Category Archives: Human Nature

Of Course This Won’t Be All Over Tomorrow

Posted on Monday 4 November 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

Trump’s Wild Claims, Conspiracies and Falsehoods Redefine Presidential Bounds; Trump says rallies are full while a cameraman pans over an empty arena; CNN fact-checks Trump’s final day of his campaign; When called out, Trump says never mind, I was kidding; … Continue reading →

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Ramping Up

Posted on Saturday 2 November 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

It’s happening right before our eyes. How Trump’s 2020 Playbook is being put into action; Trump simulates oral sex in public; Jonathan M. Katz on what Trump’s team will do following the election; Robert Reich reminds us of 101 terrible … Continue reading →

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And Now We’re Talking about Garbage

Posted on Thursday 31 October 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

How the mighty have fallen. What does Trump being a narcissistic sociopath say about us? I have some ideas; How another confrontation by a child to her Trump-voting father does not go well; More about Trump’s, and Biden’s, garbage comments; … Continue reading →

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Appropriate Terminology

Posted on Tuesday 29 October 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

Several good items published today. We’re stuck in the Trump Loop because we can’t accept that sociopaths exist; Steven Pinker with data that says the country is *not* ‘dying’; Another piece about psychological “blind spots” and how to counter them; … Continue reading →

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The Latest Display by the Despicables

Posted on Monday 28 October 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

You can’t escape it. He keeps topping himself. Items today are all about Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally yesterday. With some concluding thoughts about human nature and that famous William Gibson quote. CNN, 28 Oct 2024: Trump unveils the most … Continue reading →

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Latest Shenanigans, and Others

Posted on Friday 25 October 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

Trump: the media are “enemies of the people”; Billionaire owners of LA Times and WaPo refuse to allow their papers to endorse Harris; Trump spells out his facist intentions; NYT says, believe him; Trump offered to pay for a soldier’s … Continue reading →

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Car Hits Power Pole

Posted on Thursday 24 October 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

Short post today, since as I was sitting down to write it, an hour and a half ago now, the power went out. This was around 4:20pm. I sat and read a book. Power back about 5:40. Car hit power … Continue reading →

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Notes About the Real World

Posted on Wednesday 23 October 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

Let’s look at some non-political items today. Three critical thinking tools used by Daniel Dennett; Eight principles of lifelong learning from an astrophysicist; Adam Lee on our solarpunk future — technology that exists now, but isn’t widely distributed; Scientific American … Continue reading →

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It Has to Make Sense, Somehow

Posted on Tuesday 22 October 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

Robert Reich wonders how this race can still be tied, and reflects on bullies; With relevant items about Charlie Kirk, and Russian operatives, and a scamvangelist; An extensive guide to Trump’s lifetime of scandals; A video about the actual integrity … Continue reading →

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Factory Settings

Posted on Sunday 20 October 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

The idea of “factory settings” as describing base human nature, and how some people can transcend them; A woman wonders if religion is the only way to instill her child with “scaffolding for spirituality and morality” (answer: no); Richard Dawkins … Continue reading →

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