CLASSIC NEO CON THINKINGS

[ssd]

Hey, Asshat - did you actually READ the report or just copy and paste the nice looking headlines?

Here - let me translate the report for you:

- That big headline number translated into just 4,000 more working Americans.

- Another 115,000 on the unemployment line.

- That disparity can be explained by expanding labor force, which grew 119,000, though the participation rate among that group remained at 62.8 percent, which is just off the year's worst level and around a 36-year low.

- The jobs that were created skewed heavily toward lower quality. Full-time jobs declined by 150,000, while part-time positions increased by 77,000.

- 92, 477,000 Americans NOT WORKING.

- 11,918,000 Americans have dropped out of the workforce completely since President Obama took office - they have dropped off the unemployment rolls and are NOT counted in the unemployment figures.






Thanks for being a sheep.

 

[THE KOD]

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[THE KOD]

If Mitt Romney was in office which is a laugher, you would be jumping out of your box with excitement. Oh Mitt changed the economy . the best ever. Jobs , Jobs . Jobs , sure glad Republicans know what to do.


what a joke




maybe ssd will take over for hedge's most stupid poster award


:0008

 

[ssd]

Nice, intelligent response to a factual breakdown of the employment data?

Stupidest poster here - you've got that one wrapped up.


Not a big Mitt fan but he could not be worse than your butt-buddy, Barry.

Have fun living in lala land, KOD. If you can not accept the reality of the situation, oh well.


Stay stupid, my friend. Stay stupid. The politicians in America are counting on it.

 

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:mj07::mj07::mj07::0002:0074

Nice, intelligent response to a factual breakdown of the employment data?

Stupidest poster here - you've got that one wrapped up.


Not a big Mitt fan but he could not be worse than your butt-buddy, Barry.

Have fun living in lala land, KOD. If you can not accept the reality of the situation, oh well.


Stay stupid, my friend. Stay stupid. The politicians in America are counting on it.

 

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18 TRILION :0corn

 

[THE KOD]

Nice, intelligent response to a factual breakdown of the employment data?

we dont really debate much in here. So I do not think you should use this forum as any kind of
a intelligence test.

of course you are way too stupid to understand anything but the drivel you get from Rush L and Savage
and the boys.


yeh I think you can replace hedge

just keep talking deadhead

 

[Skulnik]

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[Skulnik]

The Labor Department reported on Friday that employers added 321,000 jobs in November, a much stronger number than economists had predicted and the 10th consecutive month of net job gains above 200,000.

Even more significant was that the improving job market finally delivered a sharp jump in average hourly earnings for ordinary workers that was double the anticipated 0.2 percent increase.

The jobless rate itself stayed at 5.8 percent.

The pickup in wage growth comes as gasoline prices are plunging, providing a double boon for consumers and retailers with the holiday shopping season underway.


With one month still to go, the total increase in payrolls of 2.65 million is already the best annual figure since the late 1990s.

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wow great job Obama :0008

 

[THE KOD]

Ronnie


next up................ Hills for 8 long yrs


not sure I can even take that

 

[ssd]

You are just an ignorant moron, KOD.

If life required an intelligence test, you would have been aborted.

But, hey - you fit in well in average America nowadays -

People know more about pop culture than the way government works.


Carry on window-licker. You are a complete waste of my time.

 

[THE KOD]

You are just an ignorant moron, KOD.

If life required an intelligence test, you would have been aborted.

But, hey - you fit in well in average America nowadays -

People know more about pop culture than the way government works.


Carry on window-licker. You are a complete waste of my time.

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I will ssd-hedgehog

 

[THE KOD]

This is the best the GOP has to run for 2016.


Maybe his daddy will buy off the election again .



:mj07::mj07:

 

[THE KOD]

Meanwhile, 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney is leading the Republican pack. Several recent polls surveying the 2016 Republican landscape have found Romney ahead by a slight margin over former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who announced earlier this week that he is considering a run for president,




:mj07::mj07:


three times a loser


the Mittster is all the neo cons got ................................:facepalm:

 

[THE KOD]

NEW YORK, Dec 23 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks advanced on Tuesday, as the Dow climbed above the 18,000 mark for the first time in history and the S&P 500 set a new intraday record after an unexpectedly strong report on economic growth.

The gains pushed the Dow as high as 18,051.14, and the index is now up about 175 percent from a 12-year low hit on March 9, 2009.

The final estimate of the U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) for the third quarter was revised up to a 5 percent annual pace, its quickest in 11 years, on stronger consumer and business spending, easily topping expectations calling for a 4.3 percent pace.

"What was most interesting about that is if you dig in the details the primary surprise came from consumption," said Scott Keifer, global investment specialist at JP Morgan Private Bank in Orange County, California. "You are going to see the consumer spending number continue to inch up and get better and better as we continue on in this expansion."

In addition to the GDP report, data showed a solid rise in consumer spending while consumer sentiment hit its highest level in nearly eight years.

But not all the U.S. data was rosy, as durable goods orders unexpectedly fell in November and were well short of expectations while new home sales fell for a second straight month.

"I don't think the broader theme changes, but you are certainly going to have periods, aberrational reports where you have disappointments and durable goods was one of those," said Keifer.

Major Wall Street indexes have risen for four straight sessions, pushing the benchmark S&P index to its 50th record high of the year. The S&P has risen 5.4 percent over that period, its best 4-day run since July 2010. The rally comes on the heels of a selloff sparked by a slump in oil prices that saw the index drop nearly 5 percent from its prior record high set on Dec. 5.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 82.17 points, or 0.46 percent, to 18,041.61, the S&P 500 gained 3.75 points, or 0.18 percent, to 2,082.29 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 13.27 points, or 0.28 percent, to 4,768.16.

Trading volume is expected to be light this week due to the Christmas holiday, which could increase volatility. U.S. equity markets will open for an abbreviated session Wednesday and be closed on Thursday.

Walgreen Co shares advanced 1.2 percent to $75.16 after the drugstore chain operator reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit.

Gilead Sciences weighed on the Nasdaq for a second straight session, as it continued to slide after the biggest percentage drop for the stock in nearly 14 years in the prior session.

Advancing issues outnumbered declining ones on the NYSE by 1,968 to 980, for a 2.01-to-1 ratio on the upside; on the Nasdaq, 1,366 issues rose and 1,198 fell for a 1.14-to-1 ratio favoring advancers.

The benchmark S&P 500 index posted 100 new 52-week highs and 5 new lows; the Nasdaq Composite was recorded 141 new highs and 27 new lows. (Editing by Chizu Nomiyama, Jeffrey Benkoe, W Simon and Meredith Mazzilli)

MORE: Reuters Dow Bourse Dow 18000 Dow Jones Industrial Average Dow H
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wow what a great President

what a great man !

 

[THE KOD]

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Turkish media reports say a teenager was taken away from his school and detained by police for allegedly insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Hurriyet newspaper says the 16-year-old high-school student, identified only by his initials M.E.A., was arrested Wednesday in the central city of Konya for making a speech at a student protest a day earlier. The boy reportedly said Erdogan was regarded as the "thieving owner of the illegal palace" in reference to a government corruption scandal as well as a controversial 1,150-room new palace Erdogan inaugurated in October.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu defended the arrest Thursday saying: "the presidential office needs to be shown respect."

The boy could face up to four years in prison if convicted of insu

 

[THE KOD]

Vladimir Putin Scraps New Year's Holidays For Russian Ministers


MOSCOW (AP) ? Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday scrapped New Year's holidays for government ministers because of the unfolding economic crisis.

Russian company employees throughout the country are entitled to holiday from Jan. 1 to Jan. 12 when Russians celebrate the New Year, the main holiday in Russia, as well as Orthodox Christmas on Jan. 7.

Putin told a televised government session on Thursday that Cabinet ministers should not take this time off.


"For the government, for your agencies we cannot afford this long holiday, at least this year - you know what I mean," he said.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev told Cabinet ministers on Thursday he expects them to keep the situation in check even during the holiday lull "from the first days of the year."

Russia's economy, battered by low oil prices and Western sanctions, is set to enter recession next year for the first time in six years, while the ruble is now worth less than half of its value.opcorn2

The ruble staged a modest rally last week and was trading 2 percent higher at 52 rubles per dollar Thursday, up from 80 rubles earlier this month.

The Russian Central Bank announced on Thursday that the country's currency reserve has dropped below $400 billion for the first time since August 2009, as the government has been selling the currency on the market to support the ruble.:0074

Stabilizing the ruble, which is one of the world's worst-performing currencies this year following the slide in oil prices and the sanctions imposed on Russia, is a priority for the country's monetary authorities. The Central Bank in past weeks raised its key interest rate to 17 percent and said it will offer dollar and euro loans to banks so they can help major exporters that need foreign currencies to finance operations.

Many Russian companies have been locked out of Western capital markets following the sanctions imposed on the country for its involvement in Ukraine.
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Obama in control ...........................

thats Mitt , Cruz , and Rand Paul in the back seat .



whose your daddy !

 

[THE KOD]

 

[THE KOD]

People who like money too much ought to be kicked out of politics, Uruguayan President Jos? Mujica told CNN en Espa?ol in an interview posted online Wednesday.

?We invented this thing called representative democracy, where we say the majority is who decides,? Mujica said in the interview. ?So it seems to me that we [heads of state] should live like the majority and not like the minority.?

Dubbed the ?World?s Poorest President? in a widely circulated BBC piece from 2012, Mujica reportedly donates 90 percent of his salary to charity. Mujica?s example offers a strong contrast to the United States, where in politics the median member of Congress is worth more than $1 million and corporations have many of the same rights as individuals when it comes to donating to political campaigns.

?The red carpet, people who play ? those things,? Mujica said, mimicking a person playing a cornet. ?All those things are feudal leftovers. And the staff that surrounds the president are like the old court.?

Mujica explained that he didn?t have anything against rich people, per se, but he doesn?t think they do a good job representing the interests of the majority of people who aren?t rich.

?I?m not against people who have money, who like money, who go crazy for money,? Mujica said. ?But in politics we have to separate them. We have to run people who love money too much out of politics, they?re a danger in politics? People who love money should dedicate themselves to industry, to commerce, to multiply wealth. But politics is the struggle for the happiness of all.?

Asked why rich people make bad representatives of poor people, Mujica said: ?They tend to view the world through their perspective, which is the perspective of money. Even when operating with good intentions, the perspective they have of the world, of life, of their decisions, is informed by wealth. If we live in a world where the majority is supposed to govern, we have to try to root our perspective in that of the majority, not the minority.?

Mujica has become well known for rejecting the symbols of wealth. In an interview in May, he lashed out against neckties in comments on Spanish television that went viral.

?The tie is a useless rag that constrains your neck,? Mujica said during the interview. ?I?m an enemy of consumerism. Because of this hyperconsumerism, we?re forgetting about fundamental things and wasting human strength on frivolities that have little to do with human happiness.?

He lives on a small farm on the outskirts of the capital of Montevideo with his wife, Uruguayan Sen. Lucia Topolansky and their three-legged dog Manuela. He says he rejects materialism because it would rob him of the time he uses to enjoy his passions, like tending to his flower farm and working outside.

?I don?t have the hands of a president,? Mujica told CNN. ?They?re kind of mangled.

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a greater truth was never spoken

we have the richest of the rich running the country for their benifits

wtf do Americans expect for that shitpile

 

[THE KOD]

The U.S. economy added 252,000 jobs in December, as the unemployment rate fell to 5.6 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.

More from AP:

WASHINGTON (AP) ? The United States capped its best year for hiring in 15 years with a healthy gain in December, and the unemployment rate reached a six-year low. The numbers support expectations that the United States will strengthen further this year even as overseas economies stumble.


The Labor Department said Friday that employers added 252,000 jobs last month and 50,000 more in October and November combined than it had previously estimated. The unemployment rate dropped to 5.6 percent from 5.8 percent in November. The rate is at its lowest point since 2008.

American businesses have been largely shrugging off signs of economic weakness overseas and continuing to hire at healthy rates. The U.S. economy's steady improvement is especially striking compared with the weakness in much of the world.

Fears about significantly cheaper oil spooked investors earlier this week before financial markets recovered. But most economists remain optimistic that lower energy prices will benefit U.S. consumers and many businesses and give the American economy a further boost.

The improving jobs picture has healed some of the deep scars left by the Great Recession. The number of people who have been unemployed for more than six months fell 27 percent last year. And the number working part time who would prefer full-time work dropped 12 percent.

Economists do expect more healing to occur this year. Tumbling oil and gas prices have put more money in consumers' pockets, enhancing their ability to spend. Goldman Sachs estimates that the additional spending on restaurants, auto dealers and other goods and services will lead to the creation of 300,000 more jobs this year than if oil prices remained at their June levels.

Spending at retail stores and restaurants rose in November by the most in eight months, an early sign that Americans are already spending some of the savings they are enjoying on gas-pump prices.

Car sales jumped 6 percent last year to the highest level since 2006, according to Autodata Corp. Analysts forecast that sales will reach 17 million this year, near the record of 17.3 million set in 2000. That should lead to more jobs at automakers, parts suppliers and dealers.

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one word bitchs ---------------- Obama


what a great President

what a great man !