People do not make wars; governments do.
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A few months or so ago, Obama hit the beach and started delivering his “economy is recovering, but not enough” message. Some think this was in response to the rather catastrophic forecast of the first Tuesday in November. Personally, I do. “It’s the economy, stupid.” Simple message, hard to debate. The message then was that [...]
Yesterday the headline was jobless claims much higher than expected at 480,000. That helped lead to a sell-off on the markets, pushing Dow below 10,000, again. So, imagine everyone’s surprise when we get today’s headline: Jobless Rate Falls Unexpectedly to 9.7 Percent in January Now, that means more people are filing claims, but fewer are [...]
This is getting confusing to me. According to my math, the Democrats have a pretty comfortable majority in the Senate. Currently they hold a 56-41 majority with two independents caucusing with the Dems as well. That makes it 58-41. Very possibly, another seat will be given to the Dems via the Minnesota courts. In basketball, [...]
