Oh, golly gee, this will be a fun edition of Dear Shitferbrains, because not only do we have a genuine climate denier in our the ol' comments queue, we also have a concern troll who accuses us of being fascists, a possible Poe's Law enthusiast (or straightforward lunatic), and a Ben Carson fan. AND MORE!
In the medical community, surgeons are regarded as the "dumb jocks" of physicians. I've known some lovely surgeons, but a disproportionate number of turds as well. The classic joke on the subject is about a doctor whose head gets slammed repeatedly by an elevator door, but the other doctors in the elevator are not alarmed because the guy is a surgeon, and his hands are uninjured.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
That's true. Fieldwork is all about data collection. Beginning the analysis while still in the midst of performing observations (i.e., before all of the data is in) at the very least can result in embarrassment as premature announcements are walked back later. At worst it is a perversion of the scientific method. In the case of ongoing investigations such as Jane Goodall's studies of chimpanzees or say, climate studies (both of which employ ongoing data collection without a set end point) a researcher who makes announcements based on only a small number of observations (prior to or instead of collecting a more valid and logically defensible number) would be guilty of this error. With reference to climate studies, this means that data representing one or two or even ten years' worth of observations (as climate change critics sometimes employ in their arguments) isn't sufficient to support any valid conclusions.
In response to "CarpeVeritater," I just want to say that my high school history classes were pretty much useless, while my college-level (and graduate-level) history classes actually taught me stuff.
My favorite history teacher--Mr Phipps, who taught me freshman-level history in college--regularly came into class and started with the swearing. He didn't try to cover up the bad parts of history, and he certainly kept it accurate. No editing there--especially not of his mouth. (My class notes were filled with his colorful language, and I'm f**king glad to have had him as a teacher.) But when I got to grad school--now THAT was when the brainwashing started. "Oh no, you can't think like that. You have to think like this." "Don't write that. You meant to write this." Joke's on them, though--they taught me how to think like a historian, how to write without using my own moral judgment, and how to give a fat wet shit about actual evidence.
And now I'm brainwashed to think about things objectively and with goddamned sense, but f**k it, I've got "M.A." after my name on business cards.
I've got to believe that "Seize the Spud" was posting with tongue placed firmly in cheek. I think he was attempting to write with a "Colbert-like" flair.
Of course I might be totally off-base and he could just be a douchebag.
These are particularly well-behaved cops and soldiers, who almost always actually pay for what they've agreed to pay for. Even once they sober up.
<i>really, really, really well trained cops</i>
Not to cast aspersions on the Secret Service, but I think this describes pretty accurately the quality and degree of training of cops - as attested to by innumerable recent citizen cell-phone vids of cops stealing money from people, beating people up for nothing, arresting people who diss them, and shooting people in a panic.
As for the Secret Service itself, my understanding is that the staffing has been cut by 500 officers and training also much reduced due to (huge surprise) the Sequester.
Fundamentally, the nature of the Wonkette discourse is indeterminate, such that its interpretive capacity is subject to the conceptual constructs of the Wonker, while the Wonkee is itself a construct, and therefore without interpretive agency. Humor thus derives from the nativist power structures embedded in the dialogic construct.
What? Is <i>so</i> a skill. It comes in incredibly handy.
Wow, I don&#039;t usually click through to insane websites, but that one is AWESOME. I especially enjoy the way everyone is tagged with such racial precision (&quot;Mulatto,&quot; &quot;Negro,&quot; &quot;Mestizo,&quot; &quot;Ashkenazi Jew,&quot; and of course the highly scientific &quot;White European&quot;).
Overall, the site offers much reason to be optimistic. After all, the first 43 Presnits of the USA were White European, but the 44th is Negro. I detect a trend!!!!1!111!!!
In the medical community, surgeons are regarded as the &quot;dumb jocks&quot; of physicians. I&#039;ve known some lovely surgeons, but a disproportionate number of turds as well. The classic joke on the subject is about a doctor whose head gets slammed repeatedly by an elevator door, but the other doctors in the elevator are not alarmed because the guy is a surgeon, and his hands are uninjured.
Not that there&#039;s anything wrong with that.
That&#039;s true. Fieldwork is all about data collection. Beginning the analysis while still in the midst of performing observations (i.e., before all of the data is in) at the very least can result in embarrassment as premature announcements are walked back later. At worst it is a perversion of the scientific method. In the case of ongoing investigations such as Jane Goodall&#039;s studies of chimpanzees or say, climate studies (both of which employ ongoing data collection without a set end point) a researcher who makes announcements based on only a small number of observations (prior to or instead of collecting a more valid and logically defensible number) would be guilty of this error. With reference to climate studies, this means that data representing one or two or even ten years&#039; worth of observations (as climate change critics sometimes employ in their arguments) isn&#039;t sufficient to support any valid conclusions.
We need to ameliorate the damage caused by Shockwave.
That song just makes me think of Breaking Bad now.
In response to &quot;CarpeVeritater,&quot; I just want to say that my high school history classes were pretty much useless, while my college-level (and graduate-level) history classes actually taught me stuff.
My favorite history teacher--Mr Phipps, who taught me freshman-level history in college--regularly came into class and started with the swearing. He didn&#039;t try to cover up the bad parts of history, and he certainly kept it accurate. No editing there--especially not of his mouth. (My class notes were filled with his colorful language, and I&#039;m f**king glad to have had him as a teacher.) But when I got to grad school--now THAT was when the brainwashing started. &quot;Oh no, you can&#039;t think like that. You have to think like this.&quot; &quot;Don&#039;t write that. You meant to write this.&quot; Joke&#039;s on them, though--they taught me how to think like a historian, how to write without using my own moral judgment, and how to give a fat wet shit about actual evidence.
And now I&#039;m brainwashed to think about things objectively and with goddamned sense, but f**k it, I&#039;ve got &quot;M.A.&quot; after my name on business cards.
Napalm. Can&#039;t be too sure.
I learned that professors get tenure and this marvelous thing called a sabbatical. Then I never left.Except for the sabbaticals.
Fucking greenhouses, how do they work?
I&#039;ve got to believe that &quot;Seize the Spud&quot; was posting with tongue placed firmly in cheek. I think he was attempting to write with a &quot;Colbert-like&quot; flair.
Of course I might be totally off-base and he could just be a douchebag.
These are particularly well-behaved cops and soldiers, who almost always actually pay for what they&#039;ve agreed to pay for. Even once they sober up.
<i>really, really, really well trained cops</i>
Not to cast aspersions on the Secret Service, but I think this describes pretty accurately the quality and degree of training of cops - as attested to by innumerable recent citizen cell-phone vids of cops stealing money from people, beating people up for nothing, arresting people who diss them, and shooting people in a panic.
As for the Secret Service itself, my understanding is that the staffing has been cut by 500 officers and training also much reduced due to (huge surprise) the Sequester.
<i>Some</i>one has been watching too much Game of Thrones.
I learned how to do this on any topic:
Fundamentally, the nature of the Wonkette discourse is indeterminate, such that its interpretive capacity is subject to the conceptual constructs of the Wonker, while the Wonkee is itself a construct, and therefore without interpretive agency. Humor thus derives from the nativist power structures embedded in the dialogic construct.
What? Is <i>so</i> a skill. It comes in incredibly handy.
Not to mention South Carolina&#039;s latest tourist attraction, the Savannah River nuclear waste storage site.
But I always thought North Carolina was the smart Carolina. Go figure.
Wow, I don&#039;t usually click through to insane websites, but that one is AWESOME. I especially enjoy the way everyone is tagged with such racial precision (&quot;Mulatto,&quot; &quot;Negro,&quot; &quot;Mestizo,&quot; &quot;Ashkenazi Jew,&quot; and of course the highly scientific &quot;White European&quot;).
Overall, the site offers much reason to be optimistic. After all, the first 43 Presnits of the USA were White European, but the 44th is Negro. I detect a trend!!!!1!111!!!
Wait. Are you actually Biff?