Chicago Sun-Times Warning About 'Christian Fascists
February 9th, 2007 10:08 AM
Last weekend, the Chicago Sun-Times gave nearly an entire page in their "Controversy" Section to a man who feels America is under attack by a radical, religion that is inseparable from Nazi Fascism. He feels it is a hateful religion that is out to destroy America and everything it stands for and it must be stopped at all costs. No he did not mean Islamism, amazingly enough, but Christianity.…
Comprehensive 'Annual Revision' to the Employment Numbers Goes Largely
February 3rd, 2007 9:47 AM
Yesterday's Employment Situation Summary from the Bureaus of Labor Statistics told us that reports 111,000 net new jobs were added in January. Additionally, significant upward revisions were made to the previously reported job-increase figures from November (up 42,000 to 196,000 from last month’s revised 154,000) and December (up 39,000 to 206,000 from last month’s originally reported 167,000).…
LATimes: US Reaction to 9/11 Just a 'Massive Overreaction
January 31st, 2007 7:37 AM
Nearly 3,000 Americans killed in a series of attacks on one single day -- the most American civilians ever killed in a single day with coordinated attacks -- was no big deal as far as David Bell writing for the L.A. Times is concerned.
The attacks were a horrible act of mass murder, but history says we're overreacting.
See, they know this because Russia had a bad time of it during WWII.
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NYTimes Reveals Distrust of 'Law Abiding' Citizens
January 30th, 2007 4:42 AM
The New York Times thinks you are a criminal if you own a gun. The editorial writers at the Times simply don't believe that you could possibly be a law abiding citizen if you are interested in self defense, their most recent anti-gun piece reveals.
Their January 30th piece, incongruously titled "A Day Without Guns ..." -- incongruous because the piece itself does not address any such subject as…
2006 'Mass Layoffs' Were the Lowest in 10 Years; Media Ignores
January 25th, 2007 7:10 AM
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its monthly report on "mass layoffs" yesterday. It also included annual totals and an eleven-year chart of mass layoff history.
A "mass layoff action" involves "at least 50 persons from a single establishment." Since 1988, employers have been required to give 60 days notice of "covered plant closings and covered mass layoffs." The BLS Mass Layoffs…
Omission Watch: This Should Put an End to the 'Flat Wage' Myth, But It
January 20th, 2007 9:34 AM
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released what it calls its Usual Weekly Earnings Report for the Fourth Quarter of 2006 on Friday.This is one of the more important reports the BLS releases because:It looks at the earnings of full-time wage and salary workers, excluding part-timers, business owners, and the self-employed. It looks at individuals, not households or families. Unlike most reports, it…
Don't Tell Me the Democrats Have a Macho Problem (Satire
January 7th, 2007 12:29 PM
No, of course the Democratic Party in Washington doesn't have a problem with the real or perceived masculinity of its male senators and congressmen.
Absolutely not. What in the world are you talking about?
You're all excited just because Maureen Dowd calls Barack Obama "Obambi," had to listen to him complain to her because she wrote that his ears are big (he's sennnnnnsitive about them, y'know…
Coverage of Voter ID Law Court Cases Depends on Result
January 7th, 2007 10:24 AM
Last week, a Federal Appeals Court upheld Indiana's Voter ID law (HT Volokh):
Appeals court upholds voter ID law
INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana's law that requires voters to show photo identification at the polls is not too burdensome, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago said Thursday in a 2-1 ruling that upholds the 2005 law.
..... The 7th U.S. Circuit Court questioned arguments that…
