On 04 SEP 2017 Texas National Guard’s 1-124th Cavalry Squadron was conducting rescue ops in Orange, Texas, when they spotted something on the side of a road.
It was a dog. The unit adopted her, and named her Harvey. Is Harvey a girl’s name?
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Harvey: What happens to your pets?
Texas Army National Guard rescue flood victim’s dog in Orange, Texas. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Carl Greenwell, 04SEP2017.
U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Safety Security Team San Francisco rescues a puppy in the Port Arthur area of Texas. USCG photo by Petty Officer Third Class Valerie Higdon, 01SEP2017.
USCG Sector Lower Mississippi River joins with Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. USCG photo by Petty Officer Third Class Brandon, 02SEP2017.
Video, Darlene Chandler of Harris County Precinct One Constable’s Office praises U.S. Coast Guard’s efforts to save pets and livestock:
Livestock trapped on a sliver of dry land, U.S. Army photo by Specialist Dustin D. Biven, 03SEP2017.
Video, Alabama National Guard drops hay to stranded Texas livestock:
U.S. Customs & Border Patrol rescued pets in Rockport, Texas. USCBP photo by Glenn Fawcett, 27AUG2017.
USCG sailor with Maritime Safety Security Team Seattle rescues a dog in the Beaumont area of Texas. USCG photo by Petty Officer Third Class Valerie Higdon, 01SEP2017.
Cypress Creek, Texas. Texas Army National Guard photo by Captain Martha Nigrelle, 28AUG2017.
WORLD ANIMAL DAY: EVER WONDER WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR PETS DURING WAR? IT AIN’T PRETTY!
Harvey: Royal Canadian Air Force joins rescue ops!
RCAF CC-130J Hercules at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Kelly Field, Texas, 03SEP2017
The British empire’s (Commonwealth of Nations, aka The Commonwealth) Royal Canadian Air Force (also a member of NATO) delivered supplies to Texas. Official USAF video report:
SHHH, DON’T “CROSSTELL”, BUT U.S. AIR MILITIA UNITS & CANADA PREPPING FOR TFR EMERGENCY!
MARYLAND MILITIA SPENDS MEMORIAL WEEKEND RESCUING PILOTS IN CANADA!
Harvey: Beaumont catastrophe
“…it’s horrific. I have lived here my whole life. I have been a cop for my whole adult life and I have never seen anything like this.”-James Singletary, Beaumont police chief, PBS Newshour interview 04SEP2017
Video Beaumont rail yard flyover, 02 SEP 2017:
“There were at least 150 adults and 1-hundred kids, along with 15 animals. That was the first day. The other vehicles were only able to carry three people at a time, and ours could transport twenty-five to thirty people at a time.”-Sergeant Ronald Allen, U.S. Army reserve
Texas Army & Air National Guard set up a field hospital in the parking lot of Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas Beaumont, due to the hospital being damaged by Harvey
By 02 SEP 2017 U.S. Army Reserve personnel assisted in more than 7-hundred evacuations of people, 170 pets, and transported more than 1-hundred emergency personnel to critical locations.
Texas Militia personnel hand out MRE (Meal Ready Eat) to flood victims in Beaumont, 03SEP2017
As of 04 SEP 2017 at least 3-thousand flooded Beaumont homes are still inaccessible. Video of Texas National Guard searching Beaumont’s flooded neighborhoods, 03 SEP 2017:
U.S. Army and Navy personnel load-up a MH-60S SeaHawk with drinking water for Beaumont, 03SEP2017
Due to the unprecedented flooding, and the failure of Beaumont’s fresh water pumps, there is no drinkable water. Video of Army Reserve CH-47 Chinook loaded with volunteers delivering 49 U.S. tons of fresh water (supposedly donated by an “anonymous billionaire”) to Beaumont, 02 SEP 2017:
U.S. Coast Guard C-130 Hercules, from North Carolina, delivering drinking water for Beaumont, 03SEP2017
“We got the call to come over to east Texas, into Beaumont, Lumberton and Port Arthur areas. So we’ve been doing humanitarian missions, going out with the swift water rescue survival team and finding areas that traditional military vehicles cannot get in and out of. The amphibious assault vehicles help us get to those areas.”-Gunnery Sergeant Alan Daigle, USMC Reserve
Marines rescued almost 1-thousand-3-hundred people and countless pets/livestock from the affected areas.
U.S. marines confer with mayor of Rosehill Acres, a town just north of Beaumont
Video of USMC Reserve operation to deliver supplies to Red Cross warehouse in Beaumont:
BlackHawk flies over Beaumont, Texas, 03SEP2017
“We moved quickly and quietly.”: Dumbing Down the U.S. of A., August 2017
Disappearing Students Syndrome (DSS): A phrase created by me to describe a phenomenon taking place across the United States, affecting both privately and publicly funded schools, from Kindergarten all the way through University levels.
“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.”-George Orwell (aka Eric Arthur Blair)
theguardian: Pics of Civil War statues being torn down across the U.S.
Incomplete list of publicly announced education related layoffs & school shutdowns, August 2017:
Alabama: Books-A-Million shutdown its month old 2nd & Charles branded store in Madison, supposedly to build a new store nearby.
California: Iconic privately owned Hollywood Forever Cemetery caved in to threats from pinko commies and removed a Civil War monument. The United Daughters of the Confederacy took the monument saying they were tired of people defacing it and denying history. High levels of lead were found in the water at several locations of the San Diego Unified School District (including the district HQ). Lead is proven to ‘dumb down’ (retard) children. God powerless to stop ‘his’ non-profit Shepherd University from going bankrupt and shutting down, local news reports say the theological college refused to give financial details. In Fresno, god powerless(?) to help ‘his’ Saint Helen’s elementary school pay its $500-thousand USD debt, however, the school remains open because a mysterious human came along and gave the Catholic school $250-thousand which then resulted in other humans donating money to save the school! In Reseda, after 57 years Continental Art Supplies shutdown so the owner can retire.
Connecticut: Middletown eliminating 11 teacher jobs funded by a special state taxpayer backed grant, which was canceled due to lack of taxpayer funding. Silly uneducated teachers, don’t they know that when your economy is in a Death Spiral you can’t generate the taxes needed to support bloated taxpayer funded schools?
Florida: College Book & Supply shutting down its store near University of Central Florida, due to a property development project. In Tampa, pinko commies defaced a privately owned Civil War statue. The statue is not on public land. In an effort to deny the factual reality of the history of the United States, pinko commie leaders of Gainsville tore down a Civil War statue and returned it to the United Daughters of the Confederacy, who made a simple statement: “We accept the Confederate Soldier Statue.”
Idaho: 10 former Idaho State University athletes threatening to retract $80-thousand USD in donations if the university president and the athletic director don’t resign, because “…we believe the state of ISU athletics is at an all-time low. When comparing ISU to its Big Sky peers, it’s easy to see that ISU is at the bottom of the league in facilities. Coaches’ pay, fundraising efforts and competitive records for revenue sports are also among the worst in the Big Sky Conference.” Then suddenly, without warning, ISU president Arthur Vailas resigned! Officially he said he was “retiring”. ISU also reported that ‘preliminary’ overall enrollment is down for the Fall Semester, again, despite Freshman enrollment being up by about 2-hundred.
Illinois: In Chicago, supposed christian Bishop James E. Dukes is demanding a statue of the 1st President of the United States, George Washington, be torn down! Chicago Public Schools conducted (yet again) a new round of layoffs, this time at least 950 people now jobless! Both the teacher’s union and the state gov-na blamed it on inept management by Chicago’s ‘elected’ leaders.
Iowa: After 42 years the Metro Arts Alliance of Greater Des Moines shutdown due to lack of donations.
Kentucky: In an effort to deny the factual reality of the history of the United States, pinko commie leaders of Lexington announced the removal of two Civil War statues, claiming they will be relocated.
Louisiana: The Orleans Parish School Board unanimously agreed to provided illegal immigrant children with a U.S. taxpayer funded education.
Maryland: In an effort to deny the factual reality of the history of the United States, pinko commie leaders of Baltimore tore down four Civil War statues in the dead of night. “We moved quickly and quietly.” boasted ‘elected’ mayor Catherine Pugh. A ‘Civil War’ statue in Annapolis will also be removed.
Minnesota: Lyon County Museum’s 14 years old thrift store shutdown due to a sudden crash in sales in the past eight months. Even though it’s a county museum it is not funded with taxes and was relying 100% on donations and its thrift store sales. Another reason for the shutdown is taxpayers began using the thrift store as a trash can, resulting in the museum having to pay huge trash removal fees: “We were spending a lot of money getting rid of trash. It is an ongoing problem. People bring stuff here that people know full and well should be on the way to the dump.”-Mike Hagan
Nevada: Returning students discovered that Sierra Nevada College had laid off six teachers over the Summer. Administrators blamed it on crashing enrollments.
New York: In an effort to deny the factual reality of the history of the United States, pinko commies are demanding the American Museum of Natural History remove its statue of the 26th President of the United States; Theodore Roosevelt!
North Carolina: After 38 years, the Piedmont Council for the Arts announced it will shutdown as soon as financial and legal matters are settled. In Wilmington, two Civil War statues were defaced by an obviously under-educated Big Brother Double Speak loving gang of pinko commies in an effort to deny the factual reality of the history of the United States. In Durham, an obviously under-educated Big Brother Double Speak loving gang of pinko commies tore down a Civil War statue in an effort to deny the factual reality of the history of the United States. So far four people were arrested, at least two were promptly released after being charged with several crimes.
Pennsylvania: Native Americans are pissed as imperialist leaders of Pittston re-erected a statue of Christopher Columbus after spending $65-thousand U.S. tax dollars repairing it. In Center City, a man was arrested for defacing a statue of a former city mayor. Obviously the man was desperate for attention because he did it in daylight in front of visible cameras.
Texas: In Temple, after only a few months of operations non-profit Central Texas School for the Performing Arts shutdown without warning, blaming it on a massive lack of financial and moral support from the local community. Newsweek reported that Hurricane Harvey shutdown hundreds of school districts and some might not ever reopen: “These schools are going to be affected for at least a couple of months. It’ll be December before some can even be functional.”-Dan Domenech, American Association of School Administrators
Washington: The city ‘leaders’ of Seattle are proven commie pinkos as they allowed the erection of a statue to Russian communist Vladimir Lenin.
Dumbing Down July 2017: “OF ALL THE MONEY WE SPEND ON EDUCATION, LESS THAN 32% GOES TO TEACHERS.”
Fracking quake swarm hits east Idaho?
Update, 11 SEP 2017: U.S. Geological Survey reports as of 10 SEP 2017 more than 260 earthquakes rocked Caribou County, Idaho! The USGS believes the quakes will continue but gave no reason why. A professor at Idaho State University claims the swarm quakes are “a whole series of aftershocks”. USGS quake data is higher than reported by University of Utah, which operates its own seismograph stations independent of the USGS.
03 SEP 2017 (22:38 UTC-07 Tango 06) 13 Sharivar 1396/12 Dhu l-Hijja 1438/14 Ji Yu 4715
A swarm of earthquakes that hit an area east of the rural east-Idaho city of Soda Springs (at least 58 in less than 24 hours) fits the M-O of what the U.S. Geological Survey calls Induced Earthquakes caused by the oil industry’s hydraulic fracturing (fracking).
The individual quakes ranged in magnitude of 2.5 to 5.3, beginning in the late afternoon on 02 SEP 2017 and continuing until late afternoon the next day. The same area was hit by quakes in October 2016.
In 2016 the Idaho Department of Lands swore that no fracking was taking place in The Gem State, or at least no applications for fracking had been submitted. Even local news media blow off the skyrocketing quake swarms as signs the supervolcano Yellowstone is coming back to life. However, I’ve been tracking these swarms for a few years and noticed they coincide with the resumption of petroleum exploration, including fracking.
2017: IDAHO MILITIA RETURNS FROM MALAYSIA, IS IT ABOUT THE OIL?
2016: Wild Idaho Tide Rising, Forced Oil Pooling near homes, schools and hospitals is Death
IDAHO WATER STANDARDS NIXED FOR FRACKING?
FRACKING SETS AUSTRALIAN RIVER ON FIRE!
IDAHO, OREGON, WASHINGTON HIT BY CONTAMINATED WATER, COINCIDES WITH OIL INDUSTRY FRACKING!
2014: UNEXPLAINED & INCREASING IDAHO EARTHQUAKES CAUSED BY FRACKING? “In 2012, your asshole ‘elected’ state officials not only legalized fracking but banned your local governments from banning fracking! The new law was co-written by a lobby group called the Idaho Petroleum Council.”
Idaho Law Review PDF: TRADE SECRETS AND THE MANDATORY DISCLOSURE OF FRACTURING WATER COMPOSITION
Idaho Statesman: Idaho has become an oil-producing state
DATA.GOV: Idaho Oil and Gas Exploration Wells
PBSNewshour: Earthquakes triggered by fracking, not just wastewater disposal
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: Fracking causes earthquakes
NewScientist: How fracking caused earthquakes in the UK
2011: Temporary Idaho rules for hydraulic fracturing gas wells
“gut-wrenching decisions” Harvey kills U.S. oil industry?: U.S. Industrial/Mining/Logistics Layoffs, August 2017
Incomplete list of U.S. Mining/Industrial/Logistics job loss/shutdown announcements made in August 2017.
31% of U.S. fuel refining operations shutdown by Hurricane Harvey. The largest fuel pipeline shutdown (Colonial Pipeline), halting 3-million barrels per day (bpd) of refined fuel to the eastcoast. 1-million barrels of oil released from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Contrary to what many main stream news media reports implied (that fuel prices should go down due to the release of stored oil) the problem is not lack of oil but lack of refined fuel, and as such the price of gasoline is going up (there’s so much oil available globally that the price of oil actually dropped after Harvey).
California: Oil exploration company Brinderson issued a shutdown WARN for its El Segundo location, 204 jobs gone by mid-October! What construction industry recovery? Contractor Irwin Industries issued shutdown WARNs for eight locations, at least 250 jobs gone in October! In Anaheim, Universal Alloy eliminating 149 jobs by October! KapStone Container Corporation shutting down its Oakland ops, 67 jobs gone by October.
Colorado: What construction industry recovery? Castle Rock based Xtreme Xcavating now chapter 11 bankrupt busted due to a larger contractor screwing them over by lying about hazardous materials at the job site: “We found ground water, we found asbestos, we found all sorts of crazy stuff, all sorts of different changes that weren’t listed when we signed up for the contract.”-Sean Fabela
Georgia: What auto industry recovery? Atlanta based automotive publisher Cox Automotive initiated “gut-wrenching decisions” resulting in 225 people retired early through bribery (buyouts), the elimination of vacant positions and 950 people being outright laid off by September! It’s due to several causes like slow sales and Cox Automotive’s takeovers of competitors (resulting in redundant jobs).
Illinois: Nuclear decontamination company Aptim suddenly laid off more than 4-hundred people, blaming it on the sudden cancellation of a contract! In Cahokia, Jet Aviation Saint Louis issued a shutdown WARN, 347 jobs gone by March 2018 due to lack of sales! What construction industry recovery? Skanska suddenly laid off 18 HQ employees, blaming it on “redundancies”. Skanska is considered one of the top global construction companies. General Electric (GE) shutdown its 71 years old light factory in Mattoon, local news reports said at one time the factory employed 1-thousand-8-hundred people! Plastics maker Amcor shutting down its factory in Batavia, 110 jobs gone by March 2018! What automotive industry recovery? Semi-Truck maker Navistar shutting down its medium-duty 9/10 liter engine factory in Melrose Park, 170 jobs gone by April 2018! It’s blamed on emission regulations: “Looking at the financial impact it would take to keep this engine compliant with Environmental Protection Agency standards, it just wasn’t in the cards.”
Indiana: Railroad job killing continues as CSX eliminating an undisclosed number of jobs at its Avon rail-yard. Deufol North America issued a layoff WARN, about 250 people jobless after September, no reason given!
Iowa: Packaging company Westrock issued a shutdown WARN, 80 jobs gone by the end of September.
Kansas: Farm equipment maker AGCO halting production and idling 2-hundred factory workers for at least four months, due to lack of sales!
Kentucky: Coal company Booth Energy issued a WARN, 217 jobs gone in September as a result of shutdown of coal mining ops!
Louisiana: Oil industry supply company Knight Energy Holdings now chapter 11 bankrupt busted after the CEO, and two policemen, were charged with staging a false drug bust in order to frame the CEO’s brother!
Maryland: Baltimore based clothing maker Under Armour eliminating 280 jobs due to continued low revenues (despite slight increase in sales, and despite direct retail selling on its website)!
Missouri: General Dynamics halting operations at its Jet Aviation Saint Louis factory, 330 jobs gone in 2018! Nebraska based maker of store fixtures Lozier laying off 92 people at its Spartan Showcase factory, which is being shutdown in October.
Nebraska: Omaha based railroad giant Union Pacific eliminating 750 jobs by mid-September, proving the economy sucks by saying “Union Pacific for some time has leveraged employee attrition and technology to reduce general and administrative costs. Unfortunately, attrition alone will not keep pace with our need and ability to reduce these costs.“
New Jersey: Aluminum Shapes suddenly laid off 13% of employees due to being hit by a $1.9-million USD fine for 51 violations of labor safety laws, including chemical burns and even broken bones!
New York: New ‘green’ packaging maker Evocative Design suddenly laid off 18 people, despite getting a taxpayer funded $9.1-million USD grant from Defense Department’s DARPA. British empire Canada based Cascades shutting down and selling off its packaging factory in NYC, 148 jobs gone! General Electric (GE) shutting down its electronic board factory in Rochester Science Park, 145 jobs being affected by GE’s plan to off-shore production to China! Nuclear contractor Lutech Resources suddenly laid off 195 people, due to sudden contract cancellation by Aptim! Nuclear decontamination company Aptim suddenly laid off 167 people, blaming it on the sudden cancellation of a contract with Exelon Generation Company! Jay Strongwater shutting down its pewter factory in Union Springs, 29 jobs gone by Xmas, the property was sold-off. New York Air Brake getting the hell outta The Empire State as it shuts down its operations in Watertown and consolidates ‘peripheral product assembly production’ to North Carolina starting in November.
North Carolina: Plastics maker General Foam Products (General Foam Plastics) issued a shutdown WARN for its factory in Tarboro, 215 jobs gone by Xmas!
Ohio: Canton based Suarez Corporation Industries chapter 11 bankrupt busted blaming massive lawsuits. LSI Industries suddenly laid off 75 people. In Carrollton, dlhBOWLES Engineering Manufacturing and Fluid Management factory suddenly laid off 94 people in a sudden decision to shutdown the factory.
Pennsylvania: California based oil engineering company AECOM issued a WARN, 108 people in Carlisle jobless by January 2018 due to loss of contract! Fuel station operator Sunoco suddenly laid off 94 HQ employees, and many hundreds more employees will become unemployed as Sunoco sold its fuel station ops to competitor 7-Eleven! Excel-DHL Supply Chain issued a mass layoff WARN, 223 jobs gone by January 2018! Nuclear decontamination company Aptim suddenly laid off almost 3-hundred people! Nuclear contractor Lutech Resources suddenly laid off 90 people. What construction industry recovery? Lancaster based flooring maker Armstrong announced it will shutdown factories in Mississippi and Tennessee, more than 3-hundred jobs gone due to a 22% crash in profits!
South Carolina: Formerly Japan owned (Toshiba) U.S. tax-sucking bankrupt nuclear power plant builder Westinghouse suddenly laid off 850 people! Westinghouse now hit with a lawsuit claiming the tax-sucking company was violating federal labor laws. Boeing offering hundreds of North Charleston employees bribes to quite (buyouts) after already laying off 2-hundred people!
Tennessee: Resolute Forest Products halting newsprint paper making at its Calhoun paper factory, 222 jobs lost as part of its plan to focus on tissue making only! Logistics company U.S. Xpress Enterprises suddenly laid off more than 1-hundred people “as part of a shift in company focus”!
Texas: In Crosby, Harvey caused a chemical factory to lose power. The France owned Arkema chemical factory uses oil (petroleum) to make compounds used to create plastics. The problem is that those compounds are sensitive to heat and will spontaneously burn or explode when they get too hot. So far several small explosions and fires have occurred. A 2.4km (1.5-mile) radius around the factory has been evacuated. 
Houston based offshore deep-water oil company Rowan laid off 85 people and warned more layoffs will be made in the near future. Industry reports say Rowan already eliminated 150 jobs prior to the August layoffs. Houston based NRG Energy suddenly laid off 1-hundred employees!
Washington: Boeing issued yet another layoff WARN, this time 74 people jobless by October.
Wisconsin: After more than 40 years pallet maker Thunder Pallet issued a shutdown WARN, 46 jobs gone in October.
Mining/Industrial/Logistics layoffs, July 2017: “BUSINESS HAD DECLINED SINCE 2008″
“historic lack of patronage” Harvey kills Texas crops?: U.S. Food Crisis, August 2017
Incomplete list of announced United States food supply shutdowns for the month of August, 2017: Many food suppliers/distributors are consolidating operations and killing jobs due to the collapsing grocery store and restaurant industries, as well as rising costs of food production, spread of disease and extreme weather.
Hurricane Harvey slamming Texas and Louisiana. Texas getting record level rain/floods. According to federal law produce grown on land hit by flooding cannot be sold for human consumption!
The Texas Tribune: Harvey’s winds and rain disrupt Texas agriculture
Arizona: In Scottsdale, Flo’s Chinese Asian Restaurants now chapter 11 bankrupt busted. Local news media reported that ever since 2008 the restaurant chain has been shutting down eateries, now there’s only two left: “The revenue from our two remaining restaurants, though strong and healthy, could not alone support payments for a loan designed for three restaurants.”-Florence Chan, co-owner
Arkansas: In Hardy, after only two years restaurant Cruisers shutdown due to the owners getting outta the restaurant business.
California: In Los Angeles, restaurant Church & State chapter 11 bankrupt busted due to labor law violation lawsuits. Quest Nutrition issued shutdown WARNs for two Los Angeles operations, 524 jobs gone in October! Switzerland based Nestlé shutdown its Glendale op, 583 jobs gone! Chili’s issued a shutdown WARN for its Thousand Oaks restaurant, 48 jobs gone in October. Japan based Daiso issued a shutdown WARN for its Hayward grocery store, 98 jobs gone in October. Dole Food eliminating 172 strawberry picking jobs as it shuts down its Oxnard ops, blaming massive debt and crashing sales! In San Jose, after 13 years Lisa’s Tea Treasures shutdown, explaining on its website “Sadly, our lease has not been renewed.” Glendale based DineEquity announced it will skyrocket shutdowns of its Applebee’s and IHOP restaurants; 135 Applebee’s and 25 IHOPS across the United States being shutdown as part of a plan to open 125 new restaurants in other countries! In Sacramento, after 30 years Rubicon Brewing Company suddenly shutdown due to lack of “cash flow” caused by supply problems from farmers and skyrocketing ‘craft beer’ competition.
Colorado: After 59 years and two locations, Black Forest Restaurant shutdown so the owner can retire.
Florida: In Delray Beach, the co-owner of Smoke BBQ announced on Facebook “It is with a heavy heart that I am announcing the closing of Smoke BBQ Delray Beach effective immediately.” In Palm Beach, after only seven months reality TV ‘star’ owned upscale eatery Bowery Coastal shutdown. In Plant City, Southeast Milk-Sunshine State Dairy Farms began laying off 52 people.
Hawaii: After 38 years iconic Shore Bird Restaurant and Beach Bar shutdown so the owners can retire.
Idaho: In Twin Falls County somebody is shooting livestock. In the past month two Llamas were killed, as well as a cattle rancher’s prize bull and heifer. A railroad track runs along the properties where the killings took place (somebody shooting from a train?). 
In Bonneville County somebody shot and killed eight cows, leaving their bodies to rot, the local Sheriff believes they’ll find more dead cows. In Idaho Falls, after 20 years Sarah’s Candy Cottage announced on Facebook that they must shutdown due to being “bought out”.
Illinois: Oak Brook based McDonald’s shutting down 169 restaurants in India due to a contract dispute with Connaught Plaza Restaurants. Oak Brook based TreeHouse Foods shutting down three factories in three states, killing 375 jobs due to a 12% crash in sales! In Arcola, after 47 years Dutch Kitchen shutdown, the owners saying “It’s time to stop.” In Park Ridge, after less than one year the ‘new version’ of the iconic Pickwick Restaurant shutdown.
Kansas: Farm equipment maker AGCO halting production and idling 2-hundred factory workers for at least four months, due to lack of sales!
Kentucky: In Owensboro, after 52 years Taylor’s Grocery Outlet shutdown, no reason given.
Maryland: In Baltimore, OrderUp! laid off 70 HQ employees due to being taken over by GrubHub/Groupon. Ryleigh’s Oyster shutdown its Mount Vernon restaurant.
Michigan: Seventh Day Adventist founded, Donald Trump hating, Kellogg Company (aka Kellogg’s) eliminating 233 jobs at its Battle Creek operations by 2018, claiming it’s part of its plan to increase production! In Plymouth, after 75 years iconic Box Bar shutdown so the owner can retire. In Grand Rapids, after 12 years Mangiamo! shutdown to be replaced by an ‘special’ events center. After four years, without warning Saladworks shutdown and auctioned-off, no reason given. In Taylor, after almost 1-hundred years Dairy Fresh Brand shutting down, 180 jobs gone in October! The shutdown will affect dairy distribution in four states.
Missouri: In University City, Randolfi’s Italian Kitchen announced it is shutting down next month, the owners saying “We’ve thrown everything we have into his restaurant. There have been a lot of tears, but it’s time to close the chapter.” In Saint Louis, with only a few hours warning on Facebook Howards suddenly shutdown, the owners saying “…regret that we can’t keep going…” In Ellisville, Lucky’s Market shutdown, the company’s website explained “…did not experience the growth we needed to keep this store open.”
Montana: In Livingston, Northern Pacific Beanery shutdown with the owners saying “It’s just time for us to move on.” Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory shutdown its store in the Holiday Village Mall, blaming consumers by saying “National and local retailers are responding to shifting consumer patterns by modifying their marketing strategies, including store closings.”
New Jersey: Internet based meal service company Blue Apron issued a shutdown WARN for its Jersey City ops, 1-thousand-270 people jobless by October!
New York: TGIFriday’s issued a shutdown WARN for its Union Square location, 33 jobs gone by Xmas. Private social club River Club of New York shutting down, 60 jobs gone in time for Thanksgiving (due to renovations). Hudson Valley Snacks and Soda issued a shutdown WARN, 38 jobs gone in October. In Manhattan-NYC, grocery store Garden of Eden shutdown its Chelsea location due to “historic lack of patronage”. Wisconsin based Penzeys Spices (penzeys.com) shutdown its Long Island-NYC location, it was the second time the spice seller shutdown a NYC location. Internet based meal service company Blue Apron suddenly halted hiring and laid off 14 HQ employees “As part of our long-term strategy”. Without warning Met Fresh shutdown its one year old grocery store in Nyack, no explanation for the “permanent” shutdown. In Glen Falls, Food Co-op shutdown blaming lack of volunteers to run it: “Unfortunately, at this time we’re unable to keep the hours necessary to sustain a grocery store.”
North Carolina: In Raleigh, after 17 years Bella Monica Flatbread pizza restaurant now chapter 7 bankrupt dead. The parent company Bella Monica actually died in 2015, but the co-owner tried to keep the restaurant going. Also in Raleigh, after 14 years distributor El Ideal Foods now chapter 11 bankrupt busted, most of its food products come from outside the U.S.
Ohio: Fresh Thyme Farmers Market shutting down one of its four Cincinnati area ‘health food’ stores, blaming increased grocery store competition.
Oregon: In Portland, Ringside Grill was suddenly sold-off and shutdown, owner Craig Peterson told local news “Dinner hasn’t been able to compete since the recession.” In Clatskanie, after three years Hump’s Restaurant announced on social media that it was shutting down, no reason given. Farmers Grain in Nyssa is now chapter 7 bankrupt dead, affecting other farm operations in Idaho and Washington.
Pennsylvania: The Tax Foundation concluded its study on Philadelphia’s so called sugary drink tax (most are made with GMO corn syrup and don’t contain any sugar); the tax now makes soda-pop more expensive than beer because the tax is 24 times higher than the beer tax! Isn’t beer made by fermenting sugars? The study also revealed that expected tax collections are way below what the Utopianist city leaders expected. In Tunkhannock, Brick’s Market shutdown, 34 jobs lost due to not being able to find a buyer for the small grocery store.
Tennessee: In Spring Hill, after four years Mac’s Grub Shak announced on social media it is shutting down in September, local news described the burger joint as “popular”, no reason for the shutdown given. In Chattanooga, after 20 years English Rose Tearoom shutdown: “We lost our lease … and I’ve been trying to bring on another owner … but it didn’t materialize.”-Sharon Gilley
Texas: Local news media reporting “yet another” Skinner’s Corner Store shutdown, this time in Lakeport. In Dallas, after five years Max’s Wine Dive shutdown due to not being able to renew the lease. In Fort Worth, a Tom Thumb grocery store shutdown. Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen suddenly laid off 69 employees as it shutdown its Irving HQ due to being taken-over by a competitor. Snap Kitchen laying off more than 150 people in Austin and Houston, due to consolidation of production to a new factory! In Austin, after 32 years popular Porfirio’s Tacos announced on Facebook that it must shutdown, no reason given. Without warning Houston based Joe’s Crab Shack shutdown 41 restaurants across 19 states, thousands of jobs instantly gone: “…everything was fine. I even picked up two shifts to work. When she came in, all the managers were here. All the corporate managers were here. The tables were flipped upside down and they shut everything out.”-Devoshia Jones, instantly unemployed
Vermont: Nordic Farms now chapter 7 bankrupt, local news reported the phone is now disconnected.
Virginia: In Manassas, after nine years Hard Times Cafe & Cue forced to shutdown by the greedy landlord. Dean Foods shutting down its PET dairy operations in Richmond, 75 jobs gone due to “Production will be phased out”.
Washington: In Seattle, Stumptown Coffee Roasters shutdown its East Pine Street location to focus on its other location.
Wisconsin: In Bay View, after three years Little DeMarinis pizza joint announced it could not renew the lease, which expires in 2018. In Milwaukee, after seven years Upper 90 Sports Pub shutdown, on social media the owners saying only “we have an exciting opportunity we just could not pass up.” PDQ Food Stores eliminating 350 HQ employees in October, due to being taken-over by a competitor! Gordy’s Market chain is up for sale, and if nobody buys it then more than 1-thousand people will become jobless (some stores have already shutdown)!
WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification
U.S. Food Crisis, July 2017: “WE ARE CLOSING……WE HAVE NO CHOICE”
U.S. AirForce SPEEDS UP WEATHER COURSE, BLAME CLIMATE CHANGE?
JAPAN FOOD CRISIS: WHAT GLOBAL WARMING?
FOOD CRISIS: VITAMIN B CAUSES LUNG CANCER?
Harvey: Kentucky Militia rescue ops!
Prepping boats in Houston, 29 AUG 2017
Rescue mission in Friendswood, Texas
HARVEY: KENTUCKY MILITIA DEPLOYS TO TEXAS!
Harvey: Texas Marines deploy!
Marines prepping rescue boats in Katy, Texas, 29 AUG 2017
San Antonio based 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, USMC Reserve deployed to help rescue operations during the ongoing storm known as Harvey.
HARVEY: LOUISIANA MARINES DEPLOY!