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Paean to Jerry Dominelli
lifesbeengood said: "Paul,those stats are based on the population as a whole, not by geographic location. But I'm sure you know that. By your logic, if you lived in Cambridge and had an iq of 120, you would be on the low end of the scale." The 1980 population was 1,861,846. Even if you assume that all of Cambridge (not just MIT and Harvard) is significantly smarter than all of San Diego and put the figure at 5% instead, you would still have over 93,000 people in San Diego in 1980 with higher IQs than Dominelli, or roughly the current population of Carlsbad.— June 5, 2010 12:40 a.m.
Local Biotech Executive Lied about Test, Says SEC
Nan, An actual test like this (that worked) would be a very good thing, since it would replace the amniocentesis test. Whoever develops a non-invasive alternative to amnio will become filthy rich, which I'm sure caused a lot of pressure to be put on this woman. The current stated odds of a miscarriage due directly to the amnio test itself is 1 in 200. The test gives no information that can help the baby or the mother, it is strictly informational to give the option to abort. That is 1 in 200 mostly healthy kids lost just to gather some information. With twins the odds are even worse, and if a mother decided to selectively abort 1 of 2 fetuses due to a positive test, the risks to the remaining fetus is also high, making the risk of the test in twins unethical in my opinion, yet it is routinely scheduled.— June 4, 2010 1:27 p.m.
Employment Report Suggests Economy Weakening Alarmingly
SP, I assume the "lawn chain" is to be used to beat off the government thugs as they come to take your house, and that "this is goign to be good" means "we are so screwed". FYI, I just noticed that the state run Del Mar Fairgrounds decided that state workers get in free to the county fair They call if "furlough friday". How nice of them to do that for themselves! What is next for the poor suffering state workers? Free auto registration for state workers? No property tax for state workers? State worker sales tax free day?— June 4, 2010 1:02 p.m.
Paean to Jerry Dominelli
lifesbeengood said: "Whether or not you were impressed with Dominelli, being in the top 9% is impressive in my book." There are about 3 million people in San Diego County, which means there currently should be roughly 270,000 people with a higher IQ than Dominelli living in San Diego. I don't find that particularly impressive. It reminds me of the old joke: "In China, if you are a 1 in a million kind of guy, there are 1,000 guys just like you".— June 4, 2010 12:52 p.m.
SDNN Was Effervescent Until Drop Dead Day
"But right up to the May 28 bombshell, SDNN staffers were hearing glowing reports." Hmm, sounds like a case for Lerach....— June 1, 2010 9:55 p.m.
Lead Indicators Inch Ahead in April
Still, its better then when they tried to sell that the economy was "improving" because the rate of decline was slowing down!?!?— May 27, 2010 8:54 a.m.
Will L.A., Arizona Go to War?
Response to #2: It's all grandstanding by kowtowing politicians on both sides. None of them would really do anything if there was an economic impact. Much easier than having a real debate on the issue and deciding what the policy for the country should really be and then abiding by it.— May 21, 2010 1:17 p.m.
Will L.A., Arizona Go to War?
Good for Arizona. Embarrassing for LA I haven't read the whole law, but my understanding from the short version and from those that have is that it essentially restates the federal law and then enforces it locally because the feds refuse to do so. I am sick and tired of Washington passing laws or citing existing laws to claim they are for or against something, and then doing the complete opposite by refusing to enforce those same laws. If Washington wants to grant legal status to all Mexican citizens, then do it legally. Don't pretend you are for border control because you enact new laws or claim to support existing laws, but then withhold enforcement. Its like the congressman who called Obama a liar when he said the health care reforms would not apply to those in the country illegally. Obama could say they did because it stated in the bill that they did, BUT he also refused to put in even the most basic measure to allow enforcement of that rule and he had no intention of enforcing that provision.— May 21, 2010 6:33 a.m.
Canadian Doctor Charged with Smuggling Treated Athlete in San Diego
Don said: "Testosterone is supposed to have some wicked side effects" The proof of that can be seen at High Schools all across the country. If you don't believe, just drive by one shortly after the last bell.— May 21, 2010 12:12 a.m.
Canadian Doctor Charged with Smuggling Treated Athlete in San Diego
Don, I thing two things happened to the Chargers: 1) The rest of the league started using steroids as well, plus 2) the AFL merged with the NFL in 1970, so the Chargers were no longer playing in a small second-tier league.— May 20, 2010 10:10 a.m.