Employment Losses For October

  The jobs keep disappearing once again.

   The Labor Department said on Friday that we have lost 1.2 million jobs through the month of October, with 240,000 of those jobs lost in October alone. The un-employment rate now stands at 6.5%.  There is more bad news, of course.

   CNN

The first week of November has been brutal for the job market, with nearly 15,000 announced job cuts from a slew of companies across multiple industries.

Eight companies announced job cuts this week as a means of cost-cutting during desperate times, representing industries as widespread as retail, finance, leisure, pharmaceutical and toy and automobile manufacturing

  Some of those companies who will be slashing their workforce

  Circuit City: roughly 7,300

  Hartford Financial : 500

  GlaxoSmithKline :  1,000 sales persons

  The list includes others such as Mattel, Fidelity Investments of Boston, and La-Z-Boy. Ford Motor Company will be tossing some 2,600 workers out also.

   Christmas might be looking somewhat gloomier for many people this year.

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Political Humor: After The Election

The following  late night bits of humor are from Political Humor.

"In fact, starting today, Barack Obama is now going to receive the daily White House intelligence briefing on things like, you know, security and terrorism, stuff like that. It's the same briefing President Bush gets every day, but without the pictures and the color by numbers." --Jay Leno

"Barack Obama promised a new America in which the powerless will have a voice. So, he's already reaching out to Republicans." --Jay Leno

"Rumor is, still a lot of infighting within the McCain campaign, between the Palin people and the McCain people. Now, I don't know if that's true or not, but earlier today, Sarah Palin put McCain's campaign bus on eBay." --Jay Leno

"But Obama is busy putting together his presidential cabinet. McCain, John McCain, Senator McCain is putting together his medicine cabinet. Maalox, Metamucil, Polydent, on and on." --David Letterman

"Now, yesterday, President-elect Barack Obama -- we have to get used to saying that -- spent the day thanking the people who helped him win the election. That's right. Yeah, and actually, Obama's first phone call was to Sarah Palin. He sent her flowers." --Conan O'Brien

  And just for the hell of it... A top 10!

David Letterman's Top Ten New Revelations About Sarah Palin
10. Thinks Fox News may still declare her and John McCain the winner.
9. At her wedding instead of "I do," said, "You betcha!"
8. She and Governor Schwarzenegger once exchanged swimsuit-competition posing tips.
7. Prepared for campaign by watching "Legally Blonde 2."
6. Thinks "NAFTA" stands for "Need Another Fifty Thousand for Accessories."
5. Begins every day by reading a passage from the hilarious Late Show Fun Facts book available everywhere.
4. She's a person of interest in five unsolved snow machine hit-and-runs.
3. Abused position as Governor to get free appetizers at Ancorage Applebee's.
2. Already has a new job as Briefcase Babe #12 on "Deal Or No Deal."
1. Her Secret Service code name was "Huh?"

   Have a great weekend everyone!!!

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