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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

 

Business/Economics, Idaho

U.S. Food Crisis, December 2014: “…we’ve hit the end!” No more Coca Cola? Famous burger joints shutdown on Xmas eve! Mystic make-over restaurant gets evicted? No beef in Montana, no thanks to ObamaCare? Even a Jackass (BBQ) says there ain’t no recovery!

Incomplete list of announced United States food supply shutdowns for the month of December, 2014: Many food suppliers/distributors are consolidating operations and killing jobs due to the collapsing grocery store and restaurant industries, as well as rising costs of food production.

California:  In Folsom, after only  two years Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill shutdown without explanation.   Jamba Juice revealed it will layoff 23 people (including three senior vice presidents) at its Emeryville support center in 2015.  Company administrators say the economic situation is forcing them to reduce costs.   Only a year after ‘expanding’ Berkeley founded Peet’s Coffee & Tea shutdown all six Ohio shops, plus three in Pennsylvania and two in Michigan, without warning! 70 jobs lost, company administrators said only that those stores “…are not performing to our sales expectations and didn’t have a promising future…” Peet’s also shutdown seven former Caribou Coffee House stores in August, killing off 150 jobs!  After eight years award winning restaurant Hatfield’s shutdown.  No explanation, but the owners swore they’d be back with a new restaurant.  In Rancho Mirage, Acqua Pazza California Bistro at The River shutdown due to not renewing the lease.  Jerry Keller, co-owner, pointed out how risky the restaurant business is saying “It’s been a great 10 years and when you think that 90% of restaurants here close in two years, that’s a pretty good run.”    In Santa Rosa, after nearly 40 years Arrigoni’s Deli & Cafe shutdown.   Safeway announced they will shutdown one of their  Vons grocery stores in Hemet by January 2015, at least 55 jobs lost.  And in Pleasanton, Safeway HQ will layoff at least 26 people by 13 February 2015, due to the takeover by Cerberus owned Albertsons.   Uniform and food service contractor Aramark issued several WARNs saying they are shutting down ops across the Golden State, at least 570 jobs lost!

Georgia: Atlanta based iconic Coca Cola announced it is cutting $100-million AUD from its Australian ops in 2015, killing off at least 250 jobs in the Land Down Under!  Coca Cola already killed off at least 157 Australian jobs for 2014!  But wait there’s more! Coca Cola is also killing off 2-thousand jobs in the United States, before the end of January 2015!  Company administrators say the U.S. economy is so bad they’re forced to cut $3-billion USD by 2019!

Dying food court (The Courtyard), only zombified Orange Julius and Mario's Pizza left. The obligatory pretzel joint moved to center court. Mrs. Powell's, Dairy Queen, the corn dog place and others all died.

Dying food court (The Courtyard), only zombified Orange Julius and Mario’s Pizza left. The obligatory pretzel joint moved to center court. Mrs. Powell’s, Dairy Queen, the corn dog place and others all died.

Idaho: In Chubbuck, Mario’s Pizza and Orange Julius announced they will shutdown their Pine Ridge Mall stores in 2015.  Local TV station KPVI said company administrators told them the economy was so bad in the Pocatello/Chubbuck area that it wasn’t worth keeping the decades old pizza joint and juice blender open any longer.

Illinois: In Chicago, anti-2nd Amendment Pepsi laid off an undisclosed number of North America Nutrition (Gatorade, Quaker, Tropicana) employees.  Pepsi also extended its cost cutting plan (originally to end in 2014) to 2019, saying it now needs to save $8-billion!  A Panera Bread store shutdown.  Company administrators said the city’s recent minimum wage hike, to $13 per hour over the next five years, was the final straw that broke their Beverly store’s back.  Rumors say the company will simply open a new store just outside city limits.  The owner of Beverly’s Original Rainbow Cone warned she is contemplating a similar decision.   In Urbana, after only one year a Kroger owned Ruler Foods discount grocery store shutdown without notice.  For some reason Kroger built three Ruler Foods stores in Urbana in the space of two years, apparently that was one too many.  Company administrators refused to talk to local news media.  In Mount Prospect, the owners of Randhurst Village shopping center forced the three years old The Billy Goat Tavern to shutdown. Basically the shopping center owners found a new tenant who’s willing to pay more in rent.  In Oregon city, after four years Jackass BBQ shutdown with little notice, the owner is pissed about the lack of any economic recovery, he’s now forced to auction off his personal tools: “Business is slow here in Oregon…Most people from Dixon do not drive here anymore….We will have lots of Craftsman tools and toolboxes, antiques, household items and furniture. We have a welder and oxygen acetylene cutting torches, along with several steel industrial work benches.”-Andy Riegel

Iowa:  In Cedar Rapids, after nine years Cranky Hank’s pizza joint shutdown.

Michigan:  Battle Creek based cereal maker Kellogg was forced by union members to admit they are shutting down two major cereal making factories.  It’s blamed on crashing cereal sales.  However, company administrators refuse to say which factories will die.

Minnesota: After only nine months Boneyard Kitchen and Bar shutdown, some customers told local news that they were not happy with the menu items.

Missouri:  In Kansas City, 65 years old Golden Ox steak restaurant shutdown.  News reports said the owner wanted to retire, but could his retirement have been influenced by the skyrocketing prices of beef?  In Florissant, after 95 years (surviving the Great Depression and numerous recessions) Yacovelli’s Restaurant to shutdown on New Year’s Day.  In Columbia, the Marconi Grill shutdown without notice.  A local news source discovered it when they spotted moving vans at the property.  Reports said a few months ago it was rumored the restaurant would close, but employees said it was for remodeling. Those loyal employees are now eating crow, as competing restaurants are now being flooded with applications from former Marconi Grill employees.

Montana: The state’s Department of Livestock warned of layoffs and unpaid furloughs due to increased spending on brucellosis testing on cows, and increased employee insurance and retirement funding mandated by Obama Care!  To make things worse, state administrators have actually cut overall funding for the Department of Livestock.

New Jersey: Rumors that after 15 years Stanley’s Prime Meat Market shutdown.  In Hoboken, after 78 years Helmers’ Restaurant shutdown.  Reports say the German themed restaurant has been in trouble ever since a fire in 2006.  The property owner has reportedly rented out the space to a new tenant at $15-thousand per month!

New York: In Ithaca, after more than 40 years Manos Diner shutdown.  The news was revealed by an employee.

North Carolina: In Willmington, Golden Corral all you can eat at the Monkey Junction shutdown without notice on 29 December.  Local news reports said company administrators wouldn’t talk to them, but an employee said sales had crashed.  In Fayetteville, after 57 years Vick’s Drive-In restaurant shutdown by the North Carolina Department of Transportation to make way for the rerouting of the nearby Rowan Street bridge.

Ohio:    In Waverly, 78 years old Lake White Club restaurant shutdown.  After months of spending money on renovations, the bad economy forced the current owners to put the restaurant up for auction in October, but nobody bid on it.  Iconic White Castle burger joint shutting down all five restaurants in Cleveland and Akron!  To top it off, they’re being shutdown on Xmas eve!  Administrators of the family owned burger joint says the economy is so bad in Cleveland and Akron that they can’t afford to continue operating in those cities.  In Lakewood, the World of Beer bar shutdown, apparently with no explanation.  In Hilliard, after only two years the Auddino’s Bakery & Cafe on Fishinger Boulevard shutdown.  The bakery owners say the property owners didn’t promote the business as promised.

Oregon: In Ashland, only one month after getting a Restaurant Impossible TV show make-over Mystic Treats shutdown, without explanation.  Prior to the make-over the landlord was in the process of evicting Mystic Treats.  In Portland, after 35 years the Hunan Restaurant shutdown “Due to personal health issues”.

Pennsylvania:  In Kingston, after more than four years the owners of Vanderlyn’s Restaurant announced that New Year’s Eve is their last day of operations.  They said they need more “family time”.  In Centre County, after nearly 100 years (surviving the Great deflationary Depression and numerous recessions) the Mount Nittany Inn shutdown. The restaurant has been for sale for the past three years, but nobody wants to buy. A co-owner blames the lack of ‘recovery’ and evil Too Big to Jail banks: “We tried our best! There just isn’t enough cash flow….”-Nancy Silvis

Tennessee: After 17 years the GollyWhoppers sandwich shop shutdown the day before xmas.

Utah: In Ogden, after 38 years the family owners of Sandy’s Fine Foods restaurant announced they will shutdown by the end of the month.  It will end with a yard sale of restaurant memorabilia.  The family will focus on their catering business.

Vermont:  In Burlington, after five years Das Bierhaus German restaurant shutdown: “Renewal time had come and, as the dust of negotiations and exploring other options settled, I was fortunate enough to have been presented with an offer I could not refuse.”-Nick Karabelas, owner

Virginia: After only seven months Dash Kitchen & Carry restaurant shutdown! The owners admitted they were ignorant of the bad economy saying “…we misjudged the demand for it in that market and failed….Dash will either be sold ….or will be reimagined…”  In King George, after 18 years the owner of Howard’s Bakery & Restaurant announced they will shutdown after Xmas.  Local news reports said the owner blamed the past three years of suck-ass sales.  In Richmond, the co-owner of ‘adult themed’ Tiki Bob’s club announced they will shutdown in February 2015, blaming competition and lazy city administrators:  “After 16 years we’ve hit the end! You see all the great food and stuff going on in Richmond. There’s no more room for just a club anymore. I’ve waited a year for the city to get the ballpark. I can’t wait any longer….I don’t know if I want to put another 200-300k in the bottom without the city doing anything down here.”-Erik Brockdorff

Wisconsin:  In Madison, after 22 years Jolly Bob’s Caribbean restaurant shutdown.  The owner, Tim Erickson, blamed the lack of economic recovery: “The last five years have been really difficult, not that the first 17 years were easy, but especially the last five years have been really tough. And I’m not a young man anymore.” 

U.S. Food Crisis, November 2014

Business/Economics

Sears & Kmart closing update, 31 December 2014: Sears & Kmart accused of selling stolen children’s clothing! A secret Kmart closing revealed! Executive officer involved with killing off other retailers?

Lawyers for a California based clothing supplier have filed a suit against Sears Holdings saying that since 2010 Sears “routinely and deliberately” stopped payment after clothing orders were shipped out.   The defunct clothing maker formerly known as Sprockets (now being called SCI Apparel) says they’re owed almost $4-million USD!  Essentially, Sears Holdings sold children’s clothing they never paid for!

A four decades old South Carolina Kmart to shutdown in January 2015.  Interestingly this shutdown actually began back in November, but only now is being publicly reported (because they finally put up the “store closing sale” signs).  A local news report said employees were ordered not to tell anybody about the shutdown.

The day before Xmas it was revealed that the Executive Vice President and President, Online, Marketing, Pricing and Financial Services (aka e-commerce) for Sears Holdings issued his resignation.  The guy was listed as a top executive with Sears Holdings, but that he was pursuing other interests.  But wait there’s more!  This guy, Imran Jooma, worked as the e-commerce executive for the now long dead Circuit City, and the now merged with Office Depot and shutting down stores left and right OfficeMax!   In other words, this guy might have been involved with the destruction of two other major retail operations before he was hired by Sears Holdings.

update 10 December 2014

Here’s the updated list of U.S. Sears/Kmart store closings that I’ve been compiling since the end of 2011:

Arizona: Scottsdale Sears/Great Indoors, Chandler Sears/Great Indoors.

Alabama: Gadsden Kmart (50 jobs lost), Mobile Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Auburn Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Anniston Kmart (no word yet on how many jobs lost), Birmingham Eastwood Kmart (70 jobs lost), Decatur Mall Sears (91 jobs lost), Fort Payne Kmart, Northport Kmart (68 jobs lost), Dothan Sears (68 jobs lost), Huntsville Kmart (73 jobs lost).

California: El Monte Sears (at least 40 jobs lost. Damien Arrula, El Monte’s economic development director, said the store manager had lied about what was going on: “The general manager of the store had just indicated to me that they were remodeling.”), two San Diego Sears (more than 80 jobs lost), Pleasant Hill Kmart (more than 50 jobs lost), Torrance Kmart, Fairfield Kmart (63 jobs lost), Lampert owned OSH taken over by Lowe’s home improvement in bankruptcy court, at least 17 of 99 stores to be closed down (935 jobs lost!), Rancho Cordova Kmart (97 jobs lost), San Clemente Kmart/Sears/Kmart on Camino de Estrella (58 jobs lost), placed on an official hit list in 2011 the Oceanside Kmart on College Boulevard finally being shut down, Banning Kmart (91 jobs lost) recently revealed that Sears Holdings is still paying rent on the abandoned property, Laguna Hills Mall Sears, San Diego Mid-City Kmart (73 jobs lost), Hemet Kmart (77 jobs lost), Oakland Sears repair center (75 jobs lost), San Mateo Kmart (82 jobs lost to an apartment building connected to public transportation), Hesperia Kmart building sold at a loss to a vulture capitalist REIT, no word on if the Kmart will be shutdown. Customers complain that the Kmart employees have a bad attitude, gee I wonder why? Yuba City Kmart (63 jobs lost), Rocklin Kmart (at least 63 jobs lost, the store had just posted “Now Hiring” signs), San Leandro Kmart (102 jobs lost), San Jose Mercury News says the El Centro Kmart to shutdown in January, the website Foursquare says the Covina Kmart is now shutdown (other sources say it will shutdown in December), Cupertino Sears and Auto Center (number of employees affected not made public, no WARN filed), somebody posted on yelp* that the Diamond Bar Kmart was shutting down in December (confirmed by Armijo Newspapers).

Colorado: Broomfield Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Glenwood Springs Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lone Tree Sears/Great Indoors, Longmont Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Pueblos’ South Side Kmart (52 jobs lost), Denver Kmart (number of jobs lost have not been made public at this time, but could be at least 40), Colorado Springs Kmart at Powers and Palmer Park boulevards (57 jobs lost), Fort Collins Sears (67 jobs lost).

Connecticut: Waterbury Big Kmart, Torrington Kmart (73 jobs lost), Enfield Sears Optical (no word on jobs lost).

Delaware: Dover Kmart (at least 72 jobs lost, some reports said 100), Seaford Sears (30 jobs lost), Claymont Kmart (87 jobs lost).

Florida: Fernandina Beach Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Callaway Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Orange City Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Deland Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Stuart Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), West Palm Beach Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Port St. Lucie Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Crystal River Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), New Smyrna Beach Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Saint Augustine Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Pompano Beach Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Jacksonville Kmart on 5751 Beach Boulevard (71 jobs lost), second Kmart in Jacksonville on 4645 Blanding Boulevard (83 jobs lost), Ocoee Sears (102 jobs lost), Pensacola Kmart on Airport Boulevard closed in 2011, Pensacola Kmart on Mobile Highway closed in February 2013 (69 jobs lost), Pensacola Kmart on East 9 Mile Road will close in May (73 jobs lost), Hialeah Kmart (67 jobs lost), Bonita Springs Kmart (67 jobs lost), Mount Dora Kmart (100 jobs lost), Lake Mary Kmart, Panama City Beach Kmart (54 jobs lost), Winter Park Kmart (100 jobs lost), Niceville Kmart (59 jobs lost), Winter Haven Kmart (92 jobs lost), Palm Bay Kmart, Oakland Park Kmart (112 jobs lost), Clearwater Sears Auto Center (21 jobs lost), Zephyrhills Kmart (70 jobs lost), Winter Springs Kmart (69 jobs lost), Naples Kmart (72 jobs lost), New Port Richey Kmart (58 jobs lost), ‘redevelopment’ of Aventura Sears & Auto Center into an “open-air village” (unknown how many jobs affected).

Georgia: Macon Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Buford Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Douglasville Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Atlanta Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Columbus Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Jonesboro Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Cartersville Kmart (74 jobs lost), Hiram Kmart (53 jobs lost), Marietta-East Cobb Kmart, Warner Robins Kmart (77 jobs lost).

Guam: Sears Hometown Store.

Hawaii: Honolulu Sears (owned by GGP, 372 jobs lost! GGP spending $573-million chopping it up into smaller store spaces), Kauai Sears (41 jobs lost), Iwilei-Honolulu Kmart for lease (no confirmation of store closing).

Idaho: Lewiston Sears (at least 60 jobs lost), Rexburg Kmart (63 jobs lost), Chubbuck Pine Ridge Mall Sears going’ down in November (the remaining 28 jobs lost). Across the street, in Pocatello, the property where the Kmart is located has a “pad site available” sign, posted ever since the Kmart bankruptcy. The Kmart building takes up most of the ‘pad’. Latest news from inside sources say Sears Holdings will not comment on any plans to expand the small amount of Craftsman products already being sold at the Kmart, or shift the Kenmore products line, from the closing Chubbuck Sears to the Pocatello Kmart. In fact all plans for the Pokey Kmart are in a ‘holding pattern’.

Illinois: Alton Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Melrose Park Sears parts and repair center (50 jobs lost), Zion Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Oak Lawn Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), McHenry Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Peru Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lombard Sears/Great Indoors (at least 40 jobs lost), Fairview Heights Kmart (81 jobs lost), Freeport Kmart (45 jobs lost), Pontiac Kmart (more than 47 jobs lost), Homer Glen Kmart (82 jobs lost), Streator Kmart (45 jobs lost), Lombard Kmart (70 jobs lost), Naperville Kmart (98 jobs lost), Calumet Sears (164 jobs lost), two Sears stores in Grand Crossing area of Chicago (247 jobs lost!), Mount Vernon Sears (68 jobs lost), Moline Sears (at least 60 jobs lost), Homewood Kmart (185 jobs lost), Belvidere Kmart (91 jobs lost?) revealed is now a perpetual closing sale Kmart At A Discount store, Champaign’s Market Place Mall Sears (56 jobs lost), Sterling Kmart (60 jobs lost), Montgomery Kmart (81 jobs lost), Mattoon Sears (more than 40 jobs lost), Chicago Sears on North State Street (160 jobs lost), Chicago Sears Craftsman Experience store, Galesburg Sears (46 jobs lost), White Lake Township Kmart (42 jobs lost), Orland Park Sears Appliance, Collinsville Kmart (84 jobs lost), Crystal Lake Kmart (at least 77 jobs lost), Danville Sears store & Auto Center (63 jobs lost), Forsyth Sears store & Auto Center (45 jobs lost), Peoria Kmart (73 jobs lost), Forest Park Kmart (107 jobs lost), Chicago Sears on North and Harlem avenues, supposedly it’s being replaced (most likely at taxpayer expense) with a new building and it will become a Sears-Mariano’s store, Bloomington Kmart (79 jobs lost). 58 Chicago area stores up for lease or sale. By the way, Illinois elected officials gave Sears Holdings/Hoffman Estates a $150 million USD tax break to keep their headquarters in the state. The tax break was not tied to any promise not to close stores.

Indiana: Anderson Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Saint John Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Indianapolis Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Richmond Sears (49 jobs lost), South Anthony Kmart (70 jobs lost), Fort Wayne Kmart on South Anthony Boulevard (70 jobs lost), FairOaks Mall Kmart, Logansport Sears (43 jobs lost), Muncie Kmart (59 jobs lost), Fort Wayne Kmart on Coliseum Boulevard North (69 jobs lost), Decatur Kmart (49 jobs lost), Indianapolis Kmart on Madison Avenue (131 jobs lost), Indianapolis Kmart on Washington Street (139 jobs lost), Bedford Kmart (62 jobs lost), Indianapolis (Evansville) Sears & Auto Center at Washington Square Mall (91 jobs lost), Greenwood Kmart (78 jobs lost).

Iowa: Cedar Rapids Kmart on 16th Ave (at least 40 jobs lost), Davenport Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Burlington Kmart (50 jobs lost), Coralville Sears (94 jobs lost, this is a store sold to GGP earlier in the year), Cedar Rapids Kmart on Collins Road NE (56 jobs lost), Mason City Kmart (50 jobs lost), Clive Kmart (at least 49 jobs lost), Ames Kmart (44 jobs lost), Fort Dodge Sears (no job loss numbers made public, yet. The Auto Center was secretly shutdown in September).

Kansas: Lawrence Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Merriam Kmart-then Sears-then Kmart (jobs lost unknown), Wichita Sears store & Auto Center (103 jobs lost), Manhattan Sears & Auto Center (number of jobs lost were never revealed).

Kentucky: Middlesboro Sears (in September 2012 the Sears store re-opened under independent ownership, official grand re-opening scheduled for November), Winchester Kmart (back in May, Rankin Paynter bought out what was left of the inventory and gave it to charity), Hazard Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lexington Fayette Mall Sears (114 jobs lost!), Newport Kmart (81 jobs lost), Cannonsburg Sears and Sears Auto Center (no employee info given), Louisville Dixie Highway Kmart/Sears/Kmart, Madisonville Kmart (39 jobs lost), Owensboro Sears store & Auto Center (52 jobs lost).

Louisiana: Slidell Sears (77 job lost), Gretna Kmart (94 jobs lost), Metairie Kmart secretly sold off, no word if it will be shutdown.

Maine: Lewiston Sears (60 to 70 jobs lost), Presque Isle Aroostook Centre Mall Sears (63 jobs lost).

Maryland: Ellicott Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Gaithersburg Sears/Great Indoors, Landover Sears rebuild & call center (115 jobs lost), Baltimore Kmart on Wabash Avenue (107 jobs lost).

Massachusetts: North Reading Sears Hardware store closed, lease not renewed, Milford Kmart (80 jobs lost),
Kingston Kmart (73 jobs lost).

Michigan: Novi Sears/Great Indoors, Brighton Sears Grand/Essentials, Harper Woods Sears Full line, Monroe Sears Full line, Adrian Sears Full line, Washington Township Kmart, Chesterfield Kmart, Woodhaven Kmart, Saginaw Kmart on Bay Road, Flint Kmart on Dort Highway (46 jobs lost), Gaylord Kmart (48 jobs lost), Sterling Kmart (58 jobs lost), Bloomfield Township Kmart and Sears, Bad Axe Kmart (61 jobs lost), Ypsilanti Township Kmart (83 jobs lost), Petoskey Kmart (45 jobs lost), Saint John’s Kmart (48 jobs lost), White Lake Township “Store of the Future” Kmart (42 jobs lost), Grand Blanc Kmart (49 jobs lost), Lapeer Kmart (56 jobs lost), Southgate Kmart (155 jobs lost), Detroit’s Telegraph Road Kmart (115 jobs lost), Waterford Township Sears (no word on how many jobs lost), Rochester Hills Kmart (77 jobs lost), ‘perfect Kmart town’ of Port Huron Kmart (188 jobs lost), Flint Kmart on Miller Road (81 jobs lost), Burton Kmart (85 jobs lost), Madison Heights Kmart (179 jobs lost), it’s now obvious the last remaining Saginaw Kmart on Gratiot will remain shutdown after its roof collapsed during a snowstorm back in January, Ann Arbor Kmart (59 jobs lost), Iron Mountain Kmart (54 jobs lost), Bangor Township Sears aka Bay City Mall Sears, the Auto Center was already secretly shutdown some time ago (at least 47 jobs lost), Big Rapids Kmart (about 50 jobs lost).

Minnesota: Willmar Kmart, Duluth Kmart, New Hope Kmart, White Bear Lake Kmart, Bemidji Kmart, Monticello Kmart, GGP owned Sears Auto Center in the Apache Mall closed (10 jobs lost), the entire Sears store in the Apache Mall being sold off, Fergus Falls Kmart (40 jobs lost), Fergus Falls Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Alexandria Kmart (46 jobs lost), Grand Rapids Kmart (61 jobs lost), Seritage is selling off three Sears Auto Centers in Minnetonka, Brooklyn Center and Saint Paul, Marshall Kmart (57 jobs lost), Oakdale Kmart (77 hourly wage employees losing their jobs, unknown how many salaried employees will become unemployed), Winona Kmart (67 jobs lost), Minneapolis city officials trying to shutdown profit making Nicollet Avenue Kmart, to make way for a new road. Anoka Kmart (47 jobs lost), Blaine Kmart (60 jobs lost), Burnsville Kmart (62 jobs lost), Waite Park Kmart (57 jobs lost).

Mississippi: Jackson Sears Full line, McComb Sears Full line, Columbus Sears Full line, Gautier Sears (71 jobs lost), Waveland Gulfport Kmart (32 jobs lost), Pass Road Gulfport Kmart (52 jobs lost), Pascagoula Sears at the Singing River Mall, recently discovered Olive Branch distribution center (unknown how many jobs lost).

Missouri: Lee’s Summit Sears Grand/Essentials, Saint Louis Sears Full line, High Ridge Kmart (59 jobs lost), Ellisville Kmart (55 jobs lost), Springfield Kmart on South Campbell Avenue (60 jobs lost), South Belt Kmart (64 jobs lost), Florissant Kmart (100 jobs lost).

Montana: Missoula Kmart (50 jobs lost), Great Falls Kmart (closed “until further notice” due to fire, 63 jobs on hold), Great Falls Sears store & Auto Center (65 jobs lost) due to great sales (ironically) the shutdown date has been moved from 07 December 2014 to 23 November, Bozeman Kmart (37 jobs lost).

Nebraska: Grand Island Kmart (55 jobs lost), Omaha Kmart near West Maple Road (50 jobs lost).

Nevada: Sparks Kmart distribution center (100 jobs lost).

New Hampshire: Nashau Sears Grand/Essentials, Keene Sears Grand/Essentials, Portsmouth Kmart (30 jobs lost), Claremont Kmart (59 jobs lost).

New Jersey: Lawnside Kmart (about 80 jobs lost), Howell Kmart (57 jobs lost), Berlin Kmart, Dover Kmart (92 jobs lost), Randolf Kmart (91 jobs lost), Paramus Kmart (74 jobs lost).

New Mexico: Las Cruces Kmart (58 jobs lost), Albuquerque Kmart on Central SW (80 jobs lost), Rio Rancho Kmart (59 jobs lost).

New York: Depew (Lancaster?) Kmart (68 jobs lost), Colonie Kmart (72 jobs lost), Fulton Kmart (51 jobs lost), Clifton Park Kmart (74 jobs lost), Latham Kmart (61 jobs lost), East Greenbush-Rensselaer Kmart (70 jobs lost), Tonawanda Sears Appliance and Hardware, Bronx Sears (91 jobs lost), BBN reader reported that the Ithaca Sears and Auto Center shutdown and one month later it’s been officially confirmed (at least 37 jobs lost), DeWitt Kmart (92 jobs lost), Auburn Sears (51 jobs lost), Massena Sears and Auto Center (51 jobs lost).

North Carolina: Cary Kmart (71 jobs lost), High Point Sears, Moorehead Sears, Rocky Mount Sears, Statesville Sears, Durham Kmart (79 jobs lost), Asheville Kmart (53 jobs lost), West Smithfield Kmart (59 jobs lost), Winston-Salem Kmart (69 jobs lost), Hendersonville Kmart (58 jobs lost), South Ashville Kmart on Hendersonville Road, Raleigh Kmart (88 jobs lost), Garner Kmart, Cleveland County mall Sears (56 jobs lost), Charlotte Kmart (89 jobs lost), Conover Kmart (74 jobs lost), Raleigh Kmart on Capital Boulevard (53 jobs lost), High Point Kmart (71 jobs lost), Boone Kmart (41 jobs lost), Greensboro Kmart (96 jobs lost), Gastonia Sears store & Auto Center (65 jobs lost), Kinston Kmart (64 jobs lost), Cary Sears (66 jobs lost).

North Dakota: Jamestown Kmart (45 jobs lost), Dickinson Kmart (41 jobs lost, despite a “Now Hiring” sign on the front of the store).

Ohio: Chagrin Falls Kmart, Springfield Kmart, two Toledo Kmarts, Medina Kmart, Columbus Kmart, Columbus Sears/Great Indoors, Zanesville Sears (67 jobs lost), Trotwood Kmart (71 jobs lost), Austintown Sears auto parts and service on Interstate Boulevard, London Kmart (no word on number of jobs lost), Trotwood Sears (67 jobs lost), Westlake Kmart/Sears (at least 57 jobs lost), Xenia Kmart (at least 57 jobs lost), Norwalk Kmart (52 jobs lost), Blue Ash Kmart (77 jobs lost), Northwood Sears at Woodville Mall (36 jobs lost), Conneaut Kmart (43 jobs lost), Anderson Township Kmart (71 jobs lost), Brooklyn Kmart (200 jobs lost), Columbus Lockbourne Industrial Parkway Sears distribution center (200 jobs lost), also in Columbus, Sears Product Rebuild-Call Center (112 jobs lost), Marion Sears Auto Center (at least nine jobs lost), Springfield Kmart #3767 (68 jobs lost), Fairborn Kmart (66 jobs lost), Solon Sears & Auto Center (at least 53 jobs lost). Also, Van Wert Sears franchise bought out by Kirk Berryman, owner of Computer & Networking Technologies (CNT), who plans on moving the store to a new location.

Oklahoma: Oklahoma City Sears (98 jobs lost, GGP owned, GGP wants a $2 million sales tax rebate, claiming it’s needed to offset capital investments needed to bring the space up to the standards for potential new tenants), Shawnee Sears (31 jobs lost), Sand Springs Kmart (52 jobs lost), Muskogee Sears (60 jobs lost), Enid Sears and Auto Center (at least 38 jobs lost).

Oregon: Roseburg Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Tualatin Kmart Center (new property owner from California is tearing everything down for new shopping center, so far no indication the Kmart will be part of the new shopping center), Milwaukie Kmart (61 jobs lost), Coos Bay Kmart (25 jobs lost), Bend Sears (48 jobs lost), Klamath Falls Kmart (64 jobs lost), Albany Kmart (64 jobs lost), Portland Sears Homes Services (no notice), Albany Sears (57 jobs lost), in October a BBN reader warned that Oregon City Kmart was being quietly shutdown, confirmed on 06 November 2014 by Sears Holdings (70 jobs lost).

Pennsylvania: Upper Darby Sears Full line, Pottstown Sears Full line, Pittsburgh Kmart, Wilkins Sears, Warminster Kmart (85 jobs lost), Shippensburg Kmart (46 jobs lost), Moon Kmart (143 jobs lost), Bethlehem Township Kmart (62 jobs lost), Philadelphia Gallery Mall Kmart (120 jobs lost), Philadelphia Kmart on Orthodox Street and Castor Avenue (169 jobs lost), Levittown/Middle Township Kmart (87 jobs lost), Waynesboro Kmart (43 jobs lost), Sanatoga-Lower Pottsgrove Kmart (65 jobs lost, the store was also advertising for new hires!), West Mifflin Sears store & Auto Center (88 jobs lost), Rochester Kmart (78 jobs lost), Frazer (Pittsburg Mills Mall) Sears and Auto Center (97 jobs lost), Bloomsburg Sears (57 jobs lost), Frackville Sears and Auto Center (84 jobs lost), North Cornwall Township Sears (51 jobs lost), King of Prussia Sears and Auto Center (no word on number of jobs lost), Lebanon Sears (51 jobs lost), Scotland Chambersburg Mall Sears and Auto Center (62 jobs lost).

South Carolina: Sumter Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Orangeburg Sears (57 jobs lost), Columbia Kmart on Fort Jackson Boulevard in 2012, Columbia Kmart on Bush River Road in 2009, Columbia Kmart on St Andrews Road (66 jobs lost), Irmo Kmart (no info on how many jobs lost), both Greenville Kmarts (140 jobs lost between the two), Mount Pleasant Kmart (43 jobs lost), Harbison Sears & Sears Auto Center in the Columbiana Centre mall (97 jobs lost), Aiken Sears & Sears Auto Center (at least 54 jobs lost), Inlet Square Mall Kmart (50 jobs lost), West Ashely Kmart (69 jobs lost), Myrtle Beach Kmart (59 jobs lost), recently revealed Easley Kmart (62 jobs lost).

Tennessee: Antioch Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Cleveland Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Oak Ridge Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Hendersonville Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Morristown Sears (about 70 jobs lost), Clinton South Kmart, Franklin Cool Springs Galleria Sears (92 jobs lost), Memphis Hickory Ridge mall Sears (job loss data not revealed), 48 years old Nashville Kmart on Nolensville Pike to close by January 2014 (57 jobs lost), Franklin Kmart (33 jobs lost), Dickson Kmart (65 jobs lost), talks in progress to end lease for Bellevue (Nashville) Center Mall Sears.

Texas: Two Sears parts and repair centers closing in The Woodlands (117 jobs lost), rebuild center in Garland (58 jobs lost), Farmers Branch Sears/Great Indoors, Houston Sears Great/Indoors.

Utah: Murray Sears (for some reason Mormon controlled news media in Utah never reported the closure, but they reported that the building was demolished), Orem Kmart (no details reported), Woods Cross Kmart (54 jobs lost).

Vermont: Rutland Sears store & Auto Center (65 jobs lost).

Virginia: Norfolk Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Midlothian Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Richmond Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lynchburg Sears (84 jobs lost), Fairfax Kmart (no word on how many jobs lost), Christiansburg Sears (59 jobs lost), Norfolk Kmart on East Little Creek Road (77 jobs lost), Manassas Kmart (71 jobs lost), Stafford Sears Hometown, Newport News Kmart (at least 50 jobs lost), Wise Kmart (58 jobs lost), Harrisonburg Kmart (79 jobs lost), Wincester Kmart (91 jobs lost), Dale City Kmart (69 jobs lost), Chesapeake Sears and Auto Center (82 jobs lost), Front Royal Kmart (88 jobs lost).

Washington: Walla Walla Sears Full line (in August 2012, it was reported that an independent owner of Sears Hometown stores will open a store in Walla Walla), Lacey Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Kelso Sears (47 jobs lost), Lakewood Kmart (59 jobs lost), Bellingham Sears (92 jobs lost), Seattle Kmart (85 jobs lost), East Wenatchee Sears (59 jobs lost), Puyallup Kmart (51 jobs lost), Oak Harbor Kmart (68 jobs lost), Sodo Sears and Sears Auto Center (79 jobs lost), Everett Kmart (65 jobs lost), Marysville Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost).

West Virginia: Oak Hill Kmart (59 jobs lost), Morgantown Kmart (100 jobs lost), Bluefield Sears store & Auto Center (64 jobs lost).

Wisconsin: West Baraboo Sears (at least 40 jobs lost, local village officials say the store generated 3% of local tax collections), Rice Lake Kmart (about 71 jobs lost), Brookfield Kmart (56 jobs lost), Racine’s Regency Mall Sears (52 jobs lost), Fort Atkinson Kmart (51 jobs lost), Greenfield Kmart (107 jobs lost), Portage Kmart (78 jobs lost) and Hales Corner (129 jobs lost), Chippewa Falls Kmart (79 jobs lost), Menomonie Kmart (at least 50 jobs lost), Ashwaubenon Kmart recently revealed now owned by Green Bay Packers, will be torn down (80 jobs lost), Shawano Kmart (55 jobs lost), Fond du Lac Sears (42 jobs lost), Glendale Sears store & Auto Center (86 jobs lost), Janesville Kmart (70 jobs lost), Glendale Sears Rebuild center (67 jobs lost), Sheboygan Sears & Auto Center (at least 31 jobs lost), Eau Claire Kmart (93 jobs lost), Plymouth Kmart (59 jobs lost before Xmas), recently revealed Sheboygan Sears Rebuild Center (30 jobs lost).

On top of that, Sears Holdings sold stores to General Growth Properties (GGP), of which it has been reported that most of those stores will be closed.

Here’s the list of 11 Sears stores now owned by GGP:

Iowa: Coral Ridge Mall (it’s official the Sears is closing, see above), and Mall of the Bluffs

Texas: The Woodlands Mall (this does not involve the two repair centers being closed by Sears)

Florida: West Oaks Mall

Utah: Fashion Place, and Provo Towne Centre (note the evil British empire way of spelling town & center. Due to a favorable lease agreement the GGP owned Provo Sears will continue to stay open under Sears Holdings management)

Oklahoma: Quail Springs Mall (it’s official, the Sears closed, see above)

Hawaii: Ala Moana Center (closed, see above)

Washington: Bellis Fair Mall (Bellingham store, see above)

Minnesota: Apache Mall (see update above, GGP will close Sears store by 2014)

Illinois: Market Place Shopping Center (see update above, GGP closing store)

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!

Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings, 01 – 03 November 2014: “…to stop seeking future work is a result of…changes…in healthcare.” More ObamaCare job destruction! Again, no more Sprint?

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

California:  New Obama Care taxes forcing medial device maker Volcano to make even more job cuts; 170 people in Rancho Cordova will become jobless before Xmas!  At one time Volcano employed 700 people at the Rancho Cordova factory, but will have less than 100 after 16 December.  In San Diego, Ashford University/Bridgepoint Education issued a WARN saying 160 people will become jobless in January 2015! However, local ABC10News said an inside source reported that 167 people were already let go! 

Florida: After 33 years Ruben’s Cuban Restaurant being shutdown by the landlord. The landlord claims it’s only for remodeling, but long time customers are so upset that the local news media demanded confirmation from the landlord that the restaurant will be reopening soon.  In Miami, Envoy Air issued a WARN saying they will eliminate 478 transportation and warehousing jobs by April 2015!

Illinois: In Chicago, after 82 years Altman’s Shoes announced they will shutdown on 31 December.  The family owners still have new shoes from decades ago that were handmade in Italy, and other vintage brand shoes.

Kansas: Overland Park based, but 80% Japan based SoftBank owned, cell phone service provider Sprint increased the number of people who will become jobless, yet again; this time 2-thousand additional employees will be let go due to the company losing $192-million USD and 272-thousand customers in its most recent quarter!

Missouri:  Builder of hospitals, HBE Company, has ceased building new hospitals due to Obama Care!  Former employees blamed it on the Obama Care funding crash, saying losses accelerated into Death Spiral mode in 2013.  Here’s what HBE President and CEO Fred Kummer said: “The reason for the decision to stop seeking future work is a result of the very real changes that the current administration in Washington has brought about in healthcare.”

New Hampshire: What automotive industry recovery? In Newport, after 80 years City Auto RV Superstore announced they will shutdown sometime in 2015.   The current owner says she’s going back to being a nurse.

New York: In North Tonawanda, Community First Holdings issued a WARN saying they will cease publication of the Tonawanda News and eliminate 20 newspaper jobs in January 2015.  In Brooklyn, The Guild for Exceptional Children issued a WARN saying they will shutdown their preschool in January 2015, at least 81 jobs lost.

North Carolina: The USMC warned of layoffs at its Community Services ops at Camp Lejeune and New River Air Station.  Between 35 and 50 people could become jobless in 2015.  Hours for Community Services will be reduced.  Child care services will also see prices go up by 50%.  It’s blamed on cuts to federal taxpayer spending.

Pennsylvania: UniTek Global Services now chapter 11 bankrupt busted and is preparing to be taken over by creditors.

Texas: In Houston, Too Big to Jail Capital One announced it will layoff 100 ‘processing’ employees during the 1st quarter of 2015!

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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, 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

Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings, 30 – 31 October 2014: “This has developed in a ‘perfect storm’…completely out of our control.” God hates Chicago as students get raptured? Target does 1-80 on opening new stores! No more Ghirardelli Chocolates?

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

California: In Corona, Ireland based legal drugs maker Actavis issued a WARN saying 200 people will become jobless in January 2015!  In Santa Cruz, Chaminade Resort & Spa Issued a WARN saying 180 people will become jobless in January 2015!  In San Francisco, Ghirardelli Chocolates issued a WARN saying they will shutdown just three days after Xmas, 84 jobs lost.  However, it’s supposed to be temporary.  Boeing issued a couple of WARNs saying 221 Californians will become jobless in January 2015!  In El Monte, Associated Third Party Administrators (ATPA) issued a WARN saying they will shutdown at the end of December, 85 jobs lost.  In San Gabriel, SoCalGas (Southern California Gas) issued a WARN saying 45 people will be laid off in January 2015.

Colorado: In Steamboat Springs, after more than 25 years a Wendy’s burger joint shutdown. Apparently there were problems between the restaurant management and the property owners.  In Paonia, Kentucky based Bowie Resource Partners announced that 150 jobs are being eliminated at the Bowie #2 coal mine!  It’s blamed on the termination of a contract with taxsucking TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) as more power plants switch to natural gas.

Florida: Obama Care forces WellCare Health Plans to issue a WARN saying 60 of their employees in Tampa will become jobless by February 2015.  In Ocala, fire truck maker Spartan ERV issued a WARN saying 70 people will become jobless by June 2015.

Hawaii: In Honolulu, after only two months the Beach Bum Cafe shutdown. The owners blame the bad economy saying their product was “…just priced too high for the market.”

Illinois: God must hate the Chicago area; seven Christian schools being shuttered and six others being consolidated!  At least 200 jobs lost!  The schools being shutdown are Saint Agatha Catholic Academy, Saint Peter in Skokie, Saint Hyacinth Basilica, Saint Ladislaus, Saint Turibius, Saint Rene Goupil, and Saint Lawrence O’Toole in Matteson.  It’s blamed on massive DSS (Disappearing Student Syndrome), since 1965 Christian student enrollment in Cook and Lake counties has crashed by 284-thousand!

Iowa: Too Big to Jail CitiGroup told local news media that it will render 370 Iowans jobless by Summer 2015!  Bank administrators said they must become even more efficient.

Massachusetts: In Holyoke, Susan’s Cafe shutdown due to crumbling building foundation. The owners spent what spare money they had trying to fix the problem, as their insurance refused to cover the damage. (more proof insurance is a mafioso rip off)

Minnesota: What housing market recovery?  Minneapolis based retailer Target eliminated 120 real estate manager jobs (80 occupied, 40 vacant) as the company decided to drastically cut back its plans to open new stores.  After five years of selling Italian motorcycles, Ducati Motors shutdown in the Lyn-Lake area: “We are closing because we are unable to be profitable.”-Merrill Ferguson

Missouri: The American Red Cross announced it will shutdown their Saint Peters office in November.  It’s part of a plan to shutdown offices across the United States.

Nebraska: Switzerland based legal drugs pusher Novartis killing off more jobs in Lincoln, this time 75 jobs lost.  Company administrators said it was the third phase of their plans to kill off 40% of their jobs, as part of their merger with Glaxo SmithKline (to become official in 2015).

Ohio: In Lima, Switzerland based Ineos Group announced it is shutting down its only global Barex-brand PolyAcryloNitrile resin factory.  At least 50 jobs will be lost in the 1st quarter of 2015.  Company administrators blame PAN resin for being a “specialty niche” product, but that didn’t stop them from taking over a Japanese PAN maker last year (maybe that’s the real reason for the Ohio shutdown?).  Sears Holdings issued a WARN saying they will shutdown a distribution center in time for Xmas, 162 jobs lost!

Pennsylvania: Iconic Rubbermaid issued a WARN saying they will begin rendering at least 119 people jobless from December 2014 through September 2015, when they shutdown their Pottsville factory!  Also in Pottsville, after 51 years of distributing beer Brewers’ Outlet shutdown its warehouse: “This has developed in a ‘perfect storm’ manner, and this development is not Brewers’ Outlet desire and completely out of our control.”-company statement

Cheyney University (originally created to target ‘black’ Americans) laid off at least six instructors and will eliminate programs.  University administrators blame crashing revenue.  Interestingly, the university lists several administrative positions as being available, but adds “Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are unable to respond to your phone calls about vacancies or about the status of a recruitment and your application.”  In Erie, Verizon Wireless issued a WARN saying they’re shutting down their call center, 117 jobs lost just in time for Xmas!  Company administrators blame crashing demand for their service.

Virginia: In Carytown, a second Dixie Donuts shop shutdown, the owners of the “best donut shop in Virginia” basically saying the economy can’t support all their store fronts, so they’re focusing all their efforts on their original store.

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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, 29 October 2014: Microsoft achieves goal of destroying 18-thousand jobs!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

California:   A Kroger owned Ralph’s grocery store in Oceanside is being shutdown in November, 70 jobs lost. In Redwood City, bus contractor MV Transportation issued a WARN saying 123 people will become jobless at the end of December!  Microsoft-Nokia  issued several WARNs saying dozens of people across the Golden State will become jobless three days after Xmas.  Golden State based legal drugs pusher Amgen announced yet even more job destruction, this time an additional 11-hundred on top of the previously announced 29-hundred, and on top of killing off 274 Washington state jobs by 31 December, and another 386 Washington state jobs will be killed off in 2015! Plus Amgen announced it would kill off 349 jobs in California three days before Xmas!  Rumors say the drugs company is going to be split up and sold off.

Connecticut: In Mystic, iconic Grossman’s Seafood store shutdown, the owners blamed “poor economic conditions over the past several years”.

Florida: In Tampa, rumors (supposedly from inside sources) that global money transaction processor Synirverse could let go as many as 300 employees! So far the company has not filed any WARN with state employment administrators.

Michigan:  Sears Holdings announced that four Kmarts will shutdown; Ann Arbor, Bay City, Iron Mountain and Warren.  265 jobs lost!

New York: In NYC, after 60 years iconic Smith’s Bar & Restaurant shutdown due to the rent being jacked up, employees were given a one week notice.  In Jamaica, Aircraft Service International issued a WARN saying they will kill off 546 jobs in January 2015, due to loss of contract!  NYC based HBO (Home Box Office) announced it must kill off 150 jobs in California and New York, due to the fact they are owned by the crashing & burning Time Warner outfit!  Brooks Brothers mens clothing retailer shutdown all 12 of their discount Brooks Brothers 346 stores!

South Dakota: In Rapid City, Planned Parenthood announced it will shutdown in December, due to federal funding cuts.

Texas:  The U.S. Army has laid off or demoted 125 people at Fort Hood!  Post administrators stated that at least 260 jobs will eventually be affected!

Washington: Redmond based Microsoft completed the killing of 18-thousand jobs!  This was from their announcement back in July.  According to Microsoft 70% of those layoffs impacted former Nokia employees.  In Tacoma, the public libraries could lose eight employees under the 2015-16 budget, which cuts $1.3-million from the library system.  Strangely, it turns out that city administrators are also claiming they’re going to hire 110 people next year!

24-28-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

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

Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings, 24 – 28 October 2014: “We couldn’t make any money….” God raptures more Christian students? More job destruction by new EPA rules! Costco begins shutdowns? More proof food prices will skyrocket! No more Sprint?

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

Arkansas: Commodity broker Turner Grain Merchandising now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  Farmers are now accusing the company of ripping them off by ay least $100-million USD.  Lawsuits say the commodity broker never paid them for grain deliveries, the questions now are where is the grain and where is the money?  Local reports say police have been cooperating with the FBI over a criminal investigation into the company, however the FBI refuses to comment.

California: In Aliso Viejo, reports that internet video game developer Carbine Studios laid off as many as 60 employees.  Company administrators confirmed there were layoffs but refused to give a number.  In Richmond, Hartmann Studios Rentals issued a WARN saying 219 people will become unemployed in December!  The WARN claims the layoffs are temporary.   In Upland, school bus contractor First Student issued a WARN saying they will cease operations by the end of December, 156 jobs lost!  In San Jose, HGST (formerly Japan owned Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, now owned by California based Western Digital)  issued several WARNs saying at least 76 people will be laid off by January 2015.  In Glendale,  LMC Services issued a WARN saying they will shutdown at the end of December, at least 93 jobs lost.  In Sunnyvale, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) laid off at least 57 people, without warning or public explanation.  Also in Sunnyvale, Microsoft-Nokia issued a WARN saying 13 people will become jobless three days after Xmas.   Verizon Wireless issued a WARN saying they will shutdown their Victorville ops the day after Xmas, 56 jobs lost.   In Jackson, Obama Care forcing Sutter Amador Hospital to warn of layoffs coming in January 2015.

Illinois: Too Big to Jail National Republic Bank of Chicago failed and was taken over by the FDIC and State Bank of Texas.

Indiana: After 100 years (surviving the Great Depression and numerous recessions) Clark Appliance now chapter 11 bankrupt busted. The owner blames climate change and the suck-ass economy: “We’ve had some serious challenges to overcome, namely the decrease in sales through the 2008 recession and the loss of our inventory at our Greenwood store due to flooding and mold issues.”-Bob Clark

Kansas: Overland Park based, but 80% Japan based SoftBank owned, cell phone service provider Sprint increased the number of people who will become jobless; now an additional 235 IT, portfolio management and network employees in Virginia will get the axe! That’s on top of the already 5-thousand jobs reportedly killed off by Sprint since December 2013!

Louisiana: God must really hate The Pelican State, three Christian schools shutting down in 2015:  Holy Ghost in New Orleans, Our Lady of Grace in Reserve and Saint Agnes in Jefferson!  Church administrators blame raptured, I mean what I call DSS (Disappearing Student Syndrome).  Enrollment at each school is now under 200.

Maine: Legacy Publishing laying off about 75 people by November.  Company administrators say the economy is forcing them to make a “strategic” move to internet sales only.

Mississippi: Diammonium phosphate fertilizer maker Mississippi Phosphates now chapter 11 bankrupt busted, at least 200 jobs in limbo! It’s blamed on a shortage of raw materials, but reports say the company has also been in trouble with government environmental regulations.

New Jersey: Membership store Costco (formerly known as Price Club) announced they’re shutting down their Hackensack store sometime in 2015.  But it’s only because they’re building a new store three miles away in Teterboro.  Company administrators told local news media they haven’t decided what to do with the Hackensack property, yet.  The move might result in huge property tax losses for Hackensack.

New Mexico: In Albuquerque, after 41 years Dee’s Cheesecake Factory restaurant shutdown.

New York: More proof the internet is not the cause of the demise of brick-n-mortar stores: Internet seller vente-privee issued a WARN saying they will cease their NYC ops in January 2015, at least 133 jobs lost!  Nutritional supplements maker NBTY issued a WARN saying they are getting rid of dozens of their in-house janitors at their Holbrook, Bohemia, Bayport and Ronkonkoma operations by January 2015.  The Visiting Nurse Service of New York Home Care (VNSNY) added more people to their Obama Care job culling; dozens of healthcare workers at 13 locations will become jobless in January 2015.

North Carolina: In Durham, after 37 years Leo’s Seafood shutdown. The old owners blame the skyrocketing cost of fish, saying “Fish used to be one of the cheapest meats you could buy, it’s not like that anymore!” By the way neither one of the owner’s name is Leo.

Ohio: RockTenn announced it’s shutting down their 7 decades old Oakley cardboard factory at the end of December, at least 63 jobs lost.  Company administrators blame new EPA rules, saying it’s not worth it to upgrade the factory to meet the new regulations.

Pennsylvania: In Pittsburgh, after 22 years Garfield Artworks announced it will shutdown in December.  No official reason given, but recently one of the owners was quoted as saying “We couldn’t make any money on the arts…”

South Carolina: Conway based special industrial metals maker Metglas warned of layoffs do to a sudden crash in sales to China.   Company administrators refused to give a number, but some reports say as many as 200 employees are threatened.

Texas: What housing market recovery?  In Dallas, maker of roofing materials GAF (General Aniline & Film) Materials announced it will layoff 40 people in December.   PlanesCapital Bank announced it will shutdown 11 offices by January 2015. It’s a result of the failure of troubled First National Bank of Edinburg/National Bank of El Paso, back in September.   The FDIC ended up taking control of at least three First National  offices, the rest were put under control of PlanesCapital.

Virginia:  In Manassas, after 49 years iconic Kline’s Freeze soft serve ice cream shop killed off by greedy property owner: “We have been informed by our landlord that the Kline’s Freeze property is being sold. It seems our little blue and white building, serving our loyal customers and friends for 49 years will be torn own sometime in 2015.”-James and Lorraine Kline Croushorn, shop owners

Washington: Legal drugs pusher Amgen announced they will shutdown their Seattle area ops, killing off 274 jobs by 31 December, another 386 jobs will be killed off in 2015!  The announcement comes just a couple of days after Amgen announced it would kill off 349 jobs in California three days before Xmas! It’s all part of Amgen’s plans to kill off a total of 29-hundred jobs by the end of 2015!

Wisconsin: CNH (aka CASE, International Harvester, New Holland) is joining competitor Deere and shutting down farm tractor production.  150 second shift employees will become unemployed on 01 December, at the Mount Pleasant factory!  Xten Industries issued a WARN saying they’re selling off their plastic molding factory in Kenosha, resulting in 120 people becoming unemployed between December 2014 and January 2015!   What’s interesting is Xten has been declared to be a fast growing company (150% from 2012-13!). Reports I read said company administrators refused to say why they were selling off their Kenosha factory.

22-23-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.