This is the symptom that I find to be the most obnoxious. It reminds me of a small child that requires constant attention. I imagine a baby or toddler being hungry or thirsty, and their reaction to not getting their needs addressed immediately. I imagine the need for constant encouragement as they learn to babble, pickup stuff, walk, and generally get around in the world. Trump was elected in 2016 and he's had more rallies post-election than he did during his campaign. Just this year he's had 6...

#npd #trump #2020Election In our series of NPD symptoms expressed by Trump, we've reached one that I had not seen to this extent yet. In the past, at rallies, interviews, or speeches, he'd shown it with "little" nicknames he uses for people. Remember sleepy..., low-energy..., crooked..., shady..., and on and on. They are actually funny, even if he uses them to belittle people. Only, these attacks are Trump while in public, and he knows it. He knows he has to be likeable, even funny. What we end up...

#evangelicals #trump #2020Election I've written a few articles here on religion, one about its possible genesis and another on the power it has over our decisions and choices. Today I was listening to a new episode from Throughline (below) where their focus was on the birth of what we have come to know as religious evangelicals in the US. To be fair, the word refers to anyone that preaches and follows a Christian faith (there are various denominations), and seeks to convert others in the process. Which means...

Fighter is the label that is thrown about to refer to Trump when he will not concede a point. These situations happen all of the time, there are just too many to count. They range the gamut of topics, from the state of the economy and its cause, to talks with North Korea and their success, to the interference of Russia in our elections, to polling results, etc. The topic is less relevant than the agreement/disagreement with Trump's point of view. If you agree with Trump, you are...

https://youtu.be/PzfS1n8ED10 The silliness and craziness hit a new high this week when Trump unveiled his proposal for a makeover of Air Force One. In an interview with ABC news where Trump discussed various topics, including whether or not he would accept help from a foreign country to win an election (he said he would), he revealed his plans to repaint the iconic plane, Air Force One. The cost of the repaint? Over $3 billion. That is simply insane. Like always, Trump did a poor job communicating much more...

Guyot [Public domain] There is a famous phrase we use all of the time; "smoke and mirrors". Do you know where it came from? It came from a German charlatan named Johann Georg Schröpfer. Mr. Schröpfer lived in the 1700s and gained notoriety by claiming to be able to raise the ghosts of the dead. Of course he could not. It turned out Mr Schröpfer used a simple projection mechanism, smoke and mirrors to give the illusion of ghosts appearing in front of his victims. Since then, we've...

#trump #impeachment #2020 The talk of impeachment is heating up in congress and with some Presidential candidates (all democratic at the time of this writing). Most folks think once Trump is impeached, he'll be removed from office. What most fail to realize is that impeachment is only the first step in a long and political minefield. In the late 90s, President Clinton was impeached, yet he finished his term. Prior to the impeachment of Clinton, the only other President to have been successfully impeached was President Andrew Johnson....

Robert Mueller held a 10-minute conference this morning and talked about two things; 1) he's resigning from the defense department and 2) he confirmed what he had already stated in his report. As we had covered before, Mr. Mueller reaffirmed there had not been enough evidence to indict anymore people, than he already had, with conspiracy. He further reaffirmed the only possible outcome of his investigation with regards to obstruction of justice were; 1) no obstruction, or 2) his report. In his report, he stated that under the...

Much has been made about the recent Huawei ban by the Trump administration. It is mostly the headlines that are making their way to people with very little in the form of the reasons behind them. Because of the size of Huawei, the ban's consequences come from different news sources. For example, you may hear "Huawei Android phones banned", or "Huawei 5G banned in the US", or "Huawei Matepro laptop banned". As a reader what are you to think? First, the ban is not against Huawei products. It...

Few can argue that Trump has made something that used to be boring into something that is fun; politics. These days, most late night talk show hosts are talking about politics. Either about the President himself, his party, or to some politician running for office. And while I long for the day when politics were boring, as they should be, I understand the need for entertainers to... well, entertain. However, because of all the shenanigans going on, we, the citizens of the US, have placed our gaze on...