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Business/Economics

Toyota lies about not moving U.S. jobs to Mexico!

06 January 2017 (14:18 UTC-07 Tango 06) 17 Dey 1395/07 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1438/09 Ji Chou 4714

“Once we decide to build a facility, we have to take responsibility for employment and the local society.”-Toyoda Akio, Toyota Motor President, during interview with NHK about plans to build a new factory in Mexico, 06 January 2017

“Toyota plans on manufacturing Corollas in Mexico….”-NHK, 05 January 2017

In past couple of days there were news reports of president elect Donald Trump threatening Nipponese company Toyota with huge tariffs if it moves production of Corollas to Mexico.  I’ve watched several reports on Nippon’s NHK (Nippon Housou Kyoukai/Japan Broadcasting Corporation), one report in which Toyota administrators actually stated they never had plans to move U.S. production to Baja California, Mexico.  That’s a lie!

In my December industrial job destruction report I wrote “Kentucky: What automotive industry recovery? Japan based Toyota eliminating the remaining 650 jobs as it shuts down its North American HQ in Erlanger!  News reports say at one time there were nearly 2-thousand Toyota employees in Kentucky.”

This is interesting because Toyota’s own U.S. website says “This is an exciting time to be a part of Toyota, as we bring together all of our headquarters operations in Plano, TX (about 20 miles north of Dallas), expand our technical center near York Township, MI, and build a new production engineering facility in Georgetown, KY.”

Some of those Kentucky jobs are going to Mexico!  It’s not just Toyota’s HQ in Kentucky that’s ‘moving’ to Mexico, but factory jobs across the U.S. as well.

NHK reporters pointed out that Toyota has already spent the past few years building a new factory in Mexico, proving that Toyota does plan to move U.S. production to Mexico.   Back in 2014, Toyota announced it would consolidate it’s U.S. factory production by the end of 2018, however, Toyota claimed it was moving the jobs to Texas and Michigan, not Mexico.

At the beginning of January 2017, some of the 648 Toyota HQ staff in Erlanger began leaving for the new HQ in Plano, Texas.  Toyota factories in California and New York are shutting down production under the consolidation plan (already in 2015 Toyota shifted Tacoma production from California to Texas).

But another clue that Toyota is planning on moving U.S. jobs to Mexico is the fact that Mexico’s leaders are trying to make deals to keep jobs in Mexico, including Toyota jobs since “Toyota is spending $1bn to expand its Mexican facilities and Akio Toyoda, its president, said the company will ‘see what policies the incoming [US] president adopts’ before deciding whether to take action.”

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FALSE FLAG OR INCOMPETENCE? 21,000 KG THERMOBARIC ‘BOMBS’ HIT TOYOTA’S CHINA OPS

2015: TOYOTA SUDDENLY KILLS 941 JOBS IN CALIFORNIA!

Press Telegram: Toyota to lay off 100 at Long Beach plant

2014: TOYOTA ABANDONS U.S. CAR MARKET?

Idaho, U.S.

Idaho female becomes 1st ever U.S. PanzerFräulein!

05 January 2017 (05:32 UTC-07 Tango 06) 16 Dey 1395/06 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1438/08 Ji Chou 4714

In August 2016 Sergeant First Class  Erin Smith was awarded with Idaho’s Spirit of Freedom Award.  Her ‘exceptional’ act was becoming the first ever female ‘tanker’ in the United States military!  (I wonder why the U.S. main stream national news media didn’t mention it?)

SFC Smith officially became a M1 tanker (MOS 19K) in June of 2016.  Her original MOS (Military Occupational Specialty) was healthcare specialist.  She deployed to Bosnia in 2002 and then Iraq in 2004, where she was awarded the Combat Medical Badge.

Smith’s transition to a combat MOS was the result of U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter opening combat jobs to women at the end of 2015.  However, I’ve always known some women can handle combat jobs no problem.  Several NATO member countries have had female’s in combat jobs for decades, such as Idaho’s neighbor to the north Canada.

While deployed for a ‘friendly’ armor contest with Canadian tankers in 2002, an impromptu main-gun loading contest was held between Bravo Company, 2-116th Armored Cav, Idaho National Guard and Canadian tankers in Alberta.  Main-gun rounds weigh about 19kg (40 pounds) and unlike the auto-loading Soviet/Russian panzers most U.S.-NATO tanks are manually loaded. Guess who won the manly competition? A skinny Canadian army officer who just happened to be a female!

But that’s not the first time I witnessed a female kicking ass over males. While attending Army Basic Training in 1982 one of my Army Drill Sergeants was a little female who could out push-up and out sit-up the men!

Still, I’m proud the Idaho National Guard can boast having the first female M1 Abrams tanker in the U.S.!

IDAHO: “THIS IS WHERE ARMOR FIGHTS!” FIRST FEMALE COMBAT MECHANIC!

U.S.

Washington Militia returns from deadly mission in Iraq!

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05 January 2017 (04:34 UTC-07 Tango 06) 16 Dey 1395/06 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1438/08 Ji Chou 4714

On 31 December 2016 a small ceremony was held in the city of Kent to welcome home the 179th Engineer Company, Washington National Guard.

On 30 March 2016, the 179th deployed to Iraq, several of their personnel are single parents.  On 06 May 2016, Lieutenant David Bauders was killed at the Al Asad Air Base in Iraq.  At the time the U.S. Department of Defense said Bauders’ death was being investigated as a ‘noncombat incident’.  So far no further details have been released to the public.

The 179th’s deployment to Iraq was its first combat deployment, however, the 179th is routinely deployed to the Kingdom of Thailand as part of the U.S. National Guard Bureau’s State Partnership Program.

U.S.

Arkansas Militia deploys to Africa!

05 January 2017 (03:45 UTC-07 Tango 06) 16 Dey 1395/06 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1438/08 Ji Chou 4714

On 01 January 2017, the Obama regime deployed about 7-hundred personnel from the 1st Battalion, 153rd Infantry Regiment, 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Arkansas National Guard.  They were sent to the oil rich Horn of Africa region.

They will be part of the U.S. AfriCom occupation of Africa under the guise of the legally undeclared War on Terror (U.S. Congress never declared war, the last time that happened was January 1942 a full month after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor).

8,000 MILITIA TROOPS ACTIVATED FOR TRUMP INAUGURATION!

U.S. STATE MILITIAS 380 YEARS OLD, OLDER THAN THE UNITED STATES!

ECONOMY SO BAD COLORADO ACTIVATES NATIONAL GUARD!

U.S. AFRICOM: FROM WAR ON TERROR TO WAR ON POACHING

OPERATION JUPITER: ISRAEL CONTROLS U.S. NATIONAL GUARD?

NATIONAL GUARD SPENDS U.S. TAX DOLLARS FIXING DILAPIDATED SOVIET KINDERGARTEN IN LATVIA!

IDAHO AIR NATIONAL GUARD SURROUNDED BY TURKISH TROOPS!

International, Opinion, U.S.

United States now considers itself the #1 threat!

04 January 2017 (10:47 UTC-07 Tango 06) 15 Dey 1395/05 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1438/07 Ji Chou 4714

“With it ends a 70-year geopolitical era of Pax Americana.”-Top Risks 2017: The Geopolitical Recession

The New York City based political policy think-tank known as Eurasia Group has declared the U.S. the biggest threat to the World in 2017, all because of Donald Trump!

However, the control freaks at Eurasia Group don’t think the threat to the World will be an overly aggressive President Trump, but that Trump will pull back from “…America’s responsibility to play an indispensable role in world affairs.”  In other words, the paranoids at Eurasia Group believe the U.S. must continue playing World Cop for other countries who refuse to police themselves!

Technology

Where can you find E-dragsters & 1,000+ E-buses?

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04 January 2017 (10:25 UTC-07 Tango 06) 15 Dey 1395/05 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1438/07 Ji Chou 4714

China now boasts more than 1-thousand battery powered buses and California boasts the world’s fastest battery powered car (and it’s not a Tesla)!

Chinese investor funded (but California based) Faraday Future claims its new FF91 is the fastest battery powered car in the 0 to 60 miles per hour category:

The 2.39 second 0 to 101.4 kph (0-60 mph) run is achieved with a 130 kilowatt-hour energy/1-thousand 50 horsepower battery powered motor.  Company admin claim the FF91 can also travel 638.82 km (378 miles) before re-charging.  You need $5-thousand USD to “pre-order” your own FF91 (I wonder how much it costs to actually ‘order’ your car? Isn’t it impossible to pre-order anything because you’re actually ordering it when you pre-order?).  Even then you won’t get the car until 2018.

Just one of many styles of battery powered buses in Tianjin

The city of Tianjin just bought a new fleet of 5-hundred battery powered buses, bringing the overpopulated city’s E-bus inventory to 1-thousand 346!

The city also built a new bus charging station that can handle 448 buses per day (now considered the largest bus charging station ever), and the city claims they now have 201 charging stations (that a big city) city-wide!

Despite having a total of 3-thousand 220 clean energy buses (including the batt-powered buses) Tianjin is still one of the smoggiest cities in China.

LITHIUM BATTERIES SET FIRE TO BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY!

KOREAN MADE BATTERIES TO STRIP BY! THE GOVERNMENT CAN NOW TURN YOU INTO AN ELECTRIC ZOMBIE

Technology

It’s for real; Government tracked Bar Codes for Humans!

03 January 2017 (09:24 UTC-07 Tango 06) 14 Dey 1395/04 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1438/06 Ji Chou 4714

“Barcodes are being used to trace NHS patients and their treatments, manage medical supplies and monitor the effectiveness of equipment.”-United Kingdom government revelation

The British empire’s United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) announced it will start tracking humans in the ‘country’ of England with bar-codes, and it’ll cost taxpayers the equivalent of $14.76-million USD.

It’s known as project Scan4Safety.  The NHS claims it could save U.K. taxpayers $1.25-billion, partly by preventing the grossly under-reported cases of malpractice by incompetent healthcare personnel, however it’s a little more complicated than applying a bar-code to your body: “From the unique barcodes on wristbands patients receive when they enter hospital, to the barcodes used to record their medication and the equipment used in their treatment, each code can be scanned to show which member of staff administered each treatment, at what time and where.

By using barcodes, anything that might develop a fault years later, for example a screw used in a knee operation or breast implant, can be traced. The details, such as when it was used and the surgeon who carried out the procedure, can be found quickly and easily.“-NHS

TRANS-EUGENICS BIO-WAR: UNITED KINGDOM TO LEGALIZE GMO HUMANS!

Technology

Micro wires made from diamonds?

03 January 2017 (09:00 UTC-07 Tango 06) 14 Dey 1395/04 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1438/06 Ji Chou 4714

“The process is a simple, one-pot synthesis. You dump the ingredients together and you can get results in half an hour. It’s almost as if the diamondoids know where they want to go.”-Hao Yan, Stanford researcher

U.S. Department of Energy’s California based Stanford Linear Accelerator Center-National Accelerator Laboratory, and Stanford University, succeeded in creating micro electrical wires using micro-diamonds (officially called diamonoids) and interlocking cages of carbon and hydrogen, among other things.

Don’t think this process will get us off petroleum oil, the diamonoids, carbon and hydrogen come from oil.  The process essentially results in the micro-wires assembling themselves: “Much like Lego blocks, they only fit together in certain ways that are determined by their size and shape. The copper and sulfur atoms of each building block wound up in the middle, forming the conductive core of the wire, and the bulkier diamondoids wound up on the outside, forming the insulating shell.”-Fei Hua Li, Stanford researcher

The micro-wires could be used to make those Orwellian clothing, being made to monitor your every move, even more effective. (XENOMA: JAPAN DEVELOPS PARASITIC E-SKIN THAT LETS OTHER PEOPLE KNOW WHAT YOU’RE DOING!)

Korean-made-batteries-to-strip-by-the-government-can-now-turn-you-into-an-electric-zombie

U.S.

Police Cause Gun Violence: Majority of people killed by cops are White Men!

03 January 2017 (08:30 UTC-07 Tango 06) 14 Dey 1395/04 Rabi ‘ath-Thani 1438/06 Ji Chou 4714

PBS Newshour reported that for Gregorian year 2016 a mere 64 U.S. law enforcement personnel were killed with guns, versus 951 civilians shot to death by cops.

The Washington Post reported that despite the main stream U.S. news media’s fixation on Black Lives Matter demonstrations the majority of people killed by police are ‘white’ men, 46% of death by cop shootings are ‘white’ males.  The Washington Post points out that the reason ‘black’ males killed by cops is a news maker is that ‘black’ men make up 6% of the U.S. population, yet they account for 34% of death by cop cases.

What’s really important, especially regarding 2nd Amendment military grade weapons ownership rights, is that 84% of civilians shot to death by cops were unarmed!

The Washington Post also reminds people that official government recorded murder by cop shootings are voluntarily reported, there is no law requiring law enforcers to reveal how many citizens they kill.

POLICE CAUSE GUN VIOLENCE: OBAMA HOMIE TOWN COPS SHOOT ONE VICTIM PER WEEK!

UNITED POLICE STATES: IDAHO NEWS MEDIA LIE ABOUT CRIMINAL POLICE RECORDS!

Business/Economics

“We do not anticipate any meaningful recovery” : U.S. Mining/Industrial/Logistics Layoffs, December 2016

Incomplete list of U.S. Mining/Industrial/Logistics job loss announcements and shutdowns for December 2016.

What the main stream news media economic ‘experts’ aren’t telling you is that for all those industrial job ‘creations’ they report, almost just as many factory workers have been forced out of work, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, meaning there is almost zero true job growth in the U.S. industrial sector!

California: Public transportation contractor Global Paratransit issued a layoff WARN, 105 people jobless in Gardena by the end of February 2017!   In Mira Loma, GBW Railcar issued a layoff WARN, 142 jobs lost by the end of February 2017!  In Rialto, Ryder laying off 28 people in January 2017.  Tax sucker Boeing issued yet more layoff WARNS, this time 22 Californians unemployed during February 2017.

Connecticut: In Danbury, FuelCell Energy laid off 96 people as a result of “backlog”.

Illinois:  Alabama Metal Industry Corporation (AMICo) shutting down its Bourbonnais factory, 86 jobs gone by February 2017.  Local news media say the shutdown announcment was a shock because AMICo just spent $5-million USD upgrading the factory.   What automotive industry recovery?  Peoria based Caterpillar restated their plan for massive layoffs in 2017, claiming their analysts of the economy is that things are only going to get worse: “We do not anticipate any meaningful recovery in CAT’s markets until 2018, and new machine sales are unlikely to begin to be realized until well after a market recovery is evident.”-Moody’s

Indiana:  Pallet supplier Chep Recycled Pallet Solutions issued a shutdown WARN, 165 jobs lost in February 2017!

Kentucky: What automotive industry recovery? Japan based Toyota eliminating the remaining 650 jobs as it shuts down its North American HQ in Erlanger!  News reports say at one time there were nearly 2-thousand Toyota employees in Kentucky.  Old fashioned furniture maker Rector’s Cherry Reproduction shutdown blaming increasing cost of lumber.

Louisiana: Lafayette base Stone Energy now chapter 11 bankrupt busted, the offshore oil producer claims to be $1.2-billion in debt.

Maryland: Moving company Kane is now chapter 7 bankrupt dead, 950 jobs gone once shutdown is completed!

Massachusetts:  Friendly’s restaurant chain shutting down their Chicopee distribution center, less than 50 jobs lost to a contractor.  Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority eliminating at least 1-hundred jobs in an attempt to fill in a $100-million hole in their budget!

Michigan: Ohio based Comprehensive Logistics shutting down a Lansing area factory, 138 jobs gone starting in January 2017!  It’s blamed on the not-so-recovered automotive industry.  Speaking of which, Detroit based General Motors (GM) shutting down five factories and laying off more than 10-thousand people!  GM admin claim they’ll re-start production when new car inventories are reduced to acceptable levels.

New York: In Latham, General Electric Transportation issued a shutdown WARN, 41 train engine building jobs lost by May 2017.  In Newburgh, General Electric Flight Ops halting operations, affecting 48 employees by March 2017.   In Amityville, office products maker Kleer Fax issued a shutdown WARN, 70 jobs lost during March 2017.  In Springfield Gardens, logistics company DSV\UTi issued a shutdown WARN, 73 jobs lost by April 2017.  Travel industry supplier GTA Americas issued a shutdown WARN for their NYC location,190 jobs lost between March and December 2017!

North Carolina: What construction industry recovery?  Grille and door maker CornellCookson’s shutting down their factory in Gastonia, 83 jobs gone by February 2017.  Jar maker Ball shutting down its Reidsville factory, 150 jobs lost by the middle of 2017!  Ball administrators blamed it on the “changing market”.  Glass maker Ardagh Group suddenly laid off 150 people, and halted their expansion project saying “…changing business conditions resulting from a significant reduction in customer demand and the company’s current inventory levels have necessitated that the rebuild be delayed until January of 2018.”

Ohio: Parker Hannifin shutting down their gear factory in Youngstown, 137 jobs lost by April 2017 due to crashing sales! Alliance Castings “temporarily” shutting down its factory and laying off 4-hundred people due to crashing demand for trains!

Oregon:  Commercial Aircraft Painting shutting down their Portland ops by the end of January 2017, at least 186 jobs lost!

Pennsylvania: Union Electric Åkers issued a WARN, 148 jobs in Avonmore lost during March 2017!

South Carolina: What housing industry recovery? Light fixture maker Hubbell Lighting shutdown their Cowpens distribution center, 55 jobs lost to consolidation of operations.

Texas: In Sherman, Royal Case quietly laid off an undisclosed number of workers, it was revealed to local news media by unnamed former employees. In Denison, Caterpillar conducted another round of layoffs, refusing to say how many people were let go.  Local news media reports that the same factory laid off about 40 people in August.  Union Tank Car laying off 106 people in Houston, due to crashing demand for trains!  Alabama Metal Industry Corporation (AMICo) shutting down its Dayton factory, and its distribution ops in Houston, by the end of January 2017.

Vermont: Christian founded gravestone maker Rock of Ages Corporation began eliminating jobs at its granite quarry after selling out to a British empire company based in Canada.

Virginia: What automotive industry recovery? Sweden based Volvo announced it will conduct yet another round of layoffs at its Dublin truck factory, this time 5-hundred people will become jobless in February 2017!

Washington: Omak Wood Products issued a shutdown WARN, 217 jobs gone by the end of January 2017!  In Everett, Boeing warned of more layoffs due to lack of sales of its 777X airliner, local news media reminded readers that Boeing got massive tax breaks for the 777X program.

West Virginia:  Petro industry service company Weatherford laid off 65 people due to “loss of business opportunities”.

Wisconsin: BMR NO.1 forced to sell their assets, which will result in 57 people losing their jobs by March 2017.  Germany based toolmaker Walter USA shutting down their Waukesha factory, 39 jobs lost starting in February 2017.

Mining/Industrial/Logistics November 2016:  GOOD LORD (-STOWN), CHEVY KILLS 1,360 JOBS IN ONE CITY!