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Vehicle I-D: ‘Dissimilar’ Contracted F-21 Lion (Kfir)

In 2017 and 2016, the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina, conducted ‘dissimilar’ air combat training, pitting contracted (Airborne Tactical Advantage Company [ATAC]) Israeli made F-21 Lion (Kfir, modified Dassault Mirage) against the super expensive F-35B.

Taxpayer funded ATAC operated F-21

F-35B Lightning-2

ATAC F-21, June 2016

F-21 Lions used to be operated by the U.S. Navy-Marine Corps.

Vehicle I-D: NATO’s Cold War era Hawker Hunter Russian aggressor?

U.S. Air Force and U.S. Marine Corps use an outdated aircraft to simulate Russian aggressors.

Marine Corps Base Hawaii, 24NOV2020. USMC photo by Corporal Jacob Wilson.

Naval Air Station Key West, Florida. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist Third Class Arnesia McIntyre, 23NOV2020.

Key West, Florida. USN photo by Danette Baso Silvers, 09OCT2019.

Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Eric M. Fisher, 14MAY2019.

Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. USAF photo by Airman First Class Gerald R. Willis, 07SEP2018.

Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. USAF photo by Airman First Class Gerald R. Willis, 07SEP2018.

The U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina, conducts ‘dissimilar’ air combat training, pitting contracted Cold War era British empire made Hawker Hunters against the super expensive F-35B Lightning-2.

A Mark 58 Hawker Hunter aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Terry Haynes, 18APR2018.

Two seat Hunter operated by taxpayer funded Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC). USMC photo by Lance Corporal Terry Haynes, 18APR2018.

ATAC Hunter over South China Sea, Philippine Amphibious Landing Exercise 33 (PHIBLEX). USN photo by Petty Officer Second Class Raymond D. Diaz the Third, 09OCT2016.

Two seater Hunter. USMC photo by Staff Sergeant Dengrier Baez, 26JUN2016.

ATAC Hunter at Boca Chica Field, Florida, USN photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Brian Morales 25MAR2015.

Vehicle I-D 2018: Idaho A-10C ‘dissimilar’

In July 2018, Idaho was the site of U.S. Air Force ‘dissimilar’ air combat training hosted by Mountain Home Air Force Base.

Louisiana Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Dane M. St. Pe, 18JUL2018.

Air National Guard units from Indiana (A-10Cs) and Louisiana (F-15Cs), and the Idaho National Guard’s A-10C Thunderbolt-2s, took part and were all based on Gowen Field (part of the Boise airport).

Indiana Air Guard ‘Blacksnakes’ A-10Cs mingle with Idaho A-10Cs on Gowen Field. Louisiana F-15Cs in the background. Idaho Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant John Winn, 27JUL2018.

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant John Winn, 27JUL2018.

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant John Winn, 27JUL2018.

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant John Winn, 27JUL2018.

Idaho Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant John Winn, 27JUL2018.

IDAHO PRIDE A-10C NOSE ART

 

Vehicle I-D: USMC AAV7 vid-fest

Slow Mo video, Bellows, Hawaii, July 2018:

Video assault on Pyramid Rock Beach, July 2018:

Video AAV7 ground ops, Twentynine Palms, California, June 2018:

Video USS Oak Hill recovers AAV7, Baltic Sea, June 2018:

Video USS Ashland AAV7 deployment, Philippine Sea, April 2018:

Video, ocean towing an AAV7, Okinawa, Japan, March 2018:

Video Assault Amphibious Vehicle AAV7-A1, Camp Pendleton, California, October 2014:

Vehicle I-D: USMC cannibalizes HMMWV to upgrade brand new JLTV

The older HMMWV parts are being harvested for use on the brand new Oshkosh Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV).

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Kristen Murphy, 01MAY2018.

The U.S. Marines Corps is cannibalizing older High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles in an attempt to save taxpayers millions of dollars, and “increase the JLTV’s survivability.”

Official video explainer for JLTV:

Vehicle I-D: M88A1 mud-bug

M88A1 Medium-Tracked Recovery Vehicle

The following pics are from Fort McCoy’s Maintenance Tracked Vehicle Recovery Course in July 2018.

Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, began its tracked vehicle recovery training in October 2017.

Vehicle I-D: FRENCH CAESAR INVADES GERMANY!

MLRS, BRITISH RED COATS INVADE U.S. ARMY BASE IN GERMANY!

PANZERHAUBITZE 2000

Epidemic Burst Fade Out: New flu killing dogs and cats! Blame Metro-sexual areas?

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New York might be ground zero for an epidemic of a new version of Influenza A subtype H3N2 flu now targeting dogs, called H3N2 canine influenza virus (CIV).

H3N2 was first identified in 1968, evolving from H2N2.  By 2007 a version of H3N2 evolved (mutated) into one of three swine flus.  H3N2 CIV first showed up China and Korea in 2005.  CIV first appeared in the United States in 2015.  (H3N8 is another form of CIV)  In 2016, the U.S. strain of H3N2 CIV evolved to infect cats.

In June, the U.S. state of Arkansas began reporting cases of CIV there.  And in New York, New York City reported 1-hundred cases of CIV.

Oakland County currently has the highest rate of CIV in the U.S. state of Michigan, with 49 confirmed cases so far.  And so far this year Michigan has 98 confirmed cases of dog flu, last year there were only nine cases of dog flu.

Connecticut is also reporting dog flu cases, and dog owners are being told to keep their dogs away from doggie daycares and pet groomers, avoid other dogs, and get them vaccinated.

Veterinarians say CIV can survive on your hands for 12 hours, on your clothes for 24 hours and a dog bowl for 48 hours.  Typical signs of CIV are just like human flu infections; lethargy, fever, boogery nose. Most local news media report CIV is not fatal, however some local news media are calling it fatal.  In January 2018 (in the middle of the 2017-18 flu season) some news media reports warned of a possible dog flu epidemic in the future, while others downplayed the possibility.  However, in August of 2017 veterinarians warned of increasing cases of CIV during Summer months. To show you that CIV is expected to get worse, greedy vaccine investment analysts did research that predicts increasing CIV outbreaks worldwide until 2028 (thus creating a lucrative market for profit seekers).

At the end of July 2018, the Journal of Virology published an ‘epidemic burst-fade-out’ study blaming recurring cases of H3N2 CIV on high population density areas, saying “CIV must therefore rely on metapopulations of high host density (such as animal shelters and kennels) within the greater dog population and reintroduction from other populations or face complete epidemic extinction.”  In other words, if dog owners live in a highly populated area they are inadvertently keeping the CIV alive and well.

Veterinarians say dogs that die while infected with CIV are dying from secondary diseases, the result of their immune systems being weakened by CIV.  But some cats are being directly killed by ‘cat flu’.

A possible latest victim is an adult cat who was about to be given an award for saving the life of its owner.  In United Kingdom, Theo died one week before an award ceremony honoring him for saving his owner from a blood clot.  News media say no official cause has been announced in the cat’s death, but that the owner took the cat in when it was a kitten and infected with cat flu.

It seems the United Kingdom is being hit hard with an epidemic of cat flu (there are lots of reports of hundreds of abandoned cats who are sick, there’s even a case of sick kittens being dumped by overwhelmed animal control officers).

‘Cat flu’ is not necessarily an influenza, the name comes from the symptoms which can be caused by several types of viruses and even bacteria.

In Australia, warnings of the reemergence of ‘cat plague’ virus, called feline panleukopenia.  It’s being found in abandoned kittens and has veterinarians urging cat owners to get their cats vaccinated.  Last year there were reports of the deadly feline calicivirus, also referred to as a cat flu, which has a 40% kill rate.

In South Africa, the Boksburg SPCA is warning dog owners after a puppy had to be put down due to a severe case of what South Africans call ‘cat flu’ (which is actually canine parvo-virus).  Boksburg SPCA manager blames the pet shop where the puppy was bought: “These animals appear to be healthy but can be incubating a disease which can manifest once the pet has been purchased. You then usually end up with a very sick animal that usually dies.”-Maggie Mudd

In the U.S. state of Idaho a Elmore County cat died, in July this year, from plague commonly found in rodents.  In June another cat in the same county got sick with plague but recovered.  A human child (also in Elmore County) got sick with plague in May (also recovered).

In Connecticut, the VCA Cheshire Animal Hospital reported two cats died from H1N1 influenza (swine flu), despite advanced in-hospital care: “Cats can catch the flu from people.”-Anthony Pierlioni

In Florida, the Bay County Animal Shelter had to halt adoptions at the beginning of July, due to an outbreak of ‘cat flu’ (upper respiratory infection).

In New Jersey, the Saint Hubert’s Animal Welfare Center rescued more than 172 cats in July, the most in its operational history.  Most of the cats had to undergo medical treatment for infections and physical conditions.

Metro: 4 common illnesses that could be making your cat sick

SeattlePI: Cat-born parasite may prompt people to start businesses

Blind Bat News: PHILIP J. FRY SHOULD’VE KEPT THOSE SPACE-WORMS! EXERCISE IS ALSO GOOD FOR YOUR…PARASITES?

CRAVING FOOD & SEX? DON’T BLAME YOURSELF, BLAME THOSE MICRO PARASITES IN YOUR STOMACH!

Fox News: Woman scams casino to pay off sick cat’s vet bill

WJLA: Maryland woman spends $19000 on kidney donor for sick cat

Medical News Today: Could ‘dog flu’ be the next pandemic?

Agri-Pulse: USDA training dogs to sniff out bird flu outbreaks

Science News for Students: Dogs carry a grab bag of flu viruses

Scientific American: Ancient Dog DNA Reveals Close Relationship with Contagious Cancer

KABC-TV: Wisconsin man loses both legs and hands after being licked by dog

WebMD: Dog Illness Can Spread to Humans

OPERATION JUPITER: MILITARY’S SECRET FLU IMITATING VIRUS EXPOSED, VACCINATIONS FOR MILITARY ONLY!

Vaccine Fail: Health official accused of Torture in vaccine deaths! It’s all about the money!

More proof it’s all about the money as theperfectinvestor.com reports Vaccine Contract Manufacturing Market Size Is Predicted To Exceed $4-Billion By 2025!

Health Europa: World Vaccine Congress Europe 2018

Arrogant, and ignorant, @caraxdemarco wrote on social media “We vaccinate so that those that medically cannot be vaccinated don’t contract diseases”.  (why don’t you just nail yourself to a crucifix and be done with it!)

Quanta Magazine: Vaccines causing germs to get stronger

WKMG: Florida doctor goes to jail for improper use of vaccines

Forbes: how doctors can force parents to vaccinate their kids

The Conversation AU: Most people don’t benefit from vaccination

The Standard: Filipino pro-vaccine health officials accused by Department of Justice of killing kids with vaccines, in violation of Anti-Torture Act and other laws!

If vaccines are safe why did the U.S. government create the Vaccine Adverse Reporting System?

Business Standard: Indian girl died due to MR vaccine complications

CNN: Samoa pulls MMR vaccine after two babies die

Newshub: Cook Islands lifts vaccine suspension after baby deaths

Stuff.co.nz: Rare condition suspected in children who died after MMR vaccinations

thejournal.ie: Ireland demands citizens get measles vaccine

Note that U.S. measles outbreak ended BEFORE the vaccine was introduced!

Ars Technica: JAMA Pediatrics blames a 2013 outbreak of measles on anti-vaxers in Brooklyn-NYC, saying they should pay for the public healthcare response. 

Press Herald: Romanian measles outbreak blamed on anti-vaxers

Science Magazine: Nobody can prove Congo’s Ebola outbreak was halted by the new vaccine

New Dengue Fever vaccine proven to make people sick and does not offer ‘full immunization’, UN-WHO warns!

UNICEF: Another fine example that if you become a refugee you will have the ‘shit’ vaccinated outta you!

UN News: Record 123 million infants received at least one vaccine in 2017

STAT: Was pandemic flu vaccine tied to an increase in narcolepsy cases?

The Local Italy: Italian parents no longer need proof of vaccinations to enroll children in school

Focus Taiwan News Channel: Taiwan begins baiting ferret-badgers with rabies vaccine

fiddleheadfocus.com: Airborne operations to bombard raccoons with rabies vaccines

Surrey Now Leader: Normally pro-vaccine Canadian health officials refused to give woman rabies vaccine after she was attacked by wild raccoon (the mayor of Surrey got vaccinated, why not her?)

Caixin Global: Rabies Vaccine Producer Ordered to Halt Production

More proof rabies vaccines are about the money as Stock Analysis reports Global Rabies Vaccine for Humans Market 2018

The Mercury: Class warfare as new Australian vaccine costs $1,100 AUD for a family with four children, leaving poor people out in the cold 

Yahoo News: New medical-martial-law plan to crack down on Australian parents who refuse vaccines for children

The Atlantic: Is your horse vaccinated against Hendra, which is deadlier than Ebola and kills humans? 

Honolulu Civil Beat: Want The New Shingles Vaccine? Join The Crowd

Food Poison Journal: Nearly 2,000 Vaccinated for Hepatitis A after Dining at Hardee’s

Arizona State University: Plants produce natural vaccine against norovirus

Ahwatukee Foothills News: Arizona health czars freaking out about declining vaccination rates

NBCNews.com: Anti-vaccine hot spots on rise across U.S.

Sacramento Bee: This lawmaker blocked anti-vaccine activists on Twitter. Now he’s being sued

How to make anti-vax doctors think twice about exempting you from shots

wgbh.org: Anti-Vaccine Doctor Is Disciplined By California Medical Board

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: “We thought we could bring brigades of Mexican doctors and we can put free vaccines from Mexico, and we realized that it was not permitted.”-Xochitl Castaneda, Health Initiative of the Americas at University California Berkeley’s School of Public Health

Odessa American: Enforcement of school vaccinations causes shot shortage in Ector County

Dallas Observer: 76 Percent of Texans Believe Vaccines Are Good.

Chron.com: Texas anti-vaccine movement is growing

Infectious Disease Advisor: Universal Purchase Programs in the United States May Not Effectively Increase Vaccination Rates

H1N1 flu shots proved to be failures during the 2015-16 outbreak, new study discovers several factors that will prevent vaccines from working

Minneapolis Star Tribune: Crack down on anti-vax doctors!

The Pioneer News: Kentucky’s new school vaccination laws

Times Free Press: Tennessee law says anybody entering school, including colleges and universities, must be vaccinated

NBC4 Washington:  DC-Area Schools’ Vaccine Requirements

Richmond News: Parents told to check immunization records after Chinese vaccine recall

South China Morning Post: Fake data – the disease afflicting China’s vaccine system.  Disease numbers are being swept under the carpet and false expiry dates slapped on injections, industry insiders say.

Specialty Pharmacy Times: Should drug addicts be forced to get vaccinations? (why not, since they obviously don’t mind putting ‘junk’ into their system?)

Labiotech.eu: Spider web is the new vaccine ingredient

Natural News: Top 9 vaccine ingredients you would never eat if found in food

People: Supermodel caught kissing British anti-vax doctor (oh my!)

VACCINE FAIL, JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2018: “NOT COST EFFECTIVE.”

OPERATION JUPITER: VACCINES CAN’T SAVE YOU!

“a big risk.”: Sears – Kmart death spiral, August 2018

Forbes: Inside Sears Hometown Stores’ War With Its Local Entrepreneurs

WRAL: Sears struggling with customer service complaints

Fox Business: Sears’ pension liabilities may be a thorn in Kenmore sale

CNNMoney: Eddie Lampert offers to buy Kenmore for $400-million

TCPAland: Sears Misses out on Millions in TCPA Settlement Funds

Wall Street Journal: Sears Franchise Owners Get Caught in Retailer’s Woes

24/7 Wall St: How Sears Is Branching Out in E-Commerce

New York Business Journal: In the ‘Blink’ of an eye, your local Sears is now a gym

ARIZONA:  Flagstaff Mall Sears store and Auto Center shutting down by Thanksgiving.

CALIFORNIA: 64 employees of the Clovis Kmart arrived at work only to find out they’re being shutdown, the only thing local news media was told was that the Kmart would shutdown in time for the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday.  It’s been revealed that the still active Manchester Center Sears store, in Fresno, has leased out half its active space to an unnamed retailer, who will occupy the north half of the building by Summer 2019.  The real estate agency handling the deal also revealed that active Sears store downsizing efforts are taking place with the Sequoia Mall, in Visalia, and at the Merced Mall.  All stores are owned by Sears Holdings’ REIT spin-off (and Warren Buffett funded) Seritage Growth Properties.  Spring Valley Kmart, Antioch Kmart and Los Angeles Kmart (on West 3rd) all  shutting down by Thanksgiving, 152 jobs killed according to WARN (Worker Adjustment Retraining Notice)! Capitola Mall Sears store in Santa Cruz shutting down by Thanksgiving.

COLORADO: Grand Junction Sears store and Auto Center shutting down by Thanksgiving.

CONNECTICUT: Milford Kmart shutting down by Thanksgiving.

DELAWARE: Newark Kmart shutting down by Thanksgiving.

FLORIDA: University Square Mall Sears, the Doral-Miami Sears store and Auto Center (86 jobs gone by Thanksgiving) and the Naples Sears store and Auto Center shutting down by Thanksgiving.   Neptune Beach leaders shoot down controversial redevelopment plans for vacant Kmart

GEORGIA: Sears stores and Auto Centers in Savannah (Oglethorpe Mall), Atlanta (Cumberland Mall) and Brunswick shutting down by Thanksgiving.

IDAHO: The Sears Hometown Store in Moscow is for sale, a very incomplete local news report gave no details.

ILLINOIS: Steger Kmart and Bloomington Sears and Auto Center (East Empire Street) shutting down by Thanksgiving.  The 16 years vacant Lake Zurich Kmart is being torn down by the property owner, under threat of a taxpayer funded court order.  The Kmart property owner apparently promised to redevelop the property in 2017, claiming it would turn it into a massive apartment/retail shops complex. The city is demanding construction on the massive complex must start by March 2019.

Chicago Tribune: Stanley, Sears to have competing Craftsman tool brands

INDIANA: On Coldwater Road the Fort Wayne Sears store and Auto Center shutting down by Thanksgiving.   After five years the Anderson Sears Hometown Store shutting down, the owner saying “I have just reached a point being here for five years and asking for another five years, that’s a big risk.” 

KENTUCKY: Florence Sears shutting down by Thanksgiving.

LOUISIANA: Hammond Sears store and Auto Center shutting down by Thanksgiving.  The still active Clearview Shopping Center Sears store and Auto Center, in New Orleans, was just purchased by the family owners of the mall. The Sears store will supposedly continue operating, but will be reduced in size as most of the 14 acre Sears space will be carved up into smaller retail shops.

MARYLAND: The Westfield Montgomery Sears store, in Bethesda, shutting down in March 2019.  The store was bought by the mall owner last year, for $105-million USD, their plan is to tear it down and replace it with a multitude of smaller brick-n-mortar shops.

MASSACHUSETTS: Holyoke and Taunton Sears stores and Auto Centers shutting down by Thanksgiving.

MICHIGAN: Jackson Sears store and Auto Center shutting down by Thanksgiving.

MISSISSIPPI: Columbus Kmart shutting down by Thanksgiving.

MISSOURI: Cape Girardeau Kmart shutting down by Thanksgiving.

NORTH CAROLINA: Raleigh-Crabtree Sears store and Auto Center shutting down by Thanksgiving.

NEW HAMPSHIRE: Salem and Manchester Sears stores and Auto Centers shutting down by Thanksgiving.

NEW JERSEY: Mays Landing Sears store and Auto Center shutting down, 63 jobs gone by Thanksgiving.

NEW YORK:  Riverhead Kmart, as well as Queensbury-Glens Falls, New Hyde Park and Victor Sears stores and Auto Centers shutting down by Thanksgiving.

OHIO: Dayton and Cincinnati-Northgate Sears stores and Auto Centers shutting down by Thanksgiving.  The 23 years old Chillicothe Kmart/Little Caesar’s Pizza shutting down by the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, local news media said they were alerted to the shutdown when customers were being told that layaways were halted.  It was also discovered that the Kmart property had been sold at the end of July to Rural King Realty for $4.7-million USD.

OREGON: Happy Valley-Portland Sears store and Auto Center shutting down by Thanksgiving.

PENNSYLVANIA: Store closing signs confirmed that the McMurray Kmart is shutting down in October, employees were told last month, but also were told not to tell anybody.  After more than 20 years, the Pine Township Sears Hometown Store shutdown at the end of July, no reason was given.

TENNESSEE: The taxpayers of Clarksville being forced to give a property developer a tax abatement incentive (amount undisclosed at this time) to redevelop property that has a vacant Kmart on it.  The developer is promising that 427 new jobs will be created.

TEXAS: Houston-Memorial and College Station-Bryan Sears stores and Auto Centers shutting down by Thanksgiving.

UTAH: West Jordan Sears shutting down by Thanksgiving.

VIRGINIA: Fairfax Sears shutting down by Thanksgiving.

WASHINGTON: Vancouver Mall Sears store and Auto Center shutting down by Thanksgiving.  The Sears Hometown Store in Toppenish suddenly shutdown, the owners said they couldn’t renew the lease and will focus on their stores in Sunnyside, and in Hood River (Oregon).

WEST VIRGINIA: Scott Depot Kmart shutting down by Thanksgiving.  Kmart used flooding as excuse to layoff employees at Crossings Mall in Elkview, according to lawsuit.

WISCONSIN: Eau Claire and La Crosse (Valley View Mall) Sears stores and Auto Centers shutting down by Thanksgiving.  The five years old Appleton (Grand Chute) Sears Outlet store shutdown on the 19th, the owner didn’t say why, only that he was consolidating the remaining inventory to his new store in Germantown.

WYOMING: Gillette Kmart shutting down by Thanksgiving.

Sears-Kmart death spiral, July 2018: “THIS WAS THE SLOWEST ICEBERG HIT.”

“…we had the worst year…ever…”: ObamaCare-ACA death spiral, June 2018

Incomplete (tip-o-the-iceberg) list of healthcare related layoffs, shutdowns and crimes in June 2018:

Denmark based drugs maker Novo Nordisk eliminating 3-thousand jobs globally, blaming the “uncertain and unpredictable” U.S. healthcare system (ObamaCare-ACA)!

“…the largest ever health care fraud enforcement action involving 601 charged defendants across 58 federal districts, including 165 doctors, nurses and other licensed medical professionals, for their alleged participation in health care fraud schemes involving more than $2 billion in false billings.”National Health Care Fraud Takedown 

New York Times: U.S. Emergency Rooms Run Out of Vital Drugs

Becker’s Hospital Review: 1 in 3 nurses have reported sexual harassment by physicians; no action taken 74% of the time

The Spokesman-Review: Google is training machines to predict when a patient will die

ALABAMA: Regional Medical Center Jacksonville shutdown, the property was donated to Jacksonville State University as a big tax write-off.

ARIZONA: Bankrupt busted Gilbert Hospital and Florence Hospital both suddenly shutdown, local news reports said employees and patients were notified one day before the shutdowns began.

CALIFORNIA: Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital threatened 45 med-techs with layoffs if they weren’t willing to work 12 hours shifts.  Citrus Valley Health Partners accused of destroying competition through ‘doctor poaching’.  Sonoma West Medical Center said despite recent layoffs and its slightly improved cash flow, it can’t cover its mountain of debts and operating costs, on top of that its minimum debt payment is expected to double to almost half-a-million dollars per month in Autumn, and wait there’s more as health insurance company Anthem is suing the hospital, so it will most likely shutdown by the end of the year.   Coalinga Regional Medical Center suddenly shutdown, about 175 jobs gone due to lack of revenue!  California Medical Business Services issued a shutdown WARN, 64 jobs in Arcadia gone by the end of August. Tri-City Healthcare issued a shutdown WARN for its Oceanside location, 80 jobs gone by the end of August. In Palmdale, Antelope Valley Hospital issued a layoff WARN, 137 jobs gone mid-August! In Long Beach, Molina Healthcare eliminating 106 jobs by July! In Los Angeles, Cedars-Sinai suddenly laid off 187 people!  Generic drugs maker Impax Laboratories issued a shutdown WARN for its Hayward factory, 533 jobs gone by August!

COLORADO: Non-profit Mental Health Partners suddenly laid off 17 people, blaming “continuing changes in the healthcare landscape”.

CONNECTICUT: Medical and drugs supplier McKesson shutting down its Rocky Hill facility, 105 jobs gone!  Purdue Pharma laid off 350 people due to lawsuits over the opioid crisis: “Purdue has ended its sales force engagement with prescribers for all of its medicines…”-Bob Josephson

FLORIDA: Transitions Optical eliminating nine jobs in Pinellas Park.

GEORGIA:  Former Georgia Medical Examiner Pleads Guilty to Opioid Conspiracy

Three Rite Aid locations shutdown in Hall County due to the take-over by British empire owned Walgreens Boots Alliance.  Chestatee Regional Hospital shutting down at the end of July, to be sold-off to a competitor who in turn plans to sell it to state taxpayers (Georgia Board of Regents), resulting in 141 jobs killed!

GUAM: Doctor testifies that taxpayer funded Guam Memorial Hospital is ‘dysfunctional on all levels’

IDAHO: Lawsuit: Idaho Can’t Ignore Your Dying Wishes If You’re Pregnant

Idaho GOP panel passes resolution opposing Medicaid expansion

Idaho’s ObamaCare-ACA insurers ask for substantial individual market rate increases

Officials confirm Idaho’s first human plague case since 1992

ILLINOIS:   Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Blog: Nurse Pleads Guilty to Stealing Drugs from Illinois Nursing Home

Hospital Sisters Health System offers to pay $62.5M USD to settle lawsuit alleging it ripped off the employee retirement plan 

Pleasant Hill Healthcare issued a shutdown WARN for its Girard location, 66 jobs gone by September.

INDIANA: Saint Vincent Health suddenly laid off 85 people, the hospital operator laid off 75 people earlier in the year and 1-hundred people last year.  Syneos Health issued a layoff WARN, 98 jobs gone by the end of July.

IOWA: After less than three years christian owned Keokuk Medical Center shutting down by the end of August, administrators say it was just a stop-gap clinic until bigger and better centers could be built.  Mercy Medical Center eliminating 43 jobs as part of its consolidation ops.  Wellmark eliminating 30 jobs in Des Moines, by August.

KANSAS:  Blue Valley Hospital had its Medicare contract revoked, facing shutdown

KENTUCKY: Signature Healthcare agrees to pay more than $30M USD to settle accusations that it overbilled taxpayers (Medicare and Medicaid)

Judge Strikes Down Kentucky’s Medicaid Work Rules

Pikeville Medical Center laid off 1-hundred people and forced another 30 to quit or be fired! Hospital administrators claim the decision was made 45 days prior: “So what happened is in 2016 we had the best year we ever had at the end of the 2016 year, but in 2017 we had the worst year we ever had.”-Donovan Blackburn, CEO

LOUISIANA: Tennessee based HCA Healthcare announced it will sell Women’s & Children’s Hospital in Lafayette.  University Health Conway forced to temporarily shutdown clinic ops due to a broken water line.

MASSACHUSETTS: Flex Pharma eliminating 60% of its jobs due to the failure of one of its experimental drugs!

MINNESOTA: The exalted Mayo Clinic suing the IRS in an attempt to stop its CEO from facing interrogation by tax auditors

NEVADA: 4 charged for roles in health care fraud

NEW JERSEY:  Healthcare executive goes to prison for $100M USD doctor bribery scheme

In Jersey City, Majestic Rehabilitation and Nursing Center eliminating 166 jobs by September!

NEW YORK:  Jewish Board of Family & Children’s Services’ troubled youth treatment center Hawthorne Cedar Knolls eliminating 107 jobs as part of its pending shutdown due to never ending security problems (like formerly sex trafficked children escaping almost daily)!  Metro Athletic Medicine and Fitness issued a layoff WARN for its Brooklyn-NYC location, 54 jobs gone by September due to loss of contract. Millennium Medical Staffing shutting down ops in Bronx-NYC, 135 jobs gone by the end of August, due to being taken over by a competitor! First Care of New York, also in Bronx-NYC, eliminating 851 jobs by August, also due to being taken over by a competitor!

Patients, volunteers and healthcare professionals going to war against Empire BlueCross BlueShield for unfair ObamaCare-ACA reimbursements.

NORTH CAROLINA: Blue Cross Blue Shield accuses  LifeBrite Community Hospital of overbilling

OHIO: Pharmacy middlemen are charging Ohio taxpayers three to six time going rate for drugs.

Premier Health’s 491 bed Good Samaritan Hospital, in Dayton, shutting down mid-July, 1-thousand-6-hundred jobs affected!  Premier Health said it’s because it has another hospital just five miles from Good Samaritan.

OKLAHOMA: Tennessee based Community Health Systems selling AllianceHealth Deaconess, a 291 bed hospital in OK City, to a competitor.

OREGON: Oregon Prescription Drug Program accused of failing to issue rebates

PENNSYLVANIA:  Half of hepatitis C patients with private insurance denied life-saving drugs

North Philadelphia Health System-Girard Medical Center laying off 1-hundred employees in an attempt to reduce operating costs!   

SOUTH DAKOTA: South Dakota losing fight against resurgent sex diseases

TENNESSEE: Big South Fork Medical Center eliminating 20 jobs, admitting they’ve been overstaffed since their grand opening last year.     Meharry Medical College suddenly laid off 55 employees. 

TEXAS: The state Fire Marshal’s Office investigating the cause of an explosion at the construction site of Coryell Memorial Healthcare System, which killed one person and wounded 15!   Medical supplies provider Arjo shutdown its San Antonio location, 54 jobs gone due to “A global decision has been made to co-localize research and development…”   Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital warning of mass layoffs and bankruptcy due to $11-million USD of debts.  Huntsville Memorial eliminating its Joe G. Davis School of Vocational Nursing due to increasing competition from area nursing schools.  Stamford Healthcare System suddenly shutdown its Regional Services Department and laid off 29 people, directly blaming lack of ObamaCare-ACA insurance reimbursements: “Unfortunately, the refusal of insurance companies to pay for the healthcare services provided has decreased the viability of the program.”-statement made to Jones County Regional Healthcare System board of directors

VIRGINIA: A former patient accusing University of Virginia Medical Center of performing medical tests without permission, saying she was forced to undergo painful testing that she adamantly refused 

WASHINGTON: Seattle based Qliance Medical Group/Qliance Management bankrupt busted after shutting down six ‘members only’ primary care clinics last year, due to lack of ‘membership’.

WISCONSIN: Roche Molecular Systems shutting down its ops in Madison, 79 jobs gone by June 2020.

WYOMING: Antidepressants May Be Less Effective At Higher Elevation 

Active pharmaceutical ingredients maker Lannett-Cody Laboratories eliminating 50 jobs in Wyoming by moving them to New York, despite last year promising to expand Wyoming production.

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

ObamaCare (ACA) death spiral May 2018: “…WILL CREATE DEATHS. THIS WILL KILL PEOPLE. PEOPLE WILL DIE BECAUSE OF THIS.”