Friday, April 23, 2010

Research says you can nap in school now...

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But WAIT until after MY class so the "science" can take effect... From BBC:  Dreams 'can help with learning' Napping aft...

Comic books and Game Theory---Death or Cooperation---you choose!

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A couple of examples HERE and HERE of using comic book super-hero situations to lean about the AP Microeconomics topic of Game Theory.  Some...
Tuesday, April 20, 2010

US Dollar Exchange Rate relative to the Zimbawean Dollar---There is NO bigger number than this...

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So tragic for the people of Zimbabwe who did not have to suffer this indignity, but the currency situation is laughable...Make sure you chec...
Monday, April 19, 2010

You have the right! To fight! Annnnnddddd go on vacation?????? Huh?

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If the notion of a right can be dumbed-downed enough to apply to "tourism", then I guess it can mean anything...Not against a coun...

POP goes the bubble---Graphic on the rise of housing in our economy since 1963...Quite dramatic!

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The housing industry represents a large portion of our economy.  Think of all the goods and services (hence jobs) that are dedicated, direct...

Out of Control Doctor--So much humor here--take your choice of double entendres

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This is THE MOST out of control doctor I have ever heard of...Poor patient, but there is too much going on here to not notice... Surgeon c...

I like my coffee beans UNDIGESTED, please...

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To rich for my taste...give me good ol's non-animal digested coffee beans. Maybe I am old fashioned or not sophisicated enough to get it...
Sunday, April 18, 2010

How much water does it take to make a variety of goods?? Nice resource for a project..

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If you have a project about water as a resource, this is a REALLY terrific interactive graph showing how much water is used directly and ind...

"Can you hear me now?"---not everyone cares about phone coverage..

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Joel Pett

Can anyone else see the Irony?

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Does anyone else see the irony in these two articles, one above the other, in the WSJ today?  Nuanced, but says volumes... Ecuador Demands...

Is there profit in the destruction caused by the Volcano? Here is a reminder from Bastiat about that...

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Frederic Bastiat wrote about "The Broken Window Fallacy" in the mid-1800's.  It is still applicable today and it STILL is mi...

I paid WAY MORE Federal Taxes than General Electric did...Guessin' you did too!!

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I paid WAY MORE Federal Taxes than General Electric did...Guessin' you did too!! From CNN : GE: 7,000 tax returns, $0 U.S. tax bill G...

Record time in clearing a check...Great job IRS!

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Has to be a record for check clearing...I went to the post office and MAILED (regular, no reciept) my tax return on Tuesday, April 13th AFTE...
Saturday, April 17, 2010

Libertarians dont have it figured out either...

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Want to live in one of the richest counties in the US? Move to Virginia or Maryland? What makes them so special?

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If you want to live in the one of the Top Ten richest counties in America then you should move to a Washington D.C. suburb in Virginia or M...
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