Monday, December 17, 2012

Oil Is Up 335% Since The Summer Of 1999

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Oil prices have soared over 300% since leaving the $20/barrel range for good in early 2002. The first time oil hit $19/barrel was in the sum...

Real GDP Per Capita 1980-2000 v. 2000-2012

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Up 55% over the earlier twenty year period v. only 6.7% up over the most recent 11 year period.
Sunday, December 16, 2012

Consumer Prices Are Up 9.5% In 5 Years

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Expensive Oil Since 911 Has Coincided With Slow GDP Growth

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Reagan-Bush-Clinton era low energy costs coincided with economic "good times" when real GDP increased 83% over twenty years. By co...

Crude Oil Is Priced About Where It Was 5 Years Ago

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5yr Gold, NY Spot, Up Over 100% 12/07 to 12/12

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From $800 to $1,700 the ounce in five years. The late 2008 collapse was just a head fake.

5yr GLD Is Up Over 100% 12/2007 to 12/2012

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Vanguard Precious Metals and Mining Down 50% 12/07 to 12/12

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Your Real Five Year S&P500 Rate Of Return Since October 2007 Is Negative

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I've got your real annual rate of return right here. Actually this guy does, but I love showing it. You are down 1.19% every year for t...

"Babes Shall Rule Over Them. And The People Shall Be Oppressed."

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"And I will give children [to be] their princes, and babes shall rule over them. "And the people shall be oppressed, every one by ...
Saturday, December 15, 2012

Crazed Bomber Killed 38 School Children In This Building In 1927

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In Bath, Michigan, northeast of Lansing. Story here . Human evil is not a recent invention.

Workin' Farmer Style

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See it here .
Friday, December 14, 2012

Bank Failure Number 51 In 2012

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Bank failure number 51 in 2012 is Community Bank of the Ozarks, Sunrise Beach, Missouri, costing the FDIC $10.4 million. When asked to show ...

Rare Sighting Of The Equally Rare "Green Whale"

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Thursday, December 13, 2012

Time Magazine's Unperson Of The Year

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Libertarian Louis Woodhill Panders Left And Right

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Louis Woodhill, here , who wants to go over the cliff to save the country: "The electorate, as a whole, understands economics. ... (col...

Internet Pioneer Comes Out For Gridlock

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Marc Andreessen, here : "The presumption is that we want the government to do things. I'm pro-gridlock," Andreessen said. ...
Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Growth Of Single Person Households To Blame For Income Inequality

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The lesson? Get married and stay married. The tax code is your friend. As reported here : Without a corresponding increase in the measured i...

Boosting Minimum Wage 40% Reduces Youth Employment 25%

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You talkin' to me? Way to go, Brownie! Story here : In November 2007, teens represented 4.0% of the entire U.S. workforce. In November 2...

Now Color Michigan Blue Like Indiana

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Forced unionism states are in yellow.