Robert's Stochastic thoughts

My comment on this post is so intemperate that I will put it only here -- I use this blog as a trash can for excessive rudeness. I must ...

Lamarckable: adj extremely rapid as a result of of a perceived need for the sake of survival. Often used to modify the noun "evolutio...

Bliss was it in that dawn (Nov 7 2012) to be alive (and learn of the total failure of ORCA) But   (to learn that Microsoft developed Orca)...

Josh Marshall doesn't support comments on his generally excellent posts, so I have to say that this post is unusually excellent.  In it...

Is that John Boehner will act like Winston Churchill.  That is to say, we are screwed. Let me explain.  I am not talking about Churchill t...

Wow.  Noted without further comment GOP’s rejection of higher tax rates an obstacle to debt deal Paul Kane and David A. Fahrenthold

At www.nationaljournal.com Steven Shepard discusse s the night of truth which settled the partisan debate about the skewed samples of poll...

I really thought I was schadensatiated (honest I thought that to myself).  Then I found out about the beached ORCA .  Whatever you think of ...

This isn't really about Nate Silver.  It is about poll aggregators in general and just as much about the Huffington Post pollster, Real ...

The stupidocalypse occured Monday ! I haven't reported this because I have been suspended on a beam of light and also would have to re...

The election in the 4th Utah Congressional district was just called.  The wikipedia entry for Mia Love begins Ludmya "Mia" Bou...

For anyone who ever thought they were too busy to vote, meet 21-year-old Galicia Malone. The south suburban Dolton mom-to-be was spotted at...

Uh Sean 280 > 257 Via @daveweigel It's a mock up page which leaked. Uh also uh MSNBC there are 538 electoral ...

This Could  Get Weird Listening to a story from a friend this evening. Guy in a social setting talking to a group of Wall Street heavy...

Who will win the hard fought contest to be declared America's worst pollster ?  Will it be the artists formerly known as Zogby interacti...

Yesterday I broke my rule (well not the only one but ... pretty much) and made some forecasts. Now I am discussing statistics and Meta Ana...

Ezra Klein has a very polite general post on Romney's faith in himself as a manager here I disagree in comments Shorter Klein:  ...

here Everyone knows that Amurka is white people. ‘Specially white people who are  dudes . Oh, and of course, rich people! The notion non-...

I know I will regret this. I'm not drunk enough to do this yet (8:54 PM) Now I am (9:30 PM) If not specified I predict that the same ...