September, 2016 archive
Break Time 0
Off to drink liberally.
Chris-Crossed, the Exemplar Dept. 0
Headline of the day: Analysis: Why people don’t trust politicians, in one Chris Christie interview
The Candidates Debate 0
I generally do not watch election returns or campaign circuses debates because I have better things to do with my time, like watch reruns of Murder She Wrote. They generally have less nutritional value than a Twinkie without the delicious creamy filling.
If anything of value happens, I can always read about them the next day.
Thankfully, Dick Polman has summarized last night’s Trumpalooza “forum” to prove to me that my decision to watch a rerun of The Bob Newhart Show was a correct and much more edifying decision. Here’s a snippet:
But the main event was Lauer’s abject subservience to Trump. Here’s the gist of what happened.
Q: Are you prepared to be commander-in-chief?
A: Absolutely!
Q: But are you really prepared to be commander-in-chief?
A: The best!
Q: Thank you sir, may I have another?
Hack Journalism 0
Rex Huppke coughs up a column.
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
No change worth noting (emphasis added).
(snip)
The four-week average of claims, a less-volatile measure than the weekly figure, declined to 261,250 from 263,000 in the prior week. Filings have been below 300,000 for 79 straight weeks — the longest stretch since 1970 and a level economists say is typically consistent with a healthy labor market.
The number of people continuing to receive jobless benefits dropped by 7,000 to 2.14 million in the week ended Aug. 27. The unemployment rate among people eligible for benefits was 1.6 percent for a seventh week. These data are reported with a one-week lag.
QOTD 0
Edgar Cayce:
Don’t feel sorry for self–that’s the best way to condemn, for you condemn everyone else.
Reading number 3527-1
H/T Susan.
“Angel of Arms” 0
Prisoners of the Privatization Scam 0
Warning: Language.
A Missive from a Mainer 0
Afterthought:
I never expected to see so much stuff I couldn’t make up as I’ve seen this year . . . .
