January 2010
15 posts
“In China, when you’re one in a milion, here’s 1,300 other people...”
– Bill Gates
2 for 1
The US Government now spends $2 or every dollar is takes in.
Reported by USA Today
USD is now worth about 0.72 EUR
Hasn’t been this high in a while.
10% means
one out of every 10 people do not have a job.
The U-6 # (Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers) is around 17%.. that puts the number close to 2 out of every 10 people.
Reported 55 million Americans got the swine flu
11k died, that’s .02%
About 1 in 5 received the vaccine
Reported by the AP
“To be without some of the thongs you want in an indispensable part of happiness”
– Bertrand Russel
Republican Scott Brown Defeats Coakley In Critical Massachusetts Election http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7017569549
2009 Year in Review
The US handed down 106 death sentences, the fewest since we reinstated the death penalty way back in ‘76.
More news, 11 states are considering abolishing death sentences, what progress!
NJ says smoke em if you've got em →
2 ounces of marijuana per month for eligible medical NJ residents.
Good time for job security if your an incompetent...
92 % of senior officers & directors of the top 17 federal financial bailouts are still holding down their positions.
Google: A new approach to China →
d43pan:
chartier:
Google details a cyber attack originating from China that it and at least 20 other companies experienced last month. Besides the theft of intellectual property, Google concluded that a primary goal of the attack was that “accounts of dozens dozens of U.S.-, China- and Europe-based Gmail users who are advocates of human rights in China appear to have been routinely accessed by...
No U.S. combat-related deaths in Iraq in December... →
Since the beginning of the war more than six years ago, 4,373 U.S. military members have died
(via squashed)
Goverment jobs on the rise
The average federal workers pay is $71,206
The average private sector job is $40,331.