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Sunday, September 5, 2010

September 5

Income and spending report generates illusion of gains. David Stockman, Minyanville.
lies, damn lies, and statistical revisions


other fare:

chart from CIA World FactBook

draw a line from top-left down thru Hong Kong in bottom-right; strong negative correlation; most notable outliers include Vietnam & former Soviet republics below the line, and U.S. well above

The Speech President Obama Should Give about the Iraq War (But Won’t). Juan Cole, Informed Comment.

Ye cannae change the laws of physics. The Economist.

Greatest of all-time. Peter Struck, Lapham's Quarterly.
the best paid athlete of all-time is not Tiger, nor Michael, but Gaius Appuleius Diocles

also from Lapham's, some Charles Barkley-isms, to go along with some Yogi Berra-isms, including

We don’t need refs, but I guess white guys need something to do....

You should be able to go and pick out one fan a game and beat the hell out of him....

I heard Tonya Harding is calling herself the Charles Barkley of figure skating. I was going to sue her for defamation of character, but then I realized I have no character.

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