Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
POOO - Pulbic Option Opt Out
Instinctively I like the optout public option. Fivethirtyeight.com discusses why they think that is the plan gaining steam.
Let your Fingers doing the Talking
28,000 and Counting
That was the number of calls made to Congress in support of Health Care Reform as of 10:43 am Central time. We'll See how it goes from here. If you want to add your voice to the debate and the hundreds of thousands of calls follow the link. If anyone bothers to call, leave a comment as to what number your call was.
100,000 Calls to Congress
Drum Roll Please.
10:43 am 28,000 Calls
Noon Central Time 59,390 Calls.
At 2:43 Central Time 142,396 Calls.
6:00 PM Central 212,967 Calls
Huff Post "Congress getting Completely Crushed"
That was the number of calls made to Congress in support of Health Care Reform as of 10:43 am Central time. We'll See how it goes from here. If you want to add your voice to the debate and the hundreds of thousands of calls follow the link. If anyone bothers to call, leave a comment as to what number your call was.
100,000 Calls to Congress
Drum Roll Please.
10:43 am 28,000 Calls
Noon Central Time 59,390 Calls.
At 2:43 Central Time 142,396 Calls.
6:00 PM Central 212,967 Calls
Huff Post "Congress getting Completely Crushed"
Monday, October 19, 2009
What are those rippers 0
I recently had a spike in traffic on my site due to link from a newspaper. I was looking through the traffic and discovered a browser "Rippers 0". I was unable to determine what this is and it sounded slightly ominous.
After doing a little research I become more confused and a little concerned.
Further digging and I was able to become somewhat certain of what is going on. The only reason I am blogging about it here is that there doesn't appear to be many answers out there
Here is my guess. It appears that FireFox has a video addon to its toolbar that assist in downloading and viewing video that is embedded on websites. Thus ripping the video. Anybody out there with a similiar question I hope this helps and if you are able to prove or disprove please let me know.
After doing a little research I become more confused and a little concerned.
Further digging and I was able to become somewhat certain of what is going on. The only reason I am blogging about it here is that there doesn't appear to be many answers out there
Here is my guess. It appears that FireFox has a video addon to its toolbar that assist in downloading and viewing video that is embedded on websites. Thus ripping the video. Anybody out there with a similiar question I hope this helps and if you are able to prove or disprove please let me know.
Keep the Freak Going
I am not completely certain as to why, however, I find the current battle over "SuperFreakonomics" to be extremely interesting. I am sure it is in part due to the fact of how fascinating I found "Freakonomics" to be and now the authors are being called out by people I have a great deal of respect for as well.
This is where it all started for me
krugman. part 1
Krugman part 2
I read this article that I wanted to add to the current discussion.
Felix Salmon takes a whack at the authors. Apprently he wrote rather critically about the book Freakonomics back at its release.
Brad Delong takes a whack at the this issue. Interestingly Paul Krugman links this article even though Delong calles Krugman's take excessive. Delong takes a more middle of the road path but comes close to finishing where Krugman and Salmon do on this question.
Brad Delong's last word. We think.
And for the Counterpoint here is the Freak's take
Anatomy of a Smear
Global Warming Denial Greatly exaggerated .
This is where it all started for me
krugman. part 1
Krugman part 2
I read this article that I wanted to add to the current discussion.
Felix Salmon takes a whack at the authors. Apprently he wrote rather critically about the book Freakonomics back at its release.
Brad Delong takes a whack at the this issue. Interestingly Paul Krugman links this article even though Delong calles Krugman's take excessive. Delong takes a more middle of the road path but comes close to finishing where Krugman and Salmon do on this question.
Brad Delong's last word. We think.
And for the Counterpoint here is the Freak's take
Anatomy of a Smear
Global Warming Denial Greatly exaggerated .
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Freaks vs. Geeks
Checking the blog from my phone I noticed a great juxtaposition on the right side of the page. I respect and enjoy the work of both Paul Krugman (Nobel prize economics) and Steven Levit (Freakonomics).
It appears we have a little battle of the blogs going on over a chapter of Levitt's new book Superfreakonomics. The controversy stems from a chapter Global Cooling. The back and forth is interesting to read. I am sure it doesn't hurt the publicityfor the book launch. Take a look at the blogs to right regarding global Cooling and enjoy.
Krugman on SuperFreakonomics
It appears we have a little battle of the blogs going on over a chapter of Levitt's new book Superfreakonomics. The controversy stems from a chapter Global Cooling. The back and forth is interesting to read. I am sure it doesn't hurt the publicityfor the book launch. Take a look at the blogs to right regarding global Cooling and enjoy.
Krugman on SuperFreakonomics
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Interactive Chart of the Various Health Care Proposals
Interactive graph of the various Health reform proposals on the table.
We're No. 1 (again)
Since we are on the topic of polling, I wanted to tie in a poll to the story of Nobel Peace Prize.
I have stated my thoughts earlier on why one could make a legitimate argument for President Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize. As a belated piece of evidence (one that was much quoted last week ) there is a poll ranking the top 50 countries in the world as perceived by world citizenry the results are as follows
www.gfkamerica.com/
1.
United States / 2008 Germany
2.
France / 2008 France
3.
Germany / 2008 United Kingdom
4.
United Kingdom / Canada
5.
Japan / 2008 Japan
6.
Italy / 2008 Italy
7.
Canada / 2008 United States
8.
Switzerland / 2008 Switzerland
9.
Australia / 2008 Australia
10.
Spain, Sweden (tie) / 2008 Sweden
As you can see in the eyes of the world America's image has jumped back to the top in one year.
I have stated my thoughts earlier on why one could make a legitimate argument for President Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize. As a belated piece of evidence (one that was much quoted last week ) there is a poll ranking the top 50 countries in the world as perceived by world citizenry the results are as follows
www.gfkamerica.com/
1.
United States / 2008 Germany
2.
France / 2008 France
3.
Germany / 2008 United Kingdom
4.
United Kingdom / Canada
5.
Japan / 2008 Japan
6.
Italy / 2008 Italy
7.
Canada / 2008 United States
8.
Switzerland / 2008 Switzerland
9.
Australia / 2008 Australia
10.
Spain, Sweden (tie) / 2008 Sweden
As you can see in the eyes of the world America's image has jumped back to the top in one year.
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