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Mr. Trump said in an interview with Fox News’ Ainsley Earhardt that flipping “almost ought to be illegal.” Would anyone other than a criminal say this?  I am waiting for Trump to call him a rat.  From Wikipedias Glossary of Mafia-related words we find this:  rat -  one who snitches or squeals after having been pinched. Or, maybe Trump will say Cohen got "pinched".   Getting criminals to implicate those higher up has been a law enforcement tool forever.  Without the judicial system granting lighter sentences to those lower on the totem pole, the ones actually responsible would never be brought to justice.  But, of course, that is exactly what Mr Trump is saying.   How anyone can continue to defend Mr Trump at this point is beyond me.  Truly, you just have to ignore everything he says except the few memorable catch phrases like "lock her up" and "drain the swamp".  How can you drain the swamp when you are responsible for...

Recent news and memes circulating moved me to research the old phrase T he Enemy of My Enemy is My Friend (TEOMEIMF).  From the Wiki:   The enemy of my enemy is my friend  is an ancient  proverb  which suggests that two opposing parties can or should work together against a common enemy. The earliest known expression of this concept is found in a  Sanskrit  treatise on  statecraft , the  Arthashastra , which dates to around the 4th century BC, while the first recorded use of the current English version came in 1884. Trump supporters seem to have taken this old proverb to heart.  Here is the logic.  Hillary Clinton is an enemy of Trump.  Hillary is an enemy of Putin.  Trump is my friend.  Putin is my friend.  We will not go into the why, but suffice to say most Trump supporters see Hillary as their despised enemy.  In this alternate reality fueled by so much hate that logic does not apply, Putin is...

Good article on Brin's blog about Dominionism.  Why should you care?  The “American ISIS is called “Dominionism” – an offshoot of fundamentalist Christianity that proclaims its desire for a coming apocalypse, as foretold in the gruesomely sadistic and opposite-to-Jesus-in-all-ways Book of Revelation. Moreover, while they strive to topple our civilization, they also fervently declare that: * The United States once was, and should again be, a doctrinal Christian nation, denying the equality of other religions, or even other versions of Christianity. • Dominionists endorse theocratic visions. The U.S. Constitution should be seen as a vehicle for implementing Biblical principles. • Dominionists hold that wealthy people are superior to the rest of humanity and that government should be captured by them to serve only them. There is also an article about Dominionism over at The Atlantic. Check it out here >>>> Click!  Not a happy subject but a good reaso...

In the last comment on the first part of Why Trump is President, Keith posited..........   Regarding societal evolution.  I guess I am not too sure I understand the concept as well as you do.  Evolving to what?  What are the characteristics that differ or can be compared to human evolution which is improvement in adaptation environmentally exhibited by higher intellectual capacity.  is it the ability to maximize our intellectual capacity in ways that benefit mankind's survival as a whole?  Which brings us to the Reds vs the Greens.  Why does it seem that the greens have progressed towards maximizing their intellectual capacity more than Reds -Oranges?  Or is that just a contextural elitist bias.   We are all born with this intellectual capacity that makes us superior to the animal kingdom intellectually.  So why do some people become greener than others?  Is it an organic brain formation, environment ? ...

This post and the extensive comments are a transcription of an email exchange I had with a friend.  Other readers should feel free to jump in as they feel inclined. If you feel like diving into some deep-think analysis where this guy (Ken Wilber) uses lots of big words check this out.  First I will give you an excerpt that will either capture your attention so you will be willing to invest the few hours it takes to digest this overly-complicated way of viewing the current social issues in the US and world or you will say Nah, I would rather do my other things.  Important - when Wilber says "Green" substitute "progressive politically correct"   and when he says "amber" think alt-right nationalistic and fundamentalist.    Here we go.......... Here’s just one example of this slowly but widely growing realization of green’s complicity in the election of an amber ethnocentric Trump—and an indication that the self-correcting drive of evolution is ...

How to survive the Trump changes Donald Trump has won the presidency, will be the 45th POTUS, and the progressives in the US are scared — really scared. If you are a centrist or left-of-center then that brain has, or is now doing some flips to make sense of what is going on. If in the Trump camp you are ecstatic and maybe feeling more powerful and ready to shove one of societies dregs or some other country around now to show them a new sheriff is in town. Or, maybe you realize those Clinton, Johnson and Stein supporters are now freaking out and ready to offer an olive branch and some comfort to those folks. Maybe you can see that offering a billy club is not the right tool and an olive branch would soothe things remarkably. Maybe you can see that those scared progressives need to hear you say that you have a firm limit on misogyny, racism, societal inequality, nationalism and a willingness to got to war. Maybe you can understand they need some reassuring words that you will not le...

We all want to consume the tastiest facts because we need them to live. How do you find the facts needed to survive and stay away from the poison that will kill you for sure? A recent NY Times article dug out some recent headlines from around the internet to highlight what is bombarding us. “Obama to Declare MARTIAL LAW If Trump Wins Election.” That was the teaser text that recently popped up on my Facebook news feed. It directed me to a post from a page called Nation in Distress, one of the many  hyperpartisan Facebook pages that have gained in popularity this year. The post linked to a website called americasfreedomfighters.com , which linked to a video blog called The Daily Sheeple, which cited a National Enquirer story claiming that Hillary Clinton had a lesbian tryst in a Beverly Hills, Calif., hotel in the 1990s. I wasn’t able to find the evidence that President Obama would declare martial law if Donald J. Trump won the presidential election. Then an email from an...