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Business/Economics

‘Spooked’: Sears, Kmart death spiral, April 2019

In British empire Canada leftist liberals turn abandoned Sears store into art gallery

Milwaukee Business Journal: Lawsuit calls 2014 spinoff of Lands’ End from Sears ‘fraudulent’

The Nation: Hedge-Fund Ownership Cost Sears Workers Their Jobs.

Reuters: Sears Holdings sues Lampert, ESL, and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, claiming conspiracy to destroy the retailer

USA Today: Lampert disclosed in a public filing that Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores was set to vote Monday afternoon “to determine to liquidate the Hometown segment of the business.”

Bloomberg: Eddie Lampert’s ESL Moves to Block Sears Hometown Liquidation

Seeking Alpha:Sears Bankruptcy Is In Chaos

abc7chicago.com: Sears Warranty Wars

Chicago Tribune: Sears offering to buy-back full control of Hometown and Outlet stores, for $21-million

Sears going back to the future to win shoppers back 

Forbes: Benefits Cut, Empty Shelves And Spooked Employees

Law360: Lampert Defends Hold Of $15M In Credit Card Reserves

Sears Outlet Says 3 Ex-Employees Stole Trade Secrets and confidential employee information

Crypto Briefing: Sears To Integrate Bitcoin Payments 

Law.com: Lawsuit to Proceed Against Sears Over Alleged Faulty Jack that Killed

ARIZONA: Glendale’s Sears store and Auto Center being shutdown by Lampert’s new Transform Holdco, in May, the lease was not renewed because the store is “unprofitable”.

ARKANSAS: Surprise, the Hot Springs Mall Sears store is being shutdown at a so far unknown future date, mall management said “We knew it would be coming, but we didn’t know when. We thought they would be here for one or two more years.” 

FLORIDA: Eddie Lampert’s new Transform Holdco shutdown the Volusia Mall Sears last month and it turns out the Sears property was already sold for $5.9-million USD, and guess who bought it?  Eddie Lampert’s ESL Investments, but that’s not all, newly released documents show Eddie Lampert’s ESL bought the doomed property one month before it shutdown!!!

The ongoing fight between Neptune Beach taxpayers and a property developer who wants to turn a vacant Kmart into a retail/residential ‘amusement park’, goes to court.

Real World TV show property owning millionaire buys $8-million USD property, then gets caught stealing $300 worth of kitchen appliances from Key West Kmart!

Rodents still being found in the food being sold at a Kmart in Palm Beach County!

GEORGIA:  The ‘lucky’ residents in Rome get to pay extra taxes in a new Tax Allocation District to rebuild the old Kmart property!

HAWAII: Eddie Lampert’s new Transform Holdco decided against continuing the lease for the Kaneohe Sears store and Auto Center, the store will shutdown by the end of the month.  The store was part of Lampert’s recent Sears Holdings bankruptcy purchase.  Essentially, Lampert’s new Transform Holdco replaces Sears Holdings.

ILLINOIS: Just six months after the grand re-opening, Transform Holdco suddenly shutting down it’s Oak Brook Village Sears store, on Sunday, April 28th.    Oak Brook Village President Gopal Lamalani said there was no warning from the new Transform Holdco: “We didn’t have any heads-up. We actually heard it from the media first. We didn’t know anything about the fact that this was coming.”

The city of Champaign wants to force taxpayers to bribe Costco into moving onto a property that once was home to a Sears Store, by creating a tax incentive plan!

MASSACHUSETTS: Acton Town Big Kmart shutting down in April 2021, due to the property owner deciding against renewing the lease with Kmart-Sears Holdings.  It was revealed after the town council was approached with the idea of burdening town taxpayers with the idea of spending at least 7-million tax dollars buying the property from the current owner!

NEW MEXICO: Property developer and residents going head-to-head over what to do with the abandoned Albuquerque Kmart, but ultimate blame for nothing being done is going to the city’s faulty zoning laws.

NORTH CAROLINA: 87-year-old Sears customer went the whole winter without heat, Sears repairman said the furnace uses parts made in Canada that are no longer available! So much for the warranty!

OHIO: Sears at the Ohio Valley Mall shutting down during Summer, local news reports say the mall operator was originally told the store would NOT be shutting down, but at the same time admitted “Our real estate people saw this coming 10 years ago”.

OKLAHOMA: The taxpayers of Oregon City about to become the owners of the vacant Kmart. Taxpayers were already forced by their exalted leaders to pay $200-thousand to clean up asbestos, now they’re going to shell out $3-million over the next ten years to lease the property, and then an additional $3-million if the city leaders decide to buy the property!!!

OREGON: The owners of two franchised Sears Hometown Stores have cut ties with corporate and dropped the Sears brand name.  

PENNSYLVANIA: Locally owned Sears in Flemington shutting down, no explanation from the owner (a former Sears employee) but ignorant local news media blame it on competition from big-box and internet.

In October 2018, the Lawrenceville property which is home to a Sears Outlet store was purchased for $10-million USD, now those new owners have given up on their plans for the property and are selling it.

TENNESSEE: The owners of the Sears Hometown in Covington are blaming corporate for their sudden shutdown. The owners claim they were a profit making store until corporate changed the ‘bonus program’ in November last year: “We lost almost 80% of our profits because of this ‘reform’!”-Angie Richardson, co-owner 

TEXAS:  Incompetent Sears repairman creates a $1,834 ‘mess’ and makes disabled veteran pay for it!

Sear Kmart death spiral, March 2019:“IMPROPERLY RETAINED”

Business/Economics

Japan admits to slave labor treatment of foreign workers, hundreds die or disappear every year!

30 March 2019 (03:00 UTC-07 Tango 06) 10 Farvardin 1398/23 Rajab 1440/24 Ding-Mao 4717

Nippon’s Prime Minister Abe Shinzo recently told investors that more foreign workers are needed to save Nippon’s economy, this is at the same time that Nipponese news media are revealing the hell that foreign workers have to endure.

For years now a population death spiral (what was that about the global population exploding out-of-control?) has Japan’s industries struggling to find workers (Japan’s migrant policies are far tougher that the United States, so it’s not like Japanese companies can just herd people across the border like here in the U.S.).  Japan has even relaxed its migrant policies, but now it’s being revealed that foreign workers in Japan are being worked like slaves, even worked to death!

2008 protest by foreign workers in Tokyo

Japan Today reports that a Justice Ministry survey discovered that last Gregorian year 9-thousand-52  foreign workers went missing.  The Ministry was somehow able to track down and ask 5-thousand-218 of them why they took-off.  759 blamed the working conditions.

The Justice Ministry also discovered that 171 workers died, from a combination of work accidents, suicides, disease or as a result of violent crime (yes, total-gun-ban Japan has violent crime).  And this is just the foreign workers who were brought to Japan through the government’s technical internship program!  There are hundreds of thousands of foreign workers in Nippon through other ‘programs’.

The Justice Ministry tried to survey employers, but many refused to cooperate.

The government survey concluded that many foreign workers are paid less than the minimum wage, have excessive deductions from their wages, or are forced to work overtime without compensation! In one case, a worker was averaging 60 hours of overtime every month and not being paid for it!   The Justice Ministry found that some employers are taking the workers’ passports and confining them to dorms when they are not working.  Many Japanese employers are using an old trick, telling the workers they’re in debt for the expenses of bringing them to Japan to work and therefore must work extra hours without pay.

One more thing, the Justice Ministry admitted it lied on earlier surveys, claiming missing foreign workers had left their jobs for better paying work!

Japan and Nepal sign government-to-government labor pact

Small Japanese firms fear foreign laborers will abandon them 

STUDENTS & TOURISTS USED AS SLAVE LABOR? MORE PROOF IMMIGRATION IS ABOUT DENYING YOU A JOB!

POPULATION DEATH SPIRAL BLAMED FOR SEARS-KMART DEATH SPIRAL, NOVEMBER 2018

“MARKET CONDITIONS” BLAMED ON POPULATION DEATH SPIRAL! 

MY IMMIGRANT IDAHO: THE “SPANISH SECTION” KEEPING IDAHO FARMS STRONG!

COVERT CIVIL WAR IN TEXAS CAUSES BULLIED IMMIGRANT TO SHOOT UP SCHOOL WITH SHOTGUN?

GERMANS PISSED AT THEIR GOVERNMENT’S IMMIGRANT POLICY!

Business/Economics

“nobody was given the heads up on this”: U.S. industrial/logistics/mining layoffs, November 2018

Incomplete list of U.S. Mining/Industrial/Logistics job loss/shutdown announcements made in November 2018.

WARN=Worker Adjustment Retraining Notification

ARKANSAS: Union Pacific railroad continues adding to its layoff lists

CALIFORNIA: British empire owned maker of police-state equipment for military/law enforcement Safariland issued a mass layoff WARN for its Ontario factory, 158 jobs gone by the end of the year!  Driessen Aircraft Interiors Systems issued a shutdown WARN for its factory in Huntington, 60 jobs gone by the end of the year. E2 Consulting Engineers issued a mass layoff WARN, 162 jobs gone by the end of the year! International Paper Company issued a shutdown WARN for its San Leandro location, 36 jobs gone the week before xmas. APL Logistics Limited issued a shutdown WARN for its Fontana ops, 96 jobs gone in January 2019.  British empire Canada based North American Services issued a shutdown WARN for its ops in Simi Valley, 26 jobs gone in January 2019.  DI Overnight issued mass layoff WARNs, at least 3-hundred jobs gone across ten locations, by March 2019! CEVA Logistics issued a shutdown WARN for its ops in San Jose, 197 jobs gone!  Custom furnace maker Retech Systems issued a layoff WARN for its Ukiah factory, 30 jobs gone in January 2019.  Rockwell Collins issued a shutdown WARN for its office in Irvine.  Pacific Southwest Containers issued a shutdown WARN for its ops in Chatsworth.  Boeing laying off ten people in Huntington, in January 2019.

CONNECTICUT:  Harvey Supply Chain International issued a shutdown WARN, 97 jobs in Woodstock gone mid-January 2019.  Crabtree & Evelyn issues shutdown WARN for its body lotions/fragrances manufacturing/distribution ops in Woodstock, at least 30 jobs gone after January 2019.  (Harvey Supply Chain and Crabtree are related companies)

Champion Builders now chapter 11 bankrupt busted

Calpine shutting down North American Power office

FLORIDA: C&S Wholesale eliminating 205 jobs in Orlando, between the end of January 2019 and mid-March 2019! Service America Enterprises eliminating 161 construction related jobs in January 2019!

General Electric (GE) kills 147 Jacksonville jobs!

GEORGIA: Georgia-Pacific closing Warm Springs mill, affecting 321 jobs!

HAWAII:  Hawaii’s largest commercial printer shutting down after more than 26 years, 93 jobs lost

ILLINOIS: ADC Diecasting & Manufacturing issued a shutdown WARN, 101 jobs gone by the end of January 2019! Callen Manufacturing issued a shutdown WARN, 126 jobs gone by February 2019!  ZF Chassis Systems Chicago issued a shutdown WARN, 261 jobs gone by June 2019! Caterpillar issued a shutdown WARN for its factory in Joliet, 285 jobs gone by June 2019!

INDIANA: Without warning Textron shutdown its lawnmower factory Dixie Chopper, 107 jobs gone instantly!

IOWA:  Germany based Siemens shutting down its Burlington factory, 125 jobs lost four days before xmas

KENTUCKY: Industrial bag maker Mondi closing Louisville facility, laying off 100 workers!

LOUISIANA: Oil company PetroQuest Energy filed for bankruptcy protection from $204.5 million in debt

MICHIGAN: General Motors (GM) to lay off 14-thousand-7-hundred employees!!!

Alphi Manufacturing eliminating 106 jobs in Jonesville due to “sudden and unexpected” loss of contract!

MINNESOTA: Quam Construction suddenly laid off 40 people in Willmar.

Bankrupt Peoples Electric shutdown without warning, 130 contractors suddenly jobless!

NEW YORK: Dumas Contracting revealed it eliminated 33 jobs at the end of October.

Greek based oil company Aegean Marine Petroleum filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in NYC

Hat maker New Era Cap shutting down its factory in Derby, city officials said “nobody was given the heads up on this.”

Sunlite Plastics to cut 58 jobs after unexpected crash in orders

LED Lighting Manufacturer LSI shutting down New Windsor factory, 136 Layoffs!

NORTH CAROLINA: Germany based BASF to lay off 53 workers at two Charlotte locations

Taxpayer funded Leonardo DRS eliminating at least 90 jobs starting in December, “in the process of implementing contingency plans” 

Layoffs possible as Duke Energy expands buyout offers

After 77 years cloth maker Copland Industries shutting down by the end of the year, blaming international competition

Boise Cascade halting laminated ops in Roxboro, 56 jobs gone by the end of the year because “we have been unable to reduce manufacturing costs to an acceptable level”

PENNSYLVANIA: NFI Interactive Logistics issued a shutdown WARN for its Sunbury location, 55 jobs gone by the end of January 2019.  HVAC maker Danfoss issued a layoff WARN, 48 jobs gone by March 2019.  ‘Premium’ bicycle marketer Advanced Sports Enterprises issued a layoff WARN, 60 jobs gone in January 2019.  Bartash Printing suddenly shutdown, 163 jobs already gone according to the WARN!

Faucet maker Moen shutting down 50 years old factory, at least 50 jobs gone in 2019

Cloth maker Woolrich shutting down its mill by the end of the year (40 jobs gone according to the WARN)

TEXAS: Despite being promised an economic incentive from local officials, insulation maker CertainTeed halting production in Sherman, 35 jobs gone by December.

WISCONSIN: Beechworth Windows issued a shutdown WARN, 80 jobs gone by January 2019.

General Electric (GE) Global Operations is laying off 63 people

WYOMING: Dozens of oil industry layoffs despite increase in production, no explanation given

U.S. MINING/INDUSTRIAL/LOGISTICS LAYOFFS, OCTOBER 2018:“WE KIND OF NEED TO DO SOMETHING BESIDES DIE AT OUR DESK”

Technology

‘routine tests’ & ‘logistics hell’: U.S. hi-tech/communications breakdown, November 2018

Video

Incomplete list of U.S. internet/high-tech/communications job destruction and chicanery announcements in November 2018:

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Facebook documents seized by British empire

Mexico’s tequila council pumps the brakes on Elon Musk’s ‘Teslaquila’

5 Reasons Cryptocurrency Prices Are Plunging Again

CALIFORNIA:  Tobi.com issued a shutdown WARN for its ops in San Mateo County, 62 jobs gone by the end of January 2019.  SMK-LINK Electronics issued a shutdown WARN for its ops in Camarillo.  ‘Truth in Data’ company Merkle Group issued a layoff WARN for ops in Burbank, 82 jobs gone by the end of the year. Communication tech company Polycom suddenly shutdown its operations in Tracy.  Cisco Systems suddenly laid off 462 people in San Jose and Milpitas!  Universal Electronics issued a layoff WARN, 38 jobs in Santa Ana gone in February 2019. Source Broadband Services eliminating 44 jobs right after xmas.  Warner Music finally told state unemployment officials that it killed 58 jobs, back in July.  Madhouse Entertainment shutting down its Los Angeles office right after xmas.

Taxpayer funded Amtrak to close Riverside call center, eliminating 550 jobs!

New tech start-up Moogsoft lays off 30 people

Broadcom eliminating 2-thousand jobs as part of its take-over of CA Technologies!

Defy Media Shuts Down (90 jobs gone according to WARN)

Disney Digital Network Hit With a New Round of Layoffs

Facebook claims outage was the result of a ‘routine test’

Facebook admits years-old messages are randomly coming back

Elon Musk scraps plans for Los Angeles tunnel after lawsuit settlement

Tesla was near death during Model 3 ramp-up

Tesla’s ‘Delivery Logistics Hell’ 

FLORIDA: Tampa Bay Times cuts more jobs

Global security and detection firm L3 to lay off 70 workers 

Syniverse lays off 3-hundred!

Duke Field, USAF video attempts to explain Synthetic Expeditionary Communication Training (SECT):

HAWAII: Commercial printer Hagadone Hawaii blames New tariffs, rising costs for layoffs of 93 employees

IDAHO: Ivanka Trump gets a first-hand look at Boise elementary school’s tech partnership with Apple

Tech. co. with Boise office sold to bankrupt radio firm

Why this Idaho chipmaker is suddenly at the center of the US-China trade war

INDIANA: Q-Edge Corporation and Foxconn notified the state that they would be cutting approximately 155 jobs by the end of February 2019!

IOWA: Varsity Theatre closing after 80 years of business

MARYLAND: The state’s Army National Guard 110th Information Operations Battalion celebrated 10 years of operations: “This unit is on the cusp of the U.S. Army’s movement to a new information warfare strategy concept…..our adversaries attack us within the information domain every day.”-Lieutenant Colonel Kristine L. Henry, 110th Bn commander

MINNESOTA:  Thomson Reuters suddenly laid off 140 people in Eagan!

Downtown Minneapolis newspaper closing after 48 years

NEVADA: Tesla will live and die by the Gigafactory

NEW JERSEY:  CA Technologies issued a WARN, 54 people in Ewing jobless by January 2019.

NEW YORK: Mic Network shutdown its NYC ops, 120 jobs suddenly gone due to loss of digital publishing contract (according to official WARN)! Broadcom issued a mass layoff WARN for ops in Islandia and NYC, at least 280 employees affected!   Without warning low priced tablet maker Bak shutdown ops in Buffalo, 78 jobs suddenly gone according to the WARN, even the website is offline.  The founders of the company wanted to prove it was possible to make profits off of low priced tablet computers, they failed.

Glamour to Cease Publishing Regular Print Mag in Condé Nast’s Latest Digital Shift

Vice Media is cutting its staff by up to 15% amid missed revenue and a traffic slump

3-year-old Roomi lays off more than half of its workforce after start-up funding falls through

Thomson Reuters closing office in Rochester

360i Goes Through Round of Layoffs Across Multiple Departments

More than 50 positions in NBCUniversal’s advertising sales group are expected to be eliminated as the company works to allocate more resources to digital

NORTH CAROLINA:  Cisco’s large Research Triangle Park campus braces for layoffs

OHIO: Motel operator closing Clintonville call center, laying off 150!

OREGON: Ergontron issued a shutdown WARN for its office in Tualatin, 103 jobs gone by March 2019!

PENNSYLVANIA: Dash Solutions offers to rescue data customers of bankrupt CloudMine

WASHINGTON: Tacoma Tribune News issued a layoff WARN, 67 jobs gone by March 2019.

crypto-currency pioneer GigaWatt now chapter 11 bankrupt busted

Microsoft Accidentally Downgrades Windows 10 Pro

Microsoft’s Office 365 MFA security crashes for second time

The Washington Air National Guard’s 262nd Cyberspace Operations Squadron was tasked with providing cyber security for the state’s electronic voting system during the November elections.

Washington DC: Facebook’s latest scandal has Washington’s full attention

WEST VIRGINIA: State Army National Guard video explaining their new ‘cyber center’:

U.S. Tech/Communications breakdown, October 2018: “EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY”

U.S.

‘Disturbed, disgusted and angry’: U.S. government shenanigans, November 2018

Video

Incomplete (i-e ‘Tip of the Iceberg’) list of United States Federal/State/Local Government self-destruct revelations for November 2018:

ALABAMA: state trooper killed after shooting District Attorney 

Castleberry, a speed trap town, might soon resolve lawsuit

Cop who killed innocent man at mall escapes criminal charges

ALASKA: Evil Anchorage backs off cuts to new budget amid public outcry, some of the cuts were actually covert homeless people eradication operations!

Alaska Sees Record Breaking Year For Oil And Gas Leases

Rethinking Alaska’s Only Maximum-Security Prison

The tumultuous relationship between SB 91 and addiction 

ARKANSAS:  Illegal DACA immigrant tries caught on video in shootout with deputy

British empire Canadian Firm Seeks Arkansas Pilot Plant to Extract Lithium

Washington County eyes property tax increase

2019 taxpayer funded budget for Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport increases to $35-million

ARIZONA: Man Freed From Prison Accused of Killing Woman on Same Day

Prison guard accused of assaulting prisoners

Once again, Judge orders Arizona prisons to comply with healthcare

Report finds disproportionate sentencing along racial lines

motorists to pay an extra $32 fee on vehicle registration

Deputy U.S. marshal shot and killed serving arrest warrant

MCSO deputy sheriff arrested on child molestation charges

Temporary housing for U.S. Army soldiers arriving at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base for border patrol ops, 02NOV2018.

Lieutenant General Jeffrey Buchanan, of United States Army Northern Command, inspects the border wall near Nogales, 29NOV2018.

Video report of inspection of Wisconsin National Guard personnel deployed to Arizona border wall operations:

CALIFORNIA: Taxpayer funded Ahtna Support & Training Services issued a layoff WARN for their ops at the U.S. Army’s Fort Irwin, 53 jobs gone by the end of the year.

In the near total gun ban Golden State 12 people dead, including sheriff’s deputy.

deputy killed pursuing 5-time drunken driver

2 San Diego Deputies Charged With Assault

L.A. County Sheriff’s Deputy, 2 Others Accused of Robbing Marijuana Warehouse During Bogus Raid

‘best big jail in nation’ thought female prisoner was faking being pregnant, until the baby arrived: “They ignored me completely. I noticed they shut the little window to muffle my screams because I was screaming, ‘Help me! Help me! My baby’s coming!’ I’m standing there in a puddle of my own blood…and all the deputy could say was, ‘Oh, OK.’ I just couldn’t believe they would put me through that.”-former prisoner now suing county taxpayers over the prison crime

 ‘extraordinary’ state budget surplus

Court Orders Moratorium on Offshore Fracking Off California

BIG OIL HAS SPENT MILLIONS TRYING TO DEFEAT San Luis Obispo COUNTY

Pacific Gas & Electric reveals it’s spending money lobbying the state government to reduce fines it must pay for causing wildfires as a result of not maintaining powerlines

Border fence reinforcement ops at Border Field State Park in Imperial Beach, 15NOV2018.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin K. McAleenan meets with Governor of Baja California Fransciso Vega de Lamadrid and Mexican Federal Police Deputy Commissioner Ricardo Aguilar prior to a tour of border operations at the San Ysidro Port of Entry.

U.S. Marines reinforce the border wall at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry, 16NOV2018.

COLORADO: Fuel Burns Near Colorado Oil Well Site

Voters reject oil well setbacks

Adams County cop calls voters ‘stupid’

Assault on a Moffat County Sheriff’s deputy might be linked to prison gang

El Paso County deputy sentenced to 6 years in prison

$45 million taxpayer funded budget increase for Denver parks

CONNECTICUT:  Report Projects Toll roads Could Raise $1 Billion a Year

Surging tax receipts dramatically shrink budget hole 

5 Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative officials indicted for conspiracy, theft from a program receiving federal funds.

Norwalk Judicial cop arrested after she allegedly stole from a developmentally-challeged woman

DELAWARE: More drones spotted flying over state’s largest male prison

Delaware gas prices remain lowest in nation

‘Traffic nightmare’ over as Delaware Memorial Bridge reopens

Newark City Council approves $94.6 million budget, 4 percent tax hike

Delaware sending 330 prisoners to Pennsylvania at cost to state taxpayers of $40,000 per day

FLORIDA: “high-technology woman-owned, small disadvantaged company built on a strong culture of ethics” (LinkedIn.com description) which was sued in 2015 for defrauding taxpayers regarding a contract with NASA, Yang Enterprises eliminating 141 jobs at Kennedy Space Center, by the end of January 2019!

Deputy charged with attempted sexual battery on other deputy

Deputy at School Shooting Called a ‘Coward’

deputy accused of assaulting woman in front of child

Florida International University Deputy Chief Arrested for Bar Fight

Three prison guards arrested for smuggling cash into jail

Voters approve ban on oil drilling, vaping indoors

Despite voter ban Oil companies are already back to pushing for offshore drilling

Anger simmering over election recount

GEORGIA: Savannah proposing $399 million budget, flat tax rate

Federal judge delays certification of state election results

deputy resigns following DUI-hit-and-run charge

deputy resigns amid domestic violence arrest

5 Richmond County deputies arrested in one month

GUAM:  The U.S. Territory Has Just Elected Its First-Ever Female Governor

Guam Economic Development Authority accused of creating $100-thousand per year job for a former GEDA deputy!

Guam Election Commission accuses the deputy director of the Bureau of Budget and Management Research of violating financial disclosure rules

HAWAII: OHA Offering $7 Million in taxpayer funded Community Grants

For proof it’s all rigged, State Legislature says Leadership Will Stay The Same Despite New Faces

U.S. Postal Service suggests Christmas mailing dates just for Hawaii

UH Wants 40 Million additional tax dollars To Help Students Lower Their Tuition Costs

Dentist who had license revoked found innocent of girl’s death, must now beg to get new license

A former death row prisoner has charges of sex trafficking dropped, then gets arrested for invalid I-D and failing to pay a traffic ticket, as he was getting on a plane to attend an Innocence Project meeting!

IDAHO: Lawsuit dismissed against deputies in death of Idaho rancher

Adams County pays $2.6 million to slain rancher’s family

Pocatello police target mom-n-pop stores for selling CBD oil

Boise man accused of stabbing stranger was released from prison 4 months prior

Not much changed in Idaho this election

Did governor candidate Brad Little allow fracking on his land?

Idaho company fined for oil spill in Washington

ILLINOIS: Ziyen Energy Acquires Five New Oil Assets in the Illinois Basin

State needs another $3+ billion a year to stay even

Officer in Fatal Shooting Placed on Leave

Escapee shot, captured after deputy stabbed

INDIANA: reserve deputy found asleep in car charged with OWI

Deputy sentenced to 152 years

Indianapolis Housing Agency wants to cut public safety budget despite crime increase

Center Township wants local tax increase of 26.8 percent

IOWA: State lottery raking in the bucks, but state agencies not benefiting

Rock Island County raises property taxes 11.9%, despite collecting $6.3-million last year

Iowa gas prices drop about 40 cents in the past month

deputy cited for illegal possession of whitetail deer antlers (caught cutting off antlers after deer was killed by a vehicle)

County Attorney NOT arrested for drugs

KANSAS: Investigation leads to charges against Doniphan County deputy

Sedgwick County Sheriff’s deputy arrested

undersheriff who killed man with beanbag wasn’t trained

Deer killed after attacking deputy

Gas price drops below $2 a gallon in Wichita

State treasury has money waiting for 1.5 million people

Child Welfare Groups Want state taxpayers To Spend $30 Million

$100M tax revenue surplus

Kansas turned blue? 

KENTUCKY: How Kentucky fails its workers

Sniffing for oil, Pittsburgh energy firm heading into Kentucky

Bath County deputy accused of trying to have child sex

Grand jury re-indicts chief deputy of Bullitt County Sheriff’s Office

jail video shows guard slamming prisoner to floor

LOUISIANA: Sheriff captains accused of taking bribes from for-profit prison corporation’s prisoner work release program

Louisiana to get $91 million in federal oil and gas revenue

Coast Guard orders cleanup of massive 14-year oil spill

landowners sue Bayou Bridge pipeline for trespassing and damage

Who’s drilling in Louisiana? 

Louisiana to Get Another $164 Million in British Petroleum Oil Spill Restoration Grants

Coast Guard responds to crude oil spill into marsh near Dulac

forecasters downgrade job growth outlook for Louisiana oil 

No Election Day voting sticker? It’s blamed on lack of money

funding for prison system, sheriffs on hold

Louisiana may have misspent $85M in Medicaid program

Despite claims of no money in the budget for other agencies, lawmakers want to give teachers a pay raise!

MAINE: County approves settlement with deputy accused of domestic violence

Heating Prices Recede Slightly 

tax hike to fund universal home care

Bids on Falmouth Route 100 project come in over budget

Weeks Before Medicaid Expansion Deadline, Governor Files Motion to Delay

MARYLAND: County official pleads guilty to charges related to embezzlement 

Voters Say Taxes From Casinos Should Go to Schools

sheriff’s deputy charged with rape, sodomy

High schoolers indicted for raping classmates with a broom in a locker room

MASSACHUSETTS: Two Adult-Use Dispensaries Sold $2.2 Million Worth of Cannabis in First Five Days of Legal Operations

Level 2 Hazmat Situation in Downtown Boston

Fire Breaks Out at Chemical Factory

upside-down tax system

taxpayers will benefit from $4M budget error, yet property taxes will still go up

MICHIGAN: Gov’na wants taxpayers to pay $4.5-million for a tunnel

Kent County budget increase funded by 35% from taxes, 22% from service charges (where does the rest of the funding come from?)

The state has extra money to spend because tax revenues have been “higher than anticipated” 

More radioactive fracking waste could be coming to Michigan

Gov’na wants Great Lakes oil pipeline

Galesburg residents voice opposition to oil lease proposed in city park

sheriff arrested for drunken driving

Deputy kills prisoner after struggle inside ambulance

Woman claims charges against her are retaliation for her accusing a deputy of sex assault

MINNESOTA: deputy suspected of forging warrants 

mental health crises end in fatal encounters with cops

police chief found dead

Line 3 oil pipeline moves closer to construction in northern Minnesota

No ‘trickle down’ for local gas prices

City Council shifts $1.1-million away from Minneapolis Police Department’s plan to “civilianize existing sworn positions”

MISSISSIPPI:  new lottery will help save the state budget?

Jackson libraries face an existential crisis 

High Court to Hear Case on Juror Discrimination

Deputies held U.S. citizens as illegal immigrants, simply because they were driving back from a vacation in Mexico

police officer indicted on charge of fondling child

MISSOURI: Platte County deputy faces charges of harassment, violating protection order

Gasconade County Deputy Is Charged With Assault

Male sheriff and female chief deputy charged with assault, robbery, endangering a child, illegal use of a weapon, misuse of official information by a public servant and false impersonation

The last Police Officer In Garden City is Fired

State tax collection down about $110 million, blamed on federal tax cuts

MONTANA: University of Montana budget cuts $5 million

Montana Corrections department cutting 22 jobs 

Pipeline spills crude oil on private property 

Montana Man Gets Year in Prison for Oil Plant Explosion

Federal BLM moving ahead on most oil and gas leases

Sheriff candidates NOT accused of sexual misconduct triumph in rural elections

NEBRASKA: two restaurants shutdown after 22 illegal immigrants arrested

County commissioner facing criminal charges found dead

administrative services director fired for allowing bullying

Nebraska makes it easier for investors to steal farms

Buffalo County already out of road gravel funding, in less than five month

NEVADA:  Prisoner whose execution was called off found dead in cell

Tampon tax?

vacancies created by state election victories

Voters reject breaking up monopoly NV Energy

Nevada sage grouse habitat versus oil, gas lease auction

We may never know exactly why Nevada politicians put $2 million on campaign credit cards

Huge voter turnout, maybe because Some Polls Stayed Open 3 Extra Hours

NEW HAMPSHIRE:  Heating oil spill threatens drinking water supply

man charged with impersonating police in two states

Dover tax rate reduced, but property tax bills will still rise

Fish & Game struggling

$1 Billion state Budget Shortfall

NEW JERSEY: State taxpayers forced to fund $2.1 million in legal aid for illegal immigrants

Chris Christie’s official taxpayer funded-foreign painted portrait, most expensive ever!

Already damaged by years of oil spills, Perth Amboy terminal could become hub for crude exports

New Jersey cops can’t bust residents over immigration status 

Tax collector charged with stealing from 3 municipalities

NEW MEXICO: deputy finally appears in court on contempt charge

Deputy released from jail after new charge filed

Drilling overwhelms agency protecting America’s lands

Shale Boom Makes a New Mexico

NEW YORK: Did New York and Virginia Overpay for Amazon?

Amazon Is Coming. Can New York’s Transit System Handle It?

Sheriff’s deputy was in uniform while trespassing

NORTH CAROLINA: Incoming sheriff vows to end cooperation with federal illegal immigration investigations

‘I have guns’: police chief charged with domestic violence

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers temporarily suspends work on Atlantic Coast Pipeline

NORTH DAKOTA: Native American tribes scrambling to print new I-Ds 

North Dakota grows into its ongoing oil boom

North Dakota OKs oil processing plant expansion 

State judicial branch asks for new money to increase staffing in 2019-21

National Guard Strips Tuition Funding for ROTC Scholarship Students

new round of UND employee buyouts

counties on hook for Keystone XL protest costs

fire chief arrested on felony charge

Law Officer Convicted Of Corrupting Teenage Boy

City accountant on trial for fraud in case linked to murder-for-hire

Voter turnout high 

Native Americans say new state law blocks their Right to vote

OHIO:  Eight Permits Issued in Ohio’s Utica Shale

food store keeps CBD oil on shelves despite state ban

Hamilton County sheriff patrol cuts, fee hikes 

Cincinnati Metro burning through its financial reserves

OKLAHOMA: University of Oklahoma lays off 50 staffers

Oklahoma Halts Roan Oil Well Completion After Quake

OIPA and OKOGA merge, unify oil and gas associations

reserve deputy sentenced to 10-year probation for child porn

Two jailers charged after allegedly beating a restrained prisoner

Police Chief Accused Of Ethics Violation

OREGON: deputy pleads guilty to misconduct after having sex on duty

State budget officials predict $623 million shortfall

economy slowing, state tax revenue outlook darkens

PENNSYLVANIA: Dauphin County property taxes won’t increase

State College Budget Includes Tax Increase

Crawford County budget includes tax increase

man indicted for impersonating U.S. Marshal

PUERTO RICO: $3,700 Generators and $666 Sinks: FEMA Contractors Charged taxpayers Steep Markups on hurricane Repairs

RHODE ISLAND: $280K from federal coastal resilience fund, and Shell Oil

Offering REAL ID-Compliant Licenses (Real I-D is actually a domestic passport)

$160M state budget deficit

Maybe there’s a state budget deficit because state government workforce swells to 14058 workers and state tax revenue is down by $5 million

SOUTH CAROLINA:  MOX (Mixed Oxide Fuel) Project at the Savannah River Site shutting down due to costing taxpayers “more than one million dollars a day and is about 3 decades behind schedule”. The project was attempting to process plutonium into a ‘safer’ form to be used to power homes.  The first round of layoffs will result in just over 5-hundred people becoming unemployed in January 2019!

Spartanburg County leads the state for police shootings

Offshore oil drilling worth extra $1.6 billion to South Carolina government

police officer on administrative leave after DUI arrest

SOUTH DAKOTA:  Questions remain a year after 400000 gallon Keystone oil spill

Deputy Facing Disorderly Conduct Charges

man faces prison time in water bill dispute

No plea from sheriff-elect in assault case

TENNESSEE: deputy charged with voluntary manslaughter for a 2017 shooting

Here’s the taxpayer funded incentives Tennessee promised Amazon

Disgruntled employee responsible for 20-thousand gallon oil spill

cop accused of sexual contact with teen

body camera footage at center of precedent setting panic attack trial 

man witnesses deputy commit a hit-and-run

TEXAS: Surge of oil and gas flowing to Texas coastline triggers building boom

Husband of deputy sent to prison for choke-hold killing

Renegade Texas cops arrested in New York for double murder

Man kills his sheriff’s deputy father for beating man’s mother

Hurricane Harvey recovery has cost taxpayers $2.7 billion, so far

Arrest of illegal immigrants in McAllen, 15NOV2018.

U.S. Army personnel install concertina wire on the Anzalduas International Bridge, 05NOV2018.

U.S. Border Patrol agents conduct a Del Rio Sector Mobile Field Force Combined Exercise, 16NOV2018.

UTAH: Mitt Romney handily wins U.S. Senate seat from Utah, and he’s not even from Utah, he’s from evil Michigan

Oil sands project begins

Arrogant cop fired after arresting hospital nurse

Trump threatens dinosaur fossils?

VERMONT: $40M state budget gap

For $10 million, 1.6 percent of Stowe can be yours

Department of Public Service officials block release of documents that could show the commissioner is working against the interests of taxpayers

VIRGINIA: State Medicaid costs soar by $462.5 million – but not because of expansion

Richmond Sheriff’s Office running $3.2 million over budget

deputy charged with assaulting prisoner

deputy arrested for rape: ‘Disturbed, disgusted and angry’

The Pentagon’s Massive Accounting Fraud Exposed

On 08NOV2018, the retired battleship USS Wisconsin was used to grant citizenship to 29 military personnel who were born in Philippines, Jamaica, Ghana, Nigeria, China, Vietnam, Congo, Kenya, Federated States of Micronesia, Togo and Burkina Faso.  According to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and the City of Norfolk and Nauticus, it was a record number of military personnel granted citizenship in one day.

WASHINGTON: When does the viaduct close? How much is the tunnel toll?

State drops charges against restaurant owner accused of tax theft

police officer charged with assault in alleged drunken incident

voters reject carbon-fee initiative

Seattle homelessness spending tops $90 million

Seattle City Council is poised to shift about $900,000 per year in red-light camera income away from school sidewalk and crosswalk projects

Spokane County raises property taxes

Spokane Schools looking at $436 million budget

EWU athletics official agrees to pay restitution

Washington DC: Maryland Cops accused of driving into DC and paying for sex in cop car

How President Trump Is Impacting Oil Prices

water fees tap into tension over gentrification and the 1st Amendment

U.S. deficits and the debt in 5 charts

WEST VIRGINIA: Natural Gas Industry Keeps Pushing to reduce Payments to Residents

Drilling companies avoiding responsibility to plug orphan wells

deputy reaches plea deal in solicitation case

Convicted state supreme court judge Resigns

Voters Approves Abortion Amendment

Claims of more jobs but fewer workers

WISCONSIN: Wisconsin needs $2 billion more from taxpayers to cover existing programs

Study reveals Rich Pay the Least in Wisconsin Taxes

Tri-Par Oil Exits the C-Store Industry

sheriff’s deputy shoots dog

Family accuses cops of destroying cop-cam video showing they killed an innocent man 

WYOMING:  Deputy won’t be indicted for fatal shooting

What Do Low Oil Prices Mean For Wyoming?

Oil worker killed in explosion 

Despite oil boom, lawmakers want state level hotel tax

Teton County voters approve lodging tax

Laramie County voters approve tax increases

Germany: In the U.S. occupied NATO country the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. AfriCom (Arfrica Command) held their first ever Africa Symposium.  The goal was to figure out why the people of the African continent refuse to accept the U.S. taxpayer funded imposition of U.S. style ‘Rule of Law’ (since 2000, when AfriCom was created): “Do civilians in danger run away from the military or do they run towards the military, and do the security services behave and are they subject to the restraints of the rule of law? If not, I don’t care if they are an African, European, or an Asian army, civilians are going to run away.  Our key strategic goal here, is to help build African armies to which civilians in distress run towards, not away from.”-Alexander Laskaris, Deputy to the Commander for Civil-Military Engagement on the U.S. Africa Command (former U.S. ambassador to Guinea under the Obama regime)

Great Reneger: “We are going to have to stop being the policemen of the world.”-Donald Trump, August 2015 interview with Hugh Hewitt

Tunisia (Tunis): The U.S. Army Security Assistance Command (USASAC) completed the sale of more than $338 million worth of UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters to the African country of Tunisia.

ObamaCare-ACA death spiral, November 2018: ‘BERMUDA TRIANGLE’

Dumbing Down the U.S.A., November 2018: “ALL HELL WILL BREAK LOOSE”

U.S. government shenanigans, October 2018:OPERATION FAITHFUL PATRIOT

Drugs, the American way, November 2018: ‘WAR ZONE’

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Great Reneger: Puerto Rico militia preps to deploy

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More than 170 Puerto Rico Air National Guard Airmen set to deploy for multiple worldwide operations.  During the first week of March 2019, Airman began their Personnel Deployment Function (PDF): “The PDF is great and it makes me feel like I have all my documents up to date and my affairs in order. I’m headed to Afghanistan for six months.”-Senior Airman Daniel Morales, 156th Ariel Port Squadron

Puerto Rican Airmen will be deployed to Middle East and Europe.

Video interview in English & Español:

Video entrevista en español:

“We are going to have to stop being the policemen of the world.”-Donald Trump, August 2015 interview with Hugh Hewitt

MARIA: ARMY RESERVE RESPONDE AL LLAMADO DE AYUDA EN PUERTO RICO!

MARIA: MILITARIZATION OF PUERTO RICO & VIRGIN ISLANDS

U.S.

Great Reneger: Louisiana Bombers deploy to England

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“The task force will operate across the USAFE-AFAFRICA theater from the Arctic to the Sahara Desert, demonstrating how the U.S., with our allies and partners, can quickly amass at a time and location of our choosing to deter and defend against any possible aggression.”-Lieutenant General Jeffrey Harrigian, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa

“We are going to have to stop being the policemen of the world.”-Donald Trump, August 2015 interview with Hugh Hewitt

USAF Bomber Task Force (BTF) personnel (at least 450) from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, arrive at the British empire’s Royal Air Force base Fairford, 11MAR2019.  BTF missions have been conducted across the globe since April 2014, and this BTF rotation is the largest deployment of a single bomber platform since 2003 for Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Barksdake B-52 nuclear bomber lands at RAF Fairford, 20MAR2019.  RAF Fairford is now the United States Air Forces in Europe’s ‘forward operating location’ for strategic bombers.

Video, air-refuel of B-52 over England, 13MAR2019:

Video, B-52s arrive at RAF Fairford, KC-135R takes off (ignore the voices):

M777 : PROOF THE UNITED STATES IS THE TOOL OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE!

OBAMA TURNS BENEDICT ARNOLD, IS TOOL OF PRINCE OF EVIL BRITISH EMPIRE

USAF REMINDS YOU THAT OUR MORTAL ENEMY IS THE BRITISH EMPIRE!

TO DESTROY U.S. DOLLAR: BRITISH EMPIRE WELCOMES CHINESE CASH IN HAND! QUEEN TREATS XI FAR BETTER THAN ANY U.S. PRESIDENT!

BRITISH EMPIRE, LET SLIP THE DOGS OF WAR: ISLAMIC STATE DAIISH

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‘war zone’: Drugs, the American Way, November 2018

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Incomplete (tip-o-the iceberg, seriously this isn’t the half-of-it!) list of U.S. drug related crimes and oddities for the month of November 2018:

Germany based drugs maker Bayer getting the hell outta the animal health business, as well as selling-off Coppertone and Dr. Scholl’s, 12-thousand jobs worldwide gone due to investor pressure!

Denmark based drugs maker Novo Nordisk cutting 1,300 additional jobs, blaming the U.S. economy

New York Times: ‘The Numbers Are So Staggering.’ Overdose Deaths Set a Record 

Marijuana Legalization Threatens Dogs’ Collars

Business Insider: Mexican cartels make billions in the U.S., but “In most cases, individuals hired to transport drug shipments within the United States are independent, third-party contractors…”

Coast Guard crews are capturing record amounts of cocaine

Wall Street Journal:Pfizer to Raise Prices on 41 Drugs

ALABAMA:  CBD products illegal in Alabama

doctor charged with 103-count indictment

Blue Cross changes opioid coverage

Drug thefts at area pharmacies…linked

Woman arrested in largest heroin bust in Marshall County history

Three arrested at state prison for smuggling drugs and guns

County sheriff pleads guilty to corruption, drug charges

ALASKA: A month after being implicated in a massive drug smuggling operation (see October’s report), the National Guard turns over 2 tons of ‘Take Back’ drugs 

Soldier at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson dies from mystery drug poisoning

Heroin Disguised as Christmas Package

School employees find package of meth hidden in food shipment

man arrested at airport with suitcase full of meth

drug overdose data from 2013-2017

ARIZONA: Fentanyl Found In All Kinds Of Drugs

Massive O-Ds force Tucson police boss to push for treatment programs

Chapo may be on trial, but his Sinaloa cartel still doing huge U.S. business

7 arrested in connection with Yavapai County marijuana grow

Border Patrol Seizes 30 Pounds of Meth

Border officers seize $812K worth of drugs in Nogales

Celebrities help drive rise in rehab tourism

ARKANSAS: Medical Marijuana Growers Say it’ll be Ready By Spring 2019

Two doctors linked to opioid deaths

political consultant charged in child porn case used meth

Faked drug deal led to shooting

man who revealed illegal police raids now faces felony charges 

CALIFORNIA:  Drugs maker Pfizer issued a shutdown Worker Adjustment Retraining Notice (WARN) for its San Mateo County factory, 1-hundred jobs gone in February 2019!

Two more blood pressure drugs recalled for potential cancer risk

Couple who lost home in wildfire get pardons for drug crimes

GHOST drug SHIPS WASHING ASHORE ON SECLUDED NAVY BASE! Navy officials accuse San Diego officials of doing nothing to stop it

Fire Hits ‘Rehab Riviera,’ Putting Addiction Care in Jeopardy

County sheriff’s deputy arrested for staging a fake drug bust in order to steal and sell the drugs himself

51 years old cop sentenced to 17 years in prison for providing armed escort for drug dealers

over $140000 in illegal drugs in East Bakersfield

COLORADO: Denver is latest city pushing for 1st U.S. illegal drug injection site

Denver Might Decriminalize Psychedelic Mushrooms 

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have found that prescribed anti-anxiety and anti-psychotic medications make it easier to kill yourself: “…those who used a psychotropic drug in an attempt were 70% more likely to have prescribed access than patients who used other methods in their attempt.”-Talia Brown,  Colorado School of Public Health

Colorado State University organic chemists invent way to use phosphorus to make new drugs

CONNECTICUT:  16 charged in connection with drugs sales in Bridgeport area

Groton Youth Survey Overestimated Drug and Alcohol Use

drugs kickstart motivation in rats suffering from apathy

Suspected drug dealer arrested for 2nd time in a month

Doctor accused of illegally selling prescriptions, marijuana

DELAWARE:drug company Incyte wins ‘spying’ case

Police arrest 35

Drug hallucinations inspired Claymont killing

drug company jacks-up price of O-D rescue drug naloxone by 600%!

Bayhealth pharmacy employee charged with drug thefts

FLORIDA: Drugs pusher Bristol-Myers Squibb issued a WARN for its Tampa ops, 69 jobs gone in January 2019.

Honduran President’s Brother, Arrested in Miami, Is Charged With Drug Trafficking (Honduras is one of the countries flooding the U.S. with illegal immigrants)

FEDS ACCUSE 39 white GANG MEMBERS OF ARMS, DRUG TRAFFICKING

12-year-old gave out THC-laced gummies

cruise ship crew members tried to smuggle cocaine

Seminole County million-dollar heroin, fentanyl drug gangs

Crawfordville Pharmacy prescription drug theft

U.S. Coast Guard delivers 18.5 tons of cocaine to Port Everglades, 15NOV2018.  The illegal drug was captured off the U.S. Pacific coast.

GEORGIA: woman sues over faulty (but commonly used) police drug test that said cotton candy was meth, she spent three months in jail as a result

20% of those killed by cops test positive for meth (remember, the test has been proven to be faulty)

Fulton Co. jail officer charged with smuggling drugs

metro Atlanta postal workers sentenced for taking bribes to deliver cocaine

drug linked to at least 22 deaths

Operation Vanilla Gorilla charge over 40 white supremacists ‘Ghost Face Gangsters’: drug trafficking,firearms

GUAM: Drugs, $540K seized in raids

burglary leads to drug bust

Feds accuse woman of selling drugs near school

Murder, drug cases dismissed by Supreme Court due to violation of the Right to a speedy trial, but charges can be refiled 

HAWAII: Man Who Got Meth Parcel at Airbnb Pleads Guilty

IDAHO: Four people arrested in Fort Hall following investigation in Montana

Boise joins national lawsuit against opioid manufactures

Police use flash-bang grenades in south Boise drug trafficking arrests

Idaho Falls man sentenced for trafficking 28 pounds of pot

Idaho Drug Trafficking Suspect Identified as Previously Deported Illegal Immigrant

9 crimes, including drug dealing, in Idaho automatically place teens in adult court.

Boise State University wasting federal tax dollars on RADAR center in hopes of warning locals in Boise about cyber-security, suicide and drug addiction.

ILLINOIS: Men caught with RV packed full of $400-thousand in cash-drug money

Priest Who Served Time for Drugs Removed From Ministry Again

More arrests in connection to taxpayer funded Amtrak drug smuggling

Drug-induced homicide on the rise in McHenry County

INDIANA: 120 people charged in Johnson County drug bust

Indiana sues Purdue Pharma over opioid drug addiction costs

Fatal quadruple shooting in Indianapolis was a marijuana robbery

IOWA:  $2.8M of marijuana in southwest Iowa

Methamphetamine is making a comeback across Iowa.

teacher arrested for meth, marijuana

KANSAS: woman sold drugs to pay bondsman

the owner of L&H Auto Sales accused of working with illegal immigrants to sell cocaine

Hit-and-run driver found with list of drug buyers on arm

It’s easier to get drugs on the street than beer

Strip club closes after drugs bought with food stamps

KENTUCKY: ‘Crystal meth by the pound.’ 

Bullitt County sheriff ‘had my back,’ drug dealer testifies

Bullitt County sheriff acquitted of aiding drug trafficking

TV news investigation reveals doctor suspended for being on drugs

Here’s how Mexican cartels funnel drugs into Louisville

Kentucky ranks fifth in the nation for 2017 overdose deaths

LOUISIANA: 12 arrested for drugs in Jackson Parish

Cops arrest 49 people in three days

Pain management Doctor Guilty Plea in Drug Test Kickback Scam

woman arrested for attempting to smuggle drugs into prison

After mom overdoses, son shoots wife, carjacks and kills a man; then gets shot to death

Prisoner pleads guilty to plotting with prison guard to smuggle drugs

Suspect in horrific human trafficking case allowed to get treatment for drug addiction

MAINE: Nine arrested 

Activists hang banners calling for safe injection site 

MARYLAND: 22 People Arrested

A veteran Narcotics Officer wants an End to the failed War on Drugs after arresting his own daughter

MASSACHUSETTS: Opioid Epidemic Cost state taxpayers $15.2 Billion In 2017

Federal court orders sadist Massachusetts prisons to help prisoners fighting opioid addiction!

MICHIGAN: Marijuana will be legal in Michigan on Dec. 6

employers still can fire you for smoking pot

Heroin is most common drug offense in Michigan

State Police wraps up roadside drug testing pilot program (remember, police drug tests have been proven to give false positives)

Federal grand jury charges 10 men with cocaine conspiracy

MINNESOTA: Minnesota man accused of running Oregon-to-Wisconsin drug network

University of Minnesota doctor in conflict over connection with opioid maker

MISSISSIPPI:  What happened to the 12 respected professionals accused in $400M compound pharmacy scheme?

Federal court rules county violated woman’s Right to a speedy trial after she was jailed 96 days without ever seeing judge

Drunk Man Crashes Truck Into Courthouse to Report Stolen Drugs

MISSOURI: Missouri made medical marijuana legal, but most doctors don’t want any part of it

paramedic admits stealing drugs from ambulances

Woman looked pregnant, actually carried 4 pounds of heroin

MONTANA:  Local health care experts revamp efforts to treat drug-exposed newborns

Flathead reservation pharmacy fined $95K for disappeared opioids

USDA and U.S. Forest Service conduct ‘Take Back’ operations in Montana  (once again proving the drugs came from the government)

Child Protective Services prevents some addicted pregnant women from being honest

Christian run Rescue Mission in Billings will no longer take in intoxicated homeless on cold nights

NEBRASKA: $105K seized yet no arrests 

14-Year-Old Takes Plea Deal in Drug Deal Slaying

Nebraska Attorney General reminds sellers of CBD oil: His office believes it’s illegal

NEVADA: Undercover operation breaks up Lake Tahoe drug ring

16 arrests made in Las Vegas 

NEW HAMPSHIRE: prison chaplain allegedly smuggled drugs to prisoners

Methamphetamine Use By Pregnant Women

NEW JERSEY:   Sun Pharma issued a WARN for its Cranbury location, 96 jobs gone by the end of January 2019.

New Jersey Sues Pharmaceutical Company

82 drug arrests at notorious apartment building

19 charged in federal drug bust

desserts laced with drugs

NEW MEXICO: Escape from New Mexico’s ‘war zone’

Medical pot can disrupt job searches in New Mexico

NEW YORK: cops sentenced after admitting to conducting illegal drug raids 

$1.3 million in cocaine in airport suitcase 

Claims that video shows cops set up people to be busted for drugs

Known drug kingpin, with long criminal record, finally arrested after flooding Staten Island with new killer heroin

32 Staten Island public schools do not have a drug prevention program

firefighter, saved from apparent overdose, faces drug charges

Bronx Opioids Action Plan

NORTH CAROLINA: Drug cartel killed teacher thinking he was DEA agent

man killed, possibly fed to hogs for stealing cocaine

Five postal workers charged with stealing drugs from mail

Vehicle crash at childcare center suspected to be drug related

NORTH DAKOTA: increased crime rate could be tied to opioid epidemic

OHIO: Signs of a Shifting Drug Crisis

Ohio votes against de-felonizing drug possession

daily drug death toll of 14 second highest in U.S.

OKLAHOMA: Co-author of the state’s medical marijuana measure says there’s a conspiracy to radically change the voter-approved law.

Nine arrested

clemency for 22 female drug possession offenders

Oklahoma has the highest rate of women’s incarceration in the nation.

16 arrested

Police Arrest Seven

OREGON:  Candy from trick-or-treating tests positive for methamphetamine

nurse charged with drug trafficking 

Oregon Takes 1st Major Step Toward Legalizing Psychedelic Mushrooms

3 million heroin, oxycodone, fentanyl doses seized 

PENNSYLVANIA: Mac Miller Overdosed on Fentanyl and Cocaine

32 arrested

Pennsylvania to get $10 million from Bloomberg in fight against opioid deaths

Junior high teacher charged with dealing drugs from her home

dealers sold up to 1-thousand bags of heroin a day 

RHODE ISLAND:  ‘Operation Street Sweep’ nets 24 on drug charges

Rhode Island remains the only state to screen prisoners for opioid use, and to offer drug treatment 

Police Seize at Least $1 Million Worth of Heroin

Rhode Island set to open first behavioral health emergency center

Grand jury indicts 41 people 

SOUTH CAROLINA: Women arrested for trying to smuggle drugs into prison

13 arrested

17 people charged with prison drug smuggling

High school assistant principal arrested for drug crimes

SOUTH DAKOTA: Sioux Falls Area Drug Task Force seizes record amount of drugs

Meth takes toll on South Dakota women

High school coach arrested for drunken driving, drugs

TENNESSEE: Hospital patient dies after nurse gives lethal dose of wrong drug

Eighteen indicted on TennCare drug fraud charges

DEA will teach local doctors, dentists and veterinarians how to stop ‘drug diversion’

38 arrested

addiction consultant fatally overdoses

TEXAS:  Houston-based pharmacy is supplier of state’s execution drugs

Almost 6000 pounds of drugs discovered 

14 arrested

Student had 100-plus tabs of LSD 

UTAH: Utahns legalize medical marijuana as LDS Church opposes

Utah cops claim successes despite growing drug epidemic

Insurance company sending Utah customers to Mexico to buy drugs

Most Utah jails don’t help drug addicts

Feds blame Utah’s growing drugs, criminal activity on undocumented immigrants

Opioid makers spent nearly a million dollars bribing Utah doctors

student hospitalized after allegedly smoking from THC pen

VERMONT:  needle exchange isn’t just giving out syringes, it’s handing out buprenorphine

The roots of Vermont’s drug problem

Anti-addiction drug Suboxone tops Vermont’s taxpayer funded public prescription spending list

governor inflated his record on reducing opioid treatment

Prescription-drug DUI case shows odds against the poor

VIRGINIA: Operation House of Cards arrests 22 people

Thirty-four indicted

18 arrested

Virginia-based Kaleo increased the price of its auto-injectable overdose-reversal drug EVZIO from $575 to $4,100

WASHINGTON: Spokane Valley drug house where 20 detained in SWAT raid

Where do the drugs that land on Seattle streets come from?

Why CBD suddenly is everywhere

300 percent spike in HIV infections among straight IV users

Washington DC: FDA approves powerful new opioid despite warnings of new opioid carnage

First FDA-approved cannabis-based drug now available

WEST VIRGINIA: West Virginia again leads nation in drug overdose deaths

To understand U.S. life expectancy decline, start in West Virginia

Kindergartner brings drugs to school

WISCONSIN:  New $1 (one dollar) Fine For Marijuana Possession

Seven drug deaths suspected

Health Care employee charged with stealing drugs

CBD ‘gold rush’ could mean big business for Wisconsin’s hemp industry

driver kills three Girl Scouts after ‘huffing’

WYOMING:  Over 300 Pounds of Pot Seized

Man arrested after pushing a dolly loaded with seven pounds of ganja down U.S. Highway 30 east of Cheyenne

Drugs, the American Way, October 2018: “NOW YOU TELL ME WHO THE ENEMY IS!”

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‘Bermuda Triangle’: ObamaCare death spiral, November 2018

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Incomplete (tip-o-the-iceberg) list of healthcare related layoffs, shutdowns and crimes in November 2018:

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Germany based drugs maker Bayer getting the hell outta the animal health business, as well as selling-off Coppertone and Dr. Scholl’s, 12-thousand jobs worldwide gone due to investor pressure!

Denmark based drugs maker Novo Nordisk cutting 1,300 additional jobs, blaming the U.S. economy

New York Times: More Evidence That Welfare Work Requirements Don’t Lift People Out of Poverty

ARKANSAS: Arkansas drops 3815 more Medicaid enrollees over work requirement

CALIFORNIA: Christian Adventist Health Feather River issued a layoff WARN, 11 people jobless in January 2019.  Drugs maker Pfizer issued a shutdown WARN for its San Mateo County factory, 1-hundred jobs gone in February 2019!  American Addiction Centers suddenly shutdown its Santa Monica location.

COLORADO:  Centura Health laying off 50 at Christian Adventist hospital

Kaiser Permanente Colorado lays off 200 employees

FLORIDA: Molina Healthcare issued layoff WARNs for locations statewide, 137 jobs gone by February 2019!  Drugs pusher Bristol-Myers Squibb issued a WARN for its Tampa ops, 69 jobs gone in January 2019. DPN USA-HealthFair issued a WARN, 110 jobs gone by the end of the year!

Boca Raton-based hospital chain operator Promise Healthcare Group now chapter 11 bankrupt busted

Cancer Treatment Centers of America announces layoffs due to drop in ObamaCare insurance reimbursements

On 01NOV2018, non-profit AmeriCares set up ‘Clinic in a Can’ operations in conjunction with FEMA and Florida Department of Health.  This is a fine example of how bad things are in the U.S. because AmeriCares was originally established to help people in poverty stricken countries.

GEORGIA: Mandatory flu vaccines for U.S. Army personnel at Fort Stewart.

IDAHO: Medicaid expansion passes in Idaho

Health insurance in Idaho: What it all costs

ILLINOIS: ATI Physical Therapy issued a layoff WARN, 43 people in Bolingbrook jobless in January 2019.

IOWA: Non-profit UnityPoint Health-Marshalltown shutdown its ICU, 25 jobs gone

KENTUCKY: Christian Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital suddenly eliminated an undisclosed number of jobs, no reason made public

Trump admin reapproves Kentucky’s Medicaid work requirement waivers

MARYLAND: The federal government’s Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences is finally going to study why families who lost loved ones due to military service can’t seem to recover from the loss. It’s called the National Military Family Bereavement Study (NMFBS), and it’s the first large scientific study on the impact of service member death on surviving family members!

Crothall Healthcare to close Belcamp laundry plant, lay off 152 workers

Kent Island Urgent Care closing

MICHIGAN: Sturgis Hospital cuts 60 jobs, closes departments

MINNESOTA: American Medical Systems issued a WARN, 50 jobs gone.  Corthall Healthcare issued a WARN, 18 jobs gone.

NEW HAMPSHIRE: Feds OK NH Medicaid Work Requirement

NEW JERSEY: Mass layoff WARNs issued by Salem Clinic/Homecare/Medical Professionals/Hospital Corporation, 397 jobs gone by the end of the year!  Sun Pharma issued a WARN for its Cranbury location, 96 jobs gone by the end of January 2019.

Memorial Hospital of Salem County will lay off 408 employees due to being sold-off

NEW YORK: Emerald South Nursing & Rehabilitation Center issued a shutdown WARN for its Buffalo location, 160 jobs gone between now and January 2019! Reproductive Specialists of New York issued a shutdown WARN for all its locations, 119 jobs gone by February 2019 due to being taken over by a competitor!  Laboratory Corporation of America-Esoterix Genetics Laboratories-Integrated Oncology issued a layoff WARN, 160 jobs being affected by consolidation ops!  Fedcap Rehabilitation Services-WeCARE Program issued a shutdown WARN for its contract with NYC, 491 jobs affected by the end of January 2019!

OHIO: Mid-Town Health issued WARNs for two locations, 349 jobs gone by January 2019!

RHODE ISLAND:  Cranston pharmacy closing after more than 6 decades

SOUTH CAROLINA: BlueCross BlueShield of S Carolina to lay off 244 workers

SOUTH DAKOTA:  State’s mental health ‘Bermuda Triangle’ disappears patients

VERMONT: health care and education crises

VIRGINIA: Chippenham and Johnston-Willis hospitals lost a contract, 139 jobs gone

WASHINGTON: PeaceHealth accused of overbilling Medicare patients

WISCONSIN: GE issued a WARN for its electro-medical device Global Operations in Wauwatosa, 63 jobs gone in January 2019.

Work Requirement Approved for Wisconsin Medicaid

Columbia:  U.S. personnel of the USNS Comfort provide ‘free’ (U.S. taxpayer funded) medical care to Colombians, 17NOV2018.

Honduras:  U.S. Southern Command’s Medical Element Preventative Medicine operation tested the drinking water in Comayagua and Siguatepeque, 07NOV2018.  It’s part of the U.S. military’s taxpayer funded foreign community outreach ops.

Peru: USN Captain Kevin Buckley, from the U.S. hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), presents donated medical supplies to the Peruvian Ministry of Health at one of two medical sites, 05NOV2018.  Personnel aboard USNS Comfort also provided ‘free’ (U.S. taxpayer funded) medical care to Peruvians.

Rwanda:  U.S. Army and Air Force personnel inspect the Rwanda Military Hospital, 30NOV2018.

United Arab Emirates:  Despite the fact that the U.S. uses sleep deprivation on prisoners (both military and civilian prisoners) the U.S. 380th Air Expeditionary Wing (based in UAE) made this video to point out that sleep deprivation results in mental health problems:

ObamaCare (ACA) death spiral October 2018:“EVERY SINGLE MONTH….HAS BEEN A GRIND”

Business/Economics

“improperly retained”: Sears Kmart death spiral, March 2019

For some reason Sears Hometown/Appliance & Hardware has disabled its store finder page.

Footwear News: Shoe maker blames Sears bankruptcy for 18% decline in shoe sales

Chicago Tribune: Lampert cancels retiree’s life insurance!

Sears bankruptcy lets Eddie Lampert save $2 billion on taxes

What’s ‘the real home’ of Craftsman tools? Lawsuit says it’s not Sears anymore

Law360: Judge Says He Can’t Decide $15M Sears Credit Card dispute…Yet

Wall Street Journal: Bankruptcy Judge Pushes New Sears to Resolve Dispute With Old Sears

New York Post: Court documents show Eddie Lampert’s ESL hedge fund “improperly retained” $57.5M from Sears

Bloomberg: Attorney Fees in Sears Bankruptcy Reaches $22 Million

Seeking Alpha: The Sale Of Sears To Lampert Ain’t Over Yet – Major Problems Have Developed

CALIFORNIA: The Jackson Sears Hometown store made the latest shutdown list.  In San Francisco, Sears Holdings Management laid off 44 people.

Owners of the now-shuttered Sears department store in La Cumbre Plaza have listed the iconic property for sale

FLORIDA: Eddie Lampert bought the closed Sears store in Regency Square Mall for $4.1 million

The New Smyrna Beach Sears Hometown quietly shutdown at the end of February.

INDIANA: Tax paying residents of Fort Wayne upset over rezoning plans for vacant Sears building, because it would affect property taxes for homes in the area

KENTUCKY: The Murray Sears Hometown store made the latest shutdown list.

LOUISIANA: The Homer Sears Hometown store made the latest shutdown list.  The West Monroe Sears Hometown store made the latest shutdown list.

Eddie Lampert bought the Sears store in the Mall of Louisiana, as part of the bankruptcy settlement, but now sales documents show the price for the Baton Rouge store listed as $10 and “other valuable consideration.”

MICHIGAN: The Adrian Sears Hometown store made the latest shutdown list.  The Charlevoix Sears Hometown store made the latest shutdown list.  The Cheboygan Sears Hometown store made the latest shutdown list.  The Petoskey Sears Hometown store made the latest shutdown list.  The Tawas City Sears Hometown store made the latest shutdown list.

NEW YORK: The Sears Hometown Store, in Fredonia,  secretly shutdown and cleared-out over the weekend (23-24 March), officially “due to electrical issue.”  However, local news media reported that the owner of the property (Lake Shore Savings Bank) was already inspecting it for possible sale, and, that over the Winter Sears Hometown corporate had advertised that it was looking for a new operator for the store.

NORTH CAROLINA: The Shallotte Sears Hometown made the latest shutdown list.  After four years the Sears Hometown in Shelby shutting down, apparently because corporate wasn’t happy with the sales. 

OREGON: The Baker City Sears Hometown made the latest shutdown list.

PENNSYLVANIA:  The Quakertown Sears Hometown made the latest shutdown list.  Without warning the Bradford Sears Appliance & Hardware store forced to shutdown, the ‘mushroom’ owner told local news media the shutdown order “was actually made by Sears Hometown and Outlet, and that’s the only thing we know.”

TEXAS: After swearing they weren’t shutting down (when Sears Holdings filed bankruptcy in October 2018) the Sears Home Appliance Showroom in Spring quietly shutdown at the end of February 2019.  Sears Appliance & Hardware store in Katy also shutdown.

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS: Kmart liquor sales are on hold due to a change in ownership.

WISCONSIN: The Park Falls Sears Hometown made the latest shutdown list.

Four years after a local Kmart shutdown city officials finally remove the location from taxpayer funded bus route

New Sears owner quietly acquires Wisconsin properties

SEARS KMART DEATH SPIRAL, JANUARY 2019: “NOBODY HAS SKIN IN THE GAME. IT’S ALL TAX MONEY.”