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Economy Contracted by 0.75% In the First Quarter
This must be due to the lingering effects of the Bush economy, now six and a half years in the past.
No wait, this must be due to the 2013 Republican Government Shutdown.May 29, 2015 - BEA Reveals that 1st Quarter 2015 GDP Shrank at -0.75%: In their second estimate of the US GDP for the first quarter of 2015, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported that the economy was contracting at a -0.75% annualized rate, down a full percent from the +0.25% estimated last month, and down sharply (-2.97%) from the +2.22% growth rate recorded for the prior quarter. And according to the "real final sales of domestic product" (BEA's very own "bottom line" for the economy), the economy shrank at more than a percent (-1.08%) during the quarter, down -3.40% from last quarter's +2.32%. A look at the details provides little comfort....The markets fell on the news, as well as some other bad economic news:
This sounds like a perfect time for Obama to Pivot to Foreign Policy or whatever. One more negative quarter and we're officially in recession. Added [JohnE.]:
OTHER BAD DATA: Investors also had two other disappointing pieces of economic news to work through. A Chicago manufacturing survey fell to a reading of 46.2, well below the reading of 53 that economists were hoping for. Also a report on consumer sentiment for May fell to a six-month low.
WH spin on negative GDP: ...the result of harsh winter weather, tepid foreign demand, and consumers saving windfall from lower oil prices.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) May 29, 2015Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: tsrblke (Tablet) at May 29, 2015 01:02 PM (U8W/7)
Posted by: tinfoilbaby at May 29, 2015 01:02 PM (hfxWu)
Posted by: tu3031 at May 29, 2015 01:02 PM (YFFpo)
Posted by: David Brooks at May 29, 2015 01:03 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: Diogenes at May 29, 2015 01:03 PM (Z9g7j)
Posted by: HH at May 29, 2015 01:03 PM (Ce4DF)
Posted by: Lauren at May 29, 2015 01:04 PM (+bkaS)
Posted by: tu3031 at May 29, 2015 01:02 PM (YFFpo)
I'm doing my part, picking up the new minivan today, an finalizing the paperwork on replacing the driveway.
Of course these are things we've put off and can't really put off anymore.
And now we'll be back to putting such stuff off. Which I imagine is what the rest of the country is doing.
Posted by: tsrblke (Tablet) at May 29, 2015 01:04 PM (U8W/7)
Posted by: Old Man Winter at May 29, 2015 01:04 PM (ycu3n)
Posted by: Yellen and the Infinite Font of Green Paper at May 29, 2015 01:04 PM (uEmgg)
Will make this number look awesome.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 29, 2015 01:05 PM (q6kiT)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2015 01:05 PM (g1DWB)
Being the Econ Major that I was.... Ive plotted all of Kings Putts economic performance data into a 3D rendering of a performance graph.
It looks suprisingly like a crippled aircraft augering into the ground.
Posted by: fixerupper at May 29, 2015 01:05 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Blue Hen at May 29, 2015 01:05 PM (Spluw)
With them, the growth would have been like, -1000eleventy%, but Obama kept it to a respectable -0.25%. What more do you wingnuts want???
/channeling Yahoo commenters and other assorted commenters across the internet.
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at May 29, 2015 01:06 PM (shFKH)
Welcome to the dark side.
Posted by: Lauren at May 29, 2015 01:06 PM (+bkaS)
Posted by: tu3031 at May 29, 2015 01:06 PM (YFFpo)
Posted by: ace at May 29, 2015 01:06 PM (PA7DS)
Or fix it with moar immigration, harassing the coal industry out of existence, and business-kneecapping climate change legislation.
Because he cares.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 29, 2015 01:06 PM (q6kiT)
Posted by: Mr Wizard at May 29, 2015 01:06 PM (eOpVe)
Posted by: Benji Carver at May 29, 2015 01:06 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2015 01:05 PM (g1DWB)
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Bullshit. He blew a valve body, has fluids pouring from under hood and is in "limp mode".
Posted by: fixerupper at May 29, 2015 01:06 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: just saying at May 29, 2015 01:06 PM (wkuqO)
Posted by: duke at May 29, 2015 01:06 PM (ChY2Q)
Just what can't be measured as an indicator?
In the last week my dog has reduced his morning conswtitutional deposit by 22.9% (I know because I have to bag it up so the neighbor won't be pissed.)
Clearly my dog is upset at the Quarterly results...and analysts expected a drop of only 12%.
Let the market tank another 100 points due to the poop index!
Posted by: Diogenes at May 29, 2015 01:06 PM (Z9g7j)
Posted by: Garrett at May 29, 2015 01:07 PM (ycu3n)
Complete with zombies (Yellen, Krugagtron et al) and dead chickens nailed to doors to ward off the Capitalism Monster.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at May 29, 2015 01:07 PM (0HooB)
Posted by: McAdams at May 29, 2015 01:07 PM (vRHxQ)
Plus there are golf courses I haven't played and getting on them as the current president is easier than as an ex-president.
So come on, say it with me, 16 more years!
Posted by: President Pwecious at May 29, 2015 01:07 PM (Lqb+9)
Remember to remove your balls and stick them in a jar before heading out. You won't need them anymore.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2015 01:07 PM (g1DWB)
***
We've been in an informal depression sine Obama and friends took Congress in 2006...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 29, 2015 01:07 PM (78TbK)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at May 29, 2015 01:07 PM (shFKH)
As I told people who mocked me: I drove a handmedown minivan for much of my teenage years. They are highly functional.
And yes a truck can carry more, but less people (and we cart family around a lot.)
Posted by: tsrblke (Tablet) at May 29, 2015 01:07 PM (U8W/7)
I thought we were supposed to blame a snowstorm or something.
Posted by: @JohnTant at May 29, 2015 01:08 PM (eytER)
Posted by: Kathleen Parker at May 29, 2015 01:08 PM (7ObY1)
Posted by: JoeF. at May 29, 2015 01:08 PM (/5RBr)
Posted by: David Brooks at May 29, 2015 01:03 PM (OD2ni)
Thread winner.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 29, 2015 01:08 PM (zF6Iw)
"the economy must have contracted because of the 2013 government shutdown"
Stop giving Matt Yglesias ideas for stories...
Posted by: Benji Carver at May 29, 2015 01:08 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: Gustav at May 29, 2015 01:08 PM (XM5n5)
Just like Bush's numbers were always worse than "expected" which was baaaad, despite being a hell of a lot better than Obama's.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 29, 2015 01:08 PM (q6kiT)
Oh well I'm of to do a recon flight over Poland.
Not that anyone cares.
Posted by: Putin at May 29, 2015 01:08 PM (RJMhd)
Posted by: Citizen X at May 29, 2015 01:09 PM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Every Leftist at May 29, 2015 01:09 PM (UlJ3l)
Posted by: Gustav at May 29, 2015 01:09 PM (XM5n5)
Posted by: McAdams at May 29, 2015 01:07 PM (vRHxQ)
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Yep... im suprised the market didnt tic up because their IV needle of ringers drip of newly minted quantitative easing isnt being removed from their vein.
Posted by: fixerupper at May 29, 2015 01:09 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2015 01:05 PM (g1DWB)
*turns on Monitor wipers*
Posted by: 98ZJUSMC Suntanning in Bizzaro World at May 29, 2015 01:09 PM (mmlFU)
Posted by: Old Hob at May 29, 2015 01:09 PM (FFIoe)
Posted by: Emperor Clusterfuck I at May 29, 2015 01:09 PM (YFFpo)
Considering the previous car was a Chevy Aveo hatchback, this may be a step up in the "masculine" category sadly.
I'll lobby for something cooler in the next round in 5-10 years.
Posted by: tsrblke (Tablet) at May 29, 2015 01:09 PM (U8W/7)
MFM Breaking News: "Republican Blogs Attempt to Talk Economy Down."
Posted by: someguy at May 29, 2015 01:10 PM (3z91g)
Posted by: RioBravo at May 29, 2015 01:10 PM (NUqwG)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 29, 2015 01:10 PM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 29, 2015 01:10 PM (F2IAQ)
Or will every negative event during his term be marked with an asterisk in the history books and a subnote that reads:
*blame Whitey
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at May 29, 2015 01:10 PM (AC0lD)
Posted by: President Toonces at May 29, 2015 01:10 PM (ycu3n)
Just kidding. I'd be in one too if I had youngins.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2015 01:10 PM (g1DWB)
November 2008 when the Unspeakable Former Schoolmate was elected!
Posted by: The Osprey at May 29, 2015 01:11 PM (//V6n)
Since it bottomed out in 2009 it has never recovered. It has done nothing but make stic noise osiclating arounf the bottom. everything Obama has done, whether on purpose or not has held it to the bottom. His economic actions have been like FDR's except that instead of making capitol improvements he has done nothing but feed the so called stimulus money to welfare programs and cronies in the green movement.
And as a result of totally worse that FDR programs he is getting worse results than FDR. If we had no unemployment and no food stamps people would have been standing in soup lines run by the church long ago. This economy will NEVER recover until he is out of office AND someone comes in and kills every regulation that worthless SOB has put in place.
I will not hold my breath. As Monty would say; we have DOOM.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 29, 2015 01:11 PM (GpgJl)
Posted by: RioBravo at May 29, 2015 01:10 PM (NUqwG)
yeah, my family doctor said it is a good time to be poor in america.
Posted by: just saying at May 29, 2015 01:11 PM (wkuqO)
Posted by: MFM at May 29, 2015 01:11 PM (Spluw)
I just earned $500K for an appearance at the Happy Hearts Fund.
Posted by: Bill Clinton at May 29, 2015 01:11 PM (q6kiT)
Does it come with the poodle or is that an optional item?
Posted by: Aviator at May 29, 2015 01:11 PM (sQzB6)
If you've got stow and go or something similar you can haul almost as much as a truck.
Posted by: Lauren at May 29, 2015 01:11 PM (+bkaS)
Posted by: Putin at May 29, 2015 01:11 PM (RJMhd)
Posted by: AshevilleRobert at May 29, 2015 01:11 PM (22CM1)
Posted by: Gmac- Pulling in feelers in preperation... at May 29, 2015 01:11 PM (4CRfK)
I'll lobby for something cooler in the next round in 5-10 years.
Posted by: tsrblke (Tablet) at May 29, 2015 01:09 PM (U8W/7)
- - - - - -
I'm thinking tsrblke needs an intervention.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 29, 2015 01:11 PM (Z9g7j)
Posted by: Valeria J. at May 29, 2015 01:11 PM (a+WIL)
-Teh MFM.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at May 29, 2015 01:11 PM (0HooB)
Bullshit.
It's "the toxic legacy of Reaganomics", is what it is.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 29, 2015 01:12 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Citizen X at May 29, 2015 01:09 PM (7ObY1)
Depression, but who's counting?
Posted by: rickl at May 29, 2015 01:12 PM (zoehZ)
Posted by: TFG in the drivers seat at May 29, 2015 01:12 PM (7ObY1)
don't worry they will cook the books.
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 01:12 PM (sWgE+)
Zapping a
Economy? That old thing? Who cares when the little tan god's myrmidons can root out corruption?
Posted by: MrScribbler at May 29, 2015 01:12 PM (P8YHq)
If not for the youngin and the disabled Mom-in-law we have to cart around on a semi-regular basis (plus helping with the 92 year old grandparents.)
If not for all that, it'd probably have been a pickup truck.
Or an SUV. Something for deer hunting
Posted by: tsrblke (Tablet) at May 29, 2015 01:12 PM (U8W/7)
Guys, haven't you noticed the snow melting, and more sunlight? At this rate, we'll hit 90 degrees by Summer, and then 130 degrees in Winter.
Within 10 years, we'll hit 451 degrees Farenheit and we'll see everything burn down to ashes.
Stop climate change. Vote for SCIENCE.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at May 29, 2015 01:12 PM (0NdlF)
Posted by: gm at May 29, 2015 01:12 PM (K0tm3)
Posted by: Citizen X at May 29, 2015 01:13 PM (7ObY1)
Completely and utterly unrelated:
CNN Money: Friday's GDP revision comes on the heels of a major development for economic nerds. The Commerce Department announced last week that it will alter how it calculates GDP starting with the second quarter.
The adjustments are intended to remove more "residual seasonality." It's a wonky way of saying they will try to better account for things that happen during certain parts of the year. There have been concerns that the government has underestimated winter GDP for many years -- yet another reason experts aren't panicking about a weak start to the year.
http://blog.bea.gov/2015/05/22/residual-seasonality-gdp/
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 29, 2015 01:13 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: MrScribbler at May 29, 2015 01:13 PM (P8YHq)
"Big Capitalists have been doing quite well in the Obama economy. The free-loaders are doing OK, too. Everyone else not so good."
The Forgotten Man
Posted by: Benji Carver at May 29, 2015 01:13 PM (OD2ni)
A big SUV is probably what we'll get when the kids are older, but nothing beats the minivan for little kids.
Posted by: Lauren at May 29, 2015 01:13 PM (+bkaS)
Close, but it's really the fault of capitalism. If we just let the government plan all sectors of our lives they could make sure it turned out perfect for everyone all the time.
It's so simple you'd think anyone could grasp it.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2015 01:13 PM (g1DWB)
don't worry they will cook the books.
Posted by: wrg500
They'll make DAMN sure that doesn't happen.
Just like when unemployment surged downward right before the election. The NY Post had an article where there was admitted fraud in the department and the MSM just yawned at it.
Posted by: McAdams at May 29, 2015 01:13 PM (vRHxQ)
Posted by: Gustav at May 29, 2015 01:09 PM (XM5n5)
Oh, I've been working on a crash. Though unless you've invested in the foreign currencies I have you may not be profiting from it...
Posted by: George Soros at May 29, 2015 01:14 PM (Lqb+9)
Posted by: andycanuck at May 29, 2015 01:14 PM (kivUY)
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Straw man! We switched to 'Climate Change' years ago.
Posted by: Freaks at May 29, 2015 01:15 PM (NUqwG)
Exactly. Which is why useful idiot Mika Boobinski kept shutting down any Bernie Sanders talk this morning so they could blast Hastert instead.
Because in Lib land, all Dems are good and pure and all Repubs are eeeeevil.
Posted by: Citizen X at May 29, 2015 01:15 PM (7ObY1)
Tsrblke needs a real job
. Then he afford a different car to replace the corolla as well.
The Aveo was born out of low income.
The Van out of necessity and wife want. (It's really her van, but for gas reasons I'll drive it mostly since I drive less.)
Posted by: tsrblke (Tablet) at May 29, 2015 01:15 PM (U8W/7)
Posted by: andycanuck at May 29, 2015 01:15 PM (kivUY)
Is a total economic collapse (yes, Virginia, it's what we're headed for) considered "residual seasonality?"
Posted by: MrScribbler at May 29, 2015 01:15 PM (P8YHq)
Posted by: The Devoceleraptor at May 29, 2015 01:15 PM (o+SC1)
The Debt to GDP ratio on usdebtclock has 'mysteriously' fallen from a high of 105% down to 102% so things must be getting better.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at May 29, 2015 01:15 PM (AC0lD)
Now, it's a simple theory. And we have to admit, it's one that speaks to our rugged individualism and our healthy skepticism of too much government. That's in America's DNA. And that theory fits well on a bumper sticker. (Laughter.) But here's the problem: It doesn't work. It has never worked. (Applause.) It didn't work when it was tried in the decade before the Great Depression. It's not what led to the incredible postwar booms of the ‘50s and ‘60s. And it didn't work when we tried it during the last decade. (Applause.) I mean, understand, it's not as if we haven't tried this theory."
-----President Choom 2011
Posted by: Hopped Up On Something at May 29, 2015 01:15 PM (agKOd)
Posted by: Eli Cash at May 29, 2015 01:15 PM (a+WIL)
As I ask every time, has there been a quarter since January, 2009 in which the number was revised upwards?
Posted by: alexthechick - Oh please intervene SMOD at May 29, 2015 01:15 PM (mf5HN)
We are boned.
Posted by: GnuBreed at May 29, 2015 01:15 PM (ip/Ik)
Over Dubya's two terms, GDP growth averaged out to a whopping 1.67 percent. Swing for the fence, baby!
The last Republican president to have turned in a solid economic performance isn't either one of the hapless Bushes. It was Ronaldus Maximus.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 29, 2015 01:16 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Chris M at May 29, 2015 01:16 PM (k3w9p)
Posted by: Gmac-
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Um..., what?
Sorry I was watching Dancing With The Stars.
Posted by: LIV's at May 29, 2015 01:16 PM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: fly gal at May 29, 2015 01:16 PM (8TdcF)
Unofficially, we have never left recession since 2008.
Posted by: redbanzai at May 29, 2015 01:16 PM (OrI3J)
Posted by: chi's sandwIch (previously shredded chi) at May 29, 2015 01:17 PM (BP7mC)
**ring ring**
Hello .... Ms Yellen.
Is it appropriate to add all of the Billions of charitible giving to the Clinton Foundation to the GDP???
Looking for an adjustment to get us out of negative growth.
Posted by: Valerie Jarrett at May 29, 2015 01:17 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 29, 2015 01:17 PM (F2IAQ)
OMG, I am so excited that Kevin Williamson is the guest on the podcast this weekend. Squeeeeeeeeee!!!
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at May 29, 2015 01:17 PM (shFKH)
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We are going to need a lot more pre-K education funding!
Posted by: Bi-partisan idiot parade at May 29, 2015 01:18 PM (NUqwG)
Posted by: Lauren
Yeah, I was kidding. We had one too when the kids were young. Then we went to an Expedition when they were older and we (well, my wife) were hauling sports teams around. My wife loved that vehicle.
Posted by: Aviator at May 29, 2015 01:18 PM (sQzB6)
Posted by: Bill Ayers at May 29, 2015 01:18 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Fareed Zakaria, asking you to call him Ishmael at May 29, 2015 01:18 PM (UlJ3l)
We do not understand those words in that order.
History will show that Dear Leader is managing the greatest economic growth and highest level of citizen prosperity ever.
Posted by: Onama administration at May 29, 2015 01:18 PM (q6kiT)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at May 29, 2015 01:18 PM (XUKZU)
Stupid Choomhead. The WAR led to the post-war boom.
I'd love to see this shithead's transcripts, I tell ya.
Posted by: Citizen X at May 29, 2015 01:19 PM (7ObY1)
Enough about last night with Reggie.
What about the economy?
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 01:19 PM (KVnpg)
a wonky way of saying they will try to better account for things that
happen during certain parts of the year. There have been concerns that
the government has underestimated winter GDP for many years -- yet
another reason experts aren't panicking about a weak start to the year.
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IOW - the old lies no longer work. It's time for new lies, comrades!
Posted by: mrp at May 29, 2015 01:19 PM (JBggj)
Posted by: Mr. Mew Mew at May 29, 2015 01:19 PM (8TdcF)
Big businesses in bed with government are doing okay.
the rest of you small and medium sized businesses can pound sand.
Regulation costs are an inhibitor to competition, as they are meant to be.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at May 29, 2015 01:19 PM (XmOA9)
This is what really pisses me off about the msm (among other things). They allow this kind of bullshit to go unchallenged or worse make it sound like it's accepted wisdom.
Of course it worked. The US economy under Reagan was booming and it helped virtually every part of the economy and all wage groups. It was an enormous success.
They are trying to do the same thing with Iraq, pretending that it was an abject failure and all of this is Bush's fault conveniently forgetting when Obama took office one of the rationales he used for getting out of Iraq was that he had inherited "a stable democracy in Iraq". That wasn't altogether true but it was a hell of a lot closer to the truth than what the msm is trying to push.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2015 01:19 PM (g1DWB)
Posted by: sans_sheriff at May 29, 2015 01:20 PM (dBAgi)
And alien sightings. Don't forget the alien sightings.
Obama's fanbois are also bitching they need to change the calculation...again. Even though it's been calculated this way forever.
It's those magical people who disappeared out of the workforce. Unemployment and people working multiple part time jobs are hiding the real issues.
Posted by: Marcus T at May 29, 2015 01:20 PM (GGCsk)
Posted by: Citizen X at May 29, 2015 01:20 PM (7ObY1)
Posted by: jwest at May 29, 2015 01:20 PM (9ZZd+)
Posted by: MTF at May 29, 2015 01:20 PM (DkJ4E)
"Many years" = About six.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 29, 2015 01:20 PM (659DL)
Posted by: mrp at May 29, 2015 01:20 PM (JBggj)
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 01:20 PM (KVnpg)
Posted by: SE Pa Moron carrying mattress at May 29, 2015 01:20 PM (xQX/f)
Posted by: jwest at May 29, 2015 01:20 PM (9ZZd+)
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*snort*
Posted by: fixerupper at May 29, 2015 01:21 PM (8XRCm)
If sure they poll-tested the terms: asking random people on the street,
Which sounds least bad:
a. "The economy contracted"
b. "We are entering into another Great Depression"
c. "Society is collapsing in slow motion"
d. "Run for the hills! Colander Face-Mask World has arrived!"
Most people chose "a," so that's the headline the now use for any bad economic news under a Dem administration.
Posted by: zombie at May 29, 2015 01:21 PM (jBuUi)
Ah. There is an explanation for this. For a couple of months now, Treasury have stopped updating the daily debt accumulation figures, because the administration have run hard up against the debt ceiling. Again.
So they're playing a game of three-card-monte in the meantime, shuffling money between various federal accounts, until they can convince "Agent Orange" Boehner and "Shy Turtle" McConnell to passively roll over once more and raise the ceiling for the n-th time.
It'll be interesting to see what the numbers look like after that is done. Increasingly, though, what is clear is that all macro numbers coming out of D.C. Beltway officialdom are completely unfit for purpose. They have been massaged, maneuvered and gamed beyond recognition and out of all accordance with underlying realities.
The next President is going to be faced with the economic equivalent of trying to fly a plane in turbulent zero visibility with suspect instrument readings all over the panel.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 29, 2015 01:21 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: former Enron adviser Paul Krugman at May 29, 2015 01:21 PM (I8YZX)
Posted by: zombie at May 29, 2015 01:21 PM (jBuUi)
Posted by: Lincolntf at May 29, 2015 01:21 PM (2cS/G)
Posted by: maddogg at May 29, 2015 01:21 PM (xWW96)
The government reckons that the American economy shrank over the winter, but no one really believes it. At issue is problems with how they adjust for the economys usual seasonal ups and downs.
A reasonable guess is that this problem subtracted one or two percentage points from the headline measure. So this glitch alone explains why the numbers recorded a shrinking economy even when it probably grew.
Justin Wolfers - New York Times
http://tinyurl.com/qyttcys
*cough* bnllshit! *cough*
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 29, 2015 01:21 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Rachel Carson at May 29, 2015 01:21 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at May 29, 2015 01:21 PM (0HooB)
That's some funny stuff right there!
Also Sep Blatter stays and he just thanked God Allah!
Viva FIFA!
Posted by: Putin at May 29, 2015 01:22 PM (RJMhd)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at May 29, 2015 01:22 PM (XUKZU)
Posted by: Billy Shears at May 29, 2015 01:22 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: maddogg at May 29, 2015 01:22 PM (xWW96)
They are becoming a bit strange.
One of the options on our car was a "cool box" it's basically a really tiny minifridge.
Seriously. A minifridge in a car (it holds about 4 bottles of..uhhh water. We passed on that.)
Posted by: tsrblke (Tablet) at May 29, 2015 01:22 PM (U8W/7)
Got a cow-orker who volunteers for her church's food bank says demand is really bad right now. (I'm curious how many of her customers are also taking government aid and run out of food because they suck at planning or misuse their funds, but for some reason my curiosity makes me a bad person.)
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at May 29, 2015 01:22 PM (ZKzrr)
American flackdom proudly lead the world in innovation.
Who but the American professional PR community would ever have thought to describe an explosion at a nuclear power plant as a "rapid disassembly" of the component in question?
Posted by: torquewrench at May 29, 2015 01:22 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: radar at May 29, 2015 01:22 PM (kQfqk)
Why do you hate the Earth?!?!
But yeah we're going to need the biggest, most ridiculous SUV ever once our crew become teenagers. I might as well get a "fuck Gaia" bumper sticker.
I also thought "Doing my part to combat Idiocracy " would be good.
Posted by: Lauren at May 29, 2015 01:23 PM (+bkaS)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at May 29, 2015 01:17 PM (shFKH)
I'm a fanGuy, so let me add my approval via a [grunt]Yes![/grunt] as I'll be offline for most of the rest of the day. Excellent choice.
Posted by: GnuBreed at May 29, 2015 01:23 PM (ip/Ik)
"Democrats are wrong about everything. Fuck those fucking fuckholes!"
Yup. I once argued with an idiot who said Biden was going to be a great VP because he had so much foreign policy experience. I shouted that he has experience at being wrong about every single foreign policy issue for 40 years.
Posted by: Benji Carver at May 29, 2015 01:24 PM (OD2ni)
Posted by: Emperor Clusterfuck I at May 29, 2015 01:24 PM (YFFpo)
What we need here are some tree ring samples to confirm that growth occurred. Handpicked of course.
What was once the sorry Bush economy is now a glitch.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 29, 2015 01:24 PM (659DL)
the government has underestimated winter GDP for many years -- yet
another reason experts aren't panicking about a weak start to the year.
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EXPERTS are hard at work to bring us a worker's paradise, Comradea!
REJOICE!
Posted by: mrp at May 29, 2015 01:24 PM (JBggj)
Posted by: Norton not Ralph at May 29, 2015 01:24 PM (/WmRg)
I can't tell the difference between AB beers and water to start with.
::: mulls Stone Brewing Russian Imperial Stout in home fridge :::
Posted by: torquewrench at May 29, 2015 01:24 PM (noWW6)
OMG, I am so excited that Kevin Williamson is the guest on the podcast this weekend. Squeeeeeeeeee!!!
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at May 29, 2015 01:17 PM (shFKH)
You would be a hell of a girlfriend, easy to please.
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at May 29, 2015 01:24 PM (F2IAQ)
Posted by: maddogg at May 29, 2015 01:24 PM (xWW96)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at May 29, 2015 01:24 PM (XUKZU)
Posted by: IRS, NSA, DoJ, EPA, Democratic Caucus at May 29, 2015 01:25 PM (agKOd)
Posted by: red speck at May 29, 2015 01:25 PM (9/Ug/)
Posted by: zombie at May 29, 2015 01:25 PM (jBuUi)
Posted by: mrp at May 29, 2015 01:25 PM (JBggj)
and this held back economic growth. Sorry....
Posted by: Denny Hastert, former wrestler at May 29, 2015 01:26 PM (8CdUx)
They're fudging the numbers and still can't make it work.
Posted by: Marcus T at May 29, 2015 01:26 PM (GGCsk)
Posted by: Norton not Ralph at May 29, 2015 01:27 PM (/WmRg)
Posted by: dude guy at May 29, 2015 01:27 PM (q177U)
flood victims.
Yeah. Way to go. Water.
How about a towel run? We HAVE plenty of water.
(On a seious note, I know it's for drinking and it is appreciated.)
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 01:27 PM (KVnpg)
done. Increasingly, though, what is clear is that all macro numbers
coming out of D.C. Beltway officialdom are completely unfit for purpose.
They have been massaged, maneuvered and gamed beyond recognition and
out of all accordance with underlying realities.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 29, 2015 01:21 PM (noWW6)
And after watching this government, and the government of my little hellhole Ontario, lie and distort numbers to try to give the illusion that everything is alright, my last tiny bit of faith in government died.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at May 29, 2015 01:27 PM (AC0lD)
it's a corpse on life support; the Terry Shiavo of economies
Posted by: Denny Hastert, former wrestler at May 29, 2015 01:28 PM (8CdUx)
Everything that guy just said is Bullshit!
Posted by: Garrett at May 29, 2015 01:28 PM (ycu3n)
Their supposedly inability to determine the activity of our own economy? Glitch.
Posted by: Blue Hen at May 29, 2015 01:28 PM (Spluw)
Seriously. A minifridge in a car (it holds about 4 bottles of..uhhh water. We passed on that.)
Posted by: tsrblke (Tablet)
When I was a kid my family took several long distance road trip vacations in the family station wagon. I could maybe see the minifridge if the vehicle was used regularly for longer trips, but just another thing to malfunction and a little cooler is more versatile.
Posted by: Aviator at May 29, 2015 01:28 PM (sQzB6)
Posted by: maddogg at May 29, 2015 01:28 PM (xWW96)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 29, 2015 01:28 PM (6IW2/)
Posted by: Roy at May 29, 2015 01:29 PM (fWLrt)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at May 29, 2015 01:29 PM (XUKZU)
Posted by: Marcus T at May 29, 2015 01:29 PM (GGCsk)
The Nuffin Family
Dindu Nuffin
Dono Nuffin
and their sista
Dincee Nuffin.
Posted by: Norton not Ralph at May 29, 2015 01:29 PM (/WmRg)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2015 01:29 PM (g1DWB)
Posted by: The Moron Tab n Apple Choir at May 29, 2015 01:29 PM (ZWRoJ)
Posted by: Thunder B, Shapeshifter at May 29, 2015 01:29 PM (dw7lk)
Everything that guy just said is Bullshit!
That is some authentic frontier gibberish right there!
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 01:30 PM (KVnpg)
Posted by: OregonMuse at May 29, 2015 01:30 PM (I8YZX)
Posted by: tu3031 at May 29, 2015 01:30 PM (YFFpo)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 29, 2015 01:30 PM (/tNwW)
Posted by: Moderate Salami at May 29, 2015 01:30 PM (/Ho8c)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 29, 2015 01:30 PM (GpgJl)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at May 29, 2015 01:31 PM (0HooB)
Posted by: Biff Boffo at May 29, 2015 01:31 PM (fiRHA)
Not to mention that she is as cute as a drawer full of grandma's buttons.
Posted by: Garrett at May 29, 2015 01:31 PM (ycu3n)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at May 29, 2015 01:31 PM (XUKZU)
Also there is the rocketing rate of health care _overhead_ spending thanks to metric shit-tons worth of new Obamacare paperwork.
http://tinyurl.com/o7dgcuo
Well, gee, having legions of bureaucrats employed to do nothing other than shuffle documentation around and slow down all productive activity worked out great for the former Soviet Union, didn't it?
USA GOSPLAN FTW!
Posted by: torquewrench at May 29, 2015 01:31 PM (noWW6)
it's a corpse on life support; the Terry Shiavo of economies
Posted by: Denny Hastert, former wrestler
Excellent metaphor -- should be applied to so many things in the modern world, e.g.
The Democratic Party's voter base is so fragile, it's the Terry Schiavo of coalitions.
Posted by: zombie at May 29, 2015 01:31 PM (jBuUi)
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 01:32 PM (KVnpg)
US economy shrank in winter but staging a spring rebound
But steady job gains are expected to fuel modestly healthy growth for the rest of 2015. The harsh winter, which kept many consumers home and businesses closed, and a labor dispute that slowed trade at West Coast ports are both over. Home sales and construction are rebounding, along with business investment.
...
Not all the revisions to the initial estimate for the first quarter were lower. Housing construction and business investment in equipment were both revised higher.
Though falling GDP can be a sign of a recession, economists see little cause for such concern this year.
...
Analysts also say that steadily solid hiring, which has helped cut the unemployment rate to a seven-year low of 5.4 percent, will continue to put money in more people's hands and fuel spending gains.
"We are more than halfway through quarter two and we are seeing signs that the economy is recovering from the weak first quarter," said Jennifer Lee, senior economist at BMO Capital Markets.
If you read the whole article it sounds like the economic contraction is good news. Orwell's Newspeak is now the AP style manual.
Posted by: Ed Anger at May 29, 2015 01:32 PM (RcpcZ)
Posted by: Ivan the terrific at May 29, 2015 01:32 PM (W5DcG)
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And you get a lecture on the race problem when you buy it.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at May 29, 2015 01:32 PM (XUKZU)
I believe the rationale is that the cans are more tolerant of rough handling during distribution in hard-hit areas. Less likely to burst and leak.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 29, 2015 01:32 PM (noWW6)
My husband's friend was killed in a head on collision yesterday. They
were band mates as well. Dave could never catch a break. The one thing
he had though was a big heart and HUGE musical talent. He was a member
of the Hell Hounds back in San Diego. RIP Dave
Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 29, 2015 01:28 PM (6IW2/)
Sorry PG, tell your hubby I am sorry. And prayers for you both and your friend Dave. May he be in a better place now.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 29, 2015 01:32 PM (GpgJl)
so sad.
Posted by: chi's sandwIch (previously shredded chi) at May 29, 2015 01:33 PM (BP7mC)
Posted by: bergerbilder at May 29, 2015 01:33 PM (+jijM)
That reminds me; let me go fetch my pillowcase with all of the riches I accumulated during the bad winter weather we had here in the Northeast...Oh that's right...I don't have any BECAUSE I SPENT JUST AS MUCH FREAKING MONEY DURING BAD WEATHER AS I DID DURING GOOD WEATHER!!!
Posted by: Brass Bancroft at May 29, 2015 01:33 PM (RHLfG)
And I wonder, still I wonder, who'll stop the rain?
The answer's obvious, Mitch McConnell.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at May 29, 2015 01:33 PM (XUKZU)
I believe the rationale is that the cans are more tolerant of rough handling during distribution in hard-hit areas. Less likely to burst and leak.
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And the line/s is/are setup to use cans
Posted by: Bi-partisan idiot parade at May 29, 2015 01:34 PM (NUqwG)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 29, 2015 01:34 PM (W5DcG)
Posted by: Necro-Rapist Mallard at May 29, 2015 01:34 PM (ycu3n)
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 01:34 PM (KVnpg)
Obama's Check Economy light is flashing and he's ignoring it.
Posted by: JackStraw
Ignoring it? He put sugar in his own gas tank.
Posted by: pep at May 29, 2015 01:34 PM (GMG6W)
Posted by: Some guy Obama never read at May 29, 2015 01:35 PM (m/Gc2)
So...HARSH WINTER = MORE HOUSING STARTS.
Yeah, I know...I was the guy yesterday warning everyone about the perils of expecting any sort of consistency from those people.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 29, 2015 01:35 PM (659DL)
Posted by: Comrade Hussein, Minister of Accuracy at May 29, 2015 01:35 PM (jBuUi)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at May 29, 2015 01:35 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 29, 2015 01:35 PM (e/33/)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 29, 2015 01:35 PM (W5DcG)
But there I go thinking clearly.
Posted by: Marcus T at May 29, 2015 01:36 PM (GGCsk)
How many times have they blamed bad numbers on the freakin' weather?! Blaming unemployment on ATMs?!
My 6th grader comes up w/better excuses for why his homework isn't done than these clowns.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 29, 2015 01:36 PM (q6kiT)
Posted by: mrp at May 29, 2015 01:36 PM (JBggj)
Maybe the idea of having water in individual containers, easily transportable and portioned, will catch on.
I can envision dozens of companies packaging water in bottles sometime in the future.
Emergency workers can take these bottles via jet packs to stricken areas.
Posted by: jwest at May 29, 2015 01:36 PM (9ZZd+)
And someone may want to ask The Asshat Administration just why it might be that consumers want to hang on to their "windfall".
Posted by: dissent555 at May 29, 2015 01:36 PM (yR6A1)
Hopefully, the Greek economy will implode sometime this summer, causing a
European market crash, which will then dovetail with the weak US
economic news to send the world into another Obama Recession, which will
peak right around October 2016, leading to (trumpet fanfare, choirs of angels erupt into "Ave Maria") President Scott Walker!!!
Posted by: zombie at May 29, 2015 01:25 PM (jBuUi)
The Greek economy collapses.
Trillions of dollars of derivatives begin to unravel and the world is thrown into a Great Depression as the debt bubble finally bursts.
President Scott Walker comes to office. Hell, let's create a Frankenstein Zombie Conservative President of our Dreams to take control.
How does anything get cut in government when the media will take every dollar cut and run sob stories because every government job is a miracle and every government dollar spent on the poor is a gift from heaven?
I can't see any President doing what is necessary, standing up to the howling, the gnashing, the rending of garments, when they could simply take the easy way out and print a few more dollars.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at May 29, 2015 01:36 PM (AC0lD)
Posted by: GnuBreed at May 29, 2015 01:36 PM (ip/Ik)
Posted by: Y-not on the phone at May 29, 2015 01:36 PM (w2xGx)
Posted by: Yellen and the Infinite Font of Green Paper at May 29, 2015 01:36 PM (uEmgg)
Posted by: Necro-Rapist Mallard at May 29, 2015 01:34 PM (ycu3n)
So you've met my wife.
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 01:36 PM (sWgE+)
Posted by: Denny Hastert at May 29, 2015 01:37 PM (ycu3n)
Has anyone figured out how "consumer windfall savings" hurt economic growth? In theory, that "savings" would go directly into cheap-shit Chinese goods, no?
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at May 29, 2015 01:37 PM (5buP8)
flood victims.
Yeah. Way to go. Water.
How about a towel run? We HAVE plenty of water.
(On a seious note, I know it's for drinking and it is appreciated.)
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I'd still rather have the beer.
Posted by: SH at May 29, 2015 01:37 PM (gmeXX)
There's nothing to save. No one has any extra money. All the storefronts that have shuttered over the past five years are still shuttered.
Rush discussed Millennials and their propensity to rent things in the first hour. They're doing that because they don't make enough money to buy anything of their own. No career, no future, no ownership.
Of course, we didn't need Rush to tell the rest of us about that. We remember good economies. They, however, know nothing of them, indoctrinated as they are in leftardism.
And what's worse, they seemingly have no ability to recognize the correlation between voting for Prog/Com/Dims and their waning prospects for the future.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at May 29, 2015 01:37 PM (0HooB)
So will this be done before or after they lower the rise of the ocean?
Just want to know whether or not I should invest in a 2015-2016 ski pass....
Posted by: Lizzy at May 29, 2015 01:37 PM (q6kiT)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at May 29, 2015 01:38 PM (oVJmc)
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A windfall is when you receive $500,000 for showing up to a charity - not when you save $10 at the gas tank.
Posted by: SH at May 29, 2015 01:38 PM (gmeXX)
More like: Choom Boy yanked the drain plug out of the oil pan.
And threw the plug away.
Posted by: MrScribbler at May 29, 2015 01:38 PM (P8YHq)
Posted by: Barack O'Reilly at May 29, 2015 01:38 PM (W5DcG)
Posted by: Necro-Rapist Mallard at May 29, 2015 01:34 PM (ycu3n)
Ewww.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at May 29, 2015 01:38 PM (5buP8)
Water, mixed with barley and hops for stability!
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 01:38 PM (KVnpg)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 29, 2015 01:36 PM (q6kiT)
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But are the excuses as effective? The clowns have no need to do better. (Opinion market forces drive quality?)
Posted by: RioBravo at May 29, 2015 01:39 PM (NUqwG)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at May 29, 2015 01:39 PM (XUKZU)
The dog ate teh economy.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at May 29, 2015 01:39 PM (0HooB)
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Stupid Choomhead. The WAR led to the post-war boom.
More specifically, I posit that the WAR killed FDR, removing the wannabe socialist dictator economic handicap he imposed on the US.
Mass destruction for economic competitors helped, too.
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at May 29, 2015 01:39 PM (0NdlF)
Posted by: MrScribbler at May 29, 2015 01:38 PM (P8YHq)
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Highly doubtful. Oh sorry, I see. You meant the pan plug.
Posted by: RioBravo at May 29, 2015 01:40 PM (NUqwG)
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And there's no more global warming.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at May 29, 2015 01:40 PM (XUKZU)
So we don't have soup lines any more, but the burden on the legendary 47% gets heavier and heavier; they do ALL the lifting now. And, needless to say, 95% of that 47% vote GOP (not that they're happy with the GOP, but as the only viable "not Dem" option.)
Posted by: zombie at May 29, 2015 01:40 PM (jBuUi)
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ding ding ding
A business can really do well when there is no competition.
Posted by: SH at May 29, 2015 01:41 PM (gmeXX)
SCOTUS striking down Obamacare next month will be the next swift kick to the nuts.
Posted by: booter at May 29, 2015 01:41 PM (Lg1F3)
"America, we have made it through the worst of yesterday's winds. And if we find the courage to keep moving forward; if we set our eyes on the horizon, we too will find an ocean of tomorrows, a sky of tomorrows - for America's people, and for this great country that we love."
- Barack the Magnificent July 2013
Posted by: Lizzy at May 29, 2015 01:41 PM (q6kiT)
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 01:42 PM (KVnpg)
Posted by: tu3031 at May 29, 2015 01:42 PM (YFFpo)
Posted by: Krugtron the Invincible at May 29, 2015 01:42 PM (RHLfG)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 29, 2015 01:43 PM (6IW2/)
I heard a guy on the Bob Brinker radio show state that we are near full employment AND that there is no inflation.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 29, 2015 01:43 PM (W5DcG)
Posted by: RioBravo at May 29, 2015 01:43 PM (NUqwG)
Unofficially, we have never left recession since 2008.
With massive deficit spending, and over a trillion a year in Fed funny-money inflating Wall Street.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at May 29, 2015 01:43 PM (oVJmc)
if we set our eyes on the horizon, we too will
will see the approaching tornados.
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 01:43 PM (KVnpg)
Posted by: Barack Obama at May 29, 2015 01:43 PM (1li1B)
Posted by: BLS at May 29, 2015 01:44 PM (F1Z8f)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 29, 2015 01:44 PM (6IW2/)
Don't worry. We have a contingency plan in place to bail out the Obamacare system with additional federal appropriations.
Posted by: The Senate GOP at May 29, 2015 01:44 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: mrp at May 29, 2015 01:44 PM (JBggj)
Posted by: Any better, I'd be twins at May 29, 2015 01:44 PM (jmN7w)
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Let the sky fall
When it crumbles
We will stand tall
Face it all together
At skyfall
At skyfall
Posted by: The Great White Snark at May 29, 2015 01:44 PM (XUKZU)
Just free school lunches for the tykes. And free breakfast, and in some cities, free dinner. Year round because can't trust mom to feed the lil' nippers over summer vacation.
#Winning!
Posted by: Lizzy at May 29, 2015 01:45 PM (q6kiT)
http://goo.gl/yGyb1E
Posted by: maddogg at May 29, 2015 01:45 PM (xWW96)
Must've been Krugman.
Most of us here have forgotten more about economics than that imbecile will ever know.
I know for a fact that grocery prices have doubled down here in the past three years. I have the receipts from then.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this sh1t at May 29, 2015 01:45 PM (0HooB)
So, blame falling oil prices -- even though falling oil prices used to be seen as an economic positive. More oil and oil products consumers than producers, lower transportation costs and so on.
Situational economics.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 29, 2015 01:46 PM (kdS6q)
Was it you who relayed that comment, and not only the comment, but that _the host agreed with the guest's sentiment_?
Holy sheepshit. Drinking that Kool-Aid by the 55 gallon drum.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 29, 2015 01:46 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: booter at May 29, 2015 01:41 PM
Awfully optimistic, there, aren't we?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 29, 2015 01:46 PM (h4vJk)
When it crumbles
We will stand tall
Face it all together
At skyfall
At skyfall
Heh. Nice.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 29, 2015 01:46 PM (q6kiT)
Almost all of them have to be on EBT (for the chillins). So we get to pay to feed the chillins twice.
Posted by: just saying at May 29, 2015 01:46 PM (wkuqO)
Rush said that the state of New York was considering setting up their own "single payer" system. I haven't heard anything more about it since he mentioned it a couple days ago.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 29, 2015 01:47 PM (W5DcG)
Posted by: bergerbilder at May 29, 2015 01:47 PM (+jijM)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at May 29, 2015 01:47 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: Lauren at May 29, 2015 01:47 PM (+bkaS)
Posted by: Prog Mind Thinking Outloud at May 29, 2015 01:47 PM (5buP8)
Posted by: kraken at May 29, 2015 01:47 PM (sdxPm)
Posted by: @JohnTant at May 29, 2015 01:48 PM (PFy0L)
He at least did not disagree with it.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 29, 2015 01:48 PM (W5DcG)
Rush said that the state of New York was considering setting up their own "single payer" system.
Great! Let the other 49 states stand and watch and learn.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at May 29, 2015 01:48 PM (oVJmc)
We ARE near full employment. For every 100 jobs, 97 slots are filled That's damn near full.
What they REFUSE to mention, is that there are 100 people for those three open slots.
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 01:48 PM (KVnpg)
Posted by: Lauren at May 29, 2015 01:47 PM (+bkaS)
Yup
Posted by: Velvet Ambition at May 29, 2015 01:48 PM (R8hU8)
Why didn't the BEA simply fudge the numbers to make it look like the economy grew at an amazing pace?
Posted by: BLS
They routinely do in the first estimate that gets all the press. And then they walk it back in the next couple of revisions.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 29, 2015 01:49 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: SH at May 29, 2015 01:49 PM (gmeXX)
And Vermont recently ended theirs after a whopping 3 or 4 months. After years of planning and who knows how much money to develop it. Governor said they couldn't afford it - so they couldn't jack taxes up to the level they needed to sustain it.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 29, 2015 01:49 PM (q6kiT)
I think they do that to try to remove the "shame" factor.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 29, 2015 01:50 PM (W5DcG)
The best part, to make our historic first black president look like he knew what eh was doing every single bullet in the economic recovery gun was fired. There is nothing left other than collapse.
Posted by: Jukin, Former Republican at May 29, 2015 01:50 PM (TV9BR)
Posted by: Watchin' Commercial Guy at May 29, 2015 01:50 PM (sCHw2)
Now I'll introduce my advisor Dr. Lysenko to explain the details. Doc?
Posted by: His Excellency The Emperor Barackhenaton I at May 29, 2015 01:50 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: just saying at May 29, 2015 01:50 PM (wkuqO)
I think they do that to try to remove the "shame" factor.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May
Because, after all, feelings trumps economics in Obama's America.
Posted by: kraken at May 29, 2015 01:51 PM (sdxPm)
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Have at it. Prove us red staters wrong. I know the rich in NYC will happily give more of their money for this. I'm sure of it.
Posted by: SH at May 29, 2015 01:51 PM (gmeXX)
Posted by: just saying at May 29, 2015 01:52 PM (wkuqO)
Posted by: mrp at May 29, 2015 01:52 PM (JBggj)
Posted by: exdem13 at May 29, 2015 01:52 PM (ry4ab)
A perfect example of why every single one of those economists are usually full of shit. "Hope" shouldn't even be in the picture when it comes to economic analysis.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 29, 2015 01:52 PM (xSCb6)
There's a district around here that gives free lunch to every kid, whether the parents apply or not (not sure which one; dentist and assistant were talking about it, but at least the assistant felt bad that her kids had to take it).
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at May 29, 2015 01:52 PM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at May 29, 2015 01:52 PM (5buP8)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 29, 2015 01:52 PM (zv9Ot)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Keep your hands off my popcorn. I popped it and I'm eating.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 29, 2015 01:53 PM (659DL)
or 4 months. After years of planning and who knows how much money to
develop it. Governor said they couldn't afford it - so they couldn't
jack taxes up to the level they needed to sustain it.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 29, 2015 01:49 PM (q6kiT)
Let Ben Jerry pick up the tab....
Posted by: Tex Lovera at May 29, 2015 01:53 PM (wtvvX)
Posted by: bergerbilder at May 29, 2015 01:53 PM (+jijM)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 29, 2015 01:47 PM
*pops corn, pours drinks and waits*
Posted by: Vermont at May 29, 2015 01:53 PM (h4vJk)
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 01:48 PM (KVnpg)
Fapfapfapfapfapfapfap......
Posted by: Bernie Sanders at May 29, 2015 01:53 PM (RqOd7)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at May 29, 2015 01:53 PM (wtvvX)
I think we all predicted that the revision would be down about a 1%. Pats the Morons on the back.
Still haven't seen the "bad economy montage" for 6+ years now. I'm guessing 2017 if a R is elected.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 29, 2015 01:53 PM (ODxAs)
I'll lobby for something cooler in the next round in 5-10 years.
Posted by: tsrblke (Tablet) at May 29, 2015 01:09 PM (U8W/7)
Time for you to start watching cheasy dad rap videos involving mini vans and bbq's.
Posted by: Lea at May 29, 2015 01:54 PM (lIU4e)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 29, 2015 01:52 PM (zv9Ot)
The Ministry of Truth is unimpressed.
Posted by: kraken at May 29, 2015 01:54 PM (sdxPm)
CALL LIFE-ALERT! It's fallen and can't get up!
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 01:54 PM (KVnpg)
Ie. will people finally start to realize that Dems and economic derp are joined at the hip?
Posted by: Cankles at May 29, 2015 01:54 PM (F1Z8f)
Posted by: His Excellency The Emperor Barackhenaton I at May 29, 2015 01:50 PM (noWW6)
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Whoa ... thanks for the details, Doc! So that's how the giraffe got such a long neck? Is that covered under Medicaid?
Posted by: mrp at May 29, 2015 01:54 PM (JBggj)
Ummm...we sort of bumped that from the news cycle.
Posted by: Hawaii's Exchange at May 29, 2015 01:54 PM (5buP8)
Posted by: jmel at May 29, 2015 01:54 PM (3oIi+)
Posted by: Elizabeth Warrren at May 29, 2015 01:55 PM (l3vZN)
Schools get some federal funding based on free lunch enrollment, so higher participation = more federal $$$.
So, no incentive to check, and they are merciless in their frequent invitations to get you to sign up your kid.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 29, 2015 01:55 PM (q6kiT)
If it wasn't so bloody expensive to hire anyone I'd seriously consider putting someone on. Unfortunately Vermont has made it virtually impossible from an economic perspective.
Posted by: ira allen at May 29, 2015 01:55 PM (kUmUV)
I heard a guy on the Bob Brinker radio show state that we are near full employment
We ARE near full employment. For every 100 jobs, 97 slots are filled That's damn near full.
What they REFUSE to mention, is that there are 100 people for those three open slots.
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What is also not mentioned is the slow to very slow rate those 3 jobs become available. Job creation is ridiculously slow in Ohio, even in "growth fields", so there are lines out the door every time a big name announces they are hiring.
Posted by: exdem13 at May 29, 2015 01:55 PM (ry4ab)
Ie. will people finally start to realize that Dems and economic derp are joined at the hip?
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Who cares? Probably not but that is simply a reflection of other things.
Posted by: SH at May 29, 2015 01:55 PM (gmeXX)
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at May 29, 2015 01:55 PM (NeFrd)
Posted by: exdem13 at May 29, 2015 01:52 PM
And yet the WSJ is running front page articles about how awesome it is to be a college grad just entering the workforce right now. The half-wits they have writing the news should have a quiet word with the op/ed people.
Posted by: Vermont at May 29, 2015 01:56 PM (h4vJk)
Without exaggeration.
I would not have previously believed you if you had told me that the public school educrats would be undertaking to serve free school meals to underclass yoof EVEN WHEN SCHOOL IS OUT.
http://tinyurl.com/pg3yoyo
Didn't we once upon a time regard _repeated failure to ensure children being fed_ as grounds for removing custody from parents, on the grounds of incompetent neglect?
Posted by: torquewrench at May 29, 2015 01:56 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Elizabeth Warrren at May 29, 2015 01:55 PM (l3vZN)
House flipping?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 29, 2015 01:56 PM (W5DcG)
Kids and I are at the movies cheering for the earthquake that's attacking Commiefornia. Plus it has The Rock. Win-win.
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You just gave me a way to enjoy watching that movie when it shows up at the second-run theater.
Posted by: exdem13 at May 29, 2015 01:56 PM (ry4ab)
Posted by: bergerbilder at May 29, 2015 01:57 PM (+jijM)
calculated it. They are already lying about it now. There never has been
a recovery and if the admit to -0.7% that means it is at least 1.5% or
more down."***
This +1.
Without the changes in how GDP and the CPI are calculated, you can look at other, more accessible indicators.
You can't have structural unemployment/underemployment at such gargantuan levels in a "recovered" economy. That's not even factoring in the replacement of full time jobs with part timers in huge numbers. Or the stagnation in middle class HH incomes.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 29, 2015 01:57 PM (xSCb6)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at May 29, 2015 01:57 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 29, 2015 01:57 PM (h4vJk)
Posted by: Elizabeth Warrren
Moar casinos!
Hey-how-are-ya Hey-how-are-ya Hey-how-are-ya!
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 01:57 PM (KVnpg)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) at May 29, 2015 01:58 PM (VLTL9)
Posted by: GEORGESOROS.COM at May 29, 2015 01:58 PM (DLu2s)
I think I know what we'll be doing this weekend.
*checks to see if this is at nearby IMAX theater*
Posted by: Lizzy at May 29, 2015 01:58 PM (q6kiT)
Aggresively assisted in same by the Senate GOP.
The usual RINO asshats like Corker, Ayotte, et al. have nailed their colors to the mast in service to increasing the gasoline tax. It's "for infrastructure", you see.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 29, 2015 01:58 PM (noWW6)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/o4sfscf
Egyptian talking head reacting to Ogabe's Coast Guard Academy speech. F**k yeah! I'd like to have a beer with those guys.
Oh, wait...
Posted by: Steve White at May 29, 2015 01:58 PM (Cmzkp)
-0.75 growth. They had another name for negative growth back in he 20s and 30s.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 29, 2015 01:52 PM (zv9Ot)<<<<
Yes, they did! It was "HOOOOOOOOVER'S FAULT!".....
Posted by: Herbert Hoover at May 29, 2015 01:59 PM (sCHw2)
Vive los loppers de los tonsillos!
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at May 29, 2015 01:59 PM (NeFrd)
Posted by: Barak Obama at May 29, 2015 02:00 PM (TV9BR)
gargantuan levels in a "recovered" economy. That's not even factoring in
the replacement of full time jobs with part timers in huge numbers. Or
the stagnation in middle class HH incomes.
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Or that nearly all of the "new jobs" are being filled by immigrants, not US citizens.
Posted by: mrp at May 29, 2015 02:00 PM (JBggj)
Posted by: Elizabeth Warrren
Moar casinos!
Hey-how-are-ya Hey-how-are-ya Hey-how-are-ya!
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 01:57 PM (KVnpg
That's the ticket.....drug purveying shops on a national scale, and PC whorehouses.... what else can we do?
Posted by: kraken at May 29, 2015 02:00 PM (sdxPm)
The only grounds for CPS involvement these days are teaching your kids about freedom.
Posted by: Lauren at May 29, 2015 02:00 PM (+bkaS)
Cigars for everyone!
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 02:00 PM (KVnpg)
I know, right?
My kid's elementary school piloted a free breakfast program. They sent us reminders to use it *weekly*, and even said that the amount of food consumed in the 1st year factored into next year's budget, so please bring your kid in and have a muffin with them while you're at it. Eat, eat, eat!!!
We refused to partake on principle. I can feed my kid his own dang breakfast w/out their help, thanks.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 29, 2015 02:01 PM (q6kiT)
This no news for anyone still trying to find permanent full-time
employment in the nation, or keep the permanent full-time situation they
already have. This is only surprising news to college graduates, limo
liberals, Obamabots, and the MSM who believe their own spin.
Posted by: exdem13 at May 29, 2015 01:52 PM
And yet the WSJ is running front page articles about how awesome it
is to be a college grad just entering the workforce right now. The
half-wits they have writing the news should have a quiet word with the
op/ed people.
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The WSJ, despite their affiliation, are still clueless about the situation outside of the Fortune 100/500/250/whatever. Or maybe they are quietly trying to stave off despair and an economic panic and the popping of the school loan bubble. College grads have to directly compete with 20-year veterans and green card specialists for the few employment slots available in their fields, and judging from my wait times at Wendy's few of them are willing to stoop to flipping burgers in the interim.
Posted by: exdem13 at May 29, 2015 02:01 PM (ry4ab)
That will be the kick in the nuts our economy needs to get going again!!11!
Posted by: wooga at May 29, 2015 02:01 PM (RqOd7)
Posted by: The MFM at May 29, 2015 02:01 PM (XJkD9)
Posted by: that guy that always thinks it's beginning at May 29, 2015 02:01 PM (rwI+c)
Do they do cheap Jennerectomies down there?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 29, 2015 02:02 PM (W5DcG)
Posted by: Prez Petulant at May 29, 2015 02:02 PM (fUjxW)
Posted by: Obizzle at May 29, 2015 02:02 PM (hloi6)
Posted by: Barak Obama at May 29, 2015 02:00 PM (TV9BR)
Just not a V8
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 02:02 PM (sWgE+)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 29, 2015 02:02 PM (zv9Ot)
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at May 29, 2015 02:02 PM (NeFrd)
Oh, and the govt will use low gas prices as an "opportunity' to raise the gasoline tax.
Posted by: bergerbilder at May 29, 2015 01:53 PM (+jijM)
Already doing that here except gas prices are no longer low and are going up. They plan to add a whopping 10 cents/gal tax here in low tax SC<s>. I can only pray Nikki will veto it, but I have heard she is in favor of it.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at May 29, 2015 02:03 PM (GpgJl)
Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at May 29, 2015 02:03 PM (OEgBL)
Posted by: logprof at May 29, 2015 02:03 PM (hloi6)
I'm glad to see Cuba has been removed from the state sponsors of
terrorism list. Should open up a lot of opportunities for medical
tourism.
Cigars for everyone!
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Well, there goes the market for Studebaker-powered motorboat kits.
Posted by: mrp at May 29, 2015 02:04 PM (JBggj)
Posted by: Vermont at May 29, 2015 01:56 PM (h4vJk)
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They're not halfwits, they're the Whitehouse's PR team. And they're not writing news, they're writing fiction.
Posted by: Cankles at May 29, 2015 02:04 PM (F1Z8f)
Posted by: Bernie Sanders at May 29, 2015 02:04 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at May 29, 2015 02:02 PM (NeFrd)
I wonder what the Bernie mandated fragrance would be?
Posted by: kraken at May 29, 2015 02:04 PM (sdxPm)
http://thinkprogress.org/
Posted by: Hopped Up On Something at May 29, 2015 02:04 PM (7YNVX)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 29, 2015 02:04 PM (zv9Ot)
Posted by: Thor's feather duster at May 29, 2015 02:04 PM (JgC5a)
Wait till $15 minimum wage hits your city or state!!! Buh-bye fast food joints.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 29, 2015 02:04 PM (q6kiT)
The educrats these days are also completely flipped out over truancy.
Because that too reduces the "free money" coming in from the feds.
It's gotten to the point where taking an actually sick child out of school to recuperate at home results in angry phone calls from principals. To hell with your kid, I have a spending plan to think of here!
Posted by: torquewrench at May 29, 2015 02:04 PM (noWW6)
I would like to know how this happens, considering that sitting in the pilot's seat you can barely see over the top of the instrument panel when the plane is level, let alone at a 30 degree angle climbing.
Where, exactly, are these lasers coming from? UFOs at 15,000 feet?
Posted by: jwest at May 29, 2015 02:04 PM (9ZZd+)
Sakkara is a local brew in Egypt. Goats piss and so is the local whiskey
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 02:05 PM (sWgE+)
Posted by: East Bay KG at May 29, 2015 02:05 PM (uDCdI)
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 29, 2015 02:05 PM (KCxzN)
@328 Excellent video. Although one could make the case they stole some of their comments from here.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 29, 2015 02:05 PM (ODxAs)
Posted by: Bernie Sanders at May 29, 2015 02:05 PM (RJMhd)
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at May 29, 2015 02:05 PM (NeFrd)
Red Guard.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at May 29, 2015 02:05 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: The Guy Who Always Thinks It's Ending at May 29, 2015 02:05 PM (7YNVX)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at May 29, 2015 02:06 PM (rwI+c)
THAT'S RIGHT!>>>>I ALSO GOT A JOB MAKING $$1400$$ A MONTH WORKING FROM HOME WHILE I POST COMMENTS OR FAR RIGHTWING WEBSITES!!!>>>GEORGESOROS.COM
Posted by: MMFA.COM at May 29, 2015 02:06 PM (xSCb6)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 29, 2015 02:02 PM (zv9Ot)
I had a two for one Wendy's coupon the other day and didn't feel like cooking after mowing the grass. They used to call their burgers "hot and juicy". These were cold and dry. Won't be going back.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 29, 2015 02:06 PM (W5DcG)
Posted by: just saying at May 29, 2015 02:07 PM (wkuqO)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 29, 2015 02:07 PM (zv9Ot)
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at May 29, 2015 02:02 PM (NeFrd)
--Was in line waiting for my prescription at Wally World. Old beaner dude in front of me (was) stank. The younger, more Americanized Mexicans here don't stink but some of the others can knock a buzzard off the proverbial shit wagon.
Posted by: logprof at May 29, 2015 02:07 PM (hloi6)
Posted by: Fritz at May 29, 2015 02:07 PM (UzPAd)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at May 29, 2015 02:07 PM (XUKZU)
It's an opportunity.
Posted by: SkyNet, Inc. at May 29, 2015 02:07 PM (rwI+c)
I checked Urban Dictionary first and found no reference to power assist.
Newsletter, subscribe.
Posted by: SE Pa Moron at May 29, 2015 02:07 PM (xQX/f)
It is weird. the dems do something, we predict failure (based on the past performance of their worn out hackneyed ideas), we are proven right for the several thousandth time, yet....Warren, Sanders, Hillary, Obama still get traction with their cockamamie anti-growth policies, and we do it all over gain.
Look, we KNOW what will works. Look around the world at growing economies and you can SEE the answer. free trade. resource development. Low taxes. low corruption. peace. freedom. security. Free markets. less regulation. stable laws. reliable courts. Low overhead.
But all of this is exactly the opposite of what they propose.
Posted by: PT Barnum at May 29, 2015 02:08 PM (/EkKm)
And if you do show up for work, you can have a high old time fapping to porn and shitting in the hallways, with no concerns about being let go.
You know, I'm racking my brain here trying to recall the last time I heard a Republican officeholder actually pointing out the huge and damning list of scandalous workplace conduct by federal employees, stuff that would get those employees instantly fired from any private sector job.
I'm sure someone said something, some time. It'll come to me. Eventually. Sure thing. You bet.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 29, 2015 02:08 PM (noWW6)
The Commies will make deodorant out of concrete. Bad concrete. It's what Commies do best. They made everything out of it in the USSR days. Buildings, roads, food, beer...
Posted by: Citizen X at May 29, 2015 02:08 PM (7ObY1)
She will be burned soon in the public square, no doubt.
http://bit.ly/1LRSH3u
Posted by: MTF at May 29, 2015 02:08 PM (DkJ4E)
Posted by: kraken
You will have a choice!
Maple musk
Pine Proletariat
Pine/Maple melange
Posted by: Bernie the bolshie at May 29, 2015 02:08 PM (b7GF2)
Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at May 29, 2015 02:08 PM (OEgBL)
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We've got to cut Bernie some slack. His mother was killed in a horrible deodorant accident.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at May 29, 2015 02:08 PM (XUKZU)
Posted by: Barak Obama at May 29, 2015 02:08 PM (TV9BR)
Posted by: Bronco Bama at May 29, 2015 02:08 PM (ecDRv)
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at May 29, 2015 02:08 PM (NeFrd)
I noticed they closed a corporate owned Burger King. Also a Burger King
franchise near me at lunch time the other day had no cars in the drive
thru. I think even the service sector is collapsing.
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The fast food industry has had a triple whammy in the past decade. Higher fuel costs affect transportation overheads on weekly deliveries. Higher food costs affect the price and make customers think about eating out less. Obummercare made labor costs high, even as the pool of young people willing to work minimum wage to make some $$ dried up. (And this is before we get to the real idicocracy like Seattle.) I know a few burger joints near here where many of the back-room guys "no habla ingles", which is dangerous in itself since they can't hide the illegals from public view like the factories can.
Posted by: exdem13 at May 29, 2015 02:09 PM (ry4ab)
Posted by: Emperor Clusterfuck I at May 29, 2015 02:09 PM (YFFpo)
Posted by: The Chick Who Attributes Everything To Aliens at May 29, 2015 02:09 PM (ZKzrr)
Patchouli for everyone!
One scent to rule them all!
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I was once paid with cash by a lady reeking of the stuff. The bills were wet with patchouli oil. And when they went into the register, they soaked the other bills. That night is seared, seared into my memory.
Posted by: mrp at May 29, 2015 02:09 PM (JBggj)
I think I've finally got Krugman figured out. It's not that he doesn't know anything about economics. He knows PLENTY about economics. The prroblem is, his wife is even more bitter and partisan than he is, and she's been pulling him to the left for years. Read some of his early columns, and they almost sound sane. But the more they tilted left, the more Mrs. Krugman was pleased.
In short, he's doing it for the nookie.
Posted by: OregonMuse at May 29, 2015 02:09 PM (I8YZX)
Posted by: torquewrench at May 29, 2015 01:58 PM (noWW6)
It's amazing how quickly Tea-Party (LOL) Senator Ayotte started auditioning to be one of the Maine Twins replacements (whichever one is retiring).
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at May 29, 2015 02:10 PM (shFKH)
There is beer in Egypt. Of this I have direct knowledgable and a chipped tooth.
Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at May 29, 2015 02:03 PM (OEgBL)
The chipped tooth from being passed out in a formaldehyde haze from drinking the domestic Stella?
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 29, 2015 02:10 PM (XJkD9)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at May 29, 2015 02:08 PM (XUKZU)
Indeed that was the rumor. Truth was she couldn't make up her mind with all the choices and just locked up in place. They found her too late to save her.
Posted by: just saying at May 29, 2015 02:10 PM (wkuqO)
...it's deemed "Unexpected!!!"
Posted by: Lizzy at May 29, 2015 02:10 PM (q6kiT)
She should have endorsed rape. Wacky world, ain't it?
Posted by: Bernie the bolshie at May 29, 2015 02:10 PM (b7GF2)
She put on a pair of Odor Eaters and was never seen again
Posted by: Bigby's Boxing Gloves at May 29, 2015 02:10 PM (3ZtZW)
It's an opportunity.
Insty has a piece on robotic processing of poultry and vegetables.
Goodbye major sectors of employment of illegals.
What will we do with seven billion people in a robotic world?
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 29, 2015 02:10 PM (659DL)
Their six-dollar and eight-dollar meals kick all kinds of ass over anything you'll find in a fast-food joint. Think I'll get the meatloaf tonight, actually.
A huge slab of meatloaf (even I usually leave left-overs for a sammich the next day) plus choice of two sides. I'll get the mac and cheese and maybe some harvest veggies. You get gravy too. For six bucks. SIX bucks. You can barely get a "value meal" for that price at a fast-food joint. And it would be tiny, made of mystery meat and no good for me at all.
Posted by: Citizen X at May 29, 2015 02:11 PM (7ObY1)
service sector is collapsing.
Service & BK should never be used in the same sentence.
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 02:11 PM (KVnpg)
Posted by: SkyNet, Inc. at May 29, 2015 02:11 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at May 29, 2015 02:08 PM (OEgBL)
I had a good year there. Got out right before arab spring. I would have to think long and hard about going back though, but I met some really good people.
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 02:11 PM (sWgE+)
Posted by: mrp at May 29, 2015 02:11 PM (JBggj)
You made a good point about something in the last few days....but I don't remember what it was.
Senility....it's not just for old people anymore!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 29, 2015 02:12 PM (k2fxD)
Well, it's not for lack of trying. I parked in a lot last week next to a Burger King franchise which had a colossal banner strung across the front reading "WE ACCEPT EBT CARDS!!!"
Say, anyone else remember when the book "Fast Food Nation" was topping the charts, and the left vocally disdained such meals as disgusting garbage fit only for illiterate mouth-breathers in flyover country? Now it's being subsidized by a leftist government. Good times.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 29, 2015 02:12 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Limp Bizkit at May 29, 2015 02:12 PM (PFy0L)
I don't so much mind that we will be limited to a single
government-produced deodorant under the Sanders regime, but I do mind
that it will be designed and manufactured by people who have no
familiarity with deodorant in concept or in practice.
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Bernie thinks he is hot shit, but if he gets too stupid about "choices" someone in the Proctor and Gamble towers down in River City will make a phone call and his Marxist ass will be fished out of the Ohio river the next week.
Posted by: exdem13 at May 29, 2015 02:12 PM (ry4ab)
Posted by: Scotty Dog at May 29, 2015 02:12 PM (L/qA6)
Indeed. It's all lies, they keep 'revising' everything and 'updating definitions' to hide the fact that the economy is not good and has not been good for pretty much the entire time Obama has been in office.
The market would have cycled round if they would have let it. Instead it's all new regs, taxes, QE's, and lies...
Posted by: Lea at May 29, 2015 02:12 PM (lIU4e)
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 29, 2015 02:12 PM (KCxzN)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 29, 2015 02:13 PM (659DL)
production of beer to help flood victims in Texas and Oklahoma. The
plant will can water instead of beer starting this week to give to Red
Cross to distribute to flood victims. The plant normally does "water
runs" like this three times a year
Posted by: Billy Shears at May 29, 2015 01:22 PM (e8kgV)
Why not just continue making Bud, and put it in cans with white labels? Scarcely anyone would notice.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 29, 2015 02:13 PM (mwzXN)
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at May 29, 2015 02:13 PM (NeFrd)
Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at May 29, 2015 02:13 PM (V70Uh)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here)
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Oh, there won't be nearly that many left.
Posted by: Sky Net King at May 29, 2015 02:13 PM (7YNVX)
Posted by: Citizen X at May 29, 2015 02:14 PM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 29, 2015 02:13 PM (mwzXN)
Them be strong words from a Canadian.
Posted by: just saying at May 29, 2015 02:14 PM (wkuqO)
Posted by: Bernie Sanders at May 29, 2015 02:14 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: River Guide at May 29, 2015 02:14 PM (RJMhd)
Rule by lawyers. (no offense intended to Moron Barristers) Confusing verbiage with reality.
Or it's just liars, all the way down.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at May 29, 2015 02:14 PM (rwI+c)
The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of just 3 percent in the spring. The 3 percent GDP growth rate in the second quarter was the slowest growth since the economy was expanding at a lackluster 1.9 percent rate in the first quarter of 2003.
Democratic challenger John Kerry contends that Bush is pursuing a failed economic policy that has produced the worst jobs record of any president since Herbert Hoover and is subjecting Americans to a middle class squeeze of falling wages and rising costs for health care and education.
NBC news 7/30/2004
http://tinyurl.com/p7c2a42
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at May 29, 2015 02:14 PM (kdS6q)
Posted by: Bernie Sanders at May 29, 2015 02:14 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at May 29, 2015 02:14 PM (HSmrB)
Posted by: Lauren at May 29, 2015 02:14 PM (+bkaS)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 29, 2015 02:14 PM (zv9Ot)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/o4sfscf
Egyptian talking head reacting to Ogabe's Coast Guard Academy speech. F**k yeah! I'd like to have a beer with those guys.
Oh, wait...
Posted by: Steve White at May 29, 2015 01:58 PM (Cmzkp)
Um, I suspect the translation is fake/a parody. See reference to Poe's Law up top. Also, there were no Arabic subtitles for Obama's speech.
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at May 29, 2015 02:15 PM (shFKH)
Posted by: River Guide at May 29, 2015 02:15 PM (RJMhd)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at May 29, 2015 02:15 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: bergerbilder at May 29, 2015 02:15 PM (+jijM)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 29, 2015 02:15 PM (zv9Ot)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 29, 2015 02:15 PM (k2fxD)
Posted by: Super Creepy Eric Hoteham at May 29, 2015 02:16 PM (oDCMR)
Posted by: The Great White Snark at May 29, 2015 02:16 PM (XUKZU)
Bertolli frozen pasta meals in the bag are not bad at all. Especially the steak & potatoes and pasta and sausage.
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 02:16 PM (KVnpg)
Posted by: Bernie Sanders at May 29, 2015 02:16 PM (7YNVX)
And how many millions of college educated youngin's with a $100K+ in student loans and no marketable skills?
Posted by: Lizzy at May 29, 2015 02:17 PM (q6kiT)
Bernie Sanders' Deodorant Argument Is One of the Most Substantive of the Campaign So Far
Yes, they're dead serious. No, you really don't want to read the whole thing.
Posted by: Citizen X at May 29, 2015 02:17 PM (7ObY1)
For real?
Meanwhile my grocery store (one of the 'nicer' ones) has a sign up that selling your EBT acquired foods or EBT cards is illegal. Because that happens enough now that they have to put up a sign.
But yeah, kids are all starving out there.
Posted by: Lea at May 29, 2015 02:17 PM (lIU4e)
Posted by: Bernie Sanders at May 29, 2015 02:17 PM (zv9Ot)
collision yesterday. They were band mates as well. Dave could never
catch a break. The one thing he had though was a big heart and HUGE
musical talent. He was a member of the Hell Hounds back in San Diego.
RIP Dave
Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 29, 2015 01:28 PM (6IW2/)
Sorry to hear that, PG. My condolences to you and your husband.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 29, 2015 02:17 PM (mwzXN)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 29, 2015 02:17 PM (W5DcG)
In fairness, on the Left side, it may be.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at May 29, 2015 02:17 PM (rwI+c)
Hamster wheels to charge the robots. Serious you guys.
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at May 29, 2015 02:18 PM (ZKzrr)
There was a stimulus bill to the tune of $80 billion, of which Paul Ryan could later account for only $9 billion.
The rest went where?
Nevermind, the question is rhetorical.
Posted by: Thor's feather duster at May 29, 2015 02:18 PM (JgC5a)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 29, 2015 02:18 PM (LA7Cm)
"no habla ingles", which is dangerous in itself since they can't hide
the illegals from public view like the factories can."***
Speaking from painful personal experience, the only real way to even stay alive in the restaurant industry these days is to save on your labor margin. You do that by either A) hiring illegals, or B) have your family come in and work for free.
And A and B are not mutually exclusive.
I chose neither, which is why I'm no longer in that biz.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 29, 2015 02:19 PM (xSCb6)
"I noticed they closed a corporate owned Burger King. Also a Burger King
franchise near me at lunch time the other day had no cars in the drive
thru."
Well, it's not for lack of trying. I parked in a lot last week next
to a Burger King franchise which had a colossal banner strung across the
front reading "WE ACCEPT EBT CARDS!!!"
Say, anyone else remember when the book "Fast Food Nation" was
topping the charts, and the left vocally disdained such meals as
disgusting garbage fit only for illiterate mouth-breathers in flyover
country? Now it's being subsidized by a leftist government. Good times.
---------------
The food nazis have played their part, now they are shunted off to the side so King Putt's men and womyn can ride to the rescue. Of course, it will all be wasted effort when the robots are running the counter register in 10 years.
There's many neighborhoods in the USA right now where EBT cards are the preferred method of payment. Hope and change, dude! Most of 'em already take credit debit cards, so it's a SNAP to add the Big Brother line.
Posted by: exdem13 at May 29, 2015 02:19 PM (ry4ab)
"Did someone mention Texas floods? That Stevie Ray Vaughn was a prophet."
https://twitter.com/JusticeWillett/status/602988294012608512
Posted by: torquewrench at May 29, 2015 02:19 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at May 29, 2015 02:19 PM (NeFrd)
Don't forget the fapping. It's fap, fap, fap this. And fap, fap, fap that. Who has time to buy anything?
Posted by: dogfish at May 29, 2015 02:19 PM (jWtyG)
I heard a guy on the Bob Brinker radio show state that we are near full employment AND that there is no inflation.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at May 29, 2015 01:43 PM (W5DcG)
And how 'bout that chocolate ration!
Posted by: rickl at May 29, 2015 02:19 PM (zoehZ)
Posted by: Bigby's Boxing Gloves at May 29, 2015 02:19 PM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: JoeF. at May 29, 2015 02:20 PM (BIScD)
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 29, 2015 02:20 PM (LA7Cm)
Well yeah, I'm getting a little better deal on a liter of extra virgin olive oil, but it hasn't really made a dent in my expenses.
Posted by: nraendowment at May 29, 2015 02:20 PM (Msv+6)
Posted by: Bernie Sanders at May 29, 2015 02:16 PM (7YNVX)
Did Bernie turn into a muslim as well as a communist?
Posted by: Lea at May 29, 2015 02:20 PM (lIU4e)
Posted by: Mr Wizard at May 29, 2015 02:20 PM (eOpVe)
Posted by: Boss Moss
Ship them moar water. They'll appreciate the irony.
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 02:20 PM (KVnpg)
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 02:20 PM (sWgE+)
Lea, on my way to Vegas from AZ I saw a fast food place in the middle of nowhere with a banner like that.
Is there anyone that doesn't have an EBT card?
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 29, 2015 02:20 PM (0x/TW)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at May 29, 2015 02:20 PM (rwI+c)
Posted by: Roy at May 29, 2015 01:29 PM (fWLrt)
Oh, shit. There's an awesome cartoon idea: Obama, in captain uniform with epaulettes, on the bridge of the Titanic, iceberg in sight, giving the order, "Ramming speed, Ms. Yellen."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 29, 2015 02:20 PM (mwzXN)
"
You are all terrible employees and I would fire you all if you weren't family. And working for free.
Posted by: Bob from Bob's Burgers at May 29, 2015 02:20 PM (+bkaS)
Posted by: Bernie Sanders at May 29, 2015 02:21 PM (RJMhd)
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at May 29, 2015 02:21 PM (ZKzrr)
We're all over this idea. What flavor of jelly would you like in your pod?
Posted by: The Matrix at May 29, 2015 02:21 PM (q6kiT)
collision yesterday. They were band mates as well.
Posted by: phoenixgirl at May 29, 2015 01:28 PM (6IW2/)
So sorry to hear that.
Posted by: Lea at May 29, 2015 02:21 PM (lIU4e)
Posted by: Lauren at May 29, 2015 02:22 PM (+bkaS)
"For real?"
For real.
I wasn't gobsmacked by that so much as I was by the run-down corner liquor store in Alameda, CA, which had a similar banner.
Kicking myself now. I shoulda photographed it. Too much stunned-bunny going on.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 29, 2015 02:22 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at May 29, 2015 02:22 PM (rwI+c)
Women often fantasize about having sex with men that never bathe.
Posted by: Bernie Sanders at May 29, 2015 02:16 PM (7YNVX)
But enough about the annual Code Pink trip to Gaza.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 29, 2015 02:22 PM (XJkD9)
Posted by: Mr Wizard at May 29, 2015 02:22 PM (eOpVe)
Posted by: Bigby's Boxing Gloves at May 29, 2015 02:23 PM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Bernie Sanders at May 29, 2015 02:21 PM (RJMhd)
****
Earlier I suggested putting the deodorant on a wooden stick and selling it to starving children out of the back of a nondescript white van playing clown calliope music.
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at May 29, 2015 02:24 PM (NeFrd)
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at May 29, 2015 02:24 PM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at May 29, 2015 02:25 PM (NeFrd)
Remember the screams when gas went over $2 a gallon under Bush. Yea, such a windfall
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 02:25 PM (sWgE+)
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 29, 2015 02:25 PM (m3iiU)
Posted by: JoeF. at May 29, 2015 02:25 PM (BIScD)
Posted by: Velvet Ambition at May 29, 2015 02:25 PM (R8hU8)
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 02:26 PM (KVnpg)
Lawn; off get
Posted by: SE Pa Moron at May 29, 2015 02:26 PM (xQX/f)
http://is.gd/xotXc6
The death penalty thing I can grok, but this I can't.
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at May 29, 2015 02:26 PM (ZKzrr)
True. More just remarking on how it seems all economic activity seems to slam into reverse just because the temps drop.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 29, 2015 02:26 PM (LA7Cm)
Posted by: JoeF. at May 29, 2015 02:27 PM (BIScD)
Baltimore would burn.
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 02:27 PM (KVnpg)
Hate to ask what that smells like.
Bloomin' Bitch Seat?
Eau de Exhaust Pipe?
Posted by: Citizen X at May 29, 2015 02:27 PM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at May 29, 2015 02:27 PM (NeFrd)
Posted by: If only that were a joke at May 29, 2015 02:27 PM (xSCb6)
That's right. You guys think having rabbits and deer in your veggie gardens was bad? HAH! You ain't seed nuffin!
Posted by: Bigby's Boxing Gloves at May 29, 2015 02:28 PM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 29, 2015 02:28 PM (zv9Ot)
And so would every other major city--and a host of secondary cities too...
Posted by: JoeF. at May 29, 2015 02:28 PM (BIScD)
They do. Ever wonder why gas stations take EBT cards?
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 02:29 PM (KVnpg)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 29, 2015 02:29 PM (ODxAs)
Posted by: Bernie Sanders at May 29, 2015 02:29 PM (RJMhd)
Posted by: kraken at May 29, 2015 02:30 PM (sdxPm)
Posted by: mrp at May 29, 2015 02:30 PM (JBggj)
Posted by: JoeF. at May 29, 2015 02:30 PM (BIScD)
California is passing out drivers licenses like confetti. Says right on them "NOT VERIFIED".
So, California is now in the official business of counterfeiting IDs.
I was thinking of getting a couple of new fake ones. Just in case. Might come in handy soon.
Posted by: Thor's feather duster at May 29, 2015 02:31 PM (JgC5a)
I liked Mark Knoller a lot better when he was with "Dire Straights."
Posted by: fixerupper at May 29, 2015 02:31 PM (8XRCm)
See how simple that is?
http://tinyurl.com/p7vv2yd
Posted by: Hopped Up On Something at May 29, 2015 02:31 PM (7YNVX)
"
Or get manicures. It's amazing to me that every "poor" person I know can afford to go to the nail salon every 2 weeks.
Meanwhile, the last time I had a manicure was...my wedding.
I've heard a the justifications about how it's ok that "poor" people have nicer cars, clothes, and purses than me, but the nail thing is really the final slap in the face since literally no one needs to spend money on that. It's a luxury, and that $60/month could buy a lot of ramen.
Posted by: Lauren at May 29, 2015 02:32 PM (+bkaS)
I was thinking of getting a couple of new fake ones. Just in case. Might come in handy soon.
Posted by: Thor's feather duster
Achmed
Juan
Dindu
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 02:33 PM (KVnpg)
http://tinyurl.com/pqr7sjq
Can you imagine? The poor demented soul.
Posted by: LoneStarHeeb at May 29, 2015 02:33 PM (BZAd3)
So, the French?
Yea, we know this.
Posted by: Garrett at May 29, 2015 02:33 PM (ycu3n)
Posted by: Bernie Sanders at May 29, 2015 02:34 PM (ecDRv)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 29, 2015 02:34 PM (/tNwW)
There was a Wal-Mart manager who called Bentonville HQ in a total panic, because his state's public benefits bureaucracy had somehow dropped the ball, and he had a store full of EBT shoppers with packed carts who were being denied checkout, and who were becoming, shall we say, *restive* about this situation.
The Wal-Mart brass told the manager just to GIVE THE EBT CROWD ALL THE MERCHANDISE FOR FREE, because it was clear that if that wasn't done, there would be a violent riot, and they'd not only lose the merchandise, but they'd be having to pay to remodel and refit the store premises afterwards.
Not making this up.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 29, 2015 02:34 PM (noWW6)
Age of Obama Highlights:
funemployment
staycations
unexpectedly
riots and looting
ol' man winter under the bus
Posted by: SE Pa Moron at May 29, 2015 02:34 PM (xQX/f)
I want to buy those half price EBT cards but I'm not street enough to know how to do it.
*cries* I don't have a EBT guy! I have a meat guy, a plumber guy, but damn I don't have an EBT guy.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 29, 2015 02:34 PM (ODxAs)
So, the French?
Yea, we know this.
Posted by: Garrett at May 29, 2015 02:33 PM (ycu3n)
-----
"never" is different than "seldom"
Words means things Froggy.....
Posted by: fixerupper at May 29, 2015 02:34 PM (8XRCm)
Two years ago... it was less than $9...
But there is no inflation....
/facepalm
Posted by: BB Wolf at May 29, 2015 02:34 PM (qh617)
Posted by: Lauren at May 29, 2015 02:32 PM (+bkaS)
Fifteen dollars a nail would provide a living wage for the nail tech. Hey that's a high stress job, cause they're all unpaid counselors....
Posted by: kraken at May 29, 2015 02:35 PM (sdxPm)
Posted by: mrp at May 29, 2015 02:35 PM (JBggj)
The left is fucking delusional.
Posted by: steevy at May 29, 2015 02:36 PM (mGBKM)
I would think that any woman who knowingly had sex with Hastert would be prepared to pay up herself in order to conceal that fact from public knowledge.
Anyway, it's just more crap from the longtime RINO GOP establishment, embedded like engorged ticks in the nation's body politic. Nothing comes as a surprise any longer where they are concerned.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 29, 2015 02:36 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Feh at May 29, 2015 02:37 PM (S+RBU)
Posted by: Sheldon Cooper at May 29, 2015 02:37 PM (mKilZ)
Posted by: Feh at May 29, 2015 02:37 PM (S+RBU)
Posted by: steevy at May 29, 2015 02:36 PM (mGBKM)
It's not only the left. There are plenty on "our side" who are just as.
Posted by: East Bay KG at May 29, 2015 02:38 PM (uDCdI)
Posted by: mrp at May 29, 2015 02:35 PM (JBggj)
It'll be like trimming the tumor, instead of taking it all, I'm afraid.
Posted by: kraken at May 29, 2015 02:38 PM (sdxPm)
Do a search on Twitter or Facebook; they advertise.
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at May 29, 2015 02:38 PM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Marmo at May 29, 2015 02:38 PM (QW+AD)
Hey! Those massive national hip-hop ad campaigns aimed at "urban youth" don't come cheap.
Posted by: McDonalds Corporate at May 29, 2015 02:38 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Feh at May 29, 2015 02:38 PM (S+RBU)
Posted by: BHS at May 29, 2015 02:39 PM (xBryS)
mmmm bacon
Posted by: @votermom at May 29, 2015 02:39 PM (cbfNE)
He is. That's a tribute band.
Mark Knopler is in Dire STRAITS.
Posted by: JoeF. at May 29, 2015 02:39 PM (BIScD)
Posted by: Mr Wizard at May 29, 2015 02:39 PM (eOpVe)
1. Export sales of 12" butcher knives and video cameras to Syria and Northern Iraq rose to record levels.
2. Demand for governmental educational aid for girls in Nigeria, Iraq, Pakistanand Afghanistan decreased sharply.
3. Overtime increased for firefighters in Baltimore by more than 1,000 percent.
4. Sales of Russian language programs to the Ukraine, Venezuela, Iran and Venezuela hit record highs.
5. The Pacquiao-Mayweather fight. Yeah, I know,but, yeah. I know. Head injuries in Americafrom viewers banging their heads on their 60-inch HDTVs and the associated health care costs offset any gainsfrom the pay-per view revenue.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at May 29, 2015 02:39 PM (iAUf+)
Posted by: Feh at May 29, 2015 02:39 PM (S+RBU)
Posted by: torquewrench at May 29, 2015 02:36 PM (noWW6)
Uh.... since when is PAYING Blackmail against the Law???
Is the person he PAID going to Jail???
or will they get immunity for testifying against Hastert????
So the VICTIM of a crime will go to Jail... while the perp will walk???
Welcome to the Obama Justice Dept.
Posted by: BB Wolf at May 29, 2015 02:39 PM (qh617)
mmmm bacon
"
You sure that ain't long pig?
Posted by: Lauren at May 29, 2015 02:39 PM (+bkaS)
I'll have you know that my uvula will earn more money within ten minutes of Monday's market open than the entire lot of you filthy peasants will earn in your entire miserable lives.
Posted by: Mr. Frou Frou at May 29, 2015 02:40 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: jaun at May 29, 2015 02:40 PM (1CfDi)
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at May 29, 2015 02:40 PM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Arson Wells at May 29, 2015 02:40 PM (UnJ7w)
Posted by: Feh at May 29, 2015 02:40 PM (S+RBU)
Posted by: @votermom at May 29, 2015 02:40 PM (cbfNE)
Posted by: Marcus T at May 29, 2015 02:40 PM (GGCsk)
mmmm bacon
Bacon's moderated, but eggs are through the roof.
$3/doz at my local.
Aldi still has them for $1.29, though. Loss leader, I guess.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at May 29, 2015 02:41 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: BB Wolf at May 29, 2015 02:39 PM (qh617)
He 'lied' to the feds. Seems they can lie (don't they all) to you but you can't.
I didn't know that either.
Posted by: Martha Stewart at May 29, 2015 02:42 PM (wkuqO)
Best bacon I've ever found, bar none? $4.99 lb thick sliced in the butcher's case at Kroger.
Taste, texture, thickness, can't be beat.
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 02:42 PM (KVnpg)
There was mass confusion.
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at May 29, 2015 02:43 PM (NeFrd)
Thank us here in Commiefornia, even those of you who live nowhere near. Our state formally banned the sale of eggs from hens kept in battery cages.
This has the effect, and who could possibly have predicted it, of forcing a bunch of smaller producers out of the egg market, and of driving up the cost of eggs for everyone else.
Fuckin' supply and demand. How do they work?
Posted by: torquewrench at May 29, 2015 02:43 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: AoSHQ Style Guide Compliance Division at May 29, 2015 02:44 PM (JtwS4)
Posted by: Marcus T at May 29, 2015 02:44 PM (GGCsk)
So there's a free market for EBT slave cards? hahahahah
Posted by: Feh at May 29, 2015 02:44 PM (S+RBU)
I got the egglands best (low choslesterol) instead coz coupon. I don't really like them though.
Posted by: @votermom at May 29, 2015 02:44 PM (cbfNE)
Posted by: Bigby's Boxing Gloves at May 29, 2015 02:44 PM (3ZtZW)
We'll suddenly be in a full blown depression, per the media.
Posted by: Ricardo Kill at May 29, 2015 02:44 PM (LA7Cm)
543 Welcome to the Obama Justice Dept.
Posted by: BB Wolf at May 29, 2015 02:39 PM (qh617)
He 'lied' to the feds. Seems they can lie (don't they all) to you but you can't.
I didn't know that either.
Posted by: Martha Stewart at May 29, 2015 02:42 PM (wkuqO)
Yeah.... but there are Lies... and then there is entrapment...
Posted by: Scotter Libby at May 29, 2015 02:44 PM (qh617)
It's time for bewbs.
DC is full of 'em!
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 02:45 PM (KVnpg)
Posted by: Mr Wizard at May 29, 2015 02:45 PM (eOpVe)
Posted by: Feh at May 29, 2015 02:45 PM (S+RBU)
Oil prices low and economy is bad: Consumers save oil price windfall!!
Either way, never the democrats fault.
Posted by: Jollyroger at May 29, 2015 02:45 PM (t06LC)
Posted by: mrp at May 29, 2015 02:46 PM (JBggj)
Anyway we'll probably find out since the reporters have their squirrel to go chase
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at May 29, 2015 02:46 PM (aLLaQ)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 29, 2015 02:46 PM (zv9Ot)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at May 29, 2015 02:46 PM (shFKH)
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at May 29, 2015 02:47 PM (NeFrd)
The Democratic War on Women.
Because of the crippled economy, how many women have been forced to stay in unhealthy relationships because of a lack of economic opportunities?
How many women have been forced to trade sex for goods or services to survive in this economy?
How many young women are finding their expensive degrees useless and turning to the sex trades for a living?
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at May 29, 2015 02:47 PM (AC0lD)
I loved the - 0.75% contraction vs what proper rounding rules would have called - 0.8% contraction. Gotta keep the rosy-tinted glasses on come hell or high water.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) at May 29, 2015 02:47 PM (VLTL9)
I don't trust Aldi's eggs.
All the seagulls in their parking lot make me suspicious.
Posted by: Citizen X at May 29, 2015 02:47 PM (7ObY1)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 29, 2015 02:47 PM (zv9Ot)
347 So when you see a GDP print reported by the feds these days, mentally subtract 2% from it to get the actual figure as it had been previously totted up.
torquewrench at May 29, 2015 11:30
It is going to get worse. Facts must be changed until they fit the narrative.
Bloomberg: The U.S. Is About to Change the Way It Calculates GDP
Tiny Url: http://tinyurl.com/kyow2bk
Posted by: You cant be too cynical at May 29, 2015 02:47 PM (zPSOR)
549 I get a dozen eggs from a good farmer for $2.35.
So there's a free market for EBT slave cards? hahahahah
Posted by: Feh at May
Wait... are you sure these hens are cage free, free range, vegetarian fed, antibiotic free? Are they well adjusted and socialized, free from rooster patriarchy oppression? Is the flock diverse?
Posted by: kraken at May 29, 2015 02:47 PM (sdxPm)
Posted by: Denny Hastert, former wrestler at May 29, 2015 02:48 PM (8CdUx)
Posted by: Marcus T at May 29, 2015 02:48 PM (GGCsk)
--
No! For 3 dozen eggs. Basically $2.33 a dozen
The bacon works out to $2.23 a lb
Posted by: @votermom at May 29, 2015 02:48 PM (cbfNE)
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 02:48 PM (sWgE+)
Posted by: Marcus T at May 29, 2015 02:48 PM (GGCsk)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at May 29, 2015 02:49 PM (oVJmc)
Yes eggs jumped up - last time I got their eggs it was 4.29 for 36, now its 6.99
I don't think we can blame this one on SCOAMF or Clownifornia...there was some sort of bird epidemic in the Midwest and they had to kill millions of chickens to keep it contained.
http://is.gd/KrgYWt
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at May 29, 2015 02:49 PM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 02:49 PM (sWgE+)
Posted by: Feh at May 29, 2015 02:49 PM (S+RBU)
Chickens for both consumption and intimate companionship is mustahib (recommended).
Posted by: Islamic Scholar at May 29, 2015 02:50 PM (xQX/f)
Posted by: chique d'afrique
Usually. However, specialty packs, (center cut, thick sliced, etc), might only be 12 oz.
Posted by: rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger at May 29, 2015 02:50 PM (KVnpg)
That's for your basic Hormel and whatnot.
Designer, artisan bacon smoked over coals from Applewood grown on the north slope of Whiteface Mountain, or whatnot, is much higher.
Posted by: Citizen X at May 29, 2015 02:50 PM (7ObY1)
--
No! For 3 dozen eggs. Basically $2.33 a dozen
The bacon works out to $2.23 a lb
Posted by: @votermom at May 29, 2015 02:48 PM (cbfNE)
But with EBT, it be free. And no math.
Posted by: kraken at May 29, 2015 02:50 PM (sdxPm)
And during Republican administrations, heavy rotation of PAIN AT THE PUMP human interest pieces on the television.
Somehow strangely absent from the news during Democratic rule.
Posted by: torquewrench at May 29, 2015 02:50 PM (noWW6)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 29, 2015 02:50 PM (zv9Ot)
How many women have been forced to trade sex for goods or services to survive in this economy?
--
So you're saying the price of bewbs is down?
Posted by: @votermom at May 29, 2015 02:50 PM (cbfNE)
Posted by: Bigby's Boxing Gloves at May 29, 2015 02:50 PM (3ZtZW)
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at May 29, 2015 02:51 PM (aLLaQ)
Posted by: Moderate Salami at May 29, 2015 02:51 PM (/Ho8c)
Posted by: Citizen Cake at May 29, 2015 02:51 PM (PtTYB)
Posted by: jaun at May 29, 2015 02:52 PM (1CfDi)
Posted by: The Matrix at May 29, 2015 02:52 PM (q6kiT)
Posted by: The Matrix at May 29, 2015 02:52 PM (q6kiT)
Hastert's fling was more likely with a "he" than a "she"
He's a former wrestler / wrestling coach, is he not? Comes with the territory.
* doffs stereotypical viewing glasses *
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) at May 29, 2015 02:52 PM (VLTL9)
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at May 29, 2015 02:53 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: @votermom at May 29, 2015 02:50 PM (cbfNE)
It's good to be rich if you don't mind paying for sex. I'm surprised Bill Clinton isn't in Greece all year round.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at May 29, 2015 02:53 PM (AC0lD)
rickb223 Straight, Conservative Clinger, I second the thick cut bacon from Kroger being awesome.
Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale at May 29, 2015 02:53 PM (0x/TW)
****
According to Bernie Sanders, the highly varied choice of breasts available in the American marketplace is the reason so many of our children are starving. Those scarce resources ought to be repurposed for childhood nutrition...or something...
One boob to a customer, please!
Posted by: Muldoon, a solid man at May 29, 2015 02:54 PM (NeFrd)
The GDP loss from increased savings (of the windfall decrease in the price of oil) would be mostly offset from the gain recorded by decline in imports (as still 50% of all petroleum products are still imported)
Regards
Posted by: Jeffrey at May 29, 2015 02:54 PM (mXv3y)
I'm all for a free EBT market
we taxpayers are giving them a tax-free gift with a particular use
let them buy/sell/trade them for whatever they can get for them
somebody should start an EBT card "bank"
Posted by: Feh at May 29, 2015 02:54 PM (S+RBU)
Barbi Benton smoked bacon? Kinky
Posted by: wrg500 at May
Wasn't Barbi Benton connected with Playboy? I saw a picture of her. She looked really young.
Posted by: kraken at May 29, 2015 02:54 PM (sdxPm)
Posted by: Taryn at May 29, 2015 02:54 PM (dp7Vd)
For that much of a payoff, the smart money is on a boy who was one of his wrestling students.
Said boy may or may not have been of age at the time of the incident. My guess is no.
Posted by: Jollyroger at May 29, 2015 02:55 PM (t06LC)
Posted by: Martha Stewart at May 29, 2015 02:55 PM (wkuqO)
Posted by: @votermom at May 29, 2015 02:56 PM (cbfNE)
Posted by: kraken at May 29, 2015 02:54 PM (sdxPm)
yes, yes she was......mmmmmm
Posted by: wrg500 at May 29, 2015 02:56 PM (sWgE+)
Anyways could not follow LoneStarHeeb's Erdogan link so just googled and read today's Washington Times story on Erdogan.
That story says that close associates of Erdogan are saying that he might be the victim of personal psychological warfare--what the hell?
Posted by: River Guide at May 29, 2015 02:57 PM (RJMhd)
Eh. Ten grand+ transactions in '73 were a pretty good tip that you were a druggie.
Today? Hell, you need that for your kid's little league expenses.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 29, 2015 02:58 PM (659DL)
It's time for bewbs.
----
BEWBS without nipples are pointless.
Posted by: fixerupper at May 29, 2015 02:59 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: Juan McLame at May 29, 2015 03:00 PM (8rRE+)
* doffs stereotypical viewing glasses *
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) at May 29, 2015 02:52 PM (VLTL9)
-----
*narrows eyes*
Watch it with the grapplers are gay jokes, buster.....
Posted by: fixerupper at May 29, 2015 03:01 PM (8XRCm)
Posted by: TallDave at May 29, 2015 03:07 PM (/s1LA)
1. Negative growth
2. Three quarters in successon
3. Republican President
I'm pretty sure you missed the last one, but our elite media will catch it before anyone says anything silly.
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at May 29, 2015 03:10 PM (sG76x)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstien from Brattleboro, VT at May 29, 2015 04:47 PM (lNSdJ)
Posted by: steveegg at May 29, 2015 05:21 PM (cL79m)
Will make this number look awesome.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 29, 2015 01:05 PM (q6kiT)
Most likely next month in the final "regular" revision, and again at the end of July as part of the annual revision.
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AnkaPundit: Paul Anka Takes Over the Site for a Weekend (Continues through to Monday's postings)
George Bush Slices Don Rumsfeld Like an F*ckin' Hammer
Democratic Forays into Erotica
New Shows On Gore's DNC/MTV Network
Nicknames for Potatoes, By People Who Really Hate Potatoes
Star Wars Euphemisms for Self-Abuse
Signs You're at an Iraqi "Wedding Party"
Signs Your Clown Has Gone Bad
Signs That You, Geroge Michael, Should Probably Just Give It Up
Signs of Hip-Hop Influence on John Kerry
NYT Headlines Spinning Bush's Jobs Boom
Things People Are More Likely to Say Than "Did You Hear What Al Franken Said Yesterday?"
Signs that Paul Krugman Has Lost His Frickin' Mind
All-Time Best NBA Players, According to Senator Robert Byrd
Other Bad Things About the Jews, According to the Koran
Signs That David Letterman Just Doesn't Care Anymore
Examples of Bob Kerrey's Insufferable Racial Jackassery
Signs Andy Rooney Is Going Senile
Other Judgments Dick Clarke Made About Condi Rice Based on Her Appearance
Collective Names for Groups of People
John Kerry's Other Vietnam Super-Pets
Cool Things About the XM8 Assault Rifle
Media-Approved Facts About the Democrat Spy
Changes to Make Christianity More "Inclusive"
Secret John Kerry Senatorial Accomplishments
John Edwards Campaign Excuses
John Kerry Pick-Up Lines
Changes Liberal Senator George Michell Will Make at Disney
Torments in Dog-Hell
The Ace of Spades HQ Sex-for-Money Skankathon
A D&D Guide to the Democratic Candidates
Margaret Cho: Just Not Funny
More Margaret Cho Abuse
Margaret Cho: Still Not Funny
Iraqi Prisoner Claims He Was Raped... By Woman
Wonkette Announces "Morning Zoo" Format
John Kerry's "Plan" Causes Surrender of Moqtada al-Sadr's Militia
World Muslim Leaders Apologize for Nick Berg's Beheading
Michael Moore Goes on Lunchtime Manhattan Death-Spree
Milestone: Oliver Willis Posts 400th "Fake News Article" Referencing Britney Spears
Liberal Economists Rue a "New Decade of Greed"
Artificial Insouciance: Maureen Dowd's Word Processor Revolts Against Her Numbing Imbecility
Intelligence Officials Eye Blogs for Tips
They Done Found Us Out, Cletus: Intrepid Internet Detective Figures Out Our Master Plan
Shock: Josh Marshall Almost Mentions Sarin Discovery in Iraq
Leather-Clad Biker Freaks Terrorize Australian Town
When Clinton Was President, Torture Was Cool
What Wonkette Means When She Explains What Tina Brown Means
Wonkette's Stand-Up Act
Wankette HQ Gay-Rumors Du Jour
Here's What's Bugging Me: Goose and Slider
My Own Micah Wright Style Confession of Dishonesty
Outraged "Conservatives" React to the FMA
An On-Line Impression of Dennis Miller Having Sex with a Kodiak Bear
The Story the Rightwing Media Refuses to Report!
Our Lunch with David "Glengarry Glen Ross" Mamet
The House of Love: Paul Krugman
A Michael Moore Mystery (TM)
The Dowd-O-Matic!
Liberal Consistency and Other Myths
Kepler's Laws of Liberal Media Bias
John Kerry-- The Splunge! Candidate
"Divisive" Politics & "Attacks on Patriotism" (very long)
The Donkey ("The Raven" parody)