Tag: BLS

Data has always been putty to be molded by propagandists into informational power.  Through the inclusion of irrelevant data or the exclusion of relevant data, these students of Stalin use the data to fabricate a “reality.”  They rely on the obfuscatory possibilities afforded by rows and rows of numbers, complex charts,…

The BLS released it’s state level data for March and the picture was, once again, not pretty for us badgers. In March 2012, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 29 states and the District of Columbia, decreased in 20 states, and was unchanged in Alabama. The largest over-the-month increase in employment occurred in New…