Archive for February, 2012
reaking? do they smell? This is one of the most polemical (and ultimately, pointless) pieces I've ever read. I pity Americans who are forced to read one-sided tripe from what is generally a trustworthy paper. There is not even an attempt at balance, and the argument underpinning the piece is driven by fierce emotional bullying ... dislike of a human in a important role.
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Parents who send their kids to these institutions share some of the blame. They are putting their sons at risk for being railroaded with false charges and having their reputation damaged. Obviously, I am thinking of the lacrosse players at Duke Univ. who were shafted by the President, the administration and the feminist faculty who judged these players before they even Read More
Many commentators from the mass media say that Boehner has lost control of the Republican House.
To set the story straight, Obama also has lost control of the United States Democrat Senate, when they upped the agreement that Obama and Boehner had to increase taxes by 50% from $800 billion to $1.2 trillion. Unfortunately, the Republicans do not have the political savvy Read More
Thank you so much for this positive report on the Lyndonville Cluster. It makes a change from all the negative press about CFS recently. It was unbiased and the reporter really seemed to try to understand where the people who became sick in this cluster are coming from - and take a clear look at the status types of research methods the research.
Re the XMRV research, Read More
Divorce, mortgage, eliminate credit card debt card debt -- all financial killers. Spending borrowed money is spending the future. Credit card debt is like selling onesself into slavery, indentured servitude. Lessons learned in the Great Depression might yet have to be learned all over again. People expect to retire at 60 and live the next 30 years without working, something Read More
When courts throw out death sentences of minorities, Congress rushes to make life easier it easier to convict and make those convictions hold up on appeal. Witness the Effective Death Penalty Act of 1995.
But when it comes to white-collar crime, they suddenly turn into bleeding-heart liberals. So how about making it easier to convict businessmen of white-collar crimes? Read More
Some things I miss about GW; others I don't. He got us into an unnecessary war in Iraq, and he is responsible for much of the border problems we have now. Also, he let himself get scammed by the Goldman Sachs moles in his cabinet to bail out incompetent companies that led to Goldman Sachs making a fortune and their biggest competitor being ruined. How does consolidating Read More
Ed -
Aye, it is true that there are some problems that are large eno need to argueugh, difficult enough, costly enough, and risky enough that they are economic losers in the eyes of private and commercial investors. But, it is invalid to point to them and then argue they represent the rule, rather than the exception. Or somehow argue that because those kinds of problems Read More
If tax rates were raised, I think Buffet would be happy to pay them, as he has so publicly stated. However, he knows that through foundations, he can better control how his contributions are spent and probably get a better ROI in terms of helping those who need it. As you know, gov't policy is full time job of contradictions, and many would, if they could, refuse to Read More
Agree, James. Human beings are excellent at adaptive and selective memory so it literally goes against our genetic grain how to get promoted include conflicting details such as what you enumerated.
Side note: no mention in the article of the Fisker Karma, something I consider to be almost at a practical price, use, and performance (I don't mean power necessarily - I Read More