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July 27th, 2012 - 11:20 pm § in America

Of Baseball. Statistics and Chinese Ladies

from Sports Illustrated by Joe Posanski Chinese Jibberish   “And then I was looking at the little Chinese lady. There was a beauty to her — she was just a tiny little Chinese lady, I was staring at her because I was fascinated by her. I don’t know anybody like her, and I am SO […][...]

July 27th, 2012 - 8:24 am § in America

Election 2012: OHIO

Obama Ahead in Ohio A new We Ask America poll in Ohio finds President Obama leading Mitt Romney in the key battleground state by eight points, 48% to 40%. Key finding: “What pops out immediately is the high percentage of self-described Republicans who say they will vote for Barack Obama over M[...]

July 27th, 2012 - 7:01 am § in Misc.

Psuedo-economics

What determines a company’s performance? The shape of the CEO’s face! _Believe it or not, one thing that predicts how well a CEO’s company performs is — the width of the CEO’s face! CEOs with wider faces have better-performing companies than CEOs with long faces. That&[...]