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Saturday 05 March 2011

The Real News on Jobs
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog: "Are we making progress on the jobs front?.. To get to the most important trend you have to dig under the job numbers and look at what kind of new jobs are being created. That’s where the big problem lies... While the biggest losses were higher-wage jobs paying an average of $19.05 to $31.40 an hour, the biggest gains have been lower-wage jobs paying an average of $9.03 to $12.91 an hour. In other words, the big news isn’t jobs. It’s wages."
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Wackos of the World, Unite!
Michael Winship, Truthout: "It's always a cuckoo fest here on Earth, but this week it seems the out-of-control dial has been cranked up way beyond 11. There's Muammar 'Gunshots? What Gunshots?' Qaddafi .... Charlie Sheen .... Presidential candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee .... Wisconsin Gov Scott Walker .... So, who's the worst of all these foolish masters of denial? In some respects, it's pretty much a dead heat on a merry-go-round, although Qaddafi has the definite lead when it comes to lunacy with hideous consequences. But challenging them all for the slippery grasp of reality prize is that maelstrom of madness, the US House of Representatives."
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