Layoffs Employment Jobs Lost Unemployment Rate and Lies

This is a “small” list of layoffs and closings in the US, ONLY for April 26, 2012.

I ponder: how can the politicians lie so openly, so shameless about the unemployment rate and say that “we are in a recovery”… the worst of all, a lot of people believe them.

Shadow Government Statistics
http://www.shadowstats.com/alternate_data/unemployment-charts

LIST OF LAYOFFS

The city of Sacramento CA – Budget Proposal Calls for 286 Layoffs

Briggs & Stratton Corp. – 460

DRS Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition facility in Melbourne FL – 170

The Upland Unified School District – 10 Layoffs Notices to Bus Drivers / Custodians

Walmart Optical Lab in Fayetteville Ark and Other States – 28+

The Reading School Board PA – 8 Administrators

Update: Aegis Communications Group Inc. Fairmont W.Va – 57

The Milwaukee Public Schools District – Plans 400 Layoffs, Close 8 Schools

Queen of the Valley Medical Center in Napa Ca – 55

Niche Inc – 400

City of West Covina CA – 11

Update: Daimler Buses North America – Stop Making Buses = Some Layoffs at Oneida County Plant

City of Glendale CA – Warns of Possible Layoffs

Access Hollywood – up to 14

Mass Layoffs Surge in Ohio

EA Montreal ( International ) – Small Number of Layoffs

The Flint School Michigan – 28 Administrator Layoffs

The Morenci Area Schools Michigan – Approves 8 Layoffs

 

LIST OF CLOSINGS

St. Mary’s School in Platteville Wis.

PNC Bank plans to close two Louisville-area branches

Tom’s Family Restaurant in downtown Homewood

Cafe Ah-Roma in North Ridgeville Ohio

Clear Edge Filtration Inc. announced Wednesday it will close plants in Skaneateles Falls and Moravia, N.Y and move to Oklahoma

Harlequin’s Costumes in Woonsocket RI

Hamrah’s, located at 2 Piermont Road in Cresskill NJ

Kadts Ballroom Dance Club in Cascade Ga

Reed Brothers Automotive in Rockville Maryland Closing after Almost 100 Years

Hancock Medical Center’s clinic in Kiln Massachusetts will close May 4.

The Salvation Army Family Thrift Store, 752 Ashland Road in Mansfield Ohio

Howard Chadwick Antiques in Beacon Hill MA

Philadelphia Public Schools – Looking to close 64 Schools over Next 5 Years

The Taco Bell on De La Vina Street in Santa Barbara CA

The Loop fitness center in San Rafael CA

AAR Precision Systems plans to close its facility in Lebanon – 61 Lobs Lost

Town & County IGA in Waynesburg

Source Daily Job Cuts

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Universal Basic Income Will Create Slaves

Globalists go full retarded jacket, trying to destroy Switzerland pushing on them a “Universal Base Income”. I thought I had heard everything about economics and finances, but this, this is unthinkable!

As it is, Universal Healthcare systems do not work in the long run; and now this, a UBI?

A philanthropic movement wants to create a Swiss Utopia by ensuring that every citizen receives an “unconditional base income” of 2,500 francs ($2,729).

“The beauty of the idea is obvious: for the first time in the history of mankind, a sovereign and independent living is within reach of everyone, not only those who have the benefit of great fortunes,” Albert Jörimann, president of BIEN told Le Matin.

The idea for unconditional base income derives originally from Thomas More’sUtopia. It has been placed before the Chambers on previous occasions but never succeeded.

“I do not see how to implement such a project,” President of the Commission for Social Security and Public Health and National Councillor, Stephane Rossini, told Le Matin.

“The initiators do not explain how we would make the transition.”
There are fears that such a system would chronically reduce people’s motivation to work, online news site Blick reported.

Switzerland Universal Base Income

I am just appalled that some people actually want it in the US. Can they see where this would take any country that applies it? I will tell you: complete and utter slavery, as nothing, believe me, nothing is for free, and sooner or later “the giver” (governments or the powers that be) will make sure YOU pay for it, one way or another. Be careful what you wish for.

Unconditional basic income can be part of the solution when it comes to achieving more socioeconomic equality in the USA.

Basic income is a particular form of guaranteed minimum monthly income, which gives all people access to some income irrespective of their current work performance or their past work performance. A guaranteed minimum monthly income in this sense is something which has existed in several European countries for a number of years.

USA Universal Basic Income

George Soros Tells on Europe

Well, coming from George Soros, this doesn´t amaze me at all. Warnings have to reflect the truth, even when those are coming from personas non-gratas.

George Soros has been a busy man the last few days. Appearing at the INET Conference a number of times and penning detailed articles for the FT (and here at Project Syndicate) describing the terrible situation in which Europe finds itself – and furthermore offering a potential solution. Critically, he opines, the European crisis is complex since it is a vicious circle of competing crises: sovereign debt, balance of payments, banking, competitiveness, and structurally defective non-optimal currency union. The fact is ‘we are very far from equilibrium…of the Maastricht criteria’ with his very clear insight that the massive gap, or cognitive dissonance, between the ‘official authorities’ hope and the outside world who see how abnormal the situation is, is troublesome at best. Analogizing the periphery countries as third-world countries that are heavily indebted in a foreign currency (that they cannot print), his initial conclusion ends with the blunt statement that “the euro has really broken down” and the ensuing discussion of just what this means from both an economic and socially devastating perspective: the destruction of the common market and the European Union and how this will end in acrimonious recriminations with worse conflicts between European states than before. However, he offers some hope and a potential solution to the fact that these nations have implicitly handed their ‘seignorage rights’ to the ECB, in the potential for a balance between fiscal austerity and deflation (or at minimum new rules that would remove to a greater extent the vicious circle of the fiscal compact as deflationary debt trap). The punchline being the creation of an SPV that ‘owns the ECB’s seignorage rights – estimated to be worth $2-3 trillion’ that could explicitly be used to acquire bonds without violating the Lisbon Treaty. The sad truth of this admittedly smart financial engineering (pretend austerity and optically no money printing when exactly that is occurring) is that the Bundesbank will never agree to it (as implicitly it ends up at the foot of the German taxpayer to a greater or lesser extent) even though, as he concludes, the future of the Euro is a political one and thus “beyond the Bundesbank’s competence to decide.” Just as we noted back in December and reiterated here as likely given TARGET-2 imbalances (also confirmed by Deutsche Bank), Soros points out that the Bundesbank has “started taking measures to limit the losses that it would sustain in case of a breakup.” and this creates a self-fulfilling prophecy that markets are reflecting. A must-watch harsh reality check on Europe and a man trying to find answers when the authorities remain blind to the endgame…

From: ping.fm

Big Governments Enslave Thomas Jefferson

Think, really think about what Thomas Jefferson said: “A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have” -Thomas Jefferson

Then, analyze what is happening not only in United States of America but around the world, where ever governments are growing faster than the private sector, in fact, where ever the private sector has been already shrinking at a very fast pace.

“THINK. Be sovereign in your thinking. Do your own research and LEARN.  EDUCATE yourself.” -Dr. Martha Castro.

$8USD Gas on Iran Strait of Hormuz

Gas prices could double if Iran acts to close the Strait of Hormuz to oil-tanker traffic near the beginning of next year, cutting global economic growth by more than 25%, a leading energy-consulting firm says.

Prices could stay as high as $160 in the second quarter before reverting to somewhere around $120, she said. The firm forecast that such an oil shock could bring back gas lines in much of the world, and shave global economic growth next year to 2.6% from a current forecast of 3.6%.
“If it did hit $240, you’re looking at about a doubling of where gas prices are now,” said Jim Burkhard, managing director of the global oil group at IHS CERA, the firm’s energy-research arm. “And the U.S. is at $4.”
Closing the strait probably wouldn’t be in Iran’s best interests, but its leadership often fails to act in ways that Westerners consider rational, said Farid Abolfathi, senior director of the IHS Risk Center. The firm’s analysis assumes the strait would be closed at the start of 2013, as Iran reacts to pressure to stop development work on nuclear weapons.

From: ping.fm

North Korea Launches Satellite on April 2012

North Korea said today it will launch a “working” satellite to mark the centenary of founder Kim Il-sung’s birth next month, prompting immediate fears from Japan it would in fact be another long-range missile launch in breach of a UN resolution.

In April 2009, a long-range missile test failed when its first stage fell into the Sea of Japan without orbiting a satellite, provoking outrage in Tokyo, which had threatened to shoot down any debris or rocket that threatened its territory. Another test failed in similar circumstances in 1998.

Experts said the latest launch was clearly another long-range missile test, designed to pressure Washington into advancing stalled nuclear disarmament negotiations.

The North, which said recently it would suspend long-range missile testing as part of talks with the United States, said today it had already launched two experimental satellites.

Japan’s Foreign Ministry said the new launch would be a violation of a UN Security Council resolution, according to Jiji news service. There was no immediate comment from officials in Seoul about the latest rocket launch.

From: http://ping.fm/NJrBc

Medio Millón de Manifestantes en España contra Reformas Laborales

 Apenas 59 días después de llegar a La Moncloa, Mariano Rajoy ya se ha topado con la primera gran protesta contra su política. Mientras el presidente del Gobierno clausuraba ayer en Sevilla el congreso de su partido pidiendo sacrificios a los ciudadanos, decenas de miles de personas salieron a la calle de 57 ciudades españolas convocados por UGT y CC OO para pedir cambios profundos en la reforma laboral que el Gobierno aprobó el 10 de febrero. De lo contrario, habrá más movilizaciones. “Si el Gobierno no rectifica, continuaremos con la movilización creciente”, concluía el manifiesto leído en Madrid.

Pocas veces un Gobierno tan joven, con una mayoría tan absoluta y a apenas tres meses de lograr un amplio apoyo en las urnas se ha encontrado frente a unas movilizaciones del calibre de las de ayer por las primeras medidas que ha adoptado. Claro que, también es cierto, que nunca un Ejecutivo ha llegado al poder con 5,3 millones de parados y una situación económica tan difícil.

En Madrid, los manifestantes sumaron unos 110.000 asistentes a la manifestación, según los cálculos de EL PAÍS. Los convocantes hablan de medio millón y la policía de 50.000. En Barcelona, los sindicatos estimaron en 400.000 y la Conselleria de Interior, en 30.000. Este diario calcula que en la capital catalana fueron poco más de 100.000. Los sindicatos también sumaron 80.000 asistentes en Valencia, 35.000 en Alicante, 50.000 en Gijón y en 70.000 en Zaragoza. En Andalucía, los sindicatos elevan a 100.000 las personas que han salido en toda la comunidad, la mitad de ellas en la capital y 30.000 en Málaga, aunque la policía local de Sevilla reduce los asistentes a 5.000, informa Javier Martín-Arroyo.

Los sindicatos todavía no concretan en qué consistirá esa “movilización creciente”. Pese a la respuesta de ayer, aún se resisten a dar por segura la huelga general y mucho menos a especular con la fecha en la que se podría convocar. Conscientes de que la situación económica es crítica, no quieren que se les acuse de irresponsables a la primera de cambio. “Voy a seguir hablando de la reforma, y no me voy perder en el debate sobre la respuesta”, defendía ayer el líder de UGT, Cándido Méndez.

From: http://ping.fm/46zJO

Deputy killed Marine out of fear for children’s safety officials say – latimes.com

Go to the link below the article and pay close attention to the comments. It is mind blowing.

A veteran Orange County sheriff’s deputy feared for the safety of two young girls sitting in a parked car when he shot and killed a Marine sergeant in a dark parking lot near San Clemente High School, authorities said Friday.
Sgt. Manuel Loggins Jr. was shot early Tuesday as he started to get into the SUV where his two daughters — 9 and 14 — were sitting, authorities said. Jim Amormino, a spokesman for the department, said the deputy was fearful that Loggins — who he said appeared to be acting irrationally — was about to drive off with the girls.



“The real threat that was perceived was the safety of the children,” Amormino said.
“The deputy formed an opinion that he had a deep concern for the children, that he would not allow Mr. Loggins to drive away with the kids,” Amormino said.


A former commanding officer said Loggins routinely went to the school with his daughters during the early-morning hours to walk the track and read the Bible.
Amormino said Loggins was not armed and that it doesn’t appear the incident was alcohol- or drug-related.
The shooting is being investigated by the Orange County district attorney’s office. The deputy, a 15-year veteran, is on paid leave, which is routine in officer-involved shootings.

From: http://ping.fm/CQjp8

Financial holocaust looms as Germany storms Greece

Protesters in Athens are clashing with police, some throwing stones and Molotov cocktails. Greece’s coalition government managed to agree on a new austerity deal their creditors demanded.

But Eurozone finance ministers say they want to see concrete action before the second bailout worth 130 billion Euros can be handed over. The Greek Parliament is expected to vote on Sunday. But a junior coalition member says he will not back the new plan.

RT talks to Max Keiser, financial analyst and host of the Keiser Report.

UBS Cuts 2011 Bonus Pool 40%

UBS AG, Switzerland’s biggest lender, cut its 2011 bonus pool by 40 percent and investment bank chief Carsten Kengeter waived any variable pay entitlement as his division posted a second consecutive quarterly loss.

The bonus pool, including pay deferred into future years, fell to 2.57 billion Swiss francs ($2.8 billion), from 4.25 billion francs in 2010, the Zurich-based bank said today. The pool at UBS’s investment bank is down 60 percent.

“I don’t see how compensation should stay the same or go up if profitability of the banking industry is going south,” Chief Executive Officer Sergio Ermotti told reporters in Zurich today. “We’re trying to strive for a situation in which both the shareholder and employee can have a win-win situation.”
While many of the world’s largest lenders, including Deutsche Bank AG and JPMorgan Chase & Co., are curbing pay as they grapple with shrinking revenue, UBS’s cuts are among the deepest. The dwindling bonus pool, down from 4.8 billion francs awarded in 2009 when UBS reported a 2.74 billion-franc loss, means the bank risks losing staff, said Matthew Czepliewicz, an analyst at Collins Stewart Hawkpoint Plc in London.

“UBS is a bit ahead of the industry on reducing pay,” said Czepliewicz. “They don’t have much choice given how high compensation was as a proportion of revenue.”

From: http://ping.fm/3Ifwp