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R Lectures
R Lectures from wmbriggs.com This is the homepage for the links to all of the R lectures. Look for this on the main page under Statistics. Each lecture is followed…
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What Do Barney Miller and IPCC chief Rajendra Pachauri Have In Common?
In 1977, on the Barney Miller episode "Blizzard"---for those under 40: a cop sitcom---a man who was poking people with a sharp stick was arrested. The man wanted to bring…
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Astroturfing Explosion: Who Did It?
Somebody---or some bodies---have been planting pro-Obama stories at newspapers all over the world. The pen names of that body are Ellie Light, Mark Spivey, Gloria Elle, and Jan Chen. That…
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Pajamas Media—Good: Nuclear Doomsday Clock Turned Back; Bad: Board Didn’t Factor In Iran
Today's post is at Pajamas Media: Good: Nuclear Doomsday Clock Turned Back; Bad: Board Didn't Factor In Iran As always, thanks to the editors, particularly David Steinberg and Aaron Hanscom,…
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Proof That There Are Too Many Lawyers?
Most lawyers are like the opportunistic infections that attack the weakened immune system of heroin addicts. You can scrape off the scabs that encrust the skin, but if you don't…
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Pajamas Media: Actually, Weather Is Climate
Today's post is at Pajamas Media: Actually, Weather Is Climate Once again, thanks to the editors David Steinberg and Aaron Hanscom for coming up with a title and a tagline.…
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Army Defers to NGO, Signs Treaty
The "U.S. Army and The Conservation Fund to Sign National Memorandum of Understanding." If you hurry, you can be there to witness the treaty signing by the "Honorable Jo-Ellen Darcy,…
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How To Use A Poll To Predict Election Winners
The Scott Brown, Martha Coakley race is over. The results are not surprising nor undesirable. This is because anybody who dares call another---close your eyes if you cannot stand foul…
