In response to yesterday’s post, The Salamander offered the following analysis, which I am featuring as a guest post: .. have a long background on the perimeter of ‘mood disorders’ ..The Trump is easily found, though spattered within the DSM-4 & the updated DSM-5. ie he manifests comorbid or multiple
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Politics and its Discontents: This Is Explosive
Let’s see Trump explain this away: President Trump revealed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador in a White House meeting last week, according to current and former U.S. officials, who said that Trump’s disclosures jeopardized a critical source of intelligence on the Islamic State. The information
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: For Your Consideration
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Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Coastal Concerns
As I wrote earlier this year, I have pledged not to visit the United States until, at the very least, the Donald Trump presidency is history. That does not mean, however, that my attraction to the west coast, in particular, California, has diminished. Were these better times, I likely would
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Simpsons Skewer Trump’s First 100 Days
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Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Ready, Aye Ready
That noble motto of the Royal Canadian Navy can now perhaps perversely be described as the modus vivendi of Justin Trudeau in his ongoing efforts to get on the right side of Donald Trump. The alacrity with which he danced to the Orange Ogre’s tune on Syria after the latter
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: An Ally Of Ignorance
What is a manIf his chief good and market of his timeBe but to sleep and feed? A beast, no more.– Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 4. Some of the greatest foes of ignorance are knowledge, awareness and critical thinking. Key tools in the cultivation of our humanity, without them we
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: How Must It Feel?
Since the installation of Donald Trump in the White House, I have wondered how it must feel to the average American who is neither unhinged nor incapable of critical thought to have a man so obviously deranged leading their country. This latest episode of Trump’s paranoid demagoguery surely must be
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: How Must It Feel?
Since the installation of Donald Trump in the White House, I have wondered how it must feel to the average American who is neither unhinged nor incapable of critical thought to have a man so obviously deranged leading their country. This latest episode of Trump’s paranoid demagoguery surely must be
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Company They Keep
Although I consider myself a hard-bitten cynic/realist, a report by Daniel Dale in today’s Star has left me decidedly dispirited. Dale, our Canadian expert on Trump who has followed the Orange Ogre very closely since the primaries, asserts that what used to be called ‘mainstream conservatism’, is now falling into
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Although I consider myself a hard-bitten cynic/realist, a report by Daniel Dale in today’s Star has left me decidedly dispirited. Dale, our Canadian expert on Trump who has followed the Orange Ogre very closely since the primaries, asserts that what used to be called ‘mainstream conservatism’, is now falling into
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: This Says It All
Brian (“There’s no whore like an old whore”) Mulroney’s shameless pandering to Trump the other night confirmed yet again the shallowness of his character. This political cartoon captures his abject sycophancy. H/t iPolitics Recommend this Post
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Brian (“There’s no whore like an old whore”) Mulroney’s shameless pandering to Trump the other night confirmed yet again the shallowness of his character. This political cartoon captures his abject sycophancy. H/t iPolitics Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Oh, The Horror!
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Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: UPDATED: Chris Wallace Defends "The Enemy Of The American People"
When even elements of the right are spooked, you know things are getting very, very serious: UPDATE: If you have a really strong stomach, you might be able to watch some of Reince Priebus’s whorishness, which Chris Wallace had little patience for: Recommend this Post
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Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Mad Hatter Holds A News Conference
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Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: My Head Is Starting To Spin
CNN’s Jake Tapper on Wednesday humiliated Donald Trump’s claim that the barrage of negative news stories related to his administration are “conspiracy theories,” taking moment to explain to the president what differentiates a conspiracy theory from actual, real news. Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Pertinent Parable
A friend sent me the following. Enjoy! While stitching a cut on the hand of a 75-year-old farmer, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to Donald Trump and his role as President elect of the United States. The old farmer said,
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