Oh dear, these labor numbers are simply awful.

The head of the BLS is a nonpolitical position. The commissioner serves a 4-year term. The chief analyst from Moodys siad the recent job growth statistics are unambiguously solid, gains were broad across industries, job hours were up, as well as wage growth. Other parts of the economy are also showing improvement including housing and retail and consumer confidence. I do not understand why Republicans are so quick to fall for every conspiracy theory that come ...

under a new piece of legislation introduced in the state's House of Representatives, employers would be able to pay anyone under the age of 20 as little as $5.25 an hour for their first 180 days on the job. The bill, LD 1346, also eliminates the maximum number of hours a minor 16 years of age or older can work on a school day and allows a minor under the age of 16 to work up to four hours on a school day during hours when school is not in session. With Maine's unemployment above ...

1. A group of 10 law professors who filed a letter supporting Obama’s legal powers to make immigration policy decisions by executive order “While we differ among ourselves on many issues relating to Presidential power and immigration policy, we are all of the view that these actions are lawful. They are exercises of prosecutorial discretion that are consistent with governing law and with the policies that Congress has expressed in the statutes that it has enacted.” ...

Just heard New York and in the Eastern Coast may get 20-30 inches of snow. They have blizzard warnings out and the mayor of NY has warned people to prepare and to not expect this to be like other storms. We are having snow and it is getting colder here, but we are maybe to have 2-4 inches by tomorrow. I had hoped the worst of winter was over, but at least we are not in the East. I feel so very bad for them. I hope their electricity will stay on. I have been through a ten-day ice storm and it ...

http://m.motherjones.com/politics/20...ruz-jerk-hatedIs Ted Cruz Really an Awful, Terrible Jerk?Well, terms like "pompous asshole" and "backpfeifengesicht" tend to come up.—Tim Murphy and David Corn on Mon. January 25, 2016 6:00 AM PDTBranden Camp/ZUMA WireWith the bromance between Ted Cruz and Donald Trump over, the mogul turned GOP front-runner has begun trash talking the senator from Texas. "He's a nasty guy," Trump recently huffed. "Nobody likes him. Nobody in Congress likes him. ...

I'm afraid Obama's ship is sinking. If no health care is passed, he sinks and by passing HC taxing the middle class, he sinks. WASHINGTON – Labor leaders are pushing hard on President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats to drop a proposed new tax on high-value health insurance plans, warning of political consequences.The White House has indicated the tax may change so it hits fewer workers — but it's not going away.A Monday evening meeting at the White House between Obam ...

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2010/01/15/2010-01-15_health_plan_deal_gives_unions_break.html ...

Here's hoping it may spread to those companies in the rest of the world that work for slave wages doing work that should be done here; i.e., MT, toy manufacturing, etc. If they would also strike, walkout in protest, or the myriad other things they do, maybe some of the jobs will come back home. (I can hope, can't I?) BEIJING -- China has been hit with a recent wave of labor unrest, including strikes and partial shutdowns of factories, underscoring what experts call one of the ...

.S. job openings jumped to a record high in June, outpacing hiring, the latest indication that companies are having trouble finding qualified workers. The Labor Department said on Tuesday that job openings, a measure of labor demand, increased 461,000 to a seasonally adjusted 6.2 million. That was the highest level since the series started in December 2000 and pushed the jobs openings rate up two-tenths of a percentage point to a near one-year high of 4.0 percent. The monthly increase in ...

The final jobs report of the Obama presidency, released Friday, shows that the number of Americans not in the labor force has increased by 14,573,000 (18.09 percent) since January 2009, when Obama took office, continuing a long-term trend that began well before Obama was sworn in. In December, according to the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, a record 95,102,000 Americans were not in the labor force, 47,000 more than in November; and the labor force participation rate was 62. ...

She has been in labor since last night, but no puppies yet. ...

a 9% rate hike. The unions give aid to the Democrats. This is why we buy Japan cars. They are still make here. My Camry was made in Kentucky and had a higher U.S. content than a Chrysler. We started buying Toyota and Nissan products. They in no form or fashion make crappy cars. Both Toyota's we owned had almost 300,000 miles on them with just general maintenance and a few timing belts. Then, my husband bought a new one. ...

I wrote a post awhile back about getting old and trying to spruce things up. Well, I bought burgundy hair dye and it turned my hair black. It brought out all the crevices, dark circles and aging features in my face. I tried to strip it three times with household bleach, honey, lemon juice, cheap shampoo, even tried to bleach over it with "born blond" and its still black, though it lightened up slightly. Also the ends look "cinged" like I took a lighter to them. I feel wo ...

That silly old Romney ...

Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis has stepped down. The first Latina to lead a federal agency, Solis joined the Obama administration back in 2009 after representing California in the House of Representatives. She said in a letter to colleagues that she was leaving her post to “begin a new future” by returning to her roots. She calls her departure “one of the most difficult decisions” she has made. “Growing up in a large Mexican-American family in La Puente, Cali ...

Tired of hearing, "Worse than expected." Can't the pros do better than that? ...

(Reuters) - New U.S. claims for unemployment aid unexpectedly rose last week to touch their highest level in eight months, pushed up by factors ranging from spring break layoffs to the introduction of an emergency benefits program, a government report showed on Thursday. KEY POINTS: * Initial claims for state unemployment benefits rose 43,000 to a seasonally adjusted 474,000, the highest since mid-August * Economists polled by Reuters had forecast claims dropping to 410,000. * The prior wee ...

Nearly 2 million companies that make new hires or increase wages would receive a tax credit under the small business hiring income tax credit President Obama is calling on Congress to pass. Sounds good to me. Come on Congress! ...

despite pessimism about the future, American voters do not appear to be holding it against Democratic President Obama. A Reuters monthly poll, conducted after Romney returned from his overseas disaster and following release of July jobs numbers, shows growth in President Obama’s lead among registered likely voters. The democratic-style “otherness” argument, that Romney Hood is out of touch with those voters residing outside the 0.1% privileged circles, seems to be t ...

This is a nifty article for people who like graphs and pictures with their reading material (like me). I was surprised to see that gun ownership in the US is on a declining trend since around 1996. ...

...but that's the Clintons for you, and I mean both of them. I was equally thunderstruck that Bill Clinton didn't have the decency to resign from office - instead subjecting the nation to the ordeal and the agony of impeachment, for which he can never be forgiven - and even more so that even after his term, instead of retiring to relative obscurity as befitted his conduct, he continued in the public eye just as if he had never committed the reprehensible behavior that led t ...

at Labour Party sponsored summer camp. Wingnuts worldwide must be very proud. What I don't get is why analysts say unless this turns out to be an organized effort with identifiable leaders behind it, it "probably won't have far-reaching, long-term effects." Reports say police and government "didn't see it coming" despite a significant increase in right-wing net chatter of late, since Islamic extremism is perceived to be "the greater threat." This desp ...

It should help Sandra in her quest for free birth control. The best free birth control?? MISERY. ...

...on the right side of the screen. Telling information. ...

This article is about the trouble manufacturers are finding in getting the skilled factory workers they need, but it's really about us too. Skills Don't Pay the Bills "Eric Isbister, the C.E.O. of GenMet, a metal-fabricating manufacturer outside Milwaukee, told me that he would hire as many skilled workers as show up at his door. Last year, he received 1,051 applications and found only 25 people who were qualified. He hired all of them, but soon had to fire 15. Part of Isbister&rsq ...

...make examples of a few of the big employers of illegals, who are themselves criminals. Throw a few agricultural company execs in prison. No jobs, no bennies, and they'll go back home. We don't need more scenes like we had with Elian Gonzalez! (See link) ...

Oh dear, these labor numbers are simply awful.

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