Gun Safety and Auto Safety
Why why why can’t we do anything about gun violence? Minority influence, dopamine, and traffic safety may hold the answers!
CalicoJack
It's been five long years of blogging the Trump years. We've laughed, we've cried, we've pulled some of our remaining hair out, but we've made it. It is almost done and our democracy, nation, and souls are still largely intact. Unfortunately, we're not through.There is much more to come as we stitch ourselves back together like some kind of common Frankenstein monster as we recover from the PTSD that Trump gave us and the needless deaths and suffering from #COVID19. We also have to keep #BidenHarris honest & progressive, oppose Republican obstructionism anti-democratic tendencies, and whatever other black swans await us. All of which will be addressed using good old-fashioned snarcky, sarcasticky, profaney fun and psychological insights.
Trump as a Mental Contaminate
Trump has contaminated all of us in one way or another. Using the halo effect and other heuristics, I explain exactly the kind of contaminate that Trump is. And, there is a long snarky, sarcasticky, and profaney rant about Brock Turner.
Managing Your Feelings Is Not My Job
Originally posted on hecatedemeter:
“Whistling girls and crowing hens always come to some bad ends,” my grandma used to say, just before she would tell me that while I was a gracious loser (she was right; I am), I was a “very poor winner.” By that, my grandma…
Drowning
Originally posted on dr. p.l. (paul) thomas:
The boot in the face, the brute Brute heart of a brute like you. “Daddy,” Sylvia Plath When people declare “He literally lost his mind” or when TV and radio ad after ad announces “Not available in all states,” I…
Mad Props for Branding & Blogging
The Blogging U courses work! My review of my experience with the course and my celebration of breaking 100 visitors and views!
The Cost of Quitting for Bernie Sanders
Sanders won’t quit! He’s in til the end! Find out what psychology has to say about Bernie’s determination!
The Dopamine of Social Media!
Internet addiction! Reward Circuits! Dopamine! The love molecule! Find out what contributes to your obsession with social media! Now get back to work!
Trolls from the Dark Side
Trolls have always been creepy and aggressive and destructive whether they are featured in Norse fairy tales, DnD adventures, or on the Internet. Find out what drives these super creeps to ruin everyone’s fun!
Getting Visual on the Blog
Thoughts on the basic look and purpose of my blog following the day 2 Blogging U Branding and Growth course.
Goals: Summer 2016
My three goals for the Bloggin U. course, Branding and Growth.
How Obama Created Trump
How did Trump become a thing? Read about how Daniel Kahneman and risk assessment can be used to explain how Obama made Trump possible. Thanks Obama!
Is Orange Trump the New Black?
What is the real threat to our nation from Trump’s candidacy? Find out how we accept events and behaviors as normal and how Trump is threatening all of our social progress of the past 60 years!
Zimmerman Should Get No Peace
Not only should 26 February be designated Trayvon Martin Day, a day for remembering all that the police have wrongfully taken from us, but also a day to celebrate family, friends, and life.
PC versus PC-FREE
Could conservatives resent being PC because it requires them to limit their behavior and perhaps even change?
Hate Begets Hate
Why shouldn’t we be telling racist, xenophobic, misogynist jokes? Trump and the transphobic panic is making the USA a much more dangerous and harsher place to live. Prejudice Norm Theory explains why.
Sanders & Minority Influence
A short post in which I use minority influence to argue that it is time for Sanders to be flexible and seek compromise and stop trying to tear down Clinton and the DNC.
Schema Your Head Off!
What happens when all the rules we’ve lived by are broken? When racist, narcissistic, misogynistic liars are almost president? When boys are in the girls’ room and girls are in the boys’ room? Schema Theory explains it all.
The Inequalities Are Still Savage
Originally posted on Daniel Katz, Ph.D.:
Twenty-five years ago, author and activist Jonathan Kozol published what remains one of the most important examinations of educational inequity ever printed, Savage Inequalities. The book is a direct and searing look at how districts serving urban minority children suffered from…
Groupthink or Group Cluster… Explaining the Modern GOP
Ever wonder why the GOP seems to be perpetually at odds with everyone? Groupthink explains it all.
Seeing is Believing
The old saying, seeing is believing, has never been more true or dangerous in this age of political cynicism and technology. Find out how or why political ads create and maintain false impressions.
The Psy of Life 
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