The Oldiesfreak Deluge of Absurdity, Ignorance, and Bad Posts III

[Oldiesfreak1854]

I didn't know Rudy Giuliani was part of al-Qaeda...

[Morning in Atlas]

Yuck on all the establishment GOP when the the Tea Party kids would landslide.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

I didn't know Rudy Giuliani was part of al-Qaeda...

...you don't get the point of that image at all.

[Morning in Atlas]

I didn't know Rudy Giuliani was part of al-Qaeda...

[badgate]

I didn't know Rudy Giuliani was part of al-Qaeda...

Actually I think

[Morning in Atlas]

I didn't know Rudy Giuliani was part of al-Qaeda...

Actually I think

The picture is:

1. Out of context.
2. From The Onion.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I invite them to go ahead -- it's not that terrible of a proposal and the aid that'll be provided to Republican efforts in 2014 is inestimable.

Yes an unelected body like the FDA banning trans fat is going to be a HUGE issue in the midterms.

[Oakvale]

That Vosem post is the kind of beautifully bizarre Atlas thinking that reminds me of someone suggesting that Harry Reid might lose because Democrats would vote tactically to elect Angle so that she'd embarrass Republicans or something.

[SteveRogers]

What are your thoughts on the trans fat ban, t_host?

Is that about the transparency of Obamas' spending, his budget and sequester stuff that the Baggers of TEA are bagging?

It's about a ban on trans fats.

 Is Trans Fat an oxymoron? What do you call something that has exactly the same definitional tactical use that produce bad outcomes yet are of two completely different venues of satisfaction? The correlation between the consumption, in quantities, of a trans-fat and a fiat currency are strikingly similar with one small difference; trans- fat comes to pass with 1 indulgent being responsible, fiat currency consumption is with more than 1 indulgent indenturing others forever.
 
Which is of a choice that is bad for you in your next life?

 I don’t see any differences in the position to ban trans-fat consumption and the consumption of governmental pork accept for one small thing again, one position can kill you for non-compliant.

Which shoot to kill order from the Communist regime of Obama be first, the baker refusing to change his 100 year family recipe or said family refusing to submit to Obamacare?

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Would you like a cheeseburger?

[Gustaf]

What is "The Bell Curve?" Its a name I hear thrown around a lot but never have bothered to look up.

1990s scientific racism. Minorities and other poors are poor because they have low IQs.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

What is "The Bell Curve?" Its a name I hear thrown around a lot but never have bothered to look up.

1990s scientific racism. Minorities and other poors are poor because they have low IQs.

I think thats what the book said, not Memphis. Thats how I read it at least.

[Lief 🗽]

[Obama] was in danger of losing. Michael Barone who never missed a state until the last election had Romney at 315. The only poll that matters is Election Day.

[Pheurton Skeurto]

[Obama] was in danger of losing. Michael Barone who never missed a state until the last election had Romney at 315. The only poll that matters is Election Day.

Anyone who says this does not belong on this website.

[Tetro Kornbluth]

What is "The Bell Curve?" Its a name I hear thrown around a lot but never have bothered to look up.

1990s scientific racism. Minorities and other poors are poor because they have low IQs.

?

Why is this here?

[DC Al Fine]

What is "The Bell Curve?" Its a name I hear thrown around a lot but never have bothered to look up.

1990s scientific racism. Minorities and other poors are poor because they have low IQs.

?

Why is this here?

Presumably because Gustaf feels that's an unfair characterization of the book.

[Tetro Kornbluth]

What is "The Bell Curve?" Its a name I hear thrown around a lot but never have bothered to look up.

1990s scientific racism. Minorities and other poors are poor because they have low IQs.

?

Why is this here?

Presumably because Gustaf feels that's an unfair characterization of the book.

But that is the argument of the book. Quite openly.

[Gustaf]

What is "The Bell Curve?" Its a name I hear thrown around a lot but never have bothered to look up.

1990s scientific racism. Minorities and other poors are poor because they have low IQs.

?

Why is this here?

Presumably because Gustaf feels that's an unfair characterization of the book.

But that is the argument of the book. Quite openly.

Haha, ok, there were too many steps to get to the original thread so I misread the situation. From the post by Sanchez I assumed that it was in reference to the concept of the bell curve and not the specific use of it for IQ and race. I think that application of it is a lot more known in some circles - 95% of the time I hear bell curve it's just what it is.

So, sorry...I retract the original posting.

[Tetro Kornbluth]

What is "The Bell Curve?" Its a name I hear thrown around a lot but never have bothered to look up.

1990s scientific racism. Minorities and other poors are poor because they have low IQs.

?

Why is this here?

Presumably because Gustaf feels that's an unfair characterization of the book.

But that is the argument of the book. Quite openly.

Haha, ok, there were too many steps to get to the original thread so I misread the situation. From the post by Sanchez I assumed that it was in reference to the concept of the bell curve and not the specific use of it for IQ and race. I think that application of it is a lot more known in some circles - 95% of the time I hear bell curve it's just what it is.

So, sorry...I retract the original posting.

When you type 'The Bell Curve' into wikipedia you get this

[Хahar 🤔]

First, people who abstain until marriage are generally less attractive.

Cite?

They have to stay married because they don't have other options.

Cite?

I'm not citing any empirical data.  I'm just using my knowledge of the world and deductive reasoning. 

Think about this:  People have conscious explanations for their behavior.  I don't steal because it's wrong and the Bible says so, for example.  Easy to say when there are external reasons not to steal like potential punishment or not knowing how to pick a lock.  But, what if that person had tons of easy opportunities every day to steal without any chance of getting caught.  You better believe they're more likely to steal. 

The same goes for sex.  Some people have tons of opportunities to have sex with someone they find attractive.  Take a high SES status, attractive white man living in Manhattan as an example.  They have millions of options.  I bet you that they aren't waiting until marriage.  In contrast, take a poor, ugly, Mexican-American man from Yuma, Arizona.  Not much of a singles scene there and most of the single American women aren't looking for a poor, ugly Mexican dude.  Potentially, he's going to abstain from sex by default.

Then, imagine that both men are married.  Is the guy who found the one woman in Yuma willing to settle for him going to get divorced?  Who has more options to cheat?  Who has the potential to trade up to a more compatible wife? 

[opebo]

That was a good post.  Everyone knows ones marketability effects ones behavior.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

That was a good post.  Everyone knows ones marketability effects ones behavior.

But not everyone knows the difference between "affect" and "effect".

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

That was a good post.  Everyone knows ones marketability effects ones behavior.

But not everyone knows the difference between "affect" and "effect".

I think effect is the right word from opebo's worldview.

[Lief 🗽]

Yeah either word could be correct depending on what opebo meant to say, I'm pretty sure.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

too much government

IT'S MAH RAHT TO EAT POISON IN MY FOOD!!!

I'm all about being healthy, but I like freedom and the constitution more.

Don't you know, there's a constitutional right to trans fat!