What Drives The West’s Self-Destructive Belligerence?
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Labor Force, Employment, and Population April 2008 vs. April 2014 I have two sets of interesting charts from reader Tim Wallace on labor force, population, and employment. This post shows the first set, a comparison of April 2008 to April 2014.
Tweet For the bunnies pleasure: The Christian Science Monitor on Farmer’s Insurance suing a number of midwestern towns for not preparing for climate change leading to insurance losses from flooding. Paul Krugman Friday on the Point of No Return , which, with respect to the West Antarctic Ice Sheet many have already been passed. The comments at the Times and elsewhere, have already moved to the fifth stage of denial, there is nothing we can do, so why bother doing anything. Big error, there may be little or nothing that can be done about that particular ice sheet collapsing, but there is more out there, and continuing on today’s course will lead to us passing more and more nasty points of no return.Â
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Tweet Haven’t done a Bay Area Local post in a while, and thought I’d also make it an open thread for any comment. Here in Santa Clara County elections (and San Mateo County), the good issue on the ballot is Measure AA , a bond measure funding open space protection in two counties for the Mid-Peninsula Regional Open Space District
People in EU Aged 25-34 Who Still Live With Their Parents; Highest Paid Public Employees by State; Many Other Interesting Maps Posted by Michael Shedlock at 5:17 PM Disclaimer: The content on this site is provided as general information only and should not be taken as investment advice. All site content, including advertisements, shall not be construed as a recommendation to buy or sell any security or financial instrument, or to participate in any particular trading or investment strategy
Originally posted here: Even the Editors Are As Mad As Hell at Bengtsson