Category: grammar of gimme

Geckopaths

Posted on Posted in grammar of gimme, Koch Sucker

In the October 2011 (yep, Forhcoming) of Cognition comes:

The mismeasure of morals: Antisocial personality traits predict utilitarian responses to moral dilemmas

Which

We report a study in which participants responded to a battery of personality assessments and a set of dilemmas that pit utilitarian and non-utilitarian options against each other. Participants who indicated greater endorsement of utilitarian solutions had higher scores on measures of Psychopathy, machiavellianism, and life meaninglessness. These results question the widely-used methods by which lay moral judgments are evaluated,

Since sometimes tags are useful, I offer that these people, rather than being called sociopaths, be tagged as Geckopaths. That way, they may wear the tag with pride. Maybe even tattoo themselves, thereby providing the rest of us with adequate notice.

The Day Tah

Posted on Posted in econocaste, grammar of gimme, on TV

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The jobs engine. Notice that nearly 25% of small business makes less than $25,000 per year. Given that the most recent census puts median income at $33,161 this means they likely have no employees. If we scope the IRS data, assuming the median income provided by the Census, it is correct to conclude that 90% of small businesses have less than 75 EEs. The generally talked about tax hikes would affect some of these companies, but not many.

In today’s headlines marketwatch reporters and analysts are confused, at least for the drama. I’ve marked out the clients, hence the source of the data from the two reporting firms.

Most small businesses employ very few people, less than 5. A very small engine to power a major economy of the world.

Kibbe

Posted on Posted in grammar of gimme

“We are approaching the ratio of debt to gdp as greece.” (Matt K of Tea Party)

How is it that other nations, those socialist communist welfareist countries are doing better than we are? Is is because they structure their allegiances differently; that they commit to their population differently; that they are prepared to ask something. Why is Germany, China, and about a dozen other countries doing better than the US.