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Business/Economics, U.S.

Exceptional Failed State: Former mainstreamer news man gets screwed by Obama Care! Obama digs his Lie Hole even deeper!

08 November 2013 (14:13 UTC-07 Tango)/04 Muharram 1434/17 Aban 1391/06 Gui-Hai (10th month) 4711

“I bought a catastrophic health policy for $170/mo when I left MSNBC. Obamacare cancelled the policy. New rate $600/mo. Thnx Mr. President!”-Dylan Ratigan, twitter posting by former MSNBC host

“I am sorry that they are finding themselves in this situation based on assurances they got from me.”-Barack Obama, 07 November 2013 interview with NBC

“Now, if you have or had one of these plans before the Affordable Care Act came into law and you really liked that plan, what we said was you can keep it if it hasn’t changed since the law passed.”-Barack Obama, 04 November 2013 speech to his NAZI organization known as OFA

“I think it’s time to give you, the American people, more control over your health.”-Barack Obama, 19 March 2010 Fairfax, Virginia

“If you like your current insurance, you keep that insurance. Period, end of story.”-Barack Obama, 18 July 2009 Presidential address to the country

“….we will keep this promise to the American people: If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor, period. If you like your health care plan, you’ll be able to keep your health care plan, period. No one will take it away, no matter what.”-Barack Obama, 15 June 2009 speech made to AMA

“If you like your health care plan, you’ll be able to keep your health care plan.”-Barack Obama, 11 June 2009 Green Bay, Wisconsin

“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

employers…using Obama Care as excuse to cut employee hours and benefits 

Business/Economics, Idaho, U.S.

Exceptional Failed State: Kroger joins other employers in using Obama Care as excuse to cut employee hours and benefits, including at Fred Meyer in Idaho & Washington!

08 November 2013 (03:14 UTC-07 Tango)/04 Muharram 1434/17 Aban 1391/06 Gui-Hai (10th month) 4711

“The reason why the employers are doing this is it’s a big money grab!”-Tom Geiger, UFCW Local 21 in Washington

“I started working in the grocery business over 40 years ago. The proposals we saw this time from employers were some of the worst I’ve ever seen. They tried to turn us into Walmart!”-Dave Schmitz, President of UFCW Local 21

I know of at least one Boise area Fred Meyer that has drastically cut their employee hours, below 24 hours per week.  An employee there told me the cuts were unexpected, her hours were cut to 16 per week and she lost her Fred Meyer health insurance.  (Idaho is a Right to Work you over anti-union state) This was in mid-October.  It turns out the insurance was actually cut before then.  She had nine cavities filled and when the dentist filed the insurance claim they were told by the insurance provider that the policy had been canceled on 30 September!

She told me the majority of the employees at the Boise area Fred Meyer, where she works, are scheduled for only 20 hours per week.  There are three Fred Meyers in Boise.

Back in October a Fox.news report stated that as many as 30-thousand grocery store workers were preparing to go on strike in Washington state.  This was because they learned their employers were about to slash and burn their hours and benefits, to take advantage of Obama Care.  The report named Kroger Company’s Fred Meyer and QFC as some of those companies preparing to rip off their employees.   Albertsons and Safeway were also mentioned.

Kroger Company is a massive operation based in Ohio, and includes Baker’s, City Market, Dillons, Food 4 Less, Foods Company, Fred Meyer, Fry’s, Gerbes, Harris Teeter, Jay C, King Soopers, Kroger, Owen’s, Pay Less Super Markets, QFC, Ralph’s, Ruler Foods, Scott’s, Smith’s and numerous jewelry stores, dairy operations, bakeries, delis and meat plants all across the United States.

Obama Care (aka Affordable Care Act, aka Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) allows companies to cancel health benefits for any employee working less than 30 hours per week.

Lie: A lie is a false statement made by a person or group who knows it is not the whole truth, intentionally, such as Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

I’ve seen many mainstreamer pro-Obama Care articles outright calling reports of cuts to employee hours and health benefits lies.  Investors.com has been updating a list of U.S. corporations and school districts that have announced they will cut hours and benefits because of Obama Care, so who’s the real liars?  As of 05 November 2013, the Investors.com list now includes up to 363 U.S. corporations and school districts, click here to read it and weep.

In June 2013, Reuters revealed that the major non-governmental employer of the U.S., Walmart, was intentionally cutting employee health benefits because of Obama Care: “Full-time people are getting slimmer and slimmer.”-unnamed Walmart manager in north Carolina

“Everybody who comes through the door I hire as a temporary associate.  It’s a company direction at the present time.”-unnamed Walmart manager in Alaska

Things are so bad for Obama Care that the Obama regime, and its supporters, are spending millions of dollars to bribe mainstreamer news media to report only good things about Obama Care: “Families USA has received a $1 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which it will use to collect and distribute to the media personal stories of those who have benefited from the new health insurance exchange….”-Time, 25 October 2013

And how’s this for audaciousness; Obama Care was touted as helping low income people get healthcare, but now the Obama regime is asking those same people to donate their precious little money to promote Obama Care: “President Obama’s political arm, Organizing for Action, is using the uproar over the failed Obamacare website to raise money…..A link takes the email recipient….to what appears to be the real business at hand: a new page with a solicitation for $15-$1,000 or some ‘other amount.’….OFA plans to spend ‘the next five months’ promoting Obamacare and ‘making sure people have the facts.'”-White House Dossier, 29 October 2013

“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

Idaho & other states beat out Obama Care

More Obama Care job loses!

Obama Care creates crisis for Idaho!

More health care cuts blamed on the Federales!

One million U.S. citizens lose their health insurance because of Obama Care! 

Obama Care a false flag op to destroy you!

Obama Care NAZI operatives deploying

HHS official avoids explaining why Obama Care website crashed 

Idaho joins Obama Care insurance exchange corruption! 

“Navigator” has warrant for her arrest!

Business/Economics, Idaho, U.S.

More Economic Decline: East Idaho’s Pine Ridge Mall, in Chubbuck, sells for paltry $9 million!

07 November 2013 (12:40 UTC-07 Tango)/03 Muharram 1434/16 Aban 1391/05 Gui-Hai (10th month) 4711

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Pine Ridge quietly put up to be auctioned off in November! Merry Xmas! 

Business/Economics, U.S.

Exceptional Failed State: Kmart shoots self in foot with T-day sales! Kmart to become rent to own business? More stores being shut down! Targets of false flag terrorists?

 07 November 2013 (11:17 UTC-07 Tango)/03 Muharram 1434/16 Aban 1391/05 Gui-Hai (10th month) 4711

On 06 November, Sears Holdings announced they will sell off even more U.S. and Canadian stores (at least five Canadian stores to close) into 2014.   Investors initially liked the news sending Sears Holdings stock prices up 12% (before backing back down), despite the fact that many investor analysts continue to repeat the mantras “Avoid Sears” & “Get Out Now”.

Sears is also closing a distribution center in Regina, Saskatchewan Canada.  276 jobs lost.

Sears Holdings also announced it is considering spinning off Land’s End and Sears Auto Center, as stand alone operations.

According to reports out of Massachusetts, Kmarts across the United States are being hit with bomb threats.  So far none have proven to be legit.   Apparently on 01 November, at least three Kmarts in Massachusetts were hit with bomb threats.  Anybody see the mainstream news report this?

We can’t blame the bomb threats on Kmart’s plan to open Thanksgiving Day morning.  That announcement came after said bomb threats.  Customers and employees have expressed outrage over the T-Day plan.  Here’s job killer Kmart’s response to complaints: “Kmart is staffing w/teams & seasonal associates when possible, giving them opportunity to make extra money during holiday.”-Jennifer Brazen, Kmart twitter posting

Sears Holdings officials announced they will start a lease to own program through Kmart.  People who can’t afford to pay up front, or don’t have credit cards, can rent to own expensive merchandise.  It’s a sign of the bad economy.

The Eastwood Kmart, in Birmingham, Alabama, closing before Xmas.

In Raleigh, South Carolina, the Kmart on Fayetteville Road will close before Xmas.

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), recently revealed Birmingham Eastwood Kmart (70 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).

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).

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).

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 Sears going’ down. Or, maybe it’s preps for Shop within a Shop, or one of those domestic spy data storage centers?

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).

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).  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).

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!).

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.

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).

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).

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).

Montana: Missoula Kmart (50 jobs lost).

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

North Carolina: 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, recently revealed Raleigh Kmart (88 jobs lost).

North Dakota: Jamestown Kmart (45 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).

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).   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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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)

Idaho, U.S.

Exceptional Failed State: Obama Bush intentionally destroying U.S. military! Led by Night Stalker!

06 November 2013 (16:42 UTC-07 Tango)/02 Muharram 1434/15 Aban 1391/04 Gui-Hai (10th month) 4711

“Resentment is so high that some members have reportedly considered trying to ‘take out the President’ and stage a coup.  Something deadly dangerous is happening in America.”-theTrumpet.com

“…the U.S. Armed Forces have been under relentless attack by the occupant of the Oval Office for five years.”-retired U.S. Navy Captain Joseph John to WND (formerly WorldNetDaily)

“…intentionally weakening and gutting our military, Pentagon and reducing us as a superpower, and anyone in the ranks who disagrees or speaks out is being purged.”-retired U.S. Army Major General Paul E. Vallely to WND

“…the Obama administration apparently on a mission to undermine the integrity of the military……it has also revealed itself to be entirely intolerant of dissent of any kind. Whether it is reporters or domestic opposition groups such as the Tea Party, Obama has made clear he will aggressively pursue anyone who defies his agenda. Now it seems that chilling message his been sent to the military as well.”–Canada Free Press

“The Obama administration, which has fired no one over scandals such as its Fast and Furious Mexican gun-running operation, its criminal negligence in the terrorist attack on our Benghazi diplomatic mission, or the use of the IRS to target and intimidate political foes, seems to have a curious obsession lately about ethics and competence in the U.S. military.”–Investor’s Business Daily

But who’s the mastermind behind this?

“She [Valerie Jarrett] seems to have her tentacles into every issue and every topic…her name ultimately always comes up.”-Congressman Jason Chaffetz, from Utah, to Laura Ingraham

“Jarrett is reportedly called ‘the Night Stalker’ due to her high access that allows her to go to the first family’s private residence well past the time when others are allowed in.”–The Daily Mail

The purging began under the Bush Jr regime.  I was ‘purged’ from the Idaho Army National Guard in November 2003.  Officially the discharge papers (and RE code) say it was because I was physically unfit for duty, despite the fact I had the third highest APFT score in my unit that year!  I believe I was really ‘purged’ because I criticized the Bush Jr administration one time too many about their new War on Terror (once while in formation as acting platoon sergeant).  Within just a few months of my criticisms of the Bush Jr regime I was demoted to E-5 and told not to bother trying to re-enlist when my enlistment expired in November 2003.  For about six months I did try to get re-enlisted, I was literally passed from unit retention NCO to recruiter after recruiter.  Finally, a recruiter in Pocatello told me, literally, “You don’t need to keep calling us.  If we have a need for you we will call you.”  

A couple months after being told that I received my official Honorable discharge documents, and discovered I had been flagged for being unfit.

The Idaho National Guard has deployed numerous times to Iraq and Afghanistan.  I have multiple combat MOSes, I’ve lived in the Middle East, and I wasn’t needed?  I don’t agree with the Bush-Clinton-Bush-Obama dynasty, but there is a kind-o-brotherhood among military personnel that transcends whatever is the political climate of their country, and I felt guilty for not being able to deploy with my former unit (although I know there are some who were glad to see me ‘purged’).

The purge has been ongoing since 11 September 2001, Obama is just accelerating it!

“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

International

New World Order: If your not an elite, you’re a “goblin” to be destroyed!

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“The descendants of the genetic upper class would be tall, slim, healthy, attractive, intelligent, and creative and a far cry from the ‘underclass’ humans who would have evolved into dim-witted, ugly, squat goblin-like creatures.“–BBC, 17 October 2006

Business/Economics, U.S.

Exceptional Failed State: Too Big to Jail JP Morgan Chase ends private student loans, says it ain’t worth it!

06 November 2013 (12:56 UTC-07 Tango)/02 Muharram 1434/15 Aban 1391/04 Gui-Hai (10th month) 4711

Reuters reporting that JP Morgan Chase will make its last student loan disbursement in March 2014.  The Too Big to Jail bank says U.S. student loans are a losing proposition, because of declining enrollments and the fact that many college graduates can’t find jobs that pay enough to repay the loans: “We just don’t see this as a market that we can significantly grow.”-Thasunda Duckett, JP Morgan Chase

However, Reuters pointed out that JP Morgan Chase is bleeding out cash: “JPMorgan’s portfolio has been shrinking by roughly $1 billion to $2 billion a year….”

In other words the real reason for JP Morgan Chase getting out of the student loan business is they are broke!

Other banks have seen their student loan issues decline, according to Reuters the federal government now issues 93% of student loans.

“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

International, U.S.

Exceptional Failed State: Hagel admits U.S. is broke, asks Trilateral Commission allies to take on burden of War on Terror! Cuts in military pay & benefits are a given! War on Terror was in vain!

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“Coming out of more than a decade of war and budget growth, there is a clear opportunity and need to reform and reshape our entire defense enterprise.”-Chuck Hagel, U.S. Secertary of Defense, 05 November 2013, admitting in a round-a-bout way that the U.S. military is broke

War monger Hagel gave a speech at the war mongering Center for International and Strategic Studies.

“In some cases we will make a shift, for example, by prioritizing a smaller, modern and capable military over a larger force with older equipment.”

Isn’t that what the Russians did after the fall of the Soviet Union?

Hagel also warned that cuts to pay and benefits (welcome to Obama Care boys & girls!) are needed to prevent the Department of Defense (DoD) from becoming a “…well-compensated, but poorly trained and equipped…” military force.

The Japanese news media is reporting that Hagel is planning to officially ask Japan to prepare to take over some U.S. military ops.  Japan news media also says the U.S. will now focus the spending of precious little tax dollars on helping Trilateral Commission allies expand their military might.

Hagel admitted the War on Terror was a wasted effort and that in the future the U.S. military “….must be used wisely, precisely, and judiciously.”  Basically he said all the military deaths and life long disabilities, up to this point, were in vain!

The DoD is supposed to cut $500-billion in spending in the next ten years.  That’s on top of an already initiated $487-billion in cuts!  If this isn’t proof the U.S. is broke….

“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

Trilateral Commission member, Japan, to create new Homeland Security office! 

Japan enters U.S. data collection/spying market!

The Trilateral Commission was founded by David Rockefeller in 1973.  The official goal is to foster economic and political co-operation between Japan, North American countries and European countries (notice these are the regions that are currently in big economic trouble).

In 2000, the Japan membership was expanded to include many other Asian countries, and is now called the Pacific Asia Group.

In April 2013, Japan became a member of NATO (which has become the Trilateral Commission’s military unit): “…..You might ask why the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization should come to the Pacific region.  The answer is very simple.  Today’s NATO is a new NATO.  It’s a NATO with a global perspective.  It’s a NATO with global partners.  And Japan is our longest-standing global partner…..NATO and Japan are like-minded……we can help the United Nations and the international community to reinforce the rules-based international system……we need common approaches and responses…….To confront global threats such as terrorism, cyber attacks, and proliferation…..And I am delighted that later today, Prime Minister Abe and I will sign a Joint Political Declaration to guide our future work.”-Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO Secretary General, from statement made on the morning of 15 April 2013, Japan National Press Club

International, Technology

One Japanese agency accuses another agency of making it unprecedentedly easy for terrorists to get nukes!

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The Japanese Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA) is accusing the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) of violating anti-terror laws, regarding the protection of nuclear material.

The JAEA runs the fast breeder Monju reactor: “The violations included the lack of background checks on visitors to Monju, and the lack of regular inspections over the past 3 years of a device that records vehicle and personnel entry into the compound……members of the Nuclear Regulation Authority said that such neglect at a plutonium handling facility is unprecedented.“-Nippon Housou Kyoukai/Japan Broadcasting Corporation

The NRA says the lax nuke reactor security is inherent in the way the JAEA is organized.

International, U.S.

World War 3, Asian Front-Afghanistan, 16-18 October 2013: More rip offs for U.S. taxpayers! Red Coats admit to intimidation patrols! Diggers use Israeli tactics to kill children! Qur’ans being rigged as bombs?

Baghlan Province:  A vehicle full of “public order police” ran over a landmine.  At least three cops killed, two wounded.

Helmand Province: A British empire inquiry into the deaths of six Red Coats last year revealed they had been sent out on patrol simply to intimidate Afghans.  The Major who ordered the men on the patrol stated to the inquest that he ordered the patrol to keep Afghans on their “back foot”.  The men were in a Warrior APC, which drove over an anti-tank landmine which was so powerful it ignited all the ammo in the armored vehicle, killing everybody on board.  It turns out the decades old Warrior has some serious problems, and the inquest discovered they have not been fixed: “Two thirds of the army’s Warrior armoured vehicles in Afghanistan still have not had crucial safety improvements made to them 18 months after six British soldiers were killed when theirs was turned into a fireball by a huge bomb…..The Warriors, one of the workhorses of the British army, are to be fitted with a upgraded fuel tank not so liable to burst but so far only eight have undergone the fix with another 21 still waiting for the work to be carried out.”-The Guardian, 17 October 2013

Kabul Province: Kabul City, Germany closed its embassy for security reasons. German intelligence agents warned of an attack. No further info given.  Shortly after it was confirmed that the German embassy was closed an explosion and then gunfire erupted.  Afghan government officials said a suicide bomber and a group of Mujahideen attacked a military convoy in the city’s 9th District.  The 9th District (aka Green Village) is home to many foreign government personnel.

Kandahar Province: In Ghorak District, a U.S.-NATO airstrike killed at least 11 people.  Local government officials say they called in the airstrike to stop a major Mujahideen offensive.

Logar Province: Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security (NDS) says that the governor, assassinated in a Mosque days prior, was killed by an exploding Qur’an.  The Qur’an bomb was in the Mosque near the governor, who was killed instantly, at least 20 people wounded.  However, a local Mujahideen group is taking credit for the assassination and says they placed the explosives under a stage in the Mosque.

Parwan Province: Yet another suicide attack on a U.S. convoy out of Bagram airbase.  A man tried to ram his bomb laden motorcycle into the convoy.  Government reports say only the suicide bomber was killed.

Uruzgan Province:  An investigation says Australian Special Forces Diggers were behind an Israeli style home invasion, back in September, that left a man and his six years old son dead.  It took place in Tarinkot City.  Diggers claim they had info that the house was a terrorist hideout.  Investigators say the Diggers didn’t just burst into the home, they came in with their automatic weapons blazing away.  The father and son killed as they lay in their beds.  It’s not the first time Diggers have been accused of targeting children. The evil British empire Aussie Defence Force issued this hypocritical statement: “The ADF takes all reasonable steps to ensure its operations do not put the lives of civilians and non-combatants in jeopardy. Deployed ADF personnel operate under strict rules of engagement designed to minimize the risk to civilians.”

After more than a decade of occupation, and hearing U.S. government leaders claiming to have al Qaeda or Taliban “on the run” or “decimated”, a new report says the U.S. government simply replaced Taliban with warlords.  Those warlords are now running for Afghan president and preparing for another civil war.

The U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has revealed an age old problem that rips off taxpayers by at least $230-million USD; spare parts orders.  And that dollar amount is just relating to operations in Afghanistan.  The problem was rampant when I was a Cold War soldier and airman.  The main cause is officers ordering repair parts before seeing if they already have the parts on hand.  I also saw this being done by government contractors on military bases.  There are huge warehouses filled with spare parts, yet despite that new parts are constantly being ordered.  The other problem is that parts suppliers are still ripping off the U.S. Department of Defense (just as they were during the Cold War).  As an example, investigators found a wheel for an aircraft ramp, worth no more than $7, was being sold to the military for $1678!  Other examples include stocking of parts for equipment that is out of date, or no longer used.

The U.S. military is preparing to get out of Kyrgyzstan.  The U.S. has been ordered by the Kyrgyz government to get out by July 2014.  The U.S. will now use Forward Operating Site Mihail Kogalniceanu, in eastern Romania, as its air logistics hub for Afghanistan.

In Ireland, people protested at the Shannon airport, which was used to rendition Afghans by the U.S. military.  The peaceful demonstrators were protesting the 12 years of U.S. occupation of Afghanistan.  Several people were arrested, for taking pics of aircraft, which according to The Centre for Research on Globalization is not a crime.  The U.S. military still uses Shannon airport.

In India occupied Kashmir, a local government official revealed the future of Afghanistan; it means a return to power of the Mujahideen: “We want them to support us diplomatically on the international level, they should raise their concerns for Kashmir after they [Taliban] become successful in forming government in Afghanistan.”-Syed Ali Geelani, Hurriyat (G) chairman