Unemployment rate dips as more workers leave labor force
The headline is patently absurd yet gets taken as reality. Ah no, discouraged jobs seekers do not magically leave the job force. They remain unemployed.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Month July 2010
California water bond measure uncertain as controversy rages
“Whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting over” – Mark Twain Make no mistake, California’s water supply and infrastructure is in perilous condition and needs a major upgrade – sooner rather than later. The Sacramento Delta, which supplies an…
CalPERS and risk. Together forever?
CalPERS, the largest public pension fund in the country, has lost enormous sums of money. They did this by taking on high levels of risk starting in 2002. CNN details their losing strategy and wonders if they really have learned…
Obama awards $2 billion for solar power, hails new jobs
While certainly welcome, this is a minuscule amount compared to what the government spends on wars or to hundreds of billions it’s given to banks in bailouts. Our priorities are seriously skewed.
Zetas set up 30 roadblocks in attempt to free arrested leader
From missionaries in Mexico: Yesterday the army arrested the Monterrey-area boss of the Zetas, known as El Tory, and, in an effort to free him, his Zeta operatives set up 30 roadblocks all over the city which completely shut it…