Data Point

Data Point – Nowadays, it seems that Crony Capitalism pays

May 16, 2013

“In 2009, Strategas Group realized there was going to be a lot more government intervention into the economy, and stocks of companies that exhibited “the greatest lobbying intensity” might outperform the broad market. So the firm created a 50-stock “lobbying index.” …My take: Two ways to make money in 2013 America: add value or have [ Read more ]

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Data Point: The Internet of Things

April 29, 2013

Or, as the post said: “What Happened When One Man Pinged the Whole Internet A home science experiment that probed billions of Internet devices reveals that thousands of industrial and business systems offer remote access to anyone” And he found some disturbing stuff about security, too.  Larger picture if you click twice (and go to [ Read more ]

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Data Point – US CO2 / capita 1949 – 2040 (just in time for Earth Day)

April 22, 2013

  Can we tell the EPA and the Greenies to take a regulation / legal breather for, oh, 20 years? (H/T: AEIdeas)

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Data Point – it seems that ONLY Obama, Progressives, and the Media thinks that gun control is high priority

April 17, 2013

American people?  Only 4% believe it is a high priority – so when Obama says that the Senate has betrayed the American people, tell him “er, not so much”. (H/T:  Gallup)

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Data Point – MORE States are lessening gun restrictions then adding

April 8, 2013

I keep hearing that “the majority of Americans want more gun restrictions”.  Reality?  Seems to be “not so much”: (H/T: Wall Street Journal via Instapundit).

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Data Point: When the Government isn’t collecting the check for unions, guess what happens…

April 7, 2013

It seems that the Public Sector union members decide to tell the union leadership “Check’s in the mail!”.  Imagine that – for all of the bluster of “Solidarity Forever!”, “Workers standing side by side!” and “Mighty, Mighty Union!”, as soon as these Union Members have the Freedom to decide “er, SHOULD I send that check [ Read more ]

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Data Point – the Obama Recovery has been EXCELLENT, yeah?

March 28, 2013

(H/T: AEI-Ideas)

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Data Point – Worldwide Temperature rise from 1997 – 2012

March 12, 2013

From the Telegraph, reporting on the Met Office / Hadley Center (one of the leading “climate change” official entities: That would be 0.08 degrees Centigrade, or 0.144 degrees F. Dunno about you folks, but I certainly do not have a thermometer that is reliably accurate to measure that small of a difference!  And what are [ Read more ]

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Data Point – United States Homicide Rate 1885-2012, annotated

March 7, 2013

(H/T: Doug Ross)

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Data Point – Federal Spending as a Percentage of State GDP

February 28, 2013

The Percentage at the Federal level is 2.4% of the budget – $85 Billion but only $44 Billion THIS year…we spend that in 72 hours. Financial exposure to NH?  3.1%. (H/T: Business Insider)

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Data Point – 8 Worst ROI college degrees

February 20, 2013

A few years ago, I was horrified that a young lady had gone to an Ivy League school, a very expensive school, simply to get an early childhood education degree (think: daycare teacher).  She was in tears (in the article, that is) over the fact that the money she could earn with that very expensive [ Read more ]

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Data Point – So, how likely are you to die from a gun?

February 20, 2013

Apparently, not high at all, for the average person.  Seems, though, these odds don’t seem to apply  to Chicago or DC or LA gangbangers (H/T: The Blaze)

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Data Point – NRA Popularity

January 20, 2013

I point out that the approval rate of Congress is less than a colonoscopies at (31 – 58%).  The approval rate for Obama is 52% (H/T: Gallup)

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Data Point – the highest inflation of them all?

January 15, 2013

All those VPs of Diversity and Sustainability…..costs go up when Admin costs keep going up and > Faculty costs (H/T: College Insurrection)

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Data Point – How did the British gun ban do for decreasing gun crime?

December 26, 2012

      Results: #FAIL if I’m reading these charts right. (H/T: QandO)

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Data Point – So, is the top 1% gaining more wealth at the expense of the rest of us?

November 28, 2012

Much to the dismay of Occupiers and Socialists on the Left… (H/T: NewsBusters)

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Data Point – Capital Spending

November 27, 2012

(H/T: the Blaze)

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Data Point – Fed spending / income

November 25, 2012

(H/T: The Blaze)

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Data Point – Total Credit Market Debt

November 24, 2012

(H/T: The Blaze)

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Data Point – Median Household Net Worth by Age Group (1989 – 2010)

November 24, 2012

(H/T: The Blaze)

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Data Point – Government Benefits

November 17, 2012

(H/T: The Blaze)

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Data Point – 2012 Q3 GDP

October 26, 2012

The Bureau of Economic Analysis reported today that Q3 GDP ticked upward to 2.0 percent, after clocking in at 1.3 percent in Q2. But that headline number gives only limited amount of information. Here’s a more detailed breakdown from today’s BEA report. It could have been worse: Personal consumption improved to 2.0 percent in the [ Read more ]

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Data Point – It’s the TOTAL tax burden, you ninnies (and not just the property tax)

October 23, 2012

When it comes to taxes paid, what really matters when getting down to brass tacks, is the total amount that is hoovered up by Government.  Once again, we see that NH does well indeed: The top 10 states with the lowest tax burdens as a percentage of state income are as follows: Alaska, 7.0 percent [ Read more ]

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Data Point – Global Growth Collapsing?

September 27, 2012

Not looking to give that “warm fuzzy feeling”, eh? (H/T: Business Insider)

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Data Point – Muslim Protests (iteration…oh heck, I give up)

September 14, 2012

The news du jour is that the phenomenon of the Islamic Rage Boy has returned.  Once again, we see that the “Religion of Peace” is really the Religion-that-can’t-keep-itself-in-check.  The Atlantic Wire (via InstaPundit) has a map it is updating – here is the latest: If you can’t keep track of all the Muslim protests erupting [ Read more ]

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