Price Of Gas Adjusted For Inflation
Interesting to see and probably better visualizes thing than my Oil Vs. Dollar graph.
Interesting to see and probably better visualizes thing than my Oil Vs. Dollar graph.
By way of Right Wing Liberal we find that Big Oil sure does like them some “hope” and “change”:
The Center for Responsive Politics took a look at the candidates campaign contributions from employees of Exxon-Mobil (companies themselves are barred from donating). Here’s what they found (ABC via Jim Geragthy):
Through June, Exxon employees have given Obama $42,100 [...]
Over at Social Media Today, Matt Rhodes found a recent judgment that muddies the water on whether online defamation is slander or libel:
To date it has been thought that defamatory comments in online communities, bulletin boards and other chat on the internet are libel. They are published and a permanent record is kept. That’s why [...]
Oil has dropped below $114 a barrel thanks in part to a rising dollar:
Oil prices are “getting more and more pressure from dollar strength and it doesn’t seem reversible for now,” said Serge Laureau, commodities strategist at Saxo Bank in Copenhagen, quoted by Dow Jones Newswires.
The dollar struck a five-month high point against the euro [...]