I thought I heard that the Prop 8 hearing was in SF, so that's my guess.

Unless they're grading bon's test as we speak.

between him and Jon, they did a good job explaining AIG's problems.

AIG was actually a good, stable insurance company--it was branching out into the financial sector in mortgage backed securities that caused all the problems. If it weren't for that arm of the company, they wouldn't be in trouble at all.

Hah!

I knew about the Prop 8 stuff, but why would it be the Bar?

Man, it's kind of fun reading the old Apocalypse posts from the Days of Yore.

Indeed. It's really useful to date-track my major life events.

DavidS "If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me" May 12, 2003 3:41:59 pm PDT

DavidS "Spike's Bitches 32: I think I'm sobering up." Sep 26, 2006 9:44:26 pm PDT

This is why chanting is not the most effective method of social activism. IJS.

IcompletelyON, if anyone missed last night's Daily Show, make sure you watch it in reruns tonight or this weekend, because it was one of the best episodes I've ever seen!

I just got done watching the segment you're talking about: Stewart Destroys CNBC

Kos sez:

This one is destined for The Daily Show hall of fame...

If you can't or don't watch the video, the simple summary is this: Stewart runs through old clips of CNBC getting everything wrong about the economy at every possible turn in the road. The video is pure gold, unlike their business sense.

It is reminiscent of Jon Stewart's treatment of "Crossfire," when he went on the old CNN show and dressed down the hosts and told them their show, and its contrived political fights, was bad for political dialog in America. He gently asked them to stop, and within months, the show was canceled.

This one video probably won't end the CNBC network, but it should go a long way towards discrediting the blowhards that it puts on the air.

I gotta agree with Kathy A:

It wasn't the funniest show ever (more "laughing to keep from crying," actually), but it was brilliant.

It is reminiscent of Jon Stewart's treatment of "Crossfire,"

"I follow a show of puppets making crank phone calls! You're on CNN!"

ION, Mr. Customer, when you ask the tech support person "Why weren't we informed of this change to procedure?", don't be surprised when the tech person mutters to themselves--where you can't hear her--"Because we don't like you, we only want your money, and your mother dresses you funny", and then her cube neighbor snorts loudly.

why would it be the Bar?

It wouldn't. Bench, maybe, but not bar.

Justice Kennard is very talky today.

So, Science is getting better at figuring out what is going on in our brains:

The Fundamentalist Psyche

New research unlocks the genius of George W. Bush:

In two studies led by Assistant Psychology Professor Michael Inzlicht, participants performed a Stroop task – a well-known test of cognitive control – while hooked up to electrodes that measured their brain activity.

Compared to non-believers, the religious participants showed significantly less activity in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), a portion of the brain that helps modify behavior by signaling when attention and control are needed, usually as a result of some anxiety-producing event like making a mistake.

The stronger their religious zeal and the more they believed in God, the less their ACC fired in response to their own errors, and the fewer errors they made. "You could think of this part of the brain like a cortical alarm bell that rings when an individual has just made a mistake or experiences uncertainty," says lead author Inzlicht, who teaches and conducts research at the University of Toronto Scarborough. "We found that religious people or even people who simply believe in the existence of God show significantly less brain activity in relation to their own errors. They're much less anxious and feel less stressed when they have made an error."

"We found that religious people or even people who simply believe in the existence of God show significantly less brain activity in relation to their own errors. They're much less anxious and feel less stressed when they have made an error."

Interesting!