Thursday, November 5, 2009 Afternoon

The A.P. is continuing its analysis of the government’s claims of how many jobs the stimulus bill created or saved. It was claimed that one office at HHS saved over 14,500 jobs. But the A.P. says two-thirds of those federal workers were already there and just got raises and bigger benefits. But that’s nothing compared to the Southwest Georgia Community Action Council. The stimulus money reportedly saved 935 jobs there. Wait…only 508 people work there. Saving jobs of people who don’t even exist? Is there no miracle government money can’t perform?!

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Speaking of green cars, police in Oxford, England, are testing a new Mitsubishi electric car. They say it can go 100 miles on a charge. Unless, of course, they turn on their flashing police lights. That drains the battery. But as long as crooks don’t lead them on any chases of over 100 miles, this could work out great.

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Have you noticed that all the computers you use have a little sticker that says, “Intel Inside”? Well, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo noticed that, too. He’s just filed an antitrust lawsuit against Intel. He claims they engaged in a worldwide, illegal campaign of threats and kickbacks to keep computer makers from using competitors’ chips. I hope he printed out all his evidence, and didn’t trust his computer not to delete it.
 
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The economic indicators keep zigging and zagging. The news that the recession is over came too late to help 7,771 businesses that filed for bankruptcy in October. That was 500 more than the previous month. And it wasn’t just businesses that sell Obama bobblehead dolls and “Yes We Can” T-shirts.

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The A.P. reported that the senior citizens group AARP plans to endorse the House health care reform bill. We’ve heard that before, and after they got an earful from their members, they insisted that they hadn’t endorsed any bill. We’ll see what the reaction is this time, and if it leads to any low-impact backpedaling.

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Finally, if you think you hate going to your job, imagine how Aaron Siebers feels. He suffered a deep knife wound in the leg and several other cuts. He told police he’d been attacked and stabbed by three skinheads. But after surveillance video showed there was no attack, police say Siebers confessed that he’d stabbed himself, because he didn’t want to have to go to in to work at Blockbusters. Now, his excuse for missing work is that he’s both wounded and charged with making a false police report. Aaron, next time: just phone in sick.

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