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Syria, 09 October 2015: Iranian general killed while defending airbase! Russia warns that Islamic State will use chemical weapons! Turkey steals Syrian factories!

“In light of the internal, regional and international developments, we are past the danger zone in Syria, and a new chapter will soon begin in Syria’s case.”-Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Lebanese Resistance Regiments (Hezbollah)

The impotent Egypt based Arab League is warning “Foreign military intervention in Syria, whether by Russia or the West, will neither help resolve the conflict there nor eradicate terrorist organizations” but then added “We must save this vitally important Arab country from collapse, division and chaos”.  Now you know why they’re impotent, they talk out of both sides of their mouth at the same time.

Taxpayer funded British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reports that an unnamed but “well placed Saudi government official” confirmed that Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will increase weapon supplies to the insurgents in Syria.

More proof U.S. led NATO Turkey is not serious about fighting U.S.-EU-Saudi-Israeli backed DAIISH (Islamic State, DA for al-DAwla, I for al-Islamiya, I for al-Iraq, SH al-SHam [al-Sham = Syria]).  A man from Turkey volunteered to fight for the YPG against DAIISH.  He was recently killed in battle and now the president of Turkey has banned his body from being returned to his family in Turkey, even threatening Turkish governors of provinces along the border with Rojava, Syria!

More proof Turkey is not fighting DAIISH; the Syrian government accuses Turkey of using DAIISH to dismantle Syrian factories and transport them back to Turkey!  In the governorates of Aleppo, Idlib, Deir Ezzor, Raqqa, Hasaka, and Qamishli, DAIISH and other insurgents have been paid by U.S. led NATO Turkey to deliver Syrian industrial products, as well as the equipment used to make them, into the hands of Turks.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation claims to have killed 3-hundred U.S.-EU-Saudi-Israeli backed insurgents in a 24 hours period, mainly by Russian Vozdushno-Kosmicheskie Sily Rossii airstrikes conducted with Sukhoi 25 and Su 34 aircraft.  Several dozen insurgent vehicles, including U.S. and Japanese made pickup trucks, were destroyed.  Russian military administrators also warned of intel that says U.S.-EU-Saudi-Israeli backed DAIISH could resort to using chemical weapons, including hand grenades filled with mustard or sarin gas.

Russian made T55 panzer destroyed outside the Military Academy, back in 2012, just to give you an idea how long insurgents have been trying to capture the place.

Aleppo Governorate:  Syrian Arab Army and Air Force continue battles with DAIISH for control of the Syrian Military Academy, but Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports that DAIISH has taken control of the villages of Fafin, Tal Qrah, Sosin, Marata and Kafar Faris as well as the al-Ahdath prison near the Military Academy.  Syrian Arab Army reports killing 50 U.S.-EU-Saudi-Israeli backed insurgents near the al-Nairab airport.  It’s not just Syrian Arab ArmyYPG (Kurdish People’s Protection Units) and YPJ (Kurdish Women’s Defense Units) defending the Kweiris airbase from DAIISH assaults.  Iran has revealed one of their Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) generals was killed while helping to defend the military base.  Iran says he was one of the original creators of the IRCG.

In 2013 Saudi Arabia placed a huge order for U.S. made TOW anti-panzer missiles. They’ve been supplying insurgents with those missiles.

Daraa Governorate: Syrian Arab Army attacked U.S.-EU-Saudi-Israeli backed Nusra Front inside Daraa and Busra al-Cham cities.  Syrian Army intel discovered that large amounts of  anti-armor and anti-air missiles had been sent (or is being sent) by Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through U.S./U.K. puppet Jordan.

Damascus (Rif Dimashq) area:   Syrian Arab Army and National Defense Forces (militias) and Lebanese Resistance Regiments (Hezbollah) units resumed attacks on insurgents in and around Damascus metro area.  Syrian Arab Army attacked U.S.-EU-Saudi-Israeli backed Nusra Front in the farms of Zibdin village.  Insurgent group Jaish al-Islam also hit hard.

Deir Ezzor Governorate:   Syrian Arab Army Air Force conducted airstrikes against U.S.-EU-Saudi-Israeli backed DAIISH.  Report that DAIISH used a vehicle bomb in an attempt to take the Deir Ezzor airbase. Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports airstrikes near the al-Senaa hospital, ten people wounded, but admitted that the area had been taken over by U.S.-EU-Saudi-Israeli backed DAIISH.

Hama Governorate: The Syrian Arab Army liberated the town of al-Bahsa.  Five U.S./Japanese made gun-trucks, one armed with a 23mm machine gun, were destroyed, five Nusra Front insurgents killed and 12 wounded.  In other Army ground ops at least 57 insurgents killed or wounded.   Syrian Arab Army Air Force conducted airstrikes, including strikes against an insurgent line of communication extending into Idlib Governorate.

Homs Governorate: Battles continued between Syrian Arab Army and DAIISH around Tadmur (Palmyra) City, as well as across the governorate, including destroying a convoy of Nusra Front U.S./Japanese made vehicles along the border with Hama Governorate.   Syrian Arab Army Air Force and Russian Vozdushno-Kosmicheskie Sily Rossii continued airstrikes near the al-Shaer oilfield, and other areas of the governorate.

Idlib Governorate:  Reports that two civilians killed in airstrikes.

Israeli Hermes UAV

Latakia Governorate: Syrian Arab Army says they shot down an insurgent reconnaissance UAV (aka drone, possibly from Israel) over Beit Hleibiyeh.

Raqqa Governorate: In the DAIISH controlled governorate airstrikes resulted in at least 40 people killed or wounded.

Port of Tartous

Tartous Governorate: Home to the port of Tartous (used by Voyenno-morskoy Flot Rossiyskoy Federatsii) Syrian government announced operations to expand the Banias crude oil storage as well as expansion of cement and mineral water operations.

09 October 2015: Insurgents adopt Monty Python style of warfare, “Run Away!” 

Obama regime changes tactics in Syria! On orders from the Queen? 

Hypocrisy: Nobel Peace Prize calls martial law Peace and Democracy!

09 October 2015 (03:25 UTC-07 Tango 01)/17 Mehr 1394/25 Dhu l-Hijja 1436/27 Bing-Xu 4713

This year’s Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the National Dialogue Quartet in Tunisia!  Officiators praised Tunisia’s de facto martial law (state of emergency) for bringing “peace” and “democracy”!

“Unidentified gunmen fired multiple shots at a Tunisian sports magnate and legislator on Thursday…”Voice of America

The True Cost of Terrorism: Tunisia’s Tourism Industry Struggles to Survive”Spiegel Online (apparently the German news source thinks making money is more important than people being killed)

“Tunisia’s prime minister said on Saturday that his country is joining the US-led military coalition fighting the Islamist State group in Syria and Iraq…” (proof the Tunisian government is complicit)

“…Tunisian authorities opened a probe after a controversial television producer and presenter who said he had ‘revelations’ about the assassinations of three opposition politicians in 2013…”

“The Tunisian police has broken up three “cells” that were recruiting fighters for Islamic State and arrested 11 people suspected of trying to join the Islamist militant group in Libya…”

“How about just building a fence to keep terrorists out though? That’s Tunisia’s plan.”

“On 26 June 2015, an Islamic terror attack occurred at the tourist resort at Port El Kantaoui….Thirty-eight people….were killed…”

“On 18 March 2015, three terrorists attacked the Bardo National Museum in the Tunisian capital city of Tunis, and took hostages.”

 

“We are facing tremendous challenges….” “I hate it!” Banks refuse business with non-citizens! Christian child prison shutdown after “secret sex club” abuse! Congress kills off more jobs! : U.S. Job Losses & Closings 08 October 2015

Failed State Alabama: Limestone Hospital eliminated 15 jobs.  The county halted $1-million USD in taxpayer support!  Hospital administrators warned that could be the tip of the iceberg.   In Muscle Shoals, the Listerhill Total Maintenance Center is shutting down before Xmas, 134 jobs lost starting now!  The city mayor said he was told the company isn’t profitable anymore and then added “I hate it!”.

Dutch bank refuses to do business with non-U.S. citizens!

California: In Hollywood, Sushi Roku shutting down next week, the owners say they need to focus on a smaller number of restaurants. Netherlands based Rabobank is now refusing to do business with people in California who are not U.S. citizens! Administrators of the non-U.S. bank said they are closing all accounts with non-U.S. citizens by 20 November!  They’ll even let non-citizens out of long term interest earning accounts without penalty, apparently it’s because of new penalties that banks might be faced with: “…the costs of managing business and compliance risk for this type of account have become extraordinarily high.”-Gregory Jones, senior vice president

Colorado: Cybersecurity doesn’t guarantee economic security as One World Labs (OWL) now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  Last year the company had $3-million USD in revenue, but somehow is now in debt by $750-thousand.  The company gained attention after hacking into dozens of airliners.

Florida: Unconfirmed reports that Citrus Memorial Hospital is about to layoff healthcare workers.

Georgia: In Evans, Learning Express Toys store shutting down before the U.S. Thanksgiving.  No more IHOP restaurant in the Greenbriar Mall, due to failing a health inspection.  20 counts including expired and moldy food.

Failed State Illinois: Reports say dozens of employers announced 2-thousand 251 layoffs in September!  In Winnetka, after 37 years T.L. Fritts Sporting Goods shutting down in December.  Macomb County eliminating 25 jobs from its child prison.  The good news is that it’s because of a declining child prison population.  Aspen Foods laid off 65 people, immediately following a massive recall of chicken products due to salmonella.

Louisiana: In Monroe, after 60 years Haneline’s Men’s Wear shutting down as soon as the inventory is gone.   What hurricane recovery?  In New Orleans, after 51 years the iconic Musee Conti Wax Museum forced to shutdown to make room for condos!

Maryland: Collington Services shutting down a Safeway grocery distribution center and a general merchandise distribution center, 7-hundred jobs lost by Xmas!  And that’s after 2-hundred people have already been laid off, according to state data!

Minnesota: Restaurant La Belle Vie shutting down by the end of the month, blaming the increase in mandatory minimum wage.

Missouri: Dooley’s Beef n Brew House shutting down next week.  In Moberly, Wilson Trailer laying off 42 people before the end of the month: “The general economy drives the flatbed industry. Right now, with things being as sluggish as they are, there just aren’t many trailer sales going on.”-Les Keleher, manager

New Jersey:  Acclaimed Thirty Acres restaurant shutting down after Thanksgiving. Despite praise by critics sales were no good: “Maybe we weren’t in the right place at the right time, or maybe Jersey City wasn’t the right place….”-Kevin Pemoulie, coowner

New York: The Town of Tuxedo announced it is short $1-million USD and must kill jobs and cut pay and jack up local taxes, a sure sign of a Failed State.  In Riverhead, King Kullen grocery store shutting down due to it not being worth it to renew the lease.   In NYC, CMG YOTEL ending its contract with East & West Restaurant, 71 jobs lost by January 2016.  Maker of 3D printers MakerBot eliminated 20% of its jobs, for the 2nd time this year: “We are facing tremendous challenges at MakerBot. Across the board throughout the industry we are seeing a very slow growth pace in the 3D printing space, and of course MakerBot is impacted by that as well.”-Jonathan Jaglom, ceo

North Carolina: In Greensboro, label maker Multi-Color shutting down before Xmas, 66 jobs lost.   Also, The Music Loft shutdown: “The Music Loft and all the music businesses in Greensboro have been struggling to find the right formula to come to grips with the downturn and the impact of the Internet on local brick and mortar stores…”-Stuart Fitzpatrick, owner

Ohio: Hudson based Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores eliminated 103 HQ jobs! 

Pennsylvania: In Erie, after getting huge taxpayer funded incentives to build a new factory, Lord Corporation warned of mass layoffs, an exact number was not given.  Administrators revealed to local news sources that the economy has not recovered and is not going to recover anytime soon because Congress refused to fund the most important Export-Import Bank which helps U.S. companies compete globally (through subsidies of course).  (GE has also made the same claim)  The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services shutdown Christian Glade Run Lutheran Services in Zelienople ‘prison’ for teens with mental problems after a local police investigation revealed a “secret sex club”.  Watch a local TV report on the sick Christians.

South Carolina: Farmers warn that the ongoing flooding will destroy their crops, as well as negatively impact their poultry industry. This will drive local food prices up.   Conundrum Music Hall shutting down by the end of the month: “…our expenses far exceeded our income, much more than I’d ever realized.”-Tom Law, owner

Virginia: Clothing store Rugged Wearhouse shutdown in the Spradlin Farms shopping center.  Apparently the owner of the shopping center is bringing in a different retailer.

07 October 2015: 1,400 people get no final paychecks!

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed

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

To Destroy U.S. Dollar: Australia & Singapore first to use Chinese Yuan in major transactions!

08 October 2015 (02:09 UTC-07 Tango 01)/16 Mehr 1394/24 Dhu l-Hijja 1436/26 Bing-Xu 4713

The Bank of China Australia and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Singapore conducted major international transactions using the Yuan (RMB, RenMinBi) instead of U.S. dollars.

The transactions totaled the equivalent of $11.34-million USD, involving companies in Singapore, Australia and China.   It’s the result of China’s new Cross-border Interbank Payment System.

However, Bank of China Australia (Sydney) says they’ve already ‘cleared’ $314.8-billion USD since February, and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Singapore cleared $7.41-Trillion USD for the first three quarters of 2015!

USD = U.S. dollar

AUD = Australian dollar

CAD = Canadian dollar

XCD = East Caribbean dollar

NZD = New Zealand dollar

There are dozens of countries that use their own dollar.  The yuan is now the 4th most used international currency.

To Destroy the Dollar: Chinese banks making bank off other countries! 

Russia about to bomb Iraq! Kurds & U.S. advisors hit with Islamic State gas attacks, Obama regime cover-up!

08 October 2015 (21:41 UTC-07 Tango 01, 07 October 2015)/16 Mehr 1394/24 Dhu l-Hijja 1436/26 Bing-Xu 4713

“We might be forced to ask Russia to launch air strikes in Iraq soon. I think the upcoming few days or weeks Iraq we will be forced to ask Russia to launch air strikes and that depends on their success in Syria…..    We are seeking to see Russia have a bigger role in Iraq…definitely a bigger role than the Americans.”-Hakim al-Zamili, Iraq Defense and Security Committee

Russian Sukhoi 25UBK delivered to Iraqi air force in 2014.

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF, aka Doctors Without Borders) has delivered chemical warfare protective gear to Kurdish peshmerga.  Unfortunately they could provide only 15 full protective suits and morphine.   MSF administrators admitted they had to smuggle in the gear: “I was told there was no chemical weapons protection, and I knew I had to change that. It’s heavy, expensive and the drugs are illegal…..I would need help getting the supplies into the country.”-Jacques Beres

Kurdish peshmerga shows his mustard gas scars he got while fighting the U.S.-EU-Saudi-Israeli backed Islamic State.

Blood samples from the Kurdish peshmerga fighters tested positive for mustard gas after battles with Islamic State, aka DAIISH (DA for al-DAwla, I for al-Islamiya, I for al-Iraq, SH al-SHam [al-Sham = Syria]).

Back in March, Kurdish forces in Iraq said a January DAIISH truck bomb attack revealed that DAIISH was enhancing their vehicle bombs with “low grade” mustard gas.  Kurdish fighters said U.S. military advisors on scene took blood samples themselves, but so far no comment from the U.S. Department of Defense.  Why isn’t the U.S. supplying the Kurds with chemical protective gear?

This is not the first time peshmerga made a claim of chemical weapons use against DAIISH.  In August, last year, at least 37 DAIISH mortar rounds lobed at Kurds were filled with chemical agents.

Retarded Obama regime says unaware that Iraq joined Russia! 

Syria, 07 October 2015: Proof it’s about Leviathan as Israel discovers oil in Syria! Russian Navy joins the fight (video)! Islamic State skins man alive!

The main stream news media is finally asking the question about where Islamic State, aka DAIISH, gets all those Toyotas, Fords, and Nissans.  Blind Bat News traced the fleet order of Toyotas back to a dealer, back in February! 

Blind Bat News also showed that General Motors (GMC, Chevy) trucks were also sold, or being supplied by the United States military, to DAIISH.  Of course the U.S. Department of Defense says the trucks were given to ‘rebels’ who then immediately turned them over to ‘Islamic State’.

On the 42nd anniversary of the October War, it’s time for the real reason Israel continues to illegally occupy Syria’s Golan Heights: “…large amounts of oil have been found on the Golan Heights. Estimates are that the amount of oil discovered will make Israel self sufficient for very many years to come.   Afek Oil and Gas chief geologist Dr. Yuval Bartov told Channel 2 News, ‘We are talking about a strata which is 350 meters thick and what is important is the thickness and the porosity. On average in the world strata are 20-30 meters thick, so this is ten times as large as that, so we are talking about significant quantities. The important thing is to know the oil is in the rock and that’s what we now know.'”

(Leviathan Front: Russian Navy sets up permanent presence in Med!)  (More proof the war in Syria, and in Lebanon, is about Leviathan’s petroleum!) (Cyprus, Leviathan’s Block 12 and Israel!) (U.S. begins Leviathan war games with Israel.)

VIDEO OF RUSSIAN NAVY CRUISE MISSLE LAUNCHES FROM SHIP IN THE CASPIAN SEA, VARIOUS CAMERA ANGLES.

https://www.facebook.com/RTvids/videos/1087197397957179/

The Voyenno-morskoy Flot Rossiyskoy Federatsii (Military-Maritime Fleet of the Russian Federation) launched 26 cruise missiles at DAIISH targets in Aleppo, Idlib and Raqqa.   The Russian ships are located in the Caspian Sea, near Iran.

 

Aleppo Governorate:  Syrian Arab Army and Air Force continue battles with U.S.-EU-Saudi-Israeli backed DAIISH (DA for al-DAwla, I for al-Islamiya, I for al-Iraq, SH al-SHam [al-Sham = Syria]) for control of the Syrian Air Force Academy, as well as many locations across the governorate.  Syrian Arab Army Air Force bombed eight U.S. and Japanese made gun-trucks on Hareitan-al-Lairamoun road. Syrian Arab Army says they killed 40 U.S.-EU-Saudi-Israeli backed Jabhat al-Nusra (Nusra Front) insurgents and wounded 65 others inside Aleppo City.  Syrian Arab Army units, YPG (Kurdish People’s Protection Units) and YPJ (Kurdish Women’s Defense Units) continued battles with DAIISH over the Aleppo City neighborhood of al- Sheikh Maqsoud and the Scientific Research Center west of Aleppo City.  Unconfirmed reports of three civilian deaths caused by Syrian and Russian airstrikes.

Damascus (Rif Dimashq) area:  Syrian Arab Army attacked insurgents groups calling themselves Islam Army, Ajnad al-Sham Islamic Union and Al-Rahman Legion in the farms and villages of Eastern Ghouta.  Many U.S./Japanese made pickup trucks destroyed. Reports that children in areas controlled by insurgents are dying from lack of medical care.

A SyriaTel cell phone service center.

Daraa Governorate:   Syrian Arab Army continued battles with insurgents including repelling another assault on the SyriaTel communications building by Nusra Front.

Deir Ezzor Governorate: Syrian Arab Army hit a car near the oil fields of Tim with an artillery round.  Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the car was civilian, not insurgent, and three people were killed.

Hama Governorate: Reports that insurgents are launching artillery rockets at villages.

YPG Russian made MTLB tracked armored transporter.

YPJ (Kurdish Women’s Defense Units) of Hasakah in their Toyota gun-trucks.

Hasakah Governorate: Syrian Arab Army units and YPG-YPJ continued battles with DAIISH.  At least three DAIISH insurgents killed while assaulting a Syrian Arab Army outpost.  Visit Syria: Al Hasakah – Assyrian New Year & Machine Gun Man for a glimpse of what life was like before the U.S.-EU-Saudi-Israeli instigated war.

DAIISH in their Japanese made gun-trucks.

Homs Governorate: Battles continued between Syrian Arab Army and DAIISH around Tadmur (Palmyra) City, as well as across the governorate.   Syrian Arab Army Air Force and Russian Vozdushno-KosmicheskieSily Rossii destroyed U.S. and Japanese made vehicles and killed many DAIISH insurgents near the al-Shaer oil field and in northern al-Qaryatain village.  103 rebel Syrians reported to the Syrian Arab Army in response to the ongoing reconciliation operation.   Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports that DAIISH skinned a man alive for “defaming a chaste women”!

Idlib Governorate: After at least a month of fighting between insurgents and government forces, reports say the Shansharah archaeological site has been destroyed.

VIDEO OF INSURGENT TOYOTA  HZJ79 Landcruiser (aka Landcruiser 70) GUN-TRUCK ARMED WITH TWIN 14.5MM MACHINE GUNS.

Quneitra Governorate:  Syrian Arab Army and National Defense Forces (militia) report a battle with Nusra Front, after Nusra Front hit a village with 20 artillery mortar rounds, killing three civilians.  Syrian Arab Army and NDF destroyed several U.S. and Japanese made gun-trucks, some armed with 14.5mm machine guns, as well as killing insurgents.  Reports that bodies are being pulled from rubble caused by Russian airstrikes days ago.

Swieda Governorate:  Syrian Arab Army destroyed ten U.S./Japanese made vehicles transporting insurgents coming from the U.S.-U.K. puppet country of Jordan.

06 October 2015: U.S. targets oil fields!

“over-supply in a flat market” Crashing farm industry kills Monsanto? Medicare B rates skyrocketing! 1,400 people get no final paychecks? : U.S. Job Losses & Closings 07 October 2015

 

Arkansas: Marketing company Acxiom laid off 30 people.  25 people were laid off in February. Administrators say they lost $11.4-million USD for their fiscal 2015 year!

Colorado: Book seller Barnes&Noble shutting down their Denver store on New Year’s Eve.

Connecticut: What I call Disappearing Students Syndrome is forcing Korn Elementary School to shutdown half way through the current school year! School administrators revealed that enrollment has been declining for the past five years, despite local real estate weenie heads claiming that home sales are bringing in families with children.

Florida: Employees revealed that the Lake Park Kmart will shutdown by Thanksgiving.

Georgia: 14 years old Psycho Sisters consignment store in Sandy Springs shutting down after Xmas. It’s blamed on competition from national chain stores.  Formerly owned by Warren Buffet, World Marketing now bankrupt and eliminated 4-hundred jobs in Smyrna and Atlanta!  Attorneys say final paychecks will not be forthcoming, former employees will have to take legal action!    It’s been revealed that yesterday’s sudden shutdown of almost a dozen restaurants in Atlanta resulted in 1-thousand people suddenly becoming jobless!  And as I reported yesterday, administrators admitted that because the company is broke many former employees will not get a final paycheck!  So between the marketing company and the restaurant company 1,400 people in Georgia basically worked for free in the past couple of weeks!   (been there, experienced that here in Idaho, it’s amazing how many people think it’s illegal not to get a final paycheck)

 

Idaho:  Money crimes are big in Idaho.  A Boise County clerk has been charged with stealing $46,922 in tax & fee revenues (Boise County is not where Boise City is located, that’s Ada County).  Auditors also discovered that the lack of public transparency as to how local governments handle revenues contributed to the theft.  A former CFO for Bonner General Health has turned herself in after being accused of embezzling $225-thousand USD!  She left Bonner General hospital for Montrose Memorial Hospital in Colorado, but is no longer employed.  Investigators allege that she stole the money from her employer by using company credit cards and taking small amounts of cash.   KIFI TV reporting that a committee formed to assist Right to Work (you over) conservative Republican ‘lawmakers’ to create new taxes (under the guise of tax reforms of course) has meet publicly, for the first time! The Gem State is known as a place where politicians can rest assured they can meet in secret 100% of the time, and never reveal their machinations to the public, despite ‘open meeting’ laws.

Illinois: It’s been revealed that US Steel is considering eliminating 2-thousand jobs at its Granite City Works foundry! Last month the Pennsylvania based company announced it would be conducting massive layoffs, but gave no details.  US Steel has been eliminating jobs since last year, blaming China for dumping steel on the market and blaming the oil industry (their biggest customer) for cutting orders.

Kansas: In Wichita, after about 90 years Richmond Electric shutdown: “We’ve kind of struggled over the last … five years. People just use their tools, and then they throw them away. … It’s a very disposable society.”-Trish VanOsdel, owner

Louisiana: Baker School System eliminated 40 more jobs, on top of the 20 already eliminated since May.

Maine: In Bangor, Hammond Street Senior Center shutting down due to skyrocketing costs and declining revenue, affecting 5-hundred members!

Massachusetts: Boston Weak based, Mormon Mitt Romney co-founded Bain Capital liquidating its Absolute Return Capital hedge fund due to long term losses caused by a “challenging” environment.  

Michigan: Too Big to Jail Monroe Bank & Trust shutting down six offices in the name of “efficiency”.  After 60 years flower farm Hamilton Dahlia Farm shutdown.  The business peaked in 2006, now the owner says it’s time for her to retire.

Missouri: Evil Saint Louis based chemical warfare and GMO maker  Monsanto eliminating 2-thousand 6-hundred jobs blaming the crashing and burning global farm industry!  Gee, decades ago Monsanto swore their chemicals and Genetically Modified Organisms were going to save the global farm industry!!!

Nevada: Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority warning of layoffs because they’re short $1.8-million USD!

New Jersey: Argix Logistics suddenly laid off 164 people, one month after announcing a major tech deal with Descartes Systems Group!

New York: In Southampton, Side By Side Child Care Center shutdown due to crashing enrollment after two of its employees were arrested.  NYC based internet shopping website you never heard of Gilt Groupe laid off 45 people.  Is Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) behind Health Republic Insurance of New York issuing of a shutdown WARN?  147 jobs lost right after Xmas!

North Carolina: What was that about ObamaCare expanding access to healthcare? Franklin Medical Center shutting down next week, leaving the entire Franklin County without a hospital!  No thanks to the Affordable Care Act “Despite an outstanding staff, investments in the facility, and a reconfiguration of hospital services last fall, we were unable to create a sustainable model.”

Pennsylvania: Massachusetts based Osram Sylvania shutting down their Wellsboro glass/metal factory by September 2016, 114 jobs lost!  Due to the ‘recovered’ economy the factory is operating at only 50% capacity! 

South Dakota: After 51 years the 151 room Ramada Aberdeen Hotel and Conference Center shutting down due to “over-supply in a flat market”, 60 jobs lost.

Texas: Dallas based upscale retailer Neiman Marcus revealed it laid off 5-hundred people last week!  It’s the result of taking over competitors and trying to come up with money to pay for building new stores.  Kansas based resin company Invista laying off 75 Texans in Orange, administrators WARNed there could be more layoffs saying “The Orange unit is no longer competitive.” 

Washington: The Black Bear Diner in Olympia shutting down right before Thanksgiving.  45 jobs lost because the Gott-Damned landlord jacked up the rent by 60% and refused to make necessary building improvements!

Washington DC: For about 7-million U.S. citizens on Medicare part B their costs are expected to go up by 52% in 2016, for some their monthly payments will hit $509!  So much for taxpayer funded healthcare!  Apparently the old fogies on Medicare part B are now considered too wealthy.

06 October 2015: Burger King dethroned

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed

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

Massive restaurant shutdown hits one city! 1,000+ Healthcare jobs gone! Burger King dethroned in Costa Rica! 2,000+ coal jobs gone! : U.S. Job Losses & Closings 06 October 2015

The Oprah Winfrey created Dr. Phil show has been conducting layoffs and is slashing pay for everybody else. Reports indicate the show is the top rated, making $70-million USD per year, yet layoff whistleblowers say there’s been no reason given for the job and pay cuts.

California: After four years the British empire’s upscale snooty Tamarind of London shutdown their Newport Beach restaurant without warning.  Local news says management refuses to comment.  After 20 years, popular (reports say it was always packed during big games) Zeke’s Bar and Grill shutdown due to the lease not being renewed.

One of 29 Costa Rica Burger Kings going down.

Florida: Miami-Dade based Burger King calling it quits in Costa Rica, all 29 restaurants shutting down, 434 jobs lost!    

Georgia:  In Atlanta, ten restaurants suddenly shutdown!  Here to Serve Restaurants shutdown its Prime, Strip, Noche, Twist, Smash Kitchen, Coast Seafood, Shucks Oyster and Wine Bar, and others.  On top of that employee final paychecks are being issued without the automatic tax payments, meaning employees will have to pay the taxes themselves, AND not all employees will be getting their final pay because the company is broke!

Zebra Chip: What the Liberibacter bacteria does to your spud.

Idaho:  The Idaho Education News has revealed that “Almost every district and charter in Idaho is out of compliance with state laws created to promote transparency in spending, contracts and long-term strategic planning.”  Something we taxpayers in Bannock County have known about for decades!  A disease affecting potatoes has been discovered in four farm fields in three counties.  It’s called Zebra Chip (Liberibacter bacterium) and could put a damper on what was expected to be a good year for spud farmers. Zebra Chip first showed up in the Pacific Northwest in 2011, it makes a fresh potato look like it’s rotting on the inside.  This bad news comes as the Big Idaho Potato (propaganda) Truck just returned to The Gem State after a costly ($700-thousand USD) multi-state tour.

 

Iowa: “Power management company” Eaton eliminating 71 jobs right after Thanksgiving.  The revelation was made by employees who told local news media.

Massachusetts: Sporting goods retailer City Sports bankrupt busted. Administrators said their previous job cutting, I mean “cost cutting” was not enough to offset crashing sales (which they actually blame on the weather).  They will now shutdown eight stores and try to sell the rest.  If no buyer is found then the remaining 18 stores will shutdown as well.

Michigan: Waterford Regional Fire Department laying off 39 firefighters.  If that’s not enough then they’ll shutdown Williams Lake Road fire station.  This is what happens when your local administrators rely on Department of Homeland Security bribery, I mean federal grants to run your local services.

New York: For-profit prison medical Corizon Health shutting down in the Anna M. Kross Center prison and eliminating 1-thousand 147 healthcare jobs right after Xmas, due to loss of contract!

North Carolina: Nursery supplier BFN Operations eliminating 250 jobs due to Home Depot canceling their contract!  Colony Theatres in North Raleigh shutting down before Xmas. The owners are consolidating resources so they can remodel their more popular movie theaters.

Texas: A-hole county administrators killed off Legacy Vintage Store in Williamson County with their Business Personal Property tax: “Why is it right for me to pay taxes on what I don’t own, just because I can?”-Melissa Fiero, pissed off cause the Business Personal Property tax would cost her $3,000 per year on top of all the other taxes and fees she pays

Idaho has a similar tax, and the dumb-head Right to Work (you over) state administrators can’t seem to understand why they have such a hard time attracting businesses.

Vermont: In Burlington, the South End Kitchen shutting down right before Xmas. The owners admitted they bit off more than they could chew when they opened the restaurant.

West Virginia: Patriot Coal up for sale, resulting in more than 2-thousand jobs gone, when you include the layoffs from the past few months!  (according to local news reports that’s just in the state of West Virginy)

03 – 05 October 2015: No time “to properly manage the store.”

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed

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

Vive la révolution! French workers storm the HQ of Air France, forcing corporate weenie heads to run for their lives!

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“Almost lynched!” That’s how Air France administrator Xavier Broseta described the revolution by union employees who stormed the HQ near Paris.

Air France executives who escaped the angry mob, these two literally had their shirts ripped off their backs as they fled like the coward they are!

“Unbelievable, some people show more compassion for a ripped dress shirt than for 2,900 workers who are going to find themselves jobless!”-Ian Brossat, Paris city councilman

No time “to properly manage the store.” Massive job killing TPP agreement! : U.S. Job Losses & Closings 03 – 05 October 2015

The job killing but profit making Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal has been agreed to.  Laborers in all affected countries have protested it as it will result in job killing, but corporations are now in heaven.

Solar power parts company SunEdison (with HQ in both California and Missouri) eliminating 730 jobs! It might be connected to the takeover of Vivint Solar.

Failed State Alabama: East Alabama Medical Center shutting down their baby shop in December. Administrators blame it on the lack of people making babies.

California: Making your products in the U.S.A. does not guarantee success as Los Angeles based American Apparel is now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  In Berkeley, 2bella clothier shutting down due to crashing sales caused by their main customer (college students) being strapped for cash.

Connecticut: After 44 years Chuck Wagon Restaurant shutting down this weekend, the owner has been trying to sell it but so far nobody wants to buy.

 

Florida: Jacksonville based Southeastern Grocers revealed they eliminated 250 administrative jobs! 

Georgia: Atlanta based Delta Airlines warning of mass layoffs, mostly administrative jobs. Electronic machine maker Sparton shutting down its Lawrenceville factory by June 2016, 82 jobs lost.  ‘Optimizing facility footprint’ is the new term for consolidation.

Idaho: It’s been revealed that Lewiston’s non-profit Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center is up for sale to a for-profit op out of Tennessee. 

Illinois: After 31 years iconic Ed Debevic’s diner shutdown due to the property owner wanting to build a 22 story apartment complex! In Chicago, after six years the Birchwood Kitchen shutting down this weekend, the owner is trying to sell it.

Indiana: In Fort Wayne, after 58 years restaurant Rib Room shutdown without warning.  The family owners said they can’t continue operating the popular eatery.

Louisiana: Oil industry servicer Trinity Marine issued a shutdown WARN for its Madisonville operation, 336 jobs lost in December!

Maryland: In Bel Air, after ten years HeartBeat clothier shutdown because the owners didn’t want to renew the lease.

Minnesota: In Bemidji, Ben Franklin Crafts shutdown due to crashing sales: “We decided to give it six months to weigh the finances overall, and the sales were declining instead of evening out…..We had been in this location for five years, so we had a very good gauge of where our sales should be and where they weren’t. That was the determining factor.”

New Mexico: The city of Santa Fe imposing austerity as it jacks up taxes and cuts services for residents. Incompetent administrators realized they are short $15-million USD!

New York: NYC based Nylon Media laid off 13 people despite reports that employees were promised by the new owners there would be no layoffs (be there experienced that many times).  ORAFOL Display Optics issued a shutdown WARN for their Rochester facility, 27 jobs lost right after Xmas.  Patina Restaurant Group issued a shutdown WARN for their NYC Brasserie Restaurant, 68 jobs lost right after the Gregorian New Year.  New York Skyline also issued a shutdown WARN, the loss of 90 jobs are being blamed on the greedy property owner.  Too Big to Jail British empire based Barclay’s bank eliminating 38 jobs in February 2016.

Oklahoma: Local news reports say ConocoPhillips laid off about 170 Bartlesville employees today!

Pennsylvania:  Texas based oil industry service company Cudd Energy issued a WARN saying 89 people will become jobless after the U.S. Thanksgiving.

Rhode Island: Rhode Island Blood Center laid off 37 people due to skyrocketing costs of blood test.

Vermont: MIddlebury based Woodchuck Hard Cider laid off eight employees, administrators blame competition.

Virginia: In Richmond, Bella Rosa Bridal and Special Occasions shutting down sometime at the beginning of 2016, no details given.

Wisconsin: Horney Goat Brewing shutting down their restaurant this weekend.   In La Crosse, Three Rivers Outdoors shutting down in November, if nobody buys it.  The owner says he doesn’t have the time “to properly manage the store.”

02 October 2015: Hundreds of jobs lost means hundreds of horses slaughtered!

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed

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