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VIEW MORE...When I choose to wear a casual outfit I always make sure to add an element surprise or an accessory in a very bold color to spice up the entire outfit. Todays look is the best example!A navy outfit with a burst of red and some "wild" print from my shoes make this casual outfit a not so ordinary one, don't you think?                         ...

Jesse AlbaChief Alba demoted to firefighter, the Waukesha Police and Fire Commission ruled.By H. Nelson GoodsonOctober 14, 2013Waukesha, WI - On Monday, the Waukesha Police and Fire (WPF) Commission on a vote 3-1 decided to demote Fire Chief Jesse Alba to firefighter. Alba has worked for the department for 23 years.Last July, a sexual harassment complaint was filed against Chief Alba. The commission launched an independent...

October 14, 2013Macy's to open on Thanksgiving for the first timeI'm in Macy's at least once a week telling them that they better @#$%ing well have those doors open by 8pm on Thanksgiving Day if they know what's good for them. @#$% their workers! If I'm there, then they @#$%ing need to be there too!The department store chain cited increasing demand from shoppers for the earlier opening.Excellent! I also gave them a...

The following chart shows the 12-month moving average of annualized production and nonsupervisory RV parks and recreational camps employee minutes worked per capita.Click to enlarge.Source Data:BLS: EmploymentSt. Louis Fed: Populati...

The following chart shows the 12-month moving average of annualized production and nonsupervisory collection agency employee minutes worked per capita.Click to enlarge.Optimists might point to this chart as proof that a new age of prosperity is upon us. Collection agencies are no longer needed! Hurray!Pessimists might point to this chart as yet another "sure thing" employment growth story that ended with an exponential...

Morning sunshines! I hope you all had a great weekend. I have a long overdue update on the entry for you. So let's jump in, shall we?To jog your memory, here is where I left the space back in June. Yes, I said June. (read parts 1 and 2 of the entry makeover here and here)We all agreed at the time that the placeholder mirror wasn't doing anyone any favors and it didn't really add anything. I'm trying me best to be a...

Click to enlarge.August 2, 2013SNAP Benefits Will Be Cut for All Participants in November 2013These cuts will likely cause hardship for some SNAP participants, who will include 22 million children in 2014 (10 million of whom live in “deep poverty,” with family incomes below half of the poverty line) and 9 million people who are elderly or have a serious disability. Cutting these households’ benefits will reduce their...

America Hates ObamacareThe Democrats OWN ObamacareA Commentary by J. D. Longstreet**************Vladimir Lenin: "Socialized Medicine is the Keystone to the Arch of the Socialist State." *********************** Socialized medicine (Obamacare) may seem like a good thing to you; unless you are sick, even less so if you are chronically ill. We have been warning of the dangers, and the short comings, of socialized...

The following chart shows the 12-month moving average of annualized production and nonsupervisory coal mining employee minutes worked per capita.Click to enlarge.We seem determined to restore the prosperity of the Roman Empire one year at a time. Coal mining jobs for the win!Don't let the naysayers get you down with all their talk of newfangled automated processes and the rolling over of the 2nd order polynomial trend...

Conrado JuarezPolice say mother and family never reported Castillo missing.By H. Nelson GoodsonOctober 13, 2013Manhattan, New York - On Saturday, Conrado Juarez, 52, of Bronx was arraigned and charged with felony murder for the 1991 homicide of Anjelica Castillo, 4, who for 22 years was only known as "Baby Hope." Juarez pleaded not guilty,  but had confessed to cold case homicide investigators that he sexually...

VIEW MORE...Another outfit that involves a summery piece: this pair of 3.1 Phillip Lim bermuda shorts that I bought from NY during NYFW. I couldn't wait until Spring and the weather encouraged me even more to wear them now in a harmonious blue-mustard combination.                                             ...

Original Baby Hope investigators Chief Reznick (navy) and retired Detective Jerry Giorgio with Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly announced the arrest of Conrado Juarez for the Baby Hope homicide case . Photo courtesy of NYPDDNA and tip led to her killer after 22 years.By H. Nelson GoodsonOctober 12, 2013Bronx, New York - New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly announced that Conrado Juarez, 52, was arrested on Saturday...

The following chart shows the 12-month moving average of annualized production and nonsupervisory florist employee minutes worked per capita.Click to enlarge.The Fed can lead consumers to flowers, but it can't make them buy. The linear trend in blue ended in 2001. It has been replaced with an exponential decay trend in red. Let's zoom in for a closer look.Click to enlarge.It would very much appear that the monetary...

The following chart shows the 12-month moving average of annualized production and nonsupervisory employee hours worked per capita in sporting goods stores, women's clothing stores, and hobby, toys, and game stores. I'm attempting to track an old school Christmas gift theme (a little something for everyone).Click to enlarge.Been there, done thatTo have experienced the topic under discussion, to the point of boredom...

Margarito Andrés Velásquez, Sabino Salvador and Irma López AurelioPhotos courtesy of Eloy Pacheco López/FacebookMexican congressional action seeks sanctions against those responsible for not providing medical attention to indigenous mother who gave birth on a grassy lawn outside a clinic and the termination of the clinic director.By H. Nelson GoodsonOctober 12, 2013San Felipe Jalapa de Díaz, Oaxaca, Mexico...

Photos: FacebookNineteen protesters taken into custody for chaining themselves into the rims of Operation Streamline Court ICE buses, federal court fences and blocking ICE buses.By H. Nelson GoodsonOctober 11, 2013Tucson, Arizona - On Friday, at least nineteen Not1More protesters were taken into custody for blocking ICE buses on an I-10 off ramp on Fontage and 18th St. by chaining themselves to tire rims and immobilizing...

The following chart shows production and nonsupervisory employee hours worked in long-distance general  freight trucking by hours worked in air transportation.Click to enlarge.Expectation:Bald Eagle with Fish (Yathin S Krishnappa)Realization:Pygoscelis papua (Stan Shebs)Source Data:BLS: Employme...

Good Ole DaysA Commentary by J. D. Longstreet********************  An old friend and I were conversing recently and reminiscing about the world we grew up in as opposed to the world we actually live in today. It is something “old-timers” like us have been doing since the dawn of time. We were comparing the price of gasoline where he lives as opposed to the price for the same gasoline here, where I live, on the...

Eddie Sotelo, "El Piolin"Next week El Piolin will begin transmitting his Spanish language radio program on SiriusXM via satellite. By H. Nelson GoodsonOctober 11, 2013Los Angeles, CA - On October 18, Eddie Sotelo, aka, "El Piolin" will begin transmitting his Spanish language radio show on SiriusXM. The El Piolin live radio show will be heard on channel 147 from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. (Pacific), Monday thru Friday.Fans...

VIEW MORE...I like to call this look "Pattern Blocking" after one of my Pinterest board, where I like to collect all kind of outfits with mixed prints. Even though this print is almost the same on both skirt and shirt, it still delivers a bold impact and for sure the colors are having a good input in this -blocking - result!                         ...