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The Corpus Callosum is an occasional journal of armchair musings, by a suburban, reality-based, slightly-left-of-center guy, who reserves the right to be highly irregular at times. Topics: social commentary, neuroscience, politics, science news. Mission: to develop connections between hard science and social science, using linear thinking and intuition; and to explore the relative merits of spontaneity vs. strategy.
Corpus Callosum is written by a psychiatrist at a small community hospital somewhere in the USA. Email to cc.scienceblogger at gmail dot com.
September 30, 2008
Category: Science News
When I was 11 or so, I read Heinlein's novel, Podkayne of Mars. I wanted to go to Mars after that. The thought never really left me. But in June of this year, I began to have my doubts. Scientists...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 7:42 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 28, 2008
Category: economy
From London Banker: "The problem with financial institution balance sheets is that on the left hand side nothing is right and on the right hand side nothing is left." It's pretty obvious that financial institutions are struggling. We've had 16...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 2:10 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 27, 2008
Category: economy
Large Wall Street independent investment banks had a nice thing going. Because much of what they did was not depository banking, there was little Federal oversight. Instead, the SEC let them run voluntary oversight programs. Now, the SEC chairman, Christopher...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 11:52 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Politics
I can't top this, so I'll just quote. It's from Mike Shedlock, the guy with the portmanteau nickname, "Mish": Careful analysis shows both Obama and McCain lost the debate...For the first time in history, I am proclaiming a moderator to...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 6:31 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 26, 2008
Category: Armchair Musings
Quote of the day, attributed to President Bush: “If money isn’t loosened up, this sucker could go down.” --President Bush, 25 Sept 2008 He's an idiot. Liquidity is not the problem. If it were, the whole mess would have been...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 8:18 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 23, 2008
Category: Psychiatry
Ever since the inception of the Global and Perpetual War on Terror, there has been concern about the role of professionals with training in psychology and psychiatry in the design, conduct, and interpretation of torture programs. The American Psychiatric Association...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 7:49 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 22, 2008
Category: Politics
No, this is not a conspiracy hypothesis. There really is a shadow banking system. There is even a Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee (although the Committee is really a study group, not a regulatory body of any sort). The System...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 8:05 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Photos of Interest
This is a nice photo, with a Creative Commons license. It's a female Anna's Hummingbird, Calypte anna. The picture was taken by Michael Risenhoover, who blogs at Michael 448. Clcik on the image to go to the page and see...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 7:13 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
September 21, 2008
Category: Social Commentary
USNORTHCOM is the organizational unit of the US military that is assigned to North America. They are the ones who are responsible for defense of the homeland. Religious Support Teams providing hope after Ike September 13, 2008 TYNDALL AIR FORCE...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 12:38 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Psychiatry
The economic crisis is reported to be responsible for a recent increase in calls for mental health services: Economy worries driving more people to seek help By ROB WATERS and DAVID OLMOS September 20, 2008...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 8:05 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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