The Un-Masking of Donald Trump
2020-07-21 – I’m sure that many of his followers were relieved to see the Donald in a mask. Contrary to conventional wisdom, these people are not stupid, just human. They’ve […]
Tag Archives: psychology
If the Deep State Is So Deep and Powerful . . .
2020-07-14 – If the deep state is so deep and powerful, why doesn’t it ever win? And why does the deep state always seem to employ the kind of tactics […]
Are Americans Really So Stupid? [No.]
2020-07-13 – There’s a lot of talk about the stupidity of Americans in this pandemic. We’re doing worse than most countries. And there’s a lot of vocal people refusing to […]
#Pocalypso | The Weirdness of Antisemitism
2020-06-30 – I’ve been seeing a number of memes lately that revive ancient themes of antisemitism: the idea that we Jews perpetually and fanatically seek world domination. Many of them […]
#Pocalypso | Do You Prefer to Be Right? Or Effective?
2020-06-11 – With all the debate about defunding police departments, I decided to take a day off to think about it. The debate doesn’t really seem to be about what […]
#Pocalypso | Is 66% the Mark of the Beast
2020-05-14 – There’s a statistic floating around the right-wing conspiracy world: it’s that 66% of the hospitalizations in New York are from people sheltering in place. This is held up […]
#Pocalypso | Could a “Logic Bomb” Cause a Trumpster to Explode?
2020-05-08 – Back in the ‘60s and ‘70s, a common trope of sci-fi was a computer or robot getting more and more agitated after encountering a logical paradox until it […]
#Pocalypso | Self-Improvement in the Time of COVID
2020-05-01 – My company’s business is relatively insulated from the disruptions of the pandemic. People need our service rain or shine. I’m pretty lucky. I also work from home. The […]
Hillary’s Emails—Biden-Style
2020-04-29 – Remember “Hillary’s emails!” That was the non-stop non-scandal that put Trump over the top in the 2016 election. Remember that it was “corroborated” by no one less than […]
#Pocalypso | Today is TGIF – Yesterday Was TGIT
2020-04-24 – Thank God It’s Friday! And yesterday was Thank God It’s Thursday. This is not some apocalyptic realization that we owe some deity thanks for every day. This is […]
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