As of April 9th, 2014 there are only 5 people still alive who were born in the 1800’s, prior to the year 1900. All females, they include 3 Americans, 1 Japanese and 1 Italian.
United States Debt Held by the Public was $12,619,319,113,193.99 on March 31st, 2014. This means the debt has more than doubled from Obama’s inauguration day on January 20, 2009. This happened in just 1,896 days.
If Russia officially annexes Crimea from Ukraine, it will expand the former Soviet Union’s territory by approximately 0.15%. Russia is already, by far, the largest nation based on land.
In less than 5 years, a major US stock market index called the S&P 500 Index tripled in value if the dividends were reinvested. This 200% gain is based on the closing low on March 9th, 2009.
“You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.”