On Voting Republicans Out Of Office

They do have the same smile--could it be the same fundamentalism gene?"

Forecasters Slash Second-Quarter Growth Forecasts

The Wall Street Journal notes that here are disturbing signs of weakness amid the admittedly robust addition of 288,000 jobs to the economy that occurred last month:

Consumer spending remains weak, a consequence of a labor market delivering new jobs but skimpy wage growth . . .

The number of people working part time because they can’t find full-time work rose, and the share of the population either working or looking for work remains around 30-year lows. June’s labor-force participation rate was 62.8%, unchanged from the prior month.

And while U.S. workers’ earnings have been climbing about 2% annually—just enough to cover inflation—wages show few signs of breaking out of that range as an abundance of idled labor allows firms to keep payroll costs contained.

These signs of trouble suggest the massive 2.9 percent contraction in GDP the first quarter of the year wasn’t just due to global cooling:

Amid this weakness, hopes for a big second-quarter rebound are now beginning to wither. Forecasting firm Macroeconomic Advisers on Thursday lowered its estimate of second-quarter growth by 0.6 percentage point to an annualized 2.7% after new trade data showed stronger imports than expected, subtracting from domestic output. J.P. Morgan Chase pulled its estimate down to a 2.5% pace from 3%.

Other economists’ second-quarter forecasts are running only slightly ahead of the 2.4% pace averaged from mid-2009, when the recession ended, through the end of last year.

The economy is trying to plow ahead, but the headwinds whipped up by Obama – like massive regulation, taxes that are too high, scary levels of debt, and high gas prices resulting from antipathy to carbon fuels and from a world in a state of disorder – will prevent a return to the either roaring 80s or the other roaring decades precipitated by Ronald Reagan, the 90s and the 2000s.

Bullshit ColdDope, I have read the book of Revelations.

Same logic as to why I do not read CJ's posts.

Federal Judge Says Supreme Court Should Just 'STFU'

Last fall, following the shutdown of the federal government at the hands of congressional lawmakers, the judge said it was "time to tell Congress to go to hell." And earlier this year, Kopf expressed regrets after writing that female lawyers should "tone it down" and dress more conservatively in court.

Can't handle a concept or a fact that doesn't completely agree with your rather limited and hateful world view?

Islam's Latest Contributions to Peace "Mohammed is God's apostle. Those who follow him are harsh
to the unbelievers but merciful to one another" Quran 48:29

2014.07.07 (Baghdad, Iraq) - A Fedayeen suicide bomber in a packed Shiite district sends seven souls to Allah.
2014.07.06 (Paira, Pakistan) - Two adulterers are executed by conservative family members.
2014.07.06 (Tana River, Kenya) - al-Shabaab gunmen invade a village and murder at least twenty residents.
2014.07.06 (Baghad, Iraq) - A Shahid suicide bomber takes out four cafe patrons in mid-bite.
2014.07.05 (Salah il-Din, Iraq) - ISIL bombers kill four children.
2014.07.05 (Yala, Thailand) - The owner of a Buddhist grocery is shot in the head at her store by militant Muslims.

* Sources for individual incidents can be provided upon request.

10 worst examples of Christian or far-right terrorism

liberal rag read by sycophants with no mind of their own

screen door on a submarine

took less than a second

Michelle Obama Fights GOP On School Lunch Rules

After What This School Board Just Said, Every School In America Could Be Trashing Michelle’s Lunch Program

One school board president in Wisconsin recently weighed in on the restrictions, taking a few jabs at Michelle Obama in the process.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that Muskego-Norway School District Board President Rick Petfalski wants the freedom to decide what is best for local students instead of receiving mandates from D.C.

“We believe that proper food nutrition and meal portion guidelines are best decided at a local level,” he maintained.

He is reportedly willing to forego federal funding for the opportunity to provide meals kids in his district are actually willing to eat. Under the existing guidelines, he noted that the district’s food service program was set to reach a funding shortfall of $54,000 – primarily based on sluggish sales of the unpopular meals.

If his district shuns the federal mandates, however, he said the department could actually reach a surplus of more than $7,000.

“By leaving the program we will not be required to follow these onerous guidelines,” he explained, “pushed by and large by Michelle Obama who, last time I checked, has been elected by no one.”

The Journal Sentinel noted that other area districts are making similar decisions.