August 2010 Employment Numbers: Economy 200,000 jobs short of breakeven point – Unemployment rises to 9.6%

“Companies added a net total of 67,000 new jobs last month”…. no wait… “Overall, the economy lost 54,000 jobs”… The economy cannot have a “net total increase” and “Overall, lose jobs” at the same time. The term “net total increase” is not a term of “art” … it is a term of science … it has a specific definition … no matter how hard you want to spin the story “net total increase” has a specific meaning …

Mexican Army Kills 25: Army’s Firefight with Zetas Cartel in Monterey, Mexico

MONTERREY, Mexico — Soldiers killed at least 25 suspected cartel members Thursday in a raid and gunbattle in a Mexican state near the U.S. border that has become one of the most dangerous battlegrounds in the country’s drug war. A military aircraft flying over Ciudad Mier in Tamaulipas state spotted several gunmen in front of [...]