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Post by mdub on Mar 30, 2012 2:41:33 GMT -6
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Post by mdub on Mar 8, 2012 2:12:10 GMT -6
Oh my God, the mainstream media actually reports on a real topic. This show interviews several high tech people who are struggling to find work because companies prefer cheaper foreigners.
Next thing you know, they'll be telling us the truth about Iran, Israel, and exposing the BLS's bogus statistics. But I'm not holding my breath.
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Post by mdub on Mar 8, 2012 2:04:49 GMT -6
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Post by mdub on Feb 24, 2012 3:46:47 GMT -6
All of these "attacks", with the possible exception of the Times Square bomber, are staged by the FBI/CIA. I think the Capitol bomber entrapment is going to be used as an excuse to attack Iran...
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Post by mdub on Feb 23, 2012 4:39:16 GMT -6
War profiteer Mickey McCarter was confronted by CSPAN callers about the government's role in the underwear bomber case 2 years ago. Americans are waking up to the phony War on Terror. I guess CSPAN will start screening calls after this. Note to McCarter: when you lie, never look down. It's a dead giveaway. Take some acting classes from Slick Wille and Obama. www.infowars.com/terror-war-cheerleader-gets-reality-check-on-underwear-bomber-facts/
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Post by mdub on Jan 6, 2012 1:21:29 GMT -6
I'm not on everyday, but sure appreciate all the work you and others put in:)
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Post by mdub on Jan 6, 2012 0:54:59 GMT -6
Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and aHappy New Year!
I called the BLS a few months ago. I wanted to know who it was that's hiring Paramedics and EMTs, as I have received my EMT certificate. I have applied in almost every county in CA and there are hundreds of people on the waiting list and very few jobs. I have also been looking in about 10 other states.
The BLS says there are between 12K-25K jobs most months under the category "Ambulatory and Health Services."
They said they could not tell me who was hiring, because then those companies would get mad and would not participate in the survey anymore. Do they really think anyone is so dumb as to believe this? How is announcing who is hiring going to make that company look bad? If anything, it would make them look good. Moreover, companies anounce layoffs all the time.
In short, I think this is the result of seasonal adjustments or the birth death model. If they lied about WMDs they will lie about job growth.
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Post by mdub on Nov 27, 2011 2:17:35 GMT -6
A recent article by Roberts Reich, dealing with the slow decline of the middle class in the past 30 years. He's careful not to blame outsourcing, stating instead that the majority of jobs lost were due to automation. Theoretically, the displaced workers could be put to work designing, engineering, and manufacturing the machines, but it's doubtful any of them were made in the U.S. www.economyincrisis.org/content/truth-about-american-economy
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Post by mdub on Nov 27, 2011 1:58:39 GMT -6
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Post by mdub on Nov 27, 2011 1:28:37 GMT -6
Thanks for the ususal spot-on analyis, ULC....
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Post by mdub on Nov 21, 2011 2:00:35 GMT -6
I have a lot of respect for Chris Hedges, because he's one of the few people on the Left or Right that are honest and don't make bs excuses. I read his columns on Truthdig and it seems like he's the only one of the columnists that's not an Obama apologist.
I read his book "Death of the Liberal Class" a few months ago and would recommend it to everyone. As a conservative, I find that we agree on most things, except global warming and illegal immigration.
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Post by mdub on Oct 30, 2011 1:18:28 GMT -6
Max Keiser reports on the Euro "deal"....He says that there was no 50% haircut for bondholders, and that bondholders were bailed out with money from derivatives and inflation, which is why the stock markets went up.
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Post by mdub on Oct 29, 2011 17:07:19 GMT -6
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Post by mdub on Oct 29, 2011 17:00:33 GMT -6
Getting out of stocks and buying gold and silver 20 months ago was the best decision I ever made.
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Post by mdub on Oct 18, 2011 19:35:02 GMT -6
The fools on Wall Street are celebrating a monthly increase in retail sales, when in fact these increases are due to seasonal adjustments. Every category saw a decrease, but the gov't used seasonal adustments to show increases... market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=195952
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Post by mdub on Oct 7, 2011 13:11:32 GMT -6
"Total employment increased only ~600K over the last year. That's an annual growth rate of only 0.4%, far less than the population growth rate of 0.9-1.0%."
That's if employment increased at all. I don't believe any of these stats the gov't releases. I don't see any evidence of job growth where I live.
The gov't says there were 26K construction jobs in Sept., but the country is full of empty homes and storefronts. Where is the incentive to build more?
They say there are tens of thousands of health care jobs every month, but I've spent many hours looking and can't find much. Some of the hospitals in my area are planning to lay off nurses and other staff, due to people losing their health insurance. I have been looking for an EMT job for over a year and the pickings are very slim in all the states where I looked.
These stats are based on the B/D model and seasonal adjustments, which are supposed to adjust for job growth in a healthy economy. Today's economy is anything but that.
The B-1 seasonally unadjusted fig. is 500K (all due to the Birth/Death model).
The household survey says there were 400K jobs this month?!
WTF?
But I shouldn't be so negative. Maybe the Keebler Elves are hiring....
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Post by mdub on Sept 29, 2011 2:03:57 GMT -6
Sounds good to me...
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Post by mdub on Sept 29, 2011 2:02:10 GMT -6
www.shtfplan.com/forecasting/the-savings-of-millions-of-people-are-going-to-vanish-in-less-than-12-months_09282011At least he's honest... "Rastani, an independent trader, does not treat the crash of the Euro and the stock market as a possibility. He treats it as an inevitability. He pulls no punches in this interview and it is clear that the BBC presenter is shocked by what he has to say. When asked what would keep investors happy and mitigate the economic crisis currently unfolding, Rastani reveals, “Personally, it doesn’t matter. See, I’m a trader. Uh, I don’t really care about that kind of stuff.” In the BBC interview, stock trader Alessio Rastani provides us a glimpse behind the curtain of the general sentiment and motivation on Wall Street and other financial trading centers. If you want to know what the guys on Wall Street are thinking right now, don’t miss Rastani’s short BBC interview, where he warns that very bad things are coming our way over the next twelve months:"
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Post by mdub on Sept 29, 2011 1:49:28 GMT -6
People who say that it's bad for the economy when many of the products that were once made here are now made in China are clearly conspiracy nuts. Free trade is always mutually beneficial, that's what my Econ professors said, and they don't make the big bucks for nothing.
But seriously, I think sometimes the MSM has to concede something, in order to maintain a little credibility. A recent poll showed 43% of people get their info from the internet, way up from a decade ago.
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Post by mdub on Sept 29, 2011 1:23:36 GMT -6
Yes, but the only way to pay back the debt is thru inflation, as Greenspan said. I guess investors don't mind getting paid back in devalued dollars.
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Post by mdub on Sept 28, 2011 2:27:49 GMT -6
I wonder how high the interest rates would be if we didn't have a printing press.
Who in their right mind would want to buy 10 year bonds that pay far less than inflation. Maybe investors are looking at it as the "lesser of all evils."
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Post by mdub on Sept 23, 2011 1:55:50 GMT -6
That's me alright. I'm 38 and live with my mom. When I am working, it's usually a 2-3 month contract, so I can't afford to sign a 1 year lease on an apartment. It's depressing, but I know things could be a lot worse...
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Post by mdub on Sept 23, 2011 0:23:16 GMT -6
Hopefully some justice will be done. Of course, it's just as wrong to torture foreigners as Americans. The crimes we have comitted in Guantanamo and at our CIA torture centers in N.Africa and E.Europe will go unpunished.
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Post by mdub on Sept 21, 2011 2:54:21 GMT -6
More job - killing FTAs are about to get passed. I guess enough Republicans have agreed to the TAA (Trade Adjustment Assistance) program that will train displaced blue collar workers to be greeters at Wall Mart or pizza delivery drivers. The sad thing is that millions of working class Americans are going to vote for this asshole because he's the "lesser of two evils". www.economyincrisis.org/content/job-killing-ftas-one-step-closer-passage
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Post by mdub on Sept 21, 2011 2:48:29 GMT -6
Rumsfeld admits flight 93 was shot down over PA. I guess Rummy had too many rum & cokes and forgot to get his lies straight.
So does that make Rummy a conspiracy nut? Or maybe it makes conspiracy nuts like myself sane? I'm all confused....
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Post by mdub on Sept 14, 2011 2:51:15 GMT -6
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Post by mdub on Sept 14, 2011 2:42:12 GMT -6
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Post by mdub on Sept 11, 2011 22:55:41 GMT -6
On the 10th anniversary of 911 and after watching all the shameless propaganda crap on tv I thought it would be good to remind people that we need a real investigation. The 911 Commission Report was a farce. Nothing was investigated. The most glaring omission was WTC 7, a 47 story building that collapsed at freefall speed hours after the other 2 towers and was not hit by a plane. Most Americans don't know about it. www.youtube.com/user/TheAlexJonesChannel#p/a/u/1/1mWgro5geAoThomas Kean, the head of the 911 Commission, runs away when asked about it. This is only one part of it. The gov't didn't even invite the 911 first responders to the memorial today, because they were complaining about being denied benefits. Many are sick, some with cancer. Now that's patriotic! www.thewestsidegazette.com/news/Article/Article.asp?NewsID=110262&sID=4&ItemSource=L
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Post by mdub on Sept 2, 2011 23:01:53 GMT -6
It's good to see a mainstream publication like the WSJ address globalization. After reading the fiest paragraph, I had to laugh. There is no debate or discussion on globalization in the MSM, except Lou Dobbs. The other taboo topics in the MSM are our "special relationship" with Israel and 911.
It's a good article, but they don't mention that a good deal of multinationals' American workers are H1Bs and other guest workers from India and other countries. Even non - tech companies like Kaiser (where I just finished working) have many H1Bs. Keiser had more than 50%....
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Post by mdub on Aug 29, 2011 23:11:16 GMT -6
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