Friday offtopic. World stability in a chart

[airiefairie]

In terms of stability, all countries are not created equal. Some are rich, some are poor, some are violent and some are safe. The Fund For Peace, a U.S.-based NGO, stack ranks 174 countries every year based on how stable a country is. Hard data such as economic indicators, security, strength of factions and other indicators are analyzed and compared yearly. Each country, based on its data, is given a score and ranked from 1 to 174. The higher the rank, the more unstable the country. The data may surprise you.

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Mueller fanfic! (No, not that kind.)

[edelsont]

 After Robert Mueller spoke on Wednesday, I was left, like a lot of people, with more questions than answers.  But unlike most folks, I have access to the Wayforward Machine.  So I logged in there, and poked around, and found something that cleared it up for me.

 

It's a published interview with him, which will appear [redacted] years in the future.  After I read it, I felt that I understood the current situation a lot better.  Maybe you will, too.

 

It's in PDF format, and on a different site.  Here's the URL:

    people.well.com/user/edelsont/politics/mueller-speaks.pdf

I hope this helps.  (Seriously.  All kidding aside, that's why I wrote it.)