Saturday; a quiet time before the sunrise. I do enjoy these moments of watching the eastern sky turning silver along the edges. But “Quiet” is a relative term here…as I have all of the fans going and the inside temperatures are dropping quickly as a result.
With my second cup of coffee in hand, it’s time to browse through the news in my aggregator. And one of the first things I have read this morning was this piece from the Los Angeles Times. It should have been entitled, Economics in a nutshell.
Job, Salary Data Send Mixed Signal
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske
Anemic employment growth points to a slowing economy (*). But robust, albeit uneven, wage increases could spur another Fed hike (**).
(*) Couldn’t find a job? Economists and the stock market like it! Stocks increase in value. You don’t have stocks? Sorry.
(**) “Robust…uneven wage increases” means that the boss got a healthy raise but you didn’t. Sorry.
Of course the news isn’t complete without news from World War III’s latest front.
Airstrikes Hit Christian Area North of Beirut
By Kim Murphy and Laura King
BEIRUT - Israeli forces killed 33 agricultural workers in northeast Lebanon in a wave of airstrikes that pierced the country's Christian heartland for the first time and severed its last major highway link to the outside.
More “smart bombs”?
And if we don’t have enough to worry about, there is always some meddling going on somewhere else in the world.
In Broadcast to Cubans, Rice Tries to Calm Fear of Invasion By ANTHONY DePALMAIn a televised message, the secretary of state promised to respect the sovereignty of the Cuban people.
Of course. You do believe her, don’t you?
We are not going to invade Cuba. Cuba would have to do something pretty bad for that to happen. It is a matter of time before Cuba comes around to a more capitalist system being so close to America and with the connection to America through the exile community in S. Florida. Heck even Raul Castro favors a more Chinese type of communism.
ReplyDeleteI don't believe we are going to invade Cuba...but then again, I thought it to be the height of folly to even think about invading Iraq. Boy, was I ever wrong!
ReplyDeleteWell I guess you have a point, with the neocons I guess you can expect about anything, well except increased taxes on their buddies.
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