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Hmmm ...
Sometimes I feel like I'm living in the Mad Hatter's tea party.
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I'm having trouble thinking of many studio-only acts that have ever been financially lucrative...
Crazy Frog?
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Actually, despite my misgivings about the methodology and some of the assumptions informing the modeling, I don't think this is "bogus". I do think it's partial, but it's damn sight better than "just say no".
Sure, but that's setting a pretty low bar, innit?. As purported statistical research, this report would get a fail mark in a 6th form (ie year... um... ) maths assignment. The faulty assumtions are laughably obvious, as is the underlying agenda. So, we agree that the report is "partial'. I say that impartiality is a necessary element of credible statistical analysis, and that the credibilty of the Drug Harm Index, is therefore entirely undermined. It's worse than useless; it's Orwellian in its self-justification, so I remain of the opinion that it's a fucking disgrace.
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What a fucking disgrace! I'd like someone to quantify (in dollar terms, natch) the social cost of bogus public policy "research" driven by self-interest and unfounded assumptions.
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Surely the point is that the safety of attending officers must be balanced against the safety of the victims of the situation.
No one wants the Police to blunder in without ascertaining the risk to themselves and others. The other side of the coin is that people shouldn't bleed to death while officers ensure absolute safety. I'll wait for more details (of chronology, etc.) before deciding whether the right balance was struck in this case (and whether or not the current procedures for this type of situation is right).
One point though: The question of whether the Police acted quickly enough is not "a distraction"; it's important.
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Cool picks, Basil.
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Diana Wichtel?
Genius. So funny.
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Black Gold
It's worth seeing for anyone interested in coffee and extreme economic exploitation. Will probably make you switch from Nescafe to Scarborough Fair.
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I call for a limit on the apostrophe and a pox upon the semicolon.
Is there some recent explosion in usage that I've missed?
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Well said, Tom.