Orange Felon Can't Tell Me What to Do

Words of Advice:

DONALD TRUMP IS A CONVICTED FELON. CASE CLOSED.

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

"Once you have paid him the Danegeld, you never get rid of the Dane." -- Rudyard Kipling

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

Democracy Dies When Billionaires and Hedge Funds Buy Newspapers.

"Never Get Into Anything With a 'Jesus Nut'." -- every fixed-wing pilot

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

Karma may sometimes be late to arrive.
But it never loses an address.

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Not Good

This graph compares job losses (by percentage of pre-recession employment) for all recessions since the end of the Second World War



I suppose things could turn around as they did in `48, where a steep trend down was abruptly reversed, but I'm not knowledgeable enough to see how that would happen this time. I know folks who are optimistic, but I'm not seeing the evidence to support that optimism.

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