Or should we say “potriotism”?
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More on patriotism and nationalism. More on the lottery of birth. More jokes.
Tag Archives: Jokes
Political Jokes & Funny Quotes (118): Irregular Verbs
- Middle class people receive benefits – working class people claim benefits – immigrants demand benefits
- The unemployed are fired – employers lay off – economies destroy creatively (huh?)
- The population of a dictatorship is brainwashed – our fine patriotic citizens engage in self-criticism - deviants are reeducated (or: are cognitively accommodated)
- Islamists oppress their women – our Muslim brothers protect their wives – other cultures live according to their own values
- Hobos are living on the streets – tramps are traveling – the homeless are residentially flexible
- The poor fail – the needy are discouraged - the marginalized are motivationally dispossessed.
- I have a social philosophy, you have political opinions, he has an ideology. (Clifford Geertz, 1964)
More political jokes here.
Political Jokes & Funny Quotes (112): Romney Signing Ceremony
Ok, Massachusetts does not have the death penalty, so Romney in his time as Governor never faced that ultimate decision. But he was generally not very generous with other types of pardon, and he did file a bill to reinstate the death penalty in Massachusetts (which was ultimately defeated). Hence, few doubt his resolve were he to be confronted with pleas for clemency coming from people on death row.
More jokes.
Statistical Jokes (20): Privacy and the Internet
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More on privacy, and on the internet. More statistical jokes.
- Internet Privacy Rights – Six Guideposts For Employees (livecrunch.com)
- Schmidt’s Solution to Street View Privacy Concerns? ‘Just Move’ (searchenginewatch.com)
- White House Enters Online Privacy Fray with Privacy Subcommittee (socialtimes.com)
- Google ‘Mortified’ Over WiFi Data Gathering (informationweek.com)
- Statistical Jokes (17): The Illusion of Precision (filipspagnoli.wordpress.com)
Political Jokes & Funny Quotes (102): TV Censorship Priorities
More on violence on television here and here; something on violence and gaming is here; something on pornography and violence here; something on “naughty words” here and here; and on censorship in general here. More jokes here.
Statistical Jokes (18): Bye S?
On the off chance that some of those 13% are reading this blog and are unaware of the google, here are two dictionary definitions:
Something more substantial on the role of the media in a modern democracy is here. More about bias here. More statistical jokes here.
Political Jokes & Funny Quotes (96): Poverty
The weird thing is: that’s not such a silly idea. More on poverty. More jokes.
Statistical Jokes (6): Most Stupidest Pie Chart, Evah
And in case you think this is just the occasional slip of the mind:
Update: yet another statistics sin by Fox:
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In case you don’t immediately notice what’s wrong here (and of course Fox News did everything to make it difficult for you to notice), here’s an annotated version:
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An honest version of the graph would look like this:
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I think it’s impossible that this is simply a mistake. I mean, how on earth could one make a mistake like this? Do they draw their graphs by hand?
More statistical jokes.
