Which is saying something, both for that program and my general comprehension of anything presented in PowerPoint. This was brought to you all the way from Israel by BWE Michelle . “Bug” indeed.

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A helpful chart for the angry motorists of the greater New York area. There's more where this came from.

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An essential guide to help you navigate the fraught and existentially confusing world of horse possibilities.

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This handy dandy New York Times graphic breaks down disses, accusations and allegiances between feuding rappers 50 Cent and Rick Ross. They barely ever mention body weight! Fatties… Oh, and it's tiny so just click the pic to see the real deal.

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The Best Links:

1. Topics Discussed During the 50 Cent / Rick Ross Feud
2. Hey NYT Copy Desk, Let’s Get That Spelling Right On Ja Rule, K?

I haven't decided yet whether I like these because they're clever, or because I would like pretty much anything that came in pie-chart form. Click through for similar breakdowns of Digg, Reddit, and MySpace users.

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Sure, San Diego makes sense, what with the weather and beaches and Sea World and stuff. But why do so many people want to live in Tampa? Can you guess who's last on this list?

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Despite some of the obvious drawbacks, there's really a lot of upside to the Snuggie blanket with sleeves. Here's a graph that lays it all out for you, in case you're wavering about whether to get one or not.

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The Best Links:

1. Buy the Snuggie on Amazon
2. The WTF Blanket (Snuggie Parody)
3. The Avant Snuggie
4. Via Graphjam

Link: http://daytum.com/

Daytum is a website for collecting and communicating your daily data through handy little charts! Actually kinda cool, especially if you want to keep track of all those hours you watch tv.

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Barack Obama is officially the most-voted-for president in history. The Republican vote seems so erratic in this graph.

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When does “ha” really mean LOL? And what about hahaha? And when is written laughter not sarcastic?

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1. via GirlOnGauche: “A Handy Scale For This Day And Age.”
2. From http://www.drewheffron.com/

An Op-Chart from the New York Times breaking down the height/weight comparisons of the last 100 years of presidential contenders. Click through for the larger version.

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The Harvard Business Review puts the current economic crisis in the perspective of the last 60 years. It’d be nicer, though, if this went all the way back to 1929, just for a good point of comparison. Click through to get the interactive data.

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The Best Links:

1. Brief History of Recessions
2. Via Entitled

A weird correlation appears when you compare the last 60 years of U.S. oil output to Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 greatest rock songs of all time. And no amount of drilling in Alaska is going to bring back the music of the ’70s.

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The Best Links:

1. Have We Passed Peak Rock?

How much money will each candidate’s tax plan save the average American? Here’s a more accurate graph that takes into account the proportions of the population at each income level. The previous graphs didn’t take in to account that 60% of the population makes less than $66K and 99% makes less than $600K. Click the image for more analysis.

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A look at the cost of the major wars the U.S. has been involved in, displayed in today’s dollar. Even more interesting: Look at the interactive map and check out the cost as percentage of GDP, and Iraq and Afghanistan shrink dramatically.

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The Best Links:

1. Military Costs of Major U.S. Wars

A chart displaying the frequency of words used by both Republican and Democratic speakers at their respective conventions. The Democrats top three are Change, McCain, and Energy, while the Republicans focused on God, Taxes, Businesses and Change. It’s not quite Fleshmap , but there were still plenty of asses on stage.

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The Best Links:

1. The Words They Used
2. DNC’s Full List of Convention Speakers
3. RNC’s Full List of Convention Speakers
4. McCain Vs. Obama on Wordle
5. Fleshmap

Slate has come up with an interactive timeline depicting Obama’s life as portrayed by four different sources. This graph shows Barack’s own take on the importance of each time period. This is fun, graphs are so much better than reading!

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The Best Links:

1. “The Lives of Barack Obama”

A map of which states have legalized fireworks. This is only a very general guide — laws also vary from city to city, and the definition of what constitutes a consumer firework (not to mention a “safe and sane” firework) changes state by state. Still, it’ll be nice to know which laws you are violating this holiday weekend.

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The Best Links:

1. National Council on Fireworks Safety — State Laws
2. American Pyrotechnics Association

The Northwest is for coffee; Florida is for old people. This seems pretty accurate, except California should be much, much bigger.

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The Best Links:

1. How West Virginians See America
2. Based on Saul Steinberg’s Famous New Yorker Cover

TECH BUZZ: Obama dominates the conversation among search, widgets and twittering. Will this translate into electoral power? Hard to say. But the colorful graphs are quite pretty.

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The Best Links:

1. McCain, Obama and Clinton in Twitter
2. The Election Reflected in Widgets
3. The Candidates in Google Trends
4. Results on Facebook Lexicon (Must Be Logged Into Facebook)