POTUS Debate II: The Empire Strikes Back at the Wrath of Electric Mittensaloo

[MadImmortalMan]

He was so flustered at that point that pretty much everything coming out of his mouth was nonsense. 

[garbon]

Now including post-debate polling, Gallup increases Romney's lead to +7 over Obama.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/157817/election-2012-likely-voters-trial-heat-obama-romney.aspx

Hmm, Gallup's poll on sexuality had that non-whites are more likely to self-identify as gay than whites.

[Maximus]

You can't put women in binders, only small chunks of them will fit!

If the woman is a trapper you could keep them in a "trapper keeper".

Probably the only situation ever where the term "trapper keeper" makes sense, sort of.

[DGuller]

Now including post-debate polling, Gallup increases Romney's lead to +7 over Obama.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/157817/election-2012-likely-voters-trial-heat-obama-romney.aspx

This poll is total crap.  Wanna make a bet that election numbers are going to be nothing like this?  I'm ready to put my money where my mouth is.

[Eddie Teach]

Trying to make up for that money you're going to lose to Yi? 

[DGuller]

Trying to make up for that money you're going to lose to Yi? 

Just trying to prove a point.  Subconsciously Philip V has to know that Gallup numbers are crap, and that putting your money on them is foolish.  And I'm fully confident that I made a good bet with Yi, but because I'm nice, just today I'm going to let Yi cancel it for no charge.

[derspiess]

Can you explain to us how Gallup is crap?  Be specific.

[Josephus]

And if you can't be too specific, at least get it between 2-3 per cent margin of error.

[Martinus]

I don't think it is reasonable to suggest that in any given job the ratio of men and women should be 1:1 for it not to be sexist. Even with the most diversity-based hiring policies, I don''t think a private equity fund such as Bain would have the equal number of men and women - simply because jobs like this do not exactly appeal to women (hell, they do not even appeal to most men, as they require a rather cutthroat mentality etc.)

A lot of my clients are private equity funds and I don't think I would like to work in a job like this (even if it pays a lot).

[mongers]

I have a lot of silver teaspoons, old family hand me downs, I use for all sorts of things; a mate of mine notice this the other day and was was like "woah, these spoons are made of silver", they must be worth all of $2-3 each by weight of metal.   

[Habbaku]

Can you explain to us how Gallup is crap?  Be specific.

It's not 538.

[garbon]

I have a lot of silver teaspoons, old family hand me downs, I use for all sorts of things; a mate of mine notice this the other day and was was like "woah, these spoons are made of silver", they must be worth all of $2-3 each by weight of metal.   

Sounds like you have some intelligent mates.

[DGuller]

Can you explain to us how Gallup is crap?  Be specific.

The volatility is a big indicator.  Just a month ago it showed the biggest bump for Obama, and now it's showing the biggest bump for Romney.  If the poll with that many people in the sample size appears to be so volatile, then it's an indication that it's just badly designed.  It also has the biggest house effect as calculated by 538, which by itself doesn't mean much as long as it's a consistent bias, but in practice a rifle that appears to shoot way off target is also a rifle that shoots unpredictably off target.

[The Brain]

It's a rifle now?

[Razgovory]

It's a rifle now?

He's trying to speak Derspeiss' language.