Archive for April 8th, 2013

But, bunnies are supposed to be fast, right?

April 8, 2013

I considered titling this post “Bunny cited by jackass”.

At first, I thought this was probably secularism on steroids … trying to quash Easter.

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Turns out to be a different charge … but equally as ridiculous.

The cop pulled the Easter Bunny over for hopping his ride without a helmet.

Are you kidding me?

Where can the EB find a helmet to fit over those enormous ears?

Or, how can he fit in a car with his head on?

How can he possibly comply?

Murder is running rampant and this jabrone is pinching the Easter Bunny.

Can’t make this stuff up …

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Nums: Labor Force Participation Rate is down b/c old folks are retiring … well, not exactly!

April 8, 2013

Here’s some stuff that you won’t see other places …

OK, everybody knows that – despite paltry job growth — the unemployment rate dropped from 7.7% to 7.6%.

Why?

Because about 500,000 people dropped out of the labor force.

The “Labor Force Participation Rate” dropped to 63.2%

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Note that in the past couple of years the labor force participation rate has dropped about 3 percentage points … from over 66% to 63.2%

So, why is the Labor Force Participation Rate dropping?

Dr. Alan Krueger — Chairman of President Barack Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers – asserted on CNBC that the decline in the labor force participation rate is simply demographics.

Old people are an increasing part of the population and they are retiring.

Hmmm.

Nobody challenged him because it’s obviously true, right?

Not so fast.

Now, here are the nums that you probably won’t see any place else ….

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