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Business/Economics

U.S. job losses & store closings 06 – 09 March 2014: “2013 was an awful, awful year for us!” Greedy property owners kill furniture stores & restaurants! Disappearing students kill universities & sandwich shops! No more Fritos?

Incomplete list of announced closings & layoffs.

California:  TV soap opera producer Prospect Park Network now bankrupt busted.   The company blames the ABC television network.  In San Jose, Diddams Party & Toy Store shutdown.  The owner said sales are not strong enough to cover the rent.  In Sacramento, The Fresh Market grocery store chain shutdown three stores!  The company blamed the bad economy.   Disney Interactive finally revealed how many video game jobs it will kill in California; 276!  In Los Angeles, YouTube prodigy Machinima laid off 42 employees, it’s more proof the internet is not making money! Also, what automotive industry recovery?  The Buerge Ford, Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge dealership shutdown, 125 jobs lost!  In San Diego, Salix Pharmaceuticals killed 200 jobs!  In Valencia, tech company Arvato laid off 30 employees.  Kroger shutdown two more Ralph’s grocery stores, 107 jobs lost!  In Orange, Obama Care killed 152 jobs at Saint Joseph Hospital!  More layoffs with Sutter Health-Alta Bates Summit Medical Centers, this time 28 jobs lost.

Colorado: Durango School District laying off 24 people.  School officials say that despite increasing student enrollment the state has drastically cut funding.

Delaware: Who said tech jobs were recession proof? Computer equipment maker Emerson Network Power announced it is laying off 63 employees in June.  Company official blame the bad economy.

Florida:  The Tampa Bay Times newspaper is now offering employees bribes to get them to voluntarily quit (employee buyouts).  Employees must decide by the end of the month, then full scale layoffs will take place.

Georgia: In Lawrenceville, another Hallmark card shop is shutdown.  After 21 years Jen’s Hallmark now closed for good.

Illinois:  Obama Care killing 148 jobs with Accretive Health!  Passages Hospice laid off 88 employees, the owners are facing health care fraud charges.  Plastic container maker Graham Packaging says it will kill 170 jobs in May!  Other companies reporting layoffs include OfficeDepot, PolyOne designed Structures and Solutions, Sodexo and American TV and Appliance of Madison, totaling 1-thousand job losses!

Kentucky:  In Corbin, taxsucker General Dynamics laying off 93 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services employees in May. It’s blamed on Obama Care.  Local government officials say the announcement was unexpected, especially since General Dynamics was one of 18 contractors to be awarded a five year $800-million USD contract to implement Obama Care plans to force people out of long term hospital care and into home care.

Maryland: The Baltimore city Housing Authority warned it might have to layoff 24 employees.  However, some reports say as many as 200 employees could become unemployed! It’s blamed on federal funding cuts, but it was revealed by one local news source that the public housing agency wants to sell off housing units to private developers under the recently created federal Rental Assistance Demonstration program.

Massachusetts:  Mormon Mitt Romney’s wonder child, Massachusetts based Staples, now shutting down 225 office supply stores!  Other cost cutting actions will take place as well.  Thousands of jobs will be lost!

Michigan: In Royal Oak, Birkenstock shoe store Footprints shutdown.

Minnesota: In Hibbing, after 30 years Zimmy’s restaurant shutdown. The owner was unable to pay taxes and lost their booze license.

New Jersey: Newark School District will kill 30% of their 3200 teaching jobs over the next three years!  They will base the layoffs on performance evaluations.

New Mexico: In Farmington, after only three years My Big Fat Greek Restaurant shutdown, 38 jobs lost.  The restaurant owner blamed the greedy property owner.

New York:  New York based pizza chain Sbarro now bankrupt busted, and that’s after shutting down 155 stores!  Home Furniture Gallery shutdown two stores and laid off employees at its HQ.  It surprised employees because originally only one store was to shutdown.  According to company officials the property owner of the store sites “yanked” the leases!  In Long Island, legal drugs maker Forest Laboratories laying off 20% of employees.   In Dewitt, electric motor maker Advanced Motors & Drives laid off 69 employees.  In Rouses Point, legal drugs maker Pfizer laying off six employees in June.   In NYC, Disney Interactive killed 33 jobs.

Oregon: In Brownsville, a Too Big to Jail Key Bank branch to shutdown in June.  Bank officials blame lack of customers.

Pennsylvania: At State College, after only four years Quizno’s sandwich shop shutdown.   The owner blamed the bad economy and the declining college student population (disappearing students).  In Fell Township, eyeglass maker Gentex Optics announced they are shutting down their factory in October.  145 jobs lost!  Company officials said making eyeglasses is no longer profitable.  In Waynesboro, Johnson Controls shutting down and moving to Mexico by the end of 2015, 203 jobs lost!

Tennessee: God refused to stop for profit Christian Victory University (Crichton College) from  shutting down!  A wealthy California Christian investor says his family has lost millions trying to float the university for the past five years!  The problem is declining enrollment due to disappearing students, and the fact that the majority of enrolled students are there on scholarships.

Texas: In Oak Cliff, Frito-Lay announced they will shutdown a factory and a warehouse in August. The number of jobs being killed was not revealed.   In Austin, after 27 years Toy Joy shutdown due to foreclosure.  The co-owner blames the gott damned economy: “2013 was an awful, awful year for us!”-Trevor Yopp

Vermont: Norwich University announced it will kill an undisclosed number of jobs in June.  It’s blamed on disappearing students.

Virginia: In Virginia Beach, after 33 years Cape Henry General Merchandise and Hardware Store shutdown.   The owners say the bad economy over the past few years killed them.

04 – 05 March 2014:  God kills The Jewish Mother! 

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

Technology, U.S.

Martial Law U.S.A.: Utah not only home to massive NSA data centers, but to massive military intelligence wargames aimed at you?

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Is it any coincidence that in the state considered to be the Mormon capital of the world, not only are there massive data collection centers run by corporations and government contractors, but massive yearly military intelligence wargames as well?

Edward Snowden proved that most of the spying by the National Security Agency is actually being done on U.S. citizens, and the NSA’s main data collection center is located on Camp Williams, Utah.

‘Intelligence collectors’ board a UH-60 Black Hawk during Panther Strike 2014 at Camp Williams, Utah. California Army National Guard photo Specialist Brianne M. Roudebush, 18JUN2014.

(I attended PLDC [pronounced p-l-d-c] and BNCO [pronounced b-knock] at Camp Williams)

A simulated forward operating base (FOB) on Camp Williams. Utah Army National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Robert D Walden, 17JUN2014.

But there’s something else happening at Camp Williams: Operation Panther Strike.  Why?  “For the current conflicts we’re involved in, Utah provides some critical elements of realism. Salt Lake is at the same elevation as Bagram Airfield there in Afghanistan, and many soldiers comment on the similarities in the terrain. The exercise also tends to gravitate here because there is a lot of command support, and investments have been made to have all the necessary infrastructure in place.“-Colonel Derek Tolman, 300th MI Brigade, Utah

California Army National Guard photo by First Lieutenant Jan Bender, 09JUN2014.

Panther Strike is a yearly wargame involving military intelligence units from the U.S. Army, Army Reserve, National Guard units from at least 20 states, and even the British Empire (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom)!

Panther Strike started in 2003 in Florida, then moved to Utah in 2005.

Canadians joining in the Panther Strike fun on Camp Williams. Utah Army National Guard photo by Sergeant First Class Brock Jones, 11JUN2012.

Then in 2012 it evolved into a global event, becoming the “premiere”  military inteligence wargame: “In previous years, there was more of an emphasis on Warrior Tasks and battle drills than you see in Panther Strike 2012. We really wanted to make this an intelligence-centered exercise.  By making Panther Strike more of an intelligence exercise, we’ve gotten a lot of attention from within the intelligence community, and a lot of support.  For example, Intelligence Security Command has a lot of resources and assets that we have been able to tap into and coordinate for this exercise. A lot of our training teams that came out are INSCOM teams, or are from INSCOM units, which brings a level of legitimacy to the exercise.”-Captain Timothy Kelley, 142nd MI Battalion, Florida

“This is the premiere military intelligence training exercise in the country where you will have signal intelligence, human intelligence, counterintelligence, imagery intelligence and all-source coupled with coalition partners. Soldiers coming to this exercise had the opportunity to work not only with the latest equipment and software; they had the opportunity to train using the full spectrum of intelligences available both in the Guard and in the active component.”-Major Scott A. Chalmers, 300th MI Brigade, Utah

Panther Strike 2014 recently kicked off at Camp Williams.  It involves more than 600 personnel from several federal and state military units, as well as from the British Empire (Australia, Canada and United Kingdom).

Panther Strike 2015  plans to bring in more foreign military units.

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MARTIAL LAW U.S.A. 2013: FEDERAL JUDGE SAYS NSA DATA COLLECTION VIOLATES CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF U.S. CITIZENS! CALLS DATA COLLECTION “OREWELLIAN”.

Business/Economics, Idaho

Proof money can’t solve anything: Albertson Foundation throws millions of dollars at education every year, the result is Idaho is now dead last in higher education!

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“You can look at the initiatives over the past five years, and you can look at the awareness campaign, and you can look at the data that has actually shown we are getting worse in our Go-On rate.  Is that working? Well, obviously not.”-Jamie MacMillan, Albertson Foundation

The Albertson Foundation has been throwing tens of millions of dollars at the Idaho education system year after year, funding campaigns like Don’t Fail Idaho! and Go On!   Now the results are in and it’s all a big fail!

In 2009 Idaho ranked 43rd in the United States for high school graduates going on to college, in 2013 Idaho fell to last place.

This spring Albertson Foundation conducted a survey of high school students and found that most students did not want a college degree or could not afford to go to college (apparently the folks at Albertson Foundation were shocked at how many high school students said they could not afford college).

High school students also stated that the higher education campaign ads gave them two options: Flip burgers or get in massive debt going to college!

Maybe high school grads aren’t so dumb after all, and it’s the Albertson Foundation that needs to go back to school?

Albertson Foundation is still determined to throw more money at their failed attempts to save education, but they say they’ll focus on other forms of post high school education, like vocational training.   Albertson Foundation will also use social media to spread their new propaganda.

Idaho, U.S.

2nd Amendment Citizen Martial Law: Idahoans arming themselves in record numbers?

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In the U.S. Gem State of Idaho people are not only arming themselves, in true 2nd Amendment Citizen Martial Law, but applications for the  multi-state Enhanced Concealed Weapons Permit are skyrocketing!

In Pocatello, KPVI reported that local gun shops and shooting ranges are dealing with increased demand for courses covering the Enhanced Concealed Weapons Permit.  In the past week Sam’s Gun Shop and Shooting Range certified 60 people for the permit: “We actually had a lady come in not too long ago because someone broke in to her house.  She came in here and said ‘I want something to protect myself so if it happens again I’m not going to get caught in the middle of it!'”-Cami Edwards, Sam’s Gun Shop

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International

World War 3 Afghanistan, 11 – 15 June 2014: You paid to create a Navy in landlocked Afghanistan! Obama releases Pakistani prisoners! More Guardsmen deploying, after 2015! Obama sees elections as the new altar of human sacrifice?

Herat Province:  11 voters had the fingers cut off by Mujahideen.

Kabul Province: Election officials revealed that at least 150 acts of violence have marred the runoff elections.  The National Directorate of Security says there were at least 473 attempted attacks on voting day.   The numbers jive with what Mujahideen claim.  At least 39 civilians killed, 88 wounded.  18 Afghan National Army personnel killed, 74 wounded.   176 Mujahideen killed, 95 wounded.  The Independent Election Commission admitted that 121 voting stations were never opened!  Obama presidential candidate puppet Abdullah Abdullah now wants to get rid of the Independent Election Commission, saying he will not recognize the IEC’s vote count if the IEC boss does not resign!  Government officials still call the second round of elections “successful”!  If this is what makes a successful election, then all of the elections in the United States must have been failures!  Obama regime lackey, and U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry said this about the election violence: “I’ve been to Afghanistan twice since becoming Secretary of State and many times before that. Every time I do, I’m impressed by how much Afghans have sacrificed for their future.”

Kandahar Province: In Kandahar City, two days of battles between Mujahideen and police resulted in dozens of people killed or wounded.

Nangarhar Province: In Jalalabad City, Obama regime puppet Abdullah Abdullah apparently ordered his supporters to assassinate supporters of his political rival!  Police report that Abdullah supporters shot and killed two supporters of Ashraf Ghani.  Three people were also wounded.  In Sarqul Yaftal District, a teacher was assassinated after it was revealed they voted for Ghani.  In another report, an adult and a child were killed, and one adult wounded, by supporters of Obama puppet Abdullah Abdullah.  Is this what Obama wants for the United States?

Parwan Province: Reuters revealed that the Obama regime has secretly release 12 prisoners from a secret U.S. prison.  The prisoners are a Frenchman, a Kuwaiti and 10 Pakistanis.

Samangan Province: In Aibak City, 10 election workers were killed when they drove over a landmine.  A child was also killed.  The ballot boxes were destroyed.  Is this what Obama wants for the United States?

The U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) discovered that U.S. taxpayers funded the creation of a river navy in landlocked Afghanistan!  It looks like a scam because the eight patrol boats never arrived in-country, even though they were paid for in 2010.  The U.S. Department of Defense decided the boats weren’t necessary, nine months after the money was spent! U.S. taxpayers were ripped off by $3-million USD!

In the U.S. state of fruits & nuts California, in the city of San Francisco ‘gay pride’ organizers banned National Guard and State Military Reserve recruiters from attending the Pride Parade.  This is perplexing because many openly homosexual people serve in the California Guard and Reserve, and Bradley-Chelsea Manning is the official Grand Marshal of the parade.

More than 150 militiamen of the National Guard’s 816th Engineer Company (North Dakota) were notified that they will deploy to Afghanistan in 2015.

U.S.

U.S. Civil War: Chicago update 14 – 15 June 2014: 1 dead, 9 wounded! Chicago has become one Mass Shooting Event? Proof just the threat of gun violence works, if you want a Police State, because FBI evidence shows most Chicago crimes do not involve guns!

Incomplete list.

3100 block of West Polk Street:  17 years old boy shot in the head and killed.  Local news reports indicate that a crowd gathered afterwards and were giving the police a hard time.

79th Street and Maryland Avenue:  20 years old man shot and wounded.  He walked himself to a hospital.

9300 block of South Greenwood Avenue: A 37 years old man shot in the back.  He claims he never heard the gunshot.

Lyndale and Sacramento avenues: 21 years old woman shot in the knee and wounded.

1700 block of West 18th Place: Two people sitting in a car were shot and wounded by a man who walked up to the car.

2900 block of South Poplar Avenue: 23 years old man shot in the leg. He’s not cooperating with cops.

57th Street and Racine Avenue: A 33 years old man standing on the sidewalk was shot and wounded by drive by shooters.

400 block of West 118th Street: A man shot in the butt and wounded.

1600 block of South Indiana Avenue: 22 years old man shot in the leg and wounded.  He took himself to the hospital.

According to Canada’s Sun News Network, Chicago has more gun violence than all mass shootings throughout the rest of United States combined: “Far more people have been killed in the bad neighbourhoods of Chicago than were killed in all the mass shootings combined.”  

However, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation’s 2012 Uniform Crime Report shows that gun violence in Chicago makes up just a sliver of a fraction of all crimes in the windy city.  Violent crimes, including those that do not involve a gun, make up 18.9% of Chicagoland crime.  All other crimes make up 81.1% of Chicago crimes!  So why is Obama’s Rahm Emanuel pushing for a total gun ban?

The threat of gun violence works!  For proof, a rap concert in the town of Cicero was canceled by police due to “….information that there were some threats and there might be some violence against the performer and his entourage.”

In fact, the threat of an all out attack on the rap show prompted several cities to basically declare martial law: “The rapper has written songs that have led to death threats against his life in southern Cook County. The mayor’s top priority is to protect the citizens of Harvey against any potential threat to public safety. Harvey Police will be on high alert this coming weekend. We stand united with the City of Chicago and the Town of Cicero in protecting our citizens against the threat of violence…..”-Eric Kellogg, Mayor of Harvey

Once again, most of the shooting victims were not armed. You would think that if this was gang violence there would be gun battles, but there are no gun battles. It’s as if the shooters are deliberately targeting unarmed people.

Police continue to insist most of the gun violence is caused by gang bangers, but have made no arrests. New anti-gun laws would not stop the shootings, because most guns used by gang bangers are already illegal!

“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, calls Chicagoland his homie town

Chicago update 09 – 13 June 2014

Fukushima, Idaho

Fukushima-WIPP-Radiation Fallout: Fukushima reporting intentionally dumbed down, police fail to stop massive looting, radiation is hitting the U.S.! Reactor 2 full blown China Syndrome? WIPP explosion could kill jobs in Idaho, South Carolina and New Mexico! Cell phones are False Flag birth control?

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In Sudan, a Chinese oil company evacuated their employees when a radioactive oil exploration device was left exposed at the oil drilling site.  The device was supposed to be “secured” underground.  At least 70 employees are now under medical observation.  Sudanese news media broke the story, and also claim that the Chinese oil company, and the private hospital where the workers were taken, are trying to hush up the incident.

In the U.S. state of West Virginia, a shale oil drilling company has dumped radioactive sludge in a landfill. It was confirmed by the state Division of Water and Waste Management. The sludge was originally rejected by a Pennsylvania landfill.

“We’re still paying the mortgage on the Cold War.”-Scott Kovac, Nuclear Watch New Mexico

In the U.S. state of New Mexico, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) cost taxpayers $2.5-billion USD just to build.  Now it’s shutdown because of what looks to be carelessness on the part of the operator and National Laboratories (which caused a truck fire and a chemical reaction explosion spewing radiation from the site), and could result in job losses at three National Laboratory locations.

WIPP was created to deal with the growing military nuclear waste being generated at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, Savanna River Site in South Carolina and the Idaho National Laboratory.   Since WIPP opened for business it has filled up 53% of its underground nuke waste storage, at a cost to taxpayers of $6-billion.   WIPP’s shutdown means those National Laboratories will be forced to cut back on operations, because there is nowhere to (legally) store the nuke waste they generate.

By the way, a subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives is recommending a bill to spend $120-million to clean up the mess caused by the WIPP disaster, and that’s on top of WIPP’s $220-million operating budget for fiscal 2015.

The U.S. Department of Energy is now considering the possibility that highly acidic waste was inside six of the mixed waste drums that erupted in WIPP.   The acidic waste reacted with organic (‘green’) cat litter (absorbent) also inside the drums.  Los Alamos National Laboratory is the source of the six drums.  LANL nuke waste operations are now under investigation.

Speaking of Idaho National Laboratory, the contractor operating the controversial site Battelle Energy Alliance is being sued by former employees and their families for exposure to plutonium.   The latest lawsuit says the contractor withheld information or offered false information concerning a 2011 leak, and that leak led to the contamination of homes.

In the U.S. state of Oregon, Oregon State University confirms that radiation from Fukushima Daiichi is building on the Pacific coast of the North America.  Radiation levels in Albacore tuna, caught off the coast of Oregon, are now triple what they were before the nuke disaster: “A year of eating albacore with these cesium traces is about the same dose of radiation as you get from spending 23 seconds in a stuffy basement from radon gas……”-Delvin Neville, researcher

In Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture, police have done a good job of keeping evacuated homeowners out of the radiation No-Go zones, but yet burglars are free to roam!  Prefectural officials have admitted that more than 1200 evacuated homes have been burgled since the disasters in 2011!   The failure of law enforcement was revealed by homeowners who were allowed to return home temporarily.   Police also admitted that in May of this year 90 burglaries took place!  One man has been arrested, and the big fail cops say they will now patrol the No-Go zones.

Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCo) discovered that the cooling water level in Fukushima Daiichi’s GE designed reactor Unit 2 is much lower than they thought. And gee where’s the melted nuclear fuel?  TEPCo officials found that the water level was only 30cm (11.8 inches) deep, and they could not see the melted fuel rods.  They said they didn’t know where the water was leaking out from.  Here’s my suggestion: China Syndrome.

There are reports saying that Fukushima Medical University claims that 48% of 375-thousand young people tested for contamination are now suffering from pre-cancerous thyroid problems!  Also, 120 types of childhood cancers have been found.  Normally they’d expect only three types!

A Korean journalism professor revealed why news about Fukushima Daiichi is so watered down: “NHK never showed graphic footage that could alarm the viewers, like the meltdown of the nuclear reactors. The broadcaster has a manual about reporting such accidents — they do not show explosions, or close-ups of the sites. They do not show dead bodies. They stick to these principles. NHK played a big role in assuring the Japanese people of their safety at such a difficult time for their country.”-Lee Yeon, Sun Moon University, who advocates such a misleading policy for news outlets

And Down Under, Radio Australia reported that the neo-imperialist Abe government of Japan has installed right wingers to run NHK (Nippon Housou Kyoukai/Japan Broadcasting Corporation), which will further reduce NHK’s credibility: “I’m disgusted by this. There’s some kind of right-wing revolution happening in Japan and they want NHK to be part of it. It threatens the existence of NHK as a public broadcaster and it will become the same as the broadcaster in North Korea.”-Kawasaki Yushuki, former NHK reporter

Yet more studies say cell phones are radioactive. At least 19 separate studies concluded that men who keep their cell phones in their front pants pocket are killing off their sperm.   Another study says pregnant women are affecting their unborn child’s brain development by blabbing on cell phones.   And if you think it’s all BS, then why does C/NET keep track of Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) data off cell phones: “…a handset’s SAR is sometimes printed in phone’s user manual, but where it is in those manuals and how it is listed can vary widely. Other times, the SAR is available only online, which forces users to hunt it down, possibly through the FCC’s Web site (not a fun experience, trust me). …..By posting our charts, we’re just making it easier for our readers to find the information that they want.”

C/NET offers this advice: A phone’s SAR can vary during a call as you alternate between transmission bands and as you increase your distance from a tower.
Text instead of placing a voice call or use a speakerphone or headset when possible.
Carry your phone in a bag rather than in a pocket. If you’re pregnant, avoid carrying a phone next to your abdomen.
Children, who have smaller and thinner skulls, should take extra care.
People of any age should not sleep with an active phone under the pillow.
Accessories may help….cases, which are designed to refocus RF energy away from your head while not reducing signal strength….By all means avoid the shiny, gold-lined radiation “shields” that you can find online. They’re a scam.

Business/Economics

U.S. job losses & store closings 04 – 05 March 2014: No more cranberry juice? Massive missing students shut down more schools! ObamaCare bankruptcies? Radio Shack ups the store closure ante! God kills The Jewish Mother!

Incomplete list of announced closings & layoffs.

California:  The operator of 19 nursing homes, Country Villa Health Services, is now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.   Reduced reimbursements due to Obama Care is an issue, but company officials admitted the main reason for the bankruptcy is because they’re getting hit with massive lawsuits.  1711 patients and 2113 employees affected!

Colorado: The U.S. Air Force Academy laid off 99 employees.  Biochemistry, environmental engineering and meteorology are among ten academic majors being eliminated, due to disappearing students (declining student enrollment).

Illinois: What automotive industry recovery?  Fiat-Chrysler is laying off 325 people in Belvidere! It’s blamed on a 37% drop in sales of the new Dodge Dart.  The factory employees about 1200 people.

Indiana: In Terre Haute, Japan based Sony DADC shutdown its distribution center, 34 jobs lost.  Distribution operations are being consolidated.

Maine: University of Maine at Farmington eliminated 18 jobs.  It’s blamed on lack of funding due to disappearing students.

Massachusetts:  The city of Fall River warned 60 firefighters of impending layoffs.  City officials revealed those positions have been paid for with federal funding, and that funding is being turned off in June.

Minnesota: In Minneapolis, after only four years LifePower yoga gym shutdown.  It’s being consolidated into other Life Time Fitness operations, to save money in this bad economy.  In Shoreview, after 40 years Kozlak’s Royal Oak Restaurant shutdown.  The property was sold to make room for a nursing home co-op.

Missouri: In Springfield one of three Kmarts to shutdown in June, 60 jobs lost.

Montana: In Anaconda, after more than 53 years Lutey’s Furniture & Appliance store shutdown.  Also, there is a Radio Shack operation inside the very large store and it shutdown as well.  The operators of the Radio Shack said their shutdown is not connected to the newly announced 1100 Radio Shack store shutdowns (see Texas below).

Nebraska: What housing market recovery?  In Scottsbluff, Nationstar Mortgage quietly killed 105 jobs!  The layoffs were made public by employees, and it was also revealed that back in November the mortgage company killed all their part time jobs!  Several whistleblower former employees said the mortgage industry shutdown was planned at least one year ago!  In Council Bluff, it’s looking like Griffin Pipe Products is being shut down.  250 jobs lost!   It’s blamed on the takeover by U.S. Pipe and Foundry.

New Jersey:  In Bordentown, maker of cranberry based juices Ocean Spray killing 138 jobs!  They’re shutting down their factory and moving to Pennsylvania.

New York: In Rochester, Kodak has been busy slowly letting employees go.  In the past few weeks about ten people lost their jobs.  In Brentwood, Royal Pet Supplies shutting down their factory in June,  123 jobs lost!   The company is consolidating operations to save money, due to the bad economy.

North Carolina: In Winston-Salem, after 16 years Ollie’s Bakery shutdown.  The landlord is the suspect.

Ohio: In Over the  Rhine, after only two years Reser Bicycle Outfitters shutdown one of their shops.  The company said due to the bad economy they had to consolidate operations.  Parma City School District warned of layoffs as they and the teachers union battle it out in arbitration.  If U.S. teachers are so important why is the United States now among the dumbest countries in the world?

Oregon: In Portland, Ivories Jazz Lounge and Restaurant shutdown.  No reason given, but reviews of the restaurant were hit & miss.  Many customers were shocked by the unadvertised cover charge for the bands.  In Springfield, local farmer’s-crafts  type store Eugenius Marketplace shutdown after only 18 months in business!  It sounds like they couldn’t afford the rent, despite tripling their sales in the past few months.

Pennsylvania:  In Olyphant, Cinram Manufacturing laid off about 50 employees.  The company has laid off hundreds of people over the years, and locals say it won’t be long until there’s no employees left.  The Correy Area School District shut down two elementary schools.  Superintendent William Nichols blames it on the mysterious disappearing students, saying “The board built two buildings here in the past six or seven years that house all of the elementary students and that becomes possible because we have a declining enrollment of 35%…”    In Wilkes-Barre, legal drugs pusher Rite Aid shutting down a 25 years old pharmacy in April.  In Honesdale, after 75 years Morning Glory Gifts shutdown. It’s the economy: “For many years we’ve had our ups and downs, but in the past five years we’ve had more downs than we’ve had ups.”-Kelly Birmelin, owner

Texas: Fort Worth based Radio Shack was closing 500 stores, now they’re shutting down 1100 stores!   Company officials reported a $400-million USD loss for all of 2013!

Virginia: In Virginia Beach, after 40 years God refused to stop the shutdown of The Jewish Mother Hilltop restaurant and dance club/music venue.  The Jewish Mother Hilltop has been plagued by lawsuits, financial problems and recent health problems for the owner.   The owner also admitted that January and February saw crashing revenues, and he was unable to pay rent.

Washington:  More proof that the internet is not the reason for brick & mortar shutdowns.  Internet based children’s products retailer Chasing Fireflies laid off 92 employees.  In 2012, Chasing Fireflies was taken over by the same company that runs Home Shopping Network.  HSN also announced they are moving Chasing Fireflies’ HQ to an undisclosed location.

Wisconsin: Who said tech jobs are recession proof?  In Eau Claire, Hutchinson Technologies killing 78 jobs.  It’s blamed on six straight years of revenue losses!

01 – 03 March 2014: Too Big to Jail banks excused from paying $1-billion in debt! 

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

U.S.

U.S. Civil War: Chicago update 09 – 13 June 2014: 6 dead, 28 wounded! Cars being used as weapons! Victims refuse to cooperate with clueless cops!

Incomplete list.

200 block of West 72nd Street: A man and a 4 years old boy were sitting in a vehicle when somebody in another car shot them.  The man was killed, the boy is in stable condition.  Police say the dead man was a hardened criminal and believe he was assassinated by rival criminals.

7300 block of South Perry Avenue: A woman and a man sitting in a vehicle were shot by people in an SUV.  The woman was killed, the man wounded.

1300 block of South Central Park Avenue: 28 years old man shot in the back by drive by shooters, and killed.

3500 block of West 79th Place: Domestic violence got everybody killed.  A man shot and killed two women, shot and wounded an 18 years old man, beat his uncle, then shot and killed himself.  Apparently the shooter was upset by his girlfriend wanting to end their relationship.

5700 block of West Augusta Boulevard: Three men standing in front of a grocery store were shot at by drive by shooters.  Two men were hit, one died the other is in critical condition.  The shooters were riding in a new Lincoln MKZ.

6900 block of South Parnell Avenue: Two men shot by drive by shooters.  They are in critical condition.

7500 block of West Barry Avenue: A man was shot in the neck and torso by a drive by shooter.  He’s in critical condition.

7700 block of South Peoria Street:  33 years old man shot in the knee while out walking.

4800 block of West George Street: 18 years old shot multiple times in the arm and back.

1800 block of West 58th Street: 27 years old man shot in the arm and leg.

3100 block of West Monroe Street: A man shot and wounded, his friend drove him to a hospital.  He refused to cooperate with cops.

2500 block of West 38th Street: A 16 years old boy in serious condition after being shot in the face.

2300 block of West 72nd Street: 56 years old man shot in the back and wounded while he was cleaning out his rain gutters.  It was a drive-by shooting.  Police found the suspect’s car, but no suspect.

9300 block of South Ada Street: 20 years old man took himself to a hospital after being shot in the arm.  Police are calling it domestic violence.  Please note, local news media are also reporting that the shooting happened on the 9400 block of South Ada Street, and that the man was shot in the torso.  Mmmm, can anybody get the facts straight?

West 68th Street and South Paulina Street: Police found a 24 years old man shot in the back, inside his home.  Cops say the victim is being “extremely uncooperative”.

4400 block of North Whipple Street: A man was shot in the hand and foot.  He walked himself to a hospital.

2200 block of West Adams Street: 19 years old man walked himself to a hospital after being shot in the chest.  Cops say they were unable to get details on how he was shot.

3900 block of West Madison Street: 39 years old man was grazed on the arm by a bullet.  Police say they do not have any details about the shooting.

5600 block of South Western Avenue: Two men got shot while riding in a car.  They say another car pulled alongside and bullets started flying.

8500 block of South Euclid Avenue: A 15 years old boy shot in the chest by drive by shooters.  He’s in serious condition.

9900 block of South Martin Luther King Jr Drive: 18 years old man shot twice in the head.  He walked himself to a cousin’s house.  He’s in serious condition.

4100 block of South Indiana Avenue:  A man says as he walked passed a group of men and they started an argument with him, and then shot him in the arm.

1300 block of South Keeler Avenue: 40 years old man shot in the hand by drive by shooters.

2400 block of North Lawndale Avenue: 20 years old man shot in the back and wounded.

6700 block of South Marshfield Avenue: A man says three men approached him and shot him in the torso.  He’s in critical condition.

1500 block of North Hoyne Avenue: Police say they were forced to shoot and wound a 20 years old man who was trying to run them down with his car.

Once again, most of the victims were not armed. You would think that if this was gang violence there would be gun battles, but there are no gun battles. It’s as if the shooters are deliberately targeting unarmed people.

Police continue to insist most of the gun violence is caused by gang bangers, but have made few arrests. New anti-gun laws would not stop the shootings, because most guns used by gang bangers are already illegal!

“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, calls Chicagoland his homie town

Chicago update 07 – 08 June 2014

International

World War 3, Asian Front-Afghanistan, 06 – 10 June 2014: U.S. taxes pay for Italian goats! More U.S. troops being killed by their own! National Guardsman now facing murder charges! United States now officially a combat zone?

Farah Province: In Khak-e-Safid District, a civilian vehicle ran over a landmine, killing four and wounding five.

Ghazni Province: 25 teachers and ten students at the university were kidnapped.

Helmand Province: In Sangin District, government officials claim five Mujahideen blew themselves up while planting landmines (this scenario seems to happening more and more).

Herat Province: The U.S. Department of Defense, and Colorado State University, are spending your tax money to buy Italian goats for Afghan ranchers: “What we’ve done is set this farm up to be something which is sustainable by the private sector. Ideally, what we would like to see is the markets to open up to Afghan cashmere. We’ve seen the change happening already, but we’d like to see it come around full circle for a fully revitalised industry in Afghanistan, where the cashmere is leaving Afghanistan as Afghan-branded cashmere.”-Benjamin Kolendar, Task Force for Business and Stability Operations

Kabul Province: In Kabul City, the convoy of Obama’s puppet candidate, Abdullah Abdullah, was attacked by two explosions.  Six people killed, 22 wounded, yet Obama’s puppet survived.  It’s being blamed on Pakistan.  Afghan Ministry of Defense reports hundreds of people killed and wounded in ongoing operations.  They include Afghan government forces, Mujahideen and militants from Pakistan.  Afghan President Hamid Karzai congratulated Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for his re-election victory.

Kandahar Province: In Maiwand District, a car bomb exploded next to an Afghan National Army vehicle.  Five ANA soldiers wounded.

Khost Province: In Alisher District, two Pakistani F-16s crossed into Afghan airspace.

Kunar Province: In Shegal District, provincial officials claim Pakistan fired 32 artillery rounds into their province.   In Khas Kunar District, a U.S.-NATO airstrike killed at least ten people, including Pakistanis.

Logar Province: A U.S. Army Specialist from California was killed.  There is confusion as to how he died.  Officially the U.S. Department of Defense said it was a “non-hostile” incident, but, the father of the soldier swears his son was actually in Zabul Province, where he was killed in a U.S. airstrike.  In  Mohammad Agha District, eight members of the NGO Mine Detection Center were executed by men with guns.

Nangarhar Province: In Lal Pur District, officials claim Pakistan fired artillery rounds into their province, killing one person and wounding several others.  In Behsud District, a police station was attacked.  Two of the attackers were killed. One cop killed and 25 vehicles destroyed.  In Jalalabad City, a court house was attacked.  Three attackers killed during the two hours long battle.

Nuristan Province: There are reports that masked Pakistani Mujahideen crossed into the province and hanged 12 Afghan Mujahideen, for failure to follow their orders.  However, Afghan Mujahideen say what really happened was that they caught Afghan government spys trying to infiltrate their group.  The people executed were Afghan government spys.

Zabul Province: Four U.S. Army and one U.S. Marine personnel were killed by a U.S. airstrike.  An Afghan interpreter was also killed.  The U.S. unit got pinned down by a Mujahideen ambush and called in the airstrike.  The family of one of the killed soldiers said the U.S. Army woke them up in the middle of the night to tell them the bad news.

Pakistan has accused Afghanistan of being behind the recent attack on Karachi airport.

In a hint that the United States is now a combat zone, a recent Defense Videos & Imagery Distribution System (dvids) report stated that “…the 216th Engineer Company, California National Guard, and the 849th Eng. Company, Minnesota National Guard, redeployed to U.S. soil….”   RE-deployed?  The units specialize in looking for bombs, and have returned from Afghanistan.

Dvids has also been reporting that more and more National Guard units are undergoing “IED warfare” training, despite claims that the U.S. is pulling out of Afghanistan.

In the U.S. state of Oklahoma, a highly decorated Afghan veteran and National Guard combat medic is now charged with murdering his uncle.

Two units of the Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 294th Infantry Regiment (Guam) ended their tour of duty in Afghanistan.

The National Guard’s Operation Support Airlift Command Detachment 6 (Connecticut) deployed to Afghanistan.