Thursday Night Zodiac Open Thread

As of late, I have developed something of an obsession or a muse with Astrology. I have been asking everyone, random people even, what their signs are. I am a Taurus, so being as stubborn as I am, it takes a lot for me to love something and commit to it, but when I do, [...]

Conflucian’s Say: Stress and Shin Splints

How are you handling the Great Recession of 2009?  Are you getting enough sleep?  Eating well?  Exercising? Wanna talk about it?  Join us tonight at 10PM EST for Conflucians Say  on PUMA United Radio for the Wellness Edition, among other things. Update:  Whooops!  There is no show scheduled tonight.  Next week for sure.  But let’s [...]

Thursday: Read it and Weep, Jon Corzine

Chris Christie (R) leads Jon Corzine (D?) in the polls for governor. From RealClearPolitics: Polling Data Poll Date Sample Christie (R) Corzine (D) Und. Spread RCP Average 04/17 – 05/18 – 44.5 36.8 14.0 Christie +7.7 Quinnipiac 05/12 – 05/18 2532 RV 45 38 13 Christie +7 Rasmussen Reports 05/12 – 05/12 500 LV 47 [...]

Your Breakfast Read, Served By The Confluence

Good News and Bravo FBI arrest four in alleged plot to bomb Bronx synagogues, shoot down plane The FBI and NYPD busted a four-man homegrown terror cell Wednesday night that was plotting to blow up two Bronx synagogues while simultaneously shooting a plane out of the sky, sources told the Daily News. The idea was [...]

Wednesday: {{snort!}} “Testosterone Poisoning is REAL”

Check out this must read from James Kwak at Baseline Scenario on risky behavior in the banking industry.  He cites another post at VoxEU by Anne Siebert entitled “Why did the bankers behave so badly?”.   They behaved badly because they were overconfident.  This overconfidence was brought on by three things: confirmation bias, a steroid feedback [...]

Your Breakfast Read, Served By The Confluence

Everybody Loves Nancy Maybe the GOP should keep looking for the real culprit of “Torturegate”. Democrats Defending Pelosi House Democrats have rushed to the defense of Speaker Nancy Pelosi in her public battle with the CIA, a reflection of the enormous loyalty the California Democrat enjoys in her caucus despite a month-long effort by Republicans [...]

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Obama sure talks purty

President Obama read another speech off his TelePrompter last weekend and (surprise, surprise!) the Obamafluffers are getting all gooey about his unmatched-in-history  eloquence and bold leadership in “facing down” anti-abortion protesters. Horsepuckey! Here is the portion of the official TOTUS transcript that dealt with the subject of abortion: Nowhere do these questions come up more [...]

Time-wasting Nerd Fun

I haven’t got much done these last few days. I’ve been too busy watching the Nasa TV live feed from the Hubble servicing mission. The problems they have on a mission like this are so wonderfully groan-in-sympathy familiar: stuck bolts. Like working on old plumbing, with the same issues. They’re too professional to say it, [...]

Your Breakfast Read, Served By The Confluence

Obama at Notre Dame Obama’s commencement speach at Notre Dame has been the new cri de guerre for some in the last couple of days. It’s over now. So what’s next? Can Randall Terry and Alan Keys go back to nowhere where they belong? At Notre Dame, Obama Calls for Civil Tone in Abortion Debate [...]