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CHART OF THE DAY: Cash-For-Clunkers MASSIVELY Distorted GDP

CHART OF THE DAY: Cash-For-Clunkers MASSIVELY Distorted GDP

Lindsey Reckis is amazing. Lots more funny videos at www.recklesstortuga.com, and their youtube channel, too.

Context

Cheap Rooftop Wind Turbines - Affordable Home Roof Wind Turbine - Popular Mechanics

Cheap Rooftop Wind Turbines - Affordable Home Roof Wind Turbine - Popular Mechanics

With better technology and economies of scale, this is getting closer to the tipping point of practicality...it won't be too long now...

pointing out the obvious

Washington Post: "Sooner or later it is going to occur to Barack Obama that he is the president of the United States. As of yet, though, he does not act that way, appearing promiscuously on television and granting interviews like the presidential candidate he no longer is. The election has been held, but the campaign goes on and on. The candidate has yet to become commander in chief."

Oregano effective against MRSA

http://info.uwe.ac.uk/news/UWENews/article.asp?item=1374&year=2008
“Further tests in the SGS laboratory found that the Himalayan oregano oil killed MRSA more effectively than all 18 antibiotics that it was compared against. We have recently linked up with UWE's microbiology department who are now carrying out more rigorous tests, and hope to publish the results in a scientific journal.”

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http://israelmatzav.blogspot.com/2009/09/irans-only-awacs-crashes.html

The coast is now clear for Israel to attack Iran.

State-by-State Unemployment, August 2009

Just for comparison, here's what this same map looked like 18 months ago:

County-by-County Unemployment, July 2009

These county-level unemployment maps are based on figures from JULY, whereas the state-by-state maps are based on figures from AUGUST- the newest figures for counties won't be released until September 30, 2009.
You can click on the pictures above for bigger pictures or click here to be taken to the bls.gov website for access to more maps.

Seen on the way to work...