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Data Point – NH Is Finally Out of Drought

I’ve been watching the Drought status for NH for a number of months. This new fascination was due to WMUR constantly harping that we’re in a terrible situation with respect lack of precipitation.  Most of that time, the southern border, especially the south-eastern, was in sever rought.  The north was pretty much normal. Most of … Read more

Data Point – Notice which Price Changes Can Be Associated with Government Meddling in that Marketplace?

Ding! Ding! Ding!  We have WINNAHS as they know the answer to the question: Which of these Marketplaces has Government inserting itself? Hospital Services? Think Medicare and Medicaid subsidies. College Tuition?  Think Government “loan” subsidies.  And College textbooks are in that as well (but they’ve always been expensive). Childcare & nursery school? Think Headstart (whose … Read more

Data Point – Inflation

Overall, the items in the basket of goods under the Consumer Price Index have increased by a collective 7.1% since last year, making purchasing necessary food and energy items more difficult:   (H/T: Visual Capitalist)

Data Point – Cameras vs Smartphones

Unless you are a serious amateur or professional, you are using your smartphone to take photos or videos. I decided that for most GraniteGrok work, I decided to get a high end smartphone instead of a new prosumer video camera.

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Data Point – Big Tech Hates Republicans

Silicon Valley and its ilk have long left their more libertarian ideas behind and are solidly behind the more autocratic and Collectivist Party…but you knew that already, didn’t you? Well, here’s some quantification of your belief in that: (H/T: Powerline)

Data Point – The Secret of Success

The Right often says that achievement of success is a bit of luck, education, and hard work. The Left says that “Society” robs the poor by the “rich” cheating and stealing their “opportunities”.  Here’s a chart that shows it differently:

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Data Point: Americans Believe American Government Has Too Much Power

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A 54% majority of Americans say the federal government has too much power, while 39% say it has about the right amount of power and 6% say too little. These figures have generally been stable throughout the Donald Trump and Joe Biden presidential administrations. Since 2005, no less than 50% of Americans … Read more

Data Point – Animated Population Growth Chart

OK, I found it mesmerizing (even if you didn’t). I have to admit, I’ve watched it several times as it’s info I’ve never run across before presented in a way that I kept staring at: The global population over 300 years (1800 till 2100 estimated) 🔊music optional pic.twitter.com/zf5tVStOk0 — Wall Street Silver (@WallStreetSilv) October 9, … Read more

Data Point – Look what Entrepreneurship has done for going to Space!

Just look at the cost of Government getting people and cargo into space versus Elon Musk’s SpaceX (which is doing double duty in helping Musk’s satellite communications company, StarLink, take over that industry sector as well).  Sure, in the early years, only Government (Russia, the US) had the resources to do the trailblazing at fast … Read more

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