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“The question here is whether or not, constitutionally, you can have a single warrant apply to millions of people…….what better way to illustrate the point than having hundreds of thousands of Americans sign up for a class action suit?”-Rand Paul, U.S. Senator from Kentucky
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Badakhshan Province: In Jurm District, battles between Afghan National Police (ANP) and Mujahideen have left at least six people dead, seven wounded. Government officials report increased battles with Mujahideen in the past four months. Mujahideen claim they now control Jurm District.
Badghis Province: In Bala Morghab District, one Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier killed, one wounded, when they drove over a landmine.
Faryab Province: In Chilgazi District, Mujahideen claim they captured 38 government personnel.
Helmand Province: In Musa Qala District, battles between cops and Mujahideen left four cops dead, one wounded and two Mujahideen killed.
Kunduz Province: In Dasht-e-Archi District, a man and woman were convicted of having sex without being married. They were sentenced to death. The man escaped and notified police, who then rescued the woman.
Kunar Province: In Asmar District, four people killed by U.S. drone strike. Government officials called those killed, militants. In Dankam District, Mujahideen attacked the ANA’s Kandak battalion. In Manugi District, Mujahideen say they killed two ANA troops, and wounded one.
Logar Province: In Charkh District, reports of at least eight days of fighting between Mujahideen and U.S./Afghan government forces. At least 15 people killed, including the district’s governor, and several dozens wounded.
Nangarhar Province: In Spinghar District, Mujahideen ambushed a ANA/U.S. special forces convoy. Government officials claim they killed five Mujahideen and wounded three others. Mujahideen say they killed four government troops, and wounded 11.
Nimroz Province: In Zaranja City, a senior ranking female cop was assassinated. Police say they don’t know who did it.
President Hamid Karzai left for Iran, to push for increased economic and security co-operation with the Forgotten Empire. Afghan news media reported that a long term political, security, economic and cultural deal was agreed to. The deal might be meant to counter the Obama regime’s security deal, and force U.S. forces to leave: “We believe that all foreign forces should leave the region and that the security of Afghanistan should be handed over to people of the country.”-Hassan Rouhani, President of Iran
U.S. Defense Secretary, Chuck Hagel, warned Afghan officials that if they did not sign the Obama regime’s security deal, then it is “a very real possibility” that all U.S.-NATO-ISAF forces would leave Afghanistan in 2014. I’ve asked this before, isn’t that what everybody wants?
Four members of the Air National Guard’s 212th Rescue Squadron, from the U.S. state of Alaska, were awarded Bronze Stars for saving occupation personnel during an attack on Camp Bastion in Helmand. At that time the militia-airmen were assigned to 46th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron.
Army National Guard’s Company F, 1st Battalion, 169th General Support Aviation Battalion, were honored for conducting at least 471 rescue missions. Officials say the 43 militiamen saved the lives of 527 U.S. & NATO-ISAF personnel and U.S. puppets (Afghan government forces): “….Soldiers from the states of Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and Missouri were assigned to the unit to round out the total strength to 101 members. For this reason Company F units went by the radio call sign of ‘Jigsaw’ because National Guard troops from four states came together like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle to form a unified whole….During their 10-month deployment the unit’s soldiers conducted 471 missions during which they transported 527 American, coalition and Afghan soldiers and Afghan civilians…..”–Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System (DVIDS) report
A female Specialist in the Army National Guard, 508 Military Police, from the U.S. state of New Jersey, won First Runner Up in the Miss American Coed contest after returning from Afghanistan.
19 members of the Army National Guard’s 169th Medevac, from the U.S. state of New Hampshire, returned home from Afghanistan.
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“Those old enough to remember the early `70s are especially nostalgic, as are tea party supporters and people who live in the countryside. Those who say U.S. life has declined are more apt to name politics, the economy, moral values or changes in families as the biggest difference. The 3 in 10 who think life is better are more likely to point to computers and technology as the big change.”-Associated Press
According to the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, 54% of U.S. citizens expect life to suck the big green weenie by 2050. Only 21% think life will improve.
The new survey also shows that the number of U.S. citizens moving away from organized religion has quadrupled since 1972: “Maybe it just means people are thinking for themselves and not following blindly….”-Christine Hicks, Tennessee Methodist
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Growing number of reports say U.S. funded Al Qaeda affiliated groups have captured the Iraqi city of Fallujah. French news media says Iraqi officials admit that at least half the city is now under Al Qaeda control, as are parts of the city of Ramadi. Both cities are in Anbar Province (Al Anbar Governorate), which borders Syria.
Battles in those cities, between U.S. supported Al Qaeda affiliates and the government of Iraq, began on 30 December 2013. French reporters on the scene report they witnessed truck loads of U.S. backed Al Qaeda fighters joining the battles in Anbar Province.
44 political representatives from the Province of Anbar have resigned from the national government. One Member of Parliament was arrested, and his brother and several security guards were killed.
Violence in Iraq has also hit a five year high: 7818 civilians and 1050 government personnel killed in 2013. A week ago, the Obama regime said they would give the Iraqi government weapons to help fight Al Qaeda.
Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs:
Alabama: In Pelham, after 50 years Fran’s Restaurant shut down.
California: In San Diego, Coca Cola laid off 92 bottling employees. The soda pop maker says they plan on closing the bottling factory off state Route 94 at 47th Street. In San Bernardino, Ryder Logistics shut down, 108 jobs lost! Software maker Intuit, laid off at least 47 people across the Golden State.
Georgia: The non-profit Georgia Heritage Center for the Arts shut down. In Thomasville, after 156 years Jerger Jewelers shut down!
Hawaii: Toys N’ Joys shut down after 30 years in business.
Illinois: In Woodridge, Sports Authority shut down. Christian Saint James laid off 125 people at its Chicago Heights and Olympia Fields hospital campuses. Hospital officials directly blame Obama Care: “Under the new law, institutions such as Franciscan St. James are, in fact, encouraged to keep patients out of the hospital, and are penalized for certain hospital re-admissions.”-Franciscan Saint James press release
Kentucky: In Louisville, model train store L&N Trains and Things shut down after 32 years. The owner blames health problems (just in time for Obama Care).
Michigan: Too Big to Jail JP Morgan Chase shutting down their Detroit office. 367 jobs lost!
Nevada: What housing market recovery? In Las Vegas, Too Big to Jail CitiMortgage killing at least 760 jobs! At least one thousand people will lose their jobs across the U.S., it’s part of the banking industry’s contracting mortgage ops, due to crashing demand for new home loans.
New York: Christian Saint James Mercy Hospital shut down their psyc unit. Hospital officials said Obama Care will not fund such in-house psychiatric care operations!
North Carolina: Elizabeth City State University laid off 46 employees. The school’s budget is short $5-million USD, caused by taxpayer funding cuts and declining student enrollment. In Winston, The Screaming Rooster restaurant shut down after only three years in business. The corporate owner, WSRooster, went bankrupt.
Ohio: What housing market recovery? JP Morgan Chase killing another 440 jobs in Columbus, Westerville and Gahanna. The Too Big to Jail bank also closed an office in Cleveland, killing 31 jobs. It’s part of the banking industry’s contracting mortgage ops, due to crashing demand for new home loans. What automotive industry recovery? In Toledo, Chrysler laid off 500 Jeep factory workers! Chrysler officials say the new car market is so slow that they’ve overproduced the new Jeep Cherokee, and have to halt production!
Oklahoma: The Christian God can’t stop the Christian controlled Chesapeake Energy from laying off another 86 employees. This is apparently in addition to the 2-thousand who will become jobless, and after the gas company fired all their in-house Christian chaplains!
Tennessee: The only medical clinic in the town of Trezevant, shut down. McKenzie Regional Hospital operated the West Carroll Medical Clinic and decided they could not continue paying the rent under Obama Care!
Texas: Cardell Cabinetry issued a WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification), saying 903 people will become jobless! The company is now under investigation for violating the WARN law, apparently they closed down their factory before issuing the WARN! Going somewhere? Travcelocity laid off 14 employees in Southlake, and warned more layoffs were coming. The layoffs are connected to Travelocity’s deal with Expedia. What automotive industry recovery? In Houston, Gulf States Toyota laid off 85 people at its vehicle processing center. Company officials say the bad U.S. economy has forced them to change their “business objectives”. In Fort Worth, tax sucker Bell Helicopter laid off more than 300 employees and contractors! Company officials blame it on their main source of revenue, the unstable U.S. government! In Austin, Colorado based Arrow Electronics shut down their office, laying off 60 people.
Wisconsin: Milio’s Sandwiches in Wauwatosa and Waukesha shut down. Local news media says no explanation from company officials. In 2012 the owners claimed they were going to expand over the next five years. In Madison, renewable energy company, Virent, laid off 35 employees.
The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) doesn’t count the hundreds of layoffs involving less than 50 people each, in its mass layoff reports. It also doesn’t count all the little ‘mom & pop’ businesses that shut down.
“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security……..That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013
Badghis Province: In Bala Morghab District, a major battle between Afghan National Army (ANA) and Mujahideen lasted three days, and killed at least 100 people.
Ghazni Province: In Deh Yak District, a tribal elder was assassinated as he left a Mosque. The cops have no idea who did it.
Helmand Province: In Marjah District, two people killed, 10 wounded after a bomb exploded. Nobody is taking credit for the bombing. Then a second explosion in the same district killed one cop and wounded one cop. Also in the same district, villagers report that U.S. led forces kidnapped two people during an Israeli style home invasion.
Kandahar Province: In Panjwai District, four people killed after a motorcycle ran over a landmine. In Maiwand District, a massive suicide attack on a U.S.-NATO-ISAF convoy. Local cops report as many as 30 people killed. The convoy was stopped at a busy market place when the attack took place. No comment from NATO-ISAF.
Kunar Province: In Manogi District, a U.S.-NATO-ISAF drone strike killed at least five people. Of course U.S.-NATO-ISAF officials say those killed were “militants”.
Maidan Wardak Province: In Nerkh District, four cops killed, 19 wounded by suicide bomber. The bomber targeted the district’s police HQ.
Nangarhar Province: A motorcycle bomb exploded near a local university, wounding seven people. Police arrested the owner of the motorcycle, who is also a student at the university. In Ghani Khail District, Mujahideen claim they killed two U.S.-NATO-ISAF personnel in an ambush on a military convoy. In Bati Kot District, villagers say an Israeli style home invasion resulted in three brothers being shot and killed.
Zabul Province: In Arghandab District, the district police chief and six cops were wounded by an explosion. Three cops were killed.
Transparency International (TI) list Afghanistan as being tied for first place for corruption. North Korea and Somalia are also tied for top places for corruption. Officials with TI point out that Afghanistan is a major failure as the U.S. led West has poured trillions in taxpayer money, and military domination into a country with a thousand year history of anarchy (localized self rule, no centralized government system).
The U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) blames the U.S. Department of Defense for failing to provide oversight for the billions in lost taxpayer dollars sent to Afghanistan!
NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, said NATO would withdraw all its troops from Afghanistan if President Hamid Karzai does not sign the Obama regime’s bilateral security agreement. But wait, isn’t that what most people in Afghanistan want? Isn’t that what most people in the United States and Europe want? Why is Obama pushing to stay when he promised to leave?
The U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, said the Obama regime will except the signature of the Afghan Defense Minister on the Obama regime’s so called security deal. This is because President Karzai continues to complain about the details of the deal, and he has repeatedly stated he would rather the U.S. forces would leave Afghanistan! However, Kerry’s ploy backfired when Karzai banned any minister from signing the deal: “President Karzai wants an absolute end to the military operations on Afghan homes and a meaningful start to the peace process, and we are certain that the Americans can practically do that within days or weeks. As long as these demands are not accepted, President Karzai will not authorize any minister to sign it!”-Aimal Faizi, spokesman for President Hamid Karzai
The Obama regime’s security deal with Afghanistan is actually part of the new Title 10. This involves the role of the U.S. military with NATO members, and affiliated non-members. The New Jersey National Guard has already gone through Title 10 training in Germany. This training is planned for every month through to the end of 2014 (when U.S.-NATO is supposedly going to leave Afghanistan). Title 10 is all part of creating a greater NATO: “They are mainly concerned with Title 10 training……to make sure U.S. Army units are well integrated with our NATO and multinational partners….The training is exactly in harmony with what we want to attain in the whole of NATO.”-Colonel Thomas S. Matsel, Joint Multinational Training Command
Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 294th Infantry Regiment, from the U.S. territory of Guam, were told they will be going home one month early. At least three Guam militiamen were killed in Afghanistan.
Army National Guard’s 141st Military History Detachment, from the U.S. state of Washington, are in Afghanistan to compile an official history for the Center for Military History in Washington DC.
In the U.S. state of North Dakota, four militiamen from the 1919th Contingency Contracting Team returned from Afghanistan and Qatar. Also, 40 militiamen with the 814th Medical Company deployed to Afghanistan.
A member of the Oklahoma Army National Guard, now serving in Afghanistan, is asking the Tulsa courts to hold off on a grand jury trial until he gets back from combat! The militiaman used to be a Owasso City councilman, but along with other city officials is being accused of malfeasance. The former councilman says he is involved with top secret heliborne ops and there is no way he can end his tour early. Attempts to use the internet or social media to get his testimony in court have failed.
A member of the Maryland Army National Guard is wanted by the FBI. The militiaman is in Afghanistan, but his civilian job is being a Baltimore City police officer. The FBI says the cop by day, and militiaman on weekend drills, is connected to the Black Guerrilla Family gang. It’s all part of the FBI’s investigation of mass cop corruption at the Baltimore Jail! The FBI is working to have the militiaman extradited back to Baltimore.
The National Guard from the U.S. states of Mississippi and Montana, are taking part in so called anti-drug ops with the government of Kyrgyzstan. They claim they are stopping the drugs coming out of U.S. controlled Afghanistan. It’s part of the 2011 DOD Counternarcotics and Global Terrorism Strategy.
Air National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing, 103rd Rescue Squadron, from the U.S. state of New York, presented six militia-airmen with medals of valor: “On Dec. 10, 2012 the six 103rd Rescue Squadron Airmen were the Guardian Angel team assigned to man two HH-60 Pavehawk rescue helicopters….A friendly platoon (about 25 Soldiers) had been ambushed and the four Soldiers….were very badly injured.The friendly unit was still under Taliban fire…..the Air Guardsmen…..treated three patients with gunshot and shrapnel wounds and also stabilized a gravely wounded American Soldier who was missing his legs and an arm….called in support from the HH-60 Pavehawk helicopters and a pair of Army Kiowa Warrior OH-58 helicopter gunships….evacuated back to the combat surgical hospital at Kandahar Airfield. Unfortunately the triple amputee….died…”
Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs:
Blackberry now says at least 45-hundred jobs will be killed! Blackberry is being forced to restructure due to crashing sales.
Alabama: More coal mine shut downs. Rocky Mountain Mining and Twin Pines laid off a combined 113 people!
California: Tax sucker Boeing laid off 51 people across the not so Golden State. In San Francisco, John Muir Health begging 212 employees to voluntarily quit! This is on top of the 540 employees that are being laid off!!! CEO, Cal Knight, referred to Obama Care when he said “In this new health care environment, our current costs are not sustainable in the long run.” In San Jose, Tico’s Tacos shut down after 56 years in business. In Sacramento, eight Papa John’s take-n-bake pizza places shut down without notice! 50+ employees will not get their final paychecks (I’ve experienced that). Company officials said only that it was due to “…circumstances beyond our control…” (In my case the circumstances beyond my employer’s control was the state of Idaho seizing all her assets, for failure to pay taxes/fines, then telling we employees there was nothing left over to pay us with. In other words the state killed our jobs and took our money! And conveniently none of us qualified for unemployment under the state’s draconian Right to Work you over unemployment compensation program) In El Centro, International Paper shut down. 110 jobs lost!
Florida: In Jacksonville, cigar maker Swisher International laid off 250 people! Company officials blamed government regulations for their decision to move ops to Dominican Republic. In Orlando, Darden Restaurants laid off 85 people at the HQ. Company officials said they need to save $50-million USD per year!
Illinois: In Kewanee, Charitable Resource Foundation shut down. 60 jobs lost.
Indiana: In Carmel, Frontier Communications laid off 54 employees.
Massachusetts: Harvard Pilgrim Health Care laid off 65 employees. CEO Eric Schultz blamed Obama Care for “….the changing health care environment.” Say, isn’t Obama Care based on Romney Care, and Romney Care was created for Massachusetts?
Michigan: In Berkley, Hiller’s grocery store shut down. Company officials blamed “…many factors…” including the cost of renovation and lack of parking. Basically, the bad economy doesn’t make it worth putting more money into the store.
Minnesota: Crystal Care Home Health Services now bankrupt. Local news reports said employees are working without pay! The health care provider is accused of ripping off Medicaid. 800 employees affected!
Missouri: Bankrupt furniture maker, Furniture Brands/Thomasville, announced they will shut down all corporate owned stores!
New Jersey: The South Brunswick YMCA shut down.
New York: In Wappingers Falls, Southeastern Container shut down. 31 jobs lost.
North Carolina: In Smithfield, electronics maker AB Interconnect shutting down a factory. 70 jobs lost.
Oklahoma: In Tulsa, Steve’s Sundry Books & Magazines shutting down on 31 December 2013. The owner said the timing of the lease expiring and declining book sales seems to indicate she needs “…to begin the next chapter in my life.”
Rhode Island: The Providence Journal laid off about 30 employees. Revenues continue to drop.
South Carolina: In York, Stacy’s Garden Center shut down after 39 years of business. It’s blamed on ‘big box’ competition.
South Dakota: In Huron, tax sucker Raven Aerostar shutting down. 75 jobs lost. Their contracts to supply U.S. military in Iraq and Afghanistan ended.
Texas: In Edinburg, International Paper-Edinburg East Container Plant shut down. 105 jobs lost!
Utah: In Ogden, after 40 years Gardiner’s Sew & Quilt shut down. “We just gotta retire. The years have caught up with us.”-Kurt Gardiner, 80 something years old owner
Washington: Sprint laying off 161 people! Company officials blame it on their takeover of Clearwire. Saint John Medical Center has reduced the hours of its nursing staff. No, it’s not to make the working conditions better, it’s blamed on declining customers and reduced reimbursements from Obama Care. Saint John is owned by PeaceHealth Columbia Network, which recently eliminated 500 jobs at its various hospitals!
West Virginia: In Moundsville, TeleTech shut down. 258 jobs lost!
Wisconsin: In Waunakee, Owens & Minor Distribution shut down. 70 jobs lost.
The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) doesn’t count the hundreds of layoffs involving less than 50 people each, in its mass layoff reports. It also doesn’t count all the little ‘mom & pop’ businesses that shut down.
“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security……..That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013
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Somehow I missed this one: According to a report out of Bloomfield Township (Bloomfield Hills), Michigan, the local Kmart and Sears are closing.
The Kmart had a name change at the beginning of the year, to KDollar. Sears Holdings’ experiment into ‘dollar’ stores failed, because the store shut down this month. Reports said the closing sale discounts were being mirrored at the Bloomfield Township Sears, which implies it is shutting down too. The Sears and KDollar share the same retail property address.
The Disney corporation has decided to stop buying clothing made in Pakistan. Disney’s subsidiary, Marvel, is expected to do the same. The Walt Disney Company has adopted a new Permitted Sourcing Countries list for its slave wage labor made products, and decided Pakistan doesn’t meet their new guidelines.
Pakistani officials believe the new Disney created Permitted Sourcing Countries list will be adopted by U.S. retailers like Sears and Kmart, which could mean a crash in cheap exports from Pakistan by as much as $200-million USD per year.
I find this hypocritical of Disney, and maybe even political, as when you view Disney’s list of “permitted” sources you’ll find countries that are far worse than Pakistan. Also, Pakistan has been spending billions of dollars, and thousands of lives, helping the U.S. fight the so called War on Terror. Yet, U.S. officials and U.S. news media are constantly making Pakistan to look like the bad guy. Is this move by Disney under the guise of “…safe, inclusive, and respectful workplaces…” (soon to be adopted by many other U.S. companies) just a false flag op to crash Pakistan’s economy? After all, where are the most problematic clothing factories right now? Bangladesh, not Pakistan. (Disney swears it does not do business in Bangladesh, yet after every major clothing factory fire there investigators always find clothing with Disney labels on them)
Maybe the real reason Disney is cutting off Pakistan, as a source of products, is that the U.S. (and European) retail economy sucks so bad they just can’t sell all those slave wage labor made products?
Here’s the updated list of U.S. Sears/Kmart store closings since the end of 2011:
Arizona: Scottsdale Sears/Great Indoors, Chandler Sears/Great Indoors.
Alabama: Gadsden Kmart (50 jobs lost), Mobile Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Auburn Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Anniston Kmart (no word yet on how many jobs lost), Birmingham Eastwood Kmart (70 jobs lost).
California: El Monte Sears (at least 40 jobs lost. Damien Arrula, El Monte’s economic development director, said the store manager had lied about what was going on: “The general manager of the store had just indicated to me that they were remodeling.”), two San Diego Sears (at least 80 jobs lost), Pleasant Hill Kmart (more than 50 jobs lost), Torrance Kmart, Fairfield Kmart (63 jobs lost), Lampert owned OSH taken over by Lowe’s home improvement in bankruptcy court, at least 17 of 99 stores to be closed down (935 jobs lost!), Rancho Cordova Kmart (97 jobs lost), San Clemente Kmart/Sears/Kmart on Camino de Estrella (58 jobs lost), placed on an official hit list in 2011 the Oceanside Kmart on College Boulevard finally being shut down.
Colorado: Broomfield Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Glenwood Springs Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lone Tree Sears/Great Indoors, Longmont Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Pueblos’ South Side Kmart (52 jobs lost), Denver Kmart (number of jobs lost have not been made public at this time, but could be at least 40).
Connecticut: Waterbury Big Kmart.
Georgia: Macon Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Buford Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Douglasville Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Atlanta Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Columbus Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Jonesboro Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Cartersville Kmart (74 jobs lost), Hiram Kmart (53 jobs lost).
Guam: Sears Hometown Store.
Florida: Fernandina Beach Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Callaway Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Orange City Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Deland Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Stuart Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), West Palm Beach Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Port St. Lucie Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Crystal River Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), New Smyrna Beach Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Saint Augustine Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Pompano Beach Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Jacksonville Kmart on 5751 Beach Boulevard (71 jobs lost), second Kmart in Jacksonville on 4645 Blanding Boulevard (83 jobs lost), Ocoee Sears (102 jobs lost), Pensacola Kmart on Airport Boulevard closed in 2011, Pensacola Kmart on Mobile Highway closed in February 2013 (69 jobs lost), Pensacola Kmart on East 9 Mile Road will close in May (73 jobs lost), Hialeah Kmart (67 jobs lost), Bonita Springs Kmart (67 jobs lost), Mount Dora Kmart (100 jobs lost), Lake Mary Kmart, Panama City Beach Kmart (54 jobs lost).
Hawaii: Honolulu Sears (owned by GGP, 372 jobs lost!!!), Kauai Sears (41 jobs lost), Iwilei-Honolulu Kmart for lease (no confirmation of store closing).
One corner of the half vacant Chubbuck, Idaho, Sears. No official closing announcement was made.
Idaho: Lewiston Sears (at least 60 jobs lost). No official announcement, but it’s painfully obvious the Chubbuck Pine Ridge Mall Sears going’ down. Or, maybe it’s preps for Shop within a Shop, or one of those domestic spy data storage centers? On 07 November 2013, GGP sold off the Pine Ridge Mall for a paltry $9 million USD.
Ever since the Kmart bankruptcy, this pad site for sale sign has been seen in the Pocatello, Idaho, Big Kmart parking lot. The Kmart is the only building on the lot.
Indiana: Anderson Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Saint John Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Indianapolis Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Richmond Sears (49 jobs lost), South Anthony Kmart (70 jobs lost).
Illinois: Alton Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Melrose Park Sears parts and repair center (50 jobs lost), Zion Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Oak Lawn Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), McHenry Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Peru Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lombard Sears/Great Indoors (at least 40 jobs lost), Fairview Heights Kmart (81 jobs lost), Freeport Kmart (45 jobs lost), Pontiac Kmart (more than 47 jobs lost), Homer Glen Kmart (82 jobs lost), Streator Kmart (45 jobs lost), Lombard Kmart (70 jobs lost), Naperville Kmart (98 jobs lost), Calumet Sears (164 jobs lost), two Sears stores in Grand Crossing area of Chicago (247 jobs lost!), Mount Vernon Sears (68 jobs lost), Moline Sears (at least 60 jobs lost), Homewood Kmart (185 jobs lost), Belvidere Kmart (91 jobs lost), Champaign’s Market Place Mall Sears (56 jobs lost), Sterling Kmart (60 jobs lost). 58 Chicago area stores up for lease or sale. By the way, Illinois elected officials gave Sears Holdings/Hoffman Estates a $150 million USD tax break to keep their headquarters in the state. The tax break was not tied to any promise not to close stores.
Iowa: Cedar Rapids Kmart on 16th Ave (at least 40 jobs lost), Davenport Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Burlington Kmart (50 jobs lost), Coralville Sears (94 jobs lost, this is a store sold to GGP earlier in the year), Cedar Rapids Kmart on Collins Road NE (56 jobs lost).
Kansas: Lawrence Sears (at least 40 jobs lost).
Kentucky: Middlesboro Sears (in September 2012 the Sears store re-opened under independent ownership, official grand re-opening scheduled for November), Winchester Kmart (back in May, Rankin Paynter bought out what was left of the inventory and gave it to charity), Hazard Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lexington Fayette Mall Sears (114 jobs lost!).
Maine: Lewiston Sears (60 to 70 jobs lost), Presque Isle Sears (80 jobs lost).
Maryland: Ellicott Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Gaithersburg Sears/Great Indoors.
Massachusetts: North Reading Sears Hardware store closed, lease not renewed.
Michigan: Novi Sears/Great Indoors, Brighton Sears Grand/Essentials, Harper Woods Sears Full line, Monroe Sears Full line, Adrian Sears Full line, Washington Township Kmart, Chesterfield Kmart, Woodhaven Kmart, Flint Kmart (46 jobs lost), Gaylord Kmart (48 jobs lost), Sterling Kmart (58 jobs lost), recently revealed Bloomfield Township Kmart and Sears.
Minnesota: Willmar Kmart, Duluth Kmart, New Hope Kmart, White Bear Lake Kmart, Bemidji Kmart, Monticello Kmart, GGP owned Sears Auto Center in the Apache Mall closed (10 jobs lost), the entire Sears store in the Apache Mall being sold off.
Mississippi: Jackson Sears Full line, McComb Sears Full line, Columbus Sears Full line, Gautier Sears (71 jobs lost), Waveland Gulfport Kmart (32 jobs lost), Pass Road Gulfport Kmart (52 jobs lost), Pascagoula Sears at the Singing River Mall.
Missouri: Lee’s Summit Sears Grand/Essentials, Saint Louis Sears Full line, High Ridge Kmart (59 jobs lost).
Montana: Missoula Kmart (50 jobs lost).
New Hampshire: Nashau Sears Grand/Essentials, Keene Sears Grand/Essentials, Portsmouth Kmart (30 jobs lost).
North Carolina: Cary Kmart (71 jobs lost), High Point Sears, Moorehead Sears, Rocky Mount Sears, Statesville Sears, Durham Kmart (79 jobs lost), Asheville Kmart (53 jobs lost), West Smithfield Kmart (59 jobs lost), Winston-Salem Kmart (69 jobs lost), Hendersonville Kmart (58 jobs lost), South Ashville Kmart on Hendersonville Road, Raleigh Kmart (88 jobs lost), Garner Kmart.
North Dakota: Jamestown Kmart (45 jobs lost).
New Jersey: Lawnside Kmart (about 80 jobs lost), Howell Kmart (57 jobs lost).
New Mexico: Las Cruces Kmart (58 jobs lost).
New York: Depew (Lancaster?) Kmart (68 jobs lost), Colonie Kmart (72 jobs lost), Fulton Kmart (51 jobs lost).
Ohio: Chagrin Falls Kmart, Springfield Kmart, two Toledo Kmarts, Medina Kmart, Columbus Kmart, Columbus Sears/Great Indoors, Zanesville Sears (67 jobs lost), Trotwood Kmart (71 jobs lost), Austintown Sears auto parts and service on Interstate Boulevard, London Kmart (no word on number of jobs lost), Trotwood Sears (67 jobs lost). Also, Van Wert Sears franchise bought out by Kirk Berryman, owner of Computer & Networking Technologies (CNT), who plans on moving the store to a new location.
Oklahoma: Oklahoma City Sears (98 jobs lost, GGP owned, GGP wants a $2 million sales tax rebate, claiming it’s needed to offset capital investments needed to bring the space up to the standards for potential new tenants).
Oregon: Roseburg Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Tualatin Kmart Center (new property owner from California is tearing everything down for new shopping center, so far no indication the Kmart will be part of the new shopping center), Milwaukie Kmart (61 jobs lost), Coos Bay Kmart (25 jobs lost), Bend Sears (48 jobs lost).
Pennsylvania: Upper Darby Sears Full line, Pottstown Sears Full line, Pittsburgh Kmart, Wilkins Sears, Warminster Kmart (85 jobs lost), Shippensburg Kmart (46 jobs lost), Moon Kmart (143 jobs lost), Bethlehem Township Kmart (62 jobs lost).
South Carolina: Sumter Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Orangeburg Sears (57 jobs lost), Columbia Kmart on Fort Jackson Boulevard in 2012, Columbia Kmart on Bush River Road in 2009, Columbia Kmart on St Andrews Road (66 jobs lost), Irmo Kmart (no info on how many jobs lost), both Greenville Kmarts (140 jobs lost between the two), Mount Pleasant Kmart (43 jobs lost).
Tennessee: Antioch Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Cleveland Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Oak Ridge Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Hendersonville Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Morristown Sears (about 70 jobs lost), Clinton South Kmart, Franklin CoolSprings Galleria Sears (92 jobs lost), Memphis Hickory Ridge mall Sears (job loss data not revealed), 48 years old Nashville Kmart on Nolensville Pike to close by January 2014 (57 jobs lost).
Texas: Two Sears parts and repair centers closing in The Woodlands (117 jobs lost), rebuild center in Garland (58 jobs lost), Farmers Branch Sears/Great Indoors, Houston Sears Great/Indoors.
Utah: Orem Kmart (no details reported).
Virginia: Norfolk Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Midlothian Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Richmond Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lynchburg Sears (84 jobs lost), Fairfax Kmart (no word on how many jobs lost), Christiansburg Sears (59 jobs lost), Norfolk Kmart on East Little Creek Road (77 jobs lost), Manassas Kmart (71 jobs lost).
Washington: Walla Walla Sears Full line (in August 2012, it was reported that an independent owner of Sears Hometown stores will open a store in Walla Walla), Lacey Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Kelso Sears (47 jobs lost), Lakewood Kmart (59 jobs lost), Bellingham Sears (92 jobs lost), Seattle Kmart (85 jobs lost), East Wenatchee Sears (59 jobs lost), Puyallup Kmart (51 jobs lost).
West Virginia: Oak Hill Kmart (59 jobs lost), Morgantown Kmart (100 jobs lost).
Wisconsin: West Baraboo Sears (at least 40 jobs lost, local village officials say the store generated 3% of local tax collections), Rice Lake Kmart (about 71 jobs lost), Brookfield Kmart (56 jobs lost), Racine’s Regency Mall Sears (52 jobs lost), Fort Atkinson Kmart (51 jobs lost).
On top of that, Sears Holdings sold stores to General Growth Properties (GGP), of which it has been reported that most of those stores will be closed.
Here’s the list of 11 Sears stores now owned by GGP:
Iowa: Coral Ridge Mall (it’s official the Sears is closing, see above), and Mall of the Bluffs
Texas: The Woodlands Mall (this does not involve the two repair centers being closed by Sears)
Florida: West Oaks Mall
Utah: Fashion Place, and Provo Towne Centre (note the evil British empire way of spelling town & center. Due to a favorable lease agreement the GGP owned Provo Sears will continue to stay open under Sears Holdings management)
Oklahoma: Quail Springs Mall (it’s official, the Sears closed, see above)
Hawaii: Ala Moana Center (closed, see above)
Washington: Bellis Fair Mall (Bellingham store, see above)
Minnesota: Apache Mall (see update above, GGP will close Sears store by 2014)
Illinois: Market Place Shopping Center (see update above, GGP closing store)
Helmand Province: An explosion at the local National Security Directorate (NDS) compound killed one NDS agent, and wounded two others. In Faqiran village, a U.S.-NATO drone blew up a house, killing a child and two women, one was the mother of the child. President Hamid Karzai says this is proof the United States has “no respect” for others. Officials with U.S. led ISAF claims they were trying to target a “…known insurgent riding a motorbike…” USMC General Dunford officially apologized to Karzai. In Musa Qala District, five people were killed when the vehicle they were in ran over a landmine.
Herat Province: In Shindand District, Afghan National Army forces claim they assassinated a “shadow governor”, along with seven other Mujahideen. ANA says the Mujahideen are running a shadow government in Shindand.
Jowzjan Province: In Aqcha District, villagers claim the local Madrasa was raided by U.S. backed government troops. Three students kidnapped.
Kabul Province: In Kabul City, a political representative was wounded after a suicide bomber ran into the politician’s house and blew up. Two others were wounded. The politician representing Zabul Province is in critical condition.
Kandahar Province: In Daman District, a suicide bomber attacked a dismounted patrol of U.S.-ISAF and ANA personnel. Government officials say the only people killed were the attacker and a child. Two people wounded. Mujahideen say at least 15 people killed.
Kunar Province: In Shegal District, reports that Pakistani artillery fired 20 rounds into the province. Villagers claim property damage, but no casualties.
Nangarhar Province: In Chaparahar District, provincial officials confirm a U.S. drone crashed. Mujahideen confirm they watched the drone crash, but did not claim they shot it down.
Uruzgan Province: Army National Guard 184th Security Force Assistance Team, from the U.S. state of California, claims they’ve properly trained up the provincial police forces.
Afghan defense and interior officials claim the United States has stopped fuel supply and other support for ANA and Afghan National Police forces.
More evil committed by the U.S. Obama regime: The Guardian news source reporting that Afghan men, who marry female U.S. military personnel, are being denied by the U.S. government travel rights to the United States to be with their wives and children.
In the U.S. state of Ohio, the family of a National Guard militia man began a campaign to raise awareness of the massive problem of military personnel being addicted to opiates and opiate related pain killers (opium, heroin, morphine, codeine, hydrocodone, hydromorphone, oxycodone, oxymorphone). Their militia man son killed himself with heroin.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Afghanistan, India and Iran have agreed to create a trilateral transportation deal to boost their economies.
The Health Ministry reports that there has been a 38% increase in AIDS cases from 2012 to 2013, under U.S. occupation.
Once again, the Toyota Corolla was picked as the favorite car in Afghanistan. The reason why are: Price, practicality, availability of parts, reliability and fuel economy.
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“The case of Anastacio Hernandez Rojas is emblematic of a disease that runs to the cold heart of the Obama administration’s immigration policy. The administration’s silence before the killing of innocents is enabling the Border Patrol to continue to kill and abuse with utter impunity. This is an agency that refuses to be accountable to anyone.”-Roberto Lovato, co-founder of Presente
The U.S. backed Drug War in Mexico is getting a lot of people killed, and they’re not even Mexicans! As I’ve written before, most of the people killed in the so called Drug War, are people from Central American countries!
But of course Mexicans are being killed. The latest case involves five Mexican teenagers who were ran over by a pickup truck as they left a Christmas party in Reynosa, Tamaulipas. Officials say it was intentional, and that the occupants of the truck were “gunmen”, although no gun shots were reported.
Most people in Mexico and Central America say they’re Catholic Christians, with a growing number switching to other christian ideologies. It was the Christian George Bush Jr who pushed Mexico into the Drug War, and Christian Barack Obama is continuing it. On the U.S. side of the border U.S. government officials have been busy killing anybody they want, seemingly at random.
Another report revealed that U.S. government agents are also killing U.S. citizens: “Since 2005, on-duty Border Patrol agents and Customs and Border Protection officers have killed at least 42 people, including at least 13 Americans.”
The Institute for Women in Migration reports that their research confirms that 47-thousand migrant workers have been killed in the so called Drug War in Mexico, since the Bush Jr regime started it.
Mexican newspapers are reporting that between 10-thousand and 70-thousand migrants from Central American countries have gone missing inside Mexico! Even the UN suggests that U.S. backed Mexican officials are intentionally looking the other way when it comes to Central American migrants trying to reach the U.S.
The Swiss based Academy of International Humanitarian Law says they’ve confirmed that in 2012 nine thousand people were killed in Mexico, as a result of the Drug War, putting Mexico in second place after Syria. More people were killed in Mexico than in Afghanistan.
The Swiss study also pointed out that many more unsolved and unreported killings in Mexico could be directly attributed to the Drug War, which means Mexico could actually beat out Syria for the most people killed in 2012!
Oh, and for all those ‘mericans that’re sick of those dern Mexicans stealing the very jobs that most ‘mericans wouldn’t take, the study by the Institute for Women in Migration shows that migrant workers going to the U.S. has crashed. In 2007 Latin American migrants heading to the United States, through Mexico, peaked at a record 682-thousand+. By the end of 2012 the number of migrants heading to the U.S. hit a record low of 181-thousand! (that’s a drop of just over half a million migrant workers, for those of you who can’t do the math)
It’s a sign that the U.S. instigated Drug War in Mexico is really targeting migrants, and it’s also a sign of how bad the U.S. economy really is. So shove that up your red neck Estados Unidos Christian asses!
(don’t forget about radioactive material being stolen in broad daylight)
Mexico losing U.S. instigated drug war to Knights Templar!
Mexico kicks out U.S. ‘law enforcement’ agencies, blames them for drug war!
U.S. supported Mexican Generals connected to Drug violence in so called Drug War.
13,000 people killed in the first 9 months of 2011.
U.S. citizens smuggling drugs in and out of Mexico
drug gangs are actually Mexican NAZIs
Mexico’s Drug War, another front in the Control through Chaos