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Natter 70: Hookers and Blow

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Burrell - Apr 19, 2012 6:40:04 am PDT #1624 of 30001

Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Sorry, but I had to hold my tongue in the 9am meeting with [asshole colleague #1]. I no longer have any willpower. You will bear the brunt of my lack of willpower and sharp tongue.

As a parent who has to deal with needy kids and a professor who has to deal with similarly needy college students, I have found this to be true. I can be all supportive and patient with one or the other, but it can be hard to deal with both in one day, esp on days when I conference with students as that really takes a lot out of me.

le nubian - Apr 19, 2012 6:41:15 am PDT #1625 of 30001

"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

So Eric Cantor discusses that anti-semitism is a problem in the House GOP.

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So, the article above has this phrase that somehow shocked me:

Today, Cantor, the only Jewish House Republican,

There is only one Jew in the House GOP? Out of 242 people? ONE?

Hil R. - Apr 19, 2012 6:44:20 am PDT #1626 of 30001

Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

There is only one Jew in the House GOP? Out of 242 people? ONE?

Doesn't really surprise me. In general, Jews are pretty overwhelmingly Democrats.

le nubian - Apr 19, 2012 6:48:03 am PDT #1627 of 30001

"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Hil,

I guess that makes sense, but damn.

amych - Apr 19, 2012 6:56:01 am PDT #1628 of 30001

Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I wonder what the impact is on people with ADD, who already have problems with executive functioning. Probably just magnifies it.

Not sciencey, but in my totally anecdotal first-person experience, it makes total sense. Executive function/focus/will/whatchamacallit is absolutely a spoon.

Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 19, 2012 7:21:30 am PDT #1629 of 30001

"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Aren't Jewish folks only about 2% of the U.S. population? That being the case 8 or 9 in the House as a whole would be representative, and I wouldn't be at all surprised for the majority to fall on the Democrat side.

Hil R. - Apr 19, 2012 7:26:27 am PDT #1630 of 30001

Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

According to wikipedia, there are currently 24 Jewish members of the House of Representatives, and 23 of them are Democrats. [link]

-t - Apr 19, 2012 7:26:46 am PDT #1631 of 30001

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

The social rejection/acceptance results are the most interesting part of that ego depletion article, to me. I'm not sure what to do with them, but they are thought-provoking.

Jesse - Apr 19, 2012 7:32:33 am PDT #1632 of 30001

Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I feel like this is the time to mention a current-favorite factoid: there are no Protestants on the US Supreme Court right now.

Allyson - Apr 19, 2012 7:33:01 am PDT #1633 of 30001

Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

I have reached the end of my patience with this hand-wringing, sky-is-falling bullshit.

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Stop rewriting Bowling Alone. Just, stop.

Or, buy my book? heh.

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