Current Decade of Job Losses vs. Great Depression; How Did Quasi-Public Jobs Fare? Who is Whining?

It may surprise you to learn that job losses in the most recent decade ending February 2011 are reasonably comparable to the job losses from 1929-1939. Moreover, if we exclude government and "quasi- government" jobs, the latest decade is the worse ever, by far.Please consider A Decade of Labor Market Pain by Mike Mandel.In February 2001, nonfarm payrolls hit their business cycle peak of 132.5 million....

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HOW SAD IS THIS:

This posting contains an audio. To hear it properly please mute the sound on the "Ave Maria" music widget located on the right hand side of this page.HOW SAD IS TH...

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Gag limit

I believe there's a limit to the personal attacks that Canadians will tolerate.And the Conservatives have now passed it. Aga...

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UFO Appears Above Jet Airliner Downey California (Pictures)

Date: March 16, 2011Time: 3:20 p.m.Number of witnesses: 1Number of Objects: 1Shape of Objects: Disc (probably)Full Description of Event/Sighting: Hello, I was out taking a walk during my break at work, and as I am an avid sky watcher (for cloud photos) I was looking up as usual. I noticed the object flying across my field of vision fairly slowly, like a helicopter. In fact, that's what I thought it...

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Two Objects Split Into 5 Lights Over Laveen Arizona

Date: March 18, 2011Time: 7:00 p.m.Number of witnesses: 3Number of Objects: 2 (5 bits)Shape of Objects: Circle.Full Description of Event/Sighting: I was in in back yard facing the northwest when I saw two object falling. They looked like falling stars, but close. They then slowed down, almost stopped when they split in to four, to five smaller lights and stood still about 45 seconds and eventually...

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Alliance for Main Street (Walmart and Target) Press Amazon on Taxes; In Praise of Amazon

Mom and pop bookstores and other retailers have had enough. They cry foul on Amazon for not collecting state sales taxes. Moreover, Walmart and Target have now entered the battle and have sided with mom and pop against purported evil-doers like Amazon that have an unfair advantage.The Wall Street Journal reports Retailers Push Amazon on TaxesWal-Mart Stores Inc., Target Corp. and other large retailers are ratcheting up a political campaign to force Amazon.com Inc. to collect sales taxes, sensing...

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Qaddafi Pledges "Long War"; Photographs of the Wreckage; Usurpation of Legislative Power

Once again the New York Times leads the way with excellent coverage of happenings in the Mideast and Africa. Please consider Qaddafi Pledges ‘Long War’ as Allies Pursue Air Assault on LibyaA day after American and European forces began a broad campaign of strikes against the government of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, the Libyan leader delivered a fresh and defiant tirade on Sunday, pledging retaliation...

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