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Syria, 20 – 23 October 2015: Turkish politicians admit supplying chemical agents to insurgents! NATO members abandon United States! Jordan abandons U.S. & joins Russia!

“Under an agreement between His Majesty King Abdullah II and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, the militaries of the two countries have agreed to coordinate their actions, including military aircraft missions over the Syrian territory.”-Sergey Lavrov, Foreign Minister of Russia

The once puppet of the Unites States and United Kingdom, Jordan is joining Russia and creating a joint command base in Amman.

On the same day that Russia and Belarus formed a new military alliance, Belarusian and Syrian diplomats met in Switzerland.  It was part of the 133rd Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) meeting (bet most ‘Mericans never heard of that organization).

Syrian (Rojava) Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) is in Russia taking part in the Foundation Perspective of International Coalition for Struggle against Islamic State meetings.

President Bashar al-Assad met with President Vladimir Putin and every mainstream news source in the ‘west’ went nuts, shocked that Assad could do such a thing.  After all, Syria still controls its own airspace you ‘western’ weenie heads.

The new Prime Minister elect of NATO member Canada, Justin Trudeau, says he will end his country’s participation in U.S. led NATO Operation Inherent Resolve Combined Joint Task Force airstrikes on Iraq and Syria, as soon as he takes office!

NATO member Poland is working with Syria to create economic and agricultural trade deals.  Syrian Ministry of Industry admitted some of the trade deals are needed to replace factories destroyed by the U.S.-EU-Saudi-Israeli backed insurgents.

In the NATO country of Turkey politicians with the CHP Istanbul political party are reporting they have evidence that the Turkish military supplied Ahrar-al Sham and Nusra Front insurgents with sarin gas in 2013!  CHP Istanbul is now suing the Turkish government over the allegations.  They say their evidence is recorded phone conversations between Turkish military and Nusra Front.

Aleppo Governorate:   Four civilians killed after insurgents hit the al-Neel neighborhood in Aleppo city with a rocket.  Syrian Arab Army and National Defense Forces (militias) liberated the towns of Blas, Tal al-Zahmoul, al-Dabaghat, al-Shaheed hill, al-Wadeehi and the area surrounding it, al-Qadara, al-Hweijeh, Kafar Obeid, al-Sbeihiyeh, al-Sabqiyeh, al-Jaberiyeh, Tal al-Sabien, al-Huweiz and al-Qarasi.  At least 20 insurgents killed.  The insurgents also booby trapped many homes and farm buildings as they continue to flee into U.S. led NATO member Turkey.  Syrian Arab Army Air Force bombed U.S.-EU-Saudi-Israeli backed Islamic State DAIISH (Islamic State, DA for al-DAwla, I for al-Islamiya, I for al-Iraq, SH al-SHam [al-Sham = Syria]) and Jabhat al-Nusra (Nusra Front).  It should be noted that DAIISH has been trying to take control of the Syrian Saudi Chemical Company (SYSACCO) in the eastern countryside.  Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports that an insurgent group has imposed a curfew on pain of death in the villages of Blas, Hlisa, Zitan, Bardah, Mrymin, Kafr Bish, al-Ies and al-Hader.  Anybody caught out after dark will be accused of being a spy and executed.  The insurgents calling themselves Military Operations Room of Aleppo also banned the private ownership of guns! 

Damascus (Rif Dimashq) area:   Syrian Arab Army liberated the al-Mashtal al-Zirae’e after 24-hours of establishing control on al-Majbal region in Harasta.

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Deir Ezzor Governorate: DAIISH continues their assault on Deir Ezzor airbase.  14 DAIISH killed during a battle over the Ceramic Factory in al-Mrei’iyeh.  Syrian Arab Army artillery pounded a group of DAIISH near the al-Seyasiyeh Bridge.  Reports of unknown gunmen laying waste to DAIISH insurgents in al-Miadin City.  Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports that DAIISH arrested four men, one is an Imam and another is a former political prisoner of the Syrian government.  No reason was given for their detainment by U.S.-EU-Saudi-Israeli backed DAIISH.

Hama Governorate:  Syrian Arab Army and Air Force report major battles with DAIISH and Nusra Front, claiming a total of 90 insurgents killed, 38 U.S./Japanese made gun-trucks destroyed and three armored vehicles destroyed or captured.

Homs Governorate:   Battles with DAIISH continue near Palmyra (Tadmur) triangle.  A child was killed and 28 civilians wounded by insurgent rocket attacks in Homs City.  Syrian Arab Army and National Defense Forces (militias) liberated Iza’aa , Gherbal, al-Qanatri, Snisil, al-Mahatta, Jawalak and the southern part of Teir Ma’ala town.  Syrian Army Air Force bombed Nusra Front and DAIISH targets.  Several Syrian rebel groups and insurgent groups have formed an alliance called Coordination Group of Homs.

Lattakia Governorate:  Syrian Arab Army claims they killed more than 3-hundred insurgents and destroyed dozens of U.S.-Japanese made gun-trucks near the Bradoun Dam.

Raqqa Governorate:  YPG (Kurdish People’s Protection Units)-YPJ (Kurdish Women’s Defense Units) liberated the town of Tel Abyad.  In the process they captured several  Islamic State (DAIISH) Syrian rebels who reported that U.S. led NATO member Turkey is directly supplying DAIISH with weapons.  The Turkish military is using a route between Syria’s Raqqa and Turkey’s Urfa to deliver arms and munitions to the border town of Tel Abyad.  The captives also say DAIISH tortured Syrians into joining them.  Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has confirmed that some of the DAIISH insurgents killed in the governorate came from Iraq.

16-19 October 2015: Horrifying scene as Islamic State shaves beards to avoid detection! 

Obama deploys A-10 Thunderbolt to Turkey! Signs ‘secret’ deal with Russia!

Business/Economics, Idaho

“We just cannot continue on this road.” California city admits goal of destroying 2nd Amendment Rights! Idaho ignores its own beer/wine sales laws! Pocatello leaders lie about jobs! : U.S. Job Losses & Closings 10 September 2015

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

Alabama: Richland Golf Course shutdown: “It is with heavy and broken hearts that we announce we have put Richland Golf Center up for sale.  The past fourteen years at Richland have been a true blessing…..The past few years have been rough.  Our rent has more than tripled over the last several years and it has killed us.  We just cannot continue on this road……We have met with banks, private investors, City officials, and more trying to work something out.  Our prayer is to sell the facility.”

California: In San Luis Obispo, after 30 years the owners of Costume Capers say they must shutdown after Halloween due to competition from internet and the seasonal Halloween costume shops.  Cupertino based (but incorporated in Ireland as a tax dodge) hard-disk maker Seagate announced it’s killing off 1-thousand and 50 jobs in time for Xmas!  It’s blamed on crashing computer sales.  In San Francisco, the owner of the last gun store in the city, High Bridge Arms, says the city is about to pass an unconstitutional law that will shutdown his business.  City administrators boasted that they were openly attacking the 2nd Amendment: “What we are doing is essentially closing what amounts to a loophole between federal and state law and making sure that San Francisco continues to stay at the forefront of gun control legislation in our country.”-Mark Farrell

Florida: Avon Park Fire Department laid off 11 firefighters due to local taxpayers demanding an end to the Fire Assessment Fee.

Georgia: Atlanta based NBC owned Weather Channel laying off an undisclosed number of employees due to a radical change in programming.

Idaho: The Idaho Statesman revealed that Idaho police have not been enforcing state laws regarding the sale of beer and wine.  One rule says all brands of beer/wine must be available to all retailers who want to sell it, no “private label” sales.

In Bannock County the Mormon dominated Bannock Development Corporation outright lied about jobs saying “The demand is here but the workforce isn’t.”  Bullshit!  I’ve been unemployed since April (when I got laid off after the USPS shutdown their postal processing center in Pocatello on Flandro Drive).  I got no severance and the Idaho Department of Labor gave me no unemployment assistance.  I’ve got 13 years military experience, decades in retail/warehousing/delivery and six years in television, yet in the past few months I got three rejection notices for entry level jobs say I “didn’t have the qualifications they were looking for”!  Where are these jobs Bannock Development Corporation?  I’ve been told my problem is my age, I’m over 45 years old which seems to be the unwritten cutoff for hiring workers.  Most of the young adults in the area flee due to the lack of good paying jobs, so is what the Bannock Development Corporation really saying is that ‘the demand is here but the YOUNG MORMON workforce isn’t.’?

Illinois: In Washington, Tractor Supply Company shutting down its Washington Road location in October, due to “many business factors”.  The Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon shutdown after 18 years on Route 50, at least 50 jobs lost.  It’s blamed on the property owner who wants to redevelop the land.  The Top of the Hill Bait Shop in Murphysboro shutdown.

Iowa: In Shell Rock, farm equipment maker Unverferth Manufacturing joins the downsizing club: “As commodity prices have plummeted over the last year and investment tax credits have subsided, so has the demand for farm equipment. As such, we have had to make the hard choice of laying off workers to better meet current demand. Being family owned, we keep any specific numbers private.”

Louisiana: Too Big to Jail Capital One announced major changes for its Pelican State operations that will result in shutdowns and hundreds of layoffs: “We are transforming the bank with a focus on efficiency and simplifying our organization. We notified assistant branch managers in Louisiana that their roles are being eliminated.”

Maryland:  Bethesda based tax-sucker Lockheed Martin announced they will eliminate 5-hundred IT jobs! It’s connected to their $9-billion USD takeover of Sikorsky Aircraft.  Lockheed Martin has already eliminated hundreds of jobs this year.

Michigan: After 35 years The Lark restaurant shutting down by Xmas in West Bloomfield Township.  The owners said it’s getting harder to run a business and the returns continue to fall.

New Jersey: In Toms River, Harris’ clothing store shutdown after 87 years (surviving the Great deflationary Depression and numerous recessions).   After 100 years (surviving the Great deflationary Depression and numerous recessions) Metzler’s Sporting Goods shutdown: “We made it to 100 years and that was very important to me. I’m going to be 65, it makes sense. Now is a good time for me to pack it in while everything is still OK and to go out on my terms.”-Billy Meltzer

New York: In Orchard Park, after 80 years (surviving the Great deflationary Depression and numerous recessions) Eckl’s Restaurant shutting down by the end of the month.  It’s up for sale.

North Carolina: Duke Energy shutting down their Allen Steam Station coal fired electricity factory by 2024, due to a federal lawsuit.

Oklahoma: In Tulsa, Lil’ Reasor’s convenience store on 15th Street and Lewis Avenue shutdown.

Pennsylvania: Too Big to Jail BB&T (Branch Banking & Trust) laid off 89 people at its new Lititz location.  It’s part of BB&T’s $2.5-billion takeover of Susquehanna Bancshares.  More layoffs could happen once more redundancies are identified.

South Dakota: Wyndham Hotel Group shutting down their Aberdeen call center, 250 jobs lost by January 2016!

Texas: In Austin, after 34 years Cozzoli’s Pizza shutdown.

Washington: The state Charter School Commission forced to shutdown after the state Supreme Court ruled charter schools “unconstitutional”!

Wyoming: In Pavillion, Miss Ginny’s Roost Steak House shutting down: “Yes, Saturday lunch will be our last day of operation. There is no one to blame but myself: I made very bad business decisions, based on bad information. I take full responsibility for the demise of my once proud Roost.”

09 September 2015: It’s official, Albertsons killed Haggen!

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.” 

Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings, 15 – 16 June 2015: “insurmountable financial challenges” Americans flee Puerto Rico! No more M16s or M4s? More ‘synergies’ destroying California!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

American Family Association is urging ‘christians’ to close out their Wells Fargo bank accounts, to protest the banks public support of homosexuals.  Really?  I can think of a much better reason to dump that bank, like it’s one of the Too Big to Jail banks that caused our economic meltdown and is part of the ongoing robo-home foreclosure nightmare!

Arkansas: Pulaski Technical College blaming what I call Disappearing Students Syndrome for forcing them to shutdown their west Little Rock (wLR) campus.   In Fall 2014 they had a total of 510 students on the wLR, but for Spring 2015 only 362 students attended classes on the wLR campus!

Arizona: PetSmart warned of impending layoffs at its Phoenix HQ.  At least 15% of employees will be laid off over the next few weeks.  It’s directly related to PetSmart being sold to vulture capitalist BC Partners, back in March.

California:  Remember when I reported back in May that the term synergies now meant layoffs?  Apparently main stream news sources in California took hold of that concept (Another O.C. merger reminds us that ‘synergies’ means layoffs – but it didn’t always).  The latest article out of The Golden State reports that Orange County will see massive layoffs due to “synergies”.  They include expected layoffs from the mergers of companies like drugs makers Allergan & Actavis, computer chip makers Broadcom & Avago, and what housing market recovery? The latest merger between home builders Standard Pacific & The Relyan Group.   The new CEO of tax-sucker Aerojet Rocketdyne confirmed that 250 jobs will be eliminated at their Rancho Cordova HQ, and another 250 across the U.S., over the next four years!  Great Harvest Bread shutting down its 11 years old Folsom store by the end of the month, no explanation.  News reports say it’s the last Great Harvest Bread store in the Sacramento area.  In San Francisco, after six years Wexler’s upscale BBQ restaurant shutting down and being sold-off.  The owner said the timing is right to get out and spend more time with his family.  And San Francisco based clothing retailer GAP announced it will eliminate 250 HQ jobs, plus shutdown 175 stores across the United States (140 by the end of 2015)!  The 250 job cuts apply only to GAP’s HQ and does not count the layoffs caused by the store shutdowns.  Company administrators said the slashing & burning is necessary to save the GAP, but then ironically admitted the store shutdowns would cause them to lose $300-million USD in sales!   Riverside County warns that 114 people could become jobless under the budget for the upcoming fiscal year!  47 county prosecutors and 51 animal control personnel could be let go.  In Arcata, after 17 years Rookery Books shutdown, the owner blamed “Amazon”.

Connecticut: The maker of the M16 and M4, 179 years old West Hartford based Colt Defense, now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  Administrators blame crashing sales on the Obama regime’s Department of Defense.    Newtown school administrators announced they want to shutdown the Hawley Elementary School, due to what I call Disappearing Students Syndrome. Pissed-off taxpayers then demanded to know why $50-million in donated money is being spent on rebuilding the infamous Sandy Hook Elementary School if there aren’t enough students! Some parents even said they did not want their children attending the new Sandy Hook school.

Florida: In Fort Lauderdale, wholesale company Commonwealth-Altadis issued a shutdown WARN saying 150 people will become jobless by the end of the year!  In Miami, after only six months Ted’s restaurant will shutdown by the end of the month.

Hawaii: The state run ObamaCare Hawaii Health Connector laid off 25 people. It’s because state administrators are shifting from running their own ObamaCare website to the federal government’s insurance exchange website.

Illinois: In Peoria, after more than 50 years Strode Music shutdown.  The owners blame crashing sales, they even had to stop renting out instruments two years ago.

Indiana: Bloomingfoods Co-op is eliminating an undisclosed number of jobs (so far 18 people laid off, but reports say more layoffs are in the works), blaming a 20% crash in sales on “competition”.   But is the real reason because employees tried to unionize?  What automotive industry recovery?  Gear drive/power transmissions maker Oerlikon Fairfield laid off 50 people at their Lafayette factory.  Administrators blamed the bad economy.

Kentucky: After eight years the owner of My Old Kentucky Homebrew announced he’s shutting it down in July.

Maryland: The first medical research school in the United States, John Hopkins University, announced they must eliminate jobs due to crashing federal taxpayer funding, and increased costs artificially created by new federal regulations.  At this point 109 jobs being eliminated or “reorganized”!  However, unnamed employees say they’ve been warned that 10% of the 20-thousand employees will eventually be laid off!

Massachusetts: 51 years old Marian Court College shutdown due to “insurmountable financial challenges…..given declining enrollment numbers”.

Michigan: Battle Creek Public Schools eliminating 23 jobs. The district is lacking $2.1-million.  East Grand Rapids Board of Education laying off four people, cutting pay and moving some teachers to part time. The district is so short on funding that parents have started donation drives for the schools.  Ypsilanti Community Schools laid off 18 teachers, blaming it on a $2.2-million drop in state level taxpayer funding caused by a 7.8% drop in enrollment (they lost 325 students from last year)!  It must be pointed out that state funding was actually increased by $163 per student, but what I call Disappearing Students Syndrome is so massive in Michigan that the increase in per student state funding cannot make up for the losses! The Grand River Coffee Café in East Lansing shutdown.  Troy based Olga’s Kitchen now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  However “The future is bright for Olga’s Kitchen. The 28 restaurants are now profitable and growing in profitably.”  News reports basically said the chain restaurant didn’t want to pay its debts.  Gee, if bankruptcy was only that easy for us individuals.

New Jersey: Brick Township School District eliminated 24 bus driver jobs.  The transportation manager blamed the school board for being a bunch of control freaks!  Administrators warned that by not laying off more bus drivers they are going to have to cut jobs elsewhere.     Their original plan was to eliminate 31 bus drivers, but they caught heat from the union.   Newark, the biggest city in the state, eliminated 155 school district employees, and the teachers union says that doesn’t include the teachers who are next on the chopping block!

New York: The Veterans Affairs New York Harbor Healthcare System announced it is shutting down its Brooklyn unit in July.  VA administrators said that with the drastic budget cuts for next fiscal year the only way to continue funding programs is to halt inpatient care.  In NYC, 15 years old Lucky announced it will stop publishing hardcopy version of their magazine and focus on virtual (internet) issues only. At least 14 unlucky Lucky employees have been laid off.

Oregon: In Hillsboro, after 80 years the Hank’s Thriftway grocery store shutting down, after a surprise announcement: “Starting Monday June 15th, we will be open short hours 10am to 7pm to liquidate the inventory. During this time we will be offering a 25% discount on all items other than lottery, money orders and postage stamps. All sales will be final and we will not be able to accept checks.”

Pennsylvania: God refuses to stop the shutdown of three of ‘his’ churches; Incarnation of Our Lord Church, Our Mother of Sorrows and Holy Saviour Church.  Church administrators said all are in desperate need of repair work that the congregations (members) cannot afford to pay for.

Puerto Rico: A mass exodus is taking place in the U.S. Territory, the Pew Research Center says there are more Puerto Ricans living in Florida than in Puerto Rico.  From 2010 to 2013 there was a net exodus of 48-thousand people, purely for economic reasons: “We’re in unprecedented territory because this is, in recent memory, the biggest out-migration that Puerto Rico has experienced!”-Mark Lopez, Pew Resaerch Center

Texas:  58 Head Start employees being laid off across Refugio, Goliad and Bee counties.

12 – 14 June 2015:  “I want off the roller coaster of uncertainty.”

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

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.”

Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings, 27 – 30 April 2015: “When you can’t pay your bills, you don’t keep going.” Toyota kills 900+ jobs in California! ObamaCare kills 2-thousand+ health insurance jobs in 1 day! 12-thousand U.S. Steel jobs gone!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

California: Obama Care forced managed health care provider Health Net to issue three mass layoff WARNs saying 2,122 health insurance related jobs will be eliminated on 26 June 2015!  (and never mind the reports that Health Net is being sued for canceling their customer’s treatments, resulting in at least one death!) In Joshua Tree, Obama Care forced Hi-Desert Memorial Health Care to issue a mass layoff WARN saying 541 healthcare workers will become unemployed at the end of June!  In Yucca Valley, Obama Care forced Hi-Desert Memorial Health Care to issue a layoff WARN saying at least 42 healthcare workers will become unemployed at the end of June!  In Corona, Ireland based legal drugs maker Actavis issued a layoff WARN for July.  In Modesto, Switzerland based chocolate maker Nestle issued a layoff WARN saying 56 people will become jobless by the end of June.  The new Albertsons-Safeway issued more layoff WARNs saying another 21 Safeway employees will be laid off in June.  In Duarte, Kroger issued a WARN saying they are shutting down their Ralph’s grocery store in July, 72 jobs lost.  In San Diego, aerospace company and tax-sucker Hamilton Sundstrand issued a WARN saying they will shutdown at the end of June.  In Mountain View, tech company Symantec continues to layoff people, this time they issued a WARN for June.  In San Francisco, law firm Littler Mendelson issued a mass layoff WARN saying 113 people will become jobless in July!  Santa Anna based Corinthian Colleges announced it will shutdown all remaining 28 campuses across the U.S.! It’s the result of an investigation by the U.S. Department of Education which revealed the for-profit school was frauding its students!  In Pleasant Hill, Gun Works shutdown.  The owners said they were “just exhausted” from fighting a combination of unAmerican anti-2nd Amendment activists and politicians, greedy landlords who jacked up the rent, and new local anti-2nd Amendment laws.  What automotive industry recovery?  In Torrance, Toyota suddenly shutdown their Motor Credit Corporation, 941 jobs gone overnight!

Florida: In Saint Petersburg, finance and insurance company PSCU issued a WARN saying 53 people will be laid off in June.  In Tampa, Mitt Romney wunderkind Staples issued a WARN saying they’re shutting down their Oak Fair Boulevard store between July and October, 47 jobs will be lost.

Illinois: In Old Irving Park, Mirabell German restaurant shutdown after 38 years of operations, apparently due to the death of the chef.  After 43 years Joliet Area Suzuki Strings shutdown, blaming crashing student enrollment: “We just cannot financially sustain it anymore, our numbers have been gradually going down over the last four or five years. Last year, we were down to 40 students, and now we’re at about 25. You just can’t exist with that.”-Mary Smelser, founder

Indiana: What automotive industry recovery?  Maker of cast iron engine blocks Pure Power Technologies shutting down its Indianapolis factory, 153 jobs lost by November!

Michigan: In Pittsfield, Pier 1 Imports shutdown.  Local news reports said company administrators wouldn’t say why, and even ordered employees not to talk about it.

Minnesota: In Saint Paul, after five years Bars Bakery shutdown both of its stores. The owners say they need more family time. Minneapolis based retailer Target announced more layoffs, this time 140 corporate positions have been eliminated! Company administrators say they are trying to reduce expenses by $2-billion USD, that’s how bad they think the economy is going to get!  In Cloquet, after 28 years Robert’s Home Furnishings shutdown.  The owner said the bad economy was forcing him to “consolidate” everything to his store in Duluth.

Missouri: Grocery store chain Schnucks laid off 52 people, and eliminated eight open jobs, at its Saint Louis HQ.  No explanation given. This comes weeks after administrators spent $1.69-million buying a property that they’ve rented for years. Administrators admitted they weren’t using the Saint Louis property for anything, and had no future plans for it!

New York: In Melville, NCO Financial Systems issued a shutdown WARN for their Extended Office Services, 28 jobs lost by July.  In East Syracuse, General Super Plating finally notified state employment administrators that they shutdown back in March, 95 jobs lost.  In NYC, Cambridge University Press issued a layoff WARN saying 67 of their 190 employees will be jobless by July.  God refuses to stop his Museum of Biblical Art from shutting down, due to the American Bible Society selling off the building (those greedy Christians)!   In Albany, the Brighter Choice Charter Middle School for Boys issued a WARN saying they’re shutting down in July, 37 jobs lost.   The Brighter Choice Charter Middle School for Girls is also shutting down in July, 35 jobs lost.  In Rochester, Durham School Services issued a WARN saying they’re shutting down in July, due to loss of contract, 142 jobs lost!  In Webster, iconic Xerox issued a WARN saying they’re contracting out their Corporate Trucking & Cross Dock jobs in July, 35 in-house jobs lost.  The new Obama Care medical device tax possibly forcing Ortho Clinical Diagnostics to hand over their Rochester operations to Nypro in July.  They expect at least 105 of their 1-thousand jobs to be lost in the transfer!  In Clifton Park, Berkshire Bank announced they will shutdown their 15 Park Avenue office in July.

North Carolina: In Winston-Salem, the owners of New Town Bistro and Bar said it will shutdown in May.  It needs a major remodel and the owners said in this bad economy it wasn’t worth it.  Also, after 60 years Towne Jewelers shutdown, the owners said “It’s time for a change.” The state Department of Transportation announced they will eliminate 81 jobs by June.  It’s due to a new state law forcing taxpayer funded agencies to hire cheap-o contractors.

Ohio: After more than 40 years the West Chester Garden Center shutdown, due to competition from ‘Big Box’ stores.  The owners gave a good example of why the economy sucks; they could barely afford to pay their employees $10 per hour, but admitted you can’t live in the area on $10 per hour without financial assistance.  New Albany based Bob Evans Farms announced they will shutdown 20 restaurants! After spending millions of dollars trying to improve their restaurants, administrators decided that at least 20 of them still weren’t “meeting expectations.” They said most of the failed restaurants were outside Ohio.  After numerous layoffs, the owners of the Toledo Free Press gave up and shutdown: “When you can’t pay your bills, you don’t keep going.”-Tom Pounds, publisher

Oklahoma: Oil rig maker Falcon Rigs now chapter 11 bankrupt busted, saying they can’t pay 192 creditors!

Pennsylvania: After more than 90 years (surviving the Great deflationary Depression) restaurant Cohick’s Trading Post shutdown. One of the co-owners turned evil greedy and actually sued the other co-owner to force them to sell the family business!  Pittsburgh based US Steel announced another 9-thousand people will become jobless this year!  That’s on top of the almost 3-thousand people they’ve already laid off since January!

South Dakota: In Sioux Falls, after 25 years Valentino’s restaurant shutdown. The owner said the restaurant business ain’t what it used to be: “This is such a demanding industry right now, and right now most people don’t realize we’re still ranked very high in the nation for restaurants per capita. So it’s gotten more challenging over the years, so it takes a lot. It takes a lot out of you.”-John Jones

Texas: Fort Worth based federal tax-sucker Bell Helicopter announced they will layoff 1-thousand 1-hundred people!  It’s blamed on its tax-payer money-pit the continually (literally) crashing V-22 tilt-rotor assault plane.  In Robstown, Maxum Petroleum issued a WARN saying 60 jobs will be lost in June.  Soon to be a part of Halliburton, Baker-Hughes issued a WARN saying 21 people at their Alice 2 site will be laid off.

Utah: Cereal maker Kellogg Company (aka Kellogg’s) announced they are shutting down their Clearfield facility, at least 2-hundred jobs lost! It’s part of the company’s “efficiency and effectiveness program”.  Idiotic and out-o-touch city administrators say they’re confident “Another company will come in right behind, and we’ll still continue to have a lot of employment here in Clearfield.”

Vermont: Concord High School will shutdown due to lack of funding caused by lack of students.

Virginia: In Carytown, the owners of ‘artesian retailer’ Modern Artifacts said they’re quitting in May, calling it a “lifestyle choice”.

Washington:  Simpson Lumber shutting down three mills, 120 jobs lost due to sale of company to competitor in California!

24 – 26 April 2015: 27-thousand home care product jobs gone!

Food Crisis 29 April 2015: There’s human in that can of tuna? “I think our lives are in the hands of the Lord of Death.” 

U.S. Food Crisis 29 April 2015: Albertsons Safeway to kill 800+ California jobs! 

U.S. Food Crisis, April 2015: “…it hit me like a bag of rocks!”

ObamaCare job destruction, 1st quarter 2015: “more change than we’ve seen in the past 75 years combined.”

Dumbing Down the United States, 1st Quarter 2015: “we’ve had a 66% decrease in our enrollment!”

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

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.”

Business/Economics

U.S. Food Crisis 29 April 2015: Albertsons Safeway to kill 800+ California jobs! Safeway anti- 2nd Amendment unAmerican! Massive data breach!

“Safeway and Albertsons don’t have much going for them other than their size. The main thing that saved both companies was to combine and grow together. As an investment, I’m not sure what the upside is.”-David Livingston, grocery store analyst

The San Jose Mercury News reporting that the merged Albertsons-Safeway filed layoff notices with state employment administrators, saying at least 8-hundred Californians are about to be laid off!

Also the new company will be called New Albertsons, and owners New York based Cerberus, and Idaho based AB Acquisitions, will issue new stocks (IPO, Initial Public Offering) by the end of the year.

A side note, at the end of last year AB Acquisitions revealed that “…its third party IT services provider SUPERVALU of a separate, more recent, attempted criminal intrusion seeking to obtain payment card information used in some of its stores………..may have captured account numbers, expiration date, other numerical information and/or the cardholder’s name.”  This was separate from an earlier data breach, and involved “….Albertsons stores in Southern California, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming and Southern Utah were impacted. In addition, ACME Markets in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey; Jewel-Osco stores in Iowa, Illinois and Indiana; and Shaw’s and Star Markets stores in Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Rhode Island were affected by this new incident.”

Albertsons just made $33-million USD by selling off three stores,  one in Palmdale, California, and two others in Oregon.  The buyer is Spirit Realty Capital, the sale was mandated by the Federal Trade Commission as part of the merger of Albertsons and Safeway.  No word on what Spirit Realty Capital will do with the three properties, which currently are home to active grocery stores.

Recently unAmerican and pro-British empire Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America took credit for Albertsons-Safeway’s gun ban.  However, Beitbart showed that the grocery stores already had a gun ban in place by 2014, and implied that competitor Kroger’s pro-gun stance actually increased Kroger’s profits: “Safeway did not ban guns in response to a Moms Demand campaign. Rather, Safeway’s store policy has long prohibited guns….. …Safeway’s gun ban was in place during the third quarter of 2014, the very quarter in which Kroger’s profits jumped ’21 percent’ after they refused to ban guns.”

update, 24 April 2015: Haagen stores jack up prices! Safeway bottles city water in drought stricken California! 

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U.S. Civil War Chicago, 26 – 31 August 2014: Many “uncooperative” victims, and more stabbings!

Incomplete list:

4700 block of North Lawndale Avenue: 38 years old woman stabbed 22 times, and killed.  A witness says the attacker threatened his life if he told police. The cops called it a domestic violence case, an arrest has been made.

10900 block of South Racine Avenue: 34 years old man shot in the gut.  He was taken to a hospital where police said he was “uncooperative” with them.  Then, five hours after being shot he was declared dead!

5400 block of South Damen Avenue: Police found a 36 years old man shot to death.  Cops say they were responding to a 911 call.  Local news reports say at least 20 brass casings littered the scene of the shooting.

7400 block of North Ridge Boulevard: Two men shot.  One man died.

2600 West 65th Street: 28 years old man shot in the back and wounded.  He said the shooter stepped out of a vehicle before blasting him.

7900-block of South State Street: Conflicting reports.  A 36 years old man was stabbed in the face while riding a Chicago Transit Authority bus.  Initial news reports said two men were arguing before the knife attack.  However, later news reports say the attack was unprovoked.   Prosecutors now say the two men did not know each other.   A 55 years old man with a criminal record has been arrested for the attack.

8100 block of South Muskegon Avenue: 47 years old woman shot while she was sitting in a car.  She’s in critical condition.

4400 block of South Archer Avenue: 32 years old man shot in the arm while he was a passenger in a car.

10900 block of South Racine Avenue: 34 years old man shot and wounded, police say he won’t cooperate with them.

10000 block of South Avenue M: 26 years old man shot and wounded after people flashed gang signs and then started shooting at each other.

4600 block of West Van Buren Street: 32 years old man shot in the finger.

1800 block of South Throop Street: Two men standing on a sidewalk shot and wounded by drive-by-shooter.

9100 block of South Yates Boulevard: 23 years old man sitting on his porch when he was shot and wounded by drive-by-shooter in a black Sport Utility Vehicle.

1st block East 101st Street: 28 years old man standing on the sidewalk reported that he suddenly felt pain.  Turns out he was shot in the butt.  Apparently no ‘bang’ from any gunshot was heard.

300 block of West 66th Street: 29 years old man shot in the leg.

10000 block of South State Street: 24 years old man shot and wounded in the back and arm.

9500 block of South Oglesby Avenue: A 51 years old man shot and killed.  A 27 years old woman shot and wounded.  Police call it a domestic violence case, however, they don’t seem to know who shot the victims.  Apparently no arrests were made.

5700 block of South Keeler Avenue: 54 years old man shot in the leg.  Police suspect it was a drive-by-shooting.

1300 block of West Morse Avenue: A man and a woman shot and wounded.  They say they saw two men arguing in a park then suddenly there were gunshots, and they got hit.  The woman is in critical condition.

800 block of West 95th Street: 20 years old woman shot in the hand while she was a passenger in a car. The woman says the wimp ass male driver of the car jumped out and left her in the car, which was still driving down the street!  Police say the woman took control of the car but crashed into a bus, wounding the bus driver!

It’s interesting that the police seem to know how most shootings went down, even though they weren’t present and most victims refuse to “cooperate”. And yet, few arrests (except in the case of stabbings, there’s always arrests).

The majority of victims are male. Police continue to insist most of the gun violence is caused by gangbangers, but have made few arrests. That’s because police believe most of the victims are also gangbangers. Realize that police in metropolitan areas keep records of whose who in the local gangs, this how they know if a victim is a “documented gang member”. This also means police probably know who the assailants are. So why no arrests?

Once again, majority of shooting victims were not armed, it’s as if the shooters are deliberately targeting unarmed people. It also questions the police claims that the victims are gang members. Wouldn’t they be armed?

New anti-gun laws would not stop the shootings, because most guns used in Chicago shootings are already illegal!

Now here’s something interesting: Notice police claim most of the victims of the shootings are gangbangers, and realize that it’s the families of those victimized gangbangers demanding all out police state gun bans! Is that irony?

“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, 21 – 25 August 2014

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U.S. Civil War Chicago, 11 – 15 August 2014: FBI quietly begins gun confiscation mission! People being killed in front of police station! Notice how many people are gut shot! FD & PD officials continue to contradict each other!

Incomplete list:

3500 block of South Indiana Avenue: 25 years old man gut shot to death just one block from a Chicago police station!  Police say they “found” the man after he was killed, yet somehow they know that he was shot by another man who walked up to the victim before shooting.

7100 block of South Green Street: 26 years old man shot three times and killed supposedly by a drive by shooter in a white car.  Police don’t give a shit because they declared the victim a “documented” gangbanger.

9200 block of South Dobson Avenue:  17 years old boy shot and killed supposedly by drive by shooter in silver car.  News reports say “someone” drove him to a hospital.

103rd and State streets: 22 years old man sitting in a vehicle was somehow shot in the butt and ankle by a person using a rifle, according to police.  Police say they found spent casings for a rifle in the intersection.

9800 block of South Ellis Avenue: 32 years old man shot in the leg and back, 19 years old man gut and butt shot.

7400 block of South Greenwood Avenue: 21 years old man gut shot supposedly by drive by shooter, according to police.

500 block of West 80th Street: 29 years old man shot in the hand while on his porch.

3900 block of West Grand Avenue: 17 years old boy shot in the leg and wounded.

11300 block of South Carpenter Street: 28 years old man shot and wounded.

1100 block of West 80th Street:  Two men in their 30s shot and wounded.

8600 block of South Ingleside Avenue: Three people in their back yard shot and wounded.  Police say the shooter was in the alley.  Police reported two people in serious condition, one in stable condition, yet Fire Department officials say all three are in critical condition.

11800 block of South Princeton Avenue: 15 years old boy shot and wounded in the arm and gut, by drive by shooter.

65 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) personnel began a intelligence and surveillance mission for the expressed purpose of future arrests and gun confiscations: “This is a new tactic the FBI is using in fighting crime.  By working in a concentrated area and a concentrated time on the street, although the FBI has been working hand in hand and day in and day out with the police department.”-unnamed FBI spokesperson

The FBI mission was pushed for by Obama puppet Rahm Emanuel.  An unnamed Chicago police officer told the Chicago Sun-Times that he was shocked by the federal government operation: “It’s mind-boggling, it’s almost unheard of!  I thought the mayor and the police superintendent had said they don’t need more police on the streets?”

“You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it’s an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.”-Rahm Emanuel, Obama regime puppet

40 Illinois State troopers are now assigned to the Chicago Police Fugitive Unit.  For the next 30 days they will help city police hunt down wanted individuals, at least that’s the official story.

It’s interesting that the police seem to know how most shootings went down, even though they weren’t present and most victims refuse to “cooperate”.  And yet, few arrests.

The majority of victims are male.  Police continue to insist most of the gun violence is caused by gangbangers, but have made few arrests. That’s because police believe most of the victims are also gangbangers.  Realize that police in metropolitan areas keep records of whose who in the local gangs, this how they know if a victim is a “documented gang member”.  This also means police probably know who the assailants are.   So why no arrests?

Once again, shooting victims were not armed, it’s as if the shooters are deliberately targeting unarmed people.  It also questions the police claims that the victims are gang members.  Wouldn’t they be armed?

New anti-gun laws would not stop the shootings, because most guns used in Chicago shootings are already illegal!

Now here’s something interesting: Notice police claim most of the victims of the shootings are gangbangers, and realize that it’s the families of those victimized gangbangers demanding all out police state gun bans! Is that irony?

“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, 07 – 10 August 2014

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U.S. Civil War 2014: Anti-gun Martial Laws can’t stop deaths by stabbing!

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The following are just a few of the stabbing reports from the past week, in the United States.

California: In Temecula, a 23 years old man has been accused of stabbing two women, one fatally.   According to the Defense Attorney the man has a history of “severe mental health issues”.  In fact, police knew the guy was dangerous after he made threats to kill his father during a parole visitation back in March!  In Indio, a 17 years old was stabbed to death at a house party.  Apparently the party turned into a fight.  Police arrested the suspect.  California has some of the toughest anti-gun laws in the United States, yet they didn’t stop a mother of three from stabbing to death all her children! 

Georgia: In Atlanta, parents pissed themselves after a first grade Kennesaw elementary school student brought a kitchen knife to school (it was in his backpack).

Hawaii:  In Hilo, a 28 years old man was charged with stabbing a man he knew, then randomly stabbing another man and a woman whom he didn’t know.  So far no motive reported.  The three victims were treated, one man is in critical condition.

Illinois:  In Chicago, police shot and killed a man they claim was threatening them with a knife.  Police say the man was also threatening paramedics who had responded to a stabbing report.  A woman has been charged with stabbing to death the father of her child, because he failed to buy her something while they were at the mall!  (who said women are natural pacifists?)

Indiana: In Washington, two people stabbed, one in the neck the other in the shoulder.  Police say the stabbings are not related and have no suspects.

Kansas: In Wichita, a 18 years old man says he survived an attack by several men armed with a gun, knives and even a crowbar.  He says a man armed with a knife slashed at him, but only cut his shorts.  The victim then ran for his life.

Maryland:  In Lanham,  four people stabbed.  Two in the abdomen,  one in the head, the other stabbed in the face.  One person has been arrested.   In Baltimore, police are investigating three stabbings.  Two victims refused treatment, a third victim was driven to the hospital by a friend.  No suspects so far.  In Towson,  three people stabbed in two separate incidents outside a hookah lounge.  Local news reports say that for some reason shootings and stabbings are escalating in connection with hookah bars.  In Ocean City, officials banned knives and laser pointers during the Memorial Day weekend, and are trying to ban them all together: “They’re a public safety issue and a quality of life issue. We try to promote that we’re a family-friendly town here, and we’ve noticed more and more places on the Boardwalk are selling these knives, and that certainly doesn’t lend itself to a family atmosphere.  It is something we want to nip in the bud. We don’t want them on our Boardwalk or in our town.”-Brent Ashley, city council

Missouri: In Saint Louis, four people wounded, one killed, in three separate stabbings.  In the fatal stabbing police said it was the result of an argument over the price of illegal drugs.  In the second case it was a fight between two women.  In the third case it was a home invasion in which residents where held at gunpoint while they were methodically slashed with a knife by a woman (who said women are natural pacifists?).  One victim jumped out a window, and another tried to run out the door but was shot in the back.  The sadistic criminals then fled.  All three victims survived.

New Jersey: In Kinnelon, a 25 years old man stabbed his apparent father 13 times, then stabbed his mother(?).  Police refused to confirm the relationship of the people involved, saying only that they consider it a domestic violence case.  In Wayne, a man was shot in the head by cops after threatening to kill his mother with a knife.  Even after being shot in the head police claim he resisted arrest.  He’s in the hospital and news reports say the man had “ran out of meds”.   A neighbor described the family as “…wonderful people, and very, very nice.”   In New Jersey using a knife will get you charged with “unlawful use of a weapon” and “possession of a weapon for unlawful use”.  Wow, can you make anymore laws to fill your books?   They obviously didn’t stop these crimes from happening!

New Mexico:  In Albuquerque, a man was stabbed in the stomach and throat.  He walked into a convenience store and asked for help.   At first the employees thought it was fake, but finally called 911: “Yes, this guy in the parking lot, I think he got shot or something, he’s bleeding to death.”-911 call

Responding police locked down the street and the store, but no arrests made.

New York: In Onondaga County, since April there have been multiple stabbings as the result of anything from domestic violence to armed robberies.   At least nine people stabbed, four people arrested.  In Buffalo, a man was slashed in the back of his head, apparently crack cocaine was involved.   Laws such as “menacing”, “criminal possession of a weapon” and “assault” failed to stop the crimes.

Pennsylvania: In Lancaster, one man stabbed in the nose after ignoring another man who asked for a cigarette.   Another man stabbed twice in the shoulder during an attempted armed robbery.  Police have no suspects.  In Harrisburg, a 20 years old woman has been arrested for allegedly stabbing her 45 years old boyfriend (who said women are natural pacifists?).  In Shippensburg, a 22 years old man was stabbed to death, a 25 years old man was charged with the homicide.   One local news report said the victim had just served time in prison,  for stabbing.  No other info was given by cops.  People living in the neighborhood said the men(?) were arguing over a woman.

South Carolina:  Summerville police want to arrest a man for killing his 60 years old girlfriend with a knife.  The suspect has gone missing.

Texas: In Fort Worth, God refused to stop a Texas Christian University student from being stabbed.  Police say the victim’s guts were hanging out, he survived.  Police say it was the result of a racial argument.

Virginia: In Purcellville, police shot and killed a teenager who they say attacked them with a knife.  Apparently the teen was going to kill himself anyway.  In Woodbridge, a man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing to death another man during an argument.

“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

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Exceptional Failed State: Don’t blame guns! Bullied Isle Vista shooter deranged by prescription drugs?

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“….he fell from a balcony at a party or was thrown off of it. I think he was probably a victim from my understanding of bullying throughout his life… I’m sure that had played a role in the terrible consequences from last night.”-Alan Schifman, Rodger family attorney

Former U. S. Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, outright lied to reporters when she said “This is almost the kind of event that’s impossible to prevent and almost impossible to predict.”

California’s Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department revealed that not only was the Isle Vista shooter under psychiatric care, but the cops and social workers knew about it!  The guy even began posting his strange videos weeks ago, prompting a social worker to contact cops last week!

The son of the assistant director for the first Hunger Games movie was being treated by “multiple therapists” (implying multiple prescriptions).

The Rodger family is openly anti-gun, but that didn’t stop their son from somehow acquiring guns and an incredible amount of ammo.  Anybody notice that these mass shooters always get their hands on massive amounts of ammo, at a time when law abiding gun owners are struggling to find ammo due to the fact that multiple federal agencies are buying up civilian ammo by the ton?

Of course, already families of victims are calling for outright gun ban.  But guess what, why didn’t the cops intervene when they had a chance, based on the videos the shooter posted before he went on the drug induced(?) rampage?  After all, they did interview him.

Maybe if UCSB allowed guns on campus, like here in Idaho, somebody could’ve shot the guy early on.

And banning guns wouldn’t have stopped him from stabbing to death his three roommates.  I don’t hear those families of the victims calling for a sharp object ban.  And what about reports of people he ran over with his car, is it time to ban cars?  By the way, in the U.S. more people are killed by cars than guns.

Why don’t these so called responsible citizens who want to ban guns take a look at the fact that all mass shootings in the U.S. involved prescription drugs?

Since 1988 there have been 32 mass shootings at schools where the shooters were on prescription drugs, and those are just the cases where it was made public.  Mass shootings in shopping malls and even military bases have one thing in common: prescription drug use by the shooter!  Increasing suicides and ‘accidental’ overdoses are also connected to these legal drugs.

Even the International Society For Ethical Psychology and Psychiatry states that mass shootings are caused by prescription drug use, not the guns themselves.

But those so called responsible anti-gun Americans won’t call for a ban on prescription drugs, because they are prescription drug addicts themselves!  You made your bed, now sleep in it!

Legal drugs associated with mass shootings in the United States:  Prozac, Ambien, Zoloft, Luvox, Paxil, Ritalin, Xanax, Trazodone, Effexor and Celexa.

Most of those drugs are Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI).  There is a website that tracks killings connected to these drugs: SSRI Stories 

“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

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U.S. Civil War 2014: Think it’s bad now? Get ready for the Summer of Violence! Hunger Games behind latest shootings? Anti-gun laws are a big fail!

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Please note that many law enforcement agencies across the United States are “gearing up” for a “summer of violence”.  Why for, if there’s no civil war?

California:  In Isle Vista, police responded to what one witness described as an “Old Western shoot out.”  Seven people killed (including lone gunman), 11 wounded.   A local news reporter is claiming that the gunman was shot by cops in a “rolling gun battle” (County deputies now say he shot himself)!  Cops call it a “retribution shooting” by the son of Paul Rodger, the assistant director on the first Hunger Games movie.  Elliot Rodger posted a pathetic video to the internet in which he states that he will kill people simply because women didn’t want to have sex with him!  New reports say he also stabbed to death three roommates before going on his shooting spree.  This happened in the UCSB college town of Isle Vista.  University of California Santa Barbara bans guns: “No person shall possess or have control of any firearm, deadly weapon, explosive device, or prohibited knife, as defined in the California Penal Code, except as required in the lawful course of business or as authorized by the UCSB Police Chief. Possession, storage, and use must comply with California law.”.   In Antioch, police investigating three separate shootings that wounded three people.   Hayward cops responded to five shootings in the past week.  One man was killed, seven wounded.  Police say none of the victims will cooperate with the investigation.    In Santa Anna, in the past two weeks shootings have killed three people.  Police say they’re gang related but they don’t think there is a gang war on.  In Salinas, Night of riots after three people killed by cops!  The NAZI Orange County DA cleared several cops of any wrong doing in the deaths of four people, including two “in custody deaths”.  One of those killed was shot about eight times by the cop, right in front of his mother! (there is a war goin’ on and the cops ain’t on your side, folks)

Maryland:  Baltimore City cops responded to five shootings in the past 24 hours.  Two men were killed, three wounded.   One man was shot in the chest and he walked himself to hospital.  Police have no suspects!  And in the 24 hours before that six people were shot, four men and two women.

Illinois:  Chicago update 18-23 May 2014.  In Aurora, police investigating two separate shootings.  One was the result of an argument, the other involved a hispanic man randomly shooting.

Indiana: In Indianapolis, four people killed three wounded (including a 10 years old girl).

Louisiana:  In New Orleans, police are looking for a gang banger in connection with three shootings and a car theft.

Missouri:  In Kennett, a couple of drive by shootings.  In one shooting a person in a car was wounded and a cop sitting in his car was almost hit.  Only one person has been arrested.

New York:  In Rochester, three men were shot in separate shootings, all are now in the hospital.  Despite new anti-gun laws in New York City the NYPD reports 410 shootings since January, a 7% increase over the same time last year.  Break it down to shootings at public housing projects and it increases by 32%!  City officials want to hire 1-thousand more NAZI cops, but say they don’t have the money.

Oregon:  Portland police responded to nine shootings in the past two weeks.  One shooting involved at least 21 rounds of ammo.  Another shooting was between people in two cars driving down I-84.  Cops blame gang bangers, several people wounded.

Tennessee:  In Memphis, three people wounded in two separate shootings.

Washington:  Seattle cops investigating two reported shootings.  Empty shell casings were found, but supposedly nobody got hit.

Wisconsin:  In Milwaukee, two separate shootings two people wounded.  No arrests made.  Days prior three people were shot and wounded in separate shootings, including a 15 years old boy and 11 years old girl. No suspects.

This is not a complete list of shootings for the first few weeks of the month of May, 2014.

Most shootings are blamed on gang bangers (Teen Crews), and the overwhelming majority of guns used by gang bangers are already illegal under current laws, so don’t waste our time calling for more anti-gun laws!

“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