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False Flag: Dallas police HQ attack suspect might be dead! C4 explosives!

13 June 2015 (07:15 UTC-07 Tango 01)/23 Kordad 1394/25 Sha’ban 1436/27 Ren-Wu (4th month) 4713

Live video shows robot inspecting armored van stopped at a Jack in the Box in Hutchins, Texas.  Police say there is one suspect from the Dallas police HQ attack in the van.   There’s been no reaction from inside the van to the robot looking inside, suspect might be dead.

Reporter says suspect initiated 911 call to police to negotiate, however, during negotiations he stopped talking.   Before he stopped talking he said he was wounded.  Unnamed police sources say he’s now dead, but they think the van is packed with explosives.

Unconfirmed reports say suspect using C4 explosives.

A second robot is approaching the passenger side door of the van, possibly to attempt to open the door.

2nd witness says cops continued shooting at something else, after attacker left the area! 

U.S.

False Flag: 2nd witness says cops continued shooting at something else, after attacker left the area!

13 June 2015 (06:53 UTC-07 Tango 01)/23 Kordad 1394/25 Sha’ban 1436/27 Ren-Wu (4th month) 4713

“It was a clear and organized attack.”-Todd Reise (not sure how to spell the name, WFAA did not CG him), witnessed attack from his South Side on Lamar apartment balcony

WFAA in-person-interviews 2nd witness who says police were shooting at somebody or something else after the armored van left the area!  This comes after a live WFAA reporter found out an ambulance had been called to the scene of the attack, advised that there was a gunshot victim.  The reporter says police still swear there are no casualties in the area.

Todd Reise was interviewed by WFAA live, he lives near the Dallas police HQ.  He confirms the van showed up prior to 00:30 hours.  He says the initial gunshots “sounded like banging on our door”.

He says when the police did show up that they “positioned themselves” like there were “pursuing multiple suspects”.  He says even after the armored van left the area the “police kept shooting at something” in the area.

DART administrators announced that Dallas police have locked down DART bus and rail service in specific areas of the city.  Passengers will be given alternate pick-up/drop-off locations.

witness says no cops present until after gunshots! 911 operator seemed confused! 

U.S.

False Flag: Dallas police HQ attack witness says no cops present until after gunshots! 911 operator seemed confused!

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

WFAA phone-interviews witness who saw armored van attack Dallas police HQ.   She said she and her husband watched the van approach the police station at 23:45 hours.  They immediately became suspicious then suddenly heard sporadic gun shots.  Her apartment is across from the police HQ, and she said it sounded like several people were inside the South Side on Lamar apartment building shooting, however she said there were no cops in the police HQ building.

She called 911 and says the police dispatcher seemed confused by what she was reporting.  The witness had to repeat several times that the Dallas police HQ was under attack.

The witness says she heard an explosion inside the building, however her statements were flustered and I couldn’t tell if she said the explosion happened before or after police showed up.  I suspect the explosion took place before the cops showed up, because there is video on the internet that shows the van ramming a cop car and driving off, the cops are the ones responding to the 911 call.

She pointed out that police did not ask area residents to evacuate until 03:00 hours.  It should be noted that police say the suspect(s) drove off towards Hutchins at approximately 00:45 hours. That means evacuations were ordered about two and a half hours later.   The witness said police claimed they found bombs “across the street”.

She told WFAA that they should try to get her 911 call from police, she was too upset to continue the interview.

Armored vehicle attacks Texas police HQ, cop car blown up! 

U.S.

U.S. Civil War: Armored vehicle attacks Texas police HQ, cop car blown up! Suspect says it’s vengeance for police stealing “his child”!

13 June 2015 (05:15 UTC-07 Tango 01)/23 Kordad 1394/25 Sha’ban 1436/27 Ren-Wu (4th month) 4713

“Witnesses observed what they believed to be multiple suspects firing guns at the Dallas Police Department’s headquarters. The suspects were parked in front of police headquarters. As police officers arrived, the suspects rammed Dallas police officers’ squad cars and began shooting at the officers, striking the squad cars but missing the officers.”-David Brown, Dallas police chief

At approximately 00:30 hours Texas time, people in an armored van attacked the Dallas police HQ.  A man was seen placing bags around the police HQ, a firefight ensued and the van rammed a police car.

The van then drove to the city of Hutchins, where it was apparently disabled by a .50 caliber sniper round fired by police.  At the time of writing this the van is surrounded by cops and at least one suspect is wounded.  The van is in the parking lot of a Jack in the Box fast food joint.  A Whataburger located next to the Jack in the Box is being used as a staging area (command post) for police, including armored vehicles.

Back at the Dallas police HQ several bags containing bombs were found.  Early news reports said one of the bag bombs was tossed under a police vehicle and exploded.  A robot tried to remove another bag, but it exploded as well.  Later news reports said only one pipe bomb was found and there’s been no more mention of explosions.  Inspections of the other bags revealed they were filled with trash.  Nearby apartment buildings have been evacuated, the area is being locked down.

Live news reports say Interstate 45, a major transportation route,  has been locked down.  The city of Hutchins is essentially locked down, police preventing anybody from driving into the town.  A TFR (temporary flight restriction) is now in place over the affected areas.  Live news reports indicate there is only one suspect, even though witnesses say there were at least four attckers.

A live interview with a resident indicated that one bag bomb exploded.  The resident said he heard the explosion and saw “white smoke”.   People staying in a nearby hotel were kicked out by police.  A live interview with one hotel patron indicated they were not given time to pack their belongings.

Reports say the suspect has told police he is seeking vengeance on cops because he is “angry that police took his child”.  He’s supposedly from Paris, Texas.  News reports say he might have been involved in a past police incident involving body armor and guns.

Live video shows Dallas police searching Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) bus stops for bag bombs.

Live interview with Uber driver states that hotel evacs didn’t get rolling until after 03:00 hours, then around 04:00 hours the Uber driver says he heard what he thought was a second explosion.

Texas DA intentionally sent innocent man to death row

Texas passes Open Carry gun law

International, U.S.

Operation Jupiter: A small part of a larger military operation spreading disease at a hospital near you!

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13 June 2015 (19:57 UTC-07 Tango 01, 12 June 2015 )/23 Kordad 1394/25 Sha’ban 1436/27 Ren-Wu (4th month) 4713

My research now leads me to believe that many of the bacterial and viral outbreaks over the past few years can be directly tied to a U.S. Army program called JUPITR ATD (Joint USFK Portal Integrated Threat Recognition, Advanced Technology Demonstration).  It was originally intended for experiments in Republic of Korea, but then spread to west Africa.

Video explainer made public in 2013:

It must be noted that the involvement of U.S. AFRICOM with JUPITR ATD coincides with the recent ebola outbreak.  It must be noted that Republic of Korea is dealing with a mysterious MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) outbreak that seems to be concentrated in their hospitals.

The JUPITR ATD is officially about trying to develop a fast, cheap and standardized way of detecting biological weapons deployed during combat.  Currently the detection of bio and chemical weapons is not fast or reliable, and is not standardized within the NATO Members or NATO Partners.  The problem with the JUPITR ADT Program is that in order to test their experimental equipment they must use live viruses and bacteria, and it must be done in a ‘real world’ environment (mainly outdoors).

Read the following U.S. Army statements from 2013 and 2014, noting the types of ‘agents’ being used and the locations, you’ll begin to connect the dots.

“JUPITR ATD is a four-year collaborative program between Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC), and JPEO CBD to provide the Korean Peninsula with unique biosurveillance capabilities.”–U.S. Army Research Development and Engineering Command, November 2013

“….the cost of a large-scale outbreak or an attack with a bio weapon is significant…..to get an early detection and early response, you can mitigate and minimize those costs…..

….the BioSurveillance Portal is already being embraced by our allies in Australia and Great Britain…..

Over the last six months, a great number of things have changed. We haven’t really been vocal in announcing that in the press yet, but for one thing, the BSP [Bio-Surveillance Portal] is now adapted to the Ebola portal and is being used by U.S. AFRICOM in West Africa…..It is also being used in…CENTCOM…..we haven’t really gone very public with that….

….CDC [Centers for Disease Control & Prevention] and HHS [Health & Human Services] are working with us, so this is not a DoD only effort…..I actually don’t know who all the thousands of users really are.

…..Ten systems have been selected…..Two systems went over to Osan Air Base [Korea] and they were turned on at the beginning of September [2014]…..two more systems were flown to the two hundred foot long Ambient Breeze Tunnel [Dugway Proving Ground, Utah] and they were assessed by challenging them with 152 aerosol challenges of four different agents: anthrax, plague, bacillia and botoxin…Those systems departed afterwards for the Naval Research Laboratory….undergoing a maritime excursion in an environment that simulates a naval vessel. This test will run through February 4 [2015]…”–Peter Emanuel, U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical and Biological Center, December 2014  

Utah ships anthrax to Aum Shinrikyo terror groups?  U.S. halts vaccines for U.S. troops!

When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come.” I looked, and behold, an Ashen Horse; and he who sat on it had the name Death; and Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.

Jupiter, aka Jove, aka God

International, U.S.

More False Flag Bull-Shit: Utah ships anthrax to Aum Shinrikyo terror groups? Ebola & anthrax part of Operation Jupiter! U.S. halts vaccines for U.S. troops!

12 June 2015 (17:52 UTC-07 Tango 01)/22 Kordad 1394/24 Sha’ban 1436/26 Ren-Wu (4th month) 4713

“The world should brand the scheme of the U.S……as the gravest challenge to peace and hideous crime aimed at genocide.”-National Defence Commission, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

The DPRK (Korea north) is accusing the supposed mistaken shipments of live weaponized anthrax from the United States (since 2005) to be part of an operation called Jupiter Plan.  The DPRK has asked the UN Security Council to investigate.

According to news reports out of Republic of Korea (RoK, Korea south) not only has weaponized anthrax been sent out by Utah, but so has a deadly version of botulinum toxin type A (aka botulism or botox)!

I’ve discovered it’s called the JUPITR ATD Program, run by the U.S. Army’s Edgewood Chemical Biological Center.  JUPITR stands for Joint USFK (United States Forces Korea) Portal and Integrated Threat Recognition.  ATD stands for Advanced Technology Demonstration.  Officially it’s supposed to study how to better detect bio-weapons like anthrax and ebola, that for some reason U.S. administrators think will be used against Korea: “The idea behind the JUPITR is ….biosurveillance…..already being embraced by our allies in Australia and Great Britain, obviously USFK [U.S. Forces Korea]“-Peter Emanuel, U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center

JUPITR ATD site in Korea.

Today the Obama regime’s Department of Defense (DoD) has revealed that live weaponized anthrax from Utah’s Dugway Proving Ground was shipped to Camp Zama in Japan, in 2005.

It should be noted that infamous Japanese terror group Aum Shinrikyo (the ones who launched a chemical weapons attack in a Tokyo subway in 1995) stockpiled anthrax and ebola!  That terror group is still alive and well.  By 2007 Aum Shinrikyo split into two sub-groups; Aleph and Hikari no Wa.  In January 2015 Japan’s Public Security Examination Commission claimed they had the groups under surveillance.  It’s estimated that the number of people who’ve joined Aum Shinrikyo, since the 1995 chemical attack, is more than 2-thousand.

The number of laboratories that got live anthrax has been increased to 69.  Anthrax was also shipped to a privately run lab in United Kingdom, in 2007.  Government administrators refuse to reveal the name of the lab.

It was also revealed that Dugway Proving Ground was caught (by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) shipping live anthrax in 2007, but nothing was done to stop it!    The CDC report said personnel at Dugway knew the anthrax was alive when they shipped it out!

I found a November 2000 DoD press release (DoD Stops Anthrax Shots for Troops in Korea) announcing that the Bush regime OKd the halting of anthrax vaccinations for U.S. military personnel in Republic of Korea: “We want to conserve our supplies….”-Ken Bacon, Bush regime Pentagon spokesman

Pentagon’s anthrax math doesn’t add up!

When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come.” I looked, and behold, an Ashen Horse; and he who sat on it had the name Death; and Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.

Business/Economics, Idaho

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings, 07 – 09 June 2015: “It was so humiliating to train somebody else to take over your job! I still can’t grasp it!” Disney kills U.S. jobs with foreigners! World’s richest man shuts down oil company!

Stock market analysts warning of a massive crash coming:

“Companies are tilting the results and the analysts are buying it….

…What if they said they’re going to pay for rent by issuing stock?”-Tom Brown, Second Curve Capital

“The analysts aren’t doing enough to get behind the numbers that management gives them to find out what’s really going on.”-Lynn Turner, former Securities and Exchange Commission accountant

“The longer the rally, the bigger the downside because of all the smoke and mirrors.”-John Del Vecchio, asset manager

“The data is more confusing than it’s been in a long time, and the reason is all the ‘junk’ they put in the numbers.”-Michael Lewitt, Credit Strategist Group

“People [investors] just want to know the number. They don’t care how the sausage is made.”-Michelle Leder, financial analyst with Footnoted.com

Also, what housing market recovery? Federal administrators have changed the real estate sales closing rules.  The Truth in Lending Act and Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (TILA-RESPA) created new home selling rules supposedly to help buyers understand the process, and to ensure that buyers aren’t getting ripped off on their home loan.  Those rules go into effect in August.  However, when I looked at it, it just looks like a heck of a lot more smoke-n-mirrors fine print and it will probably delay home sales, and drive closing costs up.

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

Alaska: News reports warn that 16-thousand state employees will be laid off if politicians can’t agree on a new budget by 01 July.

California: Albertsons-Safeway issued yet another WARN saying eight more employees will be let go from Safeway‘s Pleasanton HQ, in August.  Back in February, Southern California Edison laid off 4-hundred U.S. citizens, and then replaced then with migrant workers from other countries!  What housing market recovery?  Costa Mesa based 28 years old home decor chain-store Anna’s Linens on the verge of bankruptcy.  Company administrators admit they are trying to sell-off the business.  3-hundred stores across the U.S. will be affected.  Dating app Tinder laid off six employees.  Monterey County has shutdown access to Lake San Antonio, there’s literally no more water.

Florida:  Too Big to Jail Bank of America is shutting down 14 drive-thru teller windows throughout The Sunshine State.  In Orlando, it’s been revealed by former U.S. employees of Disney that they were replaced with migrant workers.  250 U.S. citizens have been laid off at the Disney amusement park in Florida, since October 2014!  An unnamed former employee said they were forced to train their foreign replacements: “I just couldn’t believe they could fly people in to sit at our desks and take over our jobs exactly. It was so humiliating to train somebody else to take over your job! I still can’t grasp it!”

Georgia: Yarn maker Mohawk Industries shutting down their Chatsworth factory in August, 156 jobs affected!  The company is consolidating operations to newer factories.

Idaho: In Coeur d’Alene, youth outreach program Crosswalk North Idaho shutdown due to having its federal taxpayer funding canceled.  Also in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho Youth Ranch announced they must shutdown their Anchor House addiction treatment center for boys, it will be re-purposed as a family resource center.

Illinois: God refuses to stop ‘his’ Catholic Charities from shutting down two family shelters and two child development centers by July. The religious organization blames lack of taxpayer funding.  In the U.S., religion is supposed to be separate from government!

Michigan: Injection molder Klein Plastics laid off 74 employees in a first round of layoffs.  Its part of parent company’s Klein Tools’ plan to consolidate its Michigan and Illinois operations to Texas by 2016.  In Ferndale, restaurant Torino suddenly shutdown.  The owners claim that Health Department rules do not allow them to serve the type of food they offer where they are located: “This week we were visited by the Health Department and together we have determined that it is no longer possible to continue serving a menu of our caliber due to the current size of our facility.”

Minnesota: Minnetonka based food processor Cargill laid off 45 more IT (information technology) employees, blaming the not recovered economy.

Missouri:   Chesterfield based oil pipe maker Boomerang Tube now chapter 11 bankrupt busted. Reports say creditors could be taking over the company. Boomerang Tube was started by Len Blavatnik, who (according to some news reports) is now considered the World’s richest man. Saint Louis based coal company Peabody Energy eliminating 250 jobs! Administrators say the bad economy is forcing them to cut costs by $45-million USD. In Saint Charles, the Saint Andrews second run movie theater shutdown.  As with many other movie theater shutdowns they probably couldn’t afford to upgrade to digital.

Montana: What housing market recovery?  Cross-laminated lumber maker SmartLam revealed they laid off at least nine employees last week.  Administrators say they are trying to diversify their customer base as they admitted they’ve been focused only on building construction in the oil industry.

Nebraska:  The Nebraska Bookstore shutdown, 20 jobs lost.  Reports say it’s being sold to  the University of Nebraska for $4.75-million.

New Jersey: God refuses to stop the shutdown of two of ‘his’ churches.  In Atlantic City, Saint Michael‘s and Saint Monica‘s will shutdown as the Catholic community will be forced by the Diocese of Camden into one parish.  Catholic administrators blame massive debts and the growing exodus of people on the city’s collapsed gambling industry, and warned more bad things are coming: “The consolidations are not done. There will be more as we go forward.”

New York: Eight years old bakery Sherry Lynn’s Gluten Free shutdown. The owners blamed “struggles keeping this store open”.   Euromarket Designs announced they’re shutting down their big Crate & Barrel store in NYC by August, 137 jobs lost!  NYC based Time Incorporated blasted their managers for apologizing to employees who are being laid off!  At least 11 of their U.S. jobs were off-shored to Philippines.  Local news reports say a total of 80 IT (information tech) workers for Time will be laid off.  A manual on how to fire employees was issued to Time Inc. managers, and somebody  leaked it to the news media, it stated “Don’t say you’re sorry”.  After ten years art venue Proteus Gowanus shutting down, but not because of lack of interest.  The operators said they’ve become too successful, but it was never their intent to create a commercialized/institutionalized/corporatized arts center.  Keep raging against the Machine!  After 40 years the La Marmite restaurant shutdown.

North Carolina: The 20 years old High Point Pier 1 Imports store shutdown.  It’s part of the Texas based company’s plan to shutdown 1-hundred stores this year!

Oregon: The Alhambra music theater shutting down, yet again.  This time it’s blamed on the landlord.

Rhode Island:  The Lonsdale Fire District discovered they have a grand total of $14-thousand to operate on and must layoff all full-time firefighters!  Taxpayers are demanding to know what happened to the money as fire district administrators never warned of any financial problems.

Texas: What housing market recovery?  Houston based real estate company PM Realty Group announced it must eliminated 52 jobs in July.  The jobs were part of a contract to maintain an office building for oil company Chevron.

Virginia:  The iconic Virginia Beach 66 years old Oceanfront Dairy Queen shutting down due to greedy property developers. Property developers forced, I mean convinced family owners to sell it to them. It will be torn down in September to make room for two big hotel developments.  Richmond based Health Diagnostic Laboratory now chapter 11 bankrupt busted, after announcing it will layoff 42 more employees across the country. Last year the medical testing company laid off 162 people! It’s connected to a federal investigation, and subsequent $47-million fine, in which the company is accused of bribing doctors and hospitals.

Washington: What was that about legalized marijuana saving the economy? The evil ‘lawmakers’ passed a new law banning anymore new marijuana shops.  Already the city of Seattle has issued shutdown notices to eight ganja shops!  Three weed sellers have filed lawsuits against the city.  Also in the evil city of Seattle, 38 years old Cinema Books shutdown, the owner was struggling with competing with ‘Big Box’ stores, but the final straw was construction projects that blocked customers. News media say several business in the area report crashing sales due to the fact the construction projects destroyed parking for customers.  What construction industry recovery? After 75 years the Seattle-Snohomish Mill shutdown due to crashing sales.   Cerberus controlled and AB Acquisition owned Albertsons-Safeway decided to shutdown another grocery store: “In Mercer Island, we are also unfortunately facing a substantial rent increase that makes it financially unfeasible to remain in the space.”

04 – 06 June 2015: “…efforts have been unsuccessful…”

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.”—

U.S.

Flesh eating bacteria attacks Florida!

12 June 2015 (00:39 UTC-07 Tango 01)/22 Kordad 1394/24 Sha’ban 1436/26 Ren-Wu (4th month) 4713

People swimming off the coastline of Florida are being attacked by vibrio vulnificus.  The flesh eating bacteria is even being found in the seafood caught in the area.

Florida state health administrators report that in the past 12 months 32 people have been attacked, two have died.

Administrators are blaming warm saltwater for spreading the bacteria, but two years ago I wrote how cases of flesh eating bacteria have spiked ever since the British Petroleum oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico (Did BP’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill create human eating bacteria?). 

ABCNews: Man Loses Leg to Flesh-Eating Bacteria

Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings, 04 – 06 June 2015: “…efforts have been unsuccessful…” No more House of Blues? Golden State job destruction rolls on! The Rapture kills Christian college?

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

Alabama: What housing market recovery? Warren Buffet owned carpet maker Shaw Industries announced they will layoff 160 people in Dekalb County! Warren Buffet administrators blame crashing sales.  British empire Canada owned Birmingham Coal & Coke now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  The parent Canadian company is CanAm, and they’re not happy with the economy: “Over the past several years, the coal markets in the U.S. have faced a number of significant challenges, including increased environmental regulations and reductions in demand due to weaknesses in the U.S. and global economy and lower natural gas prices. This environment has created an extremely challenging financing environment as the company attempted to refinance its existing debt obligations.”

California:  A day after I posted that state employment administrators stopped publicizing WARNs, they began posting new WARNs. A whole lot of them!  Here we go; What housing market recovery?  “It’s against the law for a loan servicer to lie about the debts people owe, or threaten and harass people about their debts!”– Jessica Rich, Federal Trade Commision

Minnesota based evil mortgage servicing company Green Tree Servicing issued a layoff WARN for their office in Rancho Cucamonga, 53 jobs lost in August.  It’s connected to the $63-million USD fine imposed by the federal government for ripping off customers! Amazingly, Fannie Mae gave the mortgage stealer a five star rating in 2014!   In Trona, evil gold miner CR Briggs issued a second WARN saying 31 employees will become unemployed in August (their first WARN said 39 people will be laid off in July).  In Poway, Brooks Automation issued a shutdown WARN for September,  68 jobs lost.   In Mountain View, Alexza Pharmaceuticals issued a WARN saying 28 employees will be laid off in July.  In San Gabriel, Obama Care forcing Compass Pointe Healthcare System to issue a shutdown WARN for August, 68 jobs lost.  In Chatsworth, Warren Buffet owned Heinz food processor announced they’re shutting down in July, 144 jobs lost! In Irvine, Verizon issued a layoff WARN for August, 50 jobs lost.   In Garden Grove, God refuses to stop ‘his’ Crystal Cathedral from shutting down, 27 jobs lost in July.  In Inglewood, Certified Players issued a WARN saying they’re shutting down in July, 118 jobs lost!  SureFire issued several WARNs saying 44 jobs in Fountain Valley and Santa Ana will be lost in July.  Boeing issued several WARNs saying 163 Californians will become unemployed in July!  Social program manager Campesinos Unidos announced they’re shutting down operations in several cities by the end of the month, 98 jobs lost.  In San Diego, Envoy stated they will layoff 79 people in July.  In West Hollywood, the House of Blues revealed they will shutdown in August, 197 jobs lost!  Rio Mesa shutting down two farms in July, one in Santa Paula the other in Somis, 135 jobs lost!  In Reedely, Ito Packing Company issued a shutdown WARN for July, 197 jobs lost!  In Yucaipa, after 45 years the owners of the Kimberly Hallmark store announced they are forced to shutdown by July.  In Berkeley, after 51 years the Shakespeare & Co. Books store shutdown without warning, the owner blames crashing sales.  In Fresno, Massachusetts based Blast Fitness club, located at Shaw and Blythe avenues, shutdown without warning.  In Santa Ana, ITT Cannon revealed they laid off 10 more employees than they originally WARNed about.  Kroger announced it will shutdown its Mission Hills Ralph’s grocery store in July, 70 jobs lost.  In West Sacramento, Raley’s shutdown their Mack Road grocery store saying “We made several operational changes in an effort to help the struggling store. We modified the store hours…and implemented several cost-control measures in order to drive sales. Unfortunately, these efforts have been unsuccessful in increasing the store’s performance.” 

Colorado: Privately funded Catalyst High School shutdown after eight years: “We didn’t have enough students or financial support to make it work in the long run.”– Ed Porritt, executive director

Florida:  God refused to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ Clearwater Christian College.  Administrators blamed debt and The Rapture (actually what I call Disappearing Student Syndrome, or crashing enrollment).  In Port Saint Lucie, QVC confirmed they are shutting down their call center by March 2016, about 8-hundred jobs lost!  In Fort Lauderdale, after 25 years the pissed-off owners of Thai restaurant Sukhothai announced it will shutdown at a time of their choosing, they blame the lack of economic recovery for not being able to break even: “My heart is broken. Not only will I lose my business, I will miss my customers.”-Susie Komolsane, co-owner

Illinois: Career Education announced it will shutdown in July, 149 jobs lost!  It’s part of the U.S. Department of Education’s crackdown on for-profit colleges who can’t prove that their graduates can find good paying jobs.  The University of Illinois warned of layoffs, and said employees who retire or quit will not be replaced.  The Chicago Tribune laid off 25 employees.

Michigan: Hanover-Horton School District laid off ten teachers.  Administrators blame crashing enrollment, and admitted they do not know how many students will enroll for the upcoming school year.   Recently voted the second best coffee shop in Saginaw County, three years old ThunderBrew Coffee Company shutdown. Co-owner Dan Propp blamed crashing sales and Too Big to Jail banks who refused to debt finance their operation, his wife Elizabeth would only say “We tried, and if you don’t try, you never know. Sometimes you win, and sometimes you don’t win. Dan and I have poured our heart, soul, and life into building ThunderBrew. We are thankful for all of the support we have received over the last 3 years. We’ve had a lot of ups and downs….”

Minnesota: Minneapolis based retailer Target revealed it has eliminated 17-thousand 6-hundred jobs in Canada, 2,220 jobs in the United States, and 350 in India!  In Saint Paul, after 16 years Peapods Natural Toys and Baby Care shutdown. The owners blamed the toy companies saying “Many of the brands we helped introduce to the Twin Cities are abandoning specialty stores like ours in favor of big boxes, Amazon.com, or direct sales to customers.”

Missouri: Hallmark began involuntary  layoffs at their Kansas City HQ.  For the past few months they’ve been pushing for employees to voluntarily quit (which would’ve saved Hallmark a lot of money).

New Mexico: A report by The Oregonian says California based computer chip maker Intel is planning on massive layoffs, causing concern for employees at its Rio Rancho operation.  News reports out of The Land of Enchantment say Intel has already reduced its Rio Rancho workforce by 1-thousand since 2013!

New York: Obama Care forcing medical tech company Getinge Sourcing issued a WARN saying they will shutdown their Rochester operations in September, 68 jobs lost.  Solid State Advanced Controls (SSAC) issued a WARN saying they will shutdown their Baldwinsville op by the end of the year, 47 jobs lost.  HVAC maker Daikin Applied issued a new WARN announcing a 7th round of layoffs for their Auburn factory.  Their Auburn operations will cease by December killing off more than 3-hundred jobs!

North Carolina:  Electrolux laid off an undisclosed number of people in Charlotte.  It might be connected to Electrolux’s takeover of GE’s appliance division, which cost Electrolux more than $3-billion!  Unnamed employees told local news media at least 1-hundred co-workers were suddenly let go: “There was no warning at all. In fact, they ensured us that everything was fine a few weeks ago!”

Oregon: In Springfield, California based Symantec laid off 175 people!   Symantec has been laying off Californians on a regular bases.  It’s all part of their plans to offshore their software security ops.  The owner of the 5 years old Dallas Health & Vitality Center says she’s shutting down by the end of the month.  She says for the amount of work she puts into the business, and the amount of time lost with her family, she gets very little out of it.  In other words it’s not worth it anymore.

Vermont: 13 state employees were laid off.  State administrators reminded taxpayers that they plan on eliminating as many as 4-hundred jobs!  At least 3-hundred employees will be pushed to retire early!

Virginia: In Staunton, a sign on the the ABC booze store on Greenville Avenue said it was shutting down, however, when the property managers were approached by news media they said “They’re negotiating.”

01 – 03 June 2015: “…a long, agonizing death…”

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, U.S.

U.S. Food Crisis 11 June 2015: Idaho wheat unfit for human consumption?!

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“We’re talking 1 to 2% is enough bad grain to lower the falling number of a whole load below what is acceptable. The damage was done.”-Cathy Wilson, Idaho Wheat Commission

“I expect a lot of growers are going to expect I am not telling them the truth, and they are going to be, unfortunately, very upset when they get caught.”-Don Wille, Thresher Artisan Wheat

Idaho farmers plant enough wheat to make The Gem State the 5th largest wheat producer in the U.S.  However, new research is warning Idaho farmers that their crops might be worthless!

Agriculture researchers in Idaho have discovered that a single damaged grain of wheat can render entire harvests unsuitable for use by flour mills!

Food processors require harvested wheat grains to meet a milling standard (called a “falling number”) before being turned into flour.  Many farmers have leftover wheat from their previous year’s harvest and save it for the next year’s harvest.  They then mix in last year’s wheat with the newly harvested wheat before they sell it.  That’s now a big problem.

Researchers with the University of Idaho discovered that many of the previous year’s wheat crops suffered sprout damage, which adversely affects the kernels.  Damaged grains produce the undesirable alpha amylase enzyme.  A single damaged grain can render 2-thousand 6-hundred good kernels useless for milling into flour!

Idaho Wheat Commission administrators are now urging farmers not to mix last year’s left over harvest with this year’s.  They want farmers to sell-off last year’s leftover crops as feed for livestock.

This is a new problem for southern and eastern Idaho farmers as sprout damaged wheat used to be a rarity here.  Sprout damage takes place when wheat fields remain too wet early in the season, and it can occur after harvest if it is left lying on the ground for too long before threshing.  Southern and eastern Idaho have been experiencing lingering and late season rains for the past few years.

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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.”