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World War 3: Greek oil tankers bombed after Germany says ‘get the hell outta the EU!’ United Kingdom to vote on rejecting EU membership!

05 January 2015 (09:04 UTC-07 Tango)/14 Rab al’Awwal 1436/15 Dey 1393/15 Yi-Chou 4712

Just days after Germany’s leader essentially told Greece to get out of the European Union, the Libyan air force has bombed a Greek oil tanker in the port of Derna, at least two members of the tanker ship have been killed.  Libyan administrators speculate that the Greeks have been buying oil from pro-Islamic State insurgents, those insurgents control the port (some say the Greeks are actually selling refined fuel to Islamic State).

The Libyan attack on the Greek tanker (owned by Aegean Shipping Enterprises Company) comes at the same time the Libyan parliament issued a statement telling the European Union to get out of north Africa: “Foreign military intervention in Libya is rejected. If we need any military intervention, we will ask our Arab brothers.”-Aqila Issa, speaker of parliament

Over the weekend German Chancellor Angela Merkel reportedly said that if right wingers win the upcoming Greek elections then she would have no problem with Greece leaving the European Union (EU).  Since then other EU members have been scrambling to denounce Merkel’s supposed statements saying EU membership is “irrevocable” and adding an ominous warning for Greek rebellion: “…we will deal with that once the Greek voters have cast their verdict.”-Annika Breidthardt, EU spokeswoman

To add to the EU debacle, United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron announced that he is pushing for a referendum on whether to remain in the EU or not.   If Cameron gets re-‘elected’ this May he says he’ll hold an anti-EU referendum in 2017.

International

World War 3 Afghanistan, 17 – 21 December 2014: CIA admits drone strikes don’t work! Proof it’s a Christian Crusade! Police ordered to attack Pakistan! Increasing number of female Kamikaze bombers! UN declares 2014 “bloodiest year ever” for civilians! U.S. 99% taxpayers create new 1% elites in Afghanistan!

Badakhshan Province: Police have arrested two Mujahideen whom they say cannot recite the Kalimas.  I checked on this Kalima thing and discovered it’s specific to Pakistani Islam, but even the majority of Pakistanis cannot recite all of the ‘Kalimas’.  So what is the point the police are trying to make?

Baghlan Province: In Baghlan City, two explosions targeted the local NDS office, but police say nobody was hurt.

Balkh Province: NATO ‘partner’ Georgia is sending 170 troops, to serve under German command out of Mazar-e-Sharif.

Farah Province: In Bala Balook District, police claim to have killed three Mujahideen.

Faryab Province: It’s been revealed that all the financial efforts of the taxpayers of Finland were wasted! In 2007 Finnish troops left the area, after spending millions building 10 ‘western’ style police stations and a few ‘western’ style schools.  A Finnish (former ISAF) commander (Colonel Ali Mättölä) told Finnish news sources that Mujahideen have either taken control of those buildings, or destroyed them.  He also says Mujahideen effectively control Faryab Province.

Helmand Province: In Lashkar Gah City, a bank was attacked leaving seven people (including Afghan National Army [ANA] personnel) dead and as many wounded.  Police say all the attackers were killed.

Herat Province: In Shindand District, police claim five people blew themselves up while planting a landmine.

Jawzjan Province: In Qawsh Tapa District, seven cops were killed defending their FOB (Forward Operating Base).  Police claim that five Mujahideen were killed as well.

Kabul Province: In Kabul City, Mujahideen claim they’ve killed six NATO personnel, they assume they are Norwegian troops, along with 10 ANA troops.  The Ministry of Defense is reporting battles raging across the country over the past five days, with hundreds of people killed.  The ministry mentioned Helmand, Paktiya, Khost, Uruzgan, Balkh, Jowzjan, Sar-e-Pul and Kunar provinces as being the hot spots. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) says there are at least 107 terrorism ‘hubs’ in Afghanistan, mainly within the province of Kabul.  The NDS admits that security operations have been infiltrated.  Regarding the city of Kabul, the NDS admitted there are only enough security personnel to monitor four access points at any one time, and the city has 26 access points.  Of course NDS administrators are using these claims to justify asking for more money.  As the NDS was asking for more money a Kamikaze car bomber blew up a group of Kabul City police after they tried to stop him from ramming a convoy of ANA-NATO troops.  One cop killed at least three wounded.  The European Union has extended its police ops in Afghanistan until the end of 2016.   EU members will be shelling out an additional 58-million Euros ($90-million USD) in taxes to pay for the European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan.

Kandahar Province: The provincial police chief has given the green light to local police to conduct cross border ops into Pakistan!  He claims it’s the only way they can stop attacks against his province from Pakistan.

Kapisa Provence: A motorcycle bomb targeted the provincial police HQ, the explosion wounding three cops and two civilians.

Kunar Province: In Dangam (aka Dankam) District, battles continue resulting in at least 62 people killed.  A local governor claims they’ve taken territory from the Mujahideen, however, Mujahideen claim they’ve captured nine FOBs.  Police report that a family of seven were killed when they drove over a landmine.

Laghman Province: In Dawlat Shah District, reports of artillery rockets hitting a house, killing a girl and wounding six other family members.

Nangarhar Province: In Jalalabad City, two explosions killed two cops and wounded five.  One bomb was place on a police vehicle, the other bomb was placed on the vehicle belonging to the local administrator in charge of passports.  Days later a ANA vehicle got stuck with a magnetic mine, the explosion killed at least one soldier, Mujahideen claim it was a top U.S. trained ANA special forces officer and that his three bodyguards were also killed.  In the Quram area of Shirzad District, a U.S.-NATO-Afghan drone strike killed at least 11 people in a truck.  In Achin District, battles resulted in at least six people being killed, 11 wounded.  It was a combined op of ANA, Afghan National Police and NDS against Mujahideen.

Sar-e-Pul Province: Police report they’ve arrested ten women who were building bombs for a Kamikaze attack.  The cops claim the women turned out to be “experts” and were trained in Pakistan.  Through interrogations of the women the police now believe there is a huge network of female Mujahideen.

Zabul Province: Mujahideen now claim Shahjoi District to be liberated from U.S. led occupation.

A Pakistani provincial governor is demanding that all Afghan refugees living in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province should be expelled back to Afghanistan by the end of January. He, and even Pakistan’s spy agency, believe the attack on the Pakistani army run school (that left at least 141 dead) was planned by Afghans.

The European country of Romania has promised to send an additional 450 military personnel to Afghanistan, to help support the continued U.S. led occupation.  This is on top of the 200 troops already scheduled to go.

A Reuters report says the overwhelming majority of the $108-Billion U.S. tax dollars (and counting) that was spent in Afghanistan went to “security building”.   Reuters says $61.54-billion went (supposedly) to fighting the ‘Taliban/Al Qaeda’ and building up a ‘western’ style Afghan military.

A Bloomberg report shows exactly where your hard paid taxes go to: The top ten Afghans!

Some excerpts from the report: “In the five years that Mullah Omar and his Taliban regime dominated Afghanistan, ‘foreign currency was rare. There probably wasn’t even $2 million in the market,’ says Khan Mohammad Baz, the bespectacled head of the currency exchange union at Sarai Shahzada, Afghanistan’s central exchange market. ‘By 2003 there was probably $1 billion circulating.’ These days, Baz says, about $20 million worth of business deals are made in a day. The central bank alone pumps about $60 million a week into the market to buy back the Afghan currency and keep it stable.”

“About 36 percent of Afghanistan’s 30 million people live below the poverty line. ‘If you ask people on the streets whether we have a billionaire, they will shrug and say no,’ says a senior Afghan economic official, who asked to remain anonymous because he is privy to sensitive information. ‘But I can tell you with confidence we have many. If the top 10 wealthy men in Afghanistan—I would say 9 of them products of the past 10 years—came together, they could buy this government, the bank, this whole system.'”

“He also helped deliver USAID cash to far-flung districts as part of a jobs program called Cash for Work. He started other businesses as well, importing Iranian biscuits and shampoo from Nimroz, a large border province and hub for smugglers, distributing the products across the country. He invested his earnings abroad, including putting $100,000 into a bakery in the United Arab Emirates. He had become rich—thanks to American spending.”

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) reports a 19% increase in civilian casualties since 2013, making 2014 the bloodiest year yet for the U.S. occupation.   The UN says children have become the main victims.

“This year alone, more local security forces (police and army) have been killed by attacks and in fighting than ever before: 6,000 alone by mid-November, which is more than in the previous 12 years combined. In addition, according to official figures, some 3,000 civilians have also been killed. However, the real figure is probably much higher.”-World Socialist Web Site

WikiLeaks has released a 2009 CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) report which declared HVT (High Value Target Assassination, usually by drone strike) to be “intermittent” at best, because the Mujahideen “…military structure blends a top-down command system with an egalitarian Afghan tribal structure that rules by consensus, making the group more able to withstand HVT operations… …has a high overall ability to replace lost leaders, a centralized but flexible command and control overlaid with egalitarian Pashtun structures, and good succession planning and bench strength, especially at the middle levels…”

The CIA report is very useful for those who rage against the machine, you should check it out by clicking here.

Did anybody pay attention to the ‘end of mission’ ceremony conducted by the U.S. led NATO?  It’s total proof that this is a ‘western Christian’ war against ‘eastern Islam’!  All the top NATO military administrators made it a public point to conduct a ‘western Christian’ style prayer service as part of the ‘end of mission’ ceremony, in plain view of all the Islamic Afghan dignitaries!  What happened to ‘separation of church and state’?

The Army National Guard’s 128th Mobile Public Affairs Department (Utah U.S.A.) returning from Afghanistan.

News reports say half of the Army National Guard’s 454th Engineer Company (Texas U.S.A.) returning from Afghanistan.

60 militiamen of the Army National Guard’s Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 169th General Support Aviation Battalion (Georgia U.S.A.) returning from Afghanistan.

The Army National Guard’s Bilateral Embedded Staff Team A13 (Illinois U.S.A. ) returning from Afghanistan.

The Army National Guard’s 1-230th Air Cavalry (pronounced Cav-all-ry, not cal-vary) Unit (Tennessee U.S.A.) returning from Afghanistan.  In February it was reported that the 1-230th will lose their Kiowa Warrior helicopters when they return. Major General Max Haston spoke out: “We’ve already taken significant reductions in the Air National Guard to the tune of about 200-250 people and now we’re getting ready to look at what’s going to happen to the Army National Guard. If the worst case in the Budget Control Act takes place, the state of Tennessee could lose anywhere from 8-12% of its national guardsmen. That concerns me for the security of this nation….”

12-16 december 2014

 

International

QZ8501 proof that MH370 was False Flag op!

30 December 2014 (14:15 UTC-07 Tango)/08 Rab al’Awwal 1436/09 Dey 1393/09 Bing-Zi (11th month) 4712

The discovery of bodies and debris, just days after AirAsia (Airbus 320-216)  QZ8501 disappeared, is more proof that Malaysia Airlines (Boeing 777-200) MH370 didn’t crash into the ocean.

Administrators in charge of the search for QZ8501 confirm that at least ten pieces of the plane have been found along with luggage and bodies.  So far no debris, luggage or bodies have been found in connection to MH370, which disappeared in March 2014.  Taxpayers in dozens of countries are still paying for the ongoing search for MH370.

crash of new expensive U.S. Air Traffic Control computers revealed to be False Flag op!

Obama first to say where MH370 went, last to offer condolences!

if there ain’t no wreckage then the plane ain’t there!

International

World War 3 Afghanistan, 12 – 16 December 2014: More USAID taxpayer rip offs, proving it was all about the oil! Occupation of Afghanistan is covert child trafficking op?

Balkh Province: Near Mazar-i-Sharif City USAID is about to spend $125-million USD to build a natural gas fired 200mw power plant: “The United States Government is convening international and Afghan business leaders with Afghan Government officials to discuss business opportunities in an exciting new market. This will help meet Afghanistan’s growing demand for power through the development of clean and efficient domestic energy resources.”-Roy Plucknett, USAID deputy mission director

Ghor Province: Independent journalists have discovered that 40 warlords control the province.  The warlords are not Mujahideen but survivors of the civil wars of the 1990s.  It’s estimated they control armies totaling 10-thousand personnel.

Helmand Province: In Washer District, 12 government personnel working to remove landmines near Camp Bastion were shot and killed.  Police claim they engaged Mujahideen on the Helmand-Kandahar highway, killing nine.  Police also reported that two of their own were killed.

Kabul Province: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) reports that children are being trafficked out of Afghanistan through Pakistan.  Recently a man was arrested trying to smuggle 27 children between the ages of five and 10.  In Kabul City, the Secretary of Supreme Court was assassinated when his car was hit by machine-gun fire.  Another Afghan National Army bus was hit by Kamikaze bomber, six killed ten wounded.  The Czech Republic is working a  deal to rebuild outdated T-55 tanks for the Afghan National Army.

Kunduz Province: In Khanabad District, a mortar round impacted on a home, killing a woman and wounding her two children.  Police say it was the result of two unknown groups fighting each other.

Kunar Province: The Afghan National Army reports ongoing battles with “hundreds” of Mujahideen in Dangam District.  At least 45 people killed.  Some reports say militants from Pakistan are involved.

Laghman Province: In Qarghai District, civilians drove over a landmine, one person killed one wounded.

Nangarhar Province: In Pechigram District, the Afghan National Army launched an offensive, claiming to have killed 17 Mujahideen and wounded 16 others.  In Behsood District, children on their way to school tripped a landmine, the explosion wounded six.  In Chaparhar District, a police FOB was attacked, four people killed, four wounded. In the same district police report five Kamikaze bombers killed prematurely when their bomb vests went off too soon.  In Pachir Agam District, several police FOBs were attacked, at least five people killed, dozens wounded.

Nuristan Province: In Want Waigal District, local police called in a U.S.-NATO airstrike (drone) killing eight people.

Parwan Province: After days of U.S.-NATO drone strikes on villages locals got vengeance and bombed Bagram airbase, killing one U.S. Army Specialist and one U.S. Army Sergeant 1st Class.  The U.S. DoD says a Army convoy was hit by explosion, Mujahideen say they attacked the base with multiple artillery rockets.  Reports reveal that the “first U.S. torture victim” was turned over to the Afghan government.

Regarding the school bombing in Pakistan, Afghan Mujahideen suggest it was a False Flag op by government personnel saying  “…Taliban have no voice. The so called spokespersons & statements are from the foreign intelligence services…”  Remember, it was a Pakistan Army run school, so how could such an attack be so successful (141 people killed)?

160 militia-personnel of the Army National Guard’s 136th Engineer Company (Maine U.S.A. ) notified that they will be deploying to Kuwait in 2016, in support of operations in Afghanistan.

06-11-december-2014

International

World War 3 Afghanistan, 06 – 11 December 2014: More taxpayers being raped! Hagel reveals NATO rift! True reason for attacks on schools; privatization! PayPal refuses to recognize Afghan banks, yet many Afghans now get paid only through PayPal!

Balkh Province: In Chamtal District, a wedding party was attacked with hand grenades, four people killed, 20 wounded.  Police suspect the attackers hated the loud music.

Helmand Province: In Marja District, Mujahideen attacked a police FOB, killing five cops. Police admit that only one Mujahid was killed.

Herat Province: In Shindand District, reports of major firefights during the night, at least one city has been captured by Mujahideen.   A new major railroad project has been signed by China, Iran, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.  The railroad will directly connect Iran with China and will pass through Herat Province.

Kabul Province:  In Kabul City, a Kamikaze bomber killed six Afghan National Army personnel, and wounded 14 after attacking the bus they were riding on.  The Obama regime puppet government of Afghanistan admitted they can’t pay their civil servants! A Reuters report says Afghanistan wants international taxpayers to give them a $537-million USD bailout loan, or better yet, grant!   Another report says many ‘up to date’ Afghans now get paid in one of two main ways; check or PayPal.  The problem with PayPal is that it refuses to deposit money directly into Afghan banks.  Afghans must go through a third party called PayOneer in order to get their money from PayPal.  A Kamikaze bomber attacked Estiqlal High School, killing one German and wounding ten Afghans.  Estiqal is the second oldest private school in Kabul City, managed by the the French Foreign Ministry.  A report reveals the possible reason for attacks on schools; privatization.  It’s called operation Private Education Institutions (PEI) and critics say it will create a huge social class divide.  They also claim that privatization of schools is only undertaken by failed state systems.  An Afghan foreign minister claims Iran will provide 500 university scholarships per year for Afghans to study in Iran.  Outgoing U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel made a surprise visit and announced that the Obama regime will keep at least 10800 personnel in-country through 2015, that’s 1-thousand more than first promised.  Hagel then swore that there will be only 5-thousand U.S. personnel in-country by the end of 2015.  Hagel revealed the Obama regime’s so called troop reduction plan is being delayed because other NATO members are not willing to take up the slack (in other words, the overall NATO troop levels are supposed to be unchanged).    From January to November more than 46-hundred Afghan government personnel have been sacrificed for the United States, making 2014 the “bloodiest year” yet for the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan.  NATO’s International Joint Command (IJC) officially ended operations: “IJC will be subsumed into a coalition that is soon downsizing to about 13-thousand personnel.”-U.S. General John F. Campbell.

Kandahar Province: In Maiwand District, Mujahideen attacked a police compound killing at least 10 people.

Kunduz Province: In Khanabad District, police report that two groups attacked each other, killing three people and wounding at least five.  District administrators say there are hundreds of armed men roaming the area who are not from the district and possibly with the growing Islamic State faction.

Kunar Province: In Shigal District, local government administrators reported they called in a U.S.-NATO airstrike (drone), killing ten people from Pakistan.

Laghman Province: In Alishang District, just days after villagers reported that government security contractors (mercenaries) assassinated several people in a taxi, local government administrators reported they called in a U.S.-NATO airstrike (drone).  Two missiles were fired at a home, killing four people.

Nangarhar Province: In Haska Mina District, local police say four people were killed by unknown gunmen. In Bati Kot District, a Toyota Corolla was car-jacked, with everybody inside.  Mujahideen claim they successfully chased down the car and rescued the occupants.

Nuristan Province: In Waigal District, local government administrators reported they called in a U.S.-NATO airstrike (drone), killing six people and wounding dozens more.

Parwan Province: In Ghorband District, the villagers of Syagard report that a U.S.-NATO drone attacked a group of teenagers, killing five of them.  However, NATO administrators swear the group of teenagers were actually militants and that they killed 17 of them!  To make things more convoluted, unnamed local government administrators in Shenwari District say a U.S.-NATO drone strike killed at least 12 people.   The U.S. Obama regime claims to have shutdown their infamous Bagram prison.  The Obama regime also claims the U.S. is no longer detaining anybody in Afghanistan, but that’s because the U.S. is now transferring their prisoners out-of-country.

In a U.S. federal court in the state of Pennsylvania, two food contractors pled guilty to war profiteering.  Switzerland based Supreme Foodservice GmbH and United Arab Emirates based Supreme Foodservice FZE overcharged U.S. taxpayers in providing food for their military personnel, by as much as 125%!  The two contractors used a third company (JAFCo) in a shell game to hide the exorbitant markups.  The contractors were fined only $389-million, and prohibited from doing business with the U.S. government for only five years.

160 militia-personnel of the Army National Guard’s 1313th Engineer Company (Indiana U.S.A. ) deploying to Kuwait, in support of operations in Afghanistan.

The Army National Guard’s 153rd Brigade Support Battalion (Arizona U.S.A. ) returning from Afghanistan.

The Army National Guard’s 1175th & 1176th Transportation Companies (Tennessee U.S.A. ) returning from Afghanistan.

The European country of Slovakia announced they will send 66 soldiers to Afghanistan, to help the Obama regime’s NATO ops.

01-05-december-2014: USAID global drug dealer

International

World War 3 Afghanistan, 01 – 05 December 2014: Is AIDS the new weapon of choice of the U.S.? Housing bubble bursting in Kabul! U.S. ally involved in counterfeiting? Proof USAID is a Global drug dealer!

Badghis Province: In Bala Murghab District, a U.S.-NATO  trained Afghan National Army soldier joined the Mujahideen and helped lead an attack on other ANA soldiers, killing six of them.  Mujahideen captured a FOB and all the weapons and ammo.

Baghlan Province: In Burka District, a Kamikaze bomber attacked a funeral procession, the targets actually being the cops guarding the procession.  At least nine people killed, and more than 20 wounded.

Helmand Province: UNICEF (United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, formerly known as United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund) reports the U.S. led occupation of Afghanistan has created an “epidemic” of orphaned babies in the province.

Jawzjan Province: In Darzab District, Mujahideen attacked the police station killing four cops including the police chief.

Kabul Province:  The National Directorate of Security (NDS) arrested five people from Africa who were distributing 3-million counterfeit Euros and U.S. Dollars in various parts of the city!  NDS administrators also say the suspects were trying to sell counterfeiting supplies originating from U.S. ally United Arab Emirates!  Obama regime puppet president Mohammad Ashraf Ghani says he will appoint new governors in the provinces of Kunduz, Badghis, Ghazni, Nangarhar and Helmand.  It’s because Mujahideen are kickin’ some big time ass!  At the same time Afghan news media reports that Ghani is actually holding secret peace talks with Mujahideen.  The Ministry of Public of Health is reporting the sudden appearance of HIV-AIDS after the United States occupied the country.  At least 1694 cases are confirmed this year and an estimated 4500 people are infected (this would be called Biological Warfare).  The reduction of foreign government personnel in the city is bursting the housing bubble: “…by the end of 2014 more foreigners will have left Afghanistan. The person who offered their house for rent for USD 10-thousand now is asking USD 5-thousand but no one will take it.”-Yasin, property manager

Kandahar Province: In Spin Boldak District, border police were ambushed, at least three killed.   In Sherzad District, Afghan government personnel supposedly called in a U.S.-NATO airstrike (drone), killing at least eight people.  An explosion was reported in Kandahar City, but no casualties.

Laghman Province: In Alishang District, villagers report they witnessed pro-U.S. government mercenaries (contractors) stop a taxi, then shoot and kill all but one of the riders in the taxi.

Nangarhar Province: In Khogiyani District, villagers report that pro-U.S. government forces kidnapped four people (two adults, two teenagers) then murdered them in an abandoned compound.

Zabul Province: A decorated U.S. Army Special Forces Staff Sergeant from Indiana was shot and killed by Mujahideen.

Iran wants to return 760-thousand Afghan refugees to Afghanistan, but the Obama regime Afghan government is trying to stop that!  The Obama regime Afghan government is begging Iran to allow the refugees to stay for at least one more year.  The United Nations says there are 1-million Afghan refugees in Iran.

Germany has announced it will force its taxpayers to give Afghanistan another 430-million Euros (668-million USD) into 2016.

Rolling Stone magazine has an indepth article on how the U.S. terror group known as USAID has turned Afghanistan into “a nation ruled by drug lords”!

Public Radio International (PRI) reports that there is no help for the estimated 1.6-million drug addicts now in Afghanistan, and they cite the U.S. government for the data!

More proof that corruption begins with the United States: “Our job is to oversee all of the money spent on reconstruction by any agency of the U.S. government in Afghanistan. Up to now that amounts to $104 billion– more than we have spent in any country in the history of the republic……We have made 89 arrests, issued 106 indictments and won 76 convictions. We have reached civil settlements totaling $14.8 million, issued fines and penalties of $16.9 million and have saved or recovered $492.4 million……We can’t impose controls ourselves….People ask me how much money has been wasted….So much money been spent and we haven’t looked at every contract….between $5 billion and $10 billion a year going to support the Afghan government, going to salaries and roads, to support the military. Plus, there is still over $14 billion that has been authorized and appropriated but not yet spent. So money is in the pipeline and it’s going to continue…”-John Sopko, U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, interviewed by The Wall Street Journal

The Army National Guard’s 379th Engineer Company (Massachusetts U.S.A.) returned from Afghanistan.

The Army National Guard’s 252nd Engineer Company (Pennsylvania U.S.A.) returned from Afghanistan.

The Air National Guard’s 142nd Fighter Wing (Oregon U.S.A.) returning from Afghanistan.  They managed $33-million U.S. tax dollars in projects.

26 – 30 November 2014: Bird bombs?

Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings, 13 – 14 October 2014: “…they’re all gone, they’ve ceased to exist.”

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

California:  What automotive industry recovery?  In Sacramento, Harrold Ford car dealer gave state employment administrators a two days notice of laying off 120 employees!  The WARN posting says reason “Not known at this time”.  In Pleasant Hills, Save Mart announced their Lucky grocery store will shutdown in November, 65 jobs lost.  Save Mart administrators blamed the “intense nonunion competitive environment”.  After 48 years The San Francisco Bay Guardian newspaper shutdown, blaming “the economic reality”.

Colorado: The WOLF Sanctuary now bankrupt busted due to the High Park fire.

Illinois: Chicago based CME Group announced it will kill at least 150 tech jobs in order to control “expenses”.  The announcment made investors happy.

Indiana: In Fort Wayne, after 38 years a Time Corners Pizza Hut on Covington Road shutdown due to crashing sales.

Iowa: Six Des Moines area CherryBerry self serve yogurt stores shutdown. Apparently the self serve concept didn’t playout, as the owner said sales totally crashed since last summer.

Louisiana: New Orleans based Peter Mayer Advertising laid off 40 employees after losing a big Century Link contract.

Maryland: In Ellicott City, after 36 years the owners of the Shanty Grille (Crab Shanty) announced they will shutdown after Xmas. The owners called the bad economy a losing uphill battle.

Massachusetts: What automotive industry recovery? Boston based Hill Holiday advertising laying off employees after losing GM’s Cadillac contract.

Nevada: In Las Vegas, only a few months after opening the SLS resort hotel, operators are now laying off an undisclosed number of employees due to lack of business.  The SLS is the result of a $415-million USD remodel of the old Sahara casino.

Pennsylvania: O’Hara Township based Giant Eagle supermarket shutdown in-store child care service at 61 stores across Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Texas: After 113 years (surviving the Great Depression and numerous recessions) Coppel based ALCO (formerly Duckwall-ALCO) is now chapter 11 bankrupt busted and liquidating all 198 stores across the United States, at least 3-thousand jobs lost!  In Addison, Too Big to Jail Bank of America laying off another 75 employees.

West Virginia: After 36 years Winfield Hardware shutdown.   One of the founders of the store said it was the last locally owned hardware store in the area: “We had one in Nitro, one in Poca, one in Eleanor, one in Winfield, and they’re all gone, they’ve ceased to exist.”-Ronnie Matthews

10-12 October 2014

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 shutdown. It doesn’t count people who get a severance for being laid off.

International

False Flag Blow Back: Iran warned Australia for decades, yet Australia protected known terrorist, until yesterday!

16 December 2014 (16:31 UTC-07 Tango)/23 Safar 1436/25 Azar 1393/25 Bing-Zi 4712

It turns out that the ‘terrorist’ that held Sydney, Australia, hostage was a known criminal and wanted by Iranian police, yet British empire Australian administrators refused to hand him over!

In 1996 the ‘terrorist’ fled Iran to Australia, to escape prosecution for embezzlement and operating a false flag travel agency.  Iranian law enforcers (working through InterPol) demanded Australia turn over the suspect, but Aussie administrators refused.

Reports out of Australia show the man had a history of psychological problems.  In 2008, Aussie Shia Muslims went to the Australian government saying he was a charlatan, after he claimed to be a religious leader known as an ayatollah.   He then switched to Sunni Islam, and claimed to support Islamic State, however, Aussie news media claimed the man was a “liberal” Muslim.  He is also suspected in the murder of his second wife and of being a sex criminal.

Maybe this man was really an anti-Iran terrorist who was using his false flag travel agency to sneak in U.S. and British empire supported insurgents into Iran?   Blow-back can be a bitch!

Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings, 10 – 12 October 2014: “Because of the economy…the money wasn’t there.”

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

Alabama: The U.S. Army Fleet Support to layoff as many as 300 people at Fort Rucker, before xmas!  It was revealed by labor unions.  The aircraft maintenance contracts are based on the flying hours of Army aircraft, and since flying hours have been drastically cut (by 49-thousand hours) to save taxpayer money it follows that people will lose their jobs.

Alaska: In Fairbanks, after 68 years Larson’s Fine Jewelers announced they will shutdown after xmas.

California: Kroger announced they’re shutting down yet another Ralph’s grocery store, this time in Santa Clarita in November.  Taxsucking Boeing announced 139 layoffs for December at three locations!  In San Francisco, evil taxsucking British empire company BAE warned of 201 layoffs for September!

Florida: In Tampa, New York based ‘outsourcing’ company IQor shutting down beginning in December, 107 jobs lost!  In Cape Coral, after 50 years Lisa Lynn Dance World shutdown, the owner blames the suck-ass economy for disappearing students: “Because of the economy, the enrollment dropped and the money wasn’t there.”-Rita Rose Meyer

Illinois: In Galva, after 18 years pet food maker All Feed Processing and Packaging shutting down. Apparently they’ve violated many OSHA workplace safety rules.

Iowa: In Evansdale, video store Digital Dog Pound shutdown.

Kentucky: In Louisville, after 34 years the Saint Matthew’s Batting Cages shutdown.

Michigan:  Detroit Medical Center going to a new contracted janitor service putting 565 jobs at seven hospitals in limbo, right before xmas!  Unions are suing saying it violates current deals.

Missouri:  In Saint Louis, Boeing laying off 70 employees as part of the hundreds being laid off across the country in connection with crashing sales of its 777 airliner.

New Hampshire: Now bankrupt Apple computer-phone sapphire supplier GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT) now hangs 900+ jobs in limbo!  Factories in Arizona and Massachusetts could be shut down in December.  Local Mesa, Arizona, news reports say GTAT got big time taxpayer breaks for setting up shop there.  GTAT was supposed to make unbreakable phone screens for Apple, but some reports say the screens didn’t work out the way they were supposed to.

New Jersey: Freefall Adventures skydiving now chapter 11 bankrupt busted, administrators blame the cost of repairs on two aircraft.

North Carolina: Poultry food producer House of Raeford announced they’re shutting down their turkey cooking factory by Xmas, 400 jobs lost! Company administrators say the cost to process turkeys for grocery stores has skyrocketed 250% since last year, and they know customers are not willing to pay for it! House of Raeford is also killing their contracts with 140 turkey farms! In 2013 House of Raeford killed 1060 jobs, again because of skyrocketing operating costs!

08-09 October 2014

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 shutdown. It doesn’t count people who get a severance for being laid off.

Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings, 08 – 09 October 2014: “…the landlord has made the decision to sell…”

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

Alabama: In Spanish Fort, after four years Tacky Jacks restaurant shutdown. The owners say their restaurant needs improvements which they can’t afford.

California: In Davis, eight years old Marrone Bio Innovations announced the elimination of about 35 jobs, blaming crashing sales and a “shareholder revolt”.   In Canoga park, Too Big to Jail Bank of America warned it will layoff 57 people in December.

Florida: Jacksonville based grocery store operator Bi-Lo announced they are shutting down 23 Bi-Lo and Winn Dixie stores by November. That includes the stores in Alabama (mentioned above) and stores in Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina and South Carolina. At least 1-thousand food jobs lost! It’s blamed on Bi-Lo’s takeover of Winn-Dixie and Delhaize America grocery stores.

Indiana: Miami County approved the termination of 11 jobs, and reduce five full time jobs to part time.  County officials are expecting a $2-million USD tax revenue decrease by 2016!

Kentucky:  Huntington Bank shutting down two offices in December.

Michigan: Administrators with Hiller’s grocery stores warned their unionized employees that “severe financial problems” could lead to hundreds of layoffs if a new contract isn’t agreed to. Hiller’s administrators directly blamed skyrocketing Obama Care insurance costs as a major contributor to their “severe financial problems”!

Missouri: Asset manager DST Systems announced it will kill off 150 jobs in Missouri, Connecticut and India!

New York: The city of Lockport eliminated nine jobs without warning.  City administrators say they must borrow $4.6-million to stay alive!  In Rochester, Eastman Kodak announced more layoffs, this time 71 people to become unemployed in December.  In NYC, healthcare provider SinglePoint Care Network warned they will shutdown in January 2015, at least 22 jobs lost.  In Buffalo, food processor Zemco announced they are shutting down in January 2015,  at least 287 jobs lost! In Ronkonkoma, Bay Shore and Coram Suffolk Bus warned their contracts expire in January 2015, putting 508 jobs in limbo!

North Carolina: In Statesville, JR Cigar announced it will shutdown in December, 77 jobs lost.  The property owners are planning to “redevelop” the land.

Ohio: In Lorain, Republic Steel revealed they had laid off 105 employees back in September!  In Canton, a local newspaper reported that Republic Steel laid off more than 100 employees between August and October!  Company administrators blame competition from foreign steel makers, whom they claim are ‘dumping’ steel on the U.S. market.

Pennsylvania: The Bon-Ton announced it will shutdown a store in Pennsylvania and a store in West Virginia, by January 2015, at least 77 jobs lost.  Company administrators blame crashing sales.

Texas: What housing market recovery?  In Plano, Too Big to Jail Bank of America announced it is downsizing its Home Loan Originations units, and killing off 187 jobs in November!  In Houston, after 10 years Spring Branch Health Care Center shutting down: “The facility is being closed as the landlord has made the decision to sell the property to a third party.”-company statement

Wisconsin: Troubled Manitowoc Ice announced even more layoffs, this time 160 people will become unemployed between December 2014 and March 2015!  Back in March 2014 company administrators said they were shifting production of new ice machines to Mexico.  Tax sucking military truck maker Oshkosh announced it is laying off as many as 370 people!  Company administrators proudly stated that despite the reduction in sales “We’re still the number one global manufacturer of tactical wheeled vehicles for the military”.

04-07 October 2014

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 shutdown. It doesn’t count people who get a severance for being laid off.