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African Lion 2023: Artillery

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African Lion is the largest wargame on the African continent, involving the United States and other NATO members, as well as Ghana, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia, from 13MAY-18JUN2023.

Tunisia’s old U.S. made M198 towed artillery guns arrive, U.S. Army video by First Sergeant HollyAnn Nicom, 27MAY2023:

Pennsylvania Army National Guard’s Charlie Battery/1-107th Field Artillery Regiment/2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team/28th Infantry Division uses their United Kingdom made (BAE Systems) M777 cannons to pound the sands of Tunisia. U.S. Army video by First Sergeant HollyAnn Nicom, 27MAY2023:

M142 HiMARS, photo by Specialist Lukas Sparks, 25MAY2023.

M142 HiMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) arrives on Ben Ghilouf Training Area, Tunisia, 25MAY2023.

U.S. Marine Corps’ Hotel Battery/2nd Battalion/10th Marines/2nd Marine Division launch a rocket round from the M142 HiMARS, in the Kingdom of Morocco during African Lion 2023. U.S. Army video by Specialist Raymond Randall, 31MAY2023:

Utah Army National Guard M109A6. Photo by Specialist Raymond Randall, 21MAY2023.

Utah Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion/145th Field Artillery  sent their M109A6 Paladins. Video by Specialist Raymond Randal, 21MAY2023:

U.S. military personnel take part in launching rounds from Kingdom of Morocco’s old M109A5 self propelled artillery, during African Lion 2023. Video by Staff Sergeant Ariel Solomon, 09JUN2023:

African Lion 2022: IDAHO INVADES MOROCCO, SWAN SONG OF THE M109A6?

Vehicle I-D: M109, COLD WAR AND BEYOND

Proof the U.S. is the ‘tool’ of the British empire: The M777!

Technology

.22 rimfire Rifles/Air Soft Guns are Assault Rifles? Or, why the U.S. news media uses ‘Assault Rifle’ term incorrectly!

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It is bad enough that the woke-news-media like to refer to low-velocity/small caliber semi-auto rifles as ‘assault rifles’ (which goes against many states’ definition of an assault rifle), and as ‘high powered’, but the gun industry isn’t helping and are making things more confusing for police as even .22 caliber rimfire rifles, and even .22 caliber pellet (Air Soft) rifles, are made to look like ‘assault rifles’.

Sig-Sauer .22 caliber ‘airsoft’ pellet rifle, available on Amazon!

The main clue to the type of rifle used is the width of the magazine, on most rimfire and Air Soft guns it is too narrow to be that of a larger caliber rifle.

Ruger’s 10/22 made to look like an M4 assault rifle, notice the skinny magazine.

But you can’t trust the width of the magazine, as some 22 rifle manufacturers even use magazines that look like the larger caliber guns!

Sportsman’s Outdoor Superstore claims this is a .22LR rifle, notice the full sized assault rifle magazine with the loading channel which is indicative of a 22LR.

The identifying feature of a 22 rifle with full sized magazine is the vertical channel running through the magazine, which is typical of all 22 magazines.  With 22 rimfire magazines you have a lever on the magazine which you have to pull down in order to load the 22 rimfire rounds.

A ‘Primer’ About Rimfire Vs. Centerfire Ammunition

The .22 rimfire is considered a cheap-o plinker, to be lethal you have to be at close range, and hit just the right part of the body.  But then even the more powerful AR-15/M16/M4 assault rifles are considered plinkers.

Assault Rifle: AR-15/M16 IS NOT ‘HIGH POWER’ OR ‘HIGH VELOCITY’! IT’S A ‘PLINKER’!

There is a lot of confusion over whether or not rimfire guns are considered assault rifles under ‘The Law’.  It depends on which country you live in, and here in the United States it also depends on which state you live in.  In California, the rimfire round itself does not make an assault rifle, but how the rifle is outfitted determines its classification as an assault rifle, especially regarding the capacity of the magazine (California anti-2nd Amendment laws are constantly being changed, so do your research).

In most U.S. states, that have legal definitions of what an Assault Rifle is, what matters most is if the rifle has a ‘select-fire’ option, meaning you can select to fire semi-automatically or automatically.  Realize that this type of definition means that the term Assault Rifle can only be applied to guns that can fire automatically, like a machine-gun, most mass shooters are not using guns that can fire automatically, which means (depending on the state) that most mass shootings do not involve Assault Rifles! Is this why most police departments across the U.S. use the phrase ‘assault-type weapon’ in their press releases and not assault rifle?  Why does the woke-news-media incorrectly slap the label ‘assault rifle’ on any shooting that happens?

Example: The AR-15 is a semi-auto version of the M16, this means the AR-15 (in most U.S. states) is not legally an assault rifle, they are considered ‘sporting rifles’.  The M16 and its offspring, like the M4, are select-fire weapons making them legally (in most U.S. states) assault rifles.  In the United States automatic machine guns are not illegal, ownership requires the purchase of an expensive FFL (Federal Firearms License, and that is just to apply it does not mean you will get one).  There are several types of FFLs, and you will be entered into a government database.

CLASS WARFARE: BEING A MASS SHOOTER IS REALLY EXPENSIVE, SO HOW’D THEY DO IT, ESPECIALLY THE UNDER-EMPLOYED/UNEMPLOYED PATSIES?

International

Gun Ban Fail: Even British Bobbies are begging ‘Give us guns!’

15SEP2018 (11:21 UTC-07 Tango 06) 24 Sharivar 1397/04 Muharram 1440/06 Xin-You (8th month) 4716

There’s an old saying, “Don’t bring a knife to a gun fight.”  In near-total gun ban United Kingdom knife fights have become epidemic (09SEP2018: London BLOODBATH…as knife crime continues to soar).

The BBC (British Bullshit Company, I mean British Broadcasting Corporation) reported yesterday that British Bobbies are now complaining of being “left with a spray and a baton against a large man with two knives.”  And yes, they are now demanding to be armed with, oh my gawd, guns: “Certainly had firearms officers been there the threat maybe could have been neutralized quicker.”-Doug Glaze, unarmed PC (police constable, ‘bobbie’) 

The following is an incomplete list of British main stream news articles reporting the skyrocketing number of knife attacks in near-total gun ban United Kingdom (and yes, the U.K. even regulates the ownership of knives), all the way back to the beginning of the Gregorian year.

14SEP2018: Stabbing victim chased by group of 20

28AUG2018: Man stabbed and 30 officers injured

21AUG2018: Murder suspect wanted over killing of kickboxer, 24, who was knifed

18AUG2018: Man in 50s stabbed to death in THIRD London murder in 24 HOURS

12AUG2018: Man stabbed in two Suffolk attacks on same day

Off-duty London cop stabbed with kitchen knife

06APR2018: Shock as six teenagers stabbed in 90 minutes

02AUG2018: Camberwell stabbing: Drill music rapper Incognito killed in south London

Two men stabbed following mass brawl outside Glasgow’s Ibrox stadium

27JUL2018: Soldier awarded over kebab shop stabbing in Ipswich

23JUL2018: Man fighting for his life after Eltham stabbing

20JUL2018: Police cordon off busy street in Barking after ‘person stabbed’

12JUL2018: Girl, 17, dies in London stabbing as horror death toll continues

24JUN2018: boy, 15, killed in 

12JUN2018: attacker who slashed man’s guts open is jailed

03JUN2018: Seven killed in vehicle and stabbing incidents

01JUN2018: Courageous cops stabbed

28MAY2018: Police blame social media music videos

05MAY2018: Trump’s comments about gun laws in Britain and France prompt anger

21APR2018: Man, 20, dies in Finsbury Park stabbing

11APR2018: ‘My pupils all know someone who’s been stabbed’

08APR2018: “Knife crime in Britain rose by 21 percent last year”

Woman arrested for ‘attempted murder’ after man stabbed

05APR2018:   Met police seen as losing control, warns ex-officer

03APR2018: Boy, 16, dies after second fatal attack (this one actually involves a gun, even though there’s a near-total gun ban)

01APR2018: London murder rate overtakes New York’s

23MAR2018: Somerset stabbing: Police officers guilty of misconduct

13MAR2018: NHS figures show knife-related hospital admissions rise

09MAR2018: murder victim Laura Stuart stabbed in head and chest

22JAN2018: Nine charts on the rise of knife crime in England and Wales

Blind Bat News:

TOTAL GUN BAN FAIL: MEXICO’S ELECTIONS PROVE GUN BANS DON’T SAVE LIVES!

TOTAL GUN BAN FAIL: MASS KNIFE ATTACKS KILL DOZENS IN CHINA, “TAKING REVENGE ON SOCIETY”!

GUN BAN FAIL: MORE DRIVE BY SHOOTINGS HIT ANTI-GUN LONDON! ‘SHEEPLE’ BEG FOR POLICE STATE STOP & SEARCH OPS!

ANTI-GUN PATHETICS: “THIS IS FOR SYRIA!” GUN BAN FAILS TO STOP KNIFE ATTACK IN UNITED KINGDOM!

International

Total Gun Ban Fail: Mexico’s elections prove gun bans don’t save lives!

02JUL2018 (02:42 UTC-07 Tango 06)  11 Tir 1397/18 Shawwal 1439/19 Ji-Wei 4716

What’s happening in Mexico is proof that if you ban individual ownership of guns you make organized crime more powerful.

A ‘crisis management’ company called Etellekt reports that since Mexico’s election campaigns began at least 132 candidates and campaign workers have been assassinated by organized crime, assassinations have hit 22 of Mexico’s 31 states!  This is in a country that has a near total ban on individual ownership of guns, in fact there is only one legal gun shop in Mexico and it’s run by the military!

By wait, there’s more!  The Mexican government’s Secretaría de Gobernación admits that 2018 is the on its way to being the deadliest year for Mexicans; 4-thousand-381 homicides just in the month of May!  More than 25-thousand people murdered in 2017!  (not all killed with illegal guns, but the majority of killings were with illegal guns)

According to Mexico News Daily, three more assassinations took place at the end of June!

GUN BAN FAIL: ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST U.S. GOVT. EMPLOYEE IN MEXICO!

TOTAL GUN BAN TOTAL FAILURE: MEXICO!

WORLD WAR 3, NORTH AMERICAN FRONT: UNITED STATES IS ‘THE’ DRUG LORD IN MEXICO’S DRUG WAR?

WORLD WAR 3, NORTH AMERICAN FRONT: TENS OF THOUSAND OF MOSTLY CHRISTIANS KILLED IN THE NAME OF U.S. INSTIGATED FALSE FLAG DRUG WAR IN MEXICO!  MORE DEATHS IN MEXICO THAN IN SYRIA?

Mexico’s Drug War, another front in the Control through Chaos game

RED HORSE & FALSE WAR ON DRUGS IN MEXICO:  PREPARE FOR U.S. INVASION

International

Total Gun Ban Fail: Mass knife attacks kill dozens in China, “taking revenge on society”!

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28JUN2018 /19:38 UTC-07 Tango 06  (08 Tir 1397/15 Shawwal 1439/16 Wu-Wu 4716)

Yet again, in total gun ban China students were attacked by a man with a knife.

Three boys and a woman were attacked near Shanghai World Foreign Language Primary School, two of the boys died.

Police arrested the stabber, saying he had just moved to the area looking for a job and was “taking revenge on society”.  Not being able to find a job is the number one reason why men in China go on slashing/stabbing sprees.  Not being able to find a woman who will marry them is the number two reason.

But this wasn’t the only knife attack in Shanghai, just a week earlier another man killed two people and wounded five in the Pudong district.  He too was unemployed.

In May, another man killed nine junior high school students in Yulin City, Shaanxi Province, ten were wounded.  In this case the slasher said he was getting revenge for being bullied when he was a student at the school!

In all three cases the edge weapons users were in their late 20s.

Edged weapons attacks have become so common in Total Gun Ban China that police have published a Monty Python style video on how to survive a knife attack, can you say Run Away? (be warned, it’s hilarious):

GUN BAN FAILURE: YET MORE MASS STABBINGS OF CHILDREN IN TOTAL GUN BAN CHINA!

MARTIAL LAW CHINA: GUN BAN FAILS TO STOP GUN RUNNING! 10,500 GUNS CAPTURED!

GUN CONTROL CHINA: STRICT GUN BAN FAILS TO PREVENT 29 PEOPLE BEING KILLED WITH KNIVES, IN A MATTER OF MINUTES!

MARTIAL LAW CHINA: COPS START CARRYING GUNS DESPITE OUTRIGHT GUN BAN!

NBCNews: 33 Dead, 130 Injured in China Knife-Wielding Spree

WORLD WAR 3, GUN CONTROL FRONT: CHINA’S GUN BAN FAILS TO STOP MASS KILLING!

U.S. CIVIL WAR(?) & MEDIA EVIL: U.S. REPORTERS CALLING FOR GUN CONTROL AFTER DEADLY SCHOOL SHOOTING, BUT NO MENTION THAT IN CHINA ALMOST AS MANY STUDENTS WERE ATTACKED BY A MAN WITH A KNIFE!

U.S.

Gun Ban Fail: Maine cop has AR-15 and pistol stolen! Hundreds of police guns stolen every year!

27JUN2018 /23:30 UTC-07 Tango 06  (07 Tir 1397/14 Shawwal 1439/15 Wu-Wu 4716)

Somebody broke into a Maine State Police car and stole the 5.56mm (.223 caliber) AR-15 assault rifle and .38 caliber pistol, possibly “for cash or drugs.”  The pistol was found during an investigation into another burglary, the AR-15 is still missing.

This is not the first time a cop had his/her weapons stolen, despite stricter gun laws, and even un-Constitutional efforts to ban guns.  Hundreds, possibly thousands (because it’s rarely made public) of police guns go missing every year across the United States!

IndyStar: 2 arrested after patrol rifle stolen from Greenfield police car

New York Post: Cops recover officer’s gun stolen from Burger King bathroom

Chicago Tribune: Zion City employee uses stolen police badge to get a discount on gun

Slate: Watch Off-Duty California Police Officer Pull Gun on Man He Thought Had Stolen Mentos

WCGL: Guns stolen from evidence room of Lithonia police department

KNTV: Gilroy Police Chief’s Gun, Badge Stolen While Attending College Graduation

GUN BAN FAIL: YET ANOTHER CALIFORNIA COP CAUGHT ILLEGALLY SELLING GUNS!

KNBC: Reward for Stolen Compton Police Guns Rises to $20K

North Jersey: Police officer’s gun stolen from the trunk of his car

WickedLocal: Warrant for man with stolen Atlanta police gun

AR-15 = GOD’S ‘ROD OF IRON’?

NBCNews: Philly Cop Ambushed with Stolen Police Gun

KABC: Gun stolen from San Francisco police officer’s car used in gang-related homicide days later

WRC-TV:  More Than 350 Firearms Lost or Stolen From DC-Area Police Since 2011

GUN BAN FAIL: CALIFORNIA ANTI-GUN LAWS FAIL TO STOP COP FROM HAVING HIS OWN GUNS STOLEN! Includes more ‘real’ main stream news article links

POLICE CAUSE GUN VIOLENCE: MAJORITY OF AMERICANS KILLED BY COPS ARE WHITE MEN!

CANADIANS DEMAND GUN RIGHTS AFTER POLICE ADMIT TO STEALING LEGALLY OWNED GUNS!

FALSE FLAG: AR-15 IS NOT “HIGH POWER” OR “HIGH VELOCITY”! IT’S A “PLINKER”!

ANTI GUN LAWS FAIL TO STOP STOLEN COP GUN FROM BEING USED TO AMBUSH U.S. COP!

POLICE CAUSE GUN VIOLENCE: COPS CHARGED WITH MURDER TRIPLES, FORMER COP CREDITS VIDEO EVIDENCE!

Orlando Sentinel: Police guns stolen again from cop car

WABC: How often do police officers lose their guns

GUN SECURITY? HOW CAN WE BE SECURE IF EVEN THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES CAN’T STOP THE THEFT OF THEIR WEAPONS?!

WSVN: POLICE GUNS STOLEN from North Miami Beach Police 

U.S. CIVIL WAR: NEW TREND OF BURGLARS(?) TARGETING GUN OWNERS & COPS! POLICE ADMIT THEY HAVE VAULTS FULL OF UNCLAIMED STOLEN GUNS!

EXCEPTIONAL FAILED STATE: TRUCK LOAD OF AR-15s STOLEN!

KFVS: Carbondale releases report on police chief’s stolen gun

International

Total Gun Ban Fail: School shooting in anti-gun Japan!

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26JUN2018 /20:13 UTC-07 Tango 06  (06 Tir 1397/13 Shawwal 1439/14 Wu-Wu 4716)

“No one shall possess a firearm or firearms or a sword or swords.”-Japanese law, however, after a long permitting procedure a person can own a single-fire gun designed for hunting or sport-shooting (you must first own a shotgun for ten years without incident before owning a rifle)

https://youtu.be/iebpXJ0XQz0

Once again, U.S. puppet Japan’s total gun ban has failed.  This time a military veteran stabbed to death a cop, took his gun and shoots to death a school security guard.  4-hundred students hunkered down in the small Okuda Elementary School’s gym.  The military vet was then shot and wounded by police.

On Japanese state TV (NHK) stunned parents made the usual statement; “I never thought it could happen here!”  But as opposed to the United States, where owning a military grade weapon (that’s what the word ‘arms’ means) is a Constitutional Right, in Japan there is a near total gun ban (even edged weapons).

Toyama Police say the veteran had three knives in his possession, they became aware of the veteran after people called in saying a man with knives was hanging around the school.  Reports say teachers tried defending the school with broomsticks (after the security guard was killed). A woman told The Japan Times that she thought the area was safe “because there’s a police box near here.”  She never thought anybody would attack a gun armed cop with a knife.

Update: Japanese news reports suggest the veteran might have been bullied at work, by his boss.

Japan’s national police agency admitted that in 2017 there were at least 22 documented cases of guns being used in crimes.

And let’s not forget knives: Japanese blogger stabbed to death after giving lecture on how to manage online disputes

TOTAL GUN BAN FAIL: JAPAN, COPS, BULLIES, SUICIDE

RED NECK FAIL: COVERT CIVIL WAR IN TEXAS CAUSES BULLIED IMMIGRANT TO SHOOT UP SCHOOL WITH SHOTGUN?

NBC: U.S. Department of Education gives $1 million emergency relief grant to Florida school after March 2018 shooting

ChicagoReporter: A new $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to support more mental health services at 10 high schools in Chicago, due to high risk of violence.

Washington Post: College Board is accused of using school shootings to promote its Advanced Placement

Blind Bat News 2014: February 2013 Washington Post article, which reported that Chicago schools get extra money from the U.S. Department of Education to “recover” from the trauma of shootings!

International

Gun Ban Fail: Police behind skyrocketing gun violence in anti-gun Brazil!

16MAR2018  (03:11 UTC-07 Tango 06)  25 Esfand 1396/28 Jumada t-Tania 1439/29 Yi-Mao 4716

In strict gun control Brazil gun violence is escalating and it looks like the cops are behind it.

Here’s a little bit of ‘real’ mainstream news reports from the past year:

Rio de Janeiro councilwoman, critic of police killings, shot dead, Reuters

British brothers shot during attempted mugging in Brazilian city, The Independent

Military takeover in Rio sparks fears of police brutality, Washington Post

How Brazil’s ‘Lord Of Guns’ Armed Rio’s Drug War With US Weapons, HuffPost

“Security cameras captured the horrific moment a gunfight broke out in an elevator in Brazil on New Year’s Eve, leaving an off-duty cop injured. The commotion allegedly occurred between three Sao Paulo plain clothes municipal police officers and a tourist…”-Daily Mail

Army Stonewalls on Rio Killings, Human Rights Watch

US Diplomat Shot in Foot Outside Rio de Janeiro, Voice of America

14 people killed, six children wounded in Fortaleza, after gunmen storm party, The Independent

Brazil Police Accused of Killing 7 During Raid on Favela Party, teleSUR 

“An off-duty police officer allegedly gunned down a 21-year-old university student at a bar in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil after she refused to turn off a song he disliked.”-Daily Mail

“A man has been shot dead in Brazil after mowing down six people in his car and then trying to attack police who surrounded him with a knife as he got out of his vehicle.”-Daily Mail

Brazilian YouTuber Left Brain Dead After Being Shot In The Head, LADbible   Military Police said “Neither of the two suspects has a criminal history. The firearm was legally registered.” 

Brazil police shoot dead Spanish tourist in Rio de Janeiro favela, The Guardian

Brazilian Cops Are Killing More People Than Ever., HuffPost

Brazil police officer shoots armed robbers to death while holding baby,CBS News

Brazilian police caught on video killing car-thief AND his hostage then staging the crime-scene to make it look like HE fired first!, Daily Mail

Brazil police accused of shooting at anti-government protesters,The Guardian

Violence In Brazil Escalates, Army Is Deployed To Neighborhoods, NPR

Student kills 2, wounds 4 in Brazil school shooting, Fox News

Teenagers unknowingly live-stream their own death by police ambush! The Independent

Killings by Brazilian police branded a human rights crisis, The Guardian

UN Review Must Not Ignore Brazil’s Exorbitant Number of Police,
teleSUR

Death toll mounts in Rio de Janeiro as police lose control of the city, The Conversation AU

“Nearly all deaths caused by police in Brazil are registered as ‘self-defence’, and 99.2% of cases dismissed without charge.”– The Guardian

Spike in killings by Rio police as country faces UN review, Amnesty International

Brazilian cops pose for pics with alleged gang leader, they look like great friends,   The Independent

“In Brazil, all firearms are required to be registered with the minimum age for gun ownership being 25. It is generally illegal to carry a gun outside a residence, and a special permit granting the right to do so is granted to certain groups, such as law enforcement officers. To legally own a gun, an owner must hold a gun license, which costs BRL R$1000, and pay a fee every three years to register the gun, currently at BRL R$85. Registration can be done online or in person with the Federal Police.”-Wikipedia

2017: BRAZILIAN SECURITY GUARD BURNS TO DEATH SCHOOL CHILDREN!

GUN BAN FAIL 2016: ANTI-GUN NYC COPS CAUGHT TAKING BRIBES FROM JEWS FOR GUNS! GUN RUNNING OUTPACES DRUG DEALING?

2013: U.S. MEDIA BULLSHIT! REPORT BRAZIL GUN VIOLENCE DOWN AFTER ANTI-GUN LAW PASSED! SAME DAY AS CCTV VIDEO RELEASED OF THREE UNARMED TEENAGERS GETTING BLASTED BY TWO MEN WITH GUNS, AND COPS JUST SAT AND WATCHED! GUN CONTROL DID NOT PREVENT SCHOOL SHOOTING!

Kit Bashing

Special Las Vegas shooting edition F-16 & F-15

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U.S. Air Force Photo by Technical Sergeant Christopher Boitz, 09NOV2017.

For some odd reason the U.S. Air Force felt compelled to give an F-16, and an F-15C, a special paint job to ‘honor’ those people killed or wounded during the Route 91 Harvest Festival shooting.

U.S. Air Force Photo by Technical Sergeant Christopher Boitz, 09NOV2017.

U.S. Air Force Photo by Technical Sergeant Christopher Boitz, 09NOV2017.

The Vegas Strong F-16 and F-15 will be on display at the Nellis AFB Air and Space Exposition, November 11-12.

USAF photo by Airman First Class Andrew D. Sarver, 01NOV2017.

USAF photo by Airman First Class Andrew D. Sarver, 01NOV2017.

Time lapse music video, by Airman First Class Julian Kemper, F-15C Eagle Vegas Strong paint job:

USAF photo by Airman First Class Andrew D. Sarver, 01NOV2017.

False Flag: U.S. Air Force FAILED TO COMPLY WITH LAW, ENABLING TEXAS CHURCH SHOOTER!

Business/Economics

“There was no severance…we were just fired!”: U.S. Industrial/Mining/Logistics layoffs, October 2017

Incomplete list of U.S. Mining/Industrial/Logistics job loss/shutdown announcements made in October 2017.

Federal government data proves what truck drivers have been complaining about for years, the reason there’s a driver shortage is because trucking companies are paying less and less every year: “If you look at the federal data, a truck driver in 2006 was actually making more than he or she would be making in 2016 if you factor in the cost of living.”-Chip Cutter, LinkedIn, interviewed by CBSNews

 California:  Oil giant Chevron warning of yet more layoffs in the San Joaquin Valley, a 26% reduction by early 2018.  In Berkeley, after 24 years furniture maker The Wooden Duck shutting down in time for Thanksgiving, blaming the landlord for doubling the rent.  France owned Schneider Electric eliminating 15 jobs in Clovis, right before Xmas. Wholesale distributor Essendant shutting down its Whittier center, 123 jobs gone right before Xmas!  Boeing issued yet more layoff WARNs, this time 84 people becoming jobless between Thanksgiving and Xmas. Pacific Steel Casting issued a shutdown WARN for its Berkeley ops, 106 jobs gone right before Xmas!   Iron furniture maker Murray’s Iron Works issued a shutdown WARN for its City of Commerce location, 46 jobs gone three days before Xmas.  St. john’s Knits issued another WARN, 72 jobs gone before Xmas as part of its plan to outsource the work to Mexico (on top of the 130 jobs already lost to Mexico during Summer).   What automotive industry recovery?  Pickup truck tonneau cover maker Laurmark Enterprises-BAK Industries issued shutdown WARNs for its Chatsworth and San Fernando operations, 261 jobs gone before Xmas!   Electric car maker Tesla suddenly laid off as many as 7-hundred employees for lack of performance!  Is it connected to the fact the hi-tech electric car maker is having major U.S. production problems with its latest vehicles, or that it’s focusing on production in China?

Colorado: Snowboard maker/seller Bomber Industries-Bomber Alpine Snowboard Outfitters now chapter 7 bankrupt dead, the new owners blamed too much debt financing and lack of sales.

Florida: West Coast Transport Service now chapter 7 bankrupt busted.  Pre-Cast Specialties eliminating 252 jobs between December 2017 and January 2018!

Georgia: AR-15 maker Daniel Defense admitted it made a undisclosed number of “significant layoffs” due to crashing sales (before the Las Vegas shooting), one industry news report said 1-hundred people were let go without warning, an unnamed employee said “This was very unexpected. All of us were handed a blanket packet that explained everything. The paperwork didn’t even have my name on it. All they said about my job was that my position was being eliminated. There was no severance package, we were just fired!”

Idaho:  The biggest electric utility company in The Gem State, Idaho Power, is demanding customers fork-over $220-million USD to pay for a new hydroelectric dam on the border with Oregon! 

Illinois: Commercial printer Patterson Office Supplies issued a layoff WARN, 83 jobs gone by November.  Neovia Logistics issued a shutdown WARN for its Des Plaines ops, 109 jobs gone right after Xmas!  Fabick Machinery Company issued a shutdown WARN for its wholesale ops in Marion, 29 jobs gone by December due to crashing oil-mining industry sales.

Indiana: Connecticut based Harman International Industries shutting down its Crown Audio factory in Elkhart, 50 jobs gone three days before Xmas.  What construction industry recovery?  After 113 years (surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions), demolition company Martin Enterprises shutting down in March 2018, blaming it on ten years of crashing business saying “We’ve never really bounced back from the recession and then finding drivers and the right people here in the office to fit has been rough. You add all those things together and it just doesn’t make for a good business.”

Iowa: Cedar Rapids based Rockwell Collins eliminated 124 Iowa jobs in the past 12 months, plus hundreds more outside the state!  Those layoffs are not in connection with the current pending sale of Rockwell Collins to United Technologies, which is causing new layoffs, a lawsuit has been filed to stop the sale.

Louisiana:  Netherlands owned Chicago Bridge & Iron (CB&I) suddenly laid off 90 people, blaming a variety of things including Hurricane Harvey.

Massachusetts: In Westfield, after 60 years aerospace manufacturing contractor Berkshire Industries shutdown without warning,  the remaining 80 (of the 150) employees suddenly unemployed, no reason was given!

Michigan:  What automotive industry recovery?  Penske-Automotive Component Carrier lost its contract with General Motors (GM), 60 jobs gone in time for Xmas.  In Grand Rapids, automotive supply chain company Dematic issued a mass layoff WARN, 204 jobs gone by New Year’s, on top of the 255 jobs lost back in July!   GST Autoleather now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.

Minnesota: Paper maker UPM Blandin shutting down a production line, 150 jobs gone by the 1st quarter of 2018 due to a global crash in sales!   In Waseca, Quad Graphics (Brown Printing) shutting down its operations after Xmas, local news reports say at one time the operation employed 750 people!  

Montana: Simms Fishing Products eliminating at least a dozen jobs as it outsources work to a contractor in Washington, administrators blame “the cost of land and building” in Montana.

New Mexico: Recently formed, Albuquerque based, ONE Aviation already warning of mass layoffs as it ends production of its EA550 personal jet.  ONE Aviation is now focusing on developing a new personal jet called Project Canada. 

New Jersey: In Union, jewelry maker Tessler & Weiss eliminating 150 jobs right after Xmas!

New York: Remington Arms announced that sales are so bad (pre Las Vegas shooting) that it will begin furloughing employees at its Ilion factory, in an attempt to keep inline with market trends.  This is on top of the 55 jobs killed last month.  AVX Corporation-Olean Advanced Products shutting down its factory in Olean, date “to be determined”.   Global Brands issued a shutdown WARN for its fashion warehouse, 49 jobs gone right after Xmas.

North Carolina:  Unnamed employees revealed Rockwell Collins plans to offshore at least 130 Winston-Salem jobs to the Philippines, it might be connected to the pending sale of Rockwell Collins to United Technologies!  Hydro Extrusions-Sapa Extrusions  warned of mass layoffs due to a drop in orders, but didn’t say how many people would lose their jobs.  DuraFiber Technologies now chapter 7 bankrupt busted, already shutting down factories, more than 4-hundred jobs gone so far!  Diverse manufacturer Lord Corporation announced it will begin eliminating jobs worldwide in 2018, due to global market conditions.

Ohio: Furniture maker American Signature issued a layoff WARN, 13 people jobless by December.  Plastics maker Spartech-Polyone laying off 57 people in Greenville “due to a change in business circumstances”.   Meggitt Aircraft Braking Systems eliminating 55 jobs in Akron as part of its plan to move jobs to Mexico.  Industrial mill service provider TMS International issued a shutdown WARN, 99 jobs in Middletown gone due to loss of contract.    What automotive industry recovery?  Fiat-Chrysler–FCA Transport shutting down its Toledo transportation terminal, at least 92 jobs affected by February 2018.  Emission controls maker Faurecia Clean Mobility laying off eight people right after Xmas.

Oregon: After 128 years (surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions) the new owners of West Linn Paper Company decided to shut it down, no explanation to hundreds of employees ( except saying “due to unforeseen business circumstances”) who will become unemployed around Xmas time!

Pennsylvania: Dura-Bond eliminating 180 jobs in Steelton, by Thanksgiving, blaming it on crashing pipe orders from the oil industry!  Germany owned Akustica issued a  shutdown WARN for its Pittsburgh location, 54 jobs gone by October 2018.   Johnson & Johnson issued a shutdown WARN for ops in West Chester and Wayne, 297 jobs gone right before Xmas!   Japan owned but Switzerland based Metalor Technologies issued a shutdown WARN for its Export location, 121 jobs gone right after Xmas!  What construction industry recovery?  Deluxe Building Systems issued a shutdown WARN for its Berwick ops, 154 jobs gone right after Xmas!

Tennessee:  Italy based eyewear maker/distributor Luxottica Retail North America issued a mass layoff WARN, 208 jobs in Memphis gone right after Xmas, due to crashing sales!

Texas:  Vistra Energy shutting down two additional coal fired power plants, 650 jobs gone due to cheaper competition by natural gas power plants!  Dynergy warning of massive layoffs, as a result of being taken over by Vistra Energy.

Washington: The new owners of Columbia River Logistics (same as West Linn Paper Company) decided to shut it down, no explanation to the employees ( except saying “due to unforeseen business circumstances”) who will become unemployed around Xmas time!

West Virginia:  Italy owned plastics maker M&G Polymers now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.

Wisconsin: Johnson Controls announced it will eliminate an undisclosed number of jobs, local news media say unnamed sources put the number of people to be laid off at 150!  Spartech-Polyone Designed Structures shutting down its factory in Ripon, 70 jobs gone in 2018 due to “a change in business circumstances”.  U.S. Paper Converters shutting down its Appleton operations, 52 jobs gone by New Years due to state officials bringing in foreign operations with taxpayer money: “For the third time in less than two months, the Paper Valley has been hit hard. At a time when the state is set to spend billions to lure a foreign company, our heritage and core industries are being gutted without explanation or without concern from our state leadership. This is not just about the loss of fifty jobs, but fifty families, men, women and children being thrust into difficult times and during the holiday season. It is high time we focus our time, resources and money on Wisconsin industry and Wisconsin jobs. Paper is our heritage, and it must be our future.”-Tom Nelson, Outagamie County Executive

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Mining/Industrial/Logistics layoffs, September 2017: “MARKET TURNDOWN, INDUSTRY-WIDE”