Official video explainer of Cold War era Integrated Combat Turn, making a return to fight ‘near peer threats’:
2017: “NEAR PEER THREATS”, CODE FOR RUSSIA & CHINA AND THE COMING 3RD WORLD WAR?
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Vehicle I-D: M1A2-SEP-V2 Abrams Idaho live fire, February 2019
Alpha Company, 2-116th CBCT. Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez.
At the Orchard Training Area (OTA, aka Orchard Combat Training Center-OCTC) the Idaho Army National Guard is preparing for the 116th Calvary Brigade Combat Team’s upcoming rotation at the National Training Center (Fort Irwin), California, later this year.
Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez.
Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez.
Idaho Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Mason Cutrer.
Photo via Idaho Army National Guard.
Photo via Idaho Army National Guard.
Photo via Idaho Army National Guard.
Photo via Idaho Army National Guard. I’ve seen a lot of model dioramas with polished metal cases for the 120mm rounds, that is wrong, the case is a clear combustible plastic, the light grey color is the charge inside.
Photo via Idaho Army National Guard.
“Gunner! Sabot, tank!”
“Identified!”
“Fire!”
“On the way!”
Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez.
Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 116th CBCT. Idaho Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Mason Cutrer.
Idaho Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Mason Cutrer.
Photo via Idaho Army National Guard.
A lot of ‘Metal Case Bases’ (we call them AFCAPs). Anybody experience an AFCAP separation from the case while trying to load it? I have, it sucks, there goes your whole gunnery run!
WORLD WAR 3: “THIS IS WHERE ARMOR FIGHTS!” IDAHO NATIONAL GUARD RETURNS TO COLD WAR ERA “TOTAL FORCE” WARFARE TRAINING!
VEHICLE ID: NTC AND THE BRADLEY
116TH SNAKE RIVER’S 2015 NTC ROTATION
Vehicle I-D: Idaho M2A3 Bradley, January 2019
Upgraded British empire made (BAE Systems) Idaho National Guard M2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) conducting ‘live fire’ exercises at Orchard Training Area (OTA, aka Orchard Combat Training Center-OCTC).
Idaho Army National Guard’s Alpha Company, 116 Brigade Engineer Battalion, prepping for ‘rotation’ to National Training Center (Fort Irwin), California, later this year.
VEHICLE I-D: MITSUBISHI F-2, SURE LOOKS LIKE AN F-16
A-10C SNOWBLIND WALKAROUND IN IDAHO!
WORLD WAR 3: “THIS IS WHERE ARMOR FIGHTS!” IDAHO NATIONAL GUARD RETURNS TO COLD WAR ERA “TOTAL FORCE” WARFARE TRAINING!
“Effective immediately”: U.S. hi-tech/communications breakdown, October 2018
Incomplete list of U.S. internet/high-tech/communications job destruction and chicanery announcements in October 2018:
WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification
Data Breach Report: October 2018 – Nehemiah Security
CALIFORNIA: Aerojet Rocketdyne issued a layoff WARN, 120 jobs gone by the end of November! Alpine Electronics issued layoff WARNs, 128 jobs gone by the end of March 2019! Online entertainment software maker NC Interactive revealed it suddenly laid off 52 people in September. Entertainment company Super Deluxe issued a shutdown WARN for its Los Angeles ops, 103 jobs gone a week before xmas! Advertising company Crispin Porter Bogusky issued a shutdown WARN for its Santa Monica office, 13 jobs gone by the end of December. DigiCert suddenly laid off 73 people in Mountain View. Symantec continues eliminating jobs, this time 19 people jobless before xmas. Also in Mountain View, Veritas Technologies revealed it killed 121 jobs back in April! Graystone Public Affairs issued shutdown WARNs for its Corona and Torrance locations, 135 jobs gone by November! British empire United Kingdom owned semiconductor maker ARM Inc suddenly laid off 70 people in San Jose. And San Jose based semiconductor maker Cavium issued multiple layoff WARNs, 73 jobs across California gone by the New Year. Western Digital Technology eliminating 117 jobs in Irvine and San Jose, by November! Marvell Semiconductor eliminating 11 jobs by the New Year. Raytheon issued a shutdown WARN for its Los Angeles ops, 21 jobs gone by the New Year. SMK-LINK Electronics issued a shutdown WARN for its Camarillo office, 17 jobs gone by the end of December.
Disney-Backed VR Startup Jaunt Lays Off Significant Portion of Staff
HCL Technologies eliminated 85 jobs with its Urban Fulfillment Services
United Technologies eliminating 3-hundred jobs!
San Rafael based video game maker Telltale suddenly laid off all remaining employees
Los Angeles based electric car maker you never heard of Faraday Future suddenly eliminated jobs and is slashing wages, “Effective immediately”
Palo Alto based Essential Products eliminated at least 30% of jobs
The last video rental store in SLO is closing
Elon Musk says $40m tweet was ‘worth it’ after being fined
Google to shut down Google+ after failing to disclose user data leak
Facebook October 2018 security breach: Everything you need to know
Worried Your Facebook Account Has Been Cloned?
Facebook purged over 800 U.S. accounts
COLORADO: Digital First Media laying off 107 at Colorado Springs
CONNECTICUT: Japan owned Konica Minolta Business Solutions halting ops in Windsor, 219 jobs gone the week before xmas!
FLORIDA: L3 Tech.-Security & Detection issued WARN, 67 jobs gone by May 2019. Raytheon issued WARN, 52 jobs gone by the end of December. Reconfigurable technology company Raydon suddenly laid off 50 people.
Shopping networks HSN and QVC merging, killing at least 350 jobs!
Taxpayer funded military VR company Raydon Corporation suddenly laid off 50 people
Comcast cuts more workers in Sarasota
ILLINOIS: ServiCom closes call center and lays off employees
MASSACHUSETTS: UMass Memorial Health Care lays off 17 InfoTech workers
Rethink Robotics re-thought it’s plans and suddenly shutdown
MICHIGAN: The Michigan Cyber Range hosted an international cyber security event in which National Guard units from seven U.S. states took part, along with military units of seven countries, which included playing the part of ‘cyber threats’ (emulating threats).
MINNESOTA: Teleperfomance’s debt collection arm AllianceOne issued a WARN, 75 jobs gone after xmas. Magnetic read/write head maker Hutchinson Technology suddenly laid off 1-hundred people! Software company Maximum Solutions suddenly laid off five people.
NEW JERSEY: Germany owned imaging tech maker Agfa issued a WARN, 125 jobs gone the day after xmas! ‘Big Data’ manager Solix issued a WARN, 149 jobs gone after xmas!
NEW YORK: HSN issued shutdown WARN for its Ingenious Designs ops in Ronkonkoma, 66 jobs gone by February 2019. Federated Payment Systems issued a layoff WARN, at least 47 jobs gone in January 2019. CDS NFL Event issued a shutdown WARN, 91 jobs gone between now and December.
Female focused Refinery29 suddenly laid off 40 people
MACOM Technology Solutions issued a WARN, as many as 56 jobs lost
OHIO: Ohio National Guard and the U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center signed a joint memorandum of understanding (MOU) to work together on cyber engagements: “This new partnership with the U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center will be incredibly beneficial to our Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen. They will be able to exchange ideas and technical expertise with their Coast Guard colleagues on projects and initiatives such as cybersecurity exercises and workforce development.”-Major General Mark E. Bartman, Ohio National Guard
“The USCG Research and Development Center has worked with many National Guard components since our establishment in 1972. This MOU takes that relationship to the next level. Maritime Cyber Security is a critical facet of our research….”-Captain Greg Rothrock, U.S. Coast Guard
OKLAHOMA: Official ‘October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month’ video in which Altus Air Force Base personnel state that everybody must join the fight:
OREGON: struggling Oregon Shakespeare Festival kills more jobs, still blaming wildfires
PENNSYLVANIA: QCV Fulfillment Center closing its doors in Lancaster County
TENNESSEE: Fountainhead College of Technology shuts down
VIRGINIA: Ironically, online based job service Snagajob laid off 15 people
Washington DC: National Geographic Hit With New Round of Layoffs
U.S. Tech/Communications breakdown, September 2018: “INSURMOUNTABLE CHALLENGES”
More Economic Decline: No more Idaho ShopKo? There never was a Shopko in Pocatello!
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The now chapter 11 bankrupt busted Wisconsin based Shopko announced more store shutdowns, including almost every store in the Pacific northwest/Rocky Mountain state of Idaho.
The Chubbuck Shopko, located on the Pine Ridge Mall property (and incorrectly listed as being in next-door Pocatello), is shutting down by May 2019.
Shopko’s latest shutdown list also includes two stores in Boise, one in Bonners Ferry, Nampa, Orofino, and Twin Falls. Apparently pharmacy operations have already shutdown, being auctioned-off to British empire United Kingdom owned Alliance Boots-Walgreens as a result of the bankruptcy.
At this point the Idaho Falls Shopko is not on the shutdown list, but it should be noted that in January 2019 Shopko administrators said only 105 stores would close permanently, with three being in Idaho’s Treasure Valley area, but now it’s more than 250 stores nationwide!
At one time there were 12 Shopko stores in The Gem State of Idaho.
IDAHO’S CONTINUED ECONOMIC DESTRUCTION, 2017: “CLOSED INDEFINITELY”
MORE ECONOMIC DECLINE: IDAHO MALL LOSES YET ANOTHER ANCHOR STORE! LAZY ‘EXPERTS’ CONTINUE TO BLAME ONLINE SALES!
MORE DECLINE: NO MORE XMAS LIGHTS FOR CHUBBUCK? THE TRUTH ABOUT GENTRIFICATION
THE LIES OF ECONOMIC DECLINE: POCATELLO STAPLES SHUTDOWN BLAMED ON THE INTERNET!
“Stop incentivizing illegal immigration”!: Immigrant Invasion, United States, January 2019
Incomplete list of immigrant operations affecting the United States taxpayers, January 2019.
More proof it’s about making money: $11 toothpaste: Immigrants pay big for basics at private run ICE lock-ups
And more proof it’s about saving money: “… a group of protesters who were denouncing President Trump’s immigration policies. They were waving Mexican flags and shouting, ‘¡Si, se puede!’ (‘Yes, we can!’)
U.S. Coast Guard intercepted these 70 illegal immigrants near Haiti, 06JAN2018.
USAF Reserve delivers 8-thousand pounds of taxpayer funded aid to Guatemala, 08JAN2019. Guatemala is one of the countries trying to flood the U.S. with illegal immigrants.
Taxpayer funded U.S. military personnel help build new police outposts along the Pan-American Highway in Panama, 11-17JAN2019, scouting for traffickers of illegal drugs and illegal immigrants.
History Lesson: The ancient Roman army and navy was initially staffed by native born citizens, which helped turn the Republic into a global empire. But later as the empire crumbled, one of the signs the empire was a failed state was the reliance on immigrants, especially from areas of the world that were considered enemies. Even in the Roman military immigrants became commanding officers, and it was one of those officers that led the destruction of three Roman legions at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest: “Arminius had acquired Roman citizenship and had received a Roman military education, which enabled him to deceive the Roman commander methodically and anticipate the Roman army’s tactical responses.”
Smithsonian: The Ambush That Changed History
History.com: 8 Reasons Why Rome Fell
Illegal Immigrant Conviction Rates Are Low
Falling Illegal Immigration Numbers
Healthcare Providers Walk ‘Fine Line’ Between Informing And Scaring Immigrant Patients
Official U.S. Navy video about Operation Cutlass Express, which uses your tax dollars to help African countries fight immigration (among other things), because “We must live together”:
As you read this list below note how much the U.S. military is relying on immigrants.
ALABAMA: ICE deports 25 people arrested in New York to Alabama
undocumented workers from Central America accused of deer poaching
Agents apprehend 131 undocumented persons who ‘turned themselves in’
Border Patrol agents aided nearly 30 undocumented immigrants who required medical treatment
Video of families illegally crossing into the United States near Ajo Station:
CALIFORNIA: Illegal immigrant found not guilty in Kate Steinle’s killing wants gun conviction dropped
illegal immigrant ‘sanctuary’ established on Nancy Pelosi’s lawn
Irony: Illegal immigrant accused of murdering legal immigrant cop faces judge
Governor wants state taxpayers to cover healthcare for undocumented immigrants
COLORADO: Undocumented man enters sanctuary during government shutdown
Boulder man fails to pay undocumented workers, then threatens them
FLORIDA: “Stop incentivizing illegal immigration, which is unfair to our legal immigrants, promotes lawlessness and reduces wages for our blue-collar workers.”-Governor Ron DeSantis
At the end of December the U.S. Navy launched a new recruiting campaign using Swarming Teams. The focus is on recruiting immigrants because the USN is being built-up to a 355 ship organization and they’re going to need anybody they can get to sail those ships: “I immigrated from the Dominican Republic as a child and grew up in New York, so being in Miami is great because I speak Spanish and that helps a lot.”-Electrician’s Mate 2nd Class Jonathan Urraca
“Being a Columbian-American and being a woman helps in recruiting, because recently I was able to speak with a mother who didn’t understand much about the Navy, and getting through that language barrier really helped ease her concerns about the Navy.”– Master-At-Arms 3rd Class Lina Marcella-Arce
“The first Swarm has exceeded our expectations, but where the rubber meets the road is in four to five months where we can see if people’s interest turn into contracts.”-Captain Matthew Boren
Here’s what it takes for an immigrant to get a green card
Local authorities have had run-ins with undocumented immigrants
GEORGIA: 
On 31JAN2019, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced the seizure of nearly 285-thousand counterfeit sports-related items worth an estimated $24.2-million USD, as well as the arrests of 28 people (including immigrants), as part of Operation Team Player. Many fake sports memorabilia are being sold at flee markets/swap meets/’pop-up tent’ locations run by illegal immigrants.
Immigrants, including a member of the Army National Guard, become legal U.S. citizens, 10JAN2019 in Atlanta.
IDAHO: U-Haul domestic ‘migration trend’ data says Idaho is No. 5 growth state/more Spanish language classes being offered to adults
MICHIGAN: Michigan Sheriff tells ICE: We won’t detain immigrants without warrant
MISSOURI: 
Airman 1st Class Vera Schwenk is an immigrant from Kyrgyzstan, now working for the USAF at Whiteman Air Force Base.
NEVADA: Illegal immigrant captured, suspect of killing four people
Undocumented immigrant admits killing couple
NEW JERSEY: Undocumented Worker Says Trump Resort Shielded Her
The number of undocumented immigrants is shrinking in these 12 states (including N.J.)
NEW MEXICO: U.S. Border Patrol detains 115 undocumented immigrants, seizes marijuana in New Mexico
NEW YORK: Dream Act Is Approved in NY to Aid Undocumented Students
Immigrant wins release after 5 years ‘detention’ in Batavia
It Was a Sanctuary for undocumented Immigrants. Then One of Its Owners Was Arrested.
$1M campaign supports drivers’ licenses for undocumented immigrants
NYPD Arrested Undocumented Immigrant restaurant Owner and political activist
NORTH CAROLINA: More proof it’s about money; Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools has more than 20,000 immigrant students, That brings costs and benefits.
OHIO: American citizens Following their Undocumented Spouses back to Mexico
PUERTO RICO: 
35 illegal immigrants caught trying to enter Puerto Rico, 07JAN2019.
One of several boats with 66 illegal immigrants caught trying to get into Puerto Rico, 11JAN2019.
The graphic depicts illegal drug/immigrant activities halted by government forces, from 01OCT2018 to 01JAN2019.
TEXAS: My son was killed by an illegal immigrant
Undocumented Immigrant Saved Houston Cop’s Life Before He Was Killed
UTAH: Man accused of smuggling undocumented immigrants through Utah
VERMONT: Suit says Vermont continuing to feed immigrant data to feds
VIRGINIA: Virginians Push Driving Privileges for Undocumented Immigrants
WASHINGTON: New milestone in King County: Immigrant population tops 500000
Washington DC: Democrats Introduce Bill to Shield illegal Farmworkers from Deportation
Trump Asks Support on Shutdown, Hints at immigrant Farmworker Reform
Victims of Illegal Immigration storm Nancy Pelosi’s Office
U.S. separated ‘thousands’ more immigrant children than known
22 immigrants died in ICE detention centers during the past 2 years
Why state issued driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants backfired
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT INVASION, UNITED STATES, DECEMBER 2018
WISCONSIN: Driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants gains more support
November 2018: Hurricane reveals just how many illegals are in North Carolina
October 2018: More legal Mexican farm workers are coming to South Carolina than ever.
September 2018: Farmers’ efforts to legally import workers threatens U.S. crops
August 2018: Mollie Tibbetts case exposes farms’ worst-kept secret: hiring undocumented immigrants
“Nobody has skin in the game. It’s all tax money.”: Sears Kmart death spiral, February 2019
Motley Fool: Sears spin-off Seritage Growth Properties Will Suspend Its Dividend
American Banker: Citi cards bracing for hit caused by Sears reorganization
For proof you can’t blame it on lack of hi-tech Retail Dive says Sears has 46 smart appliances that work with Alexa
Miami Herald: “Observed rodent droppings on all shelving near dog food, green plastic bins, on shelving with air fresheners, on floors under shelving.” Inspector’s statement regarding a Florida Kmart
nwfdailynews: Woman finds cremated remains in parking lot of Kmart during going out-of-business sale
The Real Deal: Post bankruptcy plan; sell the stores
The Atlantic: Sears Once Sold Heroin
Elliot: what did Sears Optical do with my glasses?
Forbes: Did Steve Mnuchin help Lampert take over Sears-Kmart?
Sears Lives To Die Another Day
Pueblo Chieftain: Sears plans to close three Kmarts a month
Fox: employees tell the judge not to ‘be a pawn in Lampert’s game’
CBS: Sears plans to unload pensions and close more stores
ETF Trends: How Kmart Went From Beating Walmart And Target To Bankruptcy
Guam Daily Post: Kmart employees rip off customers by 117-thousand U.S. dollars
CONNECTICUT: It was revealed that Hartford city officials rejected U-Haul’s plan to turn a long vacant Kmart site into a storage unit/Neighborhood Store.
MINNESOTA: The huge Kmart in Rochester was secretly sold-off for $7-million USD, while the store is scheduled to shutdown in March local news media reported that it was never listed as for sale.
NEW YORK: The Queensbury Kmart was sold-off for $7.1-million USD even though the property was valued at $4.9-million, it was already scheduled to shutdown in March, local news media report that the company which bought the Kmart is actually a ‘holding’ company for U-Haul.
OREGON: Sale of vacant Kmart (to the taxpayers of Oregon City) might force a local business to shutdown: “Nobody has skin in the game. It’s all tax money. Nobody personally has any other finances in this deal here. I’m the one that is hurt…”-Shawn Kapfhammer, owner of S&K Mow and Snow
VIRGINIA: Newport News residents complained about a long vacant Kmart, now they’re the owners of it! Newport News Economic Development Authority is spending $2.9-million USD buying the property from owner Kroger.
SEARS KMART DEATH SPIRAL, JANUARY 2019: “A SEQUENCE OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS”
“Every single month….has been a grind”: ObamaCare ACA death spiral, October 2018
Incomplete (tip-o-the-iceberg) list of healthcare related layoffs, shutdowns and crimes in October 2018:
WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification
CALIFORNIA: Healthy Living Network issued a shutdown WARN for its ops in Newark, 128 jobs gone by December! Adventist Health Bakersfield suddenly laid off 20 people at its Bakersfield hospital. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals/Health Plan issued a shutdown WARN for its office in Downey, 69 jobs gone by December. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals also issued a statewide layoff WARN, 85 jobs gone by mid-December. Texas based Concentra finally notified state unemployment officials that it eliminated 182 California jobs back in April! La Jolla Pharmaceutical issued a layoff WARN for its San Diego ops, 166 jobs gone right before Xmas!
German drugs maker Bayer cuts 227 California jobs
FLORIDA: Crothall Healthcare issued a WARN, 70 jobs in Lakeland gone before Xmas. AmeriHealth Caritas issued a WARN, 2-hundred jobs statewide gone right after Xmas! DaVita Labs issued a WARN, 94 jobs in Fort Lauderdale gone by January 2019. Magellan Complete Care issued a WARN, 57 jobs in Miami gone by the end of June 2019. Also in Miami, Sister Emmanuel Hospital eliminating 97 jobs by December.
ILLINOIS: Executive Building Maintenance lost its contract with Stroger Hospital, 85 jobs affected.
IOWA: Country View Care Facility issued a layoff WARN, 167 jobs gone right after Xmas!1
LOUISIANA: Doctors Hospital at Deer Creek now bankrupt busted due to an administrator being caught ripping off taxpayer funded Medicare.
MARYLAND: Biopharma company Lonza to lay off 60
MASSACHUSETTS: UMass Memorial Health Care lays off 17 workers due to a multimillion-dollar budget gap
Mercy Medical Center to lay off employees, close hearing center
Momenta Pharmaceuticals guts leadership team, slashes 110 jobs
MINNESOTA: Nuance Transcription Services laid off 18 people in Burlington.
MISSOURI: Ripley County Memorial Hospital closing, leaving patients with no reasonable healthcare options
MONTANA: Taxpayer funded Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ordered to pay Montana Health Co-op more than $1.2 million despite Congress providing no funding
NEW JERSEY: Virtua Center for HealthFitness Washington Township eliminating 125 jobs after Xmas!
NEW YORK: Murray Hill Medical Group issued a shutdown WARN for two locations in NYC, 113 jobs gone after Xmas! Affinity Health Plan issued a layoff WARN for its Medicare ops in Bronx, at least 28 jobs gone due to ending its Medicare operations.
Hazel L. Carpenter Adult Home in Oneida closing
NORTH CAROLINA: 50 Wake Forest Baptist Employees Laid Off
OHIO: The Cottages of Clayton nursing home issued a WARN, but did not give any layoff numbers.
OKLAHOMA: Non-profit privately run Lawton Veteran Services Center in danger of closing: “Every single month since I’ve been here has been a grind…. If we do not receive the donations we need to run this place, which is $1,800 a month, we take the money out of our pocket. That gets old real quick. …We have 4,300 active veteran claims that we’re working in this office right now….”-Dr. Jeffrey Seright
OREGON: Adventist Health Home Care Services issued a shutdown WARN for its Personal Care and Home Medical Equipment ops in Salem, 92 jobs gone five days before Xmas.
TENNESSEE: GlaxoSmithKline to lay off 99
TEXAS: Steward Health Care shutdown Northside Regional Medical Center due to lack of patients
WASHINGTON: QualChoice Health Plan Services issued a shutdown WARN for its Federal Way location, 164 jobs gone after Xmas! ZymoGenetics issued a shutdown WARN for its biotechnology/pharmaceutical ops in Seattle, 63 jobs gone after Xmas.
Washington DC: CDC criticized for slow response to polio-like illness affecting children
ObamaCare (ACA) death spiral September 2018: “DANGEROUSLY LOW”
Too Big to Jail bank admits ‘good’ economy is driven by never ending layoffs!: U.S. retail/banking/service sector collapse, September 2018
Incomplete list of U.S. retail/banking/service sector job loss WARNings and store shutdowns made or announced in September 2018:
WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification
ALABAMA: More Layoffs and Big Changes Rock Meredith’s Alabama Office
CALIFORNIA: Internet based second hand clothing seller ThredUp issued a shutdown WARN for its San Leandro ops, 118 jobs gone a week before Xmas, as the company moves to Arizona! Savers issued a shutdown WARN for its thrift store in Milpitas, 54 jobs gone by November.
Twin Arbors Athletic Club closing all three Lodi locations
San Francisco based Wells Fargo plans to cut up to 26,500 jobs
Disney Consumer Products Hit With Layoffs
Film studio Global Road files for bankruptcy
Holiday Inn Fisherman’s Wharf to close main building, with 186 layoffs
COLORADO: Dillon bowling alley files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
CONNECTICUT: Wild Bill’s Nostalgia closing its doors
The Day announces company wide layoffs
Farmington Bank to shed 27% of workforce after $544M People’s United deal
Top Farmington Bank Executives See Millions In Severance In Sale Of the Bank
FLORIDA: State Farm issued a WARN for its statewide insurance ops, 159 jobs gone right after Thanksgiving! Airport services contractor Menzies Aviation eliminating 19 jobs at Tampa International Airport right after Halloween. Aviation services contractor Eulen America issued a WARN, 5-hundred jobs at Miami International Airport gone by Thanksgiving! Switzerland based robot maker ABB issued a WARN, 25 jobs in Coral Springs gone by February 2019.
Frank Theaters now bankrupt busted
Thomasville furniture closing at St. Johns Town Center
World of Decor in Bradenton closing
GEORGIA: Merchandiser Siffron issued a WARN, 53 jobs in Centerville gone.
IDAHO: Connections Loyalty issued a WARN, 175 jobs in Boise gone between November and December!
ILLINOIS: Walmart issued a shutdown WARN for its store in Pana, 86 jobs gone by Thanksgiving.
Dozens of layoffs expected at ‘solutions’ company
GQ Sports and Collectibles shutting down
Bed Bath & Beyond closing in Machesney Park
IOWA: Broker Dealer issued a shutdown WARN for its ops in West Des Moines, 35 jobs gone by mid-October. Owner Revolution-Schafer Systems eliminating 46 jobs in Adair by the end of October. Owner Revolution-Connect A Doc eliminating 33 jobs in Atlantic.
Des Moines based Meredith Announces Structural Changes, Lays Off 200 Employees
Eagle’s Rest Antiques shutting down
LOUISIANA: Popular furniture store closing after 66 years of business in Baton Rouge
MARYLAND: Baltimore based Under Armour Is Cutting 400 Jobs
MASSACHUSETTS: Get ready for layoffs as Rockland Trust to acquire Blue Hills Bank
Concord furniture store The Cottage to close shop
Family jewelry store closing after more than 200 years on Cape Cod
After 38 years, Gilda’s Place of Bridals is going out of business
MICHIGAN: Airport services contractor Menzies Aviation eliminating 189 jobs at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport by mid-November, due to loss of contract with Delta!
Groskopf’s closing downtown Grand Rapids store after 137 years
Pell’s Radio TV & Appliance in Cadillac Closing After Nearly 100 Years
MINNESOTA: Hair salon chain operator Regis suddenly laid off 75 people in Edina.
NEBRASKA: Closing of Barnett’s Do-It-Center marks end of 136-year tradition
Sempeck’s Bowling and Entertainment suddenly shutdown after 25 years
NEVADA: 1970s Las Vegas Costume Rental Business Closing
NEW JERSEY: Aviation services contractor ABM Aviation issued a WARN, 821 jobs in Newark gone by November! Seaview Dolce Hotel issued a WARN, 226 jobs gone by Thanksgiving!
40 years old Shaws Book Shop closing
‘This place is an institution.’ Clothing store closing after 119 years.
British empire Canada owned Lord & Taylor to close Monmouth Mall store (124 jobs gone according to official WARN)
NEW YORK: Opry City Stage suddenly shutdown, 99 jobs gone. Security guard contractor FJC Security Services suddenly lost its contract with the city of New York, 782 jobs gone overnight! P.W. Minor issued a shutdown WARN for its shoe factory in Batavia, 82 jobs gone between now and Xmas. Stationary company Bigname Commerce issued a shutdown WARN for its Amityville operations, 41 jobs gone by Xmas.
Citigroup Says Job Cuts Boost Profitability
Bed Bath and Beyond in Niskayuna is closing
123-year old Luxury retailer Henri Bendel closing (at least 112 jobs gone according to WARN)
DeWitt Pet Supplies Plus store closing
Alto Music closing after more than 50 years
State Farm to close New Hyde Park office, lay off 82 workers
NORTH CAROLINA: Family Dollar to close Matthews HQ, affecting 900 jobs
NORTH DAKOTA: David’s Bridal in Pinehurst Square Mall closing
OHIO: Allpro Parking eliminating 55 jobs in Columbus, mid-November.
OREGON: SHAMROCK FLOWERS AND GIFTS CLOSING AFTER MORE THAN 30 YEARS
PENNSYLVANIA: Schutt Sports issued a shutdown WARN for its ops in Easton, 50 jobs gone between now and Xmas. Uniform company Elbeco issued a shutdown WARN for its Frackville ops, 71 jobs gone by mid-December.
Wentz Hardware store in Emmaus to close after 75 years
RHODE ISLAND: YMCA closing North Kingstown location
SOUTH DAKOTA: TCF Bank Closing Operations Center In Sioux Falls, Laying Off 145 People
TENNESSEE: Rick Terry jewelers closing in Lenoir City
Knoxville’s Soccer Post closing after decade
As stock hovers around $2, Fred’s plans mass layoff
TEXAS: Small Fry closing after 49 years
North Austin ‘Benefits’ Firm To Lay Off Dozens By November
Walmart closing three Neighborhood Market locations in San Antonio
VIRGINIA: Investment company CFA Institute Makes Significant Layoffs despite growth
Dick’s Sporting Goods at Stony Point sets closing date
WASHINGTON: State Farm issued a shutdown WARN for its insurance ops in Tacoma, 269 jobs lost by the end of October!
Aberdeen Salvation Army Store closes
Future of Flight Museum closing
U.S. FOOD CRISIS, September 2018: “SIGNIFICANT CHANGES”
SEARS KMART DEATH SPIRAL, September 2018:IS THIS IT?
U.S. HI-TECH/COMMUNICATIONS BREAKDOWN, September 2018:“INSURMOUNTABLE CHALLENGES”
U.S. INDUSTRIAL/MINING/LOGISTICS layoffs, September 2018:“MANY JOBS WILL BE….ELIMINATED”
U.S. GOVERNMENT SHENANIGANS, September 2018:TAXES, BAD COPS & CRIMINAL MIGRANTS ON THE RISE!
DUMBING DOWN THE U.S.A., September 2018:“PERCEIVED THREAT”
OBAMACARE ACA DEATH SPIRAL, September 2018:“DANGEROUSLY LOW”
DRUGS, THE AMERICAN WAY, September 2018:“…THE ENTIRE COUNTRY MUST FOCUS ON THIS!” “DRUG DEALERS IN ARMANI SUITS”
U.S. RETAIL/BANKING/SERVICE SECTOR COLLAPSE, August 2018:IT’S WORSE THAN YOUR LEADERS WILL ADMIT TO
It’s worse than your leaders will admit to: U.S. retail/banking/service sector collapse, August 2018
Incomplete list of U.S. retail/banking/service sector job loss WARNings and store shutdowns made or announced in August 2018:
WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification
MarketWatch: Chief executives who are paid less than their peers are four times more likely to lay off their employees
BoundingIntoComics: Comic Stores Nationwide Close Up
CALIFORNIA: Wells Fargo layoffs in Rancho Cordova may be harbinger for mortgage industry
Deluxe Entertainment lays off 46 in Burbank
Target plans to close San Bernardino store (108 jobs gone according to WARN)
BMA Car Wash issued a shutdown WARN for their Canoga Park location, 47 jobs gone by the end of September. Hotel/resort manager Pyramid Petaluma Management issued a layoff WARN for its ops in Petaluma, 89 jobs gone by the end of September. Law company Archer Norris shutting down, at least 106 jobs gone by mid October! Global Cash Card eliminating 228 jobs in Irvine by mid-October! Banc of California shutting down locations in Santa Ana and Whittier. Airport services contractor Menzies Aviation eliminating 172 jobs in San Francisco by mid-October! Also in San Francisco, InterContinental Hotels Group Resources eliminating 186 jobs right after Halloween! Insurance company Allstate issued a shutdown WARN for its ops in San Diego, 58 jobs gone right after Halloween. Rainbow Disposal issued a layoff WARN for its ops in Huntington Beach, 71 jobs gone right after Halloween. The decision by Lowe’s to shutdown all its Orchard Supply Hardware will result in more than 1-thousand-3-hundred Californians becoming jobless by mid-October (according to official WARN)!
COLORADO: Niwot based Crocs shutting down its last shoe factory
FLORIDA: Wells Fargo lays off 137 from Orlando mortgage operations
The Orchard Supply Hardware shutdowns will result in 293 Floridians becoming jobless by mid-October! 1st Global Capital issued a WARN, 108 jobs gone by October!
GEORGIA: The following companies announced or conducted layoffs in August; Bob McCormick and Associates, Clean Break Cleaning, Crowne Plaza Atlanta Perimeter/Ravinia, State Farm Insurance Companies, for a total of 166 jobs lost!
HAWAII: Volcano and hurricane blamed for economic shutdown
ILLINOIS: Moline businesses worry about future after Best Buy closes
INDIANA: After 44 years, Richmond’s Elder-Beerman shuts down
Security guard contractor Andy Frain issued a shutdown WARN, 148 jobs gone by the end of September!
IOWA: Wells Fargo eliminating 25 jobs in West Des Moines.
MARYLAND: Wells Fargo to lay off 42 additional mortgage workers
MICHIGAN: Multichannel customer experience ForeSee lays off Ann Arbor employees
MINNESOTA: Waseca Hy-Vee issued a shutdown WARN, 136 jobs gone by the end of September!
NEVADA: Cortez Masto slams Wells Fargo for laying off hundreds in Reno
NEW HAMPSHIRE: Merrimack based Brookstone Is Closing all Its 101 Mall Stores
NEW YORK: JPMorgan Chase & Co. is laying off about 100 employees
White Plains Walmart shuts down a day earlier than expected
Best Buy issued a shutdown WARN for its store in Liverpool, 76 jobs gone by November. Sterling National Bank WARNed the state that all its offices were shutting down due to being taken over by competitor Astoria Bank. Wells Fargo issued a shutdown WARN for its Pittsford ‘fulfillment unit’. ‘Intellectual property company’ Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto issued a layoff WARN, 127 jobs gone due to merging with competitor Venable!
NORTH CAROLINA: Mooresville based Lowe’s to close all 99 Orchard Supply Hardware stores
What’s behind Wells Fargo’s latest layoffs in the Charlotte region
Layoff Notices: 550 workers impacted
OHIO: Cincinnati-based Proctor & Gamble has cut 36,000 jobs since the spring of 2012
Car parts packer Orbis eliminating 105 jobs
Columbus based Victoria’s Secret closing 20 stores
Cincinnati based Macy’s shares tumble as department store struggles to grow sales
Elder-Beerman begins closures of Dayton-area stores
OREGON: Lowe’s-Orchard Supply Hardware issued a shutdown WARN, 112 jobs gone by mid-October!
PENNSYLVANIA: Coraopolis based Dick’s Sporting Goods’ shares slide as sales miss expectations
York based Bon-Ton Stores is about to disappear
SOUTH DAKOTA: South Dakota unions protest Citi layoffs, bank outsourcing
TEXAS: Capital One to lay off 286 employees from Plano office
Plano based JC Penney Faces Prospects of Closing Dozens of Stores Soon
Houston based Mattress Firm is closing hundreds of stores
VIRGINIA: Nearly 100 Delta Global Services employees to lose jobs at RIC
WISCONSIN: Kohl’s cuts 60 technology jobs
Despite selling online, Milwaukee based iconic Carson Pirie Scott suddenly shutdown all stores and is going out of business (unless somebody is willing to buy the retailer and keep it alive)
Despite selling online, the end is near for Milwaukee based Younkers
Best Buy issued a shutdown WARN for its store in Grafton, 68 jobs gone by November.
U.S. FOOD CRISIS, August 2018:OUTBREAKS & RECALLS
SEARS KMART DEATH SPIRAL, August 2018: “A BIG RISK.”
U.S. HI-TECH/COMMUNICATIONS BREAKDOWN, August 2018:“UNPRECEDENTED DECLINES” “UNEXPECTED AND UNFORESEEABLE”
U.S. INDUSTRIAL/MINING/LOGISTICS layoffs, August 2018:“A 45-PERCENT DECLINE”
U.S. GOVERNMENT SHENANIGANS, August 2018:ARE COPS THE NEW #1 ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE? IDAHO RAPES TAXPAYERS!
DUMBING DOWN THE U.S.A., August 2018:BARRICADES, ACTIVE SHOOTERS & MAGA
OBAMACARE ACA DEATH SPIRAL, August 2018:“SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES”
DRUGS, THE AMERICAN WAY, August 2018:‘SEVEN DAYS OF HELL’ ‘1.5 MILLION LETHAL DOSES’
U.S. RETAIL/BANKING/SERVICE SECTOR COLLAPSE, JULY 2018: “WE SURVIVED TARGET. WE SURVIVED WALMART, BUT WE COULDN’T SURVIVE THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION…”