Recent content by Begbie

Possibly? The 114k is "total nonfarm payroll employment" while the 873k is from household data survey which, to me, suggests it is more open to errors. Regardless, I think the U3 number is bunk. U6 (14.7%) and labor participation rate (63.6%) are a better indicators.

114,000 jobs added and the number of employed people goes up 873,000. Seems legit.

Those are funny, I like that America is a fat kid

FYI, the quotes Abrams used were completely out of context.... The American Spectator : The Spectacle Blog : Elliott Abrams Caught Misleading on Newt

until the #'s are revised, check the U6 rate for January '12 15.1% Table A-15. Alternative measures of labor underutilization

That's actually exactly why I used the phrase "tenets of national socialism" :hi:

that might be valid if the tenets of National Socialism and Fascism were economic in nature only

Mussolini got his start as a socialist thug and considered himself a good socialist his whole life. Hitler said that if you removed the national and racial aspects of nazisim it wasn't all that different from marxism. They both liked what the Soviets were doing (and FDR) but didn't think it...

Buffett pays himself a salary of $100k and does everything else he can to lower his tax rate. That's great, no one should pay more in taxes than they are legally required to, however, to then constantly moan about a system he has benefitted greatly from is as ridiculous as a secretary that...

He was in the pilot episode but not the regular season because he's still on Happy Endings

ODB Big Baby Jesus Dirt McGirt Joe Bananas Debbie Harry

I almost never run into anybody that has even heard of Ride before! Wouldn't mind hearing some more The Good The Bad and The Queen type stuff from Albarn. On a side note, not sure why I called Northern Soul "This is Music" though that is probably my favorite track on the album.

Ride - Nowhere The Verve - A Storm in Heaven The Verve - This is Music Oasis - Definitely Maybe The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses (technically not 90s since it came out in 89, but still awesome)

I thought The Last King of Scotland and Turbulence by Giles Foden were pretty good.