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Data Point and Elections: Change the People in the Institutions

September 12, 2022 Skip

Society is really starting to get to an inflection point – a bad one. When most Americans no longer trust the institutions around them, either by seeing once trusted institutions becoming corrupted or have already been corrupted and using their position of power to lord it over the rest of us, there is trouble ahead. … Read more

Data Point – Top 10 Countries by GDP (1960-2021)

September 6, 2022September 6, 2022 Skip

A very interesting bar chart showing how dynamic the top countries keep changing positions – except for one:

Data Point – Gun Sales Still Holding High

September 4, 2022 Skip

Yes, gun sales have fallen from their 2020 all time highs but the last two years are nothing to sneer at either. They are still well above any other previous years as measured by NICS (National Instant Criminal Background Check System) requests which most States use when someone purchases a gun (or several guns at … Read more

Data Point – Two-Tiered Justice System and Government Is Rigged against Ordinary Citizens

August 13, 2022 Skip

I’ve been posting other Data Points that we ordinary folk are losing Trust in our institutions (both private and public). Now, it is blatant. From the Trafalgar Group: (click to embiggen) If you go to the link, you’ll see that this is an “overall” take. If you look at the Republican, Democrat, and Independents’ take … Read more

Data Point – Growth of Electric Vehicles

August 12, 2022 Skip

SHOT: Visualizing 10 Years of Global EV Sales by Country

“A look at the explosion of global EV sales since 2011, broken down by country.

Data Point – Here’s What Govt Has Done to the Purchasing Power of Your Dollar in Just 22 Years

July 25, 2022 Skip

It’s called Inflation. The Federal Bank is supposed to “control” and has had a target “range” of about 2% per year. So, has your INCOME gone up 60% over this same about of time? Doubtful. Mine certainly has not. It’s the way that Govt impoverishes us all. (H/T: Bayou Renaissance Man)

Data Point: Gun Production Has Tripled Since 2000

July 23, 2022 Skip

So much for the gun control-istas, eh? They are just SO disappointed that most of us are listening to their message that we should just let Government “protect” us: (H/T: Statista)

Data Point – Which Nation Has the Most Homicides per Guns Owned? It Isn’t the US!

July 18, 2022 Skip

For all we hear about gun violence, not enough of us on the Right will correct people like Zandra Rice-Hawkins by calling it for what it is: gun CRIME. We also don’t push back that 2/3rds of the deaths from guns are suicides – they are SUICIDES and not violence. When you account for that, … Read more

Data Point – I would call it Modernity and Success than anything else.

July 17, 2022 Skip

I saw these two maps over at Pleated Jeans. Immediately at seeing the title of “Light Pollution”, my response was “wealth, modernity” – the people of the US (not the national government) are much more wealthier and have higher expectations for standards of living. Thus, we have the ability and willingness to “push back the … Read more

Data Point: Amount of Assets to be Wealthy in the US?

July 11, 2022 Skip

Interesting infographic and table, courtesy of Visual Capitalist. We heared (or more correctly, heard a lot during the Occupy Wall Street movement – seems like eons ago) all about the vaunted (and hated) “1%”. Democrat Socialist Bernie Sanders is still going after them – even as he is now one of them with an estimated … Read more

Data Point – So When All Trust Is Gone, Then What?

July 7, 2022 Skip

Well, there’s always going backards to the era of Tribalism (which I think, as E Pluribus Unum is being shoved into the dust bin by the Progressive Identity Group Political Totem Pole, we’re actually entering through that gate) or eventually to a Strong Man form of Government. Gallup: Americans are less confident in major U.S. … Read more

Data Point – US Already the Leading Nation, by a Factor of 5, in Reducing CO2 Emissions

July 2, 2022July 2, 2022 Skip

So why all the sackcloth and ashes by the Left for the simple decision by the Supreme Court that the EPA doesn’t currently have the Power to kill off our fossil fuel industry? THAT is supposed to only be done by our elected representatives and not by a bunch of ideologically crazed Obama retread Greenie … Read more

Data Point – Inflation up, Credit Cards go into use

June 17, 2022 Skip

Forget CPI: the week’s most important data point is today’s monthly consumer credit update. Last month we saw a blowout, record surge in credit card usage as consumers tapped out…… and sure enough it was, while again confirming what we have been saying for month: any excess savings accumulated by the US middle class are long … Read more

Data Point – How Many Constitutional Carry States Are There Now?

June 17, 2022 Skip

The number keeps rising and is now half the States in the Union as of March: 25. Half the country now honors and respects the Second Amendment whose plain words put NO restrictions on the keeping and bearing of arms. Period: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the … Read more

Data Point – Timely: Poll Says Younger Male Democrats More Willing to Assassinate Politicians

June 9, 2022 Skip

And the Left is ALWAYS stating that all Domestic Terrorism is committed by those on the Right? Timely poll, given the Leftist that wanted to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanagh and his family: According to a recently released poll, nearly half of male Democrats under the age of 50 (44 %) say it’s acceptable … Read more

Data Point – For All the Talk That Trump Is Now Fading, He’s Got a Great Candidate-Picking Track Record

May 19, 2022May 18, 2022 Skip

I wish I had this kind of track record. Reformatted, emphasis mine: EXCLUSIVE: President Trump’s Endorsements Matter – Last Night 23-2-1 (TBD-Oz) – Overall 81 Wins, 3 Losses, 1 TBD (Oz) President Trump’s endorsements are golden. After last night, President Trump’s results to date are 81-3-1 (Oz). Last night was another huge win for Americans … Read more

Data Point: “World Map of Billionaires”

May 13, 2022 Skip

Capitalism – while this economic system has lifted up more people out of poverty than any other, it has also created almost unimaginable wealth for some. Inequality is part and parcel of it – some perform better than others, some can recognize opportunity faster than others, and others can serve their fellow man far better … Read more

Data Point – New Hampshire Residents are Pikers on Gun Ownership

May 11, 2022May 10, 2022 Skip

C’mon, get with it!

“Who Is to Blame for the [Ukraine-Russia] Conflict?”

April 30, 2022 Skip

It is interesting to see how people from different countries believe who is behind the Ukraine/Russia war: Russia, Ukraine, the US, or NATO.

Data Point – Once Again, WE DON’T HAVE A SPENDING PROBLEM!

April 25, 2022 Skip

…the federal government ran a deficit of $668,267,000,000. That is because the government spent $2,790,254,000,000 during the period. Abstracted: The record $2,121,987,000,000 in total taxes that the Treasury collected in the first half of this fiscal year included $1,124,485,000,000 in individual income taxes; $697,779,000,000 in social insurance and retirement taxes; $127,259,000,000 in corporation income taxes; … Read more