Interesting graphs and charts department

[Happy Monkey]

[glatt]

"but I admit I only know this one from Risk"

[Happy Monkey]

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[glatt]

I always like the maps after an election. Here's an excellent site that takes us through the breakdown of the vote and how the country really looks.

The most accurate map is this one:


It doesn't look much like the US because it's broken down by county, and each county is sized to reflect the actual population. Then it's colored to reflect the vote of the county. Most counties are purple because they are split. Some are really red, because they are mostly Republican, and some are really blue, because they are mostly Democrat.

Clearly, we should look at this and realize that we are not the divided country as shown in the state electoral college map.

[footfootfoot]

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

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Ummm, XKCD dude.

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

Ummm, XKCD dude.

D'oh!

Here's the full link.

[Undertoad]

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[glatt]

it looks like there is no correlation between single moms and violent crime.

Why don't they do a plot of the number of houses with geraniums in window boxes vs. violent crime? That might be more telling.

[Happy Monkey]

Take that, Dan Quayle! </MurphyBrown>

[Lamplighter]

From Wikipedia

<snip>Despite being the headquarters of multiple federal law enforcement agencies
such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA),
the nationwide crack epidemic of the 1980s and 1990s greatly affected the city
and led to massive increases in crime.[1]

The number of homicides in Washington peaked in 1991 at 479,[2]
and the city eventually became known as the "murder capital" of the United States.[3]

The crime rate started to fall in the mid 1990s as the crack epidemic gave way
to economic revitalization projects. Gentrification efforts have also started to transform
the demographics of distressed neighborhoods, recently leading to the first rise
in the District's population in 60 years.[4]<snip>

[glatt]

I was watching Adventures in Babysitting over the long holiday weekend. I remembered it fondly and wanted my kids to see it. It's still a fun movie, but there's more swearing than I remembered. And Playboys.

Anyway, a major plot point of the movie was that they were going into the scary "city" at night. And they encountered all sorts of scary people there. I thought it was laughable, because I remember being afraid of the scary city when I was a teenager, but I'm not afraid of the city now. I mean, I brought my kids to a downtown club a month or two ago to catch a fun band. I kind of forgot that there was good reason to be afraid of "the city" back when Adventures in Babysitting came out. There was a tremendous amount of violent crime back then. It still exists in pockets today, but nothing like back then.

[infinite monkey]

I was just thinking about that movie the other day and wondered if my nieces would like it. I always liked it a lot.

"No one gets out without singin' the blues."

[glatt]

Did you see Date Night with Steve Carell and Tina Fey? It's basically the exact same movie. I didn't realize it until this weekend when I saw Adventures again.

Adventures is still good. But it has some swearing and teenage boys talking about sex. One of the running gags is that Elizabeth Shue is a dead ringer for that month's Playboy Playmate. I think kids today have never heard of Playboy. Magazines are so 1980s. So you might be explaining what that fold out page is.

[classicman]

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[footfootfoot]

Originally Posted by glatt

There was a tremendous amount of violent crime back then. It still exists in pockets today, but nothing like back then.

Is that a violent crime in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?

Try the buffet; it's a one-liner.