As Germany aims to remove all nuclear power plants in a decade or so, Japan can't rule it out.
I don't blame them, they can't generate power in mayn ways on an island so small and so full of people, and more importantly, so few in natural resources.
So is that it then? Back to nuclear and crossing the fingers till the next disaster?
Well for some reason nobody is paying attention to the technology of thorium plants. Maybe it's the nuclear lobby?
Check out what this ex-NASA employee has to say:
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
Econometrics and the Death Penalty
Relevance?
Quite a bit.
Any economist will tell you that polls and stats are irrelevant.
Like the 'fact' that 5 out of every 10 stats are made up including this one.
Truth be told any data set can be manipulated to deliver support for any conclusion. You have your opinion then you massage a data set to reveal the results you want. It's not dishonest, it's just possible.
This paper puts into question the methods of derving support, among other things, for the death penalty. Of particular interest in this paper is the WSJ 2007 article that correlated data with death penalties and # of lives saved.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1816542
Quite a bit.
Any economist will tell you that polls and stats are irrelevant.
Like the 'fact' that 5 out of every 10 stats are made up including this one.
Truth be told any data set can be manipulated to deliver support for any conclusion. You have your opinion then you massage a data set to reveal the results you want. It's not dishonest, it's just possible.
This paper puts into question the methods of derving support, among other things, for the death penalty. Of particular interest in this paper is the WSJ 2007 article that correlated data with death penalties and # of lives saved.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1816542
Monday, May 16, 2011
Follow the Evidence!
It bemuses me how politicians will only do what's convenient rather than what's supported by evidence.
I guess I should be surprised. Nor should the electorate when something stupid goes down.
take Canada for instance. Their crime rate has decreased around 15% in the past ten years. http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/07/20/14765636.html
The response from the newly elected Conservative government (think mini-republicans)?
Increase spending for new prisons. The prison budget increases 20%. As well, Canada being 10% the size of America population wise, they will go ahead and purchase new F35 fighter jets. Spending that is a low estimate of the actual cost. The cash could pay down about 15% of the Canadian debt........http://www.canadians.org/campaignblog/?p=7820
Talk about a problem with priorities.
Not that we're any better.
I guess I should be surprised. Nor should the electorate when something stupid goes down.
take Canada for instance. Their crime rate has decreased around 15% in the past ten years. http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/07/20/14765636.html
The response from the newly elected Conservative government (think mini-republicans)?
Increase spending for new prisons. The prison budget increases 20%. As well, Canada being 10% the size of America population wise, they will go ahead and purchase new F35 fighter jets. Spending that is a low estimate of the actual cost. The cash could pay down about 15% of the Canadian debt........http://www.canadians.org/campaignblog/?p=7820
Talk about a problem with priorities.
Not that we're any better.
Friday, April 22, 2011
White Republicans to Get more Republican
As if it's possible! But the trends with demographics in the country point to an increase cultural diversity. Some findings pointing to non-white typically voting with a slant to the Dems, and existing Republicans going further right.
However, young Republicans don't seem to be going with their older counterparts. young white voters are more Democratic.
Let's see how this shapes up in 2012.
However, young Republicans don't seem to be going with their older counterparts. young white voters are more Democratic.
Let's see how this shapes up in 2012.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
So left you're wrong
A demonstration that American politics consists of two parties that are slight left of center and slightly right of center and little to the extremes came amidst some comments from South American leaders who sit way on the other side of the spectrum (the left side).
http://www.examiner.com/law-enforcement-in-national/obama-blasted-by-latin-america-s-leftist-leaders
Hugo isn't so happy with the Obama administration, hoping for a bit better.
I guess you can't win.
But then again, I doubt you should listen much to what Chavez has to say.
http://www.examiner.com/law-enforcement-in-national/obama-blasted-by-latin-america-s-leftist-leaders
Hugo isn't so happy with the Obama administration, hoping for a bit better.
I guess you can't win.
But then again, I doubt you should listen much to what Chavez has to say.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Republicans Lie, Again
It's all about the right wing agenda.
Three months ago Republicans hit the House with majority and say it's all going to be about jobs, after all that's what's holding this country back.
JOBS.
Did they ram through any legislation to help jobs?
No.
But as this article laments, they have created rules for the IRS to ask anyone audited if they've had an abortion. Good win you idiots. (hey do dudes need to naswer the same question?)
http://www.tax.com/taxcom/taxblog.nsf/Permalink/UBEN-8FDJWG?OpenDocument
Three months ago Republicans hit the House with majority and say it's all going to be about jobs, after all that's what's holding this country back.
JOBS.
Did they ram through any legislation to help jobs?
No.
But as this article laments, they have created rules for the IRS to ask anyone audited if they've had an abortion. Good win you idiots. (hey do dudes need to naswer the same question?)
http://www.tax.com/taxcom/taxblog.nsf/Permalink/UBEN-8FDJWG?OpenDocument
Credit Card Scam
If you've every tried to start a business then you know that in order to accept credit cards you take a hit of between 2-4% that goes directly to the merchant (VISA or MASTERCARD).
Why?
Because they want 12 billion in profits a year.
And if they have their way, legislators will let die a bill that will prevent the ridiculous fee.
That's 12 billion back to consumers BTW (or 12 billion in the pockets of businesses).
Regardless, unscrupulous and unreasonable charges from banks have brought them billions. They don't want to give it up for no other reason than greed. Pathetic.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/mar/30/banking-creditcards
Why?
Because they want 12 billion in profits a year.
And if they have their way, legislators will let die a bill that will prevent the ridiculous fee.
That's 12 billion back to consumers BTW (or 12 billion in the pockets of businesses).
Regardless, unscrupulous and unreasonable charges from banks have brought them billions. They don't want to give it up for no other reason than greed. Pathetic.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/mar/30/banking-creditcards
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