reports that actually demonized the victim.  They implied that he snuck into the U.S. from Liberia.  Even the Liberian government threatened to bring criminal charges against the man on the grounds he knew he was infected when he left the country, those threats were based on what they were being told by U.S. news media.

Now compare the treatments: ‘Black’ versus ‘White’.

The first two ‘white’ U.S. citizens were handled with kid gloves by U.S. health officials starting in Liberia, then flown at taxpayer expense to the United States, where they underwent immediate and intensive treatment with an experimental drug made with GMO tobacco.  There is a third ‘white’ victim, not even a medical technician, but a NBC news cameraman, and he’s getting the same ‘kid gloves’ treatment as the first two ‘white’ victims (in fact one of the first ‘white’ survivors of ebola has just donated his blood to this third ‘white’ ebola victim).

The ‘black’ victim was first blown off by the Christian medical personnel and sent home with inappropriate medication on 25 September 2014.  Keep in mind when you take antibiotics they not only attack bacteria but they shut down your immune system, this is why it’s so wrong to take antibiotics for a viral infection!  Once hospitalized (28 September 2014) it wasn’t until 04 October 2014 before hospital officials announced they were finally giving him an “experimental” drug (Brincidofovir, which was developed for pox viruses not ebola).  The drug was not the same one given to the first two ‘white’ victims, (they were given the GMO tobacco based ZMapp, which was developed specifically to fight ebola)!  On top of that, some relatives and friends of the family claim they were told the only treatment the man was being given were “saline drops and oxygen”!

Dallas County commissioner John Wiley Price says the Christian hospital’s ill treatment of the ‘black’ victim was the result of his lack of healthcare insurance!  Where’s Obamacare on this one?  Do the ‘white’ victims have insurance?  If they do, will their insurance pay back U.S. taxpayers?

Is it because the ‘black’ victim was not a U.S. citizen?  He was in the U.S. to reunite with his estranged U.S. citizen son and his son’s U.S. citizen mom (who is now in medical quarantine).  Some reports say the victim was engaged to marry a U.S. citizen.

What about treatment after death?  The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ordered that Thomas Eric Duncan’s body be cremated.  Makes sense to me, except that the CDC and the terror group known as USAID are not cremating the dead in Liberia.  I’ve written before about how USAID is directing the mass burial of Liberians killed by ebola.  It is possible to burn infected bodies in Liberia, so why aren’t they doing it?

The Obama regime has sworn over and over that they’re doing everything in their power to help the people of Liberia, yet it’s obvious the treatment for the Liberian citizen in the U.S. was inadequate (possibly intentionally) compared to treatment given to U.S. citizens.  Now realize that despite U.S. aid to Liberia (which many Liberians say is non-existent) the ebola situation there is totally out of control.  Compare that to the control of ebola outbreaks in other African countries that are getting help from China and Cuba, and it seems the U.S. has an evil agenda.

Remember, Obama is half ‘white’.

“…we want them to be scared!”

International

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

Video

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Afghanistan, 01 – 04 October 2014

International

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Business/Economics, Idaho

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

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

29-30 July 2014

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

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

Business/Economics

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

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

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

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

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

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

The state of Washington joins the Xmas shutdown club!

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

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

some kinda shell game?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Guam: Sears Hometown Store.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Florida: West Oaks Mall

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

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

Hawaii: Ala Moana Center (closed, see above)

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

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

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

Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings 29 – 30 July 2014: “I guess our season is…ending.” “They did the people wrong!” Once again, thousands of jobs killed in California! Disappearing Student Syndrome killing jobs at 5 universities in 1 state! Automotive industry continues to off shore jobs!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

Proof we are in a Greater Depression: A new academic study says wealth inequality is double what it was during the Great Depression!  Wealth Levels, Wealth Inequality, and the Great Recession 

Qatar based Al Jazeera America warned of more layoffs for its U.S. employees.  Possibly 20 people, despite increased ratings.

Alabama: Furniture maker izzy+ announced they are shutting down their Florence factory by summer 2015, about 200 jobs lost!

Arkansas: What automotive industry recovery?  In Rogers the largest maker of aluminum wheels for cars, Superior Industries International, is packing up and moving to Mexico, 500 jobs lost!

California: San Francisco based GameSpot laid off at least six employees, as the video game company shifts more towards live game play.  Moss & Stone issued a WARN saying they’re shutting down in September, 104 jobs lost! Millennium Partners Sports Club issued a WARN saying they are shutting down in October, 189 jobs lost!  In Fresno the local ABC affiliate, KFSN, laid off 15 employees. It’s the result of the cancelation of the TV station’s involvement with Disney’s Live Well Network. In San Diego, Trius Therapeutics laying off six people in September.  In Fort Irwin (U.S. Army), taxsucker Northrop Grumman issued a WARN saying they will kill 423 jobs by October! Northrop Grumman has been killing hundreds of jobs at the U.S. Army training center since 2013, and even more layoffs are planned.  In Twentynine Palms (USMC), Alaska based taxsucking government “support contractor” Tatitlek Corporation issued a WARN saying they will kill 2562 jobs by the end of September!  The company provided actors/roleplayers, food service workers, laborers etc for the U.S. Marines’ Iraq/Afghanistan combat training “villages”.

Georgia: What housing market recovery?  The city of Sandy Springs has placed a 60 day ban on the construction of new apartments.  Apparently they think all this apartment building is getting out-a-hand.  In Atlanta, New York based advertising company BBDO laid off as many as 30 employees.  Apparently they are being replaced with new hires who’ll work for cheap.  Reports say finance tech company NCR killing 200 jobs in 2015, but company officials refused to confirm.   After more than 42 years cereal maker Kelloggs announced they’re shutting down their Columbus factory in 2015, at least 325 jobs lost!  Employees were pissed: “The way they went about it is pretty bad. They did the people wrong! A lot of these people been here 30, 40 years.”-Eugene Gilmore

“…I was planning on retiring this year anyway, but I feel bad about the other people. It’s hard enough finding a job, and people here in Columbus know they don’t have too many good jobs around here.”-Mildred Baskin

Illinois:  In Oak Park, after 19 years Marion Street Grille shutdown.  The owner blamed the bad economy saying “We’re just not getting enough coming through the door.”

Michigan: In Pittsfield Township, they put up the sign then changed their mind.  Texas based Carrabba’s Italian Grill has backed out of their plans to open a restaurant, citing the suck ass economy.  Florida based LongHorn Steakhouse also backed out.

Mississippi: Obama Care causing Singing River Health Systems to shutdown two more clinics, in August.  Reports say they’ve already shutdown a third clinic.  Earlier this year auditors said Singing River was suffering from a shortfall of $88-million USD!

Nevada:  What automotive industry recovery? Reports say construction on one of two secret Tesla Motors Gigafactories in Reno was stopped.  No reason given, Tesla officials refused coment.  The Gigafactories supposedly will make lithium-ion batteries for electric cars.

New Jersey: In West Milford, after at least six decades Big John’s Pub shutting down in August.  Tracey Bennett, the owner, said “It is time for me to have a normal life without stress.”

New York: Obama Care killing 231 jobs as the Rivington House Healthcare Facility shuts down by the end of November!  What housing market recovery?  In Albany, Capital Region Multiple Listing Service showed home sales dropped 5% from June 2013 to June 2014.  Median home prices fell 6%.  Also in Albany, accounting company Pricewaterhouse announced it is shutting down in October, 40 jobs lost.  In Westbury, metal parts maker John Hassall revealed they are up for sale, 83 jobs affected.

North Carolina:  Obama Care killing jobs at Dosher Memorial Hospital.  An undisclosed number of part time and contracted workers will be laid off.  One nurse said she was told it was just the “first round” of layoffs.  Randolph County Schools laid off 30 employees.   In Greensboro, after 18 years Mahi’s Seafood Restaurant shutdown.  The owner said he wanted to move to a cheaper location, but the economy is so bad he couldn’t pay for the move.

Ohio: In Berlin, after 100 years (surviving the Great Depression & numerous recessions) Shrader’s Store shutdown.  It’s being auctioned off in August.

Oklahoma: After 50 years the JC Potter Sausage factory in Durant shutting down in September.  The JC Potter Sausage brand was sold to Williams Sausage Company, but for some reason it did not include the actual factory.  In Tulsa, the Gateway Market shutdown, way earlier than it was supposed to.  Local news reports said it was the only grocery store for miles: “Everybody’s frustrated, the whole neighborhood. You know, I mean, they ain’t got no cars, no way of getting their groceries. What they going to do now?”-David Campbell, customer

Pennsylvania: State education officials warned of massive layoffs at five Universities: Clarion, Edinboro, Cheyney, East Stroudsburg and Mansfield.  According to state officials their university system has been experiencing what I call Disappearing Student Syndrome (DSS), and get this, they expect to lose another 1-thousand students by the end of this school year!  At least 44 university employees were laid off last year.

Tennessee: After four decades Vic and Bill’s Deli shutdown: “….it’s a part of home actually and it kinda feels that way closing it. But all good things have their time have their season and I guess our season is kind of ending.”-Angelia Captain Townsend, manager

Texas: What housing market recovery? In Austin, the Villa de Soliel mansion being auctioned off in August, reportedly with no set minimum starting bid!

26-28 July 2014

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

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

International

World War 3: Doctor reports unknown illness among Syrian refugees?

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Japan’s NHK (Nippon Housou Kyoukai/Japan Broadcasting Corporation) recently interviewed a Japanese Red Cross Society doctor who just returned from a refugee camp in the city of Dohok, Iraq.

The doctor, Suzuki Takao, talked about how NGOs trying to help the refugees are continually shuffled around by government officials, being given excuses why they aren’t allowed to visit this or that refugee camp.  There are now half a million Syrian refugees living in the camp at Dohok.  Suzuki also stated that there is no refugee ‘camp’ in Dohok.  Japanese Red Cross video shows that Syrians have taken over school buildings, and apartment buildings that are still under construction, basically living anywhere they can.  Suzuki also reported that 100% of the refugees are suffering from an unknown, possibly psychological illness: “Hundred percent all of them psychologically they are affected……the patients say ‘Oh I got a headache, oh I got a stomach ache, oh I got a lumbar ache’…you have to listen to them…you have to help them!”

International

Ebola update: “…we want them to be scared!” U.S. homeless now infected? Who let the dogs out? New Zealand on alert! Uganda now hit?

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“…because it’s such a deadly disease, people are scared. And it’s normal to be scared, in fact for the health care workers who are caring for people with Ebola, we want them to be scared! We want them to have a healthy respect of the risk for any lapse in infection control procedure.”-Tom Frieden, questionable director of U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention

The New Zealand Ministry of Health has just warned local health districts to be on alert for people infected with ebola virus disease (EVD).  Auckland’s Middlemore Hospital has already set up a special bio-containment unit.  Basically New Zealand health officials don’t want to be put in the same situation as U.S. health officials.  They admit they’ve already been screening people coming into the country, 47 since August.

The former(?) U.S. colony of Liberia has imposed a Martial Law news media blackout, journalist could be arrested if they don’t have government approval to cover the outbreak. Pro-U.S. government officials use the excuse of protecting the “privacy” of the people infected.  The EVD outbreak is out of control there, causing Liberia to have the highest death rate of any country dealing with EVD.

And a big warning for dog owners, and another reason not to let your dog run around unattended. Videos on the internet showing that dogs in Liberia are eating the unburied bodies of EVD victims.  A report published in 2005 showed that dogs can be infected with EVD by eating infected meat. This was uncovered during the 2001–2002 outbreak in Gabon.  This poses the question; if EVD can be spread to dogs from the food they eat, what are the chances that the animals (or even plants) humans eat can become infected, or maybe even carriers (showing no symptoms) and then infect humans?

In Uganada, government officials revealed they are dealing with a hemorrhagic virus outbreak. So far one health worker has died, and 80 people are under medical monitoring (most of them being health workers themselves, and those that buried the person that died).  Officials swear it’s not EVD, but the just as deadly Marburg virus (MARV): “The Ministry of Health would like to inform the country of an outbreak of Marburg which has so far killed one person.”–Elioda Tumwesigye, Minister of Health

Back in the United States, CDC boss Tom Frieden assured the news media that everything is under control, despite that fact that an infected healthcare worker from Liberia made it into the U.S. and is now in critical condition, and that at least 49 people (mainly healthcare workers) are being monitored.   And don’t forget that it’s been revealed that a homeless man is now suspected of being infected.

For some reason the EMTs who transported the sick Liberian to the hospital also carried a homeless man in the same ambulance.  A Dallas County, Texas, judge reported that the man was found and now he’s under observation.

Another reason why I find Frieden questionable is that he stated “…they will be immediately isolated, tested and if they have Ebola, given appropriate care and determine whether there were any additional contacts to their case. That’s how we have stopped every outbreak in Ebola in the world until this one in West Africa. That’s how we stopped it in Lagos, Nigeria and how we will stop it in Texas.”

That’s the problem, the U.S. CDC is approaching this as if this is the same old EVD as a decade ago.  I’ve written before that early in this current outbreak African doctors said it was not acting like the same old ebola.  And The Washington Post has interviewed U.S. university doctors who’ve returned from Africa: “What’s always worked before, contact tracing, isolation and quarantine, is not going to work, and it’s not working now!”-Daniel Lucey, Georgetown University Medical Center

2015 Ebola Pandemic?

Global Health Security Agenda to force vaccinations, at gun point?