Labor Secretary Hilda Solis uses gay-baiting slur in public.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  November 1st at 12:00 PM  | 

It’s not turning into a good year for the Obama administration – in fact, it’s not been a good administration for the Obama administration – but I think that this is hardly an excuse for a Cabinet level official to use low-rent sexual epithets in public: At the Florida Democratic Party State Convention over the weekend, U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis insulted members of | Read More »

Department of Labor: unemployment rate 10.2%.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  November 6th at 08:50 AM  | 

Tell me again why we’re not doing something about this? The unemployment rate rose from 9.8 to 10.2 percent in October, and nonfarm payroll employment continued to decline (-190,000), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The largest job losses over the month were in construction, manufacturing, and retail trade. Household Survey Data In October, the number of unemployed persons increased by 558,000 to | Read More »