I respect Nate Silver as much as anyone (well, maybe not as much as Fnarf), but just a couple of weeks ago he was predicting a New England/Seattle Super Bowl. I think his math models may need a lot more fine tuning when it comes to predicting team effort and results vs. team potential.
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I'd never heard of the guy before he made the news last night, but isn't it unusual for vets to essentially boast about their kills the way he did--at least so publicly? People usually use words like "the mission" or "my service," don't they?
First time I've heard of a national corporation declaring for one team over the other!
Item number...TWO!
Has anyone noticed that even big news organizations are paying less attention to editing. Not only are grammatically incorrect sentences allowed in articles on ABC News, CNN, and others, but sometimes the words come out absurd (the way someone dashing off a comment might write):
Example:
“The group recently put out a report card on the nation’s schools, where just two states – Louisiana and Florida – earning the highest grades, with B-minuses.”
The story that intrigued me today was the popular reception received by French President, Francois Hollande in Mali by civilians. While the verdict is still out, it seems likely that the Islamicist Rebels will be removed. This is another exercise of French power/intervention in one of their former colonies. This one may go well.
@3 Ha ha. Still funny. I think I'm the only one who's noticing. Yesterday was lesbians. Today it's gays. Tomorrow bisexuals? That one's harder. You're running out either way.
I'd never heard of the guy before he made the news last night, but isn't it unusual for vets to essentially boast about their kills the way he did--at least so publicly? People usually use words like "the mission" or "my service," don't they?
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=…
First time I've heard of a national corporation declaring for one team over the other!
Item number...TWO!
Has anyone noticed that even big news organizations are paying less attention to editing. Not only are grammatically incorrect sentences allowed in articles on ABC News, CNN, and others, but sometimes the words come out absurd (the way someone dashing off a comment might write):
Example:
“The group recently put out a report card on the nation’s schools, where just two states – Louisiana and Florida – earning the highest grades, with B-minuses.”
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/201…
Like Zoe Barnes (House of Cards) editor (she leaves the pseudo Washington Post to work at a pseudo Politico, Gen Mmmie blog) says, get it out fast...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCOMSlPZz…
(and yes, I know lye =/= bleach)