1

Wooooo!! indeed!

 

2 first?

3

4 You know you've been spending too much time here...when your daughter makes a picture of a flaming skull t-shirt.

5 Blank stare Blanche is running commercial after commercial here. One right after the other. It's so bad I can't watch the local channels anymore. Get ye gone Bitch. And darken the skies of freedom no longer with your foulness.

6

Irrefutable proof that the end is near.

 

This headline was on Google.

 

If Fox starts getting credibility on the aggregators and on the MSM thenÂ…

 

Say goodnight, Barry!

7 My lucky rabbit's foot has gotten us through another week!

You're welcome!

8

Hmm, that link may not work if you don't have a twitter account. Changed to the general link to my twitter account which leads to a little pic of the flaming skull.

Shouldn't try to get technical before coffee...

9 B+rry knows ALLLLL about teabagging...you can trust me on that one.

10
Thank you J. Napolitano.  You sure are better than Janet Reno.
A little.

11 Is it so wrong to want a video of Predator drones re-enacting the Death Star trench scene?

12 "Bout time for ME to stir some shit up!!!!

13

WASHINGTON – More confident employers stepped up job creation in April, expanding payrolls by 290,000, the most in four years. The jobless rate rose to 9.9 percent as people streamed back into the market looking for work.

The hiring of 66,000 temporary government workers to conduct the census helped overall payroll growth last month. However, private employers — the backbone of the economy — boosted jobs, too.

So as more people become encouraged to look for work again the unemployment numbers will get worse because it will reveal just how many people are really out of work.

 

14

Arizona Governor to NY Senator,

 

Are you talking to me?  Are you talking to me?

 

Well, you must be talking to me, ‘cause I’m the only one here!

15

I just read the headline story over at Drudge from Yahoo about the unempoyment rate jumping to 9.9%

The spin was so violent that I almost threw up.

How can anybody put out a story that touts a .2% increase in unemployment as a sure sign of a recovering economy is beyond my understanding.

16

You know you've been spending too much time here...when your daughter makes a picture of a flaming skull t-shirt.

Outfrickinstanding!

I needed a laugh this morning--that pic surely did the trick!

I'd be brimming with pride!

17

Mama...don't show that pic to one of your daughters Lib teachers, she'll be sitting down for "counseling" to discuss her "anger" issues.

 

18 When my minions told me the stock market was cratering, all I uh had to do was cast my gaze upon it and uh shazzam! it recovered. Pretty neat, huh?

19

WASHINGTON – More confident employers stepped up job creation in April, expanding payrolls by 290,000, the most in four years. The jobless rate rose to 9.9 percent as people streamed back into the market looking for work.

The hiring of 66,000 temporary government workers to conduct the census helped overall payroll growth last month. However, private employers — the backbone of the economy — boosted jobs, too.

You can add more than 50k federal jobs to the 66k temp jobs (that were, for some reason, counted separately) for more 1/3 the total.  Just sayin'.

20 #14 More jobs = higher unemployment?  Not a math genius, but that equation doesn't make a lick of sense.

21 You're reading that chart upside down, B+arry.

22

I just read the headline story over at Drudge from Yahoo about the unempoyment rate jumping to 9.9%

The spin was so violent that I almost threw up.

How can anybody put out a story that touts a .2% increase in unemployment as a sure sign of a recovering economy is beyond my understanding.

Posted by: The Outlaw in the Heavenly Hall at May 07, 2010 09:35 AM (5e4aQ)

You have to look at such a thing as an 'investment' in our companies future. Capiche?

23 15.3 million people out of work, - and Barry is down at the links working on his back swing.

24 Gabriel, are you reading? Need sto speak with someone who can help me with something site related. PLEASE.

25

TGIF.  now all I have to do today is explain to a client prospect why, in negotiating my fee, telling me "we're a small business" is not an effective tactic when they have twice the staff that I do. They sell a product online and they get paid up front and they don't haggle. Why should I be any different? Yesterday I actually had someone ask me to be the publicist for a friend and suggest that I get paid in dancewear. 

If anybody knows of opportunities for a telecommuter to write online or offline newsletters, please post to the yahoo thread with the subject line newsletters. 

And no, I don't take barter! 

thx   

 

26

Tennessee flooded....B+rry is golfing. meh

Katrina is for Bush.

27 Quick reminder (simplified) on Unemployment Math: The % is basically 1 - (J / W) = U, where J = folks with jobs, W = the number of folks in the work force, and U = The unemployment rate. O and W are both variable...if folks enter the workforce (W goes up) without jobs for them (J stays steady), the number gets worse without a single job being lost.

28

Mama...don't show that pic to one of your daughters Lib teachers, she'll be sitting down for "counseling" to discuss her "anger" issues.

Homeschool, homeschool, happy happy homeschooling...

I'd be brimming with pride!

She's an awesome artist.

Don't you think this thread needs a flaming skull?

 

29

I don't even bother to read the employment news anymore, since it's all BS. Unemployed or underemployed freelancers like me are the illegal aliens of the employment numbers.  We can't apply for it and get no benefits and I know plenty of people in my situation.  

 

30

A rise in unemployment isn't (by itself) bad news. (And no, I haven't gone troll on you.) Someone else with more economics background will probably come by to put you some more knowledge, but this is what I remember from college -

Unemployment is a measure of those looking for work. So if jobs are created, the population eligible to work stays the same, and unemployment goes up: that means more people are at least hopeful that they'll finally get employed.

BAD news is when the economy sheds jobs and the unemployment rate stays the same or goes down. That's when I start haunting the aisle for dried fruits, peanuts, and nonperishable foods generally.

31

9.9%?

*puts on Spring Break face*

Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

32 You have to add jobs (IIRC 200K) just to tread water - as the population grows in the working age demographics you need to expand the labor force. A growing working age demographics can come from people not retiring (or dying), youngsters getting jobs, foreigners getting in, or people who previously didn't work - looking (ie: housewives and students).

33

Arizona Governor to NY Senator,

 

Are you talking to me?  Are you talking to me?

 

Well, you must be talking to me, ‘cause I’m the only one here!

 

 

Nice one - reminds me of this nice piece by Eddie Murphy and his take on Italians.  Do I really need to say NSFW? 

34 regardless - the unemployment rate is all voodoo numbers - the real number is the payroll tax receipts.

35 23 15.3 million people out of work, - and Barry is down at the links working on his back swing.

Posted by: Fritz at May 07, 2010 09:40 AM (GwPRU)

I don't mind people making this criticism, since it does make him look bad. But in my mind, since nothing he's likely to do will make things better, I'd prefer to have him stay out of the way as much as possible. I'd love it if he took a 3 yr vacation before retiring. Unfortuately it doesn't take much time to sign some of Pelosi's crap.

36 There's a good interactive electoral map of the UK here at the UK Daily Telegraph site. I can only imagine that it will be updated as the undecided ridings have their counts finalized.

37

Comrades all you need to know is that by golfing and take vacations Chairman MaObama has made more people "encouraged" to look for work and that means that everything is just peachy now in our workers' paradise. And yes comrades the unemployment number going up is good news.

Oh and the chocolate ration will be increased from 30 grams to 25 grams per week.

38 You know you've been spending too much time here...when your daughter makes a picture of a flaming skull t-shirt.
Only if it's a Blago flaming toupee skull T-shirt.

39 Looks like George Galloway just went down on a hung Parliament.

As soon as Andrew Sullivan learned the UK had a hung Parliament, he began making plans to move back.

40 32 You have to add jobs (IIRC 200K) just to tread water - as the population grows in the working age demographics you need to expand the labor force.

Might this slight uptick in unemployment reflect the fact that we are in the middle of graduation? Lots of young hopenchangers looking for work for the first time.

41 WASHINGTON – More confident employers stepped up job creation in April, expanding payrolls by 290,000, the most in four years. The jobless rate rose to 9.9 percent as people streamed back into the market looking for work. The hiring of 66,000 temporary government workers to conduct the census helped overall payroll growth last month. However, private employers — the backbone of the economy — boosted jobs, too. Couldn't this be rephrased to apply to other matters, such as the Gulf oil rig explosion? That's some mighty fine spin, son.

42 That's some mighty fine spin, son.

Posted by: eman at May 07, 2010 10:02 AM (ONBbr)

Using temporary fed jobs to boost the numbers wasn't lost on me.

Speaking of yesterday's headlines:  You know what also scares elephants?  Jack Russells.

43 Any time Barry and friends are golfing or rafting, is time they are not screwing things up. Thank god for small favors.

44

Spin only works if you've got the media on your side. Just ask GWB. 

 

45

The jobless rate rose to 9.9 percent as people streamed back into the market looking for work.

Where did they pull that "fact" from?

Srsly -- how do they estimate how many people are looking for work?

46 Comrades, Chairman MaObama cares very deeply for the American worker and the rising unemployment number has greatly upset him. In fact, he's so disturbed by this number that he may only play one round of golf today to show his empathy for the proletariat.

47 Ed Anger - exactly why the U3/U6 numbers are BS, plus they don't count under employed or reduced hours. Payroll receipts - it is the statistic that if reported incorrectly you go to jail (tends to increase the accuracy). When you cant get the actuals; the payroll companies (ADP, etc.) sell a predicted number that is pretty good.

48

We can haz Awesome Chris Christie news installment today?

49 -278

Weeee!

50

49 -278

Weeee!

Seriously, is anyone else freaking out as bad as I am right now? I'm not even upset, per se, just very unsettled. It's ... well, unsettling.

51 -194  struggling toward the surface

52 I think we all owe Comedy Central an apology... Comedy Central Developing Prophet Muhammad Cartoons

53 Hope and Change!

All I got left is the fucking Change.  I got hammered yesterday.

Good buying opportunities!,  Yeah that's it.

I like Sirius XM radio.  It's under a buck and got to 1.20 before the crash.  You can buy a lot with a little.

54

I think we all owe Comedy Central an apology...

Uh... no.  Read the whole thing- it's a spoof.

55 27 Quick reminder (simplified) on Unemployment Math:

The % is basically 1 - (J / W) = U, where
J = folks with jobs,
W = the number of folks in the work force, and
U = The unemployment rate.

O and W are both variable...if folks enter the workforce (W goes up) without jobs for them (J stays steady), the number gets worse without a single job being lost.

Posted by: DarkLordOfTheIntarWebs at May 07, 2010 09:43 AM (Xu5Z7)

I was told there would be no math on this blog.

56 -69 

57 I've just heard that the new Supreme Court pick may be Kagan. If so, this would be yet another Harvard person telling the rest of us how we have to, in various ways, have rules that effect proportional outcomes based upon the demographic bases of the communities we live in--all the while speaking on high from a court that in no way, education-institutionally wise, does the same.

Perhaps I am wrong. Probably am. So maybe it is time to finally accede to the viewpoint of Harvard grads that they are to the manor born, and just go ahead and create a "Supreme Supreme Court", to be made of only "Hahrvard Yard" Graduates, that will have both appellate and plenipotentiary powers over all three branches of government. The regular Supreme Court can then be used as the "losers bracket", so that the rest of us who don't go to Harvard don't feel we are totally useless.

I am not sure of the exact details of how this new Harvard-only Court should be best constructed--powers, etc--but am fairly sure there should be some feudal arrangement or other some such that will serve as a good jumping off point to depart from. Perhaps the old "divine right of Kings" philosophy...

58 DJIA was +1.59, now back down to -66.50. Traders losing their cookies right and left.

59 Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 07, 2010 11:12 AM (ZSVyF) I suppose they told you there'd be cake, too...

60 +69

Oh. You're talking about the stock exchange. Never mind.

61 Oh. You're talking about the stock exchange. Never mind. Posted by: andycanuck at May 07, 2010 11:36 AM (WBIMn) Considering how many people are getting f*cked, you're not far off.

62 Looks like Djou will win the HI special election, Dems are thinking of pulling out.

Of course, being such a Dem district, they may be regrouping, but this is another Brown situation.  Can't make the Dems thrilled.

63 Copped this from JWF. Pelosi displaying her considerable stupidity on the cost of drug addiction vs interdiction at the border. Of course her math leaves a few items out of her equation to help make her dishonest point (she's lying like the dirty, dirty whore she is) and her bizarre hand gestures accentuate her knowing dishonesty. Jeeze I hate that bitch.

64 Thought for the day:  Greek economics is like Greek love.  Either way you get fucked up the ass.

65
Those 290k jobs 'created' in April are absolute bullshit.  Temp census minions that are going to disappear in May and June.  What  a crock of shit.

66 So, it looks like we'll end up on the hook for a 145 billion dollar bailout for Greece, Spain will probably be next, and now Eurozone banks are falling apart.  I don't think the gulf oil spill will be Obama's Katrina, Europe will be.

67
How sweet is this?  Dems may abandon House race in Hawaii.

68

Posted by: maddogg at May 07, 2010 11:56 AM (OlN4e)

Just when I thought my opinion of that scrunt couldn't get any lower.....

69 Hey, at least Oil is continuing to fall.

It is down $10/bbl since last week.

70

This place must be addictive, because I don't like reading, listening to, or discussing politics anymore.  I don't know why I still come here and read things.

Newsflash: the economy is in the tank and people don't have jobs...but the news keeps saying "everything is looking up!" or "we're all going to die"(depending upon source)...suprise, suprise

Newsflash: we barely escaped another terrorist/pirate attack today! we may or may not be able to dodge the bullet the next time around...well, color me gobsmacked

Newsflash: Congress has low approval ratings and is passing legislation that will further hurt Americans...you don't say?

Newsflash: Environmental disaster #xxx!!!...imagine that

Newflash: Religious extremists!!!!! Crowds of protesters!!!!...O.  M. G. (not)

Newsflash: Troops were deployed/killed/successful in ____....that's the only thing that can raise an eyebrow, simply because the war reportage has really dropped off (which is about the only new news right there)

and at the beginning and ending of each day I am still so not in love with el precedente, about which I can do nothing but vote...and it isn't voting time yet, so  I might as well protect my blood pressure by not thinking about him too much and avoiding anything to do with him as much as possible.

71 Senator 'Don't call me Ma'm' Boxer loses Left Angeles Times' endorsement

72 ze Germans purposely breaking the first law of Robotics:

http://tinyurl.com/2eaxzzz