Our second post featuring the graphics of Mike Licht, of NotionsCapital. Click on an image to see it full size. <a href=" See the first post of Licht’s work here.

Last week the Commerce Department announced that new home sales had dropped to their lowest level in almost 50 years of tracking. Below is a chart of Case-Shiller-index price declines in real estate from 2007-9, by city. Posted on Dr. Housing Bubble. Las Vegas has been the worst market for sellers, having dropped from 15% [...]

…for liberals to actually get up and move to Canada, as they’ve been threatening to do for decades? Lester & Charlie try to answer that question…

As we posted earlier, a certain amount of grudging and jealous admiration is held by some Democrats for Republican Senator Jim Bunning, who is standing on principle by single-handedly blocking an extension of unemployment and COBRA benefits. However, if you are one of the couple of hundred thousand who is being immediately denied these funds, [...]

Retiring senator Jim Bunning, Republican from Kentucky, has single-handedly blocked an extension of unemployment and COBRA benefits originally doled out in the stimulus bill. Bob Cesca’s Awesome Blog! Go! has a run down of federal highway funding, which includes money for thousands of federal employees who will now be furloughed, that is also not flowing [...]

Found on Reddit’s IAmA section, in which the rules are “Post what you are and have people ask you about yourself.” The initial post is called “I was once a homeless meth addict,” written by an individual who was laid off then experienced depression and drug addiction. The ensuing discussion touches on numerous psychological, sociological, [...]

Found on the blog of anthropologist and corporate consultant Grant McCracken: Community Colleges, Another View Perhaps as a reply to the TV show that now holds the community college up to ridicule, Kay Ryan, the US poet laureate, has this to say: “I simply want to celebrate the fact that right near your home, year [...]

How much do you pay at your bank for overdrafts, bounced checks, and stop-payment orders? From the Move Your Money project, this graph of average fees by size of financial institution. As you can see, banks classified as “giant” charge as much as 30% more than those deemed small for these services.

Mike Licht of NotionsCapital has photoshopped up a bunch of clever — if politically partisan — graphics for his site. Many off them riff off of classic paintings or iconic images. Here are just a few: Click on an image to see it full size.