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U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings, 10 – 11 June 2015: “We’re not making any money anymore…” Tax breaks for companies getting vicious, companies being paid with tax dollars to kill jobs!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

California: In Newport Beach, after 25 years restaurant Jackshrimp shutdown. The owner did not renew the lease and implied he was being pushed out by greedy property developers.  In Red Bluff, after four years the owners of 3 Generations Arts & Shop announced they will shutdown by July.  News reports didn’t say why.

Delaware: In Dover, God refuses to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ 25 years old Branch Christian Bookstore.  The owner said “We just couldn’t compete anymore.”

Florida:  The city of Palm Bay warned that they are so low on cash that they might have to layoff 45 employees, just so they can pay for much needed road repairs without raising taxes.

Idaho: In Boise, the Chili’s restaurant on West Franklin Road (near Boise Towne Square mall) shutting down.  The Montana based franchise owner says they are getting outta Boise and moving to Nampa.   Is bankruptcy next for the unlucky Lucky Friday Mine near Mullan?  The silver mine is owned by troubled Hecla Mining.  In April 2011 the Lucky Friday Mine was hit by a rock fall that killed one employee.  In November 2011 the mine was shutdown for 12 months by a second rock fall that trapped several miners.  At the end of 2013 four of those employees, that were trapped, sued Hecla for $1-million USD saying the company violated federal mine safety rules.  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice investigated Lucky Friday Mine and concluded, in 2014, that Hecla committed at least 5-hundred violations of federal regulations (mostly pollution violations).  Just days ago Hecla agreed to pay a $600-thousand fine.  About 1-hundred people work at the mine.

Maryland: The Bel Air Wallgreens is the latest victim of the legal drugs pusher’s (now called Walgreens-Boots Alliance) plan to shutdown 2-hundred stores across the country.

Massachusetts: The city of Fall River laid off 90 employees.  The mayor is also pushing for a new $10 per month trash fee (which is less than what I’m paying here in Chubbuck, Idaho).  Fall River is missing $6.5-million.

Michigan: The city of Saginaw warned it must shutdown two fire stations and eliminate jobs.  Yet again, this is a case of a city relying on federal taxpayer funded grant money, which expires at the end of June.  Suttons Bay Public Schools laid off at least five teachers.  Administrators said they had to take drastic action to get the school district back in the ‘black’, or face a takeover by state administrators.

Minnesota: The Upper Saint Anthony Falls Lock and Dam shutdown in an effort to stop the spread of invasive carp.

Missouri: Katy Industries WARNed they will shutdown their Bridgeton facility and layoff 155 people!  They’re moving operations to Jefferson City.  It was revealed that Jefferson City and Cole County bribed Kay Industries with tax breaks, which required them to kill off the 155 jobs in Bridgeton (the jobs must be created new for Jefferson City)!

Nebraska: What housing market recovery? Omaha based Mutual of Omaha Bank announced it is shutting down home loan offices in Lincoln and in Fort Myers, Florida.   Mutual of Omaha has contracted out their mortgage serving ops to Guild Mortgage.

New Hampshire: Hamden Board of Education blames what I call Disappearing Students Syndrome for forcing them to eliminate 24 jobs. Reports say the junior high lost 86 students since last year, and the high school lost 4-hundred over the past seven years.

New Jersey: What automotive industry recovery?  “global diversified technology and industrial leader” Johnson Controls issued a shutdown WARN for five locations connected to its automotive division, at least 310 jobs lost!  It’s part of the Wisconsin based company’s plan to get out of the automotive parts making business.  Stop & Shop announced they’re shutting down their Manalapan grocery store in July, 80 jobs affected.  A local grocery store analyst says profits for food stores has become “very, very, tight”.   Another analyst blames the grocery store shutdowns on ShopRite, who is now “dominating the supermarket landscape in New Jersey.”

New York: Clothier J.Crew laid off 175 people at its NYC HQ!  Company administrators said they are preparing for the “future”.  In Forrest Hill, 20 years old teenager clothing store Strawberry shutdown.  News reports say it’s one of many stores that have shutdown in the same area, all blaming outrageously jacked up rents! Reports say landlords refuse to talk to the local news media.  ObamaCare forcing Brooklyn Kidney Center to sell-off their New York Dialysis Services, 65 jobs threatened.

Oklahoma: Sand Ridge Energy laid off 40 people in Alva.  Local news reports say administrators refuse to explain why.  Also, local news reports said the company tried to keep the layoffs quiet, and even refused to acknowledge them when questioned.

Oregon: What construction industry recovery? After 60 years the Allen’s Mill shutdown, 45 jobs lost.  The lumber mill’s general manager blames bad timber and a strong U.S. dollar: “The current log situation is so sad, you can’t buy a predictable supply of marketable logs……It is just a sign of the times, a strong U.S. dollar…..puts log exports at a disadvantage.”-Gerry Lane

Pennsylvania: The second-oldest Jewish newspaper in America, Jewish Exponent, laid off 15 people.  Managers said they are out-sourcing jobs in an effort to save the company, admitting they’ve been losing about $300-thousand per year!

Tennessee: British empire Scotland owned Weir Minerals shutdown their Gallatin operations, 47 jobs lost: “The demands of our customers are declining with plant closures throughout the coal, steel and power industries in recent years and less money being spent on original equipment in the hard rock mining and oil sands markets.”-Aaron Ravenscroft

Virginia: Tax-sucker Raytheon lost their spy satellite contract with the federal government (National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency), 59 jobs lost in Springfield.  In Norfolk, decades old O’Sullivan’s Wharf restaurant suddenly shutdown. The owners would only say “Friends, family, customers, neighbors it is with a heavy heart we announce that today will be our final day open for business.”  In Hampton, the 45 years old Cesar Tarrant Elementary School shutdown due to what I call Disappearing Students Syndrome.   After 16 years Vacuum Store Sales & Services in Leesburg shutting down.  The owner blames the greedy landlord: “I got priced out of the area. They want way too much money for these spaces and didn’t want to negotiate. We’re not making any money anymore as it is.”-Bob Baird

07 – 09 June 2015: “It was so humiliating to train somebody else to take over your job!” 

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.”

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False Flag: I-45 shutdown! Van explosions!

13 June 2015 (11:58 UTC-07 Tango 01)/23 Kordad 1394/25 Sha’ban 1436/27 Ren-Wu (4th month) 4713

Interstate 45 is backed up for what seems like miles, due to the situation in Hutchins, Texas.

It appears the police got the doors open on the suspect’s van, using two controlled explosions.  The police used water charge bombs (Boot Banger, originally created by the British), bombs backed with water to reduce the effects of the backblast.  However, they still aren’t confident enough to get into the van. Personnel and the robot have backed off again.

Fox4’s Sky4 chopper and CBS11’s Chopper11  returning to DFW.  NBC5’s Chopper5 still hanging around.

Chopper 5 & 11 on scene!

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False Flag: Chopper 5 & 11 on scene! Robot back to work!

13 June 2015 (11:06 UTC-07 Tango 01)/23 Kordad 1394/25 Sha’ban 1436/27 Ren-Wu (4th month) 4713

Apparently I’m confusing the helicopter video source.  I’m watching NBCDFW live shots, but for some reason I was picking up chatter from Fox4’s Sky4 chopper.  NBCDFW (aka NBC5) uses Chopper5.

Chopper 5 is still on scene, and that’s the source of the video I’ve been watching.  The police robot has been in action again, focusing on the passenger side door.  Personnel are also inspecting the van, again.

CBSDFW (aka CBS11) Chopper11 has just arrived live on scene.

Wind speed & more fire trucks!

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False Flag: Wind speed & more fire trucks!

13 June 2015 (10:27 UTC-07 Tango 01)/23 Kordad 1394/25 Sha’ban 1436/27 Ren-Wu (4th month) 4713

WFAA has discontinued their live coverage.

Fox4’s Sky 4 is still hovering in place despite being told to leave by 11:00 hours, Texas time.  Sky 4 crew reports they are low on fuel.  Video shows more fire fighting vehicles being staged around the area.  Sky 4 crew reports that questions have been asked about wind speed.

Other reports say the seven explosions heard earlier were tiny explosions used to test the suspect’s van.  The suspect told police he rigged the van with C4.

personnel have placed “something on the van.”

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False Flag: Personnel inspecting van! Bomb planted?

13 June 2015 (10:01 UTC-07 Tango 01)/23 Kordad 1394/25 Sha’ban 1436/27 Ren-Wu (4th month) 4713

Via live NBC5 video: Police cars have evacuated the Jack in the Box parking lot, a MRAP style police vehicle (looks like a BearCat) has entered the parking lot.  The police robot has backed way off from the suspect’s MRAP style van.

At least three or four law enforcement personnel are inspecting the suspect’s van.  They are focusing on the rear of the van.  Fox4’s Sky 4 crew says personnel have placed “something on the van.”

What I thought was movement in the rear window of the van might have been the robot moving around the rear of the van.

Fire department called in!

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False Flag: Fire department called in! Police exit Jack in the Box parking lot!

13 June 2015 (09:41 UTC-07 Tango 01)/23 Kordad 1394/25 Sha’ban 1436/27 Ren-Wu (4th month) 4713

Live video from NBCDFW (NBC5) helicopter shows Hutchins Fire Department vehicles arriving on scene.  Video also shows police presence across the street at a Dairy Queen.

Fox4’s Sky 4 chopper has been told to stay in area until 11:00 hours Texas time.

NBC5 video also shows police robot occasionally going up to MRAP up-armored style van, and then backing away.  I also see what looks like movement in one of the van’s rear windows, furthering my suspicions that the suspect might be alive.  However, Fox4’s Sky 4 crew speculating that ATF is getting ready to blow up entire van, or bring in APC (armored personnel carrier) to “pop open the vehicle”.  Police vehicles are exiting the Jack in the Box parking lot.

Robot continues to move around armored van.

Live video shows no evidence of explosions!

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False Flag: Live video shows no evidence of explosions! Are snipers still firing .50 cal?

13 June 2015 (09:18 UTC-07 Tango 01)/23 Kordad 1394/25 Sha’ban 1436/27 Ren-Wu (4th month) 4713

“The suspect has told our negotiators that we took his child and we accused him of being a terrorist and that he’s going to blow us up.”-David Brown, Dallas police chief

Live video from NBCDFW helicopter shows no evidence of controlled explosions on suspects MRAP van in Hutchins, Texas.  I’m suspecting that what WFAA reporters on the ground heard was actually .50 cal gunshots, fired by SWAT snipers.  Is suspect still alive?

WFAA has ceased their live reporting for the moment.  Showing only live video of locked down Dallas police HQ.

I found reports that indicate the police have indeed been harassing, if not observing, the suspect for a long time.

Seven more explosions, MRAP van untouched!

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False Flag: Seven more explosions, MRAP van untouched! ATF involved!

13 June 2015 (08:44 UTC-07 Tango 01)/23 Kordad 1394/25 Sha’ban 1436/27 Ren-Wu (4th month) 4713

WFAA reports seven more explosions in Hutchins, Texas.  They claim they’re controlled explosions against the suspect’s van, however, live video shows the suspect’s van still intact in the Jack in the Box parking lot.

Explosions are small, and might be used to blow open the doors.

WFAA says ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) now on scene in Hutchins, and they are the ones setting off controlled explosions.

Live reporter says federal and state government vehicles racing up and down the locked down Interstate 45.

Suspect’s van was sold on ebay by a sheriff’s department.  It is a van that was up-armored MRAP style.

ebay involved! TV station threatened after suspect was killed?

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False Flag: Explosion in Hutchins! ebay involved! TV station threatened after suspect was killed?

13 June 2015 (08:28 UTC-07 Tango 01)/23 Kordad 1394/25 Sha’ban 1436/27 Ren-Wu (4th month) 4713

Fives minutes after the press conference an explosion took place in Hutchins, Texas.  Live reporter with WFAA says he saw a door “pop off” of the suspect’s van.  Says police are prepping to detonate another bomb.  Law enforcers are patrolling the streets with APCs and telling residents to leave.

WFAA reports that the suspect’s van was purchased on the internet through ebay, just a few days ago.   WFAA confirms they received a phone call from somebody making a bomb threat.

WFAA says suspect was arrested in 2013 for assaulting his mother and uncle.  Suspect’s mother says he was upset about Korea and various religions, and attacked her after she countered his complaints about Christianity and Judaism.  His uncle was attacked when he tried to calm the suspect down.  Suspect’s mother admitted she hit her son with a laptop computer.

Also in 2013, brother of suspect says he showed up at his house and and stole his guns.

Police snipped suspect, will blow up van, FBI involved!

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False Flag: Police snipped suspect, will blow up van, FBI involved!

13 June 2015 (07:49 UTC-07 Tango 01)/23 Kordad 1394/25 Sha’ban 1436/27 Ren-Wu (4th month) 4713

“As of right now we have no nexus to connect the suspect to terrorism.”-David Brown, Dallas police chief giving press conference.

Brown states that by 04:45 hours SWAT snipers sniped and killed suspect in armored van.  Suspect warned that van was rigged with C4 explosives.  Police plan to blow up the van.

For some reason the suspect voluntarily stopped his van at the Jack in the Box in Hutchins.  The engine was still running when SWAT sniped it with a .50 cal, shutting it down.

Brown confirms the suspect initiated a call to police, but not to negotiate.  He says the suspect went on a four to five minute rant about police causing him to lose custody of his child and that he was tired of being accused by police of being a terrorist.  Brown says when they tried to negotiate the suspect became more agitated.

Federal Bureau of Investigation will take part in investigating incident.  Police now investigating bomb threat call made to TV station WFAA.

Brown admitted they have been concerned about security at their Dallas HQ “for some time”, and had recently authorized $300-thousand USD in overtime pay for personnel at the headquarters.

Brown contradicts a witness who said the police HQ was unmanned at the time of the attack.  Says there were cops in the lobby of the HQ at the time of the attack.

Brown claims police that appeared to be shooting at different locations near the police HQ were actually shooting in the same direction.  Brown says the witnesses in the Lamar apartment building (which is directly across from the police HQ) were viewing at angles that made it look like police were shooting at multiple targets.

Brown says the bag bombs left around the Dallas police HQ were rigged to explode at the slightest touch.  Says suspect used assault rifle and shotgun.

Dallas police HQ attack suspect might be dead! C4 explosives!