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Archive for the 'Big Thoughts' Category

In Support of Airline Rules Requiring Our Larger Friends….

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 by Insider

… to purchase double seats.

Source

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So you ask what does a professional inline downhill speedskater look like?

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 by Chad

and if you haven’t you should have because apparently they look a lot like Valentina Ligouri.

I anxiously await ESPN coverage.
(I took the liberty of obscuring the annoying guy in her background.)
More below the fold:

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Is Rush Wrong?

Saturday, April 18th, 2009 by Chad

One of Rush’s main talking points is that the GOP only wins when they become more conservative not less. That sounds good on radio but is it true? Last night I came across a snippet of information about a guy named Anthony Downs who supposedly used game theory to prove that in a [...]

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The Geometry Behind “Ladies First”

Monday, March 30th, 2009 by Insider

What is the optimal distance to walk up a flight of stairs behind a beautiful woman?

If X = your height, y = the height of the girl, and z = slope of the stairs, then the ideal distance (z’) = [the square of (.5 * Y) + the square of (.2 * X)] times Z. [...]

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Why Brazil Sells So Many Boats

Sunday, March 29th, 2009 by Insider

How a boat is sold in the U.S.

How a boat is sold in Brazil:

Nuff said.
h/t: Nashville Bill

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So let’s get this right – We want to punish the wealth creators but let pro athletes and movie stars off scott free

Sunday, March 22nd, 2009 by Chad

Good Plan!!
Looking at the NY Times this morning and I see an article entitled “Administration Seeks Increase in Oversight of Executive Pay”.
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will call for increased oversight of executive pay at all banks, Wall Street firms and possibly other companies as part of a sweeping plan to overhaul financial [...]

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What’s up with America?

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009 by Chad

Aside from a financial meltdown that is?
Here’s one thing – In May 2008 34FFF Sheyla Hershey of Houston sought a ninth breast enlargement in pursuit of her goal of having the worlds largest breasts. Her request was denied because of an insane rule governing the size of implants allowed by the state of Texas. [...]

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Living in exponential times

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 by Chad

h/t Flopping Aces

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How David X. Li Killed Wall Street

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009 by Chad

Back in October I posted about Credit Default Swaps and their role in bringing down the American economy.
Well meet David X. Li whose Gaussian Copula enabled the development of credit default swaps and the collateralized debt obligations that the CDS is supposed to protect.
Here is the story as I understand it.
In 1997 investment banks were [...]

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Baseball Cards!

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008 by Insider

Jenn has asked us to say Baseball Cards are back. I don’t know about you but I tend not to argue with her.

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What you expect vs. what you get

Thursday, November 20th, 2008 by Insider

When it comes to Independent Sources, it is clear that you expect more of this:

However periodically we need to get other types of things off our chest. Here’s what’s on my mind. What’s on yours?
1. Battle of Stars.
Does anyone other than us just find this funny? North Beverly Park residents are being sued by [...]

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Olympics Report: Why I Don’t Watch Men’s Wrestling

Thursday, August 21st, 2008 by Insider

It’s one thing when a woman does this wrestling maneuver on another woman, but I’m not going to take the risk of seeing this move in a match between two dudes.

The “Boston 3-Finger Crab”
Please tell me this isn’t a legal move.
From Testosterona

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NBC Introduces Olympics “Upskirt Cam” for Women’s Steeplechase

Saturday, August 16th, 2008 by Insider

For the first time in Olympics history, a video camera was strategically placed in the steeplechase water jump so that when the women runners jumped over the camera a wet butt shot of the runners as they pass. NBC is smart and we’re the beneficiaries.

Olympics Butt Shot
This is a general trend in women’s track [...]

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Science Projects You May Never See

Monday, August 4th, 2008 by Insider

Source: Viral email via Hagar
Original Source: Photoshop humor site SomethingAwful.com

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Rebranding America – Topic 1 – IRAQ

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 by Chad

This is the first of the ten topics discussed by the students in Ambassador Derek Shearer’s Rebranding America project. The complete report can be found here.
The point papers or policy memo is divided into four sections – Problem, Strategic Interests, Means, and Possible Outcomes. The means section is further divided into [...]

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