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Archive for November, 2011

-- Featured Comments -- The level of analysis is this piece is atrocious, and brings shame to the WSJ. Where is the reference to the rebates for exploration (not just tax deductions, but actual incentives)? Where the point about the fact that losses are also rebated at 40% ? Where the point that the tax kicks in at returns above the Austrlalian government bond rate of 6% (or the fact that this discount factor is matter of public Read More

-- Featured Comments -- So much for the theory that the great Airbus knows better than the pilots who fly the the aircraft. Had this aircraft been a Boeing 747, which does not have fly by wire technology and also has full fledged control yokes instead of the control sticks, the plane would have recovered nicely and there would not have been a crash. Further, the autopilot would have not dis-engaged because the Boeing 747 pitot tubes would Read More

-- Featured Comments -- I'm astounded at the level of ignorance in this article. As someone who lives out here on the Columbia river, I can assure you, there is another side of this story that is sadly missing here. I'm especially astonished at the final quote thrown in at the end, where a human being claims to be "the original predator here," and disclaims the fact that sea lions are natural, native, and ancient predators who have lived Read More

-- Featured Comments -- I agree with Jeffrey Weld. I grew up in Wilmington, NC and suffered through many hurricanes. I remember cutting down trees in Hazel's eye to keep them from falling on the house. In 2003 in Newport News, VA we were without power after Irene for 11 days. I did not expect the government to fix the problem. Dominion Power had crews from as far away as New Orleans restoring power. It is a massive and dangerous job.They Read More

-- Featured Comments -- Maureen Dowd's column this week about this book was titled Decoding the God Complex. Interesting variation on spin as compared to this column. Many are citing Groopman's new book emphasizing the benefits and importance of individualized care as a broadside to the evidence based medicine movement where quality of hospitals and doctors as well as reimbursement is being tied to rigid treatment protocols (critics would Read More

-- Featured Comments -- Roger, you should ponder the fact that the only reason "Mel" was sent from legal custody to his freedom in Costa Rica - was because the Military feared that his supporters would charge his place of detention and there would be blood shed. In other words the whole crisis was precipitated because they didn't want to kill Zelaya's commie arsh supporters. The best the various human rights groups could come up with Read More

-- Featured Comments -- What a worthless comment on your part. Good job at generalizing the success of these Indians. By equating their success with "rote learning" (a paternalistic and condescending view against Indians-and not just agains the Spelling B students) you insult all Indians. I make this leap beacuse Vijay and I know just as well that his attack is against most Indians, especially from India, because he thinks that is the Read More

-- Featured Comments -- Some doctors aren't sure they need quite that much detail. "Really? Bathroom versus bedroom?" says Brian Bachelder, a family physician in Akron, Ohio. "What difference does it make?" Well Doc, if the happened in the bathroom, wouldn't you want to know if it was while sitting on the toilet, or if it was a man, while standing up relieving himself, or doing some other bathroom related function. How else are the government Read More

-- Featured Comments -- "I think that Wikipedia is a prime example of Goebel's statement that "the bigger the lie, the more likely it is to be believed". When countless people recycle the comments of others drawn from the same non-reviewed second,third, fourth hand ad infinitum source does not make the basic proposition either correct or incorrect in and of itself." Let's hold you to the standard you hold up to tar Wikipedia. What is Read More

-- Featured Comments -- I know. Add to your list of dopes people who spend more than $20k for a brand-new car, more than $1.50 for a cup of coffee, more than $300k for a house, more than $499 for a suit, more than $100 for a hotel room, more than $500 for a computer, anything other than store brand goods, or anything custom or luxurious. Why would anyone spend more than $20k on a car, right Comrades? It is so funny how many anti-consumer Read More