August 2010
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This is a serious problem
NY Times:
“The Republican runoff for governor in Georgia was too close to call Wednesday morning. Karen Handel, a former Georgia secretary of state who was endorsed by Sarah Palin, was roughly 2,500 votes behind Nathan Deal, a former congressman who received endorsements from Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas, and Newt Gingrich, the former speaker of the House. Ms. Palin, Mr....
1975 - Spoon
Why is this song not fives times...
July 2010
7 posts
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“These Days” - Nico
I love this...
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Making Math
I settled on using a transformation in a regression I am running that was designed in 1999. Its weird to think that math is still evolving when all the math we learned “in math class”—even in college—was pretty nailed down by the 1750s.
Its funny that we are still figuring out how to simply describe natural processes that have been happening for billions of years.
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Q: What is greater than 250?
A: The number of public-school children shot in Chicago last year.
Probably going up when the Supreme Court rejects Chicago’s handgun ban. Because the founders knew we would need guns to protect us from elementary school attendees. The invasion of Hello Kitty stops here.
I really hate this Supreme Court.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/02/us/02chicago.html?_r=1&ref=us
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June 2010
13 posts
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Talking Shit About a Pretty Sunset - Modest...
El Scorcho - Weezer
In other news, old Weezer...
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Veterans in South Carolina
I know that no one cares, but its my blog, so I’ll do what I want.
Veterans actually have quite a history of cleaning up the vote, especially in South Carolina. In the late ’40s when all the GIs came back from WWII, a group of veterans actually changed South Carolina politics by organizing fair and honest elections in what was a state entirely controlled by large farm owners and...
The Tea Party Exaggeration--an example of the...
Yesterday ushered in a new set of Primary results that were, in many cases, scary (Nevada), and in some places, reassuring. However, the most confusing thing about yesterday wasn’t that a poor state like Nevada with huge income disparities supported a candidate for governor that is essentially anti-redistribution. This type of economic irrationality is common among conservative voters who...
Of Mice and Men
The following is a word-for-word transcription of what I just heard through my wall abutting the kitchen. This happend over the course of a full 180 seconds. Qranny: Ah! THERE’S THE MOUSE. Ethan! Quickly, grab this, I’ll chase him toward the wall.
(muffled plastic crashing)
Qranny: Shit! He’s under the shelves! Go, trap him with that! Go! Quickly! Throw the tupperware at...
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Interview with VP Biden
This is the last part of a transcript from an interview with the Vice President conducted by Charlie Rose about the Israelis checking ships bound for the West Bank. It is an atypically accurate account of American-Israeli relations for an American elected official, and might be a brief ray of hope for those liberals who support Israel because of its unflinching commitment to civil liberties, rule...
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May 2010
8 posts
Bad News Bears
Stata just told me:
error … … … … … … … … Return code 603 file __________ could not be opened; This file, although found, failed to open properly. This error is unlikely to occur. You will have to review your operating system’s manual to determine why it occurred.
…. What?
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WatchI’m not really sure how I got through the 20 years of my life before 30 Rock.
Insult to Injury
I almost invariably listen to Elliott Smith when it is raining.
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April 2010
10 posts
Notes to myself
I left this note to myself in a document I keep for my thesis:
Hicks 1999 Huber and Stevens 2001 Swank 2002 Esping-Andersen 2002 The top three find that Left numbers in government do effect social spending outcomes. FIND THIS DATA. I can use their methodologies and add my data as regressors. GO. GO NOW.
NO. STOP WRITING YOUR NEWEST DUMB-FUCK IDEA. GET THOSE BOOKS. READ THEM.
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IT WORKED!
I am, AS I TYPE, watching the other computer in front of me scale roll-call votes to two-dimensional space—the main independent variable of my thesis.
SUCK ON THAT, NERDS!
Also, thank you, Peter.
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54 Days Until Graduation.
thekeri:
crashdream:
the-major:
Wtf?
I thought the same thing.
Add “WHY WOULD YOU SEND ME AN EMAIL LIKE THAT NO I STILL DON’T HAVE A JOB” to that thought.
I had the exact same thought. Srsly, Mitty. Get your head out of your ass.
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March 2010
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This is off the new Gorillaz album. It is my...
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