Monday, December 31, 2012

10 Signs We Live in a False Economy

It’s time to admit that we live in a false economy. Smoke and mirrors are used to make us believe the economy is real, but it’s all an elaborate illusion.

Out of one side of the establishment’s mouth we hear excitement about “green shoots”, and out of the other side comes breathless warnings of fiscal cliffs and the urgent need for unlimited bailouts by the Fed.

We hear the people begging for jobs and the politicians promising them, but politicians can’t create jobs. We see people camped out to buy stuff on Black Friday indicating the consumer economy is seemingly thriving, only to find out everything was bought on credit.

The corporate media does their best to distract us from seeing anything real. We see the media glorify Kim Kardashian who got rich by being famous, and became famous merely by being rich. She got front page coverage on Huffington Post this week because her cat died.  Enough said.

Meanwhile the financial media makes the economy seem complicated and they ban anyone who speaks truthfully about the economy from their airwaves.

Is it any wonder why people are angry and confused about the economy?

Well, hopefully these signs that we live in a false economy will help clear up some of that confusion.

1. Fake Jobs: It’s not just that the “official” unemployment numbers are a fraud, the actual jobs are fake as well. Ask yourself how many professions actually produce something of value? 80% of jobs could disappear tomorrow and it wouldn’t affect basic human survival or happiness in the least. Yes, in our society we need money to survive – and jobs equal money – but that doesn’t mean a “job” has any actual benefit to society.  More on this in the next point…

2. Problems Create Jobs, Not Solutions: We can’t fix real problems, because it would destroy morefake jobs. We can’t end the wars and bring all of the personnel home when the jobless rate is already suffering. We can’t end the War on Drugs because where would the DEA agents, prison guards, the court system, parole officers, and the rest of their support staff work. We can’t simplify the tax code because the bookkeepers, CPAs, accounting professors, and tax attorneys would be unemployed. We cannot reduce the bureaucracy of government or streamline healthcare because paper pushers have few other notable skills. We can’t stop spying on Americans because it now employs millions of people. We can’t restrict the Wall Street casino, or hardly anyone will be left with a job. Finally, what will happen to university jobs when people either realize their product is not worth the cost or they discover they can get the same education online for nearly free? In other words, we need these manufactured problems to create phony employment.

3. Money Has No Value:  Money is the biggest illusion of all. Our money is loaned into existence with arbitrary interest rates by a private monopoly. It is an IOU. It only has value because a law says it has value, and that value fluctuates based on how much supply is in the economy which, again, is controlled by a for-profit monopoly. It’s actual value is zero since it is just a piece of paper with fancy ink on it. The only things with real value to humans are skills (labor), tools and materials, food and water, and energy. 

4. The Fed Now Buys 90% of the Nation’s Debt: Speaking of money, the Federal Reserve loans money to the US government who issues bonds to cover their spending. Those bonds are sold on the open market through auctions to investors who believe in the ability of the United States to make good on those bonds. Apparently, the US has no more investors because the Fed is now buying 90% of new Treasury bonds. This is called monetizing debt, or, essentially, monetizing money. That’s what a Ponzi scheme does. This acts to keep interest rates artificially low because they’d have to raise them to attract outside “investors”.  In layman terms, our whole monetary system is a paper tiger, a house of cards, or whatever metaphor you want to use for fake.

5. What is the Value of Anything?  The price discovery mechanism, or the process to determine the value of an asset in the marketplace, has become so convoluted that determining the genuine value of anything has become nearly impossible. Between government subsidizes for things like food, fuel, education, housing, insurance and even cars; taxes, regulations and laws; the manipulation of the value of money and interest rates; Wall Street gambling on commodities; what is the real value of something? For example, why does an ounce of marijuana (a weed that can grow anywhere) cost up to $500?  Is that the real value based on labor and materials, and supply and demand? Of course not. Its value is inflated mainly due to laws and regulations.

6. Failure is Rewarded:  You know we live in a false economy when failure is rewarded and success is penalized. Citizens everywhere are being told they need to tighten their belts, work harder so we can bailout the failed government, banks, insurance companies and even car companies. And when we work harder and achieve some success, they tax it heavily to indefinitely pay for these fraudulent institutions. Yet this infinite money creation and taxation is light years from solving the root cause of the problem. The reality is that the banks’ solutions are the problem, enriching the investor class at the expense of the middle class. Global bankers are playing with taxpayer money – and the money of many future generations – in a global casino royale that is destined to fail so they can take the people’s assets. They are all-in; but their money is fake, and our assets put at risk are real.

7. Corporate entities have the same rights as humans, but not the same punishments:  When the Supreme Court ruled that corporations have free-speech rights of people, it was one of the final nails in the coffin of the republic. Monied interests can now openly finance elections and buy the legislation they need to operate with impunity. Corporations may be comprised of humans, but they are not subjected to the same standard of humanity. It was profoundly argued in the article What if BP Were a Human Being? that judged by common standards of morality, decency, and previously agreed-upon definitions of criminality, BP would be judged a psychopathic killer … and immortal. Ditto for the rest leading the predatory corporate pack; the most obvious being defense contractors.  And since these corporations are now joined at the hip with government itself, what does that make government? By changing definitions, they are attempting to change reality. But that still doesn’t make it the truth.

8. People buy things they don’t need with money they don’t have: In a type of trickle-down debt whirlpool, the government’s rampant spending without sufficient assets to back it up is mirrored in the behavior of the American consumer. Despite inflation, rising unemployment, and a continued collapse in real estate, it hasn’t stopped credit spending. The Associated Press just reported that for the month of October:
Americans swiped their credit cards more often in October and borrowed more to attend school and buy cars. The increases drove U.S. consumer debt to an all-time high. 
The Federal Reserve said Friday that consumers increased their borrowing by $14.2 billion in October from September. Total borrowing rose to a record $2.75 trillion.
Borrowing in the category that covers autos and student loans increased by $10.8 billion. Borrowing on credit cards rose by $3.4 billion, only the second monthly increase in the past five months. (Source)
Most troubling is the type of borrowing highlighted. The worst possible borrowing would be these negative-return investments such as student loans, credit cards, and cars. It is magical thinking taken to the highest degree.

9. Entrepreneurs are punished: It has become nearly impossible to make a simple living on your own. America has become a land filled with bureaucratic red tape that actively thwarts small business creation and criminalizes independence. There is perhaps no better example of this than the attacks waged against the ultimate entrepreneurial endeavor of self-reliance: the family farm. Through collectivist models such as Agenda 21, long-running family farms are being shut down and supplanted with “protected zones.” In the most recent case, a family oyster farm was shut down based on provably false scientific data that aimed to demonstrate negative environmental and economic impacts. It was completely fake, ending an 80-year local business that generated 50,000 tourists per year and employed 30 full-time local residents. In many of these cases the federally stolen property winds up in the hands of developers who have no interest in a true local economy. It is an inherent part of any false economy to create dependence where none should exist at all. A five-minute video that can be seen here sums up the American economy of illusions and the death of the American Dream.


10. Engineered Slavery: Do you think slavery died in the 1800s?  Think again. Economic hitmen (lenders) have successfully enslaved-by-debt everything from nations, entire industries, state and local governments and nearly every person on the planet. And they bought your servitude with money they never had, they simply created it out of thin air. Even if an individual doesn’t have any bank financing or credit cards, they still pay the private Federal Reserve through inflation and income taxes. As author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, John Perkins, would say: the time has come for the banks to collect their “pound of flesh” from average citizens by way of higher taxes, less social services, and taking your pensions — “austerity.” For an enlightening explanation of how economic hitmen work their dark magic please watch this video.  If you’re still confused, see these 10 signs you might be a slave.  Another, more obvious, form of engineered slavery is prison labor. Laws and regulations are specifically created to add to the prison population which enriches the corporations that own them, while local communities actually become poorer and more dangerous (source).
    As George Carlin said, “It’s called the American Dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it.” It would be bad enough if it were contained to only one country, but we are now experiencing a global collective dreaming that fantasizes about a government figuring things out just in the nick of time. However, in the real world, the collapse has begun in earnest. Until we are committed to counter the 10 points above, we will remain in the grip of an hallucination. However, there are encouraging signs through protests worldwide, alternative currency movements, and myriad creative solutions in the most affected countries like Iceland, Greece, and Spain that people are beginning to shake off their sleep, look in the mirror and realize that the dream economy they have been sold was designed to make them seek solutions in entirely the wrong direction.

    Sunday, December 30, 2012

    Steve Quayle: The Global Elites Plans Revealed


    Published on Dec 23, 2012



    Author and researcher, Steve Quayle, discussed the coming worst-case scenarios approaching the world and how they are all interrelated. “We’re in a time period like no other in the history of the world,” he declared, warning that the proverbial ‘end game’ of the global elite, as foretold in the Bible, has arrived. He cited the amplified violence in society, manipulation of the world’s economy, and extreme weather being controlled by HAARP as indicators of this agenda to take over the planet. According to Quayle, “UN globalists” see gun control in America as a key step towards fulfilling their plan and he claimed that “four star, active duty generals in special operations” have told him that there are nearly 400,000 NATO troops already in the United States.

    Quayle also shared chilling details about the secret plans for FEMA camps in America. He cited a whistle blower from the EPA who told him “the real purpose of a lot of it.” Quayle explained that there is a “red list” of people who are “deemed incorrigible” and includes talk show hosts, gun owners, veterans, and “people who are outspoken.” These unfortunate souls, he said, are to be “terminated within the first 30 days” and, thus, will not end up in FEMA camps. The “blue list” are law enforcement and military personnel who carry out the plans for the people on the “red list.” Finally, there are those on the “green list,” who will reside in FEMA camps and are reeducated to be turned into “techno-serfs” for the global elite.

    Wikipedia
    As a conspiracy theory, the term New World Order or NWO refers to the emergence of a totalitarian one-world government.


    The common theme in conspiracy theories about a New World Order is that a secretive power elite with a globalist agenda is conspiring to eventually rule the world through an authoritarian world government—which replaces sovereign nation-states—and an all-encompassing propaganda that ideologizes its establishment as the culmination of history’s progress. Significant occurrences in politics and finance are speculated to be orchestrated by an unduly influential cabal operating through many front organizations. Numerous historical and current events are seen as steps in an on-going plot to achieve world domination through secret political gatherings and decision-making processes.

    Prior to the early 1990s, New World Order conspiracism was limited to two American countercultures, primarily the militantly anti-government right, and secondarily fundamentalist Christians concerned with end-time emergence of the Antichrist.Skeptics, such as Michael Barkun and Chip Berlet, have observed that right-wing populist conspiracy theories about a New World Order have now not only been embraced by many seekers of stigmatized knowledge but have seeped into popular culture, thereby inaugurating an unrivaled period of people actively preparing for apocalyptic millenarian scenarios in the United States of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. These political scientists are concerned that this mass hysteria could have what they judge to be devastating effects on American political life, ranging from widespread political alienation to escalating lone-wolf terrorism.

    Saturday, December 29, 2012

    To Become Seven Golden Lampstands and Seven Stars



    Revelation Chapter 1
    10 On the Lord's Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,
    11 which said: "Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea."
    12 I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands,
    13 and among the lampstands was someone "like a son of man, "dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest.
    14 His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire.
    16 In his right hand he held seven stars, and out of his mouth came a sharp double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.
    20 The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

    The Book of Revelation mentioned that Jesus revealed himself to John the Apostle and told him to write the Book of Revelation to the seven churches in Asia Minor at that time.

    Jesus described that the seven churches were seven golden lampstands and the leaders of these seven churches were the seven stars in the right hand of Jesus.

    In fact, at the time when John the Apostle was writing the Book of Revelation, Gospel had already been spread to most parts of territories under the Roman Empire and over hundreds of cities had formed their own churches.

    However, Jesus Christ had only revealed the Book of Revelation, the most mysterious chapter, to these seven churches that were selected among many hundred others. The geographical locations of these selected seven churches had very similar shape as the Pleiades. 

    And in the past 2000 years since the Book of Revelation was written, there has not been anyone who can unveil the mysteries in the Revelation.

    The Spirit of God came upon Pastor Wind and motivated him to share the messages of 2012. God revealed to Pastor Wind that the Book of Revelation is actually a book of interstellar and the mystery of Revelation was therefore unveiled.

    Since the ancient times, over thousands of groups have claimed themselves to be “Churches”. But in fact, only a minority among these churches can become the lampstand and starlight of that time to become a bright path and direction to guide people towards God.  

    This is just like the Pleiades that are represented by the seven stars, which can point to the star that represents Jesus Christ – “The Star of Bethlehem”.

    Friday, December 28, 2012

    Japan is Sinking MORE- Nearly 6,000 square kilometers of land across Japan have subsided.


    Land subsidence spreads
    Dec 17, 2012
    The Environment Ministry says nearly 6,000 square kilometers of land across Japan have subsided by more than 2 centimeters in the last fiscal year.

    The figure is about 1,000 times greater than in the previous fiscal year that ended March last year, and the largest-ever since records began in 1978.

    Municipal organizations that extract underground water assess land subsidence on a regular basis.

    About half the 30 tested areas in 20 prefectures were recorded as sinking more than 2 centimeters. This level is judged to have a potential impact on buildings' stability.

    The ministry says Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture sank deepest by 73.8 centimeters, followed by Ichikawa in Chiba by 30.9 centimeters. Tsukuba in Ibaraki sank by 15.2 centimeters.

    Seven areas subsided by more than 10 centimeters. These lie in Tohoku, and in the Kanto region that includes Tokyo.

    The ministry officials say the subsidence is attributable to last year's March 11th earthquake. They have expressed concerns over the spread of subsidence and further damage to buildings.

    Thursday, December 27, 2012

    The Elite’s Plan For World-Wide Genocide Revealed (Video)

    In this interview, Dr. Tarpley reviews the writings of John P. Holdren, the current Transparent House science advisor. This interview conclusively exposes scientific elite’s true agenda, world-wide genocide and the formation of a global government to rule.

    Historian and author Webster Tarpley exposes how Transparent House science czar John P. Holdren, who infamously co-wrote a 1977 textbook in which he advocated the formation of a “planetary regime” that would use a “global police force” to enforce totalitarian measures of population control, including forced abortions, mass sterilization programs conducted via the food and water supply, as well as mandatory bodily implants that would prevent couples from having children, is a Malthusian fanatic in the tradition of the arcane anti-human ideology that originated amongst British aristocracy in the 19th century.

    Holdren calls himself a “neo-Malthusian” in his own book, and as Tarpley explains, is a historical pessimist who has rejected the idea that America and humanity as a whole can progress through ingenuity, industry and economic growth. Instead, Holdren sees humankind as a cancer upon the earth. Holdren wants to set up a “Science Court,” where potential developments could be blocked by government decree if they don’t conform to the planned society necessary under Holdren’s “planetary regime”. He also seeks to institute “de-development” worldwide to prevent the third world from ever lifting itself out of poverty and roll things back to “pre-industrial civilization” where average life spans would not be much more than 30 years.

    Holdren’s co-author, Paul Ehrlich, is a discredited crank who wrote books in the 70′s claiming that England would not exist as a land mass by the year 2000 because of climate change. As Tarpley explains, Ehrlich’s warning of a “population bomb” has proven incorrect, with population in Europe, Japan and the United States falling when immigration is removed from the equation.

    Wednesday, December 26, 2012

    False Prophets in the last days



    Matthew 24:3-13
    3.          As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. "Tell us," they said, "when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?"
    4.          Jesus answered: "Watch out that no one deceives you.
    5.          For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many.
    6.          You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.
    7.          Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
    8.          All these are the beginning of birth pains.
    9.          "Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.
    10.      At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other,
    11.      and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people.
    12.      Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold,
    13.      but he who stands firm to the end will be saved.

    Who are the false prophets in the last days mentioned in these verses?

    If now is the last days, has the false prophets appeared?

    If you wish to avoid their deception, can you, first of all, recognize them?

    Matthew 24:21-24
    21.      For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now--and never to be equaled again.
    22.      If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.
    23.      At that time if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or, 'There he is!' do not believe it.
    24.      For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and miracles to deceive even the elect--if that were possible.

    Our Lord Jesus prophesied in the Bible that the false prophets in the last days will deceive the chosen ones as well!

    Obviously, they will deceive Christians.

    Is there anyone deceived?

    If you wish to know who are the false prophets, you must first understand who the true ones are.

    Our Lord Jesus is the true prophet and He explained who the false ones are in detail right after these verses. He warned those living in the last days that they must keep watch for the Lord’s coming! Actually, all who go against what our Lord Jesus said are false prophets!

    Matthew 24:37-42
    37      As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.
    38      For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark;
    39      and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.
    40      Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left.
    41      Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left.
    42      "Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.

    These days, those who come in the Lord Jesus’ name say, “No need to alert. We don’t know when the Lord will be back or He must delay His coming.”

    They are the false prophets mentioned by our Lord Jesus because what they say deceives Christians, making them unprepared and missing the chance to be caught up to heaven.

    Matthew 24:44-51
    44      So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.
    45      "Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his household to give them their food at the proper time?
    46      It will be good for that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.
    47      I tell you the truth, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.
    48      But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, 'My master is staying away a long time,'
    49      and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.
    50      The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of.
    51      He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

    2 Peter 3:3-6 also says,
    3        First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.
    4        They will say, "Where is this 'coming' he promised? Ever since our fathers died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation."
    5        But they deliberately forget that long ago by God's word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water.
    6        By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed.

    The apostle Peter also warned that scoffers will come in the last says, scoffing those who keep watch for the Lord.
    Indeed, the Lord is tolerating those unbelievers before His coming, so that they can have more time to know Him.

    2 Peter 3: 9-14
    9          The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
    10      But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare.
    11      Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives
    12      as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat.
    13      But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness.
    14      So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him.

    What the apostle Peter said in his letters are consistent with that mentioned by the Lord Jesus, the true prophet. He admonished those living in the last days that they must “look forward to the day of God and speed its coming”

    18 They said to you, "In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires."
    19 These are the men who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.

    The Bible also says that those who don’t keep watch for the Lord, who follow their own ungodly desires and scoff are sensual and don’t have the Holy Spirit.

    Those who don’t have the Holy Spirit always scoff those who keep watch for the Lord’s coming and become false prophets to deceive Christians in the last days.

    1 Thessalonians 5:1-3
    1.          Now, brothers, about times and dates we do not need to write to you,
    2.          for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
    3.          While people are saying, "Peace and safety," destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

    Aren’t there a group of people who come in His name saying that this is a day of peace and safety?
    The Bible says plainly that these people can’t escape the disasters in the coming days because they don’t listen to the Lord and keep watch for His coming.

    1 Thessalonians 5:4-6
    4        But you, brothers, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief.
    5        You are all sons of the light and sons of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness.
    6        So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be alert and self-controlled.

    Brothers and sisters, we are sons of the light. We don’t belong to the night or darkness. All things related to the Lord’s coming are plain to us because the Bible is unsealed. Both the weekly “2012 Glorious Hope” sermons and the happenings in the world these days tell us that the Lord is really coming!

    Are you watchful for the Lord’s coming today? Can you distinguish the false prophets?

    Tuesday, December 25, 2012

    Tsunami Fears Over Sea Floor Collapse Near Oz



    Geologists say a slab of sea floor near the Great Barrier Reef is in the early stages of collapse and could trigger a tsunami.




    A huge slab of sea floor near the Great Barrier Reef is in the early stages of collapse and could trigger a tsunami, researchers have warned.

    Marine geologists from Australia's James Cook University have been using advanced 3D mapping techniques on the deepest parts of the reef since 2007 and have discovered dozens of sub-marine canyons.

    On a recent trip, they found a one cubic kilometre slab of sea floor - the remains of an ancient underwater landslide - which is perched on the continental shelf.

    Geologist Robin Beaman said: "Under-sea landslides are a well understood geological process, but we didn't know there were any on the Barrier Reef.

    "It is sitting on top of a sub-marine canyon, cutting into the slopes and it is in the preliminary stage of collapse."

    He added that it was unclear when the collapse would occur.

    Mr Beaman said: "It is slowly giving way although it remains stable under current conditions.
    "But it is absolutely going to collapse and when it does it will fall one kilometre into the adjacent basin.

    "This will generate a localised tsunami that will affect the Queensland coastline, which is around 40 miles away.

    "We're not trying to alarm people, but we need to know it is there and what could happen when it falls."

    The discovery, published in the journal Natural Hazards, was made by geologists on board the research vessel Southern Surveyor.


    Monday, December 24, 2012

    Economic Disintegration is Almost Here

    The disintegration of an economy and a society can take two courses. One course is like rust. It is slow and barely perceptible. The other is a sudden collapse. The first course, if left untended, eventually  turns into the second.
    The US economy is now rusting away. Arguably it has been for decades. For anyone interested in looking, the signs are there. They will soon become unavoidable for even the most disinterested of our citizens.
    Dan Amoss correctly described what is happening as a result of Washington's overbearing involvement in the economy:
    All government-directed economic activity grows at the expense of the private sector. And the election suggests that government coercion will drive even more U.S. economic activity in the future. This is a shame, because freely adjusting prices, competition, and innovation elevate living standards. Mandates, price controls, and subsidies - coercive actions - depress living standards. Quality falls. Shortages develop and persist.
    Mr. Amoss is correct but does not forcefully convey the reality of a dying economy. These effects are beginning to appear.
    Many businessmen hung on, hoping for a change in the madness that passes for economic leadership and policy. These hopes were dashed with the re-election of the ideologue driving the madness. Obama won the electoral college, but not the confidence of business. They are just beginning to cast their votes and it does not bode well for the future. Here is a partial list of the business reactions to the outcome of the election:
    Layoffs Announced Since Election:
    • 1. Abbott Labs 700
    • 2. Activision 30
    • 3. Adventist Health 48
    • 4. Airlines SAS 6000
    • 5. AMD 400
    • 6. American Cotton Growers 110
    • 7. ArcelorMittal 20
    • 8. American Independence Museum 4
    • 9. Ameridose 790
    • 10. American Airlines 4400 + 800 leaving voluntarily
    • 11. American Coal 54
    • 12. Atlantic Lottery Corporation 16
    • 13. Assc Milk Producers 130
    • 14. Aveo Oncology 45
    • 15. ATI 172
    • 16. Bankia 5000
    • 17. Bechtel Power Corp 277
    • 18. Bigpoint Games 47
    • 19. Boston Scientific 1200
    • 20. Brake Parts LLC 75
    • 21. Brattleboro Retreat 31
    • 22. Bristol Myers 500
    • 23. Career Education 900 + Closing 23 Campuses
    • 24. Cigna 1300
    • 25. Citigroup 100
    • 26. Commerzbank 6000
    • 27. Consol Energy in W.V. 145
    • 28. Covidien 595
    • 29. Crouse Hospital Syracuse NY 70
    • 30. Cummins 150
    • 31. CVPH 27
    • 32. DEP in Tallahassee FL 15
    • 33. DuPont, Co. 64
    • 34. Eagle-Tribune, Andover 21
    • 35. Emanuel Medical Cente 24
    • 36. Energizer Holdings 1500
    • 37. Ericsson 1550
    • 38. Exide Tech, Laureldale 150
    • 39. City of Findlay, OH 39
    • 40. First Energy 400
    • 41. Gameforge Berlin 20
    • 42. Gamesa Energy 92
    • 43. GenOn Energy Inc 33
    • 44. Glen Falls Hospital 29
    • 45. Groupon 80
    • 46. GT Advanced Tech 165
    • 47. Harris' Broadcast 17
    • 48. Hawker Beechcraft 400 + Facilities closing
    • 49. Hill Rom 200
    • 50. Hills Holdings 300
    • 51. HMX Group 567
    • 52. Hostess 627
    • 53. Iberia Airlines 4500
    • 54. ICM of Colwich 25
    • 55. ING 2350
    • 56. Judson University 21
    • 57. Juniper Networks 500
    • 58. Kaiser Permanente 84
    • 59. Kinetic Concepts 427
    • 60. Kratos Defense Security 125
    • 61. Lackawanna County PA 11
    • 62. Lightyear Network Solutions 12+
    • 63. Lonza 500
    • 64. Majestic Star Casino/hotel 80
    • 65. Major Wind Company 3000
    • 66. Martha Stewart Living 70
    • 67. Medtronic 1000
    • 68. Mills Manufacturing NC 68
    • 69. Momentive, Inc. 150
    • 70. Monitor Group 235
    • 71. Montco Behavioral Health/Dev 58
    • 72. NBC 500
    • 73. Nebraska Medical Center 38
    • 74. Neovia Logistics Services 52
    • 75. New Energy 40
    • 76. Ormet 200
    • 77. Panasonic 10000
    • 78. PayPal 320
    • 79. Penn Refrigeration 40
    • 80. Penske Logistics 50
    • 81. Pepsi 4000
    • 82. Philips Electronics 218
    • 83. Pierce Mfg 325
    • 84. Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne 100
    • 85. Research in Motion 200
    • 86. Rheem Manufacturing 50
    • 87. Sentry Foods 70
    • 88. Shaw's Supermarket 700
    • 89. Shawano foundry WI 90
    • 90. Smith & Nephew 770
    • 91. Smithfield Packing Co. 125
    • 92. Solel Solar Systems 140
    • 93. Southeastern Container 15
    • 94. SpaceX 100
    • 95. SRA Intl Inc 222
    • 96. St. Jude Medical 300
    • 97. Stryker 1170
    • 98. Sulake 60
    • 99. Sun Media 500
    • 100. TE Connectivity 620
    • 101. TECO Coal Corporation 90
    • 102. Texas Instruments 1700
    • 103. The Providence Journal Co 23
    • 104. TMX Group Ltd. 100
    • 105. Turbocare 220
    • 106. Turkey Point Nuclear Plant 277
    • 107. Oce North America, Inc. 135
    • 108. Turbocare OCE 220
    • 109. UBS 10000
    • 110. US Cellular 980
    • 111. UtahAmerican Energy Inc 102
    • 112. Volvo Trucks Pulaski County 300
    • 113. Wake Forest Baptist Medical 950
    • 114. Welch Allyn 275
    • 115. West Ridge Mine 102
    • 116. Westinghouse 50
    • 117. World Media Enterprises Inc 105
    • 118. WPS Health Insurance 600
    • 119. Wright Patterson AFB 115
    • 120. Wyodak Coal Mine 11
    • 121. Xerox 2500
    • 122. Yakima Reg Med Ctr Washington 10+
    Announced Business Closures Since Election:
    • 1. Bakers Footwear closing 150 stores nationwide, including 21 in California
    • 2. The SCA plant in Barton - Plans Staff Reductions
    • 3. Handy Hardware to close its 2-year-old Meridian, Miss. warehouse
    • 4. Caterpillar Inc. will close its plant in Owatonna Minn.
    • 5. Waltz Pharmacy in Waldoboro Maine
    • 6. Zac's Place in Hinsdale IL
    • 7. Lone Star Steakhouse at 70th and O streets and Ruby Tuesday at 56th Street in
    • 8. Lincoln NE
    • 9. Career Education Corp - Closing 23 Campuses - 900 Jobs Lost
    • 10. Handy Hardware to close its 2-year-old Meridian, Miss. warehouse
    • 11. Shamrock Bar at Payne City's Rose Avenue. in GA
    • 12. Monitor Company Group LP
    • 13. ThinkEquity LLC
    • 14. Homer City Funding LLC
    • 15. Caterpillar Inc. will close its plant in Owatonna Minn.
    • 16. Mount Pleasant's Albrecht Sentry Foods
    • 17. The Target store at Manassas Mall Va.
    • 18. Millennium Academy in Wake Forest NC
    • 19. Target Closing Kissimmee FL Location
    • 20. Calgary's iconic Rideau Music store ( International )
    • 21. The Andover Gift Shop in Andover MA
    • 22. Grand Union Family Markets Closing Storrs Location CT
    • 23. Movie Scene Milford Location NH
    • 24. Update: TE Connectivity Closing Greensboro Plant - 620 Layoffs Expected
    • 25. Gomer's Fried Chicken in South Kansas City
    • 26. Kmart in Homer Glen
    • 27. Fresh Market on Pine Street in Burlington
    • 28. AGC Glass North America to permanently close its Blue Ridge Plant in Kingsport Tenn.
    • 29. The Target store at Platte and Academy in Colorado Springs
    • 30. Island Colors - A Carolina Beach Clothing Store
    • 31. The Roses store on Reynold Road in Winston-Salem NC
    • 32. Meanders Kitchen losing its West Seattle location at 6032 California Ave
    • 33. Bost Harley-Davidson at 46th Avenue North and Delaware Ave. in West Nashville TN
    • 34. Townsend Booksellers in Oakland
    • 35. The Kmart store in Parkway Plaza off University Drive in Durham NC - 79 Jobs Lost
    • 36. Guarantee Shoe Store in Beaumont Texas
    • 37. Associated Milk Producers Inc. Closing manufacturing facility in Dawson Minn. - 130
    • 38. Jobs Lost
    • 39. FacadeTek Inc Closes Whitestown Facility - 72 Jobs Lost
    • 40. Comet Market in Punxsutawney Pa.
    • 41. JC Penney store in Miracle City Mall Titusville FL
    • 42. TurboCare Inc Closing Manchester CT Facility - 88
    • 43. The United Colors of Benetton store on Armitage Avenue IL
    • 44. Update: Bicycle shop Ten 27 Cycles 1027 Davis St. in Evanston IL
    • 45. Two Sears Product Rebuild Centers in The Woodlands Texas
    • 46. FesslerUSA Clothing Maker Closing in PA
    • 47. Ralph Lauren's plans to close its 14 stand-alone Rugby locations
    • 48. Nashville Sash & Door Co. Inc Tenn.
    • 49. First Portuguese church in North America in Bedford Mass Closing?
    • 50. International Fashions in Carbondale's University Mall IL
    • 51. Harper's Old Army Surplus Store in West Monroe La
    • 52. Nova Financial Holdings
    • 53. The Party Warehouse in West Springfield Mass.
    • 54. TLC Wine and Liquor at 1205 W. Main St in Kent Ohio?
    • 55. The HAPPY Place 1042 N Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach, CA
    • 56. Air Carrier Accessory Services - Chapter 7
    • 57. SOW Inc. shelter on South Broad Street GA?
    • 58. Systemax Inc., Closing Miami County Ohio Computer Plant - 120 Jobs Lost
    • 59. Textbook publisher McGraw-Hill Cos. Closing 2 Distribution Centers - 166 Layoffs
    • 60. First Place Financial Corp
    • 61. Nash Finch Closing Cedar Rapids Iowa Food Distribution Center
    • 62. Johnnie's Foodmaster MA Closing all 10 Locations
    • 63. Rainbow Foods will be closing its Forest Lake location MN - 59 Layoffs
    • 64. Berry's Camera Shop Inc. in Downtown Lafayette
    • 65. Schreiber Foods to close their food packaging plant in Ravenna - 70 Jobs Lost
    • 66. Kmart store at 5300 Salem Ave. Trotwood Ohio
    • 67. Mr.Christie plant in Toronto ( International ) 2013 - 550 Jobs Lost
    • 68. Coffee with T cafe in Stevenson Village business MD
    • 69. Minas Basin Pulp and Power are closing a mill in Hantsport ( International ) - 135
    Actual Layoffs:
    • 1. The Colonial Country Shoppe on Park Street in Adams MA
    • 2. Vestas Wind Systems Closing R&D; Office in Louisville - 60 Jobs Lost
    • 3. Dollar Castle in downtown Ferndale MI
    • 4. Bistro One West in St Charles IL
    • 5. Sun Dog Diner in Neptune Beach FL
    • 6. Jim's Builders Hardware in Wichita, Kansas
    • 7. Madeleines Bakehouse in Fort Wayne Indiana
    • 8. Barnes & Noble plans to close its doors in Union Station Dec. 31
    • 9. The Semiahmoo Hotel in Blaine Washington
    • 10. Highland Curves CA
    • 11. The Salem Sport Shop in Salem Ohio
    • 12. Navistar International Corp. to Close truck assembly plant in Garland, Texas - 900
    • 13. Jobs Lost
    • 14. Divine Mercy Catholic Books & Gifts Denton Texas
    • 15. Singer Mental Health Center in Rockford IL
    • 16. Garelick Farms Ends Production at Bangor Maine Facility
    • 17. Fashion Tech Window Coverings in Portland?
    • 18. Custom House Tavern Chicago IL.
    • 19. Jim's Builders Hardware in Delano
    • 20. Lone Star Steakhouse at 1801 22nd St. in West Des Moines
    • 21. Sears to Close Woodlands Product Rebuild Center - 117 Jobs Lost
    • 22. Whitehead Inc Rockford Real Estate Company
    • 23. Robert's Mens Shop in Downtown New Philadelphia Ohio
    • 24. Fort Tecumseh Olde Fashun Store in Ohio
    • 25. Lakewood Beginnings Child Development Center in Lakewood Ohio
    • 26. Green Fields Seed & Feed in Grand Junction Colo.
    • 27. The Army and Navy Store in Melrose Mass.
    • 28. Vitalistic Therapeutic charter school PA
    • 29. Diamond Foods Inc Closing a plant in Fishers Indiana
    • 30. Old Town Alehouse 5233 Ballard Ave in Seattle
    • 31. Space Aliens restaurants in Minot and Grand Forks ND
    • 32. DeWaay Financial Network LLC
    • 33. Sears at Quail Springs Mall Oklahoma City OK.
    • 34. Fashion Bug in O'Fallon MO is closing in January
    • 35. Kmart Store in Oak Hill W. Va
    • 36. Update: Jett & Hall men's clothing store in Richmond KY
    • 37. D.C. school List of Possible Schools Closing to Be released Later today
    • 38. Dunkin' Donuts in Holly Hill FL
    • 39. Hostess Brands Inc Permanently Closing 3 Bakeries Following a Nationwide Strike
    • 40. Philips Electronics subsidiary Lightolier will close its local fluorescent light
    • 41. fixture manufacturing plant in Willington
    • 42. Smithfield Packing Co. will close in 2013, laying off a total of 400 employees
    • 43. SuperFresh outlets in Marlton and Westmont NJ
    • 44. The Bagel Shoppe in Katonah NY
    • 45. Ben Franklin and Homestead House Gifts in the Kimball Ridge Center in Waterloo IA
    • 46. Several West Virginia Suzuki dealerships Being Forced to Close
    • 47. Kowalski Cos Closing All 4 of its Metro Detroit Delis but to Continue Food
    • 48. Production
    • 49. Three Memphis charter schools and one in Nashville Tenn. Could Close Due to Poor
    • 50. Test Scores
    • 51. The Custer School District SD - Closing 2 Rural Schools
    • 52. The Dressing Room, on North Lincoln Avenue IL
    • 53. The Utica Office Of Ibope Ny
    Bankruptcies:
    • 1. AMF Bowling Worldwide Inc
    • 2. Aletheia Research & Management Inc
    • 3. Omtron USA
    • 4. Helmkampf Construction in Olivette
    • 5. Clear Light Publishers
    • 6. Monitor Company Group LP
    • 7. ThinkEquity LLC
    • 8. Homer City Funding LLC
    • 9. US Suzuki Distributor - Chapter 11
    • 10. Revolt Technology
    This list should frighten every thinking American. It is a huge warning regarding what lies ahead. These changes are coming to an economy that is already unable to provide jobs or sustain living standards.
    Decline is a slow process, until it becomes fast. It is not easy to see at first. It should be obvious to most that our economy is approaching a critical stage. When you have destroyed the trust and confidence of business, there will be no job creation.
    Some parting words are in order for those responsible for the decisions reflected above. Shutting down and giving up is anathema to the spirit that built this country and is now only found among our entrepreneurial class. It goes against the very fiber that drives success. It is a last resort for entrepreneurs.
    The decision to quit is lonely, involves guilt, self-doubt and remorse. It is the last act for someone that has tried everything to avoid it. Giving up and withdrawing is not an act of retribution. People do not willingly choose to go to Galt's figurative gulch. They are forced there.
    While the masses exult in the continuation of their  food stamps, cell phones and other booty, the real story of this election is yet to be told. The nation is about to find out that policies and elections have consequences more important than free stuff.
    The war against private enterprise can no longer be denied. President Obama's re-election ensures that it will continue and likely accelerate. The makers are beginning to give up. The takers don't have a clue. Soon the country is going to get a real-life lesson in economics. TANSTAAFL (There ain't no such thing as a free lunch) is about to be learned.


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