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Not just "for some reason".

It's highly linked to a personality trait called openness. People who are high in openness are interested and emotionally get benefit/happiness from new ideas, thoughts, and concepts. People with this personality are generally very interested in becoming scientists and professors. Likewise, high openness correlates strongly with liberal political views. Therefore, it makes complete sense that there's a strong correlation between scientists/professors, and liberal political viewpoints.

Just imagining it makes sense -- conservatives generally want to embrace tradition and liberals want to change the world to make it a better place. Somewhere in the middle is good for society--too much change is chaos, and too little is stagnation.

Sources:
https://www.chicagoreader.com/...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

ORLY?

RLY

Then please show me the source of Damore's conviction that conservatives somehow "tend to be higher in conscientiousness". If that is not an arsepull, then what is?

Why would you question a claim that you could very well look up for yourself? Not very conscientiousness of you.

The reference for his claim, which cites a study and says:

"The best predictor of party preference wasn't any of the socio-demographic characteristics--it was the personality trait "openness," which in the big five model means curious, original, intellectual, creative, and open to new ideas. Openness was tightly linked with voting for the liberal party. The second-best predictor was the personality trait "conscientiousness"--organized, systematic, punctual, achievement-oriented, and dependable. Those high in conscientiousness were likely to vote for the conservative party."

Only problem there is 17 million stolen by Chicago is chump change.

One of the best 'reviews' I've read of it from Dan Savage (adult content, no pictures).

Yes because more money would stop stuff like this.

Daley is a crook. Be thankful his only aspiration is Emperor of Chicago.

The Independent Voters of Illinois-Independent Precinct Organization (IVI-IPO) sued the City of Chicago this morning, charging that because of the meter deal taxpayer money is illegally being used to benefit a private company, Chicago Parking Meters LLC. You can click on to the Chicago Reader blog story here...

http://www.chicagoreader.com/TheBlog/archives/2009/08/19/ivi-ipo-sues-the-city-over-the-parking-meter-deal

Ben Joravsky and Mick Dumke of the Chicago Reader have been excellent investigative journalists uncovering the corrupt parking meter fiasco. What it comes down to is the meters being sold off for peanuts ($1.5 billion over 75 years is nothing), and the public's right to know trashed. Clauses in the meter contract have been said to inhibit transportation innovation in the city. If one wanted to expand bike lanes or add streetcars and needed to remove meters to facilitate that, the city would have to pay LAZ/Morgan Stanley for lost revenue. Here's a link to their blog postings on the Chicago parking meters...

http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/ArticleArchives?tag=parking%20meters

And hats off to the Independent Voters of Illinois-Independent Precinct Organization (IVI-IPO), finally someone steps up to sue the City of Chicago. I'm becoming a member today...

http://www.iviipo.org/membership.html
http://www.iviipo.org/

The Independent Voters of Illinois-Independent Precinct Organization (IVI-IPO) sued the City of Chicago this morning, charging that because of the meter deal taxpayer money is illegally being used to benefit a private company, Chicago Parking Meters LLC. You can click on to the Chicago Reader blog story here...

http://www.chicagoreader.com/TheBlog/archives/2009/08/19/ivi-ipo-sues-the-city-over-the-parking-meter-deal

Ben Joravsky and Mick Dumke of the Chicago Reader have been excellent investigative journalists uncovering the corrupt parking meter fiasco. What it comes down to is the meters being sold off for peanuts ($1.5 billion over 75 years is nothing), and the public's right to know trashed. Clauses in the meter contract have been said to inhibit transportation innovation in the city. If one wanted to expand bike lanes or add streetcars and needed to remove meters to facilitate that, the city would have to pay LAZ/Morgan Stanley for lost revenue. Here's a link to their blog postings on the Chicago parking meters...

http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/ArticleArchives?tag=parking%20meters

And hats off to the Independent Voters of Illinois-Independent Precinct Organization (IVI-IPO), finally someone steps up to sue the City of Chicago. I'm becoming a member today...

http://www.iviipo.org/membership.html
http://www.iviipo.org/

We have yet to get through our first winter so it will be interesting to see how they hold up. In Chicago, the implementation of these were absolutely horrible. Here is a good timeline of the parking meter process http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/fail-parking-meters-lease-deal/Content?oid=1098561

Thanks, reading all about a Chicago police torture ring now.
http://www.chicagoreader.com/features/stories/andrewwilson/

The purpose of the police is to protect people.

You know, every so often I read a bit of amusing, absurdist humor on Slashdot that just brightens my day.

Of course, it's possible that someone might take this blather seriously. The purpose of the police is to protect the System. If you are completely happy with the System (I am not) you might like that. In my case, I have had some fun dealings with the police in regard to asset forfeiture (incidentally, they realized there might be trouble, so I got my one "get my car out of impound free (hah, impound fees were quite lucrative for them) as I was innocent of any crime." So, no, I don't believe the police are there to protect people. I imagine that in Chicago there are several people who agree with me.

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But then our prison system serves a political purpose that has nothing to do with deterrence (in the sense that people think) or rehabilitation. It's purpose is to keep the average citizen falling in line with whatever an authority figure tells them, no matter what kind of authority figures they are: Police Torture in Chicago.

FORMER HOMICIDE DETECTIVE Frank Laverty, who died of cancer on December 5, will be remembered for turning the Chicago Police Department on its head. Perhaps that's too mild a statement. In standing up for an African-American teenager the state wanted to put to death, a young man he'd never met, he wasn't just turning the department on its head but bouncing it a few times for good measure.

Laverty shook loose a secret of police record keeping. Twenty-five years ago, in violation of the law, detectives maintained "street files"--documents that weren't turned over to defense lawyers because they contained inconvenient truths that could hamper the prosecution of the men or women the police had decided were perpetrators. Thanks to Laverty, that widely accepted practice came to an end.

Seriously, people don't want to know about this stuff as long as they aren't on the receiving end, and I'm actually surprised at the number of young men in our society who are open homosexual sadists (usually among the hard right "family values" crowd, too). It's the most chilling thing that comes up again and again in articles like these. We're really not very far from the circus atmosphere of Elizabethan executions when you come right down to it.

I've lived in Chicago for over 11 years, in neighborhoods all over the city, and watched these cameras proliferate. Their effectiveness is questionable, as the criminal activity they're intended to prevent just moves to neighboring residential blocks. The drug dealers aren't dumb - they can see the blinking blue lights as well as anyone else.

Given the Chicago Police Department's record of torture going back over 3 decades and a coverup in which the current Mayor Daley continues to participate the notion of giving them more power is terrifying. Especially since even when police misconduct (oh, say, murder) is caught on film, nothing happens.

Perhaps the most depressing part is that the cameras tend to get installed only when rich white folks move in. A block in my multi-ethnic neighborhood that was all ganged up for years (though it's 2 blocks from a police station) suddenly got cameras (and the streets repaved) when the condos went up.

I mourn for my city. If we actually manage to land the Olympics, I'm outta here.

I've lived in Chicago for over 11 years, in neighborhoods all over the city, and watched these cameras proliferate. Their effectiveness is questionable, as the criminal activity they're intended to prevent just moves to neighboring residential blocks. The drug dealers aren't dumb - they can see the blinking blue lights as well as anyone else.

Given the Chicago Police Department's record of torture going back over 3 decades and a coverup in which the current Mayor Daley continues to participate the notion of giving them more power is terrifying. Especially since even when police misconduct (oh, say, murder) is caught on film, nothing happens.

Perhaps the most depressing part is that the cameras tend to get installed only when rich white folks move in. A block in my multi-ethnic neighborhood that was all ganged up for years (though it's 2 blocks from a police station) suddenly got cameras (and the streets repaved) when the condos went up.

I mourn for my city. If we actually manage to land the Olympics, I'm outta here.

I've lived in Chicago for over 11 years, in neighborhoods all over the city, and watched these cameras proliferate. Their effectiveness is questionable, as the criminal activity they're intended to prevent just moves to neighboring residential blocks. The drug dealers aren't dumb - they can see the blinking blue lights as well as anyone else.

Given the Chicago Police Department's record of torture going back over 3 decades and a coverup in which the current Mayor Daley continues to participate the notion of giving them more power is terrifying. Especially since even when police misconduct (oh, say, murder) is caught on film, nothing happens.

Perhaps the most depressing part is that the cameras tend to get installed only when rich white folks move in. A block in my multi-ethnic neighborhood that was all ganged up for years (though it's 2 blocks from a police station) suddenly got cameras (and the streets repaved) when the condos went up.

I mourn for my city. If we actually manage to land the Olympics, I'm outta here.

Coincidentally, this week's "Savage Love" ponders the question of whether Second Life sex can be considered real-world cheating -- which is at least more plausible.

I can't tell if Sir Buzz is being fecetious or actually believes what he wrote. Whichever it is, his statement needs to be countered, lest someone actually buy into that line of nonsense.

Here's a link to the article summary, though you'd have to pay $2 to actually read it.

--stj

On How the Communist Party Is an Anti-Universe Force
In the last hundred years, the sudden invasion by the communist specter has created a force against nature and humanity, causing limitless agony and tragedy. It has also pushed civilization to the brink of destruction. It has become an extremely malevolent force against the universe.

and although the place sounds interesting, it's way too outside the budget I need for a feeding.

here's an review I found that sums it up:
[ ]For the past decade restaurants have gone to great lengths--showy food, exposed kitchens, gimmicky menus--to add drama to their dining rooms. But when the theatrics overshadow the food, a restaurant and its diners are in trouble. At Market District newcomer MOTO, the show starts with waitstaff dressed in black lab coats, continues with aromatherapeutic flatware threaded with sprigs of fresh herbs (listed as a course on the menu!), and hits a peak when servers approach the table with six-inch syringes to inject a single rice ball with sweet-and-sour sauce. And if you think Charlie Trotter's servings are small, wait till you see what chef Homaro Cantu calls a salad: a teaspoon of tiny spinach gelatin cubes and another of frisee. A bite-size portion of scallops came sitting atop a plastic box (constructed by Cantu himself), where a small but tasty filet of black bass was steaming in "Pacific Oceanic products" (water FedExed in from the Pacific). If the minuscule portions of white-truffle ice-cream spaghetti and smoked-watermelon soup tasted good I'd be more forgiving, but they didn't. It goes on like this through the 13th course--you'll wish you'd opted for the five- or seven-course meal or, evenbetter, that you'd gone next door to Folia instead. Moto is at 945 W. Fulton, 312-491-0058.

See also, e.g. this alternate 100 best.

Probably the key bit of new information, in answer to the "why now?" question:

It turns out that George Varga, a writer in San Diego, interviewed the bassist last month and thought it would be funny to show him an article about some recent Stones reissues written by someone named Bill Wyman.

Bill Wyman wrote for the Chicago Reader back in the 90s. He was not loved. See Three Pandering Sluts And Their Music Industry Stooge, featuring the always-entertaining Steve Albini.