...New research suggests that narcissists are actually more stressed than others, putting them at risk for a slew of cardiac diseases. ...
Psychologists studied 106 undergrads, measuring levels of narcissism and of cortisol, a hormone produced as a stress response. Their results, published Monday in the online journal PLoS One, found that narcissist had higher cortisol levels. The effect, shown in the above chart, was especially true for males. Previous research has linked high cortisol levels to hypertension and heart disease. ...Sarah Kliff at Wonkblog
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For now, however Republicans are still around and making trouble. Still, they seem to backing off from at least one battle with the White House. According to Greg Sargent, it looks like Congressional Republicans have decided to give Obama's recess appointments a pass.
... Some Senate Republicans appear to have concluded that it may be a political loser for them to take up his battle. After all, it could reprise the dynamic that played to the Democrats’ advantage during the payroll tax cut fight: it could mire Republicans in an argument about process, even as the White House and Dems make the case for what their new consumer protection bureau would do for the American people.
With polls showing the public blames Congressional Republicans more than Obama for governmental gridlock, it would force Republicans into the position of engineering more dysfunction, while Dems argue that the GOP is trying to undo their efforts to defend the middle class against Wall Street excess. This would play neatly into Obama’s strategy of preenting himself as the true champion of middle class interests while hammering Republicans for prioritizing the rich and running against a historically unpopular Congress.
Even if you concede that the politics of recess appointments themselves are unclear, it’s hard to see how this particular fight would help the GOP brand. ...Plumline
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