tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post2640260324942508931..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Why is Robert Reich in Dumb Mode?Robert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-75396893934499845232020-04-01T07:16:18.365-04:002020-04-01T07:16:18.365-04:00I've always called 'The Midget Commie'...I've always called 'The Midget Commie'. I looked at Twatter feed recently; gotta love the way he whines about the peons not being take care of but everything he proposes is destructive to self reliance and independent wealth creation. The Lab Managerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17314871529571094106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-88005962036582424232020-03-31T22:29:40.894-04:002020-03-31T22:29:40.894-04:00I have been on a bit of a quest trying to find som...I have been on a bit of a quest trying to find some explanation of how the basic data is being collected. I cannot find anything either. On the other hand I did just now come across this title to a CNN video: "Coronavirus experts present sobering data about projected US deaths". There seems to me to be a mountain of confusion in that title, e.g., neither the projections nor the output Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08270901996299862330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-35226012164779177002020-03-31T22:18:42.009-04:002020-03-31T22:18:42.009-04:00Is not "Robert Reich in Dumb Mode" pleon...Is not "Robert Reich in Dumb Mode" pleonastic?Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08270901996299862330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-13750631864272462982020-03-31T20:27:33.569-04:002020-03-31T20:27:33.569-04:00The only informational value in these numbers is a...The only informational value in these numbers is as an indicator of the hysteria about the coronavirus. I have seen no reputable source explain how these numbers are being produced. All of the sources I know of are government organizations or funded agencies (like hospitals and university research centers). That suggests to me that like our money the coronavirus numbers are being counterfeited. Brian Ericksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10188778202762603278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-81964929571082585722020-03-31T17:34:45.591-04:002020-03-31T17:34:45.591-04:00Further, if this was scaled to percentage of the c...Further, if this was scaled to percentage of the country's population:<br /> - Spain would be 7x higher<br /> - Italy would be 5x higher Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-11878124477824534852020-03-31T17:09:11.324-04:002020-03-31T17:09:11.324-04:00Robert - was it you that wrote (paraphrasing) &quo...Robert - was it you that wrote (paraphrasing) "Robert Reich, best know for buying a multi-million dollar home at the height of the housing bubble..."<br /><br />That was a great line.C.Z. von Landinghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12940700190387258438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-45552303220595581002020-03-31T16:47:56.405-04:002020-03-31T16:47:56.405-04:00Yes, he IS as dumb as the tweet indicates. If anyo...Yes, he IS as dumb as the tweet indicates. If anyone can point me to anything, anything that Reich has ever said or written that is profound or even makes sense, I will withdraw my judgment as to his intellectual abilities. Dominickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10113091064299237392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-49151553039629242772020-03-31T16:35:59.419-04:002020-03-31T16:35:59.419-04:00Oh, and Florida has a pretty nifty web site tracki...Oh, and Florida has a pretty nifty web site tracking this stuff:<br />https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/96dd742462124fa0b38ddedb9b25e429<br />Oh, and check out the trends.<br />Capn Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08133441332228302495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-62014595589460218512020-03-31T16:34:18.951-04:002020-03-31T16:34:18.951-04:00Is there a map (overlay?) that shows # of tests vs...Is there a map (overlay?) that shows # of tests vs number of detected cases?<br />I think that death percentages are closer to the rubber meeting the road. Of course this needs to overlay with age / health demographics as well.<br />Someone somewhere noted that overall disease rates were going down, he says as he washes his hands for the tenth time today,Capn Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08133441332228302495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-75979350959491129882020-03-31T16:11:49.119-04:002020-03-31T16:11:49.119-04:00No, he is just a propagandist. Always was.No, he is just a propagandist. Always was.averroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741658997038386075noreply@blogger.com