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U.S.

Martial Law U.S.A.: MIT analyst tells PBS “Mass incarcerations” for the purpose of destroying families will continue!

21 June 2014 (21:31 UTC-07 Tango 20 June 2014)/22 Sha’ban 1435/31 Khordad 1393/24 Geng Wu 4712

The exceptional failed city of New York is now paying the families of five falsely convicted people a record $40-million USD!  In 1989 five teenaged boys were tortured into confessing to the crime of rape and murder.   In 2002, the claims of their false confessions by torture were confirmed when the real rapist-killer was found.  A man already in prison, for raping and killing women, confessed to the Central Park murder/rape and DNA evidence proved his confession true.

In an interview with PBS Newshour, Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Craig Steven Wilder explained that New York has a long history of police criminality: “…New Yorkers, white and black, had by the 1980s certainly come to fear that the police, and the prosecutors were unable to protect them. In a three-month period in 1984, there was a horrific police brutality case……the vigilante subway shooter, emerged on the scene, and both of those events……captured the extent to which New Yorkers feared both crime and also doubted the capacity of the police and the prosecutors to protect them…..” 

But don’t think this latest multi-million dollar settlement for wrongful imprisonment will change things, Wilder had this warning at the end of the interview: “…..the era of aggressive policing, extensive incarceration periods, et cetera, is not over. Mass incarceration is actually continuing to destroy families and communities.” 

U.S.

Martial Law U.S.A.: Why are police and civilians turning on ‘Man’s Best Friend’? Police shoot dog they already killed? Military member’s dogs being targeted?

20 June 2014 (12:49 UTC-07 Tango)/21 Sha’ban 1435/30 Khordad 1393/23 Geng Wu 4712

Incomplete list of dog killings (mainly by cops) from 30 May – 20 June 2014.

“You could hear the dog screaming and crying in pain. I did see one officer that had been extremely aggressive that did have his knee into her chest that was tightening the noose. It seemed they were doing it relentlessly and unnecessarily.”-Sandy Fleischer, neighbor who reported a loose Shar-Pei to police, only to witness the a-hole cops summarily torture and execute the dog (see more below)

Studies involving the University of Illinois, non-profits including the National Canine Research Council, and the U.S. Department of Justice say local cops killing dogs is not only rampant, but in the majority of cases not justified!  “There will be times when police need to defend themselves because they are being attacked by a dog and don’t have a choice, but that is the minority of cases.”-Brian Kilcommons, dog trainer

Indiana: It is now ‘legal’ for South Bend Common Council cops to openly kill certain breeds of dogs.  And just one week after those restrictions were lifted cops have done just that.  A pit bull was shot and killed, cops claim it bit their pistol!  Police claim the dog was terrorizing the neighborhood after it escaped from its owner’s yard.  They claim a family had locked themselves in their minivan out of fear of the dog.  Cops also revealed they were whacking the dog with a rake in an attempt to make it back off and heard it into the yard they thought it belonged in!  Dip shits, that’s a sure way to really piss off a dog!  It also turns out that the residence where police thought the dog belonged to might be incorrect, which would explain why the cop’s attempts to put the dog into that yard were being met with growing anger from the dog!  In other words, this is a clear case where the cops created and escalated the situation!

Louisiana: A cop killed a dog by shooting it between the eyes, and now that cop has been indicted by a grand jury. Witnesses say the dog did nothing to justify its execution.  The dog belonged to some hobos traveling the country.  The cop handcuffed the hobos and started rummaging through their possessions.  Court records say he shot the dog because it nipped at his foot.

Maryland: A Baltimore policeman is facing felony animal cruelty charges after stabbing a restrained Shar-Pei in the throat, killing it.   He and other officers had just restrained the dog with a dog control pole.   There is now suspicion that Baltimore police are actively ‘culling’ stray dogs and cats, based on the statements of the policemen involved who said they thought the dog they had just caught was a stray (in other words that was their excuse for killing the dog).  However, the owner showed up looking for it.

The owner is also claiming the police bold faced lied to her about the circumstances surrounding her dog’s death, not ever mentioning that a cop slit its throat after it had been restrained.  Court documents show the a-hole cop said “I’m going to (expletive) gut this thing!”  The a-hole cop’s own co-cops admitted the dog was no threat!   It also turns out that a-hole cops lied to their own boss about the incident, and now a second cop has been suspended for holding the Shar-Pei down while the other cop slit its throat!  The dog’s owner says the cops are the true criminals: “This is so criminal what’s happened! It makes me sick.”-Sarah Gossard

But wait, there’s more from the sick NAZI cop city of Baltimore!  Three months prior to this incident another a-hole cop choked his girlfriend’s cute little puppy to death then took a pic of it and sent it to her cell phone!

New York: An Avoca man is charged with the felony killing of his own pit bull by choking it.  He is undergoing a psych evaluation.

Ohio: Early this week, police arrived too late to save a dog seen hanging by its neck in a cage in a residential backyard. The barking of another dog in the same cage alerted neighbors. Investigators say there was no food or water for the dogs.  Animal control officers are seeking a warrant to enter the home because they could hear the sounds of puppies.  But wait, there’s more! According to the Montgomery County Animal Resource Center, the people who live at the residence have a long track record of their dogs dying!

So why haven’t the cops done anything to stop these sick people? Especially since (also this week) the same Montgomery County Animal Resource Center was called to deal with an emaciated dog, living in a room that “….was covered in three inches of feces.” In this case the dog’s owner was charged with animal cruelty. The house is so bad it might be condemned.

In Cincinnati, dip shit cops killed a pit bull after they aggravated the crap out it by corralling it and tazing it, twice!  In a no shit Sherlock moment, after the second tazing the dog lunged at the cops.  To add insult to injury the dog’s owner is being fined for not locking up the dog.

In Bond Hill, Cincinnati cops killed what they think is a stray pit bull.  NAZIcops admit the dog did not attack anybody, but they killed it for ‘menacing’ a man who was mowing his lawn!  You know, I think most cops are ‘menacing’, don’t you?

But wait, there’s more in NAZI cop land Ohio!  In Toledo, K-9 cops are undergoing new training because their police dogs are attacking civilians!  The most recent case involves a nine years old boy bitten by a police dog.   So you see, if it’s a police dog then its OK for it to attack civilians.  But if it’s your dog,  the cop can decide that your dog is ‘vicious’ or ‘menacing’, without any evidence, and can kill it.

Oklahoma: In Tulsa cops killed two dogs.  They claim the dogs were “terrorizing” the neighborhood, saying “a man had been bitten”.  However, some residents call BS on that: “I’ve never seen the dog attack anybody. He was in my yard.”-Peggy Farrell

In fact, local Fox23 TV news checked with Tulsa Animal Control and found that only two complaints of barking dogs had ever been filed for that neighborhood!  No complaints of dog bites or dog terrorists!

But wait, there’s more! Tulsa cops also killed a dog at an apartment complex, in front of children.  Police claim they got a vicious dog call, but the apartment residents call BS on that: “My kids were playing with it earlier in the day. My kids were outside when it was outside and it never once tried to attack any of my kids.”-Tawny Glenn, witnessed shooting with her kids

“They [children] hear three to four shots and they bust out crying, wondering why it’s happening.”-Daniel Bass, witness

Here’s how the NAZI cops justified it: “The dog might have been a friendly dog at one point but again, we were called to that location for a vicious dog.”-Leland Ashley, Tulsa Police

But wait, there’s more from the dog killing state of Oklahoma!  At the end of May, a Logan County Sheriff’s deputy burst into the yard of a home, claiming he was there because of reports of “screaming”.   The woman warned the cop that there were dogs on the property and to hold on.  The a-hole cop came onto the property anyway, no warrant!  A dog approached the cop sniffing him, the NAZI cop pissed himself and pulled his pistol, pointing it at the dog, the woman and two children present, then he shot and killed the dog: “I said, ‘Don’t come in,’ and he just went ahead and went in. It just happened so fast that I couldn’t do nothing, I couldn’t prevent it. The only thing I could do was put my nephews behind my back.”-Cindy Wickham

Here’s what a witness said: “I could see him waving the gun back and forth at her and the dog.”-Kaci Malicoat, neighbor

Wickham said the deputy exclaimed “The motherfucking dog bit me!”, but she says that’s a lie.

Oregon: In the All-America City Award winning Independence, there is a mysterious dog killer. Somebody is using rat poison to kill neighborhood dogs. The most recent dog death involved a dog belonging to a Naval Reservist now in San Diego awaiting deployment to Africa. Family members taking care of the dog noticed that somebody threw pieces of bread into their yard. The dog ate some of the pieces before the family took the rest away, they did so because it was obvious the pieces had “something clear and sticky on them”. The dog died slow and painfully.

Pennsylvania: Pittsburg cops shot and killed a homeless man’s dog.  Apparently the homeless man was drunk, and the dog attacked the cops in an attempt to protect him.  One cop claims he was bit, and that’s why he shot the dog.

Rhode Island: Suspicion over the cop killing of a pit bull. Police showed up at a motor home to serve an arrest warrant for failure to pay housing fines against a homeless man. However, the homeless man was not in the motor home, but his pit bull was. Police say that somehow the pit bull got out of the locked motor home, and they shot it. Witnesses say they shot it once bringing the dog down, but then 15 minutes later they shot it again. The homeless man was out working to collect money to pay the fines. His daughter says he’s the victim, not the cops: “I feel like the dog is a victim, and I feel like my dad’s a victim!”-Ashley Vien

Tennessee: Milan cops shot a pit bull who had no record of being a “vicious dog”.  Police say they shot the dog because it was “showing its teeth” and “growling”.  They claim the dog had rushed somebody walking by the house.  Witnesses say the dog was protecting its territory.  To add insult to injury the owner has been fined for owning a ‘vicious dog’ even though there’s no record of prior incidents.

In Dyersburg, a man who claims to be a veteran has been charged with sneaking into a neighbor’s yard and killing their chained up  German Shepherd by slitting it’s throat.  Police say the dog died a slow death.  The suspect is also a pit bull owner.  Police became suspicious of the ‘veteran’ because he had blood on him, and he was making claims that the chained up German Shepherd was somehow terrorizing the neighborhood and deserved to die.  It took several cops to arrest the veteran, and during the arrest he claimed he was being targeted just because he was a veteran.  I wonder if he’s on those evil prescription drugs they like to give veterans?

Texas: In Springtown, a woman shot a mother dog in the head, then dumped the body and ten puppies on the side of the road. A school bus driver found them, and said the puppies were still nursing from the blood soaked body of their mother! The sick woman is out on bond, and faces only misdemeanor charges! Police say the mother dog was also emaciated.

Utah: In Salt Lake City, police barged into a man’s backyard (while he was away), startling his dog.  So of course a startled dog is going to bark, but that scared the shit out of the cop who then shot the dog point blank in the head!  But wait there’s more to this NAZI cop BS!  The cops had no warrant to go into the yard.  They claim they needed none because they were searching for a lost three years old boy.   On top of that the a-hole cop just left the dead dog in the yard.  The owner returned home to find his dog with a bullet hole in his head: “My dog has never lunged or attacked anybody.  And besides the fact of what my dog did or did not do, why was the officer in my backyard? Why didn’t he identify himself, announce his presence? Why didn’t he knock on the gate?”-Sean Kendal, victim of NAZI cop

But wait there’s even more NAZI cop Bullshit!  The missing boy was found, in his parents own home!   An attorney says the cop’s claim to have the right to break and enter your property during a missing persons search is Bullshit, because they would have to actually witness the missing person enter the property: “Going into the backyard, a fenced backyard, it’s like walking in someone’s home without a warrant: It’s illegal, it’s a violation of the Fourth Amendment rights!…..if that were OK, that there’s a kid’s missing, why couldn’t they go in everybody’s home on the block? Why couldn’t they actually open the door and go in? I think very few people would say that’s OK.”-Robert Sykes

Wisconsin: Lawsuits say Milwaukee cops killed 434 dogs between 2000 and 2008 (48 dogs per year).  City officials imposed extra training for cops to reduce their urges to kill man’s best friend.   Police admitted that in 2009 they killed 41 dogs, and seized another 569.   One woman is suing the city because cops killed her two Mastiffs, and she has yet to be given an explanation as to why!

Side note: In Alberta, Canada, somebody is going around throwing engine coolant soaked sausages into the yards of dog owners.  Two dogs have died slow painful deaths.  Engine coolant/anti-freeze poisoning causes renal failure (kidney shutdown), which is a slow painful death (about 24 hours depending on how much is ingested. If you survive you could have permanent kidney damage and even blindness.).

Business/Economics

U.S. job losses & store closings 11 March 2014: Chemical spill kills restaurants! More jobs going to Mexico & China! Thousands more healthcare workers to become unemployed!

Incomplete list of announced closings & layoffs.

California: In Temecula “a global leader in cardiac and vascular care”, Abbott Vascular (Sevo Site), laid off 13 people.  In Fair Oaks, after more than 50 years Sam’s Kosher Style Restaurant & Deli shutdown.

Colorado: In Manitou Springs, the Craftwood Inn shutdown without notice. The owners blame it on the many wildfires and flooding in recent years: “I just found out yesterday. I don’t know what I’m going to do.  I’m pretty sure that they could not recover from the last two summers. The fires and floods hurt business so much the last few years that Dave and wife Kathy could not keep up.”-Matt Schee, hotel chef

Maryland: The city of Annapolis laid off 13 employees and placed 20 vacant positions in limbo, in an attempt to create a budget that does not raise taxes.

Massachusetts: Cambridge research center, The Broad Institute, laid off 22 researchers due to lack of funding.  The town of Shirley warned it will layoff employees, and cut work hours due to a $300-thousand dollar hole in the city budget.

Michigan: In Genesee County, Too Big to Jail FirstMerit Bank shutting down three branches in April.  Bank officials say the branch offices lack customers.

Minnesota: The Willmar School District laid off 87 teachers and administrators.  They hope it will be temporary.

New Jersey: In Jersey City, iconic Casa Dante restaurant shutdown without warning.  A finance company stated that the restaurant owners hadn’t paid rent since October 2013!  News reports say it was a court order that shutdown the Italian eatery & music joint.  Bankrupt busted Ashley Stewart now says they will shutdown 27 women’s clothing stores. Company officials say their sales have been crashing since 2012.

New York: God refuses to stop Saint Francis Hospital and Health Centers from shutting down.  Officials say they will cease all operations in May, 1141 jobs lost!  A major hotel operator, Morgan Hotel Group, laid off more than 20 HQ employees.  Company officials say the economy is forcing them to reduce costs.

Pennsylvania: In Bethlehem, after 80 years postal machine maker Bell & Howell shutting down their factory.  More than 60 jobs lost.  The company is consolidating operations.  In Scranton, gift store The Crazy Pineapple shutdown without notice.   The Southern Lehigh School Board tearing down the Lower Milford Elementary School.  Lower Milford parents are pissed, saying the K-5 school is not only the only school in the area, but doubles as a community center! School board officials say they cannot afford the $15-million USD needed to renovate the school.

Washington: What housing market recovery?  After 35 years Chamber’s Bay Realty shutdown.

West Virginia: In Charleston, Thelma Fay’s Cafe shutdown, it’s blamed on that massive chemical spill by Freedom Industries: “Sadly we have been unable to recover our losses during the water crisis……”

Wisconsin: Ice machine maker Manitowoc Company killing 150 U.S. jobs!  The patriotic ‘American’ company is moving production to Mexico and China.

10 March 2014: U.S. Army behind massive school shutdowns? 

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) doesn’t count the hundreds of layoffs involving less than 50 people each, in its mass layoff reports. It also doesn’t count all the little ‘mom & pop’ businesses that shut down.

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

Business/Economics

Exceptional Failed State: Kmart turns into Grinch & steals charity’s Xmas gifts? More closings!

20 June 2014 (22:10 UTC-07 Tango 19 June 2014)/21 Sha’ban 1435/30 Khordad 1393/23 Geng Wu 4712

Louisiana losing another Kmart in September.  North Carolina Kmart closing in September.

In California, the San Diego Kmart that shutdown without notice refused to give a charity its layaway items!  The non-profit Skate Everyday was paying for xmas gifts for their yearly Breakfast With Santa event.  Kmart not only failed to give warning about the store closing, but never warned customers who had items on layaway: “We had hats, beanies, scarves, school supplies, backpacks actually on layaway at this Kmart. This Kmart closed its doors on us, they did not give us a call!  At this point in time our event is in jeopardy because a lot of our products were going to come from this Kmart. We pretty much need help. We’re a small organization but we like to do big events for the actual public.  Hoping Kmart will give us a call and a miracle can happen.”-Aaron Reynolds, Skate Everyday

Sears/Kmart officials say the best they can do is refund layaway customers their money.

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).

Delaware:  Seaford Sears (30 jobs lost).

California: El Monte Sears (at least 40 jobs lost. Damien Arrula, El Monte’s economic development director, said the store manager had lied about what was going on: “The general manager of the store had just indicated to me that they were remodeling.”), two San Diego Sears (more than 80 jobs lost), Pleasant Hill Kmart (more than 50 jobs lost), Torrance Kmart, Fairfield Kmart (63 jobs lost), Lampert owned OSH taken over by Lowe’s home improvement in bankruptcy court, at least 17 of 99 stores to be closed down (935 jobs lost!), Rancho Cordova Kmart (97 jobs lost), San Clemente Kmart/Sears/Kmart on Camino de Estrella (58 jobs lost), placed on an official hit list in 2011 the Oceanside Kmart on College Boulevard finally being shut down, Banning Kmart (91 jobs lost), Laguna Hills Mall Sears, San Diego Mid-City Kmart (73 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).

Connecticut: Waterbury Big Kmart.

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.

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).

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). No official announcement, but it’s painfully obvious the Chubbuck Pine Ridge Mall Sears going’ down. Or, maybe it’s preps for Shop within a Shop, or one of those domestic spy data storage centers? On 07 November 2013, GGP sold off the Pine Ridge Mall for a paltry $9 million USD. Across the street, in Pocatello, the property where the Kmart is located has a “pad site available” sign, posted ever since the Kmart bankruptcy. The Kmart building takes up most of the “pad”.

Indiana: Anderson Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Saint John Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Indianapolis Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Richmond Sears (49 jobs lost), South Anthony Kmart (70 jobs lost), Fort Wayne Kmart on South Anthony Boulevard (70 jobs lost), FairOaks Mall Kmart, Logansport Sears (43 jobs lost).

Illinois: Alton Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Melrose Park Sears parts and repair center (50 jobs lost), Zion Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Oak Lawn Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), McHenry Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Peru Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lombard Sears/Great Indoors (at least 40 jobs lost), Fairview Heights Kmart (81 jobs lost), Freeport Kmart (45 jobs lost), Pontiac Kmart (more than 47 jobs lost), Homer Glen Kmart (82 jobs lost), Streator Kmart (45 jobs lost), Lombard Kmart (70 jobs lost), Naperville Kmart (98 jobs lost), Calumet Sears (164 jobs lost), two Sears stores in Grand Crossing area of Chicago (247 jobs lost!), Mount Vernon Sears (68 jobs lost), Moline Sears (at least 60 jobs lost), Homewood Kmart (185 jobs lost), Belvidere Kmart (91 jobs lost), 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, recently revealed Collinsville Kmart (84 jobs lost). 58 Chicago area stores up for lease or sale. By the way, Illinois elected officials gave Sears Holdings/Hoffman Estates a $150 million USD tax break to keep their headquarters in the state. The tax break was not tied to any promise not to close stores.

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

Kansas: Lawrence Sears (at least 40 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.

Louisiana: Slidell Sears (77 job lost), recently revealed 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 (115 jobs lost).

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

Michigan: Novi Sears/Great Indoors, Brighton Sears Grand/Essentials, Harper Woods Sears Full line, Monroe Sears Full line, Adrian Sears Full line, Washington Township Kmart, Chesterfield Kmart, Woodhaven Kmart, Flint Kmart (46 jobs lost), Gaylord Kmart (48 jobs lost), Sterling Kmart (58 jobs lost), Bloomfield Township Kmart and Sears, Bad Axe Kmart (61 jobs lost), Ypsilanti Township Kmart (83 jobs lost), Petoskey Kmart (45 jobs lost), Saint John’s Kmart (48 jobs lost), White Lake Township “Store of the Future” Kmart (42 jobs lost), recently revealed Grand Blanc Kmart (49 jobs lost), Lapeer Kmart (56 jobs lost).

Minnesota: Willmar Kmart, Duluth Kmart, New Hope Kmart, White Bear Lake Kmart, Bemidji Kmart, Monticello Kmart, GGP owned Sears Auto Center in the Apache Mall closed (10 jobs lost), the entire Sears store in the Apache Mall being sold off, Fergus Falls Kmart (40 jobs lost), Fergus Falls Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Alexandria Kmart (46 jobs lost), Grand Rapids Kmart (61 jobs lost), Seritage is selling off three Sears Auto Centers in Minnetonka, Brooklyn Center and Saint Paul, Marshall Kmart (57 jobs lost).

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).

Montana: Missoula Kmart (50 jobs lost).

Nebraska: Grand Island Kmart (55 jobs lost).

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

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

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

New York: Depew (Lancaster?) Kmart (68 jobs lost), Colonie Kmart (72 jobs lost), Fulton Kmart (51 jobs lost), Clifton Park Kmart (74 jobs lost), Latham Kmart (61 jobs lost), East Greenbush-Rensselaer Kmart (70 jobs lost), Tonawanda Sears Appliance and Hardware.

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), recently revealed Boone Kmart (41 jobs lost).

North Dakota: Jamestown Kmart (45 jobs lost).

Ohio: Chagrin Falls Kmart, Springfield Kmart, two Toledo Kmarts, Medina Kmart, Columbus Kmart, Columbus Sears/Great Indoors, Zanesville Sears (67 jobs lost), Trotwood Kmart (71 jobs lost), Austintown Sears auto parts and service on Interstate Boulevard, London Kmart (no word on number of jobs lost), Trotwood Sears (67 jobs lost), Westlake Kmart/Sears (at least 57 jobs lost), Xenia Kmart (at least 57 jobs lost), Norwalk Kmart (52 jobs lost), Blue Ash Kmart (77 jobs lost), Northwood Sears at Woodville Mall (36 jobs lost), Conneaut Kmart (43 jobs lost). 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).

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).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Florida: West Oaks Mall

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

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

Hawaii: Ala Moana Center (closed, see above)

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

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

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

International

World War 3 Afghanistan, 16 – 18 June 2014: Australia decides to stay! U.S. Army medical study says Guard units suffer more than Active Duty personnel! Pakistan wants Afghanistan to join in the fight!

Ghazni Province: Afghan government officials now say the dozens of teachers and students kidnapped from the Kandahar University were taken to Pakistan.

Helmand Province: Camp Bastion/Leatherneck, a USMC H-53 Super Stallion helicopter crashed.  An unnamed source with HMH-466 The Wolfpack said the ‘copter ran out of fuel while in high hover.  More than 14 Marines were onboard, officials claim none were hurt.

Kabul Province: Ahmad Zia Massoud has been declared the winner in the second round of the presidential election.  Obama regime puppet Abdullah Abdullah has vowed not to recognize the democratic results!   Government officials continue to report non-stop battles with Mujahideen all across the country, hundreds killed, hundreds wounded, including civilians and government personnel.  Indian news media reporting that ever since Pakistan began its massive offensive against Pakistani Mujahideen, more than 2-thousand people have fled across the border into Afghanistan.   Afghan officials told Indian news sources that at first they thought the refugees were militants: “The government is conducting a survey and our people are helping them with food and shelter.”-Sahira Sharif, female Afghan MP

Kapisa Province: In Tagab District, Mujahideen claim they killed two U.S.-NATO-ISAF personnel in a firefight, and destroyed one armored vehicle.

Kunar Province: In Asadabad District, one child killed, five family members wounded.  A Mujahideen mortar round landed on a residence, it was intended for a police check point.   Pakistan is now asking for Afghanistan to join its own war against Pakistani Mujahideen. Pakistan says most of the cross border attacks in Kunar Province were the result of Pakistani troops chasing Pakistani Mujahideen.

Maiden Wardak Province: In Syed Abad District, Mujahideen ambushed the provincial governor’s convoy. Three armored vehicles destroyed, two Toyota technicals destroyed, four security guards killed.  After some time of fighting U.S.-NATO aircraft were called in, this allowed the governor to escape.

Back in February the British empire member Australia announced they were finished with the “active” part of the Afghanistan occupation.  Now Aussie Defence Force boss, General David Hurley, has confirmed that at least 400 Diggers will stay in Afghanistan until the end of 2016!

A study “…funded and conducted under a protocol (USAISR Protocol no.: H-11-037) that was reviewed and approved by the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command Institutional Review Board…” concluded that Reserve Component (RC, aka federal Army Reserve and state National Guard) suffer more medical/dental non-battle field problems, in Afghanistan (OEF) and Iraq (OIF), than did Active Duty (AD, aka U.S. Army): “The data from this study suggest that RC Soldiers have higher rates of D-DNBI [dental disease and nonbattle injury] when compared to their AD counterparts. However, given the significant differences found in D-DNBI rates between the ARNG, USAR, and AD in both campaigns, future studies should be conducted to identify potential risk factors to determine if the higher rates are due to an inequality……”-The Incidence of Dental Disease Nonbattle Injuries in Deployed U.S. Army Personnel

Idaho, U.S.

False Flag U.S.A.: Eastern Idaho Sheriffs train under I-RAPTER for coming nuclear disaster!

18 June 2014 (11:17 UTC-07 Tango)/19 Sha’ban 1435/28 Khordad 1393/21 Geng Wu 4712

Idaho’s Bonneville County Sheriff’s Department took part in the International Radiological Assistance Program Training for Emergency Response (I-RAPTER) radiological response training put on by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Idaho National Laboratory and the U.S. Department of Energy.

The main scenario was an incident involving the transportation of nuclear waste, but Bonneville County Sheriff spokesman Jeff Edwards explained they also trained for the theft of radioactive materials from hospitals.

Most people don’t know that medical testing devices, like x-ray machines, use radioactive material.

According to the NationalJournal this I-RAPTER nuclear disaster training was a joint training exercise that took place not just in eastern Idaho, but in a recent NATO exercise held in Czech Republic: “The course focused on procedures for first responders, law enforcement and specialists in detecting and responding to emergencies involving nuclear and radiological material. The participants received classroom instruction on radiation concepts, radiation detection, mission planning, alarm adjudication and response/recovery. The field exercises were designed to provide hands-on training using radiation detection technology to localize radiation hotspots, measure dose rates, and identify the radioactive material. Participants gained real-world experience when they located and identified radiation sources at the local air museum using a Spectral Advanced Radiological Computer System (SPARCS) mounted in a van.”

Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico, and the Remote Sensing Laboratory at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, also assist with I-RAPTER training.

In 2010 the U.S. Department of Energy was tasked by Homeland Security with picking a nuclear disaster training site for ‘first responders’, and ended up choosing the Idaho National Laboratory.

Business/Economics

U.S. job losses & store closings 10 March 2014: U.S. Army behind massive school shutdowns? Another women’s clothing store going down!

Incomplete list of announced closings & layoffs.

Alaska: In Fairbanks, after 48 years Carr’s Men’s Clothing Store shutdown.

California: In Pomona, Future Foam laid off 40 employees.  In Irvine, Too Big to Jail JPMorganChase killed 168 jobs!  In Mountain View, Palo Alto Medical Foundation-Summit Health laid off two employees.

Florida:  After 61 years Pensacola Photo Supply shutdown.  In Broward, after 73 years Carls Furniture shutdown.  In Tampa, Too Big to Jail accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers laid off 19 IT employees.

Iowa: West Des Moines says they must shutdown the Phenix Early Childhood Center in order to deal with education funding cuts.  180 students and 12 teachers affected!  After 18 years Carlos O’Kelly’s Mexican Cafe shutdown three restaurants!

Kentucky: Fort Knox to shutdown four schools; Kingsolver Elementary, Mudge Elementary, Pierce Elementary and Walker Intermediate School.  That’s half their schools!  130 jobs will be lost! It’s blamed on the de-activation of the U.S. Army’s 3rd Brigade.

Maryland: In Cambridge, after 76 years Lednum’s Jewelers shutdown.

Michigan: In Royal Oak, a Barnes & Nobel bookstore shutdown.  It’s part of the massive Barnes & Noble shutdown across the country.  Some news reports blame competition with the internet, but that doesn’t hold water because Barnes & Noble also sells over the internet.

Minnesota: In Saint Cloud, after 27 years The Electric Fetus music store shutdown.  The owners said sales didn’t justify renewing the lease.

New Jersey:  Large women’s clothing retailer Ashley Stewart now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  Company officials say their sales have been crashing since 2012.

New York: In Sherrill, the Oneida Company Store shutting down in April.  It’s part of the Oneida-Anchor Hocking merger creating a new company called Everyware.  The Wappingers Central School District  warned they might be forced to shutdown Vassar Road Elementary School.  Long Island College Hospital killing 350 healthcare jobs!   The hospital is for sale.  If it is not sold by May it will shutdown, affecting 1400 jobs!

Ohio: In Norton, after 52 years Gainer’s Barbershop shutdown.  The owner said the economy is “beginning to take its toll”.  In Columbus, after 60 years the last Cord Camera store shutdown.

Oregon: In The Dalles, Anana’s Boutique and Copa Cabaña shutdown.

Texas: Too Big to Jail Bank of America killing 156 mortgage industry jobs in Dallas, Tarrant and Collin counties!  It’s blamed on the coming housing market collapse!

Virginia: Debt collector NCO Financial Systems killed 107 call center jobs! The evil debt collector has been unable to force unemployed people from paying up and as a result they’ve lost millions of dollars every quarter.

Washington DC: International law and lobbying firm Patton Bogs laid off about 20 employees.

06 – 09 March 2014: “2013 was an awful, awful year for us!” 

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) doesn’t count the hundreds of layoffs involving less than 50 people each, in its mass layoff reports. It also doesn’t count all the little ‘mom & pop’ businesses that shut down.

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

Business/Economics

Destroy U.S. Dollar: Statement by People’s Republic of China & United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

I. At the invitation of the Rt Hon David Cameron MP, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, H.E. Premier Li Keqiang of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China paid an official visit to the UK from 16 to 19 June 2014 and held the Annual Prime Ministers’ Meeting. The two sides had in-depth discussions on bilateral relations, practical cooperation in various fields and international and regional issues of mutual interest. Both sides underlined that since the establishment of the China-UK comprehensive strategic partnership ten years ago, bilateral relations have made significant progress, with frequent political exchanges and substantial cooperation in economics, trade, education, climate change and energy, science, technology and culture. As P5 members, both sides believe that deepening China-UK relations is not only in the fundamental interests of both countries but is also conducive to maintaining world peace and stability. They agreed to work together to push forward bilateral cooperation in growth, reform and innovation.

II. As such the UK and China have agreed that their comprehensive, strategic partnership has become an indispensable element of each other’s foreign policy agendas. As comprehensive strategic partners, China and the UK view each other’s development as important opportunities. Both sides agreed to increase high-level visits in order to guide the development of bilateral relations. Both sides spoke highly of the important role of high-level exchange mechanisms, including the Annual Prime Ministers’ Meeting, Economic and Financial Dialogue (EFD), High-Level People-to-People Dialogue and Strategic Dialogue, and agreed to further enrich their formats and contents. Both sides agreed to hold the sixth round of the Economic and Financial Dialogue in the middle of September this year in the UK.

III. Both sides agreed that reform and innovation are of high significance to the economic and social development of a country. The UK side takes note of decisions taken during the 3rd Plenum of the 18th CPC Central Committee in November 2013 regarding comprehensively deepening reform, supports China’s efforts in deepening economic structural reform to have the market play a decisive role in resource allocation and promote sustained, sound economic and social development. Both sides will designate relevant think tanks in co-hosting the China-UK Reform and Innovation Forum.

IV. Both sides are committed to an open global economy, trade liberalisation and stand ready to expand economic and trade cooperation and promote development in each other’s markets. They renewed their commitment to the joint target of $100 billion by 2015.

V. Both sides stressed the importance of mutual investment in promoting respective long-term economic growth and employment and spoke highly of the MOU on Strengthening Bilateral Investment Cooperation signed by China’s National Development and Reform Commission and the UK’s Department of Business, Innovation and Skills. The MOU on Establishment of a Working Group on Investment Promotion under the Framework of China-UK Joint Commission signed by China’s Ministry of Commerce and the UK’s Department of Business, Innovation and Skills aims at promoting mutual investment, providing a favorable external environment for business investment from the other party and maintaining policy continuity to protect the interests of foreign investors. The Chinese side encourages and supports capable Chinese companies to invest in the UK, which will in turn support the expansion of Chinese companies in other advanced markets and the UK side recognises Chinese companies’ increasing investment in the UK in recent years, and welcomes their continuous investment in infrastructure sectors such as transportation and energy, particularly nuclear, high-speed rail, offshore wind power and photovoltaic projects.

VI. Both sides recognised the complementary skills and expertise of both countries in delivering affordable, efficient and sustainable infrastructure, and welcomed progress in working together. Both sides agreed to establish a strategic partnership on infrastructure and committed to working together to support further collaboration between UK and Chinese companies, on more projects.

VII. Both governments agreed that energy collaboration was a key pillar of the bilateral relationship. This collaboration supports the clean and low carbon energy transition and is conducive to affordable and secure energy supplies for the future. In this regard, both sides welcomed the cooperation on civil nuclear energy and signing of a joint statement on civil nuclear power. Both sides welcomed Chinese and UK companies’ participation in civil energy projects in each other’s country. The UK welcomed Chinese investment and progressive participation in the construction of new build nuclear energy projects in the UK, and was open to Chinese companies leading the development of other nuclear power station site(s) in the UK and the potential deployment of Chinese reactor technology in the UK, subject to meeting the stringent requirements of the UK’s independent regulators. Both countries recognised that companies entering into the UK through partnership would be in the best position later to maximise the growing opportunities that will be on offer in the UK nuclear market. Both sides stand ready to work together to ensure the success of Hinkley Point as soon as possible. Both sides welcomed the signing of an agreement to collaborate further in the field of nuclear fuel supply-chain and agreed to work together to strengthen cooperation in areas including waste treatment and decommissioning.

VIII. Both sides agreed to promote substantive co-operation between the UK and China on rail (including high-speed rail), in areas including design, engineering, construction, supply operation and maintenance, on projects in China and the UK. To this end both sides welcomed the MOU on Collaboration in the Field of Rail Transportation.

IX. Both sides will strengthen concrete cooperation in offshore wind power technology, installation standards and financing mechanisms and jointly consider establishing a training center for offshore wind power technologies according to the MOU between China and the UK on Offshore Wind Power Cooperation.

X. Both sides welcome a greater role of RMB in international trade and investment and the establishment of an RMB clearing bank in London. The UK regulatory authorities have agreed to consider applications from Chinese banks to set up branches for wholesale business in the UK; the UK also encourages Chinese companies to issue RMB-denominated bonds at the London Stock Exchange. Both sides welcome the strong growth of London’s RMB markets, making London one of the most active RMB centres in the world, and stand ready to work together to strengthen it. Both sides welcome direct transaction between RMB and Pound Sterling in their respective foreign exchange markets.

XI. Both sides agreed to continue and deepen the already outstanding cooperation between the UK and China in promoting free trade, strengthen cooperation on the China (Shanghai) Free Trade Zone, and to encourage two-way trade and investment.

XII. Both sides welcomed their strong cooperation on people-centred and holistic urbanisation. In particular, both sides agreed to increase policy exchange and technological collaboration on low carbon urban planning, air and water pollution control, and healthcare development and reforms. Both sides welcomed the signing of the MOU on Strengthening Cooperation on Green and Low Carbon Urbanisation.

XIII. Both sides agreed to step up cooperation in aerospace and maritime development.

XIV. Both sides welcome the growing UK-China collaboration on healthcare development and reform.

XV. The UK agrees to work to promote and facilitate bilateral high-tech trade with China for civil end uses and civil end users.

XVI. Both sides agree on the importance of effective intellectual property (IP) protection to stimulate innovation and economic development. Both sides will work together to help British companies protect IP in China and Chinese companies protect IP in the UK. Both sides welcome cooperation activities between relevant agencies and agree to further exchanges on issues of mutual interest in terms of global IP frameworks.

XVII. Both sides agreed to further promote people-to-people exchange and cooperation to deepen mutual understanding and perception between the two peoples. The two sides agreed to set 2015 as a year of UK-China cultural exchange: the first half of the year for the UK season of culture in China; the second half of the year for the Chinese season of culture in the UK. The two sides would cooperate closely in this regard.

XVIII. Both sides see great value in cooperation between institutions of higher learning, primary and secondary schools, as well as exchanges among students and researchers, will deepen cooperation in higher education, technical, vocational and professional education, scientific research and innovation, and push forward Mandarin teaching in the UK and English teaching in China. China will send 10,000 government-sponsored students and scholars to the UK in the next five years, and the UK will send 80,000 students to China for study by 2020. Both sides welcome intern students from the other party.

XIX. Both sides attach importance to the China-UK Joint Scientific Innovation Fund, and will enable research and innovation in key areas which are priorities for both countries: health, environmental technologies, food and water, urbanisation, energy and education. The UK and China recognised their role as global leaders in science and innovation and stressed the importance of substantial investment in large scale facilities for pioneering research and future technologies. Both sides welcomed the launch of the program which will deliver Fellowships, PhD Partnerships, Science and Innovation Bridges and a Climate Science Partnership. China agreed to join the UK to promote the Square Kilometre Array.

XX. Both sides agreed to promote exchange and cooperation on cultural and creative industries, press and publication, radio, film and television. Both sides agreed to promote the translation of each other’s contemporary literary classics.

XXI. China and the UK will establish Consulates General in Belfast and Wuhan respectively, and both sides will provide assistance to each other in this regard. Both sides agreed to jointly push forward negotiations on the bilateral consular treaty. Both sides agreed to adopt active measures to streamline and simplify visa application procedures for closer interaction between the two peoples and the development of tourism.

XXII. Both sides will promote early ratification of the Agreement between China and the UK on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters by their legislative bodies to enhance the efficiency in their joint efforts in fighting crime. Both sides agreed to strengthen cooperation in fighting illegal migration as provided for in the 2004 Migration MOU. Both sides will strengthen cooperation in judicial and law enforcement.

XXIII. Both sides stand ready to deepen understanding of each other’s development paths and strengthen political trust. Both sides emphasise the importance of promoting and protecting human rights and the rule of law and stand ready to strengthen their human rights dialogue on the basis of equality and mutual respect. In line with its longstanding policy, the UK recognises that Tibet is part of the People’s Republic of China and does not support Tibetan independence. Both sides agreed it is both in China and the UK’s interests to promote the prosperity and stability of Hong Kong in accordance with the “one country, two systems” principle and the basic law.

XXIV. Both sides attach high importance to deepening the China-EU Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and welcome the Joint Statement of Deepening the China-EU Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for Mutual Benefit published during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Europe. Both sides are committed to working continuously to implement the EU-China 2020 Strategic Agenda, promote EU-China cooperation and take concrete actions to forge the EU-China partnership for peace, growth, reform and civilisation. Both sides support negotiations for an EU-China investment agreement to lift pragmatic cooperation to a new level, in particular, to facilitate mutually beneficial access to each other’s investment and services markets. Both sides reaffirm their commitment to the long term goal of an ambitious and comprehensive EU China free trade agreement, in accordance with the EU-China 2020 Strategic Agenda. In support of this goal, the two sides support China and the EU in launching a joint feasibility study on an EU-China trade agreement as early as possible when conditions are right. To begin exploring the associated issues, both sides participated in a productive academic and business workshop on Prospects for EU-China Trade: the EU-China Free Trade Agreement and China’s Free Trade Zones.

XXV. The international situation is undergoing profound and complex changes. Both sides agreed that as major countries with global influence and permanent members of the UN Security Council, their close cooperation is conducive to tackling the global challenges of the 21st century. Both sides will make active contribution to international peace, security and development in accordance with the UN Charter and international law.

XXVI. Both sides stand ready to strengthen international cooperation at the bilateral and multilateral level and under the China-EU framework and will adhere to the principle of peaceful settlement of international and regional disputes through dialogue and on the basis of the UN Charter and international law. We will work actively to promote the peaceful resolution of the Iranian nuclear issue, the North Korean nuclear issue, Ukraine, Syria, Middle East, Afghanistan and other hot-spot issues. The two sides will maintain regular exchanges on climate change, international development, counter proliferation, food security and other global challenges, and strengthen coordination and cooperation on UN peacekeeping missions. Both sides welcomed constructive and frank discussions of cyber issues through the UK-China Cyber Dialogue. The UK and China agree on the importance of ending the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war worldwide.

XXVII. Both sides are committed to a post-2015 development framework centered on the eradication of poverty and promotion of common growth. Both sides stand ready to strengthen cooperation on supporting development and security in Africa. Both sides welcomed their collaboration on global health issues.

XXVIII. Both sides welcomed the Joint Statement on Climate Change released during the summit. The UK and China both recognise the clear imperative to work together towards a global framework for ambitious climate change action, since this will support efforts to bring about low carbon transitions in our own countries, and agreed to strengthen policy dialogue and practical cooperation.

XXIX. Both sides are ready to make joint efforts for the strong, balanced and sustainable growth of global economy, maintain and consolidate the multilateral trade systems represented by WTO, and oppose protectionism of any form. Both sides support the G20 as the premier forum for international economic cooperation, and will work for an open world economy and a positive and result-oriented comprehensive growth strategy to be announced on the G20 Brisbane Summit.

XXX. Both sides agreed to promote cultural harmony, cherish the diversity and richness of different cultures, and promote dialogue and mutual learning among cultures to share the progress of human civilisation.

 

Business/Economics

U.S. Dollar to crash & burn! British Empire joins Russia to destroy U.S. dollar! Choose Chinese RMB to replace USD for international trade!

18 June 2014 (06:42 UTC-07 Tango)/19 Sha’ban 1435/28 Khordad 1393/21 Geng Wu 4712

For decades the United Kingdom has supported the United States by requiring the World to use U.S. dollars for international trade, but no more!  Today, the government of the British empire member United Kingdom (aka Britain) signed a massive trade deal with China, making the Chinese RMB (aka Renminbi, aka Yuan, aka CNY) the new international currency!  The deal is said to be worth $24-billion USD, if it would have involved the USD.

But wait, there’s more!  British Petroleum (BP, you know, the ones who destroyed the Gulf of Mexico and influenced the U.S. to invade Iraq) has sign a $20-billion natural gas deal with China, but no, it’s not being paid for in USD.

Towards the end of May, China signed a bigger deal with Russia.  Russia will sell China the equivalent of $400-billion USD in natural gas, however it does not involve USD, Russia will accept Chinese RMB.

Since the U.S. Nixon regime (1969-74) took the USD off the gold standard, and then created the U.S. Petro Dollar system with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom, the World has had to buy their oil and gas using USD.  And don’t forget the USD has been the official default currency for World governments since the end of the Second World War, but not anymore.   Since the value of the USD has been pegged to international trade, the switch to the RMB has to be the finally death blow to the artificial value of the USD.

It looks like the U.S. oil industry will have to settle for Chinese cash if it wants to continue doing international business.

Chinese news media is reporting that not only did the ‘elected’ officials of the U.K. approve the abandonment of the USD, but so did the evil Queen of England!

Statement by People’s Republic of China & United Kingdom

British empire plan for global takeover, the people of the United States are patsies! 

China stops use of U.S. dollar in Afghan banks!

it is not China who is the biggest foreign direct investor (FDI) in the United States…..it is the British empire’s United Kingdom

CHINA ACCEPTS NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR!

Vietnam bans the U.S. dollar

Putin will destroy United States by crashing U.S. dollar

Australia, New Zealand give up U.S. Dollar!

Argentina dumps U.S. dollars

IMF accepts Chinese Yuan policy against U.S. dollar

BRICS will dump the U.S. dollar

Apple now takes the Chinese Yuan, over the U.S. Dollar 

CHINESE YUAN COULD REPLACE THE U.S. DOLLAR WITHIN 10 YEARS

International

New Iraq War is blowback or even False Flag op from U.S. occupation! Current rebel leader forced to join ISIS while under U.S. control?

17 June 2014 (09:33 UTC-07 Tango)/18 Sha’ban 1435/27 Khordad 1393/20 Geng Wu 4712

“I’ll see you guys in New York.”-Quote attributed to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi by U.S. Army Colonel Kenneth King, when al-Baghdadi was released from prison in 2009 (under orders from the Obama regime?)

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the current leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), aka Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), became a member of the extremist rebel group while being held in a U.S. controlled prison (Camp Bucca) during the U.S. occupation of Iraq.

“We know for a fact that he was imprisoned in a U.S. facility during the insurgency back in 2005.  Exactly when he was released and the conditions under  the circumstances of that release are not exactly clear.  But what is clear is that…..he was radicalized in prison and then rose through the ranks of the ISI and then the ISIL.”-Brian Fishman, New American Foundation, PBS Newshour interview 16 June 2014

U.S. Army Colonel Kenneth King indicated he knew something was wrong about releasing al-Baghdadi: “We spent how many missions and how many soldiers were put at risk when we caught this guy, and we just released him?!”

Once again, the United States had a hand in the creation of a False Flag ‘terrorist threat’!

Iraq is correctly pronounced EE-Rock.