We have friends in California who are (or were) Trump voters. He voted Trump because (a) concerns about illegal immigration / crime, and (b) because he thought Trump (as a businessman() would manage … (View Post)

Good News! Nate Silver is going to be making his polling database publicly available: https://substack.com/home/post/p-158462587 (View Post)

@Luckyguy1983's analysis is generally sound, but it does miss the extent to which Russia interferes in the affairs of other countries. For example, it's funding of environmental groups in P… (View Post)

FPT, for PB oil nerds only: I always struggled with the abiogenic theory, because it is completely contradicted by the fact that the deeper (and hotter) you go, the more likely the oil will have been… (View Post)

Hmmm: I'm not sure that's quite true. The Soviets were very good at finding oil and gas when they found obvious surface oil leaks. I would point out that the abiogenic theory of oil was muc… (View Post)