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“Now you tell me who the enemy is!”: Drugs, the American Way, October 2018

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Incomplete (tip-o-the iceberg, seriously this isn’t the half-of-it!) list of U.S. drug related crimes and oddities for the ‘Take Back’ month of October 2018:

Mexico’s military leaders want opium legalized!

U.S. Navy video happily warns that state-level legalized ganja does not change federal-level laws, especially for military personnel and their spouses:

Air National Guard Training and Education Center video explaining military drug testing:

ALABAMA: corrections officer caught with drugs while coming on duty

Alabama to hold Drug ‘Take-Back’ Day Saturday (guess that means the drugs originated with the state government?)

prison guard sentenced to six years for drug smuggling

drug task force targets sale of CBD oil

Alabama’s War on Marijuana

ALASKA: 25 people arrested in 2 days by allegedly corrupt Anchorage Police

97 page report implies Alaska National Guard and the Anchorage Police Department involved with drug and sex crimes!

KTUU wins document quest, revealing former Anchorage police chief mishandled internal drugs/sex crimes inquiry

Drug stool pigeon working for Anchorage Police Department assassinated

U.S. Coast Guard admits personnel in Alaska involved with drug crimes!

Somebody was on drugs if they thought a giant blow-up doll called Sergeant Drug Free would win over the children of Iditarod Elementary School.

ARIZONA: Drug addicts seeking help at treatment centers are mysteriously dying after they check-in!

Border Patrol agents arrest 7 suspected drug smugglers (a mix of U.S. and Mexican citizens)

$1.1 million in drugs seized at Mexico border

Border Patrol agent caught paying $650K for cocaine!

More than $613K worth of drugs seized in Nogales

ARKANSAS:  Little Rock’s dangerous and illegal drug war

Little Rock Police Drug Raid Now Being Questioned With Lawsuit

Police Department Has Been Engaging In Illegal Drug Raids For Years

Statewide Prescription Drug ‘Take Back’ Oct. 27 (guess that means the drugs originated with the state government and not the medical industry?)

State spends taxpayer money to keep cops ‘safe’ from illegal drugs

Operation White Horse arrests 13 people for heroin, California and Texas is blamed

Benton County, 50 Pounds Of Marijuana

Since 1987 October is known as Domestic Violence Awareness Month, in 2011 October also became National Substance Abuse Prevention Month.  To celebrate, and maybe catch some druggies off-guard, Little Rock Air Force Base held a 5K run and even asked participants to Name That Drug!

CALIFORNIA: Solar-powered drug tunnel discovered  (I guess the smugglers were trying to comply with California’s green power laws)

Drug, Needle Take-back Program becomes Law (is this a round-a-bout way of admitting the drug problem is the government’s fault?)

13 people connected to foreign gangs Arrested, $10M in Drugs Seized

Immigrants use California as a base to ship drugs to Hawaii: “Those drugs were part of a nearly 90-pound shipment that appeared to be colorful, decorative Mexican items, including replicas of the 500-year-old Aztec calendar stone.”

Official video of the U.S. Coast Guard delivering more than 11-tons of cocaine to San Diego:

COLORADO: 35 charged with trafficking drugs 

This is how legal marijuana changed Colorado

Is Kratom a deadly drug? 

CONNECTICUT: Convicted felons caught with guns, drugs

$110000 Found During Drug Bust

Parole Check Leads To Drug Bust 

High School Teacher Died of Drugs

Norwalk Doctor Sentenced for Selling Drugs to Addicts and Dealers

firefighter overdoses while on duty inside firehouse

DELAWARE: Heroin drug bust 

Convicted drug dealer assassinated after release from prison

police seize 7500 bags of heroin, 30 grams of ecstasy 

dealing drugs in a restaurant parking lot

FLORIDA: police officer arrested for selling drugs out of patrol car

Baby-faced Drug Lords

Three Police Officers Arrested on Drug Charges

Car crashes caused by drugged drivers skyrocket 

This is a fraction of the 18.5 tons of cocaine captured, and then delivered to Port Everglades, by the crew of Coast Guard Cutter James, 19OCT2018.

U.S. Coast Guard delivers $47-million USD worth of cocaine and marijuana to Coast Guard Base Miami Beach, 16OCT2018.

GEORGIA: Drug kingpin gets 145 years

Proven: Police administered field drug tests send innocent people to jail!

Grocery store was a front for drug dealers: “Marijuana and multiple types of pills in plain view.”

GUAM: Veteran going to prison in $1.5M meth case

$2.5M meth case; trial set for Oct. 11

Woman with drug past arrested again

HAWAII: 3 Charged With 59 Offenses Related to Drugs & Credit Cards

doctor, four of his employees arrested for alleged drug trafficking

IDAHO: Man caught with 117 pounds of marijuana

Five arrested in drug bust; infant in room suffered seizure 

Drug dealer accidentally texts school cop, offers to sell drugs

Who does Idaho send to prison?

ILLINOIS:  8 arrested, $700k worth of illegal drugs seized

Federal drug investigation leads to 17 arrests

14 duffel bags of marijuana

Drug Dealer’s Jeep Wrangler Faces Forfeiture

INDIANA: California man caught with $5-million USD worth of illegal drugs

cops seize nearly $500000, large stash of drugs 

drug bust nabs 29

Clint Eastwood to portray infamous Hoosier drug runner

85 face charges after drug sweep

IOWA: University of Iowa campus drug violations drop, alcohol referrals up

Nurse Charged With Drug Thefts

Mason City police employee arrested for stealing prescription drugs

KANSAS: ‘Operation snowplow’ busts major drug ring

growing drug problem in Sedgwick County

Drug Take-Back Day results in over 7 tons of medicine disposed

Schlitterbahn co-owner charged with drug, sex crimes

KENTUCKY: Patients died, families lived in fear of doctor turned drug dealer

Kentucky getting federal taxpayer funding to target ‘rogue’ drug dealing doctors: “There are some who truly, truly have become that drug dealer in the white lab coat.”-Russell Coleman, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky

More than $3 million in cash, drugs seized

25 pounds of liquid heroin in shampoo bottles, and 16 pounds of cocaine, found in DHL warehouse

baby given 3 doses of Narcan after she ODs 

LOUISIANA: police seize 10000 Ecstasy tablets in traffic stop

deputies seize more than $1M in meth during bust

23 arrested on drug charges

15 arrests

100 arrest warrants for over 30 suspects

Mom charged with passing out on her baby and killing him

Meth addict says ghosts did it

medical marijuana delayed after state forced to do product testing

MAINE: $32000 worth of methamphetamine

MARYLAND: U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (RDECOM ECBC) claims to have created a process which can detect low-level opioid exposure as long as two weeks after the exposure.  The reason the U.S. Army is working on such a detection system is that super-lethal opioids are now considered weapons of mass destruction: “This is unprecedented research that lays a strong foundation for future work in opioid exposure detection and medical responses to that exposure. As opioids continue to post a significant threat domestically and on the battlefield…”-Trevor Glaros

“This is an ultra-potent opioid, and the level it would take to intoxicate you is incredibly hard to detect, especially in sub-lethal amounts. We can barely detect lethal amounts. If you were exposed, but unsure, we might have a hard time telling if it was carfentanil.“-Elizabeth Dhummakupt

(carfentanil/carfentanyl is made from fentanyl)

21 Arrested in connection to Overdoses

Overdose Deaths Rising

bust turns up animal drug deadly to humans

MASSACHUSETTS: Feds arrest 50, more expected: “Lawrence is a clearing house for illegal drugs pouring into New Hampshire and Maine via 93 and 495.”-U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling

Gov’na wants to bribe local police with 5-million taxpayer dollars, to focus on fentanyl dealers only 

Librarians now double as bathroom police after drug deal

Potentially thousands of more people charged with drug crimes to have charges dropped due to ongoing police drug lab scandal!

MICHIGAN: Opioid-related overdose deaths hit new high

pharmacist refuses drugs to woman having miscarriage

$17 million drug bust 

Doctor Charged With Prescription Drug crime

New rules would shutdown addiction treatment centers

MINNESOTA: Children suffering due to big comeback of meth

People convicted of drugs crimes released due to the discovery that cops lied: “People take law enforcement officers’ word. There are so many people, like prosecutors, who rely on the importance of the accuracy and trustworthiness of the information that they are presented…”-Senator Bobby Joe Champion

MISSISSIPPI:  Operation Triple Beam, 255 people arrested in one month

Police Took Property Without Legal Authority

Sheriff Charged in Drug Extortion Violates Bond

sheriff to plead guilty to taking bribe from drug dealer

MISSOURI: nearly 250 pounds of drugs

Increase in Methamphetamine Use

Addicts Say Meth ‘Explosion’ Is A Warning To The Country

Drug testing company reports increase in cheating

Doctor Gets Prison Time for $1.5M Drug Fraud

MONTANA: Prison drug-trafficking scheme brings guilty pleas

growing drug problem

“mobile drug market”

sheriff pleads not guilty to official misconduct

NEBRASKA:  More than 1600 pounds of THC

163 pounds of marijuana

Federal taxpayers give Nebraska $1.3-million to fight opioids

NEVADA: Elko County’s drug problem

More than $20 million worth of marijuana seized in Nye County

Methamphetamine Use By Pregnant Women

NEW HAMPSHIRE: Suspected drug death would be 7th of 2018

“I got addicted to opioids after my caregiver was paid to prescribe them”

Taxpayer funded Hub-And-Spoke Drug Treatment Plan

NEW JERSEY:  30 NJ Towns With The Most Heroin Abuse 

resident of New Jersey for 30 years, major drug dealer turns out to be illegal immigrant who was previously deported but ‘snuck’ back into the U.S., and is responsible for increased gun crimes as well

Central American based MS-13 brings violence, drugs to your suburb

NEW MEXICO: overdose deaths down 4 percent … due to naloxone

psychiatrist drugged-up hundreds of children

NEW YORK: ‘Mexican’ grocery store was a front for drug dealers

Healthcare workers charged with illegally prescribing millions of pills

NORTH CAROLINA: 10 Arrested

First Wave Of Massive Drug Bust Nabs 20

Some Parts Of NC Get $2.5 Million In taxpayer funded Grants To Address Opioid Crisis

Drugs, moonshine and explosives

U.S. Coast Guard C-130 aircraft, from Air Station Elizabeth City, tracked this suspected drug boat until a Coast Guard cutter made the intercept, 03OCT2018.

NORTH DAKOTA:  5 big pot busts were thrown out of court because unAmerican North Dakota cops routinely violate the U.S. Constitution!

Sheriff’s deputy signs conditional plea in drug theft case

overdose deaths increase 

You can Now Apply for Medical Marijuana Cards

OHIO: Over $350000 worth of drugs seized in Delano 

11 people charged with shipping drugs from Mexico

3 homicides in two days tied to drugs

What To Know About Ohio’s Drug Sentencing Amendment

Video proof the government is behind drug addiction as Ohio National Guard join ‘Take Back Day’ ops in this video (remember, by calling it a Take Back it means the drugs originated with them):

OKLAHOMA: special ed teacher arrested for trafficking meth

$4.4 Million of Liquid Meth in Semi Truck’s Gas Tank

50 Pounds Of Marijuana

Oklahoma prisoner able to direct operations of drug gang in New York City

OREGON:  22 people facing drug trafficking charges in Oregon, Washington

5 Things We Learned About Race And Drug Crimes From New Oregon Report

Teen Plotted to Drug, Kill His Parents

27 Pounds Of Meth

drug lab explodes

PENNSYLVANIA: Trapped by the ‘Walmart of Heroin’

More Than 50 Arrested 

County Pays Nearly $5M because evil prison guards stood by and watched Heroin addict die in jail 

PUERTO RICO: U.S. Coast Guard personnel off-load $30-million worth of cocaine captured off the coast of Puerto Rico, 13OCT2018.

RHODE ISLAND: 26 indicted on federal firearms, drug charges

candidates for governor, attorney general arrested on drug charges

SOUTH CAROLINA: football coach charged in drug overdose death

Cocaine overdose deaths spike, mixed with fentanyl

SOUTH DAKOTA: Doctor to Plead Guilty to illegally Distributing Drugs

TENNESSEE: Tennessee’s Opioid Crisis

pain clinic nurse gave a patient 51 pills a day. And she kept her license.

1 million doses of fentanyl found in suitcase at airport

8 people arrested, more than $700K worth of meth seized

TEXAS:  man found with over 650 pounds of THC oil 

high-dollar sex, drug sting in upscale Galleria hotel

More proof the government is behind drug addiction as Texas National Guard join DEA ‘Take Back Day’ ops (remember, by calling it a Take Back it means the drugs originated with them).

UTAH: Prisons not cooperating with state level investigations into high numbers of drug withdrawal deaths!

Utah insurance company paying to send people to Mexico to get drugs!

Feds say Utah concert venue funded with drug money

Utah man confesses to sending ricin-laced letters to Trump

VERMONT:  Man suspected of drug dealing assassinated

Vermont’s Drug Problem Bigger Than Opiates

Guard and prisoner indicted in prison drug smuggling operation

pizzeria owner sentenced to 10 years for drug conspiracy

VIRGINIA: More ganja through the mail captured, Postal Service blames California

‘Operation Goodfellas’ $19 million drug ring

27 individuals arrested

Dumb-ass political incumbent compares $5-million in competing political ads to being a heroine addict in prison!

$1-million drug deal

WASHINGTON:  man gets 20 years for illegal possession of firearm and drugs

Investigation recovers meth, heroin and World War Two MP40 submachine gun (Note the news media’s use of the word ‘recovers’ which implies the drugs and guns originated with the police, and the MP40 is so corroded looking I don’t think it actually works)

Man accused of killing wife with painkiller ice cream

Homeless shelter being shutdown because it openly allows drugs

State government reneging on legalized marijuana, no warning given to ganja dealers

Washington DC: Trump Signs New Laws Aimed at Drug Costs 

WEST VIRGINIA: 30 people arrested 

“We have lost more lives in the last two years, 60,000 two years ago and we’re already passing this year, than all of the lives lost during the Vietnam War! Now you tell me who the enemy is!”-Richard Ojeda, veteran/political candidate, talking about coming home from the False Flag War on Terror to an drug epidemic that’s doing more to destroy the United States than any ‘terrorist’ could ever do

WISCONSIN: 13 charged after SLANT drug busts

State approves drug containing CBD

Mom who overdosed is facing a felony, while her supplier is let off

Man used drugs to turn human trafficking victims into zombies

Meth addict claims mental illness after getting caught ripping-off pet store

WYOMING: High school student arrested for drug distribution which caused student overdoses

Drug use suspected in fatal accident involving a giant CAT dump truck that drove off a cliff

Drugs, the American Way, September 2018: “…THE ENTIRE COUNTRY MUST FOCUS ON THIS!” “DRUG DEALERS IN ARMANI SUITS”

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Ghost ships washing ashore on secluded Navy base!

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18 February 2019 (15:44 UTC-07 Tango 06) 29 Bahman 1397/12 Jumada t-Tania 1440/14 Bin-Yin 4717

On 14FEB2019 a ghost ship washed ashore, at the end of a U.S. Navy runway on the secluded Naval Air Station North Island (part of Naval Base Coronado), off the southern coast of California.  According to the official report this was not the first time, it’s the sixth mystery boat to come ashore and block the runway since the beginning of the Gregorian year!

While Air Station North Island belongs to the USN (U.S. Navy), it’s airport runway is used by all branches of the U.S. military.  On 01JAN2019, the USAF (U.S. Air Force) deployed V-22 Ospreys, AC-130Ws and MC-130Js for special ops Exercise Emerald Trident:

The USA (U.S. Army) also deployed MH-47 Chinooks for Exercise Emerald Trident. 

On 09FEB2019, USN-Reserve Coastal Riverine units conducted launch and recovery training.  

Is there a connection between the mystery ghost ships and all the military activity around Naval Air Station North Island?

The official report concerning the latest ghost ship says Navy personnel found that the fuel tank in the ship had ruptured.  Other unnamed ‘hazmat’ materials were found.

Since 2014, Naval Base Coronado has removed more than 60 boats, 90 tons of debris and 6-hundred pounds of hazmat at a cost of more than half a million dollars to federal taxpayers.  The USN blames the city of San Diego for the mystery debris, saying the city’s Zuniga Shoal area has become a dumping ground for abandoned ships because the city doesn’t police the area.

International, Technology

Hi-Tech Fail: NATO Germany proves Mules still rule Mountain Warfare

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One of the most economically powerful European Union member, and a powerful NATO member, Germany still uses mules in mountain warfare because they’re still the most efficient way to transport weapons and supplies to Gebirgsjäger.  So much for hi-technology.

World War Two

It’s not just the Germans, U.S. MARINES TRAIN RESUPPLY TECHNIQUES WITH PACK ANIMALS

U.S. Army Special Forces and Pack Animals – Info and Pubs

HI-TECH FAIL: CLIMATE CHANGE BIGGEST THREAT TO BILLION DOLLAR WEAPON SYSTEMS!

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‘just another nail in the coffin’: U.S. Food Crisis, October 2018

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Incomplete list of announced United States food supply shutdowns, emergencies, outbreaks and recalls for the month of October, 2018:

how America treats its black farmers

Trump boosts dairy industry

Farmers struggle to store crops

Grains try to avoid market meltdown

Ag Economy Barometer falls to lowest reading since October 2016

Agricultural damage from Hurricane Michael forecast to top $1.3 billion

Farmers face ‘new normal’; hurricanes

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

President Trump is correct! In this official U.S. Marines Corps video you’ll learn that your tax dollars are going to support the local food economies of NATO member countries in Europe:

ALABAMA: USMCA trade deal impact on Alabama farmers

cotton farmer devastated by Hurricane Michael 

ALASKA: Can pot save the pumpkin farm?

Muskox transported from Greenland to Alaska

ARKANSAS: Hog Haus Brewing forced to shutdown after the building was sold-off

Arkansas farmers, politicians welcome new trade deal

ARIZONA: Impasse Over Who Loses Water, and How Much, Could Sink Arizona

Arizona meat processor recalls 6.5 million pounds of beef

self-driving tractors 

CALIFORNIA: Switzerland based Nestlé issued massive, yet supposedly temporary, layoff WARNs, at least 1-thousand California jobs suspended right after Thanksgiving!  Los Amigos Harvesting issued a shutdown WARN for its Watsonville ops, 175 jobs gone by April 2019!  Bon Appetit food magazine issued a shutdown WARN for its San Francisco office, 91 jobs gone four days before xmas.   Jack in the Box issued a layoff WARN for its San Diego HQ, 66 corporate jobs gone in January 2019.  Also in San Diego, Phils BBQ issued a temp-shutdown WARN, 118 jobs suspended in January 2019!  Pepsi Bottling Group issued a shutdown WARN for its ops in Buena Park, 95 jobs gone right after xmas. Stockton Spaghetti Restaurant issued a shutdown WARN, 51 jobs gone by the end of the year.  Popular restaurant Mexicali West issued a shutdown WARN for its Bakersfield location, 55 jobs gone by the end of the year due to the property being sold to a secretive developer.

America’s first autonomous robot farm replaces humans

Hemp farming in California plagued by roadblocks

Agriculture Checkpoint Moved to Ease Traffic Delays

New California law aims to protect pollinators

Pluto’s restaurant in downtown Chico is shutting its doors after 15 years, due to recent 10% crash in customers

Zacky Farms (aka Zacky & Sons Poultry) suddenly shutdown its 47 years old poultry factory in Fresno, (323 jobs lost without proper warning, according to the days late WARN), the local mayor said Zacky Farms promised him they were going to expand the operation!

And without warning Zacky & Sons Poultry also shutdown its Stockton location, the WARN said 142 people suddenly lost their jobs!

Starbucks closing a Folsom store

La Victoria bakery closing shop after 67 years

Camino is closing after 10 years in Oakland

Lagunitas Brewing Cuts More Than 100 Jobs due to being taken over by Heineken!

U.S. Marines and Sailors helped supply 23-thousand pounds of apples to more than 4-hundred food pantries in the San Francisco Bay area, 04OCT2018!

COLORADO: 45-year-old Lakewood chicken restaurant closing

Denver-based frozen fruit snack firm files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

CONNECTICUT: IMCMV Connecticut issued a shutdown WARN for its Margaritaville restaurant in Uncasville, 59 jobs lost by January 2019 due to not being able to justify renewing the lease.

After 40 years Black Duck Cafe Announces Closing: “In the last 6 months, we’ve been experiencing slower business and now have fallen on significant financial hardship…”

Anthony’s Sub Shop closing after more than 30 years 

DELAWARE: Destructive spotted lanternfly spreading south through Delaware

two more cases of West Nile Virus in horses

FLORIDA: Without warning Blackfinn permanently closes its doors 

Crestview Hooters restaurant closing after 15 years

At Eglin AFB, U.S. Army 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) helped distribute more than two tons of food to local families, 17OCT2018!

Tyndall AFB video showing food distribution after Hurricane Michael:

Florida National Guard’s 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 2-124 Charlie Company, provided food and water to at least 750 citizens in Panama City, in just one day, as a result of Hurricane Michael.

GEORGIA: Georgia National Guard distributes food after Hurricane Michael, 12OCT2018.

GUAM: 

Stacks of donated pet food await the U.S. Coast Guard, 26OCT2018, to be delivered to Saipan as a result of Typhoon Yutu.

HAWAII: Wailana Coffee House closing after 48 years due to skyrocketing costs just to maintain the operation

IDAHO: Confusion in Boise as a vindictive food vendor started a rumor that Fatty’s Bar was bankrupt and shutting down, it was news to the new owner of Fatty’s

Idaho ranks as top U.S. producer of four commodities

ILLINOIS:  CherryBerry self serve yogurt in Springfield closing

Last Bonanza steakhouse in Illinois closing

Treasure Island Foods suddenly shutdown remaining stores after 55 years, official WARNs put job losses at 486!

INDIANA: Brown County’s Nashville House Restaurant Closing After 91 Years

Papa Roux shutting down after 11 years due to everything: “Too much constant issues and problems with everything from the city, the landlord, the facilities, my vendors, the employee pool in this town is actually not what it was 11 years ago.”-Art Bouvier

IOWA:  New North American trade deal good for Iowa 

KANSAS: Farmers Frustrated by Winter Wheat Planting Delays

KENTUCKY: Mellow Mushroom shutdown its Lexington Green pizza joint

LOUISIANA: “This is the worst agriculture crisis to hit Louisiana in my 53 years of farming.”-James Guillot

MAINE: organic farmers’ group gets $600000 to train beginners

MARYLAND:  Brio Tuscan Grille closing its downtown Baltimore restaurant

Ellwood Thompson’s closing grocery store

MASSACHUSETTS: See inside the marijuana facility 

MICHIGAN: Mexico based Bimbo Bakeries issued a shutdown WARN for its Bays Bakery, 50 jobs gone by January 2019.

GR’s Marie Catrib’s closing for good

Baby food maker Gerber laying off 50 people

Tumultuous markets in its seed, pesticide and herbicide businesses have wiped $4.6 billion off DowDuPont’s agriculture division

MINNESOTA: Hemp could become a leading Minnesota crop

Wet weather worries farmers

MISSOURI:  Tanner’s Bar & Grill closing 27 years old Waldo location

Price Cutter grocery store on Division & Glenstone To Close 

Coffee Cartel closing after 22-years

MONTANA: record 22000 acres of hemp planted in 2018

NEBRASKA: Chef fired after serving kangaroo meat to students (I don’t understand, people in Australia eat it, isn’t there a food crisis going on?)

NEVADA: Wildflower Café in Incline Village closing after 3 decades 

NEW HAMPSHIRE: Six months after opening in Portsmouth, 900 Degrees Pizzeria shutdown claiming there are not enough people willing to work there

NEW JERSEY:  Acme grocery in Park Ridge to close

Yet another Pei Wei restaurant closes in N.J.

NEW MEXICO: State requests public input on future growth of hemp

Farm Credit invested $1.3 million in Junior Livestock

NEW YORK: Nathan’s Famous issued a shutdown WARN for its Brooklyn-NYC restaurant, 20 jobs gone by January 2019.   It was revealed by a WARN that Molloy College suddenly canceled its contract with food service provider Compass Group-Chartwells, 26 jobs gone.  Food service contractor Jan Services-Gourmet Garage issued a shutdown WARN for multiple locations, 92 jobs gone by the end of the year.

Stewart’s Shops closing two low-volume grocery stores

Tortilla Flats in West Village closing for good

Tonarlo’s Pizza and Restaurant in Conklin will shut down after 15 years

Hinerwadel’s clambake closing after 104 years

NORTH CAROLINA: Less than seven months after its opening Dapper Doughnut shutdown its Morganton location

100 years old restaurant’s closing leaves residents heartbroken

Wrightsville Beach Eatery Closing After 32 Years

Sugarland bakery files for bankruptcy suddenly closes shops

02OCT2018, U.S. Coast Guard C-130 drops a weeks worth of food to a disabled cargo ship that was heading for Haiti, from Greece.

NORTH DAKOTA: Over 17 Inches of Snow Fell in North Dakota and It’s Only October

Snow Storm Hammers Grain Farmers

OHIO: Renick’s Family Market closing after nearly 60 years

Just Pies closing 2 central Ohio stores

Tremont General Store announces its closing

Red Restaurant Group (Red, The Steakhouse, Moxie The Restaurant) chapter 11 bankrupt busted

Union Street Grille in Bryan closing “Due to circumstances way beyond our control”

Seven crew members and a CH-47 Chinook helicopter from Ohio Army National Guard’s Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 238th Aviation Regiment, deployed to Florida to help deliver food and water in support of Hurricane Michael recovery efforts.

OKLAHOMA: Department of Ag. suspends all pending & expanding poultry farm operations

OREGON:  Alameda Brewhouse closing doors

PENNSYLVANIA:  After 47 years Barn Door Food & Spirits closing, no reason given

PUERTO RICO: A Local Food Revolution

After Hurricane Maria, farmers struggle to rebuild

RHODE ISLAND: 2 People Die While Fishing

council OKs zoning change for ‘farm brewery’

SOUTH CAROLINA: More than $100 million in damages to crops after Florence

researchers optimizing pulse and cereal crops for organic production

SOUTH DAKOTA: volatile Per Pair and Yearling Monthly Pasture Rental Rates 

Farmers back in the field after harvest delays

TENNESSEE: Changes coming to Industrial Hemp Pilot Program

University of Tennessee serves food made with insects

TEXAS: Italian restaurant is closing in Fort Worth, and it won’t be the last, More than 600 chain restaurant locations are expected to close this year 

Fuego Burger is closing one of its locations, due to the greedy landlord refusing to fix a roof leak that’s literally flooding the restaurant 

El Fenix Mexican Restaurant shutdown its Wichita Falls location without warning

Iconic Chu-Mikal’s Cafe shutdown

Mid-County creamery closing after only two years

Albertsons, Tom Thumbs closing 4 North Texas grocery Stores

Three Houston-area Randalls grocery stores closing in December

UTAH:  drought emergency declared for all of Utah

Plans to tap more Bear River water raise concerns

VERMONT: Keurig-Dr Pepper laying off about 500 employees!

Perfect Wife closing Saturday after 23 years

VIRGINIA:  Kroger closing Wards Corner Norfolk location, going against original plans

WASHINGTON: Twin City Foods issued a shutdown WARN for its Stanton location, 65 jobs gone by December.

Washington DC: Capitol Hill cocktail bar files for bankruptcy

WEST VIRGINIA: Excessive rainfall soaked apple harvest

DNR and Dept. of Agriculture team up on Hunters Helping the Hungry

WISCONSIN: Mexico based Bimbo Bakeries issued a shutdown WARN for its bakery in Madison, 159 jobs gone in January 2019!

Soggy weather delaying fall harvest is ‘just another nail in the coffin’ 

WYOMING: Lift is grounded, restaurant is closing after sale

Controversial Wyoming agriculture lawyer joins Interior Department

Wyoming court rules controversial ag-gag law violates free speech

U.S. FOOD CRISIS, September 2018:  “SIGNIFICANT CHANGES”

International

“It isn’t like the movies”: Pacific Ring of Fire, January 2019

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Incomplete list of seismic/natural disaster reports from around the Pacific Ring of Fire, January 2019.

CANADA: A strange, low-intensity hum near Vancouver Island

CHILE: Strong mag. 6.7 earthquake – Near Coast of Central Chile

Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Buenos Aires warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 14000 ft (4300 m) altitude or flight level 140.

CHINA: Taiwan earthquake: Magnitude 5.7 quake

COLUMBIA: Moderate mag. 5.5 earthquake

Light mag. 4.5 earthquake – 50km SE of Mountain

ECUADOR: Light mag. 4.6 earthquake 

Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Washington warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 15000 ft (4600 m) altitude or flight level 150.

GUATEMALA:  Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Washington warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 20000 ft (6100 m) altitude or flight level 200 and is moving at 10-15 kts in NE direction.

HONDURAS: U.S. Army personnel tested water purification systems, and electrical power generators, at Soto Cano Air Base, 17JAN2019, in preparation for a natural disaster.

INDONESIA: Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake – Sumba Region

Strong mag. 6.4 earthquake – Sumba Region

Moderate mag. 5.9 earthquake – Aru Islands Region

Minor mag. 3.8 earthquake – MOLUCCA SEA

Light mag. 4.4 earthquake – SOUTH OF JAVA

Minor mag. 3.7 earthquake – NORTH OF HALMAHERA

Light mag. 4.9 earthquake – 72km SSW of Bogorawatu

Merapi volcano: growing lava dome

JAPAN:   Moderate mag. 5.5 earthquake – Off East Coast of Honshu

Light mag. 4.7 earthquake – 217km N of Chichi-shima

Light mag. 4.3 earthquake – 87km ENE of Hachinohe

Strong mag. 6.3 earthquake – Kyushu

Volcano in southern Japan erupts

Camp Zama boosting earthquake preparedness

U.S. Marines and Sailors conducted disaster relief response training at Kin Red beach, Okinawa, 28JAN2019.

MEXICO: Light mag. 4.0 earthquake – OFFSHORE GUERRERO

Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Washington warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 20000 ft (6100 m) altitude or flight level 200.

Popocatepetl volcano: very strong explosion 

MICRONESIA: Light mag. 4.7 earthquake – 166km NNE of Rumung

 NEW ZEALAND: Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake 

Minor mag. 3.5 earthquake 

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Light mag. 4.7 earthquake – 156km SSW of Lorengau

 Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Darwin warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 50000 ft (15200 m) altitude or flight level 500.

PERU: Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Buenos Aires warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 27000 ft (8200 m) altitude or flight level 270 and is moving at 10 kts in SW direction.

RUSSIA: Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Tokyo warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 15000 ft (4600 m) altitude or flight level 150 and is moving at 35 kts in N direction.

SOLOMON ISLANDS:Light mag. 4.8 earthquake – 81km WNW of Honiara

TONGA: Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake – 101km NNE of Hihifo

Light mag. 4.6 earthquake – 155km W of Neiafu

UNITED STATES: 

Alaska; Moderate mag. 5.2 earthquake – 77km ESE of King Salmon

Midtown Anchorage commercial center temporarily closed due to earthquake damage

7.0 earthquake spurs calls for more building oversight

 Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Anchorage warned about a volcanic ash plume that rose up to estimated 20000 ft (6100 m) altitude or flight level 200 and is moving at 20 kts in N direction.

California; Northridge quake thrashed Los Angeles 25 years ago 

Minor mag. 3.4 earthquake – 3km SSE of Brawley

Minor mag. 3.6 earthquake – 104km W of Petrolia

Bay Area Wakes to Earthquake for Second Straight Morning

National Guard units from four states took part in disaster response training in San Francisco, during the last week of January, which included responding to ‘chemical incidents’.

‘Selfless’ California National Guard video promoting what they did during the 2018 wildfire battles:

What happened to all those pets made homeless during the 2018 wildfires?  California National Guard shows you their first time ever pet rescue ops:

Hawaii; Five explosive things the 2018 eruption taught us about Kilauea

U.S. Air Force Reserve conducted Exercise Patriot Palm at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, 26JAN2019, in an effort to integrate emergency responders from federal, state, and local agencies, and the military, in the event of a ‘regional emergency’ or natural disaster.

Northern Mariana Islands; Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake

Oregon; ‘Silent slip’ along fault line serves as prelude to big earthquakes

State government declares Cascadia Preparedness Day

Washington;  Redmond preps for Cascadia Rising Solutions 2019

Washington National Guard began preparing for 2019 flooding by meeting with 10 county emergency managers, and planners from the Washington Emergency Management Division, 04JAN2019: “It isn’t like the movies, we don’t just roll into a situation. We need to know what you need and, most of the time, it starts with knowing what we have.”-Brigadier General Jeremy Horn, Washington Air National Guard

Wyoming;  more than 2500 earthquakes last year, Yellowstone National Park was the epicenter

VANUATU: Strong mag. 6.5 earthquake

Strong mag. 6.0 earthquake

Moderate mag. 5.2 earthquake – 57km SSW of Sola

PACIFIC RING OF FIRE, December 2018: “THIS MUST BE WHAT HELL LOOKS LIKE.”

Technology

Vehicle I-D: New KC-46A Pegasus

Video

U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Cody Dowell, 08FEB2019.

KC-46A Pegasus flies over Altus Air Force Base (AFB), Oklahoma, 08FEB2019.

USAF photo by Senior Airman Cody Dowell, 08FEB2019.

USAF photo by Airman First Class Alan Ricker, 14FEB2019.

U.S. Air Force video, by Staff Sergeant Joshua Crawley, first crew familiarization flight from McConnell AFB, Kansas, 26FEB2019:

USAF photo by Airman First Class Alan Ricker, 25JAN2019.

The first KC-46A Pegasus arrives at McConnell AFB, Kansas, 25JAN2019.

USAF photo by Airman Michaela Slanchik, 25JAN2019.

Video by Staff Sergeant Joshua Crawley, of KC-46As landing at McConnell AFB, 07FEB2019:

USAF illustration by Technical Sergeant Maeson L. Elleman.

 

USAF illustration by Technical Sergeant Maeson L. Elleman.

Boeing photo, 30OCT2018.

Most testing was conducted at Edwards AFB, California, in 2018.

USAF photo by Yasuo Osakabe, 23OCT2018.

The new KC-46A was also tested on Yokota Air Base in Japan.

South Carolina Air National Guard photo by Airman First Class Megan Floyd, 13JUL2016.

The KC-46A is a modified Boeing 767.

KC-46A boom operator explainer video:

USAF photo by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh, 14FEB2019.

KC-135 Stratotanker refuels KC-46A Pegasus.

USAF video by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh, KC-46A refueling a C-17 over Washington, 14FEB2029:

USAF photo by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh, 14FEB2019.

VEHICLE I-D: NEBRASKA KC-135 TEENAGED NOSE ART

M1A2-V2-SEP ABRAMS IDAHO LIVE FIRE, FEBRUARY 2019

Technology, U.S.

Nuclear helicopters spotted in Wyoming?

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Does the ‘N’ in UH-1N mean nuclear?  Maybe it does if you’re part of an elite USAF team training to protect the transport of nuclear ballistic missiles.

In yet more proof that we’ve returned to a Cold War mindset, training missions are being conducted in Wyoming, in which swarms of UH-1N ‘Huey’s fly ballistic missile convoy protect missions.

The 37th Helicopter Squadron, based at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, “…supports emergency war order taskings, by transporting tactical response force teams in support of launch facility denial and recapture and convoy operations.”

Technology

“Effective immediately”: U.S. hi-tech/communications breakdown, October 2018

Video

Incomplete list of U.S. internet/high-tech/communications job destruction and chicanery announcements in October 2018:

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Data Breach Report: October 2018 – Nehemiah Security

CALIFORNIA: Aerojet Rocketdyne issued a layoff WARN, 120 jobs gone by the end of November!  Alpine Electronics issued layoff WARNs, 128 jobs gone by the end of March 2019!  Online entertainment software maker NC Interactive revealed it suddenly laid off 52 people in September.  Entertainment company Super Deluxe issued a shutdown WARN for its Los Angeles ops, 103 jobs gone a week before xmas!  Advertising company Crispin Porter Bogusky issued a shutdown WARN for its Santa Monica office, 13 jobs gone by the end of December.  DigiCert suddenly laid off 73 people in Mountain View. Symantec continues eliminating jobs, this time 19 people jobless before xmas.  Also in Mountain View, Veritas Technologies revealed it killed 121 jobs back in April!  Graystone Public Affairs issued shutdown WARNs for its Corona and Torrance locations, 135 jobs gone by November! British empire United Kingdom owned semiconductor maker ARM Inc suddenly laid off 70 people in San Jose.  And San Jose based semiconductor maker Cavium issued multiple layoff WARNs, 73 jobs across California gone by the New Year.  Western Digital Technology eliminating 117 jobs in Irvine and San Jose, by November!  Marvell Semiconductor eliminating 11 jobs by the New Year.   Raytheon issued a shutdown WARN for its Los Angeles ops, 21 jobs gone by the New Year.  SMK-LINK Electronics issued a shutdown WARN for its Camarillo office, 17 jobs gone by the end of December.

Disney-Backed VR Startup Jaunt Lays Off Significant Portion of Staff

HCL Technologies eliminated 85 jobs with its Urban Fulfillment Services

United Technologies eliminating 3-hundred jobs!

Redwood city based video game maker Trion Worlds eliminating jobs do to being taken over by a competitor

San Rafael based video game maker Telltale suddenly laid off all remaining employees

Los Angeles based electric car maker you never heard of Faraday Future suddenly eliminated jobs and is slashing wages, “Effective immediately”

Palo Alto based Essential Products eliminated at least 30% of jobs

The last video rental store in SLO is closing

Elon Musk says $40m tweet was ‘worth it’ after being fined

Musk settles fraud charges

Google to shut down Google+ after failing to disclose user data leak

Facebook October 2018 security breach: Everything you need to know

UK fines Facebook £500000

Worried Your Facebook Account Has Been Cloned?

Facebook purged over 800 U.S. accounts 

COLORADO: Digital First Media laying off 107 at Colorado Springs

CONNECTICUT: Japan owned Konica Minolta Business Solutions halting ops in Windsor, 219 jobs gone the week before xmas!

FLORIDA: L3 Tech.-Security & Detection issued WARN, 67 jobs gone by May 2019.  Raytheon issued WARN, 52 jobs gone by the end of December. Reconfigurable technology company Raydon suddenly laid off 50 people.

Shopping networks HSN and QVC merging, killing at least 350 jobs!

Taxpayer funded military VR company Raydon Corporation suddenly laid off 50 people

Comcast cuts more workers in Sarasota

ILLINOIS:  ServiCom closes call center and lays off employees

MASSACHUSETTS: UMass Memorial Health Care lays off 17 InfoTech workers

Rethink Robotics re-thought it’s plans and suddenly shutdown 

MICHIGAN: The Michigan Cyber Range hosted an international cyber security event in which National Guard units from seven U.S. states took part, along with military units of seven countries, which included playing the part of ‘cyber threats’ (emulating threats).

MINNESOTA: Teleperfomance’s debt collection arm AllianceOne issued a WARN, 75 jobs gone after xmas. Magnetic read/write head maker Hutchinson Technology suddenly laid off 1-hundred people! Software company Maximum Solutions suddenly laid off five people.

NEW JERSEY:  Germany owned imaging tech maker Agfa issued a WARN, 125 jobs gone the day after xmas!  ‘Big Data’ manager Solix issued a WARN, 149 jobs gone after xmas!

NEW YORK: HSN issued shutdown WARN for its Ingenious Designs ops in Ronkonkoma, 66 jobs gone by February 2019.  Federated Payment Systems issued a layoff WARN, at least 47 jobs gone in January 2019.  CDS NFL Event issued a shutdown WARN, 91 jobs gone between now and December.

Female focused Refinery29 suddenly laid off 40 people

MACOM Technology Solutions issued a WARN, as many as 56 jobs lost

OHIO: Ohio National Guard and the U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center signed a joint memorandum of understanding (MOU) to work together on cyber engagements: “This new partnership with the U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center will be incredibly beneficial to our Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen. They will be able to exchange ideas and technical expertise with their Coast Guard colleagues on projects and initiatives such as cybersecurity exercises and workforce development.”-Major General Mark E. Bartman, Ohio National Guard

“The USCG Research and Development Center has worked with many National Guard components since our establishment in 1972. This MOU takes that relationship to the next level. Maritime Cyber Security is a critical facet of our research….”-Captain Greg Rothrock, U.S. Coast Guard

OKLAHOMA: Official ‘October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month’ video in which Altus Air Force Base personnel state that everybody must join the fight:

OREGON: struggling Oregon Shakespeare Festival kills more jobs, still blaming wildfires

PENNSYLVANIA: QCV Fulfillment Center closing its doors in Lancaster County

TENNESSEE: Fountainhead College of Technology shuts down

VIRGINIA: Ironically, online based job service Snagajob laid off 15 people

Washington DC: National Geographic Hit With New Round of Layoffs

U.S. Tech/Communications breakdown, September 2018: “INSURMOUNTABLE CHALLENGES”

U.S.

“Stop incentivizing illegal immigration”!: Immigrant Invasion, United States, January 2019

Video

Incomplete list of immigrant operations affecting the United States taxpayers, January 2019.

More proof it’s about making money: $11 toothpaste: Immigrants pay big for basics at private run ICE lock-ups

And more proof it’s about saving money: “… a group of protesters who were denouncing President Trump’s immigration policies. They were waving Mexican flags and shouting, ‘¡Si, se puede!’ (‘Yes, we can!’)

Unbeknownst to the protesters, the expression ‘Si, se puede’ was a saying of Cesar Chavez’s. When Chavez, the founder of the United Farm Workers union, used the expression ‘Yes, we can,’ he meant something entirely different: ‘Yes, we can’ seal the borders. He hated illegal immigration. Chavez explained, ‘As long as we have a poor country bordering California, it’s going to be very difficult to win strikes.’ Why? Farmers are willing to hire low-wage immigrants here illegally. Chavez had allies in his protest against the hiring of undocumented workers and lax enforcement of immigration laws. Included in one of his protest marches were Democratic Sen. Walter Mondale and a longtime Martin Luther King Jr. aide, the Rev. Ralph Abernathy.”

U.S. Coast Guard intercepted these 70 illegal immigrants near Haiti, 06JAN2018.

USAF Reserve delivers 8-thousand pounds of taxpayer funded aid to Guatemala, 08JAN2019.  Guatemala is one of the countries trying to flood the U.S. with illegal immigrants.

Taxpayer funded U.S. military personnel help build new police outposts along the Pan-American Highway in Panama, 11-17JAN2019, scouting for traffickers of illegal drugs and illegal immigrants.

History Lesson: The ancient Roman army and navy was initially staffed by native born citizens, which helped turn the Republic into a global empire.  But later as the empire crumbled, one of the signs the empire was a failed state was the reliance on immigrants, especially from areas of the world that were considered enemies.  Even in the Roman military immigrants became commanding officers, and it was one of those officers that led the destruction of three Roman legions at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest: “Arminius had acquired Roman citizenship and had received a Roman military education, which enabled him to deceive the Roman commander methodically and anticipate the Roman army’s tactical responses.”

Smithsonian: The Ambush That Changed History 

History.com: 8 Reasons Why Rome Fell 

Illegal Immigrant Conviction Rates Are Low

Falling Illegal Immigration Numbers

Healthcare Providers Walk ‘Fine Line’ Between Informing And Scaring Immigrant Patients

Official U.S. Navy video about Operation Cutlass Express, which uses your tax dollars to help African countries fight immigration (among other things), because “We must live together”:

As you read this list below note how much the U.S. military is relying on immigrants.

ALABAMA: ICE deports 25 people arrested in New York to Alabama

undocumented workers from Central America accused of deer poaching

ARIZONA: Plans for teachers from the Tucson Unified School District to educate immigrant children being housed at a local facility have been put on hold.

Agents apprehend 131 undocumented persons who ‘turned themselves in’

Border Patrol agents aided nearly 30 undocumented immigrants who required medical treatment

Video of families illegally crossing into the United States near Ajo Station:

CALIFORNIA: Illegal immigrant found not guilty in Kate Steinle’s killing wants gun conviction dropped

illegal immigrant ‘sanctuary’ established on Nancy Pelosi’s lawn

Irony: Illegal immigrant accused of murdering legal immigrant cop faces judge

Governor wants state taxpayers to cover healthcare for undocumented immigrants

COLORADO: Undocumented man enters sanctuary during government shutdown

Boulder man fails to pay undocumented workers, then threatens them

FLORIDA: “Stop incentivizing illegal immigration, which is unfair to our legal immigrants, promotes lawlessness and reduces wages for our blue-collar workers.”-Governor Ron DeSantis

At the end of December the U.S. Navy launched a new recruiting campaign using Swarming Teams.  The focus is on recruiting immigrants because the USN is being built-up to a 355 ship organization and they’re going to need anybody they can get to sail those ships: “I immigrated from the Dominican Republic as a child and grew up in New York, so being in Miami is great because I speak Spanish and that helps a lot.”-Electrician’s Mate 2nd Class Jonathan Urraca

“Being a Columbian-American and being a woman helps in recruiting, because recently I was able to speak with a mother who didn’t understand much about the Navy, and getting through that language barrier really helped ease her concerns about the Navy.”– Master-At-Arms 3rd Class Lina Marcella-Arce

“The first Swarm has exceeded our expectations, but where the rubber meets the road is in four to five months where we can see if people’s interest turn into contracts.”-Captain Matthew Boren

Here’s what it takes for an immigrant to get a green card 

Local authorities have had run-ins with undocumented immigrants

GEORGIA: On 31JAN2019, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced the seizure of nearly 285-thousand counterfeit sports-related items worth an estimated $24.2-million USD, as well as the arrests of 28 people (including immigrants), as part of Operation Team Player.  Many fake sports memorabilia are being sold at flee markets/swap meets/’pop-up tent’ locations run by illegal immigrants.

Immigrants, including a member of the Army National Guard, become legal U.S. citizens, 10JAN2019 in Atlanta.

IDAHO: U-Haul domestic ‘migration trend’ data says Idaho is No. 5 growth state/more Spanish language classes being offered to adults

It’s been revealed that a USDA taxpayer supported housing complex (called Farmway Village) intended to house migrant farm workers is being used to house poor non-farm workers instead.

MICHIGAN: Michigan Sheriff tells ICE: We won’t detain immigrants without warrant

MISSOURI: 

Airman 1st Class Vera Schwenk is an immigrant from Kyrgyzstan, now working for the USAF at Whiteman Air Force Base.

NEVADA: Illegal immigrant captured, suspect of killing four people

Undocumented immigrant admits killing couple

NEW JERSEY: Undocumented Worker Says Trump Resort Shielded Her

The number of undocumented immigrants is shrinking in these 12 states (including N.J.)

NEW MEXICO: U.S. Border Patrol detains 115 undocumented immigrants, seizes marijuana in New Mexico

NEW YORK: Dream Act Is Approved in NY to Aid Undocumented Students

Immigrant wins release after 5 years ‘detention’ in Batavia

It Was a Sanctuary for undocumented Immigrants. Then One of Its Owners Was Arrested.

$1M campaign supports drivers’ licenses for undocumented immigrants

NYPD Arrested Undocumented Immigrant restaurant Owner and political activist

New York City taxpayers will spend at least $100 million to ensure that undocumented immigrants get healthcare

NORTH CAROLINA: More proof it’s about money; Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools has more than 20,000 immigrant students, That brings costs and benefits.

OHIO: American citizens Following their Undocumented Spouses back to Mexico

PUERTO RICO: 

35 illegal immigrants caught trying to enter Puerto Rico, 07JAN2019.

One of several boats with 66 illegal immigrants caught trying to get into Puerto Rico, 11JAN2019.

The graphic depicts illegal drug/immigrant activities halted by government forces, from 01OCT2018 to 01JAN2019.

TEXAS: My son was killed by an illegal immigrant

Undocumented Immigrant Saved Houston Cop’s Life Before He Was Killed

UTAH: Man accused of smuggling undocumented immigrants through Utah

VERMONT: Suit says Vermont continuing to feed immigrant data to feds

VIRGINIA: Virginians Push Driving Privileges for Undocumented Immigrants

WASHINGTON: New milestone in King County: Immigrant population tops 500000

Washington DC: Democrats Introduce Bill to Shield illegal Farmworkers from Deportation

Trump Asks Support on Shutdown, Hints at immigrant Farmworker Reform

Trump offers protection to undocumented immigrants in exchange of border wall funding, Pelosi rejects it

Victims of Illegal Immigration storm Nancy Pelosi’s Office

U.S. separated ‘thousands’ more immigrant children than known 

22 immigrants died in ICE detention centers during the past 2 years

Why state issued driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants backfired

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT INVASION, UNITED STATES, DECEMBER 2018

WISCONSIN: Driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants gains more support 

December 2018: Migrant farm worker, working for Idaho employer Simplot, failed to follow pesticide application instructions, killing dozens of fish in nearby river 

November 2018: Hurricane reveals just how many illegals are in North Carolina

So many migrant farm workers are flooding into Idaho that USDA (federal taxpayer) funded rural housing authorities are building more apartments for them. 

October 2018: More legal Mexican farm workers are coming to South Carolina than ever.

September 2018: Farmers’ efforts to legally import workers threatens U.S. crops

August 2018: Mollie Tibbetts case exposes farms’ worst-kept secret: hiring undocumented immigrants

U.S.

“significant changes”: U.S. Food Crisis, September 2018

Video

Incomplete list of announced United States food supply shutdowns, outbreaks and recalls for the month of September, 2018:

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

In Denmark, one of the world’s most profitable salmon farms is now blaming the mass die-off of salmon (750-thousand around just one of Denmark’s islands) on farm fertilizer run-off which is causing a deadly algae to bloom

Who actually makes money off taxpayer funded farm bills; Wealthy urbanites from Hollywood to Manhattan 

Is the Second Farm Crisis Upon Us?

Corn plunges on huge yields

More than 1-thousand-3-hundred Shop ’n Save employees across Illinois and Missouri losing their jobs as a result of failed efforts to sell-off the troubled stores by parent company Supervalu!

ALABAMA: Legal Petition Urges Feds to End Toxic Agricultural Pesticide Use on Alabama Wildlife Refuge Complex

Drought conditions spread

Almost a Half-Million Pounds of Prepared Chicken Is Being Recalled 

ALASKA: worries that Alaskans could lose food stamps 

240 varieties of potatoes grown in Palmer

ARKANSAS: In Texarkana, after more than 40 years Park Place Restaurant shutdown so the owner can retire.

Legal Issues in Arkansas Agriculture

Rain Stalls Potentially Record Arkansas Cotton Harvest

ARIZONA: The owners of Tucson Tamale Company said, on facebook, that they’re forced to shutdown their Broadway location because of road construction, they hope the shutdown is temporary.  In Chandler, after ten years Wimpy’s Paradise shutdown, the owner claiming he is not quiting the eatery scene, he just has to adjust to his age.

The cost of cotton

Life as a Farmworker in Yuma’s Lettuce Fields

Department of Agriculture investigates well-being of horses in Vail

CALIFORNIA: In Los Gatos, after 36 years Gilley’s Diner shutdown due to family ‘obligations’.  In San Francisco, The Matterhorn Swiss Restaurant shutdown after 24 years “because we’re old and tired.”  Four Ruby’s Diners, in Huntington Beach, Laguna Hills, Oceanside and Palm Springs, now bankrupt busted.  Color Spot Nurseries issued a shutdown WARN for its Carson location, 52 jobs gone by Thanksgiving. Veggie packer Jackpot Harvesting Company issued a shutdown WARN for its ops in Gonzales, 256 jobs gone in January 2019! (it might have something to do with a lawsuit over compensation of piece-rate employees)

Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton held a Feds Feed Families food event at the Blinder Memorial Chapel. Feds Feed Families is a U.S. Department of Agriculture operation, relying totally on unpaid volunteers (federal government employees), to help provide food to food pantries near military bases.

Despite California farm shutdowns, Farmers claim they’re Struggling To Find Workers. 

Arrogant leftist-liberal California claims its farmers will show the world how to lead on climate change.

COLORADO: Are hot springs the future of farming?

meatpacker recalls ground beef after E. coli death

CONNECTICUT: In Stratford, after 62 years popular restaurant Marnick’s shutdown without warning to customers and employees, local news media reported that city officials were happy to announce the property (which also included the Rodeway Inn) had been sold.

At Farm Aid In Hartford, Neil Young Tells Fans ‘Corporate Farms Suck’

DELAWARE: Restaurant Cocina Lolo shutdown after only three years, even the facebook page was disabled.

Third equine case of West Nile Virus confirmed

Monsanto grant to help Delaware Farm Bureau

Delaware farmers to get tariff relief

FLORIDA: What exactly is the Florida Commissioner of Agriculture?

GEORGIA: diversity of agriculture industry

Mayfield Dairy (Dean Foods) eliminated 108 jobs!

GUAM: Guam Agriculture Awarded $313-thousand in taxpayer funded Federal Grants

SNAP recipients to get 60% of food stamps automatically added to help deal with Typhoon Mangkhut

HAWAII: Stratos New York Pizzeria shutdown due to ongoing lava flows running-off tourists, and the fact that the owners have been blocked from moving to a new location.

IDAHO: tax panel raising valuations on irrigated farmland

elk hunters are having some of the best hunting of all time

Gov. Otter to lead trade mission to Canada

Raising warm water fish near the cool waters of Idaho

U.S. Department of Agriculture m44 land-mine explodes Pocatello family

ILLINOIS: Chicago based, but British empire Canada/South Africa owned, MillerCoors eliminating 350 corporate jobs in the U.S. by the end of October! MillerCoors is also raising prices, as well as canceling some of its products, due to crashing beer sales.  Shop-n-Save issued shutdown WARNs for grocery stores in Jerseyville, Granite City, Belleville, Cahokia and Springfield, 420 jobs gone just in time for Xmas!

record 300.5 pound watermelon

More proof its farm welfare; farmers anxious about promised federal taxpayer payouts

Rauner declares harvest emergency for 2nd straight year

INDIANA:  Farmers Need Industrial Hemp Or Legal Marijuana To Prosper

Indiana partners with British empire Canadian province to advance agricultural

Why aren’t land values plummeting?

IOWA: VeroBlue Farms issued a shutdown WARN for its fish farm ops in Webster (and also warned of looming bankruptcy), 24 jobs gone by Halloween.

Iowa land values fall

USDA is putting tax dollars into developing new markets

KANSAS: first step toward growing industrial hemp

American Farmers Are in Crisis

KENTUCKY: In Louisville, after 28 years Clifton’s Pizza shutdown because the owner needs to “take care of my personal life.”

AppHarvest launches high-tech agriculture class

test plot of malaria-fighting plant a success

Why Vermont students are farming in Kentucky

LOUISIANA: After 18 years The Melting Pot shutdown its Baton Rouge location because “we have been unable to work out a long term lease deal with our landlord”.

Government data proves Louisiana is in trouble

MAINE: Oyster farm on Maquoit Bay raises concerns

small, midsized farms suffering from labor shortage

Maine ranks highest in New England for food insecurity

MARYLAND: Fudgery shutdown its 33 years old location at Inner Harbor, due to sales that can’t keep up with increasing costs.

Coalition Launches ‘Save A Shore Farmer’ Program

New regulations for lawn-fertilizer 

MASSACHUSETTS: Save-A-Lot suddenly shutdown its 12 years old grocery store in Taunton, with only a weeks notice, local news media reported the corporate office refused to say why.  In Hyannis, Cape Cod Potato Chips suddenly laid off 21 people as part of efforts to ‘upgrade’ to new equipment, which reduced the three production lines down to just one.

Farmers Revive Historic Hops

Cranberry prices so low farmers are going to dump their crops!

Indigo raises $250M to build online marketplace for farmers

MICHIGAN: Grocery giant Kroger shutting down its store in Mundy, 73 jobs lost by the end of October.  In Hastings, after 30 years Mills Landing shutdown, the restaurant owners didn’t say why.  Great Lakes Coca-Cola Bottling shutting down its Kalamazo operations, 102 jobs affected by November!  Great North Foods issued a layoff WARN, at least 19 people (the official WARN also warned of additional layoffs) jobless right after Thanksgiving.

Here’s one reason for Trump’s tariffs; Michigan lost 143 dairy farms in the past year!

Marie Catrib’s in Grand Rapids closing in October

MINNESOTA: In Minneapolis, Colossal Cafe shutdown so the owner can retire.  Maple Plain Food Center shutdown after 52 years due to increased competition, the owners reminisced about how hard it was to start a family run store because of government regulators: “We were actually the first combination grocery store/pharmacy in the state of Minnesota. We had trouble getting our license initially because the state board of pharmacy thought it was unethical to have groceries and pharmacy in the same facility.”-Tom Reycraft

MISSISSIPPI: farmers, contractors still back Trump

MISSOURI: HeBrews Coffee forced to shutdown its Springfield location due to a court order, as a result of a dispute with the landlord.  In Saint Louis, after more than 40 years Llywelyn’s Pub, on McPherson Avenue, suddenly shutdown so the owner can focus on the more profitable locations.  In Jefferson City, Weber Meat Market shutting down by Xmas because the property owner wants to demolish everything, due to the fact that the majority of spaces in the 60 years old shopping plaza are vacant.  In Kansas City, after about 12 years Domo Sushi & Japanese Grill shutdown so the 75 years old owner can retire.

farmers still struggle

Drought effects persist despite rain

Farm owner refuses to comply with state regulations

MONTANA: The farmers who trust Trump

NEBRASKA: Obviously trying to “revolutionize the way America thinks about food” doesn’t pay-off because Eat Fit Go now chapter 11 bankrupt busted, suddenly shutting down two stores.

New health care plan available for Nebraska farmers

New Costco poultry complex initiates ripple effect at retail

NEVADA: Starving horses suddenly appear, nobody knows where they came from 

tariffs strengthen “perfect storm” slamming Nevada farms

USDA hands out $5-million taxpayer funded grant for snow-pack study

NEW HAMPSHIRE:  Farm Bet on Organic Eggs and Won Big

NEW JERSEY:  Grocery store Seasons now bankrupt busted and up for sale.  In Cherry Hill, Asian Food Markets shutdown its 13 years old Barclay Farms location, saying a new location is being sought.

a thriving agriculture industry

Hazelnuts could never grow in New Jersey — until now

NEW MEXICO:  USDA bills New Mexico $164-million for over-billing of SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, aka food stamps)!

NEW YORK: Coffee shop chain Fika now chapter 11 bankrupt busted, apparently rent on 11 of the 20 shops hasn’t been paid. Maritima issued a shutdown WARN for its LaSirena restaurant, 140 jobs gone right after Xmas!  Signature issued a shutdown WARN for its North End Grill, 59 jobs gone a week before Xmas.

New invasive pest could impact NY’s agriculture

Immigration policy at the forefront of New York apple farming controversy

NORTH CAROLINA: Golden Corral shut down its buffet in Elizabeth City, without warning or explanation.  Smithfield Foods shutting down its Clayton distribution center, 1-hundred jobs lost to consolidation operations!  The Winterville Rucker Johns restaurant shutdown with no warning and no explanation.  In Washington, after six years Coffee Caboose shutdown.

Florence Engulfs Hog Farms And Chicken Houses causing floods of pig poop and chicken crap, Thrashes North Carolina Agriculture

Millions of dead chickens and pigs found in hurricane floods

Video, Maryland National Guard assists North Carolina National Guard in food distribution after Hurricane Florence:

Video, North Carolina National Guard delivers MREs to a local fire department after Hurricane Florence:

Marines from MCAS Cherry Point conduct food distribution ops house-to-house in New Bern, 20SEP2018.

NORTH DAKOTA: Judge rules North Dakota anti-corporate farm law is constitutional

Demand for North Dakota beans goes south

OHIO:  Tilted Kilt suddenly shutdown its pub-restaurant on East Prospect Avenue, in Cleveland, supposedly the employees will be working at a “new venue” elsewhere.  In Cincinnati, after 20 years restaurant Palomino announced it can’t renew the lease on its Fountain Square location and shutdown.  In Findlay, after 40 years New China Inn shutdown, the owners said “we’re getting old.” 

U.S. Defense Logistics Agency associates, along with local food bank volunteers, collected 9-thousand-143 pounds of food that will support more than 525-thousand people in Central Ohio!

Bumper crops not paying off for farmers

OKLAHOMA: Woody’s Corner Bar shutdown after 12 years in Tulsa, the owners claim they’ll be back with something new.  Also in Tulsa, the Natural Grocers store shutting down by November, 16 jobs lost to ‘recent financial performance’.

8-Year-Old Boy Killed In Farming Incident

producers can apply for funds to offset tariff disruptions

Men Charged with Series of Cattle and Equipment Thefts

OREGON:  Beaverton Bakery shutdown after 93 years, apparently due to increased competition as local news media reported there were eight other bakeries in the immediate area.  In Portland, Sweet Heart Pizza on North East 7th Avenue shutdown so it can be turned into something else.

Critical Drought Levels After Driest Summer 

USDA approves emergency grazing, cover crops

Feds will take over troubled Lost Valley Farm megadairy

PENNSYLVANIA:  In Indiana, after 25 years The Coventry Inn shutdown, the owners claiming they can’t find reliable employees saying “We need eight or 10 committed workers, and four or five is hopeless.”  In Pittsburgh, after 28 years Beehive CoffeeHouse & Dessertery forced to shutdown because the building is being sold-off.  In Hermitage, After 86 years family owned Darrenkamp’s grocery chain shutting down and/or selling-off its stores, more than 641 jobs affected!  Hunger relief organization Philabundance got 3-thousand-931 pounds of food from the local U.S. Defense Logistics Agency employees. Philabundance feeds 90-thousand people across Pennsylvania and New Jersey!

Spotted Lanternfly discovered

sounding the alarm on deer disease

$10 million in farm tax credits available

PUERTO RICO: In coffee country, ‘We have to motivate the farmers to come to the soil’ 

RHODE ISLAND: In Middletown, after 14 years Rusty’s Bar & Grill forced to shutdown so the property can be gentrified into a 23 unit apartment building, local news media reported that the customers are opposed to the city’s decision.

Hemp will be cropping up 

Topsfield Fair pumpkin record smashed

SOUTH CAROLINA: Hurricane Florence causes at least $125-million in damages to farms

SOUTH DAKOTA: 2-year-old dies from farming accident

Variability leads to questions about crop outcomes

TENNESSEE: In Franklin, after only two years the Buffalo Wings & Rings shutdown with only one weeks notice.

Who wants to be a farmer?

TEXAS: Farmers Branch based Taco Bueno suddenly shutdown 16 restaurants across four states due to “changing traffic patterns”.  In Upper Kirby, Steakhouse Power owned Del Frisco’s Grille suddenly shutdown after five years, local news media reported its another in a long list of restaurants that can’t seem to survive in that area of town.  In Austin, after more than 70 years iconic Hill’s Cafe shutdown, the owners say they’re looking for a new location.

Sheppard Air Force Base Feds Feed Families video promo:

UTAH:  new innovations in food production

Drought conditions prompt emergency meeting

Panguitch Lake closed because of toxic algal bloom

VERMONT: Magnolia Bistro suddenly shutdown after 12 years due to the owner’s negative social media comments about people with addictions, and despite the owner’s apology for those comments.

Scores of farm owners face higher taxes 

Thieves Put Damper On Hemp Harvest

VIRGINIA: man killed in farming accident

WASHINGTON: Starbucks warning of massive layoffs at the corporate level due to “significant changes”.  

Record $171-million spent in farm-land sale

apple crop awaits answers amid ongoing trade uncertainty

WEST VIRGINIA: More Women Are Becoming Farmers

U.S. Attorney Sues Hemp Farm Over Seeds’ Origin

WISCONSIN: On Pace To Hit Highest Loss Of Dairy Farms In 4 Years

University of Wisconsin-Madison: Ancient farmers reduced the negative effects of The Ice Age and started Global Warming

The Fort McCoy Commissary donated food as part of the nation-wide Feds Feed Families operation.  Feds Feed Families is a USDA operation, relying totally on unpaid volunteers (federal government employees), to help provide food to food pantries near military bases.

WYOMING: Why a wrinkle in the old water law is worth millions (thanks to the oil industry)

elk populations boom ahead of hunting season

Wyoming to begin international trade with Taiwan

U.S. FOOD CRISIS, August 2018: OUTBREAKS & RECALLS