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Comment on Mark Twain on autobiography, memory by The Famous People

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Comment on Righteous Jonathan by jlundell

jlundell — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 03:38:01 +0000

I’m afraid it isn’t, or at least I have no evidence that it is. My posting on March 21 was essentially random; my interest in Jonathan is primarily as a namesake, and an oblique connection to American Orthodoxy. You might inquire of the iconographer (link in the post).

Comment on Righteous Jonathan by Fr Joseph

Fr Joseph — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 03:22:57 +0000

Sister,

Where did you find that the Rigtheous Jonathan’s Feast day is March 21. I saw your comment of that date but have not been able to find it on any calendars and have been searching out more information on the Fest for Jonathan. Anything you have would be helpful.

Comment on Eight things James Kwak is sick of by Mikel

Mikel — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 09:28:42 +0000

The Monks of Cool, whose tiny and exclusive moiynterass hidden in a really cool and laid-back valley in the lower Ramtops, have a passing-out test for a novice. He is taken into a room full of all types of clothing and asked: Yob9, my son, which of these is the most stylish thing to wear? And the correct answer is: Hey, whatever I select.b9 Cool, but not necessarily up to date. Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies , 1992 I’m not an economist and I probably don’t understand a lot about the EMH but I’ve always thought that the above quote is very similar to the price-is-right part. To put it in another way, I think it’s wrong to say that the price is right since we don’t really have anything to measure it against. If we did we’d already know the right price and we wouldn’t need the market. The way I see it, the right way to put it is that we don’t have any mechanism to set the price because it’s dependent on transient conditions of supply and demand and a large number of bits of information that we can’t objectively evaluate (or even be aware of). Therefore we can’t really tell what the right price is. So the right price is whatever the market, much like the novice monk, selects since it presumably incorporates all the relevant information. That’s not really wrong but if you put it that way it’s clearly tautological. And as such it’s not really useful (what good is it to know that A=A?). The question about bubbles brings the tautology, and eventually the usefulness of EMH to focus: if the market price is always right by definition there’s no such thing as a bubble (some people argue that this is true, read for example Krugman’s blog post Ketchup and the housing bubble ). Since it is obvious to most people that there are in fact bubbles, EMH proponents usually explain away the phenomenon by attributing the price anomalies to external factors (i.e. the government). This is dodgy: it is not clear why government intervention differs from other information already successfuly incorporated into the market determined price (and which is by definition right ). It sounds a lot like an ad hoc explanation for something that would disprove the hypothesis. If the price seems ok the market has clearly worked it’s magic, if it doesn’t then someone else is to blame. Which brings us to another point: since it’s shaped like a tautology and supported by ad hoc explanations it seems EMH is not falsifiable and therefore highly questionable.Sorry for the wall of text, it’s just the thoughts of a layman.CheersKyriakos (from far away, I’m European great blog btw, congrats)

Comment on Selling Indulgences: Monbiot on carbon trading by Rami

Rami — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 04:24:37 +0000

Reducing emissions of CO2 has got to be the porriity, yes. But planting trees to offset emissions can also play a part. The worlds remnant forests are currently doing a great job of clearing up after us by absorbing 20-25% of human ghg emissions. We are losing that forest at the rate of 17 million acres a year. We need to be very busy planting more trees not less!!Its not a question of reducing emissions or offsetting them. The scale of the problem is so massive that we have to use every available weapon to reduce the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere.Think again?Ru Hartwell Treeflights.com

Comment on Glenn the Peasant by Ana

Ana — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:37:57 +0000

@MistaO: I’ll speak for myself here,for me, my coanrevstive views(socially at least)might be similar to many blacks who routinely vote and identify with liberal politicians.But where I differ with many black folks is that although they acknowledge the attitudes and behaviours that need to be changed in the black community, they are far too concerned, I’ll even say paranoid, about the role and power of “blackness” in their lives. The idea of racism is a stronghold that needs to be broken in the minds and hearts of black people, because it keeps us in bondage. Issues get sifted through the lens of “race”. We will support people who encourage the racial-oppression paranoia to our detriment. It has the effect of obscuring truth and derailing progress towards change in the black community. For example, we get caught up in complaining about police brutality in the community instead of acknowledging that those rates are high because we have greater contact with the police due to our high crime rates.How about when we blame the low unemployment rates of young black males on racism, but overlook the fact that many of these males have not been socialized to accept authority, look people in the eye when speaking, don’t know how to fill out applications properly, dress apropriately, or even contain their aggression when confronted with unpleasant behavior. “Racism” as it exists today is not enough to cause the overwhelming failure we see in our communities and families. What we see is LARGELY due to poor values, morals, behaviours, choices, etc. This is where I find the divide between coanrevstive blacks and “non-coanrevstives” it comes down to the place we are willing to give “racism” in our lives, the extent to which we step up and take ownership for ourselves, being willing to forgive the past wrongs, acknowledge and move forward in light of the progress that has been made in this country, seeing ourselves as fully American rejoicing in the wisdom and the blessings afforded us by the Constitution and Bill of Rights,the role of gov’t in our lives, not viewing the country as you say, as “two markedly separate America’s, one for Whites and those sub-groups and the other for Blacks”.Putting “race” in a lower place gets misinterpreted as [quoting you] “having disdain towards anything black”, “absolute displeasure towards Black people and blackness in general with a subtle motive towards White acceptance”, all sorts of silly things. Just like white coanrevstives have to ignore and press on in spite of being called racist, so black coanrevstives will have to do in spite of all the names hurled their way.The fact that blacks can’t hold a differing opinion without being viewed as a traitor to the race, speaks volumes about the mental and emotional bondage we as a people are in. Not good.

Comment on The myth of double taxation by S. Taylor

S. Taylor — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 20:28:46 +0000

The Baker argument is a bit rough at the edges but I don’t know enough about the subject to form my own response. I will say that incorporation laws should be refined and maybe Baker is the way to do that. What about the new idea of a corporation as an individual; doesn’t make sense to me especially in light of limited liability. This is a timely thread for the 2012 presidential election process.

Comment on Righteous Jonathan by jlundell

jlundell — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 04:11:17 +0000

Andrew,

Follow the link to Nicholas Papas’s website. You’ll find it in his price list under J.

Comment on Righteous Jonathan by Andrew Cutz

Andrew Cutz — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 03:46:15 +0000

To Whom It May Concern:

Where could I find / obtain an enlarged copy of the Righteous Jonathon?

Sincerely,

Andrew Cutz
Markham, Ontario, Canada

Comment on Eject! by Korion

Korion — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 14:15:48 +0000

Thanks! Handy little thing!