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World War 3, False Flag Front: USAID a covert terrorist organization?

02 May 2013 (23:49 UTC-07 Tango 01 May 2013)/21 Jumada t-Tania 1434/12 Ordibehest 1391/23 Ding-Si (3rd month) 4711

“We will never again allow Bolivia or Latin America to be your backyard!”-Juan Evo Morales Ayma, President of Bolivia

On the 01 May 2013 the president of Bolivia, Juan Evo Morales Ayma, expelled the U.S. Agency for International Development for “…alleged political interference in peasant unions and other social organizations.”

Morales was also pissed by the arrogant statements of the U.S. Secretary of State: “The Western Hemisphere is our backyard, it is of vital importance to us.”-John Kerry, 17 April 2013

Prior to this incident it was revealed that the uncle of the alleged Boston Bombings suspects, Ruslan Tsarni, is an oil executive who used to work for Halliburton and USAID!

It’s also been revealed, and ignored by the main streamer U.S. media, that the elder (and dead) Boston Bombing suspect attended meetings of the Caucasus Fund of Georgia (CFG) in 2012.  CFG is directly supported by the U.S. christian republican Jamestown Foundation, which in turn is receiving U.S. taxpayer funding from USAID!

At the end of April 2013 it was revealed at the Darfur Donors Conference that USAID is giving Sudan $600 million USD per year in taxpayer funded “development” aid.  But wait, it was also revealed that more than half of that money, at least $400 million, goes to UNAMID (United Nations Mission in Darfur), which is not concerned with “development” but is a UN created paramilitary organization!

In 2012, Russian officials banned USAID from operating in their country, because they discovered that most of USAID’s efforts are involved with political activities, not helping people better their economic lives.  The Russians also banned many non-governmental agencies for being connected to USAID.

In Paraguay, in 2012 a covert pro-U.S. president was thrown out of office (where was the U.S. main streamer media on this one?) after several riots over land confiscation left at least 17 people dead.  The pro-U.S. president, Fernando Lugo, was being heavily funded with U.S. tax dollars from USAID.  Lugo had presented himself as a socialist leaning politician, it turned out he was a crony capitalist.  On the day of the overthrow of Lugo USAID officials were trying to figure out a way to bring the new Federico Franco government to the dark side of the force: “…how we can best approach new leadership to ensure not only stability in programming, but ability to march forward.”-Michael Eschleman, director of the Democracy and Threshold Programs at USAID

Well USAID must’ve found a way to buy off the new president of Paraguay, Federico Franco, because the Obama administration approves: “The most important thing at this point is to look for constructive ways…to engage with the Paraguayans, including with the Franco government.”-Roberta Jacobson, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs

Jacobson was asked by a reporter if what happened in Paraguay last year was a U.S. supported coup, her response was “I’m not going to answer that question.”

USAID has been giving Paraguay millions in U.S. tax dollars, including millions for building up Paraguay’s national police force.  It’s part of a program called Threshold, which is meant to “strengthen the rule of law”.

Also in 2012, USAID was accused of helping Israel to pay for the construction of its apartheid wall, and the building of roads that actually cut off Palestinians from jobs.

It’s also interesting that USAID supports issues in other countries that are divisive within the United States, such as homosexuality: “Yes, we have projects around the world in the LGBT [lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender] area. In Southeast Asia, they are designed to support organizations that are stepping forward to demand their rights.”-Donald Steinberg, USAID deputy administrator

Regardless of what you think about homosexuality, how can your government be spending your tax money supporting issues in other countries, that do not have the overwhelming majority of support within the U.S.?

In 2011, Cuba convicted U.S. citizen Alan Phillip Gross on espionage charges.  Who did Gross work for?  Why USAID of course.  Gross was working through members of the Jewish community in Cuba.

In 2010 USAID admitted they don’t know what happens to the tens of millions of U.S. tax dollars sent to Ethiopia:  “….it is not possible to determine the extent of that contribution because of weakness in the mission’s performance management and reporting system…..the audit was unable to determine whether the results reported in USAID/Ethiopia’s Performance Plan and Report were valid because mission staff could neither explain how the results were derived nor provide support for those reported results. In fact, when the audit team attempted to validate the reported results, it was unable to do so….”-USAID AUDIT REPORT NO. 4-663-10-003-P

Wikileaks released documents showing that USAID was involved with attempts to get rid of Hugo Chavez of Venezuela: “The USAID/OTI program objectives in Venezuela focus on strengthening democratic institutions and spaces through non-partisan cooperation with many sectors of Venezuelan society.”-U.S. State Department cable 09 November 2006

What does OTI stand for? Office of Transition Initiatives, in other words, regime change.  The OTI is part of USAID.  Remember what the Russians said about NGOs and USAID?  The 2006 State Department cable proves the Russians correct: “OTI partners are training NGOs to be activists…”-U.S. State Department cable 09 November 2006

This list could go on and on.  One thing is for sure, USAID is not what it officially claims to be.

“War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.”-slogans from the book 1984

“America is watching.”-John Kerry, U.S. Secretary of State

“The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.”-Albert Einstein

 

 

U.S.

World War 3, North American Front: Flase Flag State of Emergency declared in Seattle, Washington?

02 May 2013 (21:56 UTC-07 Tango 01 May 2013)/21 Jumada t-Tania 1434/12 Ordibehest 1391/23 Ding-Si (3rd month) 4711

“Using the emergency powers of the mayor’s office, I’m issuing an order for the limited purpose of giving police the authority to confiscate items that can be used as weapons.”-Mike MGinn, mayor

You rarely hear about May Day labor demonstrations in the crony capitalist country of United States, but the 1st of May became a riot in Seattle, Washington!

The mayor of Seattle, Mike McGinn, issued an order that gave cops “emergency powers”.  McGinn was Seattle’s police chief during the massive 1999 WTO riots,  which were ignored by the main streamer TV media.

Apparently the May Day riot was started by a group called Black Bloc when they held an unannounced protest. They were using flares, metal bars and even a flag pole as weapons of mass destruction against businesses (including some Too Big to Jail banks), vehicles, news reporters and eventually the cops!   Some cops said the Black Bloc members even made incendiary bombs out of toilet paper rolls!

A tourist from Canada said rioters attacked his car, and told him to go back to Canada.

Of course the Black Bloc May Day riot was only a fraction of the size of the 1999 WTO riots (again a massive riot that the main streamer TV media ignored), but it was enough to scare the crap out of the former police chief turned mayor, and basically he declared a state of emergency over it.

By the way there were peaceful May Day demonstrations in Seattle, but the crony capitalist main streamer U.S media never covers such commie activities.

 

International

World War 3, North American Front: Mexico kicks out U.S. ‘law enforcement’ agencies, blames them for drug war!

01 May 2013 (10:51 UTC-07 Tango)/20 Jumada t-Tania 1434/11 Ordibehest 1391/22 Ding-Si (3rd month) 4711

“Before, you had Agency A from the U.S. government that would deal with agency X, Y and Z from Mexico and then Agency B from the U.S. that would also deal with agency X, Y and Z from Mexico. Nobody knew what was going on!”-Sergio Alcocer, Mexico’s deputy foreign secretary for North American affairs

The new President of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, is saying no to free access to Mexico by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and its minions (FBI, CIA, DEA, ATF and border patrol).

What most people in the rule of law United States don’t know is that the Bush Jr lover, former Mexican President Felipe Calderon, gave free access to U.S. Homeland Security Department.  Most gringos don’t know that even their CIA had free range in Mexico, supposedly to fight drug lords.

The violence dramatically increased after the U.S. got directly involved in supposedly fighting the drug lords in Mexico.

Some sources say the Drug War started in 2000, when President Vicente Fox brought in military units to fight a drug lord in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas.

The war escalated when President Felipe Calderon took over, and that’s when Homeland Security got directly involved.  And lets not forget the billions of dollars all you happy U.S. taxpayers gave to the Calderon regime, in the name of fighting the Drug War (money authorized by both the Bush Jr and Obama administrations).

Now after 13 years of the Drug War, in which at least six of those years overtly involved the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, more than 73000 people have been killed, 100000+ arrested/detained/captured and more than 27000 disappeared!!! (don’t forget the U.S. Operation Fast and Furious, that was one operation that became public, in which U.S. citizens were killed)

Keep in mind the majority of people killed were not drug dealers, but innocent civilians, including migrants from Central America, and dozens of U.S. citizens on vacation!

At one point Homeland Security, and the states of Arizona and Texas were scare mongering for National Guard troops to be sent into action.

And here’s an interesting stat; from 2008 to 2011 the number of ‘murders’ attributed to the Drug War skyrocketed by five times what they were in 2006 and 2007.  That happens to correspond to the increase in U.S. tax dollars the Obama administration gave to Calderon.

Remember gringos, this is what happens when your Big Bro/Sis Homeland Security ‘takes care of you’!

There have been numerous cases where local Mexican police were arrested for killing migrants, and some of those bad cops say they had direction from U.S. sources!

Now the new democratically elected government of Mexico demands that all U.S. Homeland Security minions pass through the Mexican Secretary of the Interior.

There is also a meeting planned between Nieto and Obama.  Nieto is sounding the same action plan that Fox sounded before losing favor with Bush Jr.  It just happens to be the same action plan Bill Clinton once called for: ‘It’s the economy, stupid!’

So after a decade of throwing billions of U.S. taxpayer money into a Drug War (that’s probably nothing but a big False Flag event), Mexican and U.S. officials are now thinking, mmmm, ‘maybe if people had lots of good paying jobs they wouldn’t need to turn to dealing drugs, or more importantly, they wouldn’t be angry with their Big Bro/Sis government?’

But don’t forget the warning that former U.S. Secretary of State Caspar Weinberger co-wrote with Peter Schweizer (called The Next War); if the Mexican government fails to toe the line with U.S. policies then War were Declared!  (several wars warned about in The Next War have come to pass)

 

Business/Economics

World War 3, Economic Front: Demand for fuel way down in Japan! Yet prices going up?

01 May 2013 (09:17 UTC-07 Tango)/20 Jumada t-Tania 1434/11 Ordibehest 1391/22 Ding-Si (3rd month) 4711

Japan’s Natural Resources and Energy Agency reporting a big decrease in the number of gas stations.  Almost 20 years ago there were more than 60000 gas stations in Japan, now there are 35000.

Gas station operators blame falling demand and increased operating costs, making the business of selling fuel unprofitable. Yet fuel prices go up for Japanese drivers.

Japan buys its crude oil based on the more expensive Brent Crude price, which has been way higher than U.S. (WTI) Crude.  Some reports say that Japan pays as much as three times what other countries pay, because Japan makes a lot of ‘spot’ purchases.

Another problem is the 11 March 2011 nuclear disaster.  Japan has been forced to switch to other forms of generating electricity, mainly petroleum based.  So while demand for fuel for vehicles might be down, demand for fuel for power stations is up.

According to the U.S. Energy Information Agency, Japan is now the number one importer of liquified natural gas, number two importer of coal and third biggest importer of crude oil.

The result is that the Japanese are paying a lot more for utilities.   Yet Japanese utility companies are losing money!

The major power companies of Japan reported they lost $20 billion USD from 2011 to 2012, and they’ve lost another $16 billion from 2012 to 2013!  So they’ve jacked up their rates, some by as much as 8.5%.

Looks like the only money makers here are the oil companies.

Business/Economics

World War 3, Economic Front: U.S. job losses & store closings 01 March 2013. More signs the economy sucks!

In New York the power supply company, Eaton Corporation, announced 33 layoffs.  Company officials blame the bad economy.

After 33 years of doing business in Hamburg, New York,  Romanello’s South Restaurant closed down. The owner is pissed off: “I ran out of money. I’m sick about it!”-John Romanello

The coffee shop, Noella Brew Bar, closed down in Brooklyn, New York.  The owner said it wasn’t worth it to keep fighting the bad economy and that “…my health, my kids and life outside of work is more important.”  

In Bronx, New York, the Jonathan Levin High School for Media and Communications will be closed.  School officials blame declining enrollment and a dismal graduation rate of only 31%!

In Ohio, the Neil House Brewery closed.  The Indian Creek School District to close the Wayne Elementary School due to funding problems.

In California, the Saint Rita Christian school in Fairfax is closing: “The problem we have is the same across the United States: dwindling numbers of students and higher personnel costs.”-Reverend Ken Weare

Compuware laying off 160 employees! Most of the layoffs will affect administrative and operating positions. Company officials say they need to save $23 million USD in the next 18 months.

In Massachusetts, Hoosac Bank laying off 20 employees due to a merger.

In North Carolina, Bank of America closing a branch office in New Bern by the end of May.  Too Big to Jail bank officials blamed internet competition: “This decision is driven primarily by a decline in transactions, as customers increasingly rely on other channels including mobile and online banking.”

Toy and game maker, Hasbro, laid off three people from their TV game show division.

In South Carolina, Boeing said it will end hundreds of contracted positions at its Dreamliner factory!  One unnamed source said it could be 20% of the nearly 6000 workers at the factory.  Company officials said it has nothing to do with recent problems with the 787 airliner, but that they simply want to stop relying on contractors.  (mmm, wasn’t it a contractor that made those flaming batteries?)

Social networking site, Memory Lane, laid off an undisclosed amount of employees at its Seattle, Washington, offices.   Company officials would not comment, but it’s known they’ve been losing revenue.

Online video game source, GameFly, laid off as many as 35 people.

Washington DC law firm, Patton Boggs, laid off an undisclosed amount of attorneys.

In Arkansas, Tyson poultry processor to close its Springdale operation. 60 employees out-o-work. Company officials blame a change in consumer demand.

The New Milford Hospital is closing its Family Birthing Center in Connecticut. Hospital officials said it was because adults are having less babies.

In Oregon, the Easter Seals closing their Children’s Therapy Center in Salem.  The international charity blames it on skyrocketing health care costs and crashing donations from individuals and corporations.

After 46 years in operation, the A&P grocery store in Bedminster, New Jersey, shut down.  The lease was not renewed.

In Minnesota, the Rainbow Foods grocery store shut down in Robbinsdale: “The store is underperforming and closing because of increased competition. Their lease is up and because of the decreased profitability they will not renew…..”-Regan Murphy, mayor

In Chelsea, Michigan, the L&W Engineering steel and aluminum fabrication factory is being closed, supposedly for the next two years.  Company officials say they are converting the factory into MIG welding facility, however, unnamed employees told local media the company is dumping the factory.

After 30 years in business, Bacon’s Furniture shutting down in Florida.  They lost their lease.

In an ironic move, the Illinois Department of of Employment Security closed seven offices, in effect laying off 192 employees!  The Prairie State has already closed eight employment offices since last year, this latest round makes 15 in toto.  Now if that’s not a sign the economy is crashing and burning than I don’t know what is!

 

 

Business/Economics

World War 3, Economic Front: U.S. layoffs announced in February 2013 higher than last year!

According to Rueters, the number of announced planned layoffs by U.S. employers was up for the second month in a row at the end of February.

There was a 7% increase from February 2012 to February 2013, and a 37% increase from January 2013 to February 2013.

In February 2013 it was announced that 55356 people would be out on the street sometime this year. That’s on top of the 40430 layoffs announced in January.

 

U.S.

World War 3, North American Front: Ron Paul says War were declared on the ‘Merican People!

Forced lockdown of a city. Militarized police riding tanks in the streets. Door-to-door armed searches without warrant. Families thrown out of their homes at gunpoint to be searched without probable cause. Businesses forced to close. Transport shut down.

These were not the scenes from a military coup in a far off banana republic, but rather the scenes just over a week ago in Boston as the United States got a taste of martial law. The ostensible reason for the military-style takeover of parts of Boston was that the accused perpetrator of a horrific crime was on the loose. The Boston bombing provided the opportunity for the government to turn what should have been a police investigation into a military-style occupation of an American city. This unprecedented move should frighten us as much or more than the attack itself.

What has been sadly forgotten in all the celebration of the capture of one suspect and the killing of his older brother is that the police state tactics in Boston did absolutely nothing to catch them. While the media crowed that the apprehension of the suspects was a triumph of the new surveillance state – and, predictably, many talking heads and Members of Congress called for even more government cameras pointed at the rest of us – the fact is none of this caught the suspect. Actually, it very nearly gave the suspect a chance to make a getaway.

The “shelter in place” command imposed by the governor of Massachusetts was lifted before the suspect was caught. Only after this police state move was ended did the owner of the boat go outside to check on his property, and in so doing discover the suspect.

No, the suspect was not discovered by the paramilitary troops terrorizing the public. He was discovered by a private citizen, who then placed a call to the police. And he was identified not by government surveillance cameras, but by private citizens who willingly shared their photographs with the police.

As journalist Tim Carney wrote last week:

“Law enforcement in Boston used cameras to ID the bombing suspects, but not police cameras. Instead, authorities asked the public to submit all photos and videos of the finish-line area to the FBI, just in case any of them had relevant images. The surveillance videos the FBI posted online of the suspects came from private businesses that use surveillance to punish and deter crime on their property.”

Sadly, we have been conditioned to believe that the job of the government is to keep us safe, but in reality the job of the government is to protect our liberties. Once the government decides that its role is to keep us safe, whether economically or physically, they can only do so by taking away our liberties. That is what happened in Boston.

Three people were killed in Boston and that is tragic. But what of the fact that over 40 persons are killed in the United States each day, and sometimes ten persons can be killed in one city on any given weekend? These cities are not locked-down by paramilitary police riding in tanks and pointing automatic weapons at innocent citizens.

This is unprecedented and is very dangerous. We must educate ourselves and others about our precious civil to ensure that we never accept demands that we give up our Constitution so that the government can pretend to protect us.

Ron Paul

International

World War 3, West Asian & North African Front: Egypt demands Israel submit to Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty!

30 April 2013 (02:10 UTC-07 Tango)/19 Jumada t-Tania 1434/10 Ordibehest 1391/21 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711

While Israel launches new airstrikes on Gaza Strip (killing a man when his body was cut in half by the explosions), Egypt has walked out of international nuclear nonproliferation talks.  Egypt wants Israel, a nuclear weapons power, to sign onto the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.

“Egypt and many Arab countries have joined the NPT with the understanding that this would lead to a Middle East completely free of nuclear weapons. However, more than 30 years later, one country in the Middle East….Israel, remains outside the NPT.”-Hisham Badr, former Egyptian Ambassador to Geneva

Egyptian officials imply they will arm themselves with nukes, to defend against Israel.

Business/Economics

World War 3, U.S. Economic Front: Illinois & Pennsylvania get hit hard by Sears & Kmart!

29 April 2013 (13:49 UTC-07 Tango)/18 Jumada t-Tania 1434/09 Ordibehest 1391/20 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711

In Pennsylvania, the Moon Kmart will close in July, putting 143 employees on the street!

Three days ago Sears Holdings announced it will create subspaces in at least eight of their Sears and Kmart stores in Illinois.  In 2010 Sears Holdings began their new ‘Shop within a Shop’ business plan in California and North Carolina.

Sears also revealed they have 58 Chicago area stores up for lease or sale.

Recently a commenter on one of my postings suggested that the Chubbuck, Idaho, Sears was being prepped for such a ‘Shop within a Shop’ scenario.

Here’s the updated list of 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).

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).

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).

Hawaii: Honolulu Sears (owned by GGP, 372 jobs lost!!!).

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?

Indiana:  Anderson Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Saint John Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Indianapolis Kmart (at least 40 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). Sears Holdings revealed 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 (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).

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).

Maine: Lewiston Sears (60 to 70 jobs lost).

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

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).

Minnesota: Willmar Kmart, Duluth Kmart, New Hope Kmart, White Bear Lake Kmart, Bemidji Kmart.

Mississippi: Jackson Sears Full line, McComb Sears Full line, Columbus Sears Full line.

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.

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).

New Jersey:  Lawnside Kmart (about 80 jobs lost).

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

New York: Depew Kmart (68 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).   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).

Pennsylvania: Upper Darby Sears Full line, Pottstown Sears Full line, Pittsburgh Kmart, Wilkins Sears, Warminster Kmart (85 jobs lost), Shippensburg Kmart (46 jobs lost), recently revealed Moon Kmart (143 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).

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.

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.

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).

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).

West Virginia: Oak Hill Kmart (59 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).

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 will be closed, see above)

Hawaii: Ala Moana Center (will be closed, see above)

Washington: Bellis Fair Mall (Bellingham store, see above)

Minnesota: Apache Mall

Illinois: Market Place Shopping Center

International

World War 3, West Asian Front: U.S. rebels try to shoot down Russian airliner over Syria!

29 April 2013 (13:19 UTC-07 Tango)/18 Jumada t-Tania 1434/09 Ordibehest 1391/20 Bing-Chen (3rd month) 4711

The Russian Foreign Ministry says a Russian Nordwind Airlines airliner was fired at with two missiles, as it flew over Syria.

The Syrian government reported to Russian officials that U.S. backed al-Qaeda insurgents launched two ground to air missiles at the airliner.  The crew of the airliner confirmed they noticed “battle action on the ground“.  There were 159 people on the plane.

The plane was enrout from Egypt to Russia’s republic of Tatarstan.  The aircrew performed evasive maneuvers and the missiles exploded near the aircraft.