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Uncle Sam knows best, right?
Typical behavior from the folks who want to manage the economy, energy policy, agriculture, and health care. Tip from the Technology Liberation Front. Read more
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Your most profound thoughts are often wrong
Ain’t THAT the truth. This and 9 other shrewd observations in "10 Tips on How to Write Less Badly." There are many reasons for writing a dissertation; documenting original research is just one of them. Tip from the Geek Press. Read more
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Stats blogs in the news
ASA recognizes some outstanding statistics bloggers: Nathan Yau, Andrew Gelman, and Kaiser Fung. How timely! Nathan and Kaiser were featured in questions in the 2010 Statistics Bowl, held at the Joint Statistical Meetings back in August, in Vancouver. (I should know, I wrote the questions!) Read more
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Deconstruction
"One Orange County city has already taken bold steps to correct its $10 million deficit. It may be a model for other cities and states across the country. Internally, it has decided it will not replace any city worker that dies, retires, moves or quits." Read all about it. Tip from Overpaid Government Worker, via Read more
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What planet does CBS live on?
Author Lisa Quinn shared some household hints with the CBS Early Show, and Wow! did she have some doozies: Put a raisin in a bottle of flat champagne to bring it back to life with bubbles! The natural sugars in the raisin make that magic happen. Lisa Quinn must be the most boring tippler in Read more
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“Don’t be evil!”
I thought I was hardcore in shunning Google for their cooperation in Chinese controls on the internet. Now check out this from Consumer Watchdog. Tip from the BBC, via Drudge. Read more
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Too stupid to live
This guy is going to be a Burden on Society all his life. His parents appear to be clueless, mendacious trolls (or perhaps wolves). Tip from the Mrs. Read more
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