Earlier in my post on US Unemployment Reaching a 26-Year High, I said this about the U-6:
Among all groups, the U6 underemployment rate -- a broader measure of the jobs shortfall which includes people whose hours have been cut, those working part-time for lack of full-time work, [...]
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, the left-leaning Independent who caucuses with the Democrats, today introduced legislation that would give the government the power to identify and break up financial firms that are "too big to fail."
The story from Reuters:
An independent U.S. senator on Friday introduced a bill that [...]
08:24 I think I just caught the flu ... everyone in the Manor had it ... my turn I suppose. #Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter [...] Congressman Michael McMahon, the first term Representative from the NY-13 Congressional District that covers Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn, will vote against the historic Democratic healthcare legislation that the House leadership intends to bring to floor as early as this weekend.
From Staten Island Live:
Rep. [...]
Former Vice President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore has given an interview to the UK Guardian in which he expresses his optimism that the US will enact meaningful climate legislation.
He notes that "I was in China two days ago, and the premier of China asked" [...]
Per the San Jose Mercury News:
Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Thursday she will base a decision on whether to run for California governor next year largely on the solutions the announced candidates put forward to deal with the state's fiscal problems.
Polls indicate she would be a [...]
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This week, Miss Bee is back at it with her picks. She made them based on the median inner-city bus driver wage for each metropolitan area. For New England she used Boston. These numbers are [...]
Cannonball by Damien Rice…
Links for my geeky homies…
IE6 Splash Pages 5 Must Have iPhone Apps for Wine Lovers Mockingbird: Cappuccino-based visual mock-up tool Now You Can [...]We're still waiting for the video to be clipped, but folks watching MSNBC earlier this hour saw what will undoubtedly be an instant Youtube classic: Markos hitting Tom Tancredo so hard in response to Tancredo's attacks on the Veterans Affairs department that Tancredo scampered off set. Here's what Markos' [...]
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its October 2009 unemployment report. The numbers were worse than expected.
The unemployment rate rose from 9.8 to 10.2 percent in October, and nonfarm payroll employment continued to decline (-190,000), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The largest job [...]
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As promised, we hate TWU Local 234 now. The folks of TWU 234 have thoroughly established themselves as villains, and we'd like to recognize them for being bastardly sleazes out of a Medieval morality' [...]
We would like to take a moment to thank this week's advertisers on Phillyist.
Pirate Radio, the new comedy starring Phillip Seymour Hoffman, from the creator of Love Actually. In theatres 11/13.
American Apparel, with 3 stores in Philadelphia, you can look your best after dark.
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Booman links to a speech by JFK addressing his catholicism.
I will excerpt:
I ask you tonight to follow in that tradition, to judge me on the basis of my record of 14 years in Congress, on my declared stands against an ambassador to the Vatican, against unconstitutional aid to [...]
Listen, MSNBC. We know you were in a bit of shock about the whole Democrats-losing-elections thing (we're equal opportunity pundit haters around here), but don't you think you still could have maybe proofread your screen titles?
Captured during The Rachel Maddow Show by [...]
Maybe it's because I love war movies. Maybe it's because I love George Clooney. But The Men Who Stare at Goats, based on a book by Jon Ronson and directed by Grant Heslov (a distant [...]
- Kent Haines makes his Comedy Central debut on tonight’s episode of Live at Gotham at 11PM EST. Kumail Nanjiani, Nick Kroll and more are also on the show. Paul F. Tompkins hosts! Also, Philadelphia-raised TuRae was on last week’s episode.
- More good news for Kent: the set [...]
Christina Perozzi and Hallie Beaune will be signing copies of their book, The Naked Pint.
On Monday, November 16th, Fork Restaurant will be hosting a “Women of Philly Beer” event, featuring some of the fine women involved in the brewing industry in Philadelphia. Suzy Woods from [...]
With [...]
Elijah Felder as Mannetjie, age 5; Patrice Johnson as Veronica, Photo by Jim Roese
The Wilma recently opened its 10th season with a production of a fabulous new play, Coming Home, by South [...]
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This Sunday, forget Sunday Night Football. Instead, go to the Kimmel Center to see The Swell Season perform! That’s right, as part of a 25-city North American tour, the Oscar-Winning duo will grace Philly with their presence for one night only.
The [...]
The Box
There are a few things that we find intriguing about The Box. Number 1: The story comes from an old Twilight Zone episode. Number 2: The score was composed by Arcade Fire. Number 3: It was helmed by Donny Darko [...]
The Box
There are a few things that we find intriguing about The Box. Number 1: The story comes from an old Twilight Zone episode. Number 2: The score was composed by Arcade Fire. Number 3: It was helmed by Donny Darko [...]
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The 2nd Delaware Environmental Summit
Saturday, November 14, 2008
8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Wilmington [...]
The following is a repost, refreshed for style and accuracy in time references, and updated with the very special video. This serves as this week's contribution to Dad-Blogs.com Fatherhood Friday. Writing in the Investor's Business Daily, conservative political pundit Charles Krauthammer finds that "the most important effect of Tuesday's elections is historical." According to Krauthammer, the results from these but two state elections in New Jersey and Virginia demolish "the great realignment myth of 2008."
In the aftermath [...]
Turns out that having no Republican health-care reform plan may have been better than having one. The US-brokered Guaymuras deal that was reached to restore the ousted Manuel Zelaya to the Honduran presidency for the duration of his term has hit a snag.
Under the terms of the agreement, which works off of an earlier proposal by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, a national unity [...]
08:19 Just spent a month's salary on having half our roof replaced ... ugh. #Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter [...] Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the' [...]
I don’t think I had the right idea about Michael Jackson’s This Is It.
I thought it would be a performance blended with documentary – much like Madonna’s fantastic I’m Going To Tell You A Secret. Really it was neither – none of the songs in the film quite made it [...]
At least one gunman and perhaps up to three gunmen have shot and killed 12 soldiers wounding 31 others in a deadly rampage Thursday afternoon at Fort Hood, the nation's largest military base, in Texas. Authorities have killed the gunman, who has been identified as Malik Nadal Hasan, an Army [...]
I have neither time nor inclination to alert all the "dealers" who misrepresent provenance. I have seen an increase in misrepresentations lately. If a dealer can not cite specific references to back up a claim do not buy from him. Here is how this dealer [...] Despite a Republican boycott of the proceedings, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee chaired by Senator Barbara Boxer approved climate change legislation today. If you think the healthcare debate was contentious, you ain't seen nothing yet. This battle promises to be far uglier. Brace yourselves for stormy weather.
Eleven' [...]
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It’s Grayson’s willingness to gut his opponents like a fish that endears him to many progressives who are sick of watching Democrats back down from a fight…
If I have any advice for Grayson, it is this. Put the people of your district first, and your desire to influence [...]
Take a gander:
The Club for Growth has been one of the most successful entities in the nation in electing Democrats to Congress. Whether it was helping force Bill Sali (Idaho) and Tim Walberg (Michigan) through GOP primaries in 2006, only to see both lose reelection bids in [...]
After being driven to "despair" at the prospects of Americans receiving healthcare, Representative Bachmann called on her Tea Party constituency to scare members of Congress into killing healthcare reform. Republican organizers are planning for activists to go into the House office buildings and the U.S. Capitol and confront members directly. [...]
The cause of healthcare reform receives a huge boost today:
Today AARP announced its endorsement of the Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962) and the accompanying Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act (H.R. 3961). The Association's support follows nearly two years of work with lawmakers on both sides [...]
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Well, I have to admit that I’m a bit surprised by this New York Times 
