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Bucky
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March 25, 2012
Perhaps I'm nitpicking, but what Cheney got was an implant, not a transplant
I mean, we're talking about the heart here, right?
March 24, 2012
The "say anything" candidate at least has the intelligence to hire economic advisers with the honesty (or the career protection sense) to not lie as bad as their boss.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/23/romney-economists-wont-support-romney-gas-prices_n_1375457.html
HIlarious! Romney's economic advisers refuse to back his gas price claims
The "say anything" candidate at least has the intelligence to hire economic advisers with the honesty (or the career protection sense) to not lie as bad as their boss.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/23/romney-economists-wont-support-romney-gas-prices_n_1375457.html
[font size="4"]Mitt Romney Gas Prices Rhetoric Doesn't Get Support Of His Own Economists[/font]
WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney on the campaign trail has chided President Barack Obama for failing to curb prices at the pump, even as prominent economists have debunked those talking points, saying there's little the president can do to lower prices in the short term. Now the latest twist: No one from Romney's economic team will step forward to defend him.
After Romney insisted that more drilling in Mexico and in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge could bring down the cost of gas, The Huffington Post contacted members of Romney's economic team -- two revolving-door lobbyists and two former chairmen of the Council of Economic Advisers under President George W. Bush -- to ask if they would vouch for the claim.
"I will pass. Sorry," prominent macroeconomist Gregory Mankiw, a Romney advisor, replied when contacted by HuffPost about an interview. Other queries were similarly denied or unreturned.
Other economists haven't been shy about debunking the claim, explaining that U.S. energy policy has very little effect either on oil prices or on overall U.S. employment. Recent studies have backed them up. The Associated Press' statistical analysis of 36 years of monthly, inflation-adjusted gasoline prices and U.S. domestic oil production found no statistical correlation between gas prices and how much oil comes out of U.S. wells.
February 23, 2012
Great new series on world history. Probably more interesting for history teachers than students. But I'll find out, cause when I'm teaching world history next year, I'll be showing these vids to my kids each week.
Below in this discussion thread will be links to the individual installments.
Crash Course
http://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourseGreat new series on world history. Probably more interesting for history teachers than students. But I'll find out, cause when I'm teaching world history next year, I'll be showing these vids to my kids each week.
Below in this discussion thread will be links to the individual installments.
January 28, 2012
(Newser) – If you've ever felt that a work meeting sucked IQ points right out of your skull, you might be right. A new study finds that group interactions can actually lower your intelligence, the Daily Mail reports. Scientists in Virginia matched groups according to IQ, ranked members' performance on cognitive tasks against the others, and then revealed the rankings. When group members were told how others had performed, "we saw dramatic drops in the ability of some study subjects to solve problems," explains the lead researcher. "The social feedback had a significant effect."
Basically, that implies that feeling like you're not as smart as others may actually have an impact on your brain and make you less able to solve problems. The scientists used MRI to discover the results. Women are particularly vulnerable to the effect, the study finds. Adds the lead author, "Our study highlights the unexpected and dramatic consequences even subtle social signals in group settings may have on individual cognitive functioning."
Meetings Make You Dumber
[font size="5"]Meetings Make You Dumber[/font](Newser) – If you've ever felt that a work meeting sucked IQ points right out of your skull, you might be right. A new study finds that group interactions can actually lower your intelligence, the Daily Mail reports. Scientists in Virginia matched groups according to IQ, ranked members' performance on cognitive tasks against the others, and then revealed the rankings. When group members were told how others had performed, "we saw dramatic drops in the ability of some study subjects to solve problems," explains the lead researcher. "The social feedback had a significant effect."
Basically, that implies that feeling like you're not as smart as others may actually have an impact on your brain and make you less able to solve problems. The scientists used MRI to discover the results. Women are particularly vulnerable to the effect, the study finds. Adds the lead author, "Our study highlights the unexpected and dramatic consequences even subtle social signals in group settings may have on individual cognitive functioning."
mmmm
January 15, 2012
If Romney gives Santorum his VP nom... it'll be a Man-on-Dog-on-Roof ticket in 2012.
The Republicans always have the darnedest priorities 
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