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Business/Economics

General Mills kills 1,200 California jobs! Discover & Intel kill 710 California jobs! Walmart charges manufacturers for the ‘privilege’ of selling their products!: U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings, 26 June 2015

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

Arizona: In Phoenix yet another restaurant shutdown, this time Kincaid’s Classic American Dining closing in July after 14 years.  The owners blamed years of city construction work which put their sales into a death spiral by blocking customer access to their establishment.  Also in Phoenix two TV stations merged, KPHO and KTVK, resulting in 14 jobs being eliminated.

Arkansas: Bentonville based Walmart just became even more evil.  Greedy administrators are now charging manufacturers for the privilege of selling their products! It’s being done under the guise of charging a stocking-storage fee for ‘warehousing inventory’!  Analysts say Walmart administrators are trying to offset crashing sales and employee pay raises.

California: In San Louis Obispo, after surviving the Great (deflationary) Depression and numerous recessions Pismo Beach Hardware shutting down in August.  Local news reports say city administrators have rezoned the property for food service, but apparently there is no restaurant set to move in.   In Santa Monica, Wilshire West Car Wash issued a shutdown WARN for August, 66 jobs lost.  In Chino, Closet Maid issued a shutdown WARN for September, 71 jobs lost.  In Los Angeles, King Meat issued a shutdown WARN for August, 227 jobs lost!  In Santa Barbara, upscale clothier Saks issued a shutdown WARN for July, 56 jobs lost. In Harbor City, Flying Food Group issued a layoff WARN for August, 121 jobs lost!  In Santa Clara and Folsom, computer chip maker Intel issued layoff WARNs saying 317 people will become unemployed in July!  In Long Beach, Boeing will layoff at least 15 people in August.  What automotive industry recovery? Also in Long Beach, Japan based Toyota finally issued a WARN saying 104 parts factory jobs will be eliminated in August!  In Pacoima, Brice Manufacturing announced they will eliminate 15 jobs in August.  In San Diego, Bridgepoint Education issued WARNs saying 19 people will be laid off in August.  What housing market recovery?  And San Diego based Genetically  Modified drugs maker Celladon began laying off employees, suspended research on new drugs and announced it might have to liquidate if it can’t sell itself to a foolish vulture capitalist investor.  Apparently their GMOed drugs don’t work.   In Irvine, Discover credit card issued a shutdown WARN for their Home Loans office, 393 home loan employees will be let go in August!  It’s part of Discover’s exit from the home loan business.  In Compton, Cal State Steel issued a shutdown WARN for September, 44 jobs lost.  Food producer Genreal Mills confirmed their Lodi factory will shutdown by the end of the year, 430 jobs lost!  This is not part of General Mills recent announcement that they’re culling 7-hundred more jobs, the Lodi shutdown was planned in 2014!  Administrators of the city of Lodi say the General Mills shutdown will impact other businesses, netting more than 1-thousand 2-hundred jobs lost for the city!

Colorado:  Like your smartphone?  Greenwood Village based rare earth mineral miner Molycorp now chapter 11 bankrupt busted blaming crashing commodity prices and crashing sales to electronics makers.

Connecticut: ObamaCare forced Bristol Hospital to layoff 37 employees, and shutdown six vacant positions.  Hospital administrators blamed state ‘lawmakers’ for cutting $2-million USD in Medicaid reimbursements, but directly blamed ObamaCare for the loss of $3-million in Medicare reimbursements!  Administrators also warn of more layoffs as they are expecting another $7-million in losses over the next two years!

Illinois: In Pilsen, after six years restaurant Nightwood shutting down in July.

Indiana: The Community Blood Center shutting down its donor centers in West Chester and Richmond by September.  This seems to be part of a secret plan connected to ObamaCare: “More stringent transfusion protocols, advances in medical science and Health Care Reform continue to impact how the blood supply is managed.”-Forbes

Michigan: Flint School District laid off more employees, this time 55 teachers. Another 16 employees retired. Because of what I call Disappearing Students Syndrome, and the increased cost of health insurance caused by ObamaCare, the school district is trying to cut $5.8-million!  The new owner of Hiller’s Market grocery stores, Kroger, announced that Hiller’s stores in Ann Arbor, Plymouth and South Lyon will shutdown immediately!  Hiller’s stores in West Bloomfield and Northville have already been shutdown!

Minnesota: The Saint Louis Park Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill shutdown without warning.  A now unemployed server who didn’t know her employer shutdown told local news media “They didn’t pay their liquor taxes, we ran out of beer and liquor last weekend, and I was here Monday working and nobody has told me anything.”  Across the country Toby Keith’s have been shutting down without warning since 2014.

Missouri: Janitorial products maker Continental Commercial (ContiCo) eliminating 155 jobs as they shutdown their Bridgeton factory!  Administrators say crashing sales are forcing them to consolidate operations.

Nevada: The city of North Las Vegas has won state supreme court cases that support their elimination of police jobs and the shutdown of the city’s jail.  Former employees claim the city failed to pay them their accrued vacation time.

New York: Durso Lefferts Boulevard Foods issued a WARN saying they’re shutting down their Richmond Hill grocery store in September, 83 jobs lost.  They blame crashing sales.

Ohio: In Dayton, the Community Blood Center shutting down its Donor Testing Laboratory in September.  This seems to be part of a secret plan connected to ObamaCare: “More stringent transfusion protocols, advances in medical science and Health Care Reform continue to impact how the blood supply is managed.”-Forbes

Oklahoma: Reports say the World’s largest oil service company, Texas based Schlumberger, laid off even more employees at their Bartlesville factory. The number of people laid off is not know and are supposedly on top of the 20-thousand global layoffs announced in April.

Pennsylvania: Olney Charter High School eliminating 36 jobs including the principal.  Employees say it’s retaliation for them forming their own union.

Texas: God refuses to stop ‘his’ Oak Cliff United Methodist Church from shutting down.  The pastor says the building needs at least $3-million in repairs, but the 120 church members cannot afford it and voted to shut it down.  In Wichita Falls, the WDS Global-Xerox call center shutting down “because it is no longer sustainable.”  257 jobs lost by August!  News reports say back in 2012 the call center employed 423 people, apparently 171 jobs had already been eliminated before the shutdown announcement, and this after city administrators gave WDS Global $3-million in tax breaks and cold hard taxpayer cash!

Virginia: Sweden based mining engineering company Sandvik announced it’s shutting down its Bristol factory and moving to Mexico.   Administrators blame the crashing U.S. mining industry, 74 U.S. jobs lost by the end of 2016.

Washington: The Golden Nugget Tukwila Casino officially shutdown, 69 jobs lost.  In Bellevue, after 41 years the Skate King roller rink shutdown, managers say the property owner leased the property to a motorcycle dealer.

Wisconsin: In Eau Claire, Maine based animal drugs lab IDEXX laid off 24 employees, indicating sales are crashing.  Metal caster Grede announced it is shutting down its Berlin foundry, 157 jobs lost by December!  As with other companies, Grede administrators say crashing sales are forcing them to consolidate.

25 June 2015: “This is part of a bigger plan.”

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) no longer issues mass layoff reports: “On March 1, 2013, President Obama ordered into effect the across-the- board spending cuts (commonly referred to as sequestration) required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. Under the order, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) must cut its current budget by more than $30 million, 5 percent of the current 2013 appropriation, by September 30, 2013. In order to help achieve these savings and protect core programs, the BLS will eliminate two programs, including Mass Layoff Statistics, and all ‘measuring green jobs’ products. This news release is the final publication of monthly mass layoff survey data.”

International

False Flag: U.S. backed Free Syrian Army working with Islamic State!

26 June 2015 (09:16 UTC-07 Tango 01)/05 Tir 1394/09 Ramadan 1436/11 Ren-Wu (5th month) 4713

Chinese news reports say today’s DAESH (Islamic State) attack on Syrian city Kobane was done with the implicit help of the Free Syrian Army, a rebel group openly favored by the Obama regime.

At least 120 silly-vilians living in Kobane have been mass executed by DAESH.  DAESH snuck into Kobane with the help of Free Syrian Army, who claimed they were their own Free Syrian Army personnel.  It turns out this is a standard practice between DAESH and Free Syrian Army.

It also explains why main U.S. led airstrikes have been ineffective, and backs up claims that only silly-vilians were killed by those airstrikes; Free Syrian Army has been protecting DAESH forces by telling U.S. led advisors that they are their own personnel, and by directing U.S. led airstrikes against silly-vilians that oppose them.

Some analyst in Syria believe Free Syrian Army and DAESH have joined together because Iranian backed Kurds (including female Kurdish Mujahideen whom I consider to be modern day Amazons) are kicking both their asses!

Israel now in open warfare with Iran, Syria and Lebanon! 

unknown illness among Syrian refugees?

Syria did not consent & UN did not issue resolution! 

U.S.

Human Rights Record of the United States in 2014

Civil rights are threatened by rampant violent crimes. According to the “Crime in the United States” released by the FBI, there were an estimated 1,163,146 violent crimes reported to law enforcement in 2013, of which 14,196 are murders, 79,770 are rapes, 345,031 robberies and 724,149 aggravated assaults (http://www.fbi.gov.) There were an estimated 367.9 violent crimes per 100,000 inhabitants in 2013. The Market Watch announced 10 most dangerous cities in America (www.marketwatch.com, November 20, 2014)). The lowest ranking of the ten was Birmingham in Alabama, where 1,345 crimes were reported for every 100,000 residents, while in Detroit, 2,072 violent crimes were reported for 100,000 residents, the highest in the nation in 2013. In 2014, Los Angeles’s overall total of violent crimes was up 7.6 percent by early October, compared with the same time in 2013 (The Los Angeles Times, October 4, 2014). There was about 1,500 violent crimes registered a month in 2014. Meanwhile, gang violence in the U.S. was at an all time high. There were currently an estimated 1.7 million gang members spread throughout the country (www.insidermonkey.com, November 1, 2014).

Police officers were ignoring sex crimes on a regular basis. A report released in November by the inspector general of New Orleans found that of 1,290 sex crime calls for service assigned to five New Orleans police detectives from 2011 to 2013, 840 were designated as miscellaneous, and nothing at all was done (The New York Times, November 13, 2014).

Police and prosecutors were allowing tens of thousands of wanted felons to escape justice merely by crossing a state border (The USA Today, March 12, 2014).

The Wall Street Journal reported on December 3, 2014, that many of the law enforcement agencies did not submit the statistics about killings by police when enforcing laws to the FBI. The report found at least 1,800 police killings took place in 105 police departments between 2007 and 2012. The Associated Press reported on December 7, 2014 that at least 400 deaths happened every year as a result of the law enforcement activities by the U.S. police officers, most of who were not prosecuted. And some police officers had repeated killings on record, though they were investigated for every case. There were 55 police officers who were sued at least 10 times with one being sued for 28 times. Los Angeles Times reported on September 14 that since 2004 a committee reviewed 809 complaints of excessive force or misconduct at the Southwest border, but no police officers had been punished.

The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, an independent federal privacy watchdog, concluded that the National Security Agency’s (NSA) program to bulk phone call records was illegal (The New York Times, January 23, 2014).

Prisons in the U.S. were crowded and violence and deaths there were increasing. According to a report titled “Prisoners in 2013” by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. state and federal correctional facilities held an estimated 1,574,700 prisoners on December 31, 2013, an increase of 4,300 prisoners from yearend 2012 (www.bjs.gov, September 16, 2014).

….violence in prisons was occurring frequently. In 2012, 4,309 inmates died while in the custody of local jails or state prisons (www.bjs.gov, October 9, 2014). The number of deaths in local jails increased, from 889 in 2011 to 958 in 2012. In Rikers Island, a vast New York City jail complex, the use of force by correction officers jumped nearly 240 percent over the last decade since 2004 (The New York Times, March 19, 2014). In the Julia Tutwiler Prison in Alabama, there was a large amount of complaints about the sex abuse and harassment involving guards and supervisors. However, state investigators time and again classified the complaints as unfounded or unsubstantiated and often recommended that the matters be closed without further action (The Washington Post, October 6, 2014).

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said that the world sees “a democracy that’s not working” (www.usatoday.com, October 11, 2013). It revealed the institutional root for the fact that the political rights of U.S. citizens had not been effectively protected.

Money is still a deciding factor for the U.S. politics…..The influence of average Americans on the election results diminished (www.usatoday.com, November 2, 2014).

The voting rights in the U.S. are restricted by economic income, race and other factors, and many citizens were prevented from voting.

According to a report by the Huffington Post on December 2, 2014, only nine percent of Americans approved of Congress in the weeks leading up to the midterms elections (www.huffingtonpost.com, December 2, 2014).

The living conditions for homeless people continuously deteriorated; the income and property gaps caused by distribution inequality continued to enlarge; ordinary people’s rights of health and education could not be well ensured as relative resources were more frequently used to serve the rich.

The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives overwhelmingly targeted racial and ethnic minorities as it expanded its use of controversial drug sting operations. At least 91 percent of the people agents have locked up using those stings were racial or ethnic minorities, and nearly all were either black or Hispanic (www.usatoday.com, July, 20, 2014).

Child laborers were engaged in dangerous works. American Labor Law allows juniors to work, as long as his or her parents consent and the work does not directly conflict with school hours. That means, it is perfectly legal for a 12-year-old to work 50 or 60 hours a week in tobacco fields. Based on interviews with 141 child tobacco workers, aged 7 to 17, in the country’s four largest tobacco-producing states: North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia, nearly three-quarters of children interviewed reported feeling sick – with nausea, vomiting, headaches, dizziness, difficulty in breathing, or other serious symptoms while working in tobacco fields. Many of these symptoms were consistent with acute nicotine poisoning (www.politico.com, September 16, 2014).

In the field of international human rights, the U.S. has long refused to approve some core human rights conventions of the United Nations and voted against some important UN human rights resolutions. More than that, the U.S. continued to go even further to violate human rights in other countries, including infringing on the privacy of citizens of other countries with the overseas monitoring project, killing large number of innocent civilians of other countries in drone strikes, and raping and killing locals by U.S. soldiers garrisoned overseas.

Read more damning examples here

Business/Economics

No more Cheerios, Yoplait or Progresso? “This is part of a bigger plan.” ObamaCare kills more hospitals! “Life is too short!” No more Sizzler?: U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings, 25 June 2015

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

California: Mission Viejo based restaurant chain Sizzler blindsided by its Australian operator, who said it is shutting down its restaurants in the Down Under!  The Aussie Sizzler franchise is owned by Collins Foods who stated “We no longer consider Sizzler to be a strategic growth prospect in Australia and therefore we will not be investing further capital.”   The city administrators of Covina are crediting their elimination of nine City Hall jobs for helping them to create a “precariously balanced” budget.  Because of ObamaCare, Palomar Health announced yet another hospital shutdown, this time Pomerado Hospital in Poway, hundreds of jobs lost and hundreds of patients affected!  Administrators have previously blamed ObamaCare for causing their hospitals to lose tens of millions of dollars.  It’s been revealed that Ireland based drugs makers Allergan and Actavis eliminated at least 1,577 jobs in the city of Irvine, since January!  It’s the result of Allergan taking over Actavis (Actavis is now officially called Allergan).  But wait there’s more!  Allergan is now trying to takeover Los Angeles based Kythera, and admitted jobs would be culled there as well.  Irvine based Local.com is now chapter 11 bankrupt busted, blaming it on a sudden crash in web traffic.  In Sonora, Bertelli’s Pharmacy shutdown. The family owners of the 53 years old pharmacy chain have been consolidating their operations with Rite Aid.

Florida: In Saint Pete Beach, after 30 years Nancy Markoe Fine American Crafts Gallery shutting down as soon as the inventory is sold.  The 71 years old owner said “There are so many things I want to do and it’s time.”  

Iowa: Williamsburg based Kinze Manufacturing has become the latest farm equipment maker to go down.  Months after cutting work hours to 30 hours per week (in-line with avoiding ObamaCare mandated benefits, but of course they didn’t say that) administrators announced they must eliminate 215 jobs across the U.S.!  Employees say administrators gave them no warning (which is typical and I’m still amazed how many sheeple workers in the U.S. are shocked that their employers can kill their jobs without warning).  As with other farm equipment makers, it’s blamed on crashing sales: “Despite our efforts, the current demand does not support our present staffing level.”-Kinze Manufacturing news release

Massachusetts:  Back in January, drugs maker CRO Praxel predicted big sales in 2015, but guess what?  CRO Praxel now eliminating 850 jobs!  Administrators are now “restructuring” due to the expected big sales actually “normalizing to some extent” (Orwellian code for declining sales).

Michigan: In Ottawa County, ObamaCare, along with massive state taxpayer funding cuts, forcing Community Mental Health to layoff 30 people without warning: “…a $2 million cut, and so there’s been 20 to 30 employees that have been laid off and services that aren’t being provided.”-Al Vanderberg, county commissioner

Minnesota: Like your Cheerios, Yoplait and Progresso?  Minneapolis based food maker General Mills just announced yet another mass layoff, 725 jobs eliminated globally!  Administrators still blame crashing sales, and say “restructuring” will continue into 2017 (showing you how little faith in any “recovery” General Mills has).  The restructuring is known as Project Catalyst and in the past 12+ months has resulted in the shutdown of two dough factories, and with todays job culling announcement, elimination of at least 2,125 food producing jobs!

Mississippi: Piccadilly Cafeteria in Edgewater Mall shutdown.  The manager of the mall would only say “This is part of a bigger plan.”

Missouri: God refused to stop ‘his’ Chesterfield based Mercy Health from eliminating 474 jobs across their multi-state hospital system!  I guess ObamaCare showed them (Missouri is nicknamed The Show Me State)!  Mercy administrators directly blame ObamaCare: “…Mercy faces increasing challenges to our reimbursement structure as we adjust to reductions mandated by the Affordable Care Act and other budget cuts, as well as the lack of Medicaid expansion in most of our states.”

Montana: The state prison system eliminating 16 jobs due to lack of money.  The gov’na’s budget director said the “public won’t really notice a difference” because it turns out they were vacant positions anyway.  Does that means taxpayer money was supposedly being set aside for 16 vacant jobs, that now don’t exist?

New Hampshire: The city of Derry laid off eight fire fighters and then shutdown the Hampshire Road Fire Station, due to lack of money.

New Jersey: In Vineland, the Amish Market shutting down in July.  No reason has been given, but apparently their sales weren’t good enough to justify keeping to their ten years lease.  Neighboring businesses say they will lose customer traffic after the Amish Market shuts down.

New York:  NYC based Verizon (formerly Bell Atlantic) is now the owner of AOL, expect massive layoffs.   NYC based drugs maker Brystol Myers Squib announced a restructuring plan that will be completed by 2018.  The plan is to consolidate research work into fewer locations, the move will affect at least 7-hundred employees in the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Washington!   Swizterland based drugs maker Novartis issued a WARN announcing a 5th round of layoffs at their Suffern factory, taking place by September.  The Novartis Suffern factory is shutting down in early 2016.  I think it’s part of the 2014 deal between Novartis and British empire based GlaxoSmithKline (Novartis took over GSK’s drugs ops and GSK took over Novartis’ vaccine ops).  Food service company Sodexo issued yet another shutdown WARN, this time they lost their contract with Colgate University, 99 jobs lost by July.  In Rochester, iconic Eastman Kodak has been killing jobs slowly for the past couple of years, about one or two per month.   Now they’ve canceled their contract with Johnson Controls, 32 Johnson Controls jobs lost by September.  In Pearl River, the owners of the 63 years old Ringer’s Furniture shutting it down in September to begin their ‘christian’ ministry.

North Carolina: In Raleigh, after five years Natty Green’s Pub & Brewing shutting down by August because of its greedy landlord.  Apparently the landlord suddenly backed out of a recent lease agreement and jacked up the rent so high that the pub owners can’t pay!  The pub owners say on their last day of operations all sales will go to the employees.  In Durham, Gregoria’s Cuban Steakhouse being shutdown and replaced.  The charity March of Dimes shutting down their Fayetteville and Wilmington operations.  Local administrators said the announcement was a “surprise” and that March of Dimes is now restructuring to focus on parts of the U.S. that have the greatest donations potetial.  In other words they’re following the money.  It also suggests that people in the Fayetteville-Wilmington areas will no longer have access to March of Dimes services: “So really, I guess March of Dimes is not going to have any presence in southeastern North Carolina any more.”-Vance Townsend, local board of directors

Ohio: What automotive industry recovery?  Akron based tire maker Goodyear announced it is shutting down its British empire United Kingdom tire factory, 330 jobs lost!  By the way the British spell tire T-Y-R-E, just one of many examples that U.S. English is not the same as British English.  After 101 years (surviving the Great deflationary Depression and numerous recessions) That Which Cannot be Named refused to stop the shutdown of the Greater Cleveland Hadassah.   It’s blamed on big investor scam artists, and those silly Jews being money grubbers: “The change began four years ago due to a lot of cutbacks Hadassah was forced to make because they were a victim of the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme.”-Arlene Weider, chapter president

Pennsylvania: Big Heart Pet Brands has a new owner (Smucker) who has decided to shutdown their Pittsburgh factory by April 2016, at least 225 jobs lost!  After 89 years (surviving the Great deflationary Depression and numerous recessions) The Red Rose restaurant shutdown: “Life is too short! We only have so many good years left and by the grace of God, we think we have enough resources to retire and what we want to do is just enjoy whatever years with have left with each other and our family.”-Nick Flouras

South Carolina: Lake City shutdown their jail due to lack of money, but at the same time they said they will hire more cops.

Texas: In Austin, music venue Holy Mountain shutting down in October, by the greedy landlord.  Holy Mountain owners blame a 45% increase in rent coupled with taxes, insurance and fees the operation of the music venue is now finically impossible.

Virginia: Printpack is shutting down their 34 years old label factory in Fredericksburg blaming crashing sales, 150 jobs lost!

Washington: What construction industry recovery?  Simpson Lumber Company shutdown their Shelton mill, 275 jobs lost!

Wisconsin: Aglio Ristorante in Janesville shutdown.  It sounds like the property owner kicked them out in favor of another business.

24 June 2015: “There are no more presents under the Christmas tree!” 

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) no longer issues mass layoff reports: “On March 1, 2013, President Obama ordered into effect the across-the- board spending cuts (commonly referred to as sequestration) required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. Under the order, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) must cut its current budget by more than $30 million, 5 percent of the current 2013 appropriation, by September 30, 2013. In order to help achieve these savings and protect core programs, the BLS will eliminate two programs, including Mass Layoff Statistics, and all ‘measuring green jobs’ products. This news release is the final publication of monthly mass layoff survey data.”

Business/Economics, Idaho

Fighting over food ramps up in Illinois! “There are no more presents under the Christmas tree!” Idaho faces up to the music of Disappearing Students! Kansas & Missouri admit to failed economic warfare, at taxpayer expense!: U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings, 24 June 2015

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

California:  The Los Angeles Unified School District approved plans to eliminate 774 jobs despite an increase in funding and a 10% pay raise for employees!  Administrators blame what I call Disappearing Students Syndrome, but critics say the new budget, with its pay raises and mass layoffs, doesn’t make sense. It was also revealed that LAUSD has to pay more into their employee retirement plans (ObamaCare anybody?). The LAUSD superintendent commented that “There are no more presents under the Christmas tree!” Local news reports say the superintendent implied he would be stepping down within the next six months.  The East Contra Costa Fire District is now shelling out $15,000 to settle claims by former firefighters who say they were unfairly laid off.  Apparently the district failed to comply with union contracts that said they must negotiate with employees before laying them off.  So much for saving taxpayer money.  In Chula Vista, a judge shutdown the Eyecandy Showgirls strip joint.  The employees have been accused of illegal lap dances and drug use.

Idaho:  Idaho State University (ISU, my alma mater) is finally facing up to the fact they’ve been losing students (what I call DSS) for years, and now they’re cutting programs.  Some courses, like German and French, will no longer be offered as a BA degree, just a piddly certificate (in fact many other courses will now get you just a certificate).  The administrators voted to eliminate their BS in Theater, Bachelors in University Studies,  MS in Physical Education Pedagogy, Graduate Certificate in Gerontological Studies and Bachelor of Music in Music/Business.  ISU will also shutdown their Environmental Science and Policy Research Institute, Center for Environmental Sensing, Geospatial Research Facility, Musculoskeletal Research Institute , Permian Research Institute and International Center for Bayesian Methods (by Fall 2020).  This means mass layoffs, but administrators didn’t mention it.  ISU is so proud of their austerity that they went on local TV news to brag about it: “…ISU also received a commendation from our regional accreditor, The Northwest Commissioner On College and Universities, for the process we undertook, that we can be a model for other states.”-Selena Grace, Associate Vice President for Institution Effectiveness, KPVI interview

Illinois: Another food bank going down, this time in Cahokia, and this time it’s purely political.  Christina Walker, director of the Cahokia Community Basket, says they’re being shutdown because they opposed the election of the current mayor, but admitted “I’ve not been given a reason. I spoke with Curtis McCall yesterday in his office personally and asked why am I being put on administrative leave and the purpose of us vacating the building and he told me ‘Due to future litigation I cannot comment at this time.'”  The food bank feeds 1-thousand 2-hundred people every month.  Local news reports say representatives of other food banks told them that somebody was making threatening phone calls to them, implying they were with the Cahokia Community Basket.  News reports indicate the Rock Island Public Library plans to shutdown satellite libraries after dropping their association with Friends of the Library, and yet claiming there is a “surplus of money”.

Kansas: Can you say Double Dumb-Asses?  State ‘lawmakers’ admitted there is an economic war between Kansas and Missouri.  Commerce Secretary Pat George announced the warring parties are about to make peace because, he admitted, all the taxpayer funded incentives to steal businesses/jobs away from each other had no positive impact on their respective economies!     In Wichita, after 90 years (surviving the Great deflationary Depression and numerous recessions) Rieger Medical Supply shutdown.  The owner blamed the internet and “massive government regulations”, but the final straw was when her husband died: “A family business doesn’t do well without a family.”-Karin Rieger

Louisiana: Baker School District administrators revealed they’ve already laid off employees for the upcoming school year, but refuse to say how many will become unemployed, which will include teachers with tenure.  They’re short $1.2-million.

Massachusetts: Reports say Marshfield Public Schools’ plan to eliminate jobs has been softened by the retirement of 25 teachers.

Michigan: In Escabana, the new owners of New Page Mill laid off 19 employees, in an effort to become more efficient.  Utica Community Schools laying off 34 teachers due to loss of students and federal taxpayer funded grants.  News reports say the district lost 1-thousand 3-hundred students in the past ten years.  Farmington Public Schools just increased their layoff list by 24 more employees.  At this point at least 180 people are being laid off before the beginning of the 2015-16 school year: “It’s not as though we have a hidden pot of money.”-George Gurrola, vice president

Minnesota: After less than one year beer seller Four Firkins shutdown.  The owner blames competition and new anti-beer laws.

Missouri: After only two years the Edwardsville Robust Wine Bar shutdown.  The owners said they have plans to expand but their Edwardsville location was actually preventing that.

Nebraska: Too Big to Jail TD Ameritrade laid off less than 30 people, mainly in Omaha.

New Jersey: A law firm that specializes in protecting evil creditors in bankruptcy and foreclosure cases, Zucker, Goldberg & Ackerman, says it’s not profitable anymore and is shutting down.  The WARN report said 289 people to become jobless before the end of August!

New York: In Latham, after 24 years Book Barn shutdown. The owner said it’s not because of lack of sales, in fact he’s making profits, instead he says his greedy landlord is kicking him out by jacking up the rent to a point that is not doable!   In NYC, after several layoffs Spanier Building Maintenance issued a shutdown WARN for September.  Master Lock announced it will shutdown its 85 years old Rochester SentrySafe factory in 2016.  The company is joining the mass exodus from New York and moving production elsewhere, 350 jobs lost beginning in January! Administrators directly blame the suck-ass U.S. economy: “This decision has been made to help us remain competitive in the marketplace by eliminating excess capacity in our domestic supply chain. We are optimizing our operational footprint by consolidating locations and adding meaningful scale to other existing facilities.”

Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh based Education Management Corporation announced it will eliminate another 3-hundred jobs across the U.S. in “ongoing efforts to offer students a great learning experience while keeping education affordable”.  Back in May, Education Management corporation shutdown all 15 of its Art Institute campuses.  What automotive & housing markets recovery?  Michigan based maker of automotive and building glass, Guardian Industries, issued a WARN saying they’re shutting down their Jefferson Hills factory, 114 jobs lost by the beginning of August!  It was revealed that back in November the company made a shutdown deal with the employees’ union, and it might be connected to the costs of failing to meet environmental regulations, including a $25-thousand fine.

Texas: In San Antonio, Arcade Midtown Kitchen shutdown so the owner could pursue other interests.

Washington: Assisted living center Emeritus Senior Living laid off 10 HQ employees.

22 – 23 June 2015: ObamaCare wreaks havoc on the insurance industry!

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) no longer issues mass layoff reports: “On March 1, 2013, President Obama ordered into effect the across-the- board spending cuts (commonly referred to as sequestration) required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. Under the order, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) must cut its current budget by more than $30 million, 5 percent of the current 2013 appropriation, by September 30, 2013. In order to help achieve these savings and protect core programs, the BLS will eliminate two programs, including Mass Layoff Statistics, and all ‘measuring green jobs’ products. This news release is the final publication of monthly mass layoff survey data.”

International

Global Food Crisis: Major insurance company says prepare for World War F!

24 June 2015 (12:35 UTC-07 Tango 01)/03 Tir 1394/07 Ramadan 1436/09 Ren-Wu (5th month) 4713

F = Food

“Food security has a major influence on national and international politics. A globalised world and food system means that it is a system particularly vulnerable to governments and businesses succumbing to panic, hoarding foods or limiting exports. In the past, non-governmental/ intergovernmental organisations have measured and managed the risks faced by vulnerable populations. Now, insurance is well placed to play a large role in progress and in enhancing food production, processing and trading systems – by providing effective risk management advice and expertise, as well as risk transfer.”-Feast or Famine: Business and Insurance Implications of Food Safety and Security

Milan, Italy, is hosting the Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life expo until October.  One organization attending is the iconic British empire Lloyd’s of London who recently issued a dire warning, titled Feast or Famine: Business and Insurance Implications of Food Safety and Security.

Lloyd’s analyst warn of skyrocketing food prices and crashing economies caused by population booms, lack of water and other resources, and the threat of a new form of terrorism that targets food supplies.  The result, they say, will be food riots around the World.

As an insurance company Lloyd’s is concerned with the growing risk of providing agricultural insurance, yet is so arrogant about their service that they think insurance is “vital to increasing agricultural production”.

Another danger that Lloyd’s is pushing as the answer to all our prayers is the creation of more and more GMO crops!  (surprisingly there are a vast number of sheeple who still don’t know what GMO is)

Lloyd’s is pushing the idea of forcing everybody involved in the food supply chain to have insurance.  But how does Lloyd’s propose replacing damaged or destroyed or lost food stuffs?  With money?  If there ain’t no food it doesn’t matter how much money you have.

Idaho wheat unfit for human consumption?!

When He broke the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, “Come.” I looked, and behold, a Black Horse; and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. And I heard something like a voice in the center of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; but do not damage the oil and the wine.”

Business/Economics, Idaho

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings, 22 – 23 June 2015: Insurance company dumps Idaho as ObamaCare wreaks havoc on the insurance industry!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

Isn’t it ironic that the healthcare reform written by the insurance industry (Affordable Care Act aka ObamaCare) is actually destroying insurance companies?  Read on to find out why I ask such a question.

Arizona: Five Coco’s Bakery Restaurants shutdown; one in Sun City and four in Phoenix!  Coco’s was sold to a competitor.  In Scottsdale, the Bamboo Club shutdown as well as Frasher’s Steakhouse and Lounge (it’s supposedly moving to Phoenix).  In Arcadia, the Milagro Grill shutdown.

California: The Employment Development Department now publishing WARNs bi-monthly, instead of daily.  Santa Clara based computer chip maker Intel officially confirmed massive layoffs across several states.  An internal Intel memo read “Yes, we are implementing headcount reductions” in Arizona and Oregon, but did not give numbers.  The mass layoffs are blamed on crashing computer sales.  In San Diego, after 36 years the owners of popular Lunch Bag Deli say their landlord is forcing them to shutdown.  They say they got a 26 day eviction notice with no explanation.  An employee of the  real estate company that manages the property would only say, to local news media, that the lease was up and they didn’t want to renew.  In Escondido, Palomar Health reports that ObamaCare is causing their Palomar Medical Center to lose $20-million USD per year! As a result they’re considering shutting it down (despite a previous announcement that the 56 acre hospital was going to be doubled in size!), forcing the 8-thousand patients who use the hospital to travel at least 12 miles for healthcare: “The right thing to do and the right decision at the right time is to make the recommendation to the board of directors they should close the downtown campus.”-Bob Hemker, CEO

Colorado: Englewood mining company Midway Gold now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.

Connecticut: Bloomfield based global health insurance company Cigna is fighting off attempts by Indiana based Anthem.  Recently Anthem tried to buyout Cigna for $53.8-billion.  If a takeover is successful you can bet they’ll be massive layoffs in an attempt to eliminate all the redundant jobs as a result.  A recent Nightly Business Report stated that the result of insurance company mergers will be higher premiums for individuals.  What was that about ObamaCare reducing the costs of healthcare?

Florida: After three years of operations, Jacksonville based non-profit crowdfunding venue One Spark laid off all but three employees.  Administrators blame it on a lack of “focus”.  In Rivera Beach, wholesaler Garden of Life issued a WARN for September, 28 people will be laid off.  In Clearwater, the Burger King on US19 and Sunset Point Road shutdown for failing health inspections.  In Tampa, the Tampa Tap Room shutdown for 30 health code violations.  The Paradise Biryani Pointe shutdown for 41 health code violations.

Hawaii: After 49 years the owner of two iconic restaurants is shutting them down due to health problems.  The restaurant Kenny’s will shutdown by 05 July, and Kenny’s Express will shutdown 04 July.

Idaho: In Boise, after 32 years the owners of women’s clothier Barbara Barbara announced they’re shutting down at the end of July, health problems convinced them it was time to retire.  The Department of Labor finally published a WARN issued by Assurant insurance company, submitted back on the 15th.  ObamaCare forcing Assurant to eliminate 65 health insurance jobs in Boise by August.  If you’ve been following my updates New York City based Assurant recently announced it is getting out of the health insurance business because, as CEO Alan Colberg said, Obama Care isn’t slashing & burning health care funding big enough or fast enough: “The health and employee benefits business segments possess differentiated capabilities in their respective markets, but we do not believe they can meet our return targets at the pace we require.”

Illinois:  What automotive industry recovery? Heavy vehicle maker Caterpillar laid off another 50 people at their East Peoria factory, on top of the recent 120! It’s blamed on the crashing mining industry.  H&S Care Center shutting down over the next couple of weeks.  News reports say the nursing home has a number of code violations, and was recently fined $12,500 after a patient went on a stabbing rampage in April (you see, you don’t need a gun to be violent).

Iowa: After years of arguing between Scott County and the owner of  Lake Canyada Mobile Home Park, the county is forcing the park to shutdown by cutting off the watersupply!   At first it was to shutdown by the end of the month, but there are so many tenants with nowhere to go that the shutdown date has been pushed back to the end of July.  County administrators claim the water-sewer system for the mobile home park must be upgraded, but the park owner doesn’t want to pay for it.

Kentucky: State Health Department is shutting down three Women’s Infant & Children offices, 12 jobs lost.  Administrators blame lack of taxpayer funding and lack of people signing up for the measly $40 per month in food assistance.   Louisville based health insurance company Humana is considering a takeover bid by Connecticut based Aetna.   If the deal is accepted then the 12-thousand Humana employees, and the more than 47-thousand employees with Aetna, will be threatened.   A recent Nightly Business Report stated that the result of insurance company mergers will be higher premiums for individuals. What was that about ObamaCare reducing the costs of healthcare?  Texas based oil pipeline company TMK Ipsco issued a mass layoff WARN saying at least 150 Wilder steel mill employees will be laid off in July!  That’s on top of the 115 laid off this month!

Louisiana: Texas based oil holdings company Exterran issued a shutdown WARN for its Broussard oil equipment factory, 60 jobs lost between August and December.

Nevada: Colorado based & bankrupt Midway Gold shutdown their Pan Mine ops, blaming lack of money.  Administrators refused to say how many jobs lost.

New Jersey: Salem County administrators went back on their word and will indeed eliminate jobs.  A ‘letter to the editor’ revealed at least one person laid off already, and an undisclosed number going into next year.

New York: Volunteers of America Upstate New York announced they’re shutting down 11 thrift stores, apparently to focus on its services for low income families, but the fact their thrift stores lost more than $1-million last year is a better reason.  In NYC, God refuses to stop the layoff of 83 employees of Father Flanagan’s Boys’ Home Boys Town operations across The Big Apple.  The WARN says the layoffs will take place in September and blames the bad economy.  Also in The Big Apple, New York Life Insurance Company issued a WARN saying they are moving between October and March (they didn’t say where to) and at least 17 people will become unemployed.  And the city of New York has become the second U.S. city (after San Francisco) to shutdown school during the Asian Lunar New Year.  Administrators say it proves they’re respectful of other ethic groups, but it’s really about saving a lot of money by shutting down schools for a week.

North Carolina: Madison County School District forced to shutdown their Laurel Elementary school.  It’s blamed on what I call Disappearing Students Syndrome.   AB Tech announced it will shutdown the Haynes building and the Technology Commercialization Center on its Enka campus. News reports say AB Tech is prepping the Enka campus for sale.  It’s blamed on the loss of $2-million in county taxpayer funding.  It’s been revealed that for-profit managed county owned Yadkin Valley Community Hospital shutdown, 150 jobs lost at the end of May!  News reports blame disputes between the greedy for-profit managers and the county over the lease.

Ohio:   Cincinnati based Too Big to Jail Fifth Third Bancorp (Fifth Third Bank: The Curious Bank) will shutdown/sell-off 130 offices and other properties!  Administrators say they need to save $60-million per year.  After five years non-profit Boneyfiddle Arts Center shutdown, due to lack of funding: “It is really sad and painful for us, because we worked so hard to accomplish what we had.  When we realized we could not meet our strategic goals we knew it was the logical choice.”-Jamie Benedict

Pennsylvania: In Garfield, after five years restaurant Salt of the Earth to shutdown in August.  The owners are going to focus on their other business, architecture.

Tennessee: The McNairy County Board of Education eliminating 20 jobs; 15 current employees and five vacant teacher jobs.

Texas: The city of Brownsville shutdown its public swimming pools to all but those attending children’s swimming lessons.  City administrators were not able to hire enough lifeguards, not for a lack of money but for a lack of qualified applicants.

Washington: In Puget Sound, Boeing laid off another 153 employees!

West Virginia: After 32 years Blatt’s Greenhouse, in Lavalette, shutdown.

Wisconsin: The Wisconsin State Journal laid off four people and eliminated at least three vacant positions.

19 – 21 June 2015: “…our journey is coming to an end…” “…leadership does not care….”

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) no longer issues mass layoff reports: “On March 1, 2013, President Obama ordered into effect the across-the- board spending cuts (commonly referred to as sequestration) required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. Under the order, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) must cut its current budget by more than $30 million, 5 percent of the current 2013 appropriation, by September 30, 2013. In order to help achieve these savings and protect core programs, the BLS will eliminate two programs, including Mass Layoff Statistics, and all ‘measuring green jobs’ products. This news release is the final publication of monthly mass layoff survey data.”

Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings, 19 – 21 June 2015: “…our journey is coming to an end…” Clothing exec calls employment The Hunger Games! “This culture will exacerbate the uncertainty…leadership does not care….”

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

Louisiana/Texas based oil exploration company Saratoga Resources now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.   While they blamed oil prices, they also admitted they were dealing with challenges in their field operations.

Arizona: The Ritz Carlton Phoenix hotel is shutting down, 2-hundred jobs lost by July!  The hotel was sold to a competitor.

Arkansas: In Cabot, after 45 years the owner of Ann’s Beauty Shop is shutting it down in July.

California: What housing market recovery?  In Palo Alto, a start up company that makes ‘smart’ smoke detectors and night lights for homes, Leeo, laid off more than 30% of their employees due to lack of sales.  An inside unnamed source reported to VentureBeat that “Sales were definitely pretty terrible, and on top of that, there was just not any real direction or vision from the senior leadership. No one ever knew what the next product was going to be.” In San Diego, after 19 years the Great News Cookware Store and Cooking School shutting down by July.  After 23 years Golden Rugs Gallery shutting down their Miramar Road store.  In Walnut Creek, a 21 years old Barnes & Noble book store shutting down in January 2016. Administrators said they could not agree on a new lease agreement with the property owner.  In Oakland, the Swap-o-Rama DIY clothing swap shop shutdown.  In San Francisco, Pier 1 Imports shutdown their SoMa location. It’s part of the Texas based company’s plan to shutdown 1-hundred stores this year!  In Turlock, the owner of Ann’s Fish and Chips reports that the greedy landlord has forced her to go elsewhere, due to jacking up the rent.  The restaurant must shutdown by the 4th of July.  After 34 years newspaper and magazine printer Paradise Post Printing shutdown, at least 41 jobs lost: “Our commercial print business has eroded to the point that it is no longer sustainable to stay in business.”-Bruce Meissner, general manager

Florida: In Fort Walton Beach, after 40 years Mama Rosa’s Pizza shutdown and for sale despite the owners claim that business is good.  The owners said they’re moving to Georgia.  In Orlando, award winning Wolfie’s Pizzamia shutting down next month. The landlord signed a new lease with a gourmet dessert restaurant.  In Largo, Thai Basil Westbay restaurant shutdown, yet again, by health inspectors.  News reports say the restaurant has been accused of recurring problems with roaches, rodents, ants and improper food temperatures.  What housing market recovery?  In Melbourne, after two years home loan serving company Wingspan Portfolio Advisors shutting down, 150 people jobless by the end of the month!  Reports say that in 2013 the mortgage company had 4-hundred employees!

Illinois: The township of Blue Mound shutdown its police department, the Macon County Sheriff’s department will handle law enforcement.  ObamaCare forcing hospital operator Porter Health to eliminate 70 administrative/IT jobs. In a complicated way administrators blamed the new electronic medical records system pushed by ObamaCare.   99 jobs lost as the North Mayfair Kmart being shutdown to make room for a seafood store.   The owner of Eric’s Restaurant gave up and shutdown after he lost his booze license: “He is closed and is thinking about keeping it closed and moving to a different location because he’s completely worn out.”-Hal Jennings, attorney

Iowa: In Mason City, after 30 years the Bonanza steak restaurant shutdown.  The property owner swears another restaurant is moving in.  The owners of Görtz Haus Gallery shutting down in August.  It’s blamed on a $5,000 USD fine for refusing to host a homosexual wedding.

Louisiana: Oil spill claims centers, set up after the 2010 BP (British Petroleum) oil blowout, have shutdown.  The Pine Prairie Correctional Center shutting down in July.  Greedy state ‘lawmakers’ turned it over to evil for-profit concentration camp operator GEO.  The mayor of Pine Prairie, who said the deal seems to have been done in secret, is totally pissed-off: “We were averaging from $5,000 to $5,500 a month from the facility, which is around $60,000 dollars a year, so we’re going to lose that!”-Terry Savat

Maryland: Teen pregnancy prevention op Teens Have Choices shutdown due to lack of funding caused by declining teen pregnancies.

Massachusetts: Blaming what I call Disappearing Students Syndrome, Gordon College warned of impending layoffs.  As of last month only 475 freshman students made the required deposits for the upcoming semester.

Minnesota: Duluth Parks and Recreation Commission warned they are being forced to shutdown the Lake Superior Zoo.  Administrators say the zoo must be brought up to current standards, which will cost at least $40-million, but administrator Jim Filby Williams said “We simply don’t have the money.”

Montana: In Helena, a kitchen fire has permanently shutdown Louie’s Casa Diego restaurant.  The owner says the cost to repair the damage is too high, especially after his insurance provider claimed they never got any of his premium payments: “I’ve put in a lot of money and I’m strapped now. So I can’t get no farther.”-Luis Lopez

Nebraska: H5N2 causing mass layoffs at Michael Foods Egg Products. The food factory is shutting down and more than 1-hundred people will be “temporarily” unemployed! The Knolls golf, tennis and swimming Country Club & Restaurant shutting down in November.  Locals claim a lot of people use the facility, but the owners say otherwise.  Membership crashed to only 70 at the beginning of the year.

New Jersey:  The Route 33 Foodtown grocery store shutting down.  Local news reports say company administrators refused to explain, but a local grocery store analyst said there was too much competition.  In Long Branch, after 85 years pizza joint Tony’s Tomato Pies shutdown.  The owner said they never recovered after Hurricane Sandy: “Basically, times have changed after 85 years….after Sandy a lot of businesses got hit hard.”-Gina Chiafullo

New York: What housing market recovery? NYC based start up company Quirky gave up on its ‘smart’ home products company Wink and put it up for sale.  After clothier J.Crew laid off 175 people, there are news reports that the arrogant executive that issued the layoff notices then went out and bragged about it, calling it the Hunger Games!  Supposedly he has been fired.  NYC based Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia on the verge of being sold-off.  The new owner will be Sequential Brands, which will make money by licensing the use of the name Martha Stewart to other companies, meaning there’s no need for the original Martha Stewart employees.  NYC based NBCUniversal eliminated as many as 30 jobs with their E and Esquire networks.  Hartwick College eliminated more than 20 jobs, without warning.  Administrators also suddenly changed their 2015-16 school year budget.  Apparently those who were laid off are forbidden to talk about it: “This culture will exacerbate the uncertainty and negative feelings following the layoff. They will feel that leadership does not care….”-Theodore Peters, professor

North Carolina: In Raleigh, after 20 years the Cat Banjo boutique shutting down, the owner is focusing on her animal rights foundation.  Sears Holdings shutting down their Greenville Kmart in September, 75 jobs lost.  In Washington, after 24 years The Moss House bed & breakfast shutdown.  It has been sold to a buyer that will make it their private residence.  In Elkin, Heaven’s Scent Restaurant shutting down, the owners would only say that “…our journey is coming to an end…”.  They will continue catering, but only until the end of the year.

Ohio: After 17 years Medina Steak & Seafood shutdown.  The owner blames competition.

Pennsylvania: Stonebridge Bank now chapter 11 bankrupt busted and for sale.  Lancaster based chocolate maker Hershey Company (Hershey’s) announced it will eliminate at least 3-hundred jobs by the end of 2015!  Administrators would not give details, but implied they don’t see any economic recovery taking place: “Removing cost and complexity from our business will make us more flexible to quickly react to changing consumer and competitive marketplace trends.”-John Bilbrey, CEO

Tennessee: Shelby County Schools laid off 5-hundred people!  490 teachers and 30 administrators: “We are a district with declining enrollment and budget issues. Every year we’re having to make tough decisions, and we try to keep as many of those decisions away from the classroom as possible.”-Sheila Redick

Texas: In Austin, Freddie’s Place restaurant being shutdown, the property was sold to another restaurant.  The franchise owner of the Palestine Sears Hometown quit and shut it down, saying he can make more money as an assistant manager at a nearby Dollar General!

Virginia: Thrive Healthcare shutdown blaming debts.  In Chester, after 27 years the Weekend Brewer shutdown, the owners retired.

Wisconsin: Milwaukee County warns that it must contract out its Mental Health Complex blaming ObamaCare for causing “Uncontrollable expenses significantly influence the cost of doing business as a county…”.  585 jobs could be lost!  Assurant announced that 1-thousand 2-hundred people in Milwaukee will become unemployed!  The layoffs start in August and will continue into 2016. It’s the result of Assurant’s earlier announcement that it is getting out of the health insurance business, and as I wrote in an earlier post administrators directly blame ObamaCare.  Racine Unified School District halting public use of their classroom decorations and resources facility, in order to save taxpayer money.

17 – 18 June 2015: “I…couldn’t take it anymore.”

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) no longer issues mass layoff reports: “On March 1, 2013, President Obama ordered into effect the across-the- board spending cuts (commonly referred to as sequestration) required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. Under the order, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) must cut its current budget by more than $30 million, 5 percent of the current 2013 appropriation, by September 30, 2013. In order to help achieve these savings and protect core programs, the BLS will eliminate two programs, including Mass Layoff Statistics, and all ‘measuring green jobs’ products. This news release is the final publication of monthly mass layoff survey data.”

Opinion

Proof Human societies on Earth are the creators of Hell

“What is Hell?”

“A place without peace that never gets better.”-Thai Buddism, Hell Temple proverb

For most Earthlings, their respective societies on Earth are the “place without peace that never gets better”.

International

U.S. corporate exec arrested for trafficking illegal drug in Japan! Proof the U.S. is the land of druggies!

19 June 2015 (07:11 UTC-07 Tango 01)/29 Kordad 1394/02 Ramadan 1436/04 Ren-Wu (5th month) 4713

In Japan Oxycodone is illegal, declared as a highly addictive narcotic.  A female U.S. citizen, and a senior executive with Toyota, is now in jail because she had Oxycodone (aka Roxicodone, OxyContin, Oxecta, OxyIR, Endone, Oxynorm) sent into Japan from the U.S. state of Michigan.

But wait, it was not a case of not understanding Japanese law, because the package was marked “necklaces”!   It should also be noted that Japanese customs inspectors seemed to be on the look-out for the package, implying that this was not the first time the U.S. executive has done this.

The female executive worked for anti-gun Pepsi and job destroying General Motors prior to joining Toyota.  Toyota administrators have publicly apologized for the scandal.

Oxycodone is also illegal in Singapore.

In United Kingdom possession of Oxycodone without a prescription, is a crime.