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Friday, November 21. 2008

Friday morning links

Where's my bailout? (Image via Michelle). Related: The American auto makers need a bankruptcy to survive. Prof B. And how about a bailout for the modern art market?

The future of Cod in the North Sea

A book: The Cult of the Presidency: America's Dangerous Devotion to Executive Power   (h/t, Wilkerson). It's basic psychology. Lots of people want a strong parent to protect them and take care of them. Why they think politicians are the ones to do that is beyond me. It's not my great-grandfather's America any more.

The eHarmony and homosexual dating story, at Moonbattery

Great news! The US is going down. Jules

Shrinks doing less and less psychotherapy. That's a shame, in my view. A nice, wise old shrink helped me get my head straight when I was in college. I am forever grateful to him, because I was an immature jerk with a negative attitude.

Our new AG on guns. Ouch is right. As we have noted before, post-election gun sales to honest citizens are through the roof, and prices are up.

Dropping oil prices is like a tax cut. It's also making it tough on some: Look who's over a barrel

A short course in Behavioral Economics. Edge. Very cool.

Is Citibank Citigroup going to zero? I think it's a bear raid, but I don't know how the world economy can function without them.

Hot hot hot. Global warming and sex.

Waxman? Good grief.

Obama cannot quit smoking. Is smoking allowed in the White House?

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Number of Psychiatrists Providing Psychotherapy Continues To Slide
Reported in Psychiatric Times:The number of psychiatrists who provided psychotherapy to all of their patients declined from 19.1% in 1996-1997 to 10.8% in 2004-2005. From 1996 through 2005 psychotherapy was provided in 5597 of 14,108 office visits to psychiatrists lasting longer than 30 minutes, but the percentage of visits involving psychotherapy declined from 44.4% in 1996-1997 to 28.9% in 2005-2006. Several predictors were associated with a greater likelihood of receiving psychotherapy. Patients who pay out-of-pocket are more likely to get...
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Media, in their tireless effort to inform the electorate of all the intricacies of Obama's life, recently wrote about the challenges The One might have giving up his addiction to his CrackBerry. In fact, that most trusted of sources, The AP, said "Before he ran for president Barack Obama quit smoking. Now that he's won the job, he may have to break another addiction: Checking his BlackBerry for e-mail."

Is it possible that they simply concocted the story that The One gave up smoking? As someone who gives up smoking on a regular basis (it's easy!), I doubt that Obama has the mettle required to do so. He is too much of a pansy, and too cool to care.
#1 Pajak on 2008-11-21 07:45 (Reply)
A nice, wise old shrink helped me get my head straight when I was in college. I am forever grateful to him.

Ha! I sent one (actually a graduate student) on an afternoon bender when I explained ambiguity to him. Poor psycho majors. Artists rule!
#2 njartist49 on 2008-11-21 08:49 (Reply)
Henry Waxman, I can't take much more of this shit. Just look at that mans face. Very close to the snout of a pig. Mr B thinks he has bad teeth, this picture of Waxman should cheer him up. The face only a mother could love.

Meta, when you start throwing chairs, just hit him broad side right in the face. It could only improve his looks! Now that I've been promoted. Do I still have to be your personal secretary? I'm tired of all the scarves you put on me. You big Bette Davis. : )
#3 jappy on 2008-11-21 09:02 (Reply)
You think Waxman is ugly, wait and see what he does to energy prices.

I have to get that wood stove in before next winter! Although, he'll probably send the EPA to my house to collect a carbon tax.
#3.1 NJSoldier on 2008-11-21 09:12 (Reply)
Jappy,

Henry should ask Nancy Pelosi for the name of her face man. Surely they could find some section of excess meat on his body to build some nostrils. I think those camera men who sit on the floor patiently waiting to take pictures of all the potentates in Congress hearings should flick spitballs into Henry's nostrils just for fun. They could flick one and quickly look down at their cameras and adjust something while some other camera guy flicks another spitball. One would have to be ready for the hoop shot and go click instead of flick. Can you see it on the cover of TIME? "Spitballs in Congress? Does Waxman Take the Hint?"

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#3.2 Meta on 2008-11-21 22:05 (Reply)
CHINA IS AT WAR WITH US .. THIS IS NOT A DRILL ... 43,000 ATTACKS IN 2007 ,MUCH HIGHER NOW.

China 'using cyberwarfare to challenge US power'
China is using cyberwarfare to challenge American power and distorting economic policy to exert political influence over other countries, according to a hostile congressional report.

By Richard Spencer in Beijing
Last Updated: 11:01AM GMT 21 Nov 2008

The report accuses China of using its foreign exchange reserves, built up through "heavy-handed government control" to buy influence.

In one recent example, a government sovereign wealth fund agreed to use the reserves to loan money to Costa Rica in return for its dropping diplomatic recognition of China's rival, Taiwan.

Meanwhile, it has built up its army of cyber-spies to such an extent that it can launch attacks "anywhere in the world at any time".

The number of attacks on US government, defence companies and businesses rose by a third in 2007, to 43,880 incidents affecting five million computers, according to the claims by the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission.

People these cyperattacks are a causus belli, aggressive and we are at war. This is no small thing.

http://tinyurl.com/57dd7u
#4 Habu on 2008-11-21 09:03 (Reply)

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