March 24, 2014

Police shoot homeless man in the back killing him

He does pull knives AFTER the police break their agreement with him and fire a flash bang directly at him, however he is turning around AWAY from the officers and appears to be bending over to lay down when they open fire into his back. Clearly murder.


1:02 Cops says 'booyah' after shooting the guy. How tasteless is that?

Here is the phone number to voice your opinion on this mater to the Mayor's office: Telephone: (505) 768-3000






More info here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/24/james-boyd-killed-by-cops_n_5021117.html

March 23, 2014

FERRARI PICK UP PRANK

Interesting social experiment

HOLD ON! It was complete BS:

March 13, 2014

Never realized James Garner was so liberal

Was just reading about him and discovered he supported Dennis Kucinich among many other Democrats and also was one of several celebrities to join Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom."

Always liked him and now I like him even more. Not to mention his show the Rockford Files had the best intro ever:

March 10, 2014

The Five States Where Teachers Unions Are Illegal Have The Lowest Test Scores In America*

This has probably been posted before but I am posing it again because it's a very important statistic.

http://www.businessinsider.com/states-where-teachers-unions-are-illegal-2011-2

March 9, 2014

Index Funds out perform Mutual Funds 82% to 90% of the time

This is a great way to stick it to Wall Street. Invest in index funds! Not only are statistics on your side to make more money over the long period you won't be lining the pockets of the A-Holes on Wall Street. At least not as much.

Snip:

A new white paper by Portfolio Solutions and Betterment, "The Case For Index Fund Portfolios," pretty much solidifies all we've ever known or guessed about low-cost, passively managed index funds –– they can rarely be beaten.

Looking at advanced portfolios holding 10 asset classes between 1997 and 2012, researchers found index fund portfolios outperformed comparable actively managed portfolios a staggering 82% to 90% of the time. And the longer investors held those investments, the better shot they had at outperforming active funds over time.

Still not convinced? Even lowering the cost of actively managed fund portfolios couldn't offer a boost significant enough to outperform index funds, the researchers found.

“The outcome of this study statistically favors an all-index fund strategy, all the time," the report says. "The probability of out performance using the simplest index fund portfolio started in the 80th percentile and increased over time and with additional asset classes. These results have significant and practical implications for investors who seek a strategy that can give them the highest chance of reaching their investment goals.”


Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/index-funds-beat-actively-managed-funds-2013-6#ixzz2vVnUMdQX

Snip:

Index funds put you in very good company. Index funds are favored by Nobel Prize winning economists, Warren Buffett, John Bogle, Charles Schwab, almost all academics, the largest U.S. pension funds, and almost every fiduciary adviser.



http://www.marketwatch.com/story/13-reasons-index-mutual-funds-and-etfs-rule-2013-07-24

March 9, 2014

Mutual Funds - The Mutual Fund Fallacy: Why Mutual Funds Are The WORST Investment PERIOD!

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March 9, 2014

Homeless Lottery Winner

March 9, 2014

The "1 in 4" rape statistics: Fact-checking the numbers

March 2, 2014

Cult Leader Thinks He's Jesus (Documentary Exclusive)

I will admit, after watching this video, he is the best cult leader I have ever heard of. Looks like a nice guy and a nice place to live and he doesn't force people to stay. The girls school and the girls "roles" is complete BS though and not buying any of the religious stuff of course.

March 2, 2014

What Cold? Earth Had Its Fourth-Warmest January

Continuing the nearly 29-year streak of above-average global monthly temperatures, January came in as the fourth-warmest such month on record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This makes it the warmest January since 2007, NOAA said, and was the 38th-straight January with a global temperature above the 20th century average.

The global warmth came in stark contrast to the “polar vortex” induced conditions the eastern U.S. and Canada experienced, as well as the cold and stormy conditions in the UK and parts of Russia. Unusually high temperatures elsewhere more than compensated for these cold regions. For example, Southern Hemisphere land temperatures were the highest on record for the month.


See also: 20 Arctic Photos From the Midst of the Polar Vortex

In other words, it may have been cold where you were, but globally, the planet’s hot streak continues unabated. If February's global average temperature comes in above the 20th century average, it would make 29 years since the last below average month. Not only that, but increasing odds of an El Niño event occurring by the end of the summer means that global average surface temperatures may vault to record levels by late this year and into 2015.

El Niño events are characterized by unusually mild ocean temperatures in the equatorial tropical Pacific Ocean, and they tend to increase global average surface temperatures by contributing extra heat to the atmosphere, in addition to the already apparent effects of manmade global warming.


http://mashable.com/2014/02/20/earth-fourth-warmest-january/