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Red Flags:
1. ALL CAPS
2. TOO MANY EXCLAMATION POINTS!!!!!
3. It's "Nikon" not "NIKION."
4. The D40 has 6 megapixels, not 12 "MEXIPIXLES."
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Saturday, December 05, 2009
Don't believe today's "good news"
Officially, the unemployment level dropped .2% with this morning's monthly jobs report.
This conclusion seemingly indicates the US finally picked up some jobs. This is not the case. The official government statistics actually state that the US lost jobs (and presumably added people). Yet, the government is telling us that the unemployment rate is actually lower. Read it yourself, if you'd like.
Here's an excerpt from an explanation of the cooked numbers:
"Unemployment dropped by .2% even though 11,000 jobs were lost and it should take at least 100,000 jobs just to keep up with demographics. Instead note the drop in the civilian labor force by 98,000.
Moreover, those "not in the labor force rose by 291,000 constituting nearly all of the decline in unemployment." -Mish Shedlock
People "not in the labor force" include unemployed people who want to work, but who haven't looked for work in the last 4 weeks. This is often because they can't find a job, and eventually give up. It also happens when new graduates emerge from campus like Punxsutawney Phil, look around, see the shadow of the financial crisis and decide to go back underground to graduate school.
These people don't count toward the unemployment rate. This is like the government "reducing crime rates" by legalizing robbery.
This conclusion seemingly indicates the US finally picked up some jobs. This is not the case. The official government statistics actually state that the US lost jobs (and presumably added people). Yet, the government is telling us that the unemployment rate is actually lower. Read it yourself, if you'd like.
Here's an excerpt from an explanation of the cooked numbers:
"Unemployment dropped by .2% even though 11,000 jobs were lost and it should take at least 100,000 jobs just to keep up with demographics. Instead note the drop in the civilian labor force by 98,000.
Moreover, those "not in the labor force rose by 291,000 constituting nearly all of the decline in unemployment." -Mish Shedlock
People "not in the labor force" include unemployed people who want to work, but who haven't looked for work in the last 4 weeks. This is often because they can't find a job, and eventually give up. It also happens when new graduates emerge from campus like Punxsutawney Phil, look around, see the shadow of the financial crisis and decide to go back underground to graduate school.
These people don't count toward the unemployment rate. This is like the government "reducing crime rates" by legalizing robbery.
I think he's onto something
Watch this 25 second clip. Then re-watch it, while looking at the stock tickers.
Gold is over 236% higher than when this aired 4 years ago. The S&P and Dow are currently lower than they were when this aired 4 years ago.
Thursday, December 03, 2009
Pirates!
Apparently, there are 11 ships and 264 sailors currently held captive by Somali pirates who overtake the ships with speedboats, AK-47s, and RPGs. Fortunately, Wile E. Coyote has a plan:
"A ship-borne launching device that fires a rope-based barrier into the path of pirate vessels is being marketed at commercial ships at risk from such attacks. The Buccaneer, from BCB International, uses compressed air to fire a plastic cylinder containing either a coiled rope or net up to a range of 400m. The coiled line of net or rope, which has a parachute attached to the end, will unravel and lay out across the surface of the water. As a pirate boat travels through the water its propeller shaft will pick up the line and become entangled." The Engineer
I have a better idea.
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