Daily Archives: January 7, 2006

This is what everyone should really be worried about. And it isn’t the government. It’s much worse than that. Person of the year. Uh huh. Tweet

Truthiness…. Says quite a lot, doesn’t it? I love this quote from the article: “The national argument right now is, one, who’s got the truth and, two, who’s got the facts,” he said. “Until we can manage to get the … Continue reading →

Related to my post on Viet Nam myths yesterday: American soldiers in Viet Nam acted like modern day Ghengis Khans – This is proof it wasn’t so. Rest in peace. Tweet

Wow – this is just amazing. Anyone see the problem with this sample? This is called skewing a sample…… I would have failed statistics if I had tried this one…. Tweet

Comrade Patterico owns Hiltzik….. To really enjoy the whole thumping, you need to read the comments on Hiltzik’s own blog and read what Cathy Seipp wrote on the subject. Tweet

The Anchoress has a very bright son. This sounds very plausible (read the comments, too). Tweet

Well, it WAS a dumb idea, but I gather they finally figured out that the Stones wouldn’t be able to play the gig……. And for heaven’s sake – GET OVER JANET JACKSON! Tweet

From Knight-Ridder news we get this little gem. Ok, so we have a headline that reads: Enforcement of mine safety seen slipping under Bush the lede (which I was taught is supposed to encapsulate the entire story so the headline … Continue reading →