The more years we measure temperatures the more extreme values we would expect to see.

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But this week the Republican Congress voted to enact an extreme budget that violates our values and, I believe, is bad for our long- term interests.

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In other words, trends regarding total economic damages from extreme weather events largely reflect trends in property values and geographical patterns of development rather than trends regarding the frequency and severity of extreme weather events.

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But at some point, America ceased emphasizing community values and began valuing extreme individualism.

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Perhaps, but as traders and investors assign higher probabilities to these extreme outcomes their view of current market values changes.

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Every time there is this swing to extreme, the other side comes back with real conservative values, and you start to move forward again.

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One graph (shown after the break) has an FX-74 gobbling what looks like near double the juice of a Core 2 Extreme QX6700 chip for comparable (or lesser) performance values.

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It is less about an extreme makeover and more about deepening its own policy message and clarifying its own values.

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