Sunday, December 28, 2014
Historical Maps of Connecticut Railroads and Trolleys
A compilation of Connecticut historical railroad and trolley maps. Thumbnail navigation provides easy visual access to a variety of online maps and historical info.
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Monday, December 15, 2014
Geostrategy - Worldwide American Military Presence
The Big Mystery…
The U.S.A. is deployed in over 135 countries worldwide. There are more than 1,000 U.S. military bases dotting the globe. Nobody knows the exact number for sure - being strategic and due to the instability in the world much is kept secret...
Mega Bases
The U.S.A. is deployed in over 135 countries worldwide. There are more than 1,000 U.S. military bases dotting the globe. Nobody knows the exact number for sure - being strategic and due to the instability in the world much is kept secret...
Mega Bases
Former Yugoslavia, Iran, Afghanistan are a few of the countries with American Mega-Bases with the usual assortment of Burger Kings and Popeyes, basically transplanted nothing U.S. town on foreign soil, bustling in a way increasingly rare for actual American towns these days, part of a planetary military deployment of a sort never before seen in history. The staggering size, scope, and strangeness of all this is seldom considered, analyzed, or debated in the American mainstream.
http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/175338/
http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/175338/
Historical Maps of U.S. Expansion
Link to Maps...
Middle East Geostrategy
Petroleum and International Theatre of War
in the Middle East
Worldwide Presence
Interactive Map of U.S. Army Bases
See the world’s foreign military bases from outer space
Article (Google Earth)
U.S. Military Bases >
Great Google Based map that shows everything
(1) Go to Home and Pan on map or
(2) Go the regional links
Friday, December 12, 2014
Geostrategy - Water Resources
Which regions are most affected by increasing water stress?
Water was for centuries cheap and plentiful but population growth, globalization, and climate change are shepherding in a new water-constrained era. Good, clean water just cannot be replaced—and it is getting harder to come by.
(This is a great site)
Water was for centuries cheap and plentiful but population growth, globalization, and climate change are shepherding in a new water-constrained era. Good, clean water just cannot be replaced—and it is getting harder to come by.
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Geostrategy: Oil Pipeline Maps
Much of the conflicts and future conflicts in the world today increasingly are based on access and control of energy resources. Bolstering economic alliances between nations by securing safe transport of oil and natural gas using strategically located pipelines plays an enormous role in geopolitics today
Article >
Article >
Article >
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Monday, December 1, 2014
Maps of U.S. Federal Subsidies
U.S. Government Agricultural Subsidies
The Farm Bill
The Farm Bill subsidizes farmers who grow commodities — corn, soybeans, cotton, rice and wheat. These mostly provide cheap feed for livestock and biofuel processing, as well as raw material (high-fructose corn syrup, soy oil and various corn- and soy-based food additives).
Article: U.S. food politics in action
Federal Taxes Vs. Spending
SOME American states receive more in federal spending than they pay in federal taxes; others receive less. Over twenty years these fiscal transfers can add up to a sizeable sum.
DIY Research
Google Search Terms:
U.S. Federal Subsidies
U.S. Farm Subsidies
U.S. Tax Subsidies
U.S. Bank Subsidies
etc.
U.S. Federal Subsidies
U.S. Farm Subsidies
U.S. Tax Subsidies
U.S. Bank Subsidies
etc.
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