Monday, August 5, 2013

US Marine Helps Flagging 9-Year Old In 5k Finish Race: "Will You Run With Me?"

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The United States Marines, America's finest. Story here .

Colorado Democrat Faces Recall After Narrow Victory Courtesy Of Libertarian Spoiler

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Ross Kaminsky has the story in The American Spectator, here : Forty-five miles north, Senate President John Morse is in even bigger trouble....

"The current state of valuation is as clear as a bell. We're not cheap here."

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Joshua Brown, here , who notes that value investors are raising cash : "In the meantime, many famous value managers are husbanding thei...
Sunday, August 4, 2013

Fox News Thinks Abu Ghraib Is In Afghanistan

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How soon they forget. They report, you decide. Story here .

The Trend To Part Time Jobs Is A Myth, Otherwise Average Hourly Earnings Would Be Down

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Earnings are up 1.87% in the last year So says Jim O'Sullivan, here : Jim O'Sullivan, chief U.S. economist of High Frequency Economi...
Saturday, August 3, 2013

The Part-Timing Of America Has Been Slowing Down, Not Speeding Up

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The part-timing of workers was a much more severe phenomenon from the 1960s . . . when teenagers used to bag groceries, for example. That wa...

Usually Part Time Is Up Only 1.25 Million Since Obama Elected In 2008

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That's a less than 5% increase in the size of this group over the period, and a less than 1% increase in usually part time compared to t...

Full Time Jobs Are Almost Back To Where They Were When Obama Was Elected In 2008

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That's not to suggest full time is back to the 123 million level as under Bush in 2007, but it is almost back to 118 million as in Novem...
Friday, August 2, 2013

Obama Still The Worst For Unemployment: Above 7% For 56 Months Straight Since Elected

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The average report of unemployment under Reagan was 7.58%, the absolute worst record in the post-war until Obama, who for the 57 months sinc...

The Part-Timing Trend Still Hasn't Materialized In The Unemployment Report

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics' employment situation report for July is  here , where we learn that the unemployment rate has fallen two...
Thursday, August 1, 2013

The Redcoats Are Already Here: Proof Ordinary Americans Are Spied-On Online By The Police State Right Now

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She googled "pressure cookers", he googled "backpacks". Weeks later the police showed up and interrogated him and search...

Rep. Mike Rogers, Ex-FBI Goon, Proven Wrong By Revelation Of XKeyscore

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Chairman, House "Intelligence" Committee The latest revelations from Glenn Greenwald here show Rep. Mike Rogers of Michigan to b...

Jobless Claims Plunge Over 60k To Lowest Level Ever Under Obama

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For only the third time under Obama, first time claims for unemployment, not-seasonally-adjusted, have fallen under 300,000 and in today...
Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Rush Limbaugh Finds A GDP Conspiracy Where There Is None

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When it comes to numbers, I have observed that Rush Limbaugh can be counted on to get something horribly wrong, and today was no exception. ...

George W. Bush Falls To Last For GDP Performance Using 14th Comprehensive Revisions

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"I redefined the Republican Party" The revised GDP figures going back decades came out today, and may be conveniently viewed here ...

First Report Of Q2 2013 GDP At 1.7%, Q1 Revised Down To 1.1% From 1.8%, Q4 2012 Down To 0.1% From 0.4%

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The press release, excerpted below, from the BEA is here , the full pdf with the 14th revision of the comprehensive GDP data is here . The r...

CNBC Falls In Love With Its GDP Jailer: Average Report Of GDP 0.966% Last 3 Quarters

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The only thing GDP beat was poor expectations. The average report of GDP in the last three quarters is now 0.966%, thanks to 1.7% in Q2 2013...

Moronic Shills For Obama At CNBC Call 1.7% GDP "Upbeat"

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Only ignoramuses or liars would call GDP of 1.7% "upbeat", so take your pick. Charity demands the former, but I'm fresh out of...

Presidents Haven't Done Their Job In 20 Years Reporting On Visa Overstays

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So says a scathing report in The Washington Times here which says the General Accounting Office can somehow do an audit and find out that w...
Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Anthony Weiner's Wacky Gifts To Drudge: A Brief History Since 2012

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And now a sampling of the treasure trove of innuendo* supplied by Anthony Weiner to Drudge's, er, headlines: Weiner pulls out Will Weine...