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We know you want a bolder paper person What I learned listening to Rush: - the doublespeak drop in unemployment to 9.7% includes, according to CNBC’s Rick Santelli, a drop in the number of available jobs from 136 million to 129 million … this helps explain how unemployment went down even though job losses continue to increase - Full Article

In case you missed it, here’s a summary of yesterday’s DailySkew Radio Podcast. Tony Vahl discussed: - Attorney General Eric Holder blaming the FBI for the underwear bomber being tried in a criminal proceeding, and not a military tribunal - the Toyota gas pedal recall – is it really a computer chip problem? Be sure Full Article

Well, I sent FOUR posts to this blog yesterday via my Blackberry … all four were successfully sent. This morning, when I decided to share my posts on twitter, THEY WEREN’T THERE! They were not POSTED! I logged in to blogger, checked out where they might be … and they were NOT IN THE Full Article

What I’ve learned today from Wii news, GMA, and Glenn Beck:- Toyota is recalling practically all of their 2009 and 2010 vehicles due to gas pedals that stick to the floor … dealerships are upset because they have been ordered to not sell any of these cars until the problem is fixed. They still Full Article

Tony Vahl eviscerates Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and Pat Robertson, while imploring listeners to donate to Yele Haiti and American Red Cross, to provide relief for the victims of the Haitian Earthquake. He also discusses a great blog post by Damian Hospital over at skew.dailiyskew.com. Feel the wrath of Darth Tony today, on the DailySkew Full Article

Just a quick note to Glenn Beck — could you please wait a week or two before talking about how the Governments of the world will misspend funds to help rebuild Haiti? Holy cow, jerk. People are buried under rubble, and you're talking about it like it's a line item on your balance sheet. Guess you Full Article

First, we donated some excess Medical Supplies to Haitian earthquake relief cause, including IV kits, surgical gloves, alcohol wipes, xoponex, and other stuff. I guess this is one case where our son’s illness led us to being able to donate special supplies during Haiti’s time of extraordinary need. And now, here’s what I learned Full Article

Here's what I learned this morning after listening to CNN, NPR, and Deutsche Welle:- the situation in Haiti after the earthquake is "grim"– U.N. Workers are missing; their building was damaged in the quake– people are trapped in the rubble and/or missing– Bill Clinton is the U.N.'s Special Envoy to Haiti– Full Article

I just checked out Yele Haiti on Twitter — they had the following message posted for donations to help out Haitians in the aftermath of the 7.3 magnitude earthquake that struck Port-Au-Prince today: DONATE $5 BY TEXTING THE WORD “YELE” TO 501501 I went ahead and sent $5 their way. Those of you with cellphones should Full Article

Here’s what I learned this mid-morning listening to talk radio: Glenn Beck- One of the big reasons the Jay Leno show failed was because Hollywood Actors were ordered not to go on his show, basically. The Unions felt that by supporting his show, they would be killing 10pm TV shows across all the major networks. Full Article