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Saturday, February 4, 2012

News Saturday Morning News

Posted by Riya Bhattacharjee on Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 8:50 AM

Jobless rate falls to 8.3%: An improvement to our economy but poses serious political risks for advisers to both Obama and Romney (basically means Romney can't blame Obama for making the recession worse anymore).

Gingrich's ties to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: Runs deeper than he would like you to know.

Obama denounces brutal killings in Syria: The weekend attack in Homs left more than 200 people dead. The U.S. pledges support to the Syrian people.

Komen for the Cure apologizes: Backs down from cutting funding to Planned Parenthood. But can the world's largest breast care charity erase the blemish?

FBI probes anonymous phone hack: Hacktivist group Anonymous intercepted a conference call between British and U.S. police in which they were discussing legal action against hackers.

Frozen to death: In the past month, at least 22 Afghan children under the age of 5 have frozen to death after their families fled war zones in Afghanistan to seek shelter in refugee camps.

Do the dead outnumber the living?: The BBC investigates.

It's the year's warmest day so far: Wear some shorts!

The Episcopal bishop in Western Washington supports same-sex marriage: Believes that "same-sex marriage is "a conservative proposal" that should be adopted "not only in our society but in our church."

Investigation widens to find shooter of eight sea lions: In case you missed this, there's now a $10,000 reward being offered by the Sea Shepherd Society to track down the killings.

And finally, to put you in the mood for the Super Bowl, here's Seinfeld's No Soup for You! Super Bowl ad. You be the judge:

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There are 6 million fewer Americans with jobs now than when the recession started.

The percentage of American adults with a job is at the lowest rate in 20 years.

When those who have quit looking are factored in the actual unemployment rate is over 15%.

Posted by TheTruth™-Ripping Obummer and the LiberalDemocraps a NewOne on February 4, 2012 at 9:23 AM

Planned Parenthood kills 300,000 babies a year
and performs zero mammograms.

But the crusty old whore has friends where it counts......

Posted by ....see you in Hell, Bitch on February 4, 2012 at 9:25 AM

"Backs down from cutting funding to Planned Parenthood"

What's wrong with you people? Stop the misinformation!

Posted by Geraldo Riviera on February 4, 2012 at 9:28 AM

How many thousands of Afghan children has Lyndon Obama murdered in three years?

And why doesn't the Left give a shit?

Murderous Hypocrisy is not a good colour for you girls.....

Posted by Accessories After the Fact on February 4, 2012 at 9:29 AM

Why do you children have unfettered Internet access at this hour?! Get back to your cartoons!

Posted by Knat on February 4, 2012 at 9:33 AM

Dang, high percentage of idiocy in the comments this morning. Is there a reason they never register?

Posted by doceb on February 4, 2012 at 10:19 AM

But can the world's largest breast care charity erase the blemish?

It would be nice, but there will be years of pouting and pontificating to get through.

Posted by Phoebe in Wallingford on February 4, 2012 at 10:34 AM

@6, Yes, Rush hasn't told them how.

Posted by monkeyist on February 4, 2012 at 10:36 AM

I'd be interested to see what stunts pro-Obama strategists plan and orchestrate to overcome the one Ari Fleischer and Karen Handel did to energize pro-life "values voters,"

Posted by Keister Button on February 4, 2012 at 10:54 AM

It is clear from that article that we have no idea about previous population levels...what about China and India when zero records were kept. What about the Americas where a native population of 120 million was decimated instantly by contact with European diseases. What about the late Medieval Warming period, or Roman Empire...there could have been billions and we'd never know.

Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe

on February 4, 2012 at 10:57 AM

"Jobless rate falls to 8.3%: An improvement to our economy but poses serious political risks for advisers to both Obama and Romney .."

The problem with numeric data, is that when it is fudged it just doesn't correlate with anything else --- always the big telltale giveaway clue.

When this number is truly at tremendous variance with the standard ADP payroll numbers (far below the BLS numbers this month), as well as the tax collections numbers, than something is quite stinky somewhere, besides Paul Constant's usual body odor.

From the link below:

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/record-12-…

A month ago, we joked when we said that for Obama to get the unemployment rate to negative by election time, all he has to do is to crush the labor force participation rate to about 55%. Looks like the good folks at the BLS heard us: it appears that the people not in the labor force exploded by an unprecedented record 1.2 million. No, that’s not a typo: 1.2 million people dropped out of the labor force in one month! So as the labor force increased from 153.9 million to 154.4 million, the non institutional population increased by 242.3 million meaning, those not in the labor force surged from 86.7 million to 87.9 million. Which means that the civilian labor force tumbled to a fresh 30 year low of 63.7% as the BLS is seriously planning on eliminating nearly half of the available labor pool from the unemployment calculation. As for the quality of jobs, as withholding taxes roll over Year over year, it can only mean that the US is replacing high paying FIRE jobs with low paying construction and manufacturing. So much for the improvement.

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Posted by sgt_doom on February 4, 2012 at 11:02 AM

@6, it's all just one idiot. He probably gets paid overtime to post on weekends.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty

on February 4, 2012 at 11:07 AM

@10, that is not what is clear. What is clear is that you did not, or could not, read the article.

Posted by gloomy gus on February 4, 2012 at 11:30 AM

@10 the 8.3% is the usual bullshit, compounded by December to January adjustments, but the number of new jobs is significant.

Posted by dirge on February 4, 2012 at 12:20 PM

Question: If we donate to an organization (like Planned Parenthood) in honor of Karen Handel, does this mean she gets to write off our donation for her taxes?

Posted by seatackled on February 4, 2012 at 1:40 PM

@15, no. You paid the money, you get the deduction. You'll get a receipt, she'll get a card or some such (probably just an email).

Posted by Fnarf

on February 4, 2012 at 2:43 PM

@16, thanks. The deduction isn't going to do me much good, since I don't itemize, but I sure wouldn't want for our thousands of contributions to work on her itemized list.

Posted by seatackled on February 5, 2012 at 9:06 AM