From the Annals of Hedonics:

Employment numbers will now be quoted ex-snow.

Are you a U3-er Bosch?

And yagij? Was that you who filed for UE?

noob goldberg wrote:

I would not want to be in earshot of the CNBC studio if they announced a 350K jobs report. That would be piercingly loud.

The power surges in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey would be epic.

Don't most here have black belt in gov. press releases on UE.

Nope. No UE for this puppy. I'm too feckless.

Why are government workers even counted? Those are not new "jobs" by any definition. They are a net loss for the general population.

This is the snake eating its own tail.

Sort of like taxing UI benefits?

Like primary dealers buying T-bills on behalf of the FED.

Have they stopped announcing U-3 in terms of percentage points? Is it too scary?

If Apple made houses and cars, I think we'd be ok.

sm_landlord wrote:

Forget about a pizza driver job if these guys manage to put an 18% tax on pizza

Sounds like mandatory gratuity to me.
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I'd rather pay for a more expensive meal than a "cheaper" meal and then have a mandatory tip added on it it.

Conversely, if I don't mail back the census, won't that help someone get a job (albeit temporary)? My way of helping out someone....

If Apple made houses and cars, I think we'd be ok.

Who's we? If Apple had their hand in either of these enterprises 1 bedroom houses would cost $800K and sub-compacts would cost $65K

My way of helping out someone....

While you're at it, steal a few traffic signs, break a few windows, and torch a few government offices. GDP must rise by 10% !

Oxtail wrote:

Great consumer base if you can get it.

Anonymous Bosch wrote:
If Apple had their hand in either of these enterprises 1 bedroom houses would cost $800K and sub-compacts would cost $65K
And both would be specially designed so that Apple sub-compacts would only fit in Apple 1BR houses.

If Apple built houses they wouldn't have any Windows.

sm_landlord wrote:

Forget about a pizza driver job if these guys manage to put an 18% tax

Let them eat Chinese food.

Anonymous Bosch wrote:

If Apple built houses they wouldn't have any Windows.

If Apple built houses, Larry Mozillo would change his skin color from orange to red.

...whatever happened to Agent Orange?

He's working for No Such Agency.

If Apple built houses they wouldn't have any Windows.

And Applebuilt homeowners would rave about the advantages of living in the dark.

curious wrote:

(we need another icon KC)

(great, the rest of the commentariat is The Sunshine Band?)

The mid atlantic snow for february is over rated.

The first big storm started mid morning friday the 5th and by late saturday afternoon had cleared out of the DC area. Perfect time for a big storm to go through and get things plowed before monday. The second storm hit wednesday the 10th and was not as bad as the first.

I would be very surprised if many missed a full week of employment. If you read the link it mentions a january 1996 storm - that storm was MUCH worse that what we saw this year. Council of Economic Advisors

"Why Weather Affects Measured Payroll Employment and the Workweek
Although payroll employment data—collected from the Current Employment Survey—are released as monthly values, the survey counts employment for the pay period that includes the 12th of the month. Because about half of firms issue weekly paychecks, one can approximately describe this survey design as measuring employment during the week that includes the 12th. The back-to-back February snowstorms prevented many workers from reporting to work for several days during the week including the 12th. Some missed the entire week. Of those missing the entire week, some missed an entire paycheck, and so are not counted as employed in the establishment survey. (Salaried workers and others who are paid whether or not they have a snow day are counted as employed.) In contrast, the household survey counts these workers as employed, so that bad weather would have only a small effect on the employment and unemployment data reported through that survey.

Although some workers may have missed an entire week of work, many more workers likely missed a few days during the week including the 12th because of the storms. Because many workers are not paid for snow days, bad weather shortens the reported workweek."

Snowstorms Likely Reduced Measured Payroll Employment in February 2010 | The White House

Pwned.

Anonymous Bosch wrote:
And Applebuilt homeowners would rave about the advantages of living in the dark.
Only because living in the dark had been marketed to them as a sign of economic superiority, intelligence and being just a little more artsy and modern than your peers.

edit: It's not a bug, it's a differentiating feature.

Greek Police storm gov't printing office.

Google Translate

Not sure if they were trying to get their hands on more fiat currency or to burn it.

Government Spending in the United States - Download All Years
Federal State Local Government Revenue in United States 1890 - Charts Tables

Useful links?

Not sure if they wree trying to get their hands on more fiat currency or to burn it.

They were trying to prevent the law from being printed. (If it's not on paper, it doesn't exist according to Greek law)

Someone get these guys into the 21st century.

Juvenal Delinquent wrote:

Roy Ashburn, California State Senator, Says He's Gay After DUI Arrest

DUI Arrest caused him to out himself? Was he flaming on the cop's video?

ResistanceIsFeudal wrote:

No public union will accept wage cuts

Eventually, that will cease to matter.

Interesting Times wrote:

Someone get these guys into the 21st century.

Actually, that behavior reminds me a lot of what the Treasury and Fed have done here. If the gauges say the plane is flying level, then we don't need to look out the window at the ground coming up fast.

MLM wrote:

If the gauges say the plane is flying level, then we don't need to look out the window at the ground coming up fast.

Pitot tubes are for pansies.

Someone get these guys into the 21st century.

That reminds me, had anyone ever checked if the Government Printing Office gets paid by the pound? If they did, it would go a long way to explaining why these bills are 1000>1200 pages.

Sole occupant of 32-story Fort Myers condo wants out | news-press.com | The News-Press

Cinco-X wrote:

Useful links?

Very interesting, thanks.

yagij wrote:

knowing he has a thing for t3h

We all have a little thing for CR, if we were really being honest with each other.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Getting a DUI in California's bible belt is no biggie, but your constituency finding out you were doing something that got mentioned in that book written a hundred years after events supposedly took place 2,000 years ago is heresy.

noob goldberg wrote:

Pitot tubes are for pansies.

I think they've got the pitot tube connected directly to the printing press. But the airplane isn't.

Mr Slippery wrote:

Sole occupant of 32-story Fort Myers condo wants out | news-press.com | The News-Press

OK, how does a firefighter afford a $430K vacation condo, with his wife in jail for stealing from the city where they both work?

Hmmm... OK, so she was busted after they bought the place.

That's some real upward mobility. The American Way and all.

Seeing how deftly BLS cooked the most recent UE numbers -- hooray! full employment by election time!

MaryAnn wrote:

What would being intoxicated have to do with your sexual preference.

I find I prefer sex even more than usual when I'm intoxicated.

Please this.

Duke of Con Dao wrote:

OT - but I'm officially blacklisted in Myanmar... do I get a badge of honor for this? the Basterds!

I actually snuck into Myanmar for 15 minutes, before someone with an AK scooted me out (lucky they didn't detain me).
I was up in the Golden Triangle, and the Thais seemed to be able to go across the bridge and do business, so I went on over. Obviously, that did not work out well.
I was the only westerner in town, so I stuck out like a sore thumb.

He's been a strong anti-gay legislator. The fact that he's gay himself makes him a hypocrite. It's the hypocrisy.

MaryAnn wrote:

What would being intoxicated have to do with your sexual preference.

I think the problem is he drives when he is receiving oral stimulation from male counterparts. That, combined with drinking while driving, is rolling the dice with manhoodedness. The man in The World According to Garp lost his and he was just parked in a car. The risk is 1000x greater when you are driving. 10000x when drinking and driving. Not worth the risk. If he won't respect his body, who will?

JP wrote:

Now we have proof: Arrests cause homosexuality.

You mean getting caught does.......

OT but interesting.
Joe Bageant: Moon Over Gringo Gulch

Cinco-X wrote:

You mean getting caught does.......

I can see the platform now: "If elected, I will fight to ensure that you are never caught."

Duke of Con Dao wrote:

my last count before heading home might be the Philippines or Indonesia... any thoughts on which is the better choice

Go to the PI, more fun (unless you surf), especially the outer Islands. Hop over to Palau, you won't regret it.

ResistanceIsFeudal wrote:

No public union will accept wage cuts, so every local, municipal, regional government, from backwater to urban metro, is going to be playing a live game of economic survivor for years to come. Yet another example of the same "winner take all" mentality that created a lot of this mess.

Bunk, wage cuts already happening in smaller cities in Arizona.
See Buckeye, and numerous other cities.

State employees will get across the board 5% starting May or June.

Not very inflationary, but if I can stop paying my Heloc, well, then all the better

Someday this war's gonna end...

A friend was a travel agent in the early 70's and got to go to Burma for a week, and he was told to buy a bottle of Johnny Walker Black and a carton of 555 cigarettes at the duty-free at airport before leaving for there, and when he got into a cab after clearing customs, to make sure both were visible so the taxi driver would try to buy them from him for like 10x what he paid, in local Burmese currency.

Cinco-X wrote:

They also have nothing to do with flying level-

Well, except for that whole stall speed thing.

greenchutes wrote:

SM: better movie composer - Goldsmith or Williams?

Assuming you mean John Williams, I tend to like drama in my music, so on the emotional level I have to go with Williams.

um... just how much did she take?.

But Vangelakos, who paid $430,000 for the home, closed in November 2008 and insisted on taking possession. He, his wife Cathleen, and their three children use the condo as a vacation home when he can get away from his job as a Weehawken, N.J., firefighter.

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He accuses Related of using stalling tactics and of playing hardball because of Cathleen Vangelakos' separate legal problems: Last month she started serving a three-year prison term for pocketing parking ticket payments in her job at Weehawken City Hall.

McCoy denied that Related is stalling and said the company has offered Vangelakos what's fair: a swap for a condo in Tower 2.

Vangelakos doesn't like that deal. He said it's tough making the payments, but thinks he's in the right and doesn't want to give up now.

"I'm really just in the middle," he said. "I don't know what to do. What should I do here?"

noob goldberg wrote:

Well, except for that whole stall speed thing.

True enough; I stand corrected

NY Fed's Sack: Preparing for a Smooth (Eventual) Exit

burnside wrote:

Nice accompanying photo.

The sole light in the building. It must be Shining-like in that place.

Cinco-X wrote:

True enough; I stand corrected

Honestly, I just had the AeroPeru flight 603 in my head when I wrote that, but you are correct in that a blockage of the tube while in level flight shouldn't immediately result in disaster, if auto-throttle is disengaged.

But it sure screws with the computers.

greenchutes wrote:

Please this.

Your call has been heeded.