A Look At Employment
A Look At Employment: ” . . . consider the following unemployment rates by educational level achieved. The first number is for January 2009 and the second is for January 2010:
Less the high school diploma: 12.4%/15.2%
High School Graduates, no college: 8.1%/10.1%
Some college or associate degree: 6.4%/8.5%
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 3.9%/4.9%”
Kids, get as much education after high school that you can. We’ve lost entire categories of jobs that are not coming back any time soon.
(Via FiveThirtyEight.com: Electoral Projections Done Right.)
Kenji Johjima opts out of final two years | Mariners Insider
Kenji Johjima opts out of final two years.
One less problem to solve for the 2010 Mariners.
Betancourt traded to the Royals
Shannon Drayer reports that the Mariners have somehow managed to trade Yuniesky Betancourt to the Kansas City Royals for right-handed pitcher Danny Cortes and left-handed pitcher Derrick Saito. Read the full story at her excellent Mariners Blog.
Those screams you hear in the distance are a million Royals fans crying out in unison. If the Royals are paying Yuni’s salary, those fans’ voices will then be suddenly silenced.
Shoreline Historical Museum is in trouble: being evicted by Shoreline Schools
Shoreline Historical Museum is in trouble: being evicted by Shoreline Schools.
(Via Ronald Bog blog – all about Shoreline Washington.)
The four most useful lessons of Columbine
The four most useful lessons of Columbine. – By Dave Cullen – Slate Magazine:
“The Secret Service and U.S. Department of Education studied every American school shooting from 1974 to 2000—37 separate attacks—and reached the same conclusion. Shooters came from all ethnic, economic, and social classes. Most had no history of violence and came from solid, two-parent homes.”
Tax protestor myths
Daniel B. Evans thorough Tax Protestor FAQ debunks pretty much all the nutty ‘evidence’ I’ve heard from my tax protesting friends (well, really, it’s just the one guy) for why the U.S. federal income tax is illegal. I review it every year.
My favorites, which I have actually heard from friend (again, just the one) and at least two relatives (the relatives were speaking at me together, so it probably counts as only a single tax protestor interaction):
- The authors of the Constitution (aka, the “Founding Fathers”) never intended to give Congress the power to tax wages or other incomes from labor
- The 16th Amendment was not properly ratified
- I am not a “person” within the meaning of the Internal Revenue Code
Enjoy!
Blue Oyster Cult sighting: More Cowbell
A Facebook profile for ‘Cowbell’:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1425085&id=36413251007&ref=mf
Senate Early Learning and K-12 Education Committee (2/5 10:00 AM)
Senate Early Learning and K-12 Education Committee (2/5 10:00 AM): “Public: SB 5551, SB 5074, SB 5112, SB 5880, SB 5889, SB 5890″
(Via TVW, Legislative Podcasts.)
Early Learning & Children’s Services Cmte. (2/6 1:30 PM)
Early Learning & Children’s Services Cmte. (2/6 1:30 PM): “Public: HB 1754, HB 1769 Executive: HB 1375, HB 1419, Bills previously heard in committee. Work Session: Children’s Administration Social Worker Workload Report.”
(Via TVW, Legislative Podcasts.)
Some good Washington political blogs
Here are some even-handed Washington political blogs that you might enjoy. Most of them offer straight professional reporting on Washington State politics (not the Rush Limbaughs or Keith Olbermanns of the world), but there is some opinion in there as well. All the pieces are high quality and respectful — very old school.
- Crosscut: http://crosscut.com/
- Crosscut Blog: http://crosscut.com/blog/crosscut/
- Eye On Olympia: http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/olympia/
- The Capitol Record: http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/
- Politics Northwest: http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/politicsnorthwest/
All of them offer an RSS feed.
Enjoy!
