[DiogenesLamp]

But in another drug thread DiogenesLamp said, "Reliable or not, those are the figures being put out by the people who make it their job to come up with such figures. No doubt they are a statistical extrapolation. Till someone presents an argument that there are better figures, I will have no choice but to use what is available."

A drug induced psychosis diagnosis certainly seems to fit you, because you have a constant and obsessive tendency to conflate one thing with another, and to take commentary out of context, and then act as if it actually proves something.

Repetition is a seeming hallmark of you dope pushing Libertarians. I suppose it's all you've got.

[ConservingFreedom]

Drawing conclusions by comparing real numbers to estimates (really? A conclusion based on two data points? What are you five or something?) is nonsense.

But in another drug thread DiogenesLamp said, "Reliable or not, those are the figures being put out by the people who make it their job to come up with such figures. No doubt they are a statistical extrapolation. Till someone presents an argument that there are better figures, I will have no choice but to use what is available."

take commentary out of context

ROTFL! As shown by the link I keep providing and you omitted, the only difference is that when you posted those words they served the argument you were making but now they don't - tough.