Tuesday 30 April 2013

April Review 2013 - Deputy Mayor Davis-Dagg Newsletter

Very green!


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The iPhone Is About To Get A 'Radical' Post-Steve Jobs Look, And It Could Be 'Unsettling' - Business Insider

Oh fart! How stupid could that be...  I am already unsettled and thinking of switching back to Microsoft / HP?


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Brian Stelter Of The Future Of NBC - Business Insider



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CHART OF THE DAY: Macs Vs iPads - Business Insider

This is an obvious attempt by Blackberry CEO to deflect Apple from its winning course. It won't work because ...


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Study: Background Music Prevents Bullying on the Playground



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Great White Hoax: Chael Sonnen, Racial Coding, and the UFC

Oops!


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Study: Men Struggle to Read Emotions in Women's Eyes

So that is the reason!


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For Children, TV Commercials Are a Catalyst to Materialism -

Really?


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Why Americans Are the Weirdest People in the World

Oh! You thought wrong?


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Genetic Evidence of Yoga’s Impact on the Immune System -

Now Anne, my yoga teacher, has the upper hand in the pathway to health! Kundalini rules?


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Genetic Evidence of Yoga’s Impact on the Immune System -



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Quailing Before the Messy Business of Science

Are younger policy makers more sophisticated than their predecessors used to be?


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A Discernible Human Influence: Stephen Schneider and Climate Change

Ben Santer?


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Republican Global Warming Skeptics Believe in Climate Change?



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Emotional Reactions of Atheists May Reveal Echoes of Belief -



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The Surprising Science Behind Hoarding



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The Next Turning Point For Apple Isn't Going To Be A Device - Business Insider

Itchy scratchy?


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10 Most Socially Advanced Countries - Business Insider

Stephen Harper are you paying attention?


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Nate Silver London School Of Economics - Business Insider

Very good at picking out noise!


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Columbia University Common App Essays - Business Insider



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Billionaire Buffett's Advice To An Investing Class - Business Insider

And, so say all of us!


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Did Bill Clinton's Budgets Really Destroy the American Economy? - Forbes

A Whelan analysis!


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When Nassim Taleb Attacks - Forbes

Why? Oh why, does it occur to anyone that a well trained economist might be wrong. He has been trained to think he is master of his art! The important word is art!  The idea that economics could be anywhere close to science is really a problem!



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Forbes » Contributor Profile » Karl Whelan

We can't all be perfect Karl!


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Taleb Targets The Economic Establishment - Business Insider

Wow! As an economist, I would regard Taleb as doing very useful work if he says he is targeting poor work by established economists, and he should obviously be given thumbs up credit for trying. 

Really good economists have, however, realised long before Taleb that it's a question of theory matching a nonlinear hard to describe reality that is continuously evolving.  Much of our economic problem has nothing to do with economic analysis, but statistical collection and historical assessment!

In a world where economic decisions are largely made in secret, much theory is purely guesswork!

Taleb has to consider that a science as complex and uncertain as economics is going to be highly schooled. There are schools of thought in economics and Taleb might begin reading Schumpeter's history of economic thought. If he read about half of Schumpeter's work, he would realise that macro economics was a non-starter as soon as it tried to capture the essence of evolving non linear economies through static largely linear economic models.

In reality, economics like painting and horticulture is an art with a little science to help it out.

Thanks for trying help Taleb, no one's perfect!


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Monday 29 April 2013

Climate Change Scientist Calls Canadian Conservatives 'Neanderthal'

Very apt description of many, but hopefully not all otherwise Canada is leading the world the wrong direction totally!


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Justin Trudeau Ad Sees 'Teacher' Respond To Tory Attacks (VIDEO)



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Sun News : Harper showing real leadership

I somehow doubt the Sun's analysis, but for those with weak analytic skills it is a place to practice being skeptical!


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Did Obama and Cameron also 'commit sociology'? - Politics - CBC News



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Hassan Arif: Why Going Green Could Put Trudeau In Power



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Liberals accuse Conservatives of breaking laws with Justin Trudeau attack ads



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Terrorist's Secret



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Secret court in control of a £2billion fortune: It holds the assets of 16,000 vulnerable people - but pays them paltry interest | Mail Online



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The 28-Year-Old Who Caught the Excel Error Heard Round the World - In These Times



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Lean Socialist - In These Times



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New Order: British Art Today, at the Saatchi Gallery: this new order is far from sensational - Reviews - Art - The Independent



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How Long-Term Unemployment Could Help Your Career - Careers Articles

Cool advice to offset miseries!


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Unemployment fraud costing Uncle Sam $3.3B, study shows - Business on NBCNews.com



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Student Loan Bubble Cracks With Pulled Sallie Mae Bond Deal | Zero Hedge

Oops!


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The American Higher Education Bubble



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XINHUANEWS - Global Financial Crisis



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Investors warned: diversify before carbon bubble bursts - Xinhua | English.news.cn



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Britain's cycling infrastructure - Guardian Witness

Britain could learn a lot from the Netherlands!


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Carbon bubble makes Australia's coal industry ripe 'for financial implosion' | Environment | guardian.co.uk



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4 Newfound Reasons Why You Should Have Sex More Often



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Does Gluten Free Mean Instant Weight Loss? Beyond Diet

Not exactly?


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Beyond Diet's Gluten Free Weight Loss Diet and Healthy Meal Plans | Beyond Diet

It is so difficult to negotiate the minefield of processed foods!


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Huge North Korea Military Exercise - Business Insider



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Samsung Galaxy S4 Video Review - Business Insider

Not so cool?


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Americans Won't Trade Freedom For Security - Business Insider



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Vitter Brown Too Big To Fail Bill - Business Insider

Have they read David Stockman's book!


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S&P On Brown Vitter - Business Insider

S&P is wrong?


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Holy cow! Ken Langone Paul Krugman Rant - Business Insider

Ken Langone is very rich in relative terms.  What is unfortunate is that he is very very lucky and fortunate. When he criticises economists like Krugman and then says he does not know what Krugman is talking about, he Is reflecting the fact that economics in the modern world are driven by location, location, location, and chance. Luck really does dominate!

Lucky people often think they are smart, but all too often it is that they are given or just happen to land on a great location then develop a strategy and extend their lead. This is reflected in the board game Monopoly and is a fact of life that economists such as Krugman are faced with. As in monopoly, if you increase the 'go' payout you also increase the rental earned by those in good locations. The trick really is in the fortune deck to increase the number of 'go straight to jail's and to increase the taxes on property. No monopoly is not fair. 

What is important is the role of government, legal and other interventions to bring about the balance that the stupid and worthless American constitution fails to bring about naturally. It goes so far then fails miserably to be a means to address major economic, social, military, migration, religious, policing, freedom and legislative issues. The founders of America were not brilliant nor foresightful. 

They created a madhouse economy that resembles a mad hatters tea party monopoly game that makes it too easy for some groups of players to dominate and think they are so almighty smart, etc.

Let the Krugmans of this world change the rules to even out the outcome! The American constitution as it stands is too much a lottery and prone to inequity! Change the rules of h game and change the American constitution, because as it stands it is ruining my breakfast!


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Sketches from scratches is a provocative blogspot that has grown out of the Wuh Lax experience. It is eclectic, which means that it might consider just about anything from the simple to the extremely difficult. A scratch can be something that is troubling me or a short line on paper. From a scratch comes a verbal sketch or image sketch of the issue or subject. Other sites have other stuff that should really be of interest to the broad reader. I try to develop themes, but variety often comes before depth. ... more!