tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post3097535910489727175..comments2024-03-28T09:18:37.045-04:00Comments on Doug Ross @ Journal: Larwyn's Linx: The Most Shocking Obamacare RevelationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post-30979088903718830582013-11-19T09:33:03.969-05:002013-11-19T09:33:03.969-05:00Remember that the BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics)...Remember that the BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics) has <a href="http://barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/bureau_of_lies_and_statistics_bureau_of_labor_statistics_or_bls_nickname" rel="nofollow">many nicknames</a>, usually with the "L" standing for "Lies." "Bureau of Lies and Statistics" has been most popular.<br /> <br />Frankly, anyone looking at the numbers would have known that something was off in the October 2012 report. Ezra Klein came up with the neologism <a href="http://barrypopik.com/nycsystem/index.php?S=24fb3b4dae25a476d6b23512b40a59985a6ac432&C=edit&M=edit_entry&weblog_id=1&entry_id=7911" rel="nofollow">"jobber"</a> (jobs + birther). I guess Klein and Rachel Maddow and Jon Stewart and the rest will be apologizing today, no?Barry Popikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16203198416824735505noreply@blogger.com