Monthly Archives: June 2009

Now We Get the Economics of the First Derivative: The Housing Starts Edition

A seventeen percent increase in jack shit is still jack shit–there’s a difference between percent change and absolute numbers.
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Posted in Big Shitpile, Economics, Housing | 7 Comments

Thursday Link Dump

Merry Thursday! Here are some good links for you.
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Car Dealers and Correcting for Multiple Tests

Correcting for multiple tests isn’t a matter of opinion.
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Does Obama View Gays As a “Them” or an “Us”?

Everyone in the Coalition of the Sane isn’t necessarily gay-friendly.
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Posted in Civil Liberties, Democrats | 7 Comments

Housing Prices Will Keep Dropping…

…and the Mad Biologist told you so.
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Posted in Big Shitpile, Economics, Housing | 2 Comments

Is the DOMA Brief a Result of ‘Burrowing’?

Was this a ‘dirty trick’ by a Bush holdover? And will there be more to come?
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Posted in Civil Liberties, Conservatives | 3 Comments

Begley Mistakes the Symptom for the Disease

If we want researchers to prioritize translational research, then that’s where the money needs to be.
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Posted in Antibiotics, Funding, NIH, Publishing | 1 Comment

Obama Administration Opposes InterracialGay Marriage

Defending the Defense of Marriage Act in the same way segregationists defended anti-miscegenation laws.
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Posted in Basic Human Decency, Civil Liberties | 4 Comments

Well, the Good News Is That a Republican Accepts the Fact of Evolution…

Another ringing success for the Republican African-American voter outreach program.
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Posted in Conservatives, Racism | 31 Comments

“Dear Conservatives: Are you deliberately trying to start a civil war?”

So asks Dave Neiwert.
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Posted in Conservatives, Terrorism, The Rule of Law | 3 Comments