It must be Thursday!

1-New unemployment filings surprisely jumped up by ~19K for last week. Total stats March and 1Q14 due tomorrow, early next week. 2-pp hit the road again this time to Michigan, to sell his economy recovery pitch...raising the minimum wage level to $10.10. 3-Those two statements speak volumes, of opposite polarity. 4-Another friendly fire fight or was it shooting ducks in a barrel again? It took 3 US soldiers dead + the shooter at Ft Hood. Many were injured and taken to local hospitals, some in bad shape. 5-Watch the LDP and social media talk up the PTSD as the cause for this Iraqi War vet's act. Halt right there! This dude was in Iraq yes, for four months yes, and served as a truck driver, yes not necessarily in the killing zone, yes. He has no purple hearts, or other awards, yes. Some declar he had mental health issues, so lets start from here. 6-What I think! It was a break down of security at the front gate again, that allowed this idiot onto the post, without search of vehicle or person, a friendly hand wave probably surfficed. 7-This guy (E-5) was recently transfered from another stateside post < 6 months ago, lived off post with wife, maybe kids? Why was he transfered? E-5s don't usually transfer as individuals? 8-WH/SOS is about to go off on another tangent. US about to release Israeli spy former US Navy [analyst] Jonathan Pollard, now a Israeli citizen. In return for Israeli concession of releasing 400 PLO, Hamas other terrorists prisoners held by Israelis to the PLO, to fight another day. This deal stinks, what is in it for the US of A???