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Idaho, U.S.

Record number of foreigners attend U.S. universities! It can’t stop the enrollment bloodletting!

17 November 2015, 22:23 UTC-07 Tango 01 (27 Aban 1394/05 Safar 1437/07 Ding-Hai 10th month 4713)

Just last week I saw a brand new awesome Dodge Challenger (with what sounded like the Hellcat motor) driving up Yellowstone Avenue in the rural city of Pocatello, Idaho, with a Kuwaiti license plate!  (I’m actually mad because I can’t a afford a Hellcat Challenger)

According to U.S. Institute of International Education’s 2015 Open Doors Report, for the second school-year in a row the number of foreigners attending U.S. colleges and universities has broken records, and Kuwait is one of the top three suppliers of those students.  The other two of the top three are Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the South American country of Brazil.

Pocatello, Idaho, is home to Idaho State University (ISU) which readily admits (see pie chart above) that the majority of their ‘international’ students come from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.

But despite more and more foreigners attending ISU year after year, administrators also admitted they suffered a net loss of more than 6-hundred students for this school year!  In fact, if you read my Dumbing Down the United States reports you’ll discover that crashing enrollment is the number one cause of U.S. education layoffs and shutdowns.

Dumbing Down Japan: ‘Secret’ order to eliminate ‘thinking’ classes revealed! 

Boise State welcomes Brave New World Order with Neo-Fascist-Nazi makeover! Come burn books at the feet of the all powerful -B- megalith! 

Dumbing Down the United States, 3rd Quarter 2015: “It’s a necessary evil.” 

doctor & Idaho State University faculty member failed at autopsies

Carnegie ranks ISU second to worst in the West!

Idaho State University hit with sanctions, major donor says ISU President “inflexible” 

International

1st ever EU army! France demands U.S. step down from War on Terror leadership! Russia joins France! Hollande clarifies French normalcy!

17 November 2015 (17:51 UTC-07 Tango 01)/26 Aban 1394/04 Safar 1437/06 Ding-Hai (10th month) 4713

“To arms citizens! Form your battalions. March, march!
Let impure blood water our furrows.“-French national anthem

“We are the Motherland of Human rights.”-François Hollande, French president during 16 November 2015 Parliament in Versaille France is at War speech

French False Flag president François Gérard Georges Nicolas Hollande clarified what he meant by France returning to normalcy: ‘going out, shopping, concerts’ but he said nothing about liberté, égalité or fraternité! An Israeli newspaper even created the headline subtitle Liberté is Out; securite is in. 

Hollande also revealed that the current French constitution is going to be trashed for a new Orwellian ‘1984’ style constitution: “…this new kind of war demands a constitution that can manage a state in crisis.”  In his 16 November speech before the Parliament in Versaille (which is essentially how the French declare war) Hollande went further and stated “…we must go beyond the state of emergency…we need to change our constitution to enable public authorities to act in conformity with….an act of war…”

French news reports also say that Hollande will be in the United States next week, demanding an end to the U.S. led War on Terror, to be replaced by a tripartite France, U.S. and Russian led War on DAIISH (DA for al-DAwla, I for al-Islamiya, I for al-Iraq, SH al-SHam [al-Sham=Syria]).  By the way the U.S., EU, Saudi and Israeli backed DAIISH can trace its ancestry back to the British empire takeover of the Ottoman empire.

As the first act of the new tripartite combat force Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered his naval forces to cooperate with French naval forces in their attacks on Syria!  Russian ships in the Mediterranean Sea have been ordered to link up with a French aircraft carrier group that is on its way.

In another False Flag reaction to the Paris attacks, 28 members of the European Union demanded the creation of the first ever EU military force.  This is in response to France’s invocation of the EU collective defense article 42.7.

More False Flag BS: German news reports say the Syrian passport found near a blown up Paris attacker actually belonged to a Syrian soldier killed while defending his country from the U.S., EU, Saudi and Israeli backed DAIISH!  

Also, the German army (Heer) is increasing its presence in the French colony of Mali, under the guise of helping France fight terrorism!   By the way, Hollande wants to extend the state of emergency to French colonies.

How can we be secure if even the Israeli Defense Forces can’t stop the theft of their weapons by their own soldiers?! 

Official Orwellian Double-Speak pro-war propaganda program has begun 

NATO’s stated reasons are an example of Orwellian Doublespeak 

World War 3 & One World Government: 12 Warning signs from Argentine Political Analyst 

Some facts about Revolutions the leaderless Wall Street occupiers, and Tea Partiers, need to know 

THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF OLIGARCHICAL COLLECTIVISM, or Maintaining Power through a Continuous War on Terror, or War is a Competition to Control the most Slave Wage Workers

THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF OLIGARCHICAL COLLECTIVISM, or Socialistic Elitism, or Corporate America 

Opinion

New Anthem for Paris: The Mob Rules!

Close the city and tell the people that something’s coming to call
Death and darkness are rushing forward to take a bite from the wall, oh

You’ve nothing to say
They’re breaking away
If you listen to fools…
The Mob Rules
The Mob Rules

Kill the spirit and you’ll be blinded, the end is always the same
Play with fire, you burn your fingers and lose your hold of the flame, oh

It’s over, it’s done
The end is begun
If you listen to fools…
The Mob Rules

You’ve nothing to say
Oh, They’re breaking away
If you listen to fools…

Break the circle and stop the movement, the wheel is thrown to the ground
Just remember it might start rolling and take you right back around

You’re all fools!
The Mob Rules!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cATPLk559XY

Charlie Hebdo slams French President’s claim that France has returned to “normal life”!

Business/Economics, Idaho

“We…wish you the best of success in your new positions wherever they may be.” Buffett dumps Walmart! ‘Growth’ is new code for failure? : U.S. Job Losses & Closings 13 – 16 November 2015

California:   British empire based U.S. taxsucker BAE revealed they eliminated 165 additional jobs in San Francisco!  In San Jose, Boston Scientific issued a layoff WARN saying 75 people will be laid off after Xmas.  In Pleasanton, Albertsons-Safeway issued yet another layoff WARN, another 23 people being let go after Xmas.  West Sacramento based grocery store Raley’s announced it will shutdown its Sacramento and Stockton stores, 114 jobs lost between September and December!  In Stockton, CEVA Logistics eliminating 51 jobs after Xmas.  In Oxnard, Haas Automation revealed they laid off six people back in October.  In Irvine, Verizon issued a layoff WARN saying 171 people will become unemployed after Xmas!   LG NanoH2O laid off 48 employees in El Segundo and 35 in Hawthorne.  In Pacoima, Brice Manufacturing eliminating 33 jobs after Xmas.  In Redwood City, CoreLogic shutting down by January 2016, at least 21 jobs lost.  In San Diego, Arena Pharmaceuticals eliminating 79 jobs after Xmas.  The Declan Suites issued a layoff WARN for after Xmas, 35 jobs lost.  Circuit board maker ISOLA USA shutting down their Elk Grove ops after Xmas, 72 jobs lost. In Los Angeles, Napa Valley Grill shutting down before Xmas, 86 jobs lost, the operator claims it’s temporary.  In Calexico, Aqua Lung America shutdown without warning, 29 jobs lost.

Delaware: Ward Ellinger Gallery shutdown.

Failed State Florida: Ameris Bank shutting down their Jasper office in January 2016.

Idaho:  It’s been revealed that state taxpayers shelled out more than $2.1-million USD in failed state sovereignty lawsuits!  Those lawsuits are funded through the Constitutional Defense Fund.  For proof your ‘elected’ officials are idiots it’s also been revealed that The Gem State has lost every state sovereignty case since 1996!  There is only $322-thousand remaining in the Constitutional Defense Fund.  Gov’na Otter is asking ‘lawmakers’ to rape taxpayers for an additional $1-million for the Constitutional Defense Fund!  Possibly in connection, the Center for Public Integrity ranked Idaho ‘lawmakers’ and Courts among the worst in the United States for lack of openness and corruption.  

Failed State Illinois: Chicago based Tribune Publishing bribing 5-hundred employees to voluntarily quit (voluntary buyouts) or else outright layoffs will take place!  In Willowbrook, after 29 years Phillies Pizza shutting down before Thanksgiving.   In Murphysboro, after 61 years Gillenberg’s Furniture shutting down.

Kansas: In Valley Falls, after 125 years (surviving the Great Depression and numerous recessions) Stewart Hardware shutdown.  The current owners said their sales no longer support operating costs.

Michigan: In Howell, The Candy Bar shutting down in February 2016.  The property owner refused to renew the lease, yet, local news reports say the property owner has no plans for the building.

Minnesota: Minneapolis based software company Code42 laid off 30 employees.  The arrogant administrators said the employees weren’t a good fit for the new corporate culture of growth. 

Missouri: In addition to the hundreds of people being laid off in California, taxsucker Boeing announced 80 people will be let go in Saint Louis, by January 2016.  More layoffs could be in the works as company administrators originally warned of 450 layoffs!

Nebraska: Warren Buffett’s Omaha based Berkshire Hathaway revealed it began dumping its Walmart and Goldman Sachs stocks back in September.

Failed State New Jersey: The new California based owner of the Saint Clare’s Health System laid off 50 people. The new administrators blame it on “current volumes” caused by ObamaCare.

Failed State New York:  NYC based The WeinStein Company eliminating 50 jobs before Thanksgiving.  Administrators said it was necessary to “grow the business”.   WYNIT Distribution is joining the mass exodus from The Empire State and moving its HQ from North Syracuse to South Carolina in 2016.  In Clifton Park, after 156 years (surviving the Great Depression and numerous recessions) Clark Music shutting down when its inventory of pianos are gone.

North Carolina: What automotive industry recovery?  In Greensboro, Spring Garden Tire and Auto went chapter 7 bankrupt and is being liquidated.

North Dakota:  Another mom-n-pop going down in Fargo, after 136 years (surviving the Great Depression and numerous recessions) Straus Clothing shutdown.

South Carolina:  Nason Medical Center shutdown all five  Lowcountry urgent care centers and laid off all remaining employees, saying “We thank you and wish you the best of success in your new positions wherever they may be.”

Tennessee: After 18 years Ev’s Boutique in the Columbia Mall shutting down as soon as the inventory is gone.

Texas: In Port Lavaca, the oil fed coker known as Seadrift Coke laid off 20 employees and an undisclosed number of contractors. 

Utah: The Utah National Parks Council of the Boy Scouts of America reports a massive crash in donations and will conduct layoffs: “We have to make those cuts now: The longer we wait, the harder it is. The real challenge here is the fact that these are real people here we’re talking about. It’s a sad day for the Boy Scouts to have to make this kind of announcement.”-Stan Lockhart, council president

10-12 November 2015: “… it wasn’t funny anymore.”

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) no longer issues mass layoff reports: “On March 1, 2013, President Obama ordered into effect the across-the- board spending cuts (commonly referred to as sequestration) required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. Under the order, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) must cut its current budget by more than $30 million, 5 percent of the current 2013 appropriation, by September 30, 2013. In order to help achieve these savings and protect core programs, the BLS will eliminate two programs, including Mass Layoff Statistics, and all ‘measuring green jobs’ products. This news release is the final publication of monthly mass layoff survey data.”

U.S.

False Flag: Somebody stole weapons from the U.S. Army! Again?

16 November 2015 (09:12 UTC-07 Tango 01)/25 Aban 1394/03 Safar 1437/05 Ding-Hai (10th month) 4713

“There is no indication that these missing weapons are connected to any kind of terrorism threat whatsoever.”-Kristen Setera, U.S. Army Reserve spokeswoman

Yet again thieves successfully targeted the United States military.  In Worcester, Massachusetts, the U.S. Army Reserve (do not confuse with state militia National Guard) center was ripped-off of their M4s and M9s.

The break-in and theft of taxpayer funded assault weapons took place on Sunday, 15 November 2015.

False Flag: Millions of dollars worth of military equipment goes missing in Alabama?

False Flag: 24 guns stolen from Georgia gun store! 

False Flag: Assault rifles & 3,500 rounds of ammo stolen from Florida storage units! 

False Flag: U.S. Army ‘loses’ $420-million worth of equipment, which turns up in the hands of Islamic State! 

False Flag: Train load of M4 assault rifles stolen in Obama’s home town! 

False Flag: Truck load of AR-15s stolen! Tennessee connection!

False Flag: Philadelphia cop steals M16 assault rifles!

False Flag: Sniper rifle and M16 stolen from FBI SWAT car!

False Flag: 14,000 rounds of Ammo missing from U.S. military base!

False Flag: More than 2 dozen Soviet assault rifles stolen from Fort Irwin! 

International

Spain issues arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister!

15 November 2015 (00:23 UTC-07 Tango 01)/24 Aban 1394/02 Safar 1437/04 Ding-Hai (10th month) 4713

The Spanish Supreme Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as well as for Avigdor Lieberman, Ehud Barak, Moshe Ya’alon, Eli Yishai, Benny Begin and Eliezer Marom.  They will be arrested if they set foot in Spain.
It concerns the 2010 Israeli attack on a humanitarian aid ship heading to the concentration camp known as Gaza Strip.  Nine unarmed civilians were killed.
The Israeli government is now pressuring the Spanish government to cancel the warrants.
Israeli newspaper points finger at true terrorist: Their own government!

International

False Flag: Attacker has extensive ‘criminal record’ yet spent no time in prison!

14 November 2015 (14:30 UTC-07 Tango 01)/23 Aban 1394/01 Safar 1437/03 Ding-Hai (10th month) 4713

“…this is just the beginning.”-quote attributed to DAIISH

Live TV news reports out of Europe have been stating that one of the attackers had an extensive criminal record yet somehow managed to never spend time in prison. They never give details.  One report said the man, a French citizen, had been found guilty in the past of several crimes, implying court trials, yet no explanation why he didn’t go to prison.  This man is apparently the one French police say they’ve been tracking for some time.

French police now link an Egyptian passport to one of the attackers.  They also say a finger of an attacker belongs to a French citizen.

It should be noted that Belgian cops launched raids in Belgium against ‘terror cells’ immediately after the attacks in Paris.

Greek police made public statements saying they tracked one attacker from Syria all the way to France.  That ‘attacker’ entered Greece on 03 October 2015.

French police have already determined that the bombs used in yesterday’s attacks were made with TATP (aka TCAP, Acetone peroxide).   It has been used in past attacks in Europe.

In Germany, Bavarian police revealed they arrested a man last week after his car was found stuffed with weapons.  They now say the man was part of the planned attacks on Paris.

Business/Economics, Idaho

Robots to kill 80-million jobs! “… it wasn’t funny anymore.” : U.S. Job Losses & Closings 10 – 12 November 2015

The Bank of England is warning that in the near future robots (automation) will take away 80-million jobs from U.S. citizens!

Failed State Alabama: After 65 years Capitol Book & News shutdown: “…to earn a living out of a retail bookstore….it’s hard these days. It’s hard to be little. It’s hard to be independent. Just think about all of the people who have gone out of business.We used to make jokes, like people do, that some day they’re going to have to carry us out of here feet first. I told that joke one day, and it wasn’t funny anymore.”-Thomas Upchurch, co-owner

California:  San Diego based drug testing lab Millennium Health now bankrupt busted after being caught ripping off Medicare.  Florida based General Mills Restaurants suddenly shutdown their San Diego Yard House restaurant, 110 people jobless!  In Costa Mesa, after publicly blaming the greedy landlord Scott’s Restaurant finally issued a shutdown WARN saying 106 people will become unemployed by the beginning of January 2016! In Studio City, Grill Concepts restaurant is shutting down by January 2016, 49 jobs lost, however the operators claim it will be temporary.  In Los Angeles, restaurant Greystone Manor issued a shutdown WARN saying 61 people will become unemployed by January 2016, however they claim it’s temporary.  In Bakersfield, Golden State Drilling issued a WARN saying 104 people will be laid off by the beginning of December!  Penske Logistics issued two WARNs saying 60 people will become jobless right before Thanksgiving.  Tax-sucking defense contractor Microsemi eliminating 57 jobs in Garden Grove,  by the beginning of January 2016.  Tax-sucker Boeing issued more layoff WARNs adding another 66 layoffs to the hundreds already announced.   In Sun Valley, JC Entertainment Lighting Services issued a mass layoff WARN saying 169 people will be laid off by the beginning of January 2016!  In San Jose, Cisco Systems continues to kill jobs, this time 126 employees were laid off!  In Santa Clara, Pennsylvania based Vishay Intertechnology announced they will eliminate 292 jobs by March 2016!  They are moving jobs to other countries, calling it “…moving headcounts into lower cost geographies.”  More proof brick-n-mortar stores can’t blame the internet, San Francisco based HotelTonight reservation app laid off 34 people.   

Colorado: British empire Canada based Kinross Gold shutting down their Denver office, eliminating 110 jobs!   

Idaho:  After six years in Pocatello Cynthia Louise Boutique shutdown.  The owner is focusing on her Christian ministry to female prisoners.

Iowa: In Shell Rock, farm equipment maker Unverferth Manufacturing laid off about 48 people, blaming low sales.  In Davenport, after 66 years Riefe’s Family Restaurant shutting down right before Xmas.

Kentucky:  AK Steel jacked up the number of people to become unemployed after December from 940 to 1-thousand 1-hundred!  They blame cheap imported steel (which is an excuse I’ve heard since the 1980s).  Ferus Natural Gas Fuels shutdown their Jenkins plant without warning, laying off at least 20 people. 

Maine: Payment processor WEX eliminating 80 jobs in South Portland.

Minnesota: In Minneapolis, after 17 years Chiang Mai Thai restaurant shutting down right before Xmas.  The owners did not want to renew the lease.

Failed State New Jersey: In Florham Park, Germany based BASF issued a WARN saying 92 people will be laid off by mid-January 2016.  East Orange General Hospital now bankrupt busted despite its pending $84-million USD sale, 860 jobs threatened!

New Mexico: Oil service company Baker Hughes Pressure Pumping suddenly shutdown their fracking ops in Farmington and laid off 67 people.

Failed State New York:  Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) forcing EmblemHealth Services to issue a shutdown WARN for their NYC Claims Processing office, 101 jobs lost by February 2016!  In Rochester, Sweden based medical tech Getinge Sourcing announced 52 layoffs by January 2016.  In Staten Island, after 44 years iconic Mandolin Brothers guitar shop shutting down when the inventory is gone.

North Dakota: In Fargo, after 13 years Monte’s Downtown restaurant shutting down after Xmas, blaming competition.

Ohio:  Hyundai Ideal Electric eliminating 56 jobs in January 2016.

Pennsylvania: In Lancaster, American Axle & Manufacturing revealed it laid off 11 employees back in August.   Trib Total Media eliminating 133 jobs (the WARNs say 133, news reports say 153) between Xmas and mid-January 2016!  In West Mifflin, after 25 years Levin Furniture shutdown after the landlord made a deal with Lowe’s.  After 29 years Distelfink Bakery shutdown without warning: “We were struggling, and thought we had come to an agreement with attorneys and with the landlord, to stay current … plus pay the back rent.  In the meantime, they went to court and got a judgment against us.”-Kate Berger, co-owner

South Carolina: 95 years old (surviving the Great Depression and numerous recessions) Moe Levy’s Reliable Loan and Pawn Shop shutting down because the lease will not be renewed due the rent being jacked up.

Texas: ObamaCare forcing TAPS medical transportation in Wichita Falls to shutdown after Thanksgiving.  In Corpus Christi, after surviving the Great Depression and numerous recessions Braslau’s Fine Home Furnishings shutting down when the inventory is gone.

Washington DC:  Education tech company Blackboard laid off an undisclosed number of employees.  News reports guesstimate 1-hundred people lost their jobs! 

Wisconsin: What automotive industry recovery?  Racine based transmission maker Twin Disc laid off 15 people and announced pay cuts and work furloughs for everybody else in order to save $4.3-million USD!    Rockwell Automation warned of 255 layoffs in 2016, saying “…we believe we’ll see a slowing of the economy.”  

08-09 November 2015: “It is a bummer…we can’t keep going.”

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) no longer issues mass layoff reports: “On March 1, 2013, President Obama ordered into effect the across-the- board spending cuts (commonly referred to as sequestration) required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. Under the order, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) must cut its current budget by more than $30 million, 5 percent of the current 2013 appropriation, by September 30, 2013. In order to help achieve these savings and protect core programs, the BLS will eliminate two programs, including Mass Layoff Statistics, and all ‘measuring green jobs’ products. This news release is the final publication of monthly mass layoff survey data.”

International

International Criminal Court says U.S. guilty of war crimes! Preps for ‘Nuremberg’ trials against United States?

12 November 2015 (14:26 UTC-07 Tango 01)/21 Aban 1394/29 Muharram 1437/01 Ding-Hai (10th month) 4713

“The ICC therefore has jurisdiction over Rome Statute crimes committed on the territory of Afghanistan…..

…the Office has found that the information available provides a reasonable basis to believe that crimes under articles 7 and 8 of the Statute have been committed in the situation in Afghanistan, including crimes against humanity of murder under article 7(1)(a), and imprisonment or other severe deprivation of physical liberty under article 7(1)(e); murder under article 8(2)(c)(i); cruel treatment under article 8(2)(c)(i); outrages upon personal dignity under article 8(2)(c)(ii); the passing of sentences and carrying out of executions without previous judgement pronounced by a regularly constituted court under article 8(2)(c)(iv); intentionally directing attacks against the civilian population or against individual civilians under article 8(2)(e)(i); intentionally directing attacks against personnel, material, units or vehicles involved in a humanitarian assistance under article 8(2)(e)(iii); intentionally directing attacks against buildings dedicated to education, cultural objects, places of worship and similar institutions under article 8(2)(e)(iv); and treacherously killing or wounding a combatant adversary under article 8(2)(e)(ix).

…The information available suggests that victims [of the United States] were deliberately subjected to physical and psychological violence, and that crimes were allegedly committed with particular cruelty and in a manner that debased the basic human dignity of the victims. The infliction of ‘enhanced interrogation techniques,’ applied cumulatively and in combination with each other over a prolonged period of time, would have caused serious physical and psychological injury to the victims. Some victims reportedly exhibited psychological and behavioural issues, including hallucinations, paranoia, insomnia, and attempts at self-harm and self-mutilation.”–Report on Preliminary Examination Activities (2015), The Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Court

Russia to create new military alliance in response to Obama’s moves in Afghanistan! 

Obama regime murders 17 cops in Afghanistan, to stop drug bust! 

U.S. PUPPET WARLORD ADMITS to WAR CRIMES IN AFGHANISTAN! 

Business/Economics, Idaho

“It is a bummer…we can’t keep going.” ObamaCare kills nursing programs! Disney kills Planet Hollywood? Idaho housing market lies! : U.S. Job Losses & Closings 08 – 09 November 2015

Arizona: In Phoenix, after 30 years Ofelia’s bridal shop shutdown, the pissed-off owner said she never recovered from the 2008 recession: “When the economy come down, they [suppliers] continue to sell me a bunch of dresses, and I don’t sell them!”-Ofelia Martinez

California:  San Ramon based oil giant Chevron announced it will eliminate 1-thousand jobs at an oil field that’s located in a ‘neutral zone’ between Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait!  Chevron administrators blame the Saudis and the Kuwaitis who have caused all work at the disputed site to stop, for months now.   An algae bloom has killed the Dungeness crabbing industry.  The algae makes the crabs poisonous to eat.

Colorado: Englewood (Meridian) based Dish-Network reported a net loss of 23-thousand customers in its 3rd quarter!   

Failed State Florida:  Planet Hollywood issued a shutdown WARN for its Disney Springs location, 468 people out-o-work by mid-January 2016!  However, the overrated restaurant company claims the layoffs are temporary as they plan to build an expensive new restaurant inline with the new Downtown Disney attraction.

Idaho: What housing market recovery?  Time for a reality check on misleading Idaho news reports about increased home loan applications.  The overwhelming majority of mortgage applications are concentrated in one county, Ada, which is home to The Gem State’s capitol Boise.  The further away you get from Ada County the more the number of applications crash and burn.  Only 8% of applications came from minorities who faced a 20% rejection rate (higher than non-minorities).  Many of the mortgage applications were for refinance of existing loans, or existing home improvement/repair projects, not for buying a home.  The Associated Press did not give a specific source for their info, vaguely referring to the “banks and mortgage companies” as their source.

Illinois:  In Winnetka, after 24 years O’Neil’s Restaurant shutting down by January 2016.  The owner is focusing on his other two restaurants because “We tried remodeling O’Neil’s and changing the menu but…it just ran out of gas.”

Iowa: In Davenport, after 66 years Riefe’s Family Restaurant shutting down after Xmas, 55 jobs lost.  The owner said he needed to spend more time with his family.  After 50 years the last Family Foods grocery store shutting down.  Don Goetz, the co-owner of the Anamosa store, said “We hung on as long as we could, but we lost money for the last four or five years.”

Minnesota: In Austin, Riverland Community College joins the new trend of eliminating nursing programs and laid off six nursing instructors and halted the enrollment of new nursing students!  Administrators blame ObamaCare saying “We’re making changes in the curriculum so that our program is more reflective of the health industry today.”  Here’s the list of Minneapolis based Target store shutdowns to take place across the U.S. by the end of January 2016: Austin, Texas. Odessa, Florida. Casa Grande, Arizona. Victorville, California.  Flint, Michigan. Columbus & Springfield, Ohio. Milwaukee & Superior, Wisconsin. New Ulm, Minnesota. Ottumwa, Iowa. Anderson, Indiana. Louisville, Kentucky.

Failed State New Jersey: Too Big to Jail Manufacturers and Traders Trust (aka M&T Bank) issued a mass layoff WARN for New Jersey relating to the shutdown of their Buffalo, New York, location.  366 New Jerseyans to become unemployed by January 2016! (however, I’ve not seen any WARN issued through the New York Department of Labor)

Failed State New York:  In Massapequa Park Village, after 42 years Rosanne’s Jewelry shutting down in January 2016.

Pennsylvania: ObamaCare likely behind the job destruction at AmeriHealth Administrators.  They issued two mass layoff WARNs saying 476 Keystone State jobs (130 at Horsham & 346 at Fort Washington) are being lost as the company is moving elsewhere!  Pooka’s Hookah & BYOB Lounge shutting down, the owner warned back in October “I realize I must part with my Dreams. Time pass’s and life decides our destiny.”

Rhode Island: In Providence, after eight years Mediterreneo Restaurant shutdown, the corporate owners admitted they were made an offer for the property which they could not refuse.

Texas: TXU Energy is offering its customers free electricity at night time, the catch is higher electricity rates for daytime use.

Wisconsin: In New Richmond, after five years Brady’s Brewhouse shutdown: “A business has to close when there is not as many sales as there are expenses. It is a bummer that we can’t keep going. We just didn’t have enough sales or customers to keep us open.”-Chris Polfus, owner

06-07 November 2015: “We can’t stick it out any longer”

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) no longer issues mass layoff reports: “On March 1, 2013, President Obama ordered into effect the across-the- board spending cuts (commonly referred to as sequestration) required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. Under the order, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) must cut its current budget by more than $30 million, 5 percent of the current 2013 appropriation, by September 30, 2013. In order to help achieve these savings and protect core programs, the BLS will eliminate two programs, including Mass Layoff Statistics, and all ‘measuring green jobs’ products. This news release is the final publication of monthly mass layoff survey data.”