Economy Adds 209,000 Jobs, Unemployment 6.2%
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on August 1st, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
Economy Adds 209,000 Jobs, Unemployment 6.2%
The high-flying labor market showed no let-up in July as employers added 209,000 jobs. The unemployment rate rose to 6.2% from 6.1%, the Labor Department said Friday, as 329,000 Americans, including many who had given up their job searches, surged back into the labor force. Although July’s gains fell short of estimates and average monthly job growth of nearly 230,000 so far this year, it marked the sixth straight month of 200,000-plus employment increases — the longest such stretch since 1997.
Hannity Flips Out on Palestinian-American Guest
Jack Mirkinson, Huffington Post: On Thursday, Sean Hannity invited Yousef Munayyer — a Palestinian-American who is the executive director of the Jerusalem Fund and who is a frequent guest on cable news — on his show, and the two had a reasoned discussion about Israel’s current invasion of Gaza. Just kidding! Hannity went ballistic after Munayyer’s first sentence and spent the entire segment screaming at him. Sample Hannity quote: “Is Hamas a terrorist organization? What part of this can’t you get througn your thick head?” Sample Munayyer quote: “Do I get to say anything in this conversation?”
