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Business/Economics, Idaho

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings, 13 – 14 January 2015: NASCAR Hall of Fame to be closed? Obamacare targeted killing of thousands of non-profit jobs! More proof oil job losses are not due to oil prices!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

According to the National Association of Counties, only 65 out of 3143 counties across the United States have “fully” ‘recovered’ since 2008!!!

Alabama: Obama Care forcing the only mental hospital in the Tennessee Valley to shutdown?  North Alabama Regional Hospital will shutdown by June, 149 jobs lost!  After 25 years Applebee’s shutting down their Brookwood Village restaurant on 01 February 2015. The Texas based property owner refused to renew the lease with the restaurant.

California: In El Darado Hills, Green Valley Nursery & Landscape shutdown.  The owners blamed the greedy landlord saying “Lease expired and we must sell all our plants and trees immediately.”  In Palo Alto, Tibco Software laid off 80 people without warning.  It could be connected to their $4.3-billion USD sale to evil Vista Equity Partners.  In Santa Clara, Broadcom issued a WARN saying 60 people will become jobless in March.  In Los Angeles, Kroger issued a WARN saying another one of their Ralph’s grocery stores will shutdown, 70 jobs lost in March.  In Santa Barbara, after six years the Bizerk Costume Store shutdown, the owners blamed the greedy landlord, LYNX,  for giving them a 30 day eviction notice (instead of the required 60). Local news sources say LYNX administrators refused to say why they kicked out their tenant.  Bizerk co-owner says its all about jacking up the rent: “At the rates that are being charged on State Street, I think it’s very possible that a lot of chain store business might be taking a loss. I know someone who is a manager at Abercrombie & Fitch on State Street who said they lose $200-thousand a year…..!”-David Sampanis

Colorado: God refuses to stop Obama Care from forcing ‘his’ Arapahoe County based non-profit Catholic Health Initiative from laying off 15-hundred people across the United States!  A study says a new proposed law could kill 1-thousand oil jobs in The Centennial State.  The proposed law would prevent new petroleum wells from being drilled within 2-thousand feet (609 meters) of residences.   Anybody like flaming water coming out of their faucets, even if it means jobs?

Florida: In Miami, Obama Care forcing Crothall Healthcare to layoff 54 employees.  Obama Care forcing non-profit healthcare provider Florida Blue to eliminate 150 jobs!

Georgia: In Augusta, a Big Lots rip off store on Wrightsboro Road shutdown.  Local news reports say company reps refuse to give a reason.   Could it be that there are already several Big Lots in Augusta?  In Atlanta, special effects motion capture company Giant Studios shutdown and sold off their motion capture rights to Lightstorm Entertainment.  Some Giant Studios employees will transfer to Lightstorm’s California offices.

Hawaii: Retail store specializing in anything ‘Hawaiian’ Hilo Hattie shutdown their Kihei store and their Kona store.  Company administrators say they are going to try a new concept of entertainment style retail operations.

Idaho: According to National Association of Counties most recent data eastern Idaho’s Bannock County has failed to make any recovery in the areas of Jobs, Unemployment, GDP or Home Prices since 2008!  Never mind that Bannock County is still assessing the value of homes at tens of thousands of dollars above what they will actually sell for!

Illinois: Chicago based United Airlines revealed it might eliminate 2-thousand jobs despite lower fuel costs!  Administrators want to replace in-house employees with cheap-o contractors.

Indiana: Horse racing gambling company Centaur Gaming announced it is shutting down its off-track Merrillville betting site in March, at least 33 jobs lost.  It’s blamed on the lack of people willing to gamble, the bad economy has resulted in a 50% decline in betting!   Aluminum casting and machining company Harvey Industries revealed they laid off more than 143 people without notice, back in December!  Company administrators would only say “Due to unforeseen business circumstances, we were unable to provide this notice at least sixty (60) days before the layoffs took effect.”

Kentucky: In Louisville, after 18 years Wild and Wooly Video store shutdown, the owner blamed crashing sales ever since 2008.

Nevada: More proof casinos aren’t recession proof; Las Vegas based Caesars Entertainment now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.

New Jersey: Pop corn maker Dale and Thomas Growers announced they will layoff 56 people in March, saying they are “transitioning to a co-manufacturing arrangement in Indiana”.  In Manville, God refuses to stop the Diocese of Metuchen from shutting down ‘his’ Christ the King School.  It’s the 11th ‘christian’ school to be shutdown by the Diocese of Metuchen, since 2009.  It’s blamed on raptured, I mean DSS (what I call Disappearing Student Syndrome).

New Mexico: After eight years free magazine Local iQ ceased publication.

New York: In NYC, restaurant The Palm issued a WARN saying they will shutdown (supposedly for remodeling) in April, 43 jobs lost.  Eastman Kodak continues its slow death layoffs, this time at least 16 people will be let go by April.  In Bayport, Wenner Bakery Products issued a WARN saying they’ll shutdown their Parbake Facility by May, 49 jobs lost.

North Carolina: Wishart Norris Henninger & Pittman law firm finally revealed that they shutdown back in December, blaming a dispute with new management.  The city of Charlotte has admitted it can’t pay off $17.8-million owed to Too Big to Jail Bank of America and Wells Fargo for floating the money losing  NASCAR Hall of Fame!  City administrators admit the loan payments are so big that they can’t even “break even”, and are begging the banks to ‘write down’ the loans, kinda like Greece wants to do with the European Union.

Ohio: In Belmont County, after only three years the local Electronic Recycling Services shutdown without warning.  Apparently the property is being sold off and electronic recycling operations in the county are being consolidated.

Oregon: Georgia Pacific is laying off 40 people, as part of their three years plan to eliminate at least 100 jobs from their Halsey paper mill.

Pennsylvania: After 25 years Booty’s Place restaurant shutdown in the Church Hill Mall, the owner would only say “No comment.”   In Ashely, after 34 years Clark’s Irish Import and Flower Shop shutdown.  The owners blame crashing sales ever since 2008, in other words they haven’t seen any ‘recovery’.

Tennessee: In Somerville, God refuses to stop Obama Care from forcing ‘his’ Methodist Healthcare from shutting down by March.

Texas: The Wall Street Journal warns that Fort Worth based iconic RadioShack is about to go bankrupt busted and will be sold off.  Obama Care forced Harris Health System (formerly Harris County Hospital District) to kill off 260 jobs!  Administrators blamed Obama Care for causing them to lose $70-million!  Houston based infamous Halliburton began another round of layoffs, but don’t blame falling oil prices, it’s because of their takeover of rival Baker Hughes.  In December Halliburton said they would eliminate 1-thousand jobs!

Wisconsin: The South Shore YMCA in Cudahy shutdown.  The greater YMCA of Metro Milwaukee blames it on massive debts.  In Wisconsin Rapids, after 43 years The Gift Tree shutdown.

09-12-January-2015: Obamacare insurance exchange fails, shutsdown!

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

World War 3 Afghanistan, 01 – 05 February 2015: American Sniper dethroned by Red Coat! U.S. Army admits junior officer cover up! USAID spends another $33-million tax dollars! German taxpayers forced to pay for new Afghan utilities!

Ghazni Province: In Andar District, villagers report that government mercenaries (security contractors) attacked a religious Madrasa and burned the Qurans.

Helmand Province:  Police claim they’ve arrested two assassins who told them that people are being paid 50-thousand Pakistani Rupees for each Afghan politician they kill.  Apparently it doesn’t matter if the politician is pro-U.S. occupation or not.  In Washir District, men from the district traveled to Nimrod Province where they kidnapped a man.  The relatives of the kidnap victim said ‘bullshit on that!’ and went on the warpath, following the kidnappers back to Helmand Province.  A firefight ensued, resulting in three of the kidnappers being killed.  The rescuers then hung the bodies from a roadside billboard.  One of the rescuers was killed.

Herat Province: In Chisht Sharif District, four cops killed and three wounded after Mujahideen attacked their checkpoint.  One cop is Missing In Action.  Mujahideen say they captured two cops as well as weapons and ammo.  In Anjil District, a former commander and his wife were assassinated, their daughter was wounded.  In Herat City, a 10th police district checkpoint was attacked, one cop killed two wounded.  At a customs checkpoint two cops were shot and killed by men on motorcycles.  In Gazra District, villagers in the Ziyar Tajar area report that government lackeys assassinated one of their elders.

Kabul Province: Some members of the Afghan parliament are calling for the registration of all Mosques, and a qualification system for new Mosques, proving this U.S. led occupation is a religious war on Islam.  President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani ordered a fraud investigation involving a $215-million USD fuel supply contract for the Ministry of Defense.  It’s the result of investigations by U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR).  At FOB (Forward Operating Base) Oqab, Puerto Rico’s National Guard conducting initial C-130 Hercules maintenance courses for Afghans, who will later go to the United States for further training: “We are trying to provide them aircraft familiarization, much like we do back home. In the Guard, an Airman can go to basic training, and then wait up to a full year to attend training. During that time, we try to provide basic aircraft instruction so they can work and stay motivated.”-Senior Master Sergeant Orlando Guevarez, Puerto Rico Air National Guard

Kandahar Province: In Maiwand District, two policemen shot and killed four other cops. In Kandahar City Mujahideen say they’ve assassinated an agent of the National Directorate of Security, as well as a spy (local contractor) working for the United States.

Nangarhar Province: In Surkh Rowd District, Mujahideen report they’ve captured at least four men who were being paid to terrorize villagers by looting their homes and kidnapping some villagers for ransom.  Mujahideen say initially these ‘terrorists’ were targeting middle and upper class Afghans, but are now targeting everybody.  In Naziyan District, Mujahideen claim they shot down a U.S.-NATO Boeing Chinook helicopter.  They say the Chinook was providing Afghan government forces with air support during an offensive.  Witnesses say the helicopter burst into flames before impacting the ground.

Nimroz Province: In Chakhansur District, Mujahideen ambushed a National Directorate of Security vehicle, killing three NDS agents and wounding three.

Paktika Province: In Yahiya Khail District, government mercenaries (security contractors) demolished 15 homes and one Mosque.  Residents of 100 homes were told they had three days to join with the pro-U.S. government or leave!

Parwan Province: In Charikar City, police say two groups of men started shooting at each other.  Two killed, four wounded.  Police don’t think they’re Mujahideen.

Samangan Province:  It’s been revealed that German taxpayers will spend about $13-million running new electricity power lines to the towns of Aybak and Pir Naghchir.  German taxpayers are funding electricity systems in the provinces of Balkh, Samangan and Baghlan.

26-31 January 2015: Obama deploys 1100 personnel to secret location! 

Pakistan has arrested 70 more Afghans for “illegally” living in Pakistan. Pakistan is also rounding up thousands of Afghan refugees and moving them to the border with Afghanistan.

The British empire is reporting that one of their own Red Coat Royal Marines has topped the kill rate of the late great American Sniper.  They claim the Red Coat now has a higher ‘confirmed’ score, and even sniped 90 people in a single day during a battle in Afghanistan!

The U.S. Army has admitted that they “relaxed” their own rules regarding junior officer conduct records during the invasions and occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan (which confirms many reports of incompetence among officers).    Until now junior officer evaluation reports (for the purpose of promotion) were being covered up, but Secretary of the Army John McHugh has ordered an end to the practice known as “masking”: “….Army officers must clearly demonstrate intellectual, moral and physical characteristics that indicate the potential for enduring service in the profession of arms. Elimination of the masking process supports transparency….”

Medics of the Army National Guard’s Company C, 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment (New Mexico U.S.A.) now undergoing deployment training at Fort Hood, Texas, for a 12 month deployment to Kuwait as part of operations in that region, including Resolute Support.

30 militia-personnel of the Army National Guard’s 38th Military Police Company (Indiana U.S.A.) will be deploying to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs says 22 veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan occupations kill themselves, everyday, in the United States.

The corrupt terror group known as United States Agency for International Development (USAID) pledged to spend $33.8-million on the UN World Food Program’s Proteracted Relief and Recovery Operation (PRRO) in Afghanistan.  It must be noted that the UNWFP issues the same GMO grain that is connected to the ebola outbreak in western Africa. 

Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings, 09 – 12 January 2015: “It was a struggle & we took it as far as it could go.” Obamacare insurance exchange fails, shutsdown! Expensive model kits killing off hobby shops!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

California: In Duarte, France based food services and facilities management Sodexo issued a WARN saying they will shutdown by March, 160 jobs lost!  Redwood City based internet ‘workspace’ company Evernote announced layoffs, the first round saw 20 people in Texas, and globally, become jobless.  More will follow.  Ironically company administrators claim they’re hiring!  In San Francisco, video game maker Kixeye issued a WARN saying 70 people will become jobless in March, however, gaming industry news sources say as many as 100 people have already been laid off!

Florida: In Port Richey, Macy’s issued a WARN saying they will shutdown their Gulf View Square Mall store, 70 people will be laid off by the end of March.  In Miami, Top of the Port Airport Hotel restaurant shutting down in March, 52 jobs lost.

Massachusetts: After 86 years upscale elitist clothing store Louis Boston shutdown.   Debi Greenberg, the current family owner, said the new long term lease was unacceptable and took it as a sign to retire.

Michigan: After 35 years the Sports Leader store in Taylor shutdown.  The owner blames increasing competition: “It was a big ride and a lot of fun while it lasted.  When I started in this line of work I was one of only three…”-Richard Dvorsky

Missouri: Cargill announced it is shutting down their Springfield meat factory by March, 118 jobs lost! Some employees will be able to move to Nebraska or Texas, if they want to keep their Cargill jobs.

Nebraska: In Lincoln, after nearly 60 years Baker Ace Hardware shutting down in March.  The greedy property owners sold the property to an apartment developer.

New York: In DeWitt, Macy’s issued a WARN saying they will shutdown their Shoppingtown Mall store, 87 people will be laid off by the end of April.  In Schenectady, Macy’s issued a WARN saying they will shutdown their Rotterdam Square store, 90 people will be laid off by the end of April.  In NYC, the Aron Streit bakery issued a WARN saying they will cease production by May.  Williamsville based TOPS Markets (aka TOPS Friendly Markets) announced it will shutdown at least 27 pharmacies in its grocery stores in the states of New York, Pennsylvania and Vermont.

North Carolina: Furniture store Blacklion shutdown its Dilworth store.

Ohio: A Cleveland Noodlecat ramen restaurant shutdown, due to disagreements with the property owner over the lease.

Oregon: Obama Care health insurance exchange operation Cover Oregon announced it will layoff its 62 employees by April, blaming the failure of the exchange program!  “The state abandoned the exchange in April after deciding it was cheaper to switch to the federal site than to fix Cover Oregon……Lawmakers plan to pass a bill dissolving Cover Oregon….”-KTVZ

Pennsylvania: After 80 years, Pennsylvania based female clothing store Deb Shops (aka DEB) went chapter 11 bankrupt busted in December, and is now going to shutdown all 287 stores across the United States by April, nearly 3-thousand jobs lost!  In Saint Clair, after 75 years Johnnie’s Servicecenter shutdown, the pissed off owners blamed the bad economy and competition: “It’s sad, you know? It was a struggle and we took it as far as it could go…….Obviously, we didn’t survive this long just from putting the key in the door!”-Dennis Sninsky

Tennessee: In Harding Pike, after only five years it was announced that the Harris Teeter grocery store will shutdown in February. The store was bought out by competitor Kroger, who already has a store in the same area.  Daikin Industries announced they’re shutting down all their Goodman HVAC factories in Tennessee and moving to Texas by 2017,  at least 19-hundred jobs affected!

Texas: In Sharpstown, after 24 years the Jewelry Exchange Center shutdown, apparently the family is moving the store to Sugar Land.

Virginia: In Roanoke, after 15 years Trapézi Furniture shutdown.  The owners of the store also own the property, and they are now renting it out to a physical therapist.

Wisconsin:  Brookfield based commercial printer Mittera announced it will shutdown their recently acquired J.B. Kenehan operations in March, 56 jobs lost.  After 50 years iconic Greenfield News and Hobby store shutdown.  The store was up for sale, with no luck.   “A lot of kids aren’t picking up these hobbies either because they’re being priced out … or because they’d rather go to online or home video games, and it’s hard to counteract that.”-Jeff Reich, editor of Model Retailer,  Kalmbach Publishing

07-08-January-2015: “We cannot continue…” 1 in 7 being evicted!

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, Idaho

Idaho RadioShacks make the closure hit list! 1784 stores across the U.S. to close!

07 February 2015 (00:00 UTC-07 Tango 01)/17 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1436/18 Bahman 1393/19 Bing Yin (12th month) 4712

It’s official, six (of approximately 24) Gem State RadioShack stores will be shutdown, pending a bankruptcy sale to cell phone service company Sprint.

Idaho shutdown list:

152 Bullock #4, Chubbuck
Elm Tree Plaza Suite 101, Meridian
Nampa Business Center, Nampa
733 Yellowstone Ave, Pocatello
3134 E Mullan Ave Ste A, Post Falls
Valley River Center, Rexburg

RadioShack has made public a massive list of 1784 stores across the United States that will be shutdown, called Radio Shack Exhibit 1A, B & C  First, Second & Third Tranche Stores. 

Radio Shack bankrupt busted & dying!

Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings, 07 – 08 January 2015: “We cannot continue…” “We’ve been losing money.” 10-thousand+ job cuts announced! Massive Macy’s & JCPenney shutdowns! Automobile warranties killing off independent autoshops! 1 in 7 being evicted!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

Alabama: British empire Canada owned Cinram Operations shutdown its recently acquired Cottonwood factory without warning, at least 100 jobs lost!  Cinram bought the factory from Japan owned JVC in 2014.

Alaska: The city of Sitka is so broke they are tearing up their paved roads and using gravel, because they can no longer afford to maintain paved roads!

California: Foothill Ranch based Wet Seal said Happy New Year by unleashing their “Store Project” operation which will shutdown 338 stores and render about 37-hundred (3,695 according to the press release, that about half its employees) people jobless in 2015!  In Pacoima, Brice Manufacturing (aka China based HAECO Americas, formerly known as TIMCO Aviation Services) issued a WARN saying they will shutdown seat manufacturing in March, 61 jobs affected.  In Stockton, ASCO Power Tech issued a WARN saying they will shutdown in April, at least 104 jobs lost! In Woodland, Genco issued a WARN saying they will shutdown in March, 50 jobs lost.  Rabobank issued a WARN saying it will shutdown its Imperial office in March, 79 jobs lost.  Australian owned unfair and unbalanced Fox Networks Group will layoff 75 advertising sales reps when they consolidate their broadcast and cable sales departments.  In Glendale and La Crescenta, after almost 70 years Pedrini Music announced it will shutdown both stores in Febraury.  In East Sacramento, after four years Clark’s Corner Bar & Restaurant shutdown without notice.  Local news said only that there were no plans to re-open.

Connecticut: What automotive industry recovery? In Greenwich, after more than 15 years Karl Automotive Service shutdown.  The owner blamed the skyrocketing rent, costs of repairing vehicles and radical changes in factory vehicle warranties: “…the nature of the business has changed significantly in that manufacturers have become more proprietary with their electronics and technology, so we were looking at realistically an investment of another $50,000 to $100,000 in capital for new diagnostic tools!”-Karl Chevrolet

Florida: Jacksonville based women’s ‘clubbing’ clothing chain store Body Central went bankrupt then suddenly decided to shutdown all 265 stores in the United States, 2-thousand 5-hundred jobs lost!

Georgia: Atlanta based iconic Coca-Cola announced it will add another 18-hundred job cuts to the previously announced 2-thousand!

Illinois: What automotive industry recovery? Heavy vehicle maker Caterpillar continued job culling, this time in Decatur and Peoria. 220 people became unemployed due to crashing sales to the mining industry (which includes the oil industry, oil is mined out of the ground)! Iconic McDonald’s announced it will kill off 63 jobs at its Oak Harbor HQ in February. Burger joint administrators admitted that their sales sucked ass for the past 13 months. And administrators of McDonald’s Japan are reeling from crashing sales caused by food shortages, which in turn are being caused by a strike by dock workers on the U.S. west coast which has halted U.S. potato shipments to McDonald’s Japan, and food sabotage (strange things being found in the food).

Indiana: General Mills announced they will shutdown their New Albany Pillsbury frigerated food factory by 2016, at least 400 jobs lost! Company administrators said they have “excess capacity”. That’s corporate speak for too much supply and not enough demand for their products (aka a suck ass economy).

Maine: Bath Iron Works laid off 48 ship builders, due to lack of work.

Michigan: In Ann Arbor, after only 17 months Dancing Dog Gallery shutdown, the owners simply said “We’ve been losing money.”  They explained that their rent, alone, was $5-thousand per month!  What housing market recovery?  In Detroit, “One in seven Detroit residents is threatened with eviction due to tax foreclosure in 2015, according to data compiled by Loveland Technologies.”!!!!!!!

Montana: In Missoula, after 41 years Curley’s restaurant was shutdown and sold off. The manager told local news that the reasons for the sale are private.

New York: In Pomona, Israel based Teva Pharmaceuticals issued a WARN saying they started laying off employees back in December 2014, and it will continue until March 2015.  In Irving, TLC Health Network/Lake Shore Health Care Center issued a WARN saying Obama Care forcing them to shutdown their long term care ops in April, 70 jobs lost.  In Flushing, Spirit Airlines issued a WARN saying they will layoff at least 29 employees in April.  Company administrators are trying to save money by contracting out those jobs.

Ohio: After 34 years Olga’s Kitchen shutdown their Franklin Park Mall store. Cincinnati based Macy’s department store has announced new shutdowns for 2015. At least 14 stores to be shutdown and as many as 2-thousand 5-hundred people to be rendered jobless! In Akron, Coming Attractions Bridal & Formal shutdown.  The pissed off owner blames it on bad publicity after a Texas nurse infected with ebola stopped in: “We had a big opening and we had hoped that the publicity may even have been a good thing, but now we are the Ebola Shop. Customers are tired of hearing ‘Oh, you bought it at the Ebola Shop.‘”-Anna Younker to the Northeast Ohio Media Group

Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh based Education Management shutdown all its Art Institutes across the U.S., killing at least 225 jobs!  Education Management is in big trouble with the federal Department of Education for basically bribing students and violating other federal education laws.  It’s been revealed that the Amazon distribution center near Crafton is now for sale by the property owner, Rugby Realty, who refuses to explain why.  In East Liberty, Notion Restaurant shutdown without notice and is now for sale, despite making the local list of 25 best restaurants.   Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust announced they are selling off their Washington Crown Center and Uniontown Mall.   The evil REIT already sold off $191.7-million worth of commercial property in 2014!

South Carolina: A Piggly Wiggly grocery store shutting down in Summerton. But don’t blame competition, it’s the only grocery store in town! It’s a result of the massive shutdown of Piggly Wiggly stores across the United States.

South Dakota: In Sioux Falls, ‘fair trade’ store Ten Thousand Villages shutdown.  Apparently ‘fair trade’ doesn’t sell, but the owner blamed “location”.

Texas: Plano based JCPenney announced at least seven more store shutdowns, two in South Carolina, three in Ohio, at least one in Illinois and in New York for 2015. The South Carolina stores will be shutdown at the beginning of March. The Illinois, New York and two of the Ohio stores will close in April. A third Ohio store will close in May.  One report says more stores will be shutdown and 2-thousand 2-hundred jobs will be affected! Dallas based Southwest Airlines ended their AirTran flights from Milwaukee to Atlanta and Atlanta to Tampa.

Virginia: What automotive industry recovery? In Salem, Japan owned Yokohama Tire laid off 31 people and cut Friday work hours down by two.  Does this have anything to do with the fact that Yokohama was bribed with $130-million in tax incentives to build a new factory in Columbus, Mississippi?

Washington: After 20 years Seattle based Zombie Studios shutdown.  The video game maker even worked with the U.S. Army to create video games to train soldiers.

Wisconsin: In Glendale, women’s clothing shop Lise & Kato’s shutdown. Here’s what the pissed off owners had to say: “The retail industry, both locally and nationally, has dramatically changed in the last decade. We cannot continue the type of business we have proudly had for these many years: Fair and honest pricing, quality merchandise from principled artists and responsible designers, and attentive customer service. The economic climate, changes in shopping habits, and the transition to an online and mass merchant dominance have all contributed to the closing.”

04-06-January-2015: Individuals flee New York en masse!

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

Staples takes over U.S. Postal Service? Staples takes over Office Depot, 1-thousand closings to follow!

05 February 2015 (11:15 UTC-07 Tango 01)/15 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1436/16 Bahman 1393/17 Bing Yin (12th month) 4712

After shutting down dozens of stores OfficeMax has sold off Office Depot, and not even for cash!  Mitt Romney wunderkind Staples is the new owner of Office Depot after trading $6.3-billion USD worth of stocks for it!  Reports say 1-thousand stores will be shutdown!

The American Postal Workers Union is challenging the sale, calling it “monopolistic and unlawful”.  The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) recently signed a deal with Staples to contract out your local Post Office jobs to Staples!  The administrators of the USPS admitted the contracting out of postal jobs is to greatly reduce pay and eliminate benefits.

Office Depot joins shutdown gang

Staples ups the ante

24/7 Wall St reporting that eight retailers will close more stores in 2013: Best Buy, Sears Holding (Kmart and Sears stores), JCPenney, Office Depot, Barnes & Noble, Gamestop, Office Max and RadioShack. 

Business/Economics, Idaho

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings, 04 – 06 January 2015: Individuals flee New York en masse! CAD & AUD killing U.S. oil jobs, not the drop in oil prices! Secret RadioShack shutdowns? You know the economy is bad when Walmart starts shutting down! Obamacare kills 1-thousand+ jobs in Idaho!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

Alabama: After 38 years the Robert Moore & Co. Christmas Town in Mobile shutdown.  Back in August 2014 the co-owners said their health was not so good and they better quit while they’re ahead.

Alaska: The U.S. Census Bureau reports 10,137 people left the state from July 2013 to July 2014!

California: The U.S. Census Bureau reports a net of 32,090 people left the state from July 2013 to July 2014!  In Turlock, MedicAlert laid off 31 employees, blaming crashing sales.  In Santa Ana, ITT Cannon issued a WARN saying at least 12 people will be laid off in March.  Southern California Edison continues job culling, this time their latest WARN says they will shutdown their San Clemente office, rendering 45 people jobless in March.   RadioShack issued a WARN saying they will shutdown their Woodland distribution center, 57 jobs lost in March.  Also in Woodland, it’s been revealed that Mitt Romney’s wunderkind Staples shutdown.

Connecticut: In New Haven, the Anchor Bar shutdown without notice, local reports say employees were ordered not to say anything to the news media.   The U.S. Census Bureau reports at least 2,664 people left the state from July 2013 to July 2014!  Fairfield based GE (General Electric) canceled Obama Care health insurance for any retired employee who is younger than 65 years!   A judge recently allowed GE to kick all its 65-thousand retirees off of company health insurance and onto expensive private Obama Care insurance!  Obama Care being blamed for the demise of Waterbury Hospital.  Administrators say they are losing $9.7-million USD because of Obama Care, layoffs are imminent and they are now trying to sell the hospital!  Four other non-profit hospitals are up for sale as well!

Hawaii: The U.S. Census Bureau reports a net of 5,141 people left the state from July 2013 to July 2014!  Kayak tour company Kohala Ditch Adventures shutdown, blaming damage to flumes caused by bad weather, and citing the expiration of their operating lease.

Idaho: Virginia based Obama Care call center operator Maximus confirmed they will shutdown their Boise call center beginning in February, rendering 1500 people jobless!  According to state WARN records, Maximus was planning to shutdown back in April 2014.

Illinois: The U.S. Census Bureau reports a net of 94,956 people left the state from July 2013 to July 2014!

Indiana: CVS Pharmacy issued a WARN saying they will shutdown the Coram Enteral Nutrition Center in February, at least 124 jobs lost!

Iowa: What automotive industry recovery? Tire maker Bridgestone laid off 65 employees at their Des Moines factory, blaming crashing sales.

Kentucky: In Louisville, Cunningham’s Restaurant shutdown without warning, 30 jobs lost.  The property is for sale, but the current lease is good until 2022.  Gatti’s Pizza shutdown their Westport Village Gattiland restaurant, the owners blamed the greedy landlord: “The lease is expiring, and after months of attempting to negotiate with the landlord, a satisfactory agreement has not been reached.” 

Maine: Group Home Foundation’s Little River Apparel division laid off 60 people.

Michigan: After only five years Just Baked cupcake shop shutdown ten of its Detroit metro area stores!  Wayne County announced a 5% salary reduction for new ‘appointees’.  The county is trying to cut $1.2-million from their budget.  In Dexter, after more than 40 years Huron Camera shutdown, about nine jobs lost.  In Grand Rapids, after 14 years Louis Benton Steakhouse shutdown with a one day notice, 35 jobs lost.  It sounds like the landlords have other plans for the property.

Minnesota: Obama Care taxes forcing medical device maker Greatbatch to move 175 jobs from their Plymouth factory to Mexico!   In Wrenshall, family owned One Stop Market shutdown. The owner blames a new unAmerican corporate America competitor for costing him big losses, just in December: “Their advertising, their marketing, free milk, and 99 cent butter….It just kills these little businesses, little towns…..we’re losing everything that we have as a family…”-Chad Pfau, now legally bankrupt

New Jersey: After 14 years the Granville Millinery Company shutdown.  The owner said she was starting a new career.

New Mexico: The U.S. Census Bureau reports a net of 14,154 people left the state from July 2013 to July 2014!

New York: The U.S. Census Bureau reports 153,921 people left the state from July 2013 to July 2014!  This puts New York in the number one spot for mass exodus.  In Long Island, advertising tracking company Market Track issued a WARN saying they will shutdown by September 2015, at least 225 jobs are being moved out of state!  Yet another women’s clothing store going down as C.Wonder issued a late WARN saying they already shutdown their NYC store, 75 jobs lost with no warning. C. Wonder administrators also admitted “Due to the highly competitive nature of the current retail environment, C. Wonder will be closing its remaining stores.”  The clothing retailer will operate on the internet from now on.  You know the economy is bad when Walmart starts shutting down!  Walmart issued a WARN saying they will shutdown their huge two story Massapequa store in March, at least 295 jobs lost! The WARN blames the bad economy.  In Brooklyn, upscale The Guild for Exceptional Children preschool shutdown, 81 jobs affected.  In Queensbury, RadioShack shutdown their Aviation Mall store without warning, the closure was discovered by loyal customer Don Lehman who is now pissed off. In Albany, Taste (formerly Dale Miller) restaurant is being sold off.  Local news reports say it was never financially stable.  Too Big to Jail investment company NSB Advisors now chapter 11 bankrupt busted and being sold off.  After 58 years the Cheektowaga AMF Thruway Lanes bowling alley shutdown.  The property was sold to a car dealer.

Ohio:  After eight years The Greene’s Adobe Gila’s restaurant shutdown without notice, 40 jobs lost.  Local news reported that restaurant mangers/owners would not answer their phones.  Hyde Park restaurant Ash American Fare shutdown.  The owner said he is focusing on his other businesses.  In Lorain, U.S. Steel announced they will layoff 614 people between March and May, blaming crashing orders from the oil industry!

Texas:  Switzerland based deep water oil drilling company Transocean scrapped seven of their drilling ships! Company administrators say “As the company continues to evaluate the long-term competitiveness of its fleet, additional rigs may be identified as candidates for scrapping.”   They also plan massive layoffs of employees.  The decision to start scrapping deep water rigs was made back in November, before the oil price drop.  Company administrators warned their investor back then that there was a too much oil on the market.  In Houston, U.S. Steel announced they will layoff 142 people by May, blaming crashing orders from the oil industry!  Houston based oil industry company Civeo (who is supposedly relocating to Canada) laid off between 30% and 45% of employees in Canada and United States!  However, they are not blaming the drop in oil prices, they blame the declining value of the Canadian (CAD) and Australian (AUD) dollars!  Company administrators say things started getting bad before the oil price drop: “As it became evident during the fourth quarter that capital spending budgets among the major oil companies were going to be cut, we began taking steps to reduce marketed room capacity, control costs and curtail discretionary capital expenditures.”-Bradley Dodson, President and CEO

Utah: The U.S. Census Bureau reports 1,235 people left the state from July 2013 to July 2014!

West Virginia: The U.S. Census Bureau reports 3,269 people left the state from July 2013 to July 2014!  Oil drilling contractor Antero Resources laying off 250 land brokers (industrial real estate agents), and focusing on drilling for oil only!  Company administrators blame crashing natural gas prices.

01-03-January-2015: Chick fil-A kills Macaroni Grill in secret deal!

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

Radio Shack bankrupt busted & dying! Sprint taking over?

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Reports that 94 years old RadioShack is selling at least half its existing stores, and the most likely buyer is cell phone company Sprint (Amazon is another potential buyer).  It’s part of RadioShack’s bankruptcy which could see the rest of the iconic (but always struggling, I know I worked for them from mid 1989-90 and they were struggling then) electronics stores shutdown.  1-thousand 1-hundred remaining stores and thousands of jobs affected!

On 02 February 2015, the New York Stock Exchange began delisting procedures, basically rendering all stocks in RadioShack worthless.  The delisting might have been the result of RadioShack administrators officially defaulting on a massive multi-million dollar loan from Salus Capital.

There are reports that some store employees were told to drastically cut prices and sell everything, while employees at other stores are reporting they’ve been told nothing.

Radio Shack ups the store closure ante!

Radio Shack will continue closing stores, because it makes them money! 

Sears, Best Buy, RadioShack, JCPenny all going down? 

 

Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings, 01 – 03 January 2015: More British empire Canadian companies killing U.S. jobs! Property owner kills off Barnes & Noble! Chick fil-A kills off Macaroni Grill!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

Obama Care will reduce doctor’s Medicaid reimbursements by 52.4%, beginning 01 January 2015!

Too Big to Jail United Bank announced it will shutdown offices in Connecticut and Massachusetts.

California: In Bakersfield, Canada based oil industry company Ensign Energy Services revealed it laid off 700 people back on 15 December 2014!   In Walnut Creek, baseball themed McCovey’s restaurant shutting down. The owners say they are trying to relocate near a real major league baseball stadium, if they can afford the rent.  Boeing issued a WARN saying 23 people in Long Beach will be laid off in March.  Arrogant and bankrupt busted GT Advanced Technologies is now demanding a bankruptcy judge allow millions of dollars in bonuses to be paid to the failed executives of the failed company!   More than 800 jobs were lost when Apple canceled its contract with GT Advanced!  Yogurtland shutdown their Roseville frozen yogurt store, it has something to do with the location.

Florida:  In Plantation, the Fashion Mall chapter 7 bankrupt busted and now up for sale.  The mall has been vacant since 2007!

Illinois: In Chicago, Castle (Excalibur) nightclub shutdown.  After 26 years Soapy’s laundromat being shutdown by greedy property developers.

Hawaii: The Children’s Place clothing store in the GGP owned Ala Moana Center announced it will shutdown in February.  Store administrators say they couldn’t afford to renew the lease.  GGP is spending at least $600-million USD remodeling the Sears store into smaller spaces.  I’ve worked for GGP and know how outrageous their rents are.  They don’t just charge a simple ‘rent’, they can charge for utilities and they also ask for a percentage of sales.

Maryland: In Annapolis, after 44 years Laurance Clothing shutdown.

Michigan: The last two libraries of the Wayne County Library system threatened with shutdown.  The communities of Ecorse and Taylor say they will follow the other former library system members and go independent, in order to save money.

Minnesota: In Saint Paul, Work Out World was evicted by its landlord, for failure to pay rent.  After more than 50 years the White Bear Bowl bowling alley shutdown, due to crashing revenues ever since 2008, and supposedly the property owner sold the land to a nursing home company.  American Bank bankrupt busted and sold off to Deerwood Bank.  Barnes & Nobel shutdown its 20 years old Saint Paul Highland Park book store, not because the store wasn’t making money.  The store was shutdown by the greedy landlord.  Barnes & Noble administrators are looking for a new home: “We are diligently working on a new store offering…There’s nothing immediate. In fact, I can honestly tell you, we have not selected any locations for a new store offering, but we’ll probably look to that by the middle of 2015”-David Deason

Missouri: Texas based Romano’s Macaroni Grill forced to shutdown all their Saint Louis restaurants, and one in Columbia, due to greedy property owner!  Employees had no warning and were all notified on the day of the shutdowns by phone calls!  It turns out the property owner made a secret deal with evil Christian Chick fil-A back in September!  In Kansas City, the County Club Plaza lost three stores: Ann Taylor, Ann Taylor Loft and Pottery Barn Kids.  The Oak Park Mall reports the Ann Taylor store is shutting down.

Montana:  In Billings, the Mongolian Grill shutdown, local news reports say nobody at the restaurant would talk to them.

North Carolina: Vegetable dehydrator McCall Farms of Wilson issued a WARN saying it will shutdown in February, affecting as many as 285 permanent and seasonal jobs by the end of March!  The Carolina Mattress Guild now chapter 7 bankrupt busted and liquidating.  Griggs Properties now chapter 7 bankrupt busted.

Ohio: Perrysburg Township began laying off police, blaming cash strapped taxpayers for rejecting a $3-million police levy in November. In Westerville, service provider for government-sponsored benefits programs such as the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, Medicare and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, Maximus issued a WARN saying 70 people will become jobless due to the failure to win an Obama Care contract.

Oregon: Ochoco Lumber shutdown their 2nd shift at their Malheur Lumber plant, just seven months after starting up the 2nd shift.  About 90 jobs affected.  Administrators admit they overestimated sales.  Ochoco Lumber had also sold off $18.5-million of their land to pay for upgrades to their Malheur Lumber factory.

Tennessee: In Nashville, after 18 years Fiddle & Steel Guitar Bar shutdown.  The property was sold off to a hotel developer.

Texas: In San Antonio, it was announced that a Sprouts grocery store would shutdown in March.  In Rockwell, after only two years in their new location KE Cellars Winery shutdown: “We tried to make it work, but with so many sources of wine all over, road construction, a slow economy and everything Murphy could throw at us, it is just time for us to say we tried.”-owners

Vermont: After 42 years the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant shutdown.

Virginia:  Minnesota based Famous Daves BBQ announced it’s getting the hell outta Richmond!  All three stores already shutdown and the properties are up for sale!  Administrators say their restaurants never made enough money in Richmond.  In Galax, after 91 years (surviving the Great deflationary Depression and numerous recessions) Vaughan Furniture shutdown due to crashing sales.

Washington: Biotech company Dendreon chapter 11 bankrupt busted and about to be auctioned off in February.

Wisconsin:  The U.S. Postal Service confirmed it will shutdown four processing centers in the first half of 2015, more than a hundred jobs lost!

30-31-december-2014: “The rent is crazy high here!”

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, U.S.

Medical False Flag: U.S. news media spreading lies about Measles vaccine, prepping for medical martial law?

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“Parents who do not vaccinate their children should go to jail.”-Alex Berezow, pro-police medical state writer for USA Today (which might explain their crashing readership)

“The earth is round, the sky is blue and vaccines work.”-Hillary Clinton, a non-doctor candidate for president of the United States

“Sue Parents Who Didn’t Vaccinate? Absolutely.”-Dan Diamond, ass-hole contributor to Forbes

“…Infants CANT be vaccinated for the first 12 months. And even after their first round of vaccines they are not 100% safe. Not until around 4 years old (I believe, I could be wrong on the exact age) can they get fully vaccinated.”-David Cohn, response to ass-hole PQED commentary

” I have heard of many tragic cases of walking, talking normal children who wound up with profound mental disorders after vaccines. I’m not arguing vaccines are a bad idea. I think they are a good thing, but I think the parent should have some input. The state doesn’t own your children. Parents own the children. And it is an issue of freedom and public health.”-Rand Paul, a real doctor who just happens to also be a true elected official

I’ve seen main stream U.S. news media headlines and claims by politicians that stop short of claiming vaccinations are 100% effective, and they even imply anybody who thinks otherwise might as well be a terrorist.  The following should be enough for you to question the ‘authority’ of your main stream news media, government administrators and medical industry:

“Worried about measles? If you are vaccinated, you should be…. In China, in one province, 99% of children are vaccinated but measles runs strong…..Clearly measles vaccine doesn’t work as advertised. In fact, in our own country, outbreak after outbreak has occurred in what has been called a fully vaccinated population……When my child would get measles, I’d give plenty of vitamin A and also ozone therapy. I’d run the virus out in about half the time or less…..If vaccines were the cat’s meow, why would the American government have granted vaccine makers total immunity from liability if the vaccine harms your child or you?”–Doctor Robert Rowen, Phi Beta Kappa Johns Hopkins University, University of California San Francisco medical school, American Boards of Family Practice and Emergency Medicine, Alaska State Medical Board

“A child care center in Santa Monica, California, is closed Monday after a baby contracted measles…….The child was too young to be vaccinated.“–CBS

“A California high school barred dozens of non-vaccinated students from school…Earlier this month, a school…ordered non-vaccinated children to stay home until this Thursday. And in nearby Arizona, officials in Maricopa County asked non-vaccinated students who were potentially exposed to the disease to stay home.”–Reuters

“On a first visit, Uriah’s pediatrician diagnosed flu…..Kellie and Andrew are not sure precisely when Uriah got infected because he had not been to Disneyland [ground zero for California’s measles outbreak]….It’s unusual but not impossible for a vaccinated child to catch measles…..Children usually get a second dose at age 4 to 6, before starting school….Uriah hadn’t had that second dose….”–NBC

“…here’s what’s surprising: Many of those who got sick had previously been immunized against mumps via one of the top weapons against childhood diseases: the MMR vaccine.”– National Public Radio, the report went on to say that in order for MMR vaccines to achieve a 85% to 99% success rate, 100% of the population must be vaccinated!

“…the CDC released the 2012 National and State NIS Data for Children, for ages 19 to 35 months. The report indicated that 90% of children in the U.S. are fully immunized for measles, mumps and rubella (MMR); polio; Hepatitis B and varicella…….some still wonder why we are seeing so many outbreaks of vaccine preventable diseases, especially measles?“–shotofprevention.com

“Over 30 years of use, the measles vaccine has never adequately protected children. In fact, it has only made measles a more dangerous disease.
The largest measles epidemic of recent times is about to descend upon Britain. Despite the fact that 93 per cent of pre-schoolers get jabbed with the triple measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) in the UK, the Health Department has laid aside £20m to invest in a vaccination campaign aimed at seven million children aged from 5 to 16. Even those who have had true measles (which offers lifelong immunity) or have already been immunized will nevertheless be given a just-in-case booster shot.”–healthy.net

“This is the data the drug industry do not want you to see. Here 2 centuries of UK, USA and Australian official death statistics show conclusively and scientifically modern medicine is not responsible for and played little part in substantially improved life expectancy and survival from disease in western economies………Measles mortality graphs are enlightening and contradict the claims of Government health officials that vaccines have saved millions of lives. It is an unscientific claim which the data show is untrue. Here you will also learn why vaccinations like mumps and rubella for children are medically unethical and can expose medical professionals to liability for criminal proceedings and civil damages for administering them.”–childhealthsafety

Pakistani refugees wanting to return home; they must subject their children to Bilderberg/UN supported mass vaccinations. So far, Pakistani officials say they’ve forced inoculated 2186 children. 

Bilderberger vaccination program used as weapon against immigrants 

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