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There's nothing sadder when a guy on a trading site doesn't understand how GDP or PPP works.

Then pick the standard of living measure you'd like to use. It doesn't matter. Nobody's arguing that Cuba is the best country ever, just that it is at the very least right in the races against the laissez-faire countries. No, they're not the "most laissez faire nations in Latin America"...

Certainly they do, but they're not factored into HDI to my knowledge. Other standard of living measures do include them and Cuba still comes out ahead of most Latin American countries. If you've ever been to Belize you'll see what I mean, and that place is absolutely laissez-faire. But...

Please be specific. What false statements? That Cuba ranks well in HDI measures? It does. That it ranks higher than the Latin American "Laissez faire" countries? Mostly it does -- in fact the countries cited as evidence of the greatness of laissez faire are not at all Laissez-faire...

Cuba's growth has been terrible (and economically it's a mess), but again, that's not factored in quality of life measures. And nobody's claiming that they're numero uno, just that they compare favorably to most other Latin countries for HDI measures. If you're an infant, you're much...

Quality of life measures don't measure electricity penetration, but your information is likely out of date. Anecdotally I can tell you that I didn't see any areas of Cuba that were without electricity (and yes, I traveled outside of Havana well into the country.) Cuba is producing oil and...

Spoken like someone who knows zero about Cuba, has never been there, and knows nothing except what he's told on Fox News.

I was in Cuba last year, in fact, and have traveled in Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico (of course), and elsewhere. No, Cubans do not "live like animals" -- but it does have many problems. Having said that, however, it compares favorably with other Latin American countries which are not under...

If you're into trading, you should have a basic statistical background and understand sampling a normal distribution.

Nah, that's not true, at least not for the Human Development Index measure of standard of living. That sounds like a Wikipedia quote. Than other Latin American countries? There isn't, actually. Cuba does pretty well against the other, more lassaiz faire countries in Latin America -- it's...

Out of curiousity, if this is true why do the Scandinavian countries have a higher measured standard of living than the US?

Great link, except the link doesn't exist. Plus it's a regional measurement anyway when we're discussing global temperature averages. Here's your problem: you're quoting kooks, and they're not particular about getting links right,, lying about their credentials and entirely making up numbers.

So potential errors of 20, 30 or even 50 years in each core, over 4000 years, means we should disregard the evidence, even though multiple cores from multiple sites are verifying the same trend and even verifying current Mauna Loa and antarctic measurements. We're supposed to ignore the fact...

If you did watch your own video you clearly did not understand it. The very reason he discussed isotope concentrations is because that verifies the man-made CO2. And, as he pointed out, warming does drive CO2 as you state, however CO2 also causes warming. Do you need me to re-watch the...

Okay, so Beck was upset after asking McGee whether Obama was the anti-Christ because "liberal blogs" quoted him as asking McGee if Obama was the anti-Christ. But he wasn't serious, so he says the question shouldn't count? Odd.

Hey, I'll believe whatever the evidence says works, so get off your lazy ass and show us evidence that it is working or has worked. Nobody really cares if "there's no doubt in your mind" -- show us the performance results by subject that contradict the GAO. Perhaps there's a more recent report...

Unfortunately, many people believe that complex, regional problems can be solved by cliche's and simplistic talking points.

Well, that's one possibility. From what little I've read Cleveland tried it and so far the private schools are charging 200% - 400% premiums to voucher students.

Well what happens to a market with a limited supply when a product is subsidized?

"Existing research supporting the relationship between student achievement and vouchers is extremely problematic. Research on privately financed voucher programs shows no consistent pattern of improvement in achievement across subject, grade, and the length of time. In a comprehensive study of a...