I bought my Glenfield, Model 60 and 1st Mossberg 500 at the KMart, which used to be in my hometown.
Tracking Walmart closings
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BOP
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There were a (very) few stores in the midwest, back when I was a kid, where you'd go in and give someone your list, and they'd get the stuff for you. Self serve grocery stores were the norm by then, but you could stumble across one of those old-timey places if you tried. Same with hardware stores. Once upon a time, though, giving the grocer your list was the norm, and not the rare exception.
In the face of current events, online liberals are hysterically denying that Portland has a shoplifting problem. The latest controversy began when Local Fox 12 Oregon ran a story last week headlined, “All Portland Walmart Stores To Permanently Close In Late March.” The Fox headline was a little understated; the U.S. Sun reported the same story with this headline: “Walmart To Close All Stores In One City Due To Record-Breaking Rise In Theft During US Retail Bloodbath.”So which is it?
Both stories reported that Walmart announced the last two Walmart stores within Portland’s city limits will close in late March. Leftists online have been quick to argue that there’s nothing to see here, it’s just a bad economy, it’s has nothing to do with Portland’s liberal no-bail policies and non-prosecution of “social crimes” that incentivize consequence-free shoplifting.
It’s social justice and equity for all.
That sounds nice and all, and their goofy claims about economic conditions might have obscured the argument, making it hard to tell what actually caused the closures. But any questions were resolved by a December 22nd Business Insider story headlined, “Walmart CEO Warns Company Will Close Stores If Theft Doesn’t Slow Down.”
That seems pretty clear. It was just a couple months ago.
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Fox Business ran a fleeting story late last week headlined, “Cracker Barrel Becomes Latest Company to Flee Portland Amid Rising Crime, Retail Theft.” The sub-headline added, “Walmart announced earlier this month it is closing all of its Portland, Oregon, locations.”The politically-correct breakfast giant generally blamed the pandemic for its surprising decision that was effective immediately. A corporate statement explained, “[W]e are saddened that we have been unable to overcome the impact the pandemic had on our business and have made the difficult decision to close the Beaverton, Tualatin, and Bend locations on March 20. The decision to close a store is never one we take lightly, and our focus right now is in assisting our impacted employees during this transition.”
Another one bites woke Portland’s crime-ridden dust.
Fox Business asked Cracker Barrel to explain what EXACTLY about the pandemic forced closing the Portland restaurants, but corporate officials carefully declined to provide any specifics, saying only that the Portland stores were financially under-performing.
For some reason.
In recent months, Wal-Mart and Nike also shuttered their Portland locations after record shoplifting and petty crime. Not to mention dangerous environments for employees. So.
Eventually these rapidly-dissolving woke cities will need someone smarter or stronger to take over.
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The politically-correct breakfast giant generally blamed the pandemic for its surprising decision that was effective immediately. A corporate statement explained, “[W]e are saddened that we have been unable to overcome the impact the pandemic had on our business and have made the difficult decision to close the Beaverton, Tualatin, and Bend locations on March 20. The decision to close a store is never one we take lightly, and our focus right now is in assisting our impacted employees during this transition.”
Another one bites woke Portland’s crime-ridden dust.
Fox Business asked Cracker Barrel to explain what EXACTLY about the pandemic forced closing the Portland restaurants, but corporate officials carefully declined to provide any specifics, saying only that the Portland stores were financially under-performing.
For some reason.
In recent months, Wal-Mart and Nike also shuttered their Portland locations after record shoplifting and petty crime. Not to mention dangerous environments for employees. So.
Eventually these rapidly-dissolving woke cities will need someone smarter or stronger to take over.
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They'll claim the companies are racist first .
The ferals don't deserve places to shop and they don't need any. It's very simple concept. Civilized people engage in legal commerce. Ferals engage in theft and mutual destruction. Simple as it gets. When they run out of places to pillage, they'll move farther out of their ghettos and encounter more resistance. The carnage will be a sight to behold.
I agree, but this woman stated she wanted to actually PURCHASE food for her kids and not pillage the place. And her comment about fruits and vegetables were left made a point, too.
Of course there are honest people that want a place to shop! I never meant to imply otherwise. But the fact is....they.do.not.matter. The ferals matter. Only the ferals. The ferals are the ones - the only ones - getting all the benefits of the relaxation of criminal laws and prosecution. So it's pretty darned obvious that the elected officials and law enforcement are more concerned with coddling the ferals than dealing with the pain and suffering the actions of the ferals cause any law-abiding citizens...few that they are.
Agreed. The bad apples ruin it for all the others that want nothing to do with the riots. She sounded like a single mother that just wants to feed her kids. Then there are the elderly that don't have the means to travel out further for food and medications. It sucks for them.
Another Walmart in Chicago looted today.
Kinnakeet
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used to be one in Waldorf
Kinnakeet
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NEGROS 98% of the problems are from them!
Still have a briefcase I bought at the one in Huber heights, OH when the Mrs. and I lived there from 91 - 96.
A common "theme" among many of them..obviously.
