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U.S. Food Crisis, October 2015: “Oh my Gaawwdd!” “…30% of operators are insolvent.” “…I have to destroy the most important thing in my life.”

Incomplete list of announced United States food supply shutdowns for the month of October, 2015: Many food suppliers/distributors are consolidating operations and killing jobs due to the collapsing grocery store and restaurant industries, as well as rising costs of food production, spread of disease and extreme weather.

India based internet restaurant finding service Zomato eliminating 3-hundred jobs mainly within the United States!  The U.S. employees affected are those tasked with collecting data on U.S. restaurants.

Alabama:  15 state controlled booze (Alcoholic Beverage Control) ABC stores being shutdown due to lack of money.

Arizona:  Small Planet Bakery shutting down their Tucson shop right before Thanksgiving after 41 years: “…we haven’t been making money… At one point back in the late ’80s, we were in 36 grocery stores … In May we cut it down to five stores…”-Lucy Mitchell, co-owner

California:  The grocery chain store known as Fresh & Easy is now being shutdown by its current owners Yucaipa Companies, which is known for chopping up and selling off businesses (Mormon Mitt Romney style).  The shutdown of 97 grocery stores will result in 3-thousand people across the U.S. desert southwest becoming jobless starting now!  Yucaipa has been trying to sell the grocery chain but nobody is interested in buying, the filed for bankruptcy protection.   Japan based upscale convenience stores FamilyMart-Famima! shutdown all their remaining California stores! Once Los Angeles based but now Idaho based Flagship Food Group issued a shutdown WARN for their Chatsworth food factory, 123 jobs lost before the U.S. Thanksgiving!  Napa City Winery shutting down on New Year’s Day, 37 jobs lost.  In Los Angeles, Hersha Hospitality Management shutting down before Xmas, 71 jobs lost (they claim it’s temporary).  In Oakland, Svenhard’s Swedish Bakery shutting down after Thanksgiving, 168 jobs lost!    In Saint Helena, it was revealed just how many people work at the 28 years old Tra Vigne restaurant; 136! Their lease was not renewed, they will shutdown five days before Xmas.  San Luis Obispo losing yet another mom-n-pop,  after 25 years Bali’s Yogurt shutdown, the owners admitted they were shutting down sooner than they thought, due to increasing competition.  In Los Angeles, iconic Los Chavos Restaurant shutting down in November. Local news reports say the owner sold-out, and the buyer refuses to comment.  The U.S. Forest Service has been hit with a class action lawsuit accusing it of illegally giving Switzerland based food producer Nestlé taxpayer owned water in the drought stricken state! It was used for the Arrowhead brand bottled water.  If you buy Arrowhead you’re contributing to the plight of California’s farmers!  In Costa Mesa, after 26 years Scott’s upscale restaurant shutting down in January because the owner decided it wasn’t worth it to renew the lease.  In Burbank,  Not A Burger Stand eatery shutdown due to landlord issues.  A GMRI owned Red Lobster restaurant in Los Angeles is shutting down, 83 jobs lost before Thanksgiving.   In South Lake Tahoe, The Cork and More wine store shutdown after 39 years due to nobody wanting to buy the business.  In Hollywood, Sushi Roku shutdown, the owners say they need to focus on a smaller number of restaurants.  After four years the British empire’s upscale snooty Tamarind of London shutdown their Newport Beach restaurant without warning.  Local news says management refuses to comment.  After 20 years, popular (reports say it was always packed during big games) Zeke’s Bar and Grill shutdown due to the lease not being renewed.  In Los Angeles, after three years award winning restaurant Alma shutting down by the end of the month due to ongoing lawsuits and a failed internet crowd-funding campaign.

Colorado:   Another Great Harvest Bread store shuts down, this time in Montrose.  Denver based Chipotle shutdown 43 restaurants in Washington and Oregon states.  They claim it’s temporary, so they can eliminate  Escherichia coli (E. coli O157:H7) after Washington state health administrators issued an outbreak warning on Halloween.  It should be noted that affected stores posted notices blaming “equipment problems” or “supply chain problems” for their shutdown!

Connecticut:   After 44 years Chuck Wagon Restaurant shutdown, the owner has been trying to sell it but so far nobody wants to buy. In Southbury, the relatively new LaBonne’s Market IGA grocery store shutdown.  The owners blame lackluster sales and increasing costs like utilities,taxes and ObamaCare insurance benefits saying “We just could never get it off the ground.”   

Florida:  Tampa based restaurant chain owner Bloomin’ Brands is in trouble (as usual), but so much so this time that investor analyst Zacks has told shareholders to dump their stocks in the corporation.  Stocks of Bloomin’ Brands downgraded to Sell status, the company failed to show any significant increase in revenues in its last report but is still considered to have too much debt.  The debt is probably from all the new restaurants Bloomin’ Brands has opened in the past year.  The food corporation controls restaurant chains known as Outback Steakhouse, Carrabba’s Italian Grill, Bonefish Grill, Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar, and Roy’s.  Interesting side note, several of Bloomin’ Brands restaurants have suffered fires this year; in April the Outback Steakhouse at the Meridian Crossroads plaza in Meridian, Idaho (blamed on corroded gas line).  Then two months later another Meridian, Idaho, Outback Steakhouse caught fire, this time at the Bonita Crossroads Shopping Center, firefighters said it “seemed to be electrical”.  The Carrabba’s in Suntree, Florida, caught fire this month with initial reports saying the fire started on the roof around an air conditioning unit.  In June, the West Springfield, Massachusetts, Carrabba’s caught fire twice, first initial reports said the fire somehow started in between the metal and rubberized roofing materials around a vent fan, then the next morning the kitchen caught on fire!  It’s not just fires, the Richland, Washington, Bonefish Grill was vandalized with a blowtorch in June.   Miami-Dade based Burger King calling it quits in Costa Rica, all 29 restaurants shutting down, 434 jobs lost!   In Neptune Beach, after five years Lillie’s Coffee & Bar shutdown because of the greedy landlord.  Jacksonville based Southeastern Grocers revealed they eliminated 250 administrative jobs!

Georgia:  In Atlanta, ten restaurants suddenly shutdown!  Here to Serve Restaurants shutdown its Prime, Strip, Noche, Twist, Smash Kitchen, Coast Seafood, Shucks Oyster and Wine Bar, and others.  On top of that 1-thousand employees’ final paychecks are being issued without the automatic tax payments, meaning employees will have to pay the taxes themselves, AND not all employees will be getting their final pay because the company is broke!  Restaurant chain Christophe’s To Go shutdown their stores in Brookhaven, Dunwoody, Johns Creek and Sandy Springs: “We ran into many challenges, but at the end of the day our biggest challenge was that we could not maintain enough sales to make the model viable.”  In Emory, after 70 years Evans Fine Food shutdown.  Suddenly restaurant Rosebud shutdown “effective immediately” because of “unforeseen circumstances”.

Hawaii:  In Honolulu, after 30 years popular Bubbies Homemade Ice Cream & Desserts  (known for ‘R’ rated ice cream names) shutdown its Varsity Center store, shocked customers reacted with “Oh my Gaawwdd!”  The owners say they will now focus solely on wholesale production of mochi ice cream.   Oahu, state health inspectors shutdown and then fined the Paalaa Kai Bakery.  The shutdown was for health code violations and the fine was for selling food after they were ordered to stop.  The inspections are part of new food martial laws under the new Hawaii Administrative Rules, Title 11, Chapter 50, Food Safety Code.

Idaho: The U.S. Food & Drug Administration slammed shut Ketchum-based Sun Valley Juice Company for repeated violations of federal food safety regulations.   The company got in trouble with the federal regulators back in 2006 as well.  Court ruling shuts down horse race betting venue Double Down Betting, Sports Bar and Grill in Idaho Falls, 70 jobs lost.  the Idaho Supreme Court banned instant horse racing gambling machines.    Hungry people have increased in The Gem State as demonstrated by the fact that the Idaho Foodbank Fund (funded by donations from taxpayers) has supported seven more local food banks than last year!  The evil Right to Work (you over) ‘lawmakers’ made it harder to qualify for federally funded food aid (aka SNAP or food stamps), but created a local taxpayer supported Idaho Foodbank Fund.  Since then evil pro-government weenie heads pointed to the resulting drop in food stamp (SNAP) distributions as proof Idahoans weren’t going hungry! I wonder what those Right to Work (you over) ‘elected’ lawmakers are doing with that federal food stamp funding?   Potato growers are warning of lower crop yields this year, even though acreage is way up.   Analysts say this year’s spud harvest will be below the five year average: “We’ve had some unusual weather this year. Some growers were hit by cold, some by heat and some had a lot of water. And with the water came late blight.”-Frank Muir, Idaho Potato Commission 

The low spud harvest is also being affected by a disease affecting potatoes has been discovered in four farm fields in three counties.  It’s called Zebra Chip (Liberibacter bacterium) and could put a damper on what was expected to be a good year for spud farmers. Zebra Chip first showed up in the Pacific Northwest in 2011, it makes a fresh potato look like it’s rotting on the inside.  This bad news comes as the Big Idaho Potato (propaganda) Truck just returned to The Gem State after a costly ($700-thousand USD) multi-state tour.

Pumpkin farmers south of the Boise area reporting a shortage of pumpkins: “It’s been a rough year. It’s probably been the roughest year I’ve had with pumpkins since we’ve been doing it, and we’ve been doing it a long time.”-Fred Schreffler, owner of The Berry Ranch

Illinois:  Pumpkin farmers report massive losses, Illinois normally grows 90% of the pumpkins in the United States! In Woodstock, after 46 years Red Barn Farm Market shutdown.    More proof Obama’s homie town is a failed state; in Bloomington, God refuses to stop the shutdown of his Catholic Workers created food pantry for low income families Clair House. After almost 37 years their last meal will be the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday.   Aspen Foods laid off 65 people, immediately following a massive recall of chicken products due to salmonella.  It’s been revealed that the true reason Chicago restaurant Japonais by Morimoto shutdown is due to a massive lawsuit because the owners haven’t been able to pay any rent for the past year!   In Cairo the only grocery store in town, Wonder Market, shutting down before Xmas. The nearest grocery store is over the border in Kentucky.  Local news said corporate officials did not respond to their questions.  Apparently the area is considered one of the poorest in the state.  After 31 years iconic Ed Debevic’s diner shutdown due to the property owner wanting to build a 22 story apartment complex! In Chicago, after six years the Birchwood Kitchen shutdown this weekend, the owner is trying to sell it. In Aurora, after less than a year the massive Cosmopolitan Marketplace grocery store shutting down!  The shutdown was revealed by signs that read “All Sales Final”.  A local alderman blames the shutdown on lack of sales.  Oak Brook based McDonald’s in deeper trouble than first thought.  According to Business Insider, franchise operators are fed up with corporate policies that include not offering financial help to 30% of franchise owners who admit they are broke: “We are in the throes of a deep depression, and nothing is changing!  Probably -Mark Kalinowski, analyst

After 12 years Mama Compton’s restaurant in Rock Island shutdown: “We’ve got to find a better place. In order, as a small business, to thrive, we need this downtown area to be growing, and we decided that is not happening.”-Psyndy Compton-Muse, co-owner

Indiana:  In Fort Wayne, after 58 years restaurant Rib Room shutdown without warning.  The family owners said they can’t continue operating the popular eatery.  In Evansville, Penny Lane Coffeehouse shutdown, the owner blamed ongoing construction that’s blocking access to his shop: “Very, very frustrated, I don’t feel like we’ve gotten any support from the City of Evansville. We’ve had our entrances blocked, which I know is a fire hazard, it’s just been an absolute nightmare!”-Brian Bennett, owner

Iowa:   In Davenport, the Ichiban Sushi & Steak House restaurant shutdown. Local news reports say Davenport city administrators are concerned because their tax revenues are crashing and burning because of all the shutdowns. In Garnavillo, after 38 years Bob’s Food Store IGA shutdown: “…it just seems like a let down, you know, the bottom fell out and it’s over with, you know?”-Bob Bente

Maryland:  Collington Services shutting down a Safeway grocery distribution center and a general merchandise distribution center, 7-hundred jobs lost by Xmas!  And that’s after 2-hundred people have already been laid off, according to state data!  In Elkton, after 12 years Terrapin Station Winery shutdown: “Mother Nature took her toll on our vineyards and we were not able to generate enough investment to get us rolling again.”-Janet and Morris Zwick, owners

Massachusetts:  New Bedford based Top Quality Seafood & Shellfish now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.   It’s blamed on massive debts.  After 43 years iconic Medieval Manor restaurant theater shutdown due to crashed and burned sales.  A survey revealed many Weak Bostonians thought the place had shutdown a long time ago!  In Saugus, after 57 years the home of the Orange T-Rex, Route 1 Mini Golf & Dairy Castle, shutdown.  The owners always kept their 1950s style operation looking brand new, unfortunately they had to sell out to greedy property developers who’ll tear everything down!  Canton based Dunkin’ Brands revealed they’re losing one of their franchise operators (Speedway) which will result in 1-hundred Dunkin’ Donut stores shutting down across the U.S.!  Administrators with Speedway claim they misjudged the economy and expanded their franchise ops too fast.

Michigan: In Kalamazoo, after 50 years Wayside West sports bar shutdown.  Local news reports blame a shooting that happened last year, but in reality the property was sold-off.

Minnesota:   Minneapolis based food giant General Mills announced they’re shutting down operations in British empire United Kingdom and New Zealand! Local news reports that General Mills has already eliminated at least 2-thousand 5-hundred jobs due to stagnant food sales!  In Knife River, the Lighthouse at Emily’s restaurant shutdown when a potential sale to non-profit North Shore Scenic Railroad fell through.   PM Beef is shutting down its Windom meat plant right before Xmas, 260 jobs lost!  Windom City administrators say they will lose almost half of their revenues from lost taxes and fees!   After 14 years Minneapolis French cuisine Vincent A Restaurant shutting down after Xmas, so the owner can “move on with my life”.  Restaurant La Belle Vie shutdown blaming the increase in mandatory minimum wage. 

Mississippi: In Jackson, after 62 years Lamar Restaurant shutdown: “The last four to five years it has really gone down. People just aren’t eating as many plate lunches as they were…..They want what I call plastic food.”-Chris Grillis, owner

Missouri: Evil Saint Louis based chemical warfare and GMO maker  Monsanto eliminating 2-thousand 690 jobs blaming the crashing and burning global farm industry!  Gee, decades ago Monsanto swore their chemicals and Genetically Modified Organisms were going to save the global farm industry!!!  Saint Louis based iconic beer maker Anheuser-Busch offshoring less than 40 U.S. jobs to India, blaming crashing sales in the United States.  J Buck’s restaurant and its twin Joe Buck’s both shutdown, the owner blaming jacked up rents and other “rising operational costs”!  At one point there were five J Buck’s-Joe Buck’s restaurants!   Dooley’s Beef n Brew House shutdown.

Montana: Great Falls based restaurant chain Shoot the Moon Grill now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  Customers got suspicious when restaurants started shutting down, posting signs that read “closed due to flooding”. 

Nebraska: After only one year two eateries in the University of Nebraska’s student union shutting down after Xmas. The owner of Subway Pizza Express and Auntie Anne’s Pretzels says sales to students have crashed by 44% from last year!  As I warned, ConAgra making it official and will kill-off 1-thousand 5-hundred jobs!  Interestingly, even though previously ConAgra said they were moving ops from Nebraska to Illinois, 7-hundred of the layoffs will take place in Chicago.

New Hampshire: Keene base food supplier C&S Wholesale Grocers laid off an undisclosed number of employees due to the gigantic collapse of A & P (Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company) grocery stores across the eastern U.S.

New Jersey: In Newark, after eight years SAS Cupcakes shutdown, the owners didn’t say why.  Acclaimed Thirty Acres restaurant shutting down after Thanksgiving. Despite praise by critics sales were no good: “Maybe we weren’t in the right place at the right time, or maybe Jersey City wasn’t the right place….”-Kevin Pemoulie, coowner

New Mexico: In Albuquerque, Flying Star Cafe shutdown its ten years old restaurant on Silver and 8th Street.  It’s the third Flying Star to shutdown since the company went bankrupt.

New York:  Warren Buffett owned Kraft Heinz shutting down three food factories; Avon, Walton and Campbell eliminating about 930 jobs!   In Pekin, after 40 years restaurant Schimschacks shutdown.  In West Village, after 30 years Empire Szechuan Village restaurant shutdown because the landlord wanted to jack the rent from $5-thousand per month to $25-thousand!  Grocery store Drew’s Food issued a shutdown WARN for their Brooklyn 4511-8th Avenue store, 51 jobs lost in January 2016 because it’s not worth it to renew the lease due to skyrocketing rents.  Hillstone Restaurant Group shutting down its Houston’s Restaurant in Garden City, 71 jobs lost after Xmas because it’s not worth it to renew the lease due to skyrocketing rents.  In Riverhead, King Kullen grocery store shutting down due to it not being worth it to renew the lease.   In NYC, CMG YOTEL ending its contract with East & West Restaurant, 71 jobs lost by January 2016.  Patina Restaurant Group issued a shutdown WARN for their NYC Brasserie Restaurant, 68 jobs lost right after the Gregorian New Year.  In NYC, McDonald’s at 427 10th Avenue shutting down after Xmas, 65 jobs lost.  SCRATCHbread shutting down due to greedy property owners, the pissed owner said “…it’s bullshit I have to destroy the most important thing in my life.”

North Carolina:  Tin Tin Box and Noodles shutdown apparently because of the greedy landlord, the owner of the Japanese restaurant said he’s looking for a new location.  Thai Pan restaurant shutting down in Greensboro after 10 years of yummy food.  The owner blames her husband because he’s retiring and wants to move.

Ohio:  Global food company Manitowoc announced they are shutting down their Cleveland ops and leaving 274 people out in the cold by April 2016!  Like the rest of unAmerican corporate Amerika Mantiwoc is consolidating production.  In Niles, Lone Star Steakhouse shutdown saying it wasn’t worth it to renew the lease.   In Dayton, Olive an urban dive restaurant shutdown due to difficulties with the property owner: “We tried everything we could to find another feasible way to keep Olive in Dayton, but now that the decision is made, we’re announcing the close….”

Oregon: In Portland, it’s been revealed that the entire city block between South West 2nd and 3rd and Taylor will be demolished!  This includes the 110 years old Lotus Cardroom and Café.  

Pennsylvania:  In Lititz, food giant Cargill announced it will shutdown the Wilbur Chocolate factory, 130 jobs lost!  Cargill is consolidating ops, just like the rest of unAmerican corporate ‘merica!  In Media, after 65 years restaurant D’Ignazio’s Towne House shutting down after Xmas.  The property is being sold to speculators.  After seven years the award winning Supper restaurant shutdown, it’s now a private party and catering operation only.

Tennessee:  After 15 years Vaudeville Cafe shutdown due to “financial burdens”.  In Nashville, Khan’s Desserts shutting down because “…the rent has gone up greatly, and without partnership or investment, we are unable to move to another location.” 

Texas:   12 Del Taco restaurants shutting down in the Dallas/Fort Worth metro, 218 jobs gone before Xmas!  Administrators said “Del Taco has made this decision for financial reasons.”, however the real reason is the company has a new owner from the Failed State of Illinois (Larry Levy) and he’s crashing and burning the burrito joint.  In Victoria, a Subway sandwich shop on Main and Constitution streets shutdown.

Vermont:  Middlebury based Woodchuck Hard Cider laid off eight employees, administrators blame competition.  In Burlington, the South End Kitchen shutting down right before Xmas. The owners admitted they bit off more than they could chew when they opened the restaurant.  In Stowe, Phoenix Table and Bar shutdown due to lack of money: “Here’s what happened. A big undertaking with hard-working staff doing twice the work that was needed to keep it going; an off-season looming without much cash; an exhausted ownership that needed a breather. Sorry, everyone!”-Julie Pickett

Washington: The Black Bear Diner in Olympia shutting down right before Thanksgiving.  45 jobs lost because the Gott-Damned landlord jacked up the rent by 60% and refused to make necessary building improvements!   India based restaurant locating service Zomato shutdown their Seattle office without warning, it’s part of their plans to eliminate at least 150 U.S. jobs!   Bellingham based Haggen Foods has told the bankruptcy court of its intent to shut down all its grocery stores, at least 10-thousand jobs lost!   

Wisconsin:  In Whitewater, grocery store Daniel’s Sentry shutting down after Xmas, 53 jobs lost.  Horney Goat Brewing shutdown their restaurant.  Dairy Farmers of America shutting down their Plymouth Borden cheese factory in January 2016, 3-hundred job lost! Administrators said it wasn’t worth it to upgrade the old factory and will instead contract out the work!

“I’m paying the state….so I can work for free!”: U.S. Food Crisis September 2015

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Business/Economics

To Destroy U.S. Dollar: Sinophile Germany starts trading Chinese investments!

30 October 2015 (03:36 UTC-07 Tango 01)/08 Aban 1394/16 Muharram 1437/18 Bing-Xu (9th month) 4713

Germany’s Deutsche Borse Group is now selling yuan based Chinese investment ‘products’ under the brand name CEINEX .

CEINEX was created by Deutsche Borse to do direct business with the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) and the China Financial Futures Exchange (CFFEX).  It involves the selling of investor insurance, and financial and real estate ‘investments’ using the Chinese yuan.  CEINEX stands for China Europe INternational EXchange.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is current in China on her eighth trip to drum up business.  This time She and Chinese leaders have already signed 13 new deals, including a $17-billion USD deal for China to buy 130 airliners from Airbus!    (never mind that Airbus already has a factory in China)

The massive Airbus double decker A380 airliner, in China Southern colors.

Merkel has visited China so much, as the boss of a ‘western’ country, that Chinese news media dubbed her a Sinophile (China Lover, or Lover of China).

Destroy U.S. Dollar: British empire welcomes Chinese cash! 

 

Business/Economics, Idaho

“an industry-wide slowdown…throughout North America” ObamaCare kills additional 1,400+ jobs! California property manager kills 1-thousand jobs! Shopko kills hundreds of jobs! : U.S. Job Losses & Closings 28 – 29 October 2015

Germany’s Deutsche Bank eliminating 35-thousand jobs globally, including within the United States!

Failed State Alabama: What automotive industry recovery?  Vehicle interior maker Faurecia announced it will shutdown its Tuscaloosa factory, at least 132 jobs lost before Xmas!

Not anymore!

California: What home construction industry recovery?  In Van Nuys Danmer Custom Shutters revealed they were eliminating 70 jobs right before Xmas.  Marvell Semiconductor revealed they will layoff 21 people right before Xmas. Bridgepoint Education laying off four San Diegans right before Xmas.  Microsoft laying off four San Diegans right before Xmas.  In Palo Alto, Hewlett Packard (HP) just can’t stop with the layoffs, an additional 65 jobs eliminated last week.  What property management recovery?  In Laguna Woods, Professional Community Management eliminating 968 jobs just three days before Xmas, due to sudden loss of contract!    In San Francisco, DD Traders laying off 18 employees on New Year’s Eve.  In Saint Helena, it was revealed just how many people work at the 28 years old Tra Vigne restaurant; 136! Their lease was not renewed, they will shutdown five days before Xmas.   Napa City Winery shutting down on New Year’s Day, 37 jobs lost.  In Los Angeles, Hersha Hospitality Management shutting down before Xmas, 71 jobs lost (they claim it’s temporary).  What housing market recovery? Too Big to Jail Wells Fargo shutting down their Santa Ana mortgage office right before Xmas, 65 jobs lost.

Connecticut: In Danbury, United Technologies Corporation Aerospace laid off 35 people. In Avon, after two years Boyles Furniture & Rugs shutting down when everything is sold.  Administrators admitted they got an offer for the property that’s worth more than what they’ve been getting in sales!

Delaware: Wilmington based chemical company Chemours warning of mass layoffs because the suck-ass economy is forcing them to cut $350-million USD in expenses by 2017!

Florida: In Orlando, drugs pusher Nephron Pharmaceuticals issued a WARN saying 4-hundred people will become jobless by 15 January 2016!

Georgia:  Restaurant chain Christophe’s To Go shutdown their stores in Brookhaven, Dunwoody, Johns Creek and Sandy Springs: “We ran into many challenges, but at the end of the day our biggest challenge was that we could not maintain enough sales to make the model viable.”

Idaho: Shopko issued a shutdown WARN for their East Gowen Road, Boise, store.  148 jobs lost on New Year’s Day!

Failed State Illinois: Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) medical device tax (and crashing profits) forcing medical device maker Baxter International to eliminate 1-thousand 4-hundred jobs!  In Chicago, Motorola Solutions killing 2-hundred jobs as part of their reorganization (downsizing)!   Fox Valley Country Club shutdown.

Indiana:  Valley National Bank shutting down 15 more offices, on top of the 13 already shutdown!

Kansas: UMB Financial announced they will eliminate an undisclosed number of jobs well into 2016.

Main: After 24 years Riverbooks shutdown.  

Maryland: Carroll County Public Schools wants to shutdown three schools by 2017, due to crashing enrollment.

Failed State Michigan: Mercantile Bank announced it will shutdown at least five offices.

Minnesota:  Minneapolis based food giant General Mills announced they’re shutting down operations in British empire United Kingdom and New Zealand! Local news reports that General Mills has already eliminated at least 2-thousand 5-hundred jobs due to stagnant frozen food sales! 

Nebraska: Sidney based outdoor store Cabela’s laid off 70 administrators. 

Failed State New Jersey: Monmouth County issued a WARN saying 235 people will become jobless by New Year’s Eve!  In Vineland, ObamaCare forcing Bishop McCarthy Residence to eliminate 50 jobs after Thanksgiving.  In Pleasantville, ObamaCare forcing Our Lady’s Residence to eliminate 50 jobs after Thanksgiving.  In Cherry Hill, ObamaCare forcing Saint Mary’s Catholic Home to eliminate 50 jobs after Thanksgiving.

Failed State New York: GE (General Electric) issued a shutdown WARN for their Fort Edward ops, 127 jobs lost by the end of January 2016!  Sachem School District (the largest school district in New York by population) announced it must shutdown three schools due to no money!

North Carolina: In Charlotte, Too Big to Jail Bank of America eliminating an additional 1-hundred mortgage jobs!  Local news reports say Bank of Failed State America has eliminated more than 68-thousand 8-hundred jobs since 2010! 

Oklahoma: In Tulsa, 105 years old (surviving the Great Depression and numerous recessions) upscale retailer Miss Jackson’s shutting down in January 2016.  No official reason given, but word is that the store for rich people is no longer “sustainable”.

Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing shutting down by New Year’s Eve, 108 jobs lost!  Texas based oil service company Halliburton eliminated 22 jobs in Carmichaels.  The Ritz-Carlton Philadelphia eliminating 47 jobs by New Year’s Day.  In Erie, GE Transportation warning of mass layoffs, even shutdown of their train factory, due to a sudden and huge crash in orders from the railroad industry.  5-hundred jobs could be lost!  In Lititz, food giant Cargill announced it will shutdown the Wilbur Chocolate factory, 130 jobs lost!  Cargill is consolidating ops, just like the rest of unAmerican corporate ‘merica!

Texas: What automotive industry recovery?  Denton based truck maker Peterbuilt announced an undisclosed number of layoffs blaming “…an industry-wide slowdown in truck orders throughout North America…”  The layoffs come right after the city of Denton approved $822-thousand USD in tax breaks for Peterbuilt!  The U.S. Postal Service is shutting down the Grangerland Post Office after Xmas.

Washington DC: U.S. Department of Commerce reports the U.S. economy is stagnating at 1.5% (anything below 3% is stagnation, not “growth” as the mainstream newsies claim).

Wisconsin: State employment administrators got a WARN from the contractor running the Shopko distribution center in De Pere saying 247 jobs could be lost!  Administrators with Shopko actually told local news they knew nothing about it!  Supposedly the contractor is Spectrum Supply Chain Solutions.

24-27 October 2015: Idaho’s “death by poverty.”

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.”

International

Anti-gun laws fail to stop record gun sales, blame illegal immigrants!

29 October 2015 (13:23 UTC-07 Tango 01)/07 Aban 1394/15 Muharram 1437/17 Bing-Xu (9th month) 4713

“Yes, I can…….My revenue doubled in September. And in October it has doubled again, and we are still in October!”-Austrian gun shop owner

Somewhere in Austria: If you saw a human wave of illegal migrants swarming across your yard what would you do?  Buy a gun, even in a country with strict anti-gun laws.

In Austria you have to have a license to buy pistols or rifles, but that isn’t stopping record level sales of such protection.

Somewhere along the Italy-Austria border: Now that the illegal migrants moved on, who gets to clean up their mess!

Famous Austrian armed with shotgun.

No license is needed for shotguns and many Austrian gun shops have sold out of the ‘scatter guns’!

Nue-Revolution calling?

murder at upper class school in Scotland, blame immigrants? 

International

Tiny Transnistria strikes again, sanctions European Union and U.S. controlled Ukrainian pigs!

29 October 2015 (20:55 UTC-07 Tango 01, 28 October 2015)/07 Aban 1394/15 Muharram 1437/17 Bing-Xu (9th month) 4713

“No one can put Transnistria on its knees!”-Yevgeny Shevchuk, President of Pridnestrovie (aka Transnistria)

With that proclamation the President of supposedly economically unstable Transnistria announced that beginning January 2016 his tiny country, lodged between Ukraine and Moldova, will stop subsidizing any Transnistrian company doing business with European Union.  The leaders now believe that the so called free trade deals of the ‘western’ led EU are really about direct takeover of ‘eastern’ European countries.

Also, and supposedly not related, Transnistria is banning all pork products from ‘western’ controlled Ukraine, claiming there is an outbreak of African swine flu in the regions of Chernihiv, Poltava, Kyiv, Sumy, Rivne and Odessa.

Transnistria: Remnant of Soviet Union driving minimum wage through the floor, blames hyper deflation! 

International

Anti-gun laws & even anti-knife laws fail to stop murder at upper class school in Scotland! Blame immigrants?

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In an upper class school in Aberdeen, Scotland, a student was stabbed to death.

This comes as mainstream news reports said Scotland’s homicide rate was falling, and it comes hours after police Chief Superintendent Julian Innes blamed immigrants for a sudden increase in thievery: “In the last few weeks we have noticed a change in crime patterns in the Highlands. It started in Fort William about a month ago and we found it has been travelling through Badenoch and up to Nairn. We have been targeted by groups that are organised. One of these groups is based in Glasgow and are Romanian and they have been travelling to this area in ones and twos. Our initial assessments are that some of the break-ins are planned and have been researched beforehand, so someone is coming up and casing the joint in advance.”

But all that police will say about today’s murder at Cults Academy is that they’ve detained a fellow student and they consider the act a murder.

Not only does the United Kingdom make it almost impossible for the average citizen to own a gun, but they even have laws regarding the ownership of knives: “It is illegal to: sell a knife of any kind to anyone under 18 years old (16 to 18 year olds in Scotland can buy cutlery and kitchen knives) carry a knife in public without good reason – unless it’s a knife with a folding blade 3 inches long (7.62 cm) or less, eg a Swiss Army knife carry, buy or sell any type of banned knife  use any knife in a threatening way (even a legal knife, such as a Swiss Army knife)  Lock knives (knives with blades that can be locked when unfolded) are not folding knives, and are illegal to carry in public without good reason.  There is a ban on the sale of some knives:  flick knives (also called ‘switchblades’ or ‘automatic knives’) – where the blade is hidden inside the handle and shoots out when a button is pressed   butterfly knives – where the blade is hidden inside a handle that splits in two around it, like wings; the handles swing around the blade to open or close it   disguised knives, eg where the blade is hidden inside a belt buckle or fake mobile phone gravity knives  sword-sticks  samurai swords (with some exceptions, including antiques and swords made to traditional methods before 1954)   hand or foot-claws   push daggers  hollow kubotan (cylinder-shaped keychain) holding spikes  shuriken (also known as ‘death stars’ or ‘throwing stars’)   kusari-gama (sickle attached to a rope, cord or wire)  kyoketsu-shoge (hook-knife attached to a rope, cord or wire)  kusari (weight attached to a rope, cord or wire)   This is not a complete list of banned knives. Contact your local police to check if a knife is illegal.”–United Kingdom Government, 22 January 2015

Laws and cops don’t stop crimes from happening!

Anti-gun laws fail to stop man from attacking migrant children with a sword! 

International

Another Doctors Without Borders hospital intentionally bombed by U.S. allies!

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“…is it’s a war crime. There’s no reason to target a hospital!”-Hassan Boucenine, Doctors Without Borders Yemen

Remains of Haydan Hospital, Yemen.

Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) says U.S. ally Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has bombed their hospital in Sa’ada, Yemen.

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, U.S. built F-15E Strike Eagle, aka F-15SA (Saudi Advanced).

The hospital was destroyed by several KSA airstrikes, amazingly reports say only six people wounded.  Médecins Sans Frontières says the Saudis knew it was a hospital because “We give GPS positions, all the positions, of our hospital to the coalition head, and we renew them every month, the latest one was done two weeks ago.” 

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, European built Eurofighter Typhoon.

This is the second time in the past three weeks an MSF hospital has been intentionally bombed by U.S. or U.S. allies!  The evil Saudi government is trying to use the same excuses that the U.S. used for the Afghan hospital bombing.

International

Syria, 24 – 27 October 2015: Watch as teenager is killed by Islamic State tank! Islamic State gets new U.S. pickup trucks! Drones packed with U.S. plastic explosives shot down! NATO Turkey flies insurgents from Syria to Yemen! Turkey preps for Rojava invasion?

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Despite the U.S.-EU-Saudi-Israeli instigated war in Syria, the Syrian Universal Group for Home Appliances is participating in the 118th China Import and Export Fair currently held in the city of Guangzhou, southern China.  On top of that, revenues from free trade zones inside Syria have actually increased.  The Syrian Director-General of the Free-Trade Zones Establishment says from September 2014 to September 2015 revenues increased by 240-million Syrian Pounds (SYP).

Syrian intelligence says they know what happened to the hundreds of U.S.-EU-Saudi-Israeli backed insurgents that Run Away (as Monty Python would say) into U.S. led NATO Turkey; more than 5-hundred were loaded onto planes bound for Yemen!  Intelligence says the 5-hundred+ insurgents were loaded onto two Turkish Airlines planes, one Qatar Airways plane and one Emirates airline plane.   After arriving in Yemen, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) agents met the insurgents, dividing them up and transporting them to different regions of Yemen and KSA.

Aleppo Governorate:     Syrian Arab Army Air Force  bombed U.S.-EU-Saudi-Israeli backed DAIISH (Islamic State; DA for al-DAwla, I for al-Islamiya, I for al-Iraq, SH al-SHam [al-Sham = Syria]) in al-Sheikh Ahmad village to the south of the Air Force Academy.  Two insurgent rockets impacted in al-A’zamia neighborhood, at the roundabout of Bilal Mosque, killing four civilians and wounding 26 others.  14 National Defense Forces (pro-government militia) personnel killed when they drove over a landmine in al- Ramosah road during a battle for control of a cement plant.

Damascus (Rif Dimashq) area:   Syrian Arab Army continued battling U.S.-EU-Saudi-Israeli backed Jabhat al-Nusra (Nusra Front) and Jaish al-Islam in the Eastern Ghouta and the Western Ghouta areas of Damascus countryside, as well as attacking the Ajnad al-Cham insurgents in al-Jameyat neighborhood of Daraya City.  Eight civilians were wounded by mortar rounds lobed by Jaish al-Islam on Bab Touma neighborhood in Damascus City. Two civilians in al-Wafidin Refugee Camp wounded during mortar attack by Jaish al-Islam.

Daraa Governorate: Syrian Arab Army shot down seven small RC hobbyist type drones over Ezraa City. The drones were  packed with the U.S. explosive C4 (‘plastic’ explosives).  This is the second time a wave of RC drones tried to attack the city, the first time was on 11 October when nine similar RC drones were shot down.  Nine Nusra Front insurgents killed in Daraa city.

Deir Ezzor Governorate:   Syrian Arab Army destroyed a small DAIISH convoy of U.S./Japanese made gun-trucks in al-Hweika neighborhood of Deir Ezzor City.  Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports DAIISH is forcing male residents of al- Bokamal to undergo DAIISH indoctrination at two mosques.  The city of Bokamal sits on the border with Iraq.  Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports DAIISH executed two males by throwing them from the top of al-Hekma Hospital, they were accused of being homosexuals.  More proof residents are rising up against U.S.-EU-Saudi-Israeli backed DAIISH.  In al-Miadin City a man and woman riding on a motorcycle attacked DAIISH insurgents after the insurgents took control of the city.  Reports DAIISH also took control of al- Sina’ah neighborhood in Deir Ezzor City.

VIDEO: SYRIAN ARAB ARMY, LEBANESE RESISTANCE, RUSSIA attack INSURGENTS on The Al-Ghab Plain, Hama.

https://youtu.be/iuATnHsklCs

Hama Governorate:  Syrian Arab Army Air Force bombed DAIISH in the villages of al-Sheikh Hilal, Rasm al-Tineh, Rasm Amoun, Jbab and Tanahej in the eastern countryside of Hama province. Three civilians wounded after DAIISH remote detonated a landmine in the al-Saan-Jib Khsara road, as a minibus drove by.  Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports eight Afghans fighting for the Syrian Arab Army were executed after being captured by insurgents.  The insurgents turned out to be Uzbeks and Turks.

VIDEO: DAIISH EXECUTES 19 YEARS OLD MAN WITH T55 PANZER, THEY ACCUSED HIM OF RUNNING OVER DEAD DAIISH BODIES WITH A TANK! These executions are not faked, watch video for proof!!!

Homs Governorate:    Syrian Arab Army and National Defense Forces (militias) and Syrian Army Air Force conducted intensive battles against DAIISH in al-Baiyarat area 10 kilometers west of Palmyra City as well as other locations. Reports say DAIISH executed three men by tying them to columns at the Palmyra ruins, then blowing up the ruins.   Nusra Front targets in Teirmala, Jawalak, al-Ghanto, al-Farhanyeh, Umm Sharshouh and Talbeseh were targeted as well.  Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports DAIISH publicly chopped off the head of a man they accused of murder.

Idlib Governorate:  12 Jaish al-Fateh, Jund al-Aqsa and Nusra Front gun-trucks destroyed and at least 60 insurgents killed.  Some of the insurgents included Turks.

Raqqa Governorate: At Gire Spi (Tal Abyad), Kobanê Canton, YPG (Kurdish People’s Protection Units)-YPJ (Kurdish Women’s Defense Units) report being directly attacked by U.S. led NATO member Turkey.  Tal Abyad sits right on the border with Turkey.  YPG-YPJ reports that Turkish troops were shooting at them with U.S. designed M16A4 assault rifles and M2 .50 cals, and that Turkish ground forces have increased patrols along the border.   The attacks began on 25 October.  The Turkish attacks on Kurdish defenders seem to coincide with attacks by DAIISH.  Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu confirmed the attacks during an interview with Turkish news media, stressing that Kurds are considered enemies of Turkey.  Weak minded Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan even stated “All they [Kurds] want is to seize northern Syria entirely…..this constitutes a threat for us…”  Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports that in DAIISH controlled areas the public use of TV has been banned.  In Raqqa City, DAIISH female police (hisba) arrested a woman for improper clothing.  It’s being reported that DAIISH has just received at least ten brand new U.S. and Japanese made pickup trucks, which have been converted into gun-trucks.

Sweida Governorate: Syrian Arab Army and National Defense Forces (militias) ambushed and destroyed a DAIISH vehicle in Tal Asheihib al-Shamali area.

20-23 October 2015: NATO members abandon United States! Jordan abandons U.S. & joins Russia! 

Business/Economics, Idaho

Idaho’s “death by poverty.” “…markets have been weak…and are worsening.” Willkommen zu Amerika, Hündin! : U.S. Job Losses & Closings 24 – 27 October 2015

California: In Oakland, Svenhard’s Swedish Bakery shutting down after Thanksgiving, 168 jobs lost!   In Gardena, Apro Distribution shutting down after Thanksgiving, 61 jobs lost.  In Irwindale, Southern California Edison eliminating 32 jobs right after Thanksgiving.  Too Big to Jail British empire Barclays eliminating 35 jobs right after Xmas.  In Thousand Oaks, tax-sucker General Dynamics eliminating 55 jobs right after Thanksgiving.  Audio electronics maker Western Digital eliminating 111 jobs right before Xmas!  TTM Technologies shutdown with short notice, 175 jobs lost in Milpitas!  In Santa Ana, Zenith Education laying off 48 people after Thanksgiving.  In Poway, Rockwell Collins laying off 29 people before Xmas.  Twitter issued a layoff WARN, 240 people in San Francisco losing their jobs before Xmas! In Eastvale, GENCO laying off 68 people before Xmas.  Tax-sucker Boeing eliminating 222 jobs between Thanksgiving and Xmas!  What housing market recovery?  Ontario (California) based First Mortgage ceased to exist, news reports say the lender actually stopped issuing home loans back in July!

Colorado: Longmont’s Front Range Community College shutting down its nursing program!  For the 2017-18 school year the program is being consolidated to other campuses, apparently due to the construction of a new hospital.

Georgia: In Emory, after 70 years Evans Fine Food shutdown.

Idaho: Hungry people have increased in The Gem State as demonstrated by the fact that the Idaho Foodbank Fund (funded by donations from taxpayers) has supported seven more local food banks than last year!  The evil Right to Work (you over) ‘lawmakers’ made it harder to qualify for federally funded food aid (aka SNAP or food stamps), but created a local taxpayer supported Idaho Foodbank Fund.  Since then evil pro-government weenie heads pointed to the resulting drop in food stamp (SNAP) distributions as proof Idahoans weren’t going hungry! I wonder what those Right to Work (you over) ‘elected’ lawmakers are doing with that federal food stamp funding?   Idaho’s version of ObamaCare has directly caused a death. Jenny Steinke died in Idaho Falls,  her husband Jason had just gotten insurance, but it didn’t go into effect until 01 September, the very day Jenny suffocated to death due to her asthma.  Jason stated that ObamaCare is “just not affordable” and bemoaned his wife’s death “I wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy.”  Jason’s mother Cella describes Idaho’s version of ObamaCare as nothing more than “death by poverty.”

Failed State Illinois: Despite record number of local layoffs the desperate non-profit charity United Way is begging cash strapped residents for at least $11-million USD!  So far they’ve raised $8.8-million, that’s less than last year.

Indiana: Columbus based diesel engine maker Cummins announced it must eliminate 2-thousand jobs before the end of the year!  CEO Tom Linebarger says there ain’t no gott-damned economic recovery: “We are taking difficult but necessary actions to lower costs in the face of weak demand in many of our markets. Global off highway and power generation markets have been weak for some time and are worsening.”

Kentucky:  Lexington based bed maker Tempur Sealy eliminated jobs across the country, saying it’s necessary to remain competitive in the long run (in other words no economic recovery is taking place).

Main: Paper maker Verso Mills submitted an official WARN saying 3-hundred people will become jobless right before Xmas!   They’ve already shutdown mill #2, blaming crashing sales.

Failed State Michigan: Midland based lithium ion battery maker XALT laid off another 106 employees (35 in September) blaming the failure of its Chinese customer who so far hasn’t been buying all the batteries it ordered back in March.  This is what happens there’s only one global customer with the money to buy your product, and their economy starts crashing.

Minnesota: South Central College eliminating five jobs.  Even with a piddly reduction in tuition college administrators expect enrollment to decline by 3.5%.

Missouri:  Saint Louis based evil Monsanto announced more layoffs, shutting down three research centers across the U.S., about 90 evil jobs lost.  In Columbia, industrial supplier Grainer shutting down the day before Thanksgiving.  In Springfield, the false God refused to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ 25 years old CPO Christian Discount Store: “Each year has become increasingly more challenging. Although we have made many changes and adjustments to our store, sales have been on a steady decline for many years.”–Bruce Erdel, owner

Montana: Great Falls based restaurant chain Shoot the Moon Grill now chapter 11 bankrupt busted.  Customers got suspicious when restaurants started shutting down, posting signs that read “closed due to flooding”. 

New Jersey: The false God refuses to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ Our Lady of the Assumption church in Bayonne, even though it supposedly has 1-thousand 7-hundred families as members, and despite reports that the local population is actually growing!

New York:  Insurance company POMCO laid off yet more employees, this time 18 on top of the 50 last month.  In Pekin, after 40 years restaurant Schimschacks shutdown.  In West Village, after 30 years Empire Szechuan Village restaurant shutdown because the landlord wanted to jack the rent from $5-thousand per month to $25-thousand!  Who’s really to blame for the crashing and burning?

Ohio: Global food company Manitowoc suddenly announced they are shutting down their Cleveland ops and leaving 274 people out in the cold by April 2016!  Like the rest of unAmerican corporate Amerika Mantiwoc is consolidating production.  Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act forcing Gallipolis based Holzer Health System to eliminate 1-hundred jobs in Ohio and West Virginia!  Administrators directly blamed ObamaCare saying it “resulted in dramatic change in healthcare service delivery models.”  They also stated that ObamaCare is actually doing the reverse of what it promised, it’s actually preventing people from getting healthcare!

South Dakota: In Sturgis, the Whitewood Campground and Event Center now bankrupt busted and shutdown.

Tennessee: After 15 years Vaudeville Cafe shutdown due to “financial burdens”.

Texas:  12 Del Taco restaurants shutting down in the Dallas/Fort Worth metro, 218 jobs gone before Xmas!  Administrators said “Del Taco has made this decision for financial reasons.”, however the real reason is the company has a new owner from the Failed State of Illinois (Larry Levy) and he’s crashing and burning the burrito joint.

Despite being abandoned by their false god they still ask him to bless you. Perhaps it’s really a curse? Willkommen zu Amerika, Hündin!  Hey, I can be a jerk if you can choose to remain blind! I’m constantly on the verge of being homeless myself, so screw you Amerika!

Washington DC:  U.S. Department of Commerce confirms the new home market bubble is bursting.  Home sales are still below the 52 year average.  In September: A drop in sales of 11.5% overall since last month, but a huge 61.8% crash in the northeast of the U.S.!  

Wisconsin: Middleton Sports & Fitness shutting down right before Xmas.

23 October 2015:“I lost, they won.” Banks & illegal drugs cause illegal immigration to U.S.!

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.”