Useful Economic & Political Data

I’m a visual data guy, so much of this will be charts. Net Jobs Gain/Loss By President Deportations Posted 2/6/26 Job Cuts Posted: 4/18/25 Immigrant Crime Rates Government Job Growth Betting Odds, as of Oct. 23, 2024 Polling Averages as of Oct. 14, 2024 Seven swing states within 1 point. Silver Economic Indicators US Crude vs. World https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=61545 Corporate Profits May 23, 2024 https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CPROFIT US vs. World Inflation Rate, Average Consumer Prices May 23, 2024 https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/PCPIPCH@WEO/WEOWORLD/USA US Field Production of Crude Oil May 23, 2024 Continue reading Useful Economic & Political Data

Book Nook: The Great Poets: Robert Burns

Blurb The 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns (1759 – 1796), one of the most popular of poets, was celebrated in 2009. A pioneer of the Romantic movement, works such as “A Red, Red Rose”, “A Man’s a Man for a’ That”, and the ubiquitous “Auld Lang Syne”, have made him an international figure. Naxos AudioBooks’ popular Great Poets series marked the anniversary with this audio, bringing together all the key works. Review Yeah, you read that write. I’m reading some 18th century Scottish poetry. Consider this the start of my homework for a trip to Scotland next … Continue reading Book Nook: The Great Poets: Robert Burns

Book Nook: All Systems Red, the Murderbot Diaries #1, by Martha Wells

Blurb “As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure.” In a corporate-dominated space-faring future, planetary missions must be approved and supplied by the Company. For their own safety, exploratory teams are accompanied by Company-supplied security androids. But in a society where contracts are awarded to the lowest bidder, safety isn’t a primary concern. On a distant planet, a team of scientists is conducting surface tests, shadowed by their Company-supplied ‘droid–a self-aware SecUnit that has hacked its own governor module and refers to itself (though never out loud) as “Murderbot.” Scornful of humans, all Murderbot wants is to be … Continue reading Book Nook: All Systems Red, the Murderbot Diaries #1, by Martha Wells

Book Nook: Artemis, by Andy Weir

Blurb The best-selling author of The Martian returns with an irresistible new near-future thriller – a heist story set on the moon. Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you’re not a rich tourist or an eccentric billionaire. So smuggling in the occasional harmless bit of contraband barely counts, right? Not when you’ve got debts to pay and your job as a porter barely covers the rent. Everything changes when Jazz sees the chance to commit the perfect crime, with a reward too lucrative to turn down. … Continue reading Book Nook: Artemis, by Andy Weir