asstapping
 

I am now the owner of Hank_Chinaski nick over at judged.com!

This Juan USMC is the original imposter sock. I give it more credit than the imposter chinaskis.

Religion and Maps
 

That has to be my favorite post ever. I love maps too.

Religion and Maps
 

It's very interesting. But I found it somewhat annoying that the division lines between colors varies by religions, even for religions that (as I understand it, but I'm not going to go look up) are roughly the same size, nationwide (Jews and LDSs).

It was confusing to see the county where I grew up place both religions with the same color, since I would have guessed that Jews made up around 0.5% (i.e., essentially non-existant) and Mormons maybe 8-9% (i.e., a pretty sizable presence, maybe even the fourth or fifth largest group). Which is likely the case, because the two maps assign those groups the same color, but don't lump the same percentages together. Weird.

I'm not alleging bias, but one has to wonder how those gradiation differences influence how the map is read, and what implications one takes from it. If the Mormons were on the same scale as the Jews, for example, Nevada would look much more Mormon.

Religion and Maps
 

Yeah, I saw that too. I imagine they tinkered with the percentages assigned to each allocation because otherwise, some of the maps would've just looked plain empty because some religious groups just don't have many people at all in most counties (but they might have some).

Religion and Maps
 

I thought you were color blind.


Damn malingerers.

Religion and Maps
 

I think that's right. They take the highest percentage in any given county as the max. Then they subdivide somehow. It looks like the top range is about 50% of the maximum, then it's 25-50%, then 10-25%, and then 0-10 (or zero). But it doesn't look like the formula is consistent, although it's close, which suggests it's based on some sort of distribution. For example, perhaps it's quintiles (or quartiles). I.e., the first level of shading is for counties in the bottom 25% of percentage, then 25-50,50-75, and 75-100. Just a guess.

Religion and Maps
 

He is. Right now, Spanky is sitting on his doorstep and telling a deer "You have no idea how many Jewish counties there are in this country!"

Religion and Maps
 

Red green color blind. Makes color coded maps a pain in the ass, but on the computer I can adjust the colors so I can see them better. But maps that are color coded with subtle colors are a total nightmare.

I had a world map on my wall as a kid where the colors changes were very subtle. The map was from the interwar period (I and II). To me Germany, Poland and Czecklosavakia where all one color so I thought they were the same country on the map.

Kind of makes you wonder if the map designer was part of the bund.

Religion and Maps
 

Under their system it makes it look like everywhere but the south is Catholic dominated. Although that might make the Pope happy, that is clearly not the reality (or Kennedy would not have been the first and last Catholic president).

Religion and Maps
 

In Law School a friend of mine pointed out to me that the Jewish influence in this country is one of the main reasons why the fundamentalists have never been able to turn this country into a theocracy. One of the reasons why I think Christian conservative's complaints about Hollywood's anti-Christian bias is really a cloaked form of anti- semiticism.

In any event, every year since I obtained that little morsal of knowledge, the jewish population in this country has DECREASED per capita.

That is good news for Jerry Fallwell and Pat Robertson and bad news for everyone that does not want sex to be limited to only the missionary position on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

I agree with Bill Maher that a new rule should be that Jewish couples are not allowed birth control (although that may not be constitutional - not sure).

I saw a great bumper sticker today that said "Please Lord - save me from your followers".

Of course that bumper sticker was right below "Hate is not a family value".

Heckuva job, Rummy
 

More generals call for Rumsfeld to resign.


http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/...eld/index.html


I know it'll never happen -- but that actually makes it more satisfying, and more promising, from my perspective.

Heckuva job, Rummy
 

Jodete y aprieta el culo! traidor!

¿cadena del comando?

¿¿¿cómo usted tiene gusto de él cuando tu asociados son llamando para tu cabeza??? y no te piense que no lo hacen

Heckuva job, Rummy
 

still my favorite of all my tribute socks!

More on Duke
 

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/04/13/D8GVCKT81.html

This just keeps getting stranger. The victim arrived at the party at 11:30 am, and was found passed out drunk in a car in a parking lot of a convenience store at 1:30 am.