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On 24 August a change of command ceremony was held at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. Alabama National Guard’s 135th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) accepted responsibility for maintaining the fuel, munitions and other essentials at the camp from outgoing U.S. Army Reserve 316th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary).
April 2017: ALABAMA MILITIA DEFENDS KUWAIT AT U.S. TAXPAYER EXPENSE!
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1-151st ARB Forward Arming and Refueling Point training at Fort Stewart, Georgia, 09 JUL 2017
“We’re there to support the Afghanistan Army in their transportation to and from the battle.”-Lieutenant Colonel Brian Pipkin
National Guard units from four U.S. states deploying to Afghanistan; Illinois 2-238th General Support Aviation Battalion, Iowa 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, Pennsylvania Charlie Company 1-151st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion and South Carolina 1-151st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion.
South Carolina National Guard’s 1-151st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion conducts deployment ceremony, 26 AUG 2017
Pennsylvania Charlie Company, 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 151st Aviation Regiment deployment ceremony
Video of AH-64 training, held in July, in preps for deployment to Afghanistan:
Video of AH-64 FARP training at Fort Stewart, Georgia:
Video, AH-64 in reverse gear:
Video, Apache Swarm:
National Guard’s 1-151 ARB pre-deployment training, 11 AUG 2017, McCrady Training Center, South Carolina
April 2017: SOUTH CAROLINA MILITIA’S NEW SWITCH-BLADE APACHE
OLD OIL WAR: U.S. FORCES KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN, DAY AFTER U.S. FORCES KILLED AFGHAN POLICE!
Video of U.S. Coast Guard rescuing people from one of three ships near Port Aransas, Texas, 26 AUG 2017:
Signet Enterprise, one of three ships in distress
Another ship in distress?
Video overflight from Port Aransas to Port O’Connor, Texas, 26 AUG 2017:
25 AUG 2017: U.S. COAST GUARD CONDUCTS 1ST RESCUES DUE TO HURRICANE HARVEY!
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“To our surprise, almost 40% of all animal deaths in Taï National Park we investigated were attributable to anthrax.”-Emmanuel Couacy-Hymann, Ivorian Animal Health Institute.
It’s been two years since I wrote about the bacteria anthrax, and guess what? There’s a new mystery “hybrid” version popping up in tropical Africa.
This is significant because anthrax was never considered a tropical disease. Reports say a new strain of anthrax is wiping out the chimpanzee population in Ivory Coast. Other animals are being killed as well. The new bacteria was actually discovered in 2004, it was considered harmless then, being called Bacillus cereus. It evolved into a new type of anthrax called Bacillus cereus biovar anthracis (Bcbva) by somehow acquiring anthrax DNA.
In Zambia, hunger is being blamed for 5-hundred human cases of anthrax, five people died. The outbreak took place in 2011. Hippos suddenly died-off and starving people ate them. The hippos died of anthrax, you can’t cook out the anthrax bacteria so the people who ate the meat got sick. Well fed researchers discovered that if a person is starving they’ll eat infected food even knowing that it could kill them: “For them finding a dead animal when they’re running low on food reserves at home seems like a good thing. This is why a lot of people took the risk even though they might get anthrax. But my feeling is they weren’t thinking about that risk. They were thinking about how nice it would be to feed their family.”– Melissa Marx, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
In 2016 Russia‘s Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (Яма́ло-Не́нецкий автоно́мный о́круг) was hit by a massive anthrax outbreak, 115 people infected, one person died. The Ministry of Defense deployed chemical units to decontaminate the region using 30 tons of ‘biologically active agents’, as well as evacuate humans. This year about 800-thousand reindeer will be vaccinated against anthrax. Interestingly the area is one of Russia’s largest oil producers. Scientist are blaming the 2016 outbreak on a reindeer mass grave: “There are thousands of such cattle graves across Russia and many of them are inside the Arctic Circle.”-Sergey Netesov, Novosibirsk State University
In 2016 a Russian scientist blamed the Yamal-Nenets outbreak on global warming, and it’s just the beginning: “The rock and soil that forms the Yamal Peninsula contain much ice. Melting may loosen the soil rather quickly, so the probability is high old cattle graves may come to the surface.”-Mikhail Grigoriev, Permafrost Studies Institute-Academy of Sciences
In the European country of Romania two people are confirmed sick with anthrax. Investigators think the husband and wife got infected by animals.
In the Bajaur Agency of Pakistan 26 livestock died of anthrax, vaccination of remaining livestock is underway. Apparently military forces had to protect the veterinarians sent in to vaccinate the herds.
In Nepal, a pregnant rhino found dead in a forest tested positive for anthrax. Administrators of Chitwan National Park are concerned about a possible anthrax outbreak because since 2016 at least 25 rhinos suddenly died.
In Saskatchewan, Canada, a woman was charged with 83 counts of sending anthrax in the mail! Apparently it was some kinda complicated bad joke because a woman from South Carolina, United States, posted a video saying “We made those packages together, with the cookies and rockets and tissue paper. People will think the baking soda is anthrax.” The woman from South Carolina said she was paid to make the video and that she was told it was a promotion for a book. She also contacted police in Saskatchewan, but was told the investigator she needed to talk to was on vacation. The Saskatchewan woman pled not guilty to the 83 charges.
In United States, so far 13 cows have died in Pennington County, South Dakota. Increased cases of anthrax killing livestock being blamed on climate change. News reports say the cows died “rapidly” and people are being told to avoid animals that suddenly died. Vaccination of herds is underway.
Last week the Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) confirmed five cows infected in Crockett County: “Producers are encouraged to remain vigilant and consult with their local veterinary practitioner if they suspect their animals are affected with anthrax or are interested in vaccinating their livestock.”-Susan Rollo, TAHC
In Maryland, the biotech company Altimmune took over biodefense company PharmAthene, both companies specialize in vaccine research for influenza, hepatitis and anthrax.
Remember when the U.S. Army got caught shipping live weaponized anthrax to Republic of Korea (South Korea)? Scientists at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology have combined holographic microscopy with with ‘deep learning’ (artificial intelligence, AI) to create a way to quickly detect weaponized anthrax, within seconds. This is important because current methods can take a full day or longer. The downside is that the AI detector is, at this point, only 96% accurate with only one strain of anthrax, and there are dozens of strains.
CBRN=Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear
OPERATION JUPITER: U.S. ARMY SHUTS DOWN UTAH ANTHRAX FACTORY! GLOBAL UPDATE
OPERATION JUPITER: ANTHRAX IS THE ZOMBIE DISEASE LAZARUS! U.S. SUPPLIES NORTH KOREA WITH ANTHRAX MAKING EQUIPMENT!
Incomplete list of U.S. Mining/Industrial/Logistics job loss/shutdown announcements made in July 2017.
Alabama: McClarin Plastics shutting down its four years old factory in Elmor, in August. Local news media said peak employment was 230 people!
California: Penske Vehicle Services issued a shutdown WARN for its Torrance location, 15 jobs gone by mid-September. Germany based industrial seal maker EagleBurgmann Industries issued a shutdown WARN for its Lakeside operations, 81 jobs gone by mid-September. Boeing issued yet more layoff WARNs, this time 75 jobs gone by mid-September. Payless Shoesource issued a shutdown WARN for its Redlands distribution center, 140 jobs gone by the end of September!
Florida: Brunswick-Sea Ray Boats suddenly laid off 90 people and furloughed another 130, at its Palm Coast factory! 
More railroad layoffs, Jacksonville based CSX announced an additional 7-hundred layoffs on top of the 1-thousand laid off earlier this year!
Georgia: What housing construction industry recovery? One of the biggest carpet makers in the U.S., Beaulieu, is now chapter 11 bankrupt busted. The 40 years old carpet maker blames it on crashing sales.
Illinois: Wholesale broker Aclara SGS suddenly shutdown its operations in Champaign, 79 jobs gone due to loss of contract. Pacific Coast Feather Company issued a shutdown WARN for its Des Plaines ops, 29 jobs gone due to being taken-over by a competitor. Amcor Rigid Plastics issued a shutdown WARN for its Batavia factory, 110 jobs gone by March 2018! What home construction industry recovery? Pace Industries issued a shutdown WARN for its kitchen cabinet ops in Chicago, 120 jobs lost between September and November! Glass maker PPG issued a shutdown WARN for its Chicago ops, 55 jobs gone by October. Window blind maker Newell Brands issued a shutdown WARN for its factory in Downers Grove, 138 jobs gone by June 2018! HVAC company Standard Refrigeration issued a shutdown WARN for its factory in Wood Dale, 102 jobs gone by the end of September! Kane Warehousing issued a layoff WARN for its Romeoville ops, 178 jobs gone by mid-September due to loss of contract!
Indiana: Donald Trump’s favorite HVAC company Carrier going through with mass layoffs, 630 people will become jobless between now and the end of the year, due to Carrier shifting the jobs to Mexico! In Huntington, United Technologies eliminating 7-hundred jobs!
Iowa: Germany based shoe maker/seller Adidas shutting down its Sports Licensed Division office in Cedar Rapids, 120 jobs gone (according to local news reports, but official WARN says 98 jobs) due to Adidas’ exit from NBA licensed products!
Maine: Verso permanently shutdown a paper mill, 120 jobs gone due to crashing sales of paper! The same mill was temporarily shutdown in November 2016, for the same reason. What construction industry recovery? Potvin Construction now chapter 7 bankrupt busted and liquidating, blaming it on a lawsuit.
Maryland: The largest energy ‘retailer’ across North America, Direct Energy, eliminating 108 jobs in Columbia by mid-September! What automotive industry recovery? Sweden based Volvo suddenly laid off employees in Elkridge.
Minnesota: Bankrupt Mesabi Metallics-Essar Steel Minnesota being taken over by a competitor, 25 people are expected to lose their jobs.
New York: Box maker West Rock issued a shutdown WARN for its factory in Wheatley Heights, 152 jobs gone by mid-October! CEVA Logistics issued a shutdown WARN for its Waterford ops, 42 jobs gone by the end of September due to loss of contract. What housing construction industry recovery? Window supplier Zeluck suddenly shutdown its Brooklyn-NYC location, 49 jobs gone.
North Carolina: DuraFiber Technologies issued a factory shutdown WARN for two fatories, 462 jobs gone in September! The factories are now for sale, the company will continue operations in Germany, France and Mexico. Parker Hannifin Corporation-Filtration Group shutting down its factory in Washington city, more than 2-hundred jobs lost to consolidation of operations to outside the state.
Ohio: In Chillicothe, engineered materials maker Glatfelter laying off 90 people at its Paper Machine 24 factory, saying “The supply-demand imbalance in the printing and writing markets continues to put pressure on industry operating rates and selling prices.”
Oklahoma: Oil company ConocoPhillips said it eliminated an undisclosed number of jobs due to an ‘asset sale’.
Pennsylvania: Engineered materials maker Glatfelter laying off 30 people in Spring Grove. More railroad layoffs as GE (General Electric) Locomotive continues killing jobs, this time 575 people in Erie becoming jobless by the end of 2018 as GE consolidates production to Texas! Altria Group -John Middleton shutting down its cigar factory in Limerick, 78 jobs gone in September. HVAC company Elliott Lewis Corporation (ELCO) laid off 74 people in Philadelphia, due to loss of contract. Graham Thermal Products issued a shutdown WARN for its ops in New Castle, 61 jobs gone in September.
South Carolina: North Carolina based DuraFiber Technologies shutting down its factory in Winnsboro, about 40 jobs gone in September, the factory is now for sale.
Tennessee: More railroad layoffs, Norfolk Southern shutting down its Knoxville HQ, consolidating about 50 HQ jobs to locations outside the state. Memphis based FedEx (Federal Express) shutting down all 26 locations in Canada, 2-hundred jobs lost as FedEx exits its 32 years of Canadian shipping in August!
Washington: Interstate Label Company suddenly went chapter 7 bankrupt busted and was liquidated, the owner said “Business had declined since 2008….” Boeing issued another layoff WARN, 220 jobs gone by mid-September! APM Terminals shutting down its Tacoma ops by mid-September. Custom packaging maker KIK Tacoma issued a shutdown WARN for its Tacoma ops, 20 jobs gone by mid-August.
West Virginia: After 80 years Kanawha Electric & Machine suddenly shutdown, the owners blaming the high number of mining industry bankruptcies for its crashing orders.
Wisconsin: What automotive industry recovery? Harley Davidson announced more layoffs, this time 183 people at two U.S. factories will become jobless due to a 9% drop in sales!
Mining/Industrial/Logistics layoffs, June 2017: “CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND OUR CONTROL”
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“It’s likely that these engines came from Ukraine, probably illicitly. The big question is how many they have and whether the Ukrainians are helping them now. I’m very worried.”-Michael Elleman, International Institute for Strategic Studies
It’s been revealed that the U.S.-NATO puppet government of Ukraine might have supplied the engines for the latest Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK, aka North Korea) ballistic missile design.
Two days after a New York Times story officials with the Ukrainian government run missile company Yuzhmash admitted the engines looked a lot like their own RD-250 design. Some news reports say Ukrainian space agency director Yurii Radchenko admitted the North Korean Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) was powered by the RD-250.
Yuzhmash used to make money selling engines to Russia, but that stopped after the Obama regime led coup in 2014. It’s suspected the financially struggling state run company is making money on the ‘black market’.
This is not the first time a DPRK ICBM was discovered to have parts made by NATO allies or even the United States. In 2014, unnamed South Korean government sources revealed that a recovered North Korean missile had electronics that were made in Europe and the United States! The missile was recovered in 2012.
COLORADO AIR MILITIA DEPLOYS TO JAPAN AGAINST KOREA!
U.S. ARMY CONDUCTS LANDMINE TRAINING FOR CHILDREN IN UKRAINE?
OPERATION JUPITER: BIO-CHEMICAL ATTACK IN WASHINGTON STATE? KOREAN CONNECTION?
“If Heaven and Earth by cycles within cycles regulated, what had happened will again occur? Is the Past-the Future?”-Lament and warning from Enki the last ‘god’ on Earth, Lost Book of Enki, 14th Tablet
“If they do not now accept our terms they may expect a rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this earth.”-Harry Truman, President United States 06 August 1945
“They will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen.”-Donald Trump, President United States 08 August 2017
In 1945 President Truman made his threat after the first atomic bomb was dropped. Is President Trump about to go ‘ballistic’?
SUMERIAN LAMENT: SAINT ANDREWS PATRON OF CONFEDERATE STATES, PATRON OF NEW RUSSIA!
ALLERGIES: PROOF THE ZODIAC DIRECTLY AFFECTS YOUR LIFE! THE SUMERIANS WERE RIGHT?
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More proof it’s about destroying your job!
After months of dramatic rescues of ‘migrants’ and ‘refugees’ in the Mediterranean Sea, Italy (Italia) seized a German (Deutsche) operated fishing boat and accused the crew of human trafficking.
The Italian Guardia Costiera (Coast Guard) says they’ve been monitoring the NGO (non-governmental organization) operated boat, named Inuventa, and witnessed several meetings between the crew and known human traffickers.
Inuventa is one of many privately operated so-called refugee rescue boats in the Mediterranean. Just last month Inuventa and a second German operated boat (called Sea-Eye) called for help because they had taken on too many migrants. Inuventa is operated by a group calling itself Jugend Rettet (Youth Rescue), they even have a website. Some news media reports say the Sea-Eye is also being operated by Jugend Rettet.
German news media revealed that Jugend Rettet is one of six NGO ‘rescue’ groups that refuse to sign onto an Italian regulation establishing rules for so-called rescue operations.
For Months the Italian Marina Militare (navy) and Guardia Costiera have been praised for the thousands of people they’ve rescued, but more and more Italians are convinced the whole refugee crisis is a False Flag operation by corporations and puppet governments to bring-in cheap labor, rendering tens of thousands of Italians jobless. In fact the Italian officials are using a new term for the False Flag refugee crisis; clandestine immigration.
Using social media Jugend Rettet denied being detained, or that Innuventa was seized, but did admit “…we are not able to operate in the Search and Rescue Zone at the moment.”
As a result of escalating clandestine immigration, the Italian government approved a plan allowing the Marina Militare to help the weak Libyan government shore up its own naval forces, and to stop human trafficking by sending in a couple of Italian ships to patrol Libyan water (however, some Libyan politicians are protesting the Italian plan).
GREAT RENEGER: TRUMP ALLOWS 15,000 MORE LEGAL MIGRANTS INTO U.S.!
WORLD WAR 3: FBI CANCELS TRIP TO LIBYA!
WORLD WAR 3: ASSASSINATION DRONES OVER LIBYA!
WORLD WAR 3: NAVY SEALS KILLED IN LIBYA!
WORLD WAR 3: USN & USMC ON WAY TO LIBYA!
WORLD WAR 3: U.S. AMBASSADOR TO LIBYA ASSASSINATED, BLOWBACK FOR ASSASSINATING GADDAFI!
Incomplete list of U.S. Mining/Industrial/Logistics job loss/shutdown announcements made in June 2017.
Japan based deadly-failed-air-bag maker Takata filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States through its U.S. operations TK Holdings.
California: What housing market recovery? After 50 years flooring maker Royalty Carpet Mills suddenly and without warning began shutting down numerous operations across The Golden State “effective immediately”. In official WARNs submitted to the state Royalty Carpet Mills stated that 412 jobs were being eliminated by August, no reason given! Glass maker Corning shutdown its Union City operations. Motion control technologies company Parker Hannifin shutting down its ops in Modesto, 362 jobs lost by mid-August! Texas based Benchmark Electronics issued a shutdown WARN for its ops in Anaheim, 75 jobs gone by the end of September. In Scotts Valley the hi-tech company that wanted to force you to turn your ‘dumb’ car into a trackable/controllable ‘smart’ car, Pearl Automation, is now dead, suddenly shutting down due to lack of funding. Boeing continues with the monthly layoff WARNs, this time 87 people will become jobless by the end of August. In Palo Alto, Space Systems-Loral suddenly laid off 173 people blaming lack of orders for satellites!
Florida: Offset printing company Central Florida Press eliminating 142 jobs in Orlando, by mid-August!
Illinois: Light bulb maker Philips issued a shutdown WARN for its factory in Aurora, 201 jobs lost by the end of the year! Oak Brook based metals supplier A.M. Castle now chapter 11 bankrupt busted due to not being able to pay its debts.
Indiana: What automotive industry recovery? In Logansport, Carter Fuel Systems eliminating at least 90 jobs in August, “to better meet the current business climate.”
Kansas: In Hesston, molding services company GVL Poly laying off 50 people at its three years old factory, due to crashing orders from a major buyer. Also in Hesston, despite claiming three years of growth in lawn-care product sales Excel Industries suddenly canceled the third shift at its factory, eliminating 270 jobs! What auto industry recovery? General Motors (GM) canceling third shift at its Fairfax Assembly Plant in Kansas City, 1-thousand jobs gone due to continued crashing sales of Chevy Malibus!
Michigan: What auto industry recovery? General Motors (GM) canceling a shift at its factory in Warren, 3-hundred jobs gone due to continued crashing sales of passenger cars! Local news media stated that since November 2016, GM has killed 5-thousand U.S. jobs!
Minnesota: Pontoon boat maker Premier Marine now chapter 11 bankrupt busted due to “…substantial losses in 2014, 2015 and 2016 attributable to the purchase and manufacture of the Palm Beach and Weeres brands….” which “….were discontinued in January 2017.”
Montana: Pennsylvania based coal company Talon Energy suddenly shutdown its office in Butte, company administrators claim the employees knew of the shutdown since April, it was news to the local news media.
New Jersey: High-temp gasket maker Davlyn eliminating 115 jobs in Monroe, by the end of October! Siemens Postal, Parcel & Airport Logistics eliminating 63 jobs at Newark International Airport. What automotive industry recovery? Fiat-Chrysler announced it is moving its Maserati HQ in Englewood Cliffs to Michigan, 32 jobs affected in August.
New York: Aerospace parts maker Triumph Structures issued a shutdown WARN for its Westbury ops, at least 88 jobs eventually gone due to consolidation. Exel-DHL Supply Chain shutting down delivery ops in Tonawanda, 42 jobs gone by the end of September. L&R Distributors consolidating two warehouses, at least 130 jobs gone by September! Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority canceled its contract with Command Security, 34 jobs suddenly lost.
North Carolina: Hollander Sleep Products shutting down its mattress factory in Gastonia, 60 jobs gone as a result of Hollander’s take-over of a competitor.
Ohio: Navistar issued a layoff WARN for its Truck Specialty Center in Springfield, 81 jobs gone in August. Interestingly local news media said the layoffs were connected to a deal between Navistar and GM, that was supposed to create more jobs.
Oregon: Beaverton based shoe maker Nike announced plans to kill 1-thousand-4-hundred jobs as part of operation Customer Direct Offense! This comes a month after mom-n-pop shoe sellers reported that Nike canceled their orders without explanation.
Pennsylvania: Natural gas industry equipment maker Air Products and Chemical issued a shutdown WARN for its Wilkes-Barre factory, 156 jobs gone by August due to crashing sales!
South Carolina: Boeing announced it will layoff an undisclosed number of people in North Charleston, saying “competition is relentless”.
Tennessee: What auto industry recovery? Auto parts maker International Automotive Components eliminating 160 jobs as it consolidates production at its Dayton operations! Clothier Phillips-Van Heusen (PVH Corp) shutting down its warehouse and distribution center in Chattanooga, 85 jobs gone in July.
Texas: What construction industry recovery? Vision Construction now chapter 11 bankrupt busted blaming “circumstances beyond our control.”
Vermont: The new Wisconsin based owner of Country Home Products-DR Power Equipment shutting down a factory in Winooski, eliminating 67 jobs by the end of the year.
Virginia: In Norfolk, British empire based U.S. tax-sucker BAE Systems laid off 3-hundred people! Local news media said the layoffs are expected, but when you total the number of sub-contractor layoffs caused by BAE it’s actually about 1-thousand people who lost their jobs!
Wisconsin: Plastic packaging maker Bemis eliminating 3-hundred jobs and shutting down two factories this year in an effort to save $60-million USD, it’s blamed on crashing consumer demand!
Mining/Industrial/Logistics layoffs, May 2017: “SIGNIFICANT DOWNTURN IN BUSINESS”
Incomplete list of U.S. Federal/State/Local Government self-destruct announcements for May 2017:
Alabama: Taxpayers in the city of Oxford forced to pay for the former Sears building at the Quintard Mall. The mayor of Oxford recently announced that in an effort to save the local economy they’re willing to buy the property, which has been up for sale since November 2016.
Delaware: After promising a Spring 2016 grand opening (which never happened) the Delaware Sports Complex is already bankrupt busted, it even owes the taxpayers of Middletown $195-thousand USD for building necessary infrastructure for the failed $13-million project. Middletown Mayor Kenneth Branner basically called the administrators of Delaware Sports Complex a bunch of liars: “We don’t know what to do, we don’t know what our next steps are… ….We were led to believe they had the money they needed. They told us they were scheduling tournaments and kept saying they could do it.”
Illinois: Star Center Mall now chapter 11 bankrupt busted and it’s blamed on “the City of Marion regarding disputed bonds.”
Minnesota: Local news media reporting that the taxpayers of Minneapolis are about to become the new ‘landlord’ of the Kmart on Nicolette Avenue. It’s being blamed on the ‘re-connect’ scandal. The $7-million USD proposal will be discussed in June. Local news media also revealed the city made an $8-million offer to buy the Kmart on West Lake Street, last year.
Mississippi: The state Forestry Commission laid off 75 people due to declining tax revenues.
North Carolina: Management consultant contractor CGI Federal shutting down its Durham InfoTech ops due to losing a federal taxpayer funded EPA contract, 1-hundred jobs lost! Surry County condemned the now vacant Kmart building at the Mayberry Mall. The condemnation prevents the property owner from finding a new tenant, until the structural problems are fixed. On top of that, local news media report the property owner is back due on county level property taxes. The action by the county opens the door for use of taxpayer funding to deal with the problem. Alamac American Knits shutting down in Lumberton, 154 remaining jobs gone due to the long term effects of NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)! Administrators stated that before NAFTA went into effect they “…employed 1,000.”
Oregon: SureID suddenly laid off 160 people after losing a tax-sucking U.S. Navy contract!
Puerto Rico: The governor is demanding Title-3 bankruptcy protection for the U.S. territory.
Texas: Taxpayers in the city of Abilene might be forced to pay for the abandoned Kmart as “…funds would be used to acquire, renovate and equip buildings for a new police station, municipal court, water utilities billing, collection and meter-reading offices, and record storage. The cost is estimated at $9 million.” The combination donation-taxpayer funded Houston Symphony announced an undisclosed number of layoffs in an attempt to survive the next ten years. 
Taxpayer funded illegal immigrant ‘shelter provider’ Southwest Key Programs suddenly laid off hundreds of employees “Due to the low number of unaccompanied children crossing our national border, the federal government has instructed all of its shelter contractors, including Southwest Key, that they must decrease the bed capacity…..”
The office of the Texas Comptroller issued a warning over the growing push by big box retailers to use Dark Stores as a way of avoiding their fare share in taxes. Dark Store: A large retail facility that resembles a conventional supermarket or store but is not open to the public, housing goods used to fulfill orders placed online.
Virginia: British empire owned, U.S. tax-sucker BAE Systems suddenly began laying off 3-hundred people in Norfolk, due to uncertainties over the new U.S. Navy taxpayer funded budget!
Wisconsin: The 50+ years old Brookfield Sears Auto Center shutdown, local news media revealed that Brookfield city administrators spent taxpayer money on a five years study to justify creating a taxpayer owned conference center near the Sears Auto Center location. The Economic Development Commission of Fort Atkinson has revealed plans to spend taxpayer money on the now vacant Kmart property. Local news media reported the city Fort Atkinson asked Sears Holdings how much they wanted to sell it for! It’s been revealed that nearly 40 cities are pushing for a new state law that will prevent taxpayers from being forced to pay the property taxes on vacated stores like Target and Sears. It’s a complicated mess, but because of current laws and recent court decisions local Wisconsin taxpayers are being forced to foot the property tax bill on vacated retail spaces! This has led to municipalities using taxpayer funding to sue retailers (most recently Target and Sears) for creating what’s called Dark Stores.
Milwaukee Journal: Dark Stores being used by big box retailers to avoid paying their fare share in property taxes
WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification
Government Shenanigans April 2017: “…..WE ARE MISMANAGING MONEY.”
OBAMACARE ACA DEATH SPIRAL, MAY 2017: “UNSUSTAINABLE FOR OUR COMPANY”
DUMBING DOWN THE U.S. OF A., MAY 2017: “THIS IS VERY TROUBLING, THE WORST I’VE EVER SEEN IT!”