Less Than Artful Choices: Narcissistic Personality Disorder According to Donald Trump | Big Think

Before we proceed to the rimary article, this is some rudimentay information about Narcissistic Personality Disorder  (provided on http://www.mentalhealth.com/home/dx/narcissisticpersonality.html)  

Diagnostic Features

Individuals with Narcissistic Personality Disorder grow up feeling superior and needing to be admired. They have a longstanding pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy. The core feature of this disorder is antagonism(grandiosity, attention-seeking, callousness) which repeatedly puts the individual at odds with other people. This disorder is only diagnosed if: (1) it begins no later than early adulthood, (2) these behaviors occur at home, work, and in the community, and (3) these behaviors lead to clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning. Narcissistic Personality Disorder should not be diagnosed if its symptoms can be better explained as due to another mental disorder, Substance Use Disorder, or another medical condition. 

Interpersonal relations of individuals with Narcissistic Personality Disorder are typically impaired because of their feelings of entitlement, need for admiration, and callousness. Although these individuals are usually very ambitious and confident; vocational functioning often is impaired because of intolerance of criticism or defeat. 

Like all personality disorders, Narcissistic Personality Disorder is a deeply ingrained and enduring behaviour pattern, manifesting as an inflexible response to a broad range of personal and social situations. This behavior represents an extreme or significant deviation from the way in which the average individual in a given culture relates to others. This behaviour pattern tends to be stable. 

Warning: Self-diagnosis of this disorder is usually inaccurate. Accurate diagnosis of this disorder requires assessment by a qualified practitioner trained in psychiatric diagnosis and evidence-based treatment. However, if no such professional is available, our free computerized diagnosis is usually accurate when completed by an informant who knows the patient well. Computerized diagnosis is less accurate when done by patients (because they often lack insight).

Course

Narcissistic traits are very common in adolescents, but most adolescents grow out of this behavior. Unfortunately, for some, this narcissistic behavior persists and intensifies into adulthood; thus they become diagnosed with this disorder. 

Complications

Individuals with Narcissistic Personality Disorder are intolerant of criticism or defeat. They usually respond with defiant counterattack or social withdrawal. Their feelings of entitlement, need for admiration, and disregard for the feelings of others usually significantly impair their social and occupational functioning. 

Comorbidity

Some other disorders frequently occur with this disorder:

Non-Personality Disorders

      Depressive Disorders:
• Persistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthmia); Major Depressive Disorder
      Feeding and Eating Disorders:
• Anorexia Nervosa
      Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders:
• Substance Use Disorders, especially cocaine

Personality Disorders

      Detached Cluster:
• Paranoid Personality Disorder
      Antagonistic Cluster:
• Antisocial, Borderline and Histrionic Personality Disorders
  Note: Antisocial, Narcissistic, Borderline, and Histrionic Personality Disorders are all closely related since they all share the same core feature ofantagonism. If an individual has one of these antagonistic personality disorders, they are very likely to have another.

Associated Laboratory Findings

No laboratory test has been found to be diagnostic of this disorder. 

Prevalence

The prevalence of Narcissistic Personality Disorder is ranges from 0% to 6.2% in community samples, and 50% to 75% are males. 

Effective Therapies

Individuals with Narcissistic Personality Disorder are difficult to treat. They view themselves as being superior, and thus feel entitled to be callous, self-centered, and greedy. Their viewpoint is that life is the "survival of the fittest", and they are the "fittest". These individuals lust after fame, fortune and power. Many of these individuals achieve high positions in politics, religion and commerce. Most religious cult leaders have severe Narcissistic Personality Disorder. 

The effectiveness of treatment for Narcissistic Personality Disorder is unknown because there are no randomized controlled trials. Individuals with this disorder seldom voluntarily present for treatment. However, individuals with this disorder may threaten suicide during a crisis (e.g., when discovering their spouse's infidelity). The individual may then use hospitalization as a manipulative ploy to win back their spouse, or to publicly expose their spouse's infidelity. Usually only brief hospitalization is required, with the goal being to de-escalate the crisis. Apart from such crisis intervention, most therapists believe that this disorder is very difficult to treat. However, with long-term therapy, some patients do gain insight into how they have become addicted to wealth, fame, or power, and how callous they have become. Admitting that they do have this addiction is the first step to recovery. 



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Yes, Your T-Shirt Was ‘Made in LA’—and the Worker Got 4 Cents For It |~ The Nation

 "Los Angeles just set the course to boost its minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2020. But workers in the city’s garment factories will be lucky if they get paid anything at all..."

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Obama Punk-Slaps the Entire GOP Field!

"Folks, I thought First-Term-Obama was special--but this Second-Term-Prez is truly special.  Today, at a labor day speech in Boston, he punched republicans in their political faces eight times:http://www.usatoday.com/..."   CLICK HERE TO READ MORE!

"Are You An Indigo?" ~ in5d

A couple of decades ago, in my work with pre-teens, teens and twenties, I received a telephone call from two different teachers who had the same question:  "Do you treat/work with Indigos?"

At that time I said that I did not, but was planning and training to do so very soon.  No, that was not really an untruth because, that quickly, I was already deeply researching this topic.

This following, from the article in5d, might interest you:

"Are you an Indigo?"

Indigo children is the name given to the new type of human being born in this generation.

Displaying amazing feats of intuition and intelligence beyond their years, these indigos have begun more of a common concept within our lexicon.

This list is developed by play therapist Jan Yordy , a former elementary school teacher and child counselor who’s been working with parents and children for 25 years.

As we go over the list, see if you resonate with any of these traits:

1. May be strong willed independent thinkers who prefer to do their own thing rather than comply with authority figures/parents.

2. Have a wisdom and level of caring beyond their youthful experience.

3. Traditional parenting and discipline strategies don’t appear effective with these children. If you try to force an issue, a power struggle is the typical outcome.

4. Energetically, Indigos are vibrating at a much higher frequency so they can get scrambled by negative energy (human or machine).

5. Emotionally they can be reactive and may have problems with anxiety, depression or temper rages if not energetically balanced.

6. Are creative right brain thinkers, but may struggle to learn in a traditional left brain school system.

7. Often Indigos are diagnosed with ADD and ADHD since they appear impulsive (their brain can process information faster) and they require movement to help keep them better focused.

8. Indigos are very intuitive, and may see hear or know things that seem unexplainable.

9. Indigos have more problems with food and environmental sensitivities, since their system is more finely tuned.

10. When their needs are not met, these children seem self centered and demanding, although this is not their true nature.

11. These children have incredible gifts and potential, but they may be shut down when not properly nurtured and accepted.

.......mental slavery....? Open your eyes!

Meet Donald Trump's base --Daily Kos

"In North Dakota, a white supremacist looking for a town he can take over and turn into his dreamed-of white supremacist enclave says he'd name the town after his new hero, Donald Trump."

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The Biggest Scandal in US History That We're Still Not Talking About---ACCOMPANYING GRAPHIC!

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"Won't Somebody Please Think Of The Children?"

"The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), in their continuing effort to protect people from reality, hasslapped an R-rating on Lee Hirsch’s new documentary 'Bully,...."    CLICK HERE TO READ!

On Rightwing Christians: Have you noticed something odd about this Ashley Madison scandal?

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THIS Is What Institutional Racism Looks Like

"There has been a lot of talk about institutional racism recently with most of the focus being on the strong and important #BlackLivesMatter movement, but that's not the only way our society discriminates against people of color and sometimes we are lucky enough to get a first hand glimpse into other aspects of this blight on our country. Today is one of those days as the University of Pennsylvania study..."   CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING

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6 Signs of Narcissism You May Not Know About | Psychology Today

"How can you recognize the fragility behind the narcissist’s grandiosity?" ...  CLICK HERE TO READ MORE!

The Drama of Deception | Psychology Today

"Somewhere on this planet there’s a Navy SEAL or two who has committed all sorts of violent acts, and chances are few people know he’s done them. Not his wife, not his kids, not his parents or friends. ......"  CLICK HERE TO READ! 

There was that time JEB! forced single mothers to post their sexual history in the newspaper...

This man cannot be president.

I am not exaggerating what happened here.

If a mother was going to give up her child for adoption, the conservative legislature--supported and signed by one Jeb Bush-- she was required to PUBLISH HER ENTIRE SEXUAL HISTORY in a major newspaper.    CLICK HERE TO READ!

Bush campaign lied about meeting with Black Lives Matter activists

If you were suspicious on hearing the news that Jeb Bush, of all people, had a "face to face" meeting with Black Lives Matter activists in order to address their concerns, you were right. It turns out the Bush campaign simply lied about it.  CLICK HERE TO READ MORE LIES BY YET ANOTHER BUSH !

Sen. Elizabeth Warren To GOP: 'Did You Fall Down and Hit Your Head"??

In my book, Warren is the REAL THING!  

No more than Sanders, though!  My 

fantasy is a Sanders/Warren ticket.  Many 

of my so-called fantasys about elections 

have evolved, so I am just hoping here!!!


She has a way with words, she does. 

Sort of like presidential candidate Senator 

Bernie Sanders,Elizabeth Warren (D-

MA) gets to the point without apology and 

holds nothing back. It was no different 

when she spoke on Monday before Congress."   CLICK TO READ MORE!

"WHAT DO THE KOCH BROTHERS WANT?"

What Do the Koch Brothers Want?  (From Bernie Sanders' site, and fact-checked)

As a result of the disastrous Citizens United Supreme Court decision, billionaires and large corporations can now spend an unlimited amount of money to influence the political process.

Perhaps, the biggest winners of Citizens United are Charles and David Koch, owners of the second-largest privately run business in America Koch Industries.

Among other things, the Koch brothers own oil refineries in Texas, Alaska, and Minnesota and control some 4,000 miles of pipeline.

According to Forbes Magazine, the Koch brothers are now worth $80 billion, and have increased their wealth by $12 billion since last year alone.

For the Koch brothers, $80 billion in wealth, apparently, is not good enough. Owning the second largest private company in America is, apparently, not good enough.  It doesn’t appear that they will be satisfied until they are able to control the entire political process.

It is well known that the Koch brothers have provided the major source of funding to the Tea Party and want to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

David KochWhat else do the Koch brothers want?

In 1980, David Koch ran as the Libertarian Party’s vice-presidential candidate in 1980. 

Let’s take a look at the 1980 Libertarian Party platform. 

Here are just a few excerpts of the Libertarian Party platform that David Koch ran on in 1980:

“We urge the repeal of federal campaign finance laws, and the immediate abolition of the despotic Federal Election Commission.”

“We favor the abolition of Medicare and Medicaid programs.”

“We oppose any compulsory insurance or tax-supported plan to provide health services, including those which finance abortion services.”

“We also favor the deregulation of the medical insurance industry.”

“We favor the repeal of the fraudulent, virtually bankrupt, and increasingly oppressive Social Security system. Pending that repeal, participation in Social Security should be made voluntary.”

“We propose the abolition of the governmental Postal Service. The present system, in addition to being inefficient, encourages governmental surveillance of private correspondence.  Pending abolition, we call for an end to the monopoly system and for allowing free competition in all aspects of postal service.”

“We oppose all personal and corporate income taxation, including capital gains taxes.”

“We support the eventual repeal of all taxation.”

“As an interim measure, all criminal and civil sanctions against tax evasion should be terminated immediately.”

“We support repeal of all law which impede the ability of any person to find employment, such as minimum wage laws.”

“We advocate the complete separation of education and State.  Government schools lead to the indoctrination of children and interfere with the free choice of individuals. Government ownership, operation, regulation, and subsidy of schools and colleges should be ended.”

“We condemn compulsory education laws … and we call for the immediate repeal of such laws.”

“We support the repeal of all taxes on the income or property of private schools, whether profit or non-profit.”

“We support the abolition of the Environmental Protection Agency.”

“We support abolition of the Department of Energy.”

“We call for the dissolution of all government agencies concerned with transportation, including the Department of Transportation.”

“We demand the return of America's railroad system to private ownership. We call for the privatization of the public roads and national highway system.”

“We specifically oppose laws requiring an individual to buy or use so-called "self-protection" equipment such as safety belts, air bags, or crash helmets.”

“We advocate the abolition of the Federal Aviation Administration.”

“We advocate the abolition of the Food and Drug Administration.”

“We support an end to all subsidies for child-bearing built into our present laws, including all welfare plans and the provision of tax-supported services for children.”

“We oppose all government welfare, relief projects, and ‘aid to the poor’ programs. All these government programs are privacy-invading, paternalistic, demeaning, and inefficient. The proper source of help for such persons is the voluntary efforts of private groups and individuals.”

“We call for the privatization of the inland waterways, and of the distribution system that brings water to industry, agriculture and households.”

“We call for the repeal of the Occupational Safety and Health Act.”

“We call for the abolition of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.”

“We support the repeal of all state usury laws.”

In other words, the agenda of the Koch brothers is not only to defund Obamacare.  The agenda of the Koch brothers is to repeal every major piece of legislation that has been signed into law over the past 80 years that has protected the middle class, the elderly, the children, the sick, and the most vulnerable in this country.

It is clear that the Koch brothers and other right wing billionaires are calling the shots and are pulling the strings of the Republican Party. 

And because of the disastrous Citizens United Supreme Court decision, they now have the power to spend an unlimited amount of money to buy the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the next President of the United States.

If they are allowed to hijack the American political process to defund Obamacare they will be back for more. 

Tomorrow it will be Social Security, ending Medicare as we know it, repealing the minimum wage.  It seems to me that the Koch brothers will not be content until they get everything they believe they are entitled to.

Our great nation can no longer be hijacked by right-wing billionaires like the Koch brothers.

For the sake of our children and our grandchildren, for the sake of our economy, we have got to let democracy prevail.

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Why Jeb Bush's Pitch to the Koch Brothers Should Scare You | Alternet

"Private companies are great, Bush said, 'because they can do whatever they want.' As president, he’d help them do just that."  WHAT???


How scary is that?  Well, perhaps secondary to his claiming, "My father is the greatest man alive." 

A son's loyalty to his father is great to see. However, one wonders if "Jeb" is operating from a sense of reality.  His calmly stated, lluminati-gilded, silver spoon presentation also thinks that "poor women should get their life together and find a husband".  And then there's this:

Character?  Hmmmmmm.  I'll say no more.  This man is one of many buffoons currently in the GOP lineup. Critical thinking skills are clearly not present in this man.  Possession of those would indicate the man's abilty to have clarity about all sides of a question. 

Ironically, Bush confronted Trump about Trump's sexist ideas!  Just another kid, who either has no real clue about his father's history, or is in complete denial. 

Winston Churchill once said, "The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter."

Well, since Bush represents a percentage of the polls/voters, their votes clearly exemplify this quote!!!

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Narcissistic Personalities Love to Take Advantage of "Fixers"

Cracking the code on curiosity | GreatKids

One father dives into curiosity research to help spark his daughter’s passion for distant sciences — and finds a link to intelligence development.

by: Hank Pellissier

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HO'OPONOPONO...The essential meditation and therapy.

I did not discover Ho'Oponopono until some years into my clinical profession.  Simply pronouncing the word seemed somewhat odd;  seeing it as a therapy tool seemed even a bit of a stretch.  A stretch, I thought, especially when working primarily with adolescent males, to whom "touchy feely" or anything akin to meditation was eyebrow raising.  These young men had histories of abandonment, assaults on their abilities to feel espcially in front of peers, and a fundamental lack of belief in their inherent goodness. 

Once, when I was unprepared for a group due to a plethora of crises on a unit, I thought I would present Ho'Oponopono in a simple form.  My guilty expectation was that it might fall flat with them.  But...the group and evening turned out quite   differently.

Initially, they were cautious, glancing at other group members to evaluate each others' responses ... as only teens can do (!). In my corner was the fact that this was the last group before their bedtime, so a slight sense of the day's closure was present.

They responded like they loved it.  I, somewhat more skeptical, thought it would be interesting to see what evolved in their chatter after that.  

There was no chatter.  Egoistically, I thought, I was right.  

But two minutes into group, they asked if we could do "that 'HoPo' again"...And night after noight, the same.  It became an anticipated ritual.  It was one that was completely compatible with their individual senses of faith.  But more than that, the exercise is about culpabilty and personal responsibility
with a deepest of reverence for the human.

Ho'oponopono means to make right. Essentially, it means to make it right with the ancestors, or to make right with the people with whom you have relationships. We believe that the original purpose of Ho'oponopono was to correct the wrongs that had occurred in someone's life including Hala (to miss the thing aimed for, or to err, to disobey) and Hewa (to go overboard or to do something to excess) which were illusions, and even 'Ino (to do harm, implying to do harm to someone with hate in mind), even if accidental.

This description is by no means a complete training in how to do Ho'oponopono. While appropriate to do for yourself, for yours and others safety, it should not be done with someone else without training.

For example, let's say your five-year-old grandson punched another five-year-old intentionally with hate in mind. If asked, then the one who was punched would forgive the other immediately, because it is inappropriate for anyone to carry guilt any longer than they had to, if it were not necessary.

We call this the Hawaiian Code of Forgiveness, and it's an important thought, because when we forgive others, who are we forgiving? Ourselves, of course.

If you are familiar with Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), there is a saying, "People are only doing the best they can with the resources they have available." If you've heard that before, it has to do with forgiveness. Think about it. As you do consider that you are included in "people."

In the Eastern traditions, too, there is a real tradition of being aligned with and cleaning up relations with the ancestors. In Japan, China, as well as the Hawaiian tradition, it is thought to be important to align and clean up any past problems that you've had in relationships, especially with relatives.

At the same time, perhaps there are family patterns you do not want. Certainly you have heard the saying, "We just don't do that in our family," or "That's the way it is in our family." What happens then, is that certain generational themes get passed along in families, like sadness or any number of different traits. Ho'oponopono will allow you to clean this up.

THEORY: We carry inside us as parts of the Unconscious Mind, all the significant people in our lives. (These parts of us often look very much like Carl Jung's archetypes.) Ho'oponopono makes it "all right" with them. The process of Ho'oponopono is to align with and clean up our genealogy as well as to clean up our relationships with other people in our lives.

The Process of Ho'oponopono:

1. Bring to mind anyone with whom you do not feel total alignment or support, etc.
2. In your mind's eye, construct a small stage below you
3. Imagine an infinite source of love and healing flowing from a source above the top of your head (from your Higher Self), and open up the top of your head, and let the source of love and healing flow down inside your body, fill up the body, and overflow out your heart to heal up the person on the stage. Be sure it is all right for you to heal the person and that they accept the healing.
4. When the healing is complete, have a discussion with the person and forgive them, and have them forgive you.
5. Next, let go of the person, and see them floating away. As they do, cut the aka cord that connects the two of you (if appropriate). If you are healing in a current primary relationship, then assimilate the person inside you.
6. Do this with every person in your life with whom you are incomplete, or not aligned.
   The final test is, can you see the person or think of them without feeling any negative emotions. If you do feel negative emotions when you do, then do the process again.

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How Donald Trump Is Causing the 5 Stages of Republican Grief | Alternet

While once thought of as a flash in the pan, Trump’s candidacy has proven to be a far bigger problem for the Republican Party than establishment figures ever expected. In coping with such a colossal headache, the Party seems to be following the Kübler-Ross model of grief – the model frequently used to describe how people come to grips with the death of a loved one.

Let’s observe:

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"ONLY IN AMERICA....."

Cheney's Halliburton killing babies. Where are the pro-life rallies?

"In most places, detecting a grave risk to children would inspire people to name a street for you. But in Vernal, a town literally built by oil, raising questions about the safety of fracking will brand you a traitor and a target."

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"How to catch a falling son" | GreatKids

He was tested as gifted and loved learning. But somewhere along the way, my boy slipped through the cracks and nearly out of the school system. Is it too late to save him?

by: Christina Tynan-Wood CLICK HERE TO READ....

Kindergarten: ready or not? | GreatKids

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Empathy's poster child | GreatKids

Vivienne Harr was 8 years old when her parents brought home a book featuring photographs of modern day slaves. She looked at the pictures of the bodies, bent and weathered, eyes gazing out at her from realities far from her sun-dappled yard in Fairfax, California. In one picture, two boys her age carried flat stone slabs as large as their bodies strapped to their heads. According to her father, Vivienne’s response was childlike. They shouldn’t be working like this; they should be playing. We have to do something.

It was a momentary expression of feeling by a naïve little girl, and yet it became the pivotal event that changed the trajectory of her family’s life forever.....CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...

The Koch Brothers are About to Destroy Veterans' Health Care and No One Knows About It

"The war on workers' rights has shifted to a new and unlikely battleground this week: the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. And for the more than 350,000 employees and the veterans they serve, the stakes could not be higher.Let me explain. In the wake of last year's "secret waitlist" scandal - where VA managers rigged the scheduling system to make it appear that more veterans were being seen than actually were - Congress passed a law giving VA Secretary McDonald the authority to fire bad managers and the resources to hire enough staff to care for the massive influx of new vets into the VA system. Were it not for the brave VA employee whistleblowers who put their careers on the line to speak out and expose the list-rigging, we never would have known the problem existed."   The Koch Brothers are About to Destroy Veterans' Health Care and No One Knows About It

Paul Krugman: Republicans are “determined to learn nothing from experience” - Salon.com

GOP "responded to the utter failure of free-market orthodoxy by digging in even deeper"......

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Men who harass women online are quite literally losers, new study finds - The Washington Post

Here’s a research finding that should surprise no one: The men most likely to harass women online … are the men most likely to have their own problems.....CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING

PLEASE GO TO THIS SITE, AND SIGN for protection for our troops!

WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO:

To allow military active duty, and veterans as well to be allowed to carry concealed firearms for protection.

We the people of the United States of America having witnessed to many killings of our men and women in the U.S. Military do hereby request that the laws of the land be changed to allow Active Duty, Veterans, and those allowed by local and state laws, be allowed to carry firearms on military bases, either openly or concealed.

Blood has been drawn to many times and too many of our military members have been killed without being able to defend themselves after having been disarmed by laws that do nothing but make them targets of those that wish to do them harm.

We need laws to be changed or created that allow our men and women to arm themselves, having been trained in the use of arms as part of their jobs, to protect themselves and those around them should they become targets for terrorist

Published Date: Jul 17, 2015

Issues: Defense, Firearms, Veterans and Military Families

Learn about Petition Thresholds

SIGNATURES NEEDED BY AUGUST 16, 2015 TO REACH GOAL OF 100,000

92,182

TOTAL SIGNATURES ON THIS PETITION

7,818

The Minds of Abused and Alienated Children | Psychology Today

"As I continue to read first-hand accounts of individuals who have been abducted, I gain increasing insight into the mind of abused and alienated children. The need for comfort and human interaction is hard wired into us for survival purposes, to such a great extent that if the only adult available to comfort a child is the abuser, the child will look forward to and try to seek approval and a human connection from that person...."  CLICK HERE TO READ MORE

Stockholm Syndrome: The Psychological Mystery of Loving an Abuser

If you’re in a controlling and/or abusive relationship, you may recognize several of the characteristics described in this article......

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Bernie Sanders and Changing Our Society

BY MICHAEL T. HERTZ

We have all been learning about the shared economy. AirBnB, RelayRides, TaskRabbit, GetAround. The basic idea is that some people have equipment, property, or goods and other people need to use them. The Internet helps to put them together through a middleman company.     CLICK TO READ MORE...

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Music ... intense ... elegant ... visual ... a moment of appreciation...

The Prayer - Andrea Bocelli----For B, forever...never to be blocked...

White House proposes to piss off Republican Congress, fix Medicare rates for certain procedures

The Obama administration has been chipping away at the basic, fee-for-service structure of our healthcare system, experimenting with Medicare (the system that is under federal control) to find ways to emphasize quality of care and create savings by limiting unnecessary and unsuccessful procedures. They're now ready to take that experiment much wider, proposing to ...

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GASLIGHTING: Toxic Abuse

This Is What Global Warming Looks Like.... ~ DAILY KOS ~

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Bernie Sanders Breaks 20% in a National Poll for the First Time; Gaining Support Across Demographics

Nationally, Bernie is at 25% in a multi-candidate matchup, and at 32% against Clinton alone. What's more, as we will see below, the poll provides evidence indicating that Bernie's appeal is not confined just to white liberals, as some have argued. There is also evidence that much of Hillary's current lead may simply be due to name recognition, and.....

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10 Ways Introverts Interact Differently With The World

Introverts and extraverts may seem the same on the surface, but if you look at the waythey respond to life's everyday occurrences, differences begin to emerge.

Last month, for example, Science of Us writer Melissa Dahl reported on findings from psychologist Brian Little's latest book on personality science, Me, Myself, and Us: The Science of Personality and the Art of Well-Being, which showed that introverts are better off avoiding caffeine before a big meeting or important event.

Little cites the theory of extraversion by ...

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Big Pharma Promises Men Endless Youth With Drug That May Cause Clots, Heart Problems, Suicide | Alternet

The same trick they used on woman with hormone therapy, to disastrous ends.....

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Dear GOP, here's how you change a law

Dear GOP,

For a crowd that loves to bray about the Constitution, it seems you have misplaced your copy. How else to explain your bizarre efforts to destroy the world unless you get your way?

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Trump must disclose profits from Trump University, court rules

Racketeering lawsuit charges Trump defrauded students

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The Real Reasons Bernie Sanders is Transforming the Election: Here’s Why He Galvanizes the Left | Alternet

The pundits are confused but it's quite simple.



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When Slavery Won’t Die: The Oppressive Biblical Mentality America Can't Shake | Alternet

An interview with black theologian Kelly Brown Douglas on America's greatest sins.

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Anti-Intellectualism and the "Dumbing Down" of America | Psychology Today

There is a growing anti-intellectual dumbing down of our culture

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Anti-intellectualism Is Killing America | Psychology Today

Social dysfunction can be traced to the abandonment of reason...

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How I Got PTSD From My Marriage | Alternet

Abuse is slow and methodical and incessant, like a dripping kitchen faucet.

How I Got PTSD From My Marriage | Alternet

Neuroscientist: Why It's Dangerously Wrong to Approach Addiction as a Kind of Disease | Alternet

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EXCELLENT VIDEO:"The great porn experiment" | Gary Wilson | TEDxGlasgow

In response to Philip Zimbardo's "The Demise of Guys?" TED talk, Gary Wilson asks whether our brains evolved to handle the hyperstimulation of today's Internet enticements. He also discusses the disturbing symptoms showing up in some heavy Internet users, the surprising reversal of those symptoms, and the science behind these 21st century phenomena.

More About Gary Wilson

Gary is host of www.yourbrainonporn.com. The site arose in response to a growing demand for solid scientific information by heavy Internet erotica users experiencing perplexing, unexpected effects: escalation to more extreme material, concentration difficulties, sexual performance problems, radical changes in sexual tastes, social anxiety, irritability, inability to stop, and obsessive-compulsive symptoms.

As a physiology teacher with a particular interest in the latest neuroscience discoveries, Gary was aware that their symptoms might be the result of addiction-related brain changes. Applying the website's concepts of brain plasticity, many former users have braved withdrawal, reversed their symptoms and restored normal sexual responsiveness.

The site has been linked to from hundreds of threads in forums from over thirty countries, with posts numbering in the thousands. Gary blogs for "Psychology Today" and "The Good Men Project" on the extreme plasticity of adolescent brains, the evolutionary context for today's flood of novel cyber "mates," and the neurochemical reasons why superstimulating Internet delivery has unexpected effects on the brain.

Many thanks to Pat Somers of Slow Moving Pictures for the skillful editing of this video.

OUTSTANDING VIDEO! "Why I stopped watching porn" | Ran Gavrieli | TEDxJaffa

Ran Gavrieli lives in Tel Aviv and studies gender at Tel Aviv University. He works with youth and adults all over the country in sex and gender studies and in building positive self image in a world inundated by sexual imagery with negative connotations. 

Ran writes and lectures about emotional and physical safe sex; porn and porn-influenced cultural damages; gender and power relations; and sex and intimacy.