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The economy is feeling the effects of the fading baby boom

By Philip Bump

The good news from the jobs report released on Friday morning was that the unemployment rate dropped to 3.9 percent. As you may know, this is measured with a different survey than the one that tallies how many workers are employed, meaning that, at times, there can be a disconnection between the two figures. That was the case on Friday: Economists predicted that more jobs would be added, meaning that the numbers were lower than expected, but the decline in the unemployment rate was good news.

But there’s an important caveat to that unemployment rate number. It is calculated by figuring out how many of those who are working or looking for work don’t have jobs. But that means that if more people simply drop out of the labor force — that is, they aren’t looking for work — the unemployment rate can go down even without more people getting jobs.

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Winter finally Here!

Woke up to 23 degrees this morning. It finally feels like winter here in Texas. Ok we don’t have any snow on the ground but that truly is a rare occasion in Texas. I have a fire in the wood burning stove and no plans for the day. Happy New Years everyone.

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Fixing Trucks

Spent a few hours today replacing the front disc brakes and the shocks on the front of the 2005 truck. It was not as bad as I thought it would turn out to be. Nathan did most of the work.

We already did the other side. Next weekend the back brakes and shocks.

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Rebuilding Servers

May order a new server soon. I am building a proxmox cluster and I have 2 old dells that are no longer cutting it.

I have been working on my proxy server, moving it to another server and installing up to date ubuntu server software. That’s done now to make a good copy of my email server for a backup.

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80 Years of Remembering Pearl Harbor: Valor, Sacrifice, and Peace

By Paula Ratliff

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii—Thousands of people gathered here on Tuesday to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

The surprise assault by the Imperial Japanese Navy on Dec. 7, 1941, carried out prior to a declaration of war, plunged the United States into World War II.

The ceremony honored the fallen, encouraged the survivors, and brought healing and closure to the 396 families who waited for their loved ones to finally be identified. A smaller group of families, 33 in all, re-interred the remains of fallen warriors who have remained unidentified despite years of effort.

The Japanese arrived quietly on a Sunday morning with dive bombers, torpedoes, and suicide planes, raining terror throughout the Island.  One wave came, then a second, killing 2,402 people and wounding 1,143.

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Thanksgiving 2021

Had a great day for Thanksgiving. Lots of food and family. Everyone brought something and no one went away hungry. Lots of small kids that made it fun.