Jobless claims higher than expected (357,000 - up 8,000)

[UpInArms]

http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B69029676%2D8456%2D4C9B%2DA794%2D68CE4128060C%7D&siteid=mktw

WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- The number of people filing for state unemployment benefits for the first time unexpectedly rose 8,000 to 357,000 last week, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Economists polled by CBS MarketWatch had forecast claims would fall to 334,000.

The four-week moving average of new claims rose by 4,750 to 341,250.

In the previous week, jobless claims rose an unrevised 25,000 to 349,000.The insured unemployment rate rose slightly to 2.2 percent from the previous week's revised 2.1 percent.

The number of former workers continuing to receive state unemployment benefits rose by 91,000 to 2.8 million in the week ended Dec. 4.

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[Florida_Geek]

1. Christmas season and unemployment claims up

Mmmmmm....

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

2. You can take this one to the bank:

They are gonna keep going up, every month.

I hate myself for saying it, but I do hope that those who voted for our klown-in-chief are especially impacted by this. People got to learn the hard way, I reckon.

[Florida_Geek]

5. Read a LTTE in the Monroe La paper

From some computer operator manager, he voted for Bush for Moral reasons, and "I could care less about the economy"... Duhhhh.....

[The Zanti Regent]

7. What will Mr. Manager do when Jesus outsources his job?

Oh, I forgot, he'll blame Clinton...

[Florida_Geek]

8. Clinton is always the answer for these

ppl. Grrrr

[papau]

3. The Bush economic expansion continues

:-(

[Just Me]

9. Middle class hemorrhages. n/t

[daa]

14. Oh it will really expand now

that it is past the election - no more holding back.

[MrUnderhill]

4. Worse than that...

The unadjusted number was up almost 150k.

[mhr]

6. My-O-My Looks Like The Unemployed Will Still Be Suffering

At the hands of Jaysus-in-Chief,

I mean,

Commander-in-Chief,

I mean,

old what's his name.

Sarcasm off/

Unemployed 54 months here - I could have told all that the job market is still terrible.

[tanyev]

10. "Unexpectedly"

Only if you believe in the faith based economy.

[fertilizeonarbusto]

11. LOL

bravo!

[barb162]

21. I notice in all sorts of economic surveys the economists are always

being optimistic until the "unexpectedly" rotten numbers come in. Month after month after month.

[quaoar]

12. If unemployment is still going up

That must mean it's time for another tax cut. If we just free up the wealthy to invest in more vacation homes in the Cayman Islands ....

[mhr]

13. I Wonder If We Will Then Hear About "Trickle Swim" Economics

As those dearly departed American Dollars risk it all to return home.

[William Bloode]

15. Can you imagine...

What the number would have been if this was not the holiday season? I would have expected a lower number considering holiday hiring. Maybe it does not factor in?

Oh well, we reap what we sow. America made the choice, now the rest of us have to live with it.

[llmart]

16. There's that "unexpectedly" word again...

n/t

[MADem]

Oh come on, we all need to "lighten up"

What's a few jobs? Who cares if people are standing in line pleading for unemployment during an historically flush period for hiring? Who cares if people are losing their savings, their homes, their lives?

Certainly not the GOP. They tell us everything is hunky-dory, that we should be thrilled, that "Freedom is On The March!!"

Joy to the friken world...

[MADem]

17. delete

Dupe due to a twitchy mouse...sorry!

[mhr]

18. Damn Those Twitchy Mice!

eom

[MADem]

19. I have one of those fancy laser ones

Perhaps the twitchiness is due to the fact that my mouse has no ball atall....!!!! You'd think that would've calmed the little feller down!

[Sideways]

20. Your Mouse And Bush Have Something In Common

No ball.

[MADem]

22. And HITLER only had one, so they say!!!! n/t

[Sideways]

29. Good You Knew Of The Legend

You're a smarty I figured you'd get it!

[MADem]

30. There was a nasty song

...that my many relatives, who served in WW2, used to sing after a few brews. It was of course, a soldier's denigration of Hitler throughout, and referenced the one-ball aspect. I don't remember the entire thing, just the chorus, which went something like:

"No balls at all, no balls at all,
He looked and he saw he had
No balls at all!"

[reprobate]

24. If your mouse is feeling ball less........(wait for it)......

Try a trackBALL. Be one of the BIG balled.

Sorry, but sometimes the pun works better than anything else.

[MADem]

31. I'm a tech moron

Is it a GIANT BALL? Actually, that might work, if it would be stable on the table!

[reprobate]

32. I've used a trackball for years. Cured my 'mouse shoulder'.

A trackball is like an inverted mouse, you roll the ball with fingers to move the cursor. It just sits on the desk and obeys.

The big difference to me was the fact that there is no arm movement with the trackball, and that was causing shoulder pain to me. And I also moved to the M$ 'comfort' keyboard with a split key layout. between the two, computing is far less painfull.

[VegasWolf]

23. My wife has been to the mall 3 times this week. No one there! She

could park in the first row next to Macy's.

[VegasWolf]

25. But there won't be any gay marriages! n/t

[VegasWolf]

26. Oh! and abortion will be outlawed. n/t

[Javaman]

27. I wonder how many of them voted for *, probably second thoughts now

[madrchsod]

28. 1000 out of a job in rockford ,il

by the end of this year..things sure are picking up ,aren`t they? it`s the piss on the workers theory.