Saturday, April 14, 2012

Safely Out of the Way, John Tamny Decides to Attack Rick Santorum

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In the special pleading voice of one for whom conservatism is only conservatism when it is libertarianism: "Santorum’s candidacy should...
Friday, April 13, 2012

115 Million Working Age Americans Have No Unemployment Coverage

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According to the figures posted by Mish, here . That's roughly 126 million with such coverage. Why no coverage? Either because these 115...

Massive Numbers of Americans Go Without Benefit of Unemployment Coverage

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Mish has the charts and details here : "[W]e need to add 17,598,279 to the work force with unemployment benefits coverage just to get b...

Sweden Cuts Taxes and Spending, Wipes out Deficit, Achieves Highest Growth in Europe

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All thanks to a conservative government with a libertarian finance minister with an earring and a ponytail: ‘Look at Spain, Portugal or the ...

"We’re the best horse in the glue factory"

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So says Gary Shilling, quoted here . But he understands the fundamental fact that there's really no there there: "Consumers have a ...
Thursday, April 12, 2012

Maybe Obama Owes America The Results Of An MRI Of Joe Biden's Brain

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“I am an internist by training. I believe that years ago Biden suffered a ruptured cerebral aneurysm. His life was saved by modern medicine....

Vice President Joe Biden's Idea of a Legal Scholar

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"[O]ne of the leading legal scholars."
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Two Years Later, Incompetent FBI Can't Return Acquitted Hutaree Property Yet Because It's Not Finished Doing The Inventory

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The story is here , in The Detroit News: Stone asked a federal judge to force the government to immediately return the wedding ring and othe...
Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Seven Days After Wisconsin Primary Loss, Santorum Packs It In

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See the primary results to date here . The New York Times here  suggests that pressure was mounting from evangelicals for Santorum to quit i...

Breivik Ruled Not Insane by Court in Norway, But What About the AUF?

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The UK Telegraph reports here : "The experts' main conclusion is that the accused, Anders Behring Breivik, is not considered to hav...

Romney's Uphill Battle to Presidency: Must Win Over 70 Percent of Toss Up States

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Based on the map and analysis here . Pretty grim. This is the legacy of George W. Bush: unable to repudiate his past, unable to pick up the ...
Monday, April 9, 2012

Full-Time Jobs Still 6.6 Million Below 2007 Peak

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See the data here .  The level in the range of 115 million full-time jobs last prevailed in 2004-2005.
Saturday, April 7, 2012

AIG, GM and Ally Financial Still Owe TARP Repayments to Feds

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CNBC.com has the story here from Reuters: The government pumped $68 billion into AIG . . . $50 billion in[to] GM . . . and $17 billion in[t...

America Punished With A Baby

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Friday, April 6, 2012

Yep, You Guessed It . . .

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. . . the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off.

Unemployment Down: Persons Not In Labor Force Climbs To New High Of 87.897 Million

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Data here :

Total Non-Farm Jobs in 132 Million Range Similar to 2000-2001 Level

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See the data  here :

Labor Force Participation Rate at 63.8 Was Last Matched in April 1983

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The data are available here . The percentage of people working relative to the total population has consistently and decisively fallen under...

Headline Unemployment Falls to 8.2 Percent, Forecast Jobs Miss By 40 Percent

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The report is here . Jobs fell short of the forecast 200,000 by only 80,000. Oops. Markets are closed for Good Friday. Futures are sharply l...
Thursday, April 5, 2012

Prof. Stephen Presser Says Obama Should Be Ashamed Of Himself About Activism Charge

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For CNN.com no less, here : "[I]t is the task of the Supreme Court to rein in majoritarian legislatures when they go beyond what the Co...