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Congratulations Again Democrats
Good for you Mr President, you won. Huzzah. Thank Sandy? The Senate stayed blue; turned bluer, even. My only advice is not to run the money-printing presses the full twenty-four…
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The Final Polls & Predictions: What’s The Difference Between Polls And Models?
There are two ways to forecast the election: polls and models. Polls are easy: go out and ask who will vote for whom, tally the results, and print 'em. As…
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Nobody Called Mitt Romney Stupid
Three years ago in a speech on military matters, President Obama, reading from his ever-present teleprompter, several times mispronounced the word corpsman as corpse-man. (I don't expect you to believe…
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How Presidential Polls Work: D+7 or R-3 And All That
Unleash the polls! No, I don't mean the men who bravely served under Grand Duke of Lithuania Władysław II Jagiełło (free bad joke of the day!), but those election omens…
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Women Do Not Have A Right To Do Whatever They Want With Their Bodies
Over the weekend Yours Truly tweeted this: https://twitter.com/mattstat/status/262583368246497280 Within five minutes of posting, I lost seven Twitter followers, people presumably displeased with the entry. Since this is me, I first…
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Nate Silver’s Obama Prediction: What Does It Mean?
It was Sophocles who first noted the truism, "No one loves the messenger who brings bad news." But the converse is also true. As it is written (in Romans 10:15),…
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The Downside Of Technology: Being On Call 24/7—Guest Post by The Blonde Bombshell (with pic!)
Let me first say that I am a modest person with a modest existence. I have a job, which is nothing special, but I do it well. I have a…
