Advocate
 
  1  
Wed 2 Jul, 2014 02:49 pm
@coldjoint,
H. L. Mencken said that no one ever lost money underestimating the intelligence of the American public. Whenever I think of this, I immediately think of you, Baldy, and CI. Ignorance is bliss to the three of you.
cicerone imposter
 
  2  
Wed 2 Jul, 2014 02:52 pm
@Advocate,
If ignorance is a bless for me (and the others), please be specific as to why? You can cut and paste from any of my over 90,000 posts on a2k to prove your point.

If you can't find anything, it proves you're lying and a creep who doesn't qualify on much of what you say.

Show me the beef? I won't wait too long.
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bobsal u1553115
 
  2  
Wed 2 Jul, 2014 02:56 pm
@coldjoint,
Hey jizzwad if you're so ******* stupid you can't figure it out, its time to pull your ass up over your head.

Whoops. you already have.

In the meantime fuckknuckle piece of ****, explain your ******* lies.

You correcting spelling only proves what an intellectual mote you really are. Spelling correction is the last refuge of the intellectually bankrupt. **** you.
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Baldimo
 
  -1  
Wed 2 Jul, 2014 03:03 pm
@Advocate,
Don't push your ignorance claims on me. That would be the same as me saying your comments are the same as JTT's. I wouldn't insult you like that.
bobsal u1553115
 
  2  
Wed 2 Jul, 2014 03:03 pm
@cicerone imposter,
The only bright point is while the President is at 50% +/-, Congress is at 11% - right below syphilis.
bobsal u1553115
 
  2  
Wed 2 Jul, 2014 03:04 pm
@coldjoint,
Not based in fact, just a in a coldracist heart.
cicerone imposter
 
  1  
Wed 2 Jul, 2014 03:07 pm
@bobsal u1553115,
Obama's most recent rating is 42% with his lowest being 38% in 2011. I think it's trending downward in his second term.
bobsal u1553115
 
  2  
Wed 2 Jul, 2014 03:54 pm
@cicerone imposter,
And a Tea Party Congress that besmirched the concept of governance so much that they were identified as a bad side of government - to the tune of an 11% approval. I'd rather have the Presidents approval rating than Congresses. And I am Republican.
bobsal u1553115
 
  2  
Wed 2 Jul, 2014 03:59 pm
32 states trail US as a whole in job recovery
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Jul 2, 4:32 PM (ET)

By PAUL WISEMAN

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Five years after the Great Recession officially ended, most states still haven't regained all the jobs they lost, even though the nation as a whole has.

In May, the overall economy finally recovered all 9 million jobs that vanished in the worst downturn since the 1930s. Another month of solid hiring is expected in the U.S. jobs report for June that will be released Thursday.

Yet 32 states still have fewer jobs than when the recession began in December 2007 — evidence of the unevenness and persistently slow pace of the recovery.

Even though economists declared the recession over in June 2009, Illinois is still down 184,000 jobs from pre-recession levels. New Jersey is down 147,000. Both states were hurt by layoffs at factories. Florida is down 170,000 in the aftermath of its real estate market collapse.

The sluggish job market could weigh on voters in some key states when they go to the polls this fall. A Quinnipiac University poll out Wednesday found that voters named the economy by far the biggest problem facing the United States.

The states where hiring lags the most tend to be those that were hit most painfully by the recession: They lost so many jobs that they've struggled to replace them all.

Nevada, which suffered a spectacular real estate bust and four years of double-digit unemployment — has fared worst. It has 6 percent fewer jobs than it did in December 2007. Arizona, also slammed by the housing collapse, is 5 percent short.

By contrast, an energy boom has lifted several states to the top of job creation rankings.

"North Dakota is the No. 1 example," says Dan White, senior economist at Moody's Analytics. "It's like its own little gold rush."

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North Dakota has added 100,000 jobs since December 2007 — a stunning 28 percent increase, by far the nation's highest. The state has benefited from technology that allows energy companies to extract oil from shale, sedimentary rock formed by the compression of clay and silt.

Not surprisingly, the capital of North Dakota, Bismarck, has the lowest unemployment rate of any American city: 2.2 percent as of May.

Mark and Valerie Luna and their eight children had been struggling in Arizona when they heard on television about North Dakota's prosperity and decided to move there in 2010.

"It was becoming like the Great Depression in Arizona," Valerie Luna said. "We were tired of seeing our friends lose their houses and their businesses."

Mark, 40, a laid-off electrician, and Valerie, 37, a corrections officer, immediately found work in North Dakota. He took a job as an electrician, she at an insurance company.

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But Mark always had a dream of opening a Mexican restaurant, and Bismarck was ripe for one. Los Lunas Authentic Mexican Food opened last year.

On Wednesday, Mark Luna was busy in the kitchen and had no time for talking. Orders for his homemade tamales, chimichangas, enchiladas were stacking up.

"Business," he said, "is good. Real good."

Another state benefiting from the energy boom is Texas, which has added more than 1 million jobs since December 2007, an increase of nearly 10 percent. For comparison, the nation as a whole has added only a net 113,000 jobs over that period.

Jobs in Washington D.C., where lobbying is an all but recession-proof occupation, are up 49,000, or 7 percent. The gain was led by a 10 percent increase in hiring by private employers.

Wall Street's recovery from the financial crisis has helped New York gain 237,000 jobs since the recession ended, an increase of nearly 3 percent.

Moody's White says many states are struggling because the recession wiped out solid middle-class jobs — in manufacturing and construction — that haven't returned. He says it will take a stronger housing recovery to put significantly more people back to work building houses, installing wiring and plumbing and selling furniture and appliances to new owners of homes.

Housing has rebounded somewhat since bottoming a couple of years ago. But the industry's recovery has slowed. Home construction is running at barely half the pace of the early and mid-2000s. And the United States has lost nearly 1.5 million construction workers since the end of 2007 — a 20 percent plunge. Nevada has lost half its construction workforce.

Factories have added 105,000 jobs over the past year, but manufacturing payrolls remain down 1.6 million, or 12 percent, since the start of the recession. Manufacturing jobs in Michigan hit bottom in June 2009. But the state still has 45,000, or 7 percent, fewer factory workers than it did in December 2007.

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AP staff writer James MacPherson contributed to this report from Bismarck, North Dakota.


cicerone imposter
 
  2  
Wed 2 Jul, 2014 04:04 pm
@bobsal u1553115,
Nothing wrong with belonging to either major party. I gave up with the extremism of both parties, and became an Independent. Both parties have changed dramatically during my life time, and it's almost impossible to identify which party favors liberalism vs conservatism. During the course of my political engagement, I was a registered democrat, a republican, and now an independent. I vote my ideals, and not by party line. I'm a fiscal conservative that believes in small government, but liberal in my views about how our government should care for Americans before we spend money on wars and subsidies to oil companies, farms, and money awards to foreign countries while our schools and infrastructure goes under funded.
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cicerone imposter
 
  2  
Wed 2 Jul, 2014 04:14 pm
@bobsal u1553115,
Our area, Silicon Valley, has been pretty healthy as far as jobs and unemployment rates are concerned. That's saying something, because our area has a pretty high income level, and many of the high tech companies continue to lease and build more office buildings while expanding the work force. Apple Computer is building Campus 2 not far from where we live, and it will accommodate 12,000 staff. They plan completion at the end of 2016.

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Workers in Santa Clara County pulled in an average $1,810 per week during the second quarter of 2013 — nearly double the national average of $921 per week, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In late December, the BLS released a breakdown of the counties across the country with the highest average weekly wages.
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Baldimo
 
  -1  
Wed 2 Jul, 2014 04:56 pm
@bobsal u1553115,
I'll ask again because you dodge this question all the time. You claim to be a Republican but you don't ever say what makes you a Republican. What makes you a Republican?

Are you going to answer this time or are you going to dodge again? You claim it, you should be able to explain.
Frank Apisa
 
  3  
Wed 2 Jul, 2014 05:18 pm
@Baldimo,
Baldimo wrote:

I'll ask again because you dodge this question all the time. You claim to be a Republican but you don't ever say what makes you a Republican. What makes you a Republican?

Are you going to answer this time or are you going to dodge again? You claim it, you should be able to explain.


Will MacAvoy was asked that same question in the series, The Newsroom. Here was his answer:

No, I call myself a Republican because I am one.
I believe in market solutions and common sense realities and the necessity to defend ourselves against a dangerous world and that’s about it.
The problem is now I have to be homophobic.
I have to count the number to times people go to church.
I have to deny facts and think scientific research is a long con.
I have to think poor people are getting a sweet ride.
And I have to have such a stunning inferiority complex that I fear education and intellect…in the 21st century.
But most of all, the biggest new requirement, really the only requirement is that I have to hate Democrats.
And I have to hate Chris Christie for not spitting on the president when he got off of Air Force One.

The two-party system is crucial to the whole operation. There is honor in being the loyal opposition. And I’m a Republican for the same reasons you are.


Gotta wonder if Bobsal feels that way also.
bobsal u1553115
 
  2  
Wed 2 Jul, 2014 07:27 pm
@Baldimo,
Cut to the ******* chase. I've explained my Republican view on a variety of subjects. I don't have a thing to prove to you on the side. However for shits and giggles name a specific political stance I have (other than single payer) that isn't Republican-y enough for you and I will show you how you misunderstand the ideals of the GOP. The only rule is: I have a real life so one at a time. You make your charge. I get to say how wrong you are. You get to rebut. I get to set you straight. Four posts. Thats it. I am not "you-are-too/am-not"-ing with you.
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bobsal u1553115
 
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Wed 2 Jul, 2014 07:29 pm
@Frank Apisa,
THANK-YOU, FRANK!!!!!!

I am a Republican and I call myself one because I am one, in spite of the **** Teapublicans (the real "Rinos") inspire.
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bobsal u1553115
 
  2  
Wed 2 Jul, 2014 08:10 pm
Sen. Libous charged with lying to FBI agents

By Joe Mahoney Staff Writer The Daily Star

State Sen. Thomas Libous, R-Binghamton, was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury on a felony charge of making false statements to the FBI in 2010.

Libous, 61, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment at the federal courthouse in White Plains.

Libous, who serves as the state Senate’s deputy Republican conference leader for legislative operations, has been the subject of an investigation into an employment arrangement his son, Matthew, had with a law firm in Westchester County.

At the time of the alleged false statements, Libous was representing Delaware, Chenango, Broome and Tioga counties.

The indictment states that Sen. Libous, while being interviewed by an FBI agent, “knowingly and did willfully falsify, conceal and cover up material facts by trick, scheme and device and did make materially false, fictitious and fraudulent statements and representations” to an FBI agent who questioned.

At the time, the FBI was investigating allegations that Libous had promised to steer future business to a law firm that employed his son, prompting the firm to boost the son’s salary by $50,000 annually and to pay for the lease of a Range Rover for the son, “the payments for which Libous guaranteed,” the indictment states.

The indictment also states that the FBI and IRS were investigating allegations that Senator Libous told a partner of the law firm in question that “the firm would ‘have to build a new wing’ to accommodate the business it would receive if it hired his son.”

The indictment was secured by Preet Bharara, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. Authorities also announced that Matthew Libous, 32, was charged with six felonies, including federal tax evasion and obstruction of justice.

Bharara said in a statement: “As alleged, Thomas Libous took advantage of his position as Senator and Chairman of the Transportation Committee by corruptly causing lobbyists, who wanted Libous’ influence to benefit their clients, to funnel money through a law firm to his son where Libous has gotten his son a position. He then tried to cover up his corrupt conduct by lying to FBI Agents about his knowledge of his son’s arrangement with the firm, as the Indictment describes.

The prosecutor added: “Public servants should serve the public first, not themselves and their families. This Office will continue to pursue elected officials who attempt to take corrupt advantage of their positions.”

Though the law firm that employed Matthew Libous was not identified in the indictment, attorney Anthony Thomas Mangone, who has since been disbarred, testified in a 2012 trial that Sen. Libous, in a 2005 conversation, promised to send work to his firm if he hired Matthew Libous.

Mangone had also testified that the senator orchestrated funding that led to the son getting a $50,000 annual raise. Mangone made the statements while testifying as a witness in the prosecution of a former Yonkers councilwoman and a political operative. Libous, in the FBI interview, had denied he ever agreed to steer work to the law firm and indicated he didn’t know how his son came to be hired, according to the indictment.

Mangone, in his testimony, contended Sen. Libous contacted him to urge his son get a $50,000 raise after first being hired for $50,0000 a year,d and subsequently asked that the pay be increased to $150,000. He said the senator, in the second request, advised the second $50,000 raise be billed to “Hiffa Contracting,” a reference to an Albany lobbying firm.

Both Sen. Libous and his son pleaded not guilty at their separate arraignments at the federal courthouse in White Plains.

Libous is known as one of the natural gas industry’s leading proponents in the state Senate. The indictment comes one day after the natural gas industry was dealt a significant setback when the state’s highest court upheld the authority of local municipalities in New York to zone out gas and oil production.

The energy industry has signaled it wants permits to bring horizontal hydraulic fracturing rigs to New York though state officials have delayed a decision on whether to allow the controversial technique for extracting trapped shale gas.


Libous has enjoyed a close relationship with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, whose abrupt shutdown of a state anti-corruption commission was criticized by Bharara in April.

According to the Gannett News Service, Cuomo and his daughter, Mariah, attended the wedding of Matthew Libous last summer at a barn owned by the senator near Oquaga Lake in the village of Deposit.

The political news web site, Capital New York, reported Tuesday that Libous has served as a “back channel” to the Cuomo administration for Republican senators. In a headline Tuesday on the home page of its web site, the New York Times described the indicted senator as an “ally of Cuomo.”

There was no immediate comment on the indictment from a spokesman for Sen. James Seward, R-Milford, who has worked with Libous for more than 20 years and also has a leadership role in the Senate.

Seward is the assistant Republican Conference Leader on Conference Operations. On a Senate leadership list, he is six rungs below the Senate’s most powerful legislator, Republican Conference Leader Dean Skelos.

Libous is two rungs below the top spot, and carries the title deputy Republican Conference leader for legislative operations.

Libous has disclosed he was diagnosed in 2009 as having prostate cancer and advised his Senate colleagues last month he gets treatments every three weeks. He told reporters Tuesday the cancer has spread to his lungs.

Westchester News 12 reported Tuesday night that Libous signaled after his arraignment that he will ask Binghamton area voters to return him to the state Senate in this fall’s election. “I’m going to go back home and I’m going to tell them to give me the trust and confidence they have always given me,” Libous told the television station. “I would ask them not to make a decision until the final decision is in.”

Represented by Albany lawyer Paul Der Ohanessian, a former Albany County prosecutor, the senator is slated to return to court Sept. 3. His son was ordered to reappear in court on Aug. 25.

.In a statement released after the indictment was made public, Skelos said: “I have always known Tom Libous to be a hardworking and outstanding representative for his district and all of New York State. I have confidence that our legal system will fully and fairly review this matter.”

Scott Kurkoski, a Vestal-based lawyer who represents landowners who want to allow gas drilling on their parcels, said Libous “has been a friend to those who want to bring opportunities to the Southern Tier.”
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RexRed
 
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Wed 2 Jul, 2014 08:33 pm
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coldjoint
 
  -2  
Wed 2 Jul, 2014 09:06 pm
@RexRed,
You really are an idiot. The Catholic church has never condoned any kind of birth control.
coldjoint
 
  -3  
Wed 2 Jul, 2014 11:27 pm
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izzythepush
 
  2  
Thu 3 Jul, 2014 03:15 am
@Baldimo,
Pay no attention to Advocate, he's a nasty racist who likes kissing Pamela Rosa's holocaust denying backside.

I may disagree with you on most things, but I still think we could share a beer together. Advocate is beyond the pale, even when he tries playing the liberal card.
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