Friday, November 8, 2013
Job creation soars in October
There were a net 204,000 new jobs created for the month, though the unemployment rate rose to 7.3 percent and households reported a huge drop in employment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said. A separate measure that includes the underemployed and those who have quit looking also moved higher, from 13.6 percent to 13.8 percent.
The numbers easily topped economist expectations of 120,000 new nonfarm payroll jobs for the month, though it matched estimates for a slight increase in the headline jobless rate.
"I find this bizarre," Moody's economist Mark Zandi told CNBC. "I wouldn't be surprised if this gets revised to some degree...down."
http://www.cnbc.com/id/101182289
Friday, November 19, 2010
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UPDATE: Former Gov. Jesse Ventura will appear on the Alex Jones Show live today at 11 AM CENTRAL to discuss the JFK Assassination episode of Conspiracy Theory (PREMIERES FRI, NOV. 19 AT 10 PM / 9 CENTRAL).
Aaron Dykes
Infowars.com
November 19, 2010
Long-time prober of the JFK assassination, Jesse Ventura will have his first chance to prove on television that a conspiracy, not a lone gunman, killed Kennedy. The proof includes a shocking audio confession and much more; airs this Fri, Nov. 19 at 10 PM EST / 9 PM CST | |
A “major figure” from recent U.S. history admits to involvement in the plot in an audio tape that will blow audiences away. The source names names, and Lee Harvey Oswald isn’t on the list. According to the show’s producers, Ventura’s team has even established new evidence that suggests the individuals allegedly involved in the assassination have powerful ties that even go as high as former President and former CIA director George H. W. Bush. Is this the key at last to why the media has been so reluctant to admit that someone else was shooting at Dealey Plaza on November 22, 1963?
Ventura qualified as an expert shot while in naval special forces training, and qualified again as an expert during his term as Governor in Minnesota, yet he could not duplicate the time and accuracy of Oswald’s fateful shots. | |
The House Select Committee on Assassinations matched Ventura’s findings back in 1978. Their investigation found a 95% or higher probability that John F. Kennedy was killed by more than one assassin, concluding that indeed a conspiracy took place, and debunking the rushed conclusions of the 1964 Warren Commission that Oswald acted alone. However, nearly half a century later, the media has continued to promote the lone gunman theory, even in spite of a skeptical public. The motives behind this mass-misconception are deep and probing indeed, and Ventura has been questioning the official account for many years now.
Images released by TruTV show that Ventura acts out the official account of Oswald’s shooting; then talks to a number of experts at Dealey Plaza, the site of the JFK assasination, including Jim Marrs, prominent researcher and frequent guest on the Alex Jones Show. | |
Two of Ventura’s best-selling books, American Conspiracies and Don’t Start the Revolution Without Me, have both delved deeply into what really happened in the assassination. Ventura’s writing partner Dick Russell has also written extensively on the subject in his book On the Trail of the JFK Assassins. Tune in Fri, Nov. 19 to find out what Ventura and his Conspiracy Theory team have now uncovered.
From TruTV’s “Conspiracy Theory”:
“JFK Assassination” – NEW!
Premieres Fri, November 19 at 10P
Never-published declassified CIA documents appear to support a link between the assassination of John F. Kennedy and the Watergate scandal that brought down Richard Nixon. To find out for sure, Jesse Ventura goes to Dallas, where he meets Lee Harvey Oswald’s widow, Marina, and investigates the “Two Oswalds” theory that a CIA-groomed double killed JFK. TV-PG-L
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
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Thursday, October 28, 2010
Conway Cover Up: Media Caught In Rand Paul “Stomping” Cover-Up
Conway Cover Up: Media Caught In Rand Paul “Stomping” Cover-Up
Conway Cover Up: Media Caught In Rand Paul “Stomping” Cover-Up
Whilst hyperventilating over the Lauren Valle stomping incident, the corporate media has ignored a far bigger scandal swirling around the KY Senate race – the reality that monetary contributors to Rolland Conway’s campaign and Conway himself tipped off Conway’s brother to the reality that he was becoming investigated for trafficking medicines in an admitted obstruction of justice.
The KY Courier-Journal, which has favored Conway more than Rand Paul in the program of the Senatorial race, hid the bombshell tale behind a relatively tame headline this past weekend, presumably in a bid to protect Rolland Conway from the blowback of the astounding revelations contained in the 5 page report written by R.G. Dunlop.
The nitty gritty of the problem runs like this – Matthew C. Conway, prosecutor and brother of Rolland Conway, the Democratic applicant for U.S. Senator from Kentucky, was beneath investigation by the Louisville Metro Police for alleged drug use and medication trafficking.
Two narcotics detectives concerned in the case perverted the program of justice by tipping away Conway to the reality that he was beneath investigation. At least three narcotics officers are now under internal investigation for “policy violations”.
Following hearing detectives discussing the situation inside a restaurant, a Conway marketing campaign supporter then also associated the problem to Jack Conway, who in turn tipped off his brother.
“When investigators learned of the leaks and interrogated the two detectives and the prosecutor last March, all 3 at first gave false or misleading statements about what happened, those data show. The statements of Matthew C. Conway, the prosecutor, had been made beneath oath,” reports the Courier-Journal.
In August of this yr, Jefferson County Lawyer Michael O’Connell made the decision not to prosecute Matthew Conway. O’Connell is a financial supporter of Jack Conway’s Senate campaign.
Commonwealth’s Attorney David Stengel also dismissed the medication trafficking allegations, without revealing why investigators targeted Conway in the initial place. Like O’Connell, Stengel was a supporter and a financial contributor to Jack Conway’s Senate campaign.
“According to Fec.gov, Mr. David Stengel has donated $500 to Rolland Conway’s marketing campaign in the past, vested interest? Do we really desire a former Jack Conway donor overlooking this? Really?” asks the Capitalist Banner weblog.
“Alex Pappas of the Daily Caller reported that the Democrat’s campaign didn’t reply to an e-mail “seeking elaboration Saturday as to whether Conway, as attorney general, took any actions to involve himself in the study,” factors out the American Spectator.
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Louisville attorney Scott Roby can also be a Conway supporter. Roby informed Matthew Conway that the cops had been investigating him for either drug use or trafficking, thus allowing him to steer clear of a police raid. LMPD Detective Scott Wilson had told Roby about the investigation. Conway and Wilson each attended St. Xavier Higher College at about the same time and are longtime acquaintances, based on the newspaper.
Scott Roby donated $1250 to the Conway marketing campaign.
However it gets worse. It turns out that a Jack Conway supporter, businessman Charles Alexander, was the guy who overheard cops talking about the Matthew Conway situation inside a downtown Louisville restaurant. The narcotics detectives described Matthew Conway as “dirty” (corrupt). Alexander known as Jack Conway and knowledgeable him of the overheard conversation.
“According to Fec.gov, Charles Alexander is a $2400 donor to Jack Conway and a $4600 donor to Barack Obama, so there is little doubt Mr. Alexander was worried about the troubling allegations,” notes CapitalistBanner.com.
Rolland Conway and his supporters are concerned in a cover-up and an attempt to obstruct justice, but this does not seem to become on the corporate media’s radar screen. Instead, we’re harangued with absurd stories about Rand Paul, Aqua Buddha, and a fraternity prank invented by an anonymous woman.
Rolland Conway is involved in a brazen attempt to cover-up a police study of his brother. Supporters of his political marketing campaign facilitated obscuration of justice. Is this the sort of man the individuals of Kentucky want representing them in Washington?
In the name of objective journalism and fairness, the company media wants to include this story instantly rather than inventing new ways to tear down the Rand Paul marketing campaign.
Several disturbing problems stay unanswered regarding the involvement of Rolland Conway and his supporters in the tale.
Thomas McAdam summarizes a few of the crucial concerns.
one. What was the nature of the proof recognized to the narcs that prompted the investigation of Matt Conway?
2. Was any political pressure utilized to pull the detectives away from investigating the brother of Kentucky’s Lawyer General?
three. When and the way made LMPD Chief Robert White entail himself in the study?
four. When Matt Conway resigned from the Jefferson County attorney’s workplace in 2008, what was the status of the criminal study into his alleged medication involvement, and what made Jefferson County Mike O’Connell know about it.
five. What made Commonwealth’s Lawyer David Stengel know, and when made he know it?
6. Was the meeting at Jack Conway’s house, exactly where he introduced in high-powered criminal protection attorney Bart Adams, the only involvement by the Attorney Common in this matter?
7. It appears incredible that O’Connell, Stengel, and White might be concerned in an elaborate cover-up to protect a drug dealer. Shouldn’t the Conways come forward and shed some light on this affair, thereby dispelling any imputation of misconduct on the component of innocent law enforcement officials?
eight. How lengthy has reporter Dunlap been operating on this story, and made the timing of its publication have something to due with the upcoming election?
Thursday, October 14, 2010
U.S. mortgage rates reached new record lows
Oct 14 (Reuters) - U.S. mortgage rates reached new record lows in the latest week, according to a Freddie Mac survey released on Thursday, as data showing economic weakness fueled demand for safe-haven government debt.
Interest rates on U.S. 30-year fixed-rate mortgages, the most widely used loan, averaged 4.19 percent for the week ended Oct. 14, down from the previous week's 4.27 percent and the lowest on record, according to the survey that began in 1971.
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage has been under 5 percent for 23 weeks in row. Rates were also below their year-ago level of 4.92 percent, said Freddie Mac (FMCC.OB), the second-largest U.S. mortgage finance company.
While rock-bottom rates offer a glimmer of hope for a housing market struggling to find footing in the aftermath of the expiration of popular home buyer tax credits earlier this year, their impact on demand for home purchase loans has been tepid. A weak jobs market and flailing economy continue to weigh on consumer confidence.
Meanwhile, 15-year fixed-rate mortgages fell to average 3.62 percent from 3.72 percent last week, the lowest since Freddie Mac began surveying this loan type in 1991.
"September's employment report held no big surprises to financial markets, allowing long-term bond yields and fixed mortgage rates to continue to ease," Frank Nothaft, Freddie Mac vice president and chief economist, said in a statement.
"As a result, both the 30-year and 15-year fixed mortgage rates hit all-time record lows for the third consecutive week," he said.
Mortgage rates are linked to yields on Treasuries and yields on mortgage-backed securities.
The Mortgage Bankers Association said on Wednesday mortgage applications for home refinancing loans rose for the first time in six weeks, with demand jumping to its highest level since late August. For details double-click on [ID:nNLLCLE6JW].
An increase in refinancing may provide a jolt to the economy as it could portend an increase in consumer spending. By lowering monthly mortgage payments it may also help some homeowners avoid default and foreclosure if their credit is good enough.
Michael Gapen, senior U.S. economist at Barclays Capital in New York, said low mortgage rates have significantly improved affordability, but believes a housing market recovery will be elusive without a stronger labor market.
"The rise in refinancing activity is good for household balance sheets and supportive of housing activity in general," he said.
"At this point a housing market recovery will largely depend on the ability of the economy to create jobs and support higher incomes for people," he said.
Freddie Mac said rates on 5/1 ARMs, set at a fixed rate for five years and adjustable in each following year, was 3.47 percent, unchanged from last week, tying the all-time lowest level since Freddie Mac began tracking this loan type in 2005.
One-year adjustable-rate mortgages were 3.43 percent, up from 3.40 percent last week. A year ago, 15-year mortgages averaged 4.37 percent, the one-year ARM was 4.60 percent and the 5/1 ARM 4.38 percent. [ID:nWALELE6OQ]
Thursday, September 30, 2010
GLOBAL MARKETS-Dollar drops as more monetary stimulus seen
NEW YORK, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Rising expectations central banks will step up monetary stimulus to support fragile economies drove the dollar to a five-month low against the euro on Wednesday and fed profit taking in stocks.
Investors trimmed their U.S. and European equity positions while an uncertain economic outlook kept commodity prices from rallying too strongly despite the benefit they often get from a sagging U.S. dollar.
Spot gold XAU= did edge up to fresh record high of $1,313.20 and silver XAG= set its best level in 30 years. Oil made only a modest gain on the day.
"We obviously have a negative combination for the U.S. dollar, and the Fed opening the door for potential easing has just stoked fears of dollar weakness and currency debasement generally," said Camilla Sutton, chief currency strategist at Scotia Capital in Toronto.
Wednesday's contrasting reports of Chinese [ID:nTOE68S046] and European [ID:nLDE68S0LU] economic and business sentiment advancing this month added to pressure on the greenback.
There is mounting speculation the U.S. Federal Reserve may engage in quantitative easing -- a process of buying up bonds and other assets to put fresh cash into the economy rather than through lower borrowing costs -- sooner rather than later.
Last week, the Fed said it was prepared to do just that if it were necessary to stimulate the recovery and avoid deflation. The Fed's benchmark interest rate is already at zero to 0.25 percent, leaving no room to stimulate through conventional measures.
In midday U.S. trade, the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 45.45 points, or 0.42 percent, at 10,812.69. The Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC dropped 9.69 points, or 0.41 percent, at 2,369.90.
The Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX lost 5.52 points, or 0.48 percent, at 1,142.18. However, for the month the index is up nearly 9 percent, its best monthly performance since May 2009 and before that the best showing since March 2000.
Hewlett-Packard Co (HPQ.N) rose 1.4 percent to $42.25 after the computer and printer maker forecast 2011 profits above estimates. For details, see [ID:nN28273797]
Marc Pado, U.S. market strategist at Cantor Fitzgerald & Co in San Francisco, said the market was technically overextended, but a recent pattern of buying on dips could re-emerge as fund managers "window dress" their portfolios.
European shares gave up earlier gains after the U.S. market opened weaker.
The FTSEurofirst 300 .FTEU3 index of top European shares was down 0.61 percent at 1070.77. Weaker retail shares after disappointing figures from Swedish fashion group Hennes & Mauritz (HMb.ST), the world's third largest clothing retailer, proved a drag on the index.