Posted on 02/05/2010 2:22:07 PM PST by Fudd Fan
I never got the SB thing, either!
Speaking of which, there is a new litter of week-old pups at SoCal German Shepherd Rescue. They are adorable and the mom is a beautiful dog. They are on webstream!
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/rescued-german-shepherd-with-eleven-puppies
Al’s probably warming his global-sized arse on a beach in the Carribean, sipping on a drink with an umbrella in it, and counting his carbon credit profits.
Eventually, you won’t be able to see the table.
I just got eating chicken dinner. Making popcorn now.
Mark likes fooball. Aren’t you afraid you’ll be different that the kool kids?
BREAKINGVIEWS-U.S. jobs report flatters to deceive
Fri Feb 5, 2010 2:25pm EST—
By Martin Hutchinson
WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (Reuters Breakingviews) - The drop in the headline U.S. unemployment rate to 9.7 percent is not what it seems. Other data were revised to show that 1.2 million people more than thought have lost their jobs in this downturn. Seasonal tweaks may have been overdone, too.
Revisions to employment data sharply increased the tally of jobs lost since November 2007 to an estimated 8.4 million. That makes the downturn four times as severe as any postwar recession in terms of jobs lost. Of particular concern is the continued rise in the number of people unemployed for more than 26 weeks to 6.31 million in January.
At 4.1 percent of the workforce, that too is higher than in any other postwar recession. The potential for long-term unemployment problems was underlined by another increase in the number of workers who have ceased seeking employment — a figure that rose to 1,065,000 in January from 929,000 a month earlier.
Seasonal adjustments flattered Friday’s jobs data, too. Unadjusted, 944,000 non-farm jobs were lost in January, the vast majority in the construction and retail sectors. But seasonal adjustments reduced the losses to 20,000 overall. Since both those sectors were depressed in 2009 and seasonal tweaks are based on prior years, the adjustments for January were almost certainly too large.
In the other part of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ report, the unadjusted unemployment rate rose to 10.6 percent, with seasonal adjustments delivering the superficially cheering drop in the headline figure.
The reality is that U.S. unemployment is setting new postwar records in scope and duration. Things do not appear to be improving significantly despite the return of economic growth, which registered quite strongly — if perhaps unsustainably so — in the fourth quarter of 2009. The recovery remains worse than jobless so far. That may eventually turn around, but even after that happens the scars of protracted unemployment won’t easily disappear.
to the old man, it’s like Christmas...we got an invite to go to a fellow conservo house, ( I thought, finally, people who speak my language!) He doesn’t want to go, cuz, the Super bowl is like Christmas, there is snacks and tv. He is getting more and more like Homer Simpson every day.
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO CUTE!
**He is getting more and more like Homer Simpson every day.**
LOL
Last time had this discussion, I was performing in “The NutCracker”... When “confronted” by my NonArts friends, I explained it... and won the argument. ..they actually came to the show.. LOL
Michael Reagan FRink!
Thanks Michael for the call.
Ironic that Michael is the adopted one, but he is far more RWR’s son than Ronny Jr., the ballerina.
Nope. I am the kool kid.
Did you get a bow and a card for the shovel?
Gwilhelm56 is the star, not I.
Or the detestable Patti Davis.
OT, Mrs S making prime rib with “of juice”, um!
or yum!
Cute indeed! I love the little sounds they make. Sometime between 11 and midnight eastern they do “story time.” They read children’s books to the pups and mom! You must see it.
The puppy bowl, for the first time in a long time, I’m going to miss cable. Always love the Kitty Halftime show.
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