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Trump's narcissism can only be destructive and never constructive.

Trump and Musk are doing It Wrong: Politics is the Art of the Possible, Not the Art of Grievance, Revenge, and Self-Enrichment

27 December 2024 — 15 Comments

Trump and the oligarchs are using Hitler's Propaganda Playbook to destroy our democracy and usher in fascism.

Social Psychology

Hitler’s Propaganda Playbook: A Guide to the Orange Caricature’s Administration

21 December 2024 — 13 Comments

2020 was made for FESTIVUS, Festivus 2020

Festivus 2020: This Year was made for FESTIVUS! Come Celebrate with Ye Olde Blogge

17 December 2024 — 8 Comments

Why is everyone pretending like everything will be okay when we're all so fucked?

Narcissistic Personality

Narcissism, Nihilism, and the Destruction of America or Why We’re so Fucked

14 December 2024 — 26 Comments

The re-election of Trump and the GOP majorities in Congress are the worst of all possible outcomes of election 2024. Our reaction amounts to ontological shock at adjusting to this new reality.

Navigating Ontological Shock of Election 2024

8 December 2024 — 20 Comments

The media reporting on Trump and the GOP as normal is gaslighting

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Comment on This: The Press Treating Trump and the GOP as Normal is Obeying in Advance

18 November 2024 — 34 Comments

Will voter suppression hurt GOP voters?

Recycling the Trump Years: Can the GOP Voter Suppress its way to Victory or Can the Dems Stacey Abrams their way to Victory?

16 November 2024 — 4 Comments

White voters won't tolerate living in a minority majority democracy. They want minority rule.

Election 2024: White Rule Now, White Rule Tomorrah, White Rule Forevah!

14 November 2024 — 24 Comments

What causes the Republican base to continue voting for Republicans?

Recycling the Trump Years, Social Psychology

Recycling the Trump Years: The Making of the Republican Voter

10 November 2024 — 25 Comments

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Comment on This: The Lack of Reporting on the Effects of Republican Anti-Democratic Electioneering on Harris’ Loss

8 November 2024 — 24 Comments

How can Trump's "victory" be explained by anything other than his appeal to our inner toxic masculine selves?

Election 2024: Toxic Masculinity for the Win!

6 November 2024 — 24 Comments

Election 2024: Last Day of Voting LIVE BLOG

6 November 2024 — 22 Comments

How are the hot takes running in your mentions? Is Biden in or out as the Democratic candidate?

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Comment on This ^2: The Republican Women’s Vote and a Landslide Loss Helps Trump Steal the Election

4 November 2024 — 43 Comments

Why do we put so much stock in polling data? The results play havoc with our perceptions because of our cognitive biases and heuristics

Cognitive Psychology

Cognitive Biases and Polling: Navigating the Illusion of Certainty

2 November 2024 — 14 Comments

Why is that so many young men are attracted to Trump? Could it be his juvenile schtick actually appeals?

Election 2024: Trump’s Juvenility Rallies Young Male Support

30 October 2024 — 23 Comments

How can we put the wealth gap in perspective? How can we understand how billionaires are distorting our democracy?

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Comment on This: At $1 Million per Day, It Would Take 900 Years for Musk to Spend His Entire Fortune

27 October 2024 — 17 Comments

Can science explain why we're so uncertain of the outcome of the 2024 election?

Cognitive Psychology

Embracing Uncertainty: The Wild Ride of Election 2024

26 October 2024 — 5 Comments

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Comment on This: You Know You’re Lying and That’s the Problem, Responding to MAGA Lies

23 October 2024 — 19 Comments

How did we go from a nation of George Washingtons to a nation of sniveling lying Donald Trumps? Menticide

Cognitive Psychology

Election 2024: Menticide or How Trump Replaced Our Democratic Values with Narcissistic Delusions

21 October 2024 — 27 Comments

Why are all of Trump's lies, division, chaos, hate, and threats to our democracy accepted as normal?

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Comment on This: I’m So Sick and Tired of Trump’s Divisive Chaos and Lying

20 October 2024 — 12 Comments

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STATUS UPDATE

Thursday 28 August
Winnipeg, Canada

Howdy y'all!

The house and the move has finally settled into a lower level of effort. My time is finally freed from some very urgent difficult tasks like assembling furniture and organizing and tracking deliveries.

Good news, La Petite Fille has been officially admitted to university, and we will be getting her registered for classes. They begin next week! But, major milestone in her life, reached. I couldn't be prouder, happier, or, quite honestly, more relieved.

I just published a post concerning how Trump et al. aren't dealing with reality. I'm thinking that it will be an on-going frequent column. The problem is what to call it. The Cray-Cray Watch? Has It Bitten Us in the Ass, Yet? I'm open to suggestions, though.

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Jack

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