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You're the only person who keeps bringing it up! Out of all my 553 posts, I've mentioned that I attended Yale just once. Now here are your posts (don't you just love the internet?): Can't you see why others might think you have some kind of inferiority complex towards your school? You're the only one who keeps bringing Yale back into these conversations.

:facepalm: So I take it you don't know much about the importance of public support in political movements, something that has been well-documented by both political scientists + sociologists? Even chuck kottke, someone who I've had disagreements with, also acknowledged the importance of public support. Seriously, how do you ever come up with these assertions? Especially when it goes against documented research and historical precedents? No there aren't. Are there some libertarians at these protests? Sure. Are there some people in the Tea Party? Sure. Are there a lot? No. Both anecdotal and statistical evidence prove this. Have you ever heard about the phrase straw man fallacy? You surely must have because it's been a common tactic that you use over and over again, "refuting" a proposition by replacing it with a similar yet unequivalent proposition. Nowhere did I talk about the Ivy League or mention a Bloomberg terminal but for some reason, you keep bringing it up. Whatever I'll play along and address your refutations: 1. If you actually know anything about the Ivy League schools, you'll know it's nowhere near being among the most expensive colleges in the nation. In fact, Dartmouth is the only Ivy League school that's even in the top 25 expensive colleges. Furthermore, you should know that Ivy League schools have the most generous financial aid packages around, especially towards low-income students. For example, any Harvard student who comes from a family making less than $60,000 do not have to pay at all for college. In fact, it's not uncommon for students to pay less at Harvard or Columbia than they would have had at a state school. It's a complete myth that these schools weed out low-income students like you assert. 2. You're absolutely naive if you think a university has little to no effect on the level of education you receive. Guess who teach at these "top" universities - the leading academics in their field (and obviously, this doesn't have to be limited to Ivy League schools). If you were to clone a person and send him/her to two different colleges, one to a top-20 school and the other to a local community college, do you honestly believe they'll have the same breadth of knowledge at the end? 3. First off, government positions have been consistently on the rise since the FDR administration so I don't know what you're trying to prove. As for these increase in legal jobs? Do you actually think a firm like Skadden or Wachtell look at your SAT scores before deciding to hire you? They don't even look at your LSAT scores for goodness sakes (Granted, connections might come into play if you're a fringe prospect but you can say that about any profession). Not to mention that top-10 US firms like Simpson Thacher + Davis Polk have actually been reducing their offers over the last couple of years. You're not a lawyer in NYC are you? Because if you were, you surely wouldn't make claims that legal positions are increasing. Something that I keep noticing is your deep resentment towards Ivy League schools (and similar colleges) - I'm sorry you were rejected and didn't get to attend but you shouldn't let that cloud your judgment. I don't care if you disagree with what I'm saying but at the very least, address the actual arguments I'm making, instead of making personal attacks on colleges. I'm actually starting to feel really sorry for you because your posts suggest some deep school inferiority complex. Once again, another logical fallacy. Was I trying to display my "expertise" in p-values? No. If you actually bothered to read the post, it talks about various empirical studies that support my arguments. But sure, choose to ignore all that and make derisive comments about me learning all this in a Stats 101 class. That's all you've been doing when I keep presenting evidence after evidence to address your points. (And if you actually want to converse with me about Japanese bond markets, options trading, M&A deals and other goodies, then let me know. After all, this is exactly the stuff that I did full-time as an investment banker :rolleyes:)

The new Jamie xx remix is really really good :dazzled:

More Remixes and European Dates: http://radiohead.com/deadairspace/111118/More-Remixes-and-European-Dates June 30th Hyppodrome Capanelle Rome July 1st Parco Delle Cascine Florence July 3rd Piazza Maggioara Bologna July 4th Villa Manin Codroipo (Udine) July 6th Wuhlheide Berlin The Italian dates are on sale now, and the Berlin date will be on sale on 26th November.

Nope, I'm not confusing anything at all. Obviously I know you'll never get 100% support on any issue. But when one of the most liberal media personalities who consistently backs 99% of liberal agenda starts criticizing the protests and the protestors' aims, you know something has gone wrong. (And let's be real - OWS has devolved into a liberal movement). Can you also not ignore the empirical data that I keep posting? What's your response to the fact that public support has decreased two-fold in a matter of 2 weeks to an all-time low of 33%? Or that a clear majority of New Yorkers, including the very 99% OWS claims to represent, support Mayor Bloomberg (someone who is normally very unpopular with New Yorkers)? Or the fact that independents + moderates in battleground states have consistently rejected OWS aims? Or the fact that OWS is now more unpopular than the Tea Party movement? Do you know what happens when you control for variables like standards of education? Predictably, unemployment levels among college graduates at the top universities are very low. It's only when you start looking at the bottom universities and colleges where you start to see a spike in unemployment levels. Is it mere coincidence that the % of unemployed is higher at bad schools? Or that there's a statistical significance at the p-value of 5% between school rankings and %Employment? There's a reason why you don't see many Columbia grads at the protests in NYC or UChicago grads at the protests in Chicago or Stanford grads at the protests in San Francisco - they all have jobs and make a good living.

You have quoted Richard Wolff on multiple occasions now (and your posts certainly endorse his views) - why don't you cut to the chase and just say you want a socialistic state. :rolleyes: Back on topic, favorability ratings for OWS continue to plummet as expected. 2/3 of New York city alone now believe OWS protestors don't represent the 99% (I haven't even gotten to the numbers of other OWS sites which all tell the same story...) On the national level, approval ratings for OWS has dropped all the way down to 33%. In the same time frame, those opposed to OWS has increased to over 45%. More shockingly, OWS is now officially more unpopular than the Tea Party movement in the eyes of the American public. chuck kottke may continue to rant something nonsensical about the "liberty bell," quote Thomas Paine out of context and continue to protest this "movement" isn't dead. But I live in the real world, not some fantasy socialistic world. And the fact of the matter is, all the recent trends points to the inefficacy of OWS. What does it say about the state of your "cause" when liberals like Jon Stewart starts ripping on you on his show? I've said this multiple times: OWS needs to articulate an issue which can be addressed (any at this point will do), something that isn't derivative of "It's not fair they're rich and I'm not!" if they want to remain relevant. Because let's face it: that's what most Americans now believe OWS has boiled down to and a majority will never ever join that cause. Ever.

Are there crooked cops? Undoubtedly. The fact of the matter is, cops do more good for the community than bad. Guess what? The media doesn't report every single time a cop does something beneficial. It's only the cops' bad behavior that's reported in newspapers and on internet blogs, part of their sensationalist agenda.

Song Premiere: Jónsi, 'Gathering Stories' Listen here: http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2011/11/15/142238264/song-premiere-j-nsi-gathering-stories?ft=1&f=1039

Kate Bush - 50 Words For Snow

:nod: Local residents near Zuccotti Park (the very 99% these protestors claim to be representing) have been wanting this for a long time now. They're fed up with OWS protestor's antics. All the posters who claim otherwise - I urge you to actually go to New York or any OWS site and talk to local residents. Mark my words: they've had enough. Listen, I'm all for protesting - after all, the 1st Amendment does protect that right. However, that doesn't mean you can continually violate city ordinances and break the law like these protestors have been doing. From the very beginning, these "protestors" (can we even say they are protestors anymore?) have expressed a disgusting contempt for both the law and common decency. The 1st Amendment does not allow public urination or defecation. Nor does it allow the harassment of business owners and the destruction of their property. Mayor Bloomberg was right to clear Zuccotti Park, especially after the increased number of reports on rape, sexual abuse, drug-dealing, theft and deaths among the demonstrators (among other things that I have not yet listed). Before chuck kottke comes in with his usual spiel about the "liberty bell," I have just one question to ask: how exactly does setting up tents in parks and playing drums bring any change? I raised this question a while back and it was conveniently ignored. Probably because the reality is, these protestors' actions won't bring any change at all.

Even social media "trending" reports show a remarkable decrease of interest in Occupy Wall Street, reflecting the actual decrease in public support. 1) Here's a graphical look of Google trends: FYI: The news reference volume below the search volume index shows how many times the term Occupy Wall Street appeared in Google News Stories. The peak predictably occurred in October, coinciding with the macing incidents and marches in Washington. 2) Here's a graphical look of the # of tweets on Twitter discussing OWS: Small-business owners tell Occupy Wall Street: You're hurting the 99 percent. http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2011/1110/Small-business-owners-tell-Occupy-Wall-Street-You-re-hurting-the-99-percent Everything that I predicted is coming to fruition - this "movement" was doomed from the start by not having a visible leader (How many of you can identify a leader in the OWS movement? Yeah, I thought so) or explaining their goals and objectives to the general public. Public support will continue to decrease as the days go on and OWS. Polling numbers show small businesses are fed up with OWS. Cities are fed up with OWS. America's fed up with OWS. And now it looks like many of the protestors are fed up with OWS - reports are showing increasing dropouts from the OWS locations due to 1) the lack of any results to speak of; and 2) the cold weather (see how many people will stay in tents for a long period of time in freezing weather) This "movement" is as good as dead. Thanks OWS for a fun 2 months. But you're yesterday's news now.

Just off the top of my head (listed in alphabetical order): Antony and the Johnsons - Hope There's Someone Blur - No Distance Left to Run Elliot Smith - The Biggest Lie Nick Drake - Fruit Tree PJ Harvey - White Chalk Portishead - Roads Radiohead - How I Made my Millions Red House Painters - Katy Song Sigur Rós - Untitled #1 Spiritualized - Broken Heart The Smiths - I Know It's Over The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work Yo La Tengo - Damage

Sigur Rós to release new album in Spring 2012: http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/11/sigur-ros-to-release-new-album-in-spring-2012/

Stories about unruly behavior from Occupy protestors are popping up at astonishing speeds: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/occupiers_terrorize_us_eatery_o4dKzxi3n03WyJWAJu4AhO Meanwhile, public opinion of Occupy protests continue to deteriorate as these protests drag on without any results. Polling shows now that just 35% have a favorable opinion while 40% have an unfavorable opinion toward this "movement." http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1378932 Keep in mind public support was over 50% just a couple of weeks ago. Absolutely embarrassing.

Animals, Bigger Stronger, Crest of Waves, Don't Panic (Blue Room version), I Bloom Blaum, I Ran Away, Murder, Such A Rush.... Shame that so many of Coldplay's B-sides are better than tracks on the actual albums.

My guess is that after the 1st leg, they'll hit the western states to coincide with Coachella, then jet off to Europe before finishing off in the northeastern states.

Other Lives will be the opening act: http://pitchfork.com/news/44544-radiohead-announce-us-tour/

USA Tour details: http://www.radiohead.com/tourdates/ :dazzled:

Brian Eno is a legend but his production skills have steadily been declining since his involvement on Acthung Baby. I attribute it to age.

My final list. FYI: I decided to limit my selections to 1 song per artist (not including collaborations) to increase awareness of some really great songs. Best Songs of 2011: 1) Radiohead - Bloom 2) Massive Attack vs. Burial - Paradise Circus 3) Björk - Cosmogony 4) xxxy - Ordinary Things 5) Lana Del Rey - Video Games 6) Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues 7) Balam Acab - Oh, Why 8) Gang Gang Dance - Glass Jar 9) M83 - Midnight City 10) Mazzy Star - Common Burn 11) Bon Iver - Holocene 12) James Blake - The Wilhelm Scream 13) Nicola Roberts - Lucky Day :ninja: 14) The Field - Then It's White 15) Cut Copy - Need You Now 16) Burial - Stolen Dog 17) Machinedrum - Come1 18) PJ Harvey - The Words That Maketh Murder 19) AraabMUZIK - Streetz Tonight 20) Jacques Greene - Another Girl 21) Jamie Woon - Night Air 22) Air France - It Feels Good to Be Around You 23) Kendrick Lamar - HiiiPower 24) St. Vincent - Surgeon 25) Four Tet/Burial/Thom Yorke - Mirror 26) Blawan - Getting Me Down 27) The Weeknd - Wicked Games 28) Wilco - One Sunday Morning 29) Nicki Minaj - Super Bass (ft. Ester Dean) 30) Girls - Vomit 31) Azealia Banks - 212 (ft. Lazy Jay) 32) Daphni - Ye Ye 33) The Dream - Fuck My Brains Out 34) Modeselektor - Shipwreck (ft. Thom Yorke) 35) Frank Ocean - Novacane 36) Jamie xx - Far Nearer 37) Katy B - Broken Record 38) Rustie - Ultra Thizz 39) Drake - Marvins Room 40) Four Tet - Locked 41) Deadboy - Wish U Were Here 42) Jonny Greenwood - また会いに来るからね 43) Gil Scott-Heron/Jamie xx - I'll Take Care Of U 44) Actress - Harrier ATTK 45) Grimes - Vanessa 46) Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood & DOOM - Retarded Fren 47) Grouper - Vapor Trails 48) Caribou - Little By Little Rmx 49) Atlas Sound - Mona Lisa 50) Bill Callahan - Riding for the Feeling 50 songs that ultimately did not make the list (in alphabetical order):

Albums list (Subject to change): 1) PJ Harvey - Let England Shake 2) The Field - Looping State of Mind 3) Björk - Biophilia 4) Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972 5) James Blake - James Blake 6) Shlohmo - Bad Vibes 7) Kate Bush - 50 Words For Snow 8) Balam Acab - Wander/Wonder 9) Radiohead - The King of Limbs 10) Grouper - A I A 11) Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues 12) The Weeknd - House of Balloons 13) St. Vincent - Strange Mercy 14) Yuck - Yuck 15) Atlas Sound - Parallax 16) AraabMUZIK - Electronic Dream 17) M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming 18) Destroyer - Kaputt 19) Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver 20) Real Estate - Days 21) Drake - Take Care 22) Bill Callahan - Apocalypse 23) Nicola Roberts - Cinderella's Eyes :ninja: 24) Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost 25) Panda Bear - Tomboy

It's definitely more interesting than talking about the mess known as Mylo Xyloto ;)

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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqrZSYzg1GU]Jonny Greenwood - Proven Lands - YouTube[/ame]

The new Thom Yorke/Jonny Greenwood/Doom track will be played on Gilles Peterson tonight. https://twitter.com/#!/gillespeterson/status/131435005242130433 :awesome: