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U.S.

Exceptional Failed State: Like your ObamaCare? If you live in a Red State get ready to be killed off like so many Red State military veterans!

31 January 2014 (01:28 UTC-07 Tango)/29 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1435/11 Bahman 1392/01 Yi-Chou (1st month) 4712 (Happy New Year!)

“No veteran should have to fill out a 23 page claim to get care, or wait months, even years, to get an appointment at the VA.  When we fail to keep faith with our veterans, the bond between our nation and our nation’s heroes becomes frayed. When a veteran is denied care, we are all dishonored.”-Barack Obama, August 2007 campaign promise to veterans

So you liked Obama’s sick presentation of a veteran who served ten unprecedented tours of duty in the illegal War on Terror?  You need to ask why is that veteran getting medical care when so many others are not?

An exclusive CNN investigation has revealed that just from 2010 to 2011 at least 82 veterans died because their Obama regime VA medical care was refused or delayed.  That’s just the results from one year!

Veterans were often told by VA employees that “they had no control” over the timely dispensing of medical care.  Specifically the CNN investigation found that veterans showing signs of cancer were seemingly being targeted with delays, and at least 19 cancer victims died as a result.

The VA has actually been busy quietly settling lawsuits over the issue, out of court.  So first Obama spends your tax dollars on delaying veterans health care, then spends your tax dollars settling wrongful death lawsuits?

And why is it that the majority of those deaths were in the south eastern U.S., as were the majority of health care denials and refusals?  The Obama regime’s VA also refused or delayed health care to veterans in the state of Texas and in the Rocky Mountain region.  Apparently the Obama regime only likes veterans in the north east, traditional mid-western states and on the west coast.   Is this a covert Blue state versus Red state op?

“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.

Exceptional Failed State: Firefighters & cops watch & do nothing as man dies of heart attack right in front of a fire station!

31 January 2014 (01:02 UTC-07 Tango)/29 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1435/11 Bahman 1392/01 Yi-Chou (1st month) 4712 (Happy New Year!)

“Five individuals had access…nobody went over…”-Kenneth Lyons, Ambulance Union President, commenting on lack of response by firefighters

“This man served DC his entire life and he deserved better. I am very concerned and I am investigating this matter through my committee on Judiciary and Public Safety. We have made inquiries with both the Office of Unified Communication and Fire and Emergency Medical Services.”-Tommy Wells, DC Councilman

In Washington DC, a 77 years old man died of a heart attack right in front of a fire station, and his daughter.  It happened last week.  The man collapsed and his daughter, knowing there was a fire station right there, began asking for help, but none came.

Then passersby began demanding for help from the fire station, noting to local news media that the firefighters were just standing around.  One witness says a firefighter told him that they could do nothing until they were officially dispatched!

Washington DC cops showed up, but then refused to get near the man!  An ambulance finally showed up, but the man was pronounced dead at the hospital.

“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.

Martial Law U.S.A. 2014: Boston cops preparing to confiscate guns! Recruiting Christian leaders, says recent shootings are not “random”! Strict anti-gun laws not stopping gun crimes!

30 January 2014 (16:49 UTC-07 Tango)/28 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1435/10 Bahman 1392/30 Gui-Chou (12th month) 4711

“I’m going to suggest if you know where a gun is, you tell me, I’ll get rid of the gun no questions asked.”-Richard Conway, Saint Peter’s church in Dorchester, after meeting with NAZI Boston Strong cops

In Massachusetts, Boston Strong cops are now recruiting Christian leaders to convince Mr and Mrs America gun owners to turn them all in.  It’s being done under the guise of trying to stop a wave of shootings that police say are not “random”.

The apparently not so strong Boston cops claim they are after “illegal” guns.

So what is an illegal gun in Massachusetts?  Any gun bought without a permit!  Any gun owner who does not have a gun license is a law breaker!  Assault type weapons banned!  Magazines that can hold more than ten rounds banned!

Here’s an interesting ban; silencers are banned for civilian use, but cops can use them!  Why do cops need silencers?

Massachusetts’ gun laws are considered the most restrictive in the country, resembling the anti-gun laws of the European Union.  However, at the end of 2011 it was shown that the result of the anti-gun laws only increased gun crimes in the Bay State!

In 1998, then Governor Paul Cellucci stated that the new tough anti-gun laws “…will save lives and help fight crime in our communities.”  John Rosenthal of Stop Handgun Violence predicted it would “…prevent future gun violence…”  Big fail!

In 2011, the Boston Globe reported that murders by gun went from 65 in 1998 to 122 in 2011!  In fact all crimes involving guns went up!

But how are the Strong NAZIs of Boston going to deal with their ever increasing gun crimes?  Why they’re getting ready to go after everybody’s guns!

 

U.S.

Martial Law U.S.A. 2014: Obama regime takes down rebels in Hawaii?

30 January 2014 (16:17 UTC-07 Tango)/28 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1435/10 Bahman 1392/30 Gui-Chou (12th month) 4711

On 28 January 2014, a coalition of local cops and federal cops (including ATF) raided a home in Kailua, Hawaii.  They claim they stopped a dangerous group that was selling fully automatic machine guns and hand grenades.

However, according to local news media reports out of the half dozen people  arrested not one had any weapons on them!  People were arrested for various accusations from traffic violations to drug possession, but no weapons violations.

After searches of the home and vehicles no machine guns or grenades were found.  All “suspects” were then conveniently accused of drug possession.

Local news reports also said at least three other people had been arrested in the past two weeks, in connection to the investigation.  However, none had any machine guns or grenades on them.

Local and federal agencies told local news media that they’ve spent a lot of time and money tracking down this dangerous group of yet to be proven gun runners!

U.S.

Martial Law U.S.A. 2014: Obama regime orders cops to stop drivers who are gun owners, and take their guns!

30 January 2014 (13:17 UTC-07 Tango)/28 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1435/10 Bahman 1392/30 Gui-Chou (12th month) 4711

“…and he wants to put me in jail, he wants to put me in jail! For no reason! He wants to take my wife and children away and put me in jail! In America, how does such a thing happen? And after all that, he didn’t even write me a ticket!”-John Filippidis, citizen gun owner who was stopped by cops who somehow knew he was a gun owner

The National Rifle Association is calling for grass roots mobilization of gun owners after it’s been revealed that police are now targeting drivers because they are gun owners!

The incident involves a Maryland Transportation Authority Police puppet who not only asked a citizen for his driver’s license, proof of insurance and vehicle registration, but added “Where’s your gun?”

The driver was on his way back to Florida after visiting relatives in New Jersey.  He had his wife and daughters in the SUV with him.  He noticed a police vehicle (that was not marked as one, but you know they’re easy to spot) was following him, then would pull in front of him and then pulled behind him again, for more than ten minutes, before pulling him over.

The evil anti-Constitution cop said “You own a gun, where is it?”  The driver insisted that the only gun he owned was back home in Florida!  The driver’s wife was questioned and like a dumb wife said she didn’t know where her husband kept the gun, but added it could be anywhere.  Because of that answer the cops declared the man a “liar” and had the SUV searched.  No gun found!

After more than an hour the family was allowed to drive on. If background checks used to buy a gun are not used as a gun registration, then how did the cops know the man, who apparently has no criminal record, was a gun owner, and why did they try to confiscate it?

 

U.S.

Martial Law U.S.A. 2014: Obama regime shuts down entire New Mexico police department because they openly support the Constitution!

30 January 2014 (12:52 UTC-07 Tango)/28 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1435/10 Bahman 1392/30 Gui-Chou (12th month) 4711

The TSA has detained Jemez Springs, New Mexico, Police Chief Shane Harger because he signed a pledge to uphold the 2nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution!  He is now on administrative leave and is being ordered to disband the entire Jemez Springs police department!

The Transportation Security Administration ambushed Police boss Harger as he returned from the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA) convention in Nevada.  The next day Sandoval County Sheriff, Douglas C. Wood, ordered Harger to fire all the cops in the city of Jemez Springs!

The town has a population of only 252 people!

Harger was ambushed at an airport.  The Obama regime TSA agents insisted to Hager that he was “a person of interest” and detained him for more than 30 minutes.  Apparently any cop who is a member of CSPOA is now a “person of interest” to the Obama regime.

“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.

Exceptional Failed State: The Hell of ObamaCare Lies! People paying for ObamCare insurance yet to actually pay for it!

30 January 2014 (10:46 UTC-07 Tango)/28 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1435/10 Bahman 1392/30 Gui-Chou (12th month) 4711

CNN has polled insurance companies across the United States: Only one in five people who have to pay for Obama Care insurance have actually paid.

CNN is calling those who have failed to make their first Obama Care payment “ObamaCare Deadbeats”!

This means (by CNNs estimation) that at least 70-thousand people who signed up for insurance (that they have to pay for up front) through Obama Care will now be dropped, or at least be refused when they seek health care.

Also, it turns out that if you’re paying for your Obama Care insurance you have only ten days to make the payment from the time you get the bill!

Officials in Nebraska and Iowa said at least 18% of people who have to pay for their Obama Care insurance failed to make the deadline for the first payment.

“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.

False Flag Martial Law Event: Terrorists to nuke Super Bowl, or is it to be nuked by renegade USAF ICBM operators?

30 January 2014 (10:28 UTC-07 Tango)/28 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1435/10 Bahman 1392/30 Gui-Chou (12th month) 4711

The number of U.S. Air force officers accused in the nuclear missile scandal has just more than doubled, from 34 officers to 92, and more are expected to be implicated.

The scandal involves Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana.

The Obama regime’s USAF Pentagon officials claim the entire officer staff in charge of launching Minuteman 3 ICBMs cheated on proficiency tests and/or failed to report it.  Yeah right!

It’s interesting that the USAF nuke scandal is gaining momentum prior to the 02 February Super Bowl, and that the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), and the New Jersey’s Office of Emergency Management took airborne radiation background samples around New York and New Jersey (specifically for the Super Bowl according to New Jersey State Police).

Business/Economics

Exceptional Failed State: Sears to kill 600+ more jobs!

30 January 2014 (09:57 UTC-07 Tango)/28 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1435/10 Bahman 1392/30 Gui-Chou (12th month) 4711

A Kmart in Missouri will close by April.  Reports that the Kmart at the FairOaks Mall in Indiana to close down.

Sears Canada has announced that an additional 624 jobs are being killed, this is on top of the 16-hundred call center cuts announced a few weeks ago, and on top of the 800 job cuts announced back in November!  Sears Holdings controls 51% of Sears Canada.

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).

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 (at least 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.

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).

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).

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).

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

Vacant bedroom/bathroom section.

One corner of the half vacant Chubbuck, Idaho, Sears. No official closing announcement was made.

Idaho: Lewiston Sears (at least 60 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.

Ever since the Kmart bankruptcy, this pad site for sale sign has been seen in the Pocatello, Idaho, Big Kmart parking lot. The Kmart is the only building on the lot.

Ever since the Kmart bankruptcy, this pad site for sale sign has been seen in the Pocatello, Idaho, Big Kmart parking lot. The Kmart is the only building on the lot.

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), recently revealed FairOaks Mall Kmart.

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),  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).  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).

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).

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).

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).

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), recently revealed Ellisville Kmart (55 jobs lost).

Montana: Missoula Kmart (50 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).

New Mexico: Las Cruces Kmart (58 jobs lost).

New York: Depew (Lancaster?) Kmart (68 jobs lost), Colonie Kmart (72 jobs lost),  Fulton Kmart (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).

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).   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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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:  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.

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).

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).

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)

Business/Economics, Idaho, U.S.

Exceptional Failed State: The Hell of ObamaCare Lies! Secret court documents reveal plan by Idaho hospital and Blue Cross to jack up costs by 60%! Reveals Idaho insurance payments higher than national average!

30 January 2014 (09:22 UTC-07 Tango)/28 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1435/10 Bahman 1392/30 Gui-Chou (12th month) 4711

“By 2012, Saint Luke’s had three of the top five highest paid hospitals, and its top hospital was receiving reimbursements 21% higher than the average Idaho hospital.”-statement made during secret federal court trial

A federal judge ruled that Boise’s Saint Luke’s Regional Medical Center violated antitrust laws when it took over the Nampa’s Saltzer Medical Group.  On top of that, the now public court documents show the takeover was part of a sinister plan by the ‘Christian’ Saint Luke’s to jack up health care costs by as much as 60%!

The scam was revealed by a lawsuit filed against Saint Luke’s by Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, and the Federal Trade Commission.

The secret trial revealed that Saint Luke’s had been advised by consultants (from health insurance company Blue Cross) that if they killed off Saltzer Medical Group, thereby forcing many Idahoans in the area to go to Saint Luke’s, they could increase their billing rates.

The trial was kept secret at the request of Saint Luke’s and Blue Cross.  Both Saint Luke’s and Blue Cross begged the court keep the details of the trial secret once the trial concluded, but U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill ignored that request and “unsealed” the court documents!

The trial also revealed that for some reason Blue Cross pays Idaho hospitals and doctors much more than the national average: “Across the United States, the average commercial insurance plan pays about 120% of what Medicare pays. For overnight hospital stays in Idaho, (Blue Cross) pays between 150% to 200% more than Medicare pays. For outpatient hospital services, (Blue Cross) pays 300% more than Medicare. For routine office visits, (Blue Cross) pays 140% more than other commercial plans.”

Blue Cross and Saint Luke’s have appealed the ruling.

“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