October 07, 2011
— Guest Blogger
First Friday of the month means jobs numbers. We're looking at 103K jobs created in September, exceeding expectations. But unemployment rate stays at 9.1%. We've been between 9.0 and 9.2 since April with basically no movement.
Broader U-6 unemployment rate increased to 16.5% from 16.2%. And according to BLS, the number of long-term unemployed - those unemployed for six months or more - was 6.2 million, making up 44.6% of the total unemployed.
Frankly, this means weÂ’re just keeping pace with population growth. This is what a managed decline looks like.
Update: As commenters note, this number includes the 45k striking Verizon workers coming back into the fold. Also, Jim Pethokoukis has some thoughts.
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Posted by: ParisParamus at October 07, 2011 04:59 AM (jzm8w)
Posted by: CoolCzech at October 07, 2011 05:04 AM (Iaxlk)
Posted by: nickless at October 07, 2011 05:04 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: nevergiveup at October 07, 2011 05:05 AM (i6RpT)
Posted by: The terrorist Hobbit formerly known as Donna at October 07, 2011 05:06 AM (5Wl/f)
Posted by: CoolCzech at October 07, 2011 05:06 AM (Iaxlk)
Posted by: ParisParamus at October 07, 2011 05:07 AM (jzm8w)
Posted by: CoolCzech at October 07, 2011 05:07 AM (Iaxlk)
Posted by: Monty at October 07, 2011 05:07 AM (/0a60)
Posted by: Monty at October 07, 2011 09:07 AM (/0a60)
That won't stop MSPMS from trumpeting the "good jobs news." Does this mean we don't need a Jobs Bill, after all?
Posted by: CoolCzech at October 07, 2011 05:09 AM (Iaxlk)
The guy that only enhances this administration’s credibility. You know? In a way I really think that SCOAMF may have made a genius decision in picking Biden. Look at it for a moment. Every time something comes up – the economy, Fast and Furious, the entire f—king left coming out in support of a bunch of (to be way generous) idiots – there’s Joe the Jenious. Really – what goes through your mind when Joe shows up? You roll your eyes and think to yourself, “Well. There you have it.” SCOAMF the genius. Still a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure, but genius none the less.
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at October 07, 2011 05:11 AM (jx2j9)
Posted by: SurferDoc at October 07, 2011 05:11 AM (STdkO)
Posted by: The anti-wall street occupier at October 07, 2011 05:11 AM (GvYeG)
Posted by: nevergiveup at October 07, 2011 05:11 AM (i6RpT)
Posted by: tommygun at October 07, 2011 05:12 AM (T2ydq)
This is wonderful news for people who make money by shuffling paper and pathetic cheerleader whores like Larry Kudlow. Somehow, it doesn't seem to be an entirely reliable bunch o' statistics. Didn't the latest "new jobless claims" number just come out? Wasn't it right around the "normal" 400K range? How does that play against the 103K "created" jobs?
I really don't understand this shit. Housing prices continue to fall, more American households are on some form of the dole, companies continue to announce layoffs, and yet the unemployment percentage is "steady" and the stuttering clusterf*** of a miserable failure and his butt-boy Biden assure us things are "getting better....
Maybe Monty's DOOM will put me some learnin'. I just don't follow the high-grade thought processes required to make this sound even remotely positive.
Posted by: MrScribbler at October 07, 2011 05:13 AM (YjjrR)
Posted by: The anti-wall street occupier at October 07, 2011 05:14 AM (GvYeG)
That won't stop MSPMS from trumpeting the "good jobs news." Does this mean we don't need a Jobs Bill, after all?
Posted by: CoolCzech at October 07, 2011 09:09 AM (Iaxlk)
Of course we do, then it will be good jobs news..ON STEROIDS!!11!!1
Posted by: Red Shirt at October 07, 2011 05:14 AM (FIDMq)
Are they still counting those who have dropped off the roles altogether?
I was out of work for over three years and I didn't report to any government agency after I ran out of UE. All they know is I'm back in the workforce, such as it is. Part time and making about a third as much as I did four years ago.
"Managed decline" indeed. Forced upon us, like everything else about this stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure. All they know is destruction, particularly of the human spirit, which is necessary to feed their insatiable and psychotic lust for power.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, Tea Party SOB at October 07, 2011 05:15 AM (d0Tfm)
Posted by: The tired old meme you know they'll still be using at October 07, 2011 05:16 AM (7RbIF)
Fascists. Reducing unemployment will require vast amounts of...wait for it....
CORPORATE GREEDtm
We're better off at 9.1%...that will teach Wall Street.
The preceding brought to you by the Paul Krugman Nobel Prize Winning Economic School of Incoherent Incoherence.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at October 07, 2011 05:17 AM (B+qrE)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at October 07, 2011 05:20 AM (eOXTH)
Yesterday, Nancy Pelosi said, “God bless these people.” The left has grabbed onto this movement with both hands. They are this movement. These are the people who the left in this country are praising – that’s right, praising – as the answer to the Tea Party. Is there anybody here who thinks this is taking this country in the right direction? Is there anybody here who thinks this will end well? Paul Krugman says of this movement, “Finally a movement that is angry at the right people.” Look, we know he’s an idiot, but even an idiot with a Nobel Prize should be able to piece together who the fucking tinkerers were who f—ked the system up to make it “more fair” that led to the cluster the world is in now. Freedom and liberty – Thumbs up, or thumbs down? America – Thumbs up, or thumbs down? Is that over dramatic?
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at October 07, 2011 05:20 AM (jx2j9)
Posted by: Monty at October 07, 2011 09:08 AM (/0a60)
"There is nothing in the comments that could possibhly be more important that what I have to say."
This statement is true for every moron who posts here.
The fact that U-3 stays put and U-6 shoots up means there are more people who have given up looking to improve their lives. Which is what socialism does.
Posted by: Truman North at October 07, 2011 05:20 AM (G5JPI)
Don't worry, help is on the way!
Posted by: Overlord Imperius Threll and the Vlorgon Invasion Fleet, somewhere near Proxima Centauri at October 07, 2011 05:24 AM (MMC8r)
"There is nothing in the comments that could possibhly be more important that what I have to say."
Uh....BOOBIES.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at October 07, 2011 05:24 AM (B+qrE)
Posted by: Roy at October 07, 2011 05:25 AM (VndSC)
This certainly wonÂ’t help that cyclic vomiting syndrome breakout going on now in the White House.
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at October 07, 2011 05:27 AM (jx2j9)
Posted by: weew at October 07, 2011 05:27 AM (7RbIF)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 07, 2011 05:29 AM (D5iHx)
Are these job numbers... -dramatic pause-
Unexpected?
Posted by: xcountrytransplant at October 07, 2011 09:08 AM (C6Rk6)
As unexpected as the sun rising, as unexpected as the poor hygiene and entitlement mentality of Occupy Wall Street protesters...
Posted by: Insomniac at October 07, 2011 05:32 AM (v+QvA)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at October 07, 2011 09:20 AM (eOXTH)
Especially the 9.1% unemployment number.
9.1% of what exactly, the overton window number?
Posted by: ontherocks at October 07, 2011 05:32 AM (HBqDo)
Oh, and where do I fit in to these unemployment figures? I was an independent contractor (aka real estate broker) that shut down his business due to the wonderful real estate market. I don't collect unemployment, nor do I appear in any official unemployment figure. I bet there are a LOT like me out there.
Posted by: jjmurphy at October 07, 2011 05:33 AM (xjEAl)
Posted by: jjmurphy at October 07, 2011 09:33 AM (xjEAl) Dont ya know? There is no DOOM on Friday! It's no pants friday!
Posted by: Red Shirt at October 07, 2011 05:35 AM (FIDMq)
Oh, and where do I fit in to these unemployment figures? I was an independent contractor (aka real estate broker) that shut down his business due to the wonderful real estate market. I don't collect unemployment, nor do I appear in any official unemployment figure. I bet there are a LOT like me out there.
Posted by: jjmurphy at October 07, 2011 09:33 AM (xjEAl)
Fridays are without official DOOM posts, but DOOM is always with us. Bad policy creates it, makes it grow. DOOM surrounds us, and binds us.
Posted by: Insomniac at October 07, 2011 05:36 AM (DrWcr)
Oh, and where do I fit in to these unemployment figures? I was an independent contractor (aka real estate broker) that shut down his business due to the wonderful real estate market. I don't collect unemployment, nor do I appear in any official unemployment figure. I bet there are a LOT like me out there.
Posted by: jjmurphy at October 07, 2011 09:33 AM (xjEAl)
Yeah, to get the real unemployment number you pretty much have to double the "official" unemployment number. That will give you a very rough estimate, anyway. I don't know how you figure out the true number.
Posted by: yinzer at October 07, 2011 05:36 AM (LJ9nk)
Posted by: ParisParamus at October 07, 2011 05:37 AM (jzm8w)
Fridays are without official DOOM posts, but DOOM is always with us. Bad policy creates it, makes it grow. DOOM surrounds us, and binds us.
Posted by: Insomniac at October 07, 2011 09:36 AM (DrWcr)
May the DOOM Be With You!
Posted by: CoolCzech at October 07, 2011 05:38 AM (Iaxlk)
I don't collect unemployment, nor do I appear in any official unemployment figure. I bet there are a LOT like me out there.
You are in the rightfully-maligned birth/death statistics in the Establishment Survey, and directly in the polling in the Household Survey.
I stopped putting up The Chart here because it was getting kind of old. I put it up at IB, though, because a few people keep asking for it.
Household Survey shows 398K jobs added, but 444K of them are part-time due to economic reasons. Some progress.
Posted by: geoff at October 07, 2011 05:38 AM (f07Xb)
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at October 07, 2011 05:38 AM (jx2j9)
Posted by: jjmurphy at October 07, 2011 05:39 AM (xjEAl)
Posted by: Smoke and Mirrors Inc. at October 07, 2011 05:39 AM (tf9Ne)
Tax the millionaires! (and people who make 200k). I'm Ronald Reagan! Love me! Worship me! Worship my favorite corrupt pet, Harry Reid.
Posted by: Barack Obama at October 07, 2011 05:39 AM (0fzsA)
Posted by: jjmurphy at October 07, 2011 09:39 AM (xjEAl)
OK, now go back to bed before the sheets get old.
Posted by: CoolCzech at October 07, 2011 05:40 AM (Iaxlk)
Posted by: EC at October 07, 2011 05:40 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: CoolCzech at October 07, 2011 05:40 AM (Iaxlk)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at October 07, 2011 05:41 AM (eOXTH)
Posted by: EC at October 07, 2011 09:40 AM (GQ8sn)
They shouldn't be, considering that (I suspect) most are paid to be there.
Posted by: CoolCzech at October 07, 2011 05:41 AM (Iaxlk)
Pass my idiotic jobs bill NOW! Just like the first stimulus, it will create all sorts of government jobs and the money will go into union coffers.
Posted by: Barack Obama at October 07, 2011 05:41 AM (0fzsA)
Posted by: Robot at October 07, 2011 05:42 AM (Iaxlk)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at October 07, 2011 05:43 AM (eOXTH)
Posted by: Harry Reid (vivisect k1rwm with a steam-powered fuckshovel) at October 07, 2011 05:44 AM (ggRof)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at October 07, 2011 05:45 AM (eOXTH)
Posted by: Harry Reid (vivisect k1rwm with a steam-powered fuckshovel) at October 07, 2011 09:44 AM (ggRof)
I thought you were more of a reciprocating saw kinda guy.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at October 07, 2011 05:46 AM (sbV1u)
"Feds to design health insurance for the masses"
That is DOOM enough for me today.
Posted by: jjmurphy at October 07, 2011 05:46 AM (xjEAl)
Posted by: The anti-wall street occupier at October 07, 2011 05:46 AM (GvYeG)
They spent all the other money on wind mills.
Posted by: Jack at October 07, 2011 05:47 AM (zKFOT)
1 .....You forgot to mention that the 103 new jobs includes the 45k striking Verizon workers that went back to work.
Tami,
They were just talking about this on Varney & Co....confirming this. ....And Stuart Varney added that the real Unemployment figure is over 16%, if you add the people who are unemployed and have stopped filing for unemployment benefits/taken part time jobs.
Posted by: ConservativeMenAreJustHotter at October 07, 2011 05:49 AM (+ZZww)
So they're probably counted in the jobs created number.
Posted by: Retread at October 07, 2011 05:51 AM (PDzmX)
Compared to Solyndra and F&F it plays like a quaint little kerfluffle.
Posted by: ontherocks at October 07, 2011 05:53 AM (HBqDo)
Posted by: Jean at October 07, 2011 05:54 AM (WkuV6)
Posted by: Mr Pink at October 07, 2011 05:55 AM (ffhgf)
If youÂ’re out of coffee in the house (like me), this will wake you right the hell up. Not gonna end well.
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at October 07, 2011 05:57 AM (jx2j9)
Is there a reliable site for unemployment by area (zip code, county, congressional district)? Something that would be useful to morons with the freedom to move.
Jean, Google the following: "Labor Surplus Area ETA"
It will give you a list of place NOT to EVER move.
As for the rest, go to bls.gov
Posted by: Sean Bannion at October 07, 2011 05:59 AM (sbV1u)
Posted by: Fritz at October 07, 2011 05:59 AM (/ZZCn)
44......Oh, and where do I fit in to these unemployment figures? I was an independent contractor (aka real estate broker) that shut down his business due to the wonderful real estate market. I don't collect unemployment, nor do I appear in any official unemployment figure. I bet there are a LOT like me out there.
Jjmurphy,
Yeah.....no one is keeping track of the numbers of small business people who have shut down their businesses in recent years due to the recession.
Unless you were on someone else's payroll....or have filed for unemployment....you aren't counted by the govt.
Some people on FBN have mentioned this, and estimate that with those numbers figured in....Unemployment is really at around 18% to 19%.
Posted by: ConservativeMenAreJustHotter at October 07, 2011 06:00 AM (+ZZww)
I would look for jobs created or business relocations, if I were you, rather than unemployment per se.
The governor's office in my state (Utah) has a website announcing corporate relocations and the like. I expect most governors do that. In our case, we have attracted Adobe, who is building a massive facility in north Utah County (south of Salt Lake) and several other IT/tech companies, plus we're getting an NSA data center in our region. So Utah is a place to look at if you have a tech background. We also have a lot of call centers here.
Our housing market (re-sales) is rebounding, up 25% last quarter, but prices are still great. Our roads are being expanded/widened and they're laying fiber optic throughout the area (iirc that was part of the package to attract Adobe).
We relocated from California last year. We took a bath on our house, but were fortunately not quite underwater in our loan so it was just a matter of losing lots on the sale. Salaries are much lower here, but the COL is lower, too, so we feel we're on the path to rebounding and were secure enough to buy a house a couple of months ago.
Posted by: Y-not at October 07, 2011 06:01 AM (5H6zj)
and now that dumb fuck is "shocked" Faggot Reid goes nuclear?
He was surpruised Reid did that on what, by Senate terms, is a pretty small-ball issue. He thought he would have saved that for something more important than defending Obama's own taxpayer funded do-nothing job.
But Reid will regret that move next year when the GOP takes the Senate. And frankly, that's fine by me.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at October 07, 2011 06:02 AM (sbV1u)
UK financial firms downgraded by Moody's rating agency
...However, the firm emphasised that the downgrades did not "reflect a deterioration in the financial strength of the banking system".
There's a laugh if I've ever heard one.
Moody's also downgraded nine Portuguese banks, blaming financial weakness.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at October 07, 2011 06:02 AM (c0A3e)
Posted by: Tami at October 07, 2011 06:02 AM (X6akg)
Posted by: Jean at October 07, 2011 06:02 AM (WkuV6)
The "blame wall street" movement is so great. We sent in bus loads of unions too beef up the numbers and give the media some numbers.
But don't call it astroturf.
Posted by: Barack Obama at October 07, 2011 06:03 AM (0fzsA)
Posted by: Jean at October 07, 2011 06:10 AM (WkuV6)
Unless you were on someone else's payroll....or have filed for unemployment....you aren't counted by the govt.
This is incorrect. The Household Survey calls up something like 600K people at random, so they do include the self-unemployed. The Establishment Survey does not include them, so they have a hoked-up small business birth/death model they use instead.
Posted by: geoff at October 07, 2011 06:11 AM (f07Xb)
Rational people will see this, I hope. Rational people will remember that before communism self destructed because of its inherent fallacy, we fought against it for more than half a century because we knew it wouldn't work.
Let them keep it in the spotlight. We should help shine the light on it.
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at October 07, 2011 06:12 AM (jx2j9)
Posted by: pko Strany at October 07, 2011 06:13 AM (RJOgX)
jj as contractors or subs we count only for the taxman. I`m fairly certain we do not qualify for unemployment. Good news is I aint paying income tax, take that you bunch of incompetent failures.
Posted by: rightlysouthern at October 07, 2011 06:13 AM (F866D)
Blow jobs....that is BLOW JOBS created....
Posted by: giftogab at October 07, 2011 06:14 AM (SPVfc)
Posted by: Y-not at October 07, 2011 06:16 AM (5H6zj)
FIFY.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at October 07, 2011 06:17 AM (c0A3e)
If I register as a Democrat, can I get free stuff?
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at October 07, 2011 06:21 AM (gA69l)
Well hell. Now it all makes perfect sense. This was what was lacking all along.
Circling the bowl.
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at October 07, 2011 06:21 AM (jx2j9)
Piece of friendly advice from a Perry supporter: If you want me to keep reading your argument, lay off the 'Perry doesn't have the smarts' line. It's simply not a strong line of reasoning (with weak evidence to support it) and is, frankly, awfully reminiscent of the type of logic that got us Obama.
Posted by: Y-not at October 07, 2011 06:22 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at October 07, 2011 10:17 AM (c0A3e)
Unfortunately, I think you're the one who's right.
Damn you.
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at October 07, 2011 06:23 AM (jx2j9)
My mother-in-law is here at my house visiting.
For 9 weeks.
I've never regretted being unemployed more than I do right now.
Posted by: Truman North at October 07, 2011 06:24 AM (G5JPI)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit at October 07, 2011 06:25 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: Wyatt Earp at October 07, 2011 06:25 AM (gA69l)
Posted by: Dang at October 07, 2011 06:25 AM (BbX1b)
Posted by: ParisParamus at October 07, 2011 09:37 AM (jzm8w)
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I disagree to with the original post too, but not for the reason you do.
Oba-Romney is a big gov't squish that doesn't want to dismantle anything.
Proof = that is is still saying that Romneycare in MA was good. He also hasn't said that the national Oba-Romenycare is needs to be stopped.
Also re:2020 -- lets see if there are actually going to be free elections in 2012 before we worry the futre
Posted by: Mark E at October 07, 2011 06:26 AM (w5RwR)
From the top of the AP article on this:
The United States added 103,000 jobs in September, a burst of hiring that followed a sluggish summer for the economy.
A BURST?? Really??
They have no shame.
Posted by: dananjcon at October 07, 2011 06:26 AM (8ieXv)
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at October 07, 2011 06:28 AM (jx2j9)
So the definition of Obamanamics is that half of America works and pays taxes, and the other half is on (multiple) forms of the dole.
And the AxelTurfers sleeping on the streets are demanding more sacrifice from that small and shrinking half that pays for everything?
Posted by: Boots at October 07, 2011 06:28 AM (neKzn)
Posted by: nevergiveup at October 07, 2011 06:28 AM (i6RpT)
I don't think that they can collect unemployment compensation, so they wouldn't have registered & therefore won't be in the stats for that week.
Can anyone confirm my understanding, or correct my error?
Posted by: Mark E at October 07, 2011 06:29 AM (w5RwR)
A BURST?? Really??
They have no shame.
Posted by: dananjcon at October 07, 2011 10:26 AM (8ieXv)
A "burst" for Obama. The same number in the same circumstances would have been a "modest bump" (at best) or a "temporary pause in the collapse of the job market" (more likely) for Bush.
Posted by: Nighthawk at October 07, 2011 06:30 AM (OtQXp)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at October 07, 2011 06:31 AM (ZDUD4)
But Reid will regret that move next year when the GOP takes the Senate.
Posted by: Sean Bannion at October 07, 2011 10:02 AM (sbV1u)
---------------
Really? You have much more faith in the establishment, get along - go along leadership that I do.
Remember that these are the same 'leaders' who shared power last time they had the reins
Posted by: Mark E at October 07, 2011 06:33 AM (w5RwR)
Egads! Does she have any hobbies you can try to get her involved in to get her out of the house?
Posted by: Y-not at October 07, 2011 06:33 AM (5H6zj)
My mother-in-law is here at my house visiting.
For 9 weeks.
I've never regretted being unemployed more than I do right now.
Posted by: Truman North at October 07, 2011 10:24 AM (G5JPI)
That's not a visit....that's an invasion.
Posted by: Tami at October 07, 2011 06:34 AM (X6akg)
My mother-in-law is here at my house visiting.
For 9 weeks.
I've never regretted being unemployed more than I do right now.
Posted by: Truman North at October 07, 2011 10:24 AM (G5JPI)Hey, man, we got a sleeping bag with your name on it down here. You'll have to share it with "Stinky Jim", he has a PhD in mid-19th Century Homosexual Repression in the Adalucia Region of Spain.
Posted by: Occupy Wall Street at October 07, 2011 06:36 AM (136wp)
A BURST?? Really??
They have no shame.
Posted by: dananjcon at October 07, 2011 10:26 AM (8ieXv)
A "burst" for Obama. The same number in the same circumstances would have been a "modest bump" (at best) or a "temporary pause in the collapse of the job market" (more likely) for Bush.
Posted by: Nighthawk at October 07, 2011 10:30 AM (OtQXp)
The Jobs are in the mail and I won't burst in your mouth.
Posted by: B. O'blather at October 07, 2011 06:37 AM (8ieXv)
Oh yeah. This makes sense. The only shower these idiots are likely to see in weeks and this idiot mayor prevents it.
Califuckingfornia.
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at October 07, 2011 06:38 AM (jx2j9)
My mother-in-law is here at my house visiting.
For 9 weeks.
I've never regretted being unemployed more than I do right now.
Posted by: Truman North at October 07, 2011 10:24 AM (G5JPI)
I have three words for you...booze & playstation. Works for me.
Posted by: dananjcon at October 07, 2011 06:38 AM (8ieXv)
anyway what i found interesting were the defenders(of the protesters) trolls on the blog, or course they were mainly recognizable being trolls the regulars.
but i thought how damn much money are the astroturfers being paid, do they go to every blog, or is it just to ones they want to get on board the sympathy train for the protesters that are really standing up for the common man?
Posted by: willow at October 07, 2011 06:40 AM (h+qn8)
Well hell. Now it all makes perfect sense. This was what was lacking all along.
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at October 07, 2011 10:21 AM (jx2j9)
Oh, that is PRECIOUS. A college of anarchy, so that everyone knows how to do it properly! You can't have a bunch of untrained anarchists running around, unsure of how to do things like make food for themselves without, you know, stealing it from someone else. Why, that would be chaos!
*facepalm!!!*
Ow. I fink dat fafepalm b'oke mah nothe.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit at October 07, 2011 06:40 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: willow at October 07, 2011 06:41 AM (h+qn8)
I have three words for you...booze & playstation. Works for me.
Posted by: dananjcon at October 07, 2011 10:38 AM (8ieXv)
haha then she goes back home and tells all the family, that she can't understand why her daughter marrying someone such as you that never does anything but drink and play games.
Posted by: willow at October 07, 2011 06:43 AM (h+qn8)
Prediction:
If the jobs numbers do not improve for Dear Leader, I think his majesty the king will find a way to get the reporting of Jobs numbers to fall in line.
Posted by: Lemon Kitten at October 07, 2011 06:43 AM (0fzsA)
That's not a visit....that's an invasion occupation.
Posted by: Tami at October 07, 2011 10:34 AM (X6akg)
FIFY.
Posted by: Insomniac at October 07, 2011 06:44 AM (v+QvA)
Posted by: Vegeta, looking bored at October 07, 2011 06:44 AM (BOTH3)
The Verizon workers going back to work and these school season employees are not indicative of "new jobs".
Posted by: Capt. Obvious at October 07, 2011 06:44 AM (3B5q1)
drive to a friends house for a few hours on the pretext you're looking for a job.
never give a MIL ammunition!
Posted by: willow at October 07, 2011 06:44 AM (h+qn8)
Prof. Jacobson makes the best point: “[WE are] the ones who pay the bills, and the taxes, and the tuitions, and the pensions, and the benefits, for the people who falsely claim to be the 99%.”
Posted by: Lemon Kitten at October 07, 2011 06:44 AM (0fzsA)
Prediction:
If the jobs numbers do not improve for Dear Leader, I think his majesty the king will find a way to get the reporting of Jobs numbers to fall in line.
Posted by: Lemon Kitten at October 07, 2011 10:43 AM (0fzsA)
Indeed. Like my grandfather used to say: "figures don't lie, but liars often figure".
Posted by: Nighthawk at October 07, 2011 06:45 AM (OtQXp)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at October 07, 2011 06:46 AM (ZDUD4)
The stuff that's happening in North Korea is really sad. Probably dangerous too, but mostly sad.
Reality is that in a way, this is what the OWSers are striving for. That's certainly not how they see things winding up because they think they're smarter than that. But in reality, that's where their world could go.
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at October 07, 2011 06:46 AM (jx2j9)
Prediction:
If the jobs numbers do not improve for Dear Leader, I think his majesty the king will find a way to get the reporting of Jobs numbers to fall in line.
Posted by: Lemon Kitten at October 07, 2011 10:43 AM (0fzsA)
He'll just redefine what counts as a job. The homeless dudes who squeegee your car windows? Employed!
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit at October 07, 2011 06:47 AM (4df7R)
http://t.co/zt6cFJhm
Posted by: The Robot Devil at October 07, 2011 06:51 AM (136wp)
drive to a friends house for a few hours on the pretext you're looking for a job.
never give a MIL ammunition!
Posted by: willow at October 07, 2011 10:44 AM (h+qn
Don't do it!! Hang around all day in a beer stained wife beater, scratching your sack while whistlleing show tunes. Its the only way they leave.
Posted by: dananjcon at October 07, 2011 06:53 AM (8ieXv)
Don't do it!! Hang around all day in a beer stained wife beater, scratching your sack while whistlleing show tunes. Its the only way they leave.
This is known as the Onslow Maneuver.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at October 07, 2011 06:55 AM (B+qrE)
This is known as the Onslow Maneuver.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at October 07, 2011 10:55 AM (B+qrE)
Impressive that it even has a name, must be effective and used often
Posted by: Red Shirt at October 07, 2011 06:56 AM (FIDMq)
http://t.co/zt6cFJhm
Posted by: The Robot Devil at October 07, 2011 10:51 AM (136wp)
Rather quixotic, them commies...fer sure.
Posted by: dananjcon at October 07, 2011 06:56 AM (8ieXv)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at October 07, 2011 06:56 AM (ZDUD4)
Posted by: willow at October 07, 2011 06:57 AM (h+qn8)
Posted by: EC at October 07, 2011 06:58 AM (GQ8sn)
Califuckingfornia.
Posted by: Hussein the Plumber.........
Ha. Here in Chicago the cops have used zoning regulations to disallow anything the occupiers have that blocks pedestrian right-of-way. So, basically, the protesters are allowed to stand on the sidewalks with their signs, but that's it... no tables, storage containers, nothing.
The traders hung a sign above the protesters that said "We are the 1%".. lol.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at October 07, 2011 06:59 AM (f9c2L)
It's from the old British sitcom "Keeping Up Appearances". Onslow is a British version of white trash, fitting the description that dananjcongave to a T.
Posted by: EC at October 07, 2011 07:00 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: In awe/panic of what machines can do at October 07, 2011 07:00 AM (NRygI)
I would absolutely freak out when she came for a visit.
scenario:
" omg she's coming!
sh-t i can't believe you'd
do this to me".
clean for a week, arrange the closets ,drawers, cabinets . mulch the flower beds, detail the cars. buy all the meals she likes.
and she'd still complain why couldn't he find a person that could cook well.
Posted by: willow at October 07, 2011 07:00 AM (h+qn8)
Now my sister-in-law...
Posted by: Y-not at October 07, 2011 07:02 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: willow at October 07, 2011 07:03 AM (h+qn8)
I've always wondered - what is a "bacon buddy(sp?)"
Posted by: The Robot Devil at October 07, 2011 07:03 AM (136wp)
Posted by: In awe/panic of what machines can do
..................
Yup.. and there was speculating he might not seek a second term?? Ha! laughable.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at October 07, 2011 07:04 AM (f9c2L)
gah, yeah totally my decision.
Posted by: willow at October 07, 2011 07:04 AM (h+qn8)
I've always wondered - what is a "bacon buddy(sp?)"
Posted by: The Robot Devil at October 07, 2011 11:03 AM (136wp)
It's a sandwich consisting of a very large amount of bacon stuffed between two slices of bread. Basically a heart attack on toast...
Should be the official snack of AoSHQ.
Posted by: Nighthawk at October 07, 2011 07:06 AM (OtQXp)
A "bacon buttie" is a bacon sandwich. You basically pile as much bacon you can between two pieces of buttered toast.
Posted by: EC at October 07, 2011 07:07 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: willow at October 07, 2011 11:08 AM (h+qn
Are you kidding? And ruin all that bacony goodness?
Posted by: Insomniac at October 07, 2011 07:09 AM (v+QvA)
Posted by: willow at October 07, 2011 11:08 AM (h+qn
Y'know, lettuce sounds pretty good in there as well...
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at October 07, 2011 07:09 AM (FkKjr)
Posted by: Debra Barone at October 07, 2011 07:09 AM (ZDUD4)
It's a Brit sandwich, so no. The BLT is the US version of a bacon buttie with veggies.
Posted by: EC at October 07, 2011 07:11 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: willow at October 07, 2011 11:08 AM (h+qn
And ruin a perfectly good sammich??
HERESY!!
I would add a slice or three of Muenster.
And mayo.
Posted by: dananjcon at October 07, 2011 07:13 AM (8ieXv)
Where's the DOOM post? There's supposed to be an earth-shattering DOOM post any second now, right!?!
Kan I haz my dilly-DOOM?
Posted by: John Maynard Keynez at October 07, 2011 07:13 AM (8E9QA)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at October 07, 2011 07:14 AM (ZDUD4)
OT: I just read the story linked at Drudge about the starvation in North Korea. Terrible. Just godawful. The poor children in the pictures in that story break my heart.
May Kim Jong Il and his coterie of sycophants and supporters burn in Hell for all eternity for the suffering they've inflicted on the people of that country.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit at October 07, 2011 07:15 AM (4df7R)
“Why do people say ‘grow some balls?’ Balls are weak and sensitive. If you wanna get tough, grow a vagina. Those things take a pounding!” – Betty White
Posted by: chillin the most for Perry at October 07, 2011 07:15 AM (6IV8T)
Posted by: willow at October 07, 2011 07:15 AM (h+qn8)
Posted by: No Whining at October 07, 2011 07:16 AM (HmCnI)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at October 07, 2011 07:18 AM (ZDUD4)
Or the kids will hear. What's up with that, anyway?
Posted by: No Whining at October 07, 2011 07:18 AM (HmCnI)
Muenster, so under rated, so yummy.
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at October 07, 2011 11:14 AM (ZDUD4)
Word.
Posted by: dananjcon at October 07, 2011 07:20 AM (8ieXv)
It's far, far worse than that. I'm not sure if you remember some other stories that have filtered out from NK. If you really want to know, then I hope you have a strong stomach.
Posted by: EC at October 07, 2011 07:21 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at October 07, 2011 07:22 AM (ZDUD4)
Build these bridges and roads.
Right away.
Sign this bill.
Right away.
Teachers and Polar Bears.
Right away.
Children.
Right away.
Bill.
Right away.
Bridges, roads and teachers.
Right away.
Polar roads and bill the children.
Right away.
Right. Away.
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at October 07, 2011 07:23 AM (u89vw)
HAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!
Posted by: EC at October 07, 2011 07:24 AM (GQ8sn)
My mother-in-law is here at my house visiting.
For 9 weeks.
I've never regretted being unemployed more than I do right now.
I just saw this.
Dear God! You've simply got to find a way to get out of the house. I suggest developing a drug habit. That way you'll be out trying to score so often that you'll hardly ever see the woman.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 07, 2011 07:24 AM (AF1jB)
Teachers and Polar Bears.
Wait, I get a polar bear now in addition to my unicorn, Sparkly Magicpants? Yaaaaay!
I shall name him Chompy and Chompy shall be his name.
Posted by: alexthechick at October 07, 2011 07:25 AM (VtjlW)
Also, this good about Warren Buffett's secretary.
Posted by: WalrusRex at October 07, 2011 07:26 AM (Hx5uv)
Posted by: Tami at October 07, 2011 07:26 AM (X6akg)
Fake going into rehab. That's 4-6 weeks right there!
Posted by: EC at October 07, 2011 07:26 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: Heartless Janitors_4_Jesus at October 07, 2011 07:26 AM (tazG1)
Posted by: Dick Nixon at October 07, 2011 07:27 AM (kaOJx)
I've never understood why architects put master bedrooms on the same wing (or floor) as the other bedrooms. Master BRs should be on the main floor; kids' rooms on the second floor.
Posted by: Y-not at October 07, 2011 07:27 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: House Republicans at October 07, 2011 07:28 AM (ZDUD4)
Oh, that is PRECIOUS. A college of anarchy, so that everyone knows how to do it properly! You can't have a bunch of untrained anarchists running around, unsure of how to do things like make food for themselves without, you know, stealing it from someone else. Why, that would be chaos!
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit at October 07, 2011 10:40 AM (4df7R)
I have no doubt the tenured faculty at such an institution of higher learning would not miss being paid a regular salary. Because they'd be on the cutting edge of "I wants what I wants and I don'ts have to pay for it".
Posted by: No Whining at October 07, 2011 07:28 AM (HmCnI)
FIFY
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at October 07, 2011 07:29 AM (u89vw)
Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at October 07, 2011 07:29 AM (ZDUD4)
Posted by: EC at October 07, 2011 07:29 AM (GQ8sn)
I'm pretty sure that a 9 week visit from a mother in law is grounds for divorce in most states.
If it isn't, it should be. I mean, NINE FUCKING WEEKS? It would be easier to get through a nine week sentence in a pound you in the ass prison than spending the time with a mother in law.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 07, 2011 07:30 AM (AF1jB)
Posted by: lu at October 07, 2011 07:30 AM (pLTLS)
The Back Baconers have a coherent energy policy. That is a good place to start.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at October 07, 2011 07:30 AM (B+qrE)
Sparkly Magicpants.
Right away.
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at October 07, 2011 11:26 AM (u89vw)
Spurwing?? Is that you?
Posted by: dananjcon at October 07, 2011 07:31 AM (8ieXv)
Posted by: Y-not at October 07, 2011 07:33 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: willow at October 07, 2011 07:33 AM (h+qn8)
FIFY
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at October 07, 2011 11:29 AM (u89vw)
FIF(FIFY)
Posted by: No Whining at October 07, 2011 07:33 AM (HmCnI)
Why is Cain getting a pass on such odd moves?
For the same reason all of his supporters whistle and refuse to make eye contact when you mention his inability to articulate a coherent sentence about foreign policy.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at October 07, 2011 07:35 AM (B+qrE)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, Tea Party SOB at October 07, 2011 07:35 AM (d0Tfm)
FIFY.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at October 07, 2011 07:35 AM (c0A3e)
Where I live you're not required to have your children sleep on your own property.
I think that's allowed. At least that's how I read the law.
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 07, 2011 07:35 AM (AF1jB)
Posted by: willow at October 07, 2011 07:36 AM (h+qn8)
I've never regretted being unemployed more than I do right now.
McDonalds is a lot of fun, and it gets you out of the house for awile.
What kind of work do you do, Truman?
Posted by: The Schwalbe : © at October 07, 2011 07:36 AM (UU0OF)
Posted by: Heartless Janitors_4_Jesus at October 07, 2011 07:36 AM (tazG1)
Is that supposed to help them? Even so, the fact that they had to literally paint the child's entire body is an indication that things are well beyond fucked up over there. You know what would help these kids and the rest of the population? Bacon butties.
Posted by: EC at October 07, 2011 07:36 AM (GQ8sn)
i prefer duct tape and closets until they are at least 21
Posted by: willow at October 07, 2011 07:36 AM (h+qn8)
I love the guy, being not-Mitt Huntsgrinch and all, but he would need to have 20 points in order to have 20 more points than anyone else, unless it's possible to have negative points.
Posted by: Bob Saget at October 07, 2011 07:37 AM (F/4zf)
Yeah, that's a good point.
Baby monitors?
Posted by: Y-not at October 07, 2011 07:38 AM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Tami at October 07, 2011 07:38 AM (X6akg)
all very sad.
bacon buddies would probably finsih them off.
Posted by: willow at October 07, 2011 07:38 AM (h+qn8)
anyway , i'm off i have a busy day and family shuffling in in the eraly evening.
have great holydays, or weekend whichever you prefer.
Posted by: willow at October 07, 2011 07:39 AM (h+qn8)
Saw that too. Almost 40k were gov't jobs, though.
Posted by: Waterhouse at October 07, 2011 07:40 AM (fNhAr)
One thing I've noticed about Cain being up in the polls.....no one is talking about Perry's accent.
Cain's heavy southern accent makes Perry's accent sound almost cosmopolitan.
And....9½ week visit from any MIL is not normal. ...That's just not right. She should be paying rent. ....That's almost a quarter of a year. ....Unless she's there to help out because your wife is sick or something, that's just excessive.
Posted by: ConservativeMenAreJustHotter at October 07, 2011 07:40 AM (+ZZww)
all very sad.
bacon buddies would probably finsih them off.
That entire country is one gigantic concentration camp IMO.
Posted by: EC at October 07, 2011 07:41 AM (GQ8sn)
Cain's heavy southern accent makes Perry's accent sound almost cosmopolitan.
Huh? Whut aksent? Shee-it, purty much all mah cousins talks just lahk thay-at.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, Tea Party SOB at October 07, 2011 07:44 AM (d0Tfm)
Both Joe Biden and Debbie Wasserface Schultz say that we've turned the corner so you know that is right.
Posted by: WalrusRex at October 07, 2011 07:49 AM (Hx5uv)
Huh? Whut aksent? Shee-it, purty much all mah cousins talks just lahk thay-at.
Heh. Ah gots suma thems too.
Posted by: ConservativeMenAreJustHotter at October 07, 2011 07:49 AM (+ZZww)
Posted by: Y-not at October 07, 2011 11:38 AM (5H6zj)
What we used, but not a fan of hearing the crash and having to sprint thru the house after being waken from a sound sleep, might end up with 2 down.
Posted by: Red Shirt at October 07, 2011 07:50 AM (FIDMq)
Why is Cain getting a pass on such odd moves?
For the same reason all of his supporters whistle and refuse to make eye contact when you mention his inability to articulate a coherent sentence about foreign policy.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at October 07, 2011 11:35 AM (B+qrE)
Are you trying to say my foreign policy skills leave something to be desired? I'll have you know I made Cheeseburgers and Pizza a staple of the world. So don't talk to me about foreign policy.
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Isn't it amazing how these scum will work 5 times harder at crime than they will at a regular honest job? Taking a bridge apart bit by bit with a torch is no small task.
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