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Good gracious y'all!! Thank you so much for your response to the One Room Challenge. Not only am I grateful for all of you, but I had such a great time looking thru all of the fabulous rooms of the other ladies as well as all the amazing linking party participants.  There is some serious talent out there, and I was thrilled to be apart of it. I'll be back on Wednesday with details and sources on the room.And...

Mariah Boulden, Queric Richardson and Ariel Shepherd, aka, Arielle OliviaaHarris County Sheriff's Department arrested Stewart in connection with 20 partygoers being shot, including two killed and another teen suffered a broken leg at house party.By H. Nelson GoodsonNovember 10, 2013(Updated)Cypress, Texas - On Saturday, Harris County Sheriff's deputies responded to a mass shooting at a Houston suburb residence at 7318...

Christie the Dem's Choice for GOP Presidential CandidateA Commentary by J. D. Longstreet***************There are lots of things that are sure and certain like:  death, taxes, and democrats will cheat during elections.  Now we can add another to the ever growing list.  The Dems want Chris Christie, of New Jersey, to be the the GOP candidate for President in 2016.The Mainstream Media, which is the...

The following chart shows the two year moving average of the percentage of the unemployed (25+ years of age) who have bachelor's degrees and higher.Click to enlarge.May 23, 2012The Globalist: Moving Toward a Smarter WorldI am optimistic — not because I expect human nature to change, but because we now have at our disposal an enormous new natural resource: the gusher of data that enables us to literally see and understand...

VIEW MORE... Today I have for you a classic approach with a modern, demanding allure.It is well known that I love classic looks/ pieces but sometimes I love adding a "breath fresh of air" to my outfits. What I mean by that is adding my own signature to a look or wearing an unexpected item. Even though these days nothing probably surprise you (in fashion) I like trying different styles in one outfit. That being...

Click to enlarge.As seen in the chart above, retail trade, leisure, and hospitality production and nonsupervisory employment has been growing faster than employment overall. This is clearly not a recent development.Click to enlarge.Not only do these jobs not pay well, but in inflation adjusted terms they pay roughly one-third less than they did in the early 1970s.The future's so bright I gotta wear lampshades.Source...

Immigrants, Hispanics and supporters need to finally take control of more than $2T of their spending and buying economic power to influence change in America.November 10, 2013Washington, D.C. - Six days left for the 113th U.S. House first session to end in 2013 and "no vote" will be taken for immigration reform, the GOP House leadership has confirmed. Acts of civil disobedience around the nation has made little progress,...

Click to enlarge.September 3, 2013After a Recent Upswing, College Enrollment Declines, Census Bureau ReportsIn 2012, there were 19.9 million college students, including 5.8 million enrolled in two-year colleges, 10.3 million in four-year colleges and 3.8 million in graduate school.The math suggests that we are going to have some seriously well educated retail, leisure, and hospitality workers in the future.Some people...

by: Les CarpenterRational Nation USALiberty - vs- Tyranny I found the following article by Ann Althouse interesting. More than just interesting really. Refreshing and honest as well.In yesterday's interview with Chuck Todd, Obama said:"You know, one of the lessons -- learned from this whole process on the website -- is that probably the biggest gap between the private sector and the federal government is when it comes...

The U.S. House GOP leadership confirmed over the weekend that they will not move to allow a vote on an immigration reform bill before 2013 ends.By H. Nelson GoodsonNovember 9, 2013Washington, D.C. - In the last three days around the country, multiple sit-ins held in cities by immigrant rights organizations to push for the U.S. House majority GOP leadership to allow a vote on an immigration bill has made no strives to...

by: Les CarpenterRational Nation USALiberty -vs- TyrannyI am a fiscal conservative, a social libertarian, not a democrat, not a republican... I am an American and I vote, like millions of other Americans do. Although the total turnout is shameful to say the least. That is, however a story for another day.In reading THE WEEK I admit to being a bit puzzled. The week is a conservative leaning publication so it is natural...

Click to enlarge.You can disregard the blue point due to the government shutdown if you like. As for the trend in red, a good pair of rose-colored glasses will make it virtually invisible!Source Data:St. Louis Fed: Custom Cha...

Carolyn C. Alcala and Anthony J. Judd Alcala kept going after striking Judd, a homeless man at the 900 block of W. Greenfield Ave.By H. Nelson GoodsonNovember 9, 2013Milwaukee, WI - On Friday, Carolyn C. Alcala, 47, pleaded not guilty to one felony count of hit-and-run in the death of Anthony "Tony" J. Judd, 45, a known Milwaukee homeless man whose punch line was "Hey amigo, you got 25 cents." On October 26, Judd was...

Kathryn StalbaumStalbaum turned herself to Chicago police for help.By H. Nelson GoodsonNovember 8, 2013Chicago, Illinois - On Friday, Kathryn Stalbaum, 15, from the Town of Genesee who has been missing since last Tuesday turned herself to a Chicago police officer for help, according to the Chicago Police Department. Stalbaum approached the officer and told him that she had been missing from Wisconsin. Authorities...

VIEW MORE... I told you that you don't have to wait too much for seeing another outfit ( with a good dose of color this time) combined with those Zara boots that are becoming lately my everyday shoes :)Color of the day is obviously Yellow with a side of fuchsia.Wish you all a sunny weekend!                                   ...

Those not in the labor force have grown nearly 3.2 million over the past year, with nearly 1 million in just the past month.Click to enlarge.There was a major long-term trend shift starting in 2000. The Fed didn't like the old normal in red so it offered us up a housing bubble and in its aftermath a new normal in blue. It's a bit hard to tell the two normals apart in the chart. Well, you kind of can. The new normal...

by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USALiberty -vs- TyrannyPolls are admittedly mere indicators of the political pulse of the public. It is true arguments can be made that depending on the political preference(s), or leanings of the particular organization responsible for any specific poll that the poll may be manipulated through specific wording of poll questions. Questions intentionally designed to generate the response...

Karla Salazar holds a sign before getting arrested by LA police.Photos: FacebookLos Angeles police arrested more than 50 people outside a Chinatown Wal-Mart store for wage dispute.By H. Nelson GoodsonNovember 8, 2013Los Angeles, CA - On Thursday, police arrested at least 54 wage protesters including Wal-Mart employees, teachers and nurses in front of a newly opened Chinatown Wal-Mart store. More than 200 people participated...

Awakening of American minds For the last five years Americans have been asleep. As we slumbered Democracy was being supplanted by forces unfriendly to it. The very strength of our nation drained away as the blood of socialism was being transfused into our institutions, industries and classrooms. Many of us, who saw the changes coming, were ignored, became banter of late night talk shows or found our words squelched...

The following chart shows motor vehicle loans as a percentage of annual wage and salary accruals.Click to enlarge.How much debt is too much? We'll find out someday if we keep hugging the bottom of that trend channel.October 28, 2013More new-car buyers opt for 7-year loansMore new-car buyers are stretching out their loan payments as long as possible — as many as seven years — and experts wonder if the trend is another...