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Business/Economics, Idaho

U.S. job losses & store closings 28 February 2014: Another women’s clothing chain going down in flames! Successful internet business kills jobs! ObamaCare forcing medical supply companies to commit “suicide”!

Incomplete list of announced closings & layoffs.

Alabama: In Birmingham, God refused to stop the Parkway Christian Academy from shutting down.   This time it’s blamed on church members not paying their dues, as a result the church has to sell the school!

Arkansas: Arkansas News Bureau laid off five employees, which turn out to be the majority of their seven full time staff!

California: Who said tech jobs are recession proof? Atos IT Solutions laid off three people.  Avnet Integrated laid off three people.  Loehmann’s killed 160 department store jobs!  In Emeryville, troubled Switzerland based legal drugs pusher Novartis killed 167 jobs!  In San Diego, legal drugs pusher Optimer Pharmaceuticals laid off 21 employees.  The Riverside Dental-Doctor Group killed 162 jobs!

Louisiana: The University of New Orleans killed more jobs.  This time 28 people lost their jobs in an effort to save $2-million USD!  It’s blamed on disappearing students.

Idaho: In Aberdeen, food and agriculture giant Simplot announced they will kill 309 food processing jobs by April!

Illinois: In Martinsville, Accents unique item store shutdown, apparently after only fours years of business.

Indiana: In Fort Wayne, taxsucking military contractor Exelis Night Vision and Communications Solutions laid off an undisclosed number of employees.  The company has killed 800 jobs in the past three years!  There is now a For Sale sign on the building.  It’s blamed on drastic Department of Defense spending cuts.

Iowa: In Mason City, after 102 years Marshall & Swift dry cleaners shutdown! 50 jobs lost.  The family owners did not give a reason, but the property is up for sale.

Kentucky: In Louisville, the Heine Brothers’ Coffee shop shutdown. Company officials said the shop had good business, but it wasn’t good enough to cover the outrageous rent.

Maryland: In Salisbury, after 30 years the Shinn Paint store shutdown.

Massachusetts: In South Deerfield, Yankee Candle Company laid off about 30 salaried employees.  It’s actually blamed on their successful and growing internet business!

Michigan: In Franklin, after 30 years Bead Works shutdown.

New York: In NYC, Juicy Couture clothing retailer laying off 21 employees by the end of March.  In Copiague, Baumann & Sons Buses warned that they might lose their contract, which would result in 250 jobs being lost!  In Coram, Acme Bus warned they might lose their school bus contract, resulting in 334 jobs being lost!  In Endicott, employees for IBM revealed that at least 15 people lost their jobs.  IBM officials refused to comment to local news media.  In Schenectady, health insurance company MVP Health Care killed 100 jobs!  It’s blamed on Obama Care: “The health insurance industry is going through a time of unprecedented change, and we need a streamlined and nimble organization to stay ahead of the curve.”-Denise Gonick, President and CEO

North Carolina: All-States Medical Supply blames Obama Care for killing their jobs.  Company officials explained that Obama Care cuts government and insurance company reimbursements for their medical supplies by 45%!   Medicare audits of their accounting have been increased by 250%!!!  Such audits place reimbursements in limbo, company officials say two and a half years worth of reimbursements are now on hold until the backlog of Obama Care audits are completed!  CEO Marcus Suess described Obama Care as “suicide” for the medical supply industry!

Ohio:  After 27 years, Glenwillow based women’s clothing retailer Dots now chapter 11 bankrupt busted and shutting down!  All 360 stores in 28 states to shutdown!  3500 jobs lost!

Oregon: Layoffs continue at the Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility.  When chemical weapons were being destroyed the base employed 830 people.  Now there are only 90.

Pennsylvania: In Pittson, Clarcor Air Filtration shutting down, 60 jobs lost.  Company officials now say it was an economic mistake to move to Pittson.

Texas: In San Antonio, taxsucker Lockheed Martin laid off 36 employees.  It’s blamed on declining orders by the warmongers known as Department of Defense.   Over the next two months Boeing killing 600 jobs in San Antonio!

Virginia: The Hope Co. Boutique and Cameo stores shutdown.

27 February 2014: Another big bank says housing market crash coming! 

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

International

World War 3, Asian Front-Afghanistan, 27-31 May 2014: War building with Pakistan! 18-thousand National Guardsmen from just one U.S. state took part in occupying Afghanistan! More Russian ‘copters at U.S. taxpayer expense! More massive election fraud in Obama’s “successful” elections!

Ghazni Province: In Giru District, two vehicles packed with people returning from a wedding ran over landmines.   The resulting explosions killed 12 of them.   Only two people survived.

Herat Province: In Injil District, a convoy of unnamed U.S. diplomats was attacked.  Mujahideen riding motorcycles blasted the convoy with RPGs.  Two U.S. security contractors wounded.

Kabul Province:  President Hamid Karzai blames a Pakistani Mujahideen group  for the recent attack on the Indian consulate in Herat Province.  They denied the accusation.  Russia has delivered three more Mil Mi-17B-5 helicopters to Afghanistan.  They were paid for by the U.S. Obama regime.  The Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan is now accusing government officials of rigging the elections that Obama, NATO and the United Nations called “successful”!   Integrity Watch Afghanistan claims that in the past 12 months $2-billion USD in bribes have been paid out!  The number one recipient of bribes are courts.  Number two are cops, proof police are evil!  The Afghan Interior Ministry reports that hundreds of Mujahideen, government personnel and civilians have been killed in the past four days of battles.

Kandahar Province: In Maruf District, a U.S. Army Private 1st Class from Colorado was killed when the Chinook he was in crashed.  18 U.S./NATO personnel were wounded.  So far the U.S. won’t say why the ‘copter crashed, but are calling it an accident.   In Kandahar City, and explosion killed one cop and wounded three others.  They were trying to defuse a bomb.  Hospital officials say five people were wounded.

Kunar Province:  More claims of Pakistani artillery attacks.  This time 900 rounds impacted over four days, killing one person and wounding  27.   20 homes destroyed.  Afghan officials also say Pakistan is building huge military bases along the border with Kunar Province.  So far no comment from Pakistani officials.  Another report says Pakistani ‘copter gunships crossed into Kunar, killing four civilians and wounding 11.  There are reports that the Pakistani army is chasing hundreds of Pakistani Mujahideen out of Pakistan into Afghanistan.

Jawzjan Province: In Aqcha District, two national government domestic homeland security spies were assassinated by Mujahideen when they blew up their vehicle.   Five other Afghan homeland security operatives were wounded.

Maidan Wardak Province: The man in charge of security for the local Education Minister was kidnapped and executed.

Paktika Province: In Yahya Khel District, a U.S.-NATO airstrike killed at least eight people.

There are at least 550 high level drug smugglers in Afghan prisons.  One smuggler from Dubai, who was already wealthy, admitted the temptation to make even more easy money selling opium under the U.S. occupation was too much for him: “Five type of drug trade is common in Helmand; heroin, raw and processed opium, crystal and morphine but my favorite trade was Heroin. At first, I had opium trade but it didn’t have much profit. When I started heroin trade, I earned five times more. It was easy and without problem. I just called and received the order. I was coming from Dubai that police suddenly arrested me in Kandahar airport. They had recorded my mobile voice [cell phone]. It has been about four years that I am in the prison. I have paid more than 70 thousand as bribe to different officials but it was useless. My family is really poor now.”-Haji Asad, who said his goal as a drug smuggler was to become just like the world politicians he admired

More proof you’re better off fighting the occupation of your country  than living as a refugee: In Turkey, Afghan refugees are protesting their abandonment by the UN High Commission for Refugees, by sewing their own lips shut!  There are growing reports that refugees from many countries, suffering under western occupation or devastation, are being denied housing, medical help and even food by so called UN sponsored refugee organizations.

The U.S. state of Pennsylvania reports that since the illegal U.S. occupation of Afghanistan in 2001, the Bush and Obama regimes have forced 18-thousand state militiamen to take part in the occupation!!!   So much for active duty A-holes claiming the National Guard isn’t up to the job!  Being a 14 year vet of National Guard (California/Idaho & a couple years active duty) myself I say Fuck You U.S. Department of Defense!!!

South Dakota reports they’ve sent more than 1300 Militiamen and MilitiaAirmen to Afghanistan since 2001.

After revealing that the militia of the U.S. state of Oregon will be deployed to Afghanistan until 2015, under the Obama regime’s new occupation plan, it’s just been revealed that the number of Oregon National Guard personnel (41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team) being deployed is actually 1100, not the earlier reported 950!

Militiamen of the National Guard’s 65th Field Artillery Brigade (Utah) returned from Afghanistan.

Militiamen of the National Guard’s 1230th Transportation Unit (Georgia) returned from Afghanistan.

25 Militiamen of the National Guard’s 37th Finance Detachment (New York) deploying to Afghanistan.

More than 120 Militiamen of the National Guard’s 1438th Engineer Company (Missouri) returned from Afghanistan.

More than 119 Militiamen of the National Guard’s 1191st Engineer Company (Ohio) deploying to Afghanistan.

60 Militiamen of the National Guard’s 147th Aviation (Iowa) deploying to Afghanistan.

Despite the Obama regime’s claim that they do not negotiate, Obama negotiated the release of a U.S. Army Sergeant from Idaho.  Obama gave five known Mujahideen held in Gitmo for the release of one U.S. occupier.  And in typical Republican hypocrisy, GOP politicians who’ve been calling for Obama to do “everything” possible to free the Army Sergeant, now condemn Obama for doing “everything” possible to free the Army Sergeant!

U.S.

U.S. Civil War: Chicago update 02 – 06 June 2014, 5 dead 29 wounded including police!

The following is an incomplete list of shootings.

100 block of North Keeler Avenue: 22 years old woman shot and killed.

6200 block of South Francisco Avenue: 27 years old man shot multiple times and killed.

9600 block of South Brennan Avenue: 33 years old man shot multiple times and killed.

1900 block of West Howard Avenue: Two men shot.  One man died, the other was wounded in the foot.

4900 block of West West End Avenue: Two men and a 17 years old boy shot at a party.  The boy died, he had been shot at least three times.

9300 block of South Wallace Street: Two cops shot and wounded.  The shooter was shot and wounded by the cops, and the cops even shot and wounded a woman who was in the car with the suspect!  Police say the driver started shooting at them when they pulled him over for a traffic violation.

4600 block of South Drexel Boulevard: 30 years old man shot in the leg and wounded.

1200 block of West 93rd Street: 19 years old man had his cell phone stolen at gunpoint, then the robber shot him in the foot.

4300 block of West 15th Street: 28 years old man shot in the leg.

11200 block of South Marshfield Avenue: 23 years old man wounded in the leg.

4900 block of West Augusta Avenue: 27 years old man shot in the leg and wounded.

500 block of North Leclaire Avenue: A 27 years old woman and a 15 years old boy wounded by drive by shooter.  The woman was in her car and the boy was walking on the sidewalk.  The boy was grazed in the back, and refused medical treatment.

1000 block of North Lamon Avenue:  16 years old boy shot in the back and wounded.

6100 block of South Wabash Avenue: Two men shot and wounded.  They say they were shot by three other men.

5100 block of South Oakley Avenue: 24 years old man shot multiple times, but in stable condition.

5700 block of South Sangamon Avenue: 23 years old man shot by drive by shooters.  He was hit multiple times in the legs.

4100 block of West Crystal Street: 30 years old man shot in the arm.

10100 block of South Aberdeen Street: 22 years old man shot in the ankle.

6600 block of South Blackstone Avenue: 19 years old man shot in the leg.

4900 block of West Iowa Street: 34 years old man shot in the hip.

1200 block of North Karlov Avenue: Report of a man shot in the leg.

200 block of West 113th Street: 21 years old man shot and wounded as he sat on his porch.

7300 block of South Kenwood Avenue: 20 years old man shot in the arm by a group of men who walked up to him.

8500 block of South Sangamon Street: 22 years old man shot in the hip.

7000 block of South Morgan Street: 34 years old man shot in the abdomen, in serious condition.

West Suburban Medical Center: A man who had been shot in the arm walked himself into the hospital.

Discounting the police involved shooting, all the victims were not armed.

Police say most of the gun violence is caused by gang bangers. 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 31 May – 02 June 2014

 

U.S.

U.S. Civil War: U.S. Navy base & schools locked down after fight between personnel!

06 June 2014 (13:22 UTC-07 Tango)/07 Sha’ban 1435/16 Khordad 1393/09 Geng Wu 4712

Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads locked down after a fight between two sailors resulted in one being stabbed.  The stabbed sailor is in critical condition.  The suspect sailor, a Petty Officer 3rd Class (E4, equivalent to a Army Specialist/Corporal, or Marine Corporal, or USAF Senior Airman), is on the loose.

The base hospital seems to be the main focus of the search for the suspect.  The Portsmouth Police Department, Chesapeake Police Department, Norfolk Police Department and FBI are involved.

Grade schools near the base are in lockdown mode.

Betcha prescription drugs are connected to this incident.

“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

U.S.

U.S. Civil War: Man assaults Georgia courthouse!

06 June 2014 (12:54 UTC-07 Tango)/07 Sha’ban 1435/16 Khordad 1393/09 Geng Wu 4712

“We appreciate your patience and understanding while we collect the facts surrounding the Courthouse shooting that took place this morning. The downtown area and streets surrounding the Courthouse will be closed until further [notice]. The suspect was shot and is deceased at this time. A deputy was injured during the exchange of gun fire and is expected to be okay. No citizens or bystanders were injured.”-Forsyth County Sheriff’s Department

Officials say a man armed with guns and homemade bombs attacked the Forsyth County courthouse in Georgia.   One deputy was shot and wounded.  The alleged attacker was shot and killed.  The area around the courthouse is now locked down for investigation.

“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

International

World War 3: U.S., Australia & Japan invade Vietnam, again! Preps for war with China!

06 June 2014 (12:24 UTC-07 Tango)/07 Sha’ban 1435/16 Khordad 1393/09 Geng Wu 4712

It’s called operation Pacific Partnership 2014 (aka PP14).  140 U.S. and Australian military personnel along with 190 imperial Japanese personnel are now in Viet Nam.

It’s been about 46 years since U.S. and Australian troops occupied southern Viet Nam, and about 69 years since Imperial Japan occupied the southeast Asian country.

The three western capitalist imperialist countries have docked ships at the port of Da Nang.   Obama officials claim the whole thing is a humanitarian/medical training mission and has nothing to do with the growing violence with China over oil drilling rights in the South China Sea.

The PP14 also involves Cambodia and Philippines, who are also angry with China.

Officials claim Pacific Partnership has provided medical care to approximately 250,000 people, veterinary services for more than 37,000 animals and completed more than 170 engineering projects, all at your expense!

United States will re-occupy Philippines in preps for war with China 

For second time Japan invades California…….prep for war with China

Obama regime deploying more troops to South Korea…..war with China

Business/Economics

Dumb Americans: Majority of GM car owners don’t even know they own a GM!!!

06 June 2014 (19:07 UTC-07 Tango 05 June 2014)/07 Sha’ban 1435/16 Khordad 1393/09 Geng Wu 4712

China’s CCTV was interviewing a U.S. auto industry analyst over the massive General Motors (GM) recall scandal.  The Chinese interviewer was literally flabbergasted when the U.S. analyst stated that most GM car owners in the U.S. don’t even know they own a GM!

The analyst used Buick and Saturn as an example saying most Buick and Saturn owners don’t know that their cars are included in the massive recalls.  The analyst postulated that it was going to take a long time for the recall and repair of a potentially deadly problem with ignition switches (and other problems) simply because many GM car owners don’t know they own one of the potentially deadly GM brand cars.

Why is Chinese news media concerned about the GM recall?  Because  GM now sells more Buicks in China than in the U.S.!  China is fast becoming the number one car market for General Motors, no longer is the U.S. the top car market.  And yes, no thanks to ‘globalization’, GM cars sold in China are affected by the same scandals affecting GM cars sold in the U.S.

Short list of General Motors brands: GMC, Saturn (now defunct), Pontiac (now defunct), Chevrolet (aka Chevy), Buick,  Cadillac, Hummer (now defunct), Sweden based SAAB (auto division sold off to Netherlands based Spyker), Germany based Opel, Australia based Holden, United Kingdom based Vauxhall, China based Wuling, China based Baojun, China based Jie Fang (aka FAW-GM), UzDaewoo (joint venture by GM Korea and Uzbekistan).

Back in the old days, when U.S. cars had character, strength and weren’t dumbed down by anti-car regulations and false flag emission controls, most people in the U.S. took so much pride in their cars that there were heated arguments over who’s car brand was better, and this even led to the creation of drag racing and custom car shows.  Now all we get is light weight computer controlled crap for a new car, no matter what the brand is!

U.S.

U.S. Civil War: 6 (?) students fail to take advantage of Pro-gun law in Washington, now they’re dead! False Flag op?

06 June 2014 (18:22 UTC-07 Tango 05 June 2014)/07 Sha’ban 1435/16 Khordad 1393/09 Geng Wu 4712

Six (?) people shot, one dead and five (?) wounded on the Christian Seattle Pacific University campus in Washington.  The state of Washington allows guns on campus, yet it appears none of the victims were armed.  However, despite state law the private university bans guns, not only for students but their own security guards are not armed: “Officers do not have deputized or state-commissioned police authority and carry no firearms.”

One female victim has life threatening wounds, now in surgery.

This incident is a prime example of misinformation run rampant:  Police originally said there were two shooters and four victims.  Local news reports continue to give conflicting numbers of victims.  One report said the unarmed university security guards captured the shooter as he tried to re-load his gun.  Yet another local news report indicated the shooter was shot by police.  Initially police said the shooters were armed with a rifle or shotgun.  Now police say there was only one shooter armed with a pistol, and are back to saying there’s only four victims (including the person that died).

Some Seattle Pacific University students are from Canada.

The last college shooting in Washington was back in 2007.  One Washington news source claims that this year there is an increase in shooters targeting colleges.  I’ll point out that prescriptions drugs are involved.  I’ll also point out that victims of mass shootings are almost always never armed (unless they’re cops like the shooting in Canada yesterday)!  Is this another False Flag op by the anti-2nd Amendment, pro-martial law elites?

 

International

Failed State Martial Law Canada: Anti-gun laws fail to stop man from killing several cops!

05 June 2014 (23:32 UTC-07 Tango 04 June 2014)/06 Sha’ban 1435/15 Khordad 1393/08 Geng Wu 4712

A man possibly being surveilled by undercover cops went on the offensive. “He looked like Rambo!”-Joan MacAlpine Stiles, witness

In Moncton, New Brunswick, a man armed with at least two rifles shot and killed three Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).  At least two other cops were wounded.  Some reports say that local hospital officials claim a third person was wounded.

From the pics I saw one rifle might be a .308 caliber/7.62mm (maybe an Vietnam era M14?) or larger caliber, the other looks like a shotgun.  One witness said one of the weapons was fully automatic, or at least it sounded like it was.   One family reported their kitchen window being shot out.  The shooter also had a buttback, and cops think he’s hiding out in the woods.   I wonder if he’s been on prescription drugs.  It seems police knew from the beginning who the 24 years old shooter is.

Pics being posted on the internet show at least one of the cops killed was an undercover cop.   Was the suspect being staked out by the cops?  Witnesses posted video taken from their living room of the undercover cop being shot.  The camera operator is too scared to get next to the window, but you can hear two shots, and then the guy sitting at the widow says “He shot him.  He shot the fucking cop!”.   The suspect has posted on the internet poetry and other rantings that are consistent with people on meds.

Canuck cops are now locking down the area, ordering the sheeple to “Shelter in place”.

Earlier in the afternoon, in the same province RCMP found a body at the Mactaquac Dam, west of Moncton.  No more info.

 

Business/Economics

U.S. job losses & store closings 27 February 2014: Another big bank says housing market crash coming! More ObamaCare hospital shutdowns & massive layoffs! California real estate kills jobs!

Incomplete list of announced closings & layoffs.

Best Buy announced they are killing 2-thousand salaried mid-level U.S. manager jobs by the end of 2014!  Already 500 have been let go!  Best Buy is also killing 950 jobs in Canada!

Aussie airlines Quantas in big trouble.  5-thousand jobs being killed.  Quantas is even asking for an Australian government bailout.  Their revenue problems are directly affecting U.S. company Boeing.  Quantas says it will delaying paying for three Boeing 787 Dreamliners for its Jetstar division.  Quantas is also trying to sell off 50 of their airliners.

Arkansas: Little Rock based marketing company Acxiom started a third round of layoffs since the end of 2013.  This time 100 people in Arkansas and 100 people across the U.S. became unemployed!

California: In San Diego, Cox Communications laying off 200 call center employees by September!  Company officials are consolidating call centers and decided California real estate was too expensive to justify building a bigger call center in California.  In Orange County, Cox Communications killed 150 cable TV jobs!  What housing market recovery?  San Francisco based Too Big to Jail Wells Fargo announced it is killing an additional 700 mortgage industry jobs across the United States: “We currently expect mortgage origination volumes to decline in first quarter 2014…”-Peggy Gunn

Florida: In Lynn Haven, tax sucker General Dynamics killed 730 of its ObamaCare call center jobs!  A Congressman from Florida is outraged: “I am saddened that these hardworking men and women are paying the price for the Obama administration’s unyielding pursuit of a job crushing, Washington first agenda that has made private sector job growth more difficult by the day!”-Steve Southerland II

Massachusetts:  Despite record sales, medical device maker LeMaitre Vascular laid off 30 employees.  ObamaCare created a new high tax on medical device makers.

New York: In Williamsville, Ingram Micro laid off an undisclosed amount of employees.  It was revealed by local news sources that the California based electronics company got a $900-thousand USD tax break in 2013 from the Amherst Industrial Development Agency.  In Syracuse, after 100 years scrap metal company Roth Steel shutdown.  The 33 employees told local news media they were not given warning about the loss of their jobs.  Company officials claim they could no longer compete with other metal recyclers.  In NYC, bankrupt Dots clothing store shutting down in May, 43 jobs lost.  What housing market recovery?  In Babylon, DE Capital Mortgage shutting down by April, 52 jobs lost.  In Pittsford, Wells Fargo to layoff mortgage service employees by the end of May.

Oklahoma: In Stillwater, after 52 years Colonial Florist shutdown.

Oregon: In Portland, after 37 years Showcase Music & Sound shutdown.

Pennsylvania: The Crozer Keystone Health System killed 250 healthcare jobs!  Officials blamed ObamaCare’s reduced Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements for a $16-million loss in the past seven months.  And Commonwealth Health shutdown the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital’s business office, 87 jobs lost.  They also fired their director of communications.  In Blue Bell, managed healthcare company Aetna laid off an undisclosed number of employees.  It’s part of Aetna’s plan to kill 3-thousand jobs across the U.S. by 2015!

Tennessee: An Outback Steakhouse shutdown, it’s part of the company’s plans to close 22 Outback restaurants by the end of of the first quarter 2014.

Texas: In El Paso, United Blood Services shutting down their call center, more than 100 jobs lost!  Company officials said ObamaCare is forcing them to centralize operations.

Vermont: In Essex Junction, local news reports said IBM began killing jobs.  Last year IBM killed 419 jobs in Essex Junction!  IBM officials admit they’re spending billion of dollars on new computer/internet operating systems.

26 February 2014: Sony ups the layoff ante in California! 

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