HSKR Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 http://rt.com/usa/news/rate-unemployment-percent-labor-899/ "That's just another lie fed to you by the mainstream media and the US government." Link to comment
It'sNotAFakeID Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Washington Post....or rt.com? Hmm...tough one to determine reliability. Link to comment
Sub-Husker Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Washington Post....or rt.com? Hmm...tough one to determine reliability. I'd trust the Russians when talking about America, ant the Wash Post when talking about Russia. Both will lie and hide the inconvenient when talking about their internal problems. Link to comment
Malth Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 If the unemployment rate ticks up by .1%, then Obama is the worst president ever. If the unemployment rate ticks down by .1%, then it's liberal media/Obama had nothing to do with it/insert whatever excuse you want here. Link to comment
johnnyrodgers20 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 If the unemployment rate ticks up by .1%, then Obama is the worst president ever. If the unemployment rate ticks down by .1%, then it's liberal media/Obama had nothing to do with it/insert whatever excuse you want here. Now you know how a pub pres. feels, that is just politics!! If the unemployment goes below 8% I think BO has a good chance of being reelected. Link to comment
VectorVictor Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 http://rt.com/usa/ne...cent-labor-899/ "That's just another lie fed to you by the mainstream media and the US government." Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight. Quality source there. Maybe Buddha Jesus there can tell us the latest fashions in tin-foil hat attire as well... Washington Post....or rt.com? Hmm...tough one to determine reliability. Ah, but does the Washington Post have Buddha Jesus on staff? I think not... Link to comment
redblooded Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 http://rt.com/usa/ne...cent-labor-899/ "That's just another lie fed to you by the mainstream media and the US government." Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight. Quality source there. Maybe Buddha Jesus there can tell us the latest fashions in tin-foil hat attire as well... Washington Post....or rt.com? Hmm...tough one to determine reliability. Ah, but does the Washington Post have Buddha Jesus on staff? I think not... Okay, let me start by saying I think you have incredible posts 99% of the time. Unfortunately this isn't one of them. You seem to have no idea who is in that picture and unless you are a huge computer geek I understand the ignorance and he does look a bit hippy-ish (because he is). Richard Stallman (guy in picture) is the founder of GNU... I know that means nothing to most people, but basically he's one of the original coders of GNU/Linux. He does have some out-there ideas, like all software should be free, but he also backs it up as basically the figurehead and founder of the free software movement (along with Linus Torvalds) of which GNU/Linux is the lynchpin. When it comes to computers he knows a hell of a lot, regardless if he looks like a hippy (most computer nerd hobbyists did when computers took off, good old Steve Jobs included). Also he's 100% right, Facebook is mass surveillance. That is their product... tracking everything you do on the web and data-mining it for advertisers. Tricking everyone into freely giving their information to them just fuels it. The interface you see if you have an account there is simply a tool for them to collect a profile of information about you. Every time you visit a site with a "like" or "facebook connect" logged in or not facebook is tracking you so they can better target ads to you and/or sell that information to advertisers. Every time you sit on their site they know what you viewed, how long, who you contact, comments you leave, etc... Link to comment
Sub-Husker Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight. Quality source there. Maybe Buddha Jesus there can tell us the latest fashions in tin-foil hat attire as well... Actually I find RT to be a good source of information. Regarding Facebook, do you doubt that the CIA and other intelligence agencies use that for data collection? Link to comment
redblooded Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 http://en.wikipedia...._%28software%29 http://en.wikipedia....ki/NarusInsight http://news.discover...acy-111203.html http://www.wired.com...s/2006/04/70619 http://yro.slashdot....e-spies-for-nsa So yeah, they all let the government in. Even if they didn't the internet backbone providers do and it's fairly trivial to reconstruct unencrypted data they capture. Including stuff like emails, IMs, etc. Edit: and don't even need to be the government, facebook has had ways for anyone to see anyone elses private photos. http://yro.slashdot....private-photos. Also if you know the actual URL of a photo you can always view it, even it if is "deleted" or "private." So it's not just corporate and government surveillance you are submitting to if you are using it. It's been anyone for months and everything you ever submit to that site they keep forever. Link to comment
Malth Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 If the unemployment rate ticks up by .1%, then Obama is the worst president ever. If the unemployment rate ticks down by .1%, then it's liberal media/Obama had nothing to do with it/insert whatever excuse you want here. Now you know how a pub pres. feels, that is just politics!! If the unemployment goes below 8% I think BO has a good chance of being reelected. He already has a good chance of being reelected. Link to comment
krc1995 Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Good news! Depends, is this just a holiday hiring or are these jobs sustainable? will the employer still be around 3-4 months? small businesses come and go. Also are these just minimum wage jobs? Even if they are just holiday hires they are still better than no job at all. Some people seem eager to downplay this. I'm not sure why that is. (Unless of course they'd prefer to blame someone for continuing stagnation...) I don't think this is earth shattering news or definitive evidence that we've turned a corner. I guess I'll take tidbits of good news where I can find them. True in a sense but then after the holidays you would hear the same percent of mass firings that leads to no real growth. Not trying to be a debbie downer but if it was permanent would mean that the economy is getting better rather then get our hopes up that it is with incremental spikes. The first of every month is a Holiday here in the South. Welfare, payday!! YeeHaw!!!!!!!! Link to comment
carlfense Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Check out how Fox News portrays this news: You just can't make this stuff up. Link to comment
HSKR Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Check out how Fox News portrays this news: You just can't make this stuff up. Bahaha! At least the last 8.6% didn't make it all the way up to 10%. Link to comment
carlfense Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Also, when unemployment fell to 8.6%, the lowest in months . . . a Fox News report rounded it up to 9%. Don't let the facts get in the way of an agenda I suppose. Link to comment
It'sNotAFakeID Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Propaganda. Propaganda. Propaganda. Like I said, it's great when politicians are willing to throw their country down the proverbial sh#thole in order to secure an election. By the way, they're failing. God Bless America! Land of the free and home of the better off! Link to comment
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