A Picture is Worth A 'Lost Decade'

Thank you, George W. Bush and coterie, for this wonderful mess you created for us.

And in your face supporters of the latter's economic policies.

(Found via Think Progress)

Democracy Inaction

If democracy means having the Senate in a Republican chokehold and therefore not being able to pass 290 bills that have already passed the House, Democrats had better rethink things and grow some testicular glands....

(Found through Think Progress)

Tube-Inspired Highway System

Ever wonder what the U.S. highway system would look if it were represented on a map like a subway system?

Look no further.

(Found via ThinkProgress; image source)

Immigrants & National Pride

The chart below, taken from The Economist, shows pride in one's country. Australia and Canada top the list. (Flip of the middle finger to you Canada scorners!)

This second chart taken from Think Progress shows the percentage of foreign-born individuals in the top three countries with foreign-born population. Australia and Canada once again top the list—and in that order, too!

Whaddya know?! Immigrants are not detrimental to 'trust, admiration, respect and pride in [one's] country,' to use the language of The Economist.

Suck it, Xenophobia!

Professions in America

A graphic called Job Voyager shows the evolution of professions in America from the 1850s until today.

Behold, the bartender:

(Via Matthew Yglesias)

Transportation in America

This website is indispensable for those who wish to know and talk about transportation in America. It has, among other things, a comparison of road conditions, CO2 emissions, and accidents between every state and the national average.

(Source: Matthew Yglesias)

On Crazy Politicians

I found this Time magazine article via Matthew Yglesias's blog. The article laments the deplorable state of the Republican Party today, where the de facto leader is someone like Rush Limbaugh, and where the rest of the party hasn't the gall to get up and say to him or others who speak in fascist, racist, or otherwise bigoted tones: 'Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last?'

Matthew Yglesias adds his own two cents by bringing up other examples of crazy politicians, showing, at the same time, that this sort of derangement is not a monopoly of the Republican Party. Never doubted it.