Friday, October 8, 2010

FuturePundit: Low testosterone is linked to Alzheimer's disease. Well, good, I know I'm not going to get Alzheimers.
The Chicago Tribune has good advice for people enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans. Starting on November 15, they can change their plans if necessary.

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

We have two really good political flaps going on in Arkansas right now. One involves the use of state-own vechicles. Jason Tolbert has a link to Gov. Beebe's report along with his comments. See ADG story here. The governor seems most upset with the fact that the state's colleges and universities own more than 1,500 vehicles. When I was a professor and needed to attend a meeting I always checked out a school car. Why take my own car and put miles on it? With a school car you were given a credit card in case the vehicle broke down. One time this did happen on a trip with a van-load of students.

Governor Beebe is going to fix the problem to some degree, but some agencies are independent. The Game and Fish Commission has been singled out in press reports for having more vehicles than employees. Republicans claim that the main problem lies with the state's constitutional officers.

The other flap concerns pastors, as they are called in the newspaper, who receive tax-exemptions for their homes. Some of these homes are assessed at over a quarter of a million dollars. The ADG quotes tax assessor Janet Troutman, "It used to be that parsonages were right next to the church, but that's evolved over the years. The church business has changed. I hate to say it's a business, but it is a business." She has decided that several ministers are no longer exempt for property taxes.
AP: Working-class whites are flocking to the Republican party. And why not?
Nicole Johnson on men, testosterone, and dating: " Ladies, please stop treating the men like they are one of your girlfriends. They are men. A man will NEVER talk or think like a woman. Men will not engage you, or validate your feelings, to the extent of female friends. They have a penis, not a vagina."

"The majority of male energy is focused on burgers and blow jobs. They are not thinking about honing their emotional or communicative capabilities. Women need to accept this reality, and take responsibility for putting UNNECESSARY pressure on men."
Bob Woodward: Obama-Clinton ticket is "on the table" for 2012. I think you can count on it.

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Google TV will be a player in the movie streaming era that we are now beginning.
Insulin was the first miracle drug, isolated in 1921.