drsmooth wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote: Way too many old people end up turning into embarrassing bigoted or senile pieces of crap.

You sound very like the typical bitter, angry young whippersnapper

I'm kind of thinking there's a huge selection bias operating there--unhappy people don't make it into their golden years.

That is, the causal arrow isn't age leads to happiness, it's the other way--happiness leads to getting old.

The other thing I've observed is that the people I know who are healthy and in their 70s and 80s stay very active and connected, which also tends to make people happy.

TenuredVulture wrote:

drsmooth wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote: Way too many old people end up turning into embarrassing bigoted or senile pieces of crap.

You sound very like the typical bitter, angry young whippersnapper

I'm kind of thinking there's a huge selection bias operating there--unhappy people don't make it into their golden years.

That is, the causal arrow isn't age leads to happiness, it's the other way--happiness leads to getting old.

While the study in question is indeed a snapshot, the surprisingly ample body of research in this aspect of happiness suggests otherwise.

In short, despite the evidence of outliers like your present correspondent to the contrary, even a miserable SOB like hoya is likely to age, and mellow accordingly.

TenuredVulture wrote:--unhappy people don't make it into their golden years.

Sometimes their bloated corpses aren't discovered until neighbors complain about the smell.

Paul since I know you don't read the Sixers thread, is the Luke Babbitt fellow in the NBA draft from Nevada related to you? If so will he buy you a better car after he gets drafted? Thanks in advance.

so Obama froze my student loan apparently. awesome. just awesome.

The Nightman Cometh wrote:so Obama froze my student loan apparently. awesome. just awesome.

what?

I have a stafford loan for college.

Obama apparently froze that program at some point, but they never notified us until I finally got around to signing up for classes today. Fucking jerkoffs.

They said I'm on a list to be mailed information once they know what is going to happen to the program.

It's kind of fucked up.

The Nightman Cometh wrote:I have a stafford loan for college.

Obama apparently froze that program at some point, but they never notified us until I finally got around to signing up for classes today. $#@! jerkoffs.

They said I'm on a list to be mailed information once they know what is going to happen to the program.

It's kind of $#@! up.

that stinks. was hoping it was some sort of "i don't have to pay my student loan, thanks obama!" kind of thing.

only 4g of loan debt for me!

Yeah that would have been much more socialist of him instead of sodomizing me.

I wouldn't even care if they had notified me, but they didn't. Thats the fucked up part.

Barack Obama was in the music video for the classic 1993 hit "Whoomp There It Is"


Not really
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-FPimCmbX8[/youtube]

jerseyhoya wrote:Barack Obama was in the music video for the classic 1993 hit "Whoomp There It Is"

[img]not%20the%20POTUS[/img]
[color=white size=7]Not really[/size /color]
[youtube]still not the POTUS[/youtube]

is that a "republican-style" disclaimer I see buried in that mess o' crappy photos?

On Helen Thomas, she had a pretty darn good career. She made a pretty bad remark, and rightly stepped down/was pushed out. It does seem weird that people blasting her don't seem to hold the same standard for those assailing Palestinians day after day, though. An oppressed people deserve respect, not scorn.

Interesting take on the Daily Beast about how Israel is perhaps out of touch with their current situation and with US opinion.

TenuredVulture wrote:Even if you're a dope though you should be able to follow the pretty simple advice that it's never in your interest to talk to the cops. Never. (isn't that right, Phight?)

Never talk to the police without a lawyer being present- even if you are completely innocent. I don't believe the vast majority of police try to convict innocent people but they- along with witnesses who may mistakingly identify or accuse you of something- are human and make mistakes.

Although it's against the law to lie to the police, the police have the right to lie to you. They will also intimidate, threaten, trick, and take advantage of people who don't know their rights- especially their right to refuse to be searched (4th amendment) and remain silent (5th amendment). Studies have shown that ~30% of convictions that have been overturned because of DNA evidence were crimes the criminals confessed to- usually after 7 or 8 hours of being questioned.

Ride Along With Mitch

I think I found my guy for 2012. Very long article from the Weekly Standard. I doubt many will get through it, though I encourage Vox and any of the other board conservatives to put in the time to read it.

Gotta love David Brooks.

He tackles a defense of an education in the humanities here, and labels the protagonist, the central idea, the concept at the heart of his defense: The Big Shaggy.

Has he no editor? No protective colleague? No ears on his head?

Election Day today.

Going to go out and vote for Jon Runyan in a little bit. I'm not into big plea type things, and I don't know if his race is going to be competitive or not, but if you're a Republican or undeclared voter in NJ's 3rd District who wants the GOP to have a chance at taking back the House, please spend 10 minutes today going to vote for Jon Runyan. His opponent has no chance whatsoever of beating Adler in November.

jerseyhoya wrote:Ride Along With Mitch

I think I found my guy for 2012. Very long article from the Weekly Standard. I doubt many will get through it, though I encourage Vox and any of the other board conservatives to put in the time to read it.

Great article. I've been a fan of his since '08, but I'd guess he has no shot to win the nomination.

drsmooth wrote:Gotta love David Brooks.

He tackles a defense of an education in the humanities here, and labels the protagonist, the central idea, the concept at the heart of his defense: The Big Shaggy.

Has he no editor? No protective colleague? No ears on his head?

I suspect very few humanities majors read Gibbon or Herodotus. Some may read the brief bit from Thucydides on Pericles.

jerseyhoya wrote:Ride Along With Mitch

I think I found my guy for 2012. Very long article from the Weekly Standard. I doubt many will get through it, though I encourage Vox and any of the other board conservatives to put in the time to read it.

Jeez, I read this and then remember that PA's still got Fat Eddie...Now I'm sad.