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U.S.

Great Reneger: Kentucky Militia deploys

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“To say this is a typical deployment would be an under statement. This unit didn’t exist a year ago, not only is it new to Kentucky, it’s new to the Army’s force structure.”-Lieutenant Colonel Tom Roach

“National Guardsmen make up 39% of the operational force. In this day and age, we must rely heavily on one other to meet the demands in such a complex global environment. This unit is a testament of the increased responsibility of the Kentucky National Guard and our ability to answer the call to defend our country.”-Brigadier General Scott Campbell

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

Kentucky National Guard’s  Main Command Post-Operational Detachment of the 101st Airborne Division deploying to Afghanistan for the next 12 months.

GREAT RENEGER: FLORIDA & MASSACHUSETTS MILITIA DEPLOY TO MIDDLE EAST, JOIN IOWA!

AFGHANISTAN WAR, IT’S BACK, BABY! TRUMP DEPLOYS 3,000 MORE TROOPS AS ICC ACCUSES U.S. OF MORE WAR CRIMES!

International, U.S.

New War on Drugs: U.S. taxpayers buy Costa Rica new navy ships!

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“Fully trained and full of conviction, the Costa Rican Coast Guard will return to their country prepared and ready to play a transformational role protecting its waters and safeguarding Costa Rica territory from a scourge of drug trafficking, human trafficking, illegal fishing and other illicit activities.”-Sharon Day, U.S. ambassador to Costa Rica

Costa Rican Coast Guard accepts the gift of two patrol boats in Baltimore, Maryland, 13FEB2018

The U.S. Coast Guard gave (free of charge) the Costa Rican navy two 33.5 meters (110 feet) long patrol boats.  Apparently ‘small gifts’ were also exchanged at the ceremony as the U.S. Coast Guard logged accounting records of such gifts.

The U.S. ambassador to Costa Rica, Sharon Day, claims the gift of $18-million USD worth of Island Class patrol boats to the central American country is going to have a ‘global impact’ in the new war on drugs.

According to The Baltimore Sun, Costa Rica’s public security minister claims there is an expected “cocaine tsunami” coming our way!

This donation of Island Class patrol boats is not the first.  In the recent past Pakistan and Georgia also got two each of the U.S. taxpayer funded Coast Guard cutters.

Rear Admiral Michael J. Haycock explained that if they can’t sell decommissioned boats then they just give them away, because, he claims, scrapping them would actually cost more!

NEW WAR ON DRUGS: COAST GUARD HAULS IN ANOTHER HUGE CATCH OFF FLORIDA!

‘TAXPAYERS’ RESCUE PREGNANT DEER TRAPPED IN COASTAL ROCKS!

U.S. TAXPAYERS FUND POLICE TRAINING & CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN VIETNAM!

Business/Economics, Idaho

“market conditions” blamed on population Death Spiral! : U.S. Industrial/Mining/Logistics layoffs, January 2018

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

Trulia reports that overall housing rents across the United States jumped an average of 19.6% since the end of 2012, even though the majority of working class people saw no increase in pay.

Alabama: Warren Buffet owned clothing maker Fruit of the Loom laid off 72 people at its Russell Brand’s factory in Alexander City.  Local news media reported that ever since Warren Buffet bought the operation (in 2006) there have been continuous layoffs, at one time there were more than 1-thousand people working at the factory, now there’s less than 5-hundred.

 California: Menasha Packaging shutting down its Bloomington location, 25 jobs gone in February.  Zodiac Pool Systems issued a shutdown WARN for its Vista location, 67 jobs gone in October.  Brinderson-Tesoro Martinez Refinery eliminating 94 jobs on March.  Brinderson also eliminating 256 jobs in Wilmington!

Colorado:  Boulder based Star Wars/robot toy maker Sphero eliminating 45 jobs, and shifting to educational products, due to lack of holiday sales of its robot toys.

Connecticut: Southport based Sturm-Ruger laid off 50 gun-making employees at undisclosed locations across the U.S.  It was blamed on a combination of low sales and “employee performance”.

Florida: Texas based ‘outdoor products’ maker Plano Synergy eliminating 104 jobs in Tarpon Springs, by the end of May!

Idaho: In Lewiston, Clearwater Paper announced it will layoff 1-hundred people in May, due to “market conditions”!

Illinois: The Plastics Group issued a shutdown WARN for its factory in Willowbrook, 105 jobs gone starting in March!   Box maker Pactiv issued a shutdown WARN for its Bolingbrook factory, 101 jobs gone in March!  What automotive industry recovery? Germany based Daimler issued a shutdown WARN for its truck parts distribution center in Chicago, 52 jobs gone by the end of March.

Indiana: What automotive industry recovery?  Truck maker Autocar suddenly laid off 70 employees due to crashing sales.   MV Transportation issued a shutdown WARN, 142 jobs gone by the end of March!  Trump’s buddy Carrier continues killing jobs, this time 215!  Supposedly it’s the last round of layoffs connected to Carrier moving some production to Mexico.

Iowa: In Nevada, DuPont eliminating 28 jobs in March.  Germany based Siemens eliminating 202 jobs in Fort Madison, by the end of March!

Kentucky: Kentucky Electric Steel shutting down its factory in Ashland, 113 jobs gone in March!

Louisiana: State Department of Revenue accusing three companies of tax evasion; Elliott Roofing Services, Antunez Painting and Extreme Cars and Trucks.  The companies allegedly avoided payroll taxes by calling their in-house employees ‘independent contractors’.  Nuclear power plant pipe maker CB&I eliminating 163 jobs due to Entergy’s plan to eliminate 123 jobs at the Riverbend nuclear power plant!

Minnesota: Sweden based home appliance maker Electrolux shutting down its factory in Saint Cloud, about 9-hundred jobs gone in 2019, due to consolidation ops!

Mississippi: What construction industry recovery?  Nucor-Kirby Building Systems eliminating 1-hundred jobs due to consolidation of some production to Tennessee!

Missouri: What automotive industry recovery?  Harley Davidson shutting down its factory in Kansas City, 8-hundred jobs gone in Spring 2019!

Nevada: What construction industry recovery? Finished steel products maker Nucor shutting down its American Buildings factory, at least 1-hundred jobs lost to operations in Utah!

New Jersey: Japan owner shipping company MOL eliminating 32 jobs in Woodbridge.  What automotive industry recovery?  Japan owned Toyota-NYK eliminating 75 jobs in Secaucus.

New York:  General Electric (GE) laid off 130 people as part of the larger plan to kill 12-thousand jobs globally!

North Carolina: After getting $475-thousand local tax dollars in incentives Absolute Plastics issued a layoff WARN eliminating 1-hundred of its 150 jobs due to crashing sales!  PRC Industries issued a layoff WARN for its Spruce Pine location, 1-hundred jobs gone by March!  In Indian Trail, RSC Chemical Solutions eliminating 65 jobs between March and the end of June.

Ohio:  Deutschland (Germany) based delivery service DHL outsourcing 229 jobs in Lima, by March!  Fremont Plastic Products shutting down its factory, 185 jobs gone starting in March! What automotive industry recovery?  Chrysler-Fiat-Jeep parts maker Toledo Molding & Die shutting down its North Toledo factory, 120 jobs gone by Spring 2019, due to the shutdown of Jeep Wrangler production!  Korea based Hyundai-Mobis eliminating 572 jobs at its Toledo/Lucas factory, between April 2018 and April 2019!

Oklahoma: More layoffs from oil company Chesapeake Energy, in a surprise announcement 4-hundred employees learned they are soon to be jobless!  Company administrators also revealed they’ve sold-off 25% of its oil wells in an attempt to pay-down debt.

Oregon: General Distributors shutting down its ops in Oregon City, 165 jobs gone!

Pennsylvania: MEPCO issued shutdown WARNs for its coal mines in Green County, 370 jobs gone starting in March!  The largest east coast refinery, Philadelphia Energy Solutions, now bankrupt busted due to federal government imposed Renewable Energy Credit (RIN) which cost the refinery $217-million USD in 2017.  Dover Corporation-Pump Solutions Group issued a shutdown WARN for its North Wales ops, 63 jobs gone between April and December.  Denmark based climate control parts maker Danfoss shutting down its factory in Chambersburg, 70 jobs gone right before Xmas 2018!  Johnson & Johnson issued a ‘phase 2’ shutdown WARN, 34 jobs gone in March.  Pittsburgh Glass Works issued a shutdown WARN for its Creighton location, 61 jobs gone by the end of June.  John Middleton Company issued a shutdown WARN for its tobacco factory in Limerick, 118 jobs gone in April!  Ryder Integrated Logistics eliminating 136 jobs in February!

Texas: Irving based toilet paper and disposable diaper maker Kimberly Clark announced plans to shutdown ten factories worldwide, killing-off 5-thousand jobs over the next year-and-a-half!  Kimberly Clark administrators blame their efforts to reduce costs by $550-million USD, by 2022, on the U.S. population Death Spiral (not enough babies being born).  Offshore rig operator Maersk Drilling laying off 84 people in March, due to loss of contract.  Oil transporter First River Energy now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  New York based petroleum company Hess eliminating 3-hundred jobs in Texas, in an attempt to make a profit for the first time since 2014!

Virginia:  Railroad company Norfolk Southern shutting down its Roanoke dispatch center, 56 jobs affected by consolidation ops.

Washington:   Paper and wood construction products maker Georgia Pacific shutting down its ops in Camas, 243 jobs gone by May!  Tacoma experienced the highest rent increases of any U.S. city in 2017, by 8.8%.  

Wisconsin: Texas based toilet paper and disposable diaper maker Kimberly Clark shutting down two factories, 610 jobs gone by Spring 2019!  Family run Flambeau River Papers suddenly laid off 82 people saying “Paper prices in the commodity grades have really gone down while pulp prices have gone up.”  Bankrupt busted Real Alloy Recycling shutting down its aluminum melting factory in Mount Pleasant, 40 jobs gone.  Illinois based ACCO Brands shutting down its Pleasant Prairie distribution center, 26 jobs gone by the end of May due to a 35% crash in net income.

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Mining/Industrial/Logistics layoffs, December 2017:NEVERENDING “BUSINESS SLOWDOWN”

U.S.

Great Reneger: Florida & Massachusetts Militia deploy to Middle East, join Iowa!

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

In January 2018, Florida National Guard’s 164th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, 3rd Battalion, 116th Field Artillery Regiment deployed to Southwest Asia (Kuwait/Iraq?).

This month (February), Massachusetts National Guard’s 188th Engineering Detachment also deployed, to Kuwait, for Operation Spartan Shield.

Currently the Iowa National Guard’s 248th Aviation Support Battalion is in Kuwait: “It’s been the largest deployment of the Iowa National Guard [since 2011]…”-Major General Timothy Orr, February  2018

These increased National Guard deployments to Southwest Asia coincide with a ‘Army Day’ Task Force Spartan exercise ordered by U.S. Central Command (CentComm) at Udairi Range, Kuwait.

NEW WAR ON DRUGS: COAST GUARD HAULS IN ANOTHER HUGE CATCH OFF FLORIDA!

GREAT RENEGER: OKLAHOMA MILITIA DEPLOYS TO AFGHANISTAN!

Idaho, Technology

Idaho Militia turns information into lethal weapon!

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“Information is a weapon the brigade yields. We’re training Soldiers on their mission command weapons systems. We’re making information more lethal.”-Chief Warrant-3 Jerred Edgar, 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team

Idaho Army National Guard photo by Captain Robert Taylor, 10FEB2018.

Idaho’s Army National Guard signal personnel spent the early part of February learning how to kill using information.  Actually, the 116th Cavalry Brigade (Snake River) has signal corps personnel spread across four northwestern states, Idaho, Montana, Nevada and Oregon.

Typically a “Signal Corps develops, tests, provides, and manages communications and information systems”, but this year the Idaho based Snake River militia decided to weaponize the information they gather in an exercise they called Signal Gunnery: “We wanted to create a process that trains crews in a manner similar to tank gunnery to create shared understanding with commanders.”-CW3 Jerred Edgar

Can you see me now? Idaho Army National Guard photo by Captain Robert Taylor, 10FEB2018.

The week long Signal Gunnery brought at least 60 personnel from four states together at Orchard Combat Training Center (OCTC), south of Boise.  It’s hoped this weaponizing-info-exercise becomes a annual event.

IDAHO MILITIA RANKED 2ND ONLY TO U.S. ARMY!

U.S. NAVY: SICK CALL WITHOUT GOING TO SICK CALL?

Idaho

Idaho Militia ranked 2nd only to U.S. Army!

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Idaho Army National Guard’s Regional Training Site–Maintenance Ordnance Training Battalion is big and bad and getting bigger and badder!

During a November 2017 comprehensive accreditation inspection the Idaho training facility scored an overall 99.2%, getting 100% in five of the seven categories.

The facility is used by hundreds of Guard and U.S. Army personnel each year.  Plans are to expand the training site by 2022,  doubling student enrollment to about 850.

According to military reports the expansion of Idaho’s Maintenance Ordnance Training Battalion, including the creation of additional training battalions, could make it an equal to the U.S. Army’s Fort Benning, Georgia!

OPERATION SNOW BASH: IDAHO TRAINS UP THE CHILDREN, FOR WAR!

IDAHO ONE OF ONLY 11 STATES SUPPLYING MOST OF THE HUMAN CANNON FODDER FOR THE OBAMA REGIME

International

Gun Bans = Oil Wars: Anti-gun DR Congo descends into hell!

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In the past 24 hours violence seemingly has escalated in the pro-U.S.-European oil rich and anti-gun country of ‘Democratic’ Republic of Congo (DR Congo, not to be confused with Republic of Congo).  In one case, news reports of stabbings by knife wielding rebels inside hospitals.

To show you that even Iran is anti-gun, the government run media outlet PressTV actually described the hospital slashers as “gunmen” (Gunmen stab 12 hospitalized patients in DR Congo), even though there are (so far) no news media reports describing the attackers as being armed with guns!

The official government of DR Congo bans the private ownership of guns.  The gun laws of DR Congo are described by international anti-gun organizations as “restrictive”.  To show you how anti-gun the United States government truly is, in 2013 the fake news, I mean propaganda (oh wait, propaganda is the original Fake News) Voice of America reported that rebel groups are conducting anti-anti-gun operations “forcing” families, in the areas under rebel control, to own at least one gun!

The violence in DR Congo got worse after an Israeli oil tycoon (Dan Gertler) discovered massive amounts of oil in the central African country, in 2014.  A similar amount of oil was discovered in neighboring Uganda.  The so called rebels who conducted the hospital knife attack in DR Congo are assumed to be from Uganda, and United Nations peacekeepers in DR Congo believe the violence that has taken place since the discovery of oil is not about civil war, but control of the oil in both DR Congo and Uganda.  ‘Western’ oil companies want to build an oil pipeline from Uganda, through DR Congo, to the Atlantic Ocean.

The recent FitBit fiasco, involving dumb U.S. military personnel allowing a silly-vilian designed electronic device to publicly track their movements, reveals slight U.S. military ops along the Atlantic coastline of Africa, but more U.S. activity is seen on the Indian Ocean side, including in DR Congo’s violent neighbor Uganda.

Here’s some real news reports about what’s happened in DR Congo in the past 24 hours:

DR Congo’s Kabila may finally be stepping down

UNHCR sounds alert as fresh violence in DR Congo’s Ituri province

Renegade DR Congo colonel extradited 

Militia chief turns himself in to Kasai authorities in DR Congo

Burundi extradites more than 30 rebels to DR Congo

DR Congo tells Brussels Airlines to cut flights 

US sanctions four involved in DR Congo violence

The Democratic Republic of Congo deserves a better mining law

02FEB2018: Why Are Ugandan Troops Amassed At the Congo Border 

14JAN2018: DR Congo army launches new operation against Ugandan rebels

2017: US demands cuts to UN’s DRC troop deployment

U.S. COMPANIES TO BEGIN DRILLING IN EGYPT!

PACIFIC ANGEL & OIL, YOUR TAX DOLLARS SPENT ON EDUCATION AND HEALTHCARE IN VIETNAM AND PHILIPPINES!

IDAHO MILITIA RETURNS FROM MALAYSIA, IS IT ABOUT THE OIL?

NEW OIL WAR, TRUMP DEPLOYS COMBAT TROOPS TO PHILIPPINES?

OLD OIL WAR, U.S. FORCES KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN, DAY AFTER U.S. FORCES KILLED AFGHAN POLICE!

GUN BAN FAIL, CALIFORNIA ANTI-GUN LAWS FAIL TO STOP COP FROM HAVING HIS OWN GUNS STOLEN!

2015: US troops support DR Congo’s Logistics School

PROOF IT’S ABOUT LEVIATHAN AS ISRAEL DISCOVERS OIL IN SYRIA!

2013: MORE PROOF THE WAR IN SYRIA, AND IN LEBANON, IS ABOUT LEVIATHAN’S PETROLEUM! PREEMPTIVE STRIKE AGAINST RUSSIA!

WHAT THE ISRAELIS SAID IN 2012 ABOUT THE EVER EXPANDING LEVIATHAN/LEVANT!

2012: RED HORSE, LEVIATHAN & WORLD WAR 3, IT’S ABOUT THE NEW FOUND OIL! 

2011: FORMER U.S. OFFICIAL SUPPORTS MY EARLIER POSTS, SAYING LIBYA IS ABOUT OIL & CHINA

PRESIDENT OBAMA WANTS WAR WITH SYRIA, EU LEADERS WANT WAR WITH SYRIA, CANADA WANTS WAR WITH SYRIA, IT’S ALL ABOUT THE OIL BABY!

U.S. AfriCom, 2009: U.S. Military will Continue Supporting Security Assistance Activities in DR Congo

 

Idaho

Operation Snow Bash: Idaho trains-up the children, for war!

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“A lot of this is teaching resiliency training to military kids so they know how to cope with deployments and know that there’s a support system always there for them.”-Katie Kohlbecker, father is member of Idaho State Militia

Idaho National Guard has a Child and Youth Services program which held a four day Beyond Camp Wonderland-Snow Bash 2018 to instill team building and leadership skills, and build resiliency for tough times ahead, in the children that took part.

Beyond Camp Wonderland-Snow Bash 2018, Cascade, Idaho. Idaho National Guard photo via Captain Robert Taylor, 13JAN2018.

One participant gave ominous Orwellian sounding praise for the program: “Everyone is the same because we all have parents in the military. It’s different than interacting with kids at school because most kids at school don’t have parents in the military and don’t know what it’s like to have a parent gone.”-Elijah Maisey

Keep in mind that Idaho is one of only 11 U.S. states that have the highest per capita participation rate in the U.S. military system! (IDAHO ONE OF ONLY 11 STATES SUPPLYING MOST OF THE HUMAN CANNON FODDER FOR THE OBAMA REGIME)

Children can join the Idaho National Guard Child and Youth Services when they turn ten years old.  They can even gain rank: “It’s rewarding to see the development of the older kids who have transitioned from campers, to counselors to chaperons.”-Colonel Farin Schwartz

Beyond Camp Wonderland-Snow Bash 2018, Cascade, Idaho. Idaho National Guard photo via Captain Robert Taylor, 13JAN2018.

Beyond Camp Wonderland is held every six months.

POCATELLO MILITIA RETURNS FROM MALAYSIA, IS IT ABOUT THE OIL?

GREAT RENEGER TRUMP: IDAHO MILITIA has RECORD NUMBER OF DEPLOYMENTS IN ONE YEAR?

IDAHO AIR NATIONAL GUARD SURROUNDED BY TURKISH TROOPS!

“THIS IS WHERE ARMOR FIGHTS!” IDAHO NATIONAL GUARD RETURNS TO COLD WAR ERA “TOTAL FORCE” WARFARE TRAINING!

WIMP ASS IDAHO GOVERNOR BEGS OBAMA REGIME NOT TO STEAL ARMY NATIONAL GUARD’S AIR ASSETS!

U.S. OCCUPATION OF AFGHANISTAN, 04 JUNE – 07 JUNE: IDAHO GUARDSMAN SHOT. 

Idaho, International

Mattis discovers Singapore’s invasion of Idaho’s Mountain Home AFB!

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U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis greeted at Mountain Home Air Force Base by USAF Colonel Joseph Kunkel, and the Defense Attaché from Singapore. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Jeremy L. Mosier, 16JAN2018.

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U.S. Defense Secretary James N. Mattis speaks to 366th Fighter Wing Airmen, 16JAN2018, at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho. USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Jeremy L. Mosier.

“…the next stop Mountain Home Air Force Base, they have a very, very big range complex in southern Idaho and eastern Oregon.  It includes Strike Eagle fighter squadrons, American, plus a Singaporean squadron…. 

…..So I could also get a — a sense for how we’re doing with this Singaporean Air Force that keeps some of its force here in the states where they have enough room to fly, maneuver, and of course gain the interoperability with the U.S. Air Force.”–James N. Mattis, United States Secretary of Defense, 16JAN2018

USAF photo by Senior Airman Malissa Armstrong.

On 16JAN2018 U.S. Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis paid a visit to Mountain Home Air Force Base, in Idaho.

USAF photo by Senior Airman Malissa Armstrong.

Video: Singapore allowed ‘semi-permanent’ air based inside Idaho! 

May 2009:

Singapore is welcomed to new home away from home, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho

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

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

Business/Economics

Neverending “business slowdown”: U.S. Industrial/Mining/Logistics layoffs, December 2017

Incomplete list of U.S. Mining/Industrial/Logistics job loss/shutdown announcements made in December 2017.

 California: Alstyle Apparels shutting down its Anaheim Distribution Center, 81 jobs gone by February 2018.  Taxsucking Northrop Grumman issued layoff WARNs, 133 jobs gone by February 2018!  Taxsucking Chemring Energetic Devices suddenly shutdown its operations in Torrance, 63 jobs gone.  Toy maker Mattel suddenly laid off 70 people in El Segundo. Logistics company Kalstar eliminating 44 jobs in Oxnard by the end of January 2018.  Los Angeles based wood fiber products company Rentech now chapter 11 bankrupt busted and selling off its Fulghum Fibres and New England Wood Pellet operations.  Oil giant Chevron issued a mass layoff WARN for its  San Joaquin Valley Business Unit, 3-hundred jobs gone between now and the end of 2018!  Packaging company WestRock Converting issued a shutdown WARN for its Moreno Valley operations, 76 jobs gone by the end of February 2018.  What automotive industry recovery?  Zodiac Seats killing more jobs, this time 76 jobs gone as it shuts down its operations in Rancho Cucamonga.

Colorado: Fort Collins based bicycle maker Niner Bikes now chapter 11 bankruptcy busted and for sale.  Administrators said the bankruptcy was the “cleanest and fastest” way to sell the company.

Connecticut: Petroleum company Noble Americas Corporation issued a WARN saying at least 84 people lost their jobs after Xmas, due to the company’s sale to Switzerland based Vitol.  God powerless to stop ‘his’ Knights of Columbus from shutting down their printing operations in New Haven, 36 ‘christian’ jobs lost to outsourcing.

Florida: Gulf Power Company warning of an as-yet-to-be-determined number of layoffs due to ‘corporate realignment’.

Illinois: Plastic packaging company Bemis eliminating 52 jobs by the end of March 2018.  Saint Mary’s Cement eliminating 41 jobs in January 2018, due to “business slowdown”.

Indiana: What automotive industry recovery?  Auto interior parts maker Janesville Acoustics shutting down its factory in Richmond by August 2018, layoffs begin in February.

Iowa: DuPont Pioneer suddenly laid off an undisclosed number of employees, as a result of the DuPont-Dow Chemical merger.  Local news media reminded taxpayers that state leaders gave DuPont $17-million USD as an incentive to maintain 2-thousand-6-hundred jobs in the state.

Kentucky: CLARCOR shutting down an air filter factory, 120 jobs gone by February 2018 due to production being moved to Indiana!

Michigan:  What automotive industry recovery? Ford continues eliminating U.S. jobs this time by demanding 150 Michigan factory workers accept bribes to voluntarily quit (buyouts), blaming it on a surplus of vehicles (lack of U.S. sales)!

Minnesota: 3M shutting down its filter factory in Eagan as part of a global plan to exit the filtration market, 150 Minnesota jobs, and 430 jobs elsewhere, gone by the end of 2018!

New York:  News reports say California based Sanmina is killing more than 161 jobs at its factory in Owego, by March 2018 due to “…current demand levels.”  ReEnergy wood-chip fired power plant in Lyonsdale shutting down due to the expiration of its contract with New York State Energy and Research Development Authority.

North Carolina: Schizophrenic HAECO Americas announced it is laying off an undisclosed number of people at its aircraft interior (Cabin Solutions) factories, yet at the same time claims its opening a new operation that will employ 5-hundred people.

Ohio: After more than 1-hundred years (surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions) Union Metal shutting down, eliminating at least 339 jobs starting the week before Xmas and running through 2018!  Technical Consumer Products issued a WARN, 34 jobs gone in February 2018 due to a merger.  What automotive industry recovery?  Findlay based Cooper Tire suddenly laid off 80 people due to crashing U.S. sales of tires.   Administrators said global sales are up.  Autolite Spark Plug shutting down its factory in Fostoria, the remaining 62 jobs gone by mid-2018.  Local news media reported that in the 1990s the spark-plug factory employed 1-thousand people!

Pennsylvania: Packaging company D&W Fine Pack issued a shutdown WARN for its Hatfield ops, 180 jobs gone by March 2018!

South Dakota: Ohio based wind turbine blade maker Molded Fiber Glass Companies shutting down its factory in Aberdeen, 4-hundred jobs gone by February 2018!

Texas: Petroleum company Noble Americas Corporation issued a WARN saying at least 67 people lost their jobs after Xmas, due to the company’s sale to Switzerland based Vitol.  Cobalt International Energy now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.

Virginia:  Merrifield based Aero-X Golf-Polara Golf now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Mining/Industrial/Logistics layoffs, November 2017: “OUR EFFORT TO FIND A FINANCIAL FUTURE…HAS NOT SUCCEEDED.”