Nate Silver’s 538 Blog at the NY Times has a great statistical analysis of the current Republican contest … the summary of the data is bizarre “Mr. Gingrich , Mr. Romney and Mr. Cain may now be in a rough three-way tie for the Republican polling lead.” Everyone else is dead[...]
Archive for November, 2011
November 13th, 2011 - 12:11 pm § in America
Berkeley Blog: Capitalism in a Social Democracy
This article about the Finish economy came to my attention after a lecture at TownHall. Jeff Sachs showed frightening data … the US has fallen to the bottom of the industrial, developed democracies in growth rates and, especially, in terms of upward mobility. Sachs’ argument comes do[...]
BREAKING NEWS: The UAE …. something is happening.
The Emirates airline placed a blockbuster order for 50 $18 billion in Boeing 777s at the Dubai Air Show last Sunday, despite growing fears of stalling global growth. This deal adds to the evolution of the UAE as the outpost of American influence in the middle east. A role oddly parallel to the[...]
The Republican Reality Show
“The Repricans” Seems like once a week we get to see see Mitt Romney’s robotic portrayal of an adult surrounded by six clowns. Cain, Perry, Bachman, Newt, Santorum, and Paul. Each week they throw pies, pee their pants, or wear funny shoes. It is easy to cast actors for these ro[...]
November 13th, 2011 - 6:29 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Why the fig tree is barren
Mark 11:20 The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry. Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs. Then he said to the tree, […][...]
The Dems Need a Party Boss!
A volley from an exchange with Michael Hood Michael, you are depressing me with your disappointment in Obama. I see Mr. Obama as an extraordinary person. In a history where America has had a few pivotal intellects in that chair, Obama is a rational President in a time of public chaos resulting[...]
November 11th, 2011 - 3:36 am § in Uncategorized
Data Glut Clogs Research Pipelines
from Chronicle of Higher Education By Josh Fischman Scientists are wasting much of the data they are creating. Worldwide computing capacity grew at 58 percent every year from 1986 to 2007, and people sent almost two quadrillion megabytes of data to one another, according to a study published on Thur[...]
The Ironic Role of Marc Emmert in the Penn State Scandal.
Emmert Says Penn State Child Abuse Scandal, a ‘Cautionary Tale,’ An article by Libby Sander in the Chronicle of Higher Education quotes liberally from UW recent ex-President about the situation at Penn State. “It certainly didn’t help Penn State’s reputation,” Emmert said. “Thi[...]
The Ugly Chinaman
president of china picking his nose. what went wrong in china: china culture: modesty and Harmony. Modesty: sick man of asia: if 70%-80% are peasants living with the cows chicken and sheep. I would modest too. Not a single Nobel prize winners ever. No science No industry No Congress, National assemb[...]