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LOL, accusing us of ignoring the facts

KW in the tabloid tribune today brushed aside the JG rumors, for what its worth.

happy its back!

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Jan 6, 2009 -> 10:43 PM) I do like the use of applied statistics and web site design. I also like an advanced artificial intelligence algorithms written by collegues of mine, but that doesn't mean they are a go to source for everything. WSJ factless editorials, on the other hand...gold

You've said that you like 538.com, that's why I used it. It's certainly less biased and more thought out than the editorial section of the wall street journal.

they've been reporting falsities. Continue using them.

thanks Bsqwert

QUOTE (chwhtsox @ Jan 6, 2009 -> 10:13 PM) I can't find the entry form, anyone got a link? yeah me neither. I just registered at the site thinking I'd get an email. but I forgot that goes to mlb.com and anyways I couldn't find it on the site. nothing like tricking people!

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/01/did...their-fact.html

Well, being a student, I signed up.

When i worked at the copy desk, I tried to put as many double entendres as I could. Only once did they yell at me. And by yell of course I mean just asked me to change it. I was very proud of my time at the copy desk.

my TPM obligatory, pro Obama copy paste. per TPM blog (talkingpointsmemo.com): And from a career intel professional ... I have 29 years of experience in the intel business both in government and as a consultant / contractor to the government. I recently retired after those 29 years as a Navy Captain (Intel). I have served with many in the "national intel community" and served on the WMD commission in 2004-05. This is my cred, now for my comment. I think there is a lot more here than is being said. I believe that Feinstein did not want someone like Panetta who has a large and independent power base and network. If you get a career guy they are a lot easier to isolate and move around. Panetta has been around for a long time and has his own network. I actually think that it is a good choice. He knows how intelligence needs to be presented to the President - that is the critical issue here. I do not discount the notion that many in the CIA feel slighted by the creation of the DNI and not being the "premier" agency anymore, at least when one looks at the totem pole. But if you look at the PDB more than 80% of the product still originates from the DI. It is the gold standard of intelligence agencies, both here and abroad. As a old colleague once said to me: there are a lot of jewels in the crown of the United States government but there are only a few large critical ones: CIA DI, NASA, NIH, State; that is where the intellectual might of the government is. The issue is not intell guy or non-intell guy. The big issue for Blair and Panetta is strategic or tactical orientation. We are fighting two wars and the warfighter always screams they don't have enough intel or enough of anything for that matter. The dice are so loaded for support to the warfighter that critical strategic intelligence for the President and other senior leaders goes wanting due to time constraints on collection assets. We need a significant re-orientation away from tactical support by CIA and other National agencies and back to their primary mission - direct intelligence support to the President. The last 15 years have seen an explosion of tactical intelligence capability with the advent of UAVs (which DoD fought against for so long due to the fighter pilot mentality). National systems need to be re-oriented to national priorities and away from tactical or operational desires of the warfighter. I think the Panetta selection is another indication of the change coming. I was concerned that the selection of Jones as National Security Advisor and Blair as DNI underscored the great concern that I have about the militarization of intelligence. The selection of Panetta, with a much wider and deeper power base than either of them, makes me hopeful in this regard. Panetta is a skilled operator, he knows how to get things done. He knows how to get a budget approved and to make the wheels of government work. He will be a force - both in the Administration and on the Hill -- much larger than any career guy could be. This is good. It gives the CIA the opportunity to re-create itself within the current structure.

QUOTE (LosMediasBlancas @ Jan 3, 2009 -> 10:50 PM) OK fellow music geeks, I need your help. In the trailer for 'Revolutionary Road', the song is "Wild Is The Wind" originally done by Nina Simone. Many people have done versions of it, who did the one in this trailer? If you look up the film's soundtrack, the song is not listed. The voice is so familiar. http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/revol...ry-road/trailer While I have a strong feeling I'm incorrect, I feel like it is Antony from Antony and the Johnsons.

To be fair, the speed of pryor was a huge help in negating the texas pass rush. He got out of many sacks that, at least Boeckman, but most QBs wouldn't avoid.

Paul had by far the best use of internet fundraising. I doubt that was an 08 fad. It's clearly going to be the future of political fundraising, they'd be foolish to ignore it.

nonetheless, it's not like Richardson was unqualified.

did aaron crow not sign or something?

You have to be fairly impressed, though, that the democrats actually coined a phrase that stuck.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jan 2, 2009 -> 08:07 AM) i think that OSU is still the better team than Penn State, for what it's worth...but neither are dominant teams as for me, i'm happy to see Florida instead of USC as a Sooners fan...USC/Carroll already beat us once in a game we were supposed to win, but this offense against OU should be able to put up 50-60 on Florida, the only question is how many points the defense will give up, although they showed some signs of waking up late in the season Stoops' defense have done nothing in bowl games of late to give me confidence it can stop one as good as floridas.

well when your second best team is getting beat by another conferences second best team ... it speaks somethin. That said I don't like Colt McCoy and he may well suck. The Texas d-line will decide that game, if they decide to play.

That doesn't really matter in the big 12.

haha, do you all remember how poisonous that 94 strike was? My dad didn't watch a single game until Ripken broke the streak, then he took another few years off. edit: so my point is that isn't a great analogy.

I don't think the sox are going to be the only team with attendence issues this year, anyways.

that hit on Robinson when he swept to the outside nearly broke him in half.

I don't know if Maclin will be anything more than a Bernard Berrian-fly receiver, but I don't think you should judge one game where fat face chase couldn't hit a barn door as an example of Maclin "not making a play". Besides the fact that him and coffman were clearly our entire offense, Maclin had a beautiful catch that he couldn't get his foot down in the end zone because taco man threw too far outside, and in his career I've said "wow" to him more than any other MIzzou player in my 4 years. And it's not just because his speed. His career was only 2 years though, keep in mind. I don't know how Maclin will be in the NFL, frankly picking who will be a good receiver in the NFL is hard. This past decade I've seen sure thing after sure thing not only suck, but be out of the league in a few years. I would think that Dez Bryant would be that prototype first rounder that just doesn't pan out for whatever reason. He's tall, good speed, great hands - all the attributes I've seen busts have. Sarcasm. Maclin will at least be useful in special teams, so that's a plus for him. He'd be fun on the dolphins, I think.