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- Where do you buy your WOW Gold?: At the Midway Market.
- God is: the Creator, but of existence, not nitty-gritty watchmaker. Not a policeman either.
- What song do you want played at your funeral?: Emerson Lake and Palmer's cover of "Jerusalem"
- What's your biggest grammatical pet peeve?: it's vs. its
1:37 PM
venomlash commented on New Gun Enthusiast....
venomlash commented on New Gun Enthusiast....
Oh no, tax dollars being used to fund bad methodology. That's what the application process is for! Outright BANNING research in a field is generally Not A Good Thing. Because of the NRA, public funding could not be used to assess the effectiveness of different kinds of gun control to see if they actually help or hurt the gun violence situation.
If gun control didn't actually work, you'd think the NRA would be okay with research into it, since it would support their argument. What is the NRA afraid of?
If gun control didn't actually work, you'd think the NRA would be okay with research into it, since it would support their argument. What is the NRA afraid of?
1:31 PM
venomlash commented on Slog Bible Study: Revelation 1:9.
venomlash commented on Slog Bible Study: Revelation 1:9.
@19: He creates and sustains the universe in all its splendor, from generation to generation fulfilling His work. Why do you ask?
10:14 AM
venomlash commented on Slog Bible Study: Revelation 1:9.
venomlash commented on Slog Bible Study: Revelation 1:9.
Feh, now the Christians think they know about suffering. This from the religion who had one guy do all the repentance to absolve all of them.
8:12 AM
venomlash commented on New Gun Enthusiast....
venomlash commented on New Gun Enthusiast....
The NRA got Congress to ban any federally-funded research on guns. That alone tells me they're part of the problem.
8:09 AM
venomlash commented on America Doesn't Care About Black People.
venomlash commented on America Doesn't Care About Black People.
@69: I'm not from Seattle. I'm a Chicago boy.
Raw data don't mean shit when you're looking at highly complex systems with loads of confounding variables. If you want to pick one effect out of the mix, you HAVE to control for the other variables, which usually means normalizing for them (unless you want to set up a case-control study). You're mistaking statistical rigor for zealotry.
Raw data don't mean shit when you're looking at highly complex systems with loads of confounding variables. If you want to pick one effect out of the mix, you HAVE to control for the other variables, which usually means normalizing for them (unless you want to set up a case-control study). You're mistaking statistical rigor for zealotry.
11:05 PM yesterday
venomlash commented on America Doesn't Care About Black People.
venomlash commented on America Doesn't Care About Black People.
@63, 64: I look at numbers. I just don't take them at face value. I know better than that.
11:48 AM yesterday
venomlash commented on America Doesn't Care About Black People.
venomlash commented on America Doesn't Care About Black People.
@61: NORMALIZE BY SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS YOU MORON.
Poor people are overwhelmingly more likely to commit crimes. Blacks are more likely to be poor than whites. (Why is this? Centuries of institutionalized racism and the destruction of cultural unity.) Stop hiding behind your ignorance of confounding variables and just admit you're bigoted.
And if you want to make a point, I'd use statistics about a crime that actually gets reported to the police more often than not.
Poor people are overwhelmingly more likely to commit crimes. Blacks are more likely to be poor than whites. (Why is this? Centuries of institutionalized racism and the destruction of cultural unity.) Stop hiding behind your ignorance of confounding variables and just admit you're bigoted.
And if you want to make a point, I'd use statistics about a crime that actually gets reported to the police more often than not.
11:28 AM yesterday
venomlash commented on The Best of Slog: A Week of Poor People, Bigots, and Failed Candidates.
venomlash commented on The Best of Slog: A Week of Poor People, Bigots, and Failed Candidates.
@1: I know that Ronnie and Mabel are on that list somewhere. Did you see them on the beach or in NYC?
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