Wilson Fu

Get a dose of Economics 101.

Not posting.  Not posting.  Mr. Fu has had some very busy days, but nothing that justifies this extreme lack of posting.  Life and other things just have a way of intruding into an on-line presence.  Funny that.  It is nice to have a life that does intrude into an on-line presence.  Or at least a Battlefield 2 habit, it’s similar to a life.  Actually it is similar to a whole bunch of lives and a lot of spectacular deaths, all lived and lost in a short period of time.

There is a joke about life and camping out at spawn points in there somewhere, but this is a family friendly blog.

Glenn Reynolds has a rather biting commentary (‘They were a bit bitey”):

The debate over DDT is over. There’s scientific consensus. Anyone who disagrees is a DDT denialist and a mouthpiece for Big Mosquito.

The story of the new look of DDT. ADT! (About Damn Time)

In the case of two postives making a negative, Mr. Fu states, “Yeah, right….”

Antiprotestor spots a good one: Morons at AFP really dig into the facts of the crap they post, NOT!  They have saved a link of a screen shot of this in anticipation that AFP would remove the picture.  So far it is still up on Yahoo news.

Children, grap a hold on this  passing generation before they are but a tremendous memory.  Many Americans fail to understand their legacy, but your survival may depend on it.  And what sparked that:  Phil Rizzuto dies at 89.

Rizzuto was a flashy player who could always be counted on to steal a key base or make a diving catch in a lineup better known for its cornerstone sluggers. He played 13 seasons alongside the likes of Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle in a career interrupted by Navy service in World War II.

“He was a Yankee all the way,” Indians Hall of Famer Bob Feller said. “He knew the fundamentals of the game and he got 100 percent out of his ability. He played it hard and he played it fair.”

“If we’d had Rizzuto in Boston, we’d have won all those pennants instead of New York,” Williams often said.

Geez, it would nice sweet if we all lived up to our potential and were remembered so well. (Hat tip to Wizbang)

The nice thing about insanity is that you are not encumbered by reality, fact, or logic.

This note sponsored by North Korean Dictator Kim Jong Il.

Barack Obama and his staff do not need to bother explaining.  These people are just out of touch with that thing we call in the modeling and sim biz call the un-virtual world, i.e., reality:

Campaign spokesman Reid Cherlin said Obama was not endorsing the current Bush policy, which consists solely of air raids and bombing of civilians.

Truth vs. The Machine has a good write up with a link to Captain Ed.

In the debate the other day Senator Dodd said:

For every $1 billion we spend [on infrastructure], 40,000 jobs can be created in the United States of America.

At a rate of roughly $12.02 per hour, and that does not include all the government transaction fees and stuff.  If the rate is even half that Mr. Fu would be surprised and these would then only be minimum wage jobs.  Minimum wage on infrastructure?  To quote Bart Simpson’s Indian friend, “That’s just Crazy Talk.”

JobBank USA has the median rate for construction laborers in 2002 as $11.90.  There is no way that rate has gone down, and no way that the government friction on that money is going to create 40,000 jobs.  20, 000 perhaps, but Dodd is talking into his hat.