Really interesting article on livescience.com today. The gist of it is that during puberty the brain takes stock in all of the connections it has made since birth, and those that aren’t used very much get trimmed and removed.

This process would help explain a myriad of things… like why teenagers are so damn stupid. But seriously, the possibilities that come out of this research are boundless.

You hear comments in science like: “we know more about the surface of Mars than we do of the ocean floor”; I’d like to add “the human brain” to that list. It’s the source of who we are as a race today, and we know so little about how it works.

I understand why people are upset over the bonuses that were given out at AIG. But really, in the grand scheme of things, this is a distraction.

These bonuses were contractual. Yes, you can argue that Congress should have prevented these from being given out when the approved the money the first time, but they didn’t… in the words of Dan Barreiro: “GET OVER IT!!!”.

Also, while 165 million dollars is a lot of money, it’s nothing compared to the 170 Billion dollars AIG has received. If my St. Zero math is accurate we’re talking about less than one-tenth of one percent of the money.

Lastly, do we really want Congress to become a tool of taxing retribution? Any time they don’t like something they’ll tax the hell out of it? I’m actually a realtively liberal person, but I don’t like these moves, and I don’t think the American people do either. If the Republicans could get their act together and put a muzzle on Rush and Dick, they’ve got a good chance to make up some ground in 2010.

Let’s put this aside and focus on some real issues… is that too much to ask? Thanks much!

I use that inflammatory word because when I first read about this story in February it made my blood boil. It pretty much sums up how I feel about police officers.

However, here is the follow-up on that story: State trooper wrong; driver cleared
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If you missed last week’s kerfuffle between Jon Stewart and Jim Cramer (or more accurately: CNBC), it culminated with Jim Cramer making an appearance on Stewart’s The Daily Show.

You can check out the episode (which is almost completely devoted to the interview with Cramer) on The Daily Show’s website.
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