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U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Cody Dowell, 08FEB2019.

KC-46A Pegasus flies over Altus Air Force Base (AFB), Oklahoma, 08FEB2019.

USAF photo by Senior Airman Cody Dowell, 08FEB2019.

USAF photo by Airman First Class Alan Ricker, 14FEB2019.

U.S. Air Force video, by Staff Sergeant Joshua Crawley, first crew familiarization flight from McConnell AFB, Kansas, 26FEB2019:

USAF photo by Airman First Class Alan Ricker, 25JAN2019.

The first KC-46A Pegasus arrives at McConnell AFB, Kansas, 25JAN2019.

USAF photo by Airman Michaela Slanchik, 25JAN2019.

Video by Staff Sergeant Joshua Crawley, of KC-46As landing at McConnell AFB, 07FEB2019:

USAF illustration by Technical Sergeant Maeson L. Elleman.

Boeing photo, 30OCT2018.

Most testing was conducted at Edwards AFB, California, in 2018.

USAF photo by Yasuo Osakabe, 23OCT2018.

The new KC-46A was also tested on Yokota Air Base in Japan.

South Carolina Air National Guard photo by Airman First Class Megan Floyd, 13JUL2016.

The KC-46A is a modified Boeing 767.

KC-46A boom operator explainer video:

USAF photo by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh, 14FEB2019.

KC-135 Stratotanker refuels KC-46A Pegasus.

USAF video by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh, KC-46A refueling a C-17 over Washington, 14FEB2029:

USAF photo by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh, 14FEB2019.

VEHICLE I-D: NEBRASKA KC-135 TEENAGED NOSE ART

M1A2-V2-SEP ABRAMS IDAHO LIVE FIRE, FEBRUARY 2019

U.S.

WorId War 3: ICT, USAF version of Army’s Total Force Warfare

February 11, 2019 Hutchins AAron

Official video explainer of Cold War era Integrated Combat Turn, making a return to fight ‘near peer threats’:

2017: “NEAR PEER THREATS”, CODE FOR RUSSIA & CHINA AND THE COMING 3RD WORLD WAR?

Idaho, Technology

Vehicle I-D: M1A2-SEP-V2 Abrams Idaho live fire, February 2019

Image February 11, 2019 Hutchins AAron

Alpha Company, 2-116th CBCT. Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez.

At the Orchard Training Area (OTA, aka Orchard Combat Training Center-OCTC) the Idaho Army National Guard is preparing for the 116th Calvary Brigade Combat Team’s upcoming rotation at the National Training Center (Fort Irwin), California, later this year.

Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez.

Idaho Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Mason Cutrer.

Photo via Idaho Army National Guard.

Photo via Idaho Army National Guard. I’ve seen a lot of model dioramas with polished metal cases for the 120mm rounds, that is wrong, the case is a clear combustible plastic, the light grey color is the charge inside.

Photo via Idaho Army National Guard.

“Gunner! Sabot, tank!”

“Identified!”

“Fire!”

“On the way!”

Idaho Army National Guard photo by Thomas Alvarez.

Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 116th CBCT. Idaho Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Mason Cutrer.

Idaho Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Mason Cutrer.

Photo via Idaho Army National Guard.

A lot of ‘Metal Case Bases’ (we call them AFCAPs). Anybody experience an AFCAP separation from the case while trying to load it? I have, it sucks, there goes your whole gunnery run!

WORLD WAR 3: “THIS IS WHERE ARMOR FIGHTS!” IDAHO NATIONAL GUARD RETURNS TO COLD WAR ERA “TOTAL FORCE” WARFARE TRAINING!

VEHICLE ID: NTC AND THE BRADLEY

116TH SNAKE RIVER’S 2015 NTC ROTATION

Idaho, Technology

Vehicle I-D: Idaho M2A3 Bradley, January 2019

Image February 11, 2019 Hutchins AAron

Upgraded British empire made (BAE Systems) Idaho National Guard M2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) conducting ‘live fire’ exercises at Orchard Training Area (OTA, aka Orchard Combat Training Center-OCTC).

Idaho Army National Guard’s Alpha Company, 116 Brigade Engineer Battalion, prepping for ‘rotation’ to National Training Center (Fort Irwin), California, later this year.

VEHICLE I-D: MITSUBISHI F-2, SURE LOOKS LIKE AN F-16

UNITED STATES INVADES IDAHO!

A-10C SNOWBLIND WALKAROUND IN IDAHO!

WORLD WAR 3: “THIS IS WHERE ARMOR FIGHTS!” IDAHO NATIONAL GUARD RETURNS TO COLD WAR ERA “TOTAL FORCE” WARFARE TRAINING!

Technology

“Effective immediately”: U.S. hi-tech/communications breakdown, October 2018

Video February 11, 2019 Hutchins AAron

Incomplete list of U.S. internet/high-tech/communications job destruction and chicanery announcements in October 2018:

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

Data Breach Report: October 2018 – Nehemiah Security

CALIFORNIA: Aerojet Rocketdyne issued a layoff WARN, 120 jobs gone by the end of November! Alpine Electronics issued layoff WARNs, 128 jobs gone by the end of March 2019! Online entertainment software maker NC Interactive revealed it suddenly laid off 52 people in September. Entertainment company Super Deluxe issued a shutdown WARN for its Los Angeles ops, 103 jobs gone a week before xmas! Advertising company Crispin Porter Bogusky issued a shutdown WARN for its Santa Monica office, 13 jobs gone by the end of December. DigiCert suddenly laid off 73 people in Mountain View. Symantec continues eliminating jobs, this time 19 people jobless before xmas. Also in Mountain View, Veritas Technologies revealed it killed 121 jobs back in April! Graystone Public Affairs issued shutdown WARNs for its Corona and Torrance locations, 135 jobs gone by November! British empire United Kingdom owned semiconductor maker ARM Inc suddenly laid off 70 people in San Jose. And San Jose based semiconductor maker Cavium issued multiple layoff WARNs, 73 jobs across California gone by the New Year. Western Digital Technology eliminating 117 jobs in Irvine and San Jose, by November! Marvell Semiconductor eliminating 11 jobs by the New Year. Raytheon issued a shutdown WARN for its Los Angeles ops, 21 jobs gone by the New Year. SMK-LINK Electronics issued a shutdown WARN for its Camarillo office, 17 jobs gone by the end of December.

Disney-Backed VR Startup Jaunt Lays Off Significant Portion of Staff

HCL Technologies eliminated 85 jobs with its Urban Fulfillment Services

United Technologies eliminating 3-hundred jobs!

Redwood city based video game maker Trion Worlds eliminating jobs do to being taken over by a competitor

San Rafael based video game maker Telltale suddenly laid off all remaining employees

Los Angeles based electric car maker you never heard of Faraday Future suddenly eliminated jobs and is slashing wages, “Effective immediately”

Palo Alto based Essential Products eliminated at least 30% of jobs

The last video rental store in SLO is closing

Elon Musk says $40m tweet was ‘worth it’ after being fined

Musk settles fraud charges

Google to shut down Google+ after failing to disclose user data leak

Facebook October 2018 security breach: Everything you need to know

UK fines Facebook £500000

Worried Your Facebook Account Has Been Cloned?

Facebook purged over 800 U.S. accounts

COLORADO: Digital First Media laying off 107 at Colorado Springs

CONNECTICUT: Japan owned Konica Minolta Business Solutions halting ops in Windsor, 219 jobs gone the week before xmas!

FLORIDA: L3 Tech.-Security & Detection issued WARN, 67 jobs gone by May 2019. Raytheon issued WARN, 52 jobs gone by the end of December. Reconfigurable technology company Raydon suddenly laid off 50 people.

Shopping networks HSN and QVC merging, killing at least 350 jobs!

Taxpayer funded military VR company Raydon Corporation suddenly laid off 50 people

Comcast cuts more workers in Sarasota

ILLINOIS: ServiCom closes call center and lays off employees

MASSACHUSETTS: UMass Memorial Health Care lays off 17 InfoTech workers

Rethink Robotics re-thought it’s plans and suddenly shutdown

MICHIGAN: The Michigan Cyber Range hosted an international cyber security event in which National Guard units from seven U.S. states took part, along with military units of seven countries, which included playing the part of ‘cyber threats’ (emulating threats).

MINNESOTA: Teleperfomance’s debt collection arm AllianceOne issued a WARN, 75 jobs gone after xmas. Magnetic read/write head maker Hutchinson Technology suddenly laid off 1-hundred people! Software company Maximum Solutions suddenly laid off five people.

NEW JERSEY: Germany owned imaging tech maker Agfa issued a WARN, 125 jobs gone the day after xmas! ‘Big Data’ manager Solix issued a WARN, 149 jobs gone after xmas!

NEW YORK: HSN issued shutdown WARN for its Ingenious Designs ops in Ronkonkoma, 66 jobs gone by February 2019. Federated Payment Systems issued a layoff WARN, at least 47 jobs gone in January 2019. CDS NFL Event issued a shutdown WARN, 91 jobs gone between now and December.

Female focused Refinery29 suddenly laid off 40 people

MACOM Technology Solutions issued a WARN, as many as 56 jobs lost

OHIO: Ohio National Guard and the U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center signed a joint memorandum of understanding (MOU) to work together on cyber engagements: “This new partnership with the U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center will be incredibly beneficial to our Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen. They will be able to exchange ideas and technical expertise with their Coast Guard colleagues on projects and initiatives such as cybersecurity exercises and workforce development.”-Major General Mark E. Bartman, Ohio National Guard

“The USCG Research and Development Center has worked with many National Guard components since our establishment in 1972. This MOU takes that relationship to the next level. Maritime Cyber Security is a critical facet of our research….”-Captain Greg Rothrock, U.S. Coast Guard

OKLAHOMA: Official ‘October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month’ video in which Altus Air Force Base personnel state that everybody must join the fight:

OREGON: struggling Oregon Shakespeare Festival kills more jobs, still blaming wildfires

PENNSYLVANIA: QCV Fulfillment Center closing its doors in Lancaster County

TENNESSEE: Fountainhead College of Technology shuts down

VIRGINIA: Ironically, online based job service Snagajob laid off 15 people

Washington DC: National Geographic Hit With New Round of Layoffs

U.S. Tech/Communications breakdown, September 2018: “INSURMOUNTABLE CHALLENGES”

Business/Economics, Idaho

More Economic Decline: No more Idaho ShopKo? There never was a Shopko in Pocatello!

Image February 9, 2019 Hutchins AAron

08FEB2019/23:35 UTC-07 Tango 06 (20 Bahman 1397/03 Jumada t-Tania 1440/05 Bin-Yin 4717)

The now chapter 11 bankrupt busted Wisconsin based Shopko announced more store shutdowns, including almost every store in the Pacific northwest/Rocky Mountain state of Idaho.

The Chubbuck Shopko, located on the Pine Ridge Mall property (and incorrectly listed as being in next-door Pocatello), is shutting down by May 2019.

Shopko’s latest shutdown list also includes two stores in Boise, one in Bonners Ferry, Nampa, Orofino, and Twin Falls. Apparently pharmacy operations have already shutdown, being auctioned-off to British empire United Kingdom owned Alliance Boots-Walgreens as a result of the bankruptcy.

At this point the Idaho Falls Shopko is not on the shutdown list, but it should be noted that in January 2019 Shopko administrators said only 105 stores would close permanently, with three being in Idaho’s Treasure Valley area, but now it’s more than 250 stores nationwide!

At one time there were 12 Shopko stores in The Gem State of Idaho.

IDAHO’S CONTINUED ECONOMIC DESTRUCTION, 2017: “CLOSED INDEFINITELY”

MORE ECONOMIC DECLINE: IDAHO MALL LOSES YET ANOTHER ANCHOR STORE! LAZY ‘EXPERTS’ CONTINUE TO BLAME ONLINE SALES!

MORE DECLINE: NO MORE XMAS LIGHTS FOR CHUBBUCK? THE TRUTH ABOUT GENTRIFICATION

THE LIES OF ECONOMIC DECLINE: POCATELLO STAPLES SHUTDOWN BLAMED ON THE INTERNET!

U.S.

“Stop incentivizing illegal immigration”!: Immigrant Invasion, United States, January 2019

Video February 8, 2019 Hutchins AAron

Incomplete list of immigrant operations affecting the United States taxpayers, January 2019.

More proof it’s about making money: $11 toothpaste: Immigrants pay big for basics at private run ICE lock-ups

And more proof it’s about saving money: “… a group of protesters who were denouncing President Trump’s immigration policies. They were waving Mexican flags and shouting, ‘¡Si, se puede!’ (‘Yes, we can!’)

Unbeknownst to the protesters, the expression ‘Si, se puede’ was a saying of Cesar Chavez’s. When Chavez, the founder of the United Farm Workers union, used the expression ‘Yes, we can,’ he meant something entirely different: ‘Yes, we can’ seal the borders. He hated illegal immigration. Chavez explained, ‘As long as we have a poor country bordering California, it’s going to be very difficult to win strikes.’ Why? Farmers are willing to hire low-wage immigrants here illegally. Chavez had allies in his protest against the hiring of undocumented workers and lax enforcement of immigration laws. Included in one of his protest marches were Democratic Sen. Walter Mondale and a longtime Martin Luther King Jr. aide, the Rev. Ralph Abernathy.”

U.S. Coast Guard intercepted these 70 illegal immigrants near Haiti, 06JAN2018.

USAF Reserve delivers 8-thousand pounds of taxpayer funded aid to Guatemala, 08JAN2019. Guatemala is one of the countries trying to flood the U.S. with illegal immigrants.

Taxpayer funded U.S. military personnel help build new police outposts along the Pan-American Highway in Panama, 11-17JAN2019, scouting for traffickers of illegal drugs and illegal immigrants.

History Lesson: The ancient Roman army and navy was initially staffed by native born citizens, which helped turn the Republic into a global empire. But later as the empire crumbled, one of the signs the empire was a failed state was the reliance on immigrants, especially from areas of the world that were considered enemies. Even in the Roman military immigrants became commanding officers, and it was one of those officers that led the destruction of three Roman legions at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest: “Arminius had acquired Roman citizenship and had received a Roman military education, which enabled him to deceive the Roman commander methodically and anticipate the Roman army’s tactical responses.”

Smithsonian: The Ambush That Changed History

History.com: 8 Reasons Why Rome Fell

Illegal Immigrant Conviction Rates Are Low

Falling Illegal Immigration Numbers

Healthcare Providers Walk ‘Fine Line’ Between Informing And Scaring Immigrant Patients

Official U.S. Navy video about Operation Cutlass Express, which uses your tax dollars to help African countries fight immigration (among other things), because “We must live together”:

As you read this list below note how much the U.S. military is relying on immigrants.

ALABAMA: ICE deports 25 people arrested in New York to Alabama

undocumented workers from Central America accused of deer poaching

ARIZONA: Plans for teachers from the Tucson Unified School District to educate immigrant children being housed at a local facility have been put on hold.

Agents apprehend 131 undocumented persons who ‘turned themselves in’

Border Patrol agents aided nearly 30 undocumented immigrants who required medical treatment

Video of families illegally crossing into the United States near Ajo Station:

CALIFORNIA: Illegal immigrant found not guilty in Kate Steinle’s killing wants gun conviction dropped

illegal immigrant ‘sanctuary’ established on Nancy Pelosi’s lawn

Irony: Illegal immigrant accused of murdering legal immigrant cop faces judge

Governor wants state taxpayers to cover healthcare for undocumented immigrants

COLORADO: Undocumented man enters sanctuary during government shutdown

Boulder man fails to pay undocumented workers, then threatens them

FLORIDA: “Stop incentivizing illegal immigration, which is unfair to our legal immigrants, promotes lawlessness and reduces wages for our blue-collar workers.”-Governor Ron DeSantis

At the end of December the U.S. Navy launched a new recruiting campaign using Swarming Teams. The focus is on recruiting immigrants because the USN is being built-up to a 355 ship organization and they’re going to need anybody they can get to sail those ships: “I immigrated from the Dominican Republic as a child and grew up in New York, so being in Miami is great because I speak Spanish and that helps a lot.”-Electrician’s Mate 2nd Class Jonathan Urraca

“Being a Columbian-American and being a woman helps in recruiting, because recently I was able to speak with a mother who didn’t understand much about the Navy, and getting through that language barrier really helped ease her concerns about the Navy.”– Master-At-Arms 3rd Class Lina Marcella-Arce

“The first Swarm has exceeded our expectations, but where the rubber meets the road is in four to five months where we can see if people’s interest turn into contracts.”-Captain Matthew Boren

Here’s what it takes for an immigrant to get a green card

Local authorities have had run-ins with undocumented immigrants

GEORGIA: On 31JAN2019, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced the seizure of nearly 285-thousand counterfeit sports-related items worth an estimated $24.2-million USD, as well as the arrests of 28 people (including immigrants), as part of Operation Team Player. Many fake sports memorabilia are being sold at flee markets/swap meets/’pop-up tent’ locations run by illegal immigrants.

Immigrants, including a member of the Army National Guard, become legal U.S. citizens, 10JAN2019 in Atlanta.

IDAHO: U-Haul domestic ‘migration trend’ data says Idaho is No. 5 growth state/more Spanish language classes being offered to adults

It’s been revealed that a USDA taxpayer supported housing complex (called Farmway Village) intended to house migrant farm workers is being used to house poor non-farm workers instead.

MICHIGAN: Michigan Sheriff tells ICE: We won’t detain immigrants without warrant

MISSOURI:

Airman 1st Class Vera Schwenk is an immigrant from Kyrgyzstan, now working for the USAF at Whiteman Air Force Base.

NEVADA: Illegal immigrant captured, suspect of killing four people

Undocumented immigrant admits killing couple

NEW JERSEY: Undocumented Worker Says Trump Resort Shielded Her

The number of undocumented immigrants is shrinking in these 12 states (including N.J.)

NEW MEXICO: U.S. Border Patrol detains 115 undocumented immigrants, seizes marijuana in New Mexico

NEW YORK: Dream Act Is Approved in NY to Aid Undocumented Students

Immigrant wins release after 5 years ‘detention’ in Batavia

It Was a Sanctuary for undocumented Immigrants. Then One of Its Owners Was Arrested.

$1M campaign supports drivers’ licenses for undocumented immigrants

NYPD Arrested Undocumented Immigrant restaurant Owner and political activist

New York City taxpayers will spend at least $100 million to ensure that undocumented immigrants get healthcare

NORTH CAROLINA: More proof it’s about money; Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools has more than 20,000 immigrant students, That brings costs and benefits.

OHIO: American citizens Following their Undocumented Spouses back to Mexico

PUERTO RICO:

35 illegal immigrants caught trying to enter Puerto Rico, 07JAN2019.

One of several boats with 66 illegal immigrants caught trying to get into Puerto Rico, 11JAN2019.

The graphic depicts illegal drug/immigrant activities halted by government forces, from 01OCT2018 to 01JAN2019.

TEXAS: My son was killed by an illegal immigrant

Undocumented Immigrant Saved Houston Cop’s Life Before He Was Killed

UTAH: Man accused of smuggling undocumented immigrants through Utah

VERMONT: Suit says Vermont continuing to feed immigrant data to feds

VIRGINIA: Virginians Push Driving Privileges for Undocumented Immigrants

WASHINGTON: New milestone in King County: Immigrant population tops 500000

Washington DC: Democrats Introduce Bill to Shield illegal Farmworkers from Deportation

Trump Asks Support on Shutdown, Hints at immigrant Farmworker Reform

Trump offers protection to undocumented immigrants in exchange of border wall funding, Pelosi rejects it

Victims of Illegal Immigration storm Nancy Pelosi’s Office

U.S. separated ‘thousands’ more immigrant children than known

22 immigrants died in ICE detention centers during the past 2 years

Why state issued driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants backfired

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT INVASION, UNITED STATES, DECEMBER 2018

WISCONSIN: Driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants gains more support

December 2018: Migrant farm worker, working for Idaho employer Simplot, failed to follow pesticide application instructions, killing dozens of fish in nearby river

November 2018: Hurricane reveals just how many illegals are in North Carolina

So many migrant farm workers are flooding into Idaho that USDA (federal taxpayer) funded rural housing authorities are building more apartments for them.

October 2018: More legal Mexican farm workers are coming to South Carolina than ever.

September 2018: Farmers’ efforts to legally import workers threatens U.S. crops

August 2018: Mollie Tibbetts case exposes farms’ worst-kept secret: hiring undocumented immigrants

U.S.

“Nobody has skin in the game. It’s all tax money.”: Sears Kmart death spiral, February 2019

February 8, 2019 Hutchins AAron

Motley Fool: Sears spin-off Seritage Growth Properties Will Suspend Its Dividend

American Banker: Citi cards bracing for hit caused by Sears reorganization

For proof you can’t blame it on lack of hi-tech Retail Dive says Sears has 46 smart appliances that work with Alexa

Miami Herald: “Observed rodent droppings on all shelving near dog food, green plastic bins, on shelving with air fresheners, on floors under shelving.” Inspector’s statement regarding a Florida Kmart

nwfdailynews: Woman finds cremated remains in parking lot of Kmart during going out-of-business sale

The Real Deal: Post bankruptcy plan; sell the stores

The Atlantic: Sears Once Sold Heroin

Elliot: what did Sears Optical do with my glasses?

Forbes: Did Steve Mnuchin help Lampert take over Sears-Kmart?

Sears Lives To Die Another Day

Pueblo Chieftain: Sears plans to close three Kmarts a month

Fox: employees tell the judge not to ‘be a pawn in Lampert’s game’

CBS: Sears plans to unload pensions and close more stores

KTVI: TV station helps family resolve Sears warranty dispute, “We’ve been customers with Sears for over 40 years”

ETF Trends: How Kmart Went From Beating Walmart And Target To Bankruptcy

Guam Daily Post: Kmart employees rip off customers by 117-thousand U.S. dollars

CONNECTICUT: It was revealed that Hartford city officials rejected U-Haul’s plan to turn a long vacant Kmart site into a storage unit/Neighborhood Store.

MINNESOTA: The huge Kmart in Rochester was secretly sold-off for $7-million USD, while the store is scheduled to shutdown in March local news media reported that it was never listed as for sale.

NEW YORK: The Queensbury Kmart was sold-off for $7.1-million USD even though the property was valued at $4.9-million, it was already scheduled to shutdown in March, local news media report that the company which bought the Kmart is actually a ‘holding’ company for U-Haul.

OREGON: Sale of vacant Kmart (to the taxpayers of Oregon City) might force a local business to shutdown: “Nobody has skin in the game. It’s all tax money. Nobody personally has any other finances in this deal here. I’m the one that is hurt…”-Shawn Kapfhammer, owner of S&K Mow and Snow

VIRGINIA: Newport News residents complained about a long vacant Kmart, now they’re the owners of it! Newport News Economic Development Authority is spending $2.9-million USD buying the property from owner Kroger.

SEARS KMART DEATH SPIRAL, JANUARY 2019: “A SEQUENCE OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS”

U.S.

“Every single month….has been a grind”: ObamaCare ACA death spiral, October 2018

January 22, 2019 Hutchins AAron

Incomplete (tip-o-the-iceberg) list of healthcare related layoffs, shutdowns and crimes in October 2018:

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

CALIFORNIA: Healthy Living Network issued a shutdown WARN for its ops in Newark, 128 jobs gone by December! Adventist Health Bakersfield suddenly laid off 20 people at its Bakersfield hospital. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals/Health Plan issued a shutdown WARN for its office in Downey, 69 jobs gone by December. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals also issued a statewide layoff WARN, 85 jobs gone by mid-December. Texas based Concentra finally notified state unemployment officials that it eliminated 182 California jobs back in April! La Jolla Pharmaceutical issued a layoff WARN for its San Diego ops, 166 jobs gone right before Xmas!

German drugs maker Bayer cuts 227 California jobs

Sonoma West Medical Center now chapter 7 bankrupt dead due to massive lawsuits alleging fake billings

FLORIDA: Crothall Healthcare issued a WARN, 70 jobs in Lakeland gone before Xmas. AmeriHealth Caritas issued a WARN, 2-hundred jobs statewide gone right after Xmas! DaVita Labs issued a WARN, 94 jobs in Fort Lauderdale gone by January 2019. Magellan Complete Care issued a WARN, 57 jobs in Miami gone by the end of June 2019. Also in Miami, Sister Emmanuel Hospital eliminating 97 jobs by December.

ILLINOIS: Executive Building Maintenance lost its contract with Stroger Hospital, 85 jobs affected.

IOWA: Country View Care Facility issued a layoff WARN, 167 jobs gone right after Xmas!1

LOUISIANA: Doctors Hospital at Deer Creek now bankrupt busted due to an administrator being caught ripping off taxpayer funded Medicare.

MARYLAND: Biopharma company Lonza to lay off 60

MASSACHUSETTS: UMass Memorial Health Care lays off 17 workers due to a multimillion-dollar budget gap

Mercy Medical Center to lay off employees, close hearing center

Momenta Pharmaceuticals guts leadership team, slashes 110 jobs

MICHIGAN: Pontiac General Hospital must pay doctor at least $484,000 because the hospital illegally charged the doctor a fee for working there!

MINNESOTA: Nuance Transcription Services laid off 18 people in Burlington.

MISSOURI: Ripley County Memorial Hospital closing, leaving patients with no reasonable healthcare options

MONTANA: Taxpayer funded Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ordered to pay Montana Health Co-op more than $1.2 million despite Congress providing no funding

NEW JERSEY: Virtua Center for HealthFitness Washington Township eliminating 125 jobs after Xmas!

NEW YORK: Murray Hill Medical Group issued a shutdown WARN for two locations in NYC, 113 jobs gone after Xmas! Affinity Health Plan issued a layoff WARN for its Medicare ops in Bronx, at least 28 jobs gone due to ending its Medicare operations.

Hazel L. Carpenter Adult Home in Oneida closing

NORTH CAROLINA: 50 Wake Forest Baptist Employees Laid Off

OHIO: The Cottages of Clayton nursing home issued a WARN, but did not give any layoff numbers.

OKLAHOMA: Non-profit privately run Lawton Veteran Services Center in danger of closing: “Every single month since I’ve been here has been a grind…. If we do not receive the donations we need to run this place, which is $1,800 a month, we take the money out of our pocket. That gets old real quick. …We have 4,300 active veteran claims that we’re working in this office right now….”-Dr. Jeffrey Seright

OREGON: Adventist Health Home Care Services issued a shutdown WARN for its Personal Care and Home Medical Equipment ops in Salem, 92 jobs gone five days before Xmas.

PENNSYLVANIA: Apparently violent crime is so bad that Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center will start using armed security guards

TENNESSEE: GlaxoSmithKline to lay off 99

TEXAS: Steward Health Care shutdown Northside Regional Medical Center due to lack of patients

WASHINGTON: QualChoice Health Plan Services issued a shutdown WARN for its Federal Way location, 164 jobs gone after Xmas! ZymoGenetics issued a shutdown WARN for its biotechnology/pharmaceutical ops in Seattle, 63 jobs gone after Xmas.

Washington DC: CDC criticized for slow response to polio-like illness affecting children

Medicaid spending grew 4.2%

ObamaCare (ACA) death spiral September 2018: “DANGEROUSLY LOW”

Business/Economics

Too Big to Jail bank admits ‘good’ economy is driven by never ending layoffs!: U.S. retail/banking/service sector collapse, September 2018

January 20, 2019 Hutchins AAron

Incomplete list of U.S. retail/banking/service sector job loss WARNings and store shutdowns made or announced in September 2018:

WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification

ALABAMA: More Layoffs and Big Changes Rock Meredith’s Alabama Office

CALIFORNIA: Internet based second hand clothing seller ThredUp issued a shutdown WARN for its San Leandro ops, 118 jobs gone a week before Xmas, as the company moves to Arizona! Savers issued a shutdown WARN for its thrift store in Milpitas, 54 jobs gone by November.

Twin Arbors Athletic Club closing all three Lodi locations

San Francisco based Wells Fargo plans to cut up to 26,500 jobs

Disney Consumer Products Hit With Layoffs

Film studio Global Road files for bankruptcy

Holiday Inn Fisherman’s Wharf to close main building, with 186 layoffs

COLORADO: Dillon bowling alley files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

CONNECTICUT: Wild Bill’s Nostalgia closing its doors

The Day announces company wide layoffs

Farmington Bank to shed 27% of workforce after $544M People’s United deal

Top Farmington Bank Executives See Millions In Severance In Sale Of the Bank

FLORIDA: State Farm issued a WARN for its statewide insurance ops, 159 jobs gone right after Thanksgiving! Airport services contractor Menzies Aviation eliminating 19 jobs at Tampa International Airport right after Halloween. Aviation services contractor Eulen America issued a WARN, 5-hundred jobs at Miami International Airport gone by Thanksgiving! Switzerland based robot maker ABB issued a WARN, 25 jobs in Coral Springs gone by February 2019.

Frank Theaters now bankrupt busted

Thomasville furniture closing at St. Johns Town Center

World of Decor in Bradenton closing

GEORGIA: Merchandiser Siffron issued a WARN, 53 jobs in Centerville gone.

IDAHO: Connections Loyalty issued a WARN, 175 jobs in Boise gone between November and December!

ILLINOIS: Walmart issued a shutdown WARN for its store in Pana, 86 jobs gone by Thanksgiving.

Dozens of layoffs expected at ‘solutions’ company

GQ Sports and Collectibles shutting down

Bed Bath & Beyond closing in Machesney Park

IOWA: Broker Dealer issued a shutdown WARN for its ops in West Des Moines, 35 jobs gone by mid-October. Owner Revolution-Schafer Systems eliminating 46 jobs in Adair by the end of October. Owner Revolution-Connect A Doc eliminating 33 jobs in Atlantic.

Des Moines based Meredith Announces Structural Changes, Lays Off 200 Employees

Eagle’s Rest Antiques shutting down

KENTUCKY: “Covington’s premier neighborhood!” Mainstrasse Village Association now bankrupt busted due to climate change

MARYLAND: Baltimore based Under Armour Is Cutting 400 Jobs

MASSACHUSETTS: Get ready for layoffs as Rockland Trust to acquire Blue Hills Bank

Concord furniture store The Cottage to close shop

Spencer Furniture closing

Family jewelry store closing after more than 200 years on Cape Cod

After 38 years, Gilda’s Place of Bridals is going out of business

MICHIGAN: Airport services contractor Menzies Aviation eliminating 189 jobs at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport by mid-November, due to loss of contract with Delta!

Groskopf’s closing downtown Grand Rapids store after 137 years

Pell’s Radio TV & Appliance in Cadillac Closing After Nearly 100 Years

MINNESOTA: Hair salon chain operator Regis suddenly laid off 75 people in Edina.

NEBRASKA: Closing of Barnett’s Do-It-Center marks end of 136-year tradition

Sempeck’s Bowling and Entertainment suddenly shutdown after 25 years

NEVADA: 1970s Las Vegas Costume Rental Business Closing

NEW JERSEY: Aviation services contractor ABM Aviation issued a WARN, 821 jobs in Newark gone by November! Seaview Dolce Hotel issued a WARN, 226 jobs gone by Thanksgiving!

40 years old Shaws Book Shop closing

‘This place is an institution.’ Clothing store closing after 119 years.

British empire Canada owned Lord & Taylor to close Monmouth Mall store (124 jobs gone according to official WARN)

NEW YORK: Opry City Stage suddenly shutdown, 99 jobs gone. Security guard contractor FJC Security Services suddenly lost its contract with the city of New York, 782 jobs gone overnight! P.W. Minor issued a shutdown WARN for its shoe factory in Batavia, 82 jobs gone between now and Xmas. Stationary company Bigname Commerce issued a shutdown WARN for its Amityville operations, 41 jobs gone by Xmas.

Citigroup Says Job Cuts Boost Profitability

Bed Bath and Beyond in Niskayuna is closing

123-year old Luxury retailer Henri Bendel closing (at least 112 jobs gone according to WARN)

DeWitt Pet Supplies Plus store closing

Alto Music closing after more than 50 years

State Farm to close New Hyde Park office, lay off 82 workers

The Village Voice is no more

NORTH CAROLINA: Family Dollar to close Matthews HQ, affecting 900 jobs

NORTH DAKOTA: David’s Bridal in Pinehurst Square Mall closing

OHIO: Allpro Parking eliminating 55 jobs in Columbus, mid-November.

OREGON: SHAMROCK FLOWERS AND GIFTS CLOSING AFTER MORE THAN 30 YEARS

PENNSYLVANIA: Schutt Sports issued a shutdown WARN for its ops in Easton, 50 jobs gone between now and Xmas. Uniform company Elbeco issued a shutdown WARN for its Frackville ops, 71 jobs gone by mid-December.

Wentz Hardware store in Emmaus to close after 75 years

RHODE ISLAND: YMCA closing North Kingstown location

SOUTH DAKOTA: TCF Bank Closing Operations Center In Sioux Falls, Laying Off 145 People

TENNESSEE: Rick Terry jewelers closing in Lenoir City

Knoxville’s Soccer Post closing after decade

As stock hovers around $2, Fred’s plans mass layoff

TEXAS: Small Fry closing after 49 years

North Austin ‘Benefits’ Firm To Lay Off Dozens By November

Walmart closing three Neighborhood Market locations in San Antonio

VIRGINIA: Investment company CFA Institute Makes Significant Layoffs despite growth

Dick’s Sporting Goods at Stony Point sets closing date

WASHINGTON: State Farm issued a shutdown WARN for its insurance ops in Tacoma, 269 jobs lost by the end of October!