http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/unemployed/ en-us Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:35:51 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052368/posts A young American Muslim has been employed by a federal contractor while running a radical website promoting al-Qaida. Until just last week, 22-year-old Samir Khan worked at the Charlotte, N.C., branch of Convergys Corp., which in March was awarded part of a $2.5 billion federal contract to set up emergency communications centers in the event of terrorist attacks and other national disasters. The company and Khan parted ways after a local news crew showed up at his office to interview him about his jihadist website, which features graphic photos of dead U.S. soldiers and praise for al-Qaida leaders and terrorists,... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052368/posts#comment Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:35:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980263/posts McAuliffe says Penn should zip it By Klaus Marre Posted: 03/04/08 11:39 AM [ET] Terry McAuliffe, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s (D-N.Y.) presidential campaign chairman, said Tuesday that top pollster Mark Penn should stop talking to the press after remarks from Penn indicated that he is distancing himself from the campaign. “People ought to quit talking to the press and focus on helping Hillary win,” McAuliffe said on MSNBC in response to a question about Penn’s remarks. According to the Los Angeles Times, Penn said in an e-mail that he had “no direct authority in the campaign,” and called himself an... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980263/posts#comment Tue, 4 Mar 2008 17:17:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1932902/posts "A man is holding hostages in the Hillary Clinton for President Headquarters in Rochester NH"--just reported by Susan Wornick on WCVB TV in Boston http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1932902/posts#comment Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:32:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1892985/posts The job market took a serious and unexpected turn for the worse last month, raising the risk of a recession and putting added pressure on the Federal Reserve to move more aggressively to keep the ailing housing industry from infecting the rest of the economy. The Labor Department reported yesterday that 4,000 jobs were lost from July to August, and the deepest cuts were in industries that are connected to the housing market, like construction and manufacturing. It was the first employment decline since 2003, when the job market was still struggling to emerge from the slump after the 2001... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1892985/posts#comment Sat, 8 Sep 2007 06:56:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1886425/posts I hope I'm putting this in the correct place. I need information. I was just terminated (love the use of that word) for what could be considered "gross misconduct" (I "hurt the feelings" and spoke "in a mean way" to my boss). I had been working at a church. Although I have not been notified, I do not believe I am eligible for COBRA because I was working at a church and because I was terminated for "gross misconduct." http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1886425/posts#comment Sat, 25 Aug 2007 15:28:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1852885/posts A few days ago, I suggested that misfits (meaning clever, unfocussed people who don't find a secure place in society) often develop into pretend entrepreneurs in the U.S., and cited a few examples of people I know in this "line of work." Now to the European version, the unemployed intellectual. Where do they come from? Here's my theory. You're a young Frenchman, somewhat like Mr. Dhelft, who we met a few days ago. You dawdle leisurely through university, studying whatever catches your fancy: art history, Chinese calligraphy, recorder, or (as Mr. Dhelft, and thousands like him, did) sociology. There's no... German Joys http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1852885/posts#comment Tue, 19 Jun 2007 18:43:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1805438/posts SUPPOSE SOMEONE offered to import 350 foreign workers to New Bedford to work for less than the minimum wage. Since the unemployment rate is over 8 percent, we would expect public outrage. The city needs jobs, not more unskilled laborers. So it is no surprise that citizens seeking jobs started lining up at the Michael Bianco plant after Immigration and Customs Enforcement uncovered 350 illegal immigrants. Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1805438/posts#comment Fri, 23 Mar 2007 07:43:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1799546/posts Rita Cosby is leaving MSNBC at the end of the month. Her contract was due to expire April 1 and was not going to be renewed, according to sources familiar with the matter. MSNBC cancelled Cosby's 10 p.m. show, Rita Cosby Live and Direct, in June. The network dumped Tucker Carlson's 11 p.m. show then too to make way for documentary programming. At the time, Cosby was named head of a new specials unit, but she has been featured sparingly since. The former Fox News personality gained notoriety for her celebrity pieces, most recently a story on Anna Nicole Smith's... Braodcast and Cable http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1799546/posts#comment Mon, 12 Mar 2007 16:35:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1700904/posts Students constantly hear the conservative outcry against liberal professors in universities. “Why don’t they just teach the subject? Why are they trying to indoctrinate students with their ideological beliefs?” These are questions routinely asked by conservatives, who are concerned with what students are facing in college. However, after 3 years at Florida State University I had never encountered the typical liberal professor—not the ones you read about or see on television. I knew they existed; Ward Churchill and Jay Bennish were evidence to that fact. Sure, I had professors that were obviously liberal, and would make comments such as, “Jimmy... Accuracy in Academia http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1700904/posts#comment Wed, 13 Sep 2006 20:07:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1692170/posts Veteran U.S. civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson, right, walks past an anti-U.S. banner placed among the rubble of a building that was destroyed following Israeli bombardment during the 34-day long Hezbollah-Israel war, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2006. Jackson, who said Tuesday that an Israeli soldier seized by Palestinian militants and two others held captive by Hezbollah are alive, also said Syria, a main backer of both Hamas and Hezbollah, wanted to be involved in a prisoner swap that included the three Israelis and Syrian nationals detained by Israel in the Golan Heights.... ASSociated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1692170/posts#comment Tue, 29 Aug 2006 23:14:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1680298/posts ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- Rep. Cynthia McKinney is controversial and outspoken, independent and unrepentant, all of which have endeared her to a dedicated corps of loyal supporters in her metro Atlanta district -- but not to a majority of her fellow Democrats who turned out in Tuesday's primary runoff. For the second time in three election cycles, McKinney was defeated in a Democratic primary in Georgia's 4th District, this time by Hank Johnson, a former DeKalb County commissioner who thumped her by a margin of 59-41 percent. Despite her defeat, McKinney was unbowed, unleashing a stemwinder of a concession speech... CNN.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1680298/posts#comment Wed, 9 Aug 2006 06:25:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1652730/posts Excerpt - Martin Taylor, a key adviser to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, has left the software maker. Taylor, a 13-year company veteran who led Microsoft's "Get the Facts" anti-Linux crusade for several years, was named in March as a corporate vice president overseeing the marketing push for Windows Live services. ~ snip ~ "We've made the difficult decision to part ways with Martin, but we don't comment on personnel matters," Microsoft said in a statement. "We appreciate Martin's contributions at Microsoft over the past 13 years." ~ snip ~ CNet News (excerpt) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1652730/posts#comment Tue, 20 Jun 2006 23:22:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1628451/posts EUROPE'S largest legal annual migration is under way with university professors joining roadsweepers and the jobless to pour into Germany from eastern Europe to pick asparagus.People come in their tens of thousands from Poland and the Czech Republic for two-months of plucking that which Germans love to see on their dinner tables, but of whose harvest they want no part. Once again the German government is throwing money at the nation's five million jobless, trying to persuade and cajole them into working for a change. But asparagus-picking is one job they refuse to do. The asparagus spring harvest is again... The Scotsman http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1628451/posts#comment Mon, 8 May 2006 06:47:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1591552/posts Union leaders in France say they expect more than half a million people to take part in nationwide protests against a new youth employment plan. Demonstrations are expected in 160 towns and cities, and air and rail services are threatened with delays. At least 200,000 people turned out for a day of protests a month ago. The government wants to let firms offer flexible job contracts to people under 26 which allow them to be sacked at short notice for the first two years. Critics warn taht the new legislation, which currently only applies to small firms, could be misused... BBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1591552/posts#comment Tue, 7 Mar 2006 13:58:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1577889/posts German unemployment has unexpectedly risen above the five million mark again ... equivalent to 12.1% of the working age population. the data was skewed by the unusually cold winter ... data also released on Tuesday showed a 1.4% fall in retail sales in December. The figures reinforced recent concerns that Germany's fledgling economic recovery could be held back by weak domestic demand. The headline rise in unemployment came as a surprise with most commentators expecting a modest rise. up to 30,000 people registered as unemployed this month ahead of the introduction of new benefit rules. BBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1577889/posts#comment Tue, 14 Feb 2006 00:42:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1567896/posts Computer maker Dell Inc. said Monday it planned to add 5,000 jobs in India over the next two years, bringing its work force in the country to 15,000."Dell is also looking to set up a manufacturing center in India, a move that could help boost the sale of Dell computers here, President and CEO Kevin Rollins told reporters after a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The Round Rock, Texas-based company will hire 700 to 1,000 workers for a new call center in Gurgaon, a satellite town of the capital, New Delhi, Rollins said. The new call center, the... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1567896/posts#comment Mon, 30 Jan 2006 15:24:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1536052/posts Catholic Teacher Single, Pregnant -- and Now Unemployed Diocese Disputes Lawsuit Charging It With 'Pregnancy Discrimination' By Jim Brown and Jody Brown December 7, 2005 (AgapePress) - A Catholic school teacher in New York who was fired for becoming pregnant while unmarried is contesting her termination. St. Rose of Lima School in Queens recently fired pre-kindergarten teacher Michelle McCusker upon learning she had engaged in non-marital sex. With help from the New York Civil Liberties Union, McCusker has filed a discrimination complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. She informed the school of her condition one month after this school... headlines.agapepress.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1536052/posts#comment Thu, 8 Dec 2005 01:03:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1516950/posts My wife was laid off after being on maternity leave. She was never given any hint of problems with employment, but got the call last week that she did not fit the position. This after working over and above the required hours and job responsibilities of her position. I would just like some opinions on this seemingly unfair layoff. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1516950/posts#comment Mon, 7 Nov 2005 00:01:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1508268/posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1508268/posts#comment Mon, 24 Oct 2005 17:17:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1318585/posts MIDI - MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB - click on the site and scroll down for the MIDI file Mary Mapes is going to, going to, going to Mary Mapes is going to the unemployment line She had tried to get George Bush, get George Bush, get George Bush She had tried to get George Bush but things have turned out fine DFU SONGS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1318585/posts#comment Tue, 11 Jan 2005 19:19:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1283336/posts For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. WASHINGTON - A nearly 13 million-year-old ape discovered in Spain is the last probable common ancestor to all living humans and great apes, a research team says in Friday's issue of Science magazine. A husband-and-wife team of fossil sleuths unearthed an animal with a body like an ape, fingers like a chimp and the upright posture of humans. The ancient ape bridges the gap between earlier, primitive animals and later, modern creatures. This newest ape species, Pierolapithecus catalaunicus, is so significant that it adds a new page to ancient human history.... The Centre Daily Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1283336/posts#comment Thu, 18 Nov 2004 23:41:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1249887/posts Bright light of Elmwood darkens with parting shot at government About 8:45 a.m. Monday, just moments before he officially closed Jimmy Mac's, owner Richard E. Naylon Jr. turned to his wife, Michele, and said, "I feel like I'm about to euthanize an old friend." Fifteen minutes later, Naylon pulled the plug and began calling his 35 full-time employees, thus ending the 23-year run of Jimmy Mac's, a popular watering hole at Elmwood Avenue and Anderson Place. During its lifetime, Jimmy Mac's became a symbol of Elmwood prosperity, stretching the reach of the trendy strip farther south, below West Delavan Avenue... Buffalo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1249887/posts#comment Tue, 19 Oct 2004 15:00:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1196362/posts MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - A man who heckled President Bush at a political rally was fired from his job at an advertising and design company. The graphic designer said he was told he'd embarrassed and offended a client who provided tickets to the event. ``I was told that my actions reflected badly on the company and that a client was upset,'' Glen Hiller of Berkeley Springs said. Hiller was escorted from Hedgesville High School on Tuesday after shouting comments about the Iraq war and the failure to find weapons of mass destruction there. The crowd had easily drowned out Hiller with... AP via BostonHerald.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1196362/posts#comment Sat, 21 Aug 2004 19:02:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1102759/posts BANGALORE, India — On the main road outside the Electronics City industrial park, the scene is classic Third World chaos. Motor scooters, auto rickshaws, people and animals throng the street beneath a midmorning sun. As drivers hammer their horns, a wayward cow noses through a pile of roadside garbage. This is familiar, impoverished, old India. But leave the main road and you enter a new India, one where the lawns are manicured and the only noise is the chirp of a cell phone or the soft whir of a laptop computer. This is the home of Infosys, a fast-growing technology... USA TODAY http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1102759/posts#comment Mon, 22 Mar 2004 07:59:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1089311/posts <p>March 2, 2004 -- THE experts claim they are surprised at how low the nation's unemployment rate has remained. But if you look at the generous definition of employment used by Washington, the real surprise is that anyone is technically jobless.</p> New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1089311/posts#comment Tue, 2 Mar 2004 22:05:24 GMT