frankilin roosevelt

It's not about being liberal or conservative anymore y'all. That is a hype offered by the fascist whores who want to confuse the people with lies while they turn this country into an aristocratic police state. Some people will say anything to attain power and money. There is no such thing as the Liberal Media, but the Corporate media is very real.


Check out my old  Voice of the People page.


Gino Napoli
San Francisco, California
High School Math Teacher

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Loyalty without truth
is a trail to tyranny.

a middle-aged
George Washington



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Friday, 24 March 2017 at 2h 24m 17s

What

What?
What is that?
What did you say?
Did you say that you wanted something other than what?
What?
What is this what?
Does is mean W ... HAT?
A hat you wear in almighty honor to the letter W.
Or is it WH ... AT.
Where are you AT?
Are you somewhere other than here?
What the Fuck?
Here where you are there or maybe everywhere.
It's just what you want that makes you what you are.


Friday, 24 March 2017 at 2h 27m 2s

Spring Training stats

Those of you who know me, know that I am an avid baseball nerd. Once baseball season starts my soul is sync'ed into baseball every single day. And not just one team. I can give you info on all 30 teams in the league. I am somewhat partial to the Giants, but that doesn't come at the expense of the other 29 teams in the league. I just love baseball. It is the best sport that combines individual achievement with team other than basketball. Football is too player dependent, and too limited in the number of games, in my opinion to appeal to me. Nothing against football, mind you. Give me 30 more games maybe, and I'd be on board.

As such, I play fantasy baseball. I have been playing every year since ... I think 2006. I win every single year. I have not lost any roto league ever. In weekly leagues, I have won every single league, except once when I lost in the final game of the playoffs, and took 2nd place. I don't say this to brag, but to reinforce the fact that I know my fucking shit when it comes to baseball.

So March is Spring Training month for baseball. Thing is that Spring Training hero's very often do not translate into regular season studs. Every year some dude just gets hot, or takes advantage of the environment and looks like a superstar. You cannot think the next best thing will be every single dude who has an awesome Spring Training because the accumulated data over the last umpteen score years indicates otherwise. The key is to know the difference. What statistics and data should we rely upon to determine how likely a Spring Training superstar actually indicates a relevant condition that will produce an excellent regular season.

For me, when it comes to pitchers I look at the Strikeout to Walks Ratio. I sort the MLB Spring Training stats by strikeouts and scroll down (without looking at the names). I only look at the name of anyone with an excellent K-BB ratio. Then I think about that pitcher, and consider whether this is a potential indicator of future success. Is the pitcher in the National League where pitchers hit? Is there a good defense behind the pitcher? Who is the pitching coach? Did the pitcher develop or improve on a new pitch or pitching repertoire? Regardless of these questions -- because you can talk yourself into anything -- this subgroup of pitchers has a much higher likelihood of future success so you are better off taking a chance from these pitchers.

For the hitters, I look at a few more data points, but mostly I trust the Walks to Strikeouts ratio, because for hitters, having a good eye is the quintessential need for future success. Foremost, a hitter who isn't helping the pitcher get him out will have a higher Batting Average, in addition to other counting stats. With hitters however, the potential for steals, spot in the batting order, the potency of the other hitters in the lineup, and even the ball park are also relevant factors. So in this case, I use the Walks to Strikeout ratio more as a backstop or check off. So in my view of things, a good hitter in a good situation with a poor ratio is a notch less than a good hitter in a mediocre situation with an impressive ratio.


Sunday, 19 March 2017 at 3h 16m 0s

Echidne is a greek goddess indeed

In case you are not aware, Echidne is a blogger who has a quite incisive instinct for the gestalt of the zeitgeist (Whoa man, two German words). I visit Echidne on a regular basis, because the information and insight is both amusing and accurate.


Jane Mayer has written an excellent and important piece about the longer-term consequences of the Citizens United Supreme Court decision which gave every dollar the same political power. Most of us could foresee what that might mean: The very rich can now legally buy almost any administration they wish and create almost any laws they want.

And Mayer shows us, very carefully, how that led to Trump and the large number of white supremacists and possibly even a Nazi or two in his administration. These shadowy super-billionaires Mayer writes about, using Mercer as her example, are the true deep "state" in the United States, our true overlords.

Granted, we still have voting for the hoi polloi, though it's more and more restricted for the black Americans every day. But if you think of voting somewhat like picking a meal in a restaurant, remember that it's people like Mercer who wrote the menu, who decided what dishes should be on it.


Click here for the Jane Mayer piece. Jane Mayer is no slouch herself. She has been a reputable journalist for the New Yorker since 1995.


Saturday, 18 March 2017 at 18h 50m 55s

14 Standard Deviations.

In fact, the aggregate wealth of Japan, is somewhere between 3 and 4 standard deviations. So WTF Mr. Ryan? I realize you had a few brews back in college salivating over destroying government, but why didn't you give back those tawdry Social Security payments after your father died, back in the day when you too were a young man in need of a little help? Tell us, Mr. Ryan, why do you indulge in the suffering of others behind a bunk philosophy?

In case you were unaware, in statistics, 3 standard deviations is the extreme for a normal distribution of items that have relatively similar characteristics and background enviromental influences. For a normal distribution, 99.7 percent of all items will be within a 3 standard deviation interval. To be 14 standard deviations from the mean, is akin to a billion year global event.

Can I say this again? THIS. IS. NOT. NORMAL.


Saturday, 18 March 2017 at 3h 0m 39s

A new song




Saturday, 18 March 2017 at 1h 27m 46s

Two old friends passing in the night


Saturday, 18 March 2017 at 0h 8m 59s

Arghhhhhhhhh

I am sooooooooooo completely sick of all these reporters and journalists using the term "alt-right" like its a keyboard key stroke sequence. Just tap [alt][arrow Right] and a goose-stepping image of Hitler appears on the screen.

Can we just call them Nazi's already? Because that's what they are. When reporters on the TeeVee mention "platform of the alt-right" they should call it instead "the agenda of National Socialist party". The rump group of Rethuglicans in the Congress are there because of election chicanery and thievery, so how much integrity do you think you are gonna get out of these liars/thieves and the morbid racists who use them?

Answer: NONE.


Friday, 17 March 2017 at 23h 58m 0s

OMG this is the president

Trump ignores the German presses audible request and then statement by Chancellor Merkel for a handshake. He just sits there with a dumb, drooling, pompous look on his face and then quips "Send a good picture to Germany for me."



He is an arrogant buffoon. Please make it stop.


Friday, 17 March 2017 at 1h 55m 47s

Good speech about the reality of globalism



Dr. Yilmaz Akyuz, Chief Economist of the South Center, was formerly the Director of the Division on Globalization and Development Strategies at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) when he retired in August 2003. He was the principal author and head of the team preparing the Trade and Development Report, and UNCTAD coordinator of research and support to developing countries (the Group-of-24) in the IMF and World Bank on International Monetary and Financial Issues. He taught at various universities in Turkey and Europe before joining UNCTAD in 1984 and after his retirement, and published extensively in macroeconomics, finance, growth and development. He is the second holder of the Tun Ismail Ali International Chair in Monetary and Financial Economics at the University of Malaysia, established by Bank Negara.

[SOURCE:  | The Real News Network | 15 March 2017]


Friday, 17 March 2017 at 0h 45m 41s

Uhm, are you paying attention ?

The super rich are hi-jacking the state and manipulating the patriotism and prejudices of the lower classes in order to destroy the people's democracy and steal the people's treasury. This is a world-wide phenomenom. It's happening nation after nation all over the world right now.




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