US Unemployment Drops to 8.6% From 9% last month. The really sad part of this? 8.6% is a 2 1/2 year low in unemployment.
Google Enters Another Well-Established Internet Business: But this time they’re jumping into the E-Tailing business, to compete directly with Amazon Prime.
Free Lolita? A killer whale named Lolita caught off Whidbey Island and sold to a Florida theme park might be released, citing the Endangered Species Act.
Kitsap Deputy Alleged DUI: A 30-year Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office deputy was arrested after drifting lanes and blowing a .13… in Tacoma!
Bellingham Macy’s Employee Allegedly Grifts $17,000: In gift cards and merchandise.
Democrats Fail on Payroll Tax, 51-49: Their proposal was paid for with a millionaire’s tax, while McConnell’s plan—which went down 20-78—would have shrunk the federal workforce.
Naked Man Allegedly Charges Cop: After getting into some kind of disagreement on the 2600 block of Wilderness Drive in Thurston County, a man allegedly took off his clothes and charged a patrol car, assaulting a deputy. Deputies then tasered him multiple times.
Oops? Britney Spears is 30.
After rehearsals of rhythmically difficult pieces with a large, white choir, I find solace in Parliament.
51% = Failure. Love it.
free that whale from animal jail. its not like it dealt crack!
I feel like 8.6% unemployment isn’t really that high for the United States. Pre-recession, the natural rate of unemployment here was around 5%. It could be worse.
Naked Man Allegedly Charges Cop: the unintended effects of Meth use or just another Thursday night in Thurston County?
Likely both.
@ 3,
That’s the official rate, which doesn’t include people whose UI benefits have run out, that are working part-time because they can’t find full-time work, or that have given up looking because they can’t find any job. The real unemployment rate is at least double, more like 16% – 18%.
Miracle on 34th Street NW
Amazon’s Santa Bot is directing search results to Google!
Echoing #1:
Democrats didn’t fail anything: Republicans actively filibustered the bill.
Don’t just parrot the AP.
Yeah. I’m with @1. Don’t say it’s the Dem’s fault when they got a MAJORITY. That’s called the Republicans using a filibuster.
In Spain, it’s something like 28%. Across southern Europe, it’s like that — 45% among young people.
@7 the MSM doesn’t want you to know that.
@9 it’s higher, actually. Greece is astronomic.
@10, I believe the youth unemployment rate is higher in Spain than Greece, Will.
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/arch…
Depends on how measured. Greece diesn’t count illegals as much as Spain does.