On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Commerce released a report chock full of weak growth figures and worrisome economic signals. The gross domestic product (GDP) dropped from last quarter’s 3.0 percent to an anemic 1.9 percent. Over half of first-quarter growth came from automobile sales. When automobiles are removed from the calculation, the GDP grew… Read more »
Monthly Archives:: June 2012
Sunday Talk: And I feel fine
That’s great, it starts with an earthquake, birds and snakes, an aeroplane—Lenny Bruce is not afraid. Eye of a hurricane, listen to yourself churn—world serves its own needs, don’t misserve your own needs. Feed it up a knock, speed, grunt, no, strength. The ladder starts to clatter with a fear of height, down, height. Wire… Read more »
Al Sharpton Will Deliver Eulogy At Rodney King’s Funeral
The man whose encounter with the Los Angeles Police Department sparked the LA Riots of the 1990s, Rodney King, passed away earlier this month, and with new details of his funeral services emerging, the media has learned that MSNBC host Al Sharpton will eulogizing King at his services. RELATED: Rodney King Found Dead In His… Read more »
Despite Unemployment Numbers, Young Voters Standing by Obama
Even as unemployment among college graduates remains stuck above the national average at 9.3 percent, a Reuters/Ipsos poll of four-year college graduates finds that President Barack Obama leads his Republican challenger Mitt Romney 52 percent to 27 percent. The poll’s findings are especially surprising given reports last month that, for the first time in American… Read more »