New View Askew

If a Picture is Worth a Thousand Words . . . . . . How Many for 14 Charts? AI Free  T his was going to be my post  last month but I thought it was important  to  i nstead  swap in that  rather dark, gloomy view of America today  (Although a little less gloomy after the recent election?)  I'm sure you found it  either  frightening, unbelievable or irritating.  Perhaps all three.  In any event, h opefully you will find this one light, entertaining yet informative. Or at least one of the three. Don't be like Rat, read View Askew If you can’t decide how things are going in the world . . . you’re not the only one. To help with that  I chose these  14 charts (all but one) from a  series  curated and shared by a  journalist and podcaster named Derek Thompson. Hopefully you will find some of this information helpful, some surprising and some will confirm your suspicions. Perhaps some are all the above. First up...

  This seemed like perfect timing after attending yesterday's the  "Hate America Riots" as they are  called  by our Republican friends. (Pictures below) In January, shortly after the inauguration I had a post expressing my concern for what I felt was going to happen.  This is a follow up after 9 months. Some people t oday  don't  believe that the current administration holds any threat to our democracy which, of course, is their right. Others may suspect that it does but choose to ignore it for their own peace of mind which is also understandable.  This post in intended to offer some blunt information to help folks of any view make their decisions about our country's path.    (Well, that's the plan anyway.) For the last 249 years we Americans have been very fortunate. We have survived and thrived in good times and troubled times. We have had good and bad administrations, both Democrat and Republican. For 249 years, we could be ...