Development of China Through The Skyline of Shanghai
Posted on June 8, 2010 in Images
Shanghai in 1990
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Happy Memorial Day
Posted on May 31, 2010 in Images
An Iraqi boy hides behind a U.S. soldier amid gunfire after a car bomb in Central Baghdad killed 24 people:
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America Is Not At War
Posted on April 30, 2010 in Images
This sign was found at a US military facility in Ramadi, Iraq, written by a member of the Marines. It reads:
“America is not at war.
The Marine Corps is at war;
America is at the mall.”
See Also: A Couple More Friedman Units, “America is not at War….”, America is Not at War, America is at the Mall, and How Come I End Up Where I Started?.
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America: We’re (Not) #1!
Posted on April 20, 2010 in Images
And, sources for those of you interested:
Life expectancy: Study: U.S. Slipping Down Life Expectancy Rankings, Life Expectancy Wiki
Freedom of the Press index as reported by Reporters Sans Frontières
Internet Speed: US ranks 28th in Internet connection speed and World Results by Speedtest.net
Corruption Perception Index, Also reported by Transparency International
Quality / efficiency of education
Cell Phones Per Capita: Nation Master
Child Mortality Rates: Reported by the UN
Health Care Rankings done by the World Health Organization (WHO)
See Also: Ranking 37th — Measuring the Performance of the U.S. Health Care System, Chart Of The Day, Ron Paul: The SEC is a Total Failure and Part of the Problem, Social Security, the Military Budget and Wall Street, BBC News Worldwide Poll: Global Views Of US Improve, ‘Education Is a Right’: The New Gateway Drug, Why It’s Time To Fix The Tax System, Has America Really Become Economically Unfree?, America: Economically Unfree?, If America had $100 and 100 people…, and The Moral Urgency of Obesity.
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