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the eclecticist: What's Going on in Korea?
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This is not a replacement for, but rather a supplment to, my old blog, which can be found here: www.fullyruminated.com. Tuesday, November 23, 2010. What's Going on in Korea? What is going on with the two Koreas? Events leading up to today. There are many events that go on, including abductions of S. Koreans and others, as well as frequent near-skirmishes between the militaries of North and South Korea. Here are a few selected, and hopefully relevant, issues that have come up recently:. The Iraq War provi...
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the eclecticist: December 2008
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This is not a replacement for, but rather a supplment to, my old blog, which can be found here: www.fullyruminated.com. Friday, December 19, 2008. Is nothing short of a genius. I won't bother recounting all his achievements and virtues here; rather I will cut right to the chase. The new US counter-insurgency strategy (COIN), which Petraeus. Was instrumental in developing over the last several years, identifies a counter-intuitive, but critically important, strategic issue. You're out there, trying to pac...
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the eclecticist: GDP in Q1 (2014)
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This is not a replacement for, but rather a supplment to, my old blog, which can be found here: www.fullyruminated.com. Wednesday, April 30, 2014. GDP in Q1 (2014). Link to BEA release: http:/ www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/gdpnewsrelease.htm. The consumer spending part of GDP actually grew about 2% (all rates here are annualized rates) in Q1'14. So, what happened? Government was pretty flat, by percentage, but both exports and investment were down. The breakdown of contributions can be found here:.
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the eclecticist: Taxes and the cost of living
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This is not a replacement for, but rather a supplment to, my old blog, which can be found here: www.fullyruminated.com. Monday, November 29, 2010. Taxes and the cost of living. My friend David said, "This has bothered me for a while. Why don't taxes take cost of living into account? I am bothered that someone making the same I do that's living in the middle of nowhere pays the same as I do.". Months ago, I promised to respond. This is my response. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). GDP in Q3 (2011).
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the eclecticist: May 2010
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This is not a replacement for, but rather a supplment to, my old blog, which can be found here: www.fullyruminated.com. Sunday, May 02, 2010. The Personal Savings Rate and Job Growth. Why are we in a jobless recovery? When will the jobs come back? It's going to take a long time, and the reason is because we're still paying for the job growth we had last. Decade. I'll explain what I mean. Here's a chart of US GDP growth over the past few years (just look at the top line):. House, etc.). Year's debts, then...
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the eclecticist: November 2010
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This is not a replacement for, but rather a supplment to, my old blog, which can be found here: www.fullyruminated.com. Monday, November 29, 2010. Taxes and the cost of living. My friend David said, "This has bothered me for a while. Why don't taxes take cost of living into account? I am bothered that someone making the same I do that's living in the middle of nowhere pays the same as I do.". Months ago, I promised to respond. This is my response. Wednesday, November 24, 2010. She doesn't believe in ANYT...
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the eclecticist: April 2014
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This is not a replacement for, but rather a supplment to, my old blog, which can be found here: www.fullyruminated.com. Wednesday, April 30, 2014. GDP in Q1 (2014). Link to BEA release: http:/ www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/gdpnewsrelease.htm. The consumer spending part of GDP actually grew about 2% (all rates here are annualized rates) in Q1'14. So, what happened? Government was pretty flat, by percentage, but both exports and investment were down. The breakdown of contributions can be found here:.
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the eclecticist: June 2009
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This is not a replacement for, but rather a supplment to, my old blog, which can be found here: www.fullyruminated.com. Saturday, June 06, 2009. Big changes in GDP masked by small change in GDP. I had to do some analysis on the US GDP for a class, anyway, but it's pretty interesting, so I thought I'd post it here. This chart is titled "Table 1.1.2. Contributions to Percent Change in Real Gross Domestic Product" from the Bureau of Economic Analysis website, last revised 5/29/09. Several factors jump out:.
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the eclecticist: March 2010
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This is not a replacement for, but rather a supplment to, my old blog, which can be found here: www.fullyruminated.com. Wednesday, March 31, 2010. The population of Iraq was estimated to be approximately 31,234,000, as of 2009 (source:wikipedia). There were an estimated 4,645 "deaths from violence" in 2009 in Iraq (source:www.iraqbodycount.com). Another estimate of the homicide rate for Iraq, from the Wikipedia, is 21 per 100,000 people in 2009. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.
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the eclecticist: December 2009
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This is not a replacement for, but rather a supplment to, my old blog, which can be found here: www.fullyruminated.com. Sunday, December 06, 2009. The Conquest of Happiness. I've been reading The Conquest of Happiness by Bertrand Russell. It is a brilliant book by a brilliant man, combining psychology, history, philosophy, sociology, and other disciplines to diagnose the modern, human condition. Here's an excerpt from page 114:. What joy can we experience in waging war on such puny creatures as rabbits?
