Friday, April 17, 2009

Breaking Records in California

Today I was pleased to read that California has broken it's previous record for the unemployment  rate and we have now hit 11.2 percent for our March average.  This percentage of course dominates the shit out of the national unemployment average, a measly 8.5 percent.  This of course continues to prove what we've all known, California is the best state in the universe.  In all seriousness though according to the Reuters story, California is the 8th largest economy in the entire world.  That means if California was it's own country we would be kicking so many country's asses.  Well maybe not right now, since we have set the record for 11.2 percent, which is the highest since state records were kept on unemployment rates.

Fortunately for all of us we aren't done setting records yet.  The unemployment rates and overall sucking ass of the economy is projected to stay this way for at least another 6 months.  At least by professionals mentioned in the story such as economist Steve Levy who is from the Center for the Continuing Study of the California Economy.   I think part of the problem is center's poor choice of a center name.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Octomon Trademarked

Amazing mother of 14, Nadya Suleman, is now trademarking her nickname 'octomom.' She applied last Friday to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for her awesome nickname. There's a picture of one of the applications on thesmokinggun.com Luckily for all us consumers Nadya plans on marketing the trademark name on a variety of products for babies, including diapers and clothes. I'm sure everyone will be running to the stores soon to buy as many octomom products as they can. She's also planning on doing a documentary on her kids until they are 18. Hopefully everyone can stop paying attention to her, like me, since I have no interest at all in her or her life.

here's the link to the smoking gun's page article on it, if you could care less like me

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0415091octo1.html