
At a recent press conference, the Governator attempts to kill a nosy reporter with his optical death ray.
California Has Highest Unemployment Rates in Nation (Almost, But Who Cares About Rhode Island?)
Statewide unemployment rocketted to 8.2 percent in October, a 14-year high. Only Michigan and Rhode Island, both considerably cheaper and known as the Kmart of states, had higher joblessness, both at 9.3 percent. Our illustrious EDD showed a loss of 26,400 jobs last month. And the worst part . . .
Governator Says We Don’t Have Money, So Please Work at 7-11 Already
Gov. Schwarzenegger declared his 143rd “state of emergency” this year, this time writing in “Fiscal” in front of the emergency press release, in hopes of getting a federal bailout. But since he doesn’t own a bank and isn’t an automaker, the old action hero may be out of luck — and the state’s running out of money to pay for unemployment benefits, so says the North County Times – if you believe what someone from Escondido says, that is.
J.P. Morgan Chase Tells WaMu Workers, “Woo Hoo! You’re Laid Off!”
Chase lays off 21 percent of WaMu employees, about 1,600 in the Bay Area that will celebrate Spring by being unemployed. Enjoy the empty Easter baskets, kids, Chase killed the Easter Bunny!