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Obamacare Predictions: Part II
Read Part I. I'll be away from the computer a large portion of today and will be slow in answering comments. Your health care will degrade Since the deficit will…
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The Share of Income Taxes by Rich and Poor
We last reported on this in October, but since then the IRS has released the 2007 data, the latest available. It's tax day. Celebrate! It's still more than likely that…
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Sex, Race, Uncertainty, Climate, and More! Saturday Links.
A Saturday collection of fun and interesting stories sent in by readers. Larger Breasts Pay Off for Waitresses Reader Katie sent in this breaking news: a professor from Cornell's Hotel…
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How Republican Is The Country?
This picture tells the story: The percent of seats of the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the Presidency are plotted, starting in the year of the relevant election. I…
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World Cup Predictions Verified
All that was missing was the water for the players to plunge into. Still, referee Howard Webb must be a fan of the aquatic and artistic sport of diving, and…
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M. Night Shyamalan, Mel Gibson, and John Wayne
Part II of the Two-Envelope problem was not too friendly, so here's something that is. Via HotAir, I came across the site Marginal Revolution, in which was featured a graph…
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Everybody Has A Mental Disease: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 5
I am so far Up North that I heard a radio interview with Uncle Ted Nugnet on the best kinds of arrowheads to bring down feral pigs. Internet still only…
You Have To Die Of Something: Cancer Deaths to Double
The morning headline is designed to make you nervous: Cancer deaths to double by 2030: study. "My God!," you reason to yourself before the coffee hits the bloodstream, "That means…
