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Business/Economics, U.S.

World War 3, U.S. Economic Front: Job losses & store closings 21 June 2013. Allstate shuts down call centers! “Worst nightmare” for Alabama! More health care cuts!

The University of Maryland Medical Center laid off 65 people, and warned of more layoffs in August.  Also, vacant positions have been eliminated and contract positions will be reduced.  Hospital officials blame the federal government (Obama/Romney Affordable Health Care Act/sequestration).

In New York, Archcare closed its Kateri Residence nursing home in New York City.  At least 555 people unemployed (some reports say 592)!  Archcare is selling the property.

In Vermont, the Rutland Manor assisted living facility shutting down in September.

South Carolina based Stacy’s Garden Center bankrupt.  The company has stores in 24 states.  It’s not clear why they went bankrupt, their liabilities are not much more than their assets.  The company has been for sale for several months.

In New Jersey, the Atlantic City Housing Authority laid off four employees.  It’s blamed on federal funding cuts.

After 38 years of business the mom & pop Ed’s Riverside Market grocery store in Pennsylvania, shut down.  19 employees out-o-work.  It’s blamed on the bad economy, even Mennonites started shopping at Walmart!

In Connecticut, Cable Ready now bankrupt.   It’s blamed on the current economy: “…due to industry consolidation, mergers and acquisitions of production companies, larger competitors paying higher and higher advances for programming or networks retaining all rights, and the uncertain global economy squeezing independent companies like ours, Cable Ready was left with no choice but to seek protection.”

In Wisconsin, Kohl’s laid off 67 employees.  They contracted out their accounts payable and sales audit department.  In Milwaukee, the wine store Vino 100 closed down.  Typical of business owners, they denied they were closing for several weeks, before finally announcing a “…monster farewell party.”

In Ohio, the massive Jones Day law firm laid off 65 IT employees.  The IT director was also let go.  In Cincinnati, the Whiskey Bar shut down. The property owner sold the building and the lease was bought out.  The child prison known as Ashland County Juvenile Detention Center closed down.  The 83 years old prison building was deemed too old to economically upgrade.

In Louisiana, the child prison system known as Saint James Parish Youth Detention Center closed down.  It’s blamed on the high prices they charge to come close to properly housing child prisoners.

In Chicago, Illinois, Goose Island brewery shut down.  The brewery owners asked the property owners to reduce the rent by 30%, the answer was no.  In Woodridge, Allstate insurance company shut down a 12 years old call center.  Originally Allstate promised the local government that they would create 700 jobs. 348 people now unemployed! (is the new call center in Chubbuck, Idaho, next to be shut down?)

In Indiana, the Tri-Way Drive-In Theater warning it will have to close because it can not afford to buy new digital projectors.

Cooper Lighting shutting down their factory in Eufaula, Alabama, by October.  Mayor Jack Tibbs called it “Our worst nightmare!” More than 300 employees will be directly affected!  Two smaller companies will also be affected. Cooper Lighting is moving production elsewhere.

In Oregon, Lucy’s Tool Store closed after 20 years of service.  The owners (who’ve worked decades of other jobs before becoming business owners) want to retire, finally.

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) doesn’t count the hundreds of layoffs involving less than 50 people each, in its mass layoff reports. It also doesn’t count all the little ‘mom & pop’ businesses that shut down.

International, U.S.

World War 3, Asian Front-Afghanistan, 06-07 August 2013: Mullah Mohammad Omar still alive! More comedy of errors! Germany will not join NATO 2014 pullout!

In Nuristan Province, Kamdesh District, two days of heavy fighting reported.  Eight personnel from Afghan National Army (ANA) and Afghan National Police (ANP) killed, 20 wounded.  Mujahideen shot down a medivac helicopter that was called in.

In Badakhshan Province, Shuhahda District, Mujahideen liberated the areas of Miyanda, Mahmoodan, Lub Dara and Kalan Taran.

In Nangarhar Province, Jalalabad city, for the third day in a row an explosion.  This time no official comment from local government officials.  Officials at a hospital say one person was killed, at least three wounded.  Witnesses say the explosion went off as police vehicles were passing through an intersection.  Amazingly, India has promised to pay the victims of the recent attack on the Indian consulate $10-thousand USD per family.   India is also paying the Afghan forces guarding the consulate a $20-thousand reward, as well as paying the Afghan who finally stopped the attack by machine gunning the attackers $2-thousand.   Another $20-thousand will be given to treat those wounded in the attack.   This despite the supposed fact that India had nothing to do with the attack.  The Afghan Ministry of Interior (MoI) has concluded that a recent major battle in Shirzad District, that left at least 100 people dead, was the result of a comedy of errors.  Mujahideen and ANP were locked in battle when apparently ANA forces were returning from another operation.   The MoI says there was an extreme lack of “professionalism” on the part of the ANP, which could have caused the high number of government casualties.  The MoI has ordered all police in Nangarhar Province to undergo new training.  In Chaparhar District, Dawlatzi area, an Israeli style home invasion resulted in four people being kidnapped and another person being shot and wounded. Valuables in the home were also stolen.

In Ghazni Province, Moqor District, a female Afghan senator and her husband were wounded in an assassination attempt.  Their daughter and a bodyguard were killed.  In Ghazni city an explosion wounded 13 people.  No word on the cause.

In Maidan Wardak Province, Nirkh District, two explosions killed three people and wounded nine others.  Witnesses say when people gathered after the first explosion that’s when the second bomb went off.

In Helmand Province, a suicide bomber rammed his car into the convoy of the provincial ANP commander.  The car exploded, but only wounded the commander and four cops.  Two civilians were also wounded.

In Baghlan Province, Burka District, Tangi Murkh area three people were kidnapped after an Israeli style home invasion.

In Kunduz Province, Chahr Dara District, Qasab area, Mujahideen claim they blew up a German/NATO armored vehicle killing four crew and wounding another.  Mujahideen say they then attacked other Germans coming to the aid of those blown up, killing one more and wounding two others.  Mujahideen say they captured a small amount of German personal weapons, ammo and cameras.

Colonel Ulrich Kirsch, head of the German Armed Forces Association (Bundeswehrverband), has stated that Germany will not pullout of Afghanistan!

Mullah Mohammad Omar, the one eyed Mujahid the United States has repeatedly claimed to have killed, has denounced the 2014 elections in Afghanistan: “Our pious and Mujahid people know that selection, de facto, takes place in Washington. These nominal rulers are not elected through the ballots of the people. Rather they are selected as per the discretion of Washington! Participation in such elections is only a waste of time, nothing more.”

India has accused Pakistan of using Afghan Mujahideen in Kashmir and Jammu (a newly created Indian state).  Afghan Mujahideen deny the accusation: “We are engaged in a major and vast war in out own country…..It’s been 12 years that our country is occupied and we do not have time to deploy our fighters to other places, specifically in regional countries and India.”-Zabiullah Mujahid

Fukushima

Government & Corporate incompetence: Increasing radiation at Fukushima Daiichi! Korea demands action!

20 August 2013 (21:16 UTC-07 Tango 19 August 2013)/13 Shawwal 1434/29 Mordad 1392/14 Geng-Shen (7th month) 4711

The Republic of Korea (RoK, aka South Korea) is demanding the government of Japan reveal the truth about what’s going on with the ongoing Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.  RoK also wants disclosure on the damage being done to the environment.

This demand comes as Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCo) revealed more and increasing radiation leaks!

After two incidents in a little more than a week saw 12 workers contaminated with dangerous levels of radiation, while standing at a bus stop,  TEPCo officials are now realizing there must be an airborne leak of radiation.  In both cases radiation sensors sounded an alarm, meaning there was radiation in the air.  In the first incident TEPCo blamed a water mister, but that was turned off before the second incident.  The level of airborne radiation was five times more than TEPCo’s own safety standards!

In another case, someone left a check valve open on a retaining wall.  The retaining wall was built around above ground contaminated water storage tanks near Reactor 4, which are leaking.  Over the weekend it was discovered the open check valve was pouring out highly contaminated water, at least 300 tons worth!   The water contains 100 millisieverts per hour of radiation.  The safe limits for nuclear industry workers in Japan are set at 50 millisieverts per year!

Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority has declared the leaking storage tanks to be a Level One incident, which is considered an “incident-anomaly” on the zero to seven level international standard.  The NRA has ordered TEPCo to conduct soil sampling.

Levels one thru three are considered “incidents”, levels four thru seven are “accidents”.

Business/Economics, U.S.

World War 3, U.S. Economic Front: Job losses & store closings 20 June 2013. Companies planning massive layoffs in 2014! More school & health care cuts!

In New York, West Mountain Ski resort now bankrupt.  They blame foreclosure action by Utah’s Mormon owned Zions Bank.  Texas based GDF Suez Energy shutting down operations in Syracuse.   They will begin layoffs in September.  Company officials blame the bad economy.  In Bronx, Cookie’s The Kids Department Store shut down.  124 people unemployed!

In Wisconsin, the Christian God couldn’t stop Mercy Medical Center from shutting down its sub-acute care unit.  Parent company, Ministry Health Care, recently announced 250 layoffs at its chain of hospitals.  It’s blamed on a combination of declining customers, the Obama/Romney Affordable Health Care Act and the federal sequestration.

In Illinois, Bella Bridal and Formal Wear closed after nine years.  The owner wants more time with her daughters.

Hatteras/CABO Yachts continues to layoff employees, this time 85 people in North Carolina.  Company officials say it’s because of crashing sales, however, the company has been up for sale for awhile now with seemingly no interested parties.  And 600 people lost their jobs with DAK Americas!  The company closing its Navassa PET resin, polyester staple fiber factory this Autumn.  Company officials said it’s their way of becoming more competitive.

In Missouri, ALCO Stores closed in Charleston.  Company officials said the store was not making enough money.

The Oregonian reducing newspaper home deliveries to just three days per week!  Apparently subscriptions aren’t enough to justify seven day delivery.  Company officials also said employees will be laid off.  Also in Oregon, the Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility and Depot officially closed down, laying off the final 253 employees!

In Ohio, the Buckeye State’s largest newspaper, Plain Dealer, began laying off employees.  The layoffs will be ongoing over several months and could end up being more than 50.  The newspaper also plans on reducing home delivery.  143  people lost their jobs when DialAmerica Marketing closed their Columbus office!  62 people lost their jobs when Verizon Wireless closed their Dublin office.

Lincoln Educational Services closing four campuses in Ohio, and one in Kentucky!  It’s blamed on massive declining student enrollment caused by “Federal legislation implemented on July 1, 2012 that prohibits Ability-to-Benefit (ATB) students from participating in federal student financial aid programs….”

Germany based Siemens warned of at least 8000 layoffs in 2014!!!  Hundreds of employees are being laid off this year.  The company has operations around the world, including the United States.  Company officials say they have to downsize because they’re not seeing any true economic recovery, however, employees blame it on mismanagement by company officials.

Too Big to Jail, Morgan Stanley, laying off 30 people in its commodities unit.

Taiwan based TMT Group shipping company went bankrupt in Texas.  Company officials blame it on half of the fleet of ships being seized by creditors around the world.  Those ships, some still with cargo on board, are tied up at ports around the world.

In California, a major law firm, Downey Brand, laid off 11 employees.  Company officials say the bad economy is forcing them to adopt technologies that allow attorneys to do most of their own work, rather than use in house assistants.   In Alameda, Olympic Florist shut down.  After 34 years of business the owner wants to retire.

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) doesn’t count the hundreds of layoffs involving less than 50 people each, in its mass layoff reports. It also doesn’t count all the little ‘mom & pop’ businesses that shut down.

 

Business/Economics, International, U.S.

World War 3, South American Front: Chevron declared Enemy of the State! Chevron threatens Argentina!

19 August 2013 (14:44 UTC-07 Tango)/12 Shawwal 1434/28 Mordad 1391/13 Geng-Shen (7th month) 4711

“We are going to tell Latin America what Chevron has done in our country to shirk its responsibility, with that criminal campaign that it’s waging against Ecuador.”-Rafael Correa, democratically elected President of Ecuador

California based Chevron oil company has been declared by Ecuador to be an Enemy of the State!

That charge is based on the idea that any corporation that takes over another corporation economically, must also inherit any social/environmental responsibilities.  Chevron took over Texaco, which operated for decades in Ecuador, and created at least $19 billion USD in environmental destruction, that is still ongoing.  Chevron has refused to take responsibility for Texaco’s crimes.

President Correa, an economist educated in Europe and the United States, made the announcement about Chevron the same day he gave up on his plan to protect the Amazon rainforest from further oil drilling: “With deep sadness but also with absolute responsibility to our people and history, I have had to take one of the hardest decisions of my government.”

That plan failed due to the fact that not enough countries were willing to support the idea.  Only $13 million of the needed $3.6 billion in funding was collected.  It shows you that most leaders of most countries still believe in black gold!

Chevron has countered, but instead of targeting Ecuador, Chevron is targeting Argentina!  Chevron raved in a public statement “That illegitimate Ecuadorian sentence threatens to make its effects resonate in Argentina, impacting subsidiary companies of Chevron who have nothing to do with the Ecuadorian judicial fraud.”

Chevron is now targeting Argentina’s YFP (Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales), which was partially seized in 2012 from Spain’s Repsol oil company.  That same year Argentina’s President, Cristina Fernandez, gave Chevron huge rights in YFP in exchange for billions of U.S. dollars.  Chevron now threatens to pullout of YFP if Argentina does not influence Ecuador to stop ongoing legal battles against Chevron.

 

Fukushima

Government & Corporate incompetence: More workers contaminated with radiation at Fukushima Daiichi! Source is a mystery!

19 August 2013 (03:34 UTC-07 Tango)/12 Shawwal 1434/28 Mordad 1392/13 Geng-Shen (7th month) 4711

Two more workers at Fukushima Daiichi have been contaminated with three times the safe limit of radiation set by their employer Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCo).

The workers were standing at a bus station when radiation alarms went off.  It’s the same bus station where ten employees were contaminated last week.  Last week’s event was blamed on water spraying from cooling misters, but those misters have since been turned off.

The bus stop is located in front of a building that is being prepped for the decommissioning of the melted down GE designed reactors.  TEPCo has, yet again, another mystery source of radiation to investigate.

International

World War 3, North African Front: British Empire to evacuate citizens from Egypt! Thailand joins evacuations!

19 August 2013 (03:16 UTC-07 Tango)/12 Shawwal 1434/28 Mordad 1391/13 Geng-Shen (7th month) 4711

“…will be looking at all options and making sure we are ready to evacuate British nationals if it comes to that or in a worst-case scenario intervene to rescue UK citizens taken hostage.”-Royal Navy statement

The United Kingdom has ordered aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious, the assault ship Bulwark and a fleet of support ships and frigates to be ready for an emergency rescue mission.  This follows Japan’s request for all citizens to leave Egypt.

There is an estimated 40000 British tourists in Egypt.  The British Red Coat news media is reporting more than 1000 Egyptian civilians have been killed  since 14 August.

Thailand officials have also stated that they are trying to evacuate 2000 of their citizens.

International, U.S.

False Flag Op confirmed: United States quietly reveals official plans to overthrow Iran’s first democratically elected Prime Minister!

19 August 2013 (03:00 UTC-07 Tango)/12 Shawwal 1434/28 Mordad 1391/13 Geng-Shen (7th month) 4711

“There is no longer good reason to keep secrets about such a critical episode in our recent past. The basic facts are widely known to every school child in Iran. Suppressing the details only distorts the history, and feeds into myth making on all sides.”-Malcolm Byrne, National Security Archives

The National Security Archives has published quietly released U.S. government documents proving the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) was ordered to overthrow the democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran in 1953, all to help out an oil company that is now known as BP (British Petroleum)!

The documents come from the CIA’s own internal history archives.  The overthrow of Mohammad Mosaddeq was known as Operation TPAJAX.  Other documents are from the United Kingdom.

The National Security Archives says there are more documents, about one cubit foot worth, based on references made in other CIA in house historical reports.

 

International

World War 3, North African Front: Egypt swears Iron Fist Martial Law policy! Church attacks blatant False Flag Op! Summary executions of civilians confirmed! Japan evacuates citizens!

19 August 2013 (02:30 UTC-07 Tango)/12 Shawwal 1434/28 Mordad 1391/13 Geng-Shen (7th month) 4711

“They want to make discord between us and they think we will fight each other because of what they’re doing. Let them come now to see how we stand united.  They do not belong to any religion because they come to burn and destroy the House of God!”-Egyptian Christian to an Egyptian Muslim who rushed to defend a church from a U.S. backed False Flag attack

“My brother, we all know this, but even if this was your own home we will all defend it!”-Egyptian Muslim responding to Egyptian Christian’s statement

Despite U.S. news media reporting attacks on churches as if they are retaliation by Muslims for the U.S. backed coup, the fact is that Muslims were wounded trying to protect the Christian Churches from what could be U.S. backed False Flag attacks.  Indications are that the False Flag attacks meant to divide Egyptians are backfiring.

I’ve even seen pics of Muslims encircling a Church, to protect it from False Flag attackers.   Some analysts have pointed out that it is not in the Muslim Brotherhood’s favor to attack Christians, yet the western news media continues to blame Muslims.  What about the fact that Mosques are being attacked, are the Muslim Brotherhood to blame for that?!   Or how about U.S. backed junta forces storming Mosques?

The U.S. backed Egyptian junta has declared war on the 85 years old political party Muslim Brotherhood!  General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said he has ordered iron fist martial law policies, specifically targeting the Muslim Brotherhood!

But the junta is facing a new threat from the Anti-Coup Alliance, which is made up of people who are not members of the Muslim Brotherhood.

The U.S. backed junta has admitted they summarily executed at least 35 civilians, while they were detained inside a police van!  The martial law cops say the men were trying to escape the van.  However,  the Anti-Coup Alliance says the civilians were murdered by martial law cops who filled the police van with CS gas, then they shot into the van: “The murder of 35 detained anti-coup protestors affirms the intentional violence aimed at opponents of the coup, and the cold-blooded killing of which they are targets”

This comes as more reports say a third mass killing site has been located!  The killing fields are where U.S. backed Egyptian military forces killed unarmed Egyptians thought to be Muslim Brotherhood members.

To this date about 1000 Egyptian civilians have been killed by U.S. backed junta forces, since the junta launched its offensive on 14 August.

Peaceful protests by Muslim Brotherhood have been canceled or rerouted due to the fact the U.S. backed junta had turned the protest routes into killing zones by placing snipers on the roof tops, just as they did on 14 August.  If you remember the junta then tried to say the snipers were Muslim Brotherhood (classic False Flag Op).

There are also reports that Egyptians who do not support the U.S. backed junta are having their lives threatened by junta supporters.

Venezuela has evacuated its ambassador, and blames the chaos on the United States and Israel.

The Japanese government is asking all Japanese citizens in Egypt to leave.  Several Japanese companies are telling their Japanese employees to stay home.  At least one Japanese company, Unicharm Corporation, is evacuating Japanese employees to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.  The Cairo Japanese Club has evacuated its Japanese staff back to Japan.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency is evacuating all personnel back to Japan.  At least 600 Japanese citizens are still in Egypt.

 

Business/Economics, Idaho, U.S.

World War 3, U.S. Economic Front: Job losses & store closings 19 June 2013. More school & health care cuts! Customer satisfaction results in job losses! Chemical warfare job cuts!

In North Carolina, Cone Health laying off 150 employees and eliminating another 150 vacant positions!  Hospital officials blamed their $30 million USD shortfall on Obama/Romney Affordable Health Care Act and the federal sequestration.

Lake Erie Regional Health System of New York (LERHSNY) laying off 30 people at Brooks Memorial Hospital.  11 people were also laid off at the Lake Shore Nursing Home. LERHSNY officials did not give a reason.

In Wisconsin, 40 people lost their jobs with the Urban Day School in Milwaukee.  School officials are consolidating charter schools, partly due to reduction in federal funding.

In Pennsylvania, 43 people lost their jobs with the Easton Area School District.  The additional job cuts came despite local taxes being increased by 1.7%.  According to local news reports, the district has a history of raising local taxes and laying people off: “The district has raised taxes year after year for decades, and for the past several years has cut positions as well. This year’s cuts come on top of 200 jobs eliminated in the last three budget cycles. Last year’s budget saw 49 teachers lose jobs, then the district lopped off an additional 17 teachers during the summer.”-The Morning Call

The city of Flint, Michigan, laid off 27 employees. City officials blame the layoffs on crashing tax revenues due to crashing property values.  One estimate said the city is experiencing a 7% decrease in tax revenues, an in your face sign that there is no economic recovery.  (I have recently arrived neighbors who are refugees from that part of Michigan)

French-U.S. maker of telecommunications equipment, Alcatel-Lucent, warned of massive layoffs.  The company has operations in Europe, United States and China.  Last year they lost billions in revenue due to crashing sales.

Telecommunications company, Sprint, announced 120 layoffs countrywide.  Interestingly, Sprint officials said the layoffs are the result of improved customer satisfaction.

In Florida, Red Coat British empire company, Cobham, laying off 141 people at Conax plant in Saint Petersburg!  Cobham is closing the plant.  (by the way, the evil British empire is the top foreign operator in the United States, not China).

Lil’ Bear of Hanover closed in Ohio.  The owners of the mom-n-pop grocery store blamed crashing sales.  About 15 people lost their jobs, while other employees transferred to another location.

In Springfield, Illinois, Samuel Music shut down.  The owners sold the store.  They blame competition and the bad economy.

Alabama Outdoors closed in Tuscaloosa.  Company officials said the lease was expiring and they did not want to renew.

In Nebraska, the Omaha Public Library says because of budget cuts they must consider cost cutting measures such as closing branches, reducing hours, opening on fewer days and reducing the amount of new books they carry.

In California, Symmetricom announced massive layoffs in the works.  The manufacturer of timekeeping technologies blames it on the bad economy.  They’ve been laying off employees since at least 2009.  General Mills is closing their baking mix factory in Commerce. At least 33 people unemployed due to consolidation.

In Oregon, the Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility is laying off 200 employees!  This is the latest round of layoffs since layoffs began in 2011.  The reason is that the incinerator has destroyed the last of the chemical weapons in its stockpile.  More than one million pounds of chemical agent were destroyed between 2004-11.

In Idaho, Caldwell Pawn shut down.  The owner said he dealt in micro-loans years before they were called micro-loans (some as small as $20) to help people out, but after 22 years of business he wants to retire.  He also stated that businesses has dropped since 2009.

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) doesn’t count the hundreds of layoffs involving less than 50 people each, in its mass layoff reports. It also doesn’t count all the little ‘mom & pop’ businesses that shut down.