VA Viper: 2010-08-29

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

An Industry by Industry Look at the Stimulus Failure

At Big Government, a comparison of the job gain forecasts by industry from the stimulus bill (1st column) with the actual jobs created/lost (2nd column). Read the whole thing.

Mining	26,000	-14,000
Construction	678,000	-862,000
Manufacturing	408,000	-660,000
Wholesale Trade	158,000	-173,900
Retail Trade	604,000	-288,900
Information	50,000	-161,000
Financial Activities	214,000	-321,000
Professional and Business Services	345,000	-246,000
Education and Health Services	240,000	+473,000
Leisure and Hospitality	499,000	-86,000
Other Services	99,000	-71,000
Utilities	11,000	-11,400
Transportation and Warehousing	98,000	-143,500
Government	244,000	-64,000

Monday, September 6, 2010

Ancient Nubians Made Antibiotic Beer

Nelson found large amounts of tetracycline in the bones tested from the ancient population, which lived in the Nubian kingdom (present day Sudan) between 250 A.D. and 550 A.D. and left no written record.

“The bones of these ancient people were saturated with tetracycline, showing that they had been taking it for a long time,” Nelson said in a press release August 30. “I’m convinced that they had the science of fermentation under control and were purposely producing the drug.”

via Instapundit.