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Via Lance Roberts of Street Talk Live, This weekend I had my first opportunity to watch “Newsroom,” an HBO series, and I was struck by the opening sequence of the show as Jeff Daniels, aka Will McAvoy, discusses why America WAS the greatest country in the world – but no longer is. Here are the stats as he breaks them down: The U.S. is: 7th in literacy We’d let women d i e from ectopic pregnancies but we won’t spend a dime on prenatal care or healthcare for newborns as a result, we are 45th in infant mortality: 1) Singapore, 2) Bermuda, 3) Sweden, 4) Japan, 5) Hong Kong, 6) Macau, 7) Iceland, 8) France, 9) Finland, 10) Anguilla, 11) Norway, 12) Malta, 13) Andorra, 14) Czech Republic, 15) Germany, 16) Switzerland, 17) Spain, 18) Israel, 19) Liechtenstein, 20) Slovenia, [...] Politics follwed economics, with favor and discontent rising and falling like great waves. Nature once again rose from the deep to remind humanity that the real world has nothing to do with theory. Yet the year came to an end in the public eye as it started. Japan’s earthquake is likely to be the biggest happening of the year, if only because of the ongoing distatser that is Diatchi. Millions are [...] GDP Per Capita: #20 (in 2000 – #7) As I’ve previously noted , infants are much more vulnerable to radiation than adults. And see this. However, radiation safety standards are set based on the assumption that everyone exposed is a healthy man in his 20s. Now, a physician (Janette D. Sherman, M. D.) and epidemiologist (Joseph Mangano) have penned a short but horrifying essay asking whether a spike in infant deaths in the Northwest are due to Fukushima: The [...] Infographics time… Why Your Stitches Cost $1,500: A Look at the Absurd Health Care Costs in America Why Your Stitches Cost $1,500 – Part One Why Your Stitches Cost $1,500 – Part Two by dutchman GDP Per Capita: #20 Purchasing Power: #12 Human Development Index: #13 Economic Freedom Index: #8 Gender Development Index: #19 Biggest Exporter (good and services): #2 Biggest Trader of Goods: #3 Largest Manufacturer: #2 Foreign Currency Reserves: #6 Largest donors of foreign aid and assistance (% of GDP): #24 Largest agricultural output: #3 Global competitiveness: #3 Business environment: #13 Technology adoption index: #13 Total expenditure on R&D (% of GDP): #7 Patents: #2 Corruption Perception Index: #22 Car production: #3 Most rail passengers: #46 Most rail freight: [...] |
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