“Torture data long enough, and it will confess to anything you want it to.” Barry Ritholtz brings us The Unpleasant Truth About Inflation and Rethinking the ‘Strong Jobs Recovery’ Scenario. In short, data is being manipulated to make it seem that inflation is benign and job growth is decent if not spectacular. If you only read two items on the economy today, make it these.
I bought a funnel cake today where Jesus walked… No, really, there is talk of building a giant Holy Land theme park in Israel. Because, well, God Knows there are no land disputes there. And the world clearly needs more theme parks.
Violence Against (Some) Women Act. In seems that when Congress reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act, they managed to put in a section making it against the law to anonymously “annoy” someone online, but somehow they missed the fact that it’s perfectly legal to buy the phone records of a complete stranger or the object of one’s dark obsessions. Um, how exactly does this make me safer?
Who Likes Short Skirts?? Well, not your clients and not your boss. That cheesy guy who gives you the creeps but hey he’s a client and he pays you well? He likes short skirts! Seriously ladies, a new study confirms common sense: Looking “sexy” and looking like an intelligent management/executive type don’t mix. “Dress for success” is still largely true.
And one more thing: Don’t forget that Mr. Alito’s confirmation hearings begin today. Be sure to scroll down and click to watch the slideshow of quotes. My favorite is when he ruled against the school newspaper that didn’t want to run advertising for beer. Strip-searching the 10 year old girl just because her daddy was suspected of being a drug dealer falls a distant second to that.
Thank you. After spending the holidays with the right-wing faction of the family, it is so nice to read/hear some common sense.