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Obama as Superhero — Video

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After having a President who launched the careers of more comedians than any other in history, at the beginning of his Presidency, Barack Obama appeared to be a bit harder as satiric muse. However, now that he is becoming more familiar to the us, that has changed.

As the Jib Jab web animation below shows, the direction of the humor has taken a refreshing new direction.

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By Bruce Eisner

Recession Over by the End by 2009 — Another Opinon Based on NY Fed Model

Link for this Post: NY Fed's Model Predicts End of Recession in 2009 by Mark J. Perry on his Carpe Diem blog

In my last post, I wrote about the opinion of "Dr. Doom" Nouriel Roubini that the current ecomomic crisis will continue until the end of 2010. Here is another view published on the blog of Mark J. Perry, a Professor of Economics and Finance at the University of Michigan.

Based on a usually reliable predictor of future economic activity, a model based on trends in the spead between interest rates  of 10 year US Treasury bonds and 3 month US Read more »

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“Mushrooms and mysticism” by Mark Kleiman in the Huffington Post

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According to this post with many comments by Mark Kleiman. Professor of Policy Studies at the UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research, Kleiman teaches methods of policy analysis, political philosophy, and drug abuse and crime control policy. He comments in today’s Huffington Post:.

There’s now good scientific support for the claim that psilocybin, the active agent in "magic" mushrooms, has a better-than-even chance of generating a full-blown mystical experience in properly selected and prepared subjects.

Now what?

Kleiman takes off on the idea and Read more »

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Forbes.com Is Sex Necessary? -

Link: Is Sex Necessary? – Forbes.com.

Yesterday I posted about the hot new aphrodisiac heading for market. Today we look at sex from a different perspective. Forbes.Com asks "Is Sex Necessary/"

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By Bruce Eisner