Thursday, February 21, 2013

Barker's Newsbites: Thursday, February 21, 2013


The nephews opening for the Bangles back in 2011 at the Fillmore in San Francisco...

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William R. Barker said...

http://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/2013/02/21/weekly-jobless-claims-rise-more-than-expected/

The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose more than expected last week, but still remained at levels consistent with a steady improvement in labor market conditions.

* A FEW POINTS, FOLKS: 1) THIS IS FOX NEWS REPORTING. NOTICE... EVEN FOX IS PARROTING THE BULLSHIT LINE THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME SORT OF "STEADY IMPROVEMENT IN LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS." WE KNOW THIS IS BULLSHIT BASED UPON LABOR PARTICIPATION LEVELS STILL BEING IN THE TOILET; 2) ENOUGH WITH THIS "MORE THAN EXPECTED/LESS THAN EXPECTED" CRAP. JUST REPORT THE FUCKING STATS AND LEAVE IT AT THAT.

Initial claims for state unemployment benefits increased 20,000 to a seasonally adjusted 362,000, the Labor Department said on Thursday.

* BLAH, BLAH, BLAH... (THE KEY WORD UP ABOVE IS "INCREASED.")

Job gains remain far less than the at least 250,000 per month over a sustained period that economists say is needed to significantly reduce the ranks of unemployed.

* AGAIN... FOLKS... FOX NEWS REPORTING! THE ABOVE IS PARAGRAPH 10. NOW SCROLL UP AND RE-READ PARAGRAPH ONE! ("...A STEADY IMPROVEMENT IN LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS.) FOLKS... HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO POINT THIS KIND OF SHIT OUT...?!?!

February 21, 2013 at 2:21 PM
William R. Barker said...

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/341249/jeb-bush-privately-told-florida-republicans-oppose-medicaid-expansion-robert-costa

Former Florida governor Jeb Bush recently huddled with Republican state legislators and urged them to oppose an expansion of the state’s Medicaid program.

* GOOD FOR BUSH! (HEY... EVEN A BROKE CLOCK IS RIGHT TWICE A DAY!)

His position put him at odds with incumbent Republican governor Rick Scott, who announced on Wednesday that he’d expand Florida’s enrollment.

* AND SCOTT IS ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THIS ISSUE.

According to several Florida GOP insiders, Bush met with a group of lawmakers on February 14 at the state capitol. The focus of his Tallahassee visit was education reform, but during a closed-door question-and-answer session in a Republican office, he was asked about Medicaid.

“Everyone was listening to what he had to say, because at the time, no one was entirely sure about how Scott was going to proceed,” says a source familiar with Bush’s remarks. “He said that rejecting the ObamaCare expansion was good policy, and told them to come up with some conservative alternatives.” “He was there to talk about education, but when he was asked about Medicaid, it was clear where he stood,” says a second source. “He’s a policy guy, and much of what he said was about that. He thinks Republicans should counter” with other proposals.

Sources close to Bush don’t expect the popular former governor to rally against Scott in the coming weeks, since he usually avoids becoming involved in partisan debates or intra-party battles. But within the upper echelons of Florida Republican politics, his opposition to Medicaid expansion is well known, and has been privately cited by Scott’s critics, who hope to kill the proposed expansion in the legislature.

* AND LET'S HOPE THEY CAN!

Relations between Bush and Scott are, according to sources, cordial but chilly. When Bush was at the state capitol, he did not meet with Scott. According to the Associated Press, “Bush’s staff offered six different times for a possible meeting,” but the governor’s staff told Bush’s advisers that the governor was unavailable.

Bush, the brother of former president George W. Bush and a potential 2016 presidential candidate, is currently abroad and was unavailable to comment.

* AGAIN... EVEN A BROKE CLOCK IS RIGHT TWICE A DAY. DON'T MISTAKE MY APPROVAL FOR THIS PARTICULAR BUSH POSITION/ACTION AS A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN JEB BUSH. ENOUGH WITH THE BUSHES! ENOUGH WITH THE CLINTONS! ENOUGH WITH THE "ENNOBLING" OF THE AMERICAN POLITICAL ELITE!

February 21, 2013 at 3:16 PM

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