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| 2005/9/10 [Politics/Domestic/President/Bush] UID:39612 Activity:nil |
9/9 I don't understand... I thought Bush was padding Michael Brown's
back & told him he did a good job, now he is sacking him so the blame
won't reach to the President? |
| 2005/9/10-12 [Academia/Berkeley/CSUA/Troll/Jblack, Politics/Domestic/President/Bush] UID:39613 Activity:nil Cat_by:auto |
9/9 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/4218536.stm Read the last comment by Paul, Atlanta, USA. Hey Justin Black, is that your best friend from high school? \_ Do you mean Zachery? \_ They took Paul out. BBC censors!!! It was written in the purest jblack style, with that "It's the poor people's fault because they're stupid and lazy and they deserve to die" tone. That, followed by something to the effect of "Go Bush!" |
| 2005/9/10 [Recreation/Food] UID:39614 Activity:nil |
9/9 You know, it's nice to rescue the poor people in NO and all, but
more importantly, when can we start eating yummy, safe (non-toxic)
genuine gumbo from NO? |
| 2005/9/10-11 [Finance] UID:39615 Activity:moderate |
9/10 Troll of the week. When you ask different kids on how they would
solve problems associated with poverty, they have the following
responses:
Communist kids: Make the rich pay for the poor and no more problems.
Socialist kids: Force the rich to help the poor a bit more.
Nazi kids: Round up all the poor people in concentration camps
Capitalist kids: Just ignore the poor people, problem goes away.
\_ unfortuantely, if you ignore the poor long enough, they
will rebel against you.
\_ Why do you hate capitalism Mr. King? Don't be surprised when
you're sent to Guantanamo Bay one day.
\_ Nazis didn't put "the poor" in camps. That was about political
and associated racial targets. More like, put the poor in the army. |
| 2005/9/10-12 [Politics/Domestic/President/Bush] UID:39616 Activity:nil 50%like:39405 |
9/10 http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050910/pl_nm/contracts_dc Halliburton and many other Bushco's to rebuild New Orleans. Yay! |
| 2005/9/10-12 [Academia/Berkeley] UID:39617 Activity:nil |
9/10 Go Bears!
http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/rank/2005/ARWU2005_Top100.htm |
| 2005/9/10-12 [Politics/Domestic/President/Bush] UID:39618 Activity:nil |
9/10 In the face of the Katrina disaster, Bush pulls out the big gun
that worked really well in the past-- evoking memories of 911.
In another news his rating to go up, news at 11.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4233266.stm
\_ The Uprise Against Establishment movement will now fail. You
lazy fuckers need to learn from the 60s and 70s. 68 especially.
Overthrow Bush for a brighter tomorrow!!! |
| 2005/9/10-13 [Politics/Foreign/Europe] UID:39619 Activity:low |
9/10 http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/sz.html CIA publishes statistics on other countries. According to this Switzerland's "Distribution of Family Income Gini Index" is 33.1, which is higher than socialistic Denmark (<25), but less than capitalistic United States (+45), and much less than corrupted Brazil (61). However their poverty line is "NA." Ditto with Denmark and other evil socialistic countries. What does that mean, that they don't have any poor people? That is preposterous. All countries should have poor people. \- gini coeficient is a measure of distribution. are you interested in absolute numbers? you can also look at the hum dev reports from the undp. see e.g. http://hdr.undp.org if you are a serious and have a somewhat specific inquiry, you can mail me. i dont know much about europe but know a little bit about LDCs. obviously what is the poverty line in the US is more than a order of mag higher than two global poverty numbers you often see: # living on less than $1/day and $2/day. just like for very wealthy persons, salary doesnt characterize their income and wealth well, at the low end cash income may not characterize people's circumstances well, e.g. in agricultural sector, e.g. somebody who makes an appreciable part of their income in say goat milk. latin am countries are sort of the std example of high gini coef countries [not including african kleptocracies] . some studies suggest there may be a trade off between growth rate and gini coef ... it make make sense to trade off some more inequality for greater growth. BTW, there are a lot of statistical factors that hidden in this one number ... so you cant necessarily compare them easily [like can have same gini coef with diff shape of lorentz curve. and same underlying income distribution with quartile sampleing vs dectile sampling will give you diff values]. \_ This is too dense. Can I just say something to the effect that the lower the Gini value, the more that the country cares about poor people? Most the social/comu countries have low Gini whereas evil 3rd world countries like Brazil have extremely high Givi values. The exception is USA, which has one of the highest Gini values even though it's not a 3rd world country. \- "how much a country cares about poor people" cannot be reasonably captured in a number. even the south african state under apartheid may have spent more on the per capita health of black people than per capita public health expenditures in say india but india had various affirmative action programs in the political sphere which didnt exist in SA. you might want to look at Amartya Sen: Development as Freedom. AKS has written a lot more on this kind of thing but some of it is a little "dense". at equal PPP would you rather live in cuba or the US? \_ We used to, but we turned them all into soylent green for all the poor people in Denmark. -John \- gini coeficient is a measure of distribution. are you interested in absolute numbers? you can also look at the hum dev reports from the undp. see e.g. http://hdr.undp.org if you are a serious and have a somewhat specific inquiry, you can mail me. i dont know much about europe but know a little bit about LDCs. obviously what is the poverty line in the US is more than a order of mag higher than two global poverty numbers you often see: # living on less than $1/day and $2/day. just like for very wealthy persons, salary doesnt characterize their income and wealth well, at the low end cash income may not characterize people's circumstances well, e.g. in agricultural sector, e.g. somebody who makes an appreciable part of their income in say goat milk. latin am countries are sort of the std example of high gini coef countries [not including african kleptocracies] . some studies suggest there may be a trade off between growth rate and gini coef ... it make make sense to trade off some more inequality for greater growth. BTW, there are a lot of statistical factors that hidden in this one number ... so you cant necessarily compare them easily [like can have same gini coef with diff shape of lorentz curve. and same underlying income distribution with quartile sampleing vs dectile sampling will give you diff values]. \_ We sent all the goat milk to Denmark to let them wash down the poor people soylent green. Anyway, you want the Fazio coefficient, which shows how much state cash you can move to la familia and still keep your job. -John \_ High Gini, no poor: Low Gini, some poor: / | | / | / _____/ / / / / __/ |
| 2005/9/10-13 [Academia/UCLA, Academia/StanfUrd] UID:39620 Activity:kinda low |
9/10 How does a university with Cal's academics manage to recruit as well
as it has for Tedford the past couple years?
\_ Academics and athletics are not mutually exclusive; Michigan
has had a consistently successful football program, and sells
out their 100K seat stadium for every game. -tom
\_ U. Mich? I've found that U. Mich people just like to talk
about themselves a lot and how U. Mich is the greatest
thing since sliced bread. You sure their academic
reputation isn't just a lack of modesty?
\_ You might want to read about 'statistics' and 'standardized
tests'. Your post implies an egregious lack of understanding
tests'. Your post implies a flagrant lack of understanding
about academic reputation and how it's derived.
\_ I've found these "statistics" and "standardized tests"
to be pure BS. The USNews reports use things like SAT
scores, GPA, alumni donation, and things that don't
really mean much to rank colleges. But results speak
for themselves. In the place where I work, the ones
that come from no-name colleges produce some of the
best results I've seen whle those from these top-notch
colleges are usually just full of themselves and can't
do jack shit. UMich people, for some reason, seem to
be the worst offenders.
\_ Right, studies which actually have quantitative metrics
are pure BS, while one person's subjective experience
is truth.
Oh and here's another hint; top universities do not
exist to churn out good workers. -tom
\_ And you think these objective "quantitative
metrics" are a good indicator of academic
rigor? I really don't care how well any student
did on their ACT/SAT, what their HS GPA is,
or how much alumni give to that school. Look
at Stanford. These kids work their ass of in HS
to get into that school. Their alumni donates
money like there''s not tomorrow. But they
also just slack off once the get in and are
guaranteed a 4.0 GPA. I haven't found many
Stanford students to be that stellar.
\_ I'm guessing your argument is that they exist
to promote intellectual progress in the form of
research and scholarly debate? Sure, for the
best and the brightest. A good professor might
not be a good worker bee. On the other hand, any
good professor is going to have to have a lot of
skills which make them good 'workers'. They just
fit into higher level jobs. I don't think you
can make a case that a university is a good one
if all of the people it turns out are poor
workers. It may not be the objective to turn out
good workers, but it seems to happen anyway.
\_ I'm guessing you're a moron. Actually, no,
I'm not guessing. -tom
\_ Way to defend your point - with an
ad-hominem and no facts.
\_ Sorry, the idea that schools should be
measured based on what some anonymous coward
perceives as the productivity of some
people he's worked with is far too
ridiculous to respond to. -tom
\_ I'm not the original poster and I
*was* curious what your opinion is
on this topic but I don't care now.
\_ Funny how tom can manage to piss
off people who might sympathize
with him.
\_ I don't need morons to sympathize
with me. -tom
\_ Yeah, he's already got
himself, and he's the
biggest moron around!
-jrleek
\_ According to USNews, Cal=#20, UCLA=#24, UMich=#25
\_ Ob Todd Bozeman |
| 2005/9/10-12 [Politics/Domestic/President/Bush, Science/Space] UID:39621 Activity:kinda low |
9/10 Military pilots reprimanded for saving lives:
http://csua.org/u/dc8 (New York Times)
\_ This story is fishy on two parts. Their motto
belongs to Air Force Pararescue Jumpers, not Navy
unit. And for those that have never served, their
CO is technically correct. Orders above all else. For you
"compassionate" civilians who dont understand black and white.
\_ Err, the pilots weren't reprimanded. They were mildly scolded by
by their CO for not fulfilling their primary mission. Only very
late in the day did they seek out permission (which was granted)
to abandon their primary mission.
\_ "Kennel duty". Sure. -John |
| 2005/9/10-13 [Politics/Domestic/President/Bush] UID:39622 Activity:nil |
9/10 http://tinyurl.com/c4xq2 Bush debates with Bush |
| 2005/9/10-13 [Transportation/Car/RoadHogs] UID:39623 Activity:low |
9/10 People who drive Range Rovers, Excursions and Suburbans are
flipping this Hummer driver because Hummers are less environmentally
friendly: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3749377.stm
\_ what I found interesting is that government give out
tax credit up to $100k for vehicle over 6000 pounds. This
along with the proposed new fuel efficiency standard would
explain why there are so many ultra-big vehicle on the road.
\_ The tax credit is only if you use the vehicle for work and
now the credit is spread across 4 years, can't take it in
one chunk.
\_ For "work".
\_ Actually you could depreciate in one chunk, until that loop
hole was closed for large SUVs on 10/22/2004 by an
amendment by Don Nickles (R Oklahoma).
\_ I cashed in on that tax deal with an X5 (6008 lbs). Had they
allowed that deal to continue, I would have bought a Hummer
this year to piss off my friends.
\_ joke's on you
\_ Not really. I saved $30K on my taxes with the X5.
That'll cover, what, a hundred years of extra gas
That'll cover, what, thirty years of extra gas
money? The Hummer would have been worth $40K in
taxes for me.
\_ 30K ? How does that work?
\_ There was a special loophole that allowed you
to deduct vehicles over 6000 pounds as a
business expense, even if you used it to
commute.
\_ The math doesn't add up. Let's say the X5
cost $60K. To save $30K on taxes your
marginal rate would have to be 50%. The
highest bracket isn't that high.
\_ Base 2005 BMW X5, 4.8is AWD 4dr SUV (4.8L
8cyl 6A), MSRP $70,100, Invoice $63,970.
Also, though I haven't stated it
specifically, I live in CA, so you have to
add in my CA state tax. It actually works
out to be a bit more than $30k.
\_ Hybrid Hummer from seven years ago:
http://evworld.com/archives/conferences/evs14/humvee.html
350hp. 0-50mph in 7sec. 18mpg. Climbs 60% grade at 17mph and
fords 5ft of water (think New Orleans). It even has a stealth mode.
\_ An all electric tank with electric canon? Those would be
some batteries. |
| 2005/9/10-11 [Uncategorized] UID:39624 Activity:nil |
9/10 217.212.224.142 (618) [142.128-25.224.212.217.in-addr.arpa]
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My web site is being crawled by a bunch of these addrs.
Where do these addresses come from?
\_ http://www.picsearch.com ? |
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