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An obscure indicator of future economic trends is showing signs of improvement. The Baltic Dry is a measure of the shipping movement and prices in the basic commodities market; coal, iron, grains. As it represents the bottom of the production cycle, economists use it as a bellwether of the global industrial market. The theory is that as industry seeks to move commodities in a limited shipping maket, competition forces prices up. So, if those industries are looking forward with the expectation of needing those basic commodities, they’re planning to make things. Do they know something the rest of us don’t? Optimists take heart.

A good article: http://www2.canada.com/windsorstar/news/business/story.html?id=308be40b-4685-44cc-b354-bda36149c8c5

Hello out there,

Welcome to Dana’s blog. Not quite sure where this will go, but I’m eager to seek out all the avenues available.

I’d like to start with politics. I believe I’m not alone in seeing amazing, frightening, and perplexing things ahead of us. I need help figuring it all out.

First question, because it’s in my ear from the radio at the moment:

Are the Republicans in Congress insane, or merely craven ideologues with an agenda of evil? Perhaps they truly believe clinging to the less government/less taxes mantra will save us all, but I doubt it.

A rather open-ended question I admit, but hopefully a springboard for conversation.