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9. Get ready for the fly-specking

Reply to iemanja (Original post)

Wed Nov 24, 2021, 02:10 PM

Nov 2021

As the popular media subject this number to scrutiny that would make a voyeur blush. That is, if they deign to notice it at all. There will be a zillion reasons why this isn't good news, Biden had nothing to do with it, and let's talk about INFLATION! And did you see that gas prices are higher now than they were last year when the nation was locked down and oil was actually trading in negative numbers? A scandal, it is!

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Weekly jobless claims plunge to 199,000, the lowest level in more than 50 years [View all] iemanja Nov 2021 OP

From the Hoarse Whisperer LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2021 #1

. . . iemanja Nov 2021 #12

Damn you Brandon Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2021 #2

Am I missing something?... targetpractice Nov 2021 #3

This is a metric for newly unemployed people Johnny2X2X Nov 2021 #5

Okay.. Now things make sense... targetpractice Nov 2021 #19

But Inflations! maxsolomon Nov 2021 #4

Just like 2010 D_Master81 Nov 2021 #7

The Right Wing Noise Machine has a very loud drum to beat maxsolomon Nov 2021 #10

This metric is meaningless to most people madville Nov 2021 #13

Most facts are meaningless to most people. They are driven by emotion. maxsolomon Nov 2021 #14

See how it works out if we dismiss inflation and try to tell madville Nov 2021 #15

You're not wrong. But it's democratic, not democrat n/t leftstreet Nov 2021 #16

Lol, I do that all the time inadvertently madville Nov 2021 #25

We are on a political discussion board. maxsolomon Nov 2021 #18

Your title was "But Inflations!" Lol madville Nov 2021 #24

Best job growth since Democrats ran DC in the 1960's. Dawson Leery Nov 2021 #6

I wonder if their will be big headlines about this without a "but" squeezed into them n/t Silent3 Nov 2021 #8

the paragraph after those I quoted iemanja Nov 2021 #11

Get ready for the fly-specking gratuitous Nov 2021 #9

Kick and rec for Trump's secret pals. Kingofalldems Nov 2021 #17

Pres. Biden releases statement on economic news-" This is a historic jobs recovery." LetMyPeopleVote Nov 2021 #20

Thanks, Joe! Another Victory. MineralMan Nov 2021 #21

Yet the right tells the loyal cult how horrible their lives are and they nod in agreement and Vinca Nov 2021 #22

KnR Hekate Nov 2021 #23

Good News...Thanks For Posting.. Stuart G Nov 2021 #26

Guess Fux Noise will talk about Kyle Rittenhouse instead. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2021 #27