In August, factory employment fell by the most in two years and temporary-help companies eliminated positions for the first time in five months. The 69.9 per cent labor force participation rate for men is at lowest level recorded since the US government began tracking it in 1948.
The tall tales Obama told during his acceptance speech last night were numerous. He started with laying claim to a peace dividend that doesn’t exist when he told the nation he wants to use money saved by ending wars to build highways, schools and bridges.
Erected in a public park, a bronze statue of a young topless woman who appears to be taking a sexting-style picture of herself has caused outrage in Kansas City.
Canadian-born Governor Jennifer Granholm of Michigan goes full-on Howard Dean at the DNC 2012 last night. You gotta watch it to believe it.
This great clip comes to you courtesy of the Daily Show, but you should still watch it. Reporters interview a bunch of irrational delegates at the Democratic Convention. The responses are priceless.
The media likes to talk about how the Christian right has hijacked the Republican Party, but why not apply a similar standard to the other side? This convention is proof positive the secular left has overtaken the Democratic Party.
Here’s a humorous video clip produced by Washington Free Beacon where “Dean Wormer” assigns grades to Obama and other Democrats. Take a minute to watch it.
Retired Bolingbrook police officer Drew Peterson was found guilty Thursday of murdering his third wife, Kathleen Savio, the verdict eliciting a gasp from a packed Will County courthouse and ending a case that for years has received salacious tabloid news coverage.
For anyone who thinks party convention shenanigans are reserved only for the GOP, this video will change your mind. But more importantly, it reflects how extreme the base of the Democratic Party actually is.
First Lady Michelle Obama’s pitch to voters last night relied on the premise that she and her husband understand what it is to struggle to make ends meet. She spoke movingly about their early years. But her fairy tale–however well-delivered–was one great, big, colorful lie.