Gas Prices, am I right?!
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It's depressing to have to put a thread that I started on ignore. :/
There's been a LOT of studies that prove out (or at least strongly indicate) that the global economy (and subsequently ours) is an evolving, living, breathing thing that is pretty much unaffected by who the president is or even which party controls Congress. The presidential candidates love to take credit and give blame, but ........
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sdandrea1 And perhaps the studies are correct, but many studies are not depending on whether there were goals associated and who paid the bill. Things definitely ebb and flow in the U.S. economy that the president can't control, but the better you control what you can the better the chance for success.
Walterjn Earth is estimated to be 4.5Billion years old. When they show me data from each year to analyze the changes, I'll join the panic. Otherwise, history repeats.
Bravopilot Earth is estimated to be 4.5Billion years old.
Not according to the Bible.
Bravopilot When they show me data from each year to analyze the changes, I'll join the panic.
A measured and productive response doesn't have to be a panic.
Bravopilot Otherwise, history repeats
That's just part of one of the most over-used, tired, and erroneous maxims. Clearly, man doesn't fail to learn, It's chosen ignorance.
Bravopilot agreed.
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My background , study and training is/was in the field of Science, specifically the health and medical field. I managed a large, teaching University , research department. Anything we did was peer reviewed in depth by our team and also often by affiliate research departments at other hospitals before submitted for publication. You are correct that a good chunk of the research studies we see posted in mainstream media etc are biased and might have an agenda.....this is where people get mislead.
when I took advanced stats in my first Uni degree, our Prof made a statement that with any research , you can prove or disprove your thesis depending on the on the statistical methods and tests you choose. This gets abused and it's why you see so many research reports get debunked and disproven once they are peer reviewed and analyzed using the proper or better tools.
One of the projects this prof assigned was to perform a research study then analyze the data using 3 different ( but all good and accepted) statistical tests and methodologies. Two needed to prove our thesis and one disprove it. Then as a follow-up assignment , we were given somebody else's project that they proved and we had to disprove it using accepted statistical methodologies.
Bottom line is there are legitimized peer reviewed research papers published all they time and anyone can find and access these. JAMA, Lancet, New England Journal of Medicine are just a few of the best peer reviewed Journals out there that you can have confidence in.
Yipsy This explains what perspective you come from and speaks to the arrogance and hostility you display toward others.
There's a reason folks here might dislike you more than me. It's quoted above.
Yipsy There are incredible biases at the heart of "peer-review".
Weirfan made note of that in his post.
Yipsy Science is no longer science
Based upon your comments, I'm not so sure you know what science actually is nor, how you'd manage the philosophical underpinnings of science. Science is not "God". The empirical method is logically flawed as it can only define itself with empiricism being part of the definition.
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It takes Fall to drop any prices here. Down only $.20 this week....$3.39
Surely will go up .40-.50 next week. S.T.O.P.
In the presence of a know all, be all, been all, god, I tell ya!!
Fucking cunts.
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Par4QC It takes Fall to drop any prices here.
Energy prices always ( almost) increases due to demand characteristics in spring and summer
Fall tends to be when that demand subsides and prices fall.
Of course many economic and political factors can intervene but historically, you are correct
There will be a increase if Israel decides to hit Iranian oil. Captain Obvious here.
A few days ago I checked prices in the area and found IA to be the same as IL right now. Can't recall ever seeing that, but filled up at the Shell around the corner for the 1st time in maybe 2 years. $3.39/gal.
Today I was passing by and nearly wrecked the damn car when I saw the price.......$2.99.
Hasn't been that low since...well....since the last election!!! Which tells me which way Big Oil swings. 