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“We plan to sell it down to the bones.” 4,000 Radio Shack stores killed off by the UN? : August 2016 U.S. RETAIL/BANKING/SERVICE SECTOR LAYOFFS

Incomplete list of U.S. retail/banking/service sector job loss announcements and shutdowns for August 2016:

Public relations company Coyne PR (offices in California, New Jersey & New York) suddenly laid off 30 people and slashed employee benefits, blaming a now former chief financial officer for “overstating” financial facts, and warning that they’re only just beginning to discover the damage caused by the CFO.

Alabama: In Decatur, after 30 years Green’s Video shutdown due to online competition.  At one point there were several Green’s Video stores across northern Alabama.  The owner says he still has die-hard customers, just not enough: “Customers have asked me multiple times over the years, ‘You’re not planning to go out of business, are you?’ They really enjoyed having a video store. They are pretty upset the store’s going under.”-Dan Green

California: In San Bernardino, after 60 years of costume sales Fun Corner will shutdown in november, so the owners can retire.  After 30 years the adult book store Circus of Books, in Silver Lakes, shutdown to be replaced with a ganja shop.  In North Hollywood, the Laurel Plaza Macy’s shutting down, the property has been sold and will be turned into apartments, 193 jobs gone by the end of Autumn!  In Anaheim, Good Hope International laying off 60 hotel employees by October.  J. Brand clothier laying off 27 people in Los Angeles, by mid-November.  In Glendale, Disney Parks & Resorts laying off 74 people by October.  What car sales recovery? In Riverside, Davidson Motors Lexus eliminating 111 jobs by October!  Team AMVETS shutting down yet another thrift store, this time in Chula Vista, 16 jobs gone by October.  The Orange Y BMX track, the only BMX track in Orange County, shutdown after the property owners-Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) refused to renew the lease.  The operators of the popular and profitable Orange Y BMX even offered to pay as much as $8-thousand USD more per month in rent!  At the same time that Ashley Furniture suddenly shutdown their sofa factory (Without Warning: Ashely Furniture lays off 840 factory employees in five mintues, saying “…there’s no more jobs!”) the RoomsExpress/Ashley Home Furniture HomeStore in Arroyo Grande shutdown.  Local TV station KSBY reports that customers are pissed as they are still waiting for furiniture they’ve paid for to be delivered! 

Colorado: In Fort Collins, The Photo Shop shutdown, the owners will continue custom printing from their home.  In Denver, Guiness Book certified as the world’s largest model train store in 2014, Caboose Hobbies shutdown after 65 years because the owner wants to retire.  At one time the model train store employed 60 people!

Connecticut:  Tudor Investment laid off 15% of employees after ‘investors’ pulled millions out of the hedge fund.

Florida: After its sale to Staples was blocked, Boca Raton based Office Depot announced that it will shutdown 3-hundred additional stores by 2018!  ‘Christian’ Agnostic Warren Buffett eliminated 72 jobs with his Berkshire Hathaway Concierge in Fort Lauderdale.  Advanatage Rent-A-Car/EZ Rent-A-Car laying off 20 people in West Palm Beach, by the end of September.  Fort Meyers based clothing retailer Chico’s conducted a third round of mass layoffs since 2015, this time 2-hundred people were quietly fired!  Chico’s administrators told local news sources that they are still within the guidleines for keeping the taxpayer funded $1.79-million USD ‘investment’ by the county of Lee!  Yet again, Jacksonville based charity Wounded Warrior Project eliminated an undisclosed number of jobs, in the name of “growth”!

Georgia: In Buckhead, after 64 years Gretchen’s Children’s Shop shutting down after Xmas, so the owner can retire.

Idaho: In Pocatello, a divorce settlement forced the shutdown of 112 years old Town and Country Gardens, killing ten jobs: “We plan to sell it down to the bones.”-John Crook, owner, following the divorce court’s orders

Illinois: Chicago based unwanted gift card exchange service Raise laid off about 45 employees in an attempt to “sharpen our focus on the broader payments industry”.  Walmart shutting down its Aurora store due to the fact they’ve built six other Walmart stores within ten miles of the Aurora-West Plaza store!  Without warning Bed Bath & Beyond shutdown their store located in the Prairie Market shopping center.  Local news reports say it’s another blow to the village of Oswego, which has lost several ‘big box’ stores since 2011.

Indiana: After 81 years Lorey’s Ben Franklin in Jasper shutting down so the owners can retire.  Granger Hobby Stop shutdown after 18 years, the owner says he never recovered from the 2008 recession.  In Muncie, Dunham’s Sports suddenly shutdown their Bethel Avenue store.

Iowa: In Cedar Rapids, Mitt Romney wunderkind Staples shutting down its First Avenue South East store by mid-September.

Kansas: In Frontenac, after 62 years Moore Furniture shutting down in September.  In Emporia, after three years Junque Drawer Emporium shutdown because “competition was stiff” and “life events happen.”

Maine: Best Buy shutting down their retail store in Topsham by the end of October, blaming low sales and high rent.

Maryland: Best Buy shutting down two stores, one in Baltimore and one in Rosedale.  120 jobs lost due to the leases not being renewed!

Massachusetts: Framingham based Mitt Romney wunderkind Staples plans on shutting down at least 50 stores by the end of the year, due to losing $766-million USD in its 2nd quarter of 2016! 

Michigan: In Fort Gratiot, after 25 years Pet Supplies Plus shutting down by the end of September, the owners blame it on a 22% crash in sales after a ‘big box’ pet store moved into the area: “…you have to have growth and our growth has not climbed in years, probably five or six years since we last saw any growth, so we made that decision.”-Steve Britz

Minnesota:  After ten years Best Buy shutting down their store in Willmar by the end of September.  Apparently that’s when the lease expires, 34 jobs lost.

Missouri: After 70 years Davis Baskets “The Basket King” up for sale so the 91 years old owner can finally retire.

Montana: In Billings, Zig’s Building Materials (Ziggy’s) shutting down when everything is sold, the owner wants to retire.  Local news reports say the shutdown of Ziggy’s will add 200-thousand square feet (61-thousand square meters) of vacant retail space to the already 157-thousand square feet-plus of vacant space on the west side of the city as a result of Kmart, Hastings, Sports Authority and Hancock Fabrics leaving town!

Nebraska: In Scottsbluff, after 25 years Cornerstone Motors shutting down in September, the owner saying “I realized that I’ve never been this old before and it’s time to retire.” 

New Jersey: In Atlantic City, due to the crashing casino industry Trump Taj Mahal issued a shutdown WARN, 2-thousand 848 jobs gone by mid-October!  State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance issued a WARN saying 77 employees will become unemployed by the end of October.  In Wall, after three years ‘home improvement’ store Lowe’s shutting down their Express store.  The Lowe’s Express was opened in response to rebuilding efforts after Hurricane Sandy, but sales are not high enough! After 57 years men’s clothier The Style Shop shutdown: “Unfortunately the business climate has declined and has made it harder and harder to do business here…”-Joe Tolerico

New York: With its corporate HQ now located in the taxpayer funded NYC area known as Hudson Yards ‘megaproject’, up-scale department store Coach announced it will shutdown 250 stores in 2017, due to stagnating sales!  In Red Hook, car parts store Ruge’s Automotive shutting down by November, 40 jobs lost.  Rochester Action Sports Park shutting down due to the owner’s family health problems, there’s rumors that a group has formed to try and keep the skate park operating.  In NYC, Too Big to Jail Goldman Sachs laying off 15 people by Xmas.  Visium Asset Management WARNed it will begin laying off employees after October. Electronics retailer Best Buy issued a shutdown WARN for its Lawrence store, 60 jobs lost by mid-November.  After 111 years New York Central Art Supply shutting down at the beginning of September.  The operators said sales had slowed down, but the final straw was when the building was sold out from under them.  After 32 years sheet music seller Schenectady VanCurler Music shutdown due to the fact that the internet revealed that old sheet music isn’t that rare after all, and you can get it online for almost a song!  In Syracuse, after 90 years DeJulio’s Army and Navy Store (originally selling shoes starting in 1929) up for sale and shutting down when everything is gone.  The owner blames internet competition.  And the Mallard Tobacconist shutdown after 25 years.  The owner was trying to sell the shop to fund her retirement, but gave up.

North Carolina: M&F Bank laid off 11% of its employees in an effort to save money.  Matthews based Family Dollar Stores eliminating 370 corporate jobs, due to being taken over by competitor Dollar Tree!  After nearly 17 years music venue Amos’ Southend shutting down due to ongoing neighborhood property development “presenting many new challenges to successfully run a music venue.”  The Radio Shack in Wilson shutting down.  In Raleigh, after 70 years bike store Flythe Cyclery shutdown due to a death in the family.

North Dakota: In Grand Forks, appliance store Karl’s shutting down due to the greedy landlord selling the property, and apparently the new (and as yet unknown) property owner doesn’t want to renew the lease.

Ohio: After 37 years shoe store Head Over Heels shutdown in Hyde Park Square. Co-owner Tony Jagoditz blames the industry itself, saying “The whole industry has changed in the last five years. When we opened there was a lot of domestic and European production. A lot of those factories closed or moved production to China.”   In Akron, after nearly 30 years Dimitroff’s Furniture and Design shutting down by the end of October, the owners hope this time they can really retire (after a failed first retirement attempt 11 years ago).  After suffering bigger quarterly losses than expected (a $13-million USD loss), New Albany based clothier Abercrombie & Fitch announced they will shutdown an additional 60 stores! After already shutting down 40 stores this year, Cincinnati based Macy’s announced it will shutdown another 1-hundred stores between now and Spring 2017: “Nearly all of the stores to be closed are cash flow positive today, but their volume and profitability in most cases have been declining steadily in recent years.”-Jeff Gennette, president

And retailer Rocky Brands essentially said the main stream news media claims that the economy is good is BullShit: “In response to market conditions, Rocky Brands made the very difficult decision to lay off approximately 20 employees. We believe that the retail environment which has led to decreased sales over the past six months is systemic as we have seen our competitors experience similar financial results.”-David Sharp, ceo

Pennsylvania: In Shenandoah, after 116 years (making it the oldest surviving business in the city) Talerico’s shoe repair shop shutdown due to skyrocketing demand for shoe repairs, but the old owner couldn’t find any potential employees qualified to repair the shoes: “Somebody could’ve done real good, but I couldn’t get anyone to learn it!”-Tom Talerico

South Carolina: Radio Shack shutting down their West Main Street, Lexington, store.

South Dakota: In Sioux Falls, Alan Evans Bridal shutdown.

Tennessee: What housing market recovery? Home sale closings fell 3.3% from the previous year, it’s being blamed on skyrocketing prices of homes. In Knoxville, after more than 25 years of selling-trading records and CDs iconic The Disc Exchange shutdown, the owners say they can no longer compete with digital, even with the resurgance of vinyl.

Texas: Fort Worth based bankrupt Radio Shack plans to sell-off or shutdown all remaining 4-thousand stores across the U.S.!   The Hudson Institute blames the death of Radio Shack on the United Nations run international postal rates syndicate.   Dallas based high-end retailer Neiman Marcus laid off nearly 1-hundred people!   San Antonio based Too Big to Jail SWBC (SouthWest Business Corporation) warning of a third round of  layoffs after losing yet another major client.  Possibly an example of what I call Ripple Effect Layoffs as the oil industry BS hits The Lone Star State hard; after 11 years Houston’s only ‘professional’ theater shutdown.  The Texas Repertory Theatre Company (note the evil British empire way of spelling theater) forced to close after The Houston Endowment canceled two years worth of its funding (about $50-thousand USD), and ticket sales crashed (apparently down to just 30 tickets per show)!

Wisconsin: Five hhgregg appliance & electronics stores shutting down based on their evaluation of their “real estate positions”!  After 37 years Sauk Prairie’s Harley Davidson dealer shutting down by the end of September, due to the owners consolidating their multiple dealerships.  In Manitowoc, after more than 20 years Ramona’s Ladies Apparel shutdown, the now deceased owner decided to sell all her business ventures last year.  In Milwaukee, after five years music venue Hotel Foster shutdown.

SEARS KMART UPDATE, AUGUST 2016: BEWARE OF LAMPERTS ‘DONATING’ PROPERTY TO COLLEGES!

AUGUST 2016 OBAMACARE DESTRUCTION: “…WE’LL ALL HAVE TO DO MORE WITH LESS.”

AUGUST 2016 DUMBING DOWN THE U.S.: “IT’S AN INDECENT PRACTICE!” THROWING MONEY AT EDUCATION DOESN’T WORK, UNLESS IT’S TO HELP POLICE CHEAT!

July 2016: 1 COMPANY KILLS 40,000 JOBS IN 1 DAY!

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification.

I found a 2010 AFL-CIO analysis (titled The Public Availability of WARN Notices: Lack of Accessibility and Disclosure…) which proves what I’ve been suspecting in my search of state WARN notices; most states are not complying with federal WARN regulations and are not publicizing or tracking mass layoffs.

Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed!

Employees of religious non-profits might not qualify for unemployment assistance: “If the non-profit organization is a church, you may or may not be entitled to unemployment. It all depends upon state regulations for church employers. In many cases, churches are allowed to set their own rules regarding unemployment benefits, meaning the church can choose whether to offer benefits to former employees.”

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.”

Technology, U.S.

Operation Jupiter: Israel conducts Chemical, Biological warfare in U.S., controls National Guard?

04 September 2016 (13:22 UTC-07 Tango 01) 14 Shahrivar 1395/01 Dhu I-Hijja 1437/04 Ding-You 4714

Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN, once known as NBC, Nuclear, Biological, Chemical) administrators from Israel spent the last week of August in the United States. 

CBIRF demonstration in Maryland, 29 August 2016, for visiting Israeli Ministry of Defense administrators

For the past few years U.S. tax dollars have been used to help the Israeli military create a Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF).

National Guard Bureau General Joseph Lengyel with Israel’s assistant minister of defense Moshe Edri

Israel’s assistant minister of defense also made an ‘office call’ with the U.S. National Guard Bureau.

Also during the same time, U.S. undersecretary of state for political affairs Thomas Shannon went to Israel, where he went on an anti-Palestinian propaganda tour given by the Zionist government.  The tour actually proves that the Israeli government controls all access and exits points (meaning all food, medical supplies, fuel, access to employment, etc) around the world’s largest concentration camps known as West Bank and Gaza Strip.  Shannon also visited a factory inside a Kibbutz.  A Kibbutz is esentially a Communist Work Camp.

GOD IS EVIL: U.S. MILITARY LEADERS MEET WITH ZIONIST TERRORIST AVIGDOR LIEBERMAN!

FALSE FLAG: AIR FRESHENERS BLAMED FOR CHEMICAL ATTACK ON U.S. BASE?

OPERATION JUPITER: BIO-CHEMICAL ATTACK IN WASHINGTON STATE?

International, Technology

Japan to test new Automated Immigration system! U.S. already has one, and it fails to stop illegals!

02 September 2016 (14:21 UTC-07 Tango 01) 12 Shahrivar 1395/29 Dhu I-Qa’da 1437/02 Ding-You 4714

Japan is ready to test a new automated legal (not illegal) immigration system.  It’s hoped to speed up the ingress and egress of foreigners coming to vist, work or even live in Japan.

Legally registered foreigners will scan approved ID at electronic checkpoints located in major transportation centers.  The test run will use electronic checkpoints at Japan’s international airports.

A new immigrant law goes into effect in November, allowing pre-registered foreigners from visa-free countries to use the electronic checkpoints to enter Japan.  

U.S. electronic checkpoint in Houston, Texas

After 2-hundred years of not having to use a passport to cross the borders of Canada, United States and Mexico, the paranoid U.S. instituted the required use of passports.  U.S. Customs and Border Protection also uses the Automated Passport Control (electronic checkpoint) system in an effort to speed processing of people who can legally cross the border.  However, if you do your research the requirement to use passports, and even the use of electronic checkpoints, has done nothing to affect illegal immigration!

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT KILLS U.S. FIREFIGHTER WITH BUS FULL OF MIGRANTS! ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT HAD PRIOR RUN-IN WITH COPS!  

U.S.

How to prep your fighter jet for a Hurricane

02 September 2016 (13:53 UTC-07 Tango 01) 12 Shahrivar 1395/29 Dhu I-Qa’da 1437/02 Ding-You 4714

Tyndall AFB, Florida, has a simple solution for preparing for Hurricane Hermine; just cram all your aircraft into hanger buildings:

A bunch of F-22s, a T-38 (in foreground) and QF-16 drones crammed into one hanger on Tyndall AFB

NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH: THE USAF HAS GONE TO THE DOGS, AND CATS!

Business/Economics

“a financially ruinous game of musical chairs” “there’s no more jobs!” : August 2016 U.S. Mining/Industrial/Logistics layoffs

Incomplete list of U.S. Mining/Industrial/Logistics job loss announcements and shutdowns for August 2016.

California:  Without warning Ashley Furniture laid off 840 people at their factory/warehouse in Colton!  Local news reports said the employees were lured to convention centers were the layoffs took place within a five minutes period, after which employees received a letter via FedEx telling them the Ashley Furniture sofa factory was shutdown: “They told us to go into a meeting, and all of a sudden they tried to feed us and they said, ‘You know what, there’s no more jobs!’”-Israel Naja, laid off without warning

Work at Total Terminals, one of the largest ports in Long Beach, now suspended “until further notice” as majority owner Hanjin (of Korea), now bankrupt busted: “Hanjin’s bankruptcy could very well spoil the holidays for anyone……Look for a financially ruinous game of musical chairs as cargo owners now hunt for space with other shipping lines.”-Jock O’Connell, Beacon Economics

In Hayward, Architectural Lighting Works shutting down, 55 jobs lost by October. Oil producer Rincon Islands now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  News reports say the bankruptcy is actually a way for the oil company to avoid complying with new California regulations.  Boeing issued a Halloween layoff WARN for 57 people in El Segundo and Huntington Beach.   In Burlingame, Alaska Air Group (aka Alaska Airlines-Horizin Airlines) issued a layoff WARN for 225 people, possibly in connection with its take-over of Virgin America!  In San Francisco, SkyWest Airlines eliminating 325 jobs by the end of September!  At Los Angeles International Airport, G2 Secure Staff laying off 90 people by mid-October.   Silgan Containers issued several layoff WARNs, 267 jobs lost for Riverbank and Modesto between September and Halloween!

Colorado: At the Denver International Airport, ‘ground handler’ Swissport laying off 187 people in September due to “significant loss of business” caused by major airlines making drastic cuts!

Connecticut: A year after being taken over by Lockheed Martin, Sikorsky Aircraft is laying off at least 109 people! 

Florida: In Winter Park, after 15 years wholesaler Coralia Leets Jewelry Design now chapter 7 bankrupt and dead.

Illinois: Industrial tool maker Rockford Products suddenly laid off about 150 employees due to lack of debt financing, and another 171 will be laid off by the end of September if nobody wants to buy the business! A fine example of what I call Ripple Effect Layoffs; American Electric Power warned of 22 layoffs at its Cook Coal Terminal due to the massive reduction of the coal industry.  Peoria based mining vehicle maker Caterpillar continues to kill jobs, this time 155 employees in Pennsylvania and Texas will become unemployed!  And another fine example of what I call Ripple Effect Layoffs; after six years farm equipment supplier German-Bliss Equipment suddenly shutdown, blaming mass layoffs by Caterpillar and crashing commodity prices for local crops.

Indiana: An example of what I call Ripple Effect Layoffs; in Evansville, Flanders Electric suddenly laid off 109 people, on top of the 80 employees let go a couple of months ago!  It’s blamed on lack of sales to the mining-oil industry.  Bankrupt Vertellus Specialties laying off up to 50 people at its Indianapolis chemical factory, in October.  Gear maker Oerlikon Fairfield suddenly laid off 71 people due to “soft market conditions”.   Another fine example of what I call Ripple Effect Layoffs; Canada owned Stanrail shutting down its boxcar factory in Gary, 1-hundred jobs lost between October 2016 and February 2017, due to the crashing rail industry!  Also in Gary, US Steel suddenly (and apparently with no explanation) laid off 38 people, the employee’s union says it will fight the layoff decision. What home construction industry recovery? Laminate wood products maker VT Industries shutting down their New Albany factory, 120 jobs lost by the end of September!  GE Appliances shutdown their factory in Bloomington, about 330 jobs lost! Interestingly, General Electric says it has enough money to pay the now unemployed employees a severance until June of 2017.  The factory shutdown is blamed on a 76% crash (since 2008) in fridge sales!

Iowa: After two days of auctions, bankrupt Columbus Castings likely to shutdown after the bidder who wanted to keep it operating (according to bankruptcy documents) lost, 8-hundred jobs gone! 

Kansas: Canada owned Bombadier Learjet notified the state of 30 layoffs due to crashing demand for the Learjet 70 and 75.

Kentucky:  GE Lighting shutting down two factories, 210 jobs gone between now and August 2017!  The ‘brilliant’ General Electric administrators admit its because they’ve been slow to switch to L-E-D production, as a result production is down to just 15% of factory capacity!

Louisiana: Stone Energy laid off about 45 people across Louisiana and Texas, as part of the ongoing oil industry BS.  Stone Energy also halted deep-water oil drilling, at least until 2017.

Michigan: After 77 years, family owned maker of heat processing equipment Jensen Industries now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.

New Jersey: Graham Packaging issued a WARN, 71 jobs in Belvidere lost by the end of September.

New York: Asbestos removal company Precision Environmental Solutions now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  Data shows the company made $7-million USD in revenue in the past two years, but so far this year has made a measly $175-thousand!

North Carolina: In Gastonia, Germany owned truck maker Daimler-Freightliner laid off 115 employees!  This is apparently on top of the 2-hundred laid off in June?  The custom fabric maker Spoonflower laid off 30 people and then a co-founder said the company was in “great shape”.  What automotive industry recovery?  Maker of glass for cars Ohio based Safelite announced it will shutdown its Enfield factory, killing 210 jobs: “…it is no longer feasible for us to sustain the continual investments needed to outfit the plant for complex future windshield designs.”-Tom Feeney, president

Ohio:  Dow Chemical shutting down their polystyrene factory in Hanging Rock beginning in September, as part of their “growth” strategy.

Oklahoma: Maker of thermal combustible products for the oil industry Callidus Technologies laid off 30 people in Tulsa.

Oregon: At the Portland International Airport, Menzies Aviation eliminating 186 jobs by Halloween, due to losing a contract with Alaska Air!  Despite a busy wildfire season, helicopter fire bomber operator Erickson Air Crane laid off 1-hundred people!  Company administrators admitted that despite years of busy wildfire seasons they’re being burned by massive debt (they owe Too Big to Jail Wells Fargo $140-million USD, the evil Wells Fargo is owned by ‘christian’ agnostic Warren Buffett).  Allegheny Technologies warned it must consolidate its Oregon operations due to low titaniuim prices!

Pennsylvania: After merging with Colorado based Imprints Wholesale, sportswear maker Broder Brothers issued a shutdown WARN for their Philadelphia operations, 143 jobs gone by mid-October!  American Air Filter shutting down its Elizabethtown ops, 90 jobs gone by mid-September.  In Lewistown, packaging maker Rorher Corporation issued a shutdown WARN, 55 jobs gone by mid October.  Latrobe based industrial tool maker Kennametal eliminating 1-thousand jobs worldwide due to a second year of bad sales!  Because of the mining industry BS, Caterpillar issued a shutdown WARN for its Houston operations, 155 jobs gone by mid-October!  Harley Davidson motorcycles announced that 2-hundred people will lose their jobs at three of its factories in the state!  Company administrators revealed that sales are crashing-n-burning due to an unrecoverd economy (a $19-million USD drop in sales from the same time last year, some Harley dealers are shutting down).   Another fine example of what I call Ripple Effect Layoffs; FrieghtCar America shutting down its Johnstown administrative offices sometime next year, blaming it on crashing rail shipments.

Texas: Houston based ConocoPhillips announced more layoffs, this time about 9-hundred people will become jobless due to the oil industry BS!  Bankrupt Sherwin Alumina Company shutting down its factory in Gregory by October, news reports say it might be sold to a competitor.  Another fine example of what I call Ripple Effect Layoffs; Caterpillar eliminating 40 jobs at its factory in Denison, due to the crashing mining industry.

Utah: Allegheny Technologies shutting down its raw materials operations in Rowley, 140 jobs lost due to low titaniuim prices!

Virginia:  UPS (United Parcel Service) laying off at least 115 people at its corporate HQ, in the name of “streamlining”!   Unnamed employees told local news sources that those laid-off were “escorted out of the building”.

Washington: Boeing continues killing jobs, this time 1-hundred people in The Evergreen State becoming unemployed!  News reports say the layoffs are connected to Boeing’s commercial airliner and military divisions.

West Virginia: In Huntington, Oregon based Special Metals conducted yet another round of layoffs, but refused to say how many people are now unemployed. Last year they laid off at least 1-hundred employees.  DeepWell Energy Services eliminating 177 jobs due to not winning a new contract!

Wisconsin: What automotive industry recovery?  Milwaukee based Jason Industries, maker of new car interior parts, has lost so much money ($2.4-million loss compared to the same time last year) due to crashing orders that it will shutdown factories around the world!  Administrators blamed their losses on “change in the manufacturing environment.”  Manitowoc elminating 528 jobs when it moves its crane factory to Pennsylvania!

July 2016 : “NO SIGNS OF FUTURE IMPROVEMENT”

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification.

I found a 2010 AFL-CIO analysis (titled The Public Availability of WARN Notices: Lack of Accessibility and Disclosure…) which proves what I’ve been suspecting in my search of state WARN notices; most states are not complying with federal WARN regulations and are not publicizing or tracking mass layoffs.

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.”

U.S.

USAF 69 years on!

18 September is the official birthday of the U.S. Air Force, created in 1947 when the U.S. Congress seperated it from the U.S. Army.  Prior to that it was known as

U.S. Army Air Forces (1941-47),

U.S. Army Air Corps (1926-41),

U.S. Army Air Service (1918-26), Division of Military Aeronautics (1918), Signal Corps Aviation (1914-18), and Signal Corps Aeronautics (1907-14).

NATIONAL AIRBORNE DAY!

U.S. COAST GUARD, 226 YEARS OLD!

U.S.

Illegal immigrant kills U.S. firefighter with bus full of migrants! Illegal immigrant had prior run-in with cops!

28 August 2016 / 22:23 UTC-07 Tango 01  (08 Shahrivar 1395/25 Dhu I-Qa’da 1437/27 Bing-Shen 4714)

“He is in this country illegally from Honduras. He has no driver’s license. He had minor injuries.”-Melissa Matey, Louisiana State Police

In Louisiana, a bus supposedly full of migrant construction workers (initial reports said they were flood rescue volunteers) plowed into emergency vehicles that had responded to an accident on Interstate 10.  One fire truck was parked intentionally to block oncoming traffic, but for some reason the bus driver didn’t stop, killing two people and wounding at least 24 (initial reports said as many as 40 injured)!

The bus driver turned out to be an illegal immigrant who wasn’t even qualified-licensed to drive a bus, and had prior incidents with police!  One of those killed was a passenger in a car that had stopped due to the previous accident, the other person killed was a firefighter working the previous accident.  He was Saint John the Baptist Parish’s Fire District Chief!

Witnesses say the bus plowed into a fire truck, a pick-up truck and a car, shoving three firefighters over a bridge into a river.  One firefighter, and another passenger in the impacted car, are in critical condition.  Police say the unlicensed bus driver made no attempt to slow down, or to ‘move over’ to avoid emergency vehicles.

The company that employs the illegal driver goes by two names; AM Party Bus and Kristina’s Transportation.  So far, news media were unable to get a response from company administrators, or to find out who chartered the bus, or who employs the migrant workers on the bus.  The illegal driver will be charged with negligent homicide, along with other charges.

State Police records show the illegal bus driver was ticketed on 05 August for driving without a license!  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement revealed they were in the process of deciding if they should deport the illegal immigrant when today’s deadly accident happened!

This incident should reveal just how endemic the use of illegal migrants by unAmerican corporate America really is.

GERMAN NEWS MEDIA REVEAL WEALTHY MIGRANTS CONTROL NEW YORK CITY!

California food packager Foothill Packing has been fined $235-thousand USD for falsely firing U.S. citizens and replacing them with immigrants! 4-thousand 4-hundred “guest workers” were brought into Idaho in 2015 under the guise of there not being enough people to work the farms!

“IT’S NOT LIKE THEY’RE TAKING JOBS FROM AMERICANS” 5-MILLION MIGRANTS REFUSE TO LEAVE! TESLA CAUGHT USING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS!

MIGRANTS KILL SUMMER JOBS FOR U.S. TEENS

MIGRANTS KILL FOOD STORE WHILE TAXPAYERS FORCED TO BRING REFUGEES TO THE U.S.!

ILLEGALS GET FREE U.S. COLLEGE WHILE 43% OF U.S. CITIZENS CAN’T PAY STUDENT LOANS!

PROVEN, MIGRANTS TAKING JOBS FROM U.S. CITIZENS!

FALSE FLAG: ‘WAR REFUGEES’, THE GREATEST & MOST PROFITABLE HUMAN TRAFFICKING OP EVER!

U.S. BANKS & ILLEGAL DRUGS CAUSE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION TO U.S.!

WORLD BANK REVEALS THAT IMMIGRATION IS A FALSE FLAG OP TO MAKE U.S. CORPORATIONS RICHER!

Idaho

My Immigrant Idaho: Federales say Idaho dominated by poor immigrants!

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Federales: Spanish for government employees or agencies, pronounced fed-e-rall-ess.

The U.S. Census Bureau warning that sparsely populated Idaho could soon be dominated by immigrants, with the result that the majority of Gem State families will become poor.  The Census Bureau “state projections” say the majority of immigrants to Idaho will be ‘Hispanic’ (last year I revealed how the state Department of Education is using taxpayer funding to operate a ‘department of English’ for Latino migrants).

Between Gregorian years 2000 and 2014 the majority of the population growth in Idaho involved Latino migrants, a whopping 93% within Idaho’s Latino population!  It’s ‘projected’ that by 2019/2020 the number of “families” in Idaho will grow by 23-thousand 5-hundred, mostly from migrants and all concentrated in urban areas (government ‘projections’ say they’ll actually be an exodus from rural areas).

In 2008, 16% of Idaho families were considered poor, by 2014 it jumped to 19%.   Census Bureau projections say as the immigrant population in The Gem State grows the average family income will drop below $25-thousand USD per year!

MY IMMIGRANT IDAHO : CRIMES SKYROCKET PARTLY DUE TO DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN MIGRATION!

Bannock County, Idaho, revealed that their prison operations are facing record overcrowding due to migrants! 

OBAMA TO CREATE JOBS FOR THOUSANDS OF IMMIGRANTS!

IDAHO LOSES JOBS, YET RECORD NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN WORKFORCE….BLAME IMMIGRANTS!

IDAHO BURDENED BY $187-MILLION WORTH OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS!

“IT’S PART OF OUR NEW BUSINESS MODEL…” IDAHO HIT WITH SKYROCKETING POOR U.S. MIGRANTS!

HISTORY SHOWS IMMIGRANTS ARE GREATEST SELF-INFLICTED THREAT TO EMPIRES!

U.S.

“It’s an indecent practice!” Throwing money at education doesn’t work, unless it’s to help police cheat! : August 2016 Dumbing Down the U.S.

It must be noted that I started documenting these education shutdowns at the beginning of 2014, in that year I posted the reports biannually (every six months). In 2015 education cutbacks ramped up and I posted quarterly (every three months). For the past seven months of 2016 there have been so many education cutbacks that I’ve posted a report every month!

Disappearing Students Syndrome (DSS): A phrase created by me to describe a phenomenon taking place across the United States, affecting both privately and publicly funded schools, from Kindergarten all the way through University levels.

Incomplete list of publicly announced education related layoffs & school shutdowns, August 2016:

California: Iconic film and photography school Brooks Institute forced to shutdown their Ventura campus due to a sudden crash in enrollment, 169 jobs lost!  News reports say Brooks suddenly stopped lease required remodeling work and failed to pay $70-thousand USD in rent on the city owned property! The city of Ventura will probably sue the college.  In San Diego, Museum of Contemporary Art laid off 28 people and shutting down their La Jolla campus, saying it’s part of their planned “expansion”.

Connecticut: Bridgeport Public Schools laid off two School Resource Officers (cops). 

Georgia: Albany State University and Darton State College eliminating 110 jobs! It’s blamed on non-stop Disapearing Students Syndrome.  God can’t stop the administrators of ‘his’ Piane College from eliminating 15 jobs due to what I call Disapearing Students Syndrome (it’s The Rapture eyes tells ya).  God’s ‘christian’ college will also reduce many employee’s pay to within 10% of minimum wage!

Idaho: Idaho State University (ISU) laying off 34 people at its Research and Innovation in Science and Engineering Complex (RISE), officially due to contract expiration.  Unnamed employees told local news sources that the RISE was being shutdown due to lack of money, but ISU admin denied the rumor.     More proof that throwing a lot of money at a problem doesn’t fix anything! After eight years, the state Department of Education’s $135-million USD campaign to increase math scores failed, big time! 8th graders considered at or above grade level dropped from 38% to 34% last year! 4th graders dropped from 41% to 38%!   The Education Commission of the States says Idaho’s taxpayer funding of education fails because “…the current formula did not contemplate a variety of different learning modalities, the increasing mobility of students and the states move toward mastery-based education.”      The 2016 Idaho Ready for Change survey says 73% of Idahoans prefer charter, or private schools, over traditional taxpayer funded schools.    Seven years later CenturyLink and Education Networks of America (ENA) now suing the state Department of Education over the scandalous Idaho Education Network project.  State Supreme Court rulings invalidated the IEN contracts, and the whole IEN broadband project was scrapped. CenturyLink and ENA claim they lost $18.5-million USD as a result!   Idaho public schools are also struggling financially after a court ruling (last year) revealed that the fees Idaho schools have been charging for decades violate the state constitution.  School District 151 revealed the illegal fees they were charging would’ve amounted to $140-thousand for the current school year.  School District 411 spent taxpayer funding on an attorney to find ways to continue to charge ‘fees’ without violating the state constitution.   Parents from school districts 2 and 25 (my district) are now suing for a refund of the illegal fees.  

Illinois: Chicago Public Schools (CPS) issued layoff notices to 1-thousand and 29 employees! Administrators claim that the layoffs are at schools experiencing crashing enrollment, but that other schools will actually be hiring.  In Pilsen, Benito Juarez Community Academy laid off ten people as part of the CPS funding cuts.  Elgin Community College laid off 15 employees and warned more layoffs are in the works as state taxpayer funding keeps getting cut.  In Wrigleyville, after 32 years Bookworks shutdown their brick-n-mortar store and will focus on internet sales only. The owners blame their declining brick-n-mortar book sales not on internet competition, but on jacked up rents, which in turn have changed the local brick-n-mortar landscape: “…the bar scene increased dramatically. For a number of years now it seems like every space that has gone for rent has eventually become a bar. It really has changed the atmosphere and focus of the neighborhood…”-Bob Roschke, co-owner

Indiana: The U.S. Department of Education is now banning Carmel based ITT Tech from accepting new students who rely on federal education loans or grants!

Iowa: Iowa State University eliminated 30 InfoTech jobs. At the same time, university administrators claim their reorganization of their IT department actually created eight jobs.

Kansas: Proof that taxpayer funding does not directly equal student performance? The Kansas Association of School Boards reports that student performance is ranked 10th for the United States, despite funding being ranked 29th!

Kentucky: In Louisville,  Speed Art Museum laid off seven people and reduced full-time employees to part-time.  It’s blamed on crashing attendance and $60-million USD in renovation costs.

Maryland: God’s Notre Dame laid off 12 people and shutdown 14 vacant positions.

Minnesota: After 103 years God powerless to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ Crossroads College (International Christian Bible College), after the Fall Semester! ‘Christian’ administrators blame it on what I call Disapearing Students Syndrome (it’s The Rapture eyes tells ya).

Ohio: In Beavercreek, education supply store Tools 4 Learning shutdown.

Oregon: After almost 40 years non-profit Arts Central-Art Station-VanGo-Artists in Schools shutdown its education programs in Deschutes, Crook and Jefferson counties.

Pennsylvania: Fiscally ignorant NAACP suing the state, saying the additional $260-million in education funding (on top of the state’s supposed “historic” funding levels) is not enough (see Idaho and Kansas above for proof that mo-money doesn’t equal mo-education)! California University of Pennsylvania has warned its employees of layoffs at the end of the 2016-17 school year, due to crashing enrollment.  A former university instructor reveals that state universities and local police are working together to ‘cheat’ on internet testing for future law enforcement personnel: “Many who earn their Penn State degrees through World Campus, particularly those serving in the military, eventually pursue careers in law enforcement. The removal of the exam-proctoring safeguard signaled to students that cheating in online courses was not only tolerated, but to some extent, also encouraged by Penn State.”-Shane Ralston 

South Carolina: It’s been revealed that PowerBall Lottery funding for state college scholarships is down: “We did not intend for the general fund to cover lottery scholarships to the extent it has. You can’t just tell someone we’re out of money.”-Chip Limehouse, weak-willed state Representative

It was also revealed that many of the state scholarships officially meant for low income students are actually going to students from wealthy families: “It’s an indecent practice! ….you’re sending kids to college on poor folks’ money, but you can’t figure out how to fund schools in Jasper County?”-Reverand Joe Darby

Wisconsin: Half Price Books shutting down their Highland Plaza store: “…during this changing time for our industry, we have to be smart about the business decisions we make. We have great customers here in Milwaukee, but unfortunately the customer traffic hasn’t been high enough to allow us to stay, so we are focusing our resources on our other Milwaukee-area locations.”

July 2016: “WE ARE GOING DOWN…”