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Post by J.J.Gibbs on Apr 16, 2015 16:28:22 GMT -5
Mystery surrounds Wal-Mart's bizarre cover story of closing five stores for six months due to "plumbing problems"Wednesday, April 15, 2015 by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger  Mystery surrounds Wal-Mart's bizarre cover story of closing five stores for six months due to "plumbing problems" (NaturalNews) Wal-Mart has suddenly announced it is shuttering five stores from Florida to California for a six-month period due to what the company claims are "plumbing problems." Nobody except the ultra-gullible really believes the Wal-Mart cover story, however. "The retail chain announced Monday that five stores are shutting down - one in Brandon, two in Texas, one in Oklahoma and one in California - due to clogging and drainage problems," reports News Channel 8 in Florida. The sudden closures were only announced five hours before they took place, thrusting thousands of employees out of work with little or no notice. "Wal-Mart announced the temporary closure of the Midland Drive store at 2 p.m." reports the Midland Reporter-Telegram. "Monday, five hours before the designated closure time. No signs have been posted at the store’s entrances, as of 2 p.m. Wal-Mart also closed stores in Brandon, Florida, Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Livingston on Monday for plumbing repairs, according to news sources in each of those respective cities." Seriously? Does anybody believe the official explanation? What's really raising eyebrows across the web is the mathematical improbability that five large Wal-Mart stores would all experience catastrophic plumbing problems at exactly the same day, all requiring exactly the same duration of closures: six months. The very idea that a plumbing problem could be so catastrophic that it would require shuttering an entire store for six months ranks right up there with some of the most ridiculously implausible cover-up explanations we've heard over the years such as "steel-reinforced concrete buildings suddenly collapse in perfect demolition style when they suffer from a few small office fires." The cover story is so lacking in credibility that every informed person across the internet is laughing like crazy at the sheer stupidity of it. One news organization, Channel 8 in Brandon, Florida, looked into the claimed plumbing repairs and found it was a fictional cover story. "...8 On Your Side has found no paperwork and no work done on the plumbing," reports WFLA.com. "According to Hillsborough County, Walmart didn't notify the county's permit department either. No one there has heard a peep from Walmart about any major repairs." The news outlet goes on to report: On Tuesday, 8 On Your Side stopped by the Walmart, and found no plumber in sight at the Brandon Supercenter, just hundreds of confused and concerned customers.  Wal-Mart stores suddenly closed for six months in five cities Here's a list of the cities where Wal-Mart stores are confirmed closed for six months: Brandon, Florida (outside Tampa) (See news story) Midland, Texas (See news story) Livingston, Texas (See news story) Tulsa, Oklahoma (See news story) Pico Rivera, California (outside LA) Five reasons why Wal-Mart's closure story is obviously a cover story Reason #1) Wal-Mart apparently wants us to believe that it is impossible to repair plumbing problems without shutting down your business for six months. This idea is totally insane: plumbers repair catastrophic problems all day, every day, while businesses remain open everywhere. Commercial plumbing companies conduct heroic repairs at hotels, casinos, factories and large retail establishments without interfering with those business operations. This loony idea that five Wal-Mart stores have suddenly -- and simultaneously -- experienced catastrophic plumbing problems requiring stores to close can only be believed by the most incredibly gullible people alive today. (The same people who might vote for another Clinton or another Bush, it turns out...) Reason #2) If you were going to have a commercial plumbing repair team tackle real problems across your retail stores, you'd schedule their closures sequentially (one after the other) so that the same team of professional plumbers could tackle them one at a time. You wouldn't close all five stores simultaneously and suddenly, without notice. Reason #3) Any plumbing problem so catastrophic that it needed the stores to be closed would require municipal permits to address. Yet no permits exist. "According to Hillsborough County, Walmart didn't notify the county's permit department either. No one there has heard a peep from Walmart about any major repairs." - Channel 8 News. Reason #4) The closure of just one Wal-Mart store would cause revenue losses of hundreds of thousands of dollars a day. Across five stores, we're talking millions of dollars each day, multiplied over six months. In addition, the entire existing inventory of food at those Wal-Mart stores is a total loss because it will largely expire over the next six months (Wal-Mart says it's donating all the food on store shelves to local food banks). Does anyone seriously believe that Wal-Mart is going to sacrifice possibly $100+ million in revenues and inventory losses just to fix some plumbing problems? Reason #5) The geographic dispersion of the Wal-Mart centers being closed raises a lot of questions about the emptied stores possibly being used as "staging areas" for some other purpose that isn't being communicated to the public. "Astute story commenters were quick to point out that any plumbing problem can be fixed in much less time than 6 months, even in such large supercenters, and to have several of these 6-month closings all at once in states tied to Jade Helm 15 and martial law exercises (Florida, Texas, California and Oklahoma) reeks of something much deeper than 'plumbing issues,'" reported All News Pipeline. "One reader tells us that one of these Wal-Mart stores had just recently been remodeled and didn't have any plumbing problems while the note below is from a source who recently called her local Wal-Mart and discovered they may NEVER reopen!" Why do YOU think Wal-Mart is suddenly closing five stores for six months? Is this really the world's worst coincidence of catastrophic plumbing failures? Or is there something more to this story? Sound off in the comments section below. link
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Post by schwartzie on Apr 16, 2015 18:06:06 GMT -5
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Post by J.J.Gibbs on Apr 16, 2015 18:31:52 GMT -5
All very strange; even the liberal MSM thinks so. I'm thinking of the Walmarts that have gun towers, and the ones that had the TV screens that warned people, "If you see something, say something." Poor Sam Walton must be spinning in his grave; he was a good Christian man. Oh well...ultimately, God is in control!
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Post by J.J.Gibbs on Apr 16, 2015 18:34:11 GMT -5
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Post by PurplePuppy on Apr 16, 2015 22:55:37 GMT -5
CHILLING REPORT: 'Signs that the Elite Are Feverishly Preparing for Something BIG'by Michael Snyder, EOAD What in the world are the elite up to? In recent days, we have learned that the New York Fed is moving a lot of operations to Chicago because of concerns about what a “natural disaster” could do, the federal government is buying 62 million rounds of ammunition commonly used in AR-15 semi-automatic rifles for “training” purposes, and NORAD is moving back into Cheyenne Mountain because it is “EMP-hardened”. In addition, government authorities have scheduled a whole host of unusual “training exercises” all over the nation. So are the elite doing all of this in order to prepare for something really BIG, or should we just chalk up all of this strange activity to rampant government paranoia? First, let’s talk about what the New York Fed has been doing. What kind of natural disaster would be bad enough to completely shut down the operations of the New York Federal Reserve Bank? It would have to be something very unusual, and apparently the New York Fed is very concerned that such an event could happen. According to Reuters, the New York Fed has been transferring personnel to Chicago and building up its satellite office there just in case a “natural disaster” makes it impossible for normal operations to continue in New York… The New York branch of the U.S. Federal Reserve, wary that a natural disaster or other eventuality could shut down its market operations as it approaches an interest rate hike, has added staff and bulked up its satellite office in Chicago. Some market technicians have transferred from New York and others were hired at the office housed in the Chicago Fed, according to several people familiar with the build-out that began about two years ago, after Hurricane Sandy struck Manhattan. Officials believe the Chicago staffers can now handle all of the market operations that are done daily out of the New York Fed, which is the U.S. central bank’s main conduit to Wall Street. This seems very odd. In all of U.S. history, there has never been a natural disaster in New York City that would have been bad enough to totally shut down the operations of the New York Fed for an extended period of time. So why are they so concerned? Well, I can think of one event that could cause such a disruption… An east coast tsunami. This is something that I wrote about in this article. But other than that, it is hard to imagine a natural disaster which could shut down the New York Fed for an extended period of time. Another very odd thing that we learned about this week is an absolutely massive purchase by the government of ammunition that is commonly used in AR-15 semi-automatic rifles. The following comes from an article by Paul Joseph Watson… The Department of Homeland Security is set to purchase over 62 million rounds of ammo typically used in AR-15 semi-automatic rifles, just weeks after the ATF was forced to back down on a ban on M855 bullets. A posting on FedBizOpps.gov this week reveals that the DHS is looking to contract with a company to provide 12.6 million rounds of .223 Remington ammunition per year for a period of five years – totaling 62.5 million bullets. The solicitation explains that the purchase is intended, “to achieve price savings over the current .223 Rem duty ammunition.” The bullets will be used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents nationwide for “training” purposes. Why in the world would U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents nationwide need such a massive amount of ammunition for “training” purposes? That seems very odd. Something else that seems very strange is the fact that NORAD is moving back into Cheyenne mountainafter all these years… It shut down nearly ten years ago as the threat from Russia seemed to subside, but this week the Pentagon announced that Cheyenne Mountain will once again be home to the most advanced tracking and communications equipment in the United States military. The shift to the Cheyenne Mountain base in Colorado is designed to safeguard the command’s sensitive sensors and servers from a potential electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack, military officers said. The Pentagon last week announced a $700 million contract with Raytheon Corporation to oversee the work for North American Aerospace Command (NORAD) and US Northern Command. Admiral William Gortney, head of NORAD and Northern Command, said that ‘because of the very nature of the way that Cheyenne Mountain’s built, it’s EMP-hardened.’ So the U.S. military is concerned about an EMP attack all of a sudden? Have they been reading The Economic Collapse Blog? Spending 700 million dollars to move back inside a mountain just because it is “EMP-hardened” is a pretty big deal. Do they know something that we don’t? On top of everything else, we have been seeing lots of strange “training exercises” being scheduled all over the nation recently. For example, the following is from a news story about one being held in Iowa… This week you may notice extra emergency vehicles and public safety officers running around in tactical gear, Hazmat suits, and bomb suits. It’s a part of a statewide drill Des Moines is hosting Tuesday and Wednesday to prepare emergency personnel for dealing with weapons of mass destruction. Brian O’Keefe with the Des Moines Fire Department said emergency officials in Iowa need to be prepared for anything. “You know we’re number one seed producer with corn and soy, chicken embryo development, middle of the country heartland. So I’m sure all states access it. But we’re a target like any other large community,” said O’Keefe. And here is an excerpt form a news story about an exercise known as “Northern Exposure” that is being held in Michigan… The National Guard event is called Northern Exposure, which is taking place across Michigan during the month of June, he said. According to the Michigan National Guard website, Northern Exposure is “a major exercise in Michigan where the military provides defense support to civilian authorities.” In addition, the U.S. military will be conducting some “unusual” training activity out in Arizona and California… If you see some unusual helicopters overhead in the next couple of days, there’s nothing to worry about. The I Marine Expeditionary Force G-7 will be conducting a Realistic Military Training this week, using the Prescott Municipal Airfield as a helicopter refueling point in order to facilitate a Long Range Raid at Camp Navajo, Arizona. This Certification Exercise (CERTEX) is directed to be conducted from April 8-21, 2015 at various training locations throughout California and Arizona. The training at Prescott will take place on April 15, 16. All of this is in addition to the exercise that people have really been buzzing about. It is called “Jade Helm”, and in this particular “unconventional warfare exercise”, the states of Texas and Utah will be designated as “hostile territory”… “Jade Helm is a challenging eight-week joint military and Interagency (IA) Unconventional Warfare (UW) exercise conducted throughout Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah and Colorado,” according to an unclassified military document announcing the training drill, which runs from July 15 through September 15. Multiple branches of the US military, including Green Berets, Navy Seals, and the 82nd Airborne Division, will participate in the 8-week long exercise, which may result in “increased aircraft in the area at night.” Troops will be tasked with honing advanced skills in “large areas of undeveloped land with low population densities,” and will work alongside “civilians to gain their trust and an understanding of the issues.” The exercise, in which some participants will be “wearing civilian clothes and driving civilian vehicles,” lists Texas and Utah as “hostile” territory. Should we be alarmed by these exercises? Some people sure think so. Another thing that has people scratching their heads are the weird closures of Wal-Mart stores all over the nation for supposed “plumbing problems”… Not just one, but five Walmart stores across the U.S. are closing their doors due to plumbing problems that, in some cases, will take four to six months to repair. Those closing include locations in Livingston and Midland, Texas; Tulsa, Oklahoma; and near Los Angeles. For the Brandon Walmart, I talked to Hillsborough County and Walmart to get answers about why these plumbing repairs will take so long and whether the issues are connected, but local customers are already skeptical. “Why is it just plumbing problems? It’s gonna take them six months to fix up the store?” asked customer John Mambrl. Yes, is it really going to take them six months to fix the toilets? Either someone at Wal-Mart is extremely incompetent, or there is something fishy going on here. In the end, perhaps there is nothing to any of this. Perhaps all of these examples are just unrelated coincidences. But then again, perhaps not. What do you think? Please feel free to comment below. Comments can be seen at link
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Post by baydoll on Apr 17, 2015 10:00:25 GMT -5
I-Team: Official says sudden Walmart closing was suspiciousCommissioner says normally company plans ahead By: Adam Walser Posted: 8:11 PM, Apr 15, 2015 Updated: 1:57 AM, Apr 16, 2015 BRANDON, Fla. - Walmart stores across the country suddenly closed Monday, supposedly as a result of plumbing problems. Now a Hillsborough County commissioner who has worked closely with the company for years says he has plenty of questions. In Midland, Texas, which, until Monday, was home to one of the 10 busiest Walmart stores in the country, City Building Official Steve Thorpe told the I-Team his plumbing inspector was sent away when he visited the closed store and offered to help secure permits. While the company claimed to have an average of 100 to 150 plumbing issues a year in recent years, a longtime employee of a tax service located in the store told the I-Team she never saw a plumber or an "out of order" restroom in the three years she worked inside the store. She said she was forced to pack up all the computers and paper files in her kiosk in a matter of hours Monday on what was one of her company’s busiest days of the year. At the Brandon Walmart Monday night, a five-hour, unadvertised going-out-of-business sale was held after employees were informed the store would be closed for at least six months for plumbing and other renovations. The store pays more than $243,000 a year in Hillsborough County ad valorem taxes and collects many times that amount in sales tax revenues. The store appeared to have been fully stocked with perishables when the sudden closure was announced. Fresh cut flowers were on hand at the Tulsa, Okla., store. The I-Team has learned no plumbing permits have been pulled in any of the five cities where the stores were suddenly closed for at least six months. Permits in Midland show 70 plumbing fixtures were just replaced in an eight-week period three years ago. That store never closed during that renovation. Hillsborough County Commissioner Victor Crist says Walmart officials didn't even mention plumbing issues when they reached out to him, informing him of the closure which affected more than 400 workers. He says that, for now, he has to take them at their word that they are closing to improve the store. “It's really too early to tell whether or not there were mistakes made. There's issues to be held accountable for. But we're gonna watch, we're gonna look, we're gonna listen and we're gonna make the appropriate steps if we see anything that is wrong,” Crist said. Three city and county officials we spoke to said this week's action was extremely unusual for Walmart, which always notifies officials ahead of time of renovation plans and normally seeks permits weeks in advance. www.abcactionnews.com/news/local-news/i-team-investigates/i-team-official-says-sudden-wal-mart-closing-was-suspicious
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Post by baydoll on Apr 17, 2015 13:07:01 GMT -5
So what do you all think is going on?
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Post by Berean on Apr 17, 2015 15:35:39 GMT -5
Who knows what's going on?  There seems to be lots of theories out there... |
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Post by schwartzie on Apr 17, 2015 16:02:16 GMT -5
Wal-Mart suddenly closed 5 stores and laid off thousands of workers and no one knows why
Business Insider By Hayley Peterson 6 hours ago (REUTERS/Joshua Lott)Wal-Mart suddenly closed five stores in four states on Monday for alleged plumbing problems. The closures could last up to six months and affect roughly 2,200 workers in Texas, California, Oklahoma, and Florida, CNN Money reports. Wal-Mart employees say they were completely blindsided by the news, having been notified only a couple hours before the stores closed at 7 p.m. Monday. "Everybody just panicked and started crying," Venanzi Luna, a manager at a store in Pico Rivera, California, told CNN Money. All workers will receive paid leave for two months. After that, full-time workers could become eligible for severance, according to CNN Money. But part-time workers will be on their own. Local officials and employees have questioned Wal-Mart's reasoning for the closures. According to ABC News, "no plumbing permits have been pulled in any of the five cities where the stores were suddenly closed for at least six months." The cities where locations were closed include: Brandon, Florida; Pico Rivera, California; Livingston, Texas; Midland, Texas; and Tulsa, Oklahoma. A city official in Pico Rivera confirmed to CBS Los Angeles that the city has not received any permit requests for building repairs. In Midland, Texas, where another store was closed, a city official told ABC News that his plumbing inspector was turned away when he visited the store and offered to help secure construction permits. Wal-Mart plumbing technician Codi Bauer, who worked at the now shuttered store in Brandon, Florida, questioned the company's time frame for the repairs. "Even if they had to replace the whole sewer line, it wouldn't take six months to replace a whole sewer line in that store," he told WFLA. We reached out to Wal-Mart for comment and will update when we hear back. A Wal-Mart spokesman told Consumerist that the company had not secured permits "because we have yet to know the full extent of the work that needs to be done. We may also have to do additional upgrades that may require additional permits." Some employees believe that the stores were closed because of worker protests for higher pay. Employees of the Pico Rivera store were among the first to hold Black Friday protests in 2012. "This is the first store that went on strike," an employee told CBS Los Angeles. "This is the first store in demanding changes for Walmart." If you work at Wal-Mart and have a story to share, email us at retail@businessinsider.com. link
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Post by PurplePuppy on Apr 17, 2015 21:15:22 GMT -5
It is very peculiar. I've been looking all over the internet; can't find any reasonable explanation. What's most disturbing is that they don't seem to care how implausible their cover story is.  530 Pico Rivera Walmart employees laid off after sudden closure of supercenterBy Kevin Smith, San Gabriel Valley Tribune Posted: 04/13/15, 7:23 PM PDT | Updated: 3 days ago 48 Comments A customer exits as Walmart announced that it will temporarily close its supercenter store in Pico Rivera as of 7 p.m. Monday. Walmart stated that they plan to fix plumbing problems that have plagued the store for years. Keith Durflinger — Staff photographer PICO RIVERA >> Walmart announced Monday that it is temporarily closing its Pico Rivera supercenter on Washington Boulevard due to plumbing problems but City Manager Rene Bobadilla said a union official told him that all 530 employees have been laid off. The union official could not be reached for comment late Monday. • Related: Sudden closure of Pico Rivera Walmart angers shoppers, spawns conspiracy theories Walmart spokeswoman Delia Garcia said the 223,000-square-foot store is one of five Walmart locations that will be temporarily closed for similar plumbing problems. The others are in Florida, Texas and Oklahoma. • Photos: Walmart temporarily closes Pico Rivera Supercenter James Enriquez, the city’s public works director, said officials have not been notified of plumbing issues at the store. The company would be required to pull permits before undertaking extensive work. • Video: Employees, customers react to closing of Pico Rivera store, layoff of 530 employees “If I were a property owner I’d want to make sure my store was closed as little as possible,” Enriquez said. “I would want a permit to be in place the day I was going to close — but we haven’t received anything.” Spokeswoman Garcia said the closure would begin at 7 p.m. Monday and could last six months or longer depending on the scope of needed work. Bobadilla said the repercussions extend beyond people losing jobs. “They are one of the top 10 sales tax producers for the city,” he said • Video: Denise Barlage is one of 530 Walmart employees laid off in Pico Rivera Bobadilla said he didn’t learn of the store’s closure until 1:10 p.m. and later spoke to Eddie Iny, a representative with the United Food and Commercial Workers Union. “He said they were notified that there was an involuntary layoff of all employees at the store, effective immediately,” Bobadilla said. “That’s very concerning for us because a lot of those employees are city residents.” Garcia said all of the employees who wish to return to the Pico Rivera store will have to reapply for their positions. Walmart issued a statement on Monday regarding the store’s closure. “We will immediately begin the process to address these issues and intend to open the store as soon as all of the plumbing issues are resolved,” the company said in a statement. “Deciding to close a store is not a decision we make lightly. But after careful consideration we felt it was necessary to make these repairs so we can better serve our customers and the community in the long run.” The store’s 530 workers will continue to be paid for the next 60 days, she said, and Walmart will place as many of them as possible at nearby stores. Those who can’t get jobs at other Walmart locations will be eligible for severance pay. “Our hope is that they will find transfer opportunities,” Garcia said. “Walmart has 50,000 openings at any given time, but I couldn’t speculate as to how many of these employees will be placed. There are a lot of variables there. But we’re meeting with everyone to make sure they understand what the opportunities are, and we’ll assist in that process to help with resume writing and interview skills to make sure it’s a smooth transition.” Walmart said the store’s pharmacy will remain open for 14 days and that customers will be able to access it through a fire door. Perishable foods at the Pico Rivera Walmart will be donated to area food banks, the company said. Other merchandise will be shifted to other Walmart locations. The other closest Walmart supercenters for shoppers are in Rosemead, Santa Fe Springs and South Gate. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. operates more than 11,453 stores in 27 countries around the world and the company employs 2.2 million workers worldwide. Kevin Smith You can see the videos and pictures at the link. If you read the comments, a lot of people seem to think it's about union busting. |
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Post by Shoshanna on Apr 17, 2015 21:24:22 GMT -5
With the exception of California, those are all right to work states. I wouldn't expect such extreme union busting measures to be necessary.
I would also expect them to be more likely to close shops in places like Seattle where the minimum wage has been forcibly raised than they would be to close them in places where the minimum wage remains low. It would send the same message. If it were protest against wage hikes they were fighting.
No, this looks suspiciously like they are cooperating with the government exercises to me. They may be using stores in lower profit areas because the money they are being paid to essentially empty out their facilities will come closer to compensating for the revenue they'll be losing.
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Post by PrisonerOfHope on Apr 17, 2015 21:45:55 GMT -5
This story says it was the same five stores where the workers protested for higher pay. It's a sin the way they treat their employees, and pay them so little, yet the executives are rewarded handsomely. In one of my business classes for my undergraduate degree I remember the professor telling us about an article he read; at that time (and this was a few years ago) the head of Human Resources was making $8 Million a year!  More recently, I read that the higher level executives earned as much in one hour as the typical store employee does in an entire year. As a former executive, I'm all for rewarding talent, but that's just plain ridiculous - Sam Walton, who was a good Christian man, would be horrified. Wal-Mart suddenly closed 5 stores and laid off thousands of workers and no one knows why Hayley Peterson Apr. 17, 2015, 9:52 AM 352,425 373 Wal-Mart suddenly closed five stores in four states on Monday for alleged plumbing problems. The closures could last up to six months and affect roughly 2,200 workers in Texas, California, Oklahoma, and Florida, CNN Money reports. Wal-Mart employees say they were completely blindsided by the news, having been notified only a couple hours before the stores closed at 7 p.m. Monday. "Everybody just panicked and started crying," Venanzi Luna, a manager at a store in Pico Rivera, California, told CNN Money. All workers will receive paid leave for two months. After that, full-time workers could become eligible for severance, according to CNN Money. But part-time workers will be on their own. Local officials and employees have questioned Wal-Mart's reasoning for the closures. According to ABC News, "no plumbing permits have been pulled in any of the five cities where the stores were suddenly closed for at least six months." The cities where locations were closed include: Brandon, Florida; Pico Rivera, California; Livingston, Texas; Midland, Texas; and Tulsa, Oklahoma. A city official in Pico Rivera confirmed to CBS Los Angeles that the city has not received any permit requests for building repairs. In Midland, Texas, where another store was closed, a city official told ABC News that his plumbing inspector was turned away when he visited the store and offered to help secure construction permits. Wal-Mart plumbing technician Codi Bauer, who worked at the now shuttered store in Brandon, Florida, questioned the company's time frame for the repairs. "Even if they had to replace the whole sewer line, it wouldn't take six months to replace a whole sewer line in that store," he told WFLA. We reached out to Wal-Mart for comment and will update when we hear back. A Wal-Mart spokesman told Consumerist that the company had not secured permits "because we have yet to know the full extent of the work that needs to be done. We may also have to do additional upgrades that may require additional permits." Some employees believe that the stores were closed because of worker protests for higher pay. Employees of the Pico Rivera store were among the first to hold Black Friday protests in 2012. "This is the first store that went on strike," an employee told CBS Los Angeles. "This is the first store in demanding changes for Walmart." link |
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Post by PurplePuppy on Apr 18, 2015 13:47:16 GMT -5
Video: Walmart ‘Plumbing’ Issue Related To DHS Underground Tunnel Network: “This Is A Very Real Situation”
by Mac Slavo, SHTFplan.com  There’s been much speculation about the recent closures of Walmart stores around the country. Walmart claims the their stores, closed almost simultaneously in different cities, is a result of plumbing issues. But many employees and customers suspect that something else is going on, though no one, including store managers, has any idea what that might be. Several theories have popped up, with some claiming that it is an economic issue and Walmart may have shut those stores down because of lackluster sales, but they don’t want to announce falling retail sales so as to avoid a hit to their stock price. The outcome is that “while WMT (or MCD or GAP or Target) boosts the living standards of its employees by the smallest of fractions, it cripples the cost and wage structure of the entire ecosystem of vendors that feed into it, and what takes place is a veritable avalanche effect where a few cent increase for the lowest paid megacorp employees results in a tidal wave of layoffs for said megacorp’s vendors.” If that doesn’t turn out to be enough in the face of an economy which isn’t really recovering and in which low-income shoppers are constrained by lackluster (and by that we mean nonexistent) wage growth, some sacrifices may have to be made. The problem is that laying people off and shuttering stores two months after a celebrated wage hike initiative doesn’t inspire much confidence and could turn into a PR issue, but one thing you could do is get creative, and while we’re not plumbers, we do find it curious that five geographically distinct WalMart stores have been closed in the past week for “ongoing plumbing issues that will require extensive repairs.” Source: Zero Hedge Others have suggested that the closings may have something to do with upcoming military exercises and the possibility that the massive stores could be used as detention centers for American citizens. In a report published in July 2014 on Intellihub.com, Shepard Ambellas outlined a plan by the Department of Defense and FEMA to use, “abandoned or unused department stores, shopping malls and warehouses as camps to accommodate the mass human influx from South America.” … Although FEMA has used a massive influx of immigrants as the reason for needing detention centers, their power to control the entire country in the event of a martial law scenario could easily lead them to use the centers for American citizens. Source: Intellihub via The Daily Sheeple But a new theory brought forth by researcher and Youtube commentator Daboo777 suggests that Walmart might be working directly with the Department of Homeland Security and the so-called plumbing issues give them the pretext to bring in heavy machinery without having to explain the specific reasons for doing so with an overly curious public. But what would this heavy machinery be for? According to one theory, Walmart is working in conjunction with DHS to expand the government’s underground tunneling system and is integrating it with a larger national emergency response network designed to move supplies and people during a crisis: In this information…in digging… we come to find out that there have been projects in different areas… not specifically tied to the exact Walmarts that have been closed down at the moment… but they can very well be going through a process connecting them to an underground network. This is a very real situation… this was brought up years ago.. they were getting the funding and passing this… Homeland Security, in order to secure the safety of citizens in case of a nuclear, biological, chemical or other attack… this was a joint venture by the NSA, DoD, DHS… These tunnels were to serve as conduits from specific places to rapidly move supplies or whatever they need between these locations. … Are there certain Walmarts out there that have underground connections? I wouldn’t doubt it one bit, especially now that we know DHS over the past decade has had this deal with not only Walmart, but other big sports stadiums and businesses. (Video via Steve Quayle) While it may seem like a stretch of the imagination, is it possible that these abrupt closures have something to do with the Department of Homeland Security and the integration of private businesses with broader government emergency response plans? link
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Post by Shoshanna on Apr 18, 2015 22:06:33 GMT -5
I don't know if this is related or not, BUT....it's interesting that the governor's mansion is in the same city as one of the Walmarts that's closing, and it's for the same amount of time - six months!  Oklahoma Governor to Vacate Mansion for Six Months Due to Sudden Repair Work
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Post by Berean on Apr 19, 2015 16:47:47 GMT -5
Exclusive Footage Inside Closed Walmart In California, Cops Guard Dock And Entrances (Video)She filmed this at the Pico Rivera California Walmart Location That recently Closed for suspicious reasons. Walmart had never contacted the County to get permits for Plumbing work. They have now covered the windows with black tarp, surrounded the place with cops and built a wall up inside so no one can see whats going on past the Pharmacy area. Why would All this be going on for PLUMBING? Plus Cops at the receiving dock at the back! It is weird that Wal-Mart is doing this but to think it has anything to do with something bigger than perhaps a grudge against working class people or finances or something I think is abit premature. We are talking about 5 stores. Just 5. In seemingly random places. What could possible be the huge conspiratorial reason for it? I admit, I’m more than perplexed at the response and attention this has received. link
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Post by schwartzie on Apr 21, 2015 15:58:09 GMT -5
Curiouser and curiouser....
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Post by schwartzie on Apr 21, 2015 16:00:33 GMT -5
OK, this is a long program, but I'm posting it here since it's relevant to the subject. These are scary times for those who don't know Jesus!
Resist The Tyranny LIVE ep:46 - WalMart Closures Part Of Jade Helm And A Way To Attack Preppers?
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Post by baydoll on Apr 22, 2015 9:45:29 GMT -5
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Helicopters Just Flew To Closed Walmarts – Here’s What’s Taking Place Inside
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April 21, 2015
Last week, 2,200 Walmart employees all over the U.S. were laid off and given just a few hours notice as their stores were shut down for unknown reasons.
Conspiracy theorists soon linked the closings to the government, suggesting that they were shut down so the stores could be used for military training operations.
Now, residents of Big Spring, Texas, where one of the closed Walmart stores is located, have reported that they have seen helicopters and other military vehicles coming into their town.
“I saw a train carrying all sorts of military equipment heading into Big Spring,” said one resident, according to Infowars. “There were also about 14 helicopters flying over the Airport last night and a tank getting driven through that open field [near the airport]. It’s scary seeing that and not knowing what in the world is going on.”
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Post by schwartzie on Apr 22, 2015 14:41:42 GMT -5
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Helicopters Just Flew To Closed Walmarts – Here’s What’s Taking Place Inside
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April 21, 2015
Last week, 2,200 Walmart employees all over the U.S. were laid off and given just a few hours notice as their stores were shut down for unknown reasons.
Conspiracy theorists soon linked the closings to the government, suggesting that they were shut down so the stores could be used for military training operations.
Now, residents of Big Spring, Texas, where one of the closed Walmart stores is located, have reported that they have seen helicopters and other military vehicles coming into their town.
“I saw a train carrying all sorts of military equipment heading into Big Spring,” said one resident, according to Infowars. “There were also about 14 helicopters flying over the Airport last night and a tank getting driven through that open field [near the airport]. It’s scary seeing that and not knowing what in the world is going on.”
Big Spring is one of the cities involved in the Jade Helm exercises, so that's no doubt what the helicopters and military vehicles are all about. I know there's a large Federal prison there; come to think of it, I wonder if there are Federal prisons in or near the other towns involved? Could there be a connection? |
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Post by baydoll on Apr 24, 2015 9:53:37 GMT -5
Your guess is as good as mine, Schwartzie. That's a pretty good question. Here's some more: why are the police guarding those Walmarts being as they're empty? What are they guarding? And why empty the place if the only thing they're doing is fixing the plumbing?
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Post by baydoll on Apr 26, 2015 7:33:20 GMT -5
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Post by PurplePuppy on May 4, 2015 21:56:36 GMT -5
The mystery continues... Walmart Abruptly Lays Off 2,200; Tells Them to Avoid Caffeine and Chocolate, the Nightmares and Flashbacks Will Go Away Soon
THE DAILY SHEEPLE What the hell is going on at Walmart? The company shut five stores down with no warning (one of which was a very busy location), laying everyone off and blaming it on plumbing, but a lot of people aren’t buying it. There are several theories from martial law to payback for protests for higher pay, but either way, this advice sheet given out to the people who were abruptly laid off without warming is really very bizarre. Aside from telling these people to avoid stimulants such as caffeine, chocolate, nicotine and depressants such as alcohol, one of the pieces of advice on the handout actually says, “Remember that difficulty sleeping, nightmares, flashbacks, and feelings of being ‘hyper-alert’ are common and will diminish in time.” Wow. Flashbacks and nightmares about working at Walmart? Being “hyper-alert”? Was it really that bad?? What were they, big box store workers or government experiment subjects? Via Business Insider: Wal-Mart abruptly closed five stores earlier this month and laid off more than 2,200 employees in the process. The company said it closed the stores because of severe plumbing problems that, in addition to other potential upgrades, could take as long as six months to fix. Critics have questioned the closures, with some contending that at least one store was closed in retaliation against worker protests for higher pay. Wal-Mart denies those claims. Wal-Mart notified workers of the closures a couple of hours ahead of time and gave them a packet of information addressing the situation, according to OUR Walmart, a labor group representing the laid-off workers. In the handout, the company offers workers “stress management tips” to cope with their loss of employment such as avoiding caffeine, chocolate, nicotine, and alcohol. “Care for yourself by eating well, exercising, and resting when needed,” Wal-Mart advises, according to photos of the handout provided to Business Insider by OUR Walmart.  link |
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Post by baydoll on May 5, 2015 11:24:36 GMT -5
 Wow this keeps getting stranger and stranger...
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Post by baydoll on May 5, 2015 11:28:52 GMT -5
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Post by J.J.Gibbs on May 13, 2015 15:12:09 GMT -5
Contains a bad word or two....but some interesting info.
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More recently, I read that the higher level executives earned as much in one hour as the typical store employee does in an entire year. As a former executive, I'm all for rewarding talent, but that's just plain ridiculous - Sam Walton, who was a good Christian man, would be horrified.
