Wednesday, October 29, 2014

How many homeless are there in the United States?

How many homeless are there in the United States?

On any one night, there are 600,000 homeless in the USA, according to The Lancet.

What is the new real economy?

What is the new real economy?

In the six months ending June 30, 2014, WhatsApp brought in $15.921 million in revenue, and a net loss of $232.5 million.

Facebook broke down the money it spent on WhatsApp as $2.026 billion for the user base, $448 million for the brand, $288 million for technology,$21 million for other and  $15.314 billion difference as “good will” aka the value “from future growth, from potential monetization opportunities, from strategic advantages provided in the mobile ecosystem from expansion of our mobile messaging offerings.”

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

How many members of Congress have backgrounds in science or technology?

How many members of Congress have backgrounds in science or technology?

According to Peter Thiel, fewer than 35 of 535 members of Congress have backgrounds in science or technology.

How to create an organization devoted to the protection or the destruction of something.

How to create an organization devoted to the protection or the destruction of something.

Raise money, help elect a few reform-minded candidates in office, raise more money to elect more candidates, and keep growing until your organization has a majority in the House and Senate.

Monday, October 27, 2014

Where does the printed money go?

Where does the printed money go?

The top 3% of families, according to the Fed,  held 54% of wealth in 2013, up from 45% in 1989. The bottom 90% now hold 25% of wealth, down from 33%.

Sunday, October 26, 2014

How many submarines carrying fully armed nuclear missiles are there in the United States army?

How many submarines carrying fully armed nuclear missiles are there in the United States army?


There are 18 submarines, Ohio-class submarines, carrying fully armed nuclear missiles.


Russian Navy has seven Delta IV-class submarines, the equivalent to Ohio-class, carrying fully armed nuclear missiles and China  (094 Jin-class) has five.

Thursday, October 23, 2014

When do people become happy?

When do people become happy?

People become happy when they get what they want.

If you don't want anything you will never know what is happiness.