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More proof God is evil: Israeli soldiers are U.S. citizens!

20 July 2014 (15:17 UTC-07 Tango)/22 Ramadan 1435/29 Tir 1393/24 Xin-Wei 4712

A live reporter from Gaza Strip stated that the Israeli soldiers, killed by Palestinian Mujahideen, were carrying U.S. passports!

Is this proof that Academi/Blackwater/Xe Services is working for Israel?  Or does it show that the Israeli government must rely on U.S. Jews to fill the ranks of its military?  Or does it show just how involved the United States is with the Israeli zionists?

Israel tells civilians to run to safe place, then bombs the safe place!

Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings 16 – 18 April 2014: “We have a perfect storm….” No more La-Z-Boy? Entire city council proves itself corrupt by secretly killing jobs! More damned ObamaCare job cuts resulting in denied healthcare access!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns.

Arkansas: In Hot Springs, the Lake Catherine Footwear factory laying off 56 employees over the next six months.  Company officials say the layoffs are permanent.  The suck ass company is joining other unAmerican companies in moving jobs outside of the country: “Economic forces in the international shoe industry have forced us to move some components of our operations to the Dominican Republic to remain competitive.”-Bruce Munro, CEO Munro & Company

California:  Taxsucker Boeing laid off 128 people!  San Francisco based Too Big to Jail Wells Fargo proves there is a coming housing market crash by killing even more mortgage industry jobs across the U.S.  This time 323 people will be let go “as the result of continuing market changes, including reduced demand for mortgage financing”.   More job killing by Japan based Sony Pictures, this time 216 people in Culver City to become unemployed!  In San Diego, taxsucker Continental Maritime laid off 152 people!  They blame the U.S. Navy.  New Jersey based fashion industry company Marc Eckō Enterprises laid off 113 people across the Golden State!

Delaware:  In New Castle, the 42 years old Miller Carpet One shutdown.  The family owners said “We really took a hit in 2008” and never recovered.

Iowa: Cedar Falls laid off 12 janitors, without warning!  The overpaid ass-hole city officials will now use cheaply paid ABM Janitorial.  According to WCFCourier.com the corrupt city council made the unanimous decision behind closed doors, no public discussion, no discussion with public works employees.

Kentucky:  T.J. Samson Community Hospital eliminated up to 49 jobs, and reduced the pay for all their other employees.  They blame Affordable Care Act (Obama Care).

Louisiana: In Baton Rouge, The Career Academy charter school forced to shutdown, despite their five year contract with East Baton Rouge Parish School System.  The East Baton Rouge Parish School System claims they need the property.

Massachusetts: UMass Memorial Medical Center killing 103 jobs by June!  This is on top of the 285 jobs killed between October and February!   The hospital has to consolidate jobs in order to survive the Obama Care fiasco! On top of that the hospital will also eliminate I-V therapy,  close three of its 17 operating rooms, close Memorial Campus West 1 unit,  consolidate infusion services,  reduce the number of beds at the Children’s Medical Center and sell off a building at 11 Shattuck Street!

Michigan:  Hayes Green Beach Memorial Hospital laid off 25 employees.  Hospital officials said job cuts are necessary “to position ourselves in healthcare reform”.

Minnesota:  RiverView Health laid off eight employees, another eight were demoted in pay scale.  This is on top of the 53 job eliminations back in October.   Officials also warned that if they cannot survive the insurance cuts caused by Obama Care then the area’s only hospital will shutdown, officials even begged people to ignore Obama Care’s push to keep people from going to the hospital for help (aka inpatient care): “We have a perfect storm of declining volume, patients seeking less care as deductibles and copayments continue to rise and at the same time our largest payers, including the federal government through Medicare, are balancing budgets through cuts in Medicare payments…….we continue to be limited by federal sequestration to recovering just 99 cents on every dollar we spend caring for a Medicare patient. That equates to a guaranteed loss of one percent for every patient who is Medicare eligible. For RiverView Health that is over one third of our business.”

Missouri: In Saint Louis, after at least 37 years Left Bank Books shutdown.   The book store co-owner blames the property owner: “We gave it a good run, but it didn’t work out. If we could have negotiated a better lease, it would have been a different situation.”-Jarek Steele

New Jersey: In Medford, Murphy’s Market shutdown a 17 years old grocery store.  Company officials blamed the greedy property owner: “After great expense and effort it comes with much heartache, we as a company, were unable to reach a reasonable agreement with the building’s landlord.”

New York:  Statewide, VNS CHOICE Community Care revealed its continued nursing layoffs will make 775 healthcare workers unemployed this year!  VNS laid off at least 600 healthcare workers last year!  Company officials blame new government rules which increase workers comp (paid for by companies) by more than 55%, and on top of that Obama Care drastically cuts payments from Medicare/Medicaid and insurance companies!   And what’s really surprising is how many healthcare workers, who’re getting laid off, who don’t understand the whole Obama Care fiasco and how it’s affecting their employer’s ability to pay them!  For the first time ever, Cazenovia School District had to kill jobs.  16 positions have been eliminated due to disappearing students (20% decline over the past 10 years).  In Getzville, bus service First Student shutdown, killing 80 jobs.   In Staten Island, Total Maintenance Solution lost a contract and will kill 164 jobs in May!  In North Syracuse, pharmaceutical researcher AMRI shutting down in July, 45 jobs lost.  In NYC, telecommunications company Aegis USA being sold off to France in July, 190 jobs lost!

North Carolina:  Engineering company Babcock & Wilcox warned of about 200 layoffs due to loss of funding for new nuclear reactors!  The Fayetteville Observer laid off another five newspaper employees.  They already laid off nine employees this year, prior to the new round of layoffs.  Since 2007 the newspaper has killed 115 jobs.  It’s blamed on crashing advertising revenues.  In North Wilkesboro, furniture maker La-Z-Boy shutting down two factories by 2015, killing at least 100 jobs!  Company officials are halting furniture making for children and hotels, and will simply re-box ‘wood’ products made outside the United States!

North Dakota: What oil boom?  West Fargo based Titan Machinery shutdown eight stores in Minnesota, Arizona, Wyoming, Iowa and Montana.  They killed 128 jobs!  It’s blamed on crashing sales.

Pennsylvania:  In Waynesboro, Kmart shutting down in June, at least 43 jobs lost.

Rhode Island: In Newport, 107 years old Potter and Company clothing store shutdown.  The owner of the store said she never thought greedy landlords would do her in by jacking up the rent: “It’s very disappointing….I thought this place would survive. It’s just such a part of the community.”-Chafee Emory

Tennessee: In Hixson, Nana’s Frozen Custard brick & mortar store shutdown, now for sale.  They’ve switched to a mobile truck frozen custard shop.  The award winning owners blamed the suck ass economy: “High fixed costs and lower revenue make the current business model unworkable. Our re-opening day sales were disappointing, down approximately 25% as compared to the same date last year.”

Texas: San Antonio based conservative Clear Channel radio killed more jobs.  This time at least 22 people let go.  The company is “aligning” itself to the realities of crashing advertising revenues.

Virginia: In Williamsburg, Hancock Fabrics shutdown.  Local news media said no reason was given.

Washington: In Georgetown, after only six years upscale Lost Boys men’s clothing store shutdown.  Kelly Muccio, the owner, would only say that she was made an offer she “couldn’t refuse”.

14 – 15 April 2014: “…pray for me, my family and my employees.” 

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 shut down.

“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

Business/Economics

Sears & Kmart closing update 16 July 2014: The “future” is store closures!

“Closing stores is going to be part of our future.  I’d rather do fewer closures rather than more, but the world has shifted.”-Eddie Lampert, Sears Holdings

Another 100+ jobs lost in Detroit, Michigan, come October!

200 jobs lost in Ohio as another Kmart shuts down!  The store will permanently close in early October.

A 48 years old Washington Kmart shutting down, this time in September.

Another Florida Kmart going down in October.

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).

Delaware: Dover Kmart (at least 72 jobs lost, some reports said 100), Seaford Sears (30 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), Laguna Hills Mall Sears, San Diego Mid-City Kmart (73 jobs lost), Hemet Kmart (77 jobs lost), Oakland Sears (jobs lost unknown),  Hesperia Kmart building sold at a loss to a vulture capitalist REIT.

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).

Connecticut: Waterbury Big Kmart.

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.

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), recently revealed Winter Haven Kmart (92 jobs lost).

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). No official announcement, but it’s painfully obvious the Chubbuck Pine Ridge Mall Sears going’ down. Or, maybe it’s preps for Shop within a Shop, or one of those domestic spy data storage centers? On 07 November 2013, GGP sold off the Pine Ridge Mall for a paltry $9 million USD. 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”.

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).

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?) recently 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). 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.

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).

Kansas: Lawrence Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Merriam Kmart-then Sears-then Kmart (jobs lost unknown).

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.

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

Maine: Lewiston Sears (60 to 70 jobs lost), Presque Isle Sears (80 jobs lost).

Maryland: Ellicott Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Gaithersburg Sears/Great Indoors, Landover Sears (115 jobs lost).

Massachusetts: North Reading Sears Hardware store closed, lease not renewed.

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, Flint Kmart (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), recently revealed Detroit’s Telegraph Road Kmart (115 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).

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).

Montana: Missoula Kmart (50 jobs lost).

Nebraska: Grand Island Kmart (55 jobs lost).

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

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

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

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).

North Dakota: Jamestown Kmart (45 jobs lost).

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), recently revealed Brooklyn Kmart (200 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).

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).

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 Kmart (jobs lost unknown, but the store was advertising for new hires!), Lower Pottsgrove Kmart (65 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).

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).

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’re reporting that the building has just been demolished), Orem Kmart (no details reported).

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).

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), recently revealed Everett Kmart (65 jobs lost).

West Virginia: Oak Hill Kmart (59 jobs lost), Morgantown Kmart (100 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 (no job loss info given).

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)

Fukushima

Fukushima-WIPP-Radiation update: Proof WIPP bigger than reported! More reasons to stay out of the sunlight! Terrorist attack in California! U.S. funding shutdown exposes 500-thousand people to radiation! Radioactive trucks on U.S. highways? More reasons to avoid Japanese cars!

16 July 2014 (00:22 UTC-07 Tango)/18 Ramadan 1435/25 Tir 1393/20 Xin-Wei 4712

Cars coming out of Japan are still radioactive, according to government officials in Russia and the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan.

This year Kyrgyzstan has impounded at least 70 cars from Japan, for being radioactive.  Russia has impounded 132 Japanese cars at the port of Vladivostok, since January this year!

Officials in Kyrgyzstan say Japan has refused to take back the contaminated cars.

In Japan, it’s been revealed that in August 2013 the ongoing nuclear disaster at the GE designed Fukushima Daiichi contaminated at least 14 rice fields outside the 20km (12.4 miles) evacuation zone!

An investigation by the Agriculture Ministry discovered the unreported contamination.  It happened when Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCo) removed a large section of the building housing damaged reactor Unit 3.  The rice fields were hit with danger levels of cesium.  Not only did the action spread radiation to rice fields outside the evacuation zone, but to five other sites in Minami-Soma City.

But here’s the kicker, the government investigation report was finalized in March but kept secret from the public!  Only now is it being reported to the public, thanks to investigative reporters at the Asahi Shimbun.  This news has problematic implications for TEPCo, as it shows that the attempts to clear away damaged structures at Fukushima Daiichi is actually spreading more radiation contamination.

Researchers in the U.S. and Germany discovered the highest levels of UV radiation ever to hit the Earth!  The Liberty Voice reported “The UV fluxes were recorded 1,500 miles from the equator in the Bolivian Andes near small villages and towns. The radiation levels are far above the ones that are often considered dangerous for terrestrial and aquatic life.

…..In December of 2003, they found that ultraviolet radiation levels were indexed at 43.3……a UV index of eight or nine….is intense enough to authorize protection. A UV index of 11 is usually considered extreme.”

According to Space Weather, the United States Obama regime temporarily cut funding for NASA’s Nowcast of Atmospheric Ionizing Radiation System (NAIRAS), shutting it down in 2013.  NAIRAS warned of solar flares, which not only affect electronic equipment, but subject airline passengers and crew to high doses of radiation!   According to Space Weather the temp shutdown of NAIRAS resulted in 500-thousand people exposed to high levels of solar radiation, and will result in at least four cancer deaths.

 

In Colorado U.S.A., a dump truck driver pulled over and called for help when he was notified he was hauling a load of radioactive material!  His load consisted of old water pipes.  The North Metro Fire department responded and determined the radiation levels were   within safe limits.

In California U.S.A., a U.S. Navy investigation has confirmed radiation contamination under about 300 homes built on the former grounds of the Treasure Island naval base.   However, San Francisco officials are trying to claim the levels are still within safe limits.   A lot of property development and REIT money is tied up in the Treasure island housing project.  The USN is investigating radiation contamination that could affect 1100 homes!

In Berkeley, city officials are trying to do what San Francisco officials failed to do: Put cancer warning labels on cell phones.   The decision will be made in September.  Of course the cell phone industry has already sent a warning letter to the city officials.

At University of California Riverside somebody attacked other students with radioactive Phosphorous 32 (used in medical testing, fertilizers and glow in the dark stuff).  The attack happened in April, and was part of a series of massive vandalism that hit the genomics building.  A student discovered the radiation contamination while using a geiger counter during a routine check: “Based on all of the suspicious incidents in the lab, I believe someone was trying to deliberately sabotage the research of the lab. Furthermore, I believe that someone deliberately exposed lab employees to radiation with the intent to cause them serious physical harm.”-Tricia Harding, UC Riverside police

Engineers at Oregon State University claim they have developed a small hand held radiation detector, that can tell you what type of isotope you’re dealing with and the intensity.  They claim that once mass production begins you should be able to buy it for about $150 USD.

In New Mexico U.S.A., the U.S. Department of Energy is still trying to figure out how to get evidence of what happened inside the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.  That’s because radiation levels are too high to allow humans to remain long enough to get good photographic evidence and a decent amount of small samples!

They tried to use a 27.4 meters (90 feet) long boom, but it wasn’t enough.  The latest plan is to link scaffolding together.   Obviously what happened at WIPP was bigger than what we’ve been told!

Business/Economics, Idaho

Some Economic Recovery? Sportsman’s Warehouse returns to Pocatello! More proof the evil Too Big to Jail banks are behind the economic disaster!

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Years after Gottschalks went bankrupt busted, a new tenant is moving into the vacant building in Pocatello, Idaho: Sportsman’s Warehouse.  Sportsman’s Warehouse is not new to Pocatello, but it is a victim of the Too Big to Jail banks.

Today the Sportsman's Warehouse signs went up on the abandoned Gottshalks location, ending months of rumors.

Today the Sportsman’s Warehouse signs went up on the abandoned Gottschalks location, ending months of rumors.

In 2006 Sportsman’s Warehouse opened a large store in the Pocatello Square area (which was created by forcing dozens of home owners out of what was once a residential area), it was part of a 23 store expansion.   By 2007 the company was expanding faster than it could handle, they needed a new inventory/distribution system, which was going to cost millions, so they turned to the Too Big to Jail banks for massive financing.   By 2009 those Too Big to Jail banks turned on Sportsman’s Warehouse and attempted suck back every penny loaned out:  “Within a period of three weeks, we lost $110 million in liquidity.  The way the banks took money away from us was incredible. It all happened so fast.”-Stuart Utgaard

Stu Utgaard, the now former owner of Sportsman’s Warehouse, even turned to a British empire operation for help, Canada’s United Farmers of Alberta.  But even they short changed Sportsman’s Warehouse.

The Canadian deal was supposed to invest $90-million USD, but for some reason they backed out after spending only $30-million.  The only option left was to close or sell off the 23 new stores and declare bankruptcy.  2300 U.S. employees became unemployed!

Utgaard himself went bankrupt.  No thanks to the Too Big to Jail banks, Utgaard reported a personal loss of $10-million! He also lost his job as senior executive.  At one point Utgaard faced charges for shooting off a shotgun in his home.  That’s a far cry from where he started in 1996, with one store.  He published a book about the whole fiasco called The Sportsman’s Warehouse Story.  At last report, Utgaard is running a successful olive oil business in Kentucky, and he thanks his true friends for believing in him: “When I came here, I literally had $20 in my pocket.  But some of my friends were still crazy enough to loan me money after I went bankrupt.”

Dick’s Sporting Goods now resides in the ‘old’ Sportsman’s Warehouse location.  The ‘new’ Sportsman’s Warehouse location might be smaller than the old location, but it’s probably more efficient.  Sportsman’s Warehouse is now a privately held company with their HQ in Midvale, Utah.

 

Business/Economics

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings 14 – 15 April 2014: “the…market…is fully saturated.” “…pray for me, my family and my employees.” ObamaCare more powerful than God as thousands more Christian healthcare workers become unemployed! Warren Buffet kills hundreds more U.S. jobs! More massive education cuts!

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns.

California:  Southern California Edison killed more Golden State jobs, this time 500 in-house employees and 500 contracted employees!  Utility company officials admitted to state officials that they hired way more employees than their revenues can support!  These job cuts are on top of the 600 jobs lost due to the shutdown of the San Onofre nuclear power plant!    In San Diego, 71 employees connected to the San Diego Opera losing their jobs.   Who said the internet is killing brick & mortar jobs?  In Roseville, caranything.com warned it must kill 99 jobs.

Connecticut: In New Canaan, after 21 years Forest Street Deli shutdown.  The deli owner blames the property owner, who sold the property out from under his feet!

Delaware: In Seaford, Sears shutting down in summer, 30 jobs lost.

Florida: Duval County Head Start more than 300 people will become unemployed by the end of May, due to loss of funding!  The education program is forced to rely on cheap contractors.   In Saint Augustine, after 36 years Pot Belly’s movie theater and model kit and toy car museum shutdown.  The owner said he needs to retire and nobody is worthy enough to take over the business: “The kids couldn’t handle all this. It’s just too much stuff. What do you do? Do you store it? I’ve got two sheds already full of it!”-Kenny Pierce

Georgia: In Atlanta, video game maker CCP laid off 56 employees.  They canceled their latest video game production because it wasn’t meeting their expectations.

Illinois:  Peoria School District 150 killing 200 jobs!  District officials blamed crashing funding from federal and state tax revenues, and even crashing local property tax revenues.   In other words, the economy sucks ass!

Kansas: In Lawrence, after 37 years Buffalo Bob’s Smokehouse shutdown: “…the restaurant market in Lawrence is fully saturated.”-Bob Schumm, founder

Kentucky: In Louisville, Jamba Juice shutdown, no reason given.  In Paducah, The Pasta House Italian Restaurant shut down without notice: “…I am unable to continue. Please pray for me, my family and my employees.”-statement posted to front door

Maine: Calais Regional Hospital announced they must kill an undisclosed number of jobs, and reduce the hours for 30% of remaining employees.   They blame Obama Care for reducing the number of people going to hospitals for help.

Michigan:  In Keego Harbor,  Jeremy Restaurant & Bar shutting down in May.  But this is a success story!  The owner said he made so much money that he is going to open an even bigger restaurant.

Minnesota: After only two years party supply store Little Green Balloon shutdown.

Missouri: In Saint Louis, a Schnuck Markets grocery store shutting down in May. Company officials said it wasn’t worth it to renew the lease, and they will try to find jobs for the 65 employees.

New York: Silicone and quartz producer Momentive Performance Materials now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  It’s blamed on the 2006 takeover by Apollo Management Group, which left Momentive with billions of dollars of debt. Too Big to Jail Citi Markets laying off 300 employees, according to a unnamed inside source.  In Syracuse, Rosewood Heights Health Center shutting down their nursing home by June, at least 25 jobs lost.  Obama Care drastically cuts government and insurance industry payments for inpatient care services.  What automotive industry recovery? In Owego, France based automotive electronics maker Asteelflash laid off 34 U.S. employees, blaming the bad economy.  In Brooklyn, after 52 years God refused to stop the shutdown of Bishop Ford Central Catholic High School.  School officials blamed it on a 75% drop in student enrollment!  In Amherst, Primary Financial Services warned they will shutdown their call center in July, 121 jobs lost!   Across New York, VNS CHOICE Community Care expanded its previously announced layoffs, an additional 100 healthcare workers to become unemployed in July!  In NYC, clothing retailer Juicy Couture announced they will kill an additional 26 jobs in June, due to sale of company.

North Carolina: God refuses to stop Obama Care from killing jobs at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.   The Winston Salem Journal says unnamed inside sources revealed as many as 1-thousand healthcare workers will become unemployed by the middle of 2015!  Unnamed sources say the job culling has already begun.  That’s on top of the 950 laid off by the middle of 2013!  It is blamed on Obama Care: “The medical center is deeply engaged in its annual budgeting process and is continuing to proactively address the challenge of declining reimbursement for health care services.”-official hospital statement

Ohio: In Mason, after 24 years Bob Evans Restaurant shutdown.  The corporation is remodeling all Bob Evans restaurants, but a survey of the Mason store revealed it was too old and too costly to remodel so they decided to shut it down.  Company officials claim they’ve found jobs for the 40 employees.

Pennsylvania: Concurrent Technologies Corporation announced more layoffs.  CTC laid off employees in 2013 and 2012 as well.  The company is undergoing radical restructuring.    Bethlehem Area School District eliminating 22 teacher positions, despite local tax increases.  Apparently Pennsylvania school districts cannot layoff employees due to economic reasons, so the district is blaming the ongoing trend of disappearing students.   District officials also pointed out that even at maximum local taxes they still won’t have enough money to pay all the bills.  In Pittsburgh, Wall Street wunderkind Warren Buffet killed more Heinz jobs.  775 people have been offered buyouts!  Reports say the offer is being made to other Heinz operations.  Local biased Pennsylvania news media failed to point out that Heinz is now co-owned by Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway.  They only mentioned Brazil’s 3G Capital.  Hey Pennsylvania news media, why didn’t you mention Warren Buffet’s involvement?  By the way, the June 2013 takeover of Heinz by 3G and Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway resulted in an instant killing of 600 U.S. and Canadian jobs, followed by the announcement of several food factory shutdowns and hundreds of more layoffs for the 1st quarter of 2014!

West Virginia:  In Nitro, legal drugs pusher Rite Aid shutting down their distribution center by November 2017.  200 jobs will be lost, with layoffs starting in July 2014!

Wisconsin: Delavan-Darien School District eliminated 18 positions, mainly teachers.  Obama Care is partly to blame, for jacking up health insurance premiums and forcing changes to retirement plans.

11 – 13 April 2014: “…I can’t do it anymore.” “We will not survive!” 

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 shut down.

“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

U.S.

U.S. Civil War Chicago, 12 – 13 July 2014: More dead & wounded, more proof it’s all about drug running!

Incomplete list:

1300 block of West Devon Avenue: 28 years old man waiting for a bus shot and killed by shooter who walked up behind him and shot him in the back.  Police don’t care, they call it a gang shooting even though they admit the victim might not be a gangbanger.  No arrest made.

6200 block of South Rockwell Street: A woman and her adult son shot by a man who was upset.  The woman was wounded, but her son died.  Police calling it a domestic violence case, even though they don’t know how the shooter is related and they haven’t made any arrest.

3600 block of West 15th Street: 16 years old boy shot and wounded in the leg.  The shooter simply walked up to the boy and started shooting.

4500 block of West 58th Street: 19 years old man shot and wounded by drive by shooter.

8700 block of South Escanaba Avenue: 19 years old man shot and wounded by three people, who fled in a pickup truck.

3800 block of West Fillmore Street: A man found gut shot.  Apparently there are no witnesses.

“….Chicago presents the ripest location to distribute drugs and contraband to almost every other market on the planet.

……In 1925, it was the Chicago Outfit. Today, it is the Gangsta Disciples, Four Corner Hustlers and Vice Lords.

In 1925, the crime was bootlegging. Today, the (primary) crime is drug dealing.

In 1925, Al Capone was making $100 million a year in profit. Today, the Sinaloa Cartel is believed to have imported and distributed over $6 billion dollars’ worth of narcotics through the Chicago area over a twenty year period.”-Kay S

Once again, shooting victims were not armed. You would think that if this was gang violence there would be gun battles, but until now there were no reports of gun battles. It’s as if the shooters are deliberately targeting unarmed people.

Police continue to insist most of the gun violence is caused by gang bangers, but have made few arrests. New anti-gun laws would not stop the shootings, because most guns used by gang bangers are already illegal!

“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, calls Chicagoland his homie town

Chicago, 07-11 July 2014

Business/Economics, International

BRICS to destroy U.S. dollar with new Global Bank! British empire connection! BRICS put all blame for World problems on United States!

15 July 2014 (13:14 UTC-07 Tango)/17 Ramadan 1435/24 Tir 1393/19 Xin-Wei 4712

At the start of the sixth meeting of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) the members agreed to the creation of their own world bank, currently being called the BRICS Development Bank ( officially called the New Development Bank or NDB).

Each BRICS member is contributing billions in cash to fund the new global bank ($50-billion initial capital, $100-billion in emergency reserve funds called the Contingent Reserve Arrangement), which will focus on loaning money to ‘developing’ countries.  The HQ will be in Shanghai and its first president will be from India.

The NDB will compete directly with the U.S. based Wold Bank and IMF.

Members of the BRICS said they were forced to create their own global bank because the United States “continued delay in progressing the IMF quota and governance reforms” and “does not solve its political problems.”

India and South Africa are still members of the British empire (aka commonwealth, officially called Commonwealth of Nations).

Germany, U.K. & Greece now part of Chinese “Strategic Partnership” 

Business/Economics, International

Greece joins China to destroy the U.S. dollar! Germany, U.K. & Greece now part of Chinese “Strategic Partnership”!

14 July 2014 (03:03 UTC-07 Tango)/16 Ramadan 1435/23 Tir 1393/18 Xin-Wei 4712

“Your tyranny I was part of is now cracking on every side.  And your own life is in danger, your empire is on fire!”-Gripped by Fear by Front 242, 1991

“The Chinese side will continue to support Greece on sovereign debt issues and efforts to promote economic recovery.  China is ready to share its development opportunities with Greece and further enhance the bilateral comprehensive strategic partnership.”-Xi Jinping, President of China

“The Greek side highly appreciates China’s achievements in its reform and opening-up, and believes that China will play an increasingly more important role in the world. Greece is firmly devoted to deepening bilateral comprehensive strategic partnership.”–Antonis Samaras, Prime Minister of Greece

Greek President Karolos Papoulias and Prime Minister Antonis Samaras have agreed to join China’s Strategic Partnership.   Greece joins United Kingdom and Germany in doing so.

Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Greek officials over the weekend, and is now on his way to South America to pitch China’s Strategic Partnership plan to Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela and Cuba.

Xi will also be attending the sixth annual meeting of the growing superpower known as BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa).

“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

Germany on witch hunt for U.S. spies!

“Total collapse” of U.S. GDP!

Business/Economics, Idaho

U.S. Job Losses & Store Closings 11 – 13 April 2014: “…I can’t do it anymore.” “We will not survive!” ObamaCare kills another hospital! No more Goodwill? Proof that being good at your job is a job killer! Mormon takeover attempt and federal investigation causing newspaper layoffs?

Incomplete list of publicly announced layoffs & shutdowns.

Arizona: In Phoenix, Pennsylvania based PaperWorks box maker shutting down.  The company is consolidating production.  100 jobs to be lost by the end of July!

California:  Too Big to Jail Bank of America killed more Golden State jobs, this time 358 people will be joining the ranks of the unemployed!  In McClellan AFB, taxsucker Servicelink killed 97 jobs.  In Sacramento, law firm Downey Brand laid off another 17 lawyers.  23 lawyers were laid off at the beginning of the year.  In Santa Monica, Universal Music Group announced it will be killing jobs at its east coast music operations.  At least 12 people already laid off.  In Milpitas, Lifescan killing more jobs, this time four people let go.  In Temecula, The Outdoor Channel laid off 45 employees.

Colorado: More layoffs in Fort Collins.  After only eight years Full Cycle Bikes shutdown.  The owners said that despite good sales they were forced to sell the property.

Idaho: Sandpoint based women’s clothing retailer Coldwater Creek now chapter 11 bankrupt busted and shutting down all 365 stores.  More than 1-thousand jobs will be lost across the U.S.!  Idaho will lose 490 of those jobs by June!

Kentucky:  In Dover, the last grocery store in town shutdown!  After more than 45 years Don’s Place (home to the Rock-n-Roll liars bench) closed for good.   The owner is going blind, and nobody wants to take over the business.

Louisiana: Taxsucker Textron Marine & Land Systems killing 128 jobs due to loss of U.S. Army contract.  Company officials are hoping they can win a new contract.

Maryland: Loyola University eliminated 37 jobs.  It’s blamed on declining revenue due to lack of students.

Michigan:  In Grand Rapids, charity thrift store Goodwill Industries shutting down.  It’s blamed on the bad economy which has not only killed off sales, but donations as well.  In Wyoming, after more than 35 years Gordy’s Market & Deli grocery store shutting down in May.   18 family-like employees now unemployed.  The owner blames the new Walmart that’s about to open down the street from his store.

Mississippi:  Pearl River County Hospital and Nursing Home laid off 19 employees and reduced the hours for all other employees.  County  hospital officials blamed it directly on financial problems created by Obama Care (Affordable Care Act).

Nebraska: For the people of the city of Tilden they will now have to travel 35km (22 miles) to the nearest hospital.  The Tilden Community Hospital shutdown because of gott damned Obama Care: “….we continually had to keep going back to the facts; the data. We will not survive! We won’t survive health care changes!”-Lon Knievel, hospital director

New York:  State officials shutting down four prisons this summer.  It’s blamed on crashing incarcerations, which should be viewed as a good thing, but 235 jobs could be lost!  The prison in Montgomery County has no inmates at all!  In NYC, after declaring that employees have successfully  met all “deadlines” Qatar based Al Jazeera America announced that their success will actually result in job elimination!  Company officials did not disclose how many U.S. citizens will lose their job, but said it’s been part of the plan from the beginning.  Massachusetts based law firm Nixon-Peabody laid off 38 employees in New York.   Across New York, VNS CHOICE Community Care warned that it will layoff 124 healthcare workers in July!

North Dakota: What oil industry boom? In Fargo, Bertrosa’s on Broadway restaurant shutdown with little notice.  The owner Derek Radke said “We’ve gone broke……I want nothing more than to keep doing this. But I can’t do it anymore.”

Utah: In Salt Lake City, the Salt Lake Tribune laid off eight employees and ended it’s religious Faith section (19 employees laid off last year).  The newspaper was originally a Mormon (LDS) paper known as the Mormon Tribune,  however it was started by Mormons who did not agree with church doctrine.   At the turn of the 20th century, in rebellion the Mormon owners secretly sold the newspaper to a Catholic senator.  In the 1950s a secret joint deal was made with the LDS church and its official Deseret News.   In 2002 employees rebelled by selling off exclusive info on a now famous kidnapping case.  Now, the LDS Deseret News is trying for a hostile takeover of the ‘independent’ newspaper.   The U.S. Department of Justice is now investigating.

Wisconsin:  What automotive industry recovery?  Taxsucking truck maker Oshkosh killing 760 jobs in June! They blame it on reduced military spending.  Oshkosh killed 900 jobs last year!

08 – 10 April 2014:  “I have no role, no power, no control, no nothing!” 

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 shut down.

“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