Month January 2009

Biggest unemployment jump since 1945

The U.S. lost more jobs in 2008 than any year since 1945 as employers fired another 524,000 people in December, indicating a free-fall in the economy. Masses of unemployed people leads inexorably to social unrest. FDR defused things by creating…

Oakland riot videos and photos

Golly, kicking in windows of parked cars, just doesn’t seem the best of all possible protest methods to me… Taken by poppimple, who has more on YouTube. Thomas Hawk took some excellent photos at the Oakland riot. He posted them…