CNSNews The real unemployment rate rose to 16.2 percent in June, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported on Friday, marking a return to levels not seen since January 2011. The “real” unemployment rate is technically a combination of three measures of unemployment: the unemployment rate, the number of people working part-time who want full-time [...]

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We’re able to calculate the debt figures for the earlier dates using the U.S. Department of Treasury’s “Debt to the Penny” calculator. The future debt amounts come from Office of Management and Budget projections. Because they are projections, they’re subject to change as economic circumstances change, but they are are widely cited among experts. (OMB [...]

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By Joe Kovacs The United States ranks last among all nations in the world when it comes to its current account balance, astronomically lower than every other economy, the CIA reports. According to the most recent figures in the CIA World Factbook, America sits at the bottom of 191 nations, with a listed account balance [...]

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Business Insider For a long time we’ve been going with the same Scariest Jobs Chart Ever, which we ran this morning. It shows how bad this “recovery” has been compared to past ones. It’s really scary, but we’re confident that we have a new winner. It shows the average duration of unemployment, and it’s skyrocketing [...]

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This Should Scare The Crap Out Of You! There May Not Be Any More Elections In This Country, Folks! WAKE UP AMERICA!

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Air Force Times Air Force and Navy aircraft are still flying hundreds of strike missions over Libya despite the Obama administration’s claim that American forces are playing only a limited support role in the NATO operation. An Africa Command (AFRICOM) spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday that since NATO’s Operation Unified Protector (OUP) took over from the American-led [...]

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Sodahead / Yahoo News At a town hall meeting hosted by the Univision Spanish-language television network at Bell MULTICULTURAL High School in Washington DC, President Barack Obama pushed to reduce testing as criteria for school grades.He went on to say that tests are intentionally designed “punish” students and bores them. He called for tests that [...]

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Associated Press President Barack Obama will be taking a break for the Independence Day holiday weekend. He’ll travel to Camp David in western Maryland Friday afternoon, following some morning meetings. Daughter Malia has a holiday birthday. She’ll turn 13 on Monday…

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