White House Admits Obama Skips Most Intelligence Briefings
Tuesday, 11 Sep 2012 01:26 PM
“Pop”The poem reads autobiographical — about a young Obama’s relationship with a much older man whom he calls Pop. In his article for WND on March 7, 2012, Dr. Jack Cashill singles out this passage from the poem:
Sitting in his seat, a seat broad and broken
In, sprinkled with ashes,
Pop switches channels, takes another
Shot of Seagrams, neat, and asks
What to do with me, a green young man
Who fails to consider the
Flim and flam of the world, since
Things have been easy for me;
I stare hard at his face, a stare
That deflects off his brow;
I’m sure he’s unaware of his
Dark, watery eyes, that
Glance in different directions,
And his slow, unwelcome twitches,
Fail to pass.
I listen, nod,
Listen, open, till I cling to his pale,
Beige T-shirt, yelling,
Yelling in his ears, that hang
With heavy lobes, but he’s still telling
His joke, so I ask why
He’s so unhappy, to which he replies…
But I don’t care anymore, cause
He took too damn long, and from
Under my seat, I pull out the
Mirror I’ve been saving; I’m laughing,
Laughing loud, the blood rushing from his face
To mine, as he grows small,
A spot in my brain, something
That may be squeezed out, like a
Watermelon seed between
Two fingers.
Pop takes another shot, neat,
Points out the same amber
Stain on his shorts that I’ve got on mine, and
Makes me smell his smell, coming
From me; he switches channels, recites an old poem
He wrote before his mother died,
Stands, shouts, and asks
For a hug, as I shrink, my
Arms barely reaching around
His thick, oily neck, and his broad back; ‘cause
I see my face, framed within
Pop’s black-framed glasses
And know he’s laughing too.
“Pop takes another shot, neat/ Points out the same amber/ Stain on his shorts that I’ve got on mine, and/ Makes me smell his smell, coming/ From me;”Cashill writes that the most innocent explanation for the “amber stain” on the shorts of Pop and young Obama or “his smell, coming/ From me” is that Pop got the teenaged Obama drunk, and they both spilled whiskey (Seagrams) on themselves. But that interpretation does not explain why the spill is specifically on their shorts and not on their shirts or how Pop’s smell is also on (“from”) Obama.
Transmission of material in this release is embargoed USDL-12-1796 until 8:30 a.m. (EDT) Friday, September 7, 2012 Technical information: Household data: (202) 691-6378 * cpsinfo@bls.gov * www.bls.gov/cps Establishment data: (202) 691-6555 * cesinfo@bls.gov * www.bls.gov/ces Media contact: (202) 691-5902 * PressOffice@bls.gov THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION -- AUGUST 2012 Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 96,000 in August, and the unemployment rate edged down to 8.1 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment increased in food services and drinking places, in professional and technical services, and in health care.
Reason | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted | |||||||
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Aug. 2011 |
July 2012 |
Aug. 2012 |
Aug. 2011 |
Apr. 2012 |
May 2012 |
June 2012 |
July 2012 |
Aug. 2012 |
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NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
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Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs
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7,897 | 7,151 | 6,820 | 8,120 | 6,852 | 6,989 | 7,207 | 7,123 | 7,003 |
On temporary layoff
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1,136 | 1,525 | 1,147 | 1,237 | 1,083 | 1,106 | 1,331 | 1,417 | 1,246 |
Not on temporary layoff
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6,762 | 5,626 | 5,673 | 6,883 | 5,768 | 5,883 | 5,875 | 5,705 | 5,757 |
Permanent job losers
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5,399 | 4,377 | 4,444 | 5,476 | 4,529 | 4,553 | 4,560 | 4,387 | 4,484 |
Persons who completed temporary jobs
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1,362 | 1,248 | 1,229 | 1,407 | 1,239 | 1,330 | 1,315 | 1,319 | 1,273 |
Job leavers
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1,056 | 897 | 1,018 | 973 | 997 | 891 | 936 | 878 | 942 |
Reentrants
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3,644 | 3,579 | 3,445 | 3,519 | 3,341 | 3,439 | 3,227 | 3,380 | 3,318 |
New entrants
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1,411 | 1,773 | 1,413 | 1,249 | 1,384 | 1,367 | 1,331 | 1,311 | 1,277 |
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
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Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs
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56.4 | 53.4 | 53.7 | 58.6 | 54.5 | 55.1 | 56.7 | 56.1 | 55.8 |
On temporary layoff
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8.1 | 11.4 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 10.5 | 11.2 | 9.9 |
Not on temporary layoff
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48.3 | 42.0 | 44.7 | 49.7 | 45.9 | 46.4 | 46.3 | 45.0 | 45.9 |
Job leavers
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7.5 | 6.7 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 7.9 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 6.9 | 7.5 |
Reentrants
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26.0 | 26.7 | 27.1 | 25.4 | 26.6 | 27.1 | 25.4 | 26.6 | 26.5 |
New entrants
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10.1 | 13.2 | 11.1 | 9.0 | 11.0 | 10.8 | 10.5 | 10.3 | 10.2 |
UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE |
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Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs
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5.1 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
Job leavers
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0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
Reentrants
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2.4 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
New entrants
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0.9 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
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Household Survey Data The unemployment rate edged down in August to 8.1 percent. Since the beginning of this year, the rate has held in a narrow range of 8.1 to 8.3 percent. The number of unemployed persons, at 12.5 million, was little changed in August. (See table A-1.) Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (7.6 percent), adult women (7.3 percent), teenagers (24.6 percent), whites (7.2 percent), blacks (14.1 percent), and Hispanics (10.2 percent) showed little or no change in August. The jobless rate for Asians was 5.9 percent (not seasonally adjusted), little changed from a year earlier. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.) In August, the number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) was little changed at 5.0 million. These individuals accounted for 40.0 percent of the unemployed. (See table A-12.) Both the civilian labor force (154.6 million) and the labor force participation rate (63.5 percent) declined in August. The employment-population ratio, at 58.3 percent, was little changed. (See table A-1.) The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers) was little changed at 8.0 million in August. These individuals were working part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to find a full-time job. (See table A-8.) In August, 2.6 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force, essentially unchanged from a year earlier. (These data are not seasonally adjusted.) These individuals were not in the labor force, wanted and were available for work, and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. (See table A-16.) Among the marginally attached, there were 844,000 discouraged workers in August, a decline of 133,000 from a year earlier. (These data are not seasonally adjusted.) Discouraged workers are persons not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them. The remaining 1.7 million persons marginally attached to the labor force in August had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey for reasons such as school attendance or family responsibilities. (See table A-16.) Establishment Survey Data Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 96,000 in August. Since the beginning of this year, employment growth has averaged 139,000 per month, compared with an average monthly gain of 153,000 in 2011. In August, employment rose in food services and drinking places, in professional and technical services, and in health care. (See table B-1.) Employment in food services and drinking places increased by 28,000 in August and by 298,000 over the past 12 months. Employment in professional and technical services rose in August (+27,000). Job gains occurred in computer systems design and related services (+11,000) and management and technical consulting services (+9,000). Health care employment rose by 17,000 in August. Ambulatory health care services and hospitals added 14,000 and 6,000 jobs, respectively. From June through August, job growth in health care averaged 15,000 per month, compared with an average monthly gain of 28,000 in the prior 12 months. Utilities employment increased in August (+9,000). The increase reflects the return of utility workers who were off payrolls in July due to a labor-management dispute. Within financial activities, finance and insurance added 11,000 jobs in August. Employment in wholesale trade continued to trend up. Employment in temporary help services changed little over the month and has shown little movement, on net, since February. Manufacturing employment edged down in August (-15,000). A decline in motor vehicles and parts (-8,000) partially offset a gain in July. Auto manufacturers laid off fewer workers for factory retooling than usual in July, and fewer workers than usual were recalled in August. Employment in other major industries, including mining and logging, construction, retail trade, transportation and warehousing, information, and government, showed little change over the month. The average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged at 34.4 hours in August. The manufacturing workweek declined by 0.2 hour to 40.5 hours, and factory overtime was unchanged at 3.2 hours. The average workweek for production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged at 33.7 hours. (See tables B-2 and B-7.) In August, average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls edged down by 1 cent to $23.52. Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings rose by 1.7 percent. In August, average hourly earnings of private-sector production and nonsupervisory employees edged down by 1 cent to $19.75. (See tables B-3 and B-8.) The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for June was revised from +64,000 to +45,000, and the change for July was revised from +163,000 to +141,000. http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
..some folks asked for it...so here are MORE screen shots. I uploaded a few from the 2001 and 2003 COLB tests and the animated gifs showing the fun pulsating kerning differences ala LGF style.Decosta error level
I assume no one has been able to figure out why the "2007" KOS image manages to have the same placement as a 2003 COLB and not a 2006, 2007, or 2008 COLB yet huh? How about the remnants of the previous border location? Humm...and what about that mis-matching uncentered border with obvious 2 pixel white spaces between the top and bottom headers? Any more novel theories? Space aliens? Right wing conspiracies? Oh I know...it must have all been a "satire" of a real one.
Judicial Watch Scores Victory in Solyndra FOIA
Lawsuit
Judicial Watch has been aggressively investigating the Obama administration's corrupt deal to send $531 million in federal loans to the green energy boondoggle Solyndra, which is now bankrupt. In fact, we are in court right now fighting the Obama administration for the release of documents. And last Friday we earned a court victory when a federal judge refused to allow the Obama Energy Department to wriggle off the hook. According to Politico: |
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The Department of Energy attempted to advance the
argument that Judicial Watch's lawsuit was premature because JW had not
exhausted all administrative remedies before filing suit. The court was not
persuaded, and the case moves forward. This type of gamesmanship only serves to
delay the release of documents and further exposes the lie of this
administration being the "most transparent in history."
I can certainly see why the Department of Energy continues to obfuscate and stonewall. From what we know right now about this loan, it is flagrantly corrupt. For example, we had previously learned that Obama White House officials rushed the Solyndra loan through the approval process to make a media splash at a press event: "The Obama White House tried to rush federal reviewers for a decision on a nearly half-billion-dollar loan to the solar-panel manufacturer Solyndra so Vice President Biden could announce the approval at a September 2009 groundbreaking for the company's factory," The Washington Post reported. We also know that Tulsa billionaire and Obama fundraiser George Kaiser is Solyndra's top financial backer. (Kaiser reportedly raised between $50,000 and $100,000 for Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.) And we know that Kaiser reportedly discussed the Solyndra deal with White House officials, despite their claims to the contrary. There is something else potentially very damaging to Obama Energy Department officials: A Solyndra investment advisor noted in an email obtained by The Washington Post that the Obama administration was "pushing hard" to delay the company's bankruptcy announcement until after the November 2, 2010, mid-term elections. (I'd include the link to the original article, but it is now broken.) Solyndra apparently complied, announcing the layoffs on November 3. Evidence suggests the company feared getting cut off from future government funding. Sounds like extortion, doesn't it? And while the Energy Department attempts to run and hide from Judicial Watch, apparently, Solyndra executives attending the Democratic National Convention are playing a little hide and seek of their own. Per ABC News:
The Obama campaign rolled out the red carpet this week
for a former top Energy Department official who was at the center of the
ill-fated government loan to Solyndra, a California solar panel firm that wound
up in bankruptcy.
Steven J. Spinner joined other top fundraisers for a VIP tour of the Democratic National Convention floor in Charlotte Monday evening, posing and waving for a photographer while standing behind the podium. When he saw ABC News cameras, however, he ran for the exit. The Solyndra deal was rotten from the beginning, tainted by corruption, political maneuvering, stonewalling, lying and quite possibly extortion. But what else are we to expect when the government gets involved in subsidizing and bailing out corporations? By the way, don't think that these types of bailouts and subsidies will end if Obama is no longer president. Republicans have their own set of companies and favored interests on which to waste your tax money. Obama administration officials may want to run and hide from the rule of law, but we continue in hot pursuit in the courts. |