2016 archive
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
Still well under 300k.
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Filings for unemployment benefits have been below 300,000 for 87 straight weeks — the longest streak since 1970 and a level typical for a healthy labor market. . . . .
The four-week average of claims, a less-volatile measure than the weekly figure, increased to 257,750 from 253,000 in the prior week.
The number of people continuing to receive jobless benefits dropped by 14,000 to 2.03 million in the week ended Oct. 22.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Set an example by being polite to yourself.
Deputies say they arrived and found a 63-year-old man with a gunshot wound.
Authorities say he had been sitting with his 9mm gun in his front pocket and that the gun slipped out of his pocket when he stood up.
As it hit the floor, the sheriff’s office says the gun discharged one round, striking the man in the hip and exiting through the front of his leg.
The stupid. It burns.
The Thing from the Swamp 0
Werner Herzog’s Bear deconstructs the “drain the swamp” theme of the Trump campaign. Here’s a teeny little bit:
Read the rest. It’s not just echoes he’s hearing; it’s songs of the sirens of hate.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Had the little girl been packing, no doubt she could have defended herself.
A biological grandmother of one of the children was picking the children up from the home of their aunt and uncle, Gregory said. The grandmother schools the children at her home, the chief said.
When the boy entered the grandmother’s van, he picked up a 9mm pistol resting in the door of the van and accidentally fired it, Gregory said. The bullet went through the boy’s hand and struck the girl in the thigh, Gregory said.
What Are “Conservative Values”? Inquiring Minds Want To Know 0
Thom’s answer is simple.