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Business/Economics, Idaho

“Shame on us!” Idaho Democrat gives back taxpayer funded health insurance! Using less electricity gets your rates jacked up! : U.S. Job Losses & Closings 17 March 2016

Incomplete list of job loss announcements and shutdowns.

China is leading the world in dumping a record amount of U.S. Treasury Bonds: 

Yesterday I noted that Michigan is suffering from increased violence (which is directly impacting businesses), and noted that lead poisoning is directly connected to violent behavior.  Now, a USA Today report revealed that at least 350 water suppliers to public schools across the United States are serving up lead contaminated water!   Is that the real reason for increased school violence? (stop blaming guns)

Arizona: More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high tech for your demise; Washington DC based e-commerce Living Social shutting down their Tucson call center, 160 jobs lost by the end Spring!  Administrators claim the bad economy is forcing them to restructure, and they warned the call center shutdown was just “the initial phase” (even though they’ve eliminated 6-hundred jobs since 2014!).

California: Plumas Unified School District laying off ten teachers due to lack of taxpayer funding.  Wisconsin based Kohl’s shutting down eight department stores by June, about 8-hundred jobs lost!  San Francisco based drugs dealer McKesson eliminating at least 1-thousand 6-hundred jobs due to the loss of several buyers!  In San Diego, non-profit Scripps Health eliminating 1-hundred jobs, blaming ObamaCare: “….Scripps is financially strong, but we cannot continue to allow our costs and operations to rise while our revenue continues to be flat.”-Chris Van Gorder, ceo who took over in 2002 promising “no layoffs” 

Florida: Kohl’s shutting down two department stores by June; Hialeah and Tallahassee, about 2-hundred jobs lost! The owners of three Denmark Interiors stores have shut them down and sold them off to fund their retirement!

Georgia: Kohl’s shutting down three department stores by June; Roswell, Lithonia and Atlanta, about 3-hundred jobs lost!

Idaho: The biggest electricity supplier in The Gem State is asking for a 2.2% increase (more than $2 per month for ‘average’ users) in utility bills.  Idaho Power says current rates are not allowing them to cover their “fixed costs” of operations. What’s not being reported is that more and more Idaho Power customers are using less electricity, and Idaho Power administrators expect that to continue, that’s the true reason for the rate jack up!   Idaho senator Dan Schmidt gave back his state taxpayer funded health plan to protest republicans continued refusal to ‘close the healthcare gap’, which according to an east Idaho hospital director has directly caused at least 1-thousand deaths in Idaho since ObamaCare was imposed: “I don’t think it’s fair that I get the taxpayers of Idaho to buy me health insurance, and we’re not willing to look at that problem for our other citizens who don’t have that benefit….  …And shame on us for not solving it!” -Dan Schmidt

Some good news for Idaho; New York based yogurt maker Chobani announced plans to expand what is already the world’s largest yogurt factory, in Twin Falls, primarily to make products for sale in Mexico! (yesterday I reported how Idaho’s ag industry was addicted to Mexican money)

Illinois:  Kohl’s shutting down their Saint Charles department store by June, about 1-hundred jobs lost!  Barrington District 220 notified 114 employees of layoffs, saying they’re prepping for the state ‘lawmakers’ to cut their funding by $2.6-million USD!  God powerless to stop ObamaCare from forcing ‘his’ Catholic Presence Health to eliminate 7-hundred jobs through attrition and outright layoffs! CEO Michael Englehart said ObamaCare was forcing them “to get in line”.

Massachusetts:  In New Bedford, Flagship Cinemas shutting down in August due of the A-hole city administrators who secretly rezoned the property: “….they rezoned the space to industrial about two and a half years ago and city officials wanted nothing to do with a movie theater anymore.”-John Crowley, who said city administrators never notified him of the zoning change

Michigan:  In Lansing, 50 years old restaurant House of ING shutting down by the end of the month.  The owner says he must focus on his other restaurants.

New Jersey:  Kohl’s shutting down their Princeton department store by June, about 1-hundred jobs lost!

New York: It’s been revealed that troubled NYC based restaurant chain Fig & Olive eliminated an undisclosed number of jobs, revealed by at least four former employees.  Fig & Olive had to shutdown restaurants back in 2015 because of a salmonella outbreak.

North Carolina:  Kohl’s shutting down their Charlotte department store by June, about 1-hundred jobs lost! 

Pennsylvania:  Cancer treatment center Helomics eliminating 125 jobs in Pittsburgh by mid-April!

Texas:  In Houston, after two years Georges Bistro shutting down by the end of the month, the husband and wife immigrant owners (who’re longtime Houston restauranteurs) are getting the hell outta Dodge and returning to their home country of France!

Washington: In Bellingham, Medicare policy seller Sterling Insurance shutting down their Barkley District office, 55 jobs lost by May.  Too Big to Jail (provocateur of the home foreclosure scandal) California based Wells Fargo issued a layoff WARN for their Vancouver Mortgage Servicing office, to take place by April.

Washington DC:  The Obama regime is giving $35-million USD in taxpayer funding to coal mining communities hit hard by the Hillary Clinton admitted conspiracy to shutdown the coal industry.

Wisconsin: In Fond du Loc, after 17 years Trinkets ‘n Treasures Arts & Crafts & More shutting down by the end of the month.  The store owner is selling the property to fund her retirement, but also admitted her sales crashed after 2008.  After more than 1-hundred years (surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions) Kremer Pharmacy shutdown.

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed!

Employees of religious non-profits might not qualify for unemployment assistance: “If the non-profit organization is a church, you may or may not be entitled to unemployment. It all depends upon state regulations for church employers. In many cases, churches are allowed to set their own rules regarding unemployment benefits, meaning the church can choose whether to offer benefits to former employees.”

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) no longer issues mass layoff reports: “On March 1, 2013, President Obama ordered into effect the across-the- board spending cuts (commonly referred to as sequestration) required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. Under the order, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) must cut its current budget by more than $30 million, 5 percent of the current 2013 appropriation, by September 30, 2013. In order to help achieve these savings and protect core programs, the BLS will eliminate two programs, including Mass Layoff Statistics, and all ‘measuring green jobs’ products. This news release is the final publication of monthly mass layoff survey data.”

U.S.

Gun Ban Failure: UnConstitutional NYC laws fail to stop attack on cops!

07 March 2016 (05:06 UTC-07 Tango 01) 17 Esfand 1394/27 Jumada al-Ula 1437/29 Xin Mao 4714

The near total ban on guns in the Failed State of New York City failed to stop a man from attacking people, with a knife and with fire!

When the smoke cleared one man was stabbed dead, a homeless man burned, a woman stabbed in the neck and face, and two cops set on fire!  The 23 years old is now in jail after police shot him in the legs.  This proves you need to carry a gun, it was the only way the cops were able to stop the fire-starter.

Gun Ban Failure: Yet more mass stabbings of children in total gun ban China! 

 

 

International

Russian gun laws fail to stop beheading of children!

29 February 2016 (10:36 UTC-07 Tango 01) 10 Esfand 1394/20 Jumada al-Ula 1437/22 Geng Yin 4714

“The end of the world is coming in a second…I’m your death! I hate democracy. I’m a terrorist. I’m your suicide bomber… I’m going to die in a second…The end of the world!”-Immigrant nanny who chopped off the head of a little girl

Russian gun laws generally ban individual ownership of pistols, but shotguns are allowed, and after five years of legal possession of a shotgun you can buy a rifle.  However, those laws didn’t stop a nanny from chopping off the head of her ward, then setting the apartment on fire!

The nanny, who immigrated from Uzbekistan, failed to explode and was arrested by Moscow police.  The victim’s mother is in hospital due to fainting after being told about the murder of her child.

In an update: Russian investigators concluded that the immigrant is not a Muslim fanatic, but a clinically diagnosed schizophrenic from Uzbekistan.  She’s considered an illegal immigrant.  Her husband divorced her and her own children were placed with foster families in Uzbekistan, right before she moved to Russia.

By the way, Christians are best known for claiming the end of the world is nigh.

Germany posts record government surplus, again? Credit illegal immigrants! 

International

Gun Ban Failure: Mass killing of 14 people despite laws! This anti-gun country is 2nd only to U.S. in gun violence!

28 February 2016 (10:42 UTC-07 Tango 01) 09 Esfand 1394/19 Jumada al-Ula 1437/21 Geng Yin 4714

“The attacker, Hasnin Anwar Warekar, hung himself after slitting the throats of all other family members including his parents.”-police statement

“We came running. His sister was shouting from the window for help. We saved her by breaking the window. When we tried to break through the door she asked us not to as her brother was holding a knife. My elder brother and I went to call the police.”-neighbor

A man killed 14 members of his family, with a knife, then killed himself! It happened in the total gun ban country of India.

Police say the murder-suicide took place while the extended family was about to eat dinner.  The woman who survived the attack is hospitalized and not yet in a condition to answer questions.

Home made gun in near total gun ban India, if there’s a will there’s a way

India totally bans individual gun ownership, unless an individual can meet strict rules (and pay high fees) to get a government issued license.  The license must be renewed every three years.  However, even with a gun license there are types of guns totally banned from ownership: Basically any “bored” gun that can fire the most popular pistol or rifle ammo (which just happens to be ammo used by police & military) is banned, even shotguns with a barrel of less than 20 inches are banned.  Legal guns are limited to how much ammo they can hold.

This is one of the few legal for civilians to own (with gun license) guns in India. The sexist manufacturer claims they designed it just for women.

Despite the near total gun ban and tougher gun laws, India’s gun ownership, and gun violence rate, has been going up.  In 2010, Time magazine claimed that India was second highest in the world for gun ownership.  Accidental shootings have increased to the point where several lndian states have banned the traditional use of guns in celebrations.   What the anti-gun Time article failed to point out is that most of the increase in gun ownership involves the owning of the very guns that are totally banned (the “bored” guns using ammo similar to police & military guns), which also implies the owners don’t have a legal gun ownership license.

This chart differentiates between illegal and legally owned guns. Note the overwhelming dominance of murders by gun with illegally owned guns, proving the near total gun ban is a total failure!

Last year the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) published the conclusions of their investigations into India’s rising gun violence.  They reported that near total gun-ban India now has the second highest homicide by gun rate in the world!   Of course the IDS study is a biased anti-gun report, calling for more guns for cops!

United Police States of America: Cops about to openly take your guns, no reason needed! 

Total Gun Ban Total Failure, Australia: Yet another gun related incident in country that totally bans guns!

Total Gun Ban Total Failure: Mexico!

Business/Economics, Idaho

“We need more time to regroup & heal…” Yet another layoff where employees also lost their final paychecks! : U.S. Job Losses & Closings 20 – 21 February 2016

Incomplete list of job loss announcements and shutdowns.

‘Wall Street’ analysts are finally admitting we could be in a Depression: Chilling ways the global economy echoes 1930s Great Depression era

Arkansas: Bentonville based Walmart reported yet another quarterly decline in profits.  This time, for the 2015 end of year holiday season their profits fell 8%.  Ho ho ho, Merry Xmas everyone!  Administrators blame currency wars and their own plans to shutdown at least 2-hundred stores (which they included in their 4th quarter 2015 report even though the shutdowns didn’t start until 2016, mmmm, more bookkeeping shell games).

Connecticut: Germany based drugs maker Boehringer Ingelheim conducting more layoffs, management at their Danbury plant refused to say how many people will lose their jobs.  And an update to the employee relocation contractor Cartus Corporation layoffs,  unnamed employees told local news that at least 1-hundred people were let go last week!

Florida: Best Wishes of Boca shutting down.  Local news reports say the gift shop lasted 40 years because of its competitive prices, but failed to explain why it’s shutting down.  In Jacksonville, wholesaler CEVA Logistics issued a WARN saying 93 people will lose their jobs in April.

The owner of Big City Coffee threatening to sue Boise and Delaware North

Idaho: The city of Boise being sued by some of the tenants at the Boise International Airport.  Tenants also suing the New York based food service management contractor hired by the city, Delaware North.  Owners of airport eateries accuse Delaware North, and the city, of running them into the ground, primarily by substituting their products with lower quality items and providing terrible customer service, resulting in decreased sales.  Boise area news sources say Delaware North refuses to responded to their questions.

Illinois: Moline based farm equipment maker Deere (aka John Deere) revised its 2016 profit expectations downward.  Originally administrators thought 2016 sales would drop by 7%, but now they say things are so bad they expect a 10% drop in sales.

Mississippi:  New York based Saks Fifth Avenue shutting down their Outlets of Mississippi mall store by mid-March.  Local news reports gave no reason.  In Oxford, after nine years Holli’s Sweet Tooth shutting down in April, the owner blames non-stop increasing costs of operation that now exceed sales.

Missouri:  What auto industry recovery?  Discount Auto Protection shocked 60 employees by sending them a text message saying they were now unemployed and there would be no final paychecks!  That final paycheck was three weeks worth of work!  I’ve said it before; been there, experienced that.  Except in my case my employer didn’t even notify us and we lost four weeks of pay (we were paid once per month).  Still, most people still refuse to believe you can be laid off and lose your final paycheck, especially if your employer legally ceases to exist.

New Jersey:  Sears Holdings confirmed the Lodi Kmart will shutdown in April, 75 jobs lost. 

New York:   Palio shutting down their Saratoga Springs office.  No word on how many jobs will be lost, but one news report said at one time the advertising agency had at least 1-hundred employees.    H.P. Neun shutting down their packaging ops in Lyons and Seneca Falls, 93 jobs lost by the end of May.  The WARN said the company was forced to sell their assets.

North Carolina:  Durham based ad agency McKinney laid off 34 full time employees, due to the loss of a major client.  In Winston-Salem, after 4 decades iconic Ziggy’s nightclub shutdown due to the greedy landlord.  The owners of Ziggy’s swear they even offered to pay a full years worth of rent in advance, but the landlord refused!

Ohio: Anti-gun laws failed to stop a man from attacking customers at the Nazareth Restaurant and Deli, with a machette!  Four people were wounded.  The restaurant has shutdown for an undetermined amount of time: “We need more time to regroup and heal as a team.”-Facebook post

Oregon: After ending service in January, Portland based SeaPort Airlines is now officially chapter 11 bankrupt busted.

Pennsylvania: More proof you brick-n-mortar store owners can’t directly blame the internet/high tech for your demise; West Chester based shopping channel QVC eliminating at least 1-hundred jobs in the U.S. by the end of the year, as it off-shores them to Poland!  It was also revealed that QVC eliminated 147 U.S. jobs in November 2015!  What automotive industry recovery?  Aluminum maker Alcoa is about to split off its car parts operations, but before it does at least 90 people will lose their jobs in New Kensington.  Last year 50 people were laid off.  Reports say Alcoa is shifting to a new 3-D parts printing operation elsewhere in the state.  God powerless to stop the Diocese of Erie from shutting down four of ‘his’ grade schools; Venango Catholic high school and Saint Boniface, Saint Peter Cathedral and Our Lady of Mount Carmel elementary schools.  Church leaders blame The Rapture, I mean low enrollment.  What construction industry recovery?  In Ambridge, SBC Building Systems shutting down, 80 jobs gone by April.

Washington DC: The U.S. Department of Labor reports that ObamaCare (Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act) health insurance costs jumped by at least 4.8% in 2015.  That’s faster than the official rate of inflation in 2015.

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) no longer issues mass layoff reports: “On March 1, 2013, President Obama ordered into effect the across-the- board spending cuts (commonly referred to as sequestration) required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. Under the order, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) must cut its current budget by more than $30 million, 5 percent of the current 2013 appropriation, by September 30, 2013. In order to help achieve these savings and protect core programs, the BLS will eliminate two programs, including Mass Layoff Statistics, and all ‘measuring green jobs’ products. This news release is the final publication of monthly mass layoff survey data.”

Business/Economics, Idaho

“cuts like a knife…we can’t compete” Idaho eateries give you a discount if you bring your gun! : U.S. Job Losses & Closings 13 January 2016

Incomplete list of job loss announcements and shutdowns.

British empire based British Petroleum (BP, formerly known as Anglo-Iranian Oil) announced it will eliminate at least 4-thousand jobs around the world.

British empire based polymer products maker Fenner announced a 20% cut in jobs in its North American operations, blaming the oil industry.

California:   Cupertino made the Texas based retailer JCPenney‘s shutdown list for April.  Wine maker to the elites, Premier Cru,  chapter 7 bankrupt busted and shutdown without warning.  Wealthy customers are stuck as $70-million USD in paid orders will not be delivered (oh boo hoo).

Colorado: According to Colorado Oil and Gas Association only 22 oil rigs were in operation at the end of 2015, compared to 77 in 2014. The Colorado School of Mines is in danger of losing students due to the crashing oil industry: “Students are asking ‘How long is this going to occur?’ ….This is a big change as far as what they’re expectations were compared to what the realty is.”-Will Fleckenstein, adjunct professor interviewed by 9NEWS

Connecticut: In Stratford, after 82 years (surviving The Great Depression and numerous recession) Clough’s Hardware shutting down.

Florida:  The Venice public library shutting down by the end of the month due to unsanitary conditions that never go away despite numerous attempts to repair the building.   British empire based U.S. tax-sucking BAE announced more job cuts at its Jacksonville boatyard.  This time 3-hundred jobs to be eliminated!  Last year 1-hundred Jacksonville jobs were eliminated.  It’s blamed on reduced tax spending by the U.S. Navy.  Jacksonville based rail company CSX announced a 13% drop in revenues due to the crashing coal market.  In Coral Gables, Preferred Medical Plan issued a WARN saying 35 people will be let go in March.

Georgia: Mount Berry Square Mall Sears and Auto Center shutting down in March, 86 jobs lost.

Hawaii: Nimitz highway Kmart (the first Kmart opened in Hawaii) shutting down in March, 141 jobs lost!  Imported furniture and textile seller Chai Studio shutting down this month due to a property developer re-purposing the retail property.  The owner of Chai Studio is looking for a new location to open a new textile design studio.

Idaho: It’s finally being revealed by local news sources that state taxpayers were funding the maintaining of the JR. Simplot mansion to the tune of nearly $1-million USD during the time the property was in possession of the state!   Back in 2004 the mansion (estimated to be worth $2-million) was given to The Gem State, however, it was supposedly given back to the Simplot family in 2013 because the utility bills alone were costing taxpayers $150-thousand per year!  This info was originally reported by the United Kingdom’s DailyMail back in 2013.    The Simplot family can no longer pay the upkeep on the mansion and are tearing it down.

To counter the growing trend of chain restaurants openly opposing guns, local Gem State eateries are offering discounts if you’re packin’ heat!  Dueling Irons restaurant knocks off 15% from the price of your meal: “The open carry discount is being expanded to included ccw permits, and increasing to 15%.”-Dueling Irons facebook post

I warned in the past (after a manager told me at least a year ago they were in an unofficial “holding  pattern”) now it’s official, the Pocatello Kmart shutting down by April, 65 jobs lost.

Indiana: Sears Holdings revealed it will shutdown the Terre Haute Kmart by April, 62 jobs lost.  Crummy clothier Old Navy shutting down their 15 years old Kokomo store within two weeks, blaming crashed sales in December.

Iowa:  Ottumwa Kmart shutting down by April, 38 jobs lost. In Dubuque, Second Time Around Consignment shutting down this weekend.  Local news says it’s the second time in two years a consignment shop shutdown in that very location.

Kansas: North Topeka Kmart shutting down by Spring, 49 jobs lost.

Maryland:  Pier 1 Imports shutting down their Towson store.  In Ownings Mills, JCPenney shutting down by April.

Massachusetts: Nuclea Biotechnologies eliminating jobs at two locations and shutting down their Pittsfield genomics ops as part of a “major internal reorganization”.   In Waltham, Evolving Closet consignment store shutting down this month.  In Woburn, after 12 years Kay’s Hallmark gift store shutting down in February.

Michigan: Sears Holdings revealed it will shutdown three Kmart stores by April, one in Virginia, Superior and Ironwood, 137 jobs lost!

Minnesota: The rumors have been confirmed, the Kmart located in the Thunderbird Mall will shutdown, at least 48 jobs lost.   After 55 years Buck’s Unpainted Furniture shutting down this month, co-owner Roger Buck saying “We don’t want to unload trucks any more  and work weekends any more.”  Two stores shutting down in the Hutchinson Mall; Claire’s Accessories and Urban Express.

New Jersey:  Moonachie based clothier Joyce Leslie now chapter 11 bankrupt busted due to crashed sales.

New York:  In Brooklyn, Angry Wade’s bar shutting down after the greedy landlord jacked the rent to $16-thousand USD per month!  NYC based clothier Aeropostale announced it will eliminate at least 1-hundred jobs due to continued declining sales!  Stop & Shop shutting down its Freeport store in February, 91 jobs lost.  Too Big to Jail Morgan Stanley finally revealed how many New Yorkers will become unemployed between March and April; 414!  

North Carolina:  Haywood County in big trouble, they’ve reduced their operating budget by $2.4-million USD and will have to shutdown at least one school, conduct layoffs and reduce pay for remaining employees!    It’s blamed on the loss of state school funding (due in part to crashing enrollment) and half a million dollars in tax collections being diverted to other counties that are in bigger trouble than Haywood!

Ohio: Sears Holdings revealed it will shutdown the Boardman Kmart by April, 81 jobs lost.  The 11 years old Regal movie theater in the Indian Mound Mall shutting down this week, 11 jobs lost.  American Eagle clothier shutting down their Upper Valley Mall store by the end of January.

Oklahoma: In Utica, after more than 70 years Petty’s Fine Foods shutting down in February, 50 jobs lost.

Pennsylvania: Jerry Sandusky founded The Second Mile charity asking courts to approve a shutdown request, citing lack of donations.  Pittsburg based clothier American Eagle (American Eagle Outfitters) revealed at an investor’s conference in Florida that it will shutdown 150 stores across the U.S. over the next three years!  In Cranberry, the JCPenney shutting down by April.

South Carolina: Beaded Frog jewelry/beading store in Greenville shutting down: “Our rent will more than double at the end of our lease. The new rent structure exceeds what a bead store should pay…”-Heidi Woody, owner

Tennessee:  After spending money to paint their eatery in the colors of East Tennessee State University the owners of Alley Kat Sandwich Shop shutting it down by the end of this week.  In Morristown, the JCPenney shutting down by April.

Texas: In Dallas, after seven years Green Bean Toy Boutique shutting down, the pissed manager blames looky-loos: “They will come in and see something, and say I can get that cheaper on Amazon. That kind of cuts like a knife…we can’t compete with that.”-Marchell Dean

Utah: Sears Holdings shutting down their North Logan Kmart by April, 58 jobs lost.   In Price, the JCPenney store shutting down by April.

Vermont:  Entergy shutting down their Vermont Yankee nuclear plant HQ offices and eliminating 150 jobs by May!  It’s part of the ongoing decommissioning of the nuclear power plant.

Virginia:   British empire based U.S. tax-sucking BAE notified 530 people they will be laid off in March!  Last month BAE laid off 160 people at its Norfolk shipyard!  In November BAE laid off 185 people!   BAE blames decreased tax spending by the U.S. Navy.  At the Chesapeake Square Mall, American Eagle clothier shutting down by the end of the month.  Across the street a Michaels arts & craft store shutting down.

Washington: Eatonville Sears Hometown store shutting down.  In Everett, God refusing to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ Trinity Lutheran College, due to The Rapture, I mean what I call Disappearing Students Syndrome: “…the Board of Directors of Trinity Lutheran College has come to the conclusion that any efforts to increase enrollment at Trinity will no longer sustain the college.”-Kevin Bates

In Yakima, after almost ten years Garden Girl shutting down by the end of February: “I’m worn out, that’s the bottom line.”-Lenette Roehl, owner

Wyoming: JCPenney shutting down their Rock Springs store in April, 25 jobs lost.  The Cowboy State is the birth place of the iconic retailer.

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

12 January 2016: “It was a shock.”  Puerto Rico kills GameStop!

Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) no longer issues mass layoff reports: “On March 1, 2013, President Obama ordered into effect the across-the- board spending cuts (commonly referred to as sequestration) required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. Under the order, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) must cut its current budget by more than $30 million, 5 percent of the current 2013 appropriation, by September 30, 2013. In order to help achieve these savings and protect core programs, the BLS will eliminate two programs, including Mass Layoff Statistics, and all ‘measuring green jobs’ products. This news release is the final publication of monthly mass layoff survey data.”

Business/Economics, Idaho

“…eliminate all the small independents.” “We have not been getting paid!” Job re-training costing former employees more than it’s worth? : U.S. Job Losses & Closings 09 – 10 January 2016

Incomplete list of job loss announcements and shutdowns.

Alabama:  British empire based British Petroleum (BP) sold its Decatur ops to a Thailand based company called Indorama.  The new owner claims they will not eliminate any of the 444 jobs at the plant (famous last words?).

California:  More proof high-tech is not recession resistant, San Francisco based Mixapanel laid off 18 employees admitting that in 2015 they “overhired”.   Also in San Francisco, after 23 years the El Majahual restaurant shutting down next week.  The owners finally wised up and realized it’s better to own than rent, they’re moving to their new location ‘across the bay’.  Los Angeles based Capital Music Group laid off ten people (including executives) on the orders of its new chairman.   Another ‘green’ company shutting down, this time in the small city of Atascadero the Recycling Buy-back Center shutting down at the end of the month, affecting at least 115 customers.  The owner, Atascadero Waste Alternatives, blames crashing commodity prices.

Connecticut: Post University eliminated 15 jobs and reclassified another 15.  One teacher said her ‘reclassification’ included a 53% cut in pay! 

Georgia: In Macon, 100 years old (surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions) Arvin’s Pawn shutting down in March.

Idaho: In Ada County, this year’s Garden City gun show might be the last.  County administrators are worried about safety issues after a couple of incidents where idgit galoots accidentally fired off weapons at other Idaho gun shows.   The University of Idaho’s McClure Center for Public Policy Research discovered that one third of Idaho high school grads surveyed see no reason to ‘Go-On’ to college or university because the job market doesn’t justify the cost of higher education.  The study also discovered that while 53% of females go on to higher education only 38% of Idaho males ‘Go-On’.  That means Idaho’s ‘Go-On’ gender gap rate is higher than the national average.

Illinois: What construction industry recovery?  Netherlands based overhead door company FlexiForce shutting down their nearly seven years old Dixon factory by the end of the month, saying it’s no longer “profitable”.

Iowa: In Sioux City, after three years the owner of Funkalicious decided to shutdown her brick-n-mortar boutique and sell on the internet only.

Kentucky:  People suffering from the coal industry shutdowns revealed it’s costing former employees a lot of money to re-train: “If they switch everything from coal to gas, that retraining program that they’re doing now is going to take five to six years of training. Woth Eastern Kentucky Power down there, if they switch everything to gas…if they change all that then everybody is going to have to go through more school after they already went through their apprenticeship and pay their $600 for their book and pay for that gas going to that school.“-Dakota Cones, interviewed by WOWK

Louisiana: The live action Old Marquer Theater (aka Shadowbox) shutting down in February because they can’t afford to renew the lease.

Maryland: After 60 years Watson’s Garden Center (known for real reindeer displays at Xmas) shutting down by the end of the month, the owner blames the suck-ass economy.  Local news reports say the property is not for sale and nobody seems to know what will become of it, there is another business located on the property.

Massachusetts: In Cambridge, after 30 years East Coast Grill shutting down by the end of the month.  No reason was presented.

Michigan: After almost 70 years the B.C. Cobb power plant shutting down in April, blaming changing government regulations and skyrocketing costs to maintain the aged electricity maker.  At one point the power plant employed 2-hundred people.

Minnesota: After 28 years Suzanne’s Jewelry shutting down in April, the owner will not renew the lease and intends to retire.   The 1950s style K&B Drive Inn south of Eveleth shutdown without warning.   After 93 years (surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions) Falkowski’s Market shutting down, Mike Falkowski blames “The tough Range economy is hurting our business. Can’t keep operating losing money every month. Just couldn’t survive.”  The Hallmark gift store in the Thunderbird Mall shutting down at the end of the month.  There are rumors the Kmart, also located in the Thunderbird Mall, will shutdown.    In Minneapolis, after two years Brasserie Zentral shutting down, a co-owner saying “This industry has always been hard, but right now, it has never been harder.”   Essar Steel revealed it started laying off employees.  Apparently the company ran out of money to finish its new taconite plant and is struggling to get more loans.  In Little Falls, after 85 years (surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions) Pap’s Sports Shop shutting down, the owner blamed many things including manufactures: “…a lot of the manufacturers are putting a lot of dollar limits that if you don’t spend this amount, your account is closed, and it is really a shame, because that’s going to eliminate all the small independents.”-Paulette Pappenfus

Montana: In Great Falls, the Townhouse Inn shutting down in March.  The owners say the 50 years old hotel does not meet today’s standards and they plan to build a new hotel, however, they have yet to find a new property to build that new hotel on.  Local news did not ask why they don’t build the new hotel on the old property.  25 jobs affected.

New York:   NYC based door-to-door “women’s” products seller Avon announced it will eliminate in-house IT jobs as it has signed a contract with failed California based tech company Hewlett Packard (HP).   Allure magazine laid off at least 13 people.   Proof that being positive won’t stop negative things from happening as “positive” NYC based website Upworthy laid off 14 people connected to internet video trends.  Company leaders used Orwellian double-speak terminology and called the layoffs “an investment”!  Huffington Post also warned employees that jobs will be eliminated due to shifting internet video trends, which is proof the internet is not recession resistant.

North Carolina:  The Books-A-Million Bookland in the Signal Hill Mall shutting down by the end of the month.  It leaves Signal Hill Mall with just 11 tenants!

Ohio: By the end of the 1st quarter 2016 Republic Steel will eliminate 2-hundred jobs at its factory in Lorain!  This will result in the shutdown of their factory as Republic Steel has already eliminated 7-hundred Lorain jobs in 2015, resulting in the city suffering a $2.3-million USD budget shortfall due to reduced tax revenues.      Chapel Hill Mall losing two clothing stores by next month; the Old Navy and the Express.

Oklahoma: Society of Exploration Geophysicists laid off 19 people in connection to the oil industry shutdown.

Pennsylvania:  In Allentown, after only six months Shula’s Steak House shutdown without warning, it might have something to do with a lawsuit in which the Florida based restaurant chain settled claims that it failed to make rent payments.    General Electric (GE) laid off 4-hundred people at its Lawrence Park Plant, as part of planned job cuts for 2016!  Hotel Carlisle has been secretly shutdown according to employees, and the shifty owners are nowhere to be seen.  Local news sources are getting flooded with calls from employees who have been left out to dry: “We have not been getting paid! We are pretty much five weeks behind in pay!”-Jasmine Johnson, a house cleaning supervisor

Tennessee:  In Franklin, after 11 years the Main Street Toy Company shutdown, the owner blames low sales for not being able to pay the high rent.

U.S. Virgin Islands: Sugar Bay Resort hotel eliminated an undisclosed number of jobs without warning, due to lack of vacationers from the mainland.

Virginia:  After 40 years Fluvanna County based Blue Ridge Mountain Sports finally saying “goodbye” as it shuts down its remaining seven stores across three states.   At one point there were 12 Blue Ridge stores.  They blame their demise on increasing competition.  In Alexandria, Old Time Coffee, Tea and Spice shutting down in February because the landlord is jacking up the rent.

Wyoming: In Casper, after 80 years (surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions) iconic Wolford’s Shoe Store shutdown due to a 44% crash in sales due to the local oil bust!  According to news reports at least 27 Cowboy State oil rigs were shutdown in 2015, and 54 in 2014.

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

08 January 2016: “It’s not working.”

Former employees who receive severance are not counted as unemployed

The U.S. Department of Labor (DoL) no longer issues mass layoff reports: “On March 1, 2013, President Obama ordered into effect the across-the- board spending cuts (commonly referred to as sequestration) required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as amended. Under the order, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) must cut its current budget by more than $30 million, 5 percent of the current 2013 appropriation, by September 30, 2013. In order to help achieve these savings and protect core programs, the BLS will eliminate two programs, including Mass Layoff Statistics, and all ‘measuring green jobs’ products. This news release is the final publication of monthly mass layoff survey data.”

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Anti Gun Laws fail to stop stolen cop gun from being used to ambush cop!

08 January 2016 (14:50 UTC-07 Tango 01)/ 18 Dey 1394/27 Rabi’a’-Awwal 1437/29 Ding-Chou 4713

“Shots fired! … I’m bleeding heavily! I’m bleeding. Get us another unit out here!”-Philadelphia cop shot and wounded with a stolen cop gun

The anti-2nd Amendment laws of Pennsylvania failed to stop a stolen taxpayer funded police gun from winding up in the hands of a man claiming to be with Islamic State-ISIS-ISIL-DAIISH (DA for al-DAwla, I for al-Islamiya, I for al-Iraq, SH al-SHam).

Philadelphia police admitted the gun used to ambush one of their own, was one of their own!  It’s a Glock 9mm pistola, stolen out of a cop’s home back in 2013!

The wounded cop managed to shoot back and hit the attacker, who is now detained.

According to a 2014 U.S. Department of Justice report, 230-thousand guns are stolen every year! Most of those guns are stolen from gun shops, or even from the trucks delivering the guns to the retail market. But this brings up a big question about certain anti-gun laws: If most gun crimes are committed using illegally acquired guns, then why have gun shows been banned, why have gun owners been banned from selling their own guns and why are responsible gun owners forced to go through back ground checks and then forced to register their guns?

Obama regime reveals new anti-2nd Amendment executive order!

False Flag: Somebody stole weapons from the U.S. Army! Again? 

U.S. Civil War: New trend of burglars(?) targeting gun owners & cops! 

anti-gun laws a big fail…..Government behind most of the violence! 

Iowa bans kids from using any kind of gun, even under supervision! Connecticut steals innocent man’s guns! Louisiana captures 186 guns!

False Flag: Police chief fears Philadelphia cop stole M16 automatic gun

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Obama regime reveals new anti-2nd Amendment executive order!

The President’s Actions to Reduce Gun Violence

So President Obama is taking executive action to reduce gun violence. Here’s what his actions are designed to do:

Keep guns out of the wrong hands through background checks

  • The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is making clear that it doesn’t matter where you conduct your business—from a store, at gun shows, or over the Internet: If you’re in the business of selling firearms, you must get a license and conduct background checks.
  • ATF is finalizing a rule to require background checks for people trying to buy some of the most dangerous weapons and other items through a trust, corporation, or other legal entity.
  • Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch has sent a letter to States highlighting the importance of receiving complete criminal history records and criminal dispositions, information on persons disqualified because of a mental illness, and qualifying crimes of domestic violence.
  • The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is overhauling the background check system to make it more effective and efficient. The envisioned improvements include processing background checks 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and improving notification of local authorities when certain prohibited persons unlawfully attempt to buy a gun. The FBI will hire more than 230 additional examiners and other staff to help process these background checks.

Make our communities safer from gun violence

  • The Attorney General convened a call with U.S. Attorneys around the country to direct federal prosecutors to continue to focus on smart and effective enforcement of our gun laws.
  • The President’s FY2017 budget will include funding for 200 new ATF agents and investigators to help enforce our gun laws.
  • ATF has established an Internet Investigation Center to track illegal online firearms trafficking and is dedicating $4 million and additional personnel to enhance the National Integrated Ballistics Information Network.
  • ATF is finalizing a rule to ensure that dealers who ship firearms notify law enforcement if their guns are lost or stolen in transit.
  • The Attorney General issued a memo encouraging every U.S. Attorney’s Office to renew domestic violence outreach efforts.

Increase mental health treatment and reporting to the background check system

  • The Administration is proposing a new $500 million investment to increase access to mental health care.
  • The Social Security Administration has indicated that it will begin the rulemaking process to include information in the background check system about beneficiaries who are prohibited from possessing a firearm for mental health reasons.
  • The Department of Health and Human Services is finalizing a rule to remove unnecessary legal barriers preventing States from reporting relevant information about people prohibited from possessing a gun for specific mental health reasons.

Shape the future of gun safety technology

  • The President has directed the Departments of Defense, Justice, and Homeland Security to conduct or sponsor research into gun safety technology
  • The President has also directed the departments to review the availability of smart gun technology on a regular basis, and to explore potential ways to further its use and development to more broadly improve gun safety.

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Paper Tiger(?) Obama: Martial law gun ban will target senile incapacitated old people! If you’re getting Social Security then you’re a potential mass shooter?

05 January 2016 (14:21 UTC-07 Tango 01) 15 Dey 1394/24 Rabi’a’-Awwal 1437/26 Ding-Chou 4713

When was the last time a mass shooting was conducted by a senile old person who couldn’t even wipe their own ass?

The Obama regime has revealed what the new martial law executive order gun ban will look like, and you might be surprised at one group of citizens the gun ban targets: senile old people getting Social Security!

According to the press release by the Obama regime they will use Social Security records to judge who is mentally not fit to own a gun.  So actually this targets not just old people, but people of any age who qualify to get Social Security assistance (stop calling it a ‘benefit’, the majority of recipients paid for it through taxes): “The Social Security Administration has indicated that it will begin the rulemaking process to include information in the background check system about beneficiaries who are prohibited from possessing a firearm for mental health reasons.”–The President’s Actions to Reduce Gun Violence, whitehouse.gov

This new executive order gun ban not only violates the 2nd Amendment but it also violates the 5th Amendment: “No person shall be…deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law…”

This implies the involvement of courts, the Social Security Administration (SSA) is not part of the justice system.  To use the SSA to justify revoking a citizens 2nd Amendment Right is unconstitutional.

Revolution Calling: First 10 Amendments declaring your RIGHTS, from the STILL revolutionary U.S. Constitution!