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Ebola Update, 20 October 2014: “I don’t see a light at the end of the tunnel” U.S. DoD forms special Medical Martial Law teams! ObamaCare insurance reforms forcing sick people to go to ill equipped clinics! Medical Martial Law as cops start killing ebola victim’s pets!

Despite China having hundreds of medical personnel in western Africa, sending 10-thousand experimental vaccines and giving three western African countries $6-million in food aid, the evil UN World Health Organization just accused the people of China of not doing enough!

Liberia: Daniel Lucey, medical doctor and professor from Washington DC’s Georgetown University serving a tour with Medecins Sans Frontieres, backs up independent journalist claims that things are snowballing downhill: “I don’t see a light at the end of the tunnel, the epidemic is still getting worse.”

United Kingdom: Oxford based international terror group disguised as charity Oxfam declared that ebola filovirus is the “definitive humanitarian disaster of our generation”, and then demanded more taxpayer funding from the European Union.

United States: In Texas, the Carnival cruise ship, with the Dallas nurse onboard, docked in Galveston.

Galveston is also were the medical waste of ebola victims are being incinerated.

It’s been revealed that Obama Care (Affordable Care Act) insurance reforms are forcing sick people, who’ve been in contact with ebola victims, to go to ill equipped clinics instead of hospitals.

Recently a Dallas County deputy, who inspected the apartment of the man who died from ebola, got sick and rushed himself to an urgent care clinic.  Insurance industry written Obama Care actually penalizes people for going to a hospital.

A similar thing happened in Boston Strong, Massachusetts.  David Weber, an epidemiologist at the University of North Carolina’s hospital, says sending people with potentially infectious diseases to clinics is the wrong thing to do because clinics are “…an even less controlled situation.”

In Mississippi, ignorant parents pulled their kids out of school after they learned a teacher had been to Zambia.  So far there is no ebola outbreak in Zambia, but for some reason many Mississippians think all of Africa is a giant EVD hot zone!

The incompetent U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have announced their ‘new’ ebola protocols, now saying absolutely no skin should be exposed on medical personnel treating ebola victims.

The U.S. Department of Defense announced they are creating special 30 person medical martial law teams, that will be deployed inside the United States to ‘aid’ civilian authorities!

Spain: A nurse who survived ebola is now outraged, because while she was in the hospital paranoid police state officials killed her dog, out of an unconfirmed fear that the dog was infected.  Almost a decade ago doctors in central Africa claimed that dogs were getting infected by eating the dead bodies of ebola victims.  However, Spanish officials didn’t bother to quarantine or test the nurse’s dog before killing it.

Her husband posted a video to the internet saying the Spanish government’s response to ebola is “lousy”!  At least 390-thousand Spanish people are protesting the dog’s death at the hands of a police state.

Update, 19 October 2014:….it’s a bio-weapon 

hemorrhagic disease killing dogs in United States!

International

World War 3 Afghanistan, 13 – 16 October 2014: Nevada governor must eat his words as Afghan government admits Afghans fighting for Islamic State! France spending tens of millions more in taxpayer’s money!

Baghlan Province: In Baghlan City, a bomb exploded near a courthouse, killing two judges.  The bomb was planted inside the vehicle they entered.

Helmand Province: In Nad-e-Ali District, somebody assassinated the  district administrator (county commissioner).  One of his body guards was killed, as well as a cop.  Six people were also wounded in the assassination attack that involved dozens of militants.

Herat Province: In Obe District, a U.S.-NATO airstrike killed five people.

Kabul Province: In Kabul City, a Kamikaze car bomber is blamed for an explosion that targeted a U.S.-NATO convoy.  At least one person killed, three wounded.   In another part of the city, a bomb exploded in a market wounding at least 22 people.  In the city’s 5th district, another explosion killed two people and wounded three.  It was discovered the top officials with the scandalous New Kabul Bank have fled the country.

The Afghan National Army revealed another ANA soldier has attacked U.S.-NATO forces.  This time the ANA and NATO-ISAF is refusing to give out any details.

After first denying that Afghans were fighting in Syria, despite Iranian border police capturing dozens of Afghans trying to join Islamic State, the Afghan government now admits there are at least 3-thousand Afghans fighting on the side of the United States against the Syrian government.  This also makes statements made by U.S. state of Nevada governor Brian Sandoval, at the end of September,  ‘famous last words’ as he stated that he was “100% confident” that U.S.-NATO forces in Afghanistan would prevent Islamic State from becoming an issue in Afghanistan!

An Afghan security guard has received an award for bare handily stopping a Kamikaze bomber.  The 15+ years gate guard (meaning he was there before the U.S. invaded) refused his U.S. supplied weapon: “My name is Rambo and I guard the front gate at Camp Phoenix. I’ve done this job for over 13 years now. Even before the coalition arrived here, I was working in this same spot for 15 years as a guard. When they arrived and built a base here, they asked me if I wanted to continue working as a guard. They told me that they would be giving me a rifle but I didn’t accept it. I have a knife and some other small weapons which I carry. As you know this is Afghanistan and tension can arise between people, especially in this role.  Sometimes you can become angry over small things. So for this reason I prefer to just carry my bat for my self defense.  When we saw the car coming towards us, I asked him to stop. He didn’t so I pulled open his door. When I opened the door, I saw two wires coming out of the dashboard. I quickly grabbed them. He was trying to connect the wires to detonate a bomb so I wrestled with him.  I managed to turn off the car. I shouted to the other guard that the driver was a suicide bomber. He pulled him out of the car and we arrested him.  Lots of people congratulated me after what I did. I was invited to Bagram Air Base to receive medals from an American four star general.” 

Kandahar Province: In Kandahar City, despite vaccination programs pushed by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation three children now have polio.

Kunar Province: In Sarkano District, police say Mujahideen assassinated a woman for being a government spy.

Kunduz Province: In Kunduz City, a senior government finance official was wounded when a bomb planted in his car exploded.  His three body guards were critically wounded as well.

Logar Province: In Baraki Barak District, Mujahideen attacked a police base killing at least six cops.

Nangarahar Province: In Ghani Khel District, a Kamikaze car bomber targeted an Afghan National Army (ANA) convoy.  At least one person killed, eight wounded.

Paktia Province: U.S.-NATO claims their airstrike killed eight militants.  However, not only do the villagers say the victims were not militants, the provincial officials say there were seven, including children, killed: “From the evidence it seems that all seven who have been killed in the airstrike of the coalition forces are civilians!”-Abdul Wali Sahee, deputy provincial governor

Sar-e-Pul Province:  In Kohistanat District, two days of battles caused big losses for government forces.  Government officials admit Mujahideen killed 26 ANA soldiers and Afghan National Police (ANP) and wounded 35.  At least six soldiers/cops are missing.  At least seven U.S. supplied vehicles destroyed.  Government officials say running battles are ongoing.

Takhar Province: In Eshkemesh District, a U.S.-NATO airstrike killed two men.  Government officials claim one of the men was behind numerous assassinations.

Zabul Province: Local government officials are blaming Mujahideen for blowing up a strategic bridge on the Kabul-Kandahar highway.

France announced it will spend an additional $12.7-million USD on agricultural development in Maidan Wardak and Bamyan provinces.

Seven militiamen of the Army National Guard’s 142nd Military Intelligence Battalion (Utah) made an early return from Afghanistan.  There was no explanation why they returned early.   About 32 Utah militiamen remain in Afghanistan.

15 air-militiamen of the Air National Guard 219th Security Forces Squadron (North Dakota) returned from duty with CentCom.

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Ebola Update, 19 October 2014: Queen reveals it’s a bio-weapon, and a Pandemic in 2015 for sure! Cuba offers to help U.S.! Cruise ship becomes living nightmare for passengers! West African reporter says it’s far worse than what western officials are admitting! Hospital avoided like the plague!

“People are scared. I’ve seen people crying. You’re using the same buffet line as someone else….It’s really difficult to control any type of virus that’s on a cruise ship. It’s like a floating petri dish. It spreads very rapidly.”-Jon Malone, Carnival Magic passenger

The cruise ship that became the unfortunate carrier of a female nurse that was involved in handling the medical samples of the man that died in Dallas, Texas, is now being described as a “floating petri dish” by passengers.

A British empire news report has revealed that the ship has been essentially quarantined in the western Caribbean.  The report says passengers knew something was up when the ship apparently wasn’t moving for about four days.

The nurse was, for some reason, allowed to go on the Carnival cruise to Belize just days after the ebola victim died.

On 18 October, a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter was dispatched to the cruise ship, to pick up a sample of blood from the nurse.  Cruise line officials claim the nurse is not showing any signs of infection.   This goes against early reports that said the Obama regime tried to get the woman off the ship in Belize, because she was sick, only to be rebuffed by the Belizean government.

On 17 October, Mexico refused to allow the the ship to dock at Cozumel.

Canada: The British empire’s Great White North claims they have an anti-ebola vaccine.  Health officials say the vaccine is ten years in the making (and involves U.S. companies), and seems to work on non-human animals: “Canada views this experimental Ebola vaccine as a global resource and in the interest of global public health, we are sharing it with our international partners to help address the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.”-Rona Ambrose, Canadian Health Minister

China: Chinese State Councillor Yang Jiechi and U.S. Secretary of failed State John Kerry agreed to enhance cooperation on fighting ebola filovirus.

China’s National Health and Family Planning Commission has ordered all health districts to prepare for EVD in China.

China is in the middle of a dengue fever epidemic.  More than 36-thousand cases, so far. The worst form of dengue is like ebola; hemorrhagic.

Cuba: “We will gladly cooperate with American personnel in that task (the fight against Ebola), and not in search of peace between the two states that have been adversaries for so many years but, in any case, for peace in the world, a goal that can and should be attempted. The medical personnel who heads anywhere to save lives, even at the risk of losing theirs, are the greatest example of solidarity that a human being can offer, especially when one is not driven by material interest.”-Fidel Castro

United Kingdom: A report by thegaurdian’s globaldevelopment byline (which just happens to be funded by the population control freaks known as Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) says a former Sierra Leone journalist just returned from Liberia, and he says the death toll is far worse than what’s being reported by Liberian officials.

He also said that cremation of dead infected bodies has been ordered, but the families are refusing to follow through as it goes against their culture.  The in-depth report will air on Al Jazeera English on 12 November.

The queen’s Royal Army is sending 3-thousand Red Coats to Sierra Leone.  General Nick Carter says the combat troops will be used to help enforce a military lockdown of the entire country (Martial Law), if necessary!  An unnamed Ministry of Defence official slipped up and intimated biological warfare was afoot: “From a military perspective ebola is like a biological warfare attack and should be countered accordingly. There needs to be a clampdown on human movement inside Sierra Leone and possibly to and from the country between now and late 2015 when it is hoped that an antidote will have been developed.”

United States: Frontier Airlines officials have now released a list of 800 passengers who rode on the same aircraft that a infected nurse rode on. That nurse is now in quarantine in Atlanta, Georgia. The 800 airline passengers are being told to contact the incompetent U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Christian Texas Presbyterian Hospital is reportedly now a “ghost town”. The death of a man infected with ebola, after his seemingly incompetent handling by hospital staff, has resulted in people avoiding the hospital like the plague.

In Dallas, a bus and train station was locked down an decontaminated after a sick woman apparently spit and threw up. She was reported to have lived in the same apartment building as one of the infected nurses. Amazingly, after all the panic, Dallas Area Rapid Transit officials then said the woman was not a threat because she is not on the official ebola watch list.

There are reports that more and more U.S. hospitals are taking it upon themselves to impose their own protocols for handling ebola.

At New York’s JFK Airport you to can become an ebola screener, for only $19 per hour!

The Wall Street Journal reporting that many of your favorite food flavorings are going to get expensive, because they come from the very western African countries being shutdown by ebola: “There is no ‘Ebola clause’ that will easily cover companies in the supply chain. It’s a real gray area right now.”-Adam Rekerdres, Rekerdres & Sons Insurance Agency, which offers insurance for commodity suppliers and users

The man appointed by Barack Obama to be the Ebola Czar (with the authority to declare Medical Martial Law) is not experienced in medicine, Ron Klain is a Washington DC lawyer! It just goes from bad to worse.

update 18 October 2014

International, U.S.

Ebola Update, 18 October 2014: Why is U.S. DoE involved in ebola research? Damning reports from professors & former government officials of False Flag Ebola ops by Obama regime? U.S. troops sent to Africa to protect, or destroy once secret U.S. bio-weapons labs?

“The incompetence of U.S. public health authorities in responding to ebola gives legs to these theories. Real conspiracies abound. Those who say ‘it’s just a conspiracy theory’ need to look up the meaning of conspiracy. As one commentator observed, the CDC’s response to ebola is too stupid for stupid…..

…..why not close down Washington and outsource our governance to a more competent country?”-Paul Craig Roberts, former assistant secretary of the U.S. Treasury for Economic Policy

I’ve reported that since the beginning of this ‘ebola’ (EVD) outbreak that Liberians have suspected it was a False Flag operation conducted by the United States and their corrupt politicians.

Cyril Broderick, former professor of Plant Pathology at University of Liberia’s College of Agriculture and Forestry, outright accuses the U.S. of genetically modifying this new strain of ebola and using west Africans as guinea pigs.  Read his report here.

Don’t forget that I’ve postulated that it’s in the GMO crops! 

Could mosquitoes be the new vectors for this new EVD? “Although Oxitec Limited was the developer who engaged in most of the groundwork for the GM insects, the project was not theirs alone. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Health Organization, The PEW Charitable Trusts, and government agencies in the United States, England, Malaysia, and others were all involved in the development and promotion of the GM mosquitoes.”  

“U.S. government agencies have a long history of carrying out allegedly defensive biological warfare research at labs in Liberia and Sierra Leone. This includes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which is now the point agency for managing the Ebola spill-over into the U.S.  Why has the Obama administration dispatched troops to Liberiawhen they have no training to provide medical treatment to dying Africans?   ….Why is the CDC not better-prepared for this emergency after the U.S. government spent about $70 billion since the anthrax attacks of October 2001 to prepare for this exact contingency?”-Francis Boyle, University of Illinois College of Law

But wait, there’s more! The U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Knoxville, Tennessee, just revealed that they have an ebola filovirus detection kit that can confirm infection within seconds, instead of days!

A contractor in Louisiana is stepping forward saying they are ready to work with the DoE to mass produce and sell the EVD detection kit.  How convenient.

Anybody wondering why the Department of Energy has been working on an ebola detection kit?  Shouldn’t that be the Department of Health and Human Services, or Center for Disease Control and Prevention?   Many times the DoE has worked on projects in conjunction with the Department of Defense.  That’s exactly right, the DoE intimated that Obama’s National Security Council ordered them to come up with the new detection kit!   The NSC refuses to answer questions from the mainstream news media about it.

By the way, Obama’s new ebol ‘czar’ has the authority to call up state militias (National Guard units) to combat ebola.  Say isn’t that de facto Martial Law?

Whew, the shit’s gettin’ deep!

Update, 17 October 2014

Business/Economics

Sears & Kmart closing update, 18 October 2014: “Now we have nowhere to go.” 543+ jobs killed, Happy New Year! Lampert buys Sears Canada! Average American shopper reveals ignorance!

Sears Holdings sells off its Sears Canada stock, to Eddie Lampert, the guy who owns Sears Holdings!  He’s playing desperate games now.

Virginia losing a Kmart in January!

In Florida first Winter Haven, then Winter Park, now Winter Springs losing a Kmart, in January!

Sparsely populated Montana losing another Kmart, in January!

52 years old Illinois Kmart shutting down in January!  Local news reports say shoppers were pissed, many had been driving 80km (50 miles) to the store every month, ever since the Pontiac Kmart was shutdown last year: “Now we have nowhere to go.”-Dawn Blangin

Indiana losing another Kmart in January!

Pennsylvania losing three more Sears, in January!  An ignorant mall shopper who obviously doesn’t get out much (and as such represents the average American) stated “I don’t know if it’s the economy, but just recently, every store that’s been in here is leaving.”-Melinda Lubold

update 17 October 2014

Here’s the updated list of U.S. Sears/Kmart store closings since the end of 2011:

Arizona: Scottsdale Sears/Great Indoors, Chandler Sears/Great Indoors.

Alabama: Gadsden Kmart (50 jobs lost), Mobile Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Auburn Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Anniston Kmart (no word yet on how many jobs lost), Birmingham Eastwood Kmart (70 jobs lost), Decatur Mall Sears (91 jobs lost), Fort Payne Kmart, Northport Kmart (68 jobs lost), Dothan Sears (68 jobs lost).

California: El Monte Sears (at least 40 jobs lost. Damien Arrula, El Monte’s economic development director, said the store manager had lied about what was going on: “The general manager of the store had just indicated to me that they were remodeling.”), two San Diego Sears (more than 80 jobs lost), Pleasant Hill Kmart (more than 50 jobs lost), Torrance Kmart, Fairfield Kmart (63 jobs lost), Lampert owned OSH taken over by Lowe’s home improvement in bankruptcy court, at least 17 of 99 stores to be closed down (935 jobs lost!), Rancho Cordova Kmart (97 jobs lost), San Clemente Kmart/Sears/Kmart on Camino de Estrella (58 jobs lost), placed on an official hit list in 2011 the Oceanside Kmart on College Boulevard finally being shut down, Banning Kmart (91 jobs lost) recently revealed that Sears Holdings is still paying rent on the abandoned property, Laguna Hills Mall Sears, San Diego Mid-City Kmart (73 jobs lost), Hemet Kmart (77 jobs lost), Oakland Sears repair center (75 jobs lost), San Mateo Kmart (82 jobs lost to an apartment building connected to public transportation), Hesperia Kmart building sold at a loss to a vulture capitalist REIT, no word on if the Kmart will be shutdown. Customers complain that the Kmart employees have a bad attitude, gee I wonder why? Yuba City Kmart (63 jobs lost), Rocklin Kmart (at least 63 jobs lost, the store had just posted “Now Hiring” signs).

Colorado: Broomfield Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Glenwood Springs Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lone Tree Sears/Great Indoors, Longmont Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Pueblos’ South Side Kmart (52 jobs lost), Denver Kmart (number of jobs lost have not been made public at this time, but could be at least 40), Colorado Springs Kmart at Powers and Palmer Park boulevards (57 jobs lost), Fort Collins Sears (67 jobs lost).

Connecticut: Waterbury Big Kmart, Torrington Kmart (73 jobs lost).

Delaware: Dover Kmart (at least 72 jobs lost, some reports said 100), Seaford Sears (30 jobs lost).

Florida: Fernandina Beach Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Callaway Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Orange City Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Deland Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Stuart Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), West Palm Beach Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Port St. Lucie Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Crystal River Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), New Smyrna Beach Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Saint Augustine Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Pompano Beach Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Jacksonville Kmart on 5751 Beach Boulevard (71 jobs lost), second Kmart in Jacksonville on 4645 Blanding Boulevard (83 jobs lost), Ocoee Sears (102 jobs lost), Pensacola Kmart on Airport Boulevard closed in 2011, Pensacola Kmart on Mobile Highway closed in February 2013 (69 jobs lost), Pensacola Kmart on East 9 Mile Road will close in May (73 jobs lost), Hialeah Kmart (67 jobs lost), Bonita Springs Kmart (67 jobs lost), Mount Dora Kmart (100 jobs lost), Lake Mary Kmart, Panama City Beach Kmart (54 jobs lost), Winter Park Kmart (100 jobs lost), Niceville Kmart (59 jobs lost), Winter Haven Kmart (92 jobs lost), Palm Bay Kmart, Oakland Park Kmart (112 jobs lost), Clearwater Sears Auto Center (21 jobs lost), Zephyrhills Kmart (70 jobs lost), recently revealed Winter Springs Kmart (69 jobs lost).

Georgia: Macon Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Buford Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Douglasville Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Atlanta Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Columbus Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Jonesboro Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Cartersville Kmart (74 jobs lost), Hiram Kmart (53 jobs lost), Marietta-East Cobb Kmart, Warner Robins Kmart (77 jobs lost).

Guam: Sears Hometown Store.

Hawaii: Honolulu Sears (owned by GGP, 372 jobs lost!), Kauai Sears (41 jobs lost), Iwilei-Honolulu Kmart for lease (no confirmation of store closing).

Idaho: Lewiston Sears (at least 60 jobs lost), Rexburg Kmart (63 jobs lost), Chubbuck Pine Ridge Mall Sears going’ down in November (the remaining 28 jobs lost). Across the street, in Pocatello, the property where the Kmart is located has a “pad site available” sign, posted ever since the Kmart bankruptcy. The Kmart building takes up most of the “pad”. Latest news from inside sources say Sears Holdings will not comment on any plans to expand the small amount of Craftsman products already being sold at the Kmart, or shift the Kenmore products line, from the closing Chubbuck Sears to the Pocatello Kmart. In fact all plans for the Pokey Kmart are in a ‘holding pattern’.

Illinois: Alton Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Melrose Park Sears parts and repair center (50 jobs lost), Zion Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Oak Lawn Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), McHenry Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Peru Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lombard Sears/Great Indoors (at least 40 jobs lost), Fairview Heights Kmart (81 jobs lost), Freeport Kmart (45 jobs lost), Pontiac Kmart (more than 47 jobs lost), Homer Glen Kmart (82 jobs lost), Streator Kmart (45 jobs lost), Lombard Kmart (70 jobs lost), Naperville Kmart (98 jobs lost), Calumet Sears (164 jobs lost), two Sears stores in Grand Crossing area of Chicago (247 jobs lost!), Mount Vernon Sears (68 jobs lost), Moline Sears (at least 60 jobs lost), Homewood Kmart (185 jobs lost), Belvidere Kmart (91 jobs lost?) revealed is now a perpetual closing sale Kmart At A Discount store, Champaign’s Market Place Mall Sears (56 jobs lost), Sterling Kmart (60 jobs lost), Montgomery Kmart (81 jobs lost), Mattoon Sears (more than 40 jobs lost), Chicago Sears on North State Street (160 jobs lost), Chicago Sears Craftsman Experience store, Galesburg Sears (46 jobs lost), White Lake Township Kmart (42 jobs lost), Orland Park Sears Appliance, Collinsville Kmart (84 jobs lost), Crystal Lake Kmart (at least 77 jobs lost), Danville Sears store & Auto Center (63 jobs lost), Forsyth Sears store & Auto Center (45 jobs lost), Peoria Kmart (73 jobs lost), Forest Park Kmart (107 jobs lost), Chicago Sears on North and Harlem avenues, supposedly it’s being replaced (most likely at taxpayer expense) with a new building and it will become a Sears-Mariano’s store, recently revealed Bloomington Kmart (79 jobs lost). 58 Chicago area stores up for lease or sale. By the way, Illinois elected officials gave Sears Holdings/Hoffman Estates a $150 million USD tax break to keep their headquarters in the state. The tax break was not tied to any promise not to close stores.

Indiana: Anderson Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Saint John Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Indianapolis Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Richmond Sears (49 jobs lost), South Anthony Kmart (70 jobs lost), Fort Wayne Kmart on South Anthony Boulevard (70 jobs lost), FairOaks Mall Kmart, Logansport Sears (43 jobs lost), Muncie Kmart (59 jobs lost), Fort Wayne Kmart on Coliseum Boulevard North (69 jobs lost), Decatur Kmart (49 jobs lost), Indianapolis Kmart on Madison Avenue (131 jobs lost), Indianapolis Kmart on Washington Street (139 jobs lost), Bedford Kmart (62 jobs lost), Indianapolis Sears at Washington Square Mall (91 jobs lost), recently revealed Greenwood Kmart (78 jobs lost).

Iowa: Cedar Rapids Kmart on 16th Ave (at least 40 jobs lost), Davenport Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Burlington Kmart (50 jobs lost), Coralville Sears (94 jobs lost, this is a store sold to GGP earlier in the year), Cedar Rapids Kmart on Collins Road NE (56 jobs lost), Mason City Kmart (50 jobs lost), Clive Kmart (at least 49 jobs lost), Ames Kmart (44 jobs lost), Fort Dodge Sears (no job loss numbers made public, yet. The Auto Center was secretly shutdown in September).

Kansas: Lawrence Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Merriam Kmart-then Sears-then Kmart (jobs lost unknown), Wichita Sears store & Auto Center (103 jobs lost).

Kentucky: Middlesboro Sears (in September 2012 the Sears store re-opened under independent ownership, official grand re-opening scheduled for November), Winchester Kmart (back in May, Rankin Paynter bought out what was left of the inventory and gave it to charity), Hazard Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lexington Fayette Mall Sears (114 jobs lost!), Newport Kmart (81 jobs lost), Cannonsburg Sears and Sears Auto Center (no employee info given), Louisville Dixie Highway Kmart/Sears/Kmart, Madisonville Kmart (39 jobs lost), Owensboro Sears store & Auto Center (52 jobs lost).

Louisiana: Slidell Sears (77 job lost), Gretna Kmart (94 jobs lost).

Maine: Lewiston Sears (60 to 70 jobs lost), Presque Isle Sears (63 jobs lost).

Maryland: Ellicott Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Gaithersburg Sears/Great Indoors, Landover Sears rebuild & call center (115 jobs lost), Baltimore Kmart on Wabash Avenue (107 jobs lost).

Massachusetts: North Reading Sears Hardware store closed, lease not renewed,  Milford Kmart (80 jobs lost).

Michigan: Novi Sears/Great Indoors, Brighton Sears Grand/Essentials, Harper Woods Sears Full line, Monroe Sears Full line, Adrian Sears Full line, Washington Township Kmart, Chesterfield Kmart, Woodhaven Kmart, Saginaw Kmart on Bay Road, Flint Kmart on Dort Highway (46 jobs lost), Gaylord Kmart (48 jobs lost), Sterling Kmart (58 jobs lost), Bloomfield Township Kmart and Sears, Bad Axe Kmart (61 jobs lost), Ypsilanti Township Kmart (83 jobs lost), Petoskey Kmart (45 jobs lost), Saint John’s Kmart (48 jobs lost), White Lake Township “Store of the Future” Kmart (42 jobs lost), Grand Blanc Kmart (49 jobs lost), Lapeer Kmart (56 jobs lost), Southgate Kmart (155 jobs lost), Detroit’s Telegraph Road Kmart (115 jobs lost), Waterford Township Sears (no word on how many jobs lost), Rochester Hills Kmart (77 jobs lost), ‘perfect Kmart town’ of Port Huron Kmart (188 jobs lost), Flint Kmart on Miller Road (81 jobs lost), Burton Kmart (85 jobs lost), Madison Heights Kmart (179 jobs lost), it’s now obvious the last remaining Saginaw Kmart on Gratiot will remain shutdown after its roof collapsed during a snowstorm back in January, Ann Arbor Kmart (59 jobs lost).

Minnesota: Willmar Kmart, Duluth Kmart, New Hope Kmart, White Bear Lake Kmart, Bemidji Kmart, Monticello Kmart, GGP owned Sears Auto Center in the Apache Mall closed (10 jobs lost), the entire Sears store in the Apache Mall being sold off, Fergus Falls Kmart (40 jobs lost), Fergus Falls Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Alexandria Kmart (46 jobs lost), Grand Rapids Kmart (61 jobs lost), Seritage is selling off three Sears Auto Centers in Minnetonka, Brooklyn Center and Saint Paul, Marshall Kmart (57 jobs lost), Oakdale Kmart (77 hourly wage employees losing their jobs, unknown how many salaried employees will become unemployed), Winona Kmart (67 jobs lost), Minneapolis city officials trying to shutdown profit making Nicollet Avenue Kmart, to make way for a new road. Anoka Kmart (47 jobs lost), Blaine Kmart (60 jobs lost), Burnsville Kmart (62 jobs lost), Waite Park Kmart (57 jobs lost).

Mississippi: Jackson Sears Full line, McComb Sears Full line, Columbus Sears Full line, Gautier Sears (71 jobs lost), Waveland Gulfport Kmart (32 jobs lost), Pass Road Gulfport Kmart (52 jobs lost), Pascagoula Sears at the Singing River Mall.

Missouri: Lee’s Summit Sears Grand/Essentials, Saint Louis Sears Full line, High Ridge Kmart (59 jobs lost), Ellisville Kmart (55 jobs lost), Springfield Kmart on South Campbell Avenue (60 jobs lost), South Belt Kmart (64 jobs lost), Florissant Kmart (100 jobs lost).

Montana: Missoula Kmart (50 jobs lost), Great Falls Kmart (closed “until further notice” due to fire, 63 jobs on hold), Great Falls Sears store & Auto Center (65 jobs lost), recently revealed Bozeman Kmart (37 jobs lost).

Nebraska: Grand Island Kmart (55 jobs lost), Omaha Kmart near West Maple Road (50 jobs lost).

Nevada: Sparks Kmart distribution center (100 jobs lost).

New Hampshire: Nashau Sears Grand/Essentials, Keene Sears Grand/Essentials, Portsmouth Kmart (30 jobs lost), Claremont Kmart (59 jobs lost).

New Jersey: Lawnside Kmart (about 80 jobs lost), Howell Kmart (57 jobs lost), Berlin Kmart, Dover Kmart (92 jobs lost), Randolf Kmart (91 jobs lost), Paramus Kmart (74 jobs lost).

New Mexico: Las Cruces Kmart (58 jobs lost), Albuquerque Kmart on Central SW (80 jobs lost), Rio Rancho Kmart (59 jobs lost).

New York: Depew (Lancaster?) Kmart (68 jobs lost), Colonie Kmart (72 jobs lost), Fulton Kmart (51 jobs lost), Clifton Park Kmart (74 jobs lost), Latham Kmart (61 jobs lost), East Greenbush-Rensselaer Kmart (70 jobs lost), Tonawanda Sears Appliance and Hardware, Bronx Sears (91 jobs lost), BBN reader reported that the Ithaca Sears and Auto Center shutdown and one month later it’s been officially confirmed (at least 37 jobs lost), DeWitt Kmart (92 jobs lost), Auburn Sears (51 jobs lost), Massena Sears and Auto Center (51 jobs lost).

North Carolina: Cary Kmart (71 jobs lost), High Point Sears, Moorehead Sears, Rocky Mount Sears, Statesville Sears, Durham Kmart (79 jobs lost), Asheville Kmart (53 jobs lost), West Smithfield Kmart (59 jobs lost), Winston-Salem Kmart (69 jobs lost), Hendersonville Kmart (58 jobs lost), South Ashville Kmart on Hendersonville Road, Raleigh Kmart (88 jobs lost), Garner Kmart, Cleveland County mall Sears (56 jobs lost), Charlotte Kmart (89 jobs lost), Conover Kmart (74 jobs lost), Raleigh Kmart on Capital Boulevard (53 jobs lost), High Point Kmart (71 jobs lost), Boone Kmart (41 jobs lost), Greensboro Kmart (96 jobs lost), Gastonia Sears store & Auto Center (65 jobs lost), Kinston Kmart (64 jobs lost), Cary Sears (66 jobs lost).

North Dakota: Jamestown Kmart (45 jobs lost), Dickinson Kmart (41 jobs lost, despite a “Now Hiring” sign on the front of the store).

Ohio: Chagrin Falls Kmart, Springfield Kmart, two Toledo Kmarts, Medina Kmart, Columbus Kmart, Columbus Sears/Great Indoors, Zanesville Sears (67 jobs lost), Trotwood Kmart (71 jobs lost), Austintown Sears auto parts and service on Interstate Boulevard, London Kmart (no word on number of jobs lost), Trotwood Sears (67 jobs lost), Westlake Kmart/Sears (at least 57 jobs lost), Xenia Kmart (at least 57 jobs lost), Norwalk Kmart (52 jobs lost), Blue Ash Kmart (77 jobs lost), Northwood Sears at Woodville Mall (36 jobs lost), Conneaut Kmart (43 jobs lost), Anderson Township Kmart (71 jobs lost), Brooklyn Kmart (200 jobs lost), Columbus Sears distribution center (200 jobs lost), also in Columbus Sears Product Rebuild Center (112 jobs lost), Marion Sears Auto Center (at least nine jobs lost), Springfield Kmart (68 jobs lost), Fairborn Kmart (66 jobs lost). Also, Van Wert Sears franchise bought out by Kirk Berryman, owner of Computer & Networking Technologies (CNT), who plans on moving the store to a new location.

Oklahoma: Oklahoma City Sears (98 jobs lost, GGP owned, GGP wants a $2 million sales tax rebate, claiming it’s needed to offset capital investments needed to bring the space up to the standards for potential new tenants), Shawnee Sears (31 jobs lost), Sand Springs Kmart (52 jobs lost), Muskogee Sears (60 jobs lost).

Oregon: Roseburg Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Tualatin Kmart Center (new property owner from California is tearing everything down for new shopping center, so far no indication the Kmart will be part of the new shopping center), Milwaukie Kmart (61 jobs lost), Coos Bay Kmart (25 jobs lost), Bend Sears (48 jobs lost), Klamath Falls Kmart (64 jobs lost), Albany Kmart (64 jobs lost), Portland Sears Homes Services (no notice), Albany Sears (57 jobs lost).

Pennsylvania: Upper Darby Sears Full line, Pottstown Sears Full line, Pittsburgh Kmart, Wilkins Sears, Warminster Kmart (85 jobs lost), Shippensburg Kmart (46 jobs lost), Moon Kmart (143 jobs lost), Bethlehem Township Kmart (62 jobs lost), Philadelphia Gallery Mall Kmart (120 jobs lost), Philadelphia Kmart on Orthodox Street and Castor Avenue (169 jobs lost), Levittown/Middle Township Kmart (87 jobs lost), Waynesboro Kmart (43 jobs lost), Sanatoga-Lower Pottsgrove Kmart (65 jobs lost, the store was also advertising for new hires!), West Mifflin Sears store & Auto Center (88 jobs lost), Rochester Kmart (78 jobs lost), Frazer (Pittsburg Mills Mall) 88Sears and Auto Center (97 jobs lost), recently revealed Bloomsburg Sears (57 jobs lost), recently revealed Frackville Sears and Auto Center (84 jobs lost), recently revealed North Cornwall Township Sears (51 jobs lost).

South Carolina: Sumter Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Orangeburg Sears (57 jobs lost), Columbia Kmart on Fort Jackson Boulevard in 2012, Columbia Kmart on Bush River Road in 2009, Columbia Kmart on St Andrews Road (66 jobs lost), Irmo Kmart (no info on how many jobs lost), both Greenville Kmarts (140 jobs lost between the two), Mount Pleasant Kmart (43 jobs lost), Harbison Sears & Sears Auto Center in the Columbiana Centre mall (97 jobs lost), Aiken Sears & Sears Auto Center (at least 54 jobs lost), Inlet Square Mall Kmart (50 jobs lost), West Ashely Kmart (69 jobs lost), Myrtle Beach Kmart (59 jobs lost).

Tennessee: Antioch Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Cleveland Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Oak Ridge Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Hendersonville Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Morristown Sears (about 70 jobs lost), Clinton South Kmart, Franklin CoolSprings Galleria Sears (92 jobs lost), Memphis Hickory Ridge mall Sears (job loss data not revealed), 48 years old Nashville Kmart on Nolensville Pike to close by January 2014 (57 jobs lost), Franklin Kmart (33 jobs lost), Dickson Kmart (65 jobs lost).

Texas: Two Sears parts and repair centers closing in The Woodlands (117 jobs lost), rebuild center in Garland (58 jobs lost), Farmers Branch Sears/Great Indoors, Houston Sears Great/Indoors.

Utah: Murray Sears (for some reason Mormon controlled news media in Utah never reported the closure, but they reported that the building was demolished), Orem Kmart (no details reported), Woods Cross Kmart (54 jobs lost).

Vermont: Rutland Sears store & Auto Center (65 jobs lost).

Virginia: Norfolk Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Midlothian Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Richmond Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lynchburg Sears (84 jobs lost), Fairfax Kmart (no word on how many jobs lost), Christiansburg Sears (59 jobs lost), Norfolk Kmart on East Little Creek Road (77 jobs lost), Manassas Kmart (71 jobs lost), Stafford Sears Hometown, Newport News Kmart (at least 50 jobs lost), Wise Kmart (58 jobs lost), Harrisonburg Kmart (79 jobs lost), Wincester Kmart (91 jobs lost), Dale City Kmart (69 jobs lost), Chesapeake Sears and Auto Center (82 jobs lost), recently revealed Front Royal Kmart (88 jobs lost).

Washington: Walla Walla Sears Full line (in August 2012, it was reported that an independent owner of Sears Hometown stores will open a store in Walla Walla), Lacey Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Kelso Sears (47 jobs lost), Lakewood Kmart (59 jobs lost), Bellingham Sears (92 jobs lost), Seattle Kmart (85 jobs lost), East Wenatchee Sears (59 jobs lost), Puyallup Kmart (51 jobs lost), Oak Harbor Kmart (68 jobs lost), Sodo Sears and Sears Auto Center (79 jobs lost), Everett Kmart (65 jobs lost), Marysville Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost).

West Virginia: Oak Hill Kmart (59 jobs lost), Morgantown Kmart (100 jobs lost), Bluefield Sears store & Auto Center (64 jobs lost).

Wisconsin: West Baraboo Sears (at least 40 jobs lost, local village officials say the store generated 3% of local tax collections), Rice Lake Kmart (about 71 jobs lost), Brookfield Kmart (56 jobs lost), Racine’s Regency Mall Sears (52 jobs lost), Fort Atkinson Kmart (51 jobs lost), Greenfield Kmart (107 jobs lost), Portage Kmart (78 jobs lost) and Hales Corner (129 jobs lost), Chippewa Falls Kmart (79 jobs lost), Menomonie Kmart (at least 50 jobs lost), Ashwaubenon Kmart (80 jobs lost), Shawano Kmart (55 jobs lost), Fond du Lac Sears (42 jobs lost), Glendale Sears store & Auto Center (86 jobs lost), Janesville Kmart (70 jobs lost), Glendale Sears Rebuild center (67 jobs lost).

On top of that, Sears Holdings sold stores to General Growth Properties (GGP), of which it has been reported that most of those stores will be closed.

Here’s the list of 11 Sears stores now owned by GGP:

Iowa: Coral Ridge Mall (it’s official the Sears is closing, see above), and Mall of the Bluffs

Texas: The Woodlands Mall (this does not involve the two repair centers being closed by Sears)

Florida: West Oaks Mall

Utah: Fashion Place, and Provo Towne Centre (note the evil British empire way of spelling town & center. Due to a favorable lease agreement the GGP owned Provo Sears will continue to stay open under Sears Holdings management)

Oklahoma: Quail Springs Mall (it’s official, the Sears closed, see above)

Hawaii: Ala Moana Center (closed, see above)

Washington: Bellis Fair Mall (Bellingham store, see above)

Minnesota: Apache Mall (see update above, GGP will close Sears store by 2014)

Illinois: Market Place Shopping Center (see update above, GGP closing store)

International

Ebola Update, 17 October 2014: UN admits 2015 “perfect storm” Pandemic a sure bet! Bio-warfare at the Pentagon? Infected(?) Texas nurse found in Caribbean, on ship with hundreds of passengers! 12 Ohioans under quarantine! China reports first case? Cuba kickin’ ass, so far!

“It’s the regional office in Africa that’s the front line, and they didn’t do anything! That office is really not competent. I called for a state of emergency to be declared in July and for military operations to be deployed!”-Peter Piot, co-discoverer of the ebola filovirus blaming UN WHO for quarantined pandemic during interview with the U.S. ABC news

“Nearly everyone involved in the outbreak response failed to see some fairly plain writing on the wall. A perfect storm was brewing, ready to burst open in full force.“-United Nations World Health Organization admitting failure in response to ebola, it’s too late to stop pandemic now!

Despite admitting failure, the UN WHO is now asking the World’s taxpayers to shell out billions of dollars more to fund the UN WHO ebola response.  That’s on top of what those taxpayers and insurance buyers already pay to their respective country’s healthcare systems.

Belize: An infected(?) nurse from the U.S. state of Texas was found on a cruise ship off the central American country, and is now under quarantine!  The nurse had handled the biohazard waste of the man that died in a Dallas hospital.   The cruise ship operators declared Medical Martial Law on the nurse and put them in quarantine.   Here’s the big question: Why in the hell did U.S. health officials allow this nurse to go on a cruise ship ride with hundreds of other passengers?

The Obama regime tried to evacuate the nurse through the Belize airport, but the government of Belize basically said ‘hell no, that nurse ain’t gettin’ off that ship!’: “…we have maintained the position that when even the smallest doubt remains, we will ensure the health and safety of the Belizean people.”

Most Caribbean and central American countries have imposed bans on people coming from west African countries.  And some have even banned travel to west Africa.

Canada: Ten hospitals in the Great White North have been designated ebola pandemic treatment centers: Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Hamilton Health Sciences, Health Sciences North, Hospital for Sick Children, Kingston General Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre, The Ottawa Hospital, St. Michael’s Hospital, Sunnybrook Hospital, and Toronto Western Hospital.

China:  Thousands of experimental ebola vaccines, developed in co-ordination with the People’s Liberation Army, have been sent to ebola afflicted African countries.

Zhejiang Science and Technology Press and Gabon’s NTSAME have published a book titled Prevention and Treatment of Common Diseases in Africa, with a focus on ebola.  China is providing the book to African countries for free!

Nationalist China (Taiwan): In Ningbo, a man from Nigeria is in the hospital with ebola symptoms. He had just gotten off a flight from Africa, today, and showed signs of fever.

Taiwan’s Centers for Disease Control (CDC) claims the Mandarin Airlines plane was decontaminated before resuming flights.

Cuba: The country that the people of the United States love to hate the most is not only kicking ass in the international response to ebola, but will now host a Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our Americas-Treaty of Commerce for the Peoples symposium on how to fight ebola.  It will be held on 20 October in Havana.

United States: Christian preacher/politician Jesse Jackson is now calling for an end to five decades old U.S. embargoes against Cuba, in light of the now guaranteed ebola pandemic.

In Kentucky, the doctor/politician Rand Paul says the ebola filovirus (aka Ebola Virus Disease, EVD) can travel through the air three feet!  He said U.S. health officials need to be honest with the U.S. public.

In Washington DC, a woman who had been to west Africa got sick on a bus while in the Pentagon parking lot.  The Pentagon Force Protection Agency freaked out and called for help.  Arlington County officials say that as of now there is no confirmation that the woman has ebola.

In Pennsylvania, governor Tom Corbett revealed that three residents are under “medical observation” in Texas.  He refused to call it ‘quarantine’.  They were on the flight shared with the infectious nurse from Texas.

In Boston Strong (but apparently dumb) Massachusetts, doctors are reporting that they are getting little to no advise on how to handle suspected ebola infections!   Local news reports say only since yesterday has state and federal health officials been making that info available.

In New York, eight hospitals have been designated ebola pandemic treatment centers: Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan,  NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan, Bellevue Hospital Center in Manhattan, North Shore/Long Island Jewish Health System in Nassau County, Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx,  SUNY Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse, Stony Brook University Hospital in Long Island, University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester.

In Texas, about 50 hospital employees voluntarily agreed to legally restrict their own travel, until they’re proven to be clear of infection.  They were involved in caring for the man that died from ebola at the incompetent Texas Health Presbyterian hospital.

In Colorado, Frontier Airlines has voluntarily grounded the airliner that the infected nurse from Texas rode on.  They’ve cleaned it at least four times, but airline officials now say the incompetent U.S. CDC is not giving them any advise on whether the plane is OK to use again: “Right now, the CDC is telling us we don’t need to dispose of anything, so we don’t have any information on to how to dispose. That’s why right now, it’s just not being moved.”-Barry Biffle

In Ohio, the owner of Coming Attractions Bridal got a Medical Martial Law visit from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.   It’s because an infected nurse from Texas paid a visit to the bridal shop.  The CDC ordered the shop owner to stay home for several days, after she decontaminated her entire bridal store!

The CDC confirms that at least 12 people in Ohio are now under quarantine, after they contacted the infected nurse from Texas.  The CDC is also trying to contact every person that flew on the airliner that the infected nurse flew on.  Health officials now admit that the sick nurse was infectious for at least four days before originally stated!

The incompetent CDC considers 21 days to be the max length of time to develop symptoms if you’re exposed to ebola (but they’ve been wrong before).  In fact, the UN WHO has reported that 98% of African victims had an incubation period as long as 42 days!  Meaning the current 21 day ebola quarantine used in the U.S. is too short!

The Obama regime is panicking and has created an ebola ‘czar’ position.  Apparently Obama has lost faith in the CDC’s Tom Fieden.

they’re all infected!

Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings 13 August 2014: VA clinics shutting down! More coal mine shutdowns! Casino kills 3-thousand+ jobs!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns:

Switzerland based Too Big to Jail UBS Wealth Americas (formerly known as PaineWebber) announced they will kill 75 jobs in the United States.  It’s blamed on the demise of Switzerland as a tax haven for the filthy rich.

Speaking of UBS, they declared that there’s no way Radio Shack can prevent itself from going bust.

Connecticut: After 15 years Anna Donte Italian Restaurant shutdown.  After 41 years consignment shop The Silk Purse shutdown.

Florida: Miami-Dade County reminded everybody that  400 cops will lose their jobs in the Autumn!  Of course the tax loving Police Benevolent Association union claims county law enforcement is already short staffed.  County officials need to reduce next year’s payroll by $9.5-million USD, due to crashing tax revenues and increased insurance costs caused by Obama Care.  In Pasco County, military optical systems maker (federal taxsucker) VLOC shutting down and laying off at least 70 employees.  Local analysts said the county will lose $5.7-million when the company shuts down.

Hawaii: Simply Organized shutdown its first store located in Kapolei.

Kentucky: In Louisville, Incredible Dave’s arcade finally shutdown.  Apparently the owner just couldn’t pay his back due taxes.  In 2012 he made this ‘famous last words’ statement: “We’re back on our two feet, and we will be here long term.”  

Michigan: After five years cooking school Ann Arbor Cooks shutdown.  DPM Manufacturing chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  eTel-Rx chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  Hard Luck Candy vodka company ceasing operations.  Detroit Zen Center restaurant stopped serving lunch due “to lack of interest”.

Missouri: In Mount Vernon, the Missouri Rehabilitation Center and VA Clinic shutting down!  It’s run by greedy Missouri University Health System, who basically said they’re losing money on the veteran care op.  Veteran Larry Hilburn accused them of constantly short changing veterans: “There’s a lot of veterans that need more help than they’re getting!”

New Jersey: Revel Casino makes it official and will shutdown in September, nobody turned out for the bankruptcy sale!  31-hundred jobs lost!

New York: In NYC, Hotel Bedford announced they’re shutting down by November, 47 jobs lost.

North Carolina: Penguin Drive-In restaurant now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  The owners owe a lot of money to a lot of people including state and federal governments.  It should be noted that bankruptcy doesn’t get rid of your debts to the government, but you can negotiate them down.  This is the third attempt to file bankruptcy for the restaurant since last year, the first two attempts were thrown out of court.  Lowes Food shutting down four grocery stores!  Company officials said it’s necessary in order for them to build a fancy new store.   Obama Care killing off the Women’s Hospital in Greensboro.  The operator, Cone Health, says cost cutting forced by Obama Care means they must consolidate healthcare services into fewer hospitals.

Ohio: Dayton based Standard Register is using the U.S. Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014 to slash employee retirement funding by $33-million!

Oklahoma: In Tulsa, Folks Urban Market shutdown.  The owner implied it was the greedy property owner saying “…some bad circumstances beyond our control….I’m very upset!”

Pennsylvania: Near Lewisburg, after 42 years Colonial Candlecrafters shutdown.

Texas: In Houston, Xerox shutting down their call center in September, 468 jobs lost!  They lost their contract with Sprint.

Washington: Seattle based tech company RealNetwork killed 85 jobs.   Taxsucker Boeing announced it will cut $6-billion from its military contract suppliers, which means big job losses for the contractors.

West Virginia: Yet another coal mine shuts down.  Coal River Mining and Coal River Processing laying off 280 people in October!  Company officials warned of more layoffs, because they’re shutting down their warehouse and business ops also.  They blame a crash in the coal market and new government laws.

Wisconsin: ‘Professional’ education service Lorman Education Services killing 42 jobs in October.  Company officials blame it on what I call DSS (Disappearing Student Syndrome).  The privately funded education company has been laying off employees since 2009.

11-12 August 2014

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) doesn’t count the hundreds of layoffs involving less than 50 people each, in its mass layoff reports. It also doesn’t count all the little ‘mom & pop’ businesses that shutdown. It doesn’t count people who get a severance for being laid off.

“Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security…That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional.”-Barack Obama, 10 September 2013

Influenza

Influenza Update, 17 October 2014: Deadly Flu is spreading fast in the United States, a 4th death! More vaccine shortages! U.S. Army conducts mass vaccinations!

China: A report published in Cell Research says honeysuckle tea can fight influenza, and maybe ebola.

Qatar: For the first time U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Southwest Asia of the 3rd Medical Command (Deployment Support) Operational Command Post (Forward) conducted three days of mass influenza vaccinations of U.S. military personnel.

United Kingdom:  London and Middlesex reporting cases of influenza A.

United States: Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, North Dakota and New Hampshire join Idaho, Montana, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and North Carolina in reporting flu cases.

Illinois reporting a four years old boy died from flu, making him the 4th victim of the U.S. 2014-15 flu season.  It happened fast, his mother had given him ibuprofen and he finally fell asleep, but never woke up.  Health officials say the other children in the family are now sick.  Health officials also ordered police who responded to the home to decontaminate themselves!

Iowa reported cases in three counties.   There are no Iowa health laws that require medical care providers to report influenza cases to state or federal officials.

In Florida, a man first thought to have ebola actually has the flu.  He was treated at Holmes Regional Medical Center.

USA Today has tips on how to tell the difference between the symptoms of flu and ebola.

The Michigan Department of Community Health reports cases of H1N1, H3N2 and influenza B.

Health officials in Missouri reporting a shortage of nasal spray vaccines for children.  Forest Park Pediatrics reports they are out of nasal spray vaccines.  New shipments aren’t expected until mid to late November.

And what about all those PSAs and news media reports begging sick workers to stay home?  When I was younger I remember always being screamed at by my bosses, over the phone, whenever I called in sick.  In Tennessee, the yearly Staples Annual Flu Survey reports that 60% of workers go to work sick with flu, and it’s the fault of the employer: “In my experience, employers expect you to be there no matter what. So for a lot of those people, it isn’t an option.”-Karen Milliner, former data management worker

Various state public school officials are asking parents to keep their sick kids home.  However, there’s a Catch 22 if your kid misses too many days; the school loses taxpayer funding, unless you get a doctor’s excuse for your sick kid.

Remember, Idaho was the first U.S. state to report flu deaths, followed by North Carolina.  

 

International

Martial Law Japan: Security cameras used to make false arrests! Proof psychological stress causes people to confess to things they never did!

17 October 2014 (21:46 UTC-07 Tango 16 October 2014)/22 Dhu l-Hijja 1435/25 Mehr 1393/24 Jia-Xu 4712

NHK (Nippon Housou Kyoukai/Japan Broadcasting Corporation) reporting that the use of public security cameras in Japan are actually resulting in increased numbers of false arrests!

Lazy police are arresting innocent people and detaining them for as long as several weeks (one innocent man was held for 300 days!), until a more thorough observation of the video was made.  Police making the arrests are only watching part of the videos before they jump to conclusions about who did the crime.

One woman told how she was held for seven days, and was at the point of confessing to the crime because she thought it would get her out of jail.  This proves that even psychological stress can cause innocent people to confess to crimes they never committed!   Higher ranking police finally watched the entire security camera video and concluded that a man had committed the crime the woman was accused of.   The crime was committed right before she walked into camera view, the arresting police missed the earlier part of the video because they were fast forwarding!  It also helped that physical evidence was found.

Another big problem is that police are not connecting video time codes with the time that the crimes took place, which would help stop false arrests.

Apparently in Japan security camera video is now being handled by police as tangible evidence, which it is not.

Many innocent people wind up in court before they’re finally found innocent.

This proves that police are either lazy, incompetent or criminals themselves!

 

Business/Economics

Sears & Kmart closing update, 17 October 2014: More Sears shutdowns for January, 390+ jobs lost, Happy New Year!

Sears Holdings has officially begun selling off its 40-million common stocks of Sears Canada!

Sears Canada has a new CEO, Ronald Boire of Sears Holdings.  Boire has been working for Sears Holdings since 2012.

Another New York Sears & Auto Center shutting down in January!  A tip from a BBN reader gets official confirmation!

A Pennsylvania Sears & Auto Center shutting down in January!

North Carolina losing a Sears in January!

A Virginia Sears & Auto Center shutting down in January!

After 25 years, a Oregon Sears shutting down in January: “It isn’t an isolated event that’s happening in Albany. They’re struggling nationwide.”-Betsy Penson, general manager Heritage Mall

update 16 October 2014

Here’s the updated list of U.S. Sears/Kmart store closings since the end of 2011:

Arizona: Scottsdale Sears/Great Indoors, Chandler Sears/Great Indoors.

Alabama: Gadsden Kmart (50 jobs lost), Mobile Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Auburn Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Anniston Kmart (no word yet on how many jobs lost), Birmingham Eastwood Kmart (70 jobs lost), Decatur Mall Sears (91 jobs lost), Fort Payne Kmart, Northport Kmart (68 jobs lost), Dothan Sears (68 jobs lost).

California: El Monte Sears (at least 40 jobs lost. Damien Arrula, El Monte’s economic development director, said the store manager had lied about what was going on: “The general manager of the store had just indicated to me that they were remodeling.”), two San Diego Sears (more than 80 jobs lost), Pleasant Hill Kmart (more than 50 jobs lost), Torrance Kmart, Fairfield Kmart (63 jobs lost), Lampert owned OSH taken over by Lowe’s home improvement in bankruptcy court, at least 17 of 99 stores to be closed down (935 jobs lost!), Rancho Cordova Kmart (97 jobs lost), San Clemente Kmart/Sears/Kmart on Camino de Estrella (58 jobs lost), placed on an official hit list in 2011 the Oceanside Kmart on College Boulevard finally being shut down, Banning Kmart (91 jobs lost) recently revealed that Sears Holdings is still paying rent on the abandoned property, Laguna Hills Mall Sears, San Diego Mid-City Kmart (73 jobs lost), Hemet Kmart (77 jobs lost), Oakland Sears repair center (75 jobs lost), San Mateo Kmart (82 jobs lost to an apartment building connected to public transportation), Hesperia Kmart building sold at a loss to a vulture capitalist REIT, no word on if the Kmart will be shutdown. Customers complain that the Kmart employees have a bad attitude, gee I wonder why? Yuba City Kmart (63 jobs lost), Rocklin Kmart (at least 63 jobs lost, the store had just posted “Now Hiring” signs).

Colorado: Broomfield Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Glenwood Springs Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lone Tree Sears/Great Indoors, Longmont Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Pueblos’ South Side Kmart (52 jobs lost), Denver Kmart (number of jobs lost have not been made public at this time, but could be at least 40), Colorado Springs Kmart at Powers and Palmer Park boulevards (57 jobs lost), Fort Collins Sears (67 jobs lost).

Connecticut: Waterbury Big Kmart,  Torrington Kmart (73 jobs lost).

Delaware: Dover Kmart (at least 72 jobs lost, some reports said 100), Seaford Sears (30 jobs lost).

Florida: Fernandina Beach Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Callaway Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Orange City Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Deland Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Stuart Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), West Palm Beach Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Port St. Lucie Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Crystal River Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), New Smyrna Beach Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Saint Augustine Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Pompano Beach Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Jacksonville Kmart on 5751 Beach Boulevard (71 jobs lost), second Kmart in Jacksonville on 4645 Blanding Boulevard (83 jobs lost), Ocoee Sears (102 jobs lost), Pensacola Kmart on Airport Boulevard closed in 2011, Pensacola Kmart on Mobile Highway closed in February 2013 (69 jobs lost), Pensacola Kmart on East 9 Mile Road will close in May (73 jobs lost), Hialeah Kmart (67 jobs lost), Bonita Springs Kmart (67 jobs lost), Mount Dora Kmart (100 jobs lost), Lake Mary Kmart, Panama City Beach Kmart (54 jobs lost), Winter Park Kmart (100 jobs lost), Niceville Kmart (59 jobs lost), Winter Haven Kmart (92 jobs lost), Palm Bay Kmart, Oakland Park Kmart (112 jobs lost), Clearwater Sears Auto Center (21 jobs lost), Zephyrhills Kmart (70 jobs lost).

Georgia: Macon Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Buford Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Douglasville Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Atlanta Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Columbus Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Jonesboro Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Cartersville Kmart (74 jobs lost), Hiram Kmart (53 jobs lost), Marietta-East Cobb Kmart, Warner Robins Kmart (77 jobs lost).

Guam: Sears Hometown Store.

Hawaii: Honolulu Sears (owned by GGP, 372 jobs lost!), Kauai Sears (41 jobs lost), Iwilei-Honolulu Kmart for lease (no confirmation of store closing).

Idaho: Lewiston Sears (at least 60 jobs lost), Rexburg Kmart (63 jobs lost), Chubbuck Pine Ridge Mall Sears going’ down in November (the remaining 28 jobs lost). Across the street, in Pocatello, the property where the Kmart is located has a “pad site available” sign, posted ever since the Kmart bankruptcy. The Kmart building takes up most of the “pad”. Latest news from inside sources say Sears Holdings will not comment on any plans to expand the small amount of Craftsman products already being sold at the Kmart, or shift the Kenmore products line, from the closing Chubbuck Sears to the Pocatello Kmart. In fact all plans for the Pokey Kmart are in a ‘holding pattern’.

Illinois: Alton Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Melrose Park Sears parts and repair center (50 jobs lost), Zion Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Oak Lawn Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), McHenry Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Peru Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lombard Sears/Great Indoors (at least 40 jobs lost), Fairview Heights Kmart (81 jobs lost), Freeport Kmart (45 jobs lost), Pontiac Kmart (more than 47 jobs lost), Homer Glen Kmart (82 jobs lost), Streator Kmart (45 jobs lost), Lombard Kmart (70 jobs lost), Naperville Kmart (98 jobs lost), Calumet Sears (164 jobs lost), two Sears stores in Grand Crossing area of Chicago (247 jobs lost!), Mount Vernon Sears (68 jobs lost), Moline Sears (at least 60 jobs lost), Homewood Kmart (185 jobs lost), Belvidere Kmart (91 jobs lost?) revealed is now a perpetual closing sale Kmart At A Discount store, Champaign’s Market Place Mall Sears (56 jobs lost), Sterling Kmart (60 jobs lost), Montgomery Kmart (81 jobs lost), Mattoon Sears (more than 40 jobs lost), Chicago Sears on North State Street (160 jobs lost), Chicago Sears Craftsman Experience store, Galesburg Sears (46 jobs lost), White Lake Township Kmart (42 jobs lost), Orland Park Sears Appliance, Collinsville Kmart (84 jobs lost), Crystal Lake Kmart (at least 77 jobs lost), Danville Sears store & Auto Center (63 jobs lost), Forsyth Sears store & Auto Center (45 jobs lost), Peoria Kmart (73 jobs lost), Forest Park Kmart (107 jobs lost), Chicago Sears on North and Harlem avenues, supposedly it’s being replaced (most likely at taxpayer expense) with a new building and it will become a Sears-Mariano’s store. 58 Chicago area stores up for lease or sale. By the way, Illinois elected officials gave Sears Holdings/Hoffman Estates a $150 million USD tax break to keep their headquarters in the state. The tax break was not tied to any promise not to close stores.

Indiana: Anderson Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Saint John Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Indianapolis Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Richmond Sears (49 jobs lost), South Anthony Kmart (70 jobs lost), Fort Wayne Kmart on South Anthony Boulevard (70 jobs lost), FairOaks Mall Kmart, Logansport Sears (43 jobs lost), Muncie Kmart (59 jobs lost), Fort Wayne Kmart on Coliseum Boulevard North (69 jobs lost), Decatur Kmart (49 jobs lost), Indianapolis Kmart on Madison Avenue (131 jobs lost), Indianapolis Kmart on Washington Street (139 jobs lost), Bedford Kmart (62 jobs lost), Indianapolis Sears at Washington Square Mall (91 jobs lost).

Iowa: Cedar Rapids Kmart on 16th Ave (at least 40 jobs lost), Davenport Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Burlington Kmart (50 jobs lost), Coralville Sears (94 jobs lost, this is a store sold to GGP earlier in the year), Cedar Rapids Kmart on Collins Road NE (56 jobs lost), Mason City Kmart (50 jobs lost), Clive Kmart (at least 49 jobs lost), Ames Kmart (44 jobs lost), Fort Dodge Sears (no job loss numbers made public, yet. The Auto Center was secretly shutdown in September).

Kansas: Lawrence Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Merriam Kmart-then Sears-then Kmart (jobs lost unknown), Wichita Sears store & Auto Center (103 jobs lost).

Kentucky: Middlesboro Sears (in September 2012 the Sears store re-opened under independent ownership, official grand re-opening scheduled for November), Winchester Kmart (back in May, Rankin Paynter bought out what was left of the inventory and gave it to charity), Hazard Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lexington Fayette Mall Sears (114 jobs lost!), Newport Kmart (81 jobs lost), Cannonsburg Sears and Sears Auto Center (no employee info given), Louisville Dixie Highway Kmart/Sears/Kmart, Madisonville Kmart (39 jobs lost), Owensboro Sears store & Auto Center (52 jobs lost).

Louisiana: Slidell Sears (77 job lost), Gretna Kmart (94 jobs lost).

Maine: Lewiston Sears (60 to 70 jobs lost),  recently revealed Presque Isle Sears (63 jobs lost).

Maryland: Ellicott Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Gaithersburg Sears/Great Indoors, Landover Sears rebuild & call center (115 jobs lost), Baltimore Kmart on Wabash Avenue (107 jobs lost).

Massachusetts: North Reading Sears Hardware store closed, lease not renewed, Milford Kmart (80 jobs lost).

Michigan: Novi Sears/Great Indoors, Brighton Sears Grand/Essentials, Harper Woods Sears Full line, Monroe Sears Full line, Adrian Sears Full line, Washington Township Kmart, Chesterfield Kmart, Woodhaven Kmart, Saginaw Kmart on Bay Road, Flint Kmart on Dort Highway (46 jobs lost), Gaylord Kmart (48 jobs lost), Sterling Kmart (58 jobs lost), Bloomfield Township Kmart and Sears, Bad Axe Kmart (61 jobs lost), Ypsilanti Township Kmart (83 jobs lost), Petoskey Kmart (45 jobs lost), Saint John’s Kmart (48 jobs lost), White Lake Township “Store of the Future” Kmart (42 jobs lost), Grand Blanc Kmart (49 jobs lost), Lapeer Kmart (56 jobs lost), Southgate Kmart (155 jobs lost), Detroit’s Telegraph Road Kmart (115 jobs lost), Waterford Township Sears (no word on how many jobs lost), Rochester Hills Kmart (77 jobs lost), ‘perfect Kmart town’ of Port Huron Kmart (188 jobs lost), Flint Kmart on Miller Road (81 jobs lost), Burton Kmart (85 jobs lost), Madison Heights Kmart (179 jobs lost), it’s now obvious the last remaining Saginaw Kmart on Gratiot will remain shutdown after its roof collapsed during a snowstorm back in January,  Ann Arbor Kmart (59 jobs lost).

Minnesota: Willmar Kmart, Duluth Kmart, New Hope Kmart, White Bear Lake Kmart, Bemidji Kmart, Monticello Kmart, GGP owned Sears Auto Center in the Apache Mall closed (10 jobs lost), the entire Sears store in the Apache Mall being sold off, Fergus Falls Kmart (40 jobs lost), Fergus Falls Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Alexandria Kmart (46 jobs lost), Grand Rapids Kmart (61 jobs lost), Seritage is selling off three Sears Auto Centers in Minnetonka, Brooklyn Center and Saint Paul, Marshall Kmart (57 jobs lost), Oakdale Kmart (77 hourly wage employees losing their jobs, unknown how many salaried employees will become unemployed), Winona Kmart (67 jobs lost), Minneapolis city officials trying to shutdown profit making Nicollet Avenue Kmart, to make way for a new road. Anoka Kmart (47 jobs lost), Blaine Kmart (60 jobs lost), Burnsville Kmart (62 jobs lost), Waite Park Kmart (57 jobs lost).

Mississippi: Jackson Sears Full line, McComb Sears Full line, Columbus Sears Full line, Gautier Sears (71 jobs lost), Waveland Gulfport Kmart (32 jobs lost), Pass Road Gulfport Kmart (52 jobs lost), Pascagoula Sears at the Singing River Mall.

Missouri: Lee’s Summit Sears Grand/Essentials, Saint Louis Sears Full line, High Ridge Kmart (59 jobs lost), Ellisville Kmart (55 jobs lost), Springfield Kmart on South Campbell Avenue (60 jobs lost), South Belt Kmart (64 jobs lost), Florissant Kmart (100 jobs lost).

Montana: Missoula Kmart (50 jobs lost), Great Falls Kmart (closed “until further notice” due to fire, 63 jobs on hold), Great Falls Sears store & Auto Center (65 jobs lost).

Nebraska: Grand Island Kmart (55 jobs lost), Omaha Kmart near West Maple Road (50 jobs lost).

Nevada: Sparks Kmart distribution center (100 jobs lost).

New Hampshire: Nashau Sears Grand/Essentials, Keene Sears Grand/Essentials, Portsmouth Kmart (30 jobs lost), Claremont Kmart (59 jobs lost).

New Jersey: Lawnside Kmart (about 80 jobs lost), Howell Kmart (57 jobs lost), Berlin Kmart, Dover Kmart (92 jobs lost), Randolf Kmart (91 jobs lost), Paramus Kmart (74 jobs lost).

New Mexico: Las Cruces Kmart (58 jobs lost), Albuquerque Kmart on Central SW (80 jobs lost), Rio Rancho Kmart (59 jobs lost).

New York: Depew (Lancaster?) Kmart (68 jobs lost), Colonie Kmart (72 jobs lost), Fulton Kmart (51 jobs lost), Clifton Park Kmart (74 jobs lost), Latham Kmart (61 jobs lost), East Greenbush-Rensselaer Kmart (70 jobs lost), Tonawanda Sears Appliance and Hardware, Bronx Sears (91 jobs lost), BBN reader reported that the Ithaca Sears and Auto Center shutdown and one month later it’s been officially confirmed (at least 37 jobs lost),  DeWitt Kmart (92 jobs lost), Auburn Sears (51 jobs lost), recently revealed Massena Sears and Auto Center (51 jobs lost).

North Carolina: Cary Kmart (71 jobs lost), High Point Sears, Moorehead Sears, Rocky Mount Sears, Statesville Sears, Durham Kmart (79 jobs lost), Asheville Kmart (53 jobs lost), West Smithfield Kmart (59 jobs lost), Winston-Salem Kmart (69 jobs lost), Hendersonville Kmart (58 jobs lost), South Ashville Kmart on Hendersonville Road, Raleigh Kmart (88 jobs lost), Garner Kmart, Cleveland County mall Sears (56 jobs lost), Charlotte Kmart (89 jobs lost), Conover Kmart (74 jobs lost), Raleigh Kmart on Capital Boulevard (53 jobs lost), High Point Kmart (71 jobs lost), Boone Kmart (41 jobs lost), Greensboro Kmart (96 jobs lost), Gastonia Sears store & Auto Center (65 jobs lost), Kinston Kmart (64 jobs lost), recently revealed Cary Sears (66 jobs lost).

North Dakota: Jamestown Kmart (45 jobs lost), Dickinson Kmart (41 jobs lost, despite a “Now Hiring” sign on the front of the store).

Ohio: Chagrin Falls Kmart, Springfield Kmart, two Toledo Kmarts, Medina Kmart, Columbus Kmart, Columbus Sears/Great Indoors, Zanesville Sears (67 jobs lost), Trotwood Kmart (71 jobs lost), Austintown Sears auto parts and service on Interstate Boulevard, London Kmart (no word on number of jobs lost), Trotwood Sears (67 jobs lost), Westlake Kmart/Sears (at least 57 jobs lost), Xenia Kmart (at least 57 jobs lost), Norwalk Kmart (52 jobs lost), Blue Ash Kmart (77 jobs lost), Northwood Sears at Woodville Mall (36 jobs lost), Conneaut Kmart (43 jobs lost), Anderson Township Kmart (71 jobs lost), Brooklyn Kmart (200 jobs lost), Columbus Sears distribution center (200 jobs lost), also in Columbus Sears Product Rebuild Center (112 jobs lost), Marion Sears Auto Center (at least nine jobs lost), Springfield Kmart (68 jobs lost), Fairborn Kmart (66 jobs lost). Also, Van Wert Sears franchise bought out by Kirk Berryman, owner of Computer & Networking Technologies (CNT), who plans on moving the store to a new location.

Oklahoma: Oklahoma City Sears (98 jobs lost, GGP owned, GGP wants a $2 million sales tax rebate, claiming it’s needed to offset capital investments needed to bring the space up to the standards for potential new tenants), Shawnee Sears (31 jobs lost), Sand Springs Kmart (52 jobs lost), Muskogee Sears (60 jobs lost).

Oregon: Roseburg Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Tualatin Kmart Center (new property owner from California is tearing everything down for new shopping center, so far no indication the Kmart will be part of the new shopping center), Milwaukie Kmart (61 jobs lost), Coos Bay Kmart (25 jobs lost), Bend Sears (48 jobs lost), Klamath Falls Kmart (64 jobs lost), Albany Kmart (64 jobs lost), Portland Sears Homes Services (no notice), recently revealed Albany Sears (57 jobs lost).

Pennsylvania: Upper Darby Sears Full line, Pottstown Sears Full line, Pittsburgh Kmart, Wilkins Sears, Warminster Kmart (85 jobs lost), Shippensburg Kmart (46 jobs lost), Moon Kmart (143 jobs lost), Bethlehem Township Kmart (62 jobs lost), Philadelphia Gallery Mall Kmart (120 jobs lost), Philadelphia Kmart on Orthodox Street and Castor Avenue (169 jobs lost), Levittown/Middle Township Kmart (87 jobs lost), Waynesboro Kmart (43 jobs lost), Sanatoga-Lower Pottsgrove Kmart (65 jobs lost, the store was also advertising for new hires!), West Mifflin Sears store & Auto Center (88 jobs lost), Rochester Kmart (78 jobs lost), recently revealed Frazer Sears and Auto Center (97 jobs lost).

South Carolina: Sumter Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Orangeburg Sears (57 jobs lost), Columbia Kmart on Fort Jackson Boulevard in 2012, Columbia Kmart on Bush River Road in 2009, Columbia Kmart on St Andrews Road (66 jobs lost), Irmo Kmart (no info on how many jobs lost), both Greenville Kmarts (140 jobs lost between the two), Mount Pleasant Kmart (43 jobs lost), Harbison Sears & Sears Auto Center in the Columbiana Centre mall (97 jobs lost), Aiken Sears & Sears Auto Center (at least 54 jobs lost), Inlet Square Mall Kmart (50 jobs lost), West Ashely Kmart (69 jobs lost), Myrtle Beach Kmart (59 jobs lost).

Tennessee: Antioch Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Cleveland Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Oak Ridge Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Hendersonville Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Morristown Sears (about 70 jobs lost), Clinton South Kmart, Franklin CoolSprings Galleria Sears (92 jobs lost), Memphis Hickory Ridge mall Sears (job loss data not revealed), 48 years old Nashville Kmart on Nolensville Pike to close by January 2014 (57 jobs lost), Franklin Kmart (33 jobs lost), Dickson Kmart (65 jobs lost).

Texas: Two Sears parts and repair centers closing in The Woodlands (117 jobs lost), rebuild center in Garland (58 jobs lost), Farmers Branch Sears/Great Indoors, Houston Sears Great/Indoors.

Utah: Murray Sears (for some reason Mormon controlled news media in Utah never reported the closure, but they reported that the building was demolished), Orem Kmart (no details reported), Woods Cross Kmart (54 jobs lost).

Vermont: Rutland Sears store & Auto Center (65 jobs lost).

Virginia: Norfolk Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Midlothian Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Richmond Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lynchburg Sears (84 jobs lost), Fairfax Kmart (no word on how many jobs lost), Christiansburg Sears (59 jobs lost), Norfolk Kmart on East Little Creek Road (77 jobs lost), Manassas Kmart (71 jobs lost), Stafford Sears Hometown, Newport News Kmart (at least 50 jobs lost), Wise Kmart (58 jobs lost), Harrisonburg Kmart (79 jobs lost), Wincester Kmart (91 jobs lost), Dale City Kmart (69 jobs lost), recently revealed Chesapeake Sears and Auto Center (82 jobs lost).

Washington: Walla Walla Sears Full line (in August 2012, it was reported that an independent owner of Sears Hometown stores will open a store in Walla Walla), Lacey Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Kelso Sears (47 jobs lost), Lakewood Kmart (59 jobs lost), Bellingham Sears (92 jobs lost), Seattle Kmart (85 jobs lost), East Wenatchee Sears (59 jobs lost), Puyallup Kmart (51 jobs lost), Oak Harbor Kmart (68 jobs lost), Sodo Sears and Sears Auto Center (79 jobs lost), Everett Kmart (65 jobs lost), Marysville Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost).

West Virginia: Oak Hill Kmart (59 jobs lost), Morgantown Kmart (100 jobs lost), Bluefield Sears store & Auto Center (64 jobs lost).

Wisconsin: West Baraboo Sears (at least 40 jobs lost, local village officials say the store generated 3% of local tax collections), Rice Lake Kmart (about 71 jobs lost), Brookfield Kmart (56 jobs lost), Racine’s Regency Mall Sears (52 jobs lost), Fort Atkinson Kmart (51 jobs lost), Greenfield Kmart (107 jobs lost), Portage Kmart (78 jobs lost) and Hales Corner (129 jobs lost), Chippewa Falls Kmart (79 jobs lost), Menomonie Kmart (at least 50 jobs lost), Ashwaubenon Kmart (80 jobs lost), Shawano Kmart (55 jobs lost), Fond du Lac Sears (42 jobs lost), Glendale Sears store & Auto Center (86 jobs lost), Janesville Kmart (70 jobs lost), Glendale Sears Rebuild center (67 jobs lost).

On top of that, Sears Holdings sold stores to General Growth Properties (GGP), of which it has been reported that most of those stores will be closed.

Here’s the list of 11 Sears stores now owned by GGP:

Iowa: Coral Ridge Mall (it’s official the Sears is closing, see above), and Mall of the Bluffs

Texas: The Woodlands Mall (this does not involve the two repair centers being closed by Sears)

Florida: West Oaks Mall

Utah: Fashion Place, and Provo Towne Centre (note the evil British empire way of spelling town & center. Due to a favorable lease agreement the GGP owned Provo Sears will continue to stay open under Sears Holdings management)

Oklahoma: Quail Springs Mall (it’s official, the Sears closed, see above)

Hawaii: Ala Moana Center (closed, see above)

Washington: Bellis Fair Mall (Bellingham store, see above)

Minnesota: Apache Mall (see update above, GGP will close Sears store by 2014)

Illinois: Market Place Shopping Center (see update above, GGP closing store)