This is one of those subjects which tends to inspire a bit of "you're not a parent so you don't understand." Which I sympathize with, some, but not when it comes attached to some barely disguised version of "Daddy can't handle the thought of his darling daughter having sex."
Teens are going to have sex. Many of them are having sex a much younger age than people like to imagine. I'm not sure why. People started having sex pretty early when I was a teen, and they probably did when you were teens too. Lots of 9th and 10th graders have sex. So, uh, deal with it.
Thursday, December 08, 2011
Does It Matter Much?
It's actually a serious question. With the magic 60 vote threshold for anything, does it matter much if we have 52 Dem senators or 48?
Fresh Thread
Busy with some things. Keep me me informed about any new exciting plans to give rich people free money over the next hour or two.
Operation Blame Yurp
It's amazing how frequently these "private" comments appear in the paper.
Obviously at the moment any negative shock to the economy would be bad, but... our problems are not the fault of Yurp. It is not "the single most important factor that will determine Mr. Obama’s re-election chances."
Publicly, Obama administration officials talk only about the economic consequences of a potential debt conflagration in Europe. Privately, though, they are well aware that Europe’s success in dealing with the troubles — and the administration’s success in persuading them to do so — is arguably the single most important factor that will determine Mr. Obama’s re-election chances.
Obviously at the moment any negative shock to the economy would be bad, but... our problems are not the fault of Yurp. It is not "the single most important factor that will determine Mr. Obama’s re-election chances."
The Free Money Bazooka Is Once Again Aimed At The Banksters
So the ECB is going to lend massive amounts of money to banks, with "relaxed collateral requirements."
More free money for them, austerity and poverty for everybody else.
More free money for them, austerity and poverty for everybody else.
I Thought Scott Brown Was Immortal
Oh well.
Warren leads Brown by a 49-42 percent margin, outside the poll’s margin of error of plus or minus 5.3 percentage points. That number includes voters who say they are "leaning" for either candidate. But even without the "leaners," Warren still leads by a 46-41 percent margin, barely within the margin of error.
Information Is Good
But even with perfect information, congestion is still an unpriced externality. Better information can lead to people making smarter travel choices, but that's less about regular traffic and more about random events (accidents, etc.).
Good Morning
Several interesting posts up at Echidne's place.
More on Newt Gingrich And The Forced Birthers
Laura Nyro
Sexist rant from Alec Baldwin (by Suzie)
Plan B Stays Prescription Only For Young Teenagers
More on Newt Gingrich And The Forced Birthers
Laura Nyro
Sexist rant from Alec Baldwin (by Suzie)
Plan B Stays Prescription Only For Young Teenagers
Wednesday, December 07, 2011
Shocking
Or, you know, not.
The newspaper says its undercover reporters went to 13 meetings organised by exam boards used by English schools.
It alleges that teachers, who paid up to £200 a day to attend, were "routinely" given information about future exams, including questions, syllabus areas to focus on and even the specific words or facts students must use to win marks.
Uh, No
First, you're a tremendous whiny asshole whose business would have been destroyed if the free money bazooka wasn't pointed at you.
Second, no your top marginal tax rate is not 39.6%. It 35%. Ok, add a bit for Medicare, which still doesn't get you all the way to 39.6%, which was the rate pre-Bush tax cuts.
Third could somebody at the AP have pointed out the error?
Fourth, a big chunk of your income is (presumably) not wage income, so you're paying less.
"Most of us wage earners are paying 39.6 percent in taxes and add in another 12 percent in New York state and city taxes and we're paying 50 percent of our income in taxes," Dimon said in defense of his fellow Wall Street bankers.
Second, no your top marginal tax rate is not 39.6%. It 35%. Ok, add a bit for Medicare, which still doesn't get you all the way to 39.6%, which was the rate pre-Bush tax cuts.
Third could somebody at the AP have pointed out the error?
Fourth, a big chunk of your income is (presumably) not wage income, so you're paying less.
Random Tom Friedman Bashing
He is the world's most serious person.
If this blog has made one contribution to the world, it was (thanks to tip from a commenter) making it aware of the "Suck On This" rationale for the Iraq war.
If this blog has made one contribution to the world, it was (thanks to tip from a commenter) making it aware of the "Suck On This" rationale for the Iraq war.
Hurray, More Abortions!
from nytimes.com:
BREAKING NEWS12:42 PM ET
U.S. Keeps Restrictions on Sale of Morning-After Pill
A Bank Next To Every Starbucks
While the decline of bank branches has been predicted forever, it never really happened. It's why I don't buy claims that banks don't care about small depositors, people who deposit their paychecks every month and spend them. They do care. They might care, in part, because they try to soak them with fees. But even without the fees they care. There aren't all that many large depositors, after all. There aren't that many in the 1%.
Crazy Ideas That Are Of Course Completely Sensible And Should Happen
Medicare eligibility at 62, Medicare buy in at 55, temporary lowering of full benefits Social Security eligibility to 62.
These things won't happen, but, hey, it's campaign season. Proposals are free!
These things won't happen, but, hey, it's campaign season. Proposals are free!
The Obvious Thing To Do
Oh, you know.
The UK's industrial output fell 0.7% in October, its fastest fall for six months, according to the Office of National Statistics (ONS).
Compared with the same month in 2010, output was 1.7% lower, the biggest annual fall since April.
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