tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post8307571077776503907..comments2024-03-28T19:50:23.386-04:00Comments on the daily howler: THE WAY WE ARE: Discussing a very important topic!<b>bob somerby</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02963464534685954436noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-20431182582480523052014-11-09T09:10:47.232-05:002014-11-09T09:10:47.232-05:00!!! How Dr.great Restore My Broken Marriage And B...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />!!! How Dr.great Restore My Broken Marriage And Bring Back My Lover !!!<br /><br /><br />An amazing testimony on a spell caster who brought my wife back to me.. 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So thanks to the Dr great for bringing back my wife,and brought great joy to my family once again. {greatpowerspelltemple@gmail.com}, Thanks.. also contact him on his web site: http://greatpowerspelltemple@gmail.com<br /><br />Lisa silviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12370194227384382815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-51825526857672509722014-11-04T15:23:28.780-05:002014-11-04T15:23:28.780-05:00@ 8:37 who do you think is the target?@ 8:37 who do you think is the target?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-49410057063464002942014-11-04T13:28:29.057-05:002014-11-04T13:28:29.057-05:00Can't possibly be both, can it?Can't possibly be both, can it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-58406225704651059952014-11-04T13:26:06.155-05:002014-11-04T13:26:06.155-05:00"The MIT survey was so voluminous that you pr..."The MIT survey was so voluminous that you pretty much had to drop out of school for a year to answer all its questions."<br /><br />Sounds to me that he is also concerned about how it was conducted.<br /><br />But don't believe your lyin' eyes. Go ahead and make up stories to cling to your belief in the Great and Mighty Bob!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-68322524418393727772014-11-04T09:54:14.429-05:002014-11-04T09:54:14.429-05:00I thought the chancellor called for the survey.I thought the chancellor called for the survey.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-66168705456194615852014-11-04T09:40:36.414-05:002014-11-04T09:40:36.414-05:00Irishguy, I agree that I don't know anything a...Irishguy, I agree that I don't know anything about sexual assault on campuses. That's why I was pushing for a survey that would provide better information.David in Calnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-26227869201228400352014-11-04T08:37:47.050-05:002014-11-04T08:37:47.050-05:00Is the chancellor the target here or is it the rep...Is the chancellor the target here or is it the reporter? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-5687633382015739672014-11-04T08:35:42.529-05:002014-11-04T08:35:42.529-05:00He's concerned about the way the survey was re...He's concerned about the way the survey was reported, not how it was conducted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-44342589071945717842014-11-04T07:45:23.914-05:002014-11-04T07:45:23.914-05:00I note this desperate attempt to discount the enti...I note this desperate attempt to discount the entire survey:<br /><br />"The MIT survey was so voluminous that you pretty much had to drop out of school for a year to answer all its questions."<br /><br />There is a point where hyperbole is so wrong as to be laughable.<br /><br />What Bob glosses over is the fact that this survey had a 35 percent return rate. 35 percent of the student body at MIT did NOT drop out of school for a year to answer it.<br /><br />Granted, it was "self-selected" in that the respondents themselves chose to answer it, but a 35 percent return rate is quite a sample size that will tell you important things.<br /><br />And no, no single survey will tell you everything you need to know about any issue. People who aren't willfully ignorant to score political points know that. So does Somerby, although he will pretend not to for the benefit of feeding his sheep.<br /><br />But this survey is full of valuable information to direct further research, and I think the folks at MIT, especially Chancellor Barnhart, are certainly savvy enough to know that.<br /><br />Only Somerby in his lazy, pseudo-intellectual way, will pretend that this single survey should provide all the answers, and since it didn't (and couldn't possibly have done so), we'll simply write off the whole thing as "murky" so we don't have to think anymore about such a serious issue.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-43953209770842773032014-11-04T07:29:32.467-05:002014-11-04T07:29:32.467-05:00"Don't leave out his vast experiential da..."Don't leave out his vast experiential database,"<br /><br />Ah yes. Like the time he participated in a two-day protest with Pete Seeger in the early '60s, but couldn't remember the exact dates, or even what they were protesting. And had he known that Seeger was a commie, he never would have protested.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-42869181291582799942014-11-04T07:13:15.921-05:002014-11-04T07:13:15.921-05:00If it were one poorly chosen verb, you'd have ...If it were one poorly chosen verb, you'd have a point. But Bob has a habit of reaching for the most misogynistic language he can find to use against his female targets.<br /><br />And his favorite targets are overwhelmingly female.<br /><br />Not that a true Bobfan would even notice, or care.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-63705124331946276142014-11-04T02:04:43.793-05:002014-11-04T02:04:43.793-05:00You actually want me to engage in an actual discus...<i>You actually want me to engage in an actual discussion of such inanity?</i><br /><br />Really, what you engage in or don't is of little consequence to me. What little preference I have is for discussions on the blog's topics, which is in this case the failure of reporting.<br /><br />"When" is the third of journalism's six W's, and the when in this case is late May. I know that only because I read what MIT says about it's survey, and they say that's when the survey closed. It seems the NYT might want to nail that down. Does it make a difference if the date is left unspecified in the NYT? Does that matter?deadratnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-8444137074362885002014-11-04T01:31:04.478-05:002014-11-04T01:31:04.478-05:00Because nobody but nitwit Somerby readers cared un...Because nobody but nitwit Somerby readers cared until Somerby raised it as a false issue because he was too stupid to understand the words "In the Sping of 2014" with which the MIT report he belittled began.<br /><br />Shall we try this again?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-2117082180711975132014-11-04T01:25:28.635-05:002014-11-04T01:25:28.635-05:00If the goal fits you must assent.If the goal fits you must assent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-81183408705831971462014-11-04T00:46:32.087-05:002014-11-04T00:46:32.087-05:00"Sorry, it takes more than one poorly chosen ..."Sorry, it takes more than one poorly chosen verb to fail blogging."<br /><br />It only took one poorly worded sentence from Glenn Kessler for BOB to ask, in best FOX news style "In what sense was the “ad” an actual “ad” at all?"<br /><br />That said, we doubt the other failures cited by @ 7:47 can be attributed to the use of "cluck"<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-37564803253228850172014-11-04T00:41:41.348-05:002014-11-04T00:41:41.348-05:00If the goal is to eliminate fender benders, castra...If the goal is to eliminate fender benders, castrate fenders.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-82965149341395758882014-11-04T00:34:11.285-05:002014-11-04T00:34:11.285-05:00So why didn't the reporter say that?So why didn't the reporter say that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-44961791799605553402014-11-04T00:30:58.578-05:002014-11-04T00:30:58.578-05:00Gratuitous Gratuitous Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-12183932953042703922014-11-04T00:28:11.390-05:002014-11-04T00:28:11.390-05:00The survey was conducted in Spring, 2014. That is...The survey was conducted in Spring, 2014. That is what the report says. In its opening line.<br /><br />Want more, denialist?<br /><br />"MIT Health & Wellness Surveys: Tips from Developing the 2014 MIT Community Attitudes on Sexual Assault (CASA) Survey<br /><br />In late Spring 2014, MIT's Chancellor sponsored a survey to understand how sexual assault affects the MIT community. The survey was sent to all current MIT students and a sample of recent alumni."<br /><br />http://web.mit.edu/surveys/casatips/index.html<br /><br />Now buzz off.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-70816536713531407712014-11-03T23:58:02.994-05:002014-11-03T23:58:02.994-05:001049: Don't you open-carry types ever get tire...1049: Don't you open-carry types ever get tired of threatening anyone who calls a known racist and misogynist a racist and misogynist? As for the "silent majority" bs, look where that got Spiro Agnew.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-54086492698920040862014-11-03T23:49:37.710-05:002014-11-03T23:49:37.710-05:0010:45 - even you agree it was stupid.10:45 - even you agree it was stupid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-50133213987113172092014-11-03T22:49:41.803-05:002014-11-03T22:49:41.803-05:00Honestly don't you social justice warriors eve...Honestly don't you social justice warriors ever get tired of calling anyone who disagrees with you a racist or a misogynist? I can assure you that the great American middle is getting VERY tired of it. Ignore the silent majority at your peril. There WILL be a great and terrible reckoning...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-5542534144415455362014-11-03T22:45:45.432-05:002014-11-03T22:45:45.432-05:00Sorry, it takes more than one poorly chosen verb t...Sorry, it takes more than one poorly chosen verb to fail blogging. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-65274681930485387852014-11-03T22:42:20.840-05:002014-11-03T22:42:20.840-05:00Being an expert in statistics doesn't make you...Being an expert in statistics doesn't make you an expert in survey research. Based on your lack of understanding of sexual assault, I wouldn't trust you to write a survey on it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-52804718604424302522014-11-03T22:36:17.882-05:002014-11-03T22:36:17.882-05:00The survey was not conducted in Spring 2014. They ...The survey was not conducted in Spring 2014. They were charged with conducting it (asked to do it) then. That means the survey had to have been done sometime later.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com