tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655449098553968253.comments2013-07-23T04:54:55.869-07:00A Stunning Non Sequiturprzemekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13712667301753483580noreply@blogger.comBlogger142125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655449098553968253.post-82961722869708566782013-07-23T04:54:55.869-07:002013-07-23T04:54:55.869-07:00Except, of course, the KKK.
http://www.kjrh.com/d...Except, of course, the KKK.<br /><br />http://www.kjrh.com/dpp/news/kkk-allowed-to-rally-in-memphis-to-protest-removal-of-confederate-park-nameshmmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00273970169565217269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655449098553968253.post-13243384730078758652013-03-30T06:08:40.058-07:002013-03-30T06:08:40.058-07:00And this guy draws down a salary, presumably...And this guy draws down a salary, presumably...hmmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00273970169565217269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655449098553968253.post-83534281160352268072012-08-21T18:54:08.042-07:002012-08-21T18:54:08.042-07:00Great post. I wonder if people cede authority to ...Great post. I wonder if people cede authority to number-talk faster than other specialties/authority.hmmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00273970169565217269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655449098553968253.post-16666704224349177432012-08-16T15:32:24.714-07:002012-08-16T15:32:24.714-07:00Maybe so, maybe not: it's beside the point. Th...Maybe so, maybe not: it's beside the point. The post isn't about whether the ratings system is or is not corrupt. What I am saying is that the statement "The ratings system must be corrupt because bond issuers pay for their ratings" is demonstrably false.<br />przemekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13712667301753483580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655449098553968253.post-17750740067048810022012-08-16T06:26:33.671-07:002012-08-16T06:26:33.671-07:00Sounds fine in the aggregate, but I'm guessing...Sounds fine in the aggregate, but I'm guessing that there can be under-the-radar fraud that makes the system fairly corrupt. I don't know enough about it to say any more, though.hmmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00273970169565217269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655449098553968253.post-64370140553702949702012-08-15T19:49:14.683-07:002012-08-15T19:49:14.683-07:00As a bond buyer, wouldn't you want to be reaso...As a bond buyer, wouldn't you want to be reasonably certain that an AAA bond is safer than an AA+ one? And if the ratings don't provide you with that information, wouldn't bond-issuers stop paying rating companies?przemekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13712667301753483580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655449098553968253.post-4704102882658418532012-08-15T15:03:17.247-07:002012-08-15T15:03:17.247-07:00Test-taking companies stay in business because sch...Test-taking companies stay in business because schools utilize their test scores as representative and honest. Fine. There's a third party. If a business pays to be evaluated by an "Evaluation Company" then who is the third party who keeps Eval Company straight and narrow?hmmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00273970169565217269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655449098553968253.post-20990458513979668922012-07-30T15:33:01.070-07:002012-07-30T15:33:01.070-07:00Obama's mean-spirited remarks were clearly not...Obama's mean-spirited remarks were clearly not directed at people who inherited their businesses, but at those who created them. Also, you <i>can</i> inherit a Nobel Prize, but that's off-topic.przemekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13712667301753483580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655449098553968253.post-52079059916785703592012-07-30T12:46:08.028-07:002012-07-30T12:46:08.028-07:00Well, you don't inherit noble prizes, so i'...Well, you don't inherit noble prizes, so i'm not entirely sure the analogy works.hmmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00273970169565217269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655449098553968253.post-41458186125405095902012-06-13T19:26:17.154-07:002012-06-13T19:26:17.154-07:00All of the soccer talking heads seem to agree it&#...All of the soccer talking heads seem to agree it's been the prettiest goal of the tournament thus far.przemekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13712667301753483580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655449098553968253.post-26173164569205482182012-06-13T18:59:42.134-07:002012-06-13T18:59:42.134-07:00That's a sick shot. So precise it is scary.That's a sick shot. So precise it is scary.hmmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00273970169565217269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655449098553968253.post-30655552755105476952012-03-23T20:45:05.589-07:002012-03-23T20:45:05.589-07:00You're absolutely right; this does in fact com...You're absolutely right; this does in fact completely exclude defenders or any athletes whose relative output is hard to quantify. So technically we cannot be sure Bradman was in fact the greatest athlete ever; someone else, whose output we haven't been able to capture, might have been even better. Still, that possibility seems highly unlikely.przemekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13712667301753483580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655449098553968253.post-4228271098757806062012-03-23T19:24:13.134-07:002012-03-23T19:24:13.134-07:00I'd take some issue with this: some of these p...I'd take some issue with this: some of these players have to play defense, and that defense isn't quantified on the scale.hmmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00273970169565217269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655449098553968253.post-69032757309356828192012-03-08T15:26:41.210-08:002012-03-08T15:26:41.210-08:00Yes, my list is incomplete. I do, however, have to...Yes, my list is incomplete. I do, however, have to stop <i>somewhere</i>. (That's code for "I ran out of sense of humor.")przemekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13712667301753483580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655449098553968253.post-53096497390425546562012-03-08T05:22:12.766-08:002012-03-08T05:22:12.766-08:00Oh, what about politics? Personal relationships? ...Oh, what about politics? Personal relationships? Music? Math?hmmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00273970169565217269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655449098553968253.post-23079772738922498962012-03-04T18:27:29.343-08:002012-03-04T18:27:29.343-08:00Perhaps, but it isn't a silver bullet solution...Perhaps, but it isn't a silver bullet solution. It's one of those unfortunate facts of life you cannot possibly insure yourself against. For one thing, this sort of risk is present in some non-marital and non-sexual contexts as well. For another, legal protection wouldn't have helped Nicole Brown much.przemekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13712667301753483580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655449098553968253.post-18050651497875449662012-03-04T16:56:50.834-08:002012-03-04T16:56:50.834-08:00Sounds like a good case for legal protection prior...Sounds like a good case for legal protection prior to entanglement!hmmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00273970169565217269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655449098553968253.post-20006234809209879022012-03-04T13:30:09.712-08:002012-03-04T13:30:09.712-08:00There's no threshold. There's no way to re...There's no threshold. There's no way to really know.przemekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13712667301753483580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655449098553968253.post-24604674155480679072012-03-04T12:48:40.897-08:002012-03-04T12:48:40.897-08:00Ah, so what's the threshold for marrying? And...Ah, so what's the threshold for marrying? And exactly how can a potential bride or groom know whether they've gone far enough?hmmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00273970169565217269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655449098553968253.post-10305829806333122452012-03-01T10:41:15.896-08:002012-03-01T10:41:15.896-08:00To any employees of any law enforcement agency who...To any employees of any law enforcement agency who may happen to read this: I do not intend on following Unknown's suggestion to "marry R" or anyone else under the age of twenty-one.przemekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13712667301753483580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655449098553968253.post-17228868037417448742012-02-29T21:38:06.193-08:002012-02-29T21:38:06.193-08:00Awesome I told you you should marry R!Awesome I told you you should marry R!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08970151955752513448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655449098553968253.post-62995973782615865582011-12-24T13:19:46.710-08:002011-12-24T13:19:46.710-08:00Because then you have to be "special" an...Because then you have to be "special" and cultish to go there, and can talk about how special and cultish the place IS, which makes you anti-whatever and defacto cool.hmmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00273970169565217269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655449098553968253.post-28518975736531636662011-12-10T22:45:18.798-08:002011-12-10T22:45:18.798-08:00Very good point. Not only did I not consider cultu...Very good point. Not only did I not consider cultural differences, but I've never even thought of the obvious possibility that the reason isn't general but specific to Cambodia and Ecuador. I'll add your suggestion.przemekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13712667301753483580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655449098553968253.post-853194418534270092011-12-10T18:08:46.339-08:002011-12-10T18:08:46.339-08:00Maybe there's something about cultural referen...Maybe there's something about cultural references that aren't exactly correlative with statistical poverty, in that your friend also more strongly associates wealth with what she saw in Cambodia than with what she saw in Ecuador (Something about colonial heritage, perhaps?). Just a shot in the dark.hmmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00273970169565217269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655449098553968253.post-26559247833284225742011-11-27T09:36:43.562-08:002011-11-27T09:36:43.562-08:00You're 100% right--I wrote the post as if I wa...You're 100% right--I wrote the post as if I was absolutely sure that Fahey's case is a good example of my thesis (that following your dream can ruin your life). In fact, I don't know this at all, but he could have been confused, or his title could have a different meaning to him than it does to me. I chose to use him as an example only because the title of his book is such a great slogan for illustrating the thesis.przemekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13712667301753483580noreply@blogger.com