[Hugin]

Don't have time to read the whole thing right now, but the first few are not signs of the apocalypse. Unemployment claims are at a six week high because they went down in Nov. and Dec. due to seasonal retail hiring. Now those seasonal hires have been laid off. And Sears and Kmart have been closing stores for years. Walmart and Target keep opening hew ones.

[rickmichaels]

Target is expanding to Canada. The first store is expected to open here in March, 2013.

[arrogantsob]

Unemployment claims have fluctuated around disaster level for several years now. These are extremely high numbers for the US. They are wildly underestimated and actual unemployment is probably around 16%. The evidence is clear that we are not recovering from the Depression.

And that is about the best that can be said. The other numbers, particularly of Greece, are Depression level. A whole generation of youth is being sacrificed to Big Government and Anti-capitalist theories.

This is much worse than the Treason Media is letting on. It would be screaming “Depression” if a Republican was in the White House.

[Go Gordon]

Don't have time to read the whole thing right now, but the first few are not signs of the apocalypse. Unemployment claims are at a six week high because they went down in Nov. and Dec. due to seasonal retail hiring. Now those seasonal hires have been laid off.

FYI - The 399,000 figure was ALREADY seasonably adjusted. The total number of new jobless claims was way over 600,000.