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International, U.S.

World War 3, False Flag Op?: United States orders 2000 Marines on alert! USN to surround Yemen!

05 August 2013 (15:36 UTC-07 Tango)/28 Ramadan 1434/14 Mordad 1391/29 Geng-Shen (6th month) 4711

“I’ve spent 21 years in the CIA, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen 22 embassies closed simultaneously. This is very, very unusual.”-Robert Baer, former U.S. CIA officer in the Middle East

Reports that Barack Obama has put 2000 rapid reaction U.S. Marines, based in Italy, Spain and in the Red Sea area on high alert.

Israeli sources report that the U.S. Navy has been ordered to surround the coastline of Yemen.  Yemen is supposedly the source of the major al Qaeda threat that has caused dozens of western countries to close hundreds of embassies around the World.

I’ve posted that this is blow back from U.S. backed al Qaeda for the U.S. led War on Terror, and the fact that the U.S. Congress refused to let Yemenis held in Gitmo return home, even though the military courts ruled them not to be terrorists!

A political analysts says this is just more False Flag BS: “There is a hidden agenda of course behind it and that is to keep the so called War on Terror going and to do that they need to periodically check and see if people still believe this kind of nonsense.”-Kevin Barrett, Scientific Panel for the Investigation of 9/11

False Flag means your government is actually behind it, or allows it to happen, for ulterior motives.

 

 

Fukushima

Government incompetence: More than two years later Japan declares nuclear emergency!!!

05 August 2013 (14:11 UTC-07 Tango)/28 Ramadan 1434/14 Mordad 1392/29 Geng-Shen (6th month) 4711

“Right now, we have a state of emergency.”-Kinjo Shinji, Japan’s Nuclear Regulatory Authority

A Japanese government regulatory agency has declared the ongoing Fukushima Daiichi disaster an “emergency”, more than two years after the General Electric designed reactors melted down!!!

The Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA) basically called Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCo) the biggest failure in Japan’s history!  NRA officials said all of TEPCo’s efforts since the end of March 2011 have only failed to stop intense levels of radiation from escaping into the Pacific Ocean.  The NRA said TEPCo’s “sense of crisis is weak” at best, and has informed the Japanese government that “you can’t just leave it up to TEPCo alone”.

The NRA says their latest investigation shows that contaminated water with even higher levels of radiation is about to escape Fukushima Daiichi!  The latest reports reveal that TEPCo has been pumping 400 tons(!) of groundwater per day(!) into the nuke site’s building basements, where it mixes with highly radioactive water.  That water is then used to cool the China Syndrome reactors.  Up ’till recently TEPCo denied that any of that water was spilling into the ocean, although they couldn’t explain where much of the water was going.

I’ve speculated that much of that water is ending up right back in the ground, pouring through the bottom of the melted reactors.  This can be the only explanation for what TEPCo has repeatedly called unexplained highly contaminated groundwater showing up near the coastline.

Since admitting that the strontium, tritium and cesium contaminated water is  pouring into the Pacific, TEPCo has tried injecting the ground with a hardener to stop the outflow.  The NRA has declared all of TEPCo’s efforts to be failures!

The NRA says that the amount of contaminated groundwater is reaching saturation and will soon surface, then rush into the Pacific as a radioactive river.   The main Pacific current eventually brings that contamination across the Hawaiian Islands and to the west coast of North America.

Business/Economics, U.S.

World War 3, U.S. Economic Front: Job losses & store closings 06 June 2013. No more ice cream in Indy? More health care & school cuts!

400 people lost their call center jobs in Albion, New York!  Too Big Too Jail JPMorgan Chase is to blame!  The Lake Avenue Kodak Plant will layoff 61 employees in August. It’s blamed on crashing photography sales.  In Johnson City, the Christian God can’t stop the closing of the Methodist Grand Care Children’s Center.  United Methodist Homes says they can only afford to focus on their old folks operations. The Food Emporium closed in New York City, 136 jobs lost!

Virginia based life insurance company, Genworth Financial, laying off 400 employees across the U.S.!   Company officials say they need to cut $90 million USD from their yearly budget.

An update to Caterpillar’s massive layoffs in Illinois.  Reports say another 300 layoffs will take place in addition to the 460 announced in April!  To add insult, reports say company officials are having the laid off workers escorted from the factory.

In Iowa, John Deere laid off 65 workers.  The farm, forestry and heavy equipment machinery maker blames it on a bad economy, sales were worse than they expected.

Dollar Rent A Car and Thrifty Car Rental laying off at least 200 employees at their Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group HQ in Oklahoma!  New Jersey based Hertz car rental bought out Dollar Thrifty and is moving their HQ to Florida.

The Christian God can’t stop the closing of the 142 years old First Christian Church in Aurora, Missouri.  It’s blamed on declining membership, only about 20 people were showing up.

The Christian God can’t stop 12 layoffs at Arkansas Baptist College.  It’s blamed on low summer school student enrollment.

In Michigan, Buena Vista School District will layoff at least two teachers.  It’s blamed on declining enrollment.  It was reported that the Bueva Vista high School has only 68 students. More layoffs were hinted at.

The Monadnock Regional School District, in New Hampshire, laying off or eliminating 19 jobs for the upcoming school year.

Virginia based Inova Health Systems laid off 147 people throughout their hospital network.  Inova is considered one the most financially sound hospital systems in the U.S. Hospital officials are preparing for loses next year due to the Obama/Romney Affordable Health Care Act.

Wellmont Health Systems laid off 50 employees at their hospitals in Virginia.  Hospital officials expect to lose $25 million next year, no thanks to the Obama/Romney Affordable Health Care Act.

In Louisiana, health care staffer Schumacher Group laid off 32 employees.  This after laying off 41 employees in May.  Company officials blamed in on changes to Medicare/Medicaid due to the Obama/Romney Affordable Health Care Act.

In Wisconsin, the Christian God can’t stop Saint Joseph’s Hospital from  closing its drug and alcohol addiction treatment center.  40 employees affected.  It’s blamed on changes to Medicare/Medicaid due to the Obama/Romney Affordable Health Care Act.  Student Transportation of America closed down in Waukesha, 155 people out-o-work!

In California, another drug maker screws up.  San Diego’s Zogenix laid off 55 employees.  The FDA has delayed their ruling on the company’s new pain killing drug.  In Thousand Palms, the Father’s Charter Heart School closed due to losing its charter.  The Modern Romance Boutique closed in Aliso Viejo.  It’s reported that the landlord jacked up the rent, claiming the economy had recovered!  The Palms Bar lesbian club shut down in West Hollywood.  The new owners are redeveloping the property.

In Indiana, ice cream maker Good Humor-Breyers ending its operations in Huntington.  Company officials say they want to move production elsewhere.  140 employees affected!  City officials point out they gave the industrial sized ice cream company a $6 million tax abatement four years ago!

The 30 years old Rittenhouse Square Fitness Club closed down in Pennsylvania.  And RevivalSmith vintage furniture shop closed down as well.  The owners didn’t say why.

VTL Group laid off 12 people in Ladson, South Carolina.

In central Florida, Hancock Bank closing its last offices in August. Evil Hancock Holdings has been closing banks across the southeastern U.S. Pierce Manufacturing laid off 33 people in Bradenton. Settlement Funding laid off 98 people in Boynton Beach.

In Hawaii, the Honolulu Advertiser shut down.  It merged with another newspaper.  400 people unemployed!

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.

U.S.

United Police States of America & False Flag Crime Ops: Proof your government is the biggest crime syndicate ever!

05 August 2013 (00:09 UTC-07 Tango)/28 Ramadan 1434/14 Mordad 1391/29 Geng-Shen (6th month) 4711

A USA Today report has revealed the cold truth about the federal government of the United States: They are the country’s biggest criminal organization!

The Federal Bureau of Investigation knows about, and even authorizes at least 15 crimes per day in the United States!  This crime spree by the federal government began more than a decade ago with the now infamous murderer Whitey Bulger!

(I’ve always said that the only way cops can know so much about organized crime is because they’re behind it!)

USA Today had to file a Freedom of Information request to get the documented government sponsored crimes from the U.S. Department of Justice.  What they got were documents pertaining just to the year 2011.

During 2011 the government of the United States authorized 5658 crimes against its own citizens!!!  When are you sheeple gonna wake up!!!

 

International

World War 3, Asian Front-Afghanistan, 23-24 July 2013: U.S. forces killed by donkeys!

In Maidan Wardak Province, Syed Abad District, reports that three U.S. soldiers and their Afghan translator were killed by an explosion.    They were killed by a suicide donkey bomb.  The U.S. military confirms the donkey rider and the donkey were also killed.  Mujahideen claim the explosion was large and killed or wounded many more U.S. personnel.  Witnesses say several medivac ‘copters were called in.

In Uruzgan Province, Khas District, seven Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers were killed by motorcycle bomb.  In Tarinkot city, a bicycle bomb exploded wounding three cops and nine civilians.

In Kandahar Province, Maiwand District, reports that at least seven NATO/ISAF supply trucks were destroyed by Mujahideen.  No reports of casualties.  Mujahideen also say they launched three rockets at Kandahar airbase.  They then booby trapped the launch site with explosives, which exploded as U.S./NATO personnel arrived on seen.

In Ghazni Province, Qarabagh District, Mujahideen say a suicide car bomber left 17 NATO/ISAF soldiers dead and 20 wounded.  Four armored vehicles destroyed after he drove his explosives packed car into the military convoy.  Reports say the explosion was so big that body parts are being found several meters away.

In Zabul Province, Shahjoi District, U.S. trained ANA soldiers raided Musazo village and shot and killed the local prayer leader, his son and another man while they were working in the orchard.  ANA soldiers also raided Ibrahim Khelo village, with reports that they killed one civilian and beat several others.

In Logar Province, Khoshi District, Mujahideen say they countered a U.S./NATO/ANA offensive.  Six NATO/ANA troops killed, eight wounded, three vehicles destroyed.  One Mujahid killed, two wounded.  Mujahideen say they are ambushing NATO/ANA troops who’re trying to retrieve the bodies of their comrades.

Business/Economics, U.S.

World War 3, U.S. Economic Front: Job losses & store closings 05 June 2013. Thousands more in health care and pharmaceuticals laid off! No more dog food? California hit hard again!

In South Carolina, two coal fired electric power plants will be closed, four years ahead of schedule!  Originally SCE&G was going to convert them to natural gas.  At least 70 people unemployed.

Delta Airlines closes its Memphis, Tennessee, hub.  230 unemployed!  Delta officials say it is due to reduced sales and increased fuel prices, they swear it’s not because of their merger with Northwest Airlines.

Florida based trucking company Ryder Logistics laying off 60 employees.  The company is closing its Roanoke, Texas office.  According to stock analysts the company is doing well.  The Ryder Career Center’s slogan is “The road to the future starts here.”  I guess the future ends in unemployment.

Endo Health Solutions ending jobs for 700 people!  It’s blamed on the failure of the drug maker’s latest poison.  The U.S. FDA denied approval of its testosterone injection.  The company also blames expiring patents which allow generic versions of its drugs to be made.  Company officials say as a result they need to cut $325 million USD from their yearly budget.

In California, another drug maker is in trouble with the FDA.  Officials with Impax say they have to layoff at least 110 employees!   Impax makes generic versions of name brand drugs. They recently tried to get FDA approval for their Parkinson’s drug, but failed.  The FDA has inspected the Hayward, California, factory several times, noting violations each time. the company now needs to cut $15 million from its budget.  In San Diego, Palomar Health laid off 84 hospital workers.  They blame cuts to Medicaid/Medicare caused by the Obama/Romney Affordable Health Care Act.  Also, Actavis (formerly Watson Pharmaceuticals) laid off 17 employees in Corona.  In Los Angeles, Deluxe Laboratories laid off 79 people. Massachusetts based Caliper Life Sciences laid off 47 people in Mountain View.  In Poway, Sysco Foodservice San Diego laid off 70 employees. In Walnut, Sysco Foodservice Los Angeles laid off 100 people!  And Medical Billing Technologies laid off 48 employees in Visalia.

A drug maker in Massachusetts in trouble as well.  AVEO Oncology laying off 140 employees!  Company officials say they underestimated how much ‘restructuring’ they were going to have to do.  They say they underestimated by at least $190 million!

And the Christian God can’t stop 150 people from losing their jobs with Sacred Heart Health System in Florida!  Hospital officials blame it on Obama: “….facing daunting challenges because of a decline in revenues caused by government cuts in Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement.”

In New York, ProHEALTH closing its North Massapequa location in August.  24 people unemployed.  I couldn’t find any published reason for it, but they’ve been cutting back on operations and laying people off in several other states prior to this announcement.

121 people losing their jobs when the Mars Petcare closes its pet food factory in Joplin, Missouri, in September!  Mars Petcare is also closing a factory in Pueblo, Colorado. 40 people unemployed.  Back in 1992 the city of Pueblo essentially gave Mars Petcare $1.6 million to move to town.   Company officials blame it on crashing pet food sales.

In Michigan, the Flint School District announced they will have to layoff even more people.  75 more positions will possibly be eliminated, on top of the 138 announced in May!  And the Midway Roller Rink in Battle Creek closed after 57 years of family fun.  Reports say the owners had to sell out to a local property developer, who is going to tear it down.

After 60 years of operations the privately run Joytime Preschool closed in Lake Forest, Illinois.  The owners said the time was right to retire. In Rantoul, Deena’s women’s clothing store shut down.  It was the town’s oldest store.  The owner blamed it on the casual style trend.

Ivy Tech Community College ending operations at 20 of their Indiana facilities!  The school has $68 million in debt!  School officials do not blame it on declining enrollment, in fact they say enrollment is up, but the state has not come through on the funding to match the increased enrollment!

In Louisiana, eight Whitney Bank offices being closed.  It’s part of evil Hancock Holdings’ closure of 40 bank offices across five states.

Marriott International laying off several hundred employees in Fredrick County, Maryland, by December!  Company officials said they are outsourcing the jobs!

Two people lost their administrative jobs with Historical Society of Western Virginia. It’s blamed on the bad economy which has caused a decline in membership and funding.  In May the Society lost 300 members!

Commercial Metals Company laying off at least 50 people at its Magnolia, Arkansas, steel mill.   Company officials blamed the bad economy: “…it is necessary to align our workforce with the lower current business level that we are experiencing.”-Steven Hughes

California based celebrity bridal gown designer Monique Lhuillier closed her shop in Edina, Minnesota.  The designer blames crashing sales of bridal gowns on the bad economy.

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

False Flag Op? Interpol issues warning!

04 August 2013 (14:56 UTC-07 Tango)/27 Ramadan 1434/13 Mordad 1391/28 Geng-Shen (6th month) 4711

Following a series of prison escapes across nine INTERPOL member countries in the past month alone, including in Iraq, Libya and Pakistan, the INTERPOL General Secretariat headquarters has issued a global security alert advising increased vigilance.

With suspected Al Qaeda involvement in several of the breakouts which led to the escape of hundreds of terrorists and other criminals, the INTERPOL alert requests the Organization’s 190 member countries’ assistance in order to determine whether any of these recent events are coordinated or linked.

INTERPOL is asking its member countries to closely follow and swiftly process any information linked to these events and the escaped prisoners. They are also requested to alert the relevant member country and INTERPOL General Secretariat headquarters if any escaped terrorist is located or intelligence developed which could help prevent another terrorist attack.

Staff at INTERPOL’s 24-hour Command and Coordination Centre and other specialized units are also prioritizing all information and intelligence in relation to the breakouts or terrorist plots in order to immediately inform relevant member countries of any updates.

August is the anniversary of violent terrorist incidents in Mumbai, India and Gluboky, Russia as well as in Jakarta, Indonesia. This week also marks the 15th anniversary of the US Embassy bombings in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in which more than 200 mostly African citizens were killed and 4,000 others injured.

In recent years, terrorist attacks focusing on diplomatic facilities in Afghanistan, Greece, India, Kenya, Libya, Pakistan, Peru, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tanzania, Turkey and Yemen have also resulted in hundreds of casualties of all nationalities.

The US State Department has also issued a global travel alert in response to credible intelligence suggesting that Al-Qaeda and affiliated organizations continue to plan terrorist attacks between now and 31 August, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa. In addition to the US authorities announcing the one-day closure of more than 20 diplomatic missions on Sunday 4 August, the UK Foreign Office has also confirmed the closure of the British embassy in Yemen on 4 and 5 August.

-International Criminal Police Organization, 04 August 2013

International, U.S.

False Flag Op? Al Qaeda blow back against U.S. & Europe, massive co-ordinated prison breaks, Yemen makes threats over Gitmo!

04 August 2013 (14:49 UTC-07 Tango)/27 Ramadan 1434/13 Mordad 1391/28 Geng-Shen (6th month) 4711

 On Saturday the United States and several European countries announced the closure of embassies around the World (at least 21 U.S. embassies are closing).  Officials claim it’s due to increased “chatter” among the very terrorist organizations the U.S. and Europe support.

It’s fact that the United States government supports al Qaeda, because several al Qaeda reps have stated so, especially those operating in Syria.  The al Qaeda groups in Syria and Iraq even show off U.S. made weapons they say were supplied to them by the United States.  Al Qaeda has even posted video on the internet of their troops in Syria being paid with U.S. dollars!

Also, Interpol (International Criminal Police Organization) warned that a massive attack, possibly led by the U.S. backed al Qaeda, could take place.  This is because of massive coordinated prison breaks in Libya, Iraq and Pakistan.  Interpol believes the prison breaks were orchestrated by the U.S. backed al Qaeda.  This is because an order was issued to al Qaeda to “free all our prisoners”.

Some analysts believe al Qaeda will even attack the U.S. Navy’s Guantánamo Bay (Gitmo), Cuba.

This follows a deal with Yemen that fell through.  Back in May, Barack Obama promised the government of Yemen that he would free the majority of remaining Gitmo prisoners, who are Yemenis.  However, in June the Congress overrode that promise, stating “The Defense Department should not transfer detainees to Yemen because they represent some of the most dangerous terrorists known in the world.”

Here’s the rub: There are about 91 Yemenis in Gitmo.  The military courts have declared 56 of them as not being terrorists, yet, the U.S. congress refuses to return them to Yemen!

Blow back is coming for the United States, yet again!  I guess history repeats because the elite leaders refuse to learn their lessons, or because the elites are behind the crimes, and we the People suffer.

International, U.S.

World War 3, Asian Front-Afghanistan, 21-22 July 2013: Jihad against “Got Talent” TV show!

The United Nations Mine Action Coordination Centre (MACC) is warning that U.S. and other NATO forces are leaving behind live ammo and bombs.  MACC says many civilian deaths caused by explosions are actually unexploded bombs left behind by U.S./NATO forces.

In Helmand Province, Sangin District, reports that battles between Mujahideen and Afghan National Army (ANA) are still raging after several days.

In Khost Province, Spera District, the brother of the district governor, and his five bodyguards, were assassinated.  Local police say they do not know who did it, however, Mujahideen claimed the assassinations as their own.  The victims were attacked in their homes.  The statement by Mujahideen shows they think they assassinated the governor of Khost.

In Zabul Province, four ANA soldiers killed, one wounded, when the vehicle they were in ran over a landmine.

In Farah Province, Bakwa District, Mujahideen claim to have blown up a NATO/ISAF armored vehicle near a fuel station on the Herat Highway.  They say four people were killed, two wounded.

In Paktika Province, reports that two people were killed when their house was hit by a NATO/ISAF airstrike.

In Faryab Province, Dawlatabad District, a ANA convoy was repeatedly attacked.  Two ANA troops killed, one wounded, one Mujahid killed.  In Andkhoi District, four local cops and two border cops joined the Mujahideen.  Their names were made public, which shows you that those who join the Mujahideen have no fear of retaliation.

A member of the Afghan parliament has declared jihad against Simon Cowell’s Afghanistan’s Got Talent and other western style TV talent shows: “I have already made it clear in the lower house that I am going to start a jihad against these kind of shows and programs on our television channels.”-Abdul Sattar Khawasi

 

Business/Economics, U.S.

World War 3, U.S. Economic Front: Job losses & store closings 03-04 June 2013. Krispie Kremes creams jobs in Georgia! NAZI cops kill New Jersey businesses! More companies say there is no economic recovery!

What housing sector recovery?  Mortgage insurer, Alabama based Triad Guaranty, now bankrupt.  Company CEO William T. Ratliff III blamed “Continued high unemployment in the U.S. and the slow economic recovery.”  And after 49 years of business the privately run Sequoyah Caverns and Ellis Homestead shut down.  The owner claims the number of visitors has crashed due to high fuel prices, despite the natural wonder being rated as the number one place to visit in the Heart of Dixie.  On top of declining tourism, the family owners lease the caves to tourism companies and apparently they’re not happy with the way they’re running the operation.

The social gaming company, Zynga, shut down offices in New York, California and Texas.  520 people out-o-work!  company officials say they need to save $80 million USD!

And a mobile ad company, TapJoy, laid off 20 people.

In Texas, the Vineyards Restaurant closed in Garden Ridge.  And a 20 years old Sigel’s liquor store closed down in Dallas.  A spokesman for the store blamed major construction projects by property developers: “I think it’s a situation where the neighborhood is in transition. We’ve had this store for 20 years. They’re tearing down a lot of the older apartments and building new ones, and I think the owner of the center is going to redevelop as well.”-Jasper Russo

Florida based plastic RFID trackable pallet maker, iGPS, now bankrupt.  The company is now for sale.  Brooksie’s Market closed in Seminole Heights, the property is now for sale.

In North Carolina, clothing maker Mortex shutting down its Princeton factory.  More than 100 people laid off!  Mortex makes clothes for several big name brands.

Yet another Office Depot closed in Virginia.  And after 125 years of higher education, the Christian God can’t stop Saint Paul’s College from closing down!  School officials tried merging with another school, but it fell through.  The closing is blamed on declining student enrollment.  School officials hope to reopen if the right “strategic opportunity” comes along.

In Georgia, Triumph Packaging ended operations in Thomaston-Upson County.  Up ’till now company officials were publicly saying they were doubling staffing, but rumors say Krispie Kremes Donuts pulled the rug by cancelling a major contract with the food packaging company.

Maxwell’s Grill closed in New Jersey. The joint hosted famous music bands, but business has crashed to the point that they can’t pay the rent.  It’s possible the decline in business is related to NAZIistic local cops who’ve been harassing patrons (as documented by a local Fox TV news report).

The Indiana Blood Center laid off 45 employees.  Company officials will also close three mobile blood centers, they blame it on a decrease in demand for blood.

In New York, the West Islip Public Schools laid off 20 more teachers.

The city of Norwich, Connecticut, laid off 17 employees. Last month they laid off 33 teachers.  XPect Discounts closed their store in North Haven. 67 people unemployed.  Company officials said they did not like the new rent agreement.

What oil industry boom? In Hawaii, Texas based Tesoro laid off 200 employees after they shut down and put up for sale their Kapolei refinery!

In Michigan, Detroit’s 96 years old Serman’s Clothes Shop shut down.  The owner blames the economy and the relaxed dress standards, despite the fact the clothing shop dressed up every Detroit mayor in the past 50 years.  The Grand Rapids Public Schools laid off 70 employees.  School officials blame it on a decline in enrollment of 700 students!

After one year of operations, Thrifty Tickets thrift shop closed down in Wisconsin.  The owner claims they’re moving to a new location, if the rent is doable.

In Illinois, 206 people out-o-work with Crownline Boats in West Frankfort.  company officials actually blame climate change on a decline in sales!   If water levels are rising wouldn’t that help increase boat sales?

In Clinton, Iowa, OfficeMax closed down.  16 people unemployed. OfficeMax is closing several stores in the U.S. this year.

The Christian God can’t stop 16 layoffs at the Parkview Adventist Medical Center in Brunswick, Maine.  It’s blamed on the state government not paying for Medicare/Medicaid services!

In Oregon, Wynona Studios knitting shop shut down.  In Eugene, Roberts Media has bought KMTR, yet the TV station will be operated by evil Fisher Communications, with reports of layoffs in the works.

Evil hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors forced to layoff evil employees due to a drop in investors, due to SAC’s insider trading scandal.

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.