[wliao] he tries to show: as the price of oil drops, the pace of freedom goes up in places like Iran, Sudan. As the price of oil goes up, the pace of freedom goes down
[davek] ‘Pace of freedom’? What the **** is that? How do you measure that?
[smj] the length of the skirts?
[14:23:28] LINK from wliao@sverige: http://sdf1.org/links/1146605008
[wliao] length of skirts have been used as an index of economic healt/well-being
[roint] long skirts are in fashion these days
[rdhatt] like the Big Mac index
[jca] maybe there’s a direct correlation to number of birkas observed and oil prices.
[wliao] he only mentions it in passing. Basically, his premise is that authoritarian govts are being funded by the high price of oil.
[14:27:02] LINK from wliao@sverige: http://sdf1.org/links/1146605222 (http://www.jmrlsi.co.jp/english/mij/r_eye/2004/05.html)
[roint] i somehow doubt that the economy has anything to do with skirts
[wliao] it references a correlation between skirt length and S&P
[wliao] yes, but the idea is that skirt length is an indicator of how well people are doing (and generalizing to the US economy)
[roint] the asprin thing might verily be real, though
[wliao] it also mentions the golf ball index, lipstick index, etc

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