03 April 2008
Another Home Run From Dr. Sanity
Dr. Pat goes into great detail in her post about the MSM's repeated doom-and-gloom focus on the economy. I've done half-a-dozen posts on this, so I obviously believe it's an important topic. Dr. Pat says many of the same things I have, with a thorough explanation of the psychological mechanisms at work.
Definitely worth reading and bookmarking for those times you run across liberals claiming that we're in a recession and heading for a depression.
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The stories, as well as similar coverage in other publications and on
the newswire, were more subtle than that. But make no mistake — the
message is that the Bush-Republican economy is a calamity of epic
proportions.
Definitely worth reading and bookmarking for those times you run across liberals claiming that we're in a recession and heading for a depression.
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And there are other views, of course:
http://mochassid.blogspot.com/2008/04/interpreting-data-two-people-can-look.html
This gentleman, by the way, is a corporate lawyer for one of the banks in Manhattan, and seems to be a Republican (or at least, he's stated loud and clear that he has no intention of voting for Obama in November).
Posted by: kishnevi at 03 April 2008@18:45:43 (wHThl)
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Republican, Democrat, or Independent doesn't matter if it makes sense. He does make sense. Maybe he should give a seminar for the MSM reporting staffs? btw, I looked through several of his other posts and while he's clearly Jewish (I couldn't understand half the terms he used, lol), I still couldn't tell what his politics are. I know the Democrats count heavily on the Jewish vote, but I know Jews who are conservative too, so I wouldn't put money on it either way.
Him being against Obama isn't necessarily because he's Republican considering the anti-semitic rantings of Pastor Wright. You know, after 7 years of wrongly forecasting economic disaster, the MSM should probably realize that maybe their "gym memberships" are down for a different reason than they originally assumed. The problem is, they never question their own assumptions.
Him being against Obama isn't necessarily because he's Republican considering the anti-semitic rantings of Pastor Wright. You know, after 7 years of wrongly forecasting economic disaster, the MSM should probably realize that maybe their "gym memberships" are down for a different reason than they originally assumed. The problem is, they never question their own assumptions.
Posted by: Stashiu3 at 03 April 2008@19:02:01 (tarqT)
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He posted a couple of months ago that he wouldn't be voting for Obama, although he didn't say who he would be voting for. At any rate, about the time of the NY primary, before the Wright hit the fan.
Don't worry about understanding all the words. I don't get all of them myself. Some are Yiddish, and some are yeshivish. This is a special dialect found only among Orthodox Jews, and consists of using a Talmudic term (not just a Hebrew word, but a Talmudic term with, usually, technical meanings) as often as possible in an English sentence.
To construct a parallel, this would be like you, a nurse, telling a non nurse that whenever the button comes off your shirt, you suture it back on.
BTW, last night I thought I would download the Yoo memorandum from the Washington Post website, so I could parse it.(Remember you asked me if I could find statements ex ore equum from the horse's mouth (better not get yeshivish on you) about Administraiton claims to unlimited power? I figured that would be a good place to look.) Discovered when I read it this morning they only made the first 40 pages available, but made it sound like they were posting the whole memo!
Don't worry about understanding all the words. I don't get all of them myself. Some are Yiddish, and some are yeshivish. This is a special dialect found only among Orthodox Jews, and consists of using a Talmudic term (not just a Hebrew word, but a Talmudic term with, usually, technical meanings) as often as possible in an English sentence.
To construct a parallel, this would be like you, a nurse, telling a non nurse that whenever the button comes off your shirt, you suture it back on.
BTW, last night I thought I would download the Yoo memorandum from the Washington Post website, so I could parse it.(Remember you asked me if I could find statements ex ore equum from the horse's mouth (better not get yeshivish on you) about Administraiton claims to unlimited power? I figured that would be a good place to look.) Discovered when I read it this morning they only made the first 40 pages available, but made it sound like they were posting the whole memo!
Posted by: kishnevi at 04 April 2008@16:06:27 (3nbmf)
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I thought they were posting the whole memo as well. Interesting to say the least. You'd think somebody from one side or the other would be making a big deal out of it.
You can always use Latin here. What I didn't pick up in college, I can ask my 14 year old son... he's taking Latin right now. Besides, Google translator is my friend!
You can always use Latin here. What I didn't pick up in college, I can ask my 14 year old son... he's taking Latin right now. Besides, Google translator is my friend!
Posted by: Stashiu3 at 04 April 2008@16:25:42 (tarqT)
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Went back and found the rest; they hid parts 3 and 4 under an extra click.
Will be sending you an email tomorrow. There are some interesting statements in there. He lays out an argument whose logical result, among other things, is that the UCMJ is unconstitutional, but either he didn't realize what the logic of his argument would end in, or he realized and decided to pretend it didn't. The result is a muddle in some respects. I'll try to explain in the email. Most of the memo is actually a discussion of the law applicable to torture, and it ought to be required reading for anyone interested in that topic. Some blogger or other wondered why it was classified in the first place, and I agree: I don't see anything that needed to be kept secret, and a good deal which would have clarified the torture discussion when it was the hot topic.
Will be sending you an email tomorrow. There are some interesting statements in there. He lays out an argument whose logical result, among other things, is that the UCMJ is unconstitutional, but either he didn't realize what the logic of his argument would end in, or he realized and decided to pretend it didn't. The result is a muddle in some respects. I'll try to explain in the email. Most of the memo is actually a discussion of the law applicable to torture, and it ought to be required reading for anyone interested in that topic. Some blogger or other wondered why it was classified in the first place, and I agree: I don't see anything that needed to be kept secret, and a good deal which would have clarified the torture discussion when it was the hot topic.
Posted by: kishnevi at 04 April 2008@19:57:43 (r8BvQ)
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I can think of two plausible reasons it might have been classified without even having read it. First one, to force al-Qaida to wonder what the policy was. Second one, because these folks love to classify stuff so they feel important (and by these folks, I mean politicians... of all parties).
I'll look forward to the email when you get a chance to send it. If you're interested, we could collaborate on a post about it after giving it a thorough review. I bet that between us we could put together something exceptionally good.
I'll look forward to the email when you get a chance to send it. If you're interested, we could collaborate on a post about it after giving it a thorough review. I bet that between us we could put together something exceptionally good.
Posted by: Stashiu3 at 04 April 2008@20:30:48 (tarqT)
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