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World War 3 Afghanistan: 29 – 30 June 2014

Badakhshan Province: In Jurm District, battles between Mujahideen and government forces has resulted in two civilians killed, four Mujahideen killed and at least one Afghan National Army troop killed and two wounded.  Provincial officials say the battles are ongoing.  Witnesses say the two civilians killed were sniped by a U.S.-NATO-Afghan helicopter.

Ghor Province: In Paswand District, reports that an argument got Mujahideen shooting at each other.  Four killed, three wounded.

Helmand Province: In Marja District, Mujahideen captured a police FOB (Forward Operating Base, outpost) during a two hour battle.  14 police killed, two Mujahideen killed two wounded.

Kabul Province: The Obama regime puppet presidential candidate, Abdullah Abdullah, revealed that he has been illegally spying on fellow citizens.  He released audio tapes of what he says are election officials planning to ‘stuff’ ballot boxes with invalid votes.  He’s using the illegally obtained audio tapes to claim that he is the new president of Afghanistan.

Kunar Province: In Marawara District,  the provincial police boss confirmed that a U.S. airstrike killed three people.

Logar Province: In Azrah District, Mujahideen claim they’ve captured six FOBs.  They say they’ve captured dozens of weapons with ammo, and killed ten government personnel.  Two Mujahideen killed.

India announced it will approve travel visas for Afghans older than 65, or younger than 12 years of age, without required background checks for the next two years.

Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings 01 – 02 April 2014: Cities killing themselves with fee increases! More big companies say there is no recovery! More education job destruction due to massive disappearing students! More healthcare job destruction due to ObamaCare!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns.

Alabama:  In Dothan, Wayne Farms kills 560 jobs!  The poultry processing company made a deal with its largest customer to supply chicken without deboning it.  Turns out the number of people it takes to debone chicken made up more than half its employees!

Arizona: The city of Phoenix wants to shutdown 13 community centers!  City officials say they are $38-million USD in the hole and also plan on cutting funding for firefighting and other services.  They want to raise parking meter and water rates, and impose a tax on plastic grocery bags, among other costs imposed on the cash strapped public.  But wait, there’s more!  Local news media revealed that city leaders gave themselves a pay raise, including a $58-thousand raise for the new city manager!

California:  United Airlines killed 242 jobs in Los Angeles and San Francisco!  Redwood Regional Medical Group killed 261 healthcare jobs across the not so Golden State!  In Mountain View, El Camino Hospital laid off 48 employees.  In Los Angeles, Menzies Aviation laid off 102 people!  What automotive industry recovery? In Chino, automotive parts maker Senior Operations/CAPO killed 131 jobs!  In Antioch, Stonyfield Farm laid off 58 employees.

Connecticut: Reports to state officials reveal that NStar lied about not making any “significant” layoffs due to a merger.  More than 155 people have lost their job since the merger with Northeast Utilities two years ago, and more layoffs are planned!

Delaware: In Dover, Kmart shutting down in July, 100 jobs lost!

Georgia: In Athens, after 28 years Junkman’s Daughter’s Brother gift shop shutdown.

Illinois: In Urbana, maker of plastic eating utensils Dart Container Company laid off 36 employees.

Iowa: In Iowa City, after more than 20 years the Tobacco Bowl shutdown.

Kansas: Newman Regional Hospital laid off 15 employees. Hospital officials stated to local news media that the “Negative financial impacts of The Affordable Care Act.” will cause them to lose $3.5-million in 2014!  In Wichita, the OfficeMax will shutdown in May.  It’s blamed on the merger with Office Depot.

Louisiana:  IberiaBank Corporation laying off 97 Teche Federal Bank employees.

Maryland: The Sheraton Baltimore City Center warned city officials it will kill the majority of its positions by the end of May.  110 employees will become unemployed, and if the hotel shuts down for good then 160 people become unemployed!

Massachusetts:  Reports to state officials reveal that Northeast Utilities lied about not making any “significant” layoffs due to a merger.  More than 300 people have lost their job since the merger with NStar  two years ago, and more layoffs are planned!   In Leominster, HealthAlliance Hospital laid off four employees, and hospital officials warned there will be more.  Hospital officials say Obama Care cut their revenues by 4%, just in the last quarter of 2013: “We’re trying to keep up…with lower payment rates. We are trying to stay with it so we don’t slip into larger losses.”-Michael Cofone

Minnesota: In Mankato, after 33 years Mexican Village restaurant shutting down in May.

Missouri: In Saint Louis, after 53 years property speculators killed the Majestic Restaurant and Bar.

Montana: In Bozeman, after 42 years Zig’s Electric & Plumbing Supply shutdown.  The decision to “pull the plug” is blamed on a number of factors including increasing government regulations and the bad economy.

New York:  In Long Island, All American School Bus shutting down in June, 990 jobs lost!  In Brooklyn, Allied Transit/Empire State laying off 78 bus employees in June.  In Bronx, 3rd Avenue Transit/Canal Escorts shutting down in June, 91 jobs lost.  In Rochester, Eastman Kodak continues to layoff employees, this time about 13 people being let go in June.  In NYC, InterContinental New York Barclay Hotel shutting down in June, supposedly for remodeling, 447 people unemployed!  Kaye Scholer law firm warned of an undisclosed number of layoffs to take place by July, due to the law firm moving to Florida.  Who said internet newspapers are dominating the old school print? Digital First Media laying off 100 employees!  It could be blamed on its merger with MediaNews Group.  Entertainment Weekly laid off seven people.  Schenectady Regional Orthopedic Associates shutting down in June, 79 jobs lost.  In Gouverneur, Kinney Nursing Home shutting down by July, 61 jobs lost.  Pissed off officials blame Obama Care for the final death blow: “Unfortunately, the harsh realities of today’s healthcare economy prevent a small nursing home like this, in a rural area like ours, from remaining viable any longer. The challenges faced by Kinney Nursing Home are like those confronting nursing homes across the country…..The payments Kinney Nursing Home receives for providing care are far below its operating costs….”-statement from board of directors

North Carolina:  Elizabeth City State University laid off 34 employees.  ECSU eliminated 46 positions last school year.  School officials say disappearing students caused the university to lose $4.2-million in the 2013-14 school year!  Family Dollar stores laid off 135 people at their headquarters in Matthews! Company officials pointed out they’ve been hiring over the past three years, but they expect a bigger slow down in the economy and are preparing by laying off employees.  In Chapel Hill, after 40 years Roses variety store shutting down in June.  Company officials blamed it on the landlord, for “a huge increase in rent”!  In Robbinsville, Stanley Furniture Company halting production of its Young America furniture brand, 400 jobs lost!  Company officials say their economic outlook for the country is not good and they need to make cuts now: “After a thorough review of both our own operations and the current marketplace for nursery and youth furniture, management and the Board concluded that the Young America business could not achieve an acceptable level of revenue within an adequate time frame to assure sustainable profitability…..”-Glenn Prillaman, CEO

Ohio: In Conneaut, 32 years old Kmart shutting down in June, 43 jobs lost.

Oregon:  New York based medical device maker Welch Allyn laying off 84 employees in Beaverton.  Ever since Obama Care went into effect medical device makers have been slashing and burning jobs, due to the new tax imposed on them by the Affordable Care Act.

Pennsylvania: Education Management Corporation killing 200 jobs across the country!  Most of the layoffs are taking place at its Art Institutes.  It has also sold off its Art Institute of Pittsburgh building.  The company also revealed  that an undisclosed number of employees were laid off last year.  By September of last year Education Management was $1.3-billion in debt!   It’s blamed on disappearing students.

Texas: Macy’s shutting down one of two Houston stores, 136 jobs lost by June!

Vermont: Burlington School District plans to layoff 23 employees for the 2014-15 school year.

Washington: Video game maker Airtight Games laid off 14 employees.

28 – 31 March 2014: Massive job losses!

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 shut down.

“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security……..That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013

Fukushima, Idaho

Fukushima-WIPP-Radiation Fallout: More proof nuke attack coming from America’s backyard? Proof Fracking uses radioactive material! Utah company denies ‘green’ cat litter caused explosion at WIPP, then fires 115 employees! Idaho’s Mike Simpson tries to take retirement money from nuke workers!

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“We are learning that the nuclear accident didn’t contaminate the entire ocean, but created spots that tend to have higher radioactive levels than others.”-Blair Thornton, University of Tokyo’s Institute of Industrial Science

“…the average concentration of cesium-137 was 90 becquerels. But of the locations charted 4 km offshore, 20 sites measured higher than 1,000 becquerels and some locations 6 km offshore registered levels as high as 2,000 becquerels.”-The Asahi Shimbum, Study shows muddy seabed off Fukushima coast has higher levels of contamination

In Japan, the Fukushima Medical University reporting thyroid problems in children are now 40 times what is considered normal. National government officials deny it.

In the backyard of the United States, Bahamian officials have asked for international help in conducting health screenings for people living around the Freeport Industrial Park.  Back in January it was revealed that some products being shipped from Japan, and arriving in Jamaican and Bahamian ports,  are radioactive.

The Bahamian government now admits there are higher than ‘normal’ cases of cancer, birth defects and other health problems among residents living in towns around Freeport Industrial Park.  The area is the industrial center of Bahamas, and is also a free trade zone.  For the past 25 years residents have been reporting massive amounts of pollutants from the Park.  Government officials now asking Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) and the UN World Health Organisation (WHO) to investigate.

U.S. taxpayers have been paying for radiation detection at Caribbean ports since 2009, under a U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) program.  That’s because your exalted nuclear industries are not as secure as you think.   In 2013, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed 146 “incidents” in which nuclear material was in some way compromised.  In other words, there’s a lot of nuclear material out there in the hands of who knows!  But wait, there’s more!  From 1993-2013 there have been 2477 “incidents involving unauthorized acquisition…..supply, possession, use, transfer or disposal…..of nuclear and other radioactive material” reported to IAEA, and that’s just from the countries that participate in the reporting!

A recent International Relations and Security Network (ISN) article gives a warning about how easy it is to get contraband, including weapons of mass destruction, through the ports of the Caribbean.  My own article, Will new 9-11 attack come from the new money magnet of Bahamas?, suggests that U.S. elected officials know of a coming 9-11 style attack.

In the U.S. state of Alaska, the lower Cook Inlet is being tested for radiation from Fukushima.  Non-profit Cook Inletkeeper is getting social media crowd funding to conduct the testing: “We recognize how important safe seafood and clean water are to Alaskans, not only for personal consumption, but also marketability….We’re sampling water, the FDA is sampling fish so it’s a complementary sampling regime.”-Bob Shavelson

In Ohio, a company called Austin Master Services has been given a license to store nuclear materials used by the petroleum industry.  Local residents were concerned about the whole thing, and company officials revealed that a lot of that nuclear material they’ll be storing/disposing of is used in the fracking process for natural gas.

Austin Master Services specializes in “site decommissioning”.  They use In Situ Object Counting Systems to determine if the radiation waste they collect from the oil industry is ‘safe’ to be dumped into your local landfill!

In Washington, the DoE is finally going to clean up the site of a major incident at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.  It happened in 1976, and one employee was so irradiated he was called The Atomic Man.

A hot reaction caused a sealed glove box to explode, exposing the operator to a massive dose of americium (500 times safe limits).  The victim was so hot that he had to be initially handled by remote control.  He spent five months in experimental treatments, including shots of zinc DTPA.  He continued to have radical medical problems until he died in 1987.  Government officials declared that he died of a heart attack!

The room where the explosion happened is now going to be cleaned up, as part of ongoing demolitions of the Plutonium Finishing Plant.

It’s been revealed that contractors at Hanford have spent at least $3.5 million USD in legal expenses, and a U.S. Senator discovered that taxpayers are actually paying for those legal fees: “The Department of Energy may be providing an incentive to contractors to engage in protracted litigation with whistleblowers by reimbursing the contractors’ legal expenses.”-Claire McCaskill, Senator from Missouri

A long time resident and real estate developer in Hanford has died at the age of 79.  He died of leukemia.

Utah based EnergySolutions, which packages waste at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), denies their ‘green’ cat litter caused the explosions in its nuke waste shipments to New Mexico‘s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP).   DoE investigators suspect organic cat litter found in the mixed waste drums absorbed and concentrated certain chemicals, resulting in a chemical reaction explosion.

Miles Smith, of EnergySolutions, says they followed DoE packing instructions and that a hot reaction could not have occurred from inside the drums: “…we don’t think it has the ability to start burning on its own. It needs an outside source of ignition.”

Despite their denials, Energy Solutions has laid off 115 employees since the March WIPP explosions!  Some reports say it’s because their LANL contracted had ended, other reports say it’s because LANL has had to shift funds to the ongoing WIPP investigation.

The DoE has begun phase two of their WIPP investigation, which will include basically what they’ve been doing in phase one; a lot of observation.

It will include “restoring mine habitability”.  This implies the radiation levesl are too high for humans to remain long enough to conduct a proper investigation.  DoE admits they can’t even move the suspect mixed waste drums.

Meanwhile, U.S. Congressmen continue to screw around with funds for investigating the WIPP hot reactions.  This time employees of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) were seeing their  retirement funds whittled away.  Congress wants to take $120-million from the retirement fund to help pay for the WIPP fiasco.  Idaho’s dynastic Mike Simpson tried to lie to the NNSA employees: “It’s a high priority for me that WIPP is returned to full and safe operations as soon as possible. There are some misunderstandings regarding the funding source…concerns that it would adversely affect contributions made into the department’s contractor employee pension plans. I would like to assure members that this bill will meet all requirements for employees’ pensions, which are contractual obligations assumed by the department as part of its operations and maintenance contracts.”

Despite Simpson’s claims, an amendment was introduced to try and protect the NNSA retirement money, and it was adopted unanimously.

Business/Economics, Idaho

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings 28 – 31 March 2014: California hit with massive job losses! Obama Care blamed for Yankee Dollar shutdown! ObamaCare killing more education jobs! Massive ObamaCare healthcare jobs cuts, again!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns.

Alaska: University of Fairbanks warned of 100 job cuts for next school year!  It’s blamed on crashing taxpayer funding and increasing healthcare costs for employees due to Obama Care.

California: Who said tech jobs are recession proof?  Adobe Systems killed 71 jobs.  In Sacramento, LexisNexis laid off 65 employees.  In Bell, Certified Networks killing 211 jobs!  In Livermore, Valmark Interface laid off 46 people.  In Simi Valley, Corelogic tax service killed 81 jobs.  In Santa Clara, Aviat Networks laid off 62 employees. In Santa Anna, renewable energy company Edison Mission Energy killed 92 jobs.  In Irvine, Korea based Hyundai laid off 72 auto loan employees.  In Fort Irwin, taxsucker Northrop-Grumman killed 860 jobs!  Taxsucker Vose Technical laid off 59 employees.  In Sunnyvale, taxsucker Lockheed Martin killed 105 jobs!  In Vernon, Mexico based Bimbo Bakeries shutdown, 160 jobs lost!  In Los Angeles, The Fat Cow killed 92 jobs.  Property manager Topa Management laid off 11 employees.  In South Pasadena, after 24 years Book’em Mysteries shutdown.  In Ontario, Covidien Distribution laid off 13 employees.  In Lancaster, troubled Starwood Hotels killed 380 jobs! The hotel company has laid off 10200 people since 11 September 2001!  In San Diego, troubled Bridgepoint Education killing another 91 jobs, on top of the 117 jobs killed at the beginning of the year!  San Diego antibiotics maker Trius Therapeutics laid off 26 employees.  Metropolitan Medical laid off 22 employees at two hospitals. In Milpitas, Lifescan laid off nine employees.  In San Marcos, worker’s comp specialist One Call Care Management laid off 70 people.  In Sepestapol, Palm Drive Hospital warned of another round of healthcare layoffs.   This time 50 people will become unemployed.  Hospital CEO, Thomas Harlan, blames declining patients, and Obama Care for killing small hospitals saying “I don’t think any small hospital with the level of volume as low as ours will be able to survive long term…..” 

Colorado: In Longmount, after 47 years Advanced Printing shutdown.  The owner, Ron Peters, blames the “damn copy machine”!

Florida: In Fort Walton Beach, after 67 years Vandegriff Jewelers shutdown.

Hawaii: In Waikiki, ice cream shop Cold Stone Creamery shutdown.  The owner blamed it on the greedy landlord who jacked up the rent.

Idaho:  In Idaho Falls, according to an official WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) Center Partners laid off 400 call center employees!

Indiana: In Evansville, after 20 years Maxine’s Café and Bakery shutdown.   The owner blamed declining business.

Louisiana: Home hospice operator Amedisys shutting down 25 health and hospice centers, and consolidating another 23!  Company officials refused to say which centers would close, or how many people would become unemployed.

Maryland:  University of Maryland University College warned of 70 layoffs for next school year.   It’s blamed on disappearing students and increased healthcare costs for employees.

Massachusetts: In East Boston, after 90 years and surviving the Great Depression, Al’s Shoe Store shutdown.  The owners say the shoe business went south starting more than 15 years ago, when U.S. shoe manufacturing jobs were shipped off to Asia.  Prices went down but so did the quality, and so did business for mom & pop shoe stores.

Michigan: In Grand Rapids, after 38 years Pooh’s Corner children’s bookstore shutdown.

Nevada: The Southern Nevada Health District killing about 60 jobs.  It’s blamed on crashing local tax revenues, and decreased Medicaid/Medicare and insurance industry reimbursements caused by Obama Care.

New Jersey:  Even after getting their unionized employees to fork over millions of dollars last year (under threat of shutting down) the Newark Star-Ledger is going to layoff an undisclosed number of employees.  A new news organization will be created called NJ Advance Media.  Port Jervis School District warned of job cuts for the 2014-15 school year.  The district has already hit their local tax increase limit.  It’s blamed on state and federal funding cuts and Obama Care insurance increases for district employees.

New York:  Waterford based Yankee One Dollar stores announced they are shutting down all 23 stores!  Company officials blamed ever increasing operating costs, including employee healthcare costs caused by evil Obama Care (Affordable Care Act).   In NYC, NBC‘s supposed ‘investigative’ report program, Dateline, laid off 10 employees.  On top of that NBC warned it will kill 55 additional jobs by the end of April, blaming it on “economic” reasons.  South Colonie School District warned of 35 layoffs for the upcoming school year.  It’s blamed on crashing taxpayer funding and increased healthcare costs for employees.   The district might raise local taxes.  In Owego, Asteelflash US East says it will kill 34 jobs in June.   In Pittsford, Too Big to Jail Wells Fargo killing 68 mortgage jobs by June.   In Brooklyn, Pride Transportation laid off 50 school bus employees.  Quality Transportation warns of 120 layoffs by June!  Kings Matron says 60 school bus employees will become unemployed in June.

North Carolina:  After 72 years the Pearson Company furniture factory shutdown. 86 jobs lost.   In Burlington, Hamrick’s discount retailer shutdown.

Pennsylvania:  The Allentown School District laid off 101 employees, including teachers!  This brings the number of education jobs killed in the past five years to 450!  School officials blamed a number of things including Obama Care, which increases employee healthcare costs for the school district by $4.3-million USD!  After more than 30 years, Torre shoe store shutdown.  In South Union Township, after 22 years Cherry Tree Cafe shutdown.

Wisconsin: In Manitowoc, the Strand Theater shutdown.  The owners say they can no longer compete with multi-screen theaters.

27 March 2014: Toy R Us loses $1-billion!

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 shut down.

“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security……..That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013

Business/Economics

Exceptional Failed State: Sears adds another 120 stores to its now secret shutdown list! Desperate for $170-million in cash! Opens new “Kmart At A Discount” stores, designed to rip you off?

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Minnesota losing a 35 years old Kmart in September.  I missed the local news media revelation about the closing of the Shawano, Wisconsin, Kmart.

According to some news reports, Sears Holdings has now added as many as 120 stores to its new list of store shutdowns.   Revenue losses for Sears Holdings have doubled since last year! The list is kind-a-secret as Sears officials refuse to tell news media which stores are going to be closed forever.  They say they need raise $170-million USD in fast cash, and that cash will come from their store closing discount sales.  In other words, the only way Sears can generate enough revenue is through store shutdown sales!

This might explain the rebirth of the Belvidere, Illinois, Kmart.  The store was scheduled to be shutdown, but suddenly it’s been rebranded as a Kmart At A Discount store, where everyday is a perpetual ‘store closing’ sale!   As such the store will not honor any Kmart coupons: “Your Kmart at a Discount will not be participating in the current K-Mart TV promotions, circulars, coupons or mailers.”

However, a local news source has revealed that the Kmart At A Discount store could be a scam.  Many shoppers reported that the so called 40% discounted prices were actually the full retail price!

Here’s the updated list of U.S. Sears/Kmart store closings 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).

Delaware: Dover Kmart (at least 72 jobs lost, some reports said 100), Seaford Sears (30 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), Laguna Hills Mall Sears, San Diego Mid-City Kmart (73 jobs lost), Hemet Kmart (77 jobs lost), Oakland Sears (jobs lost unknown).

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).

Connecticut: Waterbury Big Kmart.

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.

Guam: Sears Hometown Store.

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).

Hawaii: Honolulu Sears (owned by GGP, 372 jobs lost!!!), 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). No official announcement, but it’s painfully obvious the Chubbuck Pine Ridge Mall Sears going’ down. Or, maybe it’s preps for Shop within a Shop, or one of those domestic spy data storage centers? On 07 November 2013, GGP sold off the Pine Ridge Mall for a paltry $9 million USD. 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”.

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).

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?) recently 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). 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.

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).

Kansas: Lawrence Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Merriam Kmart-then Sears-then Kmart (jobs lost unknown).

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.

Louisiana: Slidell Sears (77 job lost), Gretna Kmart (94 jobs lost).

Maine: Lewiston Sears (60 to 70 jobs lost), Presque Isle Sears (80 jobs lost).

Maryland: Ellicott Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Gaithersburg Sears/Great Indoors, Landover Sears (115 jobs lost).

Massachusetts: North Reading Sears Hardware store closed, lease not renewed.

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, Flint Kmart (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).

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), recently revealed Oakdale Kmart (77 hourly wage employees losing their jobs, unknown how many salaried employees will become unemployed).

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.

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).

Montana: Missoula Kmart (50 jobs lost).

Nebraska: Grand Island Kmart (55 jobs lost).

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

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

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

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).

North Dakota: Jamestown Kmart (45 jobs lost).

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). 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).

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).

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), recently revealed Sanatoga Kmart (jobs lost unknown, but the store was advertising for new hires!), Lower Pottsgrove Kmart (65 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).

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 CoolSprings 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).

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’re reporting that the building has just been demolished), Orem Kmart (no details reported).

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).

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).

West Virginia: Oak Hill Kmart (59 jobs lost), Morgantown Kmart (100 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 (80 jobs lost), recently revealed Shawano Kmart (no job loss info given).

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

World War 3 Iraq: Iran sends Su-25 attack jets to help fight Obama regime ISIS!

02 July 2014 (12:52 UTC-07 Tango)/04 Ramadan 1435/11 Tir 1393/06 Xin-Wei 4712

While listening to news out of France, I heard a reporter state that the first batch of Suchoi (Sukhoi) 25 Grach (NATO name: Frogfoot) attack aircraft, that recently arrived in Iraq, actually came from Iran.

The French were citing an unnamed British empire source for the info.

I think these are probably Su-25s that were flown to Iran at the beginning of the first U.S. attack on Iraq (Desert Storm 1991).  Many Iraqi air force pilots flew there Soviet and French supplied aircraft to Iran.  Iran stored, and even rebuilt most of the planes.

Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings 27 March 2014: Toy R Us loses $1-billion! No more Canadian cheese? More healthcare cuts!

Incomplete list of announced closings & layoffs.

Arizona: In Phoenix, after 50 years Karsh’s Bakery shutdown!  The owner blames the failed economy: “It’s sad to say we are closing today because of the economy and stuff, we’ve tried to come back from 2008.”-Wayne Kinding

California: In Los Angeles, tax sucker Aerojet Rocketdyne killed 230 jobs!  It’s blamed on the takeover by GenCorp.  More layoffs are in the works.  In Temecula, after 25 years the Paperback Shack book store shutdown.

Florida: Another Books-A-Million shuts down, this time in Palm Coast.

Georgia: In Atlanta, reports that Cable News Network (CNN) laid off 16 employees, due to new “technologies”.

Kansas: In Coffeeyville, wire maker Southwire announced it is shutting down its factory.  200 jobs will be lost by March 2015!

Maryland: In Hancock, British empire Canada based Saputo shutting down a cheese factory, starting in May.  In Gambrills, after 14 years Caribou Coffee shutdown.

Massachusetts: Cambridge Health Alliance eliminated 30 positions.  It’s blamed on the Affordable Healthcare Act (Obama Care).

Michigan: Mackinac Straits Health Systems eliminated 23 positions, and reduced the hours for other employees.  Hospital officials say that benefits for employees are being reduced and even top managers are getting a 5% pay cut.  Officials directly blame Obama Care for taking a “toll” on the hospital.

Mississippi: Harrah’s Tunica casino shutting down, 950 jobs lost, a total of 1300 jobs affected!  Casino officials say there are too many gambling joints in the U.S.

Missouri: In Saint Joseph, after 34 years Record Wear House shutdown.

New Jersey:  Mitt Romney/Bain Capitol controlled Toys R Us killed 500 jobs!  Company officials blame a $1-billion USD decrease in sales in 2013!

New York:  In Long Island, Mexico based Bimbo Bakeries shutting down their Entenmann’s Bay Shore bakery, 178 jobs lost!  Company officials basically said there were too many bakeries in the area.   Too Big to Jail Key Bank shutting down ten branch offices, in July and August!  In Yonkers, Mile Square Transportation laying off 90 school bus drivers in June.  In Suffern, legal drugs pusher Novartis laid off 28 employees for “economic” reasons.

Ohio:  In Mentor, 100 jobs to be lost when Steris shuts down its sterilizer factory by October 2015!  Steris specializes in infection prevention and contamination control solutions for the healthcare industry.  Does this have anything to do with the new medical industry taxes created by Obama Care?  In Kent, after less than three years Second Sole shoe store shutdown!  The owners said the economy in Kent sucks ass!

Texas:  Grapevine based video game seller GameStop to shutdown 130 stores this year.  They’ve made a deal with AT&T to open new cell phone based stores.

Vermont: In Lyndonville, factory tooling maker Kennametal shutting down.  80 high paying jobs lost.  In Shaftsbury, after 22 years the Shaftsbury Country Store shutdown.

Wisconsin: In New London, British empire Canada based Saputo shutting down a cheese factory, starting in May.

25 – 26 March 2014: “We are dumbfounded!”

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 shut down.

“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security……..That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013

Business/Economics, International, U.S.

Martial Law U.S.A.: Americans renouncing U.S. citizenship to skyrocket as new FACTA tax law begins! Back door isolationism!

01 July 2014 (14:37 UTC-07 Tango)/03 Ramadan 1435/10 Tir 1393/05 Xin-Wei  4712

Beginning now, a new Fair and Trade Accurate Transaction Act (FACTA) rule goes into effect:  Any foreign bank account belonging to a U.S. citizen living abroad, which has $50-thousand or more, must be reported to the U.S. Treasury or that foreign bank could be sanctioned from making transactions with U.S. banks.

FACTA is the number one reason for skyrocketing exodus of middle class U.S. citizens.  FACTA does not go after the wealthy elites who avoid taxes by moving their money offshore, it goes after middle and upper class U.S. citizens who are working outside the United States.  In effect they are being double/triple taxed, and they have no Congressional representation, which equates to taxation without representation.

Anybody who understands the creation of the United States would understand that “no taxation without representation” was one of the   rallying cries for revolution against the evil British empire.  Now the U.S. government is perpetrating the same crime against its own citizens!

Another ‘shoot yourself in the foot’ problem with FACTA: This is slowly isolating the U.S. economy from international trade, as many foreign banks are willing to risk ending business transactions with U.S. banks by considering non-compliance with FACTA.

accelerating destruction of the U.S. Dollar!

CHINESE RMB TO REPLACE USD FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE!

2014 TO BE ANOTHER RECORD YEAR FOR REJECTION OF U.S. CITIZENSHIP!

International

World War 3 Iraq: False Flag ISIS troops being smuggled into Shia areas in container trucks!

30 June 2014 (14:17 UTC-07 Tango)/02 Ramadan 1435/09 Tir 1393/04 Geng Wu(6th month) 4712

A live news report on an Iranian satellite news channel stated that the Obama regime-United Kingdom-Kingdom of Saudi Arabia created ISIS has attacked more Shia religious sites.

The reporter explained that ISIS is smuggling in hundreds of fighters into Shia areas using civilian container-trucks.

ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) evolved from ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) which was kicked out of the U.S. created al-Qaeda for being “to radical”!

 

 

U.S.

U.S. Civil War Chicago update 28 – 29 June 2014: 1 dead, 16 wounded!

Incomplete list.

3600 block of West Chicago Avenue: 42 years old man shot in the head while riding his bicycle, he died just outside his home.  Witnesses say the shooter, who was walking, shot the victim as they passed each other.

4300 block of North Drake Avenue: Three people wounded by a man who walked up to them and started shooting.

2500 block of West Huron Street: 33 years old man shot in the chest while out walking.  He’s in critical condition.

132nd Street and Langley Avenue: 34 years old man grazed in the neck by a bullet.

19th Street and Pulaski Road: 34 years old man shot multiple times while standing in a parking lot.  The shooter drove up and blasted away.

1800 block of South Throop Street: 19 years old man standing outside an apartment building was shot by somebody in an SUV or truck.

64th Street and Dr. Martin L. King Jr. Drive: 25 years old man shot in the back and butt, in critical condition.  Police say he will not cooperate with them.  So the police are trying to interrogate a victim that’s in critical condition?

78th Street and Bennett Avenue: 24 years old man shot in the butt.

5600 block of South Wolcott Avenue: 27 years old man shot by a drive by shooter.

6200 block of South Vernon Avenue: A man and woman shot and wounded.  Police suspect it was a drive by shooting.

4500 block of North Simonds Drive: Two women shot and wounded.  This incident is a prime example why news media cannot rely on police for info.  At first police reported that only one woman was shot in the leg.  Later the police changed the report to show two women shot, one in the shoulder the other in the arm and back.  Do you ever wonder why official police press reports change so much?

300 block of North Laramie Avenue: Two men, who were passengers in a van, were shot and wounded when the van stopped at an intersection.

Notice that most of the shooting victims are males.

Once again, the shooting victims were not armed. You would think that if this was gang violence there would be gun battles, but there are no gun battles. It’s as if the shooters are deliberately targeting unarmed people.

Police continue to insist most of the gun violence is caused by gang bangers, but have made few arrests. New anti-gun laws would not stop the shootings, because most guns used by gang bangers are already illegal!

“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security……..That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013, calls Chicagoland his homie town

Chicago update 23 – 27 June 2014