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Business/Economics, Idaho

U.S. job losses & store closings 11-12 February 2014: Property owners continue killing mom & pops! More healthcare cuts!

Incomplete list of announced closings & layoffs.

Alabama: In Vernon, a store that never replaced their 115 years old manually operated cash register is now shutting down.  God could not stop the owner, described as a “good church goin’ man”, from closing his family’s W. B. Clearman’s Store.  A local news reporter said they just want to “fade out of sight”.

California: In San Louis Obispo, after 15 years Cugini’s Pizzeria & Trattoria shutdown.  The restaurant owner said the greedy property owner jacked up the rent by adding on a monthly service charge as well as demanding 6% of her restaurant’s profits!  She tried complaining to the property management company but they blew her off, then suddenly she got evicted!  In Fresno, anti-2nd Amendment company, Pepsi, laid off 50 employees.

Florida: What housing market recovery?  Mortgage risk analysis firm, Digital Risk, killing 745 jobs!  “Due to substantial, abrupt and unforeseen residential mortgage events, including….improving credit quality, significant volume declines in refinance loan originations, etc., demand for Digital Risk services has materially decreased.”-Brandon Johnson, senior HR manager

Hawaii: Health care provider Kaiser Permanente killed 101 jobs!  Company officials say they must “restructure” to meet Obama Care funding.

Idaho:  In Meridian, cement/minerals engineering company FLSmidth laid off 46 employees.  Boise based computer chip maker Micron reported profits at the end of January, but it was revealed that they also killed 419 jobs in Italy!  It’s blamed on Micron’s take over of Italian chip maker Numonyx.  Layoffs could be coming for Idaho.

Iowa: In Galesburg, Cooke Elementary school being shutdown.  School district officials say student enrollment is so low the school can barley maintain 15 students per class, making it a waste of money to keep the school open.  It also doesn’t help that the district is in the hole by $4.4-million USD!

Maine: In Portland, despite being called Century Tire the company lasted only 88 years.  It was originally called Deering Tire Company, the current owners say they can no longer compete against the big boys.

Maryland: In Baltimore after 90 years Sun Products, maker of household cleaning products, shutting down their factory.  300 jobs lost!  Union employees say there was no reason for the shutdown but company officials say they can’t continue to pay union wages and remain competitive.  At one point in the distant past the factory employed 1500 people.

Massachusetts:  The last video store In Newburyport, Express Video, shutdown.

Michigan: Eastern Michigan University is laying off 10 of its 11 full time lecturers for the 2014/15 school year!  It’s blamed on declining student enrollment, which is making budget problems even worse.

Missouri: In Dutchtown, after 40 years Giuseppe’s Ristorante shutdown.  The owners will now focus on catering only.  The owners say their crashing restaurant revenues were caused by the temporary closure of Highway 40.

New Jersey: In Plainsboro, medical diagnostics company Abbott Point of Care to layoff 80  employees in March.  The company must restructure to meet Obama Care funding.

Pennsylvania: In Pittsburg, Macy’s killing corporate office jobs.  69 positions are being consolidated.  Not sure if this is part of the 2500 job cuts announced in January.  Health insurance company, Highmark Blue Shield, killed 132 jobs! Company officials said they are “restructuring to align resources”.

Texas: In North Richland Hills, Sealy Mattress shutting down their factory in May, 114 jobs lost!

Washington: Sprint laid off 91 employees.  It’s blamed on their $3.5-billion takeover of Clearwire.

West Virginia:  In Keyser, yet another victim of the ongoing Hallmark shutdowns.  After 39 years Linda’s Hallmark shutdown.

08-10 February 2014: More grocery store shutdowns! 

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

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

Idaho, Technology, U.S.

Proof the A-10 Thunderbolt was to remain a USAF mainstay until 2040: Taxpayers spent more than $2-billion on upgrades!

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In February 2014, USAF officials suddenly announced they wanted to kill off the venerable A-10 Thunderbolt 2 (unofficially called Warthog).  Since then many politicians, veterans, current personnel of the U.S. Army and Marine Corps, and even state National Guard units (who operate the majority of A-10s) have criticized the decision as foolhardy to say the least.

U.S. Air Force weenie head bean counters claim it will save taxpayers money to get rid of the cost effective aircraft, but wait, isn’t that what they said about keeping the Tank Buster when they pushed for more than $1.1-billion USD of upgrades for the A-10, back in 2007?

Photo by AAron B. Hutchins, Pocatello Airport, September 2012.

In June 2007, Boeing was awarded a contract to build 233 new wings for the American Stuka (unAmerican Boeing then outsourced some of the work to Korean companies).  According to USAF officials back then, the upgrade would allow the A-10 to fly on until 2040, and save taxpayers about $1.3-billion in maintenance costs.

It took until February 2012 for Boeing to actually begin replacing the wings.  In September 2013, the USAF paid for another 56 wings, for a grand total of $1.2-billion (some news sources say it was $2-billion).  So why at the beginning of 2014 did the USAF decide to get rid of the A-10 after spending $1.2 to 2-billion to keep it airworthy until 2040?

But wait there’s more!  In September 2009, Boeing was paid another $4.2-million under the Thunderbolt Life-cycle Program Support (TLPS) contracts.  There are other upgrade programs being handled by Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics, and other contractors.

All these upgrade programs are supposed to be ongoing at least until 2018.

Arizona Daily Star, March 2014: Retiring the Air Force’s A-10C is a mistake

OBAMA REGIME TO STEAL ALL OF IDAHO AIR NATIONAL GUARD’S AIR ASSETS!

IDAHO NATIONAL GUARD A-10C THUNDERBOLT 2

Fukushima, Technology, U.S.

Fukushima – WIPP – Radiation fallout: ‘Green’ cat litter caused WIPP explosion? Idaho involved? Is new False Flag Japan nuke op in the works? Wild food crops contaminated, banned from sale!

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“I’m just dying to know why this happened and who approved it, because it was a dumb idea!”-Jim Conca, former WIPP employee

Investigators have discovered what might have created the chemical reaction explosion that “disturbed” one ton ballast/containment bags in New Mexico’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP): organic kitty litter.   This is one time that going ‘green’ was the wrong thing to do.   However, it also reveals violations of federal laws!

According to a former WIPP scientist, Jim Conca, it looks like sometime after 2010 the inert clay type cat litter (absorbent) normally used was switched to organic cat litter.  The problem is that the ‘organic’ cat litter is made from things like wheat, corn, paper, sawdust, and reacted with fumes coming from the 55 gallon mixed waste drums.

It turns out that kitty litter was being used to absorb and cover-up any liquid waste, because it is illegal for any liquid waste to be stored at WIPP!!!  This also suggests officials knew the drums contained liquid waste.  The fumes from the liquid waste escaped and mixed with the active organic kitty litter, possibly causing the “chemical reaction”.

Investigators also found melted metal and rubber in the Panel 7 area.  Plutonium is one of the isotopes that was leaked into the air.   WIPP accepts nuke waste from three sources: Los Alamos, Idaho National Laboratory and Savannah River.  Investigators said they think they know who sent the illegal waste, but refused to name names.

Researchers in the United States claim they’ve discovered a drug that could prevent radiation poisoning.   It involves a drug being tested for treatment of blood aliments.  Doctors hope to use the drug on people undergoing radiation treatments.  But wait, don’t get too excited.  Turns out the drug only seems to prevent radiation absorption within the first 24 hours of exposure.

Speaking of drugs to prevent radiation contamination.  In Japan the national government suddenly became concerned about the stockpile of iodide pills in Niigata Prefecture.  Please note that news media continue to incorrectly call them iodine pills.

Niigata Prefecture is home to Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power plant, which is run by Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCo, yep the same ones who run Fukushima Daiichi).  Inspectors discovered that prefectural officials still haven’t stockpiled the required 1.3 million iodide pills, that were part of a national government order back in January of this Gregorian year!

It’s not just Niigata, 23 other prefectures are being investigated for compliance with the January iodide order!

Fukushima Prefecture has banned seven wild food crops from being harvested or sold, due to high levels of contamination!  A total of 16 varieties of wild crops are contaminated!

Many wild plants are regular food sources in Japan, but now, three years after the Fukushima nuke disasters, at least three types of wild crops are totally soaked in radiation: 700 becquerels in fiddleheads, 430 becquerels in bracken and 460 becquerels in Japanese spikenard!

The official Japanese government safe limit is only 100 Bq per kilogram of radiation.

Fukushima government officials say most of the radiation contamination is in the forests to the west of Fukushima Daiichi.  This is a dilemma, because the predominant winds are to the east or north, into the Pacific Ocean.  So why do high levels of radiation continue to show up to the west of the melted out nuke plant?

Also, independent testing shows that the groundwater that flows under Fukushima Daiichi, from the west, is already contaminated despite what TEPCo says.  I’ve postulated before that whatever is contaminating the mountains is contaminating the groundwater, before it hits the nuke plant.

Japan’s Environment Ministry says 16 municipalities have failed to meet decontamination deadlines.  The main reason is that radiation contamination was much worse than originally reported!

New Mexico compromised! 

Japan told people to take Iodide back on March 16

Idaho, U.S.

Martial Law U.S.A. 2014: Idaho Falls to submit to Obama regime Courts! Under the False Flag op of “saving taxes”!

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Idaho Falls police chief,  Mark McBride, wants local courts to considering giving up some of their jurisdiction to the Obama regime!  It’s through a program called the  Special Assistant United States Attorney (SAUSA).

The Obama regime (as well as McBride) touts it as a way to save taxpayers’ money by shifting cases away from local courts and prisons to the federal level, but that’s bullshit because taxpayers pay for the damned federal court system as well, and by shifting local cases to the federal system you only increase the load on the federal courts/prison!  And guess what?  Eventually the federales will come back and demand more taxes to pay for their increased court/prison load!

McBride is pushing to hand over control of his jurisdiction to the federales, in the name of “security”, and just like in failed state Chicago he blames it on skyrocketing gang and gun crimes in Idaho Falls, as well as in Bonneville County.

Here’s an idea, why don’t local officials address the real and number one problem that results in increased crime: The bad economy!

As more and more local jurisdictions in the United States turn over their powers to the federal government, due to increasing gang crimes and decreasing local tax revenues, it’s just more proof that U.S. is now a failed state.

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

Business/Economics, Idaho

U.S. job losses & store closings 22 January 2014: Texas companies kill jobs despite making profits! Target kills 1100 jobs! Massive tech job cuts! More food crisis from Idaho, no more American Cheese? More healthcare cuts!

Incomplete list of announced closings & layoffs.

Computer giant IBM warned of massive layoffs in 2014, after dismal sales in 2013.

Alabama: The largest air ambulance service in the United States, Air Evac Lifeteam, shutdown Air Evac 64 operations in Wetumpka!  Company officials directly blamed issues with Obama Care and the bad economy: “The reimbursement issue, along with a low demand for patient transports, made it impossible for us to sustain operations at the base.  As a result of the state’s decision not to expand Medicaid, nearly a quarter of the residents we fly in Alabama are self-pay with very little means to pay medical expenses. For those patients covered by Medicaid, they currently reimburse just over $500 for the transport of an adult. The high fixed cost of air ambulance makes it impossible for us to continue to operate with no indication of improvement in sight.  We’ve been taking a loss with this base for many years. This is an area where air medical services are needed and we wanted to provide this valuable resource for the people in this region.  We’ve also seen a decline in commercial reimbursement rates, making Alabama the lowest state in our 15-state service area for reimbursement.”

California:  In Los Angeles, Japanese owned Sony Imaging killing jobs by moving operations to British Columbia, Canada.  In Pomona, Quad/Graphics shutdown their factory, 62 jobs lost.

Florida: CenterState Bank shutting down 13% of its offices, killing 57 jobs.  Bank officials blamed the bad economy for declining revenue.

Idaho: In Gooding, Glanbia Foods officials warned of layoffs saying “….we are actively pursuing a number of strategic growth opportunities, the current milk supply situation in Idaho is extremely tight.”  Glanbia Foods claims to be the number one manufacturer of American Style Cheese, with four factories in Idaho and the world’s largest cheese factory in New Mexico!

Illinois:  Sears shutting down their flagship store in Chicago.  Company officials claim the store has lost “millions” since 2001.

Iowa: In Marengo, Quad/Graphics shutdown their factory, 138 jobs lost!

Minnesota:  Retail giant Target killed 475 jobs at their HQ, and killed another 700 unfilled positions across their retail operations!

Missouri:  In Saint Louis, business litigation company Husch Blackwell laid off 25 employees. It’s blamed on the bad economy: “Our firm, like many of our clients, is being challenged to do more with less…..”

Nevada: In Las Vegas, Too Big to Jail Bank of America laid off 77 employees.  BoA is ending its Las Vegas operations.

New Mexico:  Western New Mexico University warned of layoffs and tuition increases, due to lack of student enrollment!

New York: Swiss owned legal drugs pusher Novartis announced it will shutdown it’s New York factory by 2016.  525 jobs lost!  Novartis has been getting into trouble around the world, because most of its drugs do not work!  In Japan whistleblowers revealed that so called independent university studies on Novartis drugs were actually done by Novartis employees!

Ohio:  Two Kmarts being shutdown, one in Westlake, one in Xenia.  About 100 jobs lost!

Texas:  Tech giant Texas Instruments laying off 1100 people!  The company is also cutting hundreds of millions of dollars from investments into new operations.  This all despite revenues for Texas Instruments going up!  In Fort Worth, tax sucking Bell Helicopter killed 115 engineer jobs, despite making profits!  Company officials say they need to kill jobs to remain “competitive”.

Wisconsin: In Sussex, Quad/Graphics warned of massive layoffs due to the bad economy.

21 January 2014: “Nobody’s going to buy a $40 loaf of bread!”

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

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

Idaho, U.S.

U.S. Civil War 2014: MRAP spotted in Pocatello! Department of Defense circumvents local City Councils? More proof the U.S. is a failed state!

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“Why? Why would the city the size of Mason City need an armored tank like this?”-resident of Mason City, Iowa, population 28-thousand

“I think to have something like this made available to us, why shouldn’t we?” -Mike Lashbrook, deceptive Mason City police chief

“There are no mines, no ambushes and no IED’s buried under the streets in our United States of America. MRAPs were designed for uncivilized societies and war zones, and to see them on our streets in our local community is an affront to American civility.   This trend must end! And Idaho is where we take a stand and say No! NO to the police chiefs who flex their department’s macho machines in their ultra masculine showdown with an imagined enemy.“–Tony Snesko, candidate for Idaho State Senator

More and more ex-military Mine Resistant Armored Protected (MRAP) vehicles are being seen in small rural communities across the U.S.  Just last week I drove past a sand colored MRAP while driving down Garret Way in Pocatello, Idaho.

No, it can’t be for Pocatello or Bannock County, because Bannock County already spent big bucks on a brand new armored BearCat (similar to those armored cars seen patrolling Boston Strong).  So what was the MRAP doing in Pocatello?

I found some reports that said the U.S. Department of Defense Law Enforcement Support Office (LESO) is giving away MRAPs to rural towns.  If that’s the case why did private donors waste all their money (at least $200-thousand USD) buying a brand new BearCat for the Bannock County Sheriff’s Department?

The most recent recipient of a free ex-military MRAP is the Willimantic Police Department in anti-2nd Amendment Connecticut. It’s strange that they got a free MRAP, a Willimantic cop even contradicted himself when he tried to explain the necessity for such a monster vehicle: “This is not a violent city. But we have a lot of narcotics here, a lot of high risk warrants. We have the need here, and now we have the equipment.”-Stan Parizo Jr, SWAT team leader

I’ve also discovered that many websites are calling all heavily armored wheeled vehicles MRAPS.  To be sure the BearCat could be qualified as an MRAP, but it is not used by the military.  What I saw last week is specifically a military issued MRAP, possibly first generation as I’ve yet to find a pic of the beast on the internet, finding only pics of newer MRAPS (It looked similar to the British empire made BAE Caiman.  I knew I should’ve whipped my camera out!).

Other reports I found said the free ex-military MRAPs are only “on loan” from the Department of Defense.   A Mason City, Iowa, reporter was surprised to find out that two of three city council members were totally unaware that their small police department just got a free “on loan” MRAP! 

The following list are small cities that have received supposedly free, possibly “on loan” ex-military MRAPs:

Eureka, California, population 27-thousand

Watertown, Connecticut, population 22-thousand

Willimantic, Connecticut, population 17-thousand

Caldwell, Idaho, population 47-thousand, on waiting list for free MRAP

Boise, Idaho, population 212-thousand, British empire BAE Caiman category 1  MRAP.  In November 2013, the city NAZI cops used their MRAP, as well as calling neighboring Nampa’s MRAP, to arrest one man suspected of kidnapping.  The cops claimed they had reason to believe the man was armed with high velocity guns and even bombs!

Nampa, Idaho, population 84-thousand, British empire BAE Caiman category 1 MRAP.  Nampa cops claim they need the MRAP because they shot up their Cold War era armored truck.  They wanted to test the armor on the truck and they claim they were able to shoot through it with handguns and BB guns!  That’s bullshit because a BB gun can’t even penetrate your skin, I know because I pulled a BB out of the skin of a childhood friend who was shot with one point blank in the throat!

Preston, Idaho, population 5100 (yes, this is the town used in the movie Napoleon Dynamite), International MaxxPro category 1 MRAP.  Preston’s Police Department consists of six cops!!!  Here’s how the ignorant Mormon Preston police chief justified having an MRAP: “There isn’t much violent crime in Preston, but how much does it take? There wasn’t much crime in that little Connecticut town before Sandy Hook, but it would have been nice if they would have had an MRAP on the day of the school shooting.”-Ken Geddes

Please explain how having an MRAP would’ve changed what happened at Sandy Hook!  The deed was done by the time cops arrived on scene!

Justice, Illinois, population 13-thousand

Madison, Indiana, population 12-thousand

Mason City, Iowa, population 28-thousand

Dundee, Michigan, population 3900

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, population 16-thousand

North Augusta, South Carolina, population 22-thousand

Walla Walla, Washington, population 32-thousand, reports out of Walla Walla say their new free MRAP cost taxpayers $733-thousand!

The Washington Post has its own list. 

Business/Economics, Idaho

Exceptional Failed State: U.S. job losses & store closings 16 January 2014. God can’t stop the oldest monastery in the U.S. from shutting down! Proof the economy sucks; major Employment Company Outsources its own jobs! Yes, ObamaCare continues killing hospitals!

Incomplete list of announced closings & layoffs.

 United Continental airlines killing 685 airline jobs!  It’s the result of the merger of United, and Continental.

California:  Santa Ana based Freedom Communications laid off 39 The Press-Enterprise employees.  Last month 42 employees were fired.  In Seal Beach, Dendreon laid off 62 employees.  In San Francisco,  British empire based U.S. taxsucker BAE laid off 200 people!  In Irvine, Tracfone Wireless laid off seven employees.

Idaho:  In Garden City, after 54 years The Stagecoach Inn shutdown. The owners blame “not enough business” for their failure to pay taxes and the loss of their booze license.

Kansas:  In Topeka, after 34 years the vintage store J.E.Dickerson’s shutdown.   In Delano, after 27 years the Central Plains Novelty store shutdown.

Massachusetts: In the land of Romney Care (the precursor of Obama Care) the Marlborough Hospital laid off ten employees and cut working hours for 31 others.   Hospital officials admitted they “cannot continue to maintain financial sustainability” in the face of the worsening economy and government funding cuts.  Ellen Carlucci, vice president of development, marketing and communications, added that Obama Care is “…taking place throughout the commonwealth and throughout the country in terms of hospitals needing to initiate cost reduction strategies.”  UMass Memorial Medical Center killed 99 jobs.   Back in December the hospital laid off 40 employees.  This round of layoffs were revealed when local news media were tipped off, in other words the UMass hospital tried to keep the layoffs secret.  UMass hospital officials used the same excuse as other hospitals around the country, Obama Care is causing “ongoing restructuring” of the health care system.

Michigan:  In Troy, Too Big to Jail Flagstar Bancorp laid off 600 people!  Company officials say they need to save $40-million USD!

Nevada: In Reno, after 55 years Maytan Music Center shutdown: “The downturn in the economy, combined with increased competition, has dramatically changed the marketplace.”-Marianne Maytan

New Hampshire:  In New Hampton, SC Johnson announced it will close its Soy Basics candle factory in July.  60 jobs lost.

New York:  In Queens (NYC), after 66 years the Joe Abbracciamento’s Restaurant and Catering shutdown.  In NYC, TGI Friday’s restaurant will shutdown in April, 73 jobs lost.  Alcoa will permanently shutdown the two remaining aluminum potlines at its Massena East factory.  332 jobs affected!  In Far Rockaway, Bridge Leather shutdown, 81 jobs lost.

Pennsylvania:  In Saint Mary’s, after 161 years the Saint Joseph Monastery shutdown.  As a result the nuns had to find new homes of their own!  One blind faith nun blamed (credited?) the bad economy on her God: “Just as God calls a group of people into ministry, I think there’s a time when God says you have completed your ministry and it’s time to move on.”-Sister Rita Brink

Tennessee:  What automotive industry recovery?  Custom Transmission company Keisler Engineering now chapter 7 busted.  Company officials blame competitors for spreading rumors that the company was shutting down, but yet at the same time they confirmed the company is shutting down: “The order cancellations created a cash flow problem for KE, and placed new customer orders at risk. I took the initiative to refund all new order deposits going back to Thursday January 9 2014 once I realized the company was at risk of closure…”-Shafi Keisler

Virginia:  In Newport News, taxsucker Jefferson Laboratory laid off 46 employees. It’s blamed on funding cuts for the nuclear research facility.

Wisconsin:  Manpower laid off 100 IT employees.  One of the world’s biggest privately run employment service, Manpower is trying to save money by outsourcing its own jobs!  God can’t stop the 60 years old Holy Name Retreat House from shutting down.  Church officials blame it on declining use by church members and rising costs of operations.

15 January 2014: U.S. layoffs now blamed on Russia? 

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

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

Business/Economics, Idaho

Exceptional Failed State: U.S. job losses & store closings 10-12 January 2014. God can’t stop ObamaCare layoffs! Spy ballon layoffs! More government action killing local businesses! More refinery shutdowns!

Incomplete list of announced closings & layoffs.

Retail giant, Target, announced it will shutdown eight stores in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Ohio, Nevada and Tennessee.

Turbo engineering company, Concepts NREC, laid off nine employees across several New England states.

Alabama: Bryan W. Whitfield Memorial Hospital shutdown its labor and delivery unit, directly blaming Obama Care: “There’s a lot of good people that will lose their job due to no fault of their own……On a national level, we are dealing with the biggest change in the healthcare business since the implementation of Medicare in the 1960s!”-Mike Marshall, CEO

Arizona: In Scottsdale, the owner of the Searsucker restaurant decided to shut it down, with no warning.

Arkansas:  Marketing data collections and management company, Acxiom, laid off 50 employees throughout their operations.  The company is restructuring.  In Clarksville, the Hardwicke Funeral Home shutdown, because the owner died (no joke).

California:  Sutter Health Alta Bates Medical Center continued with its drastic Obama Care layoffs.  This time 120 health care workers lost their jobs in Berkeley and Oakland!  In South gate, Brookshire Tool laid off 90 employees.  In Ontario, Covidien Distribution laid off nine employees.  In Adelanto, Maork laid off 16 employees.  In San Bernardino, Too Big to Jail Wells Fargo laid off nine employees.  In San Diego, the owner of the Gaberdine restaurant decided to shut it down, with no warning.  In San Louis Opisbo,  the quirky store Kwirkworld shutdown.  The manager blamed the suck ass economy and the landlord: “We’re not making the money we used to make, and the rents are really high here.”-Pete Ray

Florida: In Brandon, the Babies “R” Us store shutdown.

Idaho:  In Boise, the Saint Luke’s affiliated non-profit Elk’s Rehab Hospital laid off “…less than 20 positions, all licensed practical nurses within the inpatient unit…” in an effort to adjust to reduced funding caused by Obama Care.   Elk’s Rehab Hospital began in 1947 to help victims of polio.

Illinois: In DeKalb, U.S. tax sucker GE (General Electric) warned it will be shutting down the factory by 2015, 94 jobs lost.

Indiana:   The German owned U.S. tax sucking British Rolls Royce killing 400 jobs in Indianapolis!  Company officials blame decreased U.S. military spending.

Iowa: In Marengo, Quad Graphics shutting down its printing presses. 138 jobs lost!  It’s blamed on a merger.

Kentucky: The Newport Kmart shutting down in April, 81 jobs lost!

Maryland:  U.S. tax sucker spy ballon maker, TCOM, laid off an undisclosed number of employees.  It’s blamed on decreased U.S. military spending.  In Annapolis, clothing store Chico’s shutdown.

Massachusetts:  In Malden, a Stop&Shop grocery store shutdown.  Basically company officials don’t think the suck ass economy can support all their stores.

Michigan: What automotive market recovery?  Five Suski’s used car lots across two counties shutdown!

Minnesota: The Elmore Academy and the Wildcat Cafe shutdown to assess “the programmatic needs”.  In Pine Island, Pine Cheese Mart shutdown after 44 years in business.   It’s blamed on local government planners who, in 2013, decided to implement new road construction that actually made it more difficult for customers to get to the shop!

Mississippi: In Ocean Springs, reports say the Salamundi Gifts store shutdown.

Nevada:  In Reno, after 41 years Reno Mountain Sports shutdown.  A co-owner told local TV news because of the suck ass economy the end came sooner than they expected.

New Mexico: In Santa Fe, after 28 years electronics store Baillio’s shutdown.  Company officials blamed the suck ass economy: “Due to current economic conditions we regretfully announce that the time has come to close Baillio’s Santa Fe and liquidate our entire Santa Fe inventory.”

New York:  The Schenectady City School District chief, Larry Spring, warned “We’re going to have staff layoffs, we’re going to have program cuts, absolutely.”  The District is short $10-million USD!  Employees were also laid off last school year.  In Olean, Advanced Monolythic Ceramics shutdown, 65 jobs lost.  In Long Island, fashion designer Carlisle Etcetera shutting down by June, 63 jobs lost.

Ohio: In Cleveland, the Blind Pig restaurant shutdown.  Management refused to say why, but the co-owner of another restaurant blamed the suck ass economy: “People just aren’t coming to the Warehouse District in the numbers you used to have. You don’t see 5,000 people on a Friday or a Saturday and New Year’s Eve was a disaster down there because everyone was at Public Square. Places are struggling and it’s a shame to see a longtime place like the Blind Pig close.”-Hank LoConti

Pennsylvania: In West Chester live entertainment joint, The Note, shutdown.  The owner said he needed a break.

South Carolina: In Columbia, the Sears will close in April, 97 jobs lost.

South Dakota: After 74 years, nonprofit South Dakota CARES (aka South Dakota Society for Crippled Children) shutdown.  It’s blamed on lack of funding: “We stuck it out for as long as we could as a non-profit. We served a lot of great people and made a lot of amazing memories.”-Chad Miner-Ratigan

Tennessee: In Ooltewah, the Southern Burger Company shutdown.

Texas: In Sherman, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital-WNJ laid off 18 employees.  In Round Rock, Dell computers announced it will kill 20% of its U.S. jobs, along with 30% of its global workforce.  The suck ass economy has killed Dell sales for seven straight quarters!

Washington: In Bellingham, France based Zodiac Aerospace laid off an undisclosed amount of employees.  It’s blamed on a sudden decrease in orders for airliner interior upgrades.

Wyoming: In Rock Springs, oil giant Chevron shutting down their natural gas plant.  Chevron bought out the original owners in 2008.  Chevron officials say they are not happy with the natural gas refinery.

08-09 January 2014. More massive grocery store shutdowns!

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

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

Idaho, U.S.

Exceptional Failed State: Unexplained & increasing Idaho earthquakes caused by Fracking?

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For the past month the area around Challis, Idaho, has been hit with hundreds of earthquakes ranging from 2 to 4.9 magnitude, three happened within 40 minutes of each other, this is not normal.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is now installing a total of five portable seismograph machines in the area.   Even the University of Utah is sending a team of scientist.

Guess what people, I think I found the cause!  Since 2011, fracking and mini-fracking has been taking place all over Idaho!

In 2012, your asshole ‘elected’ state officials not only legalized fracking but banned your local governments from banning fracking! The new law was co-written by a lobby group called the Idaho Petroleum Council.  The law also legalized the use of caustic chemicals and allowed the fracking companies to keep their poisonous mixture secret, this stuff is going to end up in your water!

The fracking companies come from as far away as Arkansas.  Oh, by the way the USGS has stated numerous times that fracking causes the very type of quakes that are now taking place in the center of the Gem State: “…the seismicity rate changes described here are almost certainly manmade…”, due to “…oil and gas production.”

Go to DrillingMaps and look at all the drilling/fracking going on in Idaho.  You should notice the Salmon/Challis area is surrounded by fracking ops.

Why don’t you people vote these assholes out of office?  Oh, that’s right a new Princeton study says that officially there is no such thing as democracy in the United States!

Here’s some other fracking reports your bought off ‘elected’ officials didn’t care about: Fighting Fracking: Where Moral Outrage Fails, Earthquakes Prevail

Ohio cracks down on fracking over earthquake worries

Oklahoma Suffering From Huge Increase in Earthquakes as Fracking Intensifies

Ohio suffering mass earthquakes

Arkansas hit by dozens of earthquakes

Fracking Causes Earthquakes-Confirmed by Gas Company

How fracking caused earthquakes in the UK

Business/Economics, Idaho

Exceptional Failed State: Sears & Kmart closings in Idaho, Pennsylvania & Delaware!

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An east Idaho Kmart shutting down in July.  A Sears by the sea shutting down in Delaware.  A 38 years old Pennsylvania Kmart shutting down in June.

Here’s the updated list of U.S. Sears/Kmart store closings since the end of 2011:

Arizona: Scottsdale Sears/Great Indoors, Chandler Sears/Great Indoors.

Alabama: Gadsden Kmart (50 jobs lost), Mobile Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Auburn Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Anniston Kmart (no word yet on how many jobs lost), Birmingham Eastwood Kmart (70 jobs lost),  Decatur Mall Sears (91 jobs lost), Fort Payne Kmart.

Delaware:  Dover Kmart (72 jobs lost), recently revealed Seaford Sears (30 jobs lost).

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

Colorado:  Broomfield Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Glenwood Springs Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lone Tree Sears/Great Indoors, Longmont Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Pueblos’ South Side Kmart (52 jobs lost),  Denver Kmart (number of jobs lost have not been made public at this time, but could be at least 40), Colorado Springs Kmart at Powers and Palmer Park boulevards (57 jobs lost).

Connecticut:  Waterbury Big Kmart.

Georgia: Macon Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Buford Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Douglasville Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Atlanta Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Columbus Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Jonesboro Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Cartersville Kmart (74 jobs lost),  Hiram Kmart (53 jobs lost), Marietta-East Cobb Kmart.

Guam:  Sears Hometown Store.

Florida: Fernandina Beach Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Callaway Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Orange City Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost),  Deland Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Stuart Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), West Palm Beach Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Port St. Lucie Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Crystal River Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), New Smyrna Beach Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Saint Augustine Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Pompano Beach Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost),  Jacksonville Kmart on 5751 Beach Boulevard (71 jobs lost), second Kmart in Jacksonville on 4645 Blanding Boulevard (83 jobs lost), Ocoee Sears (102 jobs lost), Pensacola Kmart on Airport Boulevard closed in 2011, Pensacola Kmart on Mobile Highway closed in February 2013 (69 jobs lost),  Pensacola Kmart on East 9 Mile Road will close in May (73 jobs lost), Hialeah Kmart (67 jobs lost), Bonita Springs Kmart (67 jobs lost), Mount Dora Kmart (100 jobs lost), Lake Mary Kmart, Panama City Beach Kmart (54 jobs lost), Winter Park Kmart (100 jobs lost), Niceville Kmart (59 jobs lost).

Hawaii: Honolulu Sears (owned by GGP, 372 jobs lost!!!),  Kauai Sears (41 jobs lost),  Iwilei-Honolulu Kmart for lease (no confirmation of store closing).

Vacant bedroom/bathroom section.

One corner of the half vacant Chubbuck, Idaho, Sears. No official closing announcement was made.

Idaho: Lewiston Sears (at least 60 jobs lost), recently revealed Rexburg Kmart (63 jobs lost).  No official announcement, but it’s painfully obvious the Chubbuck Pine Ridge Mall Sears going’ down. Or, maybe it’s preps for Shop within a Shop, or one of those domestic spy data storage centers?  On 07 November 2013, GGP sold off the Pine Ridge Mall for a paltry $9 million USD.

Ever since the Kmart bankruptcy, this pad site for sale sign has been seen in the Pocatello, Idaho, Big Kmart parking lot. The Kmart is the only building on the lot.

Ever since the Kmart bankruptcy, this pad site for sale sign has been seen in the Pocatello, Idaho, Big Kmart parking lot. The Kmart is the only building on the lot.

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

Illinois:  Alton Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Melrose Park Sears parts and repair center (50 jobs lost), Zion Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Oak Lawn Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), McHenry Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Peru Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lombard Sears/Great Indoors (at least 40 jobs lost), Fairview Heights Kmart (81 jobs lost), Freeport Kmart (45 jobs lost), Pontiac Kmart (more than 47 jobs lost), Homer Glen Kmart (82 jobs lost), Streator Kmart (45 jobs lost), Lombard Kmart (70 jobs lost), Naperville Kmart (98 jobs lost), Calumet Sears (164 jobs lost), two Sears stores in Grand Crossing area of Chicago (247 jobs lost!), Mount Vernon Sears (68 jobs lost), Moline Sears (at least 60 jobs lost),  Homewood Kmart (185 jobs lost),  Belvidere Kmart (91 jobs lost),  Champaign’s Market Place Mall Sears (56 jobs lost), Sterling Kmart (60 jobs lost), Montgomery Kmart (81 jobs lost), Mattoon Sears (more than 40 jobs lost), Chicago Sears on North State Street (160 jobs lost), Chicago Sears Craftsman Experience store, Galesburg Sears (46 jobs lost), White Lake Township Kmart (42 jobs lost), Orland Park Sears Appliance.   58 Chicago area stores up for lease or sale.  By the way, Illinois elected officials gave Sears Holdings/Hoffman Estates a $150 million USD tax break to keep their headquarters in the state.  The tax break was not tied to any promise not to close stores.

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

Kansas: Lawrence Sears (at least 40 jobs lost).

Kentucky: Middlesboro Sears (in September 2012 the Sears store re-opened under independent ownership, official grand re-opening scheduled for November), Winchester Kmart (back in May, Rankin Paynter bought out what was left of the inventory and gave it to charity), Hazard Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lexington Fayette Mall Sears (114 jobs lost!),  Newport Kmart (81 jobs lost), Cannonsburg Sears and Sears Auto Center (no employee info given), Louisville Dixie Highway Kmart/Sears/Kmart.

Louisiana: Slidell Sears (77 job lost).

Maine: Lewiston Sears (60 to 70 jobs lost), Presque Isle Sears (80 jobs lost).

Maryland: Ellicott Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Gaithersburg Sears/Great Indoors, Landover Sears (115 jobs lost).

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

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

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

Mississippi: Jackson Sears Full line, McComb Sears Full line, Columbus Sears Full line, Gautier Sears (71 jobs lost), Waveland Gulfport Kmart (32 jobs lost), Pass Road Gulfport Kmart (52 jobs lost),  Pascagoula Sears at the Singing River Mall.

Missouri: Lee’s Summit Sears Grand/Essentials, Saint Louis Sears Full line, High Ridge Kmart (59 jobs lost), Ellisville Kmart (55 jobs lost), Springfield Kmart on South Campbell Avenue (60 jobs lost).

Montana: Missoula Kmart (50 jobs lost).

Nebraska: Grand Island Kmart (55 jobs lost).

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

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

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

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

North Carolina: Cary Kmart (71 jobs lost), High Point Sears, Moorehead Sears, Rocky Mount Sears, Statesville Sears, Durham Kmart (79 jobs lost), Asheville Kmart (53 jobs lost),  West Smithfield Kmart (59 jobs lost), Winston-Salem Kmart (69 jobs lost), Hendersonville Kmart (58 jobs lost), South Ashville Kmart on Hendersonville Road, Raleigh Kmart (88 jobs lost), Garner Kmart, Cleveland County mall Sears (56 jobs lost), Charlotte Kmart (89 jobs lost), Conover Kmart (74 jobs lost), Raleigh Kmart on Capital Boulevard (53 jobs lost).

North Dakota: Jamestown Kmart (45 jobs lost).

Ohio: Chagrin Falls Kmart, Springfield Kmart, two Toledo Kmarts, Medina Kmart, Columbus Kmart, Columbus Sears/Great Indoors, Zanesville Sears (67 jobs lost), Trotwood Kmart (71 jobs lost), Austintown Sears auto parts and service on Interstate Boulevard,  London Kmart (no word on number of jobs lost),  Trotwood Sears (67 jobs lost),  Westlake Kmart/Sears (at least 57 jobs lost),  Xenia Kmart (at least 57 jobs lost), Norwalk Kmart (52 jobs lost), Blue Ash Kmart (77 jobs lost), Northwood Sears (36 jobs lost), Conneaut Kmart (43 jobs lost).    Also, Van Wert Sears franchise bought out by Kirk Berryman, owner of Computer & Networking Technologies (CNT), who plans on moving the store to a new location.

Oklahoma: Oklahoma City Sears (98 jobs lost, GGP owned, GGP wants a $2 million sales tax rebate, claiming it’s needed to offset capital investments needed to bring the space up to the standards for potential new tenants), Shawnee Sears (31 jobs lost).

Oregon: Roseburg Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Tualatin Kmart Center (new property owner from California is tearing everything down for new shopping center, so far no indication the Kmart will be part of the new shopping center), Milwaukie Kmart (61 jobs lost), Coos Bay Kmart (25 jobs lost), Bend Sears (48 jobs lost), Klamath Falls Kmart (64 jobs lost).

Pennsylvania: Upper Darby Sears Full line, Pottstown Sears Full line, Pittsburgh Kmart, Wilkins Sears, Warminster Kmart (85 jobs lost), Shippensburg Kmart (46 jobs lost), Moon Kmart (143 jobs lost), Bethlehem Township Kmart (62 jobs lost), Philadelphia Gallery Mall Kmart (120 jobs lost), Philadelphia Kmart on Orthodox Street and Castor Avenue (169 jobs lost),  Levittown/Middle Township Kmart (87 jobs lost), recently revealed Waynesboro Kmart (43 jobs lost).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wisconsin: West Baraboo Sears (at least 40 jobs lost, local village officials say the store generated 3% of local tax collections), Rice Lake Kmart (about 71 jobs lost),  Brookfield Kmart (56 jobs lost), Racine’s Regency Mall Sears (52 jobs lost), Fort Atkinson Kmart (51 jobs lost), Greenfield Kmart (107 jobs lost), Portage Kmart (78 jobs lost) and Hales Corner (129 jobs lost),  Chippewa Falls Kmart (79 jobs lost), Menomonie Kmart (at least 50 jobs lost).

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

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

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

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

Florida: West Oaks Mall

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

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

Hawaii: Ala Moana Center (closed, see above)

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

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

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