Saturday, March 16, 2013

Dramatic graphic on the decline of teen driving. This trend saves fuel AND lives

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  I have had a couple of posts recently regarding the decline of fuel demand in the US and one of the contributors is a decline in the de...

See here how Google gets its employees to make healthier eating choices without the heavy hand of force. Are you listening NYC Mayor Bloomberg?

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Below is an except from a recent article in the NYTIMES on Google's corporate work structure, or lack of it.  This passage I found inte...

Demand for gasoline is down and fuel efficiency is way up. Who gets the credit? See the answer here...

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I may be suffering from a mild case of the "correlation is causation" fallacy, but the other day I posted the second graph you see...
Friday, March 15, 2013

Update on Manufacturing to Employment Ratio. Production has recoverd with 1.5 million fewer workers. This defines the New Economy in a nutshell. See important graphs here.

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Mark Perry at AEI has this first graph touting the recovery of manufacturing output to pre-recession levels.  He graphs the recovery in Dur...
Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Nice graph that shows the leveling off of fuel consumption for the foreseable future in the US. How can this possibly happen?

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Americans are using less fossil-based fuel than prior to the "Great Recession" and it looks like it is going to continue based on ...
Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Personal Reflection: How come ALL teachers don't chapperone events at school? It is a mystery to me...

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The popular Freakonomics blog has a posting today regarding the best way for schools to get teachers to chapperone dances/proms and such. ...

More evidence that the Federal Budget is about Health Care spending and not much else.

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How times have changed regarding the Federal Budget.  In 1960, 50% of the Federal budget was allocated to National Defense. In the 2010 budg...
Friday, March 8, 2013

Perspective--not Political...

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Friday, March 1, 2013

Which V-P's wife do you think sleeps better at night?

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The picture of Dick Cheney on the left comes from a t-shirt I bought on 6th Street in Austin, Texas. I saw the picture of VP Biden and could...

See this graphic on "Big Bank" profits and how much of those profits are from Taxpayer Subsidies. Have a nice Sequestration Day. Meh!!

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Bloomberg Online recently published this article and graphic showing "Big Banks" stated profits AND the amount of Federal Govern...

Terrific interactive resource on migration patterns for just about every country on earth. Great for a term paper, debate class or Model UN for background info.

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Go HERE for the website.  Click on a country and see where people are migrating to and fro.  Nice resource for basic demographic research f...
Thursday, February 28, 2013

Nice graphic showing jobs losses and job gains in the last 4 years cross-referenced by wage level. Where did the Middle Class go??

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Here is a nice summary of job losses and jobs gained since the advent of the Great Recession. They are broken down into wage categories (H...

My summary of the impending "Federal Budget Sequestration" in 9 sentences plus a "Have a good day!"!

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The "Good News"---T he actual amount that agencies need to cut THIS budget year amounts to approx $45Billion, about half the $85Bi...
Saturday, February 23, 2013

Nice Graphic showing the results of a recent poll on Americans attitude about cutting Federal Govt spending in light of the upcoming mandatory budget cuts. Interesting results!!!

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Here are the results of a very recent Pew Research Poll on Americans attitude toward cutting Federal Spending in light of the looming ...

Nice map showing State by State comparison of Minimum Wages. Why does it vary from State to State? Find out why HERE.

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I think there is some confusion regarding the way the minimum wage is set in the US. The Federal Government, through the Federal Fair Labo...
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