I love graphs which very simply point out Republicans’ incredible hypocrisy. I’ll keep this one on hand for election season this year.

barackobama:

Since President Obama took office, our oil imports have fallen by an average of 1.1 million barrels a day. Hashtag: progress.

As much as I want to credit my dear president with this one, all I can say is lolwut?

Anybody have an idea?

Kudos to Sarah Lohman of Four Pounds Flour for posting this graph “from The Alcoholic Republic: An American Tradition by W.J. Rorabaugh, an analysis of how totally trashed we were in Colonial times”. Sometimes the past was more fun. FIVE GALLONS!

By the way, I will be keeping an eye on her blog tomorrow, and you should too:

“Tomorrow, I plan to drink  the quantity of alcohol commonly consumed during the course of an average day in Colonial America.  I plan to imbibe  beverages appropriate to the time period: bitters, hard cider, brandy, whiskey and rum; served up in period appropriate drinks.  And I’m going to follow the schedule of a Colonial drinker, from an “eye-opener” before breakfast, to a tankard of hard cider beside the fire at night.”

Go away, Herman Cain.

Graph created by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

I have decided to never feel bad about buying good wine, cheese, or beer again.

I knew there was a reason I’m going to grad school.

From the BLS via Matt Yglesias.

Here’s what’s wrong with you, America. via BoingBoing

That’s a post-prohibition WIN. Also, WTF 70s?

via Accidental Hedonist

sofapizza:

apandaspropaganda:

i surely have no idea what you’re talking about.

you have insulted this man.

(via 9gag)

“The important thing is that increasingly Facebook users continue to use the site because they feel they have to in order to be social, not because they want to or like to. And when a company subsists on network effects, rather than the trust and goodwill of its users, to survive, that’s not good for anyone.”

So true. Cheers, Petey!

haha oh god! This is what I think about me and Lynne sometimes. I am a verifiable snob.

enarkos:

the music snob venn diagram

Lest we forget.  They may have been failures as presidents, but they sure killed themselves some pirates.

via andrew sullivan

This is sad…  I don’t understand much about macroeconomics - where does it go?

from Yglesias