Shay's Rebellion
by Bellingham Bill
on 4 Aug 2014
8 comments, latest 10 years ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S Shay was a soldier who saved the big-city merchants' necks in their rebellion against the Crown, and what thanks did he get . . . In high school ...
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My first apartment in Tokyo is on the market . . .
by Bellingham Bill on 22 Jul 2014 10 comments, latest 10 years ago
https://suumo.jp/jj/chintai/sh $690/mo for 350 sq ft Back in '92 it was also $700, but in yen terms 30% higher (Â¥90,000). So rents have gone down 20% since 1992 in ...
by Bellingham Bill on 22 Jul 2014 10 comments, latest 10 years ago
https://suumo.jp/jj/chintai/sh $690/mo for 350 sq ft Back in '92 it was also $700, but in yen terms 30% higher (Â¥90,000). So rents have gone down 20% since 1992 in ...
by Bellingham Bill on 18 Jul 2014 7 comments, latest 10 years ago
Out driving today at a red light I saw a mother get off the bus with what I assume were her children . . . but there were too ...
by Bellingham Bill on 12 Jul 2014 2 comments, latest 10 years ago
http://www.redfin.com/WA/Easts
by Bellingham Bill on 17 May 2014 14 comments, latest 11 years ago
http://research.stlouisfed.org % of wages going to health care and housing. Housing expenses fall more heavily on the young, as they haven't bought and thus haven't locked in their housing ...
Japan Rental Apartment
by Bellingham Bill on 3 May 2014 5 comments, latest 11 years ago
http://www.athome.co.jp/kr_01/ ~$600/mo Nice gauge of the Japanese standard of living. This is more livable than an RV, since 300sqft is tough to drive around : ). I like how ...
by Bellingham Bill on 3 May 2014 5 comments, latest 11 years ago
http://www.athome.co.jp/kr_01/ ~$600/mo Nice gauge of the Japanese standard of living. This is more livable than an RV, since 300sqft is tough to drive around : ). I like how ...
The Mind of the 1%
by Bellingham Bill on 27 Apr 2014 81 comments, latest 11 years ago
http://deadspin.com/exclusive- Do you know that you have a whole team that's black, that plays for you? You just, do I know? I support them and give them food, and ...
by Bellingham Bill on 27 Apr 2014 81 comments, latest 11 years ago
http://deadspin.com/exclusive- Do you know that you have a whole team that's black, that plays for you? You just, do I know? I support them and give them food, and ...
by Bellingham Bill on 31 Mar 2014 9 comments, latest 11 years ago
http://www.gowinnebago.com/pro I like how there's no dedicated bed space, that's just a big waste of space and I like how the aft end is a unit bath (very Japanese ...
by Bellingham Bill on 31 Mar 2014 2 comments, latest 11 years ago
to the downside . . . U G L Y
My Letter to Paul Krugman
by Bellingham Bill on 28 Mar 2014 Posted 11 years ago
On Redistribution Aside from wealth disparity there is opportunity disparity, and the asymmetric flows to capital vs. labor. What is ignored in today's discourse is WHERE and HOW the ...
by Bellingham Bill on 28 Mar 2014 Posted 11 years ago
On Redistribution Aside from wealth disparity there is opportunity disparity, and the asymmetric flows to capital vs. labor. What is ignored in today's discourse is WHERE and HOW the ...
Obama The Clown
by Bellingham Bill on 26 Mar 2014 7 comments, latest 11 years ago
"We did not claim or annex Iraq's territory. We did not grab its resources for our own gain" http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/oba Maybe not the US taxpayers, but the neocons wanted to ...
by Bellingham Bill on 26 Mar 2014 7 comments, latest 11 years ago
"We did not claim or annex Iraq's territory. We did not grab its resources for our own gain" http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/oba Maybe not the US taxpayers, but the neocons wanted to ...
by Bellingham Bill on 24 Mar 2014 6 comments, latest 11 years ago
gotta get me one of these . . . wonder if they'd let me just cruise the SF Bay all year. could vacation out to Hawaii without booking a ...
Ideas for 2016 GOP Platform
by Bellingham Bill on 22 Mar 2014 8 comments, latest 11 years ago
 1. Rename Labor Day to Free Enterprise Day 2. . . . ah, Poe's Law hits http://www.aei.org/article/soc
by Bellingham Bill on 22 Mar 2014 8 comments, latest 11 years ago
 1. Rename Labor Day to Free Enterprise Day 2. . . . ah, Poe's Law hits http://www.aei.org/article/soc
The Other Shoe Drops with "ObamaCare"
by Bellingham Bill on 16 Mar 2014 21 comments, latest 11 years ago
http://insurancenewsnet.com/oa So much for that idea . . . Guess it's off to Japan for me. At least I can get affordable health care there. #politics
by Bellingham Bill on 16 Mar 2014 21 comments, latest 11 years ago
http://insurancenewsnet.com/oa So much for that idea . . . Guess it's off to Japan for me. At least I can get affordable health care there. #politics
Nothing Happens if Russia Dumps its U.S. Treasury Holdings
by Bellingham Bill on 8 Mar 2014 2 comments, latest 11 years ago
Russia $138.6B http://www.treasury.gov/resour vs. http://research.stlouisfed.org $2.3T and climbing! The first link shows Russia's been on a buyer's strike for a while now. The Fed, not so much.
by Bellingham Bill on 8 Mar 2014 2 comments, latest 11 years ago
Russia $138.6B http://www.treasury.gov/resour vs. http://research.stlouisfed.org $2.3T and climbing! The first link shows Russia's been on a buyer's strike for a while now. The Fed, not so much.
My Economics Manifesto
by Bellingham Bill on 12 Jan 2014 31 comments, latest 11 years ago
Here's an email I fired off to someone today. Figured I'd repost it here for the helluvit. (Not that any of it is new to anyone here) Part of ...
by Bellingham Bill on 12 Jan 2014 31 comments, latest 11 years ago
Here's an email I fired off to someone today. Figured I'd repost it here for the helluvit. (Not that any of it is new to anyone here) Part of ...
Tax Foundation latest income tax data is out, for 2011
by Bellingham Bill on 3 Jan 2014 10 comments, latest 11 years ago
http://taxfoundation.org/artic Top 5% made 33.8% of all AGI in 2010, rising to 33.9% in 2011. Total filers was up 1.15% YOY and Total AGI was up 3.45% Top 1% ...
by Bellingham Bill on 3 Jan 2014 10 comments, latest 11 years ago
http://taxfoundation.org/artic Top 5% made 33.8% of all AGI in 2010, rising to 33.9% in 2011. Total filers was up 1.15% YOY and Total AGI was up 3.45% Top 1% ...
by Bellingham Bill on 17 Dec 2013 2 comments, latest 11 years ago
http://research.stlouisfed.org Congratulations, America. Excelsior Again!
by Bellingham Bill on 16 Dec 2013 1 comment, latest 11 years ago
http://research.stlouisfed.org Per-capita is age 25-54, since this is the population that has to actually make the wealth that backs the money.
Random Thoughts on Demographics
by Bellingham Bill on 9 Dec 2013 2 comments, latest 11 years ago
Looking at the official census US population projections, our demographics are curious. Adding the age 62 to 67 cohort and subtracting the 18 to 23 cohort gives a rough ...
by Bellingham Bill on 9 Dec 2013 2 comments, latest 11 years ago
Looking at the official census US population projections, our demographics are curious. Adding the age 62 to 67 cohort and subtracting the 18 to 23 cohort gives a rough ...
by Bellingham Bill on 12 Dec 2013 4 comments, latest 11 years ago
This one is kinda interesting, it graphs Age 20-24 population vs Age 65-69 The closer these get together the theoretically easier it will be for people to find jobs, ...
by Bellingham Bill on 9 Dec 2013 7 comments, latest 11 years ago
and this: pissed me off because the CBO debt-to-GDP projections have a very sketchy denominator IMO. So I went and got CBO's projected real GDP and added 1990-2013 actual, ...
by Bellingham Bill on 8 Dec 2013 2 comments, latest 11 years ago
http://research.stlouisfed.org blue is YOY job growth, red is age 20-24 population divided by 5. In the past, we had organic job growth, +20M jobs in each decade 1970s - ...
Temple lot for Sale in Tokyo area
by Bellingham Bill on 2 Dec 2013 3 comments, latest 11 years ago
http://www.athome.co.jp/ks_14/ The lot is ~$700/foot; for the aerial view: http://goo.gl/maps/VUqDt (Pretty tony nabe btw, Tokyo's "Brentwood" I guess) Fresno's $10 - $20/foot is looking a bit better maybe! Tokyo ...
by Bellingham Bill on 2 Dec 2013 3 comments, latest 11 years ago
http://www.athome.co.jp/ks_14/ The lot is ~$700/foot; for the aerial view: http://goo.gl/maps/VUqDt (Pretty tony nabe btw, Tokyo's "Brentwood" I guess) Fresno's $10 - $20/foot is looking a bit better maybe! Tokyo ...
Interesting History of Land Grants in Fresno County
by Bellingham Bill on 13 Nov 2013 Posted 11 years ago
http://www.stanford.edu/group/ In 1863, Henry Miller filed patents for thousands of acres of unsurveyed "swamplands" in the San Joaquin Valley. The State of California had classified them as swamplands even ...
by Bellingham Bill on 13 Nov 2013 Posted 11 years ago
http://www.stanford.edu/group/ In 1863, Henry Miller filed patents for thousands of acres of unsurveyed "swamplands" in the San Joaquin Valley. The State of California had classified them as swamplands even ...
by Bellingham Bill on 7 Nov 2013 Posted 11 years ago
Pretty swanky digs for rent ($6000/mo) in a nicer part of Tokyo metro. http://www.athome.co.jp/kr_01/
So much for the 'Pro-Business' paradise
by Bellingham Bill on 5 Oct 2013 2 comments, latest 11 years ago
http://jalopnik.com/how-petty- Musk's answer here is pretty moving.
by Bellingham Bill on 5 Oct 2013 2 comments, latest 11 years ago
http://jalopnik.com/how-petty- Musk's answer here is pretty moving.
Not terribly impressed with coveredca's actual site
by Bellingham Bill on 2 Oct 2013 Posted 11 years ago
https://v.calheers.ca.gov/apsp anytime you see a URL like that, you know it's amateur hour. Well, either that or having to support IE2 or something. They've got a video in the ...
by Bellingham Bill on 2 Oct 2013 Posted 11 years ago
https://v.calheers.ca.gov/apsp anytime you see a URL like that, you know it's amateur hour. Well, either that or having to support IE2 or something. They've got a video in the ...
Calculated my Future Health Care Costs for the next 20 years . . .
by Bellingham Bill on 19 Sep 2013 Posted 11 years ago
$146,424 http://www.coveredca.com/shopa This is at current prices at the various age tiers via Blue Shield's "Silver" ($2000 deductible) plan. (I could pay another $800 - $1600 per year for ...
by Bellingham Bill on 19 Sep 2013 Posted 11 years ago
$146,424 http://www.coveredca.com/shopa This is at current prices at the various age tiers via Blue Shield's "Silver" ($2000 deductible) plan. (I could pay another $800 - $1600 per year for ...
NW Living
by Bellingham Bill on 7 Aug 2013 1 comment, latest 11 years ago
http://www.redfin.com/WA/Brinn Saw there was a Trader Joe's near the boomer base, so started looking around the Peninsula . . .
by Bellingham Bill on 7 Aug 2013 1 comment, latest 11 years ago
http://www.redfin.com/WA/Brinn Saw there was a Trader Joe's near the boomer base, so started looking around the Peninsula . . .
Maui Parcel Mapping
by Bellingham Bill on 20 Jul 2013 1 comment, latest 11 years ago
Pretty interesting government site allowing you to investigate Maui land title holdings . . . e.g. http://qpublic7.qpublic.net/hi is a big plot of land equivalent if not superior to the ...
by Bellingham Bill on 20 Jul 2013 1 comment, latest 11 years ago
Pretty interesting government site allowing you to investigate Maui land title holdings . . . e.g. http://qpublic7.qpublic.net/hi is a big plot of land equivalent if not superior to the ...
Party of Stopped Clocks Right About Immigration "Reform"
by Bellingham Bill on 5 Jun 2013 2 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.politico.com/story/ funny how an issue that effects you personally makes you cross sides : ) I'm rooting for Republican obstruction on this. http://research.stlouisfed.org #politics
by Bellingham Bill on 5 Jun 2013 2 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.politico.com/story/ funny how an issue that effects you personally makes you cross sides : ) I'm rooting for Republican obstruction on this. http://research.stlouisfed.org #politics
So Nice Being Sold Down The River
by Bellingham Bill on 21 May 2013 9 comments, latest 12 years ago
"Republican Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah said the changes made to visa rules governing high-skilled workers, which he had demanded on behalf of the U.S. technology industry, were the ...
by Bellingham Bill on 21 May 2013 9 comments, latest 12 years ago
"Republican Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah said the changes made to visa rules governing high-skilled workers, which he had demanded on behalf of the U.S. technology industry, were the ...
$20M for 2.4 acres
by Bellingham Bill on 17 May 2013 Posted 12 years ago
http://www.redfin.com/CA/Los-A At $50,000 per year, it would take someone 400 years to earn that much money. Funny how that $20M is buying something with a cost of production of ...
by Bellingham Bill on 17 May 2013 Posted 12 years ago
http://www.redfin.com/CA/Los-A At $50,000 per year, it would take someone 400 years to earn that much money. Funny how that $20M is buying something with a cost of production of ...
by Bellingham Bill on 5 May 2013 Posted 12 years ago
http://www.athome.co.jp/ks_13/ This is out in Izunokuni: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I ~3 hours and ~$20 out from Shinjuku Noticed the nabe when I was reading some wikipedia history and some bigshot General (Ugaki ...
Japanese Architects On Drugs (Part III)
by Bellingham Bill on 10 Apr 2013 1 comment, latest 12 years ago
http://www.athome.co.jp/ks_12/ Aside from the main toilet being right off the kitchen, how the master bath came to overlook the main office below is pretty bizarre no doubt! This is ...
by Bellingham Bill on 10 Apr 2013 1 comment, latest 12 years ago
http://www.athome.co.jp/ks_12/ Aside from the main toilet being right off the kitchen, how the master bath came to overlook the main office below is pretty bizarre no doubt! This is ...
Japanese Architects On Drugs (Part IV)
by Bellingham Bill on 10 Apr 2013 Posted 12 years ago
http://www.athome.co.jp/kr_01/ New construction, built in January. Windows on 3 sides! At 376 sqft it's actually not that small for Japanese standards, kinda narrow like an RV but certainly minimally ...
by Bellingham Bill on 10 Apr 2013 Posted 12 years ago
http://www.athome.co.jp/kr_01/ New construction, built in January. Windows on 3 sides! At 376 sqft it's actually not that small for Japanese standards, kinda narrow like an RV but certainly minimally ...
by Bellingham Bill on 9 Apr 2013 14 comments, latest 12 years ago
http://www.athome.co.jp/kr_01/ This time, the architect had only a 300 sqft triangular lot to work with. This is the top (4th) floor. Google street view: http://goo.gl/maps/QwcK1 This is a pretty ...
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