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International, U.S.

Exceptional Failed State: Obama caught in lie, again! Germany says Obama & Bush fully aware of NSA ops! Bush says Germany “with the terrorists”!

28 October 2013 (22:54 UTC-07 Tango 27 October 2013)/23 Dhu’l-Hijja 1434/06 Aban 1391/24 Ren-Xu (9th month) 4711

“The President assured the Chancellor that the United States is not monitoring and will not monitor the communications of the Chancellor.”-Jay Carney, propaganda secretary for Obama regime

The German newspaper, Bild am Sonntag (Tableau on Sunday), reports that the Obama regime has been fully aware of spying on allies, at least since 2010.  But that’s not all.  A magazine, Mirrior (Spiegel), says the spying on Angela Merkel goes all the way back to the Bush Jr regime, to before the U.S invasion of Iraq.

The Bush Jr regime started spying on Germany because they felt Germany was no longer “with us” as at that time incumbent SPD Chancellor Gerhard Schröder refused to support an invasion of Iraq!  This means Germany has been on the U.S. police state’s War on Terror shit list for the past 11 years.

To prove the point that the Obama regime were part of the spying, German newspapers reporting that the NSA, under Obama’s orders, sent a special unit called F6 Special Collection Service.  Agents used the 4th floor of the U.S. embassy in Berlin, and were in place in time for Obama’s June 2013 visit.

German newspapers are not just using info from Edward Snowden, but claim to be getting info from current “top level NSA insiders”.

I’m surprised Germany thought of the U.S. as a friend, after all, Germany has been occupied by thousands of U.S. military personnel for the past 67 years!  What kind-o-friend is that?

Business/Economics, U.S.

Exceptional Failed State: 600% property tax rate increase! Property developers to blame! Media playing Red Herring game!

27 October 2013 (13:08 UTC-07 Tango)/22 Dhu’l-Hijja 1434/05 Aban 1391/23 Ren-Xu (9th month) 4711

“All these years of getting nothing, then all of a sudden, they want to lay this tax on your back and still not give you nothing! For the last three years, we’ve been paying $128 a year for garbage collection. I don’t even have my green garbage can. Where’s my can? You can call 911, but nobody gonna squeal up to your front door, so forget it.”-Cornelia Bailey, 9th generation resident

In Georgia, U.S.A., the McIntosh County commissioners have reappraised property values on the island of Sapelo.  Some property owners, who can trace their roots back to pre-War Between the States, are facing a 600% increase in taxes as a result!

The county officials ordered a property value reassessment back in January.  The move by county officials could be a way to push out residents so the property can be sold to developers.  Starting in 2010, property owners have been pushed to sell their land to developers.  The large amounts of money that some homes have sold for are what county commissioners are using to justify their huge home value adjustments.

Before developers became interested in the island, homes were only worth an average of $10-thousand USD.  But in the past two years developers have been paying more than $100-thousand for the homes.

The main streamer U.S. news media is making this story sound like a cultural/descendant of former slaves issue, but that’s a red herring.  What this is, is another way that U.S. home owners can have their homes taken away from them, even if they’re paid for.

Sapelo Island can be accessed by boat or plane only.  Most of it is owned by the state.

International, U.S.

World War 3, Asian Front-Afghanistan, 10-12 October 2013: World Bank reverses optimistic outlook for Afghanistan! Mujahideen capture major ISAF base! U.S. forces kidnap prisoner from Afghan forces! Skateboarder blows up convoy! Clothes are now considered weapons!

Daykundi Province: Afghan government forces and U.S.-ISAF forces launched an offensive to take back a base in the Kajran and Baghran area.  They admitted Mujahideen kicked their asses five days ago and captured the ISAF base.  ISAF claims they killed 26 Mujahideen and wounded 34 during the retaking of the base.

Farah Province: In Bala Baluk District, people in Kerani region took to throwing rocks at U.S. military convoys that pass through their village.  The villagers say they are tired of U.S. led Israeli style night time home invasions.  In Bakwa District, U.S. led  forces conducted an Israeli style home invasion.  Four teenaged males and five white beard elders were kidnapped.

Helmand Province: In Nawzad District, reports that Georgian-ISAF  personnel abandoned their FOB in Garma Karez area.

Kandahar Province: In Zhari District, villagers in the Anarak area of Sanzari region report a U.S. led Israeli style home invasion that killed a father and his two sons.   Stars and Stripes sheds some light on how Mujahideen kicked the asses of a U.S. Army Ranger unit several days ago.  A female suicide bomber blew herself up as Rangers were about to conduct an Israeli style home invasion, also in Zhari District.  The unit was then hit with multiple explosions.  75th Ranger Regiment spokeswoman, Tracy Bailey, said casualties are much higher than first reported: “I can’t get into the details. I can tell you we had 30 wounded.”

Khost Province: In Mandozai district, a suicide bomber rammed a U.S.-NATO convoy. Local police say the only person killed was the bomber.  Four civilians wounded.  Mujahideen say U.S.-NATO forces suffered dozens of casualties.  Mujahideen say the bomber used a surf, which is Afghan lingo for skateboard.

Logar Province: In Poli Alam City, a recon drone crashed.  Mujahideen say they captured the wreckage.

Nangarhar Province: In Jalalabad City, a suicide bike bomber blew himself up while trying to crash a police compound.  Two cops killed, one civilian killed.  Eight cops wounded.

Zabul Province: In Shahjoi District, people say they witnessed a U.S.-NATO drone catch fire in mid-air and crash.  In the same district, locals say U.S.-NATO forces turned over a base to Afghan government forces, who then abandoned the base, as well as several check points, days later.

The U.S. media touted the U.S. capture of a top Pakistani Mujahideen leader, Latif Mehsud.  However, it was actually the Afghan government that captured him.  Afghan officials say U.S. forces stopped their convoy, which held the prisoner from Pakistan, and then U.S. forces took Meshud from them by force.

Sending winter clothing to Afghanistan will get you arrested in New York City.  Two men were arrested and accused of being terrorists: “These defendants, as a result, were not merely conspiring to supply clothing items to people in Afghanistan, they were conspiring to make the enemy more effective….”-Richard. A. Brown, Queens District Attorney

The World Bank is backing off years of optimistic economic forecasts for Afghanistan: “Economic growth is expected to reach 3.1 percent this year and 3.5 percent in 2014, down sharply from 14.4 percent in 2012……mainly driven by increased uncertainty stemming from the political and security transition.”

U.S.

Hey main streamer news media, stop blaming Snowden!

27 October 2013 (11:12 UTC-07 Tango)/22 Dhu’l-Hijja 1434/05 Aban 1391/23 Ren-Xu (9th month) 4711

Everybody should know about NSA whistleblower Richard Snowden, no thanks to the main stream U.S. news media.  But how many people know about the other more experienced NSA whistleblowers?

There’s William (Bill) Binney, 40 years veteran crypto-mathematician of NSA, and J. Kirk Wiebe, award winning 30 years veteran senior analyst of NSA.  They both retired in 2001 (significant year) and have been blowing the whistle ever since, yet has the average U.S. citizen heard of them?

According to the Government Accountability Project both men blew the whistle on NSA because of the massive spying taking place against the people of the U.S. before the 9/11 attacks!  The two men had developed a phone spying system that would have been less invasive, more targeted and it would have saved taxpayer money.

Here’s the reason why the main streamer news media won’t talk about them: In 2010 the U.S. Department of Justice granted Binney and Wiebe immunity from prosecution!   So what’s the deal with Snowden? Even though most of what Snowden has revealed was already disclosed by Binney and Wiebe, Snowden grabbed the hard copy proof and gave it to the World.

 

International, U.S.

Exceptional Failed State: British empire controls U.S. NSA against Germany & Russia!

27 October 2013 (10:53 UTC-07 Tango)/22 Dhu’l-Hijja 1434/05 Aban 1391/23 Ren-Xu (9th month) 4711

“If the information didn’t come from there, it is almost a certainty that it would have been processed there. Everything goes through there to be analyzed before the information is sent back to Washington [DC].”-J. Kirk Wiebe, 30 years veteran of NSA explaining that RAF (Royal Air Force) Menwith Hill is used to spy on U.S. allies

It’s been revealed by more U.S. NSA whistleblowers that the mortal enemy of the United States, the British empire (do your homework), has been using the NSA as a tool to spy on their mortal enemies (Germany, France, Russia, etc).

“We do not comment on intelligence matters.”-official U.K. Ministry of Defence response to J. Kirk Wiebe

The spying operations can be traced back to the end of World War 2, when the leaders of the United States made a (then) secret alliance with the British empire (U.K, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) called the Five Eyes.

And all this time Germany thought the U.S. was its friend, and the people of the U.S. thought they were still independent of the British empire!

International, U.S.

Exceptional Failed State: U.S. NSA admits it is controlled by Israel?

27 October 2013 (18:16 UTC-07 Tango 26 October 2013)/22 Dhu’l-Hijja 1434/05 Aban 1391/23 Ren-Xu (9th month) 4711

French news media reporting that U.S. National Security Agency documents imply that it was Israel’s Mossad and ISNU that used NSA’s division known as Tailored Access Operations (TAO) to collect 70-million French phone calls.

French intelligence suspected the phones were being hacked because they traced the hacks back to the NSA’s TAO.  However, TAO officials flat denied they or the British empire members of the Five Eyes alliance were involved.  When it came to answering questions about Israel, TAO officials simply said “TAO intentionally did not ask either Mossad or ISNU whether they were involved as France is not an approved target for joint discussions.”  Their “intentional” avoidance of questioning Israeli agents suggests they knew Israel was behind it.

International, U.S.

World War 3, Asian Front: Pakistan attacks Iran, Iran executes Pakistanis! False Flag op to justify U.S. invasion?

27 October 2013 (18:02 UTC-07 Tango 26 October 2013)/22 Dhu’l-Hijja 1434/05 Aban 1391/23 Ren-Xu (9th month) 4711

On the night of 25 October, 14 Iranian border police were killed, six wounded and three cops were kidnapped (some reports say six cops were kidnapped), in the region of Saravan.  Iran says the attackers came from the U.S. ally Pakistan.

Iranian officials protested to Pakistan’s chargé d’affaires in Tehran.  Iran says the attackers are U.S.-Saudi supported anti-Shia terrorists.

Because of a lack of response from the U.S. ally Pakistan, on 26 October Iran hanged 16 captured Pakistani anti-Shia terrorists.  Iran says in the past 30 years more than 4-thousand of their border police have been killed by U.S.-Saudi backed anti-Shia terrorists and illegal drugs traffickers.

 

Business/Economics, International, U.S.

Too Big to Jail: Elitists ripped off by their own elite hotel!

26 October 2013 (14:52 UTC-07 Tango)/21 Dhu’l-Hijja 1434/04 Aban 1391/22 Ren-Xu (9th month) 4711

The Maryland, U.S.A., based elitist hotel chain, Ritz Carlton, admits to ripping off wealthy customers at their Osaka, Japan, hotel.

In a press conference the hotel’s general manager, Oriol Montal, admitted he knew back in July that customers in the restaurant were not being served what they ordered.  Food items were being made with cheaper ingredients.  Montal also admitted that some food items were contracted out to third party food services.

However, in true elitist style Montal blamed the restaurant’s menus for the bait-n-switch, saying the menus had incorrect item descriptions.  This does not explain why he said nothing for the past three to four months since learning of the problem.  Montal says he will refund his rich customers their money.

Montal admitted there is no oversight regarding how the hotel restaurant is run.  In July he was told of shrimp ingredients that were not what was printed on the menus.  He claims that it was this month (October) that he was told, apparently by a restaurant whistleblower, that other food items, like bread, were not what they seemed.

I hope all those laissez-faire elitists liked their bait-n-switch meals!

Business/Economics, Idaho, Technology, U.S.

Exceptional Failed State: U.S. job losses & store closings 10-12 August 2013. Veteran run military contractor stealing bombs from National Guard? Idaho loses 1500 jobs in one day? More health care cuts blamed on the Federales!

Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs.

AOL (American On [Off ?] Line) announced they are selling off 400 Patch sites!  This after announcing they will layoff as many as 500 Patch Editors!

California: In Alameda County, the Almeda Health System laid off at least 57 employees at two hospitals, this as AHS is actually adding two more hospitals to its inventory. One of those hospitals was donated by a non-profit health care group (probably done in by Obama Care).  Hospital officials say the layoffs are their attempt to comply with Obama Care!  In Long Beach, the Christian Saint Mary Medical Center laid off 86 employees.  In Redwood City, Perseid Therapeutics ended operations.  59 people unemployed. It’s the result of a takeover by Astellas.  In San Jose, IBM laid off 203 people!  The layoffs were part of IBM’s elimination of 3-thousand jobs World wide!

Florida: In Tampa, Too Big to Jail JP Morgan Chase lays off another 208 people!  That’s on top of the 435 cuts announced in June. The evil bank officials admitted that the home mortgage disaster has reached a point where it’s not worth it for banks to continue stealing people’s homes, so they’re now going after their own employees!

Georgia: In Tucker, Park Pet Retreat shut down. The owner of the doggie daycare center blames a suck ass investor:“I am so very sorry to tell you that the Investor that was brought to me and led me on for a month has backed away from the deal.”   But, apparently some good news; it seems Rita MacCallon has such loyal customers that she’s opened a new doggie daycare under the title Rita’s Pet Retreat.

Idaho: In Boise, Micron Technologies (the World’s 2nd largest DRAM maker) announced it will fire 1500 employees!  It’s the result of Micron taking over Japanese competitor Elpida.  Micron officials say the layoffs will be spread around the World, but a Boise financial consultant, Dave Pesto, said “It appears to be pretty heavy here.”  Micron laid off 2-thousand people in Boise back in 2009!

Illinois: In Chicago, Career Education Corporation laid off another 480 people!  That’s on top of the 900 people laid off since last November!  The company has lost more than a hundred million dollars since last year!

Kansas: Wichita City warned of layoffs.  If city revenues are down, as is expected, they want to layoff 13 employees.

Louisiana: Explo Systems bankrupt, company officials in prison.  They are $3 million in debt, and were even served with an eviction notice by the Army National Guard.  The company was supposed to be disarming and destroying out of date munitions for the Louisiana National Guard.   At least six employees were charged with unlawful storage of explosives, reckless storage of explosives, failure to obtain magazine license, failure to properly mark explosive material,  failure to keep accurate inventory and conspiracy.

New York: In Buffalo, yet another non-profit health care provider, Phoenix Frontier, bankrupt because of the federal government.  The IRS claims the disabilities and mental health service provider failed to pay taxes.  In Levittown, magic Shop closed (the store sign actually has magic spelled with lower case m).

North Carolina: The Agricultural and Technical State University laid off at least 50 employees.  The University of North Carolina at Greensboro laid off an undisclosed amount of employees.  In both cases it’s blamed on state funding cuts, and declining student enrollment.  In Greensboro, Cafe Carolina closed down. The owner blames the suck ass economy: “We really wished, we had the ability to keep it going, but under the current conditions we just can’t.”-Ron Hines

Texas: In Waco, Southern Foods Group ended operations.  150 employees let go!

Vermont: Wood burning stove maker, Vermont Castings, laid off 100 employees! Other layoffs took place in Kentucky and Mexico. The company was taken over by its own management, who decided to slash and burn in the name of consolidation.

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.

Business/Economics, U.S.

Exceptional Failed state: More Sears & Kmart closings! Sears selling off its most profitable stores!

26 October 2013 (03:42 UTC-07 Tango)/21 Dhu’l-Hijja 1434/04 Aban 1391/22 Ren-Xu (9th month) 4711

“….Sears had already sold close to 12 of its most profitable stores in the United States and Canada….”-Alex Kimani, Syncopy Research, warning investors in his article Sears: Get Out Or Get Burned

In Illinois, the Champaign Market Place Mall Sears being closed by GGP.  The store was sold to GGP in 2012.  The store opened in 1975.

In Wisconsin, the Fort Atkinson Kmart will close mid-January.  The store opened in 1979.

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).

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), recently revealed 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.

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).

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), recently revealed 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)