Nonfarm Payrolls +288,000, unemployment rate 6.1%, voluntary part-time employment +840,000, full-time employment -523,000

Nonfarm Payrolls +288,000, unemployment rate 6.1%, voluntary part-time employment +840,000, full-time employment -523,000. “…strength was entirely part-time (and then some).” That doesn’t stop the Democrat-Media complex from celebrating, not unexpectedly.

Bonfire of the Absurdities: After 35 year career writing software for IBM mainframes, am now self-employed contractor thinking of joining a union and striking for higher wages. Cured morbid fear of heights when I learned to look at them as lengths standing on end. Uncompromising in refusal to accept browser cookies. Amateur investor who has accumulated a small fortune in the market after starting out years ago with a large one. For recreation, I run, hike, kayak and play tennis but will not consider synchronized swimming under any circumstances.

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