We are almost halfway there to the end of the year (day #181). On this day, some good things happened:
1905: Einstein published his paper on relativity
1953: the first Chevrolet Corvette rolled off the assembly line (Okay, maybe not the most energy efficient car, but can you believe that the 2011 version has a lower miles/gallon rating than my Honda Fit?)
1990: East and West Germany merged
1997: Hong Kong returned to China
Wow, nothing much happened in history today.
Hawaii is reported to have the fourth cleanest beaches (beaten out by New Hampshire, New Jersey and Oregon). New Jersey??? You think it might be a bit too cold on those other beaches? California ranked #22. Did you know that Hawaii has 463 beaches on 300 miles of coastline. By the way, those South Pacific movie beaches, Lumahai (above) and Hanalei on Kauai, are about the most foul with the highest bacterial content, but Kaneohe Bay might be the worst.
Of 400 metropolitan areas, Honolulu, at 4.9%, ranks #13 in lowest unemployment. #1, #2 and #4 are in North Dakota. The U.S. average is 9.1%.
About our national debt and the current debate, go to my HuffPo on The Simplest Solution for our National Debt...IS TO INCREASE IT! Thus, this cartoon is funny, but only an exaggeration of reality, as are most of them.
The next Susan Boyle could well be Cindy Chang. This 42-year old housewife, whose family did not even know she was participating, was scintillating on America's Got Talent. After you get to that link, click on her performance. Tears of happiness will come to your eyes.
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I guess some settlement in Greece was more important as I thought, as the Dow Jones Industrials jumped 153 to 12,414, as major world markets also increased, save for Mexico. Gold dropped ten bucks to $1502/toz. What's happening in Libya anyway, as oil, even with the recent tapping of the strategic petroleum reserves of the U.S. and Europe, is not appearing to do much, as the price is increasing again. The NYMEX is $95/barrel and the Brent Spot is at $112/barrel.
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Tropical Storm Arlene never did reach hurricane strength and did very little damage to Mexico.
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