Unemployment benefit applications jump to 399,000. And following all the glowing retail sales reports for Christmas, the actual numbers reported today show a mere .1% rise. Hey, remember last week when the U3 unemployment rate “fell” to 8.5% and the “good news” was all over the media like Adolf Hitler voter applications in Wisconsin? How many stories about this not-so-good news didja see today? We thought so.
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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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