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But you're crazy! So doesn't that pretty much explain it?

I dream of the day when the field is level for the guy trading 1 and the guy trading 100. I know it is never gonna come. But I can dream. What would the world be like, I wonder, if everyone really was on the same field and had to compete on the basis of ability. I suspect it wouldn't be much...

Orban (The Hungarian Prime Minister) is a Center-Right Nationalist . It is quite natural that he would allign himself with someone like Trump. It is equally to be expected that Soros will do all in his power, which is considerable when it comes to his native Hungary, to oppose Orban. This is...

Why would I short this market? It is going up, and I'm quite sure it will continue to go up for some time. Any restraint will come from rising interest rates and a rising dollar. We should see typical Republican management of the economy, i.e., massive and useless military expenditures to...

We actually elected a narcissist and compulsive liar to lead us; someone who, as you say, likes to fuck with people. But it's not to see which side of the fence they're on. It's purpose is to humiliate enemies and ingratiate himself to those he sees as supporters. He'll treat quite differently...

To your point. Nearly all those illegal immigrants came here legally and overstayed their visas. A wall would cost a lot, look bad, make us look bad in the eyes of the world, wreck the view for all those U.S. ranchers near the border, and be only minimally more effective, if that, compared to...

Indeed? But not a 'neo-libertarian', or what Chomsky calls "anarcho-capitalists".

Source of your data? What is the reliability of your estimate? What is it based on? It's more of your bullshit, right! (Is it perhaps from infowars or Breitbart) Possibly the least efficient Department of government is the darling of the radical right, the Department of Defense!

Actually it is the other way around. You always find ways to criticize the government, no matter how efficient and well the government carries out its functions. You remain ignorant of the many good things that government does for you. The government is a mixed bag. It does things that you...

Excerpted From the Suday Jan 3, 2017 LA Times: Op-Ed Trump is completely wrong about the U.S. trade deficit ...Virtually all economists support free trade and oppose protectionism. For example, a 2014 University of Chicago survey found that 93% of the country's top economists agreed with the...

The chart that FC repeatedly posts is what is called a Gee Whiz plot because of the scale of the axes. It is designed to make small changes appear very large. The chart does a good job of concealing detail, but I agree that when looked at very closely with the z-axis correctly drawn it does...

Sig, please see my post #30 above. I added a few examples that I found on the Net. They surprised me. Apparently, much to our chagrin, the PC act isn't worth more than the paper it is written on even when it comes to domestic disturbances, let alone those in our territories.

Well that's a relief! Who does it then, The Sec. of Defense? I must have been watching too many movies!

I would just add this. You did it because of the Military's Brass interpretation of the law. And as we both know that is not the definitive interpretation. (There is no question however that the original PC act leaves out the Coast Guard, and the Air Force and Marines too. But later...

Certainly what you say is true from the military's point of view. I don't question that one bit. But in the end it isn't the military who decides these matters. (well maybe in the very end it is!) Remember Eisenhower (who likely had similar briefing on Posse as you) sent Federal troops into...

I can't fight human nature. So you will go on believing as you do, ignoring defects in your reasoning. Long after Copernicus proposed that the Earth went round the Sun, and Galileo was arrested for stating that this was true. The majority persisted in believing that the Sun went round the...

gwbtrading gave a number of links (this thread) to good articles which look closely at statistical studies such as the "97%" study you keep mentioning. You would find these articles worth reading. I will reiterate that one of the most carefully executed statistical studies of the opinions of...

I hate to be the one that breaks this news to you. But this statement is fraudulent. I don't know what its source is, but it is impossible for this to be true.

So tell us what does this say? How would you likeus to interpret this statement from the American Meteorology Society. ;)

I doubt it. If she couldn't beat a lunatic, how could we expect her to beat a sane person?:D